These next few paragraphs are dedicated to all of those people who put work, school, family, strangers and anything tangible enough to scribble in a planner, before themselves. Workaholics are the ones of whom I speak, so if you can't imagine letting anything get in the way of your television schedule, this is not the column for you.
Of late, people around campus have come to see me as some sort of an information desk when it comes to Ohio sports, particularly the Ohio men's basketball team. All of my fans send me e-mails asking questions about who is playing well and what expectations I have.
The all-around balance of the Ohio women's basketball team this season has helped the team play a fast-paced, pressing defense that has caused many headaches for opposing teams. The press has helped the team in forcing 21.6 turnovers per game.
WASHINGTON -President Bush proposed a $2.57 trillion budget yesterday that erases scores of programs and slices Medicaid, disabled housing and many more but still worsens federal deficits by $42 billion over the next five years.
With all the problems facing the great state of Ohio, it is comforting to know that our elected officials have their collective eye on the prize. In its infinite wisdom and foresight, the state Legislature has decided to set aside Ohio's most predominate problems -the poor condition of the state's economy and the ludicrous ban on gay marriage just to name a few -and focus its energy on trying to control the information that is available to the youth.
Alden Library's new late-night hours have attracted more than just diligent students.
Ohio University freshman Dave Krupar found a way to make money along with helping other students get discounts from local businesses by creating coupons. However, OU gave him a warning after he broke university policy by e-mailing registered students about his business.
JERUSALEM -President Bush will meet separately with newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and says people are becoming more trustworthy in striving for peace in the Middle East.
Nearly a dozen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp contend they were wrongly imprisoned after repeated abuse by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including beatings with chains, electric shock and sodomy, their lawyer said yesterday.
I agree with the headline given to Bhaskar Raman's polemic against vivisection, Moral obligation overshadows science (Feb. 2), but his polemic reveals his ignorance of science and his shallowness of moral reasoning.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -Insurgents struck Iraq's security forces yesterday with suicide bombs and mortar fire, killing more than 30 people as violence escalated after last week's election. First returns from the Sunni heartland confirmed many Sunnis stayed away from the polls, leaving the field to Shiite and Kurdish candidates.
OXFORD -Gone are Archie Aldridge, Randy Ayers and John Shoemaker. And now gone, too, are the last remnants of the Miami Redskins' domination of Ohio University and the Mid-American Conference basketball race.
The Ohio men's basketball team hit a brick wall last night at Bowling Green. That wall's name was Scott Vandermeer.
Athens City Council voted last night to finalize the 2005 city budget, which stands at just under $29 million. Council has been discussing the budget since it was first proposed in December. Despite its approval, auditor Kathy Hecht said minor changes could be made throughout the year.
In his seventh State of the State address today, Gov. Bob Taft will focus on the legacy he will leave in Ohio's history books. That legacy, unfortunately, will be one of a growing deficit and an increasingly inflexible state government. With future revenues projected to drop thanks to tax cuts and a reformed tax code, legislators are left with no choice but to cut social services to ensure the state's books end up in the black.
COLUMBUS -The state might be giving more money to Ohio schools, but spending power is dropping, according to a newspaper analysis.
Tax reforms, the state budget and the economy will be the main talking points of Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State address in Columbus Tuesday.
An Athens real estate broker could face penalties, including revocation of his license, if it is determined that he violated sections of the Ohio Revised Code.
ANKARA, Turkey -Russia needs to show a commitment to a free press and other basics of democracy and cooperate with former Soviet republics such as Georgia and Ukraine where democracy is taking hold, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
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