By luck, the members of And the Sun Went Out happened to be exiting their previous bands, and in a quirk of fate, they met while working the overnight shift for Abercrombie & Fitch. But that does not mean these guys are frat-enthused pretty boys out to make disco-rock.
In what is likely the most important presidential election since the 1960s, the American people are faced with a seemingly difficult choice between the neo-conservative incumbent George W. Bush and the fairly liberal Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. So difficult, in fact, that the country is almost evenly divided down party lines, with just less than 50 percent of the population supposedly set on one man or the other. But after considering the potential of Kerry and the reality of four years of Bush, the decision is pretty obvious -vote John Kerry for president.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. said Tuesday he thought Americans were tired of the vitriolic quarrels that play out between party hacks and pundits here in our bleak 21st century.
The mighty Mos Def has been on a five-year hiatus since his outstanding solo debut Black on Both Sides. Now, Mos Def is back with A New Danger
Four Kansas City-area jazz musicians perform several of jazz great Charlie Bird Parker's compositions Aug. 29, 1995, at his grave at Lincoln Cemetery in Independence, Mo., marking the 75th anniversary of his birth. From left are John Gleason, Ahmad Alaadeen, Ben Kynard and Ned White.
ROCKWALL, Texas -Sherry Neal walked over to the refrigerated shelves of her 7-Eleven store, consulted a small handheld computer and instantly got everything she wanted to know about her store's supply of turkey sandwiches.
People in West Texas are crazy about high school football -and maybe just plain crazy.
VIENNA, Austria -Reconsidering its hard line on Iran, the United States is weighing the idea of rewarding the Islamic republic if it gives up technology that can be used for nuclear arms, diplomats and U.S. officials said yesterday.
If Ohio University were an Alfred Hitchcock movie, it would be called The Bricks.
2004 Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts Jr. said he wanted to give students something to think about in his speech entitled One Nation last night in Morton Hall.
Since the mid 1990s public universities around the country have developed honors colleges as a way to improve their image nationally and compete with private institutions for the best and brightest students. Despite the perceived negative effects concerning the elite reputation of the Honors Tutorial College amongst the general population of students, the program undeniably benefits OU and distinguishes it from other schools with similar programs.
WASHINGTON -A Republican homosexual rights group filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to overturn the Pentagon's don't ask
Nine seasons in, Major League Soccer is still finding its feet.
I teach courses in journalism and tell my students about the tools available to them for telling the public about our government. No tool is more important than the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). For almost 40 years, it has guaranteed access to federal documents to press and public alike.
CINCINNATI -Contract talks broke off hours after they were resumed yesterday between the Kroger Co. and the union representing workers at the grocer's Cincinnati-area stores, the company said.
Members of the Athens City Council met last night to discuss the future possibilities of placing traffic calming devices in Athens, among other issues.
Four new programs were approved and course approval deadlines for the General Education program were discussed at the University Curriculum Council's first meeting yesterday.
CHICAGO -As Marine Sgt. Joshua Horton lay in a hospital bed across the ocean recovering from wounds he suffered in Iraq, his wife was in a maternity ward in suburban Illinois, making him a father five times over.
About 50 people gathered last night at a candlelit vigil in remembrance of hate crimes in recent years. The event was organized by Henry Maccarthy, head of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, (LGBT) Commission of the Graduate Student Senate.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -U.S. troops went on the offensive from the gates of Baghdad to the Syrian border yesterday, pounding Sunni insurgent positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harboring extremists.
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