Bigots should be protested -not gay rights
Oct. 6, 2004It's no coincidence that a team of bigots showed up in Athens yesterday, blocking the sidewalks with enormous signs promising hell
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Powell assures funds to damaged Grenada
Oct. 6, 2004ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -Secretary of State Colin Powell got a glimpse of the destruction wreaked by Hurricane Ivan on Grenada and promised yesterday that millions of dollars in U.S. aid were on the way to the island, where some complain they have been forgotten by the United States.
Confronting racism in Athens and OU
Oct. 6, 2004Last Wednesday night a group of friends and I were walking home when, out of nowhere, a truck full of guys drove by screaming at us: Faggots! Nigger! Not even five minutes later, a different truck cruised by, directing a variety of racial epithets at me alone. A couple of weeks ago, while walking home from a party, a large group of people on one of the apartment balconies in Riverpark began yelling insults that had much the same ring as ones described above. Those were not the first times that I have experienced such behavior, and in my bones I know that they certainly will not be the last.
Miami faces penalty
Oct. 6, 2004OXFORD -Miami University could face financial penalties for failing to notify a former student that the man who sexually attacked her last year was allowed back on campus, a school spokesman said.
Dance company's stage presence features rhythm
Oct. 6, 2004Arts patrons were treated to an edgy performance featuring romance and rooster-inspired movement last night at the Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium.
Local bands seek recognition
Oct. 6, 2004Being a local legend has its perks, but can it pay the bills? Several bands that include Ohio University students are looking to expand their fame as far as their vibrations can reach and make a lifestyle out of rocking crowds.
Athens could be losing a treasure
Oct. 6, 2004After 30 years in Athens, Jerry Ski is getting the feeling his novelty might finally be wearing off.
Hillel offers new class
Oct. 6, 2004Although Ohio University offers a variety of classes that cover a wide array of topics, several students believe there is one topic the university has been neglecting: Judaism.
New bill will address commission's issues
Oct. 6, 2004WASHINGTON -The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved a massive reorganization of the United States intelligence community to address the Sept. 11 commission's complaints that the nation's spy agencies do not work together properly to deter terrorist attacks.
Unselfish play leads to stellar results for soccer
Oct. 6, 2004The spotlight doesn't often shine on Kendra Hornschemeier, but the lead role isn't what the Ohio soccer midfielder seeks. Quiet and diligent, her job is to get the ball to someone else, and she's awfully good at it.
Japanese-American cultures fuse
Oct. 6, 2004Bobo and Jee have been fighting for close to an hour now. As a lightning storm flashes in the background, Bobo delivers eight crushing kicks to Jee's stomach and then picks him up, only to slash him with his knife.
Grassroots group appeals local mining
Oct. 6, 2004An environmental advocacy group contested information that could lead to mining under Dysart Woods yesterday in a six-hour session of a series of appeal hearings before the Ohio Reclamation Commission.
State faces flu shot shortage
Oct. 6, 2004COLUMBUS, Ohio -The state is asking healthy Ohioans to skip flu shots this year because of a shortage that cut the United States vaccine supply in half.
College deans decide to dump Tier III courses
Oct. 6, 2004In a resolution presented to Faculty Senate, the deans of each college at Ohio University unanimously decided OU's Tier III program is inadequate and will no longer be a graduation requirement after August 2006.
Gridiron players of the week selected
Oct. 6, 2004After opening up Mid-American Conference play with a 24-21 win against Kent State Saturday, two Central Michigan players earned MAC West Division Player of the Week awards.
Inaccuracies raise questions in vice-presidential debate
Oct. 6, 2004WASHINGTON -Whether it was Dick Cheney's faux-pas about never meeting his rival or John Edwards' oversimplifications about troops in Iraq, the vice-presidential debaters stretched facts even as they claimed the high ground in setting the record straight. Technicalities were cast aside on both sides.
Unique band brings slime, 'happy music' to town
Oct. 6, 2004In the time the Snails have known one another, they could have conceived a child. Acoustic guitarist Chris Monday said he tricked his housemates into starting a band after they moved into a house together -leaving the question open to whether they actually might be expecting.
Animated film good, but will not drop many jaws
Oct. 6, 2004Imagine Will Smith as a fish, making Will Smith faces, with Will Smith ears and a Will Smith voice, for an hour and a half. Then add other Hollywood favorites such as Robert De Niro, voicing a mob-boss shark named Don Lino. Jack Black plays one of his sons, a wussy, vegetarian shark. That's Shark Tale
Iran denies use of uranium for bombs
Oct. 6, 2004TEHRAN, Iran -Iran said yesterday it has processed several tons of raw yellowcake uranium to prepare it for enrichment -a key step in developing atomic weapons -in defiance of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency.
Abortion rights under threat
Oct. 5, 2004WASHINGTON -Thirty states are poised to make abortion illegal within a year if the Supreme Court reverses its 1973 ruling establishing a woman's legal right to an abortion, an advocacy group said yesterday.
