Field hockey splits 2 conference games
Oct. 3, 2004The Ohio field hockey team earned a split on the road during the season's first full weekend of Mid-American Conference play against Miami and Louisville.
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Ohio to require new test
Oct. 3, 2004Last school year, a group of Athens County ninth-graders took a pilot version of the new statewide test required for high school graduation, and in all five of the districts, at least 20 percent of the students did not pass the test.
Paul Bunyan Show brings in crowd
Oct. 3, 2004More than 50,000 people from areas all around the world made their way during the weekend to the five square miles that comprise Nelsonville to attend the 49th annual Paul Bunyan Show at Hocking College.
Bobcats beat Wildcats 28-16 to end away-game losing streak
Oct. 3, 2004LEXINGTON, Ky. -The Mid-American Conference's five-week wait for a 2004 victory against a Bowl Championship Series opponent is over.
Athens not doing enough for minorities
Oct. 3, 2004Read the city of Athens Minority Relations Panel's final report -don't worry, it's only four pages -but when you've put it down, spend 10 minutes on the Web and search Terris Ross.
Afghan democracy experiment near
Oct. 3, 2004KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -The killing in Afghanistan spirals onward, undermining U.S. claims of success in pacifying the country with less than a week to go before an historic experiment with democracy -direct presidential elections.
'Lumberjill' makes debut as a Lumberjack
Oct. 3, 2004On Treeline Trail, between Lumberjack Lane and Tall Timber Cove, I made my debut as a lumberjack. Or maybe that's lumberjill.
Volleyball stretches winning streak to 6
Oct. 3, 2004The Ohio volleyball team racked up another Mid-American Conference win Saturday, topping Buffalo on the road in three games, 30-23, 30-21, 30-23.
Technology options growing
Oct. 3, 2004Individuals, corporations and organizations from the Ohio Valley gathered Friday at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth to discuss Interactive Digital Technology at the Shawnee Conference 2.0.
Men's cross country 9th at Notre Dame
Oct. 3, 2004The Ohio men's cross country team started the second half of its season Friday with a ninth-place finish among 26 teams at the Notre Dame Invitational gold division meet.
Hockey moves to 4-0 with weekend sweep
Oct. 3, 2004If its first two games against a Central States Collegiate Hockey League opponent were any indication of things to come, then the Ohio hockey team should have no problem repeating as league champions.
Family, friends honor student
Oct. 3, 2004An Ohio University senior who died as a result of a motorcycle accident this summer was remembered during a memorial service yesterday.
Unfinished business
Oct. 3, 2004The long-awaited release of the report by the Minority Relations Panel addressed some obvious concerns about how local police from both the Athens Police Department and the Ohio University Police Department deal with minorities. The narrow focus of the panel, however, might not have been enough to fully consider all aspects of Athens' relationship with minorities.
Frosh finishes 4th for Ohio
Oct. 3, 2004Freshman Carime Reinhart led the Ohio women's cross country team with a fourth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational Friday. The Bobcats finished 15th in the gold division.
Browns back returns, sparks victory
Oct. 3, 2004CLEVELAND -The pain finally subsided in Lee Suggs' neck long enough to take some hurt out of Cleveland's bruised season.
OU senior does 'good works'
Sep. 30, 2004Dan Kauffman admits to laziness, but only as far as his eating habits are concerned. Neglecting his grocery shopping has caused him to live on peanut butter and pepperoni sandwiches (with toasted bread) for the past week, but maybe that is because he has more important things than grocery shopping on his to-do list.
OU hosts Indonesian guests
Sep. 30, 2004Ohio University got the nod from the United States State Department to spearhead peace and reconciliation in Indonesia, where conflicts between Muslims and Christians have existed since 1998, and to improve relations between the Southeast Asian country and the United States.
... Defense brings in 'da funk
Sep. 30, 2004During the off-season, the hiring of offensive coordinator Phil Earley and the spread offense he was bringing to Ohio was the storyline that received most of the media attention. However, the switch from the triple option to a one-back set is taking a back seat to the Ohio defense, which is off to a surprisingly good, and rather quiet, start.
Ohio goalie signs contract with Sea Wolves of ECHL
Sep. 30, 2004After Brian Gallagher was named American Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year and won the ACHA national title last year, he only had one thing to say: This is a dream come true.
Bombing in Iraq kills 35 children
Sep. 30, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq -A string of bombs killed 35 children and wounded scores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy yesterday at a government-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant. It was the largest death toll of children in any insurgent attack since the start of the Iraq conflict.
