Things were looking good for the Bobcats when they beat Kentucky four weeks ago. It was regarded as the biggest win for the program in four years and gave the team its best five-game start in five years at 3-2.
Yesterday Ohio University President Roderick McDavis sent an e-mail to OU students discussing Halloween and giving students tips on how to make this Halloween better and safer for everyone.
As National Breast Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, some residents on Ohio University's South Green are using their free time to knit and crochet pink scarves to raise money and awareness for the disease.
Madeline Scott, director of the Ohio University School of Dance, said dance is not a realistic life-long career. Dancers need to take special considerations when planning for their futures because most of them retire in their early thirties, according to a recent report.
At yesterday's meeting, the Athens County commissioners approved, at the county level, a new state law allowing county government employees to take Election Day off to help at local polling locations, Commissioner Mark Sullivan said.
The City of Athens and Ohio University are taking precautions to ensure a safe weekend of Halloween festivities.
No fewer than four candidates are vying for the second open Athens County Commissioner seat. Democratic incumbent Bill Theisen, a 12-year commissioner, is battling Republican Steven McVey and independent candidates Fred W. Weber II and Kenneth Willie. However, with none of the opponents making good enough arguments to build a case against Theisen, The Post sees no reason not to stay with the incumbent. Re-elect Bill Theisen for Athens County Commissioner.
Federal Hocking Local School District has a $5 million multi-part bond issue on Tuesday's ballot and now is fighting opposition groups to get it passed.
Ohio Sen. Joy Padgett has spent the campaign for the 20th District blasting her Democratic opponent Terry Anderson for blaming America for the Sept. 11 attacks and attacking his voting record.
Sen. George Voinovich has outspent his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Eric Fingerhut, eight to one, but said he is making no assumptions about who will win the Senate seat.
This Saturday, the field at the Ohio University Driving Range on West State Street will play host to one of Ohio's more obscure sports. Twenty-four men's and women's ultimate Frisbee teams will keep a lasting tradition going, playing in Ohio's annual Halloween tournament.
Halloween is the most important event of the year at Ohio University. Nothing, really, could be more important than the Saturday night block party.
Costumes and candy ruled the night as local kids and parents poured onto the streets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for Athens city trick-or-treat.
It all comes down to this Saturday for the Ohio men's cross country team, when the Bobcats will travel to Toledo to compete in the Mid-American Conference Championships.
Like it or not, Halloween is the one time of the year when people actually go out of their way to be scared, be it from scary movies, creepy costumes or alcohol-induced hallucinations.
The candidates racing to secure a seat among the Athens County Commissioners on Election Day both are counting on their previous political experience to help them win.
Experience, party affiliation and innovation are the key issues in the race for a seat on the Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
Rarely do we laypeople get to see athletes outside of the realm of the sports they play. Rarely do we even see them off the field, court or rink, as the case may be. Because of this, we often fail to realize that they are people -people who eat the same food, read the same books and maybe even attend the same parties as us.
World traveler Sam Reinders is the epitome of a free spirit.
Solutions by The State News