House votes for fine increase
Mar. 11, 2004WASHINGTON - Spurred by public outrage over the Super Bowl halftime show, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to dramatically increase fines for broadcast indecency.
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Emotion and effort key to days at OU
Mar. 11, 2004College is like fingerprints. No two people match in their experience, and as I take my last pass by The Convo as a student, I wonder what I have gained from Ohio University that others did not.
Summer break a must for students
Mar. 11, 2004At a Senate hearing earlier this week, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chaired a discussion about the possibility of colleges and universities adopting yearlong academic schedules. This proposal would throw off not only the student's internal scholastic clock, but also the federal funding system. And, with 80 percent of colleges, Ohio University excluded, operating on a two-semester calendar accompanied by a short summer session, the change to a yearlong calendar would be drastic and should not be done.
Ohio wrestlers gear up for NCAA Championships
Mar. 11, 2004For two Ohio wrestlers, next weekend will be a first. For another, finishing first is the only thing on his mind.
Budget struggles with support
Mar. 11, 2004While Ohio University ranks No. 2 among Mid-American Conference schools in overall institutional expenses, its athletic department budget falls in the bottom of the stack.
Students benefit from program
Mar. 11, 2004Self-defense programs are teaching the female students of Ohio University how to stay safe - both during spring break and on campus.
Fatal bombing in Spain
Mar. 11, 2004MADRID, Spain - Ten terrorist bombs tore through trains and stations along a commuter line at the height of the morning rush hour yesterday, killing more than 190 people and wounding 1,200 others three days before Spain's general elections.
Don't will your body to just anyone
Mar. 11, 2004Wills are important. If you die without one, the government can get all your stuff - where do you think G.W. got those fuzzy dice for the rearview of Air Force One?
OU professors raise concerns about health care plan changes
Mar. 11, 2004Changes to Ohio University's health care plan have some employees up in arms because of increased out-of-pocket expenses that will take effect this summer.
Weight obsession rampant in today's society
Mar. 10, 2004The widespread use of diet supplements such as ephedra raises a question about what makes the American society diet-obsessed. Many students at Ohio University blame the media for perpetuating weight consciousness through glamorous, abnormal images of the human body.
Music consumers receive compensation
Mar. 10, 2004Recipients of an out-of-court music settlement received checks recently to compensate for music companies banding together with retailers to allegedly raise the prices of compact discs, tapes and vinyl records.
Building of Haitian government commences
Mar. 10, 2004PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Gerard Latortue, a former U.N. official chosen to lead Haiti out of political turmoil, returned from the United States yesterday to begin the arduous task of building a government. Loyalists of the former president said they would not accept him.
States pose inconsistent testing of Great Lakes
Mar. 10, 2004WASHINGTON - People who fish or swim in the Great Lakes get inconsistent information about whether their activities are safe because water standards and testing vary from state to state, an environmental group said yesterday.
Dealing with booty busters
Mar. 10, 2004Many embarrassing incidents can arise during a sexual encounter. For example, farting during oral sex. Let's face it, our bodies are weird, and when naked, they do weird things.
Consumers should make own decisions
Mar. 10, 2004Government intervention in the world of performance enhancers seemed not to be a question of if but when, after President Bush made the peculiar point of devoting a portion of his State of the Union Address to steroid use. It is no shock then that the Food and Drug Administration recently has banned the herbal stimulant ephedra. Beginning April 12, sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra will be illegal. This ban and the surrounding circumstances beg for a reorganization of the herbal-supplement industry, which ideally would allow for the FDA to monitor supplements without having to resort to the drastic measure of removing them entirely from drug and supplement stores across the country.
Competition needs recycling for victory
Mar. 10, 2004Students at Ohio University are neck-and-neck with the top three schools in Recycle Mania: Miami University, Dartmouth College and Villanova University.
DeBeers' pricing hearing delayed
Mar. 10, 2004COLUMBUS - A hearing today at which diamond giant DeBeers SA was expected to admit to its role in a 10-year-old price-fixing case has been postponed, while probation officers prepare a pre-sentencing report.
Ceremony speaker chosen
Mar. 10, 2004This year Ohio University's commencement speaker will be historian David McCullough.
