The 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.
Recipients 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.
PORT-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.
WASHINGTON - 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.
Many 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.
Government 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.
Students at Ohio University are neck-and-neck with the top three schools in Recycle Mania: Miami University, Dartmouth College and Villanova University.
COLUMBUS - 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.
This year Ohio University's commencement speaker will be historian David McCullough.
Many students still hold to the notion that their professors, along with their fourth grade teachers, live, work and sleep in their offices. Two Ohio University professors and a teaching assistant are proof that a guitar just may go well with a tweed coat.
Like my esteemed fellow columnist Eric Dryden, I am flying to Europe for next quarter. His column earlier this week about going back home got me thinking.
OXFORD, Ohio - Police are warning Miami University students that they could be sentenced to community service during spring break if they misbehave during today's annual Green Beer Day tradition of drunken parties.
Not everyone can afford to make it to Daytona Beach for spring break, but with a little creativity and ingenuity Ohioans can find a little vacation close to home.
While Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh has a contract that runs through 2007, Ohio University President Robert Glidden will end his 10-year legacy this summer. With retirement on its way and athletic criticism all around, Glidden talked with The Post's Mike Cottrill about leaving Ohio athletics behind, his favorite coaches, and his potential to play one on one.
Those who cannot drive without talking on their cell phones might have to give up their habit.
It's official: Ryan White has turned into a legitimate college pitcher.
Ohio University students looking to shape up before spring break have many exercise options at Ping Center, but some of them have tried additional strategies to gain an extra edge.
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