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.
MULTIMEDIA
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.
Women's center in the works
Oct. 5, 2004The Women's Affairs Commission will be presenting a revised proposal for the new women's center to the rest of the Student Senate general body in hopes of passing a resolution to send to the administration. After years of outcry for a women's center from various student organizations, the commission hopes to help finally establish one.
Plans for national emergencies set
Oct. 5, 2004The Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan was finalized at yesterday's Athens County Commissioners' meeting.
WVU professor, poet gives free reading
Oct. 5, 2004Poet James Harms will give a public reading from his work at 7:30 p.m. today in Galbreath Chapel on University Terrace.
Proposed facility offers needed benefits
Oct. 5, 2004I'm responding to Phil Ewing's column from Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, (Nursing home plan disregards needs
O'Bleness sees additions
Oct. 5, 2004O'Bleness Memorial Hospital plans to open a surgery center and an imaging department this month in its new outpatient care center, Castrop Center.
Tough choices
Oct. 5, 2004Despite a war in Iraq and a record budget deficit, Congress, with the mandate of the Bush administration, continues to cut taxes. The latest cuts, which are directed toward working families, are justifiable, as U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Lisbon, said, because they are directed toward the middle class. However, members of the national government need to look long and hard at tax cuts and to begin to question whether this is the appropriate time to be decreasing taxation.
Buckeyes' lead too much for field hockey
Oct. 5, 2004The Ohio field hockey team fell to interstate rival Ohio State in its last non-conference match of the season Tuesday at Peggy Pruitt Field.
OUPD stats indicate fewer crimes reported
Oct. 5, 2004Crime statistics for 2003 recently released by the Ohio University Police Department indicate that crime generally declined from 2002 to 2003 but stayed close to the five-year average.
Everyone wants to drive Olympia at games
Oct. 5, 2004When the uber-obscure band Jesus in a Sidecar sang, I Wanna Drive the Zamboni
Fingerhut walks nearly 500 miles to greet Ohio voters
Oct. 5, 2004Touring the countryside on foot takes a toll both physically and mentally, but U.S. Senate candidate Eric Fingerhut said it is the best way for him to understand the citizens of Ohio.
Secretary of State criticized for restricting voters
Oct. 5, 2004Ohio Senate Democrats called for the resignation of Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell last week, charging Blackwell with creating election confusion for voters and for allowing partisan sentiments to influence his election directives.
How to classify the sports fans
Oct. 5, 2004Do you consider yourself a sports fan? If so, what kind of sports fan are you? Are you an obsessive, a maniac, a specialist? If you aren't sure, read on.
VP hopefuls spar on issues
Oct. 5, 2004CLEVELAND -Vice President Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., clashed in a debate about foreign and domestic issues that remained civil but included some pointed exchanges between the two candidates.
Architect to speak
Oct. 3, 2004A professor visiting on behalf of the Ohio University interior architecture program will give a public lecture at noon today in Grover Center W115.
