MULTIMEDIA

Ban favors gun boundaries, responsibility

Sep. 15, 2004

All you bayonet-affixing, grenade-launcher-applying gun enthusiasts can rest easy. The sunset has arrived on Clinton-era legislation banning the domestic sale of nineteen specifically named assault weapons. As of midnight Sept. 12, Americans have the liberty to flex their second-amendment muscles. They are now within their legal right to go out and purchase Christmas stocking stuffers such as the TEC-9. Many critics of the legislation view the sunset as irrelevant because it was easy to maneuver around the specifics of the weapons ban. These critics are missing the symbolic point of a bill aimed at decreasing the proliferation of dangerous arms.

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Uncertain job market creates 'major' choices

Sep. 15, 2004

NEW YORK -It's a well-worn pickup line at college keg parties: What's your major?

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Faculty hosts walk for star enthusiasts

Sep. 15, 2004

The fall sequence of Star Walks, hosted by the Ohio University astronomy faculty, is scheduled to have its first hike Friday at 8:30 p.m.

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Kerry criticizes lapse of assault weapons ban, promotes crime-fighting program

Sep. 13, 2004

WASHINGTON -Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Yesterday accused President Bush of ducking his responsibility to protect the country from crime and terrorism by allowing a national assault weapons ban to expire.

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Committee discusses future of Wellhead Protection Plan

Sep. 13, 2004

Members of the Athens City Council committees met Monday night in their chambers to discuss future goals for the Wellhead Protection Plan, as well as other issues.

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Student Remembered

Sep. 13, 2004

When Joe Leone went home during Ohio University breaks, he made it a priority to attend his younger sister's softball games.

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Standoff ends calmly

Sep. 13, 2004

Late last night, a Nelsonville man was arrested and peacefully taken into custody after a day-long standoff with the Athens County Sheriff's Department.

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Marshall comes close against OSU

Sep. 13, 2004

The Marshall football team nearly pulled off a second upset of a

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Protester dressed as Batman scales Buckingham Palace in embarassment for security

Sep. 13, 2004

LONDON -Holy intruder! A protester dressed in a Batman costume scaled the front wall of Buckingham Palace on Yesterday and perched for more than five hours on a ledge near the balcony where the royal family appears on ceremonial occasions.

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Hurricane Ivan kills 68 in Cuba

Sep. 13, 2004

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -Whipping winds and walloping waves lashed western Cuba and the communist country's tobacco-growing region Yesterday, as Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a Category 5 storm -the most powerful -and barreled along on a new course toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Ten dead in suspected arson at apartment near Columbus

Sep. 13, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A survivor of a suspected arson fire that killed 10 people reached for the ladder in a desperate attempt to reach relatives trapped on the third floor.

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Facelift to Jefferson Hall receives mixed reactions

Sep. 13, 2004

After 34 years, Jefferson Hall received almost $93,000 for refurnishing, but the facelift is met with mixed reactions.

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U.S. jets bomb suspected militant hideout; at least 20 people killed

Sep. 13, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -U.S. warplanes pounded a suspected hide-out of al-Qaida-linked militants in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Yesterday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 29, officials and witnesses said. Seven of the victims died when a shell hit an ambulance, a hospital official said.

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Gun shops and police officers brace for end of assault weapons ban

Sep. 13, 2004

BOISE, Idaho -The expiration Yesterday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like TEC-9s can now be legally bought.

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A time to love, a time to hate

Sep. 13, 2004

There comes a time in the lives of all sports fans when they must figure out who their enemies are. And no, I'm not writing this to tell you that you are my enemy (unless, of course, you stole my Smashing Pumpkins CD when I was in 11th grade, in which case I am writing this for that purpose). I'm talking about the Ohio football team's game this weekend with supposed rival Miami.

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Volleyball dominates tourney, senior setter named MVP

Sep. 12, 2004

After winning two of three last weekend, the Ohio volleyball team (6-1) took the Furman Invitational by storm, going 3-0 and winning the title. The team took wins against Jacksonville, Mercer and Furman.

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Krendl officially replaces Kopp as interim provost

Sep. 12, 2004

Recent administration changes were crucial for the university to move forward, said Ohio University President Roderick McDavis in an e-mail statement.

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At least 60 dead in Iraq after day of violence

Sep. 12, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -Insurgents hammered central Baghdad yesterday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.

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Florida prepares for hurricane

Sep. 12, 2004

KEY WEST, Fla. -Streets, bars, hotels and shops in this normally bustling island resort town were mostly empty yesterday, even as officials in the Florida Keys said they were cautiously optimistic Hurricane Ivan might spare the island chain its worst punishment.

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NAACP apologizes today

Sep. 12, 2004

BALTIMORE -The head of the NAACP said yesterday he planned to personally apologize to U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, saying the organization's national office never withdrew a speaking invitation to an Ohio dinner.