COLUMBUS - A secret plan to destroy the political career of Ohio's secretary of state was the work of overzealous staffers frustrated with the secretary's proposal to roll back a penny sales-tax increase, House Speaker Larry Householder said yesterday.
Former Post sports editor Eric Pfahler told me around the time of baseball's opening day how different it was watching the Pirates after covering them for MLB.com the previous summer. After my first stint following a team, I see what he meant.
Chris Bova was named the Mid-American Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week after pitching a complete game one-hitter against Buffalo Friday.
Seventy-three percent of scholarship student-athletes who enrolled at Ohio University in 1997-98 as freshmen earned undergraduate degrees, according to new graduation rate data released Thursday by the Ohio Athletics Department. The number is the highest in eight years.
It turns out that the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship trophy was not the last award that the Ohio hockey team would receive this year.
If you have to start pulling up your pants, I'll have to start tying my shoes, and then where will we be? I have a bad back, and I can't reach that far. Some Democrat down in Louisiana introduced a bill last week making it a violation of the law to wear one's pants too low. This offense would be punishable by a $500 fine and six months in jail. The idiot finds low-riding pants to be offensive. So the Chief of the Fashion Police is doing us all quite the favor by making it illegal.
WASHINGTON - Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative members delivered an unusual public rebuke to more liberal justices yesterday, accusing them of ducking an important church-state fight over mealtime prayers at a taxpayer-funded military college.
After dropping its second consecutive game and five of its last seven, the Ohio baseball team heads to Youngstown State today looking to pick up the pieces.
Like many college students, I am a compulsive watcher of sports, specifically ESPN. I am always looking to see what is going on in the world of sports.
In an age of political apathy, about the only thing that could incite real passion from young voters on college campuses across the nation is the one thing no politician should want to mention. In what may be the most telling condemnation of reinstating the draft in America, the senator who first re-ignited discussion of it, Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., admitted that the issue was radioactive in an election year. The fact that the draft, dormant for 31 years, is enough to kill political careers is proof that it is not a feasible option for the United States. The idea of a draft is flawed for many reasons, and if the Bush administration or any future presidency must resort to it, they must seriously re-examine their foreign policy decisions.
Ohio University students are donning their favorite pairs of flip-flops and sandals in celebration of the warmer spring weather. But with just a piece of foam rubber protecting their feet from the ground, students might find themselves with long- and short-term foot pain.
The other day I found myself lucky enough to talk with a friend I have not seen since she chose Purdue and I went with Ohio University.
MINNEAPOLIS - President Bush pushed high-tech proposals in a politically important state yesterday, calling for computerizing all patient health care records within 10 years and permanently banning taxes on high-speed Internet access.
Most parents would be apprehensive about their son trading in his baseball mitt for a lightweight fiberglass pole to fly 15 feet through the air. But Mike and Tonja Troyer are different.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind leaves viewers inspired, spontaneous, hopeful and fearful all at the same time.
CHICAGO - As same-sex couples fight for their right to marry, some straight couples are deciding against it. Instead, they're registering as domestic partners
The Ohio softball team will participate in the StrikeOut Cancer event during its doubleheader against Northern Illinois, May 8. The event was originally scheduled for the Miami game this past Saturday but was rescheduled due to conflicts.
Change is good. No one should fear it. Without change the status quo always prevails and the system never improves. Next fall, students and faculty alike will be confronted with a drastic change: Ohio University will establish a new general education program, which means students no longer will use the tier system. The new program will begin with students entering the university in 2005 and will do away with the 20-year-old tier system. OU has made a good decision in updating the general education program but needs to reconsider the proposed time frame. Less than two years is simply not enough time to work out all the details of the program. The university should consider pushing back the program's unveiling to make sure that all parties involved, especially faculty and advisers, can adapt to the new system. OU needs to take the time to train faculty, advisers and students in the workings of the new system.
County commissioners across Ohio are working to change legislation that would force the state government to reimburse counties the promised 50 percent funding of the Public Defender's Contract.
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