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.
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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.
Faculty members lead double lives as musicians
Mar. 10, 2004Many 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.
There's no place like home
Mar. 10, 2004Like 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.
Annual drunken fest could result in loss of break, officials warn
Mar. 10, 2004OXFORD, 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.
Day trips a cheap solution for stranded students
Mar. 10, 2004Not 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.
Glidden spouts sports
Mar. 10, 2004While 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.
