Fifty years ago, whites and blacks were segregated into schools the Supreme Court determined to be illegally separate but not equal. In Ohio today, minority students' schools are often separate and rarely equal. Now, however, the inequities are legal.
A savage Scotsman, a Victorian woman with a clubfoot, an androgynous timekeeper, a vicar, biological entrepreneurs and archaeologists are the characters in the Ohio University School of Theater's latest production, Fullest Vigour.
For years, students and faculty have been fighting to make the women's studies certificate program a major.
Ohio University students, faculty members and a staff member were recognized for their efforts to foster diversity on campus Monday night. The first annual Brown v. Board of Education awards ceremony was the culmination of the day-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools.
Wiped from the pages of the Western hemisphere's collective memory, the sorrow-laden Palestinian narrative of suffering and injustice has been forgotten. The memory of more than 400 demolished villages and 750,000 Arab refugees fleeing from Israeli militias in 1948 have been erased by the Israeli government to discredit the internationally recognized right of the Palestinian people to live freely and independently in their own state.
The Ohio softball team's season came to an end Friday in a close loss to Kent State in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
With visions of academy awards and blockbuster screenplays dancing in his 16-year-old mind, Ohio University junior Dusty Wilson was inspired to pursue red carpet success the night Matt Damon and Ben Affleck struck Oscar-caliber gold with Good Will Hunting.
The Ohio softball team beat Miami three times this season but lost the one that counted the most.
Visiting presidential candidate Robert Kennedy said yesterday he would increase diversity at Ohio University by recruiting in areas of Ohio with large minority populations and work to counter budget cuts by lobbying for state and federal dollars.
With recent developments in Iraq, some politicians are calling for a reinstatement of the military draft.
There are some things the boys - and I mean to say boys - on this campus need to know. Specifically the boys on South Green, in James Hall and in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at 24 W. Washington St. who decided to shout obscenities and slurs at the Take Back the Night march last night.
Hip-hop artist Twista and neo-soul group Floetry are set to perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 22 at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The event coincides with Ohio University's Black Alumni Weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration deserves a round of applause, a standing ovation and a dozen full-bloomed red roses for its smart decision to deny the morning-after pill or emergency contraception over-the-counter status.
The Athens/Meigs Educational Service Center's alternative education program faces a $1,200 state budget cut this year, forcing local school districts to compensate late in the fiscal year.
As Athens residents driving through the intersection of Union Street and State Route 682 today will notice, left-turn lights have been added to the traffic signals on West Union Street and state Route 56.
He does not wear the face paint anymore, but he said he still gets sick from a curse Papa Shango put on him more than a decade ago. His legal name is The Warrior and he still has the warrior energy.
During my pre-college orientation this past year, every freshman was recommended to read Einstein's Dreams before starting the school year.
Kristen Clifford, an Ohio University junior, said she was marching because she wants women to feel safe at any time of the day.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor thunderstorms will keep dedicated walkers from raising money for the American Cancer Society at Ohio University's Relay for Life tonight.
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq --Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on a trip to Iraq shrouded in secrecy, said yesterday that abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison were a body blow for all of us and those in the wrong would be punished.
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