With skepticism of Ohio athletics at such a high point, it is difficult to criticize a move that would help to prop up the sagging programs. But, with the university in such a budget crunch, even the modest $500,000 increase recently awarded to athletics sends the wrong message, and administrators should be sensitive to the needs of other departments.
Kicking off the 23rd International Week at Ohio University, South African ambassador to the United States Barbara Masakela informed her audience on the process of democracy in South Africa.
In December the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly 23 to four to recommend over-the-counter approval for Plan B, or the morning after pill. But on Thursday the FDA went against the recommendation by denying over-the-counter status for the pill.
Visiting presidential candidate David Hodge said yesterday he would increase diversity at Ohio University by raising tuition to subsidize low-income students and by possibly lowering admissions standards. He also said he wanted to clarify the university's mission.
The Ohio baseball team is coming off possibly its most heart-breaking series of the season, dropping two of three games to Ball State this past weekend.
(U-WIRE) -You know what the media needs? Sex. This may seem a strange thing to advocate, given the proliferation of prudish protests and FCC lawsuits. But then again, what they're protesting isn't really sex at all. It's vulgarity, and it's nudity, but it's not sex. What our movies, TV and music try to pass off as hot, hot action is, in reality, generic, plastic and deadening. Think of network and cable TV. Even on the more permissive MTV, even after 1 a.m., all of the naughty bits and talk are blurred out, and we're left with the same spray-on sweat, posed positions and blank looks we get at 3 p.m. on NBC daytime. Even in R-rated films, we get the pre-requisite soft focus and clenched hands and choreographed moans.
WASHINGTON -President Bush apologized yesterday for the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers, saying the scenes of mistreatment had made Americans sick to our stomachs.
Johnson Hall will join Read Hall in what will be known as the Read/Johnson Scholar Complex in the 2004-05 academic year.
COLUMBUS -A police official said the lead homicide detective was taken off the case of an arson that killed five college students to take a fresh look at the 13-month-old investigation.
The Ohio men's golf team got off to a solid start in the Mid-American Conference Championships and stands in third place after yesterday's first round.
Coach Roanna Brazier thought the Ohio softball team would have clinched its spot in the postseason by now.
It might have taken 43 games and close to three months, but finally the Ohio pitching staff has taken the shape it was always meant to have.
At yesterday's Athens County Commissioner's meeting, Vice President of Historical Design William Kunkle, set a date for the first bids on the restoration of the Athens Courthouse.
Every time Jason Lanza's right leg hits the ground, he feels pain. When he walks, it hurts. When he runs, it hurts even more.
Independent-label rock trio Enon will be playing at the Front Room Saturday, May 8, at 9:00 p.m. as part of Baker Nights.
After a pair of losses on the road, the Ohio lacrosse team returns home to Peggy Pruitt Field to close its season today against American Lacrosse Conference foe Ohio State.
He might have dreamt it, but he certainly never expected it.
The Ohio soccer team defeated a squad of former Bobcats 5-1 in the first-ever Alumni Game Saturday at Chessa Field. The game finished the exhibition season for the team.
The Ohio softball team aims to rebound today as it takes on Eastern Michigan in a doubleheader. The two games are important following Ohio's three losses at Akron.
Ohio pitcher Dan O'Rourke was named the Mid-American Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week after recording two wins and a save in the Bobcats' weekend sweep against Western Michigan.
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