FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes pounded Fallujah with 500-pound laser-guided bombs yesterday, and Marines battled insurgents near a train station and in neighborhoods that had seemed to be quieting. American forces decided to delay potentially dangerous patrols into the besieged city.
It's Moms Weekend at Ohio University, and while most students are reminding their moms not to speed on the way to this highly anticipated theme weekend, I am trying to convince my mom that we could use a little time apart from the hustle and bustle of her life as a matriarch.
The 2 percent technology fee is helping to provide OU students not only with visible changes such as the Alden Library Learning Commons and a completely wireless campus, but with more behind-the-scenes upgrades as well.
Legislation proposed by state Sen. Teresa Fedor, D-Toledo, would place a two-year moratorium on the creation of new, for-profit community schools - schools that opponents say drain the state's budget and remain unaccountable to the public.
Ohio University student senators adopted a resolution last night that supports a new company for next year's health insurance.
A 6-cent gas-tax increase over three years that the Ohio legislature passed last spring is stirring controversy around the state.
Ohio voters rejoice! No longer are Republicans and Democrats fighting each other over the future of the state; now Republicans are simplifying the equation by fighting among themselves. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and House Speaker Larry Householder have been engaged in a small spat for some time now, and things are starting to get out of hand. The situation has escalated to a 109-page report that has been made public. The report, written by Householder's staff, proposed a plan to destroy Blackwell's political career. In response to this report, Blackwell has hired lawyers to review it and to determine whether the plan proposed illegal activity. If such illegal activities were encouraged, Blackwell says he will turn the findings over to the proper authorities. It is good to know that these elected officials are more willing to pursue their own agendas instead of working together to find solutions to the problems facing the state.
Finding changing tables is a problem, Liana Flores said. So is managing to enjoy Ping Recreation Center, which does not provide childcare services for guests who bring children.
Recent Grand Ole Opry inductee and veteran bluegrass musician Del McCoury is performing with his band, the Nashville-based Del McCoury Band, tonight at The Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St.
Ohio schools - including the Athens City School district - will receive less money for poor students next year from the federal government because of a restructuring of federal education law.
Whether Ohio University had an entirely wireless campus was the No. 1 question asked at Precollege last year. Up until now, the answer was no.
With 276 majors to choose from at Ohio University and a greater opportunity in the work force, female students today are faced with an abundance of options. But generations still are following the trend of being stay-at-home moms.
WASHINGTON - President Bush's bus tour in the Midwest next week will include stops at four Ohio cities, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said yesterday.
After returning from an abortion-rights march in Washington, several Ohio University students and Athens residents found their car tires slashed in the Planned Parenthood parking lot.
A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. George Voinovich would take steps to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement but faces rival legislation.
When they arrive, students in Markus Boettcher's lecture classes are given their own personal remote. Using PowerPoint, Boettcher projects the day's quiz up on a screen and the entire class presses their answers into their remotes. The answers are picked up by the desktop receiver and within seconds the correct answer is displayed.
WASHINGTON - The recording industry sued 477 more computer users yesterday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.
WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to lower taxes for some married couples, part of an election-year push to lock in some of President Bush's most popular tax cuts.
The 9th annual Blackout Fest at The Union, 18 W. Union St., begins tonight at 7, with The Campus Stranglers, to rock out Athens for the next three days. It ends Saturday night with The Real Kids, a Boston garage band that has been together since the 1970s.
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