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OU grows under first seven presidents
Feb. 17, 2004Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at the presidents of Ohio University. The information in the story came from the Mahn Center for Archives in Alden Library.
On Founders Day, looking back ...
Feb. 17, 2004When The Post's editorial board sat down to discuss just what parts of Ohio University's history to commemorate in this space today, there was a good amount of cynicism, as any group of journalists is likely to show. Academics have gone straight down the drain since we've been here
A look back at OU
Feb. 17, 2004In the past century, students at Ohio University have seen wars, flooding and riots. But they also have pledged in fraternities and sororities, competed in athletic competitions and attended some of the largest parties in this part of the country.
Technology flourishes; goodbye typewriters
Feb. 17, 2004The '90s - the decade that brought Ohio University students Nirvana, Operation Desert Storm and the Internet. Although it may not seem very long ago, OU has changed a lot in the last 10 years.
Commissioners OK Inner Badge program
Feb. 17, 2004At yesterday's Athens County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners approved the Athens Fire Department to purchase a new computer server that runs the Inner Badge Program.
Alumni remember 'happy times,' Hog Island
Feb. 17, 2004The 1950s were a time when fraternity brothers serenaded their girlfriends, students enjoyed Cokes or coffee at Quick's drug store Uptown, and commencement took place beneath the elms on College Green.
University closed after violent protests, Kent State
Feb. 17, 2004While the nation turned its eyes to the tragedy at Kent State University in 1970, tensions were also elevated in Athens. Ohio University began the decade of the 1970s still torn over the Vietnam War.
Big-name trades realign college football lineups
Feb. 17, 2004This news about this week's blockbuster trade shocked me. I couldn't believe that Notre Dame and Oklahoma agreed to it.
New millennium unites OU students, faculty
Feb. 17, 2004Welcome to the 21st century at Ohio University - where technology connects professors with students, where weekends start Thursday night and continue through Sunday and where a student body of 20,000 finds the strength to support each other in times of national crisis. At OU, the dawning of yet another decade brought a new provost, computers in every residence hall room, an updated movie theater and a multitude of other revolutionary changes.
Ohio Notebook
Feb. 17, 2004Ohio outfielder Phil Sabatini recently became the first Ohio student-athlete to achieve ultimate elite athlete status in the three-year old program started by Ohio Director of Strength and Conditioning Sonny Sano and assistant Chad Shultz to evaluate Bobcat student-athletes.
Students worked through school in '30s
Feb. 17, 2004The 1930s were plagued with the effects of the Great Depression along with the ever-growing threat of a second world war looming overseas.
State official petitions to repeal tax
Feb. 17, 2004Local educators gathered on the Athens County Courthouse steps yesterday to collect pennies and to protest the efforts of Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to repeal Ohio's one-cent sales tax.
Ohio prepares for rival
Feb. 17, 2004With the Miami RedHawks playing their third game in five days, it would seem the stage is set for Ohio to claim their first conference road win of the season.
'Hot' Miami to face Bobcats
Feb. 17, 2004After Monday's 69-54 victory against Akron, the Ohio women's basketball team's postgame celebration ended before it began.
21 not so much fun
Feb. 16, 2004As I sit here writing this, it is only 17 days until my 21st birthday. I just got an e-mail from a high school friend of mine. He turned 21 on the 15th of this month. He wrote something that caught my eye. He said that while he enjoyed his birthday week, he was still depressed. I immediately knew what he meant. I call it the getting-too-damn-old blues.
Speaker urges animal rights
Feb. 16, 2004In a restaurant in China, two customers choose their dinner from cages full of cats and dogs. A fluffy white cat is whisked away to the kitchen, where the cook scalds, skins and drowns it.
Local schools rate test scores
Feb. 16, 2004Administrators from all four schools within the Federal Hocking Local School District discussed Local Report Card results and how their respective schools are working to improve the scores at last night's board meeting.
Amish community opposes creation of new UPN reality show
Feb. 16, 2004In a secluded schoolyard deep within the heart of the Appalachian countryside, Amish schoolchildren have grown accustomed to running for cover at the sight of approaching tourists. Characterizing the view of the majority of the Amish community, the children desire nothing more from the outside world than to be left alone.
Democratic presidential candidate criticizes Bush's large budget deficit
Feb. 16, 2004TAMPA, Fla. - President Bush, brushing aside concerns about the unprecedented budget deficit, renewed his demand that Congress extend his tax cuts and charged yesterday that Democrats would hike taxes.
