Inductee one of best swimmers ever at Ohio
Sep. 23, 2003Editor's Note: This is the third in a five-part series regarding individuals who are being inducted Friday into the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Concealed-carry laws should not be overturned
Sep. 23, 2003The right to bear arms is a constitutional guarantee, but the State of Ohio should not reverse the current legislation that keeps residents from carrying concealed weapons.
New gate installation to prevent vending machine vandalism
Sep. 23, 2003New South residents wanting to get a snack from vending machines in their dorm basements will have to peer through a gate protecting the front of the machine in order to peruse the selection.
Proposed legislation could freeze OU salaries
Sep. 23, 2003State employee salaries might be frozen in the future if legislation put forth by Rep. Jim McGregor, R-Gahanna, passes.
Bobcats voted No. 31
Sep. 23, 2003With 12 votes in the most recent AVCA/USA Today Poll, the No. 31 Ohio volleyball team has again achieved its highest national rank in team history.
MAC has long way to go
Sep. 23, 2003Before we sound the siren and send all the Bowl Championship Series schools running from future Mid-American Conference games, let's take a second to get our breath and calm down. The MAC is still not a legitimate threat.
Commission delays planning
Sep. 23, 2003The Appalachian Regional Commission will not be able to begin planning its budget by Oct. 1, the date the commission usually has a working budget, because of a debate about its funding.
World response to AIDS called inadequate, countries fail to meet goals
Sep. 22, 2003UNITED NATIONS - The world's financial and political response to curbing the AIDS epidemic has been woefully inadequate, with many countries failing to achieve goals set two years ago at a historic United Nations session on the disease, a new report said.
Underdog turns over NCAA field
Sep. 22, 2003Editor's Note: This is the second in a five-part series regarding individuals who are being inducted into the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame Friday.
Ohio representative pleads guilty
Sep. 22, 2003Ohio Rep. Jimmy Stewart, R-Athens, appeared in Athens County Municipal Court yesterday and was ordered by Judge Douglas Bennett to pay a $50 fine, plus court costs, after receiving a no operator's license charge, said a municipal court worker.
Let's Go to the Bar!
Sep. 22, 2003Sorry guys. Look, I know you are my roommates, but something has to be done about these parties. I don't want to be uptight, but honestly, I find the whole focus of this gathering very sophomoric. Everyone is standing around like cattle, forcing alcohol down their throats, and waiting 15 minutes for the keg. People are spilling beer on the couch, some dude is puking in our backyard and your little brother just showed up with his entire freshman floor. I am an adult now, and it is time I spoke up. We should definitely move this party to the bar.
Terror mastermind's interrogations put U.S. officials inside al-Qaida
Sep. 22, 2003WASHINGTON - The interrogations of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed portray an al-Qaida terror network that is fluid in its planning, willing to go slowly to achieve spectacular results and determined to carry out plots even when initially thwarted.
Nelsonville to get free Internet for city offices
Sep. 22, 2003The city of Nelsonville reached an agreement Sept. 18 with Nelsonville TV Cable, Inc. that will provide free Internet and cable access for any city building in Nelsonville, at the request of City Manager Fred Holmes.
OU administrator arrested, charged with drug possession
Sep. 22, 2003Richard Harrison, Ohio University's assistant dean for student affairs development, was arrested Saturday and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of cocaine.
Fulfillment Can Still Be Found in the Journey
Sep. 22, 2003Pressure mounting, deadlines looming, expectations breathing down your neck - these are the general reasons that spew from the mouths of today's young scholars when asked about the motivation to cheat on an assignment. Growing up in a capitalist economy in the United States, students may not realize that we are driven by the alluring power of money. Superstar athletes wielding multi-million dollar contracts through free agency, and the down, up and down again nature of Wall Street stocks and bonds are two examples of this nation's financial state of mind; which is to get the biggest piece of the pie now before it all disappears. In a 1996 Newsweek article entitled, Making the Grade, professor Kurt Wiesenfeld artfully summarized the dwindling significance of today's college degree. "Though intrinsically worthless, grades, if properly manipulated, can be traded for what has value: a degree, which means a job, which means money. The one thing college actually offers - a chance to learn - is considered irrelevant, even less than worthless, because of the long hours and hard work required." Exemplifying the capitalist mindset, Wiesenfeld suggests that a college degree is only a ticket to be punched for admittance to the "Wonderful Ride of Profit." A hunger for personal enlightenment, and a joy in attaining new perspectives on the world around us seems to be something we students have lost in today's million-dollar-a-minute society.
OU men -
Sep. 22, 2003The Fab Five from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" would loose their jobs if the show were based in Athens. If you've never seen the show on Bravo, it's about five homosexual men who, in a super-hero like manner, equipped with cell phones and good taste, rescue men from committing clothing, culture and culinary crimes. Well, the guys here in Athens very rarely break fashion laws. They are all so ... pretty. I'm amazed when I go to parties and see these guys with silky collared shirts, nicely pressed khaki pants and shoes my father would wear to a business meeting. Their "accessories" even match their clothes. Their gelled hair gleams with the same glossy-ness it would if it hadn't been washed in three weeks; but, the thing is, they actually tried to make it look that way.
After daring rescue, ailing South Pole worker headed to United States
Sep. 22, 2003PUNTA ARENAS, Chile - After his daring rescue from the South Pole, an ailing U.S. research worker left yesterday on a flight to the United States for medical treatment, according to an official with a Chilean air ambulance service.
Iraq money would hire firefighters, build children's hospital, create ZIP codes
Sep. 22, 2003WASHINGTON - The administration wants $100 million for an Iraqi witness protection program, $290 million to hire, train and house thousands of firefighters and $9 million to modernize the postal service, including establishment of ZIP codes.
Car bomb explodes near U.N. compound in Baghdad, at least two killed, 19 wounded
Sep. 22, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber, his body wrapped in explosives and his car filled with 50 pounds of TNT, struck a police checkpoint outside U.N. headquarters in Baghdad yesterday, killing an Iraqi policeman who stopped him and wounding 19 people.
