MULTIMEDIA
Students don't know their own power
Jan. 25, 2004My home university in Germany is on strike. Instead of going to class, my classmates in Leipzig made a soft porno to protest against cuts in the education budget. On the Web site www.stura.uni-leipzig.de you can see how well a naked woman acts like a devoted student. A man - also in his birthday suit - is the professor who gives his student an extra lecture. The rest I leave to your imagination.
Complex size reduced
Jan. 25, 2004The original proposal for the Campus Edge Apartment Complex has been redesigned in an effort to gain approval from Athens City Council and Athens Planning Commission.
Internet voting a huge mistake
Jan. 25, 2004With hundreds of counties across the United States buying new electronic voting machines, it's natural to look past the new devices toward future tools of democracy. As in so many other things, election workers are looking toward the information superhighway. In Michigan this year, the Feb. 7 Democratic primary will use online voting, and the Pentagon has spent $22 million on a program that would allow overseas American troops to use the Internet instead of absentee ballots. But because of the massive, anarchic nature of the Internet and the huge potential for fraud, the federal and state governments should not bank on using it in the near future.
Ohio men's basketball team gets punched in the mouth at Marshall
Jan. 25, 2004HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - Marshall drew some blood, beating up on the Ohio men's basketball team Saturday night.
Funds should be used to protect
Jan. 25, 2004If a government can't protect its people, what is it good for?
Athens students killed in crash
Jan. 25, 2004Two local high school students were killed and one suffered minimal injuries in a car crash this weekend in Athens County.
Democrats compete for 18th district
Jan. 25, 2004Democratic voters in the U.S. House of Representatives' 18th district will decide on March 2 who will face U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-St. Clairsville, in the November election.
OU working against high-risk consumption
Jan. 25, 2004Recently, the Ohio College Initiative invigorated a promise to Ohio Parents for a Drug Free Youth to reduce high-risk drinking on college campuses.
City officials discuss strategy for litter collection
Jan. 25, 2004In the streets of Athens and on the properties of homes, an abundance of litter can be found regardless of the time or day of the week. Even if street cleaners sweep daily and trash has been picked up and thrown away properly, litter is accumulating at too high of a rate for the efforts to be noticed.
Cincinnati police arrest developer accused of fraud
Jan. 25, 2004CINCINNATI - A fugitive developer accused of illegally accepting thousands of dollars in city loans and grants to renovate a theater has been arrested in New York, federal authorities said.
Ohio romps Fredonia State
Jan. 25, 2004Another big win at home for hockey teamThe domination the Ohio hockey team had over visiting Fredonia State in two wins this weekend can be exemplified in one stat: at the end of the second period Saturday night Ohio had as many goals - six - as Fredonia State had total shots.
Unmarried partners can register in Cleveland
Jan. 25, 2004CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - Doug Braun and his partner of 14 years cannot wait for this morning when they will go to City Hall and add their names to a registry recognizing them as domestic partners.
Nominees share stories, motives
Jan. 22, 2004LOS ANGELES - Five movies about culture clashes and strangers in strange lands collected nominations yesterday for best original movie script from the Writers Guild of America.
Rules for the road trip
Jan. 22, 2004Looking back on college memories 20 years from now, certain things will stick in our minds. We'll remember sledding down Jeff Hill, commencement, our first roommates, the parties we threw and maybe even how to draw a supply and demand curve. But we'll definitely remember taking road trips.
Athens school board hears PTO proposals
Jan. 22, 2004Members of the Athens High School Parent Teacher Organization presented future plans for the high school library's expansion during last night's Athens City School Board meeting.
Student beliefs tested
Jan. 22, 2004Inundated with a mass of divergent perspectives, many students find their prior religious convictions strained upon entering the college world.
