Buffalo poses bigger challenge than in past
Jan. 13, 2004One shot stood between the Ohio women's basketball team and its first victory against Ball State in six years.
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Mass. court ruling legal
Jan. 13, 2004For a couple hundred years, give or take a few, democratic debate has been a bedrock of the American governmental process. I wish to further it here by responding to U-Wire columnist Joe Schilling's opinions on recent Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. I also want to avoid the common pitfall of editorial responders by engaging in a tit-for-tat game of rhetorical point-scoring. Although I do disagree with many of Mr. Schilling's statements, a simplified analysis of the ruling and the legislative and judicial processes of the state of Massachusetts do not further our endeavor to understand this issue. I offer, instead, this alternate view of the issue.
Presidential points to ponder
Jan. 13, 2004Remember in grade school when your conscientious third grade teacher explained the difference between principle and principal? In my case, she boldly declared the principal is, indeed, your pal. At the college level, we have the next best thing: a president. Right now, Ohio University is preparing for the monumental transition from one president to the next.
Sexual harassment issue among students leads to policy review
Jan. 13, 2004A recent incident among students at Trimble Middle School caused a routine district policy review to be timelier than expected.
APD distributes firearm safety kits to Athens residents
Jan. 13, 2004The Athens Police Department began handing out 200 firearm safety kits provided by Project Childsafe to Athens residents Monday.
Anti-smoking grant would target teens
Jan. 13, 2004At yesterday's Athens County Commissioner's meeting, Jack Frech, Department of Job and Family Services' director, proposed a $50,000, one-year contract with Case Western Reserve for Tobacco Prevention.
Court rejects death-row inmate's last appeal
Jan. 13, 2004COLUMBUS - Studying legal documents and refusing to select a last meal, convicted killer Lewis Williams spent the day before his scheduled execution quietly while a final appeal went before a federal appeals court.
Ohio Valley Ice Cats team on its last breath
Jan. 13, 2004Five months ago, Athens gave professional hockey a chance. So did Devin Goldberg.
Health benefits of sex abound
Jan. 13, 2004Winter Quarter will be the quarter most of us get sick. Really sick. We'll spend all our beer money on over-the-counter remedies, skip classes to wait in line for hours at Hudson Health Center and generally feel like poo.
New concealed carry law will not affect OU weapons policy
Jan. 13, 2004For Ohio University students, the new concealed carry law will carry little weight for campus life. Firearms will still be banned from campus in accordance with the law itself and the OU Student Code of Conduct.
Art film festival kicks off in Athens, gives audiences off-beat productions
Jan. 13, 2004The Station Agent kicked off the Athena's Art Film Festival for Winter Quarter Jan 10.
Bobcats to battle Bulls
Jan. 13, 2004In previous seasons, the Buffalo Bulls were like a safety net: no matter how far a team fell, the Bulls were always beneath it.
Detainees' case must be heard
Jan. 13, 2004The Supreme Court has refused to hear a case to decide whether the government acted properly toward Arab and Muslim detainees who were taken into custody after Sept. 11, despite an audit by the Justice Department inspector general that found significant problems - including physical abuse allegations - and a friend of the court brief filed by 23 news organizations. By not acting, the Supreme Court has implicitly condoned the treatment of the detainees, a decision both unwise and dangerous.
Taft signs bill allowing concealed handguns
Jan. 13, 2004Gov. Bob Taft signed a bill Thursday that will allow Ohioans to carry concealed handguns.
Country's leader to reflect diversity
Jan. 11, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq - Handpicking Iraq's interim leadership to reflect its ethnic and religious makeup seemed like the right thing to do six months ago. But communal tensions are on the rise, deepening the country's ethnic and religious fault lines and casting doubt on prospects for installing a peacefully elected government next year.
Protesters in Iraq demand jobs, elections
Jan. 11, 2004AMARAH, Iraq - Impatience with Iraq's occupying forces boiled over yesterday as unemployed Iraqis pelted British troops with stones and a top Shiite Muslim cleric demanded the country's next parliament be elected - not chosen by local caucuses, as foreseen by the Americans.
Protecting minority a noble goal
Jan. 11, 2004(U-Wire) - The initial Pledge of Allegiance did not contain the phrase under God. This phrase was not added during World War II, when the pledge was adopted as a comfort to a country at war.
Space proposals won't halt budget cuts, official says
Jan. 11, 2004WASHINGTON - Space-exploration proposals that President Bush is preparing to put into his next budget will not undermine his administration's goal of cutting the federal deficit in half within five years, Treasury Secretary John Snow said yesterday.
Record cold temperatures in Northeast result in deaths
Jan. 11, 2004The bitter cold that gripped the Northeast and iced over roads through the weekend was blamed for at least three deaths, including that of a Philadelphia man found inside a home without heat.
Wrestling wins Wendy's Classic to remain perfect in New Year
Jan. 11, 2004The Ohio wrestling team continued its string of dominance this weekend, remaining perfect in the New Year by beating Indiana, Gardner Webb and host team Ashland at the Wendy's Classic yesterday.
