Ohio Valley Ice Cats team on its last breath
Jan. 13, 2004Five months ago, Athens gave professional hockey a chance. So did Devin Goldberg.
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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.
Revenge is best served on ice for Bobcats
Jan. 11, 2004Perhaps the sellout crowd of 1,200 plus that attended Saturday night's hockey game at Bird Arena could have just watched the film from Friday night.
Dean favored Democrat in presidential campaign poll
Jan. 11, 2004COLUMBUS - Howard Dean is the early favorite of Ohio Democrats with a 12-point lead over his closest challenger, according to The Columbus Dispatch's first poll of the 2004 presidential campaign.
Families of terror suspects ask for their release
Jan. 11, 2004GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Two years after the first prisoners began arriving at Guantanamo Bay in the wake of Sept. 11, families of detainees are asking how much longer they must wait for their loved ones to be tried or released.
State program monitors teachers
Jan. 11, 2004CLEVELAND - Ohio's 51 colleges and universities that train future teachers will collaborate on a $10 million project to identify what makes a good teacher.
Kent State flashes past Ohio, 80-71
Jan. 11, 2004KENT - Despite outshooting and outrebounding the Mid-American Conference East Division leader, the Ohio men's basketball team fell to Kent State, 80-71, Saturday night.
Archbishop calls for lawyers to oppose same-sex marriage
Jan. 11, 2004BOSTON - Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley urged Catholic lawyers yesterday to oppose gay marriage, saying the institution of marriage and the family are under assault and attorneys need to help protect them.
Israel open to talks with Syria
Jan. 11, 2004JERUSALEM - Israel had secret contacts with Syria several months ago - well before recent Syrian overtures - but they broke down after word of the meetings leaked out, Israel's foreign minister said yesterday. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he was ready to open negotiations if Syria stops helping terror.
