Developers respond to public, council's concerns
Sep. 22, 2003Representatives from the development companies proposing the Campus Edge apartment complex reassured concerned south-side Athens residents during a public hearing last night.
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Authorities: Immigrant smuggling ring uncovered in Amish community
Sep. 22, 2003CLEVELAND - A smuggling ring operated for several months in Ohio's largest Amish community, transporting hundreds of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala, investigators said.
Co-founder of VisCom school is named director
Sep. 22, 2003Kathy Krendl, dean of Ohio University's College of Communication, named professor Terry Eiler the new director of the School of Visual Communication Sept. 1.
Rush begins this week
Sep. 22, 2003Fall fraternity recruitment begins Sept. 23, with all 16 of the Ohio University Interfraternity Council fraternity chapters gathering in the Baker University Center Ballroom to meet potential members.
New York's Library Hotel denies infringing rights of owner of Dewey Decimal system
Sep. 22, 2003DUBLIN, Ohio - A library-themed luxury hotel in Manhattan said yesterday that it has not infringed on the rights of the nonprofit library cooperative that owns the Dewey Decimal system.
Ohio hurdles conference cuts
Sep. 16, 2003With the recent cutting of men's track and field programs by several Mid-American Conference schools, mixed emotions have been displayed by the conference's coaches and athletic directors.
Coming to grips with small-time athletics
Sep. 16, 2003Walking down Morton Hill last Friday afternoon, I had my existence as a sports fan halted at the goal line by a potent middle linebacker.
Buckeyes spoil Ohio's shot at two in a row
Sep. 16, 2003For the fourth time on its five game road stint, the Ohio field hockey team was sent home without a win, as they were defeated in overtime by Ohio State yesterday 3-2.
After all the cookies crumble
Sep. 15, 2003(U-WIRE) University of Virginia -- My best friend and I were pulled over to the side of the road by a traffic cop, again. Of course it's not the first time this has happened, but this time we sat confounded by the notion that we were getting stopped while cars zoomed passed us on the highway. There was no massive sound system, no smoke billowing out the windows, no trigger that I assume normally tips off a cop to want to pull over black men in a nice ride, not that we ever had one. He assigned the stop to the fact that we were following too closely behind his patrol car, but of course, we couldn't help but get the age-old notion that our skin color had something to do with being pulled to side of the road in rural Virginia.
Couldn't We Be Less Offensive During Banned Books Week?
Sep. 15, 2003Next week is the American Library Association+
Drug testing: The employee plague
Sep. 15, 2003(U-WIRE) University of Massachusetts-Amherst -- Trying to find a job this past summer presented a greater challenge than I anticipated. There were some issues I expected to encounter. For example, I had already figured I would not find employment that involved interesting work. I also knew that the job market was difficult and it would be hard to get an offer anywhere. What I didn't expect was to have to take a drug screening urinalysis test.
All-access newspapers for the blind
Sep. 15, 2003On Wednesday, the Southeast Ohio chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will host an informational meeting for all those interested in NEWSLINE, a telephone reading service for the blind and visually impaired.
Physician/patient education key to prescription drug safety
Sep. 15, 2003Last week, drug enforcement officials and members of Congress appealed to a federal drug advisory panel requesting the sale of the popular painkiller OxyContin be dramatically restricted. The panel rejected this plea, despite the fact that OxyContin is widely abused and responsible for between 500 and 1,000 deaths a year.
Fund provides aid to undergraduate projects
Sep. 14, 2003Ambitious, cash-strapped undergraduate students who want to study insects abroad or produce their own film now have funding opportunities available through the Ohio University Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund (PURF).
Red Cross trains Jamaican police to fight crime with less violence
Sep. 14, 2003KINGSTON, Jamaica -
Protesters gather, sit to garner attention
Sep. 14, 2003Protesters filled Ohio University President Robert Glidden's office in an expression of discontent at a sit-in on Friday in Cutler Hall that started at 10 a.m. and lasted until the building closed at 5 p.m.
