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Life is full of unanswerable questions

Aug. 27, 2003

Here's the thing about life in this world: As I get older, I am coming to realize some questions may just not have an answer. The fact of the matter is humans can only learn and comprehend so much, and the rest is only for a higher power to understand. Nevertheless, there are many times when I can't sleep at night and I ponder the greater forces that drive this planet. This week, I would like to look at some of these unanswerable questions that have plagued mankind for so long.

Michelle Branch and Jason Mraz to play Homecoming Concert

Aug. 27, 2003

Are you happy now? The University Programming Council and Ohio University's Office of Public Occasions have the remedy for the lack of a performance on Homecoming weekend.

Commandments removed from Alabama judicial building

Aug. 27, 2003

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A moving crew rolled a massive Ten Commandments monument out of the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building yesterday to comply with a federal court order, as anguished protesters prayed at the building's steps.

Smoking controversy spreads nationwide

Aug. 27, 2003

The most recent occurrence in the fight against smoking is a letter to the Motion Picture Association of America signed by 24 state's attorneys general, including Ohio's, asking the film industry to decrease the amount of tobacco use in films as a preventive measure to keep teenagers from acquiring the habit.

Taft may appeal to PUCO on energy transmission merger

Aug. 27, 2003

COLUMBUS - Two different companies monitor electric transmission lines in Ohio and Gov. Bob Taft wants to know if that's the best approach for the state.

North Korea, United States begin nuke talks

Aug. 27, 2003

BEIJING -- The United States and North Korea held direct talks for the first time in months yesterday, meeting for about a half-hour on the sidelines of a six-nation summit designed to resolve the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program.

Family of victim to protest death

Aug. 27, 2003

As the six-month anniversary of the shooting that took the life of Ohio University senior Terris Ross approaches, family members are planning a protest to get the word out that this still is a high priority case.

Class teaches non-violence as part of life

Aug. 20, 2003

People usually associate the phrase "We shall overcome!" with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, not with Court Street. But Tuesday, the phrase rang through Court Street and College Green as students brought their class teachings to the street.

Ohio field hockey picked to place third

Aug. 20, 2003

The Ohio women's field hockey team has been picked by a preseason MAC coaches' poll to finish out the year in third place.

NCAA interviews teaching assistant in Clarett matter

Aug. 20, 2003

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A former Ohio State teaching assistant who charged that star tailback Maurice Clarett received preferential academic treatment met yesterday for more than two hours with NCAA officials and a university committee.

Blackout probe continues

Aug. 20, 2003

COLUMBUS -- A U.S.-Canadian probe of last week's blackout will be quick but thorough so investigators can determine what might be done to prevent a recurrence, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said yesterday.

New technology may slow file sharing

Aug. 20, 2003

New technology could soon prevent students from using university networks to download and share copyrighted material.

No more car rentals for me

Aug. 20, 2003

Here's the thing: I am sick of this half-citizenry known as being 20-years old. No, I am not referring to the battle of age known as being old enough to vote and yet too young to drink; I am referring to the fact that I can't rent a car. This is the land of the free, and I can't even rent a Corsica.

West Virginia slayings possibly drug-related

Aug. 20, 2003

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Investigators said yesterday that two of last week's three slayings outside West Virginia convenience stores appear to have been drug-related, not the acts of a sniper choosing victims at random.

University to develop diabetes program

Aug. 20, 2003

Southeast Ohio and all Appalachian areas deal with health care problems everyday. But the Appalachian Regional Commission and Ohio University are working together to combat a problem that more severely affects people in Appalachia -- diabetes.

OU should appeal permit to mine old growth forest

Aug. 20, 2003

Ohio University needs to join Dysart Defenders and the Buckeye Forest Council in appealing an Ohio Division of Mineral Resource Management decision regarding Dysart Woods.

Permit allows mining Dysart Woods

Aug. 20, 2003

The efforts of one Ohio coal company to mine under Dysart Woods is one step closer to fruition.

Tickets for football games available online

Aug. 20, 2003

Tickets for Ohio Football games are now only a mouse click away.

Investigation into Baghdad bombing progresses

Aug. 20, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The truck bomb that devastated the U.N. headquarters was a crude combination of explosives from Saddam Hussein's old military arsenal, including a giant 500-pound bomb, an FBI investigator said yesterday. But U.S. and Iraqi officials said it was too early to say who was behind the attack -- Saddam loyalists or foreign terrorists.

U.S. Route 33 reopens Monday

Aug. 13, 2003

Nelsonville residents can prepare to say goodbye to cones and barrels that have been occupying U.S. Route 33.