Robert Ballard, best known for using fiber optic technology to find the wreckage of the Titanic, took his audience on a deep-sea adventure last night when he spoke at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium as part of the Kennedy Lecture Series.
If I were Saddam Hussein, I would first shave my Stalin/ Geraldo mustache. Then with my new look, I would celebrate. There are a multitude of things Saddam has to be happy about: millions of war protestors support his dictatorship, France's pride and weakness is undermining the UN, and finally, President Bush has announced he will give Iraq one "last chance."
Twenty-one students were stuck in the Music Building's elevator yesterday for approximately 40 minutes.
The Ohio wrestling team and wrestler Luke Moore shared something in common Sunday -- they both won close matches in their final matches in The Convo this season, snapping four-match losing streaks for both.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip Israel's week-old military offensive against Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip intensified yesterday. Six Palestinians were killed and 28 wounded in a raid on a Palestinian town from which homemade rockets have been fired at Israeli communities.Two more Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed elsewhere in Gaza.
A warrant was issued Feb. 12 to search a room in Fenzel House, 122 South Green Drive. An inventory of items removed during the search was filed the same day by Ohio University Police Department investigator Joshua Durst, according to court records. Those items included approximately 40 CDs, three marijuana pipes and two computers.
Ohio University Student Senators have solidified plans to begin attending student organization meetings and take a more proactive approach to student representation.
Communication majors who are minorities might have a tough time starting their careers in the media, but should not give up, said Clyde Gray, a Cincinnati news anchor.
A couple driving along West State Street at 2:30 a.m. Friday reported a snowball was thrown at their vehicle, breaking their windshield, according to an Athens Police Department report. The couple was not injured in this incident. Athens Police officials found several subjects on South Court Street acting violently toward one another around 2 a.m. Friday. According to an APD report, the subjects were attempting to start fights. Two males were injured, one of who required medical attention. The case is still under investigation. Employees of the Athens Post Office, 5 W. Stimson Ave., reported the back door had been purposefully blocked by snow on Friday, according to an Athens Police report. An Ohio University student reported his car tires were slashed sometime between 4 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday. OU police officers found the front driver's-side tire and both of the passenger-side tires had been cut, according to an OUPD report. The department has no suspects or witnesses at this time. OU police officers found a broken window on Building 16 at The Ridges early Friday morning. According to OUPD reports, the lower right pane of the window located near the exterior side entrance door was broken, and police officers have no witnesses or suspects in this case.
WEST WARWICK, R.I. As the painstaking process of identifying dozens of bodies began, the co-owner of the nightclub where 96 people were killed in a fire insisted Saturday he had no idea the rock band Great White planned to use the pyrotechnics that ignited the blaze.
Ohio University will begin in the fall another cycle of a program that has been helping professors and administrators at OU and other universities in the region improve their skills for 20 years.
Ohio University will offer a course in the spring to prepare students to assist in disaster relief efforts around the world.
The year is 1864. Lamdin P. Miller, Ohio farmer, is petitioning for release from prison in Columbus where he is being held on charges of treason for his affiliation with the Sons of Liberty, an anti-Union organization.
Ohio hockey players Craig Foglesong and Jordan Levy have no qualms when their names do not appear in the scoring column as long as that part of the stat sheet shows a favorable outcome.
The Ohio men's and women's indoor track and field teams concluded the regular season Saturday at the Scarlet and Gray Invitational at Ohio State.
U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Lisbon, an outspoken advocate for veterans, will now have a new place to voice his concerns on the Committee on Veterans Affairs, even though he is already serving on one of the four exclusive House committees.
Six and a half weeks ago, Akron guard Andy Hipsher thought he had the Ohio men's basketball team beat with a reverse lay-up at the end of a second overtime period. It was waived off, and Ohio went on to win 112-104 two overtimes later.
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