MULTIMEDIA
Education more important than lavish facilities
Oct. 6, 2003Instead of attempting to lure students by building lavish recreational facilities, state universities across the country should focus on meeting students' needs for quality professors and better educational facilities.
Class debates gift
Oct. 6, 2003The Senior Class Council already has met to formulate ideas for its end-of-the-year contribution to Ohio University.
Faculty trio to perform at OU School of Music
Oct. 6, 2003Ohio University faculty members from the School of Music will be giving a free faculty recital at 8 p.m. tonight in the recital hall of the music building.
New Jersey influence hits Ohio field hockey team
Oct. 6, 2003Lacking sparkling beaches and Atlantic City casinos, Ohio's Peggy Pruitt Field does not remind most of the state of New Jersey. But that did not stop four Ohio field hockey freshmen from heading to Athens.
Group petitions to bring hip-hop to Athens streets
Oct. 6, 2003The Ohio University Hip-Hop Congress is on a mission to bring hip-hop to Halloween.
Arafat installs emergency government headed by Qureia as prime minister
Oct. 5, 2003RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat installed an eight-member emergency Cabinet yesterday with Ahmed Qureia as prime minister, an apparent attempt to deflect possible Israeli action against him following a suicide bombing a day earlier.
Ohio drops two at home
Oct. 5, 2003The Ohio soccer team continued to struggle this weekend, suffering two one-goal defeats at home.
ROTC members prepare for real world through training
Oct. 5, 2003The winds blew hard on Stimson Field Friday morning as four Blackhawk helicopters landed to pick up about 50 Ohio University Army ROTC cadets for a weekend at Camp Dawson in eastern West Virginia.
U.S. closes controversial detention camp; Iraqi lawyers win concessions
Oct. 5, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military has shut down Camp Cropper, an increasingly notorious makeshift prison where hundreds of Iraqis were crowded into tents through Baghdad's scorching summer, a U.S. official reported yesterday. The detainees were scattered to other facilities.
Coalition officials say 320,000-plus Iraqi soldiers paid; ex-soldiers deny it, launch protest
Oct. 5, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of men claiming to be former Iraqi soldiers converged at a U.S. base in central Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra yesterday, demanding financial assistance in a second day of violent protests.
Details released in Uptown accident
Oct. 5, 2003Details have been released regarding the Uptown car accident last weekend that left one female injured.
Ohio upset bid falls short
Oct. 5, 2003The Ohio football team had an upset within vision but could not finish it and lost, 30-23, in overtime at No. 16 Northern Illinois Saturday.
OU students, faculty team up for Liberian documentary
Oct. 5, 2003Two students and one professor from Ohio University left for Liberia Thursday to launch the filming of a documentary they plan to create when they return to Athens later this month.
State considers hiring private company to do human resource work
Oct. 5, 2003COLUMBUS - The state is studying the idea of outsourcing human resource processes to a private company, even though it has already spent $9.1 million to improve the way state employees do the work.
Lower alcohol limit leads to 155 arrests
Oct. 5, 2003TOLEDO - The state's lowered drunken-driving threshold has led to 155 arrests in the first two months after the law took effect, according to the State Highway Patrol.
