Monday, May 11, 1998
Athens, Ohio
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Jeff Brush/FOR THE POST Two-hundred participants in the second annual AIDS awareness walk, organized by Promoting OU Wellness Education and Responsibility form a red ribbon by the Richland Avenue bridge Saturday. Char Kopchick, the Director of Health Education and Wellness, said the group hopes the walk will raise awareness for students. Fire decimates Crawford Hall room; no one hurt by Ryan Alessi and Caroline Broder THE POST 
Fire destroyed a fourth floor Crawford Hall room Saturday afternoon, leaving one OU freshman temporarily homeless and causing $9,000 in damage, according to the OU Police Department.
8 arrests in bust by Cass Wright THE POST
Eight OU freshmen were arrested Thursday night for allegedly selling various types of drugs to an undercover agent in separate incidents.
Agents from the Major Crime Task Force, formerly Southeast Counties of Ohio Narcotics Task Force, and officers from OU Police Department issued seven felony arrests and one misdemeanor arrest, and plan to arrest at least one more student for his part in the incidents, said Ted Jones, OU director of the Department of Campus Safety.
Review committees give deans thumbs up by Ryan Alessi THE POST
Reviews of OU-COM's Ross-Lee, University College's Patricia Richards, and Health and Human Service's Barbara Chapman.
Secretary of State Cohen fares well at Ohio Wesleyan AP
DELAWARE (AP) - Secretary of State William Cohen on Sunday encouraged Ohio Wesleyan University graduates to maintain a lifetime commitment to learning.
REVIEW: 'Much Ado' about love and hate in Shakespeare play by Jessica Rossi THE POST
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing allows the audience to escape into a pleasant world, where they were surrounded by the calm beauty of a garden. Much Ado, directed by David McClendon, is the first mainstage theater offering of the spring quarter.
Terry Anderson warms up for commencement AP
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - Terry Anderson, a former journalist held hostage for nearly seven years in Lebanon, learned to cherish education during the ordeal, he said during commencement at Penn State-Altoona.
Now 'Wear Else' to shop? by Brian Coovert THE POST
After more than a decade of business on Court Street, Athens' residents will have to find a new place to shop for upscale women's clothing.
Wear Else, 8 S. Court St., will close its doors for good on June 15.
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Report: Noble drowned night he disappeared
by Amelia Bizzaro FOR THE POST
Freshman Keith Noble Jr., whose body was recovered from the Hocking River Wednesday after he had been missing for 12 days, drowned April 25, the night he disappeared, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday by the Franklin County Coroner's Office.
45 arrested during Oxford disturbances
AP
OXFORD (AP) - Police arrested 22 people as crowds climbed onto roofs threw bottles at officers early Saturday during the second straight night of violence near Miami University, authorities said.
Commissioners take a look at hiring a county planner by Chas Hartman FOR THE POST
With a recent recommendation from the Athens County Planning Commission, the county is one step closer to hiring a permanent county planner.
Mother's Day event offers lesson in local history by Christina Grimes FOR THE POST
Sharing a bit of Athens' history is what the Athens County Historical Society and Museum attempted to do with its second Mother's Day program in the cemetery yesterday. Fifteen local narrators, each standing by a grave, gave a brief account of the life of the person buried there by imitating that person.
Mom of 21 children honored as the 1998 Mother of the Year AP
NEVERSINK, N.Y. (AP) - No one could fault Sarah Curry's credentials for Mother of the Year.
She had 21 children, and now dotes on 32 grandchildren.
Higher education bill lowers interest rate by Holly Henry THE POST
College students and their wallets should be happy after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the higher education bill last week.
Bill punishes drug pushers, offenders U-WIRE
(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - House members overwhelmingly approved a higher education bill last week that would preserve affirmative action and boost financial aid as long as recipients aren't pushing drugs.
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EDITORIAL
LETTERS |
COLUMN: Majority of 1
Stop blowing smoke in our faces by Jason L. Harris THE POST DAVE BARRY A show that has gone to the dogs by Dave Barry |
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Baseball Pitching keys 3-1 weekend by Brian Ayres THE POST Men's Golf Bobcats finish last in MAC race by Chad Dryden THE POST Track and Field Two throwers set records at Akron by Rob Pierce THE POST Softball Ball State wins MAC by Rob Pierce THE POST NBA Bulls, Pacers, Lakers up 3-1 AP NBA Reds beat Pirates 4-3 in 12 inn AP |
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County radio to be assessed
by Erika Smith THE POST Nelsonville Planning Commission accepts city zoning map by Erika Smith THE POST Editorial: Planning for a better county; a dormant position resurfaces in city THE POST Originality is a plus for HC by Benjamin Duer THE POST |
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