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Liz Quinn, a graduate student in the painting program, sprays black paint on a sculpture which will be part of her Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition next week. By using a wide range of colors, a number of sculptures and a variety of lighting techniques, Quinn hopes to explore the many applications of paint. Her exhibition will be held Nov. 27 in the Seigfred Gallery.
Ruling allows for continued research
by Aaron Flicker
THE POST
Ohio University currently does not require its professors to teach a minimum number of hours.
A recent ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court lowers the chances that it ever will.
The case that brought the issue before the Court began with a 1993 law requiring the Ohio Board of Regents to work with each state university to draw guidelines that would ensure a 10 percent increase in the teaching loads of college professors.
Fair brings world to OU
by Erin Sullivan
FOR THE POST
"Traveling is in my blood," said Anne Gilliland, a senior at Ohio University. "It's habit-forming."
Gilliland sat at one of 40 tables during the Study Abroad Fair in the Baker Center Ballroom yesterday afternoon and talked to students about her experiences overseas. Her latest voyage was the one she was pitching - the opportunity to teach elementary school children in Swaziland, which is in Southeast Africa.
School of Theater inaugurates season with "Disengaged" humor
by Chad Dryden
THE POST
The Ohio University School of Theater's 1998-99 season will get underway tonight in humorous fashion with the world premiere of Anita Gabrosek's Disengaged, a romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of dating in the '90s.
Disengaged centers around Rebecca and Jess, a pair of 32-year-old best friends who are both looking for their own Adonis. They also both feel trapped by the people in their lives - Rebecca by her unfaithful, cocky boyfriend Neil, Jess by his traditional, demanding mother Vivian.
Herbal remedies can cure migraines
by Renee Knight
About 20 percent of the population experiences the intense pain of migraines. Ohio University sophomore Julie Woodburn is among those sufferers.
"It feels like a vice clamped around my head," she said. "It's the most excruciating pain."
Although most migraine sufferers experience an "aura" before the migraine, including seeing lights, dark spots or other vision changes, Woodburn's pain starts when she gets over-heated.
Alden offers research course
by Megan Roche
Students searching for an extra credit hour might take a course that will cause them to spend less searching time in the library.
Ohio University now is offering a University College class called College Information Seeking Skills that will give students a thorough introduction to the academic resources available at Alden Library.
The purpose of this class, which will meet twice a week for the first five weeks of Winter and Spring Quarters, is to introduce essential information gathering techniques to students, said Sherri Saines, an instruction librarian who will teach the course.
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Retrial petition circulates
by Jessica Yerega
THE POST
Members of Ohio University's Coalition Educating about Sexual Endangerment have obtained more than 400 signatures on a petition to retry former OU student Ben Mallory for sexual battery charges.
Mallory was found neither guilty nor not guilty when the jury returned no verdict Oct. 13 after six days of testimony and 11 hours of deliberation.
Whether or not to retry the case is in the hands of Athens County Assistant Prosecutors Colleen Flanagan and Michael Prisley, who will receive the petition tomorrow morning and throughout the week as more signatures are obtained.
City Council delays Oakmont housing division
by Erika Smith and Mary Ellen Hardies
FOR THE POST
After heated debate, the city's planning and development committee delayed giving its recommendation for the completion of the Oakmont housing subdivision.
Yesterday marked the third time the project has come before the committee and been postponed because of water drainage problems.
Oakmont is being built in phases. Residents of phase two have expressed concerns about the additional water run-off created by the possible development of phase three.
Halloween staff hired for dorms doors
by Laura Donnelly
THE POST
Members of the Ohio University administration and the Department of Residence Life discussed the hiring and placement of the additional staff hired for Halloween weekend at a meeting yesterday.
The university will supplement the standard residence life staff with additional paid staff this year, Vice President for Administration Gary North said at a news conference last week.
OU will spend $110,000 on additional staff to work Halloween weekend this year, North said. This is nearly four times the amount spent in the past.
Briefly
compiled from staff and wire reports
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