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From left, Pat Kelley, Jeff Savage and Kristi Faris perform an "operation" on Savage for a group traveling through the haunted Sigma Alpha Epsilon house yesterday evening. Sigma Alpha Epsilon joined with Alpha Omicron Pi to put on a haunted house for local trick-or-treaters and the community, gathering canned goods for admission. This is the first year the organizations have held the event, and they hope it will become an annual event.
Athens reacts to Glenn's history-making launch
by Jenny Applegate
THE POST
John Glenn will become the oldest person to travel in space today, if the space shuttle Discovery launches as scheduled, at 2 p.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Athens residents had mixed reactions to Glenn's return to space.
Ohio University physiology professor Frederick Hagerman, member of NASA's 1998 Review Board for Facilities and Programs, said Glenn's shuttle ride will be good publicity for NASA and senior citizens, but has little scientific merit.
Blood battle begins
by Tschanen Niederkohr
THE POST
The Ohio football team is not the only group battling Miami University this weekend. Ohio University fraternities and sororities have been out for blood yesterday and today.
The OU-Miami blood battle is one of 56 bloodmobiles the Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross tries to have each year, Sandra Shirey, executive director of the chapter, said.
Affirmative action debated
by Eric Schwartzberg
THE POST
Depending on whom you speak to, affirmative action has either justifiably advanced the opportunities of the oppressed or undone the fight for equal treatment begun in the Civil Rights era.
The controversial topic drew a near full house to Grover Center last night for "Fairness for Whom? A Debate on Affirmative Action," featuring two nationally known speakers.
Wide appeal for Antigone
by Craig Rimlinger
THE POST
There are numerous ways to interpret the genre of Greek tragedy. Some may see its basic plots as good versus evil, doing what one's heart believes and whether man's fate has been pre-determined or not. Others may look at the incest, adultery and murder and think about the components of the latest Melrose Place plot lines. In any case, anyone will be able to enjoy the Ohio University School of Theater's production of the Greek tragedy classic, Sophocles' Antigone.
OU-COM to study tropical diseases
by Kristin Webber
THE POST
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine's winter trip will take an OU graduate student home during the holiday season.
Fourteen OU students, administrators and researchers will leave Nov. 28 for Quito, Ecuador. This trip, the OU-COM's fourth to Ecuador, will serve as a tropical disease biology workshop.
Buckeye Forest Council withdraws appeal
by Renee Knight
THE POST
Recently, the Buckeye Forest Council withdrew an appeal opposing stripmining in 25 acres of Wayne National Forest.
The appeal was filed in an effort to make mining permits more difficult to obtain.
TA training in doubt
by Amy Beaudreault
THE POST
While incoming freshmen prepare for college classes by attending precollege, teaching assistants might lack preparation before the first day of class.
The training of TAs is an issue that sparks many different views among the members of the Ohio University community.
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OU receives $6.25 million gift
by Anya Rao
THE POST
For Ohio University, Christmas came two months early.
OU received a total of $6.25 million in a gift from Will and Ann Lee Konneker. Out of that money, $5 million will benefit the Cutler Scholars Program.
In a ceremony outside of Cutler Hall yesterday, OU President Robert Glidden announced the Konnekers' gift for the endowment of 20 scholarships, 19 of which will be Konneker-Cutler Scholarships.
Senate addresses jail, possibilities of arrests
by Gena Kittner
THE POST
The Ohio University Student Senate addressed concerns last night about the possibility of students getting arrested during Halloween Weekend and being taken to the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.
The senate will have brochures available at the jail to provide students with information about state laws explaining how long they can be held in custody, what their rights are and how they can get a ride home, Shannon Bibbee, senate vice president, said.
Cultural center renovations nearly finished
by Christina Xenos
THE POST
After a year of planning and anticipation, some Ohio University students will see their hard work finalized when renovations are completed on a new cultural center Winter Quarter, but some have reservations.
Changes are being completed in the current cultural center, the Robert Duncanson Gallery and the meeting rooms adjacent to them. The concern is the amount of space - especially finding a way to break up the current gallery into office and meeting space.
Pumpkin farm family relishes autumn season
by Morgan Zarvis
FOR THE POST
Tom Weekley never expected much out of his pumpkin patch two years ago, but his life was changed in 1996 when a 524-pound monster squash emerged from his crop.
The Weekleyville Family Pumpkin Farm, 21200 Chapman Road in Guysville, has been celebrating the fall season for more than seven years. The 524-pound pumpkin didn't win any world records, but it gave the Weekley farm a popularity that has been growing.
'Pleasantville' paints picture with limited color palette
by Sara Havens
THE POST
Once upon a time there was an era in American history when the most racy thing on television was not Amanda sleeping with the new neighbor on Melrose Place, but an utterance of "darn."
During the '50s, shows like Leave it to Beaver and I Love Lucy flooded the tube with the traditional white bread roles that consumed society. The woman always stayed at home and cooked; the father went off to work every morning and pancakes, waffles, bacon, eggs and ham was always ready for the children before they ran or skipped off to school. Pleasantville takes us back to this time period.
Business turnover low
by Jennifer Gough
THE POST
While Athens has lost businesses like the Futon Shop and Wear Else
in the past year, Larry Payne, president of Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, said it is not the result of high turnover rates in the area.
Briefly
compiled from staff and wire reports
Hurricane Mitch damages Honduran coast, 32 dead
Ads angering Democrats, Republicans undeterred
Scaling back AIDS tratments unsuccessful
Logo batle to hit airwaves with national TV coverage
Campaign fund-raising gap still expanding
Mayor offers safety tips for Halloween weekend
Howl for Hunger food drive to benefit Athens
Trick or treat festivities to take place tonight
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