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Anne Peltier/THE POST
Andrew Fraley, left, takes a shot on goalie Eric Snoke as Ken Pargeon looks on. The roommates took advantage of yesterday's weather to play street hockey near Riverpark Towers.
House presents closing argument
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - House prosecutors argued their last stand against President Clinton at his impeachment trial yesterday in closing arguments to senators ready by all accounts to return verdicts of not guilty by week's end. Clinton's lawyer dismissed their case as retribution ''to achieve partisan ends.''
''The truth is still the truth and a lie is still a lie, and the rule of law should apply to everyone,'' Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said in a final plea for guilty votes on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Desire, activities, mentors motivate student leader
by Kara Gebhart
THE POST
Sherina Davis, a junior at Ohio University, is an aspiring pedagog, an educated person who seeks to create a deeper understanding of everything one does.
"I'm not going to learn everything," Davis said. "But I'm trying."
Davis, president of the OU chapter of the NAACP, has taken charge of her education at OU and put it on an entirely new level through her wide range of activities, her mentors and her deeply embedded desire to learn all she possibly can.
TV stations to be digital by 2006
by Emily Pawlosky
THE POST
The Ohio University Telecommunications Center recently asked Athens County Commissioners for support in a project to help convert area noncommercial broadcast stations to digital stations by 2006.
If the commissioners decide not to support the conversion, several programs, including fine arts, children's and general education diploma programs, will be at risk, said Associate Director of the Telecommunications Center Paul Witkowski.
Long-wall mining remains a possibility in Dysart Woods
by Renee Knight
THE POST
The Ohio Division of Mines and Reclamation decided Nov. 30 which areas of Dysart Woods were unsuitable for mining, and many thought this decision ended long-wall mining in 605 acres surrounding the old-growth forest.
But after further review from the Ohio Attorney General's office, it was discovered long-wall mining could be performed in some areas of the woods giving the decision a whole new meaning.
Street widening meets opposition
by Mary Ellen Hardies
THE POST
Local residents and business owners voiced their dissenting opinions about the widening of East State Street at last night's Athens City Council meeting.
Athens Mayor Ric Abel said the project, first approved in 1988, has been in the planning stages for years, and still faces questions.
"If this was an easy project, it would have been done years ago," he said.
Phony e-mail viruses plague users
by David Altstadt
THE POST
A recent warning about an e-mail virus reads: "Someone is sending out a very desirable screen saver - the Budweiser frogs. If you download it, you will lose everything on your hard drive."
While the warning for this e-mail virus might be accurate, many other e-mail virus scares are pure fiction. One of the most notable, the "Good Times" virus, led to repeated false warnings that it would erase the hard drive.
'Payback' my money
by Sara Havens
THE POST
Squeamish audience members most likely will want their money back after seeing Mel Gibson's new movie, Payback.
The film was like a western, but instead of ghost towns and dirt roads, it was set in New York City. Gibson made for an interesting Clint Eastwood-style, take-no-prisoners character driven for only one thing - $70,000 stolen from him.
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Financial aid may increase
by Kristin Webber
THE POST
Ohio University students next year will receive more money through Pell Grants and more work-study jobs but fewer Perkins loans if preliminary student financial aid figures hold through March.
OU's preliminary federal student financial aid base budget for 1999-2000 will be $5,823,525.
The figure represents a $417,000 increase from the 1998-1999 financial aid budget, said Tom Daniels, associate provost for space and planning.
Trimble to try bond issue for fourth time
THE POST
Trimble Local School District Board Members went through formal motions at a regular meeting last night to adopt a resolution stating the necessity of a bond issue and tax levy for the district to put on the ballot for voters in May.
Treasurer Sandi Hurd said this is the fourth try for Trimble Local School District to pass the bond issue.
Aid won't bring home bacon
by Nick Kowalczyk
THE POST
Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture told struggling hog farmers emergency aid is available. Some farmers, however, fear the aid is not large enough to bring home the bacon.
Hog farmers who sold fewer than 1,000 hogs in the last six months are eligible for a subsidy of up to $5 per hog for as many as 500 hogs, said U.S. Congressman Ted Strickland, D-Lucasville.
Proposal aims to reunite ACRN, MediaOne
by Corrie Callaghan
THE POST
Robin Lacy, an Athens resident who taught for 25 years at Ohio University's School of Theater, said he once listened to the Met Opera on the radio every Saturday afternoon.
But since MediaOne, Athens' cable service provider, discontinued its FM cable radio service in December, Lacy has not been able to listen to the music he loves.
Nelsonville City Council names five members to zoning board
by Michael Canan
THE POST
Nelsonville took another step forward yesterday on its newly adopted zoning code.
After a 45-minute executive session, City Council named the five members for its first zoning board of appeals.
Each board member will serve a different term so the board will establish a system in which every year a new board member is serving.
Food Show brings new items to menus
by Carol Nelson
THE POST
The first Ohio University Food Show was held yesterday so students and food service staff could sample possible additions to the dining hall menus.
More than 60 items from 15 vendors and distributors were represented at the show. Some of the food sampled included several types of lasagna, breaded chicken, shrimp, desserts, juices and yogurt.
Is skipping class costing you?
by Jessica Yerega
THE POST
As a typical Ohio University student sits in his residence hall room engrossed in beating his highest Tetris score ever, a little devil on one shoulder cheers him on.
But a little angel on the other reminds him Anthropology 101 is in progress.
When debating whether to attend a boring lecture on a beautiful day, money might not be a common deciding factor. But while concentrating on that Tetris game, a minimum of around $10 probably is being wasted.
Briefly
compiled from staff and wire reports
King Hussein of Jordan laid to rest yesterday
Four U.S. presidents salute the kings work
Kosovo rebels call for immediate cease fire
New Yorkers stunned by police shooting of man
IBM, record industry test online music options
Ohio prepares to execute first prisoner since 1963
Blackwell aims to bring Ohio more business
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