After a month and a day spent listening in silence to opposing legal arguments, senators began their private deliberations at midafternoon in a Senate chamber cleared of House prosecutors, presidential lawyers and gallery spectators.

OUPD might train student guards
by Heidi Mease and Emily Swartzlander
THE POST

Ohio University buildings might be a little more secure if the OU Police Department receives approval to train OU students to be security guards.

In conjunction with OU's facilities planning department, the OUPD submitted a proposal that would allow officers to train students as security guards for campus buildings, Ted Jones, director of campus safety, said.

Senate surveys test usage
by Gena Kittner
THE POST

Funding for HIV testing at Hudson Health Center still might be available with the help of a survey.

By conducting the survey, OU will see how many students are the service, Ted Brown, senate university life commissioner, said.

Cargo ship oil spill threatens sensitive habitat in Oregon
AP

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Battered by six days of pounding surf, cracks widened in the steel hull of a grounded cargo ship yesterday, pouring thousands of gallons of oil and diesel fuel onto environmentally sensitive beaches.

Streaks of gooey, tar-like fuel oil streaked the southern Oregon coastline for six miles around the 639-foot New Carissa. As many as 300 workers in yellow slickers and hard hats were called in to mop up the mess with shovels, squeegees and absorbent pompoms.

Harlem Globetrotters slam dunk The Convo
by Rob Harvilla
THE POST

Three words: "Sweet Georgia Brown." Five seconds of this whistlin' tune is all it takes to conjure up images of gravity-defying slam dunks, behind-the-back passes and ridiculous ball-handling. And this can only mean one thing:

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to town.

Monday Creek project works to improve area
by Renee Knight
THE POST

During the coal boom of the late 1870s, the areas surrounding Monday Creek were known as the "Little Cities of Black Diamonds."

Now citizens living near Monday Creek are looking for ways to clean up the watershed and erase the ill effects of the town's coal mining heritage.

Safe sex tips provided at swing dance
by Renee Knight
THE POST

In honor of Romance Responsibility Days, Feb. 10-Feb. 12, Ohio University students attending this Friday's Swing Soiree will learn more than just how to swing dance.

The dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight in The Baker Center Ballroom and will have a "latex focus," said Char Kopchick, the director of Health Education and Wellness at Hudson Health Center.

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Although the Bulls took an early lead by winning three of the first four events, the Bobcats proved too strong down the stretch. Ohio swimmers were first in eight of the last nine events. The meet victory brought the team's final record to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the Mid-American Conference.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Ohio and Marshall battle to break losing streaks
THE POST

Victories for the Ohio women's basketball team have not come as easily as the team would have liked this season. But one of the Bobcats' victories was against the team they play tonight at 7 p.m. in Huntington, W.Va. - Marshall.

Coming off a 78-52 loss to Kent Saturday, the Thundering Herd (4-17 overall, 1-11 in the Mid-American Conference) has not fared much better than Ohio since the two teams last met. While Ohio (3-19, 1-11) has lost nine straight games, Marshall has gone 1-8 in that same stretch.

Priming for their return this season after a three-year absence, the Browns selected Detroit center Jim Pyne with their first pick in yesterday's NFL expansion draft.