Investigators had said gunman Dylan Klebold's girlfriend, Robyn Anderson, purchased two of the weapons. Yesterday they confirmed she bought three - two shotguns and a rifle - last fall. A semiautomatic TEC DC-9 handgun used in the attack has not yet been traced.

E-mail rumor stopped
by Lacy Papai
THE POST

An e-mail message containing incorrect information about legislation in Congress is causing headaches for both the government and confused e-mail recipients.

The e-mail message claims Congress is going to vote on allowing telephone companies to charge long distance fees for Internet access, and urges recipients to write their representatives in Washington.

Administration, Senate discuss Halloween plans
by Emily Swartzlander
THE POST

Ohio University is one step closer to defining next year's Halloween policies.

The OU Student Senate presented a report to university administrators Monday that would revamp some of the Halloween policies implemented this year.

But OU's administration will not reach a final decision on next year's policies until the end of May, said Mike Sostarich, interim vice president for student affairs.

School safety becoming a business
AP

NEW YORK (AP)- Garrett Metal Detectors is awash in new orders as principals and teachers across the country try to shake feelings of vulnerability in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre.

Sales to schools have grown from almost nothing four years ago into the largest share of the company's business - surpassing orders for airports, prisons and courts, said Jim Dobrei, vice president of marketing for Garrett, the nation's largest maker of metal detectors.

OU faculty salaries in 50th percentile nationally
by Heather Skeeles
THE POST

When compared with 2,200 other universities nationwide, Ohio University faculty members' salaries fall in the middle of the pack.

The American Association of University Professors released a survey April 16 that reported the average faculty member's 1998-99 salary is $64,594 for universities in the same category as OU, according to an AAUP news release.

Lawsuit not to interrupt funds
by Jenny Applegate
THE POST

A tenured Ohio University associate professor temporarily has taken over Health Recovery Services, which has been sued by two former employees.

Richard Hedges, who will be the executive director of HRS until June 30, the end of this fiscal year, said he does not foresee any HRS funding problems because of lawsuits filed against the agency and the former executive director, Kenneth H. Pickering, who is on medical leave.

School examines partnership
by Erika Smith
THE POST

Federal Hocking school officials announced at a Federal Hocking High School press conference yesterday the details of a five-year plan to develop a secondary school in California.

Alpha Kappa Alpha returns to campus
by Michelle Everhart
THE POST

After five years of being inactive, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is returning to Ohio University and becoming the third historically African-American sorority on campus.

The sorority, which is the nation's first Greek letter sorority among African-American college women, started at OU in 1965 as the Delta Phi chapter.

Students share insight of religious experiences
by Amanda Fischer
THE POST

Including religion in a person's life is sometimes a long and tedious journey.

In an effort to help students with spirituality issues, Campus Crusade for Christ sponsored a forum last night in which three Ohio University students shared their personal experiences and opinions of religion.

New club addresses women's issues
by Christina Xenos
THE POST

A new revolution is rising on campus. This revolution fights not with violence but with education, and women are its main target.

The Health Education Revolution is a women's health awareness club that student founders Caitlin Sweet, Jadey Berger and Melanie Maltry formed Winter Quarter.

Ohio bicentennial to honor Albany historical academy
by Elizabeth Alessio
THE POST

Within the next year, the Ohio Bicentennial Commission will place a historical marker in Albany, Ohio as part of Ohio's bicentennial in 2003.

The marker will commemorate the Enterprise Academy, one of the nation's first educational institutions established by African Americans, for African Americans, said Joanne Prisley, director of the Athens Historical Society.

Group raises awareness about Taliban
by Kara Gebhart
THE POST

Some see the takeover by the Taliban armed militia in Afghanistan as an extreme form of oppression against women, while others worry that Westerners are trying to implement our views on another culture from a lack of understanding.

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This year marks the 26th time students and residents of Athens have the opportunity to view much-talked about but hard to find films. Five Academy Award-nominated films are among the many to be shown.

Show me the movie
by Craig Rimlinger
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Every year the Athens International Film and Video Festival screens movies from all over the world. The festival also showcases films made right here in Athens, but what resources, outside of the Film Festival, do aspiring filmmakers have here? Once the tape has rolled and the editing is done, where does a filmmaker go to have his or her movie shown?

Most of the time this is exactly the case, but once in a blue moon a real Hollywood film crew has been known to drop by the Athens area to use our picturesque hills and small towns as the backdrop for a major (or not so major) motion picture.

Athens itself has not been lucky enough to host a big film, but several area towns have had their taste of Hollywood.

About Town

Ohio scored only two runs in the doubleheader, falling 8-2 in the first game and 2-0 in the closer. With these two losses, Ohio's losing streak stands at eight, and its record drops to 16-24 overall, 7-11 in the Mid-American Conference.

MEN'S TRACK
'Tune-up' begins for Ohio
by Rob Peirce
THE POST

For most sports teams, halftime lasts only a matter of minutes. For the Ohio men's track and field team, it lasts a matter of days.

The Bobcats have been out of competition since April 17, and many Ohio athletes have dubbed last week as halftime of their season. Ohio will finally begin the second half of its season Saturday when it travels to Akron for a meet against the Zips, Kent and Bowling Green. The Bobcats enter Saturday's meet with a 10-9 dual meet record.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Ninth inning rally leads Reds
AP

Pokey Reese and Jeffrey Hammonds hit two-out, two-run singles in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to end the Philadelphia Phillies' four-game winning streak, 12-8 Wednesday night.

Now, and for the last 11 seasons, the associate head coach and pitching coach for the Ohio baseball team, Toadvine was then and for 17 seasons the head baseball coach at Miamisburg High School near Dayton. He never had dreamed of coaching college baseball. It was never his goal.

SOFTBALL
Herd sweeps Bobcats
THE POST

One run in two games led to two losses for the Ohio softball team yesterday.

Marshall took two crucial conference games from Ohio winning the first game 1-0 in nine innings and taking the second game 4-1. The Bobcats dropped to 23-28 overall and 11-8 in the Mid-American Conference with their third straight loss.

With the two victories, the Thundering Herd have climbed into a tie with Bowling Green for third place in the MAC East Division with an 8-8 conference record. They got great pitching performances from Sara Gulla and Natasha Johnson. The two combined to limit Ohio to 12 hits in two games.