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Frontman Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray sings at The Convo. Sugar Ray performed last night as the headlining band for MTV's Campus Invasion tour. In addition to the concert hosted by MTV, there was also the Campus Invasion Village held in The Front Room of Baker Center.
Musical Mr. Fix-it makes damaged guitars sing like new
by Anna Vukson
FOR THE POST
By the end of the interview, Dan Erlewine had transformed a torn-apart Gibson acoustic guitar into a finely-tuned instrument on which anyone could have played effortless licks.
"By the time I get done with this, I'll have re-strung it at least 20 times," Erlewine said.
Athens bomb rumors false
by Mary Ellen Hardies and Jenny Applegate
THE POST
Although the Athens High School principal said rumors about a violence threat were unfounded, extra security precautions have been taken.
Athens High School Principal Mike Meek said there were no bomb threats made to the school.
GOP, Dems unite against violence
by Nick Kowalczyk
THE POST
Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to debate juvenile crime for the first time since the April 20th Columbine High School shootings. While both Republicans and Democrats want to decrease juvenile gun violence, their solutions are worlds apart.
The debate will encompass legislation introduced before the Colorado tragedy, but the discussion will be affected by the shootings and other school violence incidents.
Intense earthquakes a rarity in Midwest
by Kristin Webber
THE POST
Although some geologists suggested downgrading the New Madrid fault after a recent study of the seismic zone, others think that opinion stands on shaky ground.
According to a recent article in Science magazine, geologists from Northwestern and three other universities recommended the U.S. Geological Survey downgrade the zone, which affects the Midwest, including Ohio.
New class links women, animals
by Ritu Kelotra
THE POST
Beginning Fall Quarter 1999, students will be able to take part in a new class in the Women's studies Program about women and animals.
Women, Animals and Ideology, which will be classified as WS 493/693, will be introduced Fall Quarter 1999 and taught by Aileen Hall, director of Women's Studies and assistant professor of sociology.
Macbeth to open tonight in Kantner
by Cass Wright
THE POST
It's not McDonald's, it's Macbeth, and Ohio University's School of Theater opens its production of William Shakespeare's gruesome tragedy tonight.
Richard Purloff, the show's director, scoffed at the superstitious belief - based on a long history of shows in which actors were injured - that saying the name "Macbeth" inside the theater would cause problems, Sally Deupree, the show's assistant director said.
Immigrant claims officer beat him
AP
NEW YORK (AP) - Haitian immigrant Abner Louima told a jury yesterday that police officers who arrested him in 1997 took turns beating him before one sexually brutalized him with a stick in a police station bathroom.
The enraged officer rammed the stick up Louima's rectum and then jammed it in Louima's mouth, he said in a halting voice at the federal trial of five white officers charged with violating his civil rights. The incident prompted demonstrations against police brutality and inflamed racial tensions in the city.
Proposed bill could alleviate fire departments' cash woes
by Liesel Ramsey
FOR THE POST
Local governments could soon be the recipients of a large sum of money designated to help firefighters smother fires.
"This money will help fire departments update their equipment, hire and train more firefighters and assist in planning fire prevention programs," said Carol Steele, press secretary for Congressmen Ted Strickland, D-Lucasville.
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Accord possible
AP
BONN, Germany (AP) - Russia and the major Western powers set aside their differences over NATO airstrikes yesterday and drafted a joint plan to end the Kosovo conflict, including the deployment of an international force to keep the peace after the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces.
President Clinton and other Western officials welcomed Russia's backing for "effective international civil and security presences" in Kosovo, where a NATO campaign has failed to halt the expulsions of one-third of the ethnic Albanians in the southern Serb province since March.
Local tourism seeing growth
by Erika Smith
THE POST
If local residents had any doubts about the validity of tourism as a major county business, representatives of the Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau put them to rest yesterday with the newest economic tourism figures.
As a part of National Tourism Week, Athens County Commissioners Lenny Eliason and Bill Theisen, Hocking College representatives and area residents gathered at Nelsonville's Stuart's Opera House to hear tourism's effects on the economy.
Fear of school violence growing in aftermath of Colorado attack
by Aaron Flicker
THE POST
Two high schools in Sylvania, Ohio, near Toledo, were closed April 29, but what is ordinarily a reason for students to rejoice was a less-than-happy occasion.
School officials decided to cancel classes after the superintendent received an e-mail message referring him to a Web site that made threats against the high schools, said Nancy Crandall, communications coordinator for Sylvania schools.
MTV squeezes crowd into Baker Center
by Dan Eaton
FOR THE POST
The crowd surges forward, arms outstretched in anticipation. The man they have been waiting for takes the stage, surveys the crowd and begins tossing T-shirts to the grabbing hands.
It was not a member of Sugar Ray. It was the MTV Campus Invasion Tour. The setting was not The Convo, but Baker Center. The Campus Invasion festivities began at 11 a.m. and ran until 6 p.m. yesterday.
Sugar Ray completes invasion
by Rob Harvilla
THE POST
"How many girls are here tonight to f- the lead singer of Sugar Ray???" boomed Orgy's frontman during the MTV Convo extravaganza yesterday evening.
Approximately half the crowd (the ladies) went bananas.
Lawmakers might target Internet for firearms sales regulations
by Nick Kowalczyk
THE POST
Since the April 20 shootings in Littleton, Colo., the public has speculated about how juveniles gain access to firearms. A bill in the U.S. Congress contends Websites that advertise guns should be regulated by the government because children easily can purchase firearms.
If passed, the Internet Gun Trafficking Act of 1999 would require all gun dealers with Internet sites to register with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Internet dealers also would have to possess a federal license to sell guns, Schumer said in a news release.
Survey asks AIDS input
by Gena Kittner
THE POST
Many Ohio University students this week and the beginning of next week have completed or will complete surveys to determine the need for free, anonymous HIV testing at OU.
An anonymous HIV test is available at Hudson Health Center for $25. But the OU Student Senate, with the help of Sally Navin, a retired professor and clinical mental health counselor, are working to make the service free.
Day of prayer unites faiths, reveals hope for the future
by Amanda Fischer
FOR THE POST
In a combined effort to celebrate the National Day of Prayer, 12 pastors from local churches gathered at noon yesterday at the Richland Avenue park to pray for those in leadership positions all over the country.
The National Day of Prayer became law in 1952 under President Harry Truman and was amended by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, which made the day officially observed every year on the first Thursday of May.
International students can encounter problems when crossing 'date line'
by Kara Gebhart
FOR THE POST
Vinod Kumar isn't exactly sure what his parents are going to think of his girlfriend, the woman he wants to marry, Kim Huber.
Huber's parents slowly are accepting the relationship.
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