Today's Edition:
Monday, January 28, 2002

Becky Sell/ Staff Photographer Athens County 911 Coordinator Randy Mace will be traveling to Salt Lake City to protect the Olympic torch and visitors at the Winter Olympic Games.

Officials to decide on spring tuition increase
by Colleen Schmidt / Staff Writer
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow to discuss proposals for increasing next year’s tuition, including an option to raise student tuition for next quarter.... continued

Officials debate Spec building
by Morgan Dixon / Staff Writer
Officials are meeting today in Columbus to decide the fate of the vacant Spec building in York and Dover townships.... continued

Residents’ opinions differ from mayor in zoning board appointment
by Hillary Copsey / Senior Staff Writer
More than a dozen Athens residents gathered Friday to protest Mayor Ric Abel’s decision not to reappoint Paul Wiehl to the city’s board of zoning appeals.... continued

Former student honored with degree
by Benjamin Roode / Senior Campus Writer
Ohio University officials and loved ones honored the memory of a former OU student yesterday as OU President Robert Glidden awarded Amanda Brown Cartee with a posthumous associate of arts degree.... continued

Need for more firefighters not being met
by Lauren McDowell / Staff Writer
Despite past assessments and surveys, a lack of funding appears to be key in the understaffing of the Athens Fire Department, a situation that has shown no improvement in more than five years.... continued

Departments see 3.5 percent pay increase
by Lauren McDowell / Staff Writer
Athens city police officers and firefighters will see a 3.5 percent increase in their next paychecks following the approval of the departments’ contracts.... continued

Athens 911 coordinator chosen to protect at olympics
by Morgan Dixon / Staff Writer
While most people watch the 2002 Olympic Games on television, an Athens County 911 coordinator will be there to help keep the thousands of tourists safe.... continued

BRIEFLY

Elizabeth Dalziel/ The Associated Press Israeli Paramedics evacuate a bystander yesterday after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up, killing two and injuring at least 100 people on a busy commercial street in downtown Jerusalem. First Palesinian attack by female kills two Russian helicopter explodes, 14 dead Terrorist group claim to be holding missing Wall Street Journal reporter Special Forces fight key battles BBush budgets money for AIDS Unemployed strained by system Strickland stops by Athens

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