Josh Sterns/Staff Photographer ROTC cadets do push-ups at an early morning physical training session led by Dave Widder, student battalion commander and George C. Marshall award-winner.

Temperature goes up, students go out
by Sara Bisker / For The Post
Ohio University students are trying to find a balance between academics and recreation as the weather heats up.... continued

Crime fluctuations due to population, weather
by Natalie Myers / Staff Writer
In Athens, arrest rate fluctuations can be connected to more than just population changes.... continued

Banks find it necessary to connect
by Sara Bisker / For The Post
College students are taking advantage of online banking programs to access their accounts.... continued

Artist creates the inner mind
by Tiffany Royal / Staff Writer
One may not think that the mind and memory could be a ghostly world of simple images.... continued

Texas Alien Abducts O'Hooley's
by Jay Boehmer / For The Post
Sharing the bill with O'Hooley's microbrews this Saturday night is the comedic hillbilly music of Joe Bob Billy and The Texas Alien.... continued

David vs. Goliath battle enters sub shops
by Chris Congeni / For The Post
Are franchises and massive oversized companies taking over every aspect of society? This is a question that has been posed many times in the world of commerce, one which this review will not answer. But it will tackle another brain bender: Which sub sandwich shop rules Court Street, Hole in the Wall, 35 N. Court St., or Jarret's Subway, 25 N. Court St.?... continued

Trick Daddy worth the money
The man that brought such "dirty south" hits as "Nann" and "Shut Up" is back with a whole new album.... continued

Nicks' mystical energy brought to solo album
Her voice echoes in a deep and mystical way. She has by far the most distinctive and attention-demanding song lyrics. She is a powerful woman by trait and stature. She is the elite singer/songwriter, Stevie Nicks.... continued

OU shows its animal side during next year's Homecoming
by Colleen Schmidt / Staff Writer
Bobcats will be overrunning the Ohio University campus Fall Quarter.... continued

Senior honored with ROTC award
by Hillary Copsey / Staff Writer
When Ohio University senior cadet Dave Widder heard he had received the George C. Marshall Award in recognition of his excellence in OU's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, he wasn't exactly thrilled.... continued

Ohio's universal voting standards could become law
by Amanda Iacone / Staff Writer
Unlike Florida’s November election, Athens County primary elections went off without a hitch Tuesday night.... continued

Take Back the Night Week empowers women through variety of activities
by Megan Kuhn and Liz Shirey / FOR THE POST
Reading Maya Angelou's poem "Phenomenal Woman," Amanda Hobson, Ohio University Student Senate women's affairs commissioner, kicked off the 21st annual Take Back the Night week at a poetry reading Sunday. Events conclude today with Mary Daly's lecture at Irvine Auditorium.... continued

More Students Study Hard at OU
by Brittany Yingling / Staff Writer
Books are seeing more daylight on campus: More Ohio University students are opening them and fewer students are being dropped for lacking academic achievement.... continued

BRIEFLY

Sam Essiman/ the Associated Press An injured soccer fan arrives at the Ridge Hospital after a stampede at a packed soccer match in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday. At least 100 people were killed. West Virginian man arrested for filming girls at Strouds Run TPolice fire tear gas to tame soccer crowd, 123 trampled Space report’s origin a mystery Proposed nuclear plant cleanup cuts hurt states, senators say Congressman to act as counsel High court will consider evidence Dog files lawsuit against fence South Green Party slated for Saturday afternoon

Bobcats submit final application for tournament
by Anthony Castrovince / Staff Writer
The Ohio baseball team has come a long way in the past two weeks, but they will have to go a long way to cap a dramatic run to get to the Mid-American Conference Tournament.... continued

Ohio falls to Kent in seventh inning
Kent State squeaked by the Ohio softball team with an unearned run in the seventh inning to earn a 5-4 victory in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.... continued

Ohio tunes up for MAC championships
by Paul Shugar / Staff Writer
With all cylinders burned out after a competitive Ohio Quad meet, Ohio track and field coach Elmore Banton is calling his team in for an oil change at the Ohio Open this weekend.... continued

Overtime

Sports stars take talent to microphone
by Rashad Daoudi / For The Post
He stands at 7 feet 1 and weighs 315 pounds. He averaged 29.7 points and 13.6 rebounds per game last season en route to winning his first NBA Championship and first Most Valuable Player award. Who is this man that has owned the inside game of the NBA since he entered the league nine years ago?... continued

Iverson's rap just dribbles
by Paul Shugar / Staff Writer
"If you don't like my album, don't buy. The only way you can hurt an artist is not buy his album. That's the only way you can hurt him. Don't buy it," said Philadelphia 76er guard Allen Iverson to the media after the release of his album Misunderstood.... continued

Big hits on the big screen
by Bill Bender / Staff Writer
For some athletes, the show must always go on.... continued

He Got about 3 1/2 stars worth of Game
by Ryan Ernst / Assistant Sports Editor
With He Got Game, director Spike Lee turns his attention from the floor at Madison Square Garden to the playgrounds of Coney Island.... continued

'Ghosts' play role in sports history
by Ryan Ernst / Assistant Sports Editor
For years, media relations personnel have written the brief biographies of athletes that appear in media guides and programs. But now many athletes are taking the initiative to tell their own stories through autobiographies.... continued

The assassin speaks out
by Bill Bender / Staff Writer
Before former Atlanta Falcons defensive end and FOX analyst Tim Green wrote The Dark Side of the NFL, one of the most vilified characters in the NFL's history spoke out first.... continued

Athletes should know when to say when
by Paul Shugar / Staff Writer
Bo knows football; Bo knows baseball; Bo knows basketball; Bo knows hockey; Bo knows when to call it quits.... continued