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Tuesday, May 7, 2002

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Lindsay Steiner / Staff Photographer
Art Gish
sits with his mouth gagged at a Middle East seminar in Baker last night.  Gish was originally invited to speak but was uninvited when other speakers voiced concerns. 

2 new research buildings open
by Tim Pappa / Staff Writer
The Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs unveiled two renovated buildings at The Ridges yesterday, drawing more than 200 government officials and business people to witness the next step in the center’s growth. ... continued

Damages to nuclear reactors trouble power plant officials
by H. Josef Hebert / The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – A nuclear reactor in Ohio is found to have a large hole nobody thought possible, burned almost through its six-inch protective steel cover. Cracks of a type never seen before are discovered at a reactor in South Carolina, triggering widespread inspections.... continued

Council encourages student input
by Camden Easterling / Staff Writer
Athens City Council members urged more student participation in local government at last night’s city council meeting, following a lack of student input on student-related issues.... continued

Council fills open board seats
by Hillary Copsey / Senior City Writer
The Athens Board of Housing Appeals is at full membership for the first time in more than a year after City Council appointed two new members to the board and moved a former alternate to full member status at last night’s council meeting.... continued

Not 'Scary Movie,' but still humorus
by Ben Grabow/ Staff Writer
He’s haunted Crystal Lake, taken Manhattan, N.Y., and even visited hell. In Jason X, the latest in the Friday the 13th series, everyone’s favorite hockey-masked murderer takes on outer space.... continued

Ney keeps uncontested Congress seat
by David Laber / Senior State Writer
The results already are in for the 18th Congressional District though voters still are punching ballots for their candidates in the primaries today.... continued

Farmer protests at Middle East seminar
by Megan Kuhn / For The Post
Two men with gags in their mouths protested last night’s Middle East seminar because one of them was slated to speak and then was dis-invited by the event’s organizers. ... continued

Non-traditional fraternity continues to expand
by Lindsey McKay / Staff Writer
Members of Delta Lambda Phi — a gay, bisexual and progressive fraternity — are facing a season of triumphs and setbacks in Ohio, with one chapter setting up on a state campus and another excluded from joining a greek governing body. ... continued

BRIEFLY

Jerome Delay/ The Associated Press
Former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin waves to his staff as his newly-named successor Jean-Pierre Raffarin (right) looks on after handing over power at Matignon Hotel in Paris, yesterday. President Jacques Chirac was re-elected Sunday with a landslide victory over far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, and named conservative senator Raffarin as new prime minister yesterday.


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Ohio brings shattered lineup to Wright State
by Eric Pfahler / Staff Writer
Four games ended with two more injuries for the Ohio baseball team during the weekend. ... continued

MAC tennis champs head into NCAA Tournament
Marshall heads to Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend to take on the first-seeded University of Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tennis Tournament.... continued

 

Wrestlers plan to gain more than trip from Far East
by Eric Pfahler / Staff Writer
Traveling overseas once was not enough for Ohio wrestler Luke Moore.... continued