PROGRESS REPORT

PASS - Ohio University's Alden Library gets a passing grade in our book for the new on-call system. It allows library patrons to page library employees in order for them to respond to questions. The sixth and seventh floors of the library, the general stacks, are scary enough – so turning on some lights could not hurt. Adding additional lounges on top floors as well as the proposed coffee shop will make a nice area for library patrons to take a study break.

PASS - ReUse Industries, a non-profit Reuse center in Albany sponsored a festival promoting reusing and recycling as a way to protect our environment and create jobs for people living in Southeast Ohio. Recycling and saving the environment are important issues both on and off-campus. Students have HOMEWORK too. With the help of university apartments facilitating bins, students living off-campus need to make the extra effort to recycle.

FAIL - Ads, promoting Yahoo! messenger and Yahoo! mail were designed to target college students. They did not just get into The Post - but other college newspapers all around the country. Yahoo! needs to take a women's studies course and find a better way to get college students' attention, rather than offensive ads. This kind of advertising campaign does not say much for the credibility of Yahoo!. College newspapers that did pull the ad did the right thing in not letting this promotion go too far.

PASS - The members of OU's Marching 110 certainly have reasons to toot their own horns because they will be marching in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band had to apply to participate in the parade. The band members have worked hard and this is a great way to represent the university. OU Athletics Department also gets applause for donating money for the trip.

FAIL - Columbus finally has a NHL team. The Columbus Blue Jackets opened their season Saturday night with a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. The team skated off the ice to a standing ovation despite the two-points loss.

PASS - The Ohio football team picked up its first Mid-American Conference win 42-20 against the Buffalo Bulls, while the Ohio volleyball team upped its MAC record to 6-0.