Today's Edition:
Friday, October 26, 2001
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Alison Sheward/
Staff Photographer
The Ohio University Marching 110 plays a song for the
crowd at the Yell Like Hell Pep Rally last night in front
of Baker University Center. The rally took place to pep up
the football team for the Homecoming game Saturday against
Kent State.
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OU
programs on road to revamping
by Tim Pappa/ Staff
Writer
 The
review of nine Ohio University academic programs presented last
month to the Ohio Board of Trustees listed several failed expectations
in the area of adequacy of resources...continued
Microsoft launches new
software
by Jim Krane / The Associate Press
NEW YORK – In a glitzy launch with
a phalanx of hardware chief executives, Bill Gates declared yesterday
that Microsoft's biggest software release in six years, Windows
XP, would recharge the beleaguered tech sector.... continued
Appeals court hears arguments
in Athens housing case
by Cari Armstrong and Stephanie Corbin
/ Staff writers
A Fourth District Court of Appeals ruling
yesterday will keep an excavating company from continuing work at
a Hope Drive site.... continued
Ohio prison system faces
cuts
by Katy Adair / For The Post
Some Ohio prisons face closings in light
of budget cuts affecting state institutions.... continued
Athens voters to decide
on tax levy
by Morgan Dixon / Staff Writer
On Nov. 6, Athens County voters must
decide whether to pass the Issue 1 tax levy that will renew mental
health services in the community.... continued
Nelsonville woman sentenced
on several charges
A Nelsonville woman has been sentenced
in her jury trial / after being found guilty on several charges
last week....continued
Local economy mirroring
some national trends
by Adam Townsend / For The Post
Though there have been significant changes
in the Athens area economy since the end of the last fiscal year,
the city has not escaped national downward trends. ... continued
Non-tenured
faculty might see changes in salaries, evaluations
by Becca Manning / Staff Writer
Ohio University's Faculty Senate is considering changing
how the university pays and evaluates non-tenured professors. ...
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Group provides Comedy
for the Masses
by Pat Mirrotto / For The
Post
Anyone looking for a few laughs this
weekend can find them through Comedy for the Masses, a local sketch
comedy group.... continued
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Schools
join Homecoming revelry
by Lindsey McKay / The Post
While Ohio University students are gearing up for Saturday's
Homecoming game, trivia games, bonfires and the country's largest
Homecoming parade will entertain students at other universities....
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Tradition
of Homecoming began on train ride from New York City
by Sara Bisker / Staff Writer
This weekend Ohio University alumni will return to Athens for Homecoming
by car or plane, but the tradition began with a train ride from
New York City.... continued
Bobcat statues delayed
by Colleen Schmidt / For The Post
The 100 4-foot-tall bobcats threatening
to overrun the Ohio University campus this Homecoming Weekend now
will not be unleashed until Winter Quarter... continued.
Marching 110 founder returns
for visit
by Lindsey McKay / Staff Writer
As the wind came sweeping down the plains
during the Ohio University Marching 110's practice yesterday, Gene
Thrailkill was reminded of home.... continued
No big problems
in Homecoming Parade history but emergency plans in place
by Yosuke Takanashi / Staff
Writer
Although local law enforcement officers said there will be
few problems at Saturday's homecoming parade because little has
happened in the past, police departments still will prepared for
emergencies. ... continued
Perfume, not anthrax,
found in students mail
by Hillary Copsey / Senior City Writer
While the U.S. Postal Service has solved
one Athens anthrax scare, others remain unsolved... continued
Apple changes plea to
guilty, sentenced
The suspect in an assault last March
in Ohio University's / Seigfred Hall was sentenced Oct. 19 in Athens
County Common Pleas court.... continued
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Misha Japaridze/
The Associated Press
A Northern Alliance
fighter listens to radio in Khwaja-Bahauddin,
an anti-Taliban stronghold in Takhar province,
northern Afghanistan, Thursday. A day after the
heaviest U.S. bombing yet in their sector, northern
alliance fighters on Thursday called on the United
States to bring in ground troops and liquidate
the Taliban quickly.
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Opinion
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Sports
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Bobcats
still searching for first home win
by Joe Arnold / Staff Writer
With Homecoming just a day away, the Ohio
football team is looking to change its luck at home, where the Bobcats
are winless in three attempts at Peden Stadium.... continued
Bobcats face Buckeyes in first match
of season
by Pat McSweeny / For The Post
The first meet of the season is always
a major event for a team. This weekend, the Ohio swimming and diving
team faces not only their first meet but also a major opponent–
Ohio State.... continued
Cross country
team runs for rings
by Steph Woody / Staff Writer
Like the two straps that comprise the safety belt of a car,
the Ohio men's and women's cross country team is harnessed in and
ready to move forward, but has not quite clicked. The Mid-American
Conference Championships on Saturday would be the perfect
opportunity for the Bobcats to do so....continued
Bobcats strive to be champions
by Eric Pfahler / Staff Writer
The No. 10 Ohio field hockey team can
capture first place in the Mid-American Conference if it defeats
Central Michigan and Ball State this weekend.... continued
Hockey rules despite apparent
chaos
by Tom Valentino / Staff
Writer
Without rules, the world is chaos. On
a smaller scale, hockey might seem like chaos to the untrained eye,
but there are rules in place... continued.
Bobcats
vs Huskies and Broncos this weekend
by Lonnie McMillan/Staff Writer
Two victories this weekend likely
would wrap up a share of the regular-season Mid-American Conference
championship for the Ohio soccer team.... continued
Bobcats start uphill climb
by Blake Whitney / Staff Writer
With the Mid-American Conference volleyball
standings in a jumbled mess, the Ohio Bobcats (5-13 overall, 4-6
MAC) control their own destiny.... continued
Sports Column
by Bill Bender / Sports Editor
Jerome Bettis knows how to break through
tackles. Marshall Faulk can beat a team with slithery moves and
fast feet. But only one running back in the history of the NFL has
shown the true ability to beat the defense. ... continued
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Overtime:
Tailgating decides teams'
fates
by Paul Shugar/Staff
Writer
While
a lot of college football teams and fans gripe about where the Bowl
Championship Series formula places their teams, they could be forgetting
a major and important part of the BCS recipe– tailgating....
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Waking up the echoes,
the neighbors
by Dan Horton/For
The Post
Some people believe the Notre Dame Fighting
Irish is the epitome of college football excellence.
Notre Dame's tailgating tradition may be no different....
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Tailgaters crowd West
Virginia venues
by Joe Arnold / Staff Writer
The Ohio football team's trip to Morgantown
W.Va. Sept. 8 gave the Bobcats a chance to play a Big East team
at a Big East venue. The crowd of Ohio fans that made the hour and
a half trip to "Touchdown City, USA," received a lesson
in Tailgating 101.... continued
Just another excuse to
party
by Pat McSweeny / For The Post
As the saying goes, getting there is
half the fun....continued
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