By Ricky Thompson Even before its members attended Ohio State University, O.A.R., who made a stop on their tour in Boston for two shows last week, made its presence known on college campuses throughout the midwest. "When we were juniors in high school, everything just connected,"...

We've been told our attention spans have shortened. We've been told our culture has rotted down to nothing but sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Now, however, we're being told by legend of the screen and stage, Lauren Bacall. And if anyone should know, it's her. The actress,...

The circumstances are clear. Former SGA President Michael Benson and VP Chad Cooper were forced to resign their SGA posts after being found responsible for Code of Conduct Violations. The remaining members of SGA's executive board scheduled a special election, to fill the vacant...

By vetoing the emergency contraception bill last week, Romney has cleared up any remaining doubt about where the constituency he's concerned about lives- and it isn't in Massachusetts. The fact that he's more focused on running for president than running the Commonwealth is hardly...

By Benjamin Sansivero Incredibly, the news this week that Sandra Day O'Connor has decided to retire from the United States Supreme Court is not the story of the week. No, that title belongs to the saga of journalists Robert Novak, Matthew Cooper and Judith Miller who all played...

By Dinah Alobeid Last summer the once-waivable recreation fee was increased and made mandatory for all students by the Student Government Association (SGA) in order to fund new programs, increase the number of on-campus club sports and help fund a new athletic field. A year...

George Carlin said it best: "(Expletive) the children." If the Curry Student Center is ever searching for a new motto, there it is. The university Web site describes the student center as "a celebration of diversity and student life, a place where students, faculty and...

The Resident Student Association's (RSA) Vice President for Finance Elliot Inz resigned from his position at the group's general council meeting July 20. Inz, a middler engineering major who was beginning his second term in the position, cited "personal reasons" as his reason...

CUP receives ideas for diversity chair upgrades In an effort to reach an agreement with the Council for University Programs (CUP), various cultural organizations and student groups outlined a proposal concerning CUP's downsizing of its diversity chair position. Members of the...

Entering Blackman Auditorium to thunderous applause and a standing ovation Thursday night, Dr. Maya Angelou carefully made her way to the podium and began to sing. She transitioned from Spanish to Arabic to Hebrew to French, singing songs, she said, that remind the human...

By Lisa Kaczke Students can spend hours searching for a new restaurant to try for dinner, or a bar to hang out at on a Friday night. But with the help of

It was just one of those weekends. You know the kind that if you could relive one weekend over and over again for the rest of your life it'd be right there next to the Memorial Day weekend of your junior year of high school. What a phenomenal feeling I had, driving with the...