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'CAT FACTS

1. What took place in Peden Stadium Nov. 21, 1970, instead of the scheduled football season finale game? 2. What famous comedian performed in the Convocation Center for Homecoming 1977? 3. For how long does an Ohio University Board of Trustees member serve? 4. When Stephen Kopp started his job as provost in July 2002, he gave all of the associate provosts and deans a mug. What did it say? 5. Name the three countries from which the most Ohio University international students come. 6. How many full-time cooks work in student dining facilities at Ohio University? 7. How much does it cost to run the new electric car used by University Facilities Management? 8. For what movie did cinematographer Ed Lachman, BFA '71, receive an Oscar nomination this year? 9. Ninety years ago, rumors circulated about an effort to combine Ohio University with two other universities in the state. Name them. 10. Where could you study hazardous materials technology at Ohio University?


'Cat Facts answers 1. Players, coaches, students and their fathers, celebrating Dads Weekend, gathered in the stadium to pay tribute to the players and coaches of the Marshall University Thundering Herd, the scheduled opponent for the day, who were killed in an airplane accident near Huntington, W.Va., a week earlier. 2. Bob Hope. 3. Nine years. 4. "Perfection is the goal. Excellence will be tolerated." 5. India, China and Japan. 6. 170. 7. A half-cent per mile (compared to 9 cents per mile for a gasoline-operated car). 8. "Far from Heaven." 9. Miami and Ohio State. 10. At the Chillicothe regional campus.



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