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Saturday, March 9, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Welcome our speaker, Ramzy Baroud, a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times and former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online.
Baroud is the author of six books and a contributor to many others; his latest volume is Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out. His books are translated to many languages including French, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, Malayalam, and others.
A “question-and-answer” period will be included.
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“Dune: Part Two” is a sensory overload of epic proportions. In the highly anticipated sequel to 2021’s “Dune,” director Denis Villeneuve returns to the vast universe of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi saga. It takes sharp storytelling clarity to explore the dangers of prophecy, religious fundamentalism, and how people are manipulated through narratives. Simultaneously, we’re treated to gladiator fights, giant worms, and other exciting thematic elements that never overshadow the central story. While some sci-fi films surrender to spectacle at the cost of story, Villeneuve does his best “Empire Strikes Back” impression and delivers a masterpiece that will have you dialed in.
The plot of “Part Two” picks up where the first film left off, following Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he seeks revenge for the destruction of his family — teaming up with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen to face the powers that control the spice on the harsh sandy climate of Arrakis.
“Dune: Part Two” is a sensory overload of epic proportions. In the highly anticipated sequel to 2021’s “Dune,” director Denis Villeneuve returns to the vast universe of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi saga. It takes sharp storytelling clarity to explore the dangers of prophecy, religious fundamentalism, and how people are manipulated through narratives. Simultaneously, we’re treated to gladiator fights, giant worms, and other exciting thematic elements that never overshadow the central story. While some sci-fi films surrender to spectacle at the cost of story, Villeneuve does his best “Empire Strikes Back” impression and delivers a masterpiece that will have you dialed in.
The plot of “Part Two” picks up where the first film left off, following Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he seeks revenge for the destruction of his family — teaming up with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen to face the powers that control the spice on the harsh sandy climate of Arrakis.
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About Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times and former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online.
Baroud taught mass communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia Campus.
We, the members of the OSU community, are profoundly concerned about recent developments regarding the removal of the OSU Divest initiative from this year's election ballot. It is imperative for our university to cultivate an inclusive environment where every voice, regardless of origin or perspective, is valued and acknowledged.
The decision to exclude the OSU Divest initiative appears to be a deliberate effort to stifle pro-Palestinian viewpoints and hinder constructive dialogue on divestment. Despite the Judicial Panel acknowledging procedural ambiguities and inconsistencies in bylaw interpretation, the proposed solution of a potential re-hearing and special election unfairly penalizes OSU Divest, prolonging an unjust situation unnecessarily.
Ohio Attorney General David Yost – part of the state’s far-right GOP super majority – is deliberately blocking not one but two proposed constitutional amendments backed mostly by African American activists, they claim.
Ohio is the second most voter-purged state behind Georgia and has some of the worst gerrymandered district maps in the country. Many would think that any Statehouse would reverse such undemocratic practices, but this is Ohio, now a MAGA stronghold, which passed HB 458 and signed into law by Gov. DeWine in 2023. HB 458 enacted the nation’s strictest voter ID law and other provisions restricting voters.
Concerned the Ohio GOP is desperately trying to restrict African American voters, a coalition of civil rights groups is leading a grassroots effort to put the “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” to a statewide vote, which they say would modernize Ohio’s election system with pro-voter policies, such as same-day voter registration and expanded early voting options and locations, among other provisions.
Thursday, March 7, 7:30pm, Big Room Bar, 1036 S. Front St.
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Single Payer Action Network (SPAN) Ohio and Health Care for All Ohioans are collecting compelling stories to highlight the many struggles that people face when dealing with the American healthcare system.
We will be videotaping people's stories at the Health Care for All Ohioans/SPAN Ohio Annual Conference on April 27th, in Columbus, at the Quest Conference Center on Pulsar Road. If you cannot make that date, and your video is selected for this initial effort, we can make arrangements for a video production in Worthington, Ohio, if possible, prior to mid-May.
Please submit your story by clicking the link to our website here.
City of Columbus officials are now doing what they should have done in early 2023 to prevent their repeated blunders and resulting harms concerning the Greyhound/Barons bus depot on North Wilson Road.
A March 1, 2024 email from city attorney Section Chief Steve Dunbar states: “Next week’s Greyhound hearing is being continued. City, Barons and Greyhound are doing a search for alternative sites. I’ll let you know as soon as we get a new date. It will be about sixty days out.”
If a new trial date is not set for another two months, it will be nearly a year that this bus terminal disaster began to play out.
Barons officials had reached out to city officials requesting assistance in early 2023 to find a new location for their bus terminal after they could not come to terms with COTA on renewing their lease at the West Spring Street COTA location. The city refused to help Barons find a suitable location.