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Hale Diversity! OSU’s Urban Art Space

Upon entering the OSU Urban Art Space, you are greeted with a biography of Dr. Frank Hale and other culturally relevant icons.




Frank Hale worked at OSU from 1971-98. He was a man of many accolades, important jobs…

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Album review: the Salty Caramel's Baby Blues

I first saw the Salty Caramels seven or eight years ago when the Columbus music scene was locked in the death grip of the Americana movement. There were three ladies in matching dresses, and (if memory serves) they sang a song about ice…

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A colorful image of Columbus skyline in green, yellow and blue with white words in front at the bottom Yes We Can

About Yes We Can

In a primary race chock full of corporate-sponsored “establishment” candidates this past May, 5 candidates of the grassroots organization Yes We Can Columbuswon enough votes to run in the general elections for City Council and School Board this…

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Words in black Bob Bites Back

Bob Bites Back: Black-Identity Extremists BS

Just prior to Hitler-inspired neo-Nazis and their white supremacist allies descending on Charlottesville, Virginia in August, the FBI began characterizing the Black Lives Matter movement as “Black-identity extremists.” As best the Freep…

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Protest/Rally
Tue Apr21 4:00 pm
Worthington Rush Hour Rally
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Protest/Rally
Tue Apr21 4:30 pm
Support Veterans Rush Hour Rally.
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Meeting
Wed Apr22 11:30 am
Ohio’s Data Center Debate

Columbus Metropolitan Club