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March for Science tops 5000 participants
An estimated 5500 people came out to support science at the March for Science April 22 in Columbus, Ohio today. The marchers started at the Statehouse and walked to the Commons for the Earth Day celebration.
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Columbus group holds anti-corruption forum
On April 11, a local anti-corruption group held the Columbus Grassroots Anti-Corruption Forum from 6:30pm-8:00pm EST, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 850 N. Nelson Rd., Columbus, OH, 43219. Anti-corruption activists, local leaders, and…
Farmworker supporters disrupt OSU Board of Trustees meeting, demand removal of Wendy’s restaurant from campus
When a group of Ohio State University students interrupted an OSU Board of Trustees meeting on April 7, the timing was perfect for causing maximum embarrassment to the university’s administration.
While 22 members of the of the Student/…
Bob Bites Back: Asking our city leaders some questions
Hard to imagine a more insensitive gesture than Mayor Andy Ginther’s choice of the Police Academy for his second State of the City address. Shockingly, Ginther chose the occasion to announce that the notorious, overly white police unit known as…