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OSU’s Secret Plan to Privatize Campus Energy Services: Campus community sweetheart deals hiding behind non-transparency
Privatization is becoming the policy de joure at Ohio State University, but students and university employees are left out of the discussions.
As OSU’s leadership has shifted, many community members have become concerned about drastic…
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2016 Primary Election Roundup
The biggest local electoral issue in this year’s primary election in Columbus is the split in the Democratic Party. Mayor Andrew Ginther, former Mayor Michael Coleman and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty led one faction dead set to punish Sheriff Zach…
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Don’t Feed the Trolls: practical tips for dealing with the 21st Century’s sadists, Internet or otherwise
Did you know that trolls, Internet or otherwise, have a mental disorder? So found a study in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences. Researchers surveyed 1,200 respondents, giving each one a personality test and then analyzing…
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Toledo Move to Amend victory
On Tuesday, March 15 nearly 64% of Toledo’s citizens voted YES on ISSUE 1 in support of a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate constitutional rights and money as speech.
As a result of this initiative, Toledo…
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