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It’s been an interesting year for parents of children at Columbus City Schools. Watching a system destroy itself is fascinating. When the imploding system is one to which you’ve entrusted your progeny, the scene gets exponentially more intoxicating. As it… [Read More]
OSU City and Regional Planning professor Jennifer Evans Cowley, who now also serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration in the College of Engineering, has never had a problem keeping busy. Whether teaching, tweeting, presenting at conferences… [Read More]
Sometime in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Carolyn Smith tweeted these words, “Commission school plan eliminates current Internal Auditor.” You might not know who Carolyn Smith is. You might not even care, but you should. She’s the current internal… [Read More]
If you’re following the local education stories, then you’re probably aware that there’s been lots of controversy about who should lead the effort to reform Columbus City Schools. At present, the local school system is governed by the Board of… [Read More]
Columbus City Schools has some problems. That seems to be the general consensus from the community, the local press, and the mayor of Columbus. The problems, however, are not the outgoing superintendent (lauded by the mayor), or the closed administrative… [Read More]
Founded in 1973 in Dayton, Boston Stoker has a history with coffee that now spans four decades. The original store primarily sold tobacco products when it first opened, but soon introduced coffee as a way to keep people lingering in… [Read More]
It’s time for a little review of the city schools and city politics. The Board of Education (the school board) is comprised of seven members, all elected by the public. Their job is to make decisions for Columbus City Schools…. [Read More]
It’s not easy to be school board member, Mike Wiles. When he submitted a list of people’s names to be on the city school levy committee, not a single Wiles suggestion made the cut. When Carol Perkins was re-elected in… [Read More]
In order to address the well-publicized woes of Columbus City Schools, the mayor has assembled a commission to fix the problems. One of the commission’s early ideas has been to improve access to preschool education. The proposal is a little… [Read More]
Famous Columbus author and humorist James Thurber wrote, “Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen and in which almost everything has.” Students in the Young Writers’ Studio are working hard to craft creative, new stories… [Read More]
A transformational plan to densify student living on the northeast corner of The Ohio State University’s main campus was approved on Friday. The North Residential District project will increase the number of student dormitory beds by 3,200 and increase the… [Read More]
Student-centric breakfast eatery Eggfast is on the move, but it’s not going far. The restaurant is planning to relocate this fall from 24 East 12th Avenue, around the corner to a High Street location within the South Campus Gateway. “Our… [Read More]
The houses that line the streets in the South Side’s community near Lincoln Park show the hard times that have fallen on the area. It’s not hard to find a vacant home with broken or boarded up windows or overgrown… [Read More]
I can’t say that I’ve ever been a fan of the calzone. While the dish originated in Italy (according to Wikipedia) it has always seemed like a red-headed stepchild, born out of a marketing meeting in the 1980s when some… [Read More]
The Columbus College of Art & Design 2012 Senior Fashion Show kicks off at 8:45 p.m. Friday at the Design Studios on Broad, at 390 E. Broad St. General admission doors open at 8 p.m. Fifty-four designs by 15 graduating… [Read More]
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