For the record, I’ve tried to be as optimistic as possible regarding our economy throughout the past year. I watched CNN when all the analysts were crying that the sky was falling and that within 6 months we’d all be living in cardboard boxes, eating dry ramen noodles. Then I saw the same analysts come on the […]

I was just alerted to the fact that classes have been cancelled for tomorrow! How awesome is that?
Sleep in. Enjoy the nothingness tomorrow.But don’t let the snow stop you from picking up a copy of the UWeekly and checking out all the good shit we have in there this week, including my debut sports story […]

Disclaimer: I was slightly inebriated during the posting of this article.
However, if I can write an entire drunken article using proper grammar, then you have no excuse to get points taken off your English 367 paper for spelling and grammar mistakes…
So, it all started when I was driving home last night from a place which […]

Photo by: Doral Chenoweth III, Columbus Dispatch
A man bearing a strong resemblance to Vanilla Ice was arrested last night in connection with the murder of Jenny Nelson.
Charlie W. Myers was picked up last night on McMillen Avenue, along with two other suspects. Yes, that’s right, McMillen Avenue. The same McMillen Avenue near the south campus […]

Anyone downtown on Saturday night around 2:30am when that guy got sucker-punched in the back of the head outside of Gaswerks? Well, unfortunately he died as a result of that single blow to the head, and police are coming up pretty empty-handed.
From today’s Dispatch:
Homicide detectives said they have little to go on in the search […]

Skybus is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Monday, and as of today has ceased all operations. That’s right, the airline with $10 airfare is filing for bankruptcy.
In their own words:
Skybus Airlines will cease all operations effective Saturday, April 5.
Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. […]

I get in my car today and the radio happens to be on 99.7 - The Blitz, and instead of playing me some rock and roll, it keeps repeating the same message in an animatronic voice over and over that the station is “rebooting” and would be finished tomorrow at 5pm.
The website does the same.
It […]

Today is Ohio’s primary, remember to bring one of the following to the polls to verify your identity.

A current and valid photo identification (i.e. Ohio driver’s license, state ID, government ID). Photo identification must show name and address (does not need to be current address for driver’s license)
A military identification that shows the voter’s name […]

Our fare city’s only daily newspaper had an interesting piece in it yesterday about Rickenbacker airport.
Franklin County taxpayers have invested $115 million in Rickenbacker Airport since 1981, and it’s still operating in the red.
While the quest for profitability is decades old, the current plan is for self-sufficiency by 2012.
How bad is the situation over at […]

The man may have arrived an hour and a half late, but the packed house at St. John’s Arena didn’t seem to mind when Senator Barack Obama took to the stage today in Columbus on Ohio State University’s campus, just before noon.
The reason for the delay was a snowstorm in Cleveland, where the presidential candidate […]