I’m on vacation, more or less until the National Championship game, which is why I haven’t been posting anything new, but I ran across this in the Business section of today’s Dispatch and thought it was worth sharing:
The first look at Skybus Airlines’ financial performance shows that the no-frills Columbus startup lost $16 million during […]

The water cooler talk today at the office is that Pesto, the “creative Italian bistro” in the South Campus Gateway has closed its doors for good.
The restaurant opened 2 years ago this month by Ohio State marketing graduate Lee Shadle.
So far, there’s no mention of the closing on Pesto’s official website.

Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research gets a shout-out in article about the Ford Fusion 999 in this month’s Popular Mechanics. Ford and Ohio State teamed up on much of the technology in the vehicle, and the automaker is one of the biggest sponsors of the Buckeye Bullet.
You can check the article out here at […]

Just a reminder: The lottery to get student tickets to the National Championship game in New Orleans is underway today until 5pm. You are eligible to enter the lottery if you bought season football tickets and were eligible to pick them up i.e. you have been taking classes this quarter). The student tickets given away […]

That’s the idea two enterprising young college students from the University of Toledo and the University of Cincinnati came up with after their latest tuition hike:
Butler told Martin tuition went up so his scholarships and financial aid no longer were enough. Avery said an internship at Kroger fell through leaving him no money for summer […]