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February 15, 2012

What Katy Perry says about us

Listen to me: Katy Perry is the embodiment of the virgin-whore dichotomy. By this I do not mean that Ms. Perry is a virgin (presumably, her wedding night with Russell Brand...

Super PAC Man: Obama’s reversal

In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama railed against corporate political spending and Super PACs, calling both a “threat to democracy.” Later that year,...

New quarter, safer streets?

A bombardment of crime alerts rattled Ohio State’s campus last quarter, putting students on high alert, especially after dusk and just before dawn. For most, the frequency of...

Ohio Beat

Medical Center renamed to honor Leslie H. Wexner The OSU Medical Center board of trustees unanimously voted last Friday to rename the center after Leslie H. Wexner, founder of...

February 8, 2012

No apologies for nerds

I ended up at the anime convention on accident. Your horrified reaction to the sentence above is understandable. Admitting attendance at an anime-related event is sort of akin...

Five misconceptions about college life

USA Today recently published an article about five things that shouldn’t be taken for granted in college—relevant, if not general and mundane advice like attending campus...

Word, word, go away

For better or worse, different authorities such as the New York Times, Merriam-Webster, and others publish retired or banished word lists every year. Previous items such as...

Ohio Beat

‘My Columbus’ app funded by taxpayers According to NBC4i, the city of Columbus is getting mixed reviews on last year’s launch of the “My Columbus” app. The product...

February 1, 2012

Our politics, ourselves

My father and I both yell at the news. We’re on opposite sides of the political spectrum—he, the staunchest of conservatives, me, a liberal with the bleedingest of...

The Queen of Butter becomes the Queen...

Food Network celebrity chef Paula Deen recently revealed her diabetes diagnosis, which happened to coincide with her announcing an endorsement by the pharmaceutical company,...

Bucks not No. 1

In the 2011 U.S. News Best Colleges ranking survey, The Ohio State University was ranked in the top 50 in only one category: Up-and-Coming Universities. It was ranked No. 8 in...

‘Useless classes’ not so...

James Greenebaum took a hip-hop class at OSU because he thought it would be a fun elective to take with some friends. But he never thought he’d actually use those dance moves...1

Ohio Beat

OSU joins forces with Michelle Obama As part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Ohio State’s College of...

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