Ohio colleges' new dorms encourage interaction outside rooms, not ...
College students seeking the latest perks — hot tubs, balconies and pools, anyone? – won’t find it in new dorms opening this weekend at Ohio State University and Ohio Wesleyan University. On both campuses, the new student rooms are pleasant but spartan in a traditional dorm way: open shelves for closets, vinyl flooring, vanilla walls and modest spaces. But a very different story unfolds outside the rooms. There, the novelty of the residences becomes apparent. Although dramatically different in ..>> view originalCould new port jumpstart SE Ind. development?
The Tanners Creek plant in Lawrenceburg is being decommissioned and it's unclear what it's next life could be. Local business leaders say it could play an integral role in Southeast Indiana landing a new port operation.(Photo: Provided/Indiana Michigan Power)LAWRENCEBURG – The state is studying how it could invest hundreds of millions of dollars into Southeast Indiana by building Indiana's fourth port.The move could be a boon in terms of job creation and new investment into the region and local ..>> view originalWomen leading opposition to Trump
WASHINGTON — With many Republican women in Ohio and across the country objecting to the brusque tone of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Republican Party is facing the kind of divisiveness not seen since 1964, when Barry Goldwater lost 44 states to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Although Gov. John Kasich has emerged as among the more notable Trump critics, the Republican revolt has been sparked in large part by GOP women, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, former California gubernato..>> view originalStudent debt can balloon with little notice
The former Ohio State student paid down her student loan to just $23. By last year, when the Ohio attorney general’s office sued to recoup that 21-year-old debt, she owed $968. Across Ohio every year, lawyers working for the attorney general sue thousands of college students with unpaid loans from one of the state’s public universities. A Dispatch investigation of 114 cases filed in Franklin County found that some former Ohio State students have been wrongfully sued. Others, because of Ohio’s l..>> view originalToledo struggles to attract, keep young professionals
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Jessica Abbey, front left, and Irma Acuna, center left, University of Toledo students, join other interns at a glass-blowing demonstration as part of Summer in the City. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH Enlarge | Buy This Image From more upscale coffee houses to a booming downtown scene built up around its once-decrepit warehouse district, Toledo continues to show signs of becoming more cool, hip, and attrac..>> view originalClassical Music | Calendar rich with guest performers, local stars
Orchestras, opera troupes and countless smaller ensembles — both those based in central Ohio and those hailing from elsewhere — will make classical music’s new season melodious. HIGHLIGHTS • Collaboration will characterize the season opener for the Columbus Symphony: In “Twisted 2,” the orchestra will pair with BalletMet and Opera Columbus (Sept. 22-25, Ohio Theatre). The orchestra, working in tandem with the Columbus Symphony Chorus and soloists, will devote an entire performance to Giuseppe V..>> view originalYoung suicide bomber attacks Turkey wedding party; 51 dead
An Islamic State group suicide bomber as young as 12 years old attacked an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens of others, the Turkish president said Sunday.The bombing late Saturday in Gaziantep, near Turkey's border with Syria, was the deadliest attack in Turkey this year.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking live on national television in front of Istanbul's city hall, said the attacker was aged between 12 and 14. He said 69 p..>> view originalPop Music | Big stars will keep Columbus venues hopping
• Take a Chance : Upstart Chicago hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper leads the second Breakaway Music Festival — returning for the first time since it debuted in 2013. Dillon Francis, Young Thug and Ty Dolla $ign, among others, round out the lineup (Aug. 26-27, Ohio State fairgrounds, www.breakawayfestival.com). • Boys are back: Sean Combs (Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Diddy) brings his Bad Boys — Lil' Kim, Mase, Faith Evans and Mario Winans — together for a reunion tour (Aug. 25, Value City Arena..>> view originalPallet Kings makes a spash offering closeout goods for resale
It's 11 o'clock on a quiet weekday morning in a scruffy Lancaster neighborhood, and the Pallet Kings already have sold 15 of the 32 pallets of merchandise that came into the store just an hour before. What exactly is in the shrink-wrapped pallets is a bit of a mystery. And that's part of the appeal — and one reason for the early success of an unusual business. Pallet Kings is the brainchild of Kyle Horton, one of the owners of the 3-month-old business. Its roots began years ago, when Horton wen..>> view originalQ&A | Fran Horowitz: Abercrombie & Fitch leader enjoys the mix
Fran Horowitz caught the retail bug in high school and has ridden her passion to the pinnacle of global fashion icon Abercrombie & Fitch. The business suits her interests in finance and consumer behavior and her affinity for working in a dynamic environment that calls for agile leadership. That, and the opportunity to work in vertical specialty retailing, “where you produce your own goods and you’re much closer to the consumer and the product,” first attracted her to Abercrombie several years a..>> view original
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