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On the lighter side… 12/7/12
Bostonians line up for ten thousand free vibrators Hundreds of people lined up in Boston this past Monday for a free vibrator courtesy of Trojan. The event was originally scheduled to be held in front of City Plaza in Boston, but was eventually moved due to protests by the Mayor’s office. The event started around…
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President Cornwell and Dean Holmes host chat
Students and members of the administration discuss tuition, prestige and diversity Wyatt Smith Features Editor Over 30 students gathered in the Lowry pit this past Monday for an open-ended Q&A with President Grant Cornwell and Dean of Students Kurt Holmes. During the hour-long “fireside chat,” the two administrators fielded a variety of questions on topics…
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Wooster’s plan for area’s vacant buildings
City seeks to fill three vacant schools and armory and hospital buys vacant strip mall Anya Cohen News Editor Over the last several years, several schools and businesses in the Wooster area have vacated their buildings, leaving the city at loss of what to do with the property. With a mostly vacated strip mall just…
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New library silence policy hopes to enforce noise control
Ian Benson News Editor Andrews and Gault Libraries are considering implementing a change to combat rising noise levels. The tentative plan will clearly define the noise levels and collaboration environments in both libraries based on the floor level and its distance from the CoRE. “The CoRE has created more collaboration and activity and more people…
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BITE-SIZED NEWS: 11/16/12
STATE Ohio executes man who stabbed Akron woman 138 times On Tuesday, Ohio executed Brett Hartman, a man accused of stabbing an Akron woman 138 times. He maintained his innocence until the end. Hartman was the 49th inmate put to death since the state resumed executions in 1999. He had previously come within a week…
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On the lighter side… 11/16/12
Cleveland woman forced to hold sign proclaiming herself an idiot A 32-year-old Cleveland woman was sentenced to hold a sign reading, “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus,” after she was caught on camera doing precisely that. The bus she “avoided” was picking up a handicapped child. Police arrested…
