Archive for May, 2006
High St. bids farewell to apartments
The windows that once shielded the residents of 2106-2124 N. High St. now sit as scattered shards of glass hiding in the overgrown grass. The doors grasp to rusted hinges, though some have been removed completely. Holes gape through the structure, leaving the building abandoned and nearly forgotten. “Everybody I’ve talked to liked this place and hates to see it come down,” said Cris Howard, a resident manager at the complex.
Fact lines help students, entertain bar patrons
Q: How many Oreos would it take to stack from the surface of the Earth to the moon? A: “Double stuff is 23 billion, normal is 26 billion,” said John-Eric Dyer, a Foy Information Line operator at Auburn University in Alabama.
Law restricts protests at funerals
On Friday, May 25, Gov. Bob Taft signed into law the “Let Them Rest in Peace Act,” also known as the anti-Phelps act. Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, gained national notoriety by demonstrating at the funerals for hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard and for President Clinton’s mother, Virginia Kelley. Many Ohio State students, however, remember Phelps’ numerous tirades staged on the Oval condemning and blaming everyone from gays to Jews. The new law restricts demonstrations and protests within 300 feet of all funerals, extending one hour before and one hour after the service. In recent years, members of the Kansas-based church have chosen to stage demonstrations at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq to gain media attention and spread their anti-gay message. Members of the church claim that natural disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Sept. 11 are “God’s punishment” against America for being pro-gay.
One NASCAR race is enough for this writer
On a trip home to Charlotte to visit my family this Memorial Day weekend, I decided to expand my sporting repertoire and attend my first NASCAR race - the Coca Cola 600.
A crazy Memorial Day at the Coop
There are few things more appetizing than Dime-a-Dog night and fireworks at Cooper Stadium. Except for maybe a Clippers victory. Unfortunately for the Columbus faithful, the latter was not to be had on Monday night.
Trivium treks the globe with heavy metal
Trivium, one of America’s hottest metal bands, is soon going to be very busy. After bursting onto the heavy metal scene with the critically acclaimed “Ascendancy,” Trivium stopped by Columbus a few times with In Flames, Chimaira, DevilDriver and Children of Bodom, and was one of the most popular bands at Ozzfest 2005. After taking some time off to finish a new record, Trivium is about to make a lot of noise.
Cast can’t save ‘An American Haunting’
One of the most respected actors in American cinema, Donald Sutherland, has roles in films such as “MASH,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Ordinary People” and “JFK” under his belt. Certainly then, I assumed, he must have had a perfectly good reason to accept a role in Courtney Solomon’s “An American Haunting.” This movie is an impeccable example of why people should never assume. “An American Haunting” opens in present day Tennessee, following a teenage girl running through snowy woods from an unrevealed enemy.
New FIFA game fluid, not flawless
Want to travel to Germany for the World Cup this June and represent the Red, White and Blue on the soccer field? Those whose names appear on the United States’ current 25-man roster, chances of that happening are doubtful.
Some find reasons for rights violations
To the Editor: I would like to form an argument in response to an argument that was made in The Lantern that a campus-wide smoking ban would not violate the rights of smokers. This is because the smokers are “releasing deadly toxins in public areas for (their) own satisfaction.”
