CPS Wants Charter Action
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) officials have decided to get into the charter schools business. At March 8 meeting the High Quality Schools Task Force, a school board committee approved a draft policy allowing the district to create charter schools, which the full board will vote on later this month. The board also hired a district…
News: Sigma Phi Epsilon Removes Members After Suicide of Freshman Who Lived in Fraternity House
A month after an 18-year-old University of Cincinnati freshman committed suicide at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, members are being removed from the fraternity. Jacob Saylor hanged himself Jan. 31 in a bathroom stall at the fraternity house several hours after taking hallucinogen-containing mushrooms, according to statements his fraternity brothers made to police. "The…
Diner: Oh Me, Oh Maya’s
Fax it, call it in, send it through the mail or order online. Call it a meal of some kind: lunch, dinner, even breakfast. Carry it out or eat in. Just don't kid yourself about why you're really here. Sure, you may go to Maya's in Blue Ash using the ruse of lunch or dinner,…
Green Like Me
Holy mackerel, it's March already. Time to don the garden gloves, grab a trowel, do a couple lines of crystal meth and bolt out into the yard. Because if you want your flowers, vegetables and other plants to thrive in the upcoming growing season, you need to get a whole lot done right now. Follow…
Diner: An Irish Pub, Per(Hap’s)?
When you walk into Hap's Irish Pub on Erie Avenue in Hyde Park the authenticity hits you immediately. Framed pictures above the bar of the original owner and loyal patrons. A brick backdrop that's heard many stories and seen countless people. A bartop, actually moved from the bar next door before it became Hap's,…
Scrawl
Scrawl After enduring enough label skirmishes to make anyone call it a day, Scrawl have moved on with their careers after their recent relationship with their first major label, Elektra, fell apart. Armed with a crate of their last, acclaimed release for the label, Nature Film, and recent press kits with the Elektra logo…
