At the bottom of the basement stairs, behind a locked door, lived a man named Jeremy. For months, Jeremy lived in secret. He didn’t know his roommates, and his roommates certainly didn’t know him. So goes the famous story of “The Stranger in the Basement.” ...
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Democrats vie for bill to allow consumers to refinance student loans
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are trying to resurrect a bill that was shot down by Republicans in June that would allow consumers to refinance student loans. The bill — deemed the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act — is slated to be on ...
Read More »Human remains found in off-campus residence
An off-campus house has been taped off by the Columbus Division of Police since Tuesday night after human remains were found in a residence, according to local media reports. CPD officers on the scene, located at East 13th Avenue and 4th Street, said they had ...
Read More »Rape suspect has years-long police record
A homeless man with a long list of criminal offenses, many of them near Ohio State’s campus, was arrested after a bike patrol reportedly caught him raping a woman inside an empty off-campus garage early Saturday morning, according to a Columbus Division of Police press ...
Read More »Man caught sexually assaulting woman in off-campus garage
A man was caught sexually assaulting a woman in a vacant off-campus garage early Saturday morning by a Columbus Division of Police bike patrol, according to a CPD release. The officers were patrolling the E. 12th Avenue area shortly before 2 a.m. when they shined ...
Read More »Robbery, sexual assault reported off-campus
A robbery and gross sexual imposition were reported early Sunday morning in an off-campus neighborhood, according to a police report on the City of Columbus’ website. The woman listed on the report was identified as an Ohio State student through the OSU directory, Find People. ...
Read More »Runners brave rain to raise money for the James Cancer Hospital
Cancer and rain are no match for Michael Herman. Herman, a fourth-year in electrical and computer engineering, took to wet conditions Sunday with hundreds of others to participate in the second-annual CLunger Beats 5000 5K outside of Ohio Stadium. The CLunger Beats 5000 5K was ...
Read More »Summer crime news: 2 public safety notices and 2 fires reported
It’s easy to get lost in numbers. There were about 310 reports of theft this summer on Ohio State’s campus, 15 reports of assault and four reports of robbery. But what does that mean? It means that in the span of this summer — from ...
Read More »Buck-i-Frenzy welcome event draws thousands
It was hot and muggy, but thousands of students and dozens of businesses gathered together and got a little frenzied. The annual Buck-i-Frenzy festival was held Tuesday in and around the RPAC, giving students an opportunity to check out vendors from the campus area and ...
Read More »Geese removal efforts wind down along Olentangy River
The Ohio State community can expect to hear and see less pyrotechnics and noisemakers in the Olentangy River area as efforts to drive away geese decrease. “Basically, we’ll be out there once a week monitoring the sites. Right now, pyrotechnics and noise efforts have been ...
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