Oberlin Students Question How to Respond to Terrorism
Harvey Gittler notes Oberlin College students wrestle with Sept 11 implications, balancing restraint and opposition to a full scale military action. He cites Dean Peter Goldsmith on varied campus views, loyalty, and the search for nonlethal options amid national crisis.
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Kent State
Baldwin- Wallace College
Oberlin College
Kent
Oberlin
Baldwin-Wallace
Peter Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Lorain County
Cleveland
Ohio
Public Square
Taft proposes 100 million borrowing from tobacco settlement
Ohio Governor Bob Taft seeks to borrow 100 million of the state's share from the 1998 tobacco settlement to cover a growing budget deficit. Anti smoking advocates say diverting funds harms youth prevention and public health. Michigan earlier used 65 million to plug a revenue shortfall in its budget year.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Taft
Matthew Myers
Myers
Michigan
Youth group hosts Agape LAC Conference Youth Explosion 2001
About 200 attendees watched True Praise and Deliverance Ministries and Lorain Activities Center host a two day youth event in Oberlin and Lorain. Children ages five to eighteen performed puppet shows drills orations praise dance and mass choir demonstrating talents and offering positive outlets.
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Lorain
True Praise and Deliverance Ministries
Oberlin
Vilgus
Agape
Melanie Qualls-Delancy
Elyria
Andina Delancy
Dancing Machine
Brittany Harris
Northwood
Whittier Middle School
Harris
Praise Dancers
Colin Bouyer
Destinee Kimble
Elyria High School
Living abroad suspicion is part of daily life
In Cleveland a former Israeli teacher notes how terrorism fears shape daily conduct. An evacuation-ready mindset and quick reactions are common in Israel and Colombia, where residents live under constant threat and heightened suspicion.
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Eichenberg-Eilon
Bush
Israel
Colombia
Northern Ireland
Adela Drews
Medellin
Arab American family confronts fear after attacks
Yusera Atta, a Palestinian American mother of two and University of Akron student, stopped wearing her headpiece after 9 11 to feel safer. She faced avoidance in class, an FBI visit over her son Mohamad’s name, and a wary public, feeling unmoored as American citizens with few places to go.
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Akron
Yusera Atta
Atta
America
University of Akron
FBI
Tallmadge
Mohamad
Akron Beacon Journal
Cleveland
Highland County Halloween curfew aims to curb pranks
Highland County adopts an 8 pm October curfew for minors to curb Halloween vandalism. Officials say enforcement is flexible and tied to specific offenses like egging and window smashing. Hillsboro residents acknowledge long-standing community practice rather than a formal statute.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Highland County
Ron Ward
Ward
Hillsboro High School
Heather Lee
Cincinnati police discipline shown as inconsistent
The Cincinnati Enquirer analyzed police records from 1997 to May this year finding major violations often punished less severely than minor offenses. Officers with serious misconduct faced penalties reduced nearly three times as often as those with minor violations.
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Cincinnati
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ross Love
Cincinnati Community Action Now
Enquirer
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Eilon
Jerusalem
Richard Zink
Richard Davis
Kevin Greer
Cincy
Chad Guendelsberger
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