Mayor Marcia Fudge of Warrensville Heights won a landslide 175 of 280 votes Thursday for the Democratic replacement nomination for the 11th Congressional District, in lieu of the death of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The heavily Democratic 11th district spans a large part of Cleveland's East Side and numerous eastern suburbs.
Last Tuesday was the first 2008 Joseph C. Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Visiting Scholar Lecture at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The featured speaker was Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law, who delivered a captivating speech on "The Return of Shakespeare's Reviled Tragedy: Titus Andronicus and the Rule of Law.
Last week, the Cleveland City Council announced plans to reduce city council from 21 members to 17, a move which would ultimately save tax payers $300,000 annually. The new measure will be placed on the Nov. 4 ballot. Earlier this month, the council decided to place the new measure on the ballot in Nov.
Barack Obama is no stranger to being on the receiving end of smear tactics. His campaign felt it to be so damaging that they've gone so far as to set up a website, FightTheSmears.com, to debunk some of the odder Obama myths - that Obama is a Muslim, or that his wife used racially insensitive remarks.
• The SGA Fall Fest will be on Wednesday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Science and Research Atrium. There will be henna tattooing, snacks & beverages, a performance by the Rock-n-Robots, Atlantic Records Giveaways, and information about SGA, involvement opportunities, and CSU academic programs, in addition to a chance to meet your student body representatives.
Lured by the smell of food and the prospect of free pens, several CSU students attended the biannual Multicultural Fair in the Main Classroom Plaza last Thur., organized by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODAMA). "I think it's a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about the rich diversity of our campus and to learn about the different resources that are available for the campus community," Dean of Students James Drnek said.