Local community gardening programs are growing a greener Dayton By Valerie Beerbower The air is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and green shoots are beginning to reach up through the soil, awakening after their winter sleep. Spring is almost here, and with that, gardeners everywhere get the itch to don their dirt-crusted gloves [...]
No pain, no gain in the TriTroyathlon 2011 By Tim Walker For some people, the idea of a relaxing Sunday morning in April might include sedate, everyday activities like sleeping in, watching a little TV, drinking a cup of coffee, reading the newspaper on the back porch, maybe even doing a little yard work. Relaxing, [...]
Young’s Jersey Dairy is much more than just the best ice cream around By Tim Walker Conveniently located on U.S. 68 less than two miles north of Yellow Springs, Young’s Jersey Dairy has been a popular Greene County destination for hungry families for over 50 years now. In addition to their mouth-watering ice cream, which [...]
Art exhibit opens in Yellow Springs that expresses ‘The Art of Healing’ By Nicole Wroten To celebrate this weekend’s Friday Fling, the Yellow Springs Arts Council (YSAC) will present “The Art of Healing,” a one-month gallery show opening to kick off YSAC’s Experience Wellness Weekend, which will include five tracks of workshops and national Jungian [...]
WYSO bringing new voices to the airwaves with Community Voices project By Lara Donnelly Radio station 91.3 WYSO has long been a source of independent voices in the Miami Valley. The public radio station, which began broadcasting on only 10 watts of electricity in 1958, is a favorite of many denizens of the Dayton area. [...]
A ‘very’ scientific investigation into the real discounts of e-commerce sites like Groupon and LivingSocial By Jen Hanauer Groupon Daily Deal for Dayton: $119 Tandem Jump with Start Skydiving, worth: $239, discount: 50%, savings: $120. Wait, do you mean to tell me I can save 50%, 120 dollars of my hard-earned money, off a tandem [...]
How to celebrate Mardi Gras (yeah you) right By Nicole Wroten Before I wrote this piece last week, I posted the following status on my Facebook page: “Trying to write an article about Mardi Gras. How in the world am I going to explain it to Ohioans?” A college friend of mine simply said, “You [...]
Surviving a break-up in the wacky world of Facebook By Jason Webber Like Alvy Singer and Annie Hall long before us, our great love died at a restaurant. Instead of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast, we opted for mediocre burritos at a chain Mexican eatery for our last meal as a couple. We sat down, [...]
UD ‘Flyers’ have new meaning with new flight simulator By Tim Walker A young college student sits in a chair and concentrates, a joystick in her hand, her face illuminated by several monitors. She checks a grouping of digital gauges and displays and carefully manipulates a series of sensitive controls, all while communicating with another [...]
March 2011 By Maha Kashani I love that spring is almost here. This is an especially exciting time of year for me as I will be celebrating the Iranian New Year, called Norooz, on the first day of spring and my birthday just happens to follow on March 31, officially the 11th of Farvardin. All [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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