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In 2003, the NFL adopted a policy introduced by its diversity committee that aimed at increasing minority representation in head coaching positions. Named after its creator, Pittsburgh Steelers owner, Dan Rooney, the "Rooney Rule" requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate before filling head coaching vacancies. Not only has minority coach representation increased from 2 to 6 since 2002, but this past month, for the first time ever, a black coach, Tony Dungy, won the Super Bowl. Analysts say that without the Rooney Rule, things like this would not happen. Following this, Rooney and his Steelers introduced Mike...

Dear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, I am writing you to make a request. This request not only affects you, but it affects millions of citizens who need your help. It is time for you to throw in the towel on your political career. It is time for you to help society in a much more important way. The time has come to end the unsavory game of politics and to return to the movies. You decided to run for Governor at a time when California was facing a fiscal crisis that warranted a man of action to take charge and to...

Ohio State political science professor, Herb Asher is in the news again, as his group, Reform Ohio Now seeks to change up Ohio's districts to move Ohio Democrats from the outside to in. Trying to tap into Ohio citizen disdain for the scandals plaguing state government, Reform Ohio Now is trying to harness this frustration and use it for their political gain. The coaltion, which is comprised of labor unions a Democratic-leaning activists is marketing itself as a bipartisan effort to change Ohio politics. According to reports, one of the first to start circulating petitions for Reform Ohio Now was...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the news yet again, and the Democratic machine is pulling at strings on this one. The latest attack attempt goes even farther than the last one. Yet the attack is not more severe; it is just more preposterous. Read more here: http://osusentinel.com/theopenend/index.php/2005/08/08/i_need_your_clothes_your_boots_and_your_

In what is regarded as the world's largest privatization attempt ever, Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, is putting the wheels into motion as he attempts to privatize the Japanese postal-banking service known as the Japan Post. The move has thrown Japan into one of the largest political battles it's seen in recent years. In fact, just recently lower house lawmaker, Yoji Nagoaka, was so torn on whether to vote for or against privatization that he committed suicide (!) just to relieve himself of the pressure. Read More: http://osusentinel.com/theopenend/index.php/2005/08/02/p684

A certain female Ohio State University staff member in Celeste Laboratory of Chemistry has been caught red-handed throwing away copies of the campus conservative/libertarian rag. After striking on a nearly daily basis at literally the same time of day (wow, she's a smart one), the time came to expose this enemy of the First Amendment. Check the link for photos of the guilty party.

On June 23, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a verdict that contradicted everything the Court was intended to protect. The case, Kelo vs. City of New London, marked a defining victory for enemies of the right to private property. The controversy started when several families were being driven from their homes to make way for what the government deemed to be a much more productive use for the land. More notably, the government declared that bulldozing the homes in the name of other enterprises would better serve the "common good" and even better, provide more tax revenue. The Supreme...

Columbus City Council to Iraqi Government: "Ban Suicide Bombers!": A satirical look at Columbus City Council's latest legislation This week, in a shocking turn of events, Columbus City Council voted unanimously to ban suicide bombers within city limits. After most council members arrived over an hour late to the meeting, they announced that after Aug. 11th, that all suicide bombers would be outlawed. All current suicide bombers will have 90 days from Monday night to register themselves with Columbus' Department of Public Safety or face a first-degree misdemeanor charge. Columbus City Councilman, Michael Mentel, seemed optimistic that this piece of...

This was written primarily for Ohio State students, but covers the current problems and dirty tricks involved in in public transportation in all of our nation's major cities: Ohio State students are becoming increasingly strapped for cash as the university attaches extra costs to an already expensive education. Aside from tuition rising to record-highs, students are also compelled to pay for extraneous additions like the Student Activity Fee, Larkins Hall memberships, and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). COTA has been a part of the Columbus area since 1974. After a privately owned bus system discovered that busing was not...

Campaigning has already begun for Ohio’s next governor’s race. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell have left the gates a bit early to try to capture the support of Ohioans. This early campaigning is likely to pay off for the candidates, because no matter who is running in 2006, Ohioans will choose just about anyone who isn’t Bob Taft. Governor Taft has watched his political career take one of the largest falls from grace in recent history. The state currently holds a $720 million deficit. In a recent approval rating survey, Bob Taft held the...

Picture this: a public policy institute at Penn State University is awarded money to establish an abortion research center. The money to establish the center is donated by the Christian Coalition, and the appointed director of the center has written op-ed pieces in the past about how abortion is comparable to murder. Then the center releases documents authored by its director that discuss the interpretation of the Constitution that could forbid abortion all together. Does this sound like a reliable source for fair research? While the above scenario is fictitious, a very similar situation has arisen at Ohio State, thanks...