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YSU Could Decide On Johnson Hire Today

By DAVID SKOLNICK For The Intelligencer YOUNGSTOWN — If both sides come to an agreement, the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees will vote today on a contract to hire U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson as the university’s next president — a move that has drawn objections and criticism from employees, alumni and students. “We are still negotiating and if both parties agree on terms then we will have a contract that will need to be voted on by the board (today),” Becky Rose, YSU spokeswoman, said Monday. Neither YSU nor Johnson will confirm a deal is done. But the board ...

Hollywood Is Feast Or Famine As ‘Hunger Games’ Tops Box Office

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a busy weekend at the multiplex, leading into the often lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. And while there was plenty to choose from at the buffet, not everything could be a hit. Audiences had “The Marvels,” which plummeted in its second weekend, as well as the nationwide debuts of the family-friendly “Trolls World Tour,” Taika Waititi’s ...

Taylor Swift Postpones Show In Rio de Janeiro Show A Day After Fan Dies During Concert

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show, according to a message posted on the singer’s Instagram. “I’m writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio,” the singer said in a handwritten note on Instagram. “The safety and well being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.” The cause of death for Ana Clara Benevides Machado, the ...

SLIDESHOW: Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Parade

Marshall County residents got into the Christmas spirit on Saturday thanks to the annual Marshall County Christmas Parade on Jefferson Avenue. The parade featured floats by local businesses and organizations along with marching bands, dance teams, scouts, horses, fire engines, police cars ...

Meeting Students After COVID

Recently, my associate dean at Ohio State University’s Lima campus sent the faculty a reprint of an earlier Chronicle of Higher Education story on students’ demands for flexibility post-COVID. For those of us who missed the original article in February, it was an interesting and informative read. Chronicle senior writer Beckie Supiano focused on the challenges and frustrations of students and professors as universities strive to offer a “normal college education” three years removed from the pandemic. She effectively summarized our current state: “Everyone keeps telling ...

It’s Tiki Torch Time on Our Campuses

Lexington, Mass., is a peaceful town, famous for being an ideal place to raise children. Young couples move there from everywhere so that their children can attend its public schools, which in disproportionate numbers send students to the finest universities in the land. Lexington has a robust library serving its hypereducated residents, and its own symphony. It is a community of bake sales and charity drives and back-to-school nights. A walk into Lexington Center one recent morning revealed that heart-wrenching posters had been pasted onto a window of a vacant store. They said ...