By: Matt Leingang

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday. Nathaniel Brown,...

By: Chloe Moloney

Everywhere in the United States, no matter how far into the wilderness you roam, there are always going to be laws...the supreme law of the land, created by our glorious founding fathers and then some.   Of course, we all have our opinions on laws &n...

By: Donte Artis

  Muskingum Track team continues to thrive as Coach Jacob Gleason and Coach Ashley Shaffer prepare the team for the OAC qualifiers meet. With the up and coming OAC meet, Coach Gleason is proud of how well the team has developed and taken to his coach...

By: Cree Walker

Credit cards are the evil enemy to college students everywhere, or that’s what we have been told. But what has the recently passed credit card bill done to help those of us who could not resist the temptations of being a cardholder? 78 percent of ho...

By: By Lisa Euker

Only one man owned a bicycle in the impoverished Ecuadorian village of Sucúa in 1977, a prosperous carpenter who was the landlord of Peace Corps volunteer David Schweidenback. Schweidenback knew his landlord was not a particularly skilled carpenter...

By: Jessica Berardino

Flogging Molly, and Irish rock band, has officially been announced as the headliner for the 2010 Muskiepalooza event. The concert will be held on April 24 with doors opening at 7 p.m. with the opening act at 8 p.m. and Flogging Molly will hit the stage at...

By: Leeann Moore

  ZANESVILLE -- The number of minority students on local college and university campuses is increasing.   The definition and image of diversity also is expanding, say administrators from Ohio University Zanesville, Zane State College and Musking...

By: Kathy Thompson

Strickland visited the Muskingum County Business Incubator in Zanesville to talk with those who are benefiting from its services and speak about jobs. I've talked with Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in Washington and feel confident that he will get passed a bill...

By: Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Law enforcement officers in southwest Ohio were chugging down alcoholic drinks this week as part of a training exercise on how to give field sobriety tests. Several police officers and deputy sheriffs in Montgomery County volunte...

By: By David Mercer

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten University presidents and athletic directors talk about a handful of factors that they say will decide whether the conference expands.   But listen closely and it sounds like one factor outweighs them all:...

By: Chloe Moloney

  It always annoys me when wintertime comes around, slashing our daylight hours to the point where by the time six o’clock rolls around, and it’s pitch black outside. By then, the dark makes me think I’m sleepy and I want to just la...

By: Kendra Mott

  The excitement of a wild draw four may now be experienced online.   In May 2009 Mattel and GameHouse created a version of the popular card game UNO for Facebook. Holding up against its card counterpart, this new Facebook application has 3,360,...

By: Kevin Van Blaricom

  Spring break is usually a popular time for students to take vacations.   This can mean traveling to an exotic place far away or simply traveling to meet family members in another state. Whatever the case may be, spring break gives students a w...

By: Emily Aldinger

When students come to Muskingum, they are required to sign a document entitled Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). When students sign this form they are either giving consent to the university to release personal school information, such as...

By: Danielle Mathes

In late January, the 2008-2009 edition of the Muscoljuan finally came out for students to have of their memories from last year. With the theme of bridges, this yearbook is only the second one to be done in all color, and marks the end of one era of techn...

By: Nicole Pyers

All across the United States, homeless teenagers seek refuge in youth shelters where they can tend to become targets of violence and discrimination; these same teens may be physically assaulted by fellow shelter residents and even harassed by the staff. T...

By: Kathy Matheson

PHILADELPHIA - Even in a school system known for its academic troubles, the numbers at Vaux High School are jaw-dropping: More than 90 percent of 11th graders tested last year could not read or do math at grade level. But next fall, at least half the teac...

By: Matt Leingang

COLUMBUS -- Critics of Ohio's plan for a passenger train system have denounced it as a boondoggle and a money pit, and the project appears to be surrounded by political posturing as it heads to a vote this spring. Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat who lobbi...

By: Staff Reports

Various online advancements were the topic of discussion during Student Senate's regular meeting Tuesday evening. A committee reported meeting with Computer Network Services (CNS) Director Lewis Dreblo to discuss the incorporation of wireless internet on ...

By: Rachel Thompson

Everything I learned about money, I learned in fourth grade. For a whole week we learned how to write checks and balance a checkbook. The majority of that time was spent sewing our checkbooks by hand and I did feel like I worked for Kathie Lee Gifford, bu...