Ambitions and Weekends
Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes.
Noise Auction takes final bid
Photos of Noise Auction on February 17, 2006 at their next to final show.
Pursuit of Happiness
Essay on natural rights with a focus on the Pursuit of Happiness.
Reviewing the Slate
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
Winners on Wheels
A feature about disabled students involved with sports. Originally from the Westside Messenger.
The other end of life
An emotional editorial by Shawn Olson about old age originally printed in the Messenger.
Crazy Neighbor
A little story about a crazy neighbor.
Education in Debt
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.
J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center turns 40
History of the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center, a refuge for many children and teenagers in the Hilltop, a community on the West Side of Columbus, Ohio. Story from in the Columbus Messenger Newspapers for April 29, 2002 by staff writer Shawn Olson.
