In the 1980s Fakir Musafar helped popularize body modification. By 2010, 38 percent of young people ages 18 to 29 had at least one tattoo.
Wine Guy (James 17)
Ken Dunn, founder of Hyde Park’s Resource Center, purchased a building
at 61st and Blackstone to redistribute discarded goods. In the 2000s,
as the Experimental Station, the same building became home to diverse
community activities, including a union drive.
Enjoying Your Dinner (Joel 7)
Ohio State has a notorious history of overenthusiastic football fans, especially when it comes to their rivalry with Michigan.
American Family Insurance (Mom 6)
A high school disaster proves fruitful for a course on orality and narrative with Professor James Fernandez.
I Like That (Joel 6)
After the destruction of Flytown, the Short North became the name for the area just short of the Ohio State campus and north of downtown Columbus. Mike’s Grill is the oldest bar in the neighborhood, and at one time had a very rough reputation.
Paul Mason Fotsch 