Clevelander17

I hate to see him go, but I don't see how we can keep Sessions, who no doubt wants to start somewhere and who can opt for free agency at season's end -- leaving the Cavs with zilch-o in exchange. The PD this morning did report that Sessions wants to stay, but that could just be good PR by Sessions/his agent. I like Sessions, but if they get a good offer for him, they've gotta take it. Unfortunately that will really hurt this team's chances of making the playoffs.

Really? I'm a little surprised at that. I don't read his work regularly...what's he got to say about the Cavaliers?

I'm sick of all the Browns talk, too. I do like The Fan in general, though. The Bull and The Fox is a pretty solid show. The only time I'll even consider listening to WKNR is when I know that Goldhammer and/or Fedor won't be on running their mouths.

Love that we're playing Michigan. Michigan, in an attempt to disrespect Ohio State, started calling OSU "Ohio". I sent Jalen Rose (via Twitter) some smack talk that now he actually gets to play Ohio since he's seemingly been confused the past few months. Hopefully we can pull the 1st round upset similar to the Georgetown win 2 years ago! Agreed. I'm a big Bucks fan and I think the irony here is rich. And I think Michigan's soft interior game makes them ripe for an upset.

Charter schools have gone from being laboratories of innovation to being a money grab for private corporations and a way for conservative politicians to put teachers in their place. Reading more about Jackson's plan and hearing from actual teachers in the district, I'm quite skeptical of what he's trying to do.

Nope. I'm saying that trying to use a university to build up your economy takes time, money and patience. BTW, I hate when people say "Only in Cleveland." While a university turning down money is pretty rare and hard to explain, I highly doubt it's never happened anywhere else. And I don't even think that the Rockefeller story of trying to give money to Western Reserve is 100% fact. I believe that Rockefeller gave money to the University of Chicago in large part because of its religious affiliation. Western Reserve University was secular, right? Doesn't seem like it was an either/or proposition for the wealthiest man in the history of the mankind.

Football would be a monumental money loser for Cleveland State. CSU has traditionally served Cuyahoga County residents first and foremost. To move away from that, it would have to become more residential. To become more residential, it would need to increase demand for that, and that would require cutting into the residential enrollments of other schools, particularly Kent State and Bowling Green State, then the big boys like Miami University, Ohio University, and Ohio State University. Sounds good in theory, but a lot of that is affected by state politics and funding, something that is well beyond our control. And I'm not sure where residential growth for CSU fits into the USO's plans. Again, bottom line is that Northeast Ohio already has a large residential university. Bad luck that's located in a rural town in Portage County and not in downtown Cleveland. But I don't think KSU can or should be cannibalized so that Cleveland can try its hand at the college game. But it may not even be up to us locally anyways. Also, if there's one thing Cleveland State needs to do, like yesterday, is change the name to the University of Cleveland. Enough of this "state" nonsense.

Go Bobcats!

What about basketball? Obviously, it is home to CSU basketball, but they also play high school tournament games there. I think CSU mens basketball uses the arena for, at most, 15 home dates. I suspect that they could be accommodated at the Q, but I'm not certain on that. And judging by fan interest, the womens team could move back to Woodling as far as most people seem to be concerned. As for the high school games, since there's a new NCAA rule that disallows many high school events to be played on the campus of DI schools, there's really not much being lost there. I realize that there is a Division I boys regional tournament that's always been held at Wolstein, but my guess is that that could easily be located elsewhere, either the Q also or maybe even Akron.

It's more of a fluke than anything else I would say. Most of the schools you listed were founded by wealthy residents of those respective cities or municipal governments (later to be absorbed by state educational systems). Interestingly enough, Cleveland's own Rockefeller gave a huge donation to the American Baptists to found the University of Chicago. I'm sure there's quite a bit behind that story, but it does make you wonder how things might have been if he given money to found such a school here. We shouldn't sell CWRU short. It's a very good school and really only a notch below Carnegie-Mellon and Washington University. We're very lucky to have it. As for CSU, it will never be on the same level as other municipal universities like the University of Pittsburgh or the University of Cincinnati, let alone the University of Minnesota or The Ohio State University, so maybe it should try to focus on its core mission of educating commuting/non-traditional Northeast Ohio college students. Kent State University has always been the large, respectable residential university in Northeast Ohio, and I think that's fine.

They better not draft Richardson at #4. I'm pretty happy that the Browns didn't throw three first rounders at St. Louis for RGIII. As much as I like the kid's potential, I think that's too much to give up.

Cool little article about Cleveland Heights architecture (particularly the city's bungalows) in American Bungalow Magazine: http://www.americanbungalow.com/2012/02/making-it-work-in-cleveland-2/

Sounds like a big mess. I'm glad that Mean Jean is gone, though!

A lot of those in Cincy would have to be executives at P&G and Kroger, right? What else accounts for that?

Looking at the map, I think it would help and make a lot of sense if they considered closing off Prospect for a few blocks to really make the school feel more like a campus. Wasn't there actually talk a few years ago of closing off one of those main thoroughfares? That would go a long way in helping with "campusization."

Whatever Kaptur's credentials, she'll have a hard time ever matching Dennis' passion and hard work for this town. With any luck, however, she'll only be representing Clevelanders for one term. Hopefully the redistricting lawsuits and ballot initiative can get this mess straightened out by 2014 so we can get true representation for westsiders.

But at the end of the day, a certain chunk (probably a decent chunk) of the revenues generated by this "boom" is going back to Texas. Why are all of these energy companies located in Texas to begin with? What I really want to see is the companies relocate their headquarters here and have their management take up residence. I know this is somewhat parochial, but I do feel like we're being taken advantage of a bit.

This is annoying. We need to find a way to make them move here and keep that money in our state if they're going to be extracting resources under our land.

First Interstate did do a decent job with Legacy Village (even though it only followed through on about 60% of what was originally promised). I think a lot of people in South Euclid believed (or were lead to believe) that Oakwood Commons would be like a "miniature Legacy Village." I vaguely remember some pro-96 folks making reference to Legacy Village. That's the one thing I'm slightly optimistic about, too. Although it would be much better if Severance was just completely overhauled/renovated and the land at Oakwood be used for something better. CH and SE probably should have set up a collaboration/revenue-sharing plan years ago for that entire retail district.

Thinking about this chokes me up a bit: http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_victim_donated_organs.html

Interesting idea. I can see that font fitting for Cincinnati (or maybe New York). Cleveland's got dibs on Comic Sans. ;)

A lot of the early media stories were assuming that this incident had to do with bullying (or, perhaps more accurately, were quoting sources that implied such reasoning). However now some reports seem to indicate that this may have had something to do with one of the victims dating the shooter's ex-girlfriend.

That's what I'm getting at. If you want to own a gun, whatever happens with it after you take possession/title is your responsibility. That means if you sell it or it is stolen and it is used in a violent crime, you are culpable. That's a pretty ridiculous standard. Culpable for what a thief does with your stolen gun? Why not a stolen car, or a stolen chainsaw? Because neither of those tools have a primary use that includes killing. Just about anything can be used as a weapon. A gun is ONLY a weapon. If someone wants to own a gun, there need to be responsibilities that come with it. If that someone can't handle those responsibilities, including keeping them out of the hands of criminals, they shouldn't be allowed to have one. I think it would give a gun owner serious incentive to keep track of their weapon if they knew that their carelessness would be punished.

That's what I'm getting at. If you want to own a gun, whatever happens with it after you take possession/title is your responsibility. That means if you sell it or it is stolen and it is used in a violent crime, you are culpable.

For every gun used in a violent crime, there has to be an irresponsible ex-owner, right? I don't follow your line of thought. My point is, if most gun owners were being as careful with their guns as the NRA and other pro-Second Amendment voices sometimes imply, tragedies like this could never happen (or at least not with guns).