The Jambar

Youngstown State University will face a $1.5 million state funding cut next year, a preliminary analysis of Gov. Bob Taft's proposed two-year budget shows. The analysis, done by the Ohio Board of Regents, shows that nine of Ohio's 13 public universities will see their state funding decrease, while only four of Ohio's 15 two-year community colleges will see a drop in state funding.

The General Manager of The Vindicator said recent talk about a company buyout is just "idle speculation." Mark Brown, The Vindicator's General Manager, said there are four different publishing companies that have sent reporters and editors to help the non-striking members of The Vindicator publish the daily paper.

The Youngstown State University community was asked show compassion this Valentine's Day by "digging deep into their hearts and pockets" to kick off YSU's Tsunami Relief campaign. The road to a $15,000 goal began in Kilcawley Center's Lariccia International Student Lounge as different members of the YSU community shared their thoughts about the Dec.

The wYre may be on the air on Youngstown State University campus, but many students have yet to tune in. Although the student run Internet radio station has been up and running since fall semester, its students are overwhelmingly unaware it even exists. Bob McGovern, SGA Vice President for Financial Affairs, said because the station is only available through campus computer it is bound to not be as popular.

A woman that many say sparked the Civil Rights Movement in 1955 has been honored in a series of events by Youngstown State University. In honor of Black History Month, Leon Stennis, coordinator of diversity initiatives in the office of equal opportunity and diversity, put together two poetry discussions to celebrate the famed Rosa Parks.