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Nurses Claim Dr. Walter Ruf Took Sexual Harassment to a Whole New Levelnew
According to documents and depositions from Summit County court files, Dr. Ruf referred to young nurses as "wenches" and "cunts," and would "come up behind you and grab your breast," one nurse testified.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
06-20-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Help Wanted: The Next Generation of Nannies for the Super-Richnew
At the English Nanny & Governess School, they're finding it hard to recruit workers for the next generation of Ivy League child care.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
05-27-2008 |
Business & Labor
A Career Con Man Brings His Talents to Cleveland's Art Worldnew
Isaac Coleman Jr. had been committing fraud for two decades before he moved to Bratenahl and reinvented himself.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
05-09-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Sexual Assault: Another Byproduct of the Privatization of the Iraq Warnew
For women in Iraq, the terrorist could be the guy working beside you.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
04-11-2008 |
War
How Progressive Insurance Lost What Made it Progressivenew
The Cleveland region doesn't have many Fortune 500 companies left. If Progressive stumbles, where does that leave us?
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-14-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Golden Hand Behind the Cleveland Film Festival's Successnew
For a town unaccustomed to an influx of geeky glasses-and-black-cardigan intelligentsia, it's something of a minor miracle the 32-year-old institution continues to thrive.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-11-2008 |
Movies
Screwed by the Bulbnew
The downside of green light bulbs: Hundreds of layoffs in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
01-11-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Will a New Slogan Destroy Oberlin's Hippie Soul?new
The school was a pioneer in admitting blacks and women, and now aims to fight global warming by becoming carbon-neutral, but the 2,800-student college is struggling with an identity crisis these days, created by the ultimate Oberlin enemy: a marketing consultant.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
12-21-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Hunting for Trophy Bucks the Easy Waynew
If you are willing to pay anywhere from $3,000 to $20,000, you can bag the trophy of a lifetime at a hunting preserve.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
11-16-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The New McCarthyismnew
An Ohio professor is caught in the feds' weird web of paranoia and incompetence.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
10-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Finally: A School That Doesn't Settle for Failing Black Kidsnew
Brush High's strategy is simple, if seldom employed: When the population of your school district begins the rapid transformation from lily-white to majority black, don't panic. Ignore the parade of evidence that suggests you're doomed, and instead, play offense.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
10-01-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Cleveland's Killing Fieldsnew
As the city's murder rate rises, the families of victims wait for justice that never comes.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
09-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cleveland State Starts Classes Exclusively for Vetsnew
Unlike the government, the university is behaving as if it actually cares for war veterans.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
06-29-2007 |
War
Bait & Switchnew
Cleveland kids still cursed by Barbara Byrd-Bennett's incompetence.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
05-25-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Edge of Reason at Case Western Reservenew
A professor's failed climb up the ivory tower ends in accusations of a hoax.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
05-18-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
