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Arrested After Barnard Resident Assaulted
BY ALYSON DAME
At 1:45 a.m. on March 17, a Barnard resident was assaulted by two masked strangers. Senior Ryan Catignani, sophomore Nicholas Walker, senior Richard Kocher and Markeith Reed were arrested on March 26 after interviews and OCID record logs obtained from Security were collected by the Oberlin Police Department. When asked by police what might have motivated the attack, “The victim mentioned he’d written an article in the paper about Zechiel,” Oberlin Chief of Police Michael Moorman said.
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Jailed Activists Just Say No to Helicopter Baloney
BY BILL LASCHER
Why were six vegans served doughnuts and baloney sandwiches? It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, but because the Washington, D.C. jail they were spending Monday night at would not offer anything else. They weren’t arrested because of their dietary habits, but because of their protest at a conference for suppliers of Sikorsky Corporation, which manufactures Blackhawk helicopters for the U.S. military.
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