|
most serious offense the military has accused him of is aiding the enemy, which carries a life sentence. His supporters call him a hero; opponents say he is a traitor for leaking the material the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
• ___
'Iconic' Ohio State president steps down after joking about 'damn Catholics' at Notre Dame
• COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Gordon Gee, rehired by Ohio State University in 2007 to great fanfare, boldly declared, "This is Ohio State's time."
• He made good on the boast by reshaping the university into a leading academic institution. Yet Gee, also known for painful verbal gaffes, couldn't stop staying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
• Gee, 69, announced his retirement Tuesday after his latest remarks jabbing Roman Catholics and the University of Notre Dame became public. Even then, he couldn't play it straight at the end of a hastily called news conference.
• "I've only got a month to ruin the university," he joked. "I've got to get at it."
• Gee said the furor over the remarks was only one of several factors that led to his decision. He also cited his age and the start of a long-term planning process at the university, which includes a trustee meeting Wednesday to talk about Ohio State's future.
• ___
On the road for 88 of his 105 years, New Zealand's oldest driver says, 'I don't think I'm old'
• NGATAKI, New Zealand (AP) -- Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi.
• The oldest licensed driver in New Zealand, and one of the oldest in the world, has been driving for 88 of his 105 years and has no plans to give it up, just as he intends to keep working out every morning in his home gym, and to keep regularly (Continued on page 27)
|
|
