Fostoria Fire Division will be adding three new members.  Seven candidates who have passed a physical agility test in May 2015, as well as written tests will be interviewed today.  The new personnel will replace three current firefighters who have left or will be leaving the division.  The Division plans are to fill the three potentially vacant positions as soon as possible as the division is down two men.
 

Two former University of Findlay athletes who were expelled in 2014 for sexually assaulting a female student are suing the university for allegedly conducting a “sham investigation.”  Alphonso Baity, who was a junior basketball guard from Henderson, Kentucky, and Justin Browning, who was a sophomore football defensive back from Detroit, were dismissed from the university after they were accused of sexually assaulting a freshman student in a university-owned house on campus on Sept. 21, 2014.  The lawsuit claims that university representatives intentionally discriminated against the two black athletes in terms of race, ethnicity and gender.  The federal lawsuit claims that the university failed to interview all relevant witnesses, including the alleged victim.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has purchased a majority interest in Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co. in China to increase its production of truck and bus tires.  The $93 million investment will fill a gap left in December 2014 when Cooper’s former Chinese partner, Chengshan Group, bought Cooper’s 65 percent ownership in a huge plant.  Most of Cooper’s $93 million will be invested in the operation, and production increases at the factory.

Lillian Schumacher has been appointed by Tiffin University Board of Trustees to serve as interim president, effective Monday.  She was appointed following the resignation of Curtis Charles Dec. 30.  Schumacher has been at TU since July 2010, first as dean of the School of Business and most recently as vice president for Academic Affairs.  She has more than 27 years of experience in higher education and corporate environments.

Bowling Green State University is banning all hoverboards from their campus.  The university says the hoverboards present a safety issue.  But they’re not the only university to have concerns.  Recent reports of spontaneous fires have several others on the fence as well, especially with the possibility of the boards being used inside dormitories.  The university says if a student is found with a hoverboard on campus, it will be confiscated and the student could face disciplinary action.