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The student voice of the Ohio State University
Thursday, September 29, 2016
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Year 136, Issue No. 49
Third-party candidates Knight watch: find support on campus Scouting Rutgers FOOTBALL
ABBY VESOULIS Lantern reporter vesoulis.3@osu.edu
For many students at Ohio State, November will mark the first presidential election in which they are eligible to vote. Those unsatisfied with casting their ballot for Republican candidate Donald Trump or Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton have other options. Jill Stein, representing the Green Party, and Gary Johnson, representing the Libertarian Party, will accompany candidates Trump and Clinton on the ballot in the majority of states, including Ohio. “I encourage fellow Libertarians, liberals and conservatives to vote their principles rather than their party,” said Jonathan Kubesch, a third-year in evolution and ecology and a Johnson supporter. “When someone tells you you’re wasting your vote, they’re saying your opinion or your conscience doesn’t matter.” The Green Party’s platform advocates for policies such as a 30-hour work week, free child care, free public health care and, addressing a predominant concern among millennials, free lifelong public education through college and the elimination of existing
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Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein campaigns at Capital University on Sept. 2.
“The main thing is to build an alternative option to the Republicans and Democrats — it is not just about winning the election.” Coco Smith Third-year in history Treasurer, International Socialist Organization of Ohio State
student debt via federal reserve bailouts. “Although it seems unreasonable today to have free college tuition, it actually is the most reasonable solution,” said Coco Smith, a third-year in history and the treasurer of the Ohio State branch of the International Socialist Organi-
zation, which has endorsed Stein in this election. Johnson’s platform includes replacing all income and payroll taxes with consumption taxes, term limits for all major government offices and an emphasis on smaller government. It countTHIRD PARTIES CONTINUES ON 2
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights make their entrance before a game against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sept. 24 at High Point Solutions Stadium. NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu It’s been more than a week since the Ohio State football team took the field against an opponent. With rain expected this Saturday, Buckeye fans will most likely need to don their ponchos and rainboots to watch OSU open Big Ten play against Rutgers. Led by former OSU defensive coordinator Chris Ash, the Scarlet Knights have earned their way to a 2-2 record so far, with wins over Howard University and New Mexico. Last week, Rutgers fell
to Iowa 14-7 in a defensive battle that saw each team netting more than 350 total yards a piece, but failing to frequently find the endzone. While Rutgers is in good hands with Ash at the helm, the Buckeyes appear to have the upper hand in this matchup, both statistically speaking and in terms of skill. Two top performers for the Scarlet Knights — wide receiver Janarion Grant and defensive tackle Darius Hamilton — were lost to injury last week. OSU coach Urban Meyer gave his sentiment to the team and the injured players. RUTGERS CONTINUES ON 7
Syllabi to be available earlier, online SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Lantern reporter cartwright.117@osu.edu The last-minute orders and long lines wrapped around campus bookstores the day before classes start each semester might soon become a memory for Ohio State students. A new online syllabus catalog will be available for students to use in late October, in time for Spring 2017 scheduling, meaning the last-minute scrambling for textbooks could end. The catalog is a result of the efforts of Undergraduate Student Government and the Office of Academic Affairs to make course information more readily available and transparent for students. If professors do not have their syllabi ready before the semester begins, the general syllabi for the course that was originally approved by the university will be shown in place. The program is not mandatory.
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A new online syllabus catalog will be available for students scheduling for classes in the Spring Semester of 2017. the aim of this catalog is to prevent any last-minute stress a student may face when looking to buy textbooks. The process started last school year. In January, USG unanimously passed a resolution to support student access to view syllabi before scheduling.
Every time a resolution is passed by USG, the registrar’s office gets a copy and sees what it can do to help bring the resolution to life, said Wayne Carlson, vice
provost for undergraduate studies and dean of undergraduate education. For this particular resolution, the office found USG’s goal of
syllabi transparency to be very attainable and deserving for OSU students, Carlson said. “We saw it as a pilot program, so the registrar’s office went ahead and found the online space and put the technology together to create the system,” he said. “It’s a laudable goal and I think it is a goal that we ought to be shooting for.” USG felt that when students are given their syllabi, the only option for getting course materials was to go to campus bookstores, which can be too expensive for some students. And with access to syllabi before scheduling, students could possibly find other, more cost-efficient resources to use when buying course material. “If students are given the syllabus a few days before a reading assignment is due, they only have two choices on where to get the books: Barnes and Noble or (Student Book Exchange),” said Mario Belfiglio, a fourth-year in biology and a member of the University SYLLABI CONTINUES ON 2