Wednesday January 12, 2011 year: 131 No. 7 the student voice of
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JUDY SAMSON AND KYLE KNOX Lantern reporters samson.27@osu.edu, knox.154@osu.edu
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In the face of a disorder whose cause and cure remain a mystery to doctors, Marci Ingram and husband Bill, White Castle Systems CEO, have pledged a $10 million donation for collaborative autism research to Ohio State and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The creation of the Marci and Bill Ingram Research Fund for Autism Spectrum Disorders was announced to about 150 supporters Tuesday afternoon in the Performance Hall of the Ohio Union. Marci, a member of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Board of
Directors, described to the audience a rise in the odds of children in the U.S. being affected by autism. Marci said that in the past, autism was thought to affect one in 10,000 children. The probability has risen to one in 110, with one in 70 boys affected, she said. Chris Ingram, Bill and Marci’s 18-year-old son, was diagnosed with autism 14 years ago. Jamie Richardson, White Castle Systems vice president of Government and Shareholder Relations, described the personal nature of the Ingram family’s donation and their desire for others to contribute. “Bill and Marci have given us a tremendous example of giving back, but also in terms of their openness and in their honesty and their willingness to
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Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee welcomes a donation from the Marci and Bill Ingram Research Fund for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Ohio Union on Tuesday.
Winter haze Allison Fetzer, a second-year in middle childhood education, trudges through the snow on her way to class Tuesday.
From Cam Newton to Tattoo-gate, The Lantern looks back at what grabbed the college football headlines.
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Cinema Latino
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The annual series that spotlights Latin American filmmaking is at the Wexner Center for the Arts this month.
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Thousands of students adjust meal plans THOMAS BRADLEY Lantern reporter bradley.321@osu.edu As each quarter draws to a close, a swipespending scramble begins, resulting in free meals for some and wasted money for others. “I bought a lot of other people’s meals; I swiped for the whole line one time at Fresh Express,” said Nate Carvin, a ÿrst-year in architecture who had 100 swipes left with two weeks remaining in Autumn Quarter. Carvin started Autumn Quarter with 200 swipes but changed his meal plan to 150. With about three weeks left in Autumn Quarter, Ari Cohen, a ÿrst-year in political science, realized that at the pace she was purchasing meals on campus, she would not exhaust her current balance of 150 swipes by the end of the quarter. As a student living in the residence halls, Cohen had the option of which meal plan she would purchase at the beginning of Autumn Quarter. The options she had were to purchase her meals, or “swipes,” in bundles of 250, 200, 150, 125 or 100 for the quarter. Cohen had chosen 250. Swipes do not roll over to the next quarter. Students have the option to change their meal plan in the ÿrst ÿve weeks of every quarter, according to the University Residences and Dining Services website. Christy Blessing, director of Housing Services, said this time allows students to settle into a
Ohio State meal plan options Swipes per quarter
Cost of swipes*
Cost per swipe
Deluxe Plan
250
$1,565
$6.26
Buckeye Plus
200
$1,485
$7.43
Scarlet Plus
150
$1,325
$8.83
Carmen Plus
125
$1,200
$9.60
100
$1,070
$10.70
Gray Plus
Students have until Feb. 5 to change their meal plans. Left-over swipes can be used to buy groceries or a meal at Bistro 2110. The Blackwell at Fisher College of Business Bistro 2110
16 oz. Porterhouse steak = 7 swipes Crispy Char Su Duck = 5 swipes Salmon Fillet = 4 swipes
*Total cost is the cost of swipes plus a $100 cash credit.
What can you do with your left-over swipes at the end of the quarter? 1 swipe could afford you...
24 Powerades = 5 swipes
1 swipe = $5.50 at Sloopy’s Diner
Source: Office of Student Life
schedule that works for them and adjust their plans accordingly. Cohen has already changed her Winter Quarter meal plan to 200 swipes. She is one of approximately 1,450 students that changed their meal plan between Dec. 28 to Jan. 8. Blessing estimates another 1,000 students changed their Winter Quarter meal plan before Dec. 28. During the ÿrst week of Winter Quarter, an average of 300 students changed their plan each day.
Pringles & 1/2 gal. milk
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Blessing said the majority of students, like Cohen, make changes to reduce their number of swipes. But there are some students that choose to increase their meal plans. Cohen spent her extra swipes at various campus grocery stores, such as the Morrill C-Store. Crystal Dorsey, a third-year in health information management and systems and employee at the C-Store, said the most popular items at the end of
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Publisher defends censoring Huck Finn
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EMILY TARA For The Lantern tara.3@osu.edu
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“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” Those words are often attributed to Mark Twain, who penned the classics “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” If Twain were alive today, he’d witness his beefy novels being censored by an Alabama-based publishing company. The language in Twain’s novels, some deem to
be racist, has put them on banned book lists in the past. Now the words he used more than a century ago are again creating controversy. Publishing company NewSouth Inc. is scheduled to release the two Twain classics next month in a bound volume with edits that have some educators crying foul. The word “n-----” will be replaced with “slave” and the word “injut” with “Indian.” Randall Williams, co-founder and editor-in-chief of NewSouth, told The Lantern that people have “misunderstood our intent” and are “accusing us of censorship.” Williams said he respects their opinions but disagrees.
He said the new edits do not diminish the impact of the novels and acknowledged Twain as a “master stylist.” “The point and power of Twain’s language in the story is still very, very present,” Williams said. The replacement words may either support or weaken the underlying themes sustained throughout the stories of the changing con° ict of racism in America, according to some English educators. Steven Fink, an associate professor in the Department of English, said the new edits could make the theme “nonsense in some ways.” Fink said
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