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New coaches to dot Buckeyes’ sidelines Barnes & Noble in Union still transitioning Brandon Merriman Lantern reporter merriman.65@osu.edu While a Barnes & Noble takeover of an Ohio State store has relieved the university of certain expenses, some said it’s too soon to tell whether OSU is profiting from the transition. The store, which replaced the university-run Station 88, opened Sept. 6 as the OSU Bookstore. Kathy Smith, general manager of the store, said so far, the store’s performance is “exactly meeting expectations.” “We expect growth there as we bring in additional product selection this year,” Smith said. Dave Isaacs, spokesman for OSU’s Office of Student Life, said the Union isn’t able to yet compare the finances of running Station 88 versus leasing to Barnes & Noble, though there are differences. “Certainly, we’re not buying inventory and paying staff … those are the biggest distinctions,” Isaacs said. Isaacs was unable to provide information about the cost of operations before the transition and how the transition has affected OSU’s financial obligations because the new store hasn’t been operating long enough. All employees of Station 88 were rehired with the new store, Smith said. “Everyone who wanted a job there had a job there, and we’ve actually hired more people since then as well, since we’ve had some graduates,” Smith said. Smith said the current products in the store are similar to what Station 88 carried. “It’s convenience foods, Ohio State clothing and
Courtesy of the Daily Collegian
Former Penn State defensive line coach Larry Johnson is reported to be coming to OSU as a defensive coach.
Eric Seger Sports editor seger.25@osu.edu
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Students of color at all levels and campuses
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Mansfield 43% men
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source: OSU enrollment services Those investments include university-hired recruiters in Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, New York City and Chicago who work to attract highachieving out-of-state students. Evanovich said. OSU also established international gateway offices in Shanghai and Mumbai, India, and plans to soon recruit from its next international “landing pad” in São Paulo, Evanovich said. OSU’s position as both a land-grant institution and diverse flagship university, though, is not without its challenges. A land-grant institution is one that was designated by its state legislature or Congress to receive benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The original intent was for the schools to teach agriculture, military tactics and mechanics, as well as classical studies. “OSU must hold both of those missions simultaneously, not one at the expense of the other,” Evanovich said, “that is the challenge for us as we move forward.”
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Students of color at all levels and campuses 2013 - 14 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 36
2013 total enrollment at each campus by sex Wooster 40% women 60% men Columbus 49% women 51% men Newark 47% men 53% women Lima 55% women 45% men Marion 55% women 45% men
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With more out-of-state students and more students “of color” enrolled now than in years past, an Ohio State official said the challenge of striking a balance between catering to Ohio students and increasing diversity is growing. The One University 2013-14 Enrollment Report summarizes enrollment at all OSU campuses and includes categorical comparisons between previous years’ enrollment statistics. The enrollment report includes information about undergraduate, graduate and professional students at the Columbus and regional campuses. The report’s data show the statistical summary of OSU’s progress over the past few years, including a nearly 24 percent increase in the total number of undergraduate applications between 2012 and 2013. The percentage of out-of-state students admitted at the Columbus campus during Fall Semester jumped to 21.2 percent in 2013 from 16.3 percent in 2012. The percentage of enrolled “students of color” at all campuses also increased to 17 percent in 2013 from 16.3 percent in 2012. Dolan Evanovich, vice president for strategic enrollment planning, attributed the changes to two things. The first, he said, was the university’s switch to the Common Application, an online application that allows students to apply to multiple schools with one application. Evanovich said the move “increases (OSU’s) visibility and access for high-achieving students from across the country and across the world to apply.” He also said investments in recruiting across the state, country and world “have made a really powerful difference in students that are interested in OSU.” OSU recruited in-state students in order to “keep the best Ohio students at Ohio State” and made investments to “attract qualified, really high-achieving students from outside of Ohio,” Evanovich said. With increasingly challenging admissions requirements and higher academic standards, the number of enrolled students from Ohio has declined over the past several years and will continue to get smaller over the next few years, Evanovich said. While Ohio residents made up 75.5 percent of the freshman class in 2012, they made up 71.7 percent of 2013’s freshman class, according to the report and OSU’s Undergraduate Admissions website. As a result, there is an additional incentive to recruit students from across the U.S. and OSU has made its investments “to offset some of that decline of Ohio graduates,” Evanovich said.
enrollment at ohio state, a history 10,882
Regina Bonfiglio Lantern reporter bonfiglio.20@osu.edu
African-American 3,753
Former Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman might not have known where his life would take him, but his wife Stefanie knew exactly why she was here. Spielman said the title of the book, “That’s Why I’m Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story,” was inspired by something his wife said at an event to a young woman who was diagnosed with cancer. “The lady felt like she was burdening Stefanie, and that’s when Stefanie grabbed her hand and said ‘Don’t you understand? That’s why I’m here,’” Spielman said. His wife’s battle with cancer began at the age of 30, after a lump was found in her breast. She battled cancer for 11 years, until her death Nov. 19, 2009. “I started writing the book shortly after we found out that Stefanie’s cancer was terminal. You start kind of revealing the journey that not only you’re on, but you start revealing your life and getting ready to deal with such a difficult loss,” Spielman said. Chris Spielman’s oldest daughter, Maddie Spielman, who is a second-year in communication at OSU, said she wrote an excerpt at the age of 15 while her mother was sick, which Chris Spielman included in the book. “I wanted kids to know that they’re not alone. I know oftentimes when someone loses a parent or a loved one, they go through that battle and my main purpose was to write something that kids could relate to,” Maddie Spielman said. Along with wanting the book to be relatable, Maddie Spielman said she was honest and open about her experience. “The book is essentially a story of our life,” Maddie Spielman said. Chris Spielman said the book goes through his own growth as he starts by discussing his career as a football player and a protective father, then travels through his journey to becoming more humbled. “The book will tell you how I kind of put football above everything else. Not that I wasn’t a good husband or a good father, I was just obsessed with being the best football player I could be,” Chris Spielman said. Chris Spielman played with the Detroit Tigers from 1988-95, followed by two years with the Buffalo Bills and a season with the Cleveland Browns.
OSU works to strike balance between diversity, in-state students
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chahinaz seghiri Lantern reporter seghiri.1@osu.edu
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Arkansas defensive coordinator Chris Ash is reported to be coming to OSU as a defensive coach.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has been known to be a quick worker on the recruiting trail when it comes to student-athletes. It looks like the same could be said about coaches. According to separate reports by “Sports Illustrated” writer Pete Thamel, Meyer snatched up two defensive coaches within 13 hours — Arkansas defensive coordinator Chris Ash and former Penn State defensive line coach Larry Johnson. An OSU spokesman told The Lantern in separate emails Tuesday that he did not “have any information (to) share at this time” regarding the reports, which
were released about Johnson and Ash late Monday night and Tuesday at about noon, respectively. Ash is set to fill the void of former OSU co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Everett Withers, who was announced as the next head coach at James Madison University Dec. 20. Johnson is slated to replace former defensive line coach Mike Vrabel, who announced that he was leaving OSU for a job with the NFL’s Houston Texans via Twitter Thursday. Vrabel’s move comes after Houston announced the hiring of its new head coach, former Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien, Jan. 3. Ash came to Arkansas before this past season with Razorback coach Bret Bielema, whom he coached with the three years prior at Wisconsin, helping lead the Badgers to consecutive Rose Bowls from 2011-13.
KaYla BYler / Managing editor of design Mikeisha Vaughn, a third-year in fashion and retail studies, said she values the progress OSU has made. “Having a more diverse campus is conducive to the learning environment. It’s important to meet people from different walks of life,” she said. Beth Statler, a second-year in biology and member of the OSU Latino Leadership Development Institute, said being part of a diverse campus is essential to learning and overcoming discrimination. “We cannot continue surrounding ourselves by people who are only like us because in reality, the world is a large, diverse place full of so many interesting, different people. In order to get along with others who we may not agree with, we need to understand where they come from before creating judgments and stereotypes, because that would just fuel the discrimination that continues to occur today,” Statler said.
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