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Tuesday January 25, 2011 year: 131 No. 13 the student voice of

The Ohio State University

www.thelantern.com

thelantern ‘Poof!’ Powder scare vanishes

sports

DYLAN TUSSEL Assistant sports editor tussel.2@osu.edu

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‘Cheese’ and ‘Sully’

OSU men’s basketball freshmen Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft’s friendship was born out of rivalry.

arts & life

A report of a white substance found inside the Ohio State Physics Research Building was a false alarm, Columbus Division of Fire ofÿcials said shortly after noon Monday. The Columbus Fire Hazardous Materials Response Unit, Columbus Fire Department trucks and OSU Campus Environmental Health and Safety response team were on the scene shortly before noon to investigate. “Basically it just was a concern,” hazmat captain Bill Brobst told The Lantern. “It’s a non-issue.” A professor in the building received a letter containing a suspicious substance, said Deputy Chief Richard Morman of OSU police. “The man said he received a letter, opened it and saw a ‘poof,’” Morman told The Lantern. “He described it

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ERIC BEIERSDORFER / Lantern photographer

Ohio State campus police officers Cecil Hill (left) and Bill Griggs direct students across the walkway outside of the Physics Research Building on Monday.

Local distillery fulfills graduate’s vision NATHAN MCCULLOUGH Lantern reporter mccullough.179@osu.edu

Lil Wayne

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The popular rapper announced tour dates and locations along with other artists performing at the shows.

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Homeless get counted by students

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Previewing State of the Union

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How a distillery works

Ohio State graduate Greg Lehman began a journey to open a distillery in 2007. He described the experience as a “watershed moment,” or one that changed his life. Lehman graduated from OSU in 2001 with bachelor of science degree in business administration with a specialization in international business and operations management. “I loved studying at the Fisher College of Business,” he said, “but unfortunately they didn’t have a distilling major.” Lehman played outside hitter for the men’s volleyball team at OSU. After graduating, he moved to Switzerland to play professionally. He says his time abroad inspired the development of Watershed Distillery, the production facility in Columbus he now co-owns. “In Switzerland, a lot of businesses are locally owned,” Lehman said. “Living there and seeing the culture, it was inspiring. I thought, ‘Why can’t I bring a local brewing business to Columbus?’ It seemed like a home-run idea.” Lehman and his business partners bought a lease and set up Watershed Distillery in September 2010. The distillery is about two miles from campus at 1145 Chesapeake Ave. Before prohibition, Lehman said Ohio was home to dozens of distilleries. “Watershed is about revitalizing a craft that was lost in prohibition times. It used to be a popular industry right here in Ohio,” he said. “We’re a local

Watershed distillery Dephlegmator When vapor reaches the cool water of the dephlegmator, it is condensed and sent back down the column, allowing spirits to be distilled to 190 proof.

Condensing column A cold water jacket surrounding an internal copper coil causes the spirits to return to liquid form.

Hatch The hatch is where the distiller pumps in the mash, adds the botanicals for the gin and cleans the pot.

Distillation plate As vapor passes through each plate, the spirit is purified and alcohol content increases.

Pot The pot is jacketed with heated water to warm the mash, fueling the distillation process. The temperature typically reaches 216 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tap The spirit comes off the tap anywhere from 150 to 190 proof. It is collected in glass jars labeled for sorting. Source: Greg Lehman MOLLY GRAY / Managing editor for design

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Drackett, Scott to house only first-years CORY SHAFFER Lantern reporter shaffer.294@osu.edu

Drackett Tower, Scott House

When housing contract renewals are e-mailed to students Tuesday, those wishing to live in Drackett Tower or Scott House next year will be disappointed. Starting Autumn Quarter 2011, the two North Campus dormitories will be converted temporarily to ÿrst-year-only residence halls, said Thyrone Henderson, associate director for University Residences and Dining Services. Henderson said the move is in response to construction on the South High Rise Renovation and Addition Project on South Campus, which will leave Park and Stradley halls closed next year. “We’re losing beds,” Henderson said. The closing of Park and Stradley will eliminate 816 beds, said Molly Ranz Calhoun, assistant vice president of Student Life to The Lantern in October. “We look at our housing community as one system,” Henderson said. “If we pull beds from one area, we need to ÿnd ways to replace those in another area.” Henderson said making Drackett and Scott ÿrst-year residence halls was the university’s most efÿcient option to overcome the bane of closing two 11-story dorms. Unlike the other North Campus towers, the rooms in Drackett are large enough to convert into quad-style rooms and would provide the most space for next year’s freshmen. “(The rooms in Jones Tower) were designed as single rooms,” Henderson said. “They’re very small. And there are some doubles in Taylor Tower, but we would be able to yield more in quad-ing Drackett.” The conversion will add nearly 350 beds to Drackett and 100 to Scott, Henderson said. The Upper Class Learning Community, currently located in Drackett, will be moved to the Lane Avenue Residence Hall. Drackett and Scott will remain strictly ÿrst-year residence halls until at least Autumn Quarter 2013, when the South High Rise construction is slated to end, Henderson said. Whether they will return to upper-classmen dorms is still undecided. “The high rise is being constructed with ÿrst-years in mind,” he said. “Once

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become first-year-only to compensate for south campus high-rise renovation

Construction on south campus is eliminating 816 beds from Park and Stradley halls, displacing first-year students.

350 beds will be added to Drackett Tower. 100 beds will be added to Scott House. These halls will remain first-year-only until at least Autumn Quarter 2013. Source: reporting MOLLY GRAY / Managing editor for design

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