Jan. 26, 2012

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Thursday January 26, 2012 year: 132 No. 14

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RON MILES Lantern reporter miles.139@osu.edu

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Lions share of points

The OSU men’s basketball team won, 78-54, against Penn State Wednesday night at the Schottenstein Center.

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OSU spends $15.5M for steam line repairs Thailyr Scrivner Senior Lantern reporter scrivner.2@osu.edu

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The Harlem Gospel Choir is scheduled to perform at the Capitol Theatre at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

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Because of a $50,000 donation to Student Safety Service, 2 new Subaru Foresters were purchased for the program.

Following what seemed to be an endless string of armed robberies in the campus area, one concerned organization, the Parents Advancement Council, made a donation to improve the Student Safety Service program. Ohio State’s Student Safety Service received $50,000 to upgrade its arsenal of escort vehicles. As a result, Student Safety Service purchased two Subaru Foresters, making the total number of vehicles six. Student Safety Service, a branch of the Ohio State Police, provides students with free escort services in the evenings, performs security checks of campus buildings and provides security for special events around campus. Their fleet of vehicles, which consists of

two minivans from the early to mid-2000s, two Subaru Foresters paid for with Undergraduate Student Government funds in 2011 and now the two new Foresters. Sean Bolender, coordinator of Student Safety Services, said the need for these vehicles came up as a result of the increase in crime alerts that were released via email throughout Fall Quarter. “Emails sent out about crime alerts mentioned Student Safety Service,” Bolender said. “After this, there was an increase in demand for the program.” Bolender and his staff reached out to the Parents Advancement Council in September about the need for additional support to keep up with the demand for escorts around campus at night. “Parents wanted to directly help the students,” Bolender said. “This was a great opportunity for them to do that.”

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Campus construction continues near the RPAC as steam lines that will cost more than $15 million will run to the new Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and critical care tower are being replaced. In the areas between the RPAC and Ohio Stadium, the first phase is currently in progress, which will fix steam lines on the path that runs to the McCracken Power Plant. There will be additional phases added to this steam-line project for the new medical tower, said Glen Yoder, director of facilities design and construction. Phase two will begin in March or early April once the first phase is complete and contracts are signed for the second. Total construction costs for the first-phase project is $4.4 million, Yoder said. He said they are currently under budget for this phase. The total project construction budget is $15.5 million. “It is an aging problem that has had some repair issues,” Yoder said. “This was good timing to get

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Construction in the RPAC loop to replace a steam line that will service medical center buildings, including the new medical tower, is costing the university about $15.5 million.

Students ‘party’ for Egyptian revolution Ayan Sheikh Lantern reporter sheikh.51@osu.edu It’s been a year since the start of the Egyptian revolution and Ohio State students gathered at the Oval Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising. The event “Party like an Egyptian” was meant to support the Egyptian people and was organized by Omar Gowayed, a second-year in mechanical engineering. “It’s about global solidarity, it’s about standing for what’s right and I figured this was a monumental day that should be celebrated by all activist groups,” Gowayed said. Gowayed said he contacted several student groups such as the Committee for Justice in Palestine and United Students Against Sweatshops to participate in the event. A group of about 30 students and Columbus residents gathered and began their march at the Oval. They continued past the Science and Engineering Library, down W. 18th Avenue, Neil Avenue and back to the Oval. Students were chanting slogans such as “The people united will never be defeated,” in support of the revolution. Gowayed said he was happy with the direction Egypt is going, and although clashes between civilians and the military has reduced significantly, he said the military rule “should step back to the barracks.” “We had a relatively free and fair election recently, the most free and fair that Egypt has ever faced in my lifetime at least,” Gowayed said. Egypt’s vice president, Omar Suleiman, announced the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak, on Feb. 11, 2011. Upon announcing his resignation, Mubarak handed over the power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

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Mohab Abas, a 4th-year in psychology, and Hani Ammar, a non-OSU affiliate, hold flags of Egypt and march with other demonstrators on Jan. 25, the 1-year anniversary of the 2011 uprising. Many Egyptians were unhappy with the rule and several protesters took to Tahrir Square and demanded that the military rulers hand over the power to the people. During Egypt’s first post-Mubarak parliamentary election on Jan. 21, 2012, the controversial Muslim Brotherhood won a majority of seats. Gowayed said although he does not support the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, he does believe they won “fair and square.” Soha Rashwan, an Egyptian citizen and a Columbus resident, said Egyptians want a better future and as a result, they are not willing to give up the fight for democracy and freedom. “We didn’t do the revolution to get rid of the old regime to get a worse regime,” Rashwan said. “With what’s going on in Egypt that they’re scaring

us of and they’re gonna make us go back to our homes and not do anything.” Nicholas Pasquarello, fourth-year in psychology and co-president of United Students Against Sweatshops, told The Lantern that students need to know the Egyptian revolution is not over despite Mubarak’s resignation. “This event is to highlight the fact that it’s ongoing and that they need out support now more than ever,” Pasquarello said, “Everyone kind of thought they had the revolution, but no, they’re not, they’re in the exact same spot.” Muhammad Mabrouk, a math teacher at Columbus City Schools, said it’s important to show Egyptians that Americans stand in solidarity with them.

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