Thursday January 28, 2010 year: 130 No. 54 the student voice of
The Ohio State University
www.thelantern.com campus
At long last, the iPad arrives
2A
sports
thelantern
Student’s schedule stuns peers Even through cancer treatment, Jason Marion kept a schedule to rival President Gee’s CAITLIN O’NEIL Lantern reporter oneil.97@osu.edu Jason Marion might be the busiest student at Ohio State. In fact, some say he’s busier than OSU President E. Gordon Gee. “A lot of us joke that he keeps a schedule that would rival Gee’s,” said Peter Koltak, a Lantern reporter and former Undergraduate Student Government president. “I can’t ÿgure out how he’s possibly doing it and being a student.” Along with his job representing graduate and
professional students on the OSU Board of Trustees, Marion is president of the Council of Graduate Students and is pursuing a doctorate in public health. He spent last summer surveying Ohio’s beaches and water bodies for his research. Outside of school, he works for the Ohio State Parks East Fork region, helps out with wildland ÿreÿghting, and has been “Smokey the Bear” at the Ohio State Fair for the past several years. “The juggling of all of those things — the man divides his time,” said David Frantz, secretary of the OSU Board of Trustees. “I don’t know when he sleeps. I don’t know when he does it all.” But Marion ÿnds fault with the comparison to
Gee, after all, Marion “makes a lot less money than Gee,” he jokes. “I have a bad habit of over-committing myself, and after I re° ect upon it, I think I have to slow down,” Marion said. “But then I think why — you only have so much time allotted and you might as well do what you can do with it.” Marion has never slowed down in his time at OSU, even when he faced lymphoma during his third year. He continued with his duties as president of the Council of Graduate Students and as a student trustee.
continued as Marion on 3A
8A
Diebler crosses the line
Resident 3-point shooter Jon Diebler has become a more versatile player, taking his game inside the arc
campus
Thief forgets his ID at gas No horse required for local bike polo club station
AUSTIN OWENS / Lantern photographer
Game On: (from left to right) Brian Ghesauiere, ‘Raptor,’ Lee Geer, David Frank Houser, Bart Steck, Peter Brown and Ryan Heflin are all member of Columbus Bike Polo. They meet Tuesday nights at 9 p..m at the Curl Drive hockey rink.
2A
thelantern.com
Check out The Lantern online edition, every Friday weather
DANIELLE HARTMAN Lantern reporter hartman.271@osu.edu
Forget the horse. For this kind of polo, players only need to know how to ride a bicycle. It might not be as elegant, but it’s a lot more accessible and cheaper than its equestrian counterpart. All the athlete needs is a bicycle, a mallet and a streethockey ball. A helmet might come in handy, but it’s optional. The rules of the game are simple. Play begins by placing a ball in the center of the playing area. Players wait at opposite sides until a countdown frees them. Then they charge toward the ball. It all sounds kind of dangerous, and Lee Geer, a member of Columbus Bike Polo, said accidents do happen.
flurries and wind
continued as Polo on 3A
Semester switch raises questions about OSU football tickets RICHARD OVIATT Lantern reporter oviatt.3@osu.edu While the rest of the university is working to make the transition to semesters academically, the Ohio State Department of Athletics has its own issue to deal with. On the quarter system, student ticket packages for OSU football don’t include the ÿrst few home
high 28 low 15
“There [have] been some serious injuries in tournaments,” Geer said. He said that members of Columbus Bike Polo have been lucky in avoiding injury, however. Once the game starts, players must keep their feet on their bicycle pedals at all times. They can use their mallets as tripods for balance assistance if needed. If a foot touches the ground, the player must leave the play and “tap out” by hitting the center court sideline with his mallet. That’s the only time players are allowed to intentionally hit something with their mallet other than the ball. “You can check a player, but you can’t use the mallets on each other,” Geer said. To score a point, players hit the ball into the goal with their mallet. If the side of the mallet is used, the goal doesn’t count. A team wins when it scores three or ÿve points or when time runs out, depending on the team’s rules.
games before Autumn Quarter begins. Those tickets are sold separately, and high-demand games such as the game against University of Southern California last season often draw high revenue. On the semester system, though, the autumn term would begin Aug. 22 — a week and a half before the ÿrst football game — and if the athletic department goes by their previous standard, all home games will be included in the student ticket package. But if that’s the case, the athletic department
stands to lose revenue, as student tickets typically cost less than tickets available to the public. Two much-anticipated games early in the 2012 season — against University of Cincinnati and the University of California — only make the issue more serious, though ofÿcials don’t know how much revenue OSU could lose. Ofÿcials from the athletic department acknowledged the issue, but said there has not yet been a “thorough discussion” on the issue, and declined further comment.
Ohio Board of Regents chancellor meets with student gov’t
FR 21/17 cloudy SA 24/15 mostly cloudy SU 29/20 sunny MO 35/29 partly cloudy www.weather.com
CLAIRE RACINE Lantern reporter racine.10@osu.edu Chancellor Eric Fingerhut of the Ohio Board of Regents spoke Wednesday night about improving and sustaining the quality of higher education in Ohio at the Ohio State University’s Undergraduate Student Government’s Senate meeting. Fingerhut’s visit was a chance for students “to get accurate information
directly from the source” about higher education funding, said USG Vice President Jordan Davis. Fingerhut spoke about how important it is to have a variety of schools in Ohio so every student can ÿnd the right ÿt, but one of his goals is to help schools work with each other. Students need to be able to switch schools and transfer credits smoothly, he said. The visit was also a chance for Fingerhut to listen to students’ concerns. Questions focused on
textbook costs, career services and tuition for graduate studies. “We did not have to pull teeth for this man to come,” said USG President Ben Anthony, a fourth-year in international business administration and political science. “He wants to come. He wants to talk to students and get direct feedback.” Fingerhut was appointed chancellor in 2007 by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and charged with creating an improved system of higher education. Fingerhut has worked with Ohio
Legislature to increase funding for Ohio universities, put a freeze on tuition increases and boosted ÿnancial aid. Fingerhut will be at the Longaberger Alumni House on Monday, Feb. 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. for “Enroll Ohio” and says he welcomes the opportunity for students to approach him with questions and ideas. “Help us plan the future of higher education in Ohio,” he said.
1A