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The professor walks into the classroom and takes his position, staring up at the digital clock on the wall behind nearly 70 sleepy college students. He waits patiently for the LED screen to signal the arrival of 7:28 a.m., exactly two minutes earlier than the class is scheduled to begin. Then, every Monday and Wednesday, like clockwork, he begins to call roll. This lesson in punctuality and time management applies to both the classroom and the football field. Welcome to Theory and Practice of Football Coaching with coach, err, professor Jim Tressel. “He’s very intense with the timing of things, which was probably the most impressive thing that I noticed about him,” said Matt Dearth, a fifth-year in
history and business administration. “He’s very punctual.” The three-credit hour course is only offered during Autumn Quarter. Instead of attending class on Fridays, the students are responsible for using the day to scout high school football programs. Iconic Buckeye coach Woody Hayes initially taught jim t ressel the class, before it was handed down to former coaches Earle Bruce and John Cooper, respectively. Bruce and Cooper continue to make the morning drive to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, teaching a few lectures to lessen Tressel’s workload. The passion that Bruce brought to his lectures motivated a number of students, including Michael
Carnahan, who graduated with a degree in sports and leisure studies in the fall. “Having coach Bruce in the class was a lot of fun,” Carnahan said. “He’s really intense. He loves Ohio State and loves the football team. It was really cool to be around him for a couple of days.” Bruce and Cooper aren’t the only ones who help Tressel. On Oct. 27, former OSU assistant coach and new Kent State coach Darrell Hazell taught students that “the essence of being a great receiver takes on four equally important skills: catching, releases and escapes, break points and blocking.” In all, Tressel had 16 helpers. So it should come as no surprise that during Tressel’s “coaching is teaching” lecture, he emphasized that “the group is more important than the individual.”
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Decision: class or Sugar Bowl DaNNY hicKs Lantern reporter hicks.361@osu.edu Students attending the Sugar Bowl might be short participation points Winter Quarter. Wayne Carlson, the vice provost of undergraduate studies and dean of undergraduate education, sent an e-mail Dec. 10 to address the forgiveness of class absences for students going to the bowl game. “It is up to individual instructors to determine whether they will excuse absences and/or permit make-up work by students who miss class to attend the bowl game,” Carlson said in his e-mail. He said it is the student’s responsibility to “make arrangements with faculty to miss class.” “The intent of the letter was to remind students of the need to check with their instructors before the absence, so that accommodations can be made,” Carlson said. “This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, whether it is a football game, a family situation, an illness, or any other reason that class will be missed.” Some students said their teachers were understanding of the situation. “My professors were all pretty OK with it. One gave me an assignment to do and the others said to get the notes from someone else in the class,” said Lindsey Ossim, a thirdyear in hospitality management. Wait-listed students could encounter other problems. If they don’t attend the first class of the quarter, they could lose their spot in line, which could put them out of a class. Student Information System controls the list, therefore, students cannot communicate with professors to gain a spot in the class. “SIS handles enrollment
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ohio state f ans take pictures as football coach jim t ressel fires up the crowd at Buckeye Bash at the ernest N. morial convention center in downtown New orleans on monday . automatically, so I don’t have direct control over who gains or loses spots due to the game,” said John Acker, a graduate teaching assistant in English. Acker treats his policy toward students missing class for the game as he would any other absence from class, he said. “I can appreciate other students’
desire to go to a big game like the Sugar Bowl, but ultimately that’s their choice to make, just like they might choose to skip class to study for an exam or to hang out with friends,” Acker said. While some professors might not allow students to make up missed
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$7.8M for cancer: ‘Ecstasy’ for Pelotonia DYlaN tussel Assistant sports editor tussel.2@osu.edu “Ecstasy — do I need to say more?” That’s how Dr. Michael Caligiuri, director of the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO of the James Cancer Hospital, reacted to the Pelotonia bike tour raising nearly twice as much money last year as it did in 2009. The second annual Pelotonia bike tour, which ran Aug. 21-22, raised more than $7.8 million for the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center — about a $3.3 million increase over the previous year. Pelotonia’s sponsors covered all the event’s costs, so every dollar raised went directly to the cancer center, said Jessica Kinman, Pelotonia spokeswoman. Pelotonia would not disclose the event’s costs. “I truly believe that through the work of Pelotonia we will have cures to cancer sooner rather than later … because 100 percent of the money goes to over 300 researchers right here at Ohio State,” Caligiuri said. Money raised from the event goes toward finding a cure for the disease that affects one in two men and one in three women, and scholarships that pay for students’ training in OSU’s lab of cancer sciences, he said. The number of participants in Pelotonia nearly doubled to more than 4,000 last year from 2,265 in 2009. Caligiuri said his goal is for Pelotonia to raise more than $10 million this summer.
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Bikers gather at the starting line for Pelotonia in columbus on aug. 21, 2010. t our participants raised more than $7.8 million for the ohio state comprehensive cancer center .
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