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Some Ohio State students aren’t jumping on Governor John Kasich’s ‘barn’ storming bandwagon for Issue 2. This week, Kasich is launching a series of pro-Issue 2 rallies in various cities in Ohio. A barn in Logan County was one of the first places Kasich visited Oct. 10. Kasich encouraged the audience to vote yes on Issue 2, which is a referendum to the vote on Senate Bill 5. One supporter of Issue 2, betterohio.org said that by voting yes, the law will allow “government employees to give local communities the flexibility they need to get taxes and spending under control.” Opponents of Issue 2 say the law limits collective bargaining among public employees in Ohio. Voting yes on Issue 2 is a vote in favor of SB 5, voting no is a vote against SB 5. Kasich said he promotes Issue 2 because of the merit-based pay and the elimination of hiring workers based on longevity. But some students are not convinced. Chris Dalton, a first-year in political science, said that Issue 2 is more than merit-based pay and teacher seniority.
He said the correlation between Issue 2 and SB 5 is one that is too close to comfort. “This is one of the most extreme bills I have heard of,” Dalton said. Issue 2 requires people to pay into their retirement and health benefits when they may have never had to do so before. Some say this hurts the middle class economically. “I think we are hurting the middle class by letting some people pay zero,” Kasich said. Kasich said Issue 2 will actually help middle class workers by ensuring a fair payment from everyone. However, Dalton said he thinks there are other ways to fix this problem. “Kasich and other Republicans came into office saying unions have a lot of power,” Dalton said. Dalton said they see this as a way of fixing the problem, but it is just too extreme. Jimmy Alford, a first-year in international studies, said he does not see any positive outcome if Issue 2 is passed. “Even if it is something that would help (the economy), it’s not the right thing to do,” Alfred said. Many people worry that Issue 2 supports the diminishment of the union’s ability to collectively bargain. Lisa Seiberling, a local teacher at Indianola Alternative Elementary
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Gov. John Kasich is touring Ohio to promote Issue 2, a referendum to the vote on Senate Bill 5. School, said she believes teachers have the right to negotiate and she disagrees with the leaders who support Issue 2. “The people pushing it are idiotic,” Seiberling said. The timing of Issue 2 is also something that bothers Alford. “It came at the worst possible time, right after a recession,” Alford said. Many organizations around campus have also been working to inform students about Issue 2 and SB
5. Dalton said he has been involved with We are Ohio and College Democrats to encourage people to vote no on Issue 2. Although Issue 2 might not personally affect some college students, it is going to take a little more than ‘barn’ rallies to convince some OSU students. “We may not be generally affected,” Dalton said. “But it affects hundreds and thousands of Ohioans, and we are Ohioans.”
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While the perception of yoga is that it is an activity largely exercised by females, the president of Ohio State’s yoga club happens to be male. Michael Fitzsimons, a fourth-year in industrial and systems engineering, is one of only two male officers in the yoga club this year. Founded two years ago, this year’s club is the largest in its history, The club began with just five members, and has
now grown to about 80 enrolled members. Fitzsimons said he expects this number to continue to rise with the club’s open enrollment policy. Currently, the cost to join the yoga club is $10 for the quarter and $20 for the year, according to the club’s constitution. Meetings are held multiple times a week with typically 60 attendees, the majority of which are females. The club is quickly reaching the 70 people occupancy limit for their practice space at the RPAC, Fitzsimons said. “We’ve come really close, but we haven’t gone over it yet,” he said. “I actually already had to talk
to our scheduling intern about what we should do if we get that many people. We’ll either go to the women’s field house or maybe try to go to a different multipurpose room.” The majority of the yoga classes are led by instructors from Balanced Yoga, a yoga studio in Clintonville, but Fitzsimons will be leading two yoga sessions this quarter, he said. Danny Snider, a then second-year in psychology, formed the club in fall of 2009 because of his passion for yoga. Snider graduated in June.
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President of OSU’s yoga club, Michael Fitzsimons, demonstrates a yoga pose on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Fitzsimons said the club has grown from about 5 members to more than 80 enrolled members since its founding.
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The once-mighty Netflix has abandoned its own proposal to separate its DVD-by-mail service and its streaming content. The change in heart comes just three weeks after the plan was disclosed to the public. Reed Hastings, chief executive for Netflix, said having two different services, Netflix by mail and Qwikster streaming online, would be too difficult for customers. He said the market craves simplicity. “We are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs,” Hastings wrote in a blog post. “This means no change: one website, one account, one password … in other words, no Qwikster.” The plan was to have subscribers pay for the
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Netflix announced on Oct. 10, 2011 that it would no longer split its services. Netflix will continue to offer DVDs by mail and instant watch under 1 service.
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