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Tuesday October 12, 2010 year: 130 No. 85 the student voice of

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More students boarding ‘drunk bus’

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Ohio State is ranked No. 1 in the polls, but BCS projections have the Buckeyes below several other teams.

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Riders take COTA’s Night Owl bus, No. 21, south to the Arena District on Oct. 1. The route starts in Clintonville and runs through campus, stopping at various locations, including the intersection at 15th Avenue and High Street.

Local businesses prep for president

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ALLY MAROTTI Lantern reporter marotti.5@osu.edu As White House and university ofÿcials sort out the details of President Barack Obama’s visit to Ohio State on Sunday, many local businesses are gearing up for an exceptionally busy day. “I can’t imagine what will happen,” said Alex Abejuela, assistant manager of Red Mango, a frozen yogurt shop on High Street. “I’ve never been in this type of situation.” Abejuela, who was unaware of the event, said that a presidential visit to OSU is exciting, regardless of political beliefs. Other business owners were more open about their thoughts on politics. “We lean a little Democrat here,” said Jimmy Barouxis, owner of Buckeye Donuts. “If you see ’em, tell ’em to come here.” Barouxis expects business to “blow up” at the

24-hour shop following the event. Other businesses, such as Conrads College Gifts, plan to extend hours. “On Sundays, we are usually only open until 6 (p.m.), but we are going to play it by ear on Sunday,” said Bennett Cohen, manager of Conrads. “If we get busy, we are going to stay open.” Businesses were already prepared for an unusual business day Sunday because of the Columbus Marathon, which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and takes runners north on High Street along campus. “We are excited for the president’s visit and the marathon,” he said. “If Obama stops into Conrads, we will give him a free T-shirt.” Some streets will close during the rally and marathon, but some business owners aren’t worried that the closures will keep customers away. “I don’t think the trafÿc aspects affect us as much,” said Liam Van Vorhis, general manager at Eddie George’s Grille 27. “Fifty percent of business is college kids that walk and ride bikes anyway.” Van Vorhis said he plans to increase the sports-themed restaurant’s staff by 20 percent Sunday night.

“Any time a major politician or a major sporting event is on campus, people come from all the suburbs,” Van Vorhis said. Although football games draw the most business to Eddie George’s, Van Vorhis said he could not compare Obama’s visit to a Buckeye game. The Blackwell, a hotel and restaurant run through the Fisher College of Business, is always fully staffed on weekends and will make no changes Sunday. “We do have game-day trafÿc every weekend,” said John Clark, accounting manager at the Blackwell. “It’s pretty much business as usual.” Businesses on OSU’s campus also plan to conduct business as usual. “We are not changing any of our services at this time, so I have nothing to report,” said Karri Benishek, marketing manager for Campus Dining Services. Kathy Grant, operations manager of Berry Cafe

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Cold weather no match for bed bugs

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JUSTIN CONLEY Lantern reporter conley.325@osu.edu Ohio residents will likely continue to battle bed bugs through the winter, experts say, when most other insects are halted by the cold. “I don’t think (the weather) will have any impact at all. They’re domesticated,” said David Denlinger, a professor of evolution, ecology and organizational biology at OSU. “They don’t have to survive outside.” Although both extreme heat and cold can be used to rid homes of bedbugs, Denlinger said heated homes will offer plenty of shelter to bedbugs as the seasons shift. A nationwide surge in bed bug population has left Ohio ofÿcials scrambling to mount a defense against the bloodsuckers in what is now the most bed bug-infested state. In 2009, Columbus suffered from 4,400 building infestations of bed bugs, a number Paul Wenning, special projects coordinator of the Franklin County Board of Health, said has tripled since health department ofÿcials began tracking bed bugs in 2007.

The frightening reality of bed bugs 57% Increase in bed bug exterminator calls since 2005 in the U.S. 80° F Temperature at which bed bugs grow fastest and lay the most eggs 1 out of 3 People who don’t feel bed bug bites 550 Number of days a bed bug can survive without food EMILY COLLARD / Lantern designer

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The increase in bed bug population is thought to be a result of several factors, including increased international travel and limits placed on pesticides effective against bed bugs. The Ohio Department of Agriculture requested that the United States Environmental Protection Agency exempt Ohio from the ban on in-home use of Propoxur, an effective pesticide against bed bugs. But the EPA denied the petition in June based on the hazardous effects on children, opting instead to meet with state ofÿcials and create an alternative strategy. In response to the pest invasion, the Ohio Department of Health and Franklin County Board of Health, along with several school districts and pest control companies, formed the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force to

inform citizens of central Ohio about ways to identify and treat infestation. According to a fact sheet by Susan Jones, an associate professor of entomology at OSU, bed bugs are ° at, brownish-red insects about halfan-inch long. Indicators of a bed bug infestation include “blood stains from crushed bugs and rusty (sometimes dark) spots of excrement on sheets and mattresses, bed, clothes and walls.” Bed bugs feed at night and their bites are painless for one in three adults, according to the fact sheet. Bed bug bites look like mosquito bites, and the two are often confused. Despite the growing problem in Columbus, the OSU campus has been largely unaffected by the pests, ofÿcials said. There was one conÿrmed case

of bed bugs on campus in 2009, in Drackett Tower. But university ofÿcials aren’t taking chances. Between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, the Ofÿce of Student Life spent $41,912 on pest control for the Columbus campus, including monthly inspections and preventative treatments. Still, experts warn that an increasing number of complaints about bed bugs in Ohio might not be indicative of an explosion in the bed bug population. “There are not necessarily more bed bugs than before,” said Chad Gilbert, a spokesman for Terminix, a Memphis, Tenn.-based pest control company. Students living in the dorms are asked to call 2-HELP if they see signs of a bed bug infestation.

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No more No. 1?

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More students — many of them bar-bound — are turning to a latenight bus route created last year to shuttle passengers from Clintonville to the Arena District. When the No. 21 bus route, dubbed the “Night Owl” by the Central Ohio Transportation Authority, launched in September 2009, about 10 percent of its riders were students, COTA spokeswoman Beth Berkemer said in an e-mail. Now, students make up about 60 percent of the riders, she said. University ofÿcials worked with the transportation authority last year to create a route students would use. The result was a shuttle frequented by bar-bound students, running from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Peter Koltak, Moritz law student and former president of OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government who helped develop the route, said the project stemmed from students’ complaints that they were required to pay $9 every quarter for a bus service they didn’t use. “We heard that students were complaining and saying, ‘Oh, well I

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