Tuesday November 1, 2011 year: 132 No. 29
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The exterior of OSU’s RPAC in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
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Thailyr Scrivner Lantern reporter scrivner.2@osu.edu Whether it be an increase in class workload, more social activities, or joining student groups, people are using the RPAC less than they did at the start of the quarter. Abby Stucke, a fourth-year in pharmaceutical science and RPAC employee, said she has noticed a slight difference in attendance. “It’s just that the first week everyone wants to come and check it out and they’re all excited about working out,” Stucke said. Stucke works the front entrance where students swipe their BuckIDs in order to enter the RPAC facilities.
A student’s swipe is only counted once per day. The attendance total also includes other non-student members and those accessing the facility for fitness classes. For the first five weeks of the quarter, which officially started Sept. 21, the RPAC has seen the following attendance numbers, according to facility data: 9/18 - 9/24/11 - 33,122 9/25 - 10/1/11 - 35,661 10/2 - 10/8/11 - 32,301 10/9 - 10/15/11 - 30,022 10/16 - 10/22/11 - 28,953 What might seem like a decrease in numbers could be attributed to a change in exercise location, said Rob Jech, RPAC membership services and access director. For all recreational sports facilities, including
Jesse Owens North, Jesse Owens South, Jesse Owens West and the Adventure Recreation Center, numbers increased from about 49,000 to 53,000 from week one to week two of the quarter, but has since decreased each week.
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RPAC UPDATE New equipment is being added every year to the RPAC. Find out what the RPAC added this year. Story on Page 2A
Ph.D. candidate replaces former coach Tressel in coaching class
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Previously, one of the hardest classes to get into at Ohio State was taught by former head coach Jim Tressel, Coaching : Football. This year, because of Tressel’s departure from the university, Vincent Lyons is the new instructor of the class. Unlike Tressel, Lyons has never coached at the collegiate level. Lyons is a graduate teaching assistant at OSU and Ph.D. candidate for sports management from Cardington, Ohio. He graduated from OSU in 1997 with a Bachelor’s Degree in agricultural education and animal science. When Tressel resigned, Lyons was offered the post at the last minute. Lyons said he did feel pressure taking Tressel’s teaching post, but said the pressure to do well doesn’t come from higher up, it comes from his students. Lyons said he isn’t trying to fill Tressel’s shoes. “I’m not in there wearing a sweater vest,” he said. There are about half the amount of people enrolled now compared to the first day of class, but Lyons is trying not to take it personally. “I am not Tressel or a well-known name, once students found that out, they were dropping like flies,” Lyons said. “There have been up to 150 to 200 people enrolled in other years, now we are down to around 40.” Lyons encouraged students to remain enrolled if they are interested in football. “If you want to know the ins and outs of football – stay in the class,” Lyons said. Evan Cadwallader, a fourth-year in biology, took the class to learn about coaching philosophy. “I don’t want to throw him under the bus, but I took the class because Tressel was supposed to teach,” Cadwallader said. “I stuck with it because it’s still a fun class. I’d like to eventually coach basketball.”
Michael Periatt / Asst. sports editor
Vincent Lyons is the instructor for the Coaching : Football class at OSU. This class was previously taught by former head coach Jim Tressel. Justine Boggs, a third-year in journalism, is one of two girls in the class. She said that she originally signed up for the class because of Tressel, but has stayed because she wants to be a sideline reporter for ESPN football in the future. ”I want to be able to ask intelligent questions on the field. I don’t just want to be a pretty face reporter,” Boggs said. “I like the class and I don’t feel left out because I have never played. Coach Lyons gives great examples and doesn’t ever single me out.” Lyons began his teaching career after attending seminary at Trinity Lutheran in Bexley, Ohio, right after graduating OSU. “I thought I wanted to be a pastor. I wanted to serve people in a church setting; I have always felt an obvious concern for other people,” Lyons said. Lyons wears a Virgin Mary pendant, which he
describes as a distinction between sports and religion, a Catholic-faith influence. “It represents the things that I stand for,” Lyons said. “I wear it every day as a constant reminder of my values when I stand in front of people.” Lyons started out teaching and coaching at St. Brendan School in Hilliard, Ohio, for one year. He then spent four years at Wellington High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, followed by three years at St. Louis Chaminade College Preparatory, an all-boys Catholic prep school in St. Louis, Mo. He taught biology, and a few physics and forensic classes as well as coaching basketball, baseball and football at all three schools. Lyons said one of his proudest coaching
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Committee plans swipe donation program
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A new committee in the Undergraduate Student Government has proposed a plan to donate unused swipes at the end of the quarter to a local food bank, among other projects to help others and make campus greener. USG’s Sustainability Committee was created this year, and is headed up by the director of sustainability, Dustin Homan, a fourth-year in agricultural and extension education. “(We) strive to make The Ohio State University a sustainable campus and a national leader in studentled, green initiatives,” Homan said in an email. Homan said Nick Messenger and Emily DeDonato, the president and vice president of USG, looked at where the university was headed and decided that the green sustainability initiative was moving forward. Homan said the two then decided to create the sustainability committee.
“You think of sustainability as this huge umbrella, you know, so what does that mean? So we kind of challenged our committee members to say, ‘What does sustainability mean to you?’ And so for Shane (Ingalls), sustainability meant, let’s not waste our food,” Homan said in an email. Ingalls, a second-year in business, came up with a program called Swipes that Save, which would give students the option to donate any unused meal swipes at the end of the quarter to a local food bank, Homan said. USG is taking the program to the senior director for dining services, Zia Ahmed, to work with dining services to approve the program, Ingalls said. USG is hoping to be able to implement the program by Winter Quarter 2012. Details about how exactly the system will work are not available yet. Ingalls said he worked with his dad in the past at a food bank in their hometown, which had some influence on his idea to donate extra swipes. “I feel there’s a possibility for quite a bit of
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A plan to prevent wasted swipes in an effort to promote a greener campus, UsG president Nick Messenger and Vice president emily DeDonato are currently proposing a plan to allow students to donate unused meal swipes to local food banks at the end of each quarter, instead of using them to purchase items they may not need. To put in perspective how much students waste or could potentially donate, here are the prices per swipe for each meal plan.
Dining plan
Swipes per quarter
Total fee
Price per swipe*
Deluxe plus
250
$1,745
$6.58
Buckeye plus
200
$1,660
$7.80
scarlet plus
150
$1,490
$9.27
carmen plus
125
$1,360
$10.08
100
$1,225
$11.25
19 meals per week
$1,125
$5.92
Gray plus Traditional
* Totals subtract $100 from fees which is added as BuckiD money. The Traditional plan does not include this.
source: urds.osu.edu chris poche / Design editor
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