Tuesday October 25, 2011 year: 132 No. 24
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Jaamal Berry was allegedly involved in 2nd assault in less than a month Chelsea Castle Managing editor for content castle.121@osu.edu
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Weatherspoon speaks up
Sophomore forward J.D. Weatherspoon hopes to rebound with his comeback to the OSU basketball team.
Ohio State football player Jaamal Berry has been named a suspect in an alleged assault that occurred Friday morning, according to a report from the Columbus Police Department. It is the second incident involving Berry allegedly assaulting another individual in four weeks. The latest incident took place at 2:20 a.m. Friday on Vine Street, behind North Market, and involved a 21-yearold Columbus State Community College student. The victim was “struck in the face with a closed fist,” according to the Columbus police report. OSU athletic director Gene Smith said the athletic department is aware that
Berry might have been involved in an altercation, and that he has spoken with Berry. “We have not been informed by anyone else that charges have been filed,” Smith told The Lantern Monday. “If Jaamal is charged, he will be suspended pending the outcome of the case.” Berry, a redshirt sophomore running back, was with another African-American male and was allegedly yelling at the victim and his friend, after the victim was struck by a car. The victim, who The Lantern has chosen not to name at this time, said that Berry and his friend were yelling vulgar remarks at him. After asking why they were yelling, the victim said that Berry crossed the street and punched his friend, and then punched him in the face with a closed fist. Berry was later identified by a witness,
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thomas bradley / Campus editor
Jaamal Berry awaits a kick-off at the beginning of a game between the Buckeyes and the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill. Oct. 15, 2011.
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‘Radio & Juliet’
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Ballet Maribor’s play on Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is scheduled to show at the Palace Theatre Thursday.
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Campus to go smoke free?
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Meredith Krueger (left), a 4th-year in economics and geography, and Timothy Singratsomboune (right), a 2nd-year in international studies, join other students in the Occupy the Oval protest at OSU Monday, Oct. 24, 2011.
Protesters occupy the Oval for change erika dejolsvay-brooks Lantern reporter dejolsvay-brooks.4@osu.edu The “occupation” has spread to Ohio State’s campus as students and community members protested Monday against corporate greed, planned privatization of services and soaring student loan debt. The campus-area movement evolved out of the perceived failure of the city-wide movement, Occupy
Columbus, and organizers realized more had to be done. “It’s time to start organizing on campus because a lot of people are directly affected by the impact of corporate greed,” said organizer Kyle Olson, a fourth-year in anthropology. Several protesters are unhappy with decisions President E. Gordon Gee has made — Gee’s plan to privatize the parking garages, the approval for commercialization of fracking research at OSU and Gee’s agreement with Gov. John Kasich’s higher education budget cuts.
In the state’s budget revealed in March, Kasich had to cover an $8 billion deficit, which included cuts in just about every category of the previous state budget. The goal of the protest was to deliver a petition to Gee’s office against the privatization of parking then a march downtown to city hall to join forces with Occupy Columbus protestors. Protesters are unhappy with the way the university is run, stating it is increasingly acting like a corporation.
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OSU cancer center named for Spielman Jenelle Cooper Lantern reporter cooper.1995@osu.edu
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center announced the name of its new breast cancer center, The Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center. The center was named after alumna Stefanie Spielman, the late wife of former OSU and NFL linebacker Chris Spielman. Stefanie Spielman was a philanthropist and advocate for breast cancer awareness since a selfexam lead her to find a lump. She was diagnosed in 1998 at the age of 30. Stefanie and Chris Spielman raised more than $1 million for breast cancer research. The total amount of money raised to-date by the Stefanie Spielman funds is more than $91 million. Stefanie was treated at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital. Stefanie Spielman lost her battle with cancer after more than 10 years in November 2009. OSU President E. Gordon Gee praised the Spielman’s for their past and present work in the field of breast cancer awareness. “She transformed her own challenge into extraordinary blessings for countless breast cancer patients and their families, becoming a personal source of help and a national source of hope,” Gee said in an
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Kevin Fitzsimons / The Ohio State University
Chris Spielman and his children (from top) Maddie, Noah, Macy and Audrey Spielman stand next to a photo of the building that is newly named after Stefanie Spielman, Chris’ wife and mother of the 4.
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