Monday October 3, 2011 year: 132 No. 11 the student voice of
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thelantern OSU opts to change opt-in alert system
sports
The cost of safety
Jami Jurich Editor-in-chief jurich.4@osu.edu
Ohio State is upgrading its Buckeye Alert emergency text messaging system from the opt-in system it is currently using to one which pulls cell phone numbers automatically from student and faculty databases.
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$35,000- $40,000 $70,000-$85,200
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Defeated defense
Despite allowing only 10 points during Saturday’s loss to Michigan State, OSU’s defense is analyzed and plans to keep working.
arts & life
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Jam at the Schott
Montgomery Gentry headlined the WCOL Country Jam at the Schottenstein Center Friday night, featuring Steve Holy and Sonia Leigh.
campus
Electric Motorcycle Race Team sets record for speed
$20,000
$20,000
per year
$15,000-$20,000 per mass alert
per year
text $1-$1.25 per
*Approximating 50,000 subscribers of Buckeye Alert source: reporting CHRIS POCHE / Design editor
Ohio State is opting to change its opt-in emergency alert text messaging system. Under the old Buckeye Alert system, students, faculty and staff had to register for the safety alert program in order to receive emergency alerts, said Bob Armstrong, director of emergency management at OSU. While the new system will still be optional, Armstrong said OSU will pull cell phone numbers from the student contact information and from the faculty and staff databases. “We’re being a little more aggressive in getting people into the system,” Armstrong said.
Armstrong said the cost of operating the alert system will rise with the upgrade. Under the old system, it cost $20,000 a year to operate the alerts with an additional fee when the system had to be activated. Each time the emergency texts were activated, Armstrong said there was an additional cost of $15,000 to $20,000. Under the upgraded alert system, OSU will pay about $1 to $1.25 per person who receives a text, Armstrong said. There are about 50,000 people enrolled in the system currently, Armstrong said. He said there may be an initial decrease in that number as the upgrade is implemented. “We’re getting rid of a fair number of people who have graduated or retired,” Armstrong said. But once cell phone numbers have
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Fickell: Sticking with Miller, for now Thomas Bradley Campus editor bradley.321@osu.edu “Is Braxton Miller your starting quarterback right now?” “Yeah.” Direct and straight-forward. Head coach Luke Fickell is sticking with his freshman quarterback project. For now. Redshirt senior quarterback Joe Bauserman started the first three games of the season against Akron, Toledo and Miami. After a poor performance in Miami, Fla., Fickell made the decision to start the true freshman quarterback Miller. Miller started, and played the majority of the game against Colorado. Once the game was in wraps, Bauserman came in to finish off the game. On Saturday against Michigan State, Miller took the first snap, but struggled when he was in the game. To start the fourth-quarter down 7-0, Fickell opted to go back to Bauserman for the remainder of the game. After the game on Saturday, Fickell said Miller was his starting quarterback, but that the team needed to evaluate a lot after the 10-7 loss to MSU. “We’re going to take a hard look at it, both the quarterback situations and how you run the football,” Fickell said. “There’s a lot of things we’ve got to do that doesn’t put us in a good situation at times but we know we’ve got to be better.” Bauserman, who accounted for the Buckeyes’ only score on the day, said Miller is still the starting quarterback. “Braxton (Miller) is still the starter. All we can do is go out, practice hard and give it all we can. Then the coaches can decide,” Bauserman said. “As long as everyone is on the same page and knows which one of us is starting, then we can prepare accordingly.” Miller finished the day completing only five passes for a total of 56 yards. He had no touchdowns and threw one interception. “Things were happening fast for him,” Fickell said of his quarterback. “I think maybe he didn’t see the field real well.”
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Alli Murphy Lantern reporter murphy.840@osu.edu
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Many college students have heard about, feared and even experienced the dreaded freshman 15. There are a combination of reasons why freshmen put on extra weight during their first year of college. First-year students are subjected to the often unhealthy meal options available at Ohio State’s dining halls. “Typically, dining rooms serve mostly high carbohydrate and high fat diets,” Dr. Kwame Osei, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism specialist at the OSU Medical Center, said in an email. “These highenergy foods contribute to weight gain obesity in college students.” Between 50 and 60 percent of daily caloric intake should be carbohydrates and 30 to 40 percent should be fat, Osei said in
CODY COUSINO / Photo editor
Braxton Miller (left) and Joe Bauserman (right) split time at quarterback on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 against Michigan State. OSU lost 10-7.
the email. Karri Benishek, marketing manager of University Residences and Dining Services, said URDS is constantly updating the website with nutrition information to keep students informed. “The easiest way (to lower food calories) is to cut down on the condiments,” Benishek said. “(The chefs) are making it to order and as a guest you have the option to cut out things that aren’t necessarily good for you.” The pesto primavera from the Marketplace more than doubles the recommended daily value of carbohydrate intake and is about the recommended daily value of fat intake. The pasta dish contains 216 percent of the daily value of fat and 94 percent of the daily value of carbohydrates, according to OSU’s dining services website. Kelsey David, a first-year in nursing, said her favorite campus dining food item
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Brittany Schock / Asst. photo editor
Students at Ohio State dine at the Union Marketplace on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.
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