The Lantern - Oct. 7, 2010

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Thursday October 7, 2010 year: 130 No. 131 the student voice of

The Ohio State University

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thelantern Gee’s vow to cut fossil fuels questioned

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Total energy consumption by energy form

DYLAN TUSSEL Lantern reporter tussel.2@osu.edu

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Another year lost

Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee pledged to cease the university’s carbon emissions within the next 40 years, but a university energy ofÿcial said he is not sure how that can be accomplished. OSU depends on fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, for more than 90 percent of its energy. “We don’t know how we’re going to get it all the way to (carbon) neutrality,” said Ross Parkman, senior director of OSU Utilities, Energy Services and Sustainability. “We’re kind of stuck on fossil fuels right now.” In the past ÿve years, the university has cut its fossil-fuel use by 0.2 percent — from 91.1 percent in ÿscal year 2006 to 90.9 percent in ÿscal year 2010 — according to data from Utilities, Energy Services and Sustainability.

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After missing all of 2009, safety Tyler Moeller talks about the injury that will keep him out the rest of 2010

From fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2010, OSU’s dependence on fossil fuels has decreased by 0.2 percent. But to fulfill its carbon-neutrality commitment, OSU must eliminate its use of fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels

FY06*

FY10*

5-year average

91.1%

90.9%

91.2% **

Renewable Resources

0.4%

0.4%

0.4% **

Alternative Energy

8.5%

8.7%

8.5% **

*Fiscal year: July 1 to June 30 **Because of rounding, numbers do not add up to exactly 100 percent. Source: Utilities, Energy Services and Sustainability

EMILY COLLARD / Lantern designer

Guest appearance

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The Spirit of Goodyear, moored at Don Scott Field, flew over campus Wednesday, advertising the Fisher College of Business and College of Engineering Career fairs. The blimp visit was made part of a new partnership among Goodyear, the Department of Aviation and the Fisher College of Business.

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Drake to host American debut of ‘Out of Context’

Belgian ballet troupe’s only other performance will be in New York City.

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Check out video of Gee on thelantern.com

AUSTIN OWENS / Lantern photographer

Talking politics, Big Ten with Gee LAUREN HALLOW Lantern reporter hallow.1@osu.edu

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Notable new hires at OSU

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As many students were catching up on homework, working or watching the latest episode of “Glee,” Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee was poring over a shipment of free bowties delivered to his house Tuesday night. “I have over a thousand,” Gee said. “I have OCD, I love bowties. I try not to wear the same one more than once in a year.” The president visited The Lantern newsroom Wednesday evening to answer questions from the newspaper’s editorial board. Though Gee wasn’t always as animated as he was discussing his bowties, he gave commentary on some of the most important university issues.

Students on campus Despite a plan announced by university ofÿcials early this quarter to draw more students — and especially freshmen — to OSU’s Columbus and regional campuses, Gee told The Lantern that the university would not enroll more ÿrst-year students at the main campus. “The ÿrst-year (population) will not grow,” Gee said. A press release from ofÿcials in September stated that OSU plans “to increase the new freshman class size on the Columbus campus by approximately 100 students during each year of the plan.” Molly Ranz Calhoun, assistant vice president of Student Life, said she didn’t know whether that plan had been changed but conÿrmed that Gee “clearly said he was going to increase enrollment on this campus.” Other ofÿcials were not immediately available Wednesday evening to comment on the apparent contradiction.

Gee also said it would take more time than expected to enforce a plan to require all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. Now, only freshmen face that requirement. He said he originally planned to implement that rule by 2012, when the university will switch to semesters. The university won’t likely have the resources to reach that goal, he said, but he is not backing off from the plan. “When we have sufÿcient housing to make that happen, we will make that happen,” Gee said. Politics The university — not the candidates — is the most important issue as the election nears, Gee said. “We’re not Republican or Democrat — we’re Scarlet and Gray,” he said. Besides meeting with both gubernatorial

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Get Friday’s Professor featured in Playboy magazine The Lantern online at thelantern.com ALLY MAROTTI Lantern reporter marotti.5@osu.edu

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An Ohio State professor has discovered that the centerfold isn’t the only place of prestige in Playboy magazine. Political science professor John Mueller, known for his deÿant views on terrorism, made the list of professors on the Playboy Honor Roll published in the magazine’s annual college edition. The inaugural honor highlights 20 college professors from across the country. “We attempted to ÿnd people on the vanguard of the country’s core issues,” said Josh Schollmeyer, senior editor of Playboy. “We contacted experts in a range of ÿelds for their suggestions — many of these were esteemed writers, academics and contributors to the Playboy Forum.” Mueller’s mention in the magazine labels him “a calm voice in the post-9/11 fear culture” because he urges the public to put the threat of a terrorist attack in a realistic context. Even considering the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he points out that the chances of being killed by an international terrorist are 1 in 800,000. “He is an unusual and deÿant voice,” said Richard Herrmann, director for the Mershon Center and distinguished professor in behavioral sciences. “He’s almost a threat de° ator. He punctures our fears.”

CODY COUSINO / Lantern photographer

Students Taylor Schmaltz (far left) and Tyler Puhl (far right), both third-years in political science, sit in class Tuesday with professor John Mueller, who was featured in the October edition of Playboy magazine. Mueller came to OSU in 2000 as the Woody Hayes chair of National Security Studies, a position at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. This quarter he is also teaching a seminar

about the politics of security during and after the Cold War.

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