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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After Ohio State went 2,926 days without losing to its rival, Michigan, the Buckeyes fell, 40-34, in a high-scoring, back-andforth game at Michigan Stadium Saturday. The loss was an emotional one for the Buckeyes, some of whom were seen crying in the locker room after the game. Still, Saturday’s matchup may have breathed new life into what is considered by many to be the greatest rivalry in sports. Both teams featured first-year coaches and both OSU coach Luke Fickell and Michigan coach Brady Hoke placed a heavy emphasis on the rivalry between the schools. During Fickell’s press conference after the loss, emotions ran high as he tried to keep the attention on the rivalry and away rumors that former Florida coach Urban Meyer would take over as the Buckeyes’ coach next season. “It’s about the Ohio State-Michigan game. That’s the emotion,” Fickell said. “If you need more emotion than that to play in this football game, you’re at the wrong place.” Fickell said the rivalry is about the intangibles, which boded well for OSU as it went into Saturday’s game ranked 108th in the country in total offense. In a game like this, Fickell said none of it matters. “This game’s not about talent. It’s about heart. It’s about will. Obviously we didn’t get the job done today, but we can’t walk away from the seniors and those guys and not say they gave everything they had.” Senior wide receiver DeVier Posey was having a hard time swallowing the loss to Michigan, the first of his OSU career. “After a loss, it’s hard. There were some tears, some people hugging,” Posey said. “I was just a weird feeling. I’m not used to it.” Despite the emotions, however, some hope the
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Quarterback Braxton Miller (5) carries the ball and hurdles multiple defenders on his way to a touchdown during the Ohio State-Michigan game on Nov. 26, 2011, in Ann Arbor, Mich. OSU lost, 34-40.
Zero Waste initiative comes close to goal Stacy Jewell For the Lantern jewell.71@osu.edu In a total of seven days, 58 tons of recycled material and 12.5 tons of compost were produced in one place — Ohio Stadium. The Penn State game marked the seventh and final game in the first football season for the Zero Waste initiative at the ’Shoe. Zero waste refers to diverting 90 percent of waste away from landfills. In the ’Shoe, trash bins were replaced with recycling and compost containers in an attempt to reach the 90 percent mark. The diversion rate in Ohio Stadium this fall varied game by game from 66.7 percent to 82.4 percent. Although the goal was not met, Corey Hawkey, Ohio State’s program coordinator for energy and sustainability, said he was pleased with this year’s results. “We’re very proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish in such a short period of time. It’s been an incredible partnership between all the organizations involved,” Hawkey said. He said the group effort presented by the Department of Athletics, Office of Sustainability, the
President’s Provost Council on Sustainability and external partners were especially helpful with the initiative. Hawkey said the diversion rate for the entire season was 75.3 percent. Don Patko, associate athletics director, said that recycling had been in place at the ’Shoe since 2007, and diverted 50 percent of waste from landfills. Zero Waste was an aggressive project, but it was important for the stadium to set an example in sustainability efforts, Patko said. “It was a lot easier, what we did from 2007 to 2010,” Patko said. “The first thing people see and think of when they come to the university is the Ohio Stadium … what would be better than to be the forefront leader in stadiums of this size?” Hawkey said that changes were made during the season to improve the usage including evaluating the production of waste after each home game. “We’ve been taking a look at what we’ve been doing, and looking at our material stream and we say, ‘OK, what’s left over, why is it left over, how did it reach that point and what can we do about it?’” Hawkey said. Hawkey said the initiative received a $50,000 grant from the President’s Provost Council on Sustainability. This money goes toward covering
the cost of new signs to inform fans about the project, new waste infrastructure for the suites and Huntington Club area and workers to stand by each recycling and compost container to help fans know where to put their waste. He said that covered about half the cost of the program. Sodexo, the main food vendor for OSU athletics, contributed to the initiative by changing its packaging to help streamline the collection process. Danny Phillips, Sodexo’s general manager at
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Former swimmer wins dream wedding Kaitlyn Lyle Lantern reporter lyle.42@osu.edu
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While almost every couple dreams of a wedding on the beach, one former Buckeye Meghan Kinney and her fiance John Avrett, will have their dreams come true. Kinney and Avrett won a free military-style wedding, valued at $120,000, in the Salute to Love contest. The couple will be married on April 14, 2012, in Outer Banks, N.C. The Salute to Love contest is put on by obxbrides.com, an online wedding resource, in association with Operation Homefront, a military agency that provides financial and other support to service members and their families, said Nannette Kallestad, co-owner of obxbrides.com. Out of 210 couples across the U.S. and from nine finalists, Kinney and Avrett, who have been together 18 months, were formally announced as the winning couple Nov. 11. “We were freaking out. Everyone was taking pictures and screaming ‘You won, you won,’” Kinney said. “It was such an out-of-body experience.” More than 102,000 votes were cast for the finalist couples. Kinney is a former synchronized swimmer for Ohio State. She was an alternate on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in Beijing, and was training as
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Meghan Kinney and her fiance John Avrett react after being named winners of the Salute to Love contest on Nov. 8, 2011. an alternate for the London 2012 Olympics when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, in her knee in October 2010. Avrett, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, was with Kinney for her entire 100-day treatment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the James Cancer Center at OSU. He entered the contest hoping to give Kinney the wedding of her dreams, despite the couple’s medical expenses.
The couple heard the news that they’d won the contest three days before it was officially announced to voters, Kinney said. Kinney and Avrett were on their way to dinner with a friend in Dayton, Ohio, when the friend suggested they go into a coffee shop, the same one in which Avrett proposed. Inside were some of the couple’s friends and representatives from obxbrides.com, the Sanderling Resort and Spa, who
is hosting the wedding, and Operation Homefront, to name Kinney and Avrett the winners of the contest. Kinney said the realization that they’d won came after a friend introduced them to his “friends from the Outer Banks.” “There were like five random ladies sitting at the coffee shop. And then one of the ladies looked at John and said, ‘So John, what are you doing April 14?’ And then we thought wait, that’s the … no way,” Kinney said. Representatives from the companies drove from Outer Banks at 3 a.m. that day to surprise the couple in a bus that said “Ohio or bust,” Kinney said. The wedding is for 75 people, though with all the support Kinney and Avrett have received, they’re finding it difficult to narrow it down. “That’s been the hardest part for sure,” Kinney said. “Obviously I would want to invite every single person who voted for us, because without them, we wouldn’t even have this opportunity.” All services at the wedding will be donated by local Outer Banks companies. Flower companies, photographers and catering companies, among others have provided their services for Kinney and Avrett’s wedding.
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