Tuesday November 2, 2010 year: 130 No. 145 the student voice of
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AUSTIN OWENS Lantern reporter owens.237@osu.edu
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A new Kanye West?
With the release of his new album on Nov. 22, will West be able to regain the support of fans?
What do you think of a Kroger remodel?
The 39,000 square foot grocery store dubbed “Kro-Ghetto” by many Ohio State students has seen better days. Ofÿcials say there are more good days to come. The aging Kroger store located at 1350 N. High St., near King Avenue, is being replaced by a larger store that will edge into the parking lot of the existing property. One of the closest grocery stores to OSU’s campus, the revamped store aims to address concerns from some students, said Beth Wilkin, a Kroger spokeswoman. Some students have complained about problems with meat at the store. Others said fruits and vegetables are poorly maintained. “The produce department is awful,” said Heather Williams, a second-year law student at OSU. “There are fruit ° ies around all of the produce.”
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“I live right behind this store. I love it. My only concern is that the new plans are not going to be as accessible to pedestrian traffic coming from Sixth and Courtland.”
“The main problem I have is the overall cleanliness of this store. I would love a new Kroger.”
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Heather Williams
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Piece of cake Geof Manthorne, left, and Duff Goldman, right, pose with Brutus behind a Brutus-inspired cake made by the Food Network show ‘Ace of Cakes’ stars for an event held in the West Ballroom at the Ohio Union on Monday.
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Robert Gary was out of town coaching the Ohio State track and ÿeld team when his 13-month-old son Percy walked for the ÿrst time. Missing that early monument in his son’s life was “pretty tough,” Gary said. “You always wish you could be there for that.” Gary’s con° ict between his job and his family life is the rule rather than the exception in college sports. With practice schedules that run most of the year, not to mention recruiting duties and individual training during the offseason, college coaches can lose at home even if they’re winning with their teams. “There are steps in the development of my two sons that I haven’t been there for,” said assistant men’s basketball coach Brandon Miller, who has 3-year-old and 2-year-old sons. “I got to see Mason’s ÿrst steps. I did not get to see Michael’s.” With seven-day work weeks and frequent road trips, such losses are inevitable for many coaches. “I think last year, all told, I was home eight weekends out of the entire year,” Gary said. “One of the good and bad things about college coaching is there is always something you can be doing.”
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Coaching with kids often a juggling act BLAKE WILLIAMS Senior Lantern reporter williams.3012@osu.edu
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“The produce department is awful. There are fruit flies around all of the produce. Being lactose intolerant, I need specialty products which they almost never have in stock.”
CODY COUSINO / Lantern photographer
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OhioLINK pitching, recycling thousands of books to save space ALEXA ODOM Lantern reporter odom.33@osu.edu Ohio book depositories, including one at Ohio State, are throwing away or recycling thousands of reference books to make room on overcrowded shelves. Administrators say they have to toss the books because they don’t have enough money to buy more storage space. But money woes aside, some historians and students are dismayed by the decision. “I think it’s an absolutely terrible policy for us to pursue as the ° agship university in Ohio,” said Kevin Boyle, an OSU history professor. “You can’t measure the quality of a book or the quality of a library collection as a popularity contest. “We understand to have a ÿrst-rate football team we need to have ÿrst-class equipment. The same goes for scholarship. We need the resources on this campus to be a great research institution.” There are ÿve book depositories, including one at OSU, in the OhioLINK system — a collaboration of university libraries that gives students access to other schools’ books. Those collections add up to almost 10 million volumes. Several thousand volumes are being removed because there is not enough money to create more space for books, said Anita Cook, director of OhioLINK systems. To alleviate the space issue and help keep some of the older materials, most of the information is being digitized, said Stacy Brannan, OhioLINK’s marketing and communications coordinator. Though many volumes can be recycled, those with glue binding cannot, she said. The new policy of “de-duplication” — disposing of duplicate copies — reduces the number of books available, leaving two copies. One is for circulation, and the other is archived. Boyle said that’s not enough. “We have no assurance that those electronic versions are even going to be readily available,” he said. “If it’s on the shelf, a book is always available.” Sujin Kim, a fourth-year in welding engineering, is concerned that digitizing books might not be environmentally friendly. “The problem is that when you digitize books, if you put your course work online or your textbook, most people have a copy that they can hold,” she said. “So even if you digitize a copy, people are still printing them, so you’re not reducing the usage of paper.” The ÿrst cycle of de-duplication is near completion, and another is set to start in January.
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Photo courtesy of Martha Filipic
The Research Services Building on Ohio State’s Wooster campus is one of many that was damaged by a tornado Sept. 16.
Wooster tornado damage will likely cost millions JENNY FOGLE Lantern reporter fogle.96@osu.edu Damage from the tornado that ripped through Ohio State’s Wooster campus more than six weeks ago will likely cost millions of dollars to repair, university ofÿcials said. “They are still trying to get the (total cost) together, but I don’t think there is any doubt that it will be in the tens of millions of dollars,” said David Benÿeld, associate director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Other ofÿcials warned against setting any number in stone, as the damage is still being evaluated. But the ÿnal bill could exceed $10 million, said Mary Lynn Readey, associate vice president of OSU’s Facilities Operations and Development, at a meeting of the Agricultural Affairs Committee late last week. The insurance company paying the
claims, Zurich Business Insurance, has yet to determine the ÿnal cost of repairs. The university is also working with Marsh, an insurance broker and risk adviser. The cost will ultimately include repairs for buildings damaged in the storm, including the administration building, greenhouses and the Secrest Arboretum. Estimates for the arboretum alone are thought to exceed $350,000, including projects such as planting new trees and other plants, said Ken Cochran, the arboretum’s director. Ofÿcials said it’s easier to put a price tag on damaged buildings, but the cost of destroyed research materials is difÿcult to calculate. “How do you put a number to tomatoes that contain high amounts of lycopene that can help ÿght cancer?” said Mauricio Espinoza,
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