Nov. 4, 2011

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thelantern First-year B1G coaches face off

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The Big Ten conference features four first-year head coaches for the 2011-12 season, and two of them will be squaring off at Ohio Stadium this Saturday. OSU fans will surely recognize coach Luke Fickell, but Indiana’s coach, Kevin Wilson, will be a new face. Though they are both first-year coaches, the situation the coaches walked into couldn’t be more different. Fickell rose to head coach at OSU from the defensive coordinator position because former coach Jim Tressel resigned amid a scandal involving players receiving improper benefits. But with six consecutive Big Ten championships, the OSU program is not accustomed to rebuilding. OSU gave Fickell a one-year deal and did not commit to anything long term. Wilson, who was formerly offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, left to take over an Indiana program that has been near the bottom of the Big Ten standings for much of the past decade. He was signed to a sevenyear deal and is charged with rebuilding the struggling program for the long haul. Wilson has said he expected his team had the tools to be successful right away. “We should do well, we expect to do well,” Wilson said before the season at a Big Ten Media Day in Chicago on July 29. “To me, the culture changes with our performance. I don’t complain about our culture. I want our fans to be excited about it, but they’re not going to be until we win games and do the things that winners do.”

But the Hoosiers haven’t done much winning during the 2011 season. They’ve compiled a 1-8 record on the year including and 0-5 mark within the Big Ten. Their lone win was against South Carolina State and they’ve suffered disappointing losses to Ball State and North Texas. Despite the struggles, Wilson is still looking forward to his first trip to Columbus as a head coach. “Going to Columbus is going to be unique and special,” Wilson said during a press conference on Tuesday. “One of the great places to play.” Wilson also said he thought Fickell and the coaching staff at OSU have done a good job in the face of adversity. “It is a little transition, but I’ve got a lot of respect for Luke Fickell and all the coaches over there,” Wilson said. “I think they’re doing a good job in a difficult situation.” The Buckeyes beat Indiana, 38-10, last year, but Fickell said despite the Hoosiers struggles, he expects a different Indiana team than OSU faced last season, largely because of Wilson. “They’ll be a different mindset than the Indiana team that came in here last year, I truly believe,” Fickell said. “And that’s a tribute to what coach Wilson has done. You can see it from the sideline, the fire and the passion no matter what the situation is.” Indiana and Ohio State kickoff at noon on Saturday.

Courtesy of The Indiana Daily Student

thoMas BraDlEy / Campus editor

MiChaEl PEriatt Asst. sports editor periatt.1@osu.edu

Timely Warnings from police increase, students react thoMas BraDlEy Campus editor bradley.321@osu.edu Following an armed robbery in the university area early Thursday morning, the Ohio State Police Department issued a Timely Warning to the OSU community Thursday afternoon. According to the warning, a male victim was robbed at gun point by four males described as African-Americans approximately 20 to 21 years of age early Thursday morning. The incident occurred at the intersection of East 17th Avenue and Pearl Street. On Monday, a similar notification was issued to the OSU community for another armed robbery. This incident involved three AfricanAmerican males, and it occurred at the intersection of Worthington Street and West 10th Avenue. Despite the second Timely Warning issued from the University Police for armed robbery in the campus-area in the last week, one police official said he has not seen an increased level of crime on campus. OSU Police Chief Paul Denton told The Lantern Thursday that he has “not seen a spike in crime on campus.” Denton also explained how and when a Timely Warning is issued to OSU affiliates. “We prepare a Timely Warning if a crime represents an ongoing danger to the safety of students, faculty and staff,” Denton said. “If it’s on campus, we’ll prepare one.” Denton added that if the crime is off-campus, but in the university area, issuing a Timely Warning is on a case-by-case basis. “When the crime is off-campus, it is our discretion, we are not

obligated to issue a Timely Warning,” Denton said. “We often do issue them as a matter of interest to our community.” Some students think the crime in the university area is a big issue. Andrea Marlett, a third-year in strategic communication, said the security should be increased. “I think it’s pretty frightening to actually know that that’s happened a couple times in the week,” Marlett said. “It’s pretty scary that the security’s not tight enough.” Denton offered advice to students and community members to avoid crime. “Be attentive to warnings,” Denton said. “If you see something, call in suspicious activity and be aware of your surroundings.” Denton also added that people should not travel alone and to not wear headphones while walking at night. Denton said wearing headphones decreases awareness of surroundings. Drew Rankin, a third-year in human nutrition, said the recent armed robberies on campus will make him more aware of campus security. “It makes you a little bit more aware. It makes you rethink the whole buddy system,” Rankin said. “If you have friends that have night classes, you might want to help them out, and maybe pick them up from class or just check in with them, make sure they’re all right.” Joe Sadek, a fourth-year in international studies, said common sense can help you avoid these situations. “If you’re flashing around an iPad in the middle of the night on 4th Avenue, you’re obviously going to get stopped,” Sadek said. Denton added that when there is suspicious activity or if someone finds themselves in a threatening situation, they should call the police. “Columbus Police, Ohio State Police … we are there to help people,” Denton said. Dan Hope contributed to this story.

OSU to lower waste with EPA challenge jENEllE CooPEr Lantern reporter cooper.1995@osu.edu Ohio State fans are asked to take their recycling efforts to the next level Saturday when the OSU football team takes on Indiana in Ohio Stadium. OSU will be competing in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Game Day Challenge. The EPA Game Day Challenge is a recycling and compost competition with 90 other schools, including Michigan, Iowa, Ohio University, Indiana, Toledo and Akron. During the game, OSU will be competing for titles in five categories: waste generation, diversion rate, greenhouse gas reduction, recycling and organics reduction. In order for schools to participate they must complete registration and choose one regular scheduled home game. After the particular game has been selected, the schools choose a plan and put it in place for the chosen game. OSU will be operating on the Zero Waste strategy implemented at the football game against Michigan State. Corey Hawkey, the program coordinator for energy and sustainability, and his team have been working to update and improve the performance of the Zero Waste Plan.

“This weekend we will be working with waste management to capture food that gets in the wrong places,” Hawkey said. “The seats and the press boxes are areas where we struggle to get things right. Waste management is going to pull the food out into a pile. It’s not easy, but they want OSU to do the best we can for this game.” The Indiana game was chosen as the selected game for the challenge because the competition is during October and November and the Zero Waste team wanted a noon game. “We didn’t want to do an 8 p.m. game because we don’t sell as much as we normally do because people have already eaten dinner. We wanted a game at noon because it would be our standard generation of waste,” Hawkey said. Other facts were considered when selecting the Indiana game. “We also wanted to do a game a little later in the quarter so we had enough time to learn and improve.” Hawkey said. In order to compete, the school is responsible for tracking and recording game attendance, the amount of waste generated and the amount of recycling completed. Results from the game must be reported to the EPA within a week following the selected game. The waste generation title will be given to the school with the lowest

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