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Monday November 7, 2011 year: 132 No. 33

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JAMI JURICH Editor-in-chief jurich.4@osu.edu

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Ohio State’s road to victory against Indiana Saturday was not as smooth as some expected, but the Buckeyes’ running game, which produced three 100-yard rushers, helped pave the way to a 34-20 win against the Hoosiers. Redshirt senior running back Daniel “Boom” Herron ran for 141 yards, while freshman quarterback Braxton Miller and sophomore running back Carlos Hyde each ran for 105 yards. It was the fourth time in OSU history that the Buckeyes had three 100-yard rushers in a game. The last time OSU accomplished the feat was Nov. 4, 1989, when Dante Lee, Scottie Graham and

Carlos Snow each gained more than 100 yards on the ground against Northwestern. OSU head coach Luke Fickell said the offensive performance helped the Buckeyes gain momentum throughout the game, especially when the defense struggled. “That’s why it’s a team sport. Sometimes the defense, you get on the headset, scrambling because, just a little bit, because we can’t make that play. Get to third down, hey, offense, we need some momentum,” Fickell said in a post-game press conference. “They did one heck of a job.” Hyde said the success was a confidence-booster for the Buckeye offense, which gained 346 total yards on the ground Saturday.

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ERIC BEIERSDORFER / Lantern photographer

OSU tailback Carlos Hyde (34) reaches for the pylon, but is pushed out of bounds against Indiana at Ohio Stadium Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011.

Quarterback matchup

Two true freshmen quarterbacks faced off Saturday when the Buckeyes beat the Hoosiers, 34-20.

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Mike Posner rocks campus

Mike Posner performed at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Thursday with Machine Gun Kelly.

Update of Woodfest ‘11 charges

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A multimillion-dollar project designed to drill geothermal wells to heat and cool South Campus is over budget and behind schedule after Ohio State paid $200,000 to a contractor whose drilling efforts failed. Scott Conlon, Ohio State project manager, said it cost the university $200,000 alone to let the first subcontractor, Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc., out of its contract. “The university negotiated a settlement with Dugan and Meyers (the prime contractor on the project) which included a final negotiated payment to Chesapeake for work performed, materials left behind which would be reused by the new drilling

contractor, and miscellaneous incurred expenses,” Conlon said. OSU came to a mutual agreement with the prime contractor, Dugan and Meyers, to fire the geothermal subcontractor, Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc. in April 2011. Conlon said Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc. worked on the project from Nov. 8, 2010 to April 1, 2011. He said OSU hired Bergerson-Caswell as the new and current geothermal subcontractor on Sept. 8, 2011. “While the contract documents allowed multiple means and methods for drilling, the method that Chesapeake used did not work well with the underlying geologic condition,” Conlon said. “Rather than force Chesapeake to continue with a drilling method that was proving less than productive, the university elected to part ways with Chesapeake and hire a new subcontractor.”

Conlon said the total geothermal cost of the project is $10.3 million and approximately 30 percent of the construction is in place. He also said due to the switching of subcontractors, the project will be open for student activity sometime in October 2013. Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc. did not respond to The Lantern’s calls on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Conlon said Bergerson-Caswell is using is called mud rotary method of drilling. Chesapeake Geosystems used an air rotary method. Conlon said that is the reason they turned up unsuccessful. OSU Chief Financial Officer, Geoffrey Chatas, said he knew the project was over its budget. Chatas said he estimated the total budget after the problems to be around $12 million. “I know that the figure is a fairly significant

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3 armed robberies, 3 warnings, 1 week

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COLLEEN CAREY Lantern reporter carey.259@osu.edu

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Geothermal project $200K over budget SARAH STEMEN Oller reporter stemen.66@osu.edu

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The Ohio Union looms in the background of the vacant construction lot on the South Oval on Ohio State’s campus on Oct. 24, 2011.

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A third armed robbery in a week in the Ohio State campus area prompted the OSU Police Department to send out another Timely Warning to the community Saturday afternoon. A female OSU student was walking in the alley on Norwich Avenue between Waldeck Avenue and Tuller Street at 5:15 a.m. Saturday morning when two black men approached her, one with a black handgun, according to the warning. The suspects demanded her money at which point the victim started screaming and the suspects ran from the scene. Another Timely Warning was sent out on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, following an armed robbery at the intersection of East 17th Avenue and Pearl Street. Four black men approached the male victim and demanded his property. He complied then was

source: dps.osu.edu CHRIS POCHE / Design editor

told to run away from the scene, according to the warning. The first Timely Warning of the week was sent on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Three black males robbed a male victim near West 10th Avenue and Worthington Street. One of the suspects held a gun to the victim’s head while the other two removed his property before fleeing the scene, according to the warning.

There have been four Timely Warnings issued so far this school year, three of which were sent last week. OSU police chief, Paul Denton, explained the reason for sending out Timely Warnings. “OSU police issue Timely Warning-Crime alerts primarily for crimes which occur on-campus and for

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