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thelantern Shooting at Charlie Bear leaves some students uneasy
Uncertainty looms over St. John Arena
LIZ YOUNG AND DAN HESSLER Campus editor and Lantern reporter young.1693@osu.edu and hessler.31@osu.edu
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Few details have been released about a Charlie Bear: Land of Dance incident a day after a person was pronounced dead following a reported officer-involved shooting. The shooting happened at about 2 a.m. Monday and the person was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m., a Columbus Division of Police dispatcher said Monday. The dispatcher could not confirm or deny whether the officer involved “killed the suspect.” As of 3 a.m. Monday, no officers had been reported injured. The officer involved in the shooting was a special duty officer, the dispatcher said. A Columbus Police representative was not available for comment Monday. Charlie Bear, a dance club, is located at 2885 Olentangy River Road. The club announced it was moving from its previous South Campus Gateway location at 1562 N. High St. in late October. Some said safety was one concern that led to Charlie Bear vacating the Gateway area. “There had been several safety issues and security instances over the course of the last couple of years that we had tried to address with Charlie Bear, and certainly their inability to work with us in trying to address those led us to some of our decision,” said
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St. John Arena is located at 410 Woody Hayes Drive and hosts sports including men’s and women’s volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics. OSU officials said it is ‘undetermined’ what will happen to the arena once a new facility is built. MADELYN GRANT Lantern reporter grant.382@osu.edu More than one year after the announcement of a $10 million donation to build a new Ohio State athletic facility, there are still no plans in place for what will come of long-standing St. John Arena. OSU athletics spokesman Dan Wallenberg said in an email St. John’s use when the new arena is built in tentatively 2015 is still “undetermined.” “The university will develop the space,” Wallenberg said. “We don’t have information on how that space will be used.” Covelli Arena is set to house the sports
currently played at St. John when its built, including volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling, Wallenberg said. Covelli Enterprises owner and CEO Sam Covelli donated $10 million to the OSU athletics department in November 2012 to aid in the construction of a 4,000-seat, multi-sport arena. Wallenberg said Covelli Arena is set to be built on the corner of Ackerman Road and Fred Taylor Drive. St. John Arena is located at 410 Woody Hayes Drive, about a mile away. OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said future plans for St. John have not yet been finalized. “The university in conjunction with athletics has not determined the timeline nor the future
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Mirror Lake drained for study of leaks, overflow LIZ YOUNG Campus editor young.1693@osu.edu
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Cleaning up litter, repairing fences, replacing damaged grass and washing mud away might be the norm after the annual Mirror Lake jump, but draining the lake hasn’t typically been a part of the process. This year, however, Ohio State is hiring a firm to study the area and decided to empty the lake to assist with cleanup and clear the area. The firm originally selected by OSU, which was founded by former OSU football player and assistant vice president for business advancement Eddie George, backed out of its contract to “avoid even the appearance of impropriety,” OSU spokeswoman for Administration and Planning Lindsay Komlanc said in an email Monday. Komlanc said the lake was drained in the meantime while OSU finds a new firm because of the need for cleanup. “Given (the) significant need for our landscape crews to be working in the area, the university determined this was also the time to take steps to minimize water loss associated with the lake,” Komlanc said. “As announced in November, the university is studying enhancements to the sustainability, beauty and safety of Mirror Lake, including water usage and maintenance needs. While the completion of the study will be the first step in
Mirror Lake was drained after the Mirror Lake jump Nov. 26 to help with cleanup efforts and to clear the area for a sustainability study.
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The working-class president OSU Interim President Joseph Alutto was a firstgeneration student who worked his way through college.
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KAYLA BYLER Managing editor of design byler.18@osu.edu
Nike has exercised a contract option to extend its three-part agreement with Ohio State until 2018, positioning OSU to bring in about an additional $18.5 million. OSU and Nike signed three separate seven-year contracts that went into effect Aug. 1, 2007. All three will be extended until July 31, 2018, OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said. The agreement sets OSU to gross almost $46 million over 11 years, with more than $18.4 million coming from the additional four years. The three parts of the agreement are broken up into a standard license agreement, an equipment supply agreement and an appearance and consultation agreement. Standard License Agreement Over the original seven-year period, Nike is contracted to pay OSU a minimum of $1.4 million for the exclusive right to manufacture and distribute all OSU competition apparel and now an additional $1.2 million with the extension period. Nike must pay OSU 12.5 percent
Equipment supply
Standard license 12.5 percent of Nike’s net sales on OSU-branded Nike product This must be a minimum of $200K per year from the first to seventh contract year and $300K per year for the four extension years. Minimum total for first seven years: $1.4M Minimum total for four extension years: $1.2M
year 1-2 $2,215,000 year 3-4 $2,315,000 year 5 $2,415,000 year 6 $2,426,014 year 7 $2,526,014 extension years year 8 $2,526,014 year 9-10 $2,626,014 year 11 $2,726,014 Additional supply for athletic department staff
$150K annually
Appearance & consultation $50K annually This is broken up into $28K for appearances and $22K for design and marketing consultation. Total for first seven years: $350K Total for four extension years: $200K
Annual base compensation
year 1-7 $1.188M extension years $1.488M
Total for first seven years: $25,793,028
Total for all agreements first seven years: $27,543,028
Total for four extension years: $17,056,056
extension years: $18,456,056
KAYLA BYLER / Managing editor of design of net sales on all OSU-branded Nike products at an annual minimum of $200,000 for the first seven years and $300,000 for the extended four years. Equipment Supply Agreement The extended equipment supply agreement between OSU and Nike, the most lucrative portion of the deal for OSU, sets the university up to gain
more than $17 million in addition to the original more than $25.7 million over the first seven years. Of the additional equipment supply, about $10.5 million is in equipment Nike supplies to OSU’s 36 varsity teams and more than 900 student-athletes. The agreement makes Nike “the official supplier of the athletic footwear and authentic apparel products” of
these teams. This means OSU team members, coaches and staff must exclusively wear and use Nike product for all practices, games, exhibitions, clinics and any university or teamorganized activities.
Appearance and consultation agreement Under the appearance and consultation agreement, Nike is also contracted to pay OSU $28,000 annually for coach appearances and $22,000 for coaches’ and staff’s “design and marketing consultation,” the appearance and consultation agreement states. The head coaches of OSU’s football, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s soccer teams are required to each make four public appearances annually. The purpose of these appearances, the contract says, is to “promote sports participation and the values associated with such participation.” All other coaches are required to be made available for one annual appearance. This article was made possible through the generosity of Patty Miller. Look for further coverage from The Lantern about the Nike contract.
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