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Monday February 14, 2011 year: 131 No. 24 the student voice of

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thelantern Burglary suspect targeting women caught

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JUSTIN CONLEY Senior Lantern reporter conley.325@osu.edu Columbus police arrested a man after an attempted burglary Friday near campus that could be connected to many break-ins in the area, according to a Columbus Police Department report. Police apprehended Kip Klages at about 6:15 a.m. Friday after he allegedly attempted to enter an apartment at 105 E. Norwich Ave., the report said. This is not Klages first arrest. He has previously been convicted of felonious assault and kidnapping in Fairfield County, according to a Fairfield County Clerk of Courts record. Camryn Robinson, a third-year in speech and hearing sciences and resident of the apartment

owned by Inn-Town Homes, said it was not the first time someone had been there. Robinson said the same man entered the apartment on two previous occasions in the past month, using a key. Each time the man fled — locking the door behind him — after waking one of Robinson’s four roommates. “We didn’t want to believe it,” Robinson said. “We thought maybe it was a dream.” Robinson said no one was harmed and nothing was stolen, but the women were shaken. “It was really scary knowing that he could get into our apartment,” Robinson said. Though the women changed their lock, the burglar remained persistent. “He kept coming back even though he couldn’t get in,” she said. When the man tried to enter the home Friday

morning, Robinson said he was unable to use his key and left. The Columbus Dispatch reported undercover police officers in the area stopped Klages close by and the residents identified him. Police later found a master key on his key ring. Repeated requests for comment from Columbus police Detective Brian Lacy Saturday and Sunday were unanswered. Lacy told the Dispatch that over the past two months a burglar has used a master key to break into the homes, located off campus between 12th and 18th avenues and on Norwich and Oakland avenues. He also said police have reason to believe Klages could be connected to about 20 burglaries

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The same ‘bitter taste’ 1B

Like the football team, OSU men’s basketball team suffers 1st defeat at Wisconsin

Sully says he was spat on

Jared Sullinger tweeted that Wisconsin fans spat on his face before and after Saturday’s basketball game.

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Gaga’s single sets records Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” set iTunes and radio records, even though it mimics a Madonna song.

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OSU students provide free dental work campus

OSU grad’s diploma revoked weather

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NICK OTTE Senior Lantern reporter otte.28@osu.edu The Ohio State men’s basketball team was undefeated — it had gotten 24 wins in as many games — and with a 15-point second-half lead at Wisconsin, the Buckeyes’ unblemished record seemed safe. Barring a furious comeback, coach Thad Matta’s Buckeyes were prepared to move to 25-0, furthering what stands as the second-best start in school history. A furious comeback, however, was exactly what the Badgers had in store. Junior guard Jordan Taylor’s 21 second-half points fueled a 15-0 run that erased OSU’s lead, and, along with hot shooting from several other Badgers, Wisconsin beat the Buckeyes, 71-67, on Saturday. The OSU football team lost its undefeated season at Wisconsin as well, falling, 31-18, on Oct. 16. The basketball team’s loss, which was OSU’s sixth in as many tries at Wisconsin’s Kohl Center under Matta, ended the Buckeyes’ reign as the nation’s only unbeaten team. “You come on the road; you shoot 54 percent; you shoot 88 percent from the free-throw line; you outrebound your opponents; you only have seven turnovers; and you feel pretty good,” Matta said following the loss. “They had to play, for that stretch, damn near perfect to get us — and they did.” It was the first time since March 26 that Matta and the Buckeyes left the court on the losing end. That loss, a 76-73 loss to Tennessee in last year’s NCAA Tournament, ended any chance OSU had at what could have been its first championship in more than 50 years. Ten months, 23 opponents and 25 games later, the Buckeyes lost again. But unlike after the last one, OSU gets to keep playing. “It’s a bad, bitter taste in your mouth, especially when we had a lead like that and thinking that we had the game in our hands,” fifth-year senior forward David Lighty said Saturday. “But I mean, it’s just on to the next one.” That mentality, Matta said, is one that both he and his players have embraced all season long. One in which neither Matta nor his players think about anything but the game at hand, and one that doesn’t allow for sulking, despite the loss of a perfect season. The Buckeyes’ 11-1 record in Big Ten play still has them atop the standings, two games ahead of

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Courtesy of Matt Marheine, The Daily Cardinal

Ohio State freshman forward Jared Sullinger reacts after being fouled while attempting a shot during the second half of the Buckeyes’ 71-67 loss at Wisconsin on Saturday.

Trustees approve new retirement program TRENT BARTER Lantern reporter barter.1@osu.edu A new Board of Trustees-approved program gives university departments new incentive options to provide faculty and staff looking to retire or leave Ohio State. The program consists of two components: separation incentives and phased retirement. The programs will not be available to all faculty and staff at OSU because individual departments will determine criteria for incentives. The Office of Human Resources worked on these programs for a year and a half and put them in place so individual colleges within OSU can decide if they want to adopt these incentives. “It can be offered by one college that needs to create vacancies, and another (college) right next door might not offer it,” said Larry Lewellen, vice president of OHR. If a college decides there is a need to create some vacancies to assist in budgetary savings or simply wants to restructure its department, the dean or vice president will submit a plan to OHR. The Office of Academic Affairs, OHR and the Office of Legal Affairs must approve these plans. The Office of Business and Finance sets a framework the plans must follow before implementation of a plan will occur, Lewellen said. The plans from each college must be shown to be beneficial. “It has to have economic and programmatic benefit, nothing that has an effect on a single group or individual,” Lewellen said. Phased retirement will be a one- or two-year program in which incentives would include working for 75 percent of the time for the first year while still receiving 100 percent pay with full benefits. The employee would then work 50 percent

OSU offers retirement incentives to faculty and staff Individual colleges at Ohio State can choose to offer employees new retirement incentive plans. These plans will be voluntary for employees. If a college chooses to offer one or both of these plans, employees can decide which one is right for them. Eligibility requirements will vary depending on departmental assessments.

Option 1: Separation incentives

Option 2: Phased retirement

Time: Immediate Payment within 60 days

Time: 1 – 2 years

Cash lump-sum of up to 12 months salary, capped at $75,000

Work 75 percent for one year with 100 percent benefits, work 50 percent for second year with 75 percent benefits OR: 25 percent reduction of work paid at original full-time employment

Source: Board of Trustees

EMILY COLLARD / Lantern designer

of the second year and be paid 75 percent with full benefits. Continued health coverage and dependent tuition coverage for a defined period would also be included. Separation incentives are for faculty and staff who wish to leave the university but are not eligible for retirement. These incentives include a single payment of up to 12 months of salary in

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