2.16.12

Page 1

Thursday February 16, 2012 year: 132 No. 26

the student voice of

The Ohio State University

www.thelantern.com

thelantern

John Glenn continues to blast through life

sports

Brandon Rosin Lantern reporter rosin.7@osu.edu

In mint condition

5A

The OSU football team has been under a new conditioning program at the hands of new coach Mickey Marotti.

[ a+e ]

In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth. In 1998, he became the oldest man to fly in space. He fought in World War II and the Korean War as a Marine pilot. He set the transcontinental speed record as a test pilot in 1957. He spent 24 years as a United States senator. He was chief author of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. He received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for his work in NASA. He is the namesake for the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State, and the university is hosting an event to honor his accomplishments Monday. Oh, and he’s an avid water skier. Even at the age of 90, John Glenn can’t stop. From water skiing with former first lady Jackie Kennedy in 1962, to water skiing with his kids and wife Annie into the 2000s, not even knee surgery stops the Glenns. “Our knees slowed us down on that this past year, but we’ll get back to that alright,” he said. “Love it.” Perhaps thanks to his inability to stop, Glenn is in great shape. “You wouldn’t know that he’s 90 years old,” said Stephane Lavertu, assistant professor of public affairs at OSU. Glenn said “attitude and exercise” are responsible for his health and fitness. “Everybody has to exercise every day,” Glenn said. “I think every person has to have something they’re looking forward to doing when they get up that day.” Glenn said his long career of public service has given him something to look forward to each day. It all started shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when he quit school and found his way to the Marine Corps. “Pearl Harbor occurred and I went right into flight training,” Glenn said.

continued as Flight on 3A

1B

Beneath the surface

The Lantern continues its look into the underground music scene with a profile of The Up All Nights.

campus

Organization fights against abuse

2A

weather

Students hail prepaid card taxi system Ron Miles Lantern reporter miles.139@osu.edu Without cash in your wallet, it can be next to impossible to get a taxi ride home from the library, a friend’s house, or the bars, but Buck R-I-D-E, a new service from University Cab Cash looks to change that by accepting a prepaid card. Jason Willoughby, president of University Cab Cash, started the service at Florida State University in 2007, where he offered parents and students the opportunity to create isolated funds for transportation. “There was a need for prepaid transportation so students could have a safe ride home,” Willoughby said. University Cab Cash quickly spread to nine schools in Florida, including the University of Miami, the University of Central Florida and Florida Atlantic University. The Buck R-I-D-E system will allow OSU students to call the University Cab Cash hotline to schedule a pickup. After this, a taxi from the Yellow Cab of Columbus will pick up students from their location and drop them off almost anywhere, from the library, to their home or even the bars.

Steve Brown / Lantern photographer

The Buck R-I-D-E program will allow students to use prepaid cards to pay for taxi fare. The company, University Cab Cash, provides the service at 7 colleges in Florida. University Cab Cash gave members of the Undergraduate Student Government an opportunity to test out the Buck R-I-D-E services. Emily DeDonato, USG vice president, was one of several USG members who received a $20 prepaid card and was able to use the cab service. “We used it to get to the Arena District for a

friend’s birthday,” DeDonato said. “It was easy to get a cab on a busy night.” DeDonato said she usually does not carry cash on her, and the new service made it that much more convenient to get a taxi.

continued as Cab on 3A

OSU hospitals spark change in South Korea

high 46 low 31

Kristen Mitchell Lantern reporter mitchell.935@osu.edu

am showers

F 46/33 SA 45/31 SU 34/26 M 40/33

Brittany Schock / Asst. photo editor

Just days before an event to honor the 50th anniversary of his orbit of the earth, John Glenn spoke to The Lantern about his passions in life, including water skiing.

partly cloudy mostly sunny am clouds partly cloudy www.weather.com

After traveling about 7,000 miles and crossing 14 time zones, visitors from the Samsung Cancer Center in Seoul, South Korea, landed in Columbus. Six visitors from Samsung came to the U.S. to tour three cancer centers, to learn from them and take back ideas to their own cancer center. The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital at the Ohio State University Medical Center, since renamed the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, was their first stop. Jeff Walker, senior executive director of administration for the Comprehensive Cancer Center and James Cancer Hospital, said the group, comprised of one administrator and five physicians, was attracted to OSU because of the institution’s reputation. “They wanted to understand how we function. The three cancer centers they chose are all very differently structured, but they are all internationally recognized,” Walker said.

Courtesy of the Wexner Medical Center

Employees of the Samsung Cancer Center in Seoul, South Korea, visited the James Cancer Hospital. The group also visited the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and John Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore.

Walker said that Samsung is the most similar to OSU. “They have a very similar model as us, so they wanted to see our structure and how we govern … how we fit in with the whole hospital and the university,” Walker said. Being a fairly new cancer center, Walker said Samsung reached out to OSU to observe and improve their practices at home. The cancer center opened in March 2008. “They built a new cancer hospital in Seoul. It opened three or four years ago, and they wanted to see how we ran our operation,” Walker said. Dr. Keunchil Park, professor of oncology at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine and doctor at Samsung, said a friend suggested he visit OSU. “He said that you have a strong research infrastructure,” Park said in an email, which is something he said the center hopes to improve on.

continued as Cancer on 3A

1A


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.