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Thursday February 17, 2011 year: 131 No. 31 the student voice of

The Ohio State University

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Off-campus recycling machine in the works

sports

Kyle KNOX Lantern reporter knox.154@osu.edu

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10 years of doing it right

The Lantern looks back at coach Jim Tressel’s road to OSU, his time here and what’s next for ‘The Senator.’

arts & life

Off-campus lawns and porches littered with empty aluminum cans could become a distant memory. Undergraduate Student Government members are working with the Office of Student Life and other organizations on campus to purchase a reverse vending machine, which will pay students for their empty aluminum cans. A reverse vending machine works opposite of a traditional vending machine. The user puts in empty aluminum cans and receives money in exchange. Bradley Pyle, USG vice president and a fourthyear in business, said USG is reaching out to student organizations and OSU departments with an interest in sustainability. To bring the reverse vending machine to OSU, USG will need to raise $30,000-$35,000, said Micah Kamrass, USG president and a fourth-year in political science and economics.

“We’ll take anyone’s money at this point,” Pyle said. “We think that one way or another, we’ll be able to find the funding.” Kamrass said they were still shopping around for a company to buy the machine from. The machine will be in the off-campus area, though a spot has not yet been determined. “We’ve looked at a lot of places that campus and community partners own,” Pyle said, “The size of the machine is about the size of a parking spot, if not less.” Pyle said the only obstacles remaining are securing money to purchase the machine and finding a site. He said the vendor is confident the machine can be expediently transported to campus once payment is made. USG is in talks with the Office of Student Life to coordinate ownership and maintenance of the machine. Once the machine is purchased, Student Life will take over and handle maintenance, Kamrass said. A scrap metal company will empty the aluminum from the machine, Kamrass said. Because of its scrap value, only aluminum will be collected.

USG met with Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life. Kamrass said AdamsGaston showed enthusiasm for the project, though she did not immediately return a request for comment. Kamrass said the university had positive response to the idea. “We’ve gotten a lot of good feedback from people across the campus. As soon as we find the money and the location, I think we’ll be set to put it in motion,” Kamrass said. Kamrass identified the reverse vending machine as one of his five goals for USG in his state of the university address last month. The idea of bringing the machine to campus was credited to Brett Chessin, a 2010 OSU graduate in political science and international studies, and campaign manager for Kamrass and Pyle. The initiative became one of their campaign promises last year. Revenue the aluminum sale generates will

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Wexner pledges record $100M THOmas BraDley Lantern reporter bradley.321@osu.edu

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‘Celebrity’ coming to the fair Ohio State Fair officials announced Wednesday that Brad Paisley will perform the closing night of the fair.

campus

Arena deal details still foggy

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On a day that was described in an e-mail as one to “which we can point as a time of great historical significance for the future of our institution,” Leslie Wexner, a 1959 Ohio State alumnus and chairman and CEO of Limited Brands Inc., donated $100 million to OSU. Announced publicly Wednesday morning, the gift is not only the largest philanthropic gift in OSU history, but “one of the largest gifts to higher education in Ohio,” said Tom Katzenmeyer, senior vice president of university communications. In an event oriented around students at OSU, President E. Gordon Gee and Wexner discussed the significance of the gift with more than 300 people at the U.S. Bank Conference Theatre. “This is a pure gift, given in love and respect for the university,” Gee said to the attendees. “That type of philanthropy will be transformative.” Shelly Hoffman, assistant vice president for media relations, said Wexner’s gift will be spread out across a nine-year period, to be completed in 2020, with $20 million being donated this year. Hoffman also said $65 million of the $100 million is a personal gift from Wexner and his wife, Abigail. The other $35 million of the gift is from the Limited Brands Foundation. Dan Levin, a professor of economics at OSU, said the distribution of the donation over several years gives OSU more time to plan how to use the money more effectively. Hoffman also confirmed that the donation is the largest donation to OSU by a margin of $70 million. In 2001, Michael and Lou Ann Moritz donated $30 million to the law school and the university and in 1989, Wexner donated $25 million. After the presentation, Gee and

Kayla Byler

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l eslie Wexner and Ohio state President e. Gordon Gee speak to students and community members gathered in the U.s. Bank Conference Theatre at the Ohio Union about the $100 million donation Wexner made to OsU, which was announced Wednesday. Wexner spoke to reporters about what this kind of investment toward the future of the university really means. “This is a world-class university. When someone invests that amount of money, what they’re saying is it is not only worthy of my investment, but it makes it so much better by the kind of things that can happen,” Gee said.

Wexner spoke about what OSU meant to him. “The university has had a great impact on me. But for Ohio State I wouldn’t have gone to college. But for Ohio State the views I have of the world, my views on responsibility, wouldn’t have been formed,” Wexner said.

During a question-and-answer session with students, Wexner offered advice about taking risks and being a leader. “Whatever you do, you have to have a passion about it, whether you play basketball, or business, or law or

OSU: No plan for coed housing Robbery suspect fails to hoodwink police weather

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rICK sCHaNZ Managing editor for content schanz.5@osu.edu It didn’t take police long to nab central Ohio’s sixth bank robbery suspect in 2011, who was dubbed the “wrong-order robber.” A day after robbing the Huntington Bank branch at 1928 N. High St., the suspect, Patrick D. Kelley, was arrested “without incident” Tuesday at about 1:30 p.m. at a Kinnear Road business where he works, according to an FBI release Wednesday morning. Kelley, charged with aggravated robbery, appeared at about 9 a.m. Wednesday in courtroom 4D of the Franklin County Municipal Court, where his bail was set at $10,085, said a deputy clerk. He was still in jail as of Wednesday night. This is not Kelley’s first arrest. Since 1995, Kelley has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and robbery, according to records from the Franklin County Clerk of Courts. Police were able to track down Kelley using multiple tips from the public to investigators through Crime Stoppers and direct tips to the Columbus Police Robbery Squad, said FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas.

Detective Brenda Walker, Columbus Police lead investigator for the case, said the clear images of Kelley taken by bank cameras were a “wonderful investigative tool. I wish they could all be like this.” Kelley, 39, walked into the Huntington Bank branch wearing a black, striped sweatshirt with the hood Patrick D. Kelley covering his head. The wouldbe robber lowered his hood, then announced he had a gun, though one was not observed, and told the teller he wanted money, an FBI report said Monday. When the teller began removing the cash from the drawer, Kelley seemed to realize “he had goofed up the order on his ‘robbery checklist,’ and put the hood back up on his head,” Monday’s report said. The ill-fated order of the suspect’s robbery caused police to nickname the suspect the “wrongorder robber.” Trombitas said criminal blunders such as Kelley’s are nothing new.

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“We’ve seen a guy write a robbery note on the back of a bank deposit slip, guys who’ve left behind their driver’s licenses and checkbooks,” he said. “One man robbed a bank and the teller was a woman who he went to high school with.” Walker declined to tell The Lantern how much money the robber stole, but Trombitas said Monday that “most robbers make it out with $1,000 to $2,000. I can tell you this guy made it out with even less than that.” Kelley’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 25. Matt Samson, a spokesman for Huntington Bank, was unable to comment in detail about the robbery since “it’s part of an ongoing investigation.” However, he said, “We’re working with authorities and will continue to do so until the issue is resolved.” Central Ohio’s ninth robbery happened at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at a Chase Bank on 100 E. Broad St. The suspect was described as a man in his 20s, 5-foot-11, who wore a gray hoodie. According to an FBI press release, he managed to keep his hood up during the course of the robbery.

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