2-3-11

Page 1

Thursday February 3, 2011 year: 131 No. 19 the student voice of

The Ohio State University

www.thelantern.com eating contest Can you eat more Raising Cane’s chicken than a competitive eater? The Lantern wants to give you the chance to challenge competitive eater Scott Bickel in the newsroom on Saturday. Post a 30-second video of your eating ability on The Lantern’s Facebook page by Friday at noon and you could be selected!

thelantern OSU blows off wintry mixture COr y SHaFFer Lantern reporter shaffer.294@osu.edu After a “historic” winter storm blew across the Midwest into the Northeast Wednesday, tens of thousands of Franklin Country residents were without power, Columbus City Schools were closed for the second consecutive day and the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for 52 counties in Ohio. Ohio State’s main campus was open. “We had conference calls at 10:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. to discuss what the sidewalks and roads on campus looked like,” said Bob Armstrong, director of OSU Emergency Management and Fire Prevention. “We decided our crews should and would have enough time to clear all the campus streets and sidewalks.” After OSU’s main campus closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday, it reopened Wednesday while all branches remained closed. “All the regional campuses are north of here, and received significant amounts of both ice and snow,” Armstrong said. “We happen to be lucky to have the

continued as Weather on 3A

JOe POdelCO / Photo editor

ruijia Qi, a first-year in business, walks to his Computer Science and engineering 200 class at around 5:30 p.m. in 23-degree fahrenheit temperatures with 23 mph gusts of wind, according to the national Weather Service on Wednesday.

sports

OSU vs. michigan

1B

The Ohio State men’s basketball team takes on Michigan tonight at the Schottenstein Arena.

arts & life

Rock on the Range lineup declared campus

5A

Profs hired from school up north

and y GOTTeSman / Multimedia editor

Quarterback recruit Braxton miller (left) takes questions from reporters and Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel (right) speaks to the media in front of five of the 23 members of OSU’s 2011 recruiting class. miller is one of three prospects given a five-star rating by Scout.com.

Bucks add trio of 5-star recruits mike y OUnG Lantern reporter young.1408@osu.edu On the first day high school football recruits could sign with their prospective universities, Ohio State announced the signing of 23 new Buckeyes for its 2011 class. Coach Jim Tressel is satisfied with how the recruiting class rounded out, he said at a press conference Wednesday. “When you get into the last two weeks of January and you get a good finish, you feel good about that,” he said. “I liked the beginning, and I loved the end.”

Of the 23 signees, three are listed as five-star recruits on Scout.com. Linebacker Curtis Grant (Hermitage High School, Richmond, Va.) committed Wednesday afternoon to play for Tressel’s squad. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Grant is the top outside linebacker in the country, according to Scout.com. Another five-star recruit is quarterback Braxton Miller (Wayne High School, Huber Heights, Ohio). The 6-2, 185-pound Miller is the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the nation, according to Scout.com. However, Rivals.com considers Miller a four-star recruit. Miller is one of 13 recruits from Ohio, and one of five players who enrolled early at OSU for Winter Quarter 2011.

“At first it was hard to adjust (to college), but now I’m cool,” Miller said. “Now I’m just getting the hang of it.” Defensive back Jeremy Cash (Plantation High School, Plantation, Fla.), defensive tackle Joel Hale (Center Grove High School, Greenwood, Ind.), tight end Jeff Heuerman (Barron Collier High School, Naples, Fla.) and linebacker Ryan Shazier (Plantation High School, Plantation, Fla.) also enrolled early. With starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor suspended for the first five games of 2011, Miller will compete for Pryor’s spot with Joe Bauserman, who

continued as Football on 3A

2A Long-awaited Verizon iPhone sale starts JUdy SamSOn Lantern reporter samson.27@osu.edu

weather high 26 low 12 partly cloudy

F SA SU M

33/29 sunny 33/31 snow 37/29 cloudy 35/25 snow www.weather.com

The rumor is finally a reality; the iPhone will be made available for preorder to Verizon customers today and will be available to non-customers Feb. 10. Verizon spokeswoman Laura Merritt said the company is expecting a lot of excitement from Ohio State students. “Students are interested in being connected at all times — no matter where they are — all while using the latest technology,” Merritt said. “Students now have more options than ever before.” Merritt said there shouldn’t be worries about purchasing the first iPhone model from Verizon. The company has invested more than $6 billion a year for the last 10 years into its 3G network. “We do have the largest 3G network, currently,” Merritt said. “We’ve made those investments, and we’re prepared to handle that increase data tracks that we anticipate with the sale of the iPhone 4 in

continued as Phone on 3A

Comparing the AT&T and Verizon iPhones

Available Feb. 10

$25 for 2GB of data

$29.99 for unlimited data

Simultaneous voice and data

Simultaneous voice and data only while using Wi-Fi

Not a Wi-Fi hotspot

Wi-Fi hotspot

Roaming: World

Roaming: Limited

Source: PCWorld

EMILY COLLARD / Lantern designer

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.