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Monday February 6, 2012 year: 132 No. 19

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Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell was the honorary coach for Friday’s OSU wrestling match.

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Ohio State’s campus is home to various collections of ancient artifacts. BRIN KERKHOFF Lantern reporter kerkhoff.2@osu.edu In different lecture halls and libraries on Ohio State’s campus exist hidden treasure troves of ancient artifacts and special collections. Among these collections are cartoons, costumes and clothing, university memories, fossils and more. Orton Hall Geological Museum was completed in 1893 and named after the first university president, Edward Orton, Sr. The museum, which is open to the public, houses a collection of fossils and minerals from Ohio and around the world, with a catalog of 54,019 specimens, said Dale Gnidovec, curator for the Orton Geological Museum. Additionally, the museum has mammoth and

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With Ohio State roots, rock band O.A.R. is scheduled to perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall.

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MARY POSANI Senior Lantern reporter posani.3@osu.edu Ohio State’s new $125 million partnership with Huntington Bank will improve campus structures, but ultimately shut out every other banking opportunity on campus. OSU and Huntington announced the partnership Thursday afternoon in the RPAC Amphitheater. The two organizations agreed on a $125 million deal where Huntington can establish bank branches on campus and OSU can use $25 million for campus investment. With the increased services on campus, Huntington will be looking to improve the banking experience with students, faculty and staff. Currently, however, OSU also has a relationship with U.S. Bancorp, where campus holds several U.S. Bank ATMs and has a branch located in the Ohio Union. Lisa Clark, assistant vice president of media relations at U.S. Bancorp, said she plans to continue doing business with OSU students, despite OSU’s new relation with Huntington. “For us it is going to be business as usual,” Clark said. “We’ve actually had a fairly good level of success with the branch that we opened there. And

I think the reason why is that when students come to OSU, they come from all over.” U.S. Bank has a contract to keep its branch in the Ohio Union until 2015, and with contract renewals it could remain on campus until 2032. U.S. Bank is the fourth-largest branch network in the country, and five times larger than Huntington, Clark said. U.S. Bank also has more than 3,000 branches around the country. Clark believes that U.S. Bank business will not be affected by the new partnership because students will continue to bank with U.S. Bank. “We believe that students are smart,” Clark said. “They look for the best deal for their loans and the rest of their money and what’s most convenient for them. You want to shop for an account that best meets your needs.” In addition to U.S. Bank and Huntington, four other banks have a presence on campus, including Chase and Fifth Third Bank. Geoff Chatas, university CFO, said that once these contracts are up, OSU will not renew them. Representatives from Chase declined to comment. The Lantern attempted to contact Fifth Third representatives with no response. Adam Wintz, a first-year in art education, is skeptical about the partnership.

ELIZABETH KERNS / Lantern photographer

“The things they are doing with the money sound worthwhile at the most part, but I’m not sure about it,” Wintz said. “As long as it is used wisely, it’s a good thing for Ohio State.” Faculty, students and Huntington Bank employees listened to university representatives President E. Gordon Gee and Vice President of Student Life Javaune Adams-Gaston; president, chairman and CEO of Huntington Bank Stephen Steinour; Columbus

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Mayor Michael B. Coleman; and Columbus City Council President Andrew Ginther speak of their excitement about the new partnership and how the money will benefit students and the campus. “This is truly an outstanding day for the Ohio State University and our students,” Adams-Gaston said. Gee said the new partnership is a

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Jianqiang Lu, a 3rd-year in marketing, and Leo Li, a 2nd-year in electrical engineering, draw money out of a Chase ATM next to a Huntington Bank.

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The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, which was originally housed in two converted classrooms in the Journalism Building and established in 1977, also has received attention, but for its new location. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is “the largest and most comprehensive academic research facility documenting printed cartoon art” with more than 450,000 original cartoons, according to their website. Lucy Caswell, professor emerita and founding curator for the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, said that this museum is held at a constant temperature of 60 F with no humidity, to ensure preservation of materials. Caswell said the librarians are required to wear white gloves when handling and assessing the drawings.

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mastodon teeth, a full-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull and a mounted skeleton of a giant ground sloth. “The giant ground sloth skeleton at the entrance to the exhibit hall is one of only four left in Ohio,” Gnidovec said. Orton Hall received attention Jan. 8 when Nathaniel Harger, a 19-year-old student majoring in biology, allegedly broke into the museum and attempted to steal several valuable items on display. Gnidovec said the OSU Police described Harger as violent. “They had to pull their guns,” Gnidovec said. “He actually tore off one of the claws of the (sloth) skeleton there and used that as a knife to defend himself.” University police said Harger was in possession of a claw, but denied that he used it as a weapon against officers. Harger’s lawer, Tom DeBacco, said they do not yet know Harger’s trial date.

CODY COUSINO / Photo editor

Jack Zerkle, 24, plays cards with some friends at the OSU STAR House on Feb. 3.

The large brick house on the corner of North Fourth Street and 12th Avenue looks like a typical off-campus house. A big-screen TV and video game controllers take up most of the large front room, Guitar Hero is set up in the dining room and a pile of drying dishes and pans sits next to the sink in the kitchen. Unlike most college houses, though, this house sees between 25 and 40 homeless youth come through its doors each day. What began as a research site for the Ohio State College of Education and Human Ecology is now a drop-in center for homeless youth and an important fixture in the Columbus community. The OSU Serving and Treating Adolescent Runaways House at 1421 N. Fourth St. served more than 416 youths between the ages of 14 and 24 last year alone, said Jeana Patterson, program coordinator. The STAR House is a safe haven for many of the youths that come through its doors, Patterson said.

The drop-in center is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and youths are free to come and go as they please at the house. They have free reign of the kitchen, access to a phone and computers, places to rest, do laundry, shower and even shop for new clothes. The STAR House was never intended to be a drop-in center, said Natasha Slesnick, director of the STAR House and professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology. Slesnick set out to explore ways to engage homeless youths and get them back on the right track. Until last June, the STAR House was funded by a research grant for treatment development. The budget for the grant was $2.2 million, Slesnick said. Formal research is no longer being conducted at the house, but it continues to meet the needs of the homeless youth in Columbus with the help of grants and community support, Slesnick said. Slesnick said they quickly realized a center offering treatment alone wouldn’t draw the youth that they were hoping to work with. “None of the kids would walk five miles to come to our research center to meet with a therapist for

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