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‘Big Three Concert’ in May to feature Lupe Fiasco, Kellie Pickler, B.o.B. RYAN BOOK Senior Lantern reporter book.15@osu.edu
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Rappers Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B and country artist Kellie Pickler are scheduled to perform at this year’s OUAB-sponsored “Big Three Concert,” multiple sources told The Lantern Tuesday night. Sources reported that there would be three concerts between May 19 and May 21. The sources said Fiasco would be performing on Thursday, Pickler on Friday and B.o.B. on Saturday. All of the concerts will be at the Newport Music Hall. Katie Krajny, adviser to OUAB, said she could not comment on all of the performers, but did conÿrm that B.o.B. will be playing the Buckeyethon Beneÿt Concert on May 21, a date conÿrmed by the rapper’s website. The rapper will also be performing on May 20 in Athens, Ohio, according to Ohio University’s student
newspaper, The Post. Krajny also conÿrmed that the event would work under the title “Big Three Weekend.” Chelsey Northern, Fiasco’s representative from Atlantic Records, said the rapper was “not locked in” for anything on May 19, but didn’t deny that shows on that date were possible. His current tour will end on May 11 in Lewiston, Maine, according to his website. Pickler’s representatives at Sony Music Nashville could not be reached for comment, and the performer’s website does not have a listing for May 20. Fiasco, a Chicago rapper, came to fame with his 2006 album “Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor,” which featured the single “Kick, Push.” The album would earn him three Grammy nominations, including Best Rap Album. In 2007 he released the album “Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool,” which featured the song “Superstar,” a single that would peak at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. He released his newest album, “Lasers,” on March 8. Bobby Ray “B.o.B.” Simmons, friend and
labelmate of rapper T.I., released his debut album in 2010. Among its tracks were two Grammynominated songs, Best Rap Song nominee “Nothin’ On You” featuring Bruno Mars, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals nominee “Airplanes, Part II,” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore and Eminem. Pickler was a contestant on the ÿfth season of “American Idol,” ultimately placing sixth. She signed to BMA records in 2006, and released the albums “Small Town Girl” in 2006 and a self-titled record in 2008. Her second album featured “Best Days of Your Life,” a song featuring fellow country musician Taylor Swift, with whom Pickler is currently on tour. Sources told The Lantern that OUAB will make an ofÿcial announcement on April 5. Last year’s “Big Free Concert” featured bands 3Oh!3 and Cobra Starship. Thomas Bradley contributed to this story.
One year later: Was the Union worth it? THOMAS BRADLEY Senior Lantern reporter bradley.321@osu.edu
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‘Kill the Irishman,’ an OSU grad’s mafia film starring Christopher Walken, took hits of its own before filming.
In its ÿrst year, the Ohio Union has hosted about 17,500 events in the building. Of those events, 75 percent have been speciÿcally for student organizations, said Eve Esch, assistant director at the Union. The $118 million building has hosted events for almost 600 student organizations, and many of those organizations gathered Tuesday to celebrate its one-year anniversary. “The one-year anniversary ofÿcially happened at noon. We had a countdown and replica cake,” Esch said. “Every hour we have been singing ‘Happy birthday.’ We’ve just had all sorts of activities.” Kurtis Foriska, associate director of marketing at the Union, said the Union averages 61 events per day. “I would say that we are maximizing pretty well,” Foriska said. “We would love to engage every student organization at the Union.” The event was focused around one giant hug of the building, which began at 4 p.m. A giant cake, designed to look like the Union, was given to students and OSU community members throughout the day.
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HARRY LOCKE Lantern reporter locke.59@osu.edu Fanfare, festivities, and a community embrace were some of the highlights that composed the Ohio Union’s one-year anniversary on Tuesday. “This is what I love about this university, these unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences that you really can’t get at another institution,” said Stefanie Lungre, a 2010 graduate of the university, who was one of almost 1,000 students, faculty, and alum gathered to physically hug the Union building. “It’s a great feeling to be a part of an occasion like this.” Union huggers gathered in the Performance Hall of the building prior to the event to receive a crash course from Brutus Buckeye and Union staff worker Matt Couch on how to “properly” embrace a building.
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TOP: Students Lauren Baker, a first-year (left), and Molly Young, a first-year in exploration (right), join others in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Ohio Union on Tuesday by participating in a giant hug of the building. BOTTOM LEFT: Students, Brittney Ali, a first-year in allied medical (left) and Tony Paris, a second-year in pharmaceutical sciences (right), join others in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Ohio Union on Tuesday by participating in a giant hug of the building.
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BOTTOM RIGHT: The Ohio State community celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Ohio Union on Tuesday with a balloon drop at noon.
OSU student ‘wasn’t afraid of anything’
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A spring break vacation in Miami turned to tragedy on March 23 when Ohio State student Anthony Erick was found dead. The 21-year-old was found at 9:06 a.m. on the ground outside of The Flamingo, a condominium complex on Biscayne Bay, according to the Miami Beach police department. Erick, a fourth-year in chemical engineering, was expected to graduate in December.
“It is always a tragedy when a student dies, and the university’s sympathy goes to his family and friends,” said Ruth Gerstner, director of communication for OSU’s Ofÿce of Student Life. Erick was also a member of Theta Tau, the professional engineering fraternity. Gerstner said the university has extended counseling and help to members of his fraternity and other classmates. Karen Keller, a fourth-year in biology and friend of Erick’s, described him as “very kind and generous.”
“He could brighten up a room right when he walked in,” Keller said. Adam Yu, a third-year in international studies and Erick’s roommate, said Erick was “outgoing” and “went out of his way to be unique.” “He’s a great friend,” Yu said. “It’s sad to lose him.” Friends and loved ones of Erick have ÿlled up his Facebook wall with farewells and favorite memories. In an interview with Fox 8 in Cleveland, Erick’s mother, Christina Fortier, said Erick always lived life and wasn’t afraid of anything. “It was his dream to go to Ohio State,” Fortier said.
Erick graduated in 2007 from Wellington High School, where he was a member of their varsity baseball team. Wellington athletic director and assistant principal, Jeff Jump, remembers Erick as “happy go-lucky”. “He was a real good kid for us, a real respectful individual,” Jump said. “We are all very saddened with the happenings of Anthony.” According to Fox 8 in Cleveland, the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s ofÿce has not yet ruled on a cause of death, pending the outcome of the
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