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thelantern OSU buries Spartans for 3-way title tie
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MICHAEL PERIATT Asst. sports editor periatt.1@osu.edu
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The OSU women’s basketball team fell short of the Big Ten championship with a loss against Nebraska Saturday.
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Regular season games don’t get much bigger than Ohio State’s matchup with Michigan State Sunday. The contest lived up to its Big Ten title implications. Senior guard William Buford made a long 2-pointer with one second left in the game to defeat the Spartans and give the Buckeyes a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. OSU overcame a 15-point deficit behind Buford’s 25 points and the Buckeyes left East Lansing with a win. The Buckeyes have won at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title in five of the last seven years. An OSU victory didn’t always seem likely, though. From the opening tip, MSU came out pressuring the ball. The Spartans forced five Buckeye turnovers in the first six minutes as OSU struggled to get open shots. Offensively MSU pushed the ball up the court in transition and took quick control of the game. Tied at seven, MSU exploded on a 12-0 run to take a 19-7 lead with 13:21 remaining in the first half. OSU’s offense appeared stagnant early, often settling for contested jump shots. When the Buckeyes tried to feed it to sophomore forward Jared Sullinger, the MSU defense collapsed on the Buckeye big man. Sullinger made just one of his first eight shots from the floor and OSU
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Why is living on-campus for a second year beneficial?
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92% 80.4% Results from a 2008 study done by Office of Student Life.
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Reality TV star and author Bethenny Frankel visited the Ohio Union Thursday as part of an OUAB event.
Many who are in favor of a two-year program that would require freshmen and sophomores to live in residence halls cite benefits to the campus-living experience. Still pending Board of Trustees approval, President E. Gordon Gee is strongly advocating this change. “This is about creating an environment in which campus is your home,” Gee told The Lantern at a Feb. 6 editorial board meeting. Data provided by the Office of Student Life suggests the plan would have academic benefits and increase second-year retention rates. Ohio State students who came to the university in 2008 and lived in residence halls for two years had a 92 percent second-year retention rate, while Average estimated 80.4 percent of those who moved off campus after of housing/rent one year enrolled costs for a second year, according to Student Life. per semester “The evidence is so dramatically clear,” Gee said. “It will improve the quality of life, it will improve the graduation rates … the intellectual environment will improve.” Nick Messenger, Undergraduate Student Government president, said the benefits of the two-year live-on plan are “gigantic.” He said residence life gives students an instant sense of belonging, a feeling that is especially important for first-year students. “It gives first-year students … an avenue to jump
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Gee: More time on-campus enhances college experience AMANDA PIERCE Lantern reporter pierce.343@osu.edu
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A proposed university rule change, which would require all first- and second-year students to live in the residence halls, is an academic advantage to students, according to data from the Office of Student Life.
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Sophomore guard Lenzelle Smith Jr., goes for a layup in OSU’s game against Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on March 4. OSU won, 72–70.
in and make connections with people in their floor,” he said. The first-year experience is all about connecting students to the university, Messenger said, while the second-year experience in residence halls allows students to focus on a more specific part of the university. Sophomores living on campus could receive opportunities to explore areas of the university that are more geared toward their interests and area of study, he said. Nickole Watson, a second-year in Spanish and president of her hall council, said returning to the residence halls for a second year affected her. “I came in kind of like the quiet, shy girl who didn’t want to talk to anyone, but then I took like a (180-degree) flip,” Watson said. “I’m a totally different person now.” Watson grew up in a small town and said living in the residence halls has exposed her to a new spectrum of ethnicities and lifestyles. “It’s really eye-opening to come from such a closed background to now knowing so much more just about the world in general,” she said. Besides background, Watson said she has learned that diversity encompasses all kinds of aspects of life. “A lot of people don’t understand that diversity is not just ethnicity and race,” she said. “It’s also interests and styles of clothing.” Katie Wagner, a resident adviser in Smith Hall, said living with roommates is a crash course on diversity and cooperation.
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Kildare’s finds home in campus Gateway
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RON MILES Lantern reporter miles.139@osu.edu
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After several months of renovations and design, Kildare’s Irish Pub opened its new location in the South Campus Gateway with the sounds of a bagpipe. Owner and CEO Dave Magrogan and general manager Chris Wallick led the ribbon-cutting ceremony at about 5:45 p.m., on Thursday. With bagpiper Robert Black from Columbus playing in the background, the pub officially opened with a VIP, inviteonly party benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund until 9 p.m., when it opened to the general public. The night featured live musical performances from The Drowsy Lads, DJ Devo and attracted a full house.
One of the key features of Kildare’s is the design of the pub, which is inspired by traditional Irish pubs. The furniture and decor, known as bric-a-brac, also comes from Ireland. The exterior of the pub is painted bright red and blue. Magrogan said he got the idea for the colors from various pubs in Ireland. “Ireland was never an economic powerhouse and pubs didn’t have a lot of money for signs,” Magrogan said. “They painted pubs bright colors so when you were walking down the street, you could see a bright red building and know that was the pub in town.” Magrogan was able to get samples of paint from two different pubs in Ireland:
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RON MILES / Lantern reporter
Robert Black, a Gaelic bagpiper, plays in front of the new Kildare’s Irish Pub on its opening day, March 1.
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