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thelantern lantern Mitt Romney wins … barely
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With Super Tuesday wins in Ohio, Idaho, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont, Romney moves closer to capturing the Republican nomination.
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OSU men’s tennis coach Ty Tucker is known for his clothing choice and sometimes superstitious behavior.
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The mtvU Woodies Awards will be featured at the firstever Woodies Festival at the SXSW Festival March 15.
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SARAH STEMEN Oller reporter stemen.66@osu.edu Despite Mitt Romney winning the crown jewel of Super Tuesday early Wednesday morning, the narrow margin in Ohio and other issues could spell trouble for him down the road, according to Ohio State political professors. Romney won the Ohio Republican primary with 38 percent of votes. He also won Virginia, Idaho, Massachusetts and Vermont on Super Tuesday. Americans watched Ohio’s outcome closely, which could determine who the next Republican candidate for presidency could be. Throughout the evening, Romney, who was governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum stayed within very close reach of one another, finishing with 37 percent of the vote. OSU professor of law and history David Stebenne said Super Tuesday only left unanswered questions for Republicans due to the closeness of the race.
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“Uncertainty has been the theme of the Republican primary process and that makes a lot of leaders uncomfortable,” Stebenne said. “Super Tuesday only added to this.” Stebenne also pointed out that voter turnout was low for Republicans, indicating that voter energy might also be low. “This is a warning sign for Republicans that if Romney ends up being the nominee, he’s not the most energizing candidate for bringing out a lot of folks” Stebenne said. Ron Paul received about 9 percent of the vote in Ohio and Newt Gingrich received about 15 percent. Paul has been the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 14th Congressional District since 1997. He ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarian and in 2008 as a Republican. Gingrich represented Georgia’s 6th Congressional District from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. He also served as the 58th Speaker of the House. OSU political science professor, Elliot Slotnick, said he thinks Romney has done average for what he could have done on Super Tuesday. “He did well where he was supposed to do well,”
Slotnick said. “I think Santorum doing as well as he did was a bit of a plus, winning North Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma.” Slotnick said Ohio was a huge part of Super Tuesday, partially because it was one of the only states in which the primary race was not clearly predictable. “Everything (Tuesday) really depended on Ohio,” Slotnick said. “Because it’s really the only state that was completely up in the air.” Drew Stroemple, president of Ohio State College Republicans, said he personally supported Romney, but other club members supported different candidates. “We all thought Romney was going to put away the candidacy in South Carolina, but Santorum had his big surge,” Stroemple said. “He has the chance to really wrap things up this Super Tuesday and I think his odds are good of winning the candidacy.” Stebenne said a lot of the reason for Santorum’s surge and the very close race in Ohio has been his social conservatism. “Being that he narrowly won Ohio, there’s the
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USAS protests, sits tight for Silver Star deal KELSIE OZAMIZ, THOMAS BRADLEY Lantern reporter, Campus editor ozamiz.4@osu.edu and bradley.321@osu.edu A group of about 30 students went to the Oval Tuesday and took a seat to stand up for sweatshop workers. United Students Against Sweatshops organized a lay-down to protest Ohio State’s possible affiliation with Silver Star Merchandising, an organization affiliated with the Dallas Cowboys football team. USAS argues that this possible merchandising deal, which would give Silver Star an exclusive merchandising deal for OSU apparel, should not be behind closed doors and should include students. Lainie Rini, a first-year in social work, said the protest was meant to get the attention of university administrators and students. “What this is, is a lay-down action saying that we won’t stand for sweatshop scandals. This gets the
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Students from USAS lay down in protest of OSU’s possible deal with Silver Star Merchandising. USAS said Silver Star mistreats their employees. university’s attention and gets the attention of those walking by,” Rini said. Rini said in addition to the sweatshop workers, USAS is standing up for the about 120 companies
in a merchandising deal with the university. “The university is considering a monopoly deal with the Dallas Cowboys’ merchandising line, Silver Star Merchandising,” Rini said. “That
means they wouldn’t renew any of the old contracts, and that means they are killing 123 local businesses just for this one single source deal.” Neither Silver Star Merchandising nor the Dallas Cowboy’s organization were able to be reached for comment. Natalie Yoon, a third-year in international studies, said students from USAS have visited some sweatshops in El Salvador and brought back a letter addressed to OSU, pleading with the administration to not make this deal. Rini said USAS has also written several letters to President E. Gordon Gee, pleading him to re-evaluate the deal and involve students in the process. Rini said these letters are helpful, but that meetings with administrators are most helpful. University spokesman Jim Lynch told The Lantern in January that OSU is talking to license apparel companies, including Silver Star
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The Ohio State College of Optometry is the smallest and one of the most competitive colleges at OSU, as well as in the nation. One of only 21 optometry schools in the nation, the college accepted about 10 percent of applicants last year. At an editorial board meeting Feb. 6, President E. Gordon Gee told The Lantern he couldn’t be happier about the quality of students and number of applicants. “We have one of the finest schools of
optometry in the country,” Gee said. “We have 10 applicants for every slot.” Last year, the college received 612 applications for only 64 spots, said Justin Griest, manager of admissions and financial aid in the College of Optometry. The “magic number” of 64, which is the set number of spots available, is one the college isn’t looking to change. “We like to have kind of a confined number so that (students) get the best education possible,” Griest said. He said OSU boasts a relatively small class size in comparison with other optometry schools around the country.
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College of Optometry faculty member Vondolee Delgado-Nixon demonstrates how to dissect an eye to a high school student March 6.
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