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Thursday April 19, 2012 year: 132 No. 55

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The Ohio State University

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Pat Brennan Sports editor brennan.164@osu.edu

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2010 Previous season record

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$194,109

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Coach Urban Meyer’s first Spring Game has distributed about 60K tickets so far and is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Meyer’s debut

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The scene for Ohio State football’s 2011 Spring Game was set against gray, stormy skies, and a far-from-capacity crowd took in a scrimmage that pitted the Buckeyes’ offensive and defensive units against each other. Some might have needed to refer back to their game program to remember how many points a sack was worth, but there was a silver lining for the Silver Bullets — OSU turned a profit of $194,109. That money is used to fund a university outreach program. There’s a chance for even greater contributions to the same program this year with attendance already guaranteed to increase. The offense won the weather-shortened 2011 Spring Game, 59-27, in what Buckeye Nation now knows to have been former coach Jim Tressel and former quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s final “game” at the ‘Shoe. Despite the specter of an NCAA investigation and the nearing departure of Tressel and Pryor, OSU’s net revenue went to Life Sports, which benefits economically disadvantaged youths from many areas of Columbus. Ben Jay, executive associate athletics director, told The Lantern that Life Sports is the university’s largest outreach program and is funded primarily by the athletic department. “For the most part, (Life Sports’) budget is subsidized and funded through athletics,” Jay said in an email to The Lantern. “The program does receive some funding from a grant, but it doesn’t cover the annual expense for the program.” Funding from the Spring Game — Life Sports is

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Former OSU football coach Jim Tressel coaches his last ‘game’ as the head coach on the field of the ‘Shoe in the 2011 Spring Game, April 23.

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Keeping the thrill alive

Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band is scheduled to perform at Newport Music Hall Saturday.

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Pizza shop gets spruced up

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Lindsey Barrett Lantern reporter barrett.684@osu.edu While more colleges in Ohio and nationwide are giving students freedom to choose their on-campus roommates regardless of gender, Ohio State has no plans in the works to allow men and women to live together on campus. Ohio University, Wright State University and Kenyon College began offering gender-neutral housing for students living on campus for the first time this year. They join Columbus College of Art & Design, Oberlin College and Miami University – Ohio schools that have had the option for years, according to their respective websites. Toni Greenslade-Smith, the associate director for University Residences and Dining Services at OSU, said the option has been considered, but only as an idea. “We’ve talked about it, but nothing more than a brainstormed list. It doesn’t have any concrete legs yet,”

Greenslade-Smith0 said. “It’s not on our radar for 2013; that doesn’t mean it’s not on our radar at all.” She said officials would consider the different wants, needs and expectations of sophomores living on campus if second-year students are required to live on campus in the future. Dwayne Todd, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at CCAD, said the college began offering gender-neutral housing to students who requested it three years ago after it opened Design Square Apartments. In deciding who should live in the new rooms, officials realized previous rules preventing genderneutral housing were outdated. “We tried to think of reasons why we should maintain (the old housing rules), and we couldn’t think of a single reason … so we did away with the rule,” Todd said. Upperclassman students are given the option to live in two-bedroom or four-bedroom gender-neutral apartments, complete with a private bathroom. Students not interested in the option are not placed in mixed-gender housing. This year,

24 students took advantage of the option. Todd is a Ph.D. student at OSU studying gender-neutral housing for his dissertation. He said the impact of gender-neutral housing has been

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positive, leading to increased academic success and retention rates for students. He said the option has been a “non-issue,” and CCAD will continue offering it.

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USAS grades university on transparency, accountability

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While there are no plans for co-ed residence halls at OSU, many Ohio schools have been giving students the option to live in an on-campus, co-ed environment.

Students from USAS march to Bricker Hall to deliver a report card to the university April 18.

The university was issued a grade card and it failed every subject. Members of the United Students Against Sweatshops marched from the Oval to President E. Gordon Gee’s office in Bricker Hall Wednesday afternoon to present him with a report card grading the university in math, accountability, transparency and its ability to play with others. “They grade us, and now it’s time to take a step back and for us to grade you on your ethicalness,” said Danya Contractor, a first-year in international studies and USAS member. Contractor said students were on the Oval to “protest the sale of our university.”

The students advocated against the privatization of parking and proposed apparel deals with the Dallas Cowboys Silver Star Merchandising Line, and the grade card reflected their thoughts on these business initiatives. USAS argues that Silver Star Merchandising mistreats its sweatshop laborers, and OSU should not enter an agreement with Silver Star. USAS also argues that it is unfair to the 124 companies who have contracts with OSU, and the deal with Silver Star could possibly hurt these companies financially. Repeated attempts to contact Silver Star over the year have been unsuccessful. The university is considering a proposal to privatize parking. The deal would include selling its parking to a third-party vendor for an up-front, one-time cost of at least $375 million.

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