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overall because there’s going to be all kinds of individual suits,” Wilson said. “Right now, the good thing about collective bargaining is that all this is resolved in mediation and arbitration, which very, very rarely involves lawyers, and it’s done cheaply and expeditiously.”

Aside from students joining the legal profession, Wilson said SB 5 has the potential to drive many students out of Ohio after graduation, especially

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Foskuhl was a USG South Campus Senator.

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Messenger is in his second term as a USG Senator.

“I’ve had a lot of experience working with campus administration and figuring out the best way to get stuff done.”

“Being able to be a head of that, have free reign to set my own goals and having the year’s worth of experience to see them through has been huge.”

“I’ve seen a lot of what the organization can do, but I’ve also seen a lot of ways the organization can improve.”

Semester change assistance and landlord to student communication: Foskul said he would like to work to have more students pay rent online, to give students easier access with their payments. Another area Foskuhl said he would like to focus on is the semester change and making sure students are able to graduate on time after the switch.

Semester change assistance and tuition affordability: Flynn said it is important for USG to be a strong advocate for students, so students know how to maintain their lifestyle after the switch to semesters. In addition, Flynn said the affordability for college students is important and he will focus efforts on that.

Semester change assistance and tuition affordability: Messenger and his vice president have put together a book swap program that would save students about $80 a quarter.

Another important goal, Messenger said, is making sure students are able to transition easily and graduate on time after the university switches to semesters.

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Though Gov. John Kasich signed Senate Bill 5 Thursday after weeks of frequently protested hearings, the debate continues about how the bill will affect the 360,000 Ohio residents currently in public sector unions and students going into these fields.

The new law limits the collective bargaining rights of employees in public sector unions and changes the current system to a merit-based system of cuts.

Charlie Wilson, a professor and labor law specialist at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law, said the only employment field that will truly benefit from SB 5 is the legal profession, referring to it as the “Lawyers’ Full Employment Act of 2011.”

Wilson said that though the current senioritybased system is flawed, the merit-based system of cuts is not strongly defined and will result in costly lawsuits for the school districts.

“It’s going to be a great statute for lawyers

those in the teaching and education fields, citing other states who have done away with collective bargaining for teachers.

“In North Carolina it is illegal for teachers to engage in collective bargaining, and North Carolina has a very hard time getting teachers,” Wilson said.

“They come up to Ohio all the time and offer big bonuses to try to get teachers down there. This is going to make it very, very difficult to attract teachers.”

Dave Grabaskas, a second-year Ph.D. candidate in nuclear engineering and Midwest Director for the non-partisan political group Young Americans for Liberty, said the majority of SB 5 is a step in the right direction for curbing state costs, but the new law is not perfect. He also said it will not be as negative as many fear.

“Whether this will actually drive teachers out of Ohio is debatable,” Grabaskas said. “The meritbased cuts will give new teachers an advantage over the teachers that have been there for 30 years. It’s

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The war-torn country of Libya has secured aid from the world’s strongest military powers, but don’t expect Libyan supporters on Ohio State’s campus to cease their fight.

Demonstration efforts from Libyan citizens and other supporters from central Ohio were ratcheted up this weekend. Public displays of support for Libya took place at 200 North High St. in front of the Federal Building on Friday and at the corner of 15th Avenue and High Street on OSU’s campus on Saturday.

Operation “Odyssey Dawn,” a United Statesled military campaign that is seeking to enforce the United Nations sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya, began on March 19 with heavy missile fire on targets inside Libya. On Monday, President Barack Obama addressed the nation and explained that America’s role in the conflict was to lessen significantly. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is now in command of all aspects of the military operations in Libya.

President Obama has said that America will maintain a “supporting” role in the conflict — for this, Libyan citizens in Columbus and abroad are showing their appreciation.

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t wo-year-old Mahmoud elbaccouch jumps up and down with an american and liby an flag with parents Mohamed elbaccouch and skina issa, liby an citizens living in the Us, at a rally in support of the United states’ and United nations’ involvement in the dispute in liby a at 15th avenue and High street on saturday.

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House Bill looks to address voter ID issue Caitlin Hill Lantern reporter hill.855@osu.edu Heated debate continues over Ohio House Bill 159, the voter-ID bill, as it moves to the Senate after its passage in the House. The bill would require all voters to present a valid Ohio photo identification at the polls.

Representatives Robert Mecklenborg (R) and Louis W. Blessing Jr. (R) introduced the legislation, which passed 57-38 in the House on March 23, with the intention of providing a safeguard against voter fraud.

House Minority Leader Rep. Armond Budish (D) said HB 159 is an expensive solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

“This is the most restrictive photo ID bill in the U.S. to date. It would limit acceptable identification to only that issued by state government,” Budish said. “Twenty-five percent of African American voters and an even higher percentage of Hispanic voters do not have these forms and these are groups that tend to vote democratic.”

Mecklenborg disagreed.

“These alleged concerns have not born out when we look to similar initiatives adopted in the states of Indiana and Georgia where more than 1.2 million African Americans voted in the state of Georgia in the 2008 election, an increase of 45 percent over previous years,” Mecklenborg said.

Meagan Cyrus, a third-year in political science and president of College Republicans at OSU, said she believed the new legislation will not hurt voter turnout.

“Studies are showing the same turnout rates,” Cyrus said. “I don’t see it as disenfranchising voters, but as a provision designed to protect the integrity of the elections system.”

Current electoral laws require proof of identification and current address when voting at the polls, however these might include recent utility bills, phone bills and university-issued student IDs.

Under HB 159, the only accepted forms of identification would be a military ID, Ohio stateissued ID, an Ohio driver’s license or a U.S. passport.

Richard Gunther, political science professor and international coordinator of the Comparative National Elections Project, said the bill is an egregious threat to democracy.

“It should be noted that this is no small segment,” Gunther said. “Ten percent of potentially eligible voters do not have state issued IDs. House Bill 159 eliminates alternative sources Robert of identification currently available and requires Mecklenborg specially issued ID’s that would have to be purchased from a government agency.”

Proponents of the bill argue that cost of state ID’s should not be a problem, as the bill includes a provision that allows for free photo IDs to be issued to those who cannot afford an ID and who can prove their need.

“As in many cases, the legislation directs the BMV to come up with a simple form that people can fill out so that they may receive their free state ID,” Mecklenborg said. “Also citizens can still vote absentee in Ohio without the photo ID L ouis W. Blessing requirement.”

Ann Henkener of the Ohio League of Women voters is skeptic about the practicality of this provision in reality.

“This bill includes a provision if you are indigent, yet does not yet say how one proves this. Also, state agencies do not just hand out IDs,” Henkener said. “In order to obtain one you need a birth certificate, social security card or another form of ID already. Truly indigent people don’t always have these or would have to pay in order to get a copy.”

OSU student ‘was always the first person to help if anyone needed anything’ Mallo ry Tr elea ven Senior Lantern reporter treleaven.4@osu.edu The recent death of Ohio State student Anthony Erick is a reminder of the growing risks that students may face during spring break.

Erick, a chemical engineering major and brother of Theta Tau fraternity who was expected to graduate in December 2011, is suspected to have fallen off a condominium balcony at The Flamingo in Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach on March 23 while vacationing with friends.

According to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s office, Erick’s death is still under investigation.

Regardless of the outcome of the ME report, family and friends continue to mourn their loss.

Frank Bodi, a second-year in material science and Theta Tau member, said Erick was funny and always had a joke for everyone.

Charlie Kiley, a third-year in chemical engineering and Theta Tau president, remembers his fraternity brother as “very intelligent and bright.”

“He was always the first person to help if anyone needed anything,” Kiley said. “Everyone will definitely miss him around here.”

In an interview with Fox 8 in Cleveland, family members expressed their grief and hope their tragedy will help alert others to the dangers of spring break.

The Miami Beach police department was unable

to provide statistics regarding spring break accidents.

“Falling from a balcony is not very common. It’s actually a very unusual incident,” said John Babcock, Miami Beach Police department record manager.

Although Babcock considers the incident unusual, it is the fourth incident within two Anthony Erick years to happen to a student while on vacation.

Brandon Kohler, 19, of Georgia, was vacationing with friends in Panama City Beach, Florida, when he fell from the fifth floor of his hotel balcony on March 23, 2010.

Just days later, Notre Dame football recruit Matt James, 17, died after falling from a fifth-floor hotel balcony while on his senior high school trip to Panama City Beach.

James McDonough, 24, a Rollins College student, died on February 26, after falling from a balcony in Charleston, S.C. Erick’s mother, Christina Fortier, said in an interview with Fox 8 that everything happens for a reason.

“If it can open one person’s eyes to how quickly something can change and that you are not invincible,” Fortier said.

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Students have mixed views about the legislation.

“Current laws have worked in the past so I don’t see a need to change anything,” said Anita Gomez, a fourth-year in international studies.

“As long as you can show proof that you are a resident, that should be OK.” Marissa Lafferty, a third-year in strategic communications, does not think the bill is fair to Ohio citizens.

“Not having a state ID doesn’t mean that you are not a resident,” Lafferty said.

Richard Gunther Virginia-native Tarek Mady, a fifth-year in environmental engineering, said he has voted in Ohio elections both before and after he got his official Ohio state ID. “They say that it might disenfranchise poor people or students, but I would think that those who don’t vote because of this new legislation would probably not have voted anyway,” Mady said. “This may give them more incentive to become an Ohio resident and to come out and vote.”

Steve Schmidt, a fourth-year in civil engineering, agreed with Mady.

“The government provides enough alternatives to making voting easy and accessible. People who want to vote are not going to be obscured by this at all,” Schmidt said.

Mike Dittoe, director of communications for the Ohio House of Representatives, said this legislation is not something that has been put together hastily.

“There has been a lot of debate for a number of years between the members of the House and we’ve talked about revising voter legislation for quite some time now,” Dittoe said.

Mecklenborg also said HB 159 is the first in a series of new voter legislation that will be proposed in the near future.

New survey shows race is not black and white Alex nelson Lantern reporter nelson.704@osu.edu Students might have noticed an extra piece of mail in their university inboxes last week.

The Office of University Registrar is collecting a “Race and Ethnicity Resurvey” of Ohio State students with two short questions asking students to identify themselves based on their race and ethnicity.

While the U.S. Department of Education’s requirement for institutions to maintain and report race and ethnicity isn’t new, the collection categories to report them are. According to the University Registrar, the new survey will allow students to choose more than one box while answering the second question and therefore be able to reflect ethnic and racial composition more accurately, especially if they consider themselves as more than one race.

Linda Katunich, associate registrar, said the average response rate to the resurvey in Summer, Autumn and Winter quarters, respectively, was about 10 percent.

Nancy Wygle, communications coordinator for the Student Consolidated Services Center, said in an e-mail that students were first asked to selfreport on the resurvey in Autumn Quarter.

“The request has been sent by e-mail each subsequent quarter to those students who remained enrolled yet have not participated in the resurvey,” Wygle said.

According to the Department of Education’s website, the federal government has changed the way it collects the information because of the increased complexity and changing demographics of the nation.

The 2000 U.S. Census found that 6.8 million people, or 2.4 percent of the total population, identified themselves as being more than one race. Figures from 2010 showed that this number has risen to more than 9 million people, or 2.9 percent of the total population. Hispanic or Latino origin and race percentage increased from 12.5 percent in 2000 to 16.3 percent in 2010, becoming the fastest-growing and largest minority group in the U.S., from 35.5 million to 50.5 million people in 10 years.

Additionally, white population percentage dropped from 75.1 percent to 72.4 percent, Black or African American population increased from 12.3 percent to 12.6 percent, American Indian and Alaska Native, which are one category, stayed the same at .9 percent, Asian population grew from 3.6 percent to 4.8 percent, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander went from .1 percent to .2 percent and the “some other race” category rose from 5.5 percent to 6.2 percent.

Sapan Bhuta, a first-year in economics, said he thinks the resurvey could still be limiting to those who identify outside of the listed categories and that he felt like the university already had his information from prior questioning so he didn’t need to complete the resurvey.

“I had better things to do,” Bhuta said. “I’m pretty sure my race hasn’t changed since last year.”

Students Anthony Monaco and Kyle Hann, first-years in engineering, said they ignored or deleted the resurvey e-mail.

“I figured other people will fill it out so I didn’t need to,” Hann said.

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Rob Nichols, spokesperson for Kasich, said the impacts of SB 5 for students are far from negative and the livelihood of future teachers will not depend on this new law, but on the individual choices of Ohio’s school districts.

“The fact of the matter is that they’re still allowed to bargain for wages and still allowed to bargain over working conditions,” Nichols said. “If the district wishes to pay them more, they’ve always had that opportunity.”

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‘Thank you’ Signs, American flags present at Libya rallies surgery at OSU, was born in Libya and said Friday’s demonstration was an expression of thanks.

“Friday’s demonstration was thanking the American people for their support and protection of Libyan citizens,” Elkhammas said. “It was really from the bottom of our hearts. It was clear that the protection is needed for many other cities in Libya. And what the coalition, in particular, the United States, and what President Obama has done is more than an outstanding job to get the coalition together to protect the Libyan citizens.”

The tone of Saturday’s rally was a stark contrast to the appreciation expressed during Friday’s demonstrations.

Elkhammas said Saturday’s rally was in support of Eman al-Obediy, a Libyan lawyer who was allegedly raped by 15 soldiers who work for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

On March 25, al-Obediy was kidnapped after bursting into a hotel in Tripoli where she attempted to alert journalists to abuses she claimed to have been subjected to.

“It is really heartbreaking,” Elkhammas said. “I could imagine she could be my daughter. That day

was quite depressing. We have no idea where she is right now and what is happening to her.”

Despite international coverage of al-Obediy’s abduction, she has not been seen since.

“All the people here are coming from Columbus, they are coming from Dayton, they are coming from Athens (Ohio),” Elkhammas said. “We’re here to support that girl … al-Obediy has no part in this war.”

A noticeable change during Friday and Saturday’s demonstrations from prior rallies was the presence of American flags and signs that read, “Thank You America.”

Heba BenOmran is a frequent demonstration attendee. Her voice, amplified through a batterypowered microphone, has literally and figuratively served as the collective voice of those who have repeatedly gathered on the OSU campus to protest Gadhafi.

“We are truly thankful,” BenOmran said. “We, as Libyans, inside of Libya and outside of Libya, are truly thankful for America’s involvement.”

BenOmran was quick to point out the main focus of Saturday’s protest, saying, “Today is a nationwide protest for Eman too.”

“We still want to continue thanking America for their involvement and assistance in this matter,” BenOmran said.

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student voice Use your imagination to accomplish your dreams We have to create ourselves anew each day. We have to push each day to be further away from the person we were yesterday.

If our lives were a conversation, it would be best to argue in that dialectic because that is where we would grow the most. The push and pull of the former us with the future us is the plight of our humanity.

In that plight is the opportunity to dream a better dream for ourselves.

We also need to surround ourselves PATR ICIA CUNNINGHAM with friends who are our champion cunningham.212@osu.edu and see the best of who we are.

There is an old saying that says “we are the company that we keep.” This is a true statement. To be the best we can be, we must live in concert with the people who help to make us better. Your inner circle

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I love dragons. Not just your ordinary dragon. I own a dragon named Bodacious. He is about 4 feet tall and positions himself as the protector of my house. He is red, and his scales are sequins. When Lucy comes over for our student organization meetings, she sits on him like a rocking horse. Why personify this stuffed creature? I use my imagination.

When we use our imagination, we tap into a part of the human spirit that creates and innovates in a way that does not happen in our everyday life. For those of us who took Sociology 101, we probably remember one of the old school theorists, Charles Mills. In 1959, he framed sociological imagination. His premise was to explain how people are able to break out of the social boxes that case social reproduction like poverty. How do we account for people who get past their circumstances and are overcomers?

You cannot be an overcomer if you are still in the place you are in now. You have to be willing to imagine yourself around the corner. Maya Angelou said, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

should be diverse and dynamic. They will laugh and cry with you. Trust your crazy ideas and you will be equipped to help you figure them out when the opportunity comes.

I definitely know that all my best friends are crazy, but they also are baby geniuses.

To use your imagination is better than using any drug. The power of our own minds can reshape our futures and outline our fates. I personally like to use my imagination to make people laugh.

I posed a ridiculous request to my sister, Kathryn.

I convinced my big sister to make me a tutu. That is right, I said it.

I am not a ballerina, nor do I want to be, but this tutu will be magical, made with my sister’s love and designed to be a spectacle. Every day is an opportunity to tap into the fabric of our collective spirit that allows for all of us to dream a bigger dream. Sometimes that dream needs to start with a tutu.

Hugging a building should be ‘platonic’ Ohio Union’s 1-year birthday celebration teaches us correct way in which to embrace a building LA NTER N Columnist

The Ohio Union received a lot of attention last week for its first birthday. More than 1,000 people attended throughout the day to take part in the festivities to celebrate the event. So, it does not appear my opinion that the Union is showing its age and it’s time to build a new one will gain much traction.

In a way, it was nice to see students come together to celebrate a building that hosted about 17,500 events in its inauguBRA D MILLER ral year. But some of the affection miller.4410@osu.edu directed to the Union seemed a bit strange, primarily the part in which people gathered around the building and embraced it in the world’s largest group hug.

I have not attended many birthday parties for buildings, so perhaps the hug was standard and I simply don’t know it. But the hug gave the appearance that the university was looking for approval and justification for its colossal $118 million investment. Having students show so much affection for a building that they were willing to hug it was certainly sufficient.

The most humorous part about it, however, was not the hug itself, but the explanation given by Union staff worker Matt Couch on how exactly one should hug a building. He explained that the hug should be “platonic,” that it should be given as though a person was hugging a “very good friend.”

I have always been curious about how to properly hug a building, but it makes sense that it should be platonic. That the hug should be similar to that of a good friend presumably means there should be no inappropriate squeezing, kissing or dry humping.

The question lingers as to how much satisfaction a person gets from hugging a building. It is not as though the building hugs back or that someone could even wrap his or her arms around the entire structure, being as the building is 318,000 square feet and the average wingspan is slightly less.

While the campus building-hugging merely attracted my wonderment and curiosity, it surely affected some people much more negatively. Last year, a group of students, mostly from the school of architecture, stood outside the Ohio Union on the day of its grand opening to protest the design.

They argued that the Union’s architecture was not “progressive” enough and that it was too old-fashioned. I rebutted their claims in a column in which I defended the Union’s design and criticized Knowlton Hall, the architecture building, for being ugly and out of place.

Responses to the column, both online and through e-mail, were heated and all were negative. So if a newspaper column, which simply defended the Union’s appearance and gave honest criticism about another building on campus, could cause so much disdain from certain people, then I can only imagine how upset they became when they saw a group of students hugging it.

Then again, maybe these architecture students were unaware of such events. Perhaps they heard about pro-union protesters gathering last week at the Statehouse and sprung into action to oppose them.

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There was a riot in the student ghetto of my hometown, Albany, N.Y., on March 12, the day of Albany’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. In the wee hours of the morning, students of the University at Albany partook in the drunken debauchery, which one expects on the greenest of holidays, but they took it to an extreme.

When I returned home for spring break, my city was still talking about the biggest scandal DOR OTHY POWELL to rock the city since Eliot Spitzer powell.447@osu.edu was caught with his pants down. The University at Albany canceled its Fountain Day, which carries about the same importance for the Great Danes as Mirror Lake Jump carries for the Buckeyes.

There are serious debates raging about the student ghetto and the wisdom of allowing students to live so clustered together. There is also the same discussion we have been having here, about the quality of the housing in student ghettos.

The houses in both Albany’s and Columbus’ student ghettos are

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Jonathan Morries, a fourth-year (left), Brittney Ali, a first-year (center) and Tony Paris, a second-year (right), join others in celebrating the 1st anniversary of the Ohio Union on Tuesday by participating in a giant hug of the building.

depressing, if nothing else. Shoddy upkeep and poor construction combined with lackadaisical landlords result in ugly, crowded and possibly unsafe conditions.

The vast majority of college students, it seems, are either broke or on their way there. We’re busy, tired and overworked. When we have some free time, we generally unwind by drinking some Natty Light and playing beer pong. We don’t typically treat our homes well — have you ever seen the bathroom in a house rented by a pack of guys or walked down an off-campus street on a Sunday?

All things considered, it’s pretty easy to see why off-campus student housing is not among the nicest in Columbus. Still, do our busy schedules and penchant for spilling cheap beer on the floor allow our landlords to fleece us? Student housing is not meant to be luxurious, I understand that. But landlords always have a duty to maintain their property in such a way that makes it habitable. Under no circumstances should a landlord be able to take advantage of our lack of cash, packed schedules or general ignorance of building maintenance.

So I urge everyone, myself included, to educate themselves about their building. We should all be aware of what is acceptable and not and encourage our landlords to fix our problems. Just because we are young and strapped for cash is no reason to let ourselves be taken advantage of.

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asher lipson, left, and alex mcCue, right, of Harvard University’s improv comedy organization the immediate Gratifi cation Players, perform a skit at the Us Bank Conference theatre in the Ohio Union on Friday as part of the Bellwether improv Festival. lipson, a B-czar, or vice oresident, gives newer member mcCue a back rub, saying, ‘your muscles feel like coiled spiders.’

No one expected to see Siamese quadruplets, indoor petting zoos, Gatorade-loving basketball players or babies sucking each other’s thumbs on stage. These characters were not only imagined on the spot, but brought to life by performers at the Bellwether Improv Festival.

When it comes to improvisation comedy, audiences should be prepared for anything.

Nine collegiate and three professional comedy groups traveled to Ohio State this past weekend for the second-annual Bellwether Improv Festival. An OSU student improv group, 8th Floor Improv, and OUAB presented two nights of longform improv performances free for OSU students.

As the largest improv festival in the Midwest, Bellwether showcased groups from Ohio University, Chicago, Ill., Harvard University, New York City and Columbus, Ohio among others.

Jess Scherer, a second-year in communication and member of 8th Floor Improv, said she enjoys seeing the different humor styles of each group.

“A festival like this, why it’s so great, is because we’re taking people at all different levels,” she said. “We have local, we have college and we have professional.”

For long-form style of improv, the audience chooses a word or inspiration and the group creates 20 minutes to an hour of improv scenes, said Nate Varrone, a third-year in English and member of 8th Floor Improv.

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t im Gunn, far left, and leah salak f ar right, host the lucky Brand F ashion show at the lucky Brand store at easton t own Center on saturday. Jess mishos, middle left, a fourth-year in fashion retail, and shannon Hughes, middle right, 30, of Dallas, model lucky Brand c lothes.

Fashion star ‘works’ Easton matt HamriCk Lantern reporter hamrick.40@osu.edu Columbus got the chance to “make it work” this weekend.

Fashion expert Tim Gunn hosted a Lucky Brand fashion show at Easton Town Center Saturday. Gunn is the Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne Inc. and star of “Project Runway,” where he famously began using catchphrases such as “make it work.”

Open auditions for models at the Lucky Brand store were held two days prior to the event,

according to Easton Town Center’s website. The participants who were chosen had the chance to walk the runway Saturday with professional models, showcasing some of Lucky Brand’s latest styles.

Gunn stuck around for a meet and greet inside the Lucky Brand store after the event. Customers who made a purchase of at least $100 since March 27 had the opportunity to meet the designer.

“I didn’t get the chance to meet him, but I watch ‘Project Runway’ whenever I see it’s on,” said Kelsey Woods, a fourth-year in communication. She said she likes his serious yet silly catchphrases as much his knowledge of fashion.

Gunn sat in the Lucky Brand store taking pictures

with fans and signing copies of his latest book, “Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work.” Eagerly waiting fans stood in line in the chilly air outside the store while clutching onto their Lucky Brand bags and Tim Gunn books.

“I’m getting his book signed for my mom’s Mother’s Day present this year,” Linley Myers said as she moved one step closer to the front of the line.

Myers, 21, came to Easton from Athens, where she’s attending Ohio University. She said her mother has read all of Tim Gunn’s books so she had to make a special visit to Columbus to finally have one signed for her.

‘Real’ auditions draw hundreds saraH PFleDDerer Senior Lantern reporter pfledderer.2@osu.edu Hundreds of people did their best to impress in hopes of getting a taste of fame in season 26 of MTV’s reality show, “The Real World.” An open casting call was held at McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon on Saturday.

Doors opened at 10 a.m. and allowed a line of “Real World” hopefuls extending from the entrance of McFadden’s to the doors of Ugly Tuna Saloona to enter the bar.

Doors closed at 5 p.m., and interviews wrapped up at about 7 p.m.

The first person in line arrived at 9 a.m., said Morgan Allen, McFadden’s director of marketing and promotion.

She estimated about 500 people showed up for the audition with individuals waiting two hours at most in a line which weaved through the downstairs of the establishment and poured out the doors most of the day.

The show’s casting directors conducted group interviews in the upstairs section of the bar.

Zach Lee, a third-year in animal science at the University of Findlay, was one of many who shivered in line Saturday morning waiting to get inside.

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a line of ‘real W orld’ hopefuls snakes through mcFadden’s restaurant and saloona satur day. an estimated 500 people showed in hopes of making it on the show.

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A group of people waiting to audition for ‘T he R eal World’ sign paperwork at McFadden’s R estaurant and Saloon Saturday. An estimated 500 people showed up for the open casting call.

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McFadden’s held ‘Real World’ auditions because of size, location and close parking garage Lee said he is adamant about getting on reality TV. He tried out for CBS’s “Survivor” three times, “The Real World” last year and is hoping to audition for CBS’s “Big Brother” in two weeks.

Although he wants to get on “The Real World” “really bad,” he said he would rather be on a more competitive series.

If casted, he said he would use the opportunity to later take part in “The Real World’s” spin-off show, “The Challenge.

Many prospective cast members said they were trying out just for the fun of it and would wing their interviews.

Aaron Duncan, a second-year in sports medicine at the University of Akron, said he was simply just looking for “something new to do.”

Duncan, unlike many potential cast members, did have a plan for his interview.

“I’m going to tell them I enjoy vagina,” he said, then exposing a red shirt he was wearing under his jacket, reading “enjoy vagina” in a Coke-like logo.

“The Real World” is currently airing its 25th season, stationed in Las Vegas. Ethan Ridenbaugh, a third-year in visual communication design at Ohio State, said he’s displeased with the Las Vegas season.

“I’m more of a fan of the older seasons. This one right now kind of sucks,” Ridenbaugh said.

Casting directors decide upon casting locations depending on how much interest people show in being casted per location by filling out entry forms at the Bunim-Murray Productions website, the company that produces the show.

One must appear to be between the ages of 18 and 24, provide a valid photo ID and bring a recent photo to attend an open casting, according to the website.

Allen said said MTV chose the establishment because of its capacity of 200 people, is in a good location with a parking garage next to it and in walking distance for many OSU students.

Allen and Ridenbaugh said those chosen for the next round of interviews would be notified the evening of the casting call but were not allowed to disclose details because of a confidentiality agreement.

Casting directors were unavailable to comment at the event.

“Expect a crazy awesome time. The best part of improv is that anything goes. Anything can happen,” Scherer said. “We never know what we’re going to do, and there’s no way to prepare for it.”

As students lined up outside the Ohio Union’s US Bank Conference Theatre last Friday, some didn’t know what to expect.

Mike DePauw, a second-year in history, said he had never seen an improv show before, but a friend had recommended the festival after seeing 8th Floor Improv perform.

“We kind of have high expectations for tonight because of how much she talked it up,” DePauw said.

Brittany Belland, a third-year in psychology and member of 8th Floor Improv’s The Lil’ Dumplings, said that the festival is designed to expose OSU students to a different form of comedy.

“We not only open up the audience to our improv and what we like to do, but now we give the rest of the comedians in the world another audience,” Belland said.

Blake Rosenstein, a first-year in history, is currently taking the Freshman Seminar, “Comedy and Improv,” after seeing 8th Floor Improv perform earlier in the year.

Rosenstein said he especially enjoyed OU Improv’s performances, “I’ve got a free Friday, so might as well,” he said.

“It’s funny, I like it. I’m a guy who likes his humor.”

Not only do audience members enjoy the comedy, but so do the performers.

Aneliese Palmer, a third-year at Harvard University and member of The Immediate Gratification Players, said the group travels because it’s fun.

“It’s an improv-intensive weekend,” she said. “At the end, you’re going to have a lot of fun, and you’re going to somehow feel better about improv.”

Belland said that part of the positive energy is that the improv groups all stick together as comedians.

“We all support each other,” she said. “The fact that we have this love for comedy, we all want to do it, we all want to watch each other and we all get so excited for it.”

Some festivals focus more on the aspect of competition, similar to OSU improv events prior to Bellwether.

Kevin Bauer, a third-year in communication and president of 8th Floor Improv, said that competition puts an unnecessary pressure on the entire festival.

Bauer is also a member of Marvin! and the Dutch Company, who both performed Friday night. “(The festivals) are more along the lines of showcases, which are more fun for everyone,” he said. “Because when you’re having more fun, you automatically do better improv. If you’re having fun on stage, the audience is going to have a great time.”

Part of the humor is the development of the scene and the chemistry between players, Bauer said.

“That’s why the best improv groups are all best friends. The Pudding-Thank-You guys are all really tight, and you can tell when you watch them that this is just them having fun,” he said.

Many 8th Floor Improv members had never considered comedy before college, like Eddie Greenblat, a second-year in history and business director of 8th Floor Improv.

“You go to school, you have classes, you’re always looking for that outlet. This is my outlet and I can just go, have fun and play with my friends, essentially,” Greenblat said as he laughed. “That sounds like a fifth grader’s response.”

Did you go to the Bellwether Improv Festival this weekend? If so, what did you think about it?

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Doral Chenoweth III, the man who discoved T ed Williams, the man with the ‘golden voice,’ speaks at the Digital Media in a Social World conference in the US Bank Conference T heatre at the Ohio Union Friday.

Ohio Union goes ‘Digital’ kit le wis Lantern reporter lewis.1464@osu.edu People with various degrees of expertise in digital media gathered this weekend to share the benefits of technology and social media at a conference hosted by the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing.

The third annual Digital Media in a Social World Conference took place Friday in the US Bank Conference Theatre at the Ohio Union. Sessions continued Saturday in Mendenhall Laboratory.

The conference offered a variety of sessions featuring student organizations using digital media and the uses of technology in the classroom and the professional world with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Doug Dangler, associate director of the CSTW and a conference organizer, welcomed an audience of students, instructors and community members to begin the opening session.

The opening session included a message about the importance of digital media from Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. Keynote speaker Mark Frauenfelder, founder of the blog BoingBoing.net, followed Gee with a speech about do-it-yourself projects and self-education.

Many presenters focused on whether social media should be implemented in the classroom and if this is something students would appreciate.

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Bob Eckhart, an instructor for the English as a Second Language Composition Program and a presenter at the conference, said his students benefit from the use of technology in the classroom.

“Ohio State has done a lot more with technology in the last 18 years, and I think the students enjoy it. That’s the way the students are accustomed to learning,” Eckhart said.

Student organizations shared opportunities to use social media to get more involved on campus.

Ohio Union Television, one of these student groups, discussed how it uses video content.

“Digital media makes the world such a small place that we can get our word out,” said Jess Ostrau, a third-year in journalism and a presenter for Ohio Union Television.

The use of media can benefit on campus as well as around the community.

“We want to inform people about what’s going on at the Union but also make our way in Columbus and get to know our city,” Ostrau said.

Eric Langenderfer, a fourth-year in chemistry, recently took a class that focused on digital media.

Langenderfer said he decided to attend the conference after hearing about the event through the Digital Union.

“I think it’s important that we, as a generation, have a voice in that,” Langenderfer said.

The Lantern was represented at the conference, taking part in a lecture titled, “Using Social Media Effectively in Newsgathering and Storytelling: Verification is key.”

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Lauderdale strolls through life focused on NBA dream, family zaCk meisel Editor-in-chief meisel.14@osu.edu Dallas called it “poppin’.”

I’d look over to one side of the room, meeting eyes with a classmate, Oba, who offered a nod.

We shifted our attention to Dallas, perched atop the air conditioner along the far wall, lined with windows.

The three of us exchanged signals, like operatives initiating a covert mission.

As the teacher inserted “Dances With Wolves” into the VCR, the three of us seventhgraders reached into our pockets and opened up our arsenals.

Mr. Parsons prohibited eating in his class — and we had come straight from lunch — but rebellious teenagers will bend the rules where they see fit.

We termed it “poppin’,” consuming candy during class when the teacher wasn’t looking.

Each day at lunch, we would coordinate, making sure all three of us were participating in the daily ritual of sneaking sugar instead of taking notes.

The obligatory nods signaled the start of our sweet sedition.

It wasn’t difficult for Oba or me to transfer the Sour Patch Kids or Reese’s Pieces from our pockets to our mouths.

The same couldn’t be said for Dallas. All eyes were always on him.

A ‘new Dallas’ Dallas Lauderdale sat alone, in front of a microphone, at one of four tables set up for upperclassmen to speak to reporters at Ohio State men’s basketball Media Day on Oct. 14, 2010.

A horde of journalists flocked to hear coach Thad Matta discuss the challenges of replacing Player of the Year Evan Turner and assimilating a crop of freshmen into the rotation.

William Buford attracted a few writers curious to learn the

junior’s thoughts on making the preliminary watch list for the Wooden Award, given to the nation’s top player.

A handful of people asked Jon Diebler if he ever planned to take his game inside the 3-point arc.

Fifth-year senior David Lighty, the team’s elder statesman, entertained a peanut gallery of sorts by chuckling at reporters’ suggestions that his nickname should be “Team Grandpa.”

But there sat the 6-foot-8 Lauderdale, by his lonesome, staring straight ahead, as if he were focused intently on some critical thought.

I ventured over to his table, and after covering the nuts and bolts of the basketball season ahead, the conversation switched to his new appearance.

“I was losing my hair, so I’d rather just choose to cut it off than have to cut it off,” he said.

“It’s a new Dallas.”

If it is, I should know.

Was this “new Dallas” really a drastic change from the gentle giant I had known since elementary school? Were the days of him launching Sweet Tarts into his mouth behind the teacher’s back long forgotten? Or was it the same Dallas, just fixated on achieving a dream he’d had since he first started sprouting high above all of his classmates?

‘You’d think that, at 6-foot-8, someone would have noticed’ Dallas always stood out.

It wasn’t just because of his height, either.

He had this slow, casual pace when he strolled through the hallways, like he was sauntering down the red carpet. It was as if he were trying to extend the time it took to get from point A to point B so he could maximize his interactions with others along the way.

“If there had been a senior superlative for ‘Most likely to wander the halls,’ Dallas would

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Top: Center dallas lauderdale dunks the ball during OsU’s 72-59 win against Cleveland state on dec. 22, 2009.

Bottom: dallas lauderdale celebrates with his f amily on senior day on march 6.

Former Buckeyes team up with Ochocinco PaT BRennan Senior Lantern reporter brennan.164@osu.edu Football’s loss has become fútbol’s gain.

If former Ohio State men’s soccer standouts Roger Espinoza and Konrad Warzycha enjoyed of reuniting as teammates at Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City, imagine how they felt after learning they would be teaming with NFL star Chad Ochocinco.

With the NFL in the midst of a player lockout, Ochocinco, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and avid soccer fan, began a four-day trial with Sporting KC on March 23. The chances of Ochocinco signing a contract were remote and, ultimately, he wasn’t.

Regardless of the outcome of the star wide receiver’s tryout, Espinoza and Warzycha will still be able to say they were teammates with Ochocinco.

In fact, they will remain teammates with Ochocinco for the foreseeable future.

Espinoza, a defender on Sporting KC’s roster,

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wide receiver Chad Ochocinco gets the ball knocked from his hands by Baltimore Ravens’ ed Reed on Oct. 11, 2009. The Bengals won, 17-14.

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Through high school, Dallas cared for his sick mother have gotten it, hands down,” said Tracy Levine, who graduated with Dallas from Solon High School and graduated from OSU in March with a degree in operations management. “Every day, Dallas would collect money from our classroom and sneak downstairs to the café to buy us all bagels. You’d think that, at 6-foot-8, someone would have noticed.”

Dallas, playing the part of class clown, said or did things to push teachers to the brink. He teased the line, without crossing it.

“Dallas always enjoyed making people laugh and seeing the lighter side of things, even when it was a bit loud at times,” said Amy Gerber, who Dallas and I both had for Spanish in junior high. “He had a great sense of humor and wanted those around him to enjoy the same.

I actually remember that Dallas created a rap to help memorize the numbers 0-100 by 10s in Spanish. Once he would shout it out, the whole class chimed in. I will never forget that.”

Basketball made his behavior acceptable. For all of his goofy antics, Dallas had something special on the court.

Solon, Ohio, is known more for its stellar educational track record than its limited history of renowned athletes.

“I first played basketball with him in elementary school gym class,” said David Kretch, who played with Lauderdale on various teams through middle and high school. “They lowered the hoops so we could get the ball up to the hoop, but Dallas was already dunking, even on those hoops.”

At such a young age, Dallas and his talent were relegated to youth recreation teams.

“He was awkward and clumsy but dominated because he was a foot taller than everyone,” said Kretch, now a fourth-year in psychology at OSU. Still, Dallas remained this larger-than-life-sized comedian, always ruffling the feathers of a classmate or teacher.

He would stick out his foot to trip his friends and mimic teachers behind their backs.

Rarely would anyone put up a fight. In fact, the victims of his shenanigans laughed along with him instead of seeking revenge or demanding consequences.

“All the stuff I did was just petty,” Dallas said, “but I never really did anything too serious.”

I was intrigued by the potential of such a talented yet downto-earth kid. I even took part in his foolish charades.

In seventh grade, I was an avid fan of the Sacramento Kings, an NBA team stocked with character and ability, featuring talents such as Chris Webber, Mike Bibby and Vlade Divac. The Kings choked away a heartbreaking seven-game series in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers (a series that has since been scrutinized following the fallout of the Tim Donaghy-NBA-refereegambling scandal). Every day following a Sacramento defeat, Dallas teased me, telling me the “Sacramento Queens” were terrible. Anytime I passed him in the hallway, or he caught my attention in class, I’d get a “Kings suck.”

But Dallas didn’t spawn our playful rivalry because he idolized Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. Instead, he classified himself as “anti-Kings.”

It was just Dallas being silly, old Dallas.

“Yes, he’s tall, and everybody just assumes that because he’s tall and big that he’s going to be mean or scary,” said Tahja Lauderdale, Dallas’ older sister.

“But Dallas has always been a humble, nice, fun, goofy, fun-loving guy.”

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That personality never left him, even as he continued to grow taller and the hype started to build.

‘Why he plays, is for my mother’ When he arrived at high school, the stakes got higher.

Coach Todd Van Reeth etched Dallas’ name into the starting lineup his freshman year.

“To be honest, he didn’t act very different in school as he did with the team,” Kretch said.

“Don’t get me wrong, we worked our butts off in practice, but we had fun and goofed around a bit in the process.”

Still, with the spotlight shining brighter and the pressure dialed up, Dallas had to restrain his goofy demeanor.

“He knew when it was time to joke around and when it was time to be serious,” Kretch said.

“He was very competitive, and if he saw you slacking off, he would get on your ass. It didn’t matter if you were his good friend; he knew what it took to be a leader.”

Dallas was the king of Solon High School. The city earned local and national recognition for its basketball success, and he was at the epicenter of all the attention.

The publicity was new to Solon, whose most recognized athlete, former OSU wide receiver Drew Carter, bounced around NFL practice squads earlier in the decade.

It made Dallas’ playful antics permissible in what was a pretty strict school environment.

It even allowed him extra privileges.

Dallas’ mother, Carol Lauderdale, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996.

She spends much of her time restricted to a wheelchair.

By the time Dallas reached high school, with Tahja away at college and their father busy working for NASA, the family relied on Dallas to help his mother with daily activities that had become too demanding for her on her own.

Despite attending a closed campus in which students were not allowed to leave and return, Dallas was granted permission to tend to his mother during the day.

“The Lauderdale family is a very close-knit group which has their priorities in order,” Van Reeth said. “Most days, Dallas would go home at lunch to make lunch and take care of his mom.

I never once heard Dallas even imply that this was a difficult chore for him.”

That’s because it wasn’t a task to Dallas. It was just an extra opportunity to spend time with the person he cares about most.

“Dallas and my mom have a relationship that nobody can ever explain,” Tahja said. “He’s very close to my mother. There was excitement on his face when he would come home and they won, even though she wasn’t there.

In my mind, I think Dallas’ whole heart with basketball, why he plays, is for my mother.”

After the Buckeyes knocked off Penn State to capture the Big Ten Tournament title on March 13, as the team celebrated, hoisted the trophy and cut down the nets, there was Dallas, clenching his cell phone, his mother on the receiving end of his call.

“His bond with my mom is what keeps him going with basketball. She’s the biggest encourager with him,” Tahja said. “She’s the one calling him every day. Whether she can be at a game or not, her presence is still there. And when she’s able to come to the games, it’s him seeing her up in the stands; those were his best games, when she’s there.”

Dallas said he makes the two-hour drive up I-71 North to Cleveland as often as possible. “(During the offseason, I go) home almost every weekend,” he

said. “I know when the season starts. I won’t be able to go home at all except for maybe Thanksgiving or Christmas, so while I have time, I try to go home and take advantage of that as much as I can.”

Leaguebound88 The Lauderdale family sitting front and center was about the only thing that remained constant during Dallas’ tenure on the high school team.

As the hype built, local celebrities such as Damon Jones and Brad Sellers started attending games. Tom Izzo, Billy Donovan, Rick Pitino and other famed coaches visited the athletic office during school hours, sending students into a teenage-girleyes-Justin-Bieber frenzy.

“I tried harder when Rick Pitino came to a practice,” Kretch said, “even though I knew he wasn’t there to watch me.”

Dallas shrugged it off.

“Dallas handled the recruiting process extremely well,” Van Reeth said. “He never felt ‘big-time’ because of the coaches who came to visit him.”

Was the hype justified?

As each year passed without a trip to the state finals, criticism of the gentle giant grew.

Was Van Reeth maximizing the potential of his star player?

Was Dallas improving enough?

“I was always skeptical because of his lack of offensive skill set,” Kretch said.

Solon won the Western Reserve Conference in each of Dallas’ four years, never losing a conference game. The Comets reached the regional finals during his sophomore and junior seasons.

But they never got over that hump.

They never reached that peak, that pinnacle of success that grants even more exposure to the team’s heart and soul. That probably held Dallas back a little.

Rivals.com ranked him as the 11th-best center in the 2007 class. Dallas averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks per game during his high school career.

Regardless of team performance, the question that buzzed around lunch tables and gymnasium bleachers was always: “Does he have what it takes to play in the NBA?” It’s a matter Dallas has focused on since a young age, when he created the AIM screen name “leaguebound88.” For him, it wasn’t a matter of “if,” but rather “when.”

“He was the kid that always had the jerseys and had the starter jackets and everything.

The NBA has always been Dallas’ dream,” Tahja said. “I’ve never heard anything different. I’ve never heard him doubt that goal or doubt that he’d ever make it there. That’s always been his No. 1 priority and dream.”

Staying close to home Like Kretch, I was a bit skeptical but more so intrigued. I had known the guy since fifth grade, and wasn’t sure if someone with his talent could carry such a grounded, nonchalant attitude to the pros.

That’s why we all followed his recruitment so closely. It was going to take a productive college career for him to take the ultimate leap, and it was something most classmates wanted the opportunity to keep an eye on.

His choice didn’t matter so much to me; though I would be

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dallas lauderdale poses at Ohio state’ s men’s basketball media day on Oct. 14, 2010. pursuing a journalism degree, I’d be doing so hundreds of miles away in East Lansing, Mich., as a Michigan State Spartan. Still, for weeks on end, the talk of the school centered on where Dallas would continue his career.

About an hour after school on June 1, 2006, Dallas sat his lanky frame into a folding chair on the gym floor.

TV reporters and camera crews filed into the gym on the sunny Thursday afternoon, and 100 or so students looked on from the bleachers, everyone voicing their prediction on whether Dallas would opt for the orange Syracuse cap or the or the scarlet hat with the gray “O.”

After a brief introduction, Dallas stretched his 7-foot-5 wingspan across the table to scoop up the scarlet hat.

Students, faculty and family erupted in cheers and tears, knowing that the next four years of his basketball career would take place just two hours from home at the alma mater of both of his parents.

“I believe Dallas always wanted to play close enough

to home so his parents could watch him play,” Van Reeth said.

“I don’t think that Dallas felt any parental pressure to attend Ohio State. The program, the academics, the proximity to home all played a part in his decision.”

From afar, I watched Dallas see playing time as a freshman, even defending All-American

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Career Fairs and Events

A comprehensive listing of upcoming Career Fairs and Recruiting Events at The Ohio State University January 21, 2011

Sport and Recreation Industry Job Fair

http://ehe.osu.edu/career-services/events.cfm Contact Information: Ryan Brownfield 614-292-2469 or Brownfield.39@osu.edu

January 25, 2011

Fisher College of Business Internship Invitational

http://fisher.osu.edu/services/career-services/ career-fairs/ Contact Information: Mark Wilson 614-292-8615 or wilson_46@cob.osu.edu

January 26, 2011

Environmental Career Expo

http://cfaes.osu.edu/careerexpo Contact Information: Adam Cahill 614-292-1589 or Cahill.71@osu.edu

OMA Career and Job Fair

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February 9, 2011

Nonprofit Opportunities Fair

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February 17, 2011

Knowlton School of Architecture Career Fair

http://knowlton.osu.edu/careerfair Contact Information: Angi Beer 614-247-7244 or beer.38@osu.edu

February 23, 2011

College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Career Expo

Link: http://cfaes.osu.edu/careerexpo Contact Information: Adam Cahill 614-292-1589 or Cahill.71@osu.edu

Engineering Career Fair

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February 24, 2011

OSU at Marion and Marion Technical College Career and Education Fair

http://osumarion.osu.edu/career_services Contact Information: Will Smith smith.4818@osu.edu

April 5, 2011

OSU Spring Career Day

http://springcareerday.osu.edu Contact Information: Jeanine Baumann 614-292-3366 or Baumann.63@osu.edu

TeachOhio

http://ehe.osu.edu/career-services/events.cfm Contact Information: Jean Wyer 614-688-5663 or Wyer.6@osu.edu

May 9-13, 2011

International Careers Week

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May 12, 2011

Foreign Language Center Career Night

http://flc.osu.edu Contact Information: Rebecca Bias 614-292-4137 or Bias.3@osu.edu

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Clintonville/North Campus. Spacious townhouse with finished basement in quiet location just steps from bike path and bus lines. Off‑street parking, 1 1/2 baths, W/D hook‑up, AC, no pets. $720/month. 109 W. Duncan. 614‑582‑1672 Clintonville/North Campus. 2 bedroom apartment with newer cabinets, granite countertops, off‑street parking, AC, no pets, $520/month. 95 W Hudson. 614‑582‑1672 Grad or Mature Students; Quiet Neighborhood Setting; NW ‑ Reed & Henderson Area; 10 Min From Campus; 2BR 1 1/2BA; Finished Basement with W‑D Hookup; Beautifully Renovated; Storage Galore; Walk to Grocery, Post Office, Banks, Restaurants; $750/mo.

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sports ad am ha wkins Senior Lantern reporter hawkins.326@osu.edu Colt Sponseller found a small silver lining after the senior from Glenmont, Ohio, finished his college wrestling career at Ohio State.

Sponseller was named an All-American wrestler as he finished fourth in the nation at the 2011 NCAA championships at 165 pounds.

Although he earned All-American honors, Sponseller said his season did not end the way he wanted as his fourth-place finish fell short of his high expectations.

“I didn’t go there and do what I wanted to do,” he said. “I lost my final college match, and I’m never happy when I lose.”

Sponseller’s finish in the NCAA Tournament was the first time he has placed in his three years at the NCAA championships.

He lost in the semifinals to the eventual national champion Jordan Burroughs from Nebraska, and in the third-place match to Wisconsin’s Andrew Howe.

“I finally got over the hump,” he said of earning his All-American honors.

Sponseller finished this season with a 25-7 record and a 105-24 record throughout his career. He said although the All-American honors make him feel good, he is not satisfied with his career because he was not able to earn a national championship.

“I’d probably say that, overall, it didn’t really go the way I wanted it to,” he said.

“But it ended on a somewhat good note.”

Coach Tom Ryan said the team expected Sponseller to be an All-American and a national champion, but he was only able to achieve the former.

“People like Colt come to college with very high expectations,” Ryan said.

“They’re highly motivated people, and to do well is critical.”

Ryan said although Sponseller did

not win a national championship, he was always a hard worker and his losses were not for a lack of effort.

Sponseller’s wrestling eligibility has run out, but Ryan said he is bringing the senior back to help the coaching staff.

“He’s finishing his degree in business,” Ryan said. “His major is marketing, and he will be in the role as student-coach.”

Sponseller said he still has two quarters to finish and that he will try to help the younger wrestlers succeed on the mat with his strong work ethic.

“He represents everything that OSU wrestling wants to represent,” Ryan said.

“He is just a great leader.”

Besides Sponseller’s All-American honors, he was named to the academic All-Big Ten list this year and is a two-time OSU Scholar Athlete. He was the runnerup in the Big Ten Championships in 2010 and 2011, losing to Howe both seasons.

Sponseller’s mom, Sue, has a distinct whistle that she uses at every match to help her son while he is wrestling.

“I have kind of a deep voice,” she said, “so whistling was always easier to get them to react.”

Sue uses different types of whistles to encourage her son to work harder or get moving.

“I can do all kinds of whistles,” she said. “I can almost break glass.”

Sue said she was very proud of her son for not only his wrestling success but his success in the classroom as well. She said his All-American honors were a welcome announcement for the Sponseller family.

“When that match was over, we were just so happy and relieved,” she said. “It just seemed that every year there was something standing in the way.”

Ryan said the team will miss Sponseller’s hard work ethic and leadership once he leaves OSU. “It’s been a pleasure coaching him,” Ryan said. “I’m very grateful he chose to be a Buckeye.”

michael periatt periatt.1@osu.edu

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Sponseller ends OSU career with All-American honors

Carter isn’t worthy to play at OSU

daniel zaas / Lantern photographer

Colt Sponseller raises his arm in victory to finish off his final home meet of the season on Feb. 19. Sponseller defeated Northwestern’s Kevin Bialka by major decision, 13-5.

Put away the noose. Ohio State football hasn’t hanged all of its morals just yet.

Duron Carter, former Buckeye wide receiver and son of OSU legend Chris Carter, will transfer to Alabama, thus ending his relationship with OSU. Why is this good news for OSU fans?

Sure, the Buckeyes are thinner than a college kid’s wallet at the wide receiver position.

Sure, they could desperately use help from a 6-foot-3, physical freak with hands like fly paper.

But Duron not coming back to OSU shows something.

It shows that, contrary to popular belief, OSU stands for something. It shows that the program isn’t a blind football machine that funnels in elite athletes without regard to academics. It shows that just because your daddy has the brass in the big corner office, you

don’t get everything you want.

When Duron was a Buckeye, football was never the problem.

He recorded 13 receptions for 176 yards and a touchdown as a true freshman in 2009.

He was then ruled academically ineligible to play in the 2010 Rose Bowl, in which OSU defeated Oregon, 26-17. Carter’s academics also held him out of spring practices in 2010.

Duron couldn’t clean up his act, so OSU kicked him out.

Duron enrolled in Coffeyville Community College in Kansas to get his academics on track, but said he still wanted to return to OSU. He wanted a second chance.

Coach Jim Tressel has been known to give people second chances (just look at Troy Smith), but sometimes you have to earn it. Although Duron improved, it wasn’t enough.

OSU didn’t see enough change, and whether you love OSU football or hate it, he didn’t make the cut.

In the world of major college athletics, the term “studentathlete” is almost scoffed at.

With star athletes leaving school early and coaches creating an atmosphere in which graduation is secondary to making the big leagues, sometimes it’s hard not to think like that.

But OSU proved that every student — no matter what they do on Saturday afternoons in the fall — still has to be a student.

That might sound redundant, and it’s sad that a school has to be commended for enforcing education, but denying Duron is not something every school would do.

So be proud, Buckeye fans.

Maybe the sky isn’t falling.

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sports Reaching NBA remains Dallas’ focus Tyler Hansbrough in a loss to North Carolina.

“I remember what I was doing the night before my first practice,” Dallas said. “I was on the phone with my dad, like, ‘I don’t know what to expect.’”

I toted my reporting skills to OSU, transferring midway through my freshman year. A year later, I was covering Buckeye basketball, getting the close-up of Dallas’ progress that I was fortunate to have had throughout grade school.

For more than three years now, I’ve observed Dallas on and off the court at OSU. No longer can I have the same interaction with him in the

hallways or in class. The friendship has become secondary to a more formal reporter-athlete bond.

I’ve caught glimpses of the childlike personality he boasted growing up.

But the pranks and gimmicks have taken a backseat to Dallas’ primary focus of trying to seize the opportunity at his disposal.

“It seems to me that Dallas has grown and matured a great deal from high school to college,” Kretch said. “I think this is a product of being held to a higher standard. In college, you have better coaching, better competition and more-meaningful games. College basketball is like an interview for a job and a potential career. I think that Dallas has started to realize this and takes it more seriously now than in high school.”

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adds Ochocinco as an honorary team member said he enjoyed competing against the NFL superstar, who manned attacking positions during training scrimmages.

“I spoke to (Ochocinco) a little bit, and he was happy to be here,” Espinoza said. “He’s a worldclass athlete.”

Espinoza, who helped lead OSU to the 2007 NCAA College Cup championship game his senior season, said he thought Ochocinco’s trial with Sporting KC might be a media ploy.

But the wide receiver demonstrated a work ethic that convinced Espinoza otherwise.

“He’s not just here for media stuff,” Espinoza said. “He actually wanted to be here. He talks to a lot of the guys. When you get to talk to him, you know that he knows a little bit about soccer.”

Warzycha, a rookie midfielder on Sporting KC’s roster, never got a chance to meet, or train with, Ochocinco.

After leading the Buckeyes to the third round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament in his senior season, Warzycha was selected by Sporting KC with the 43rd overall pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. After Warzycha signed his first professional contract on March 3, knee surgery forced the former Buckeye to return to Columbus for rehab.

‘Without a doubt’ Dallas knew basketball would be there through the end of high school. Once Hall of Fame coaches showed interest in his brand, he could fall back on up to four more years of stability.

But the next chapter of his life has yet to be written.

“This is it. I can’t believe it’s it. I can’t believe I’m a senior,” Dallas said before the season.

“But if I want to do something, the time is now. The time is now for me to do what has to get done.”

The joking around has its time and place, like when Dallas performed his eardrumshattering, high-pitched rendition of “ABC,” by the Jackson Five, before a Feb. 3 win against Michigan.

But for the most part, the silly antics have taken a backseat.

There’s no more “poppin’.”

Warzycha said missing the opportunity to meet Ochocinco was “definitely a disappointment.”

“When I heard he was coming,” Warzycha said, “I thought maybe I could do my rehab back in Kansas City.”

As a sign of appreciation from Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes, Ochocinco’s trial was extended so that he would have the opportunity to play in a reserve team scrimmage on Monday. Ochocinco’s efforts also lead to Vermes naming him an “honorary team member.”

Sporting KC spokesman Dave Borchardt said Ochocinco’s time as an honorary team member will last throughout the NFL lockout.

“It means that he can train with our reserve players a couple of days a week and do other fitness stuff with the team to stay in shape,” Borchardt said.

Borchardt added that he believes Ochocinco will return to Sporting KC training sessions this week.

So, for at least a short time, Espinoza and Warzycha will remain unlikely teammates with the Bengals receiver who has 751 receptions for 10,783 yards and 66 touchdowns in his career.

Warzycha received advice from his father and coach of the Columbus Crew, Robert, about life as a professional athlete, but he said nothing could have prepared him for being teammates with one of the NFL’s most recognizable figures.

“To have someone of his status is big for the organization,” Warzycha said. “I’ve never heard of anything like it in the world of soccer.”

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‘You have to do some things that you don’t want to do to get where you want to be.’”

We’ve come full circle, and soon it’ll be on to the next path in our journeys. My road isn’t laid out so clearly. Some would say his isn’t, either.

It wasn’t the senior season he envisioned.

He averaged 16.1 minutes per game, the least floor time he saw since his freshman campaign. His 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest were also beneath the marks he set the past two years.

Matta kept Dallas in the starting lineup, but freshman point guard Aaron Craft typically replaced him at the first media timeout, about four minutes into the game.

Still, Dallas isn’t yet entertaining thoughts of a career overseas or in another field.

It’s been all about basketball for the man who completed his degree in communication Winter Quarter.

“There is nothing else on Dallas’ mind. Dallas is more focused than I think I’ve ever seen him,” Tahja said. “He’s always been very focused, but coming in as a freshman, you’re getting used to the atmosphere, getting used to college life.

You’re just trying to be part of a team, trying to fit in.

“He is looking into the future now. He’s more focused when it comes to basketball, spending extra hours in the gym. His diet has changed; he’s made a lot of sacrifices because of how focused he is now. There’s weekends he can’t go home.

He’s missed birthdays, family events. But in the long run, his quote that he always says is,

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In his eyes, there remains only one option, the same one that he’s focused on since he stood high above his elementary school classmates.

“NBA,” he said, emphatically.

“Without a doubt.”

A few reporters looked up from their notepads, almost as if they were startled that he would maintain such an ambitious goal.

“Really?” one reporter asked.

Dallas stared the reporter in the eye and nodded.

The days of wandering the halls and tripping teenage classmates are a thing of the past. Instead, local and national media, bright lights and plenty of pressure surrounded us.

But Dallas’ nod was so familiar. If only I had some Reese’s Pieces in my pocket.

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