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Students react to potential study abroad tuition waiver ANDREW TODD-SMITH Lantern reporter todd-smith.1@osu.edu Ohio State students studying abroad could soon be looking at either a $400 fee or no bill from OSU at all. In the past, students studying abroad have been required to pay tuition to both OSU and their respective foreign university, but a new policy proposed by the OSU Board of Trustees would waive that in favor of a $400 flat program administration fee. Some students responded positively to the concept of more affordable opportunities to study overseas. Amanda Massinople, a third-year in Italian and English, is set to study abroad this summer for two months in Siena, Italy, before the tuition waiver would take effect in Fall Semester. She said, though, she still supports the potential waiver. “I actually think it’s awesome. I know a lot of students don’t pursue study abroad programs because they know that it will be so expensive,” Massinople said. “Study abroad should be accessible to every student at the university, (and) the cost of study abroad is a major reason why it is not accessible to many students.” Massinople said she traveled to England during her freshman year as a part of the OSU London Honors program, and while it was expensive to participate, cost was not a deterrent for her. “For me, it was not a financial hardship. I didn’t have any issues paying for it. I was a little shocked how much it cost, but I think most of that was in the plane ticket is my guess,” Massinople said. The Spring 2014 OSU London Honors program, which is an eight-day
trip, costs $2,549 on top of OSU tuition. Tuition for Ohio residents costs $10,010 for the 2013-14 academic year, and for non-residents costs $25,276. But that proposed $400 fee could be dismissed as well. At a Friday Board meeting, finance committee chairman William Jurgensen said the committee didn’t agree with the fee. “The committee thought the first part of that made sense, the tuition waiver part, but we couldn’t make heads or tails out of the $400 fee,” Jurgensen said. “We approved the tuition waiver aspect of this but we are suggesting that we not put the $400 fee in for our students. Hopefully, the president and the provost would agree with that. That’s our best advice.” Jurgensen said the committee came to the conclusion that such a relatively small sum of money — in the grand scheme of much larger
budgetary concerns for OSU — didn’t warrant putting yet another fee burden on the student, even as the financial outlook for studying abroad improves for would-be enrollees. The Board’s approval sends the proposal to the Ohio Board of Regents, which would have to approve the tuition waiver. Other OSU students said they support
The Ohio State Board of Trustees approved a proposal for the Ohio Board of Regents to waive tuition costs for students studying abroad in favor of a $400 flat program administration fee. That fee could also potentially be removed.
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Columbus turns attention to DNC MICHELE THEODORE Copy chief theodore.13@osu.edu Columbus hasn’t given up on hosting one of the biggest parties of 2016. After the city was bumped out of the running to host the Republican National Convention last week, many have their eyes turned toward the Democratic National Convention in hopes it will come to Ohio’s capital city in 2016. While bids are not yet open and the parameters of the DNC have yet to be released, Columbus leaders still have the convention on their minds. “We are determined to get something here. If not now, then we’ll go for 2020, but at this point we are actively pursuing the Democratic National Convention,” said Beth Ervin, director of communications for Experience Columbus. Experience Columbus, a company that promotes and advertises the city, helped put together the bid for the RNC and is also gathering materials for the DNC. Scott Peacock, public relations manager at Experience Columbus, said last month this includes listing hotels, arenas, transportation and other infrastructure specifics in Columbus. Ervin said Friday she was disappointed and surprised to hear Columbus is no longer in the running for the RNC. “We feel like we offered a package that was every bit as good as the other cities. We have what it takes,” she said. Dan Williamson, a spokesman for Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman’s office, also said it was disappointing to hear Columbus would not be hosting the RNC. “In our mind, if there are three cities in Ohio going for it and they just wanted to pick one, we think we’re the best,” he said last week. There are still six cities left in the running to host the Republican convention, including Cincinnati and Cleveland. Ervin said other Ohio cities still being on the ballot for the RNC is motivation for Columbus to push harder for the DNC. “If it changes anything, it will make us even more determined,” she said. “People are often surprised to hear that we’re the largest city in the state and I think maybe even this decision may reflect that. There’s still a perception out there that Columbus is the little sister and it would be kind of like a coming out party for us.” Representatives from College Democrats, College Republicans and the Ohio Democratic Party did not return requests for comment. Ohio State Interim President Joseph Alutto said it would be exciting to host a political convention, no matter what the party. “It’s the excitement of being a part of that, it’s the excitement of
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Officials talk balance of land grant, global university KRISTEN MITCHELL Editor-in-chief mitchell.935@osu.edu
I’ve never met a parent or a student that said to me, ‘I want access to mediocrity.’ It always has been, ‘I want access to the greatest excellence that I can get access to.’
Ohio State’s institutional identity is a balancing act between focusing on students in Ohio while spreading its reach to the rest of the world. It’s a challenge one university official said keeps him up at night. The university was founded in 1870 as a land grant institution, Joseph Alutto designated to receive benefits Interim OSU president of the 1862 Morrill Act to teach agriculture, military tactics and mechanics, as well as classical studies. In 144 years, OSU has come a long way. With global gateways in Shanghai and Mumbai, India, and plans to open another in Brazil this year, Ohio’s flagship institution is far from where it was in 1878 when it graduated its first class of six men. Forming a union between OSU’s land grant mission — securing access for Ohio residents — and global aspirations — wanting to find the best and brightest students wherever they might be — can be a challenging feat, said Provost and Executive Vice President Joseph Steinmetz. “There is a reason for going outside and recruiting students from outside of the country as well as other states, and that is to make Ohio better by bringing those people into Ohio and having them stay here,” he said in a Tuesday interview with The Lantern. “So I think what you do is you make sure that you, in my opinion, you keep the balance towards the state and not towards the outside. I know of institutions in this country that have more than half of their student body come from out of state. I think that would not be acceptable here at Ohio State because I think we will have abandoned a good part of the land grant initiative.” Accomplishing those goals simultaneously — not one at the expense of the other — is tricky, Dolan Evanovich, vice president for strategic enrollment planning, said.
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‘Chittshow’ tamer than years past HAYDEN GROVE BuckeyeTV asst. sports director grove.157@osu.edu A block party known in the past for its crowds and cops was quieter this year. As people filed down the sidewalks of Chittenden Avenue Saturday and made their way into house parties for “Chittshow,” a street-wide block party, Columbus Division of Police officers were on just about every corner. However, one sergeant said they weren’t expecting the chaos of the prior block parties because of a calmer crowd. In 2013, though less people were arrested than in prior years, a Columbus Police commander told The Lantern at the time pepper spray was used at two events – Chittshow and Woodfest, another OSU block party on Woodruff Avenue – to control crowds. During Fall Semester 2013, a block party called “Ratchitt” was held on Chittenden Avenue. It resulted in about five arrests and one possible use of pepper spray. In 2012, The Lantern reported that two people were arrested at Woodfest and one person was arrested at Chittshow. The 2012 arrests included one OSU student. Columbus Police Sgt. Robert Forsythe said he didn’t see a potential issue with crowd control this year. “We’re just trying to keep everybody safe and making sure that everybody has a good time and nobody gets hurt,” he said Saturday night. Patrolling on horseback, Forsythe said the calmer crowd might have been a result of a larger police presence. He said the horses some officers were riding, however, weren’t scaring people away. “They’re always an attraction,” Forsythe said about the horses. “Being on a horse, you can see a lot more down on the ground, so we just want
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Officers on horses patrolled during ‘Chittshow.’ The block party known in the past for its crowds and cops was quieter this year. to keep an eye on everybody, and make sure everybody is moving.” Columbus Police representatives did not immediately respond to requests for the number of attendees or arrests Sunday afternoon. A Facebook event called “CHITTSHOW 2014” said a second part of the block party is scheduled to take place next weekend. A total of 907 people of about 1,600 invited had indicated that they planned to attend as of Sunday evening. CJ Reckner, a first-year in sports industry who attended Chittshow Saturday, said the night wasn’t what he expected it to be. “I didn’t really see anything super crazy. I saw people getting talked to by cops, but I didn’t see
anyone get arrested. I would say it was relatively calm, more calm than I expected it to be,” he said Sunday. “It was good that it was calm. I still had a good time.” He said he plans to attend next weekend’s Chittshow as well. “I’ll definitely go out to that one,” Reckner said. Some partygoers said this year’s event was less crowded than usual. “I’ve been the past two years, it was great,” said Emma Nelson, a visiting partygoer from Ohio University. “The whole street was literally packed (in 2012). You couldn’t even walk down the street.”
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