Tuesday April 19, 2011 year: 131 No. 54 the student voice of
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OSU lays groundwork for framework plan
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AMANDA CAHOON Lantern reporter cahoon.6@osu.edu
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Malcolm in the middle
Former Buckeye Malcolm Jenkins could coach or take up interior design if there is no NFL season due to the lockout
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Projects in the ‘One Ohio State University’ framework plan
Future Ohio State projects will be evaluated to improve the university as “one university,” by following a strategic framework plan to progress academic and physical environmental success. The framework, a long-term university initiative that the Board of Trustees approved in June 2010, is used to guide OSU’s project decision making, according to the Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) website. At the Board of Trustees meeting April 7–8, updates were given on projects that follow the university’s framework vision, such as the renovation of Sullivant Hall. “What do we need for students and for research in terms of academics? How do we get the dollars to do that? How do we have the kind of campus, physical buildings and facilities to be able to enable that?” said Jeff Kaplan, senior vice president for administration and planning and special assistant to the president. “Those are really the three legs of the stool. Each of them are supposed to support each other; they all have to ÿt philosophically.” The “One Ohio State University” framework, a long-term tool to guide change that originated when President E. Gordon Gee returned to the university in 2007, aims to further advance the university in academics and research, residential life, the medical center, arts and culture, athletics and recreation, the
Ohio State’s framework plan is used to guide project decision-making toward President E. Gordon Gee’s “One University” goal. The framework will work toward having an academic main street, science and technology gateway, research and health sciences gateway, a cultural corridor and a river corridor.
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The good, bad of Micah, Brad ELIZABETH RAMOS Lantern reporter ramos.65@osu.edu
Come together
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OSU master’s students in art prepare for “Confluence(s),” the graduate student art show which opens Tuesday
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New director of veterinary medicine campus
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Mock trial team looks to progress
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Micah and Brad: How did they do?
Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government elections are ÿlled with proposed platforms and seemingly endless to-do lists for candidates. Last year was no exception, as the current presidency was elected with a platform containing more than 150 initiatives planned for its one-year term. As the current presidency comes to an end, The Lantern is looking back at where it exceeded expectations— and where it fell short. While Micah Kamrass and Brad Pyle, current USG president and vice president, respectively, were successful in extending library hours and lessening underaged-drinking penalties, the duo fell short in attaining free printing and extending bus services. Regardless, both saw their expansive platform as an assertion of their promised inclusiveness. “Since our ideas came from students, they were popular,” said Kamrass, a fourth-year in political science and economics. “Chances are if one person has an issue, there’s 100 other people at the university that have that issue.”
As their time in office comes to an end, we look back on what Micah and Brad accomplished out of the main goals they presented on their platform.
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Listening to students
They held office hours on the Oval every week this year except finals week, regardless of the weather conditions so they could be easily accessible.
Thompson Library hours extension
They secured a two hour extension to Thompson Library hours. The library this quarter now closes at 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday.
Dining hall online food orders
Although the dining services are supportive of the idea, they don’t expect an online ordering system to be introduced to OSU’s campus for a few years.
2012 student football game season tickets
They worked with the athletic council to increase the number of games in the student football season ticket plan to coincide with the semester switch.
Fix STOP
Although unsuccessful on their original goal to have arrested students held on campus, they changed mandatory underage drinking arrests to citations.
Help off-campus students identify best landlords
The “rate my landlord” website fell through but efforts are still in the works with the Board of Trustees to create a certification program to approve off-campus landlords.
“We were realistic about the fact that not every single thing on that list would be finished by the end of our year, but we're very proud about how many of them are finished.” -Micah Kamrass, USG president KARISSA LAM / Design editor
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Dance department gets ready to move AMANDA CAHOON Lantern reporter cahoon.6@osu.edu Moving the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and renovating Sullivant Hall will progress the university’s ‘One Ohio State Framework’ initiative created to achieve Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee’s long-term goals of academic and physical environment success. The Board of Trustees approved April 8 to enter into construction contracts for a swing space for the dance department in a project that will move the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum from the Wexner Center to Sullivant Hall and renovate the library and museum’s new building. At the board meeting, the dance department swing space construction budget was approved at $300,000, and the Sullivant Hall and Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum total project budget was projected at $24.4 million, funded by state appropriations, development funds, arts and sciences general funds and libraries general funds. “It makes sense for (the cartoon library and museum) to move over to Sullivant,” said Amanda Gluibizzi, head librarian for the art library, which is located next to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in the Wexner Center. “They can have a lot more space to display and house their collections.” Sullivant Hall will be located in the framework’s Arts District and is pegged to be a key building in that area, according to information from the Board of Trustees. After renovations, it will continue to be home to the dance department, which will be split
up and placed in new locations while renovations take place. “We want to begin this summer on the movement for the (dance department) swing space,” said Mary Lynn Readey, associate vice president of facilities operations and development. The swing space construction, which is planned to begin in June, will separate parts of the dance department, Readey said. This could mean a longer journey for students who normally go to Sullivant Hall. The department’s administrative ofÿces will move to Lincoln Tower, while the dance studios will move to Pomerene Hall and the Drake Performance and Event Center, which has a ballroom, Readey said. “We want those groups to be in there by the fall and then they will remain there until June 2013,” Readey said. “That’s how long that process will be.” Amanda Stricko, a ÿrst-year in dance and ÿnance, said she has dance classes in Sullivant Hall every day. She said she hopes to be able to take classes in the building after its renovations before she graduates. Key building renovations for the dance department include dance studios and ofÿce spaces, Readey said. “I’m really excited for the new building,” Stricko said. “I’m ÿne waiting for a few years.” Some of the other building renovations include improved windows, upgraded lobby entries, roof replacement and meeting the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver standards in green
What is going where? • The dance department’s administrative offices will move into Lincoln Tower. • Dance studios will move to Pomerene Hall and the Drake Performance and Event Center. • The Music and Dance Library will move permanently into the Science and Engineering Library. After the Sullivant Hall renovations are complete, the building will hold: • The art education department • The dance department • The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
Source: Reporting MOLLY GRAY / Managing editor for design
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