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Obama approval ratings rose after bin Laden death, but election not a shoe-in thOMAS BrAdleY Senior Lantern reporter bradley.321@osu.edu

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Cameron Heyward focuses on his textbooks and his playbook as he prepares to start his new career in the NFL.

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President Barack Obama received credit from the American people and a boost in his approval rating for his role in the operation to kill Osama bin Laden. Some members of the Ohio State community, however, said the economy will play more of a role than national security in Obama’s re-election bid. Paul Beck, a professor of political science at OSU, said the immediate effect of the killing of bin Laden was that Obama received a bounce in the approval rating polls. The Pew Research Center and The Washington Post conducted a poll which showed a nine percentage point increase in approval rating. It reported that in April, Obama had a 47 percent approval rating which jumped to 56 percent on May 2, the day after bin Laden’s death. “It is definitely a movement in the positive direction, and in the poll I looked at (The Washington Post poll), his approval rating is above the 50 percent mark,” Beck said. “That kind of approval rating is very hard to beat in a re-election.” Beck questions whether this kind of approval rating will last for more than a year, leading into the 2012 election. Erik Nisbet, an assistant professor of communication at OSU, said it is unclear how large a role the increase will play in Obama’s re-election in 2012. “Most likely there will be a short-term bump in approval rating, but the magnitude is yet to be determined,” Nisbet said. Nisbet said as far as Obama’s re-election is concerned, the outlook is unclear. “It will have some positive impact, but it is hard to tell how it will play out,” Nisbet said. Nisbet and Beck both said that while the killing of bin Laden does not guarantee anything as far as Obama’s re-election goes, it will have some impact.

Similar to Bush’s approval rating following Saddam Hussein’s capture, Obama’s approval rating increased in the days following bin Laden’s death.

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“If there are people saying that Obama is now a shoe-in for the election, they would be over-stating it,” Nisbet said. “If there are people saying it will have no effect on the election, they are understating it.” Beck said bin Laden’s death could give Obama a momentum boost through the rest of his presidency, rather than impacting the election directly. “Momentum feeds on itself,” Beck said. “But as a single event, the impact

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Ohio State President e. Gordon Gee speaks to a group of students Monday at Barnes & noble, the Ohio State University Bookstore, during ‘Bowties 101,’ a demonstration put on by Gee on how to tie a bowtie. Gee, who told the students he’d be ‘horrified’ if anyone thought he wore a clip-on, showed students stepby-step how to tie his famous bowties, and then answered questions from the students on things ranging from his vast bowtie collection to his favorite place to eat on campus.

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Death could cause high fuel prices to run out of gas rAChel reMY Lantern reporter remy.31@osu.edu When a multitude of factors drove gas prices up, some industry officials said it took the death of one man to start bringing them back down. Crude oil prices dropped by $13.62 a barrel last week after President Barack Obama announced Osama bin Laden’s death on May 1. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s website, the nationwide oil price average was $97.18 a barrel and the retail gasoline price average was almost $3.97 on Monday. The average for Columbus as also about $3.97, according to columbusgasprices.com. Kimberly Schwind, public relations manager for AAA, said a decrease in the cost of oil might level gas prices. Unrest in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the weak U.S. dollar and a switch from winter to summer gas blends could be contributing to the high costs of gas, Schwind said. Right now, the U.S. is experiencing a rare drop in oil prices. “We did see crude oil dip after bin Laden,” Schwind said. According to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, oil was reported at $99.68 a barrel on Friday, which is the first time oil has been below $100 a barrel since March 16. The report said the “speculation of future supply issues” and analysts’ suggestions that oil is overbought, could be contributing to the decline in crude oil prices.

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Cedar Point Amusement Park is putting the final touches on its newest ride, WindSeeker, which will open this year.

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Muslims react Ohio to get chance to marvel at new film to bin Laden death

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Iron Man, The Hulk and Captain America are all set to take over the Buckeye State. The Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission announced Monday that filming on Paramount Pictures’ superhero flick “The Avengers” would take place in the Cincinnati area later this year. Gov. John Kasich announced on March 3 that “The Avengers” will also film in Cleveland. “The Avengers,” set for release next year, is directed by Joss Whedon and will feature Marvel’s superstar characters Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk and Thor. Despite Monday’s announcement, representatives for Marvel Entertainment said in an email that they could not confirm shooting would take place in Cincinnati, but did confirm they will shoot in Cleveland. Specific shooting locations in Cincinnati were not confirmed, but will be within 30 miles of the city, according to a Monday report at cincinnati.com. Calls to The Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission were not immediately returned. It’s not clear yet when shooting will commence in Ohio, said Ivan Schwarz, executive director for The Greater Cleveland Film Commission. “The Avengers” began shooting in New Mexico on April 26. Paramount is yet to announce when shooting will move to Ohio and for how long, though Schwarz expected it to be sometime in August. This isn’t the first major film to shoot in Ohio in recent memory.

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robert downey Jr., right, and wife Susan downey arrive to the premiere of ‘iron Man’ in 2008. downey will star in ‘the Avengers’ as iron Man, which will be filmed in both Cleveland and Cincinnati later this year. “The Ides of March,” directed by and starring George Clooney, filmed in the Cincinnati area for 3 1/2 weeks in February and March. Portions of the 2007 blockbuster “Spider-man 3,” also a Marvel property, were filmed in Cleveland. Ohio has become an attractive site for movie studios because of the Ohio Film Tax Credit, Schwarz said. Passed in 2009, the Ohio Film Tax Credit allows films that will spend more than $300,000 in Ohio

a refundable tax credit which offers 25 percent off in-state spending and non-resident wages and 35 percent off Ohio wages. Schwarz said the tax credit played the largest role in bringing “The Avengers” to Ohio. “If it wasn’t for the incentive, (my ties) wouldn’t have mattered,” he said. Schwarz didn’t know how much money shooting

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