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6A Unbarred Urban, staff open up to students
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From left to right: Coach Urban Meyer, his wife Shelley Meyer, co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell, his wife Amy Fickell and defensive line coach Mike Vrabel demonstrate a new football tradition in front of students at the Urban Meyer Town Hall Meeting in the Ohio Union May 15.
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Evan Speyer Lantern reporter speyer.10@osu.edu Students had the opportunity to learn more about Ohio State coaches and players at the Urban Meyer Town Hall Meeting Tuesday evening. Meyer, defensive coordinator Luke Fickell, defensive line coach Mike Vrabel and strength coach Mickey Marotti fielded a variety of questions that ranged from “What is your favorite pregame ritual?” to “Where is your favorite spot to go on a date in Columbus?” The event was part of an effort that Meyer is making to get the student body more involved with the football program. “Something that is very important to me is the
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relationship with the student body,” Meyer said. “We want your support. We want our student athletes to be part of the student body, to give back to the student body and to do things with the student body.” In April, Meyer opened practice as part of student appreciation day. Meyer said the football team is planning on working with the student body on a community service project in June. Steven Eckstein, a third-year in engineering physics, said he was impressed with Meyer’s drive to involve the student body with the football program. “It’s great,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like a disingenuous public relations move. I get the feeling that this is who he really is. He seems to understand that it’s the fans who make a college university special.” Meyer said he hopes to get the fans involved on
game days by starting a new tradition with a drill called quick calls. Attendees were introduced to the drill, which involved a combination of clapping, squatting and grunting, by Marotti and senior fullback Zach Boren. “We do them before practice,” said Meyer, “to make sure our team is focused, energized and ready to go to put in a good days work. We also do them before we play a game for the same reason and same purpose. We clap together, we do a drill together and then we get ready to go play the game.” Meyer said the team will do the drill in unison with the students about 15 minutes prior to kickoff. “Right before we go back into the locker room, I’m going to bring the whole football team and coach
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OSU works to reuse abandoned bicycles Thomas Doohan For The Lantern doohan.4@osu.edu The future of bicycles abandoned on Ohio State’s main campus rests in the hands of the university’s Transportation and Parking Services (T&P) who, with others, are devising ways to reuse the bicycles. “I locked my bike to a loading dock by McPherson (Chemical Lab),” said Luke Brooks, a fourth-year in chemical engineering. “I came back an hour later and there was a pink slip on my bike that said if you do this again, your bike will be gone.” Brooks’ story is familiar to many OSU students. T&P control officer supervisor Marshall King said these incidents happen because of theft or T&P impoundment. “We take probably a couple hundred bikes a year,” King said. “Depending on the bike, they’ll either use bolt cutters if it’s a cable, or a torch if it’s a u-bolt. There are other tools that we could use. A portable band saw works pretty well … With a $300 investment, you can be a heck of a bicycle thief.” King said some of the bicycles are collected for abandonment and others are collected because their owners parked them illegally, which would have been the case for Brooks had he not caught it. “Once someone secured their cable lock to a door handle on Jones Tower on the south side of the building. That one we took,” King said. He said in that case, they even wrote an incident report so when the owner came looking for the bicycle, it would be easier to find. King said for the most part, T&P collects bicycles
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Transportation and Parking Services at OSU are looking at new and creative ways to dispose and recycle bikes that have been impounded on campus grounds. on campus during early July. By this time, the campus has settled down and the collection process is less of a hassle. T&P’s website said bicycles that have been reported as abandoned or have clearly not moved all year get a tag placed on them explaining they will be picked up. If the bicycles are not moved after the warning, T&P eventually collects them. The collections go to T&P’s bicycle impound
lot, which has an official holding period of 90 days, according to its website. King said bicycles can be collected by contacting T&P and paying a $30 fee. If the bicycles remain unclaimed for the whole 90 days, their fate lies in the hands of a few T&P personnel.
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Five months after the announcement of its campus debut, Waffle House opened Tuesday at 1712 North High St.
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Lindsey Barrett Lantern reporter barrett.684@osu.edu Ohio drivers await a signature from the governor to make it illegal to text while driving. Multiple sources have said Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign a bill that would make Ohio the 39th state to ban texting while driving, according to data from the Governors Highway Safety Association. The statewide texting ban passed in the Ohio House of Representatives 82-12 Tuesday after the Senate approved the bill May 3 by a vote of 25-8. Rep. Nancy Garland, D-New Albany, who co-sponsored the bill with Rep. Rex Damschroder, R-Fremont, said the ban is necessary due to the tragedies caused by distracted driving. “Texting while driving is a serious problem that creates dangerous situations for everyone on the road,” Garland said. The proposed ban on distracted driving would prohibit all drivers from texting while driving and would prohibit minors from using hand-held electronic devices, including iPads, laptops and computer tablets, except in emergencies. All drivers would also be allowed to use voice-activated navigation devices.
The bill would make texting while driving a secondary offense for drivers 18 years old and older, meaning that a driver caught texting must have been pulled over for violating another traffic violation that occurred first. Adult violators of the ban would pay a fine of up to $150. For minors, texting while driving or using a handheld device while driving would constitute a primary offense. Those caught in violation would face a $150 fine and a 60-day license suspension the first time they are pulled over, and a $300 fine and a one-year suspension for subsequent citations. If enacted, the texting ban would have a six-month grace period where officers would issue warnings rather than fines and license suspensions. The House voted 88-10 last June to approve a version of the text-ban bill that did not include the ban of hand-held electronic devices for minors but made all violations of the ban primary offenses. The Senate refused to pass the earlier version. The new law will not overrule more strict local laws that apply in some areas of the state. Some have doubted the bill’s enforceability and its infringement on personal freedom. Yet, for some, the ban does not go far enough. Garland said she would have liked to make violation of the ban a primary offense for all drivers, but said the proposed ban is “a step forward in reducing texting while driving, and that means saving lives.”
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The Ohio House approved Senate changes to a bill that would ban texting while driving in Ohio.
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A new Waffle House restaurant opened on High Street at 2 p.m. May 15. The breakfast diner will be open 24 hours a day.
Waffle House welcomed to High Street, 24/7 breakfast diner’s first OSU location THOMAS DOOHAN For The Lantern doohan.4@osu.edu The smell of bacon and waffles can be found wafting down High Street after the grand opening of a campus Waffle House. Located at 1712 N. High St. between KeyBank and Newport Music Hall, the 24/7 chain made its Ohio State campus debut Tuesday. Waffle House franchisee Judy Blanton said the first Waffle House, which opened in 1955 in Atlanta, has been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner nationwide ever since. She said the restaurant has grown from the single Atlanta location to having more than 1,600 in the country and 33 in Ohio. “This spot opened up a year ago and we were thrilled,” Blanton said. She said this Waffle House is the first non-free standing store in the Central Ohio market. Most Waffle Houses usually stand by a highway and are marked by the company’s trademark high-rise yellow sign.
Though the location by OSU’s campus does not have a highway sign, its core values will remain intact. “Students like us because we’re affordable and fast, and because we’re a little different,” Blanton said. “You get to see them cook.” Blanton said students tend to flock to Waffle House late at night, often after parties and studying. This has made them successful on other college campuses such as the University of Alabama and Auburn University, she said. Many OSU students rely on other restaurants to fulfill their late-night cravings, like Buckeye Donuts, which has been serving the OSU community since 1969. Employees at Buckeye Donuts said they do not have concern for Waffle House joining the 24/7 dinning niche on campus. Buckeye Donuts employee Curtis Murphy said he thinks Waffle House might struggle with their pay after eating policy, as some drunken customers might not comply.
Consistency is not something that Ohio State’s Respiratory Therapy program struggles with, and after being named best program of its kind in the nation, it will carry that consistency into semesters. Unlike many other programs, the faculty members of respiratory therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will not be altering the curriculum much to accommodate for semesters. “We protect our reputation pretty strongly,” said Sarah Varekojis, assistant professor in the College of Medicine. “We make sure to prepare our students in the classroom before sending them out for the clinical experience. As for semesters, we worked hard to make sure that the curriculum was duplicated well for the new schedule so that we can ensure the same positive outcome.” Although there is no official ranking system, the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care recently issued a report naming OSU’s Respiratory Therapy program the only of its kind nationwide to receive perfect scores. From 2008-10, 57 seniors graduated from the program with 100 percent graduation rate, job placement and Certified Respiratory Therapist and Registered Respiratory Therapist examination success, according to data that was self-reported to CoARC. “We attribute a lot of our success to the fact that we have an excellent relationship with OSU Medical Center,” Varekojis said. “The combination of our prescreening for admission and the access we have to a world-class medical center on our campus is what makes the program successful.” OSU’s respiratory therapy program is a two-year program and only admits 22 people per class, according to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences website. “We get priority placement at the medical
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The Respiratory Therapy program at OSU, which has many classes in Atwell Hall, has been named the best program of its kind in the nation. center since there is a small student-to-teacher ratio,” said Mel DeMiglio, a third-year in respiratory therapy. “It’s an intimate environment.” In the duration of the program, the students complete about 1,000 hours of clinical work. “I wanted to work one-on-one with people, and was drawn to respiratory therapy because it is a very focused major, but you can do more with the degree itself than I realized when I first began,“ said Casey Leisenheimer, a third-year in respiratory therapy. “It’s different reading a book in class than actually getting hands on experience … We can directly apply what we’re learning in class to the patients.”
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Bike from 1A Robert Osterfeld, T&P’s sustainability coordinator, looks into making transportation throughout the university more sustainable, like bicycle transportation. Osterfeld has been tasked with sustainable ways to dispose of the bikes. T&P tries to donate the impounded bicycles when the allotted holding period ends. Osterfeld said T&P donates bicycles to various nonprofit organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and churches helping the homeless. “The rest of them we took to the scrap yard,” King said. “We raised $1,000 for Pelotonia from scrap metal.” Pelotonia is an annual grassroots bicycle ride that benefits Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Nathan Dugan, president of the OSU Cycling Club, expressed indifference to bicycles being left on campus. “I guess those people who leave their bikes out there don’t really value their bikes too much anyway,“ Dugan said. Osterfeld said he thinks leaving a bike on campus mirrors a growing trend in the U.S. “It’s sort of irritating. This culture of disposable items,” Osterfeld said. “Students will buy a bike because it’s cheaper than a parking permit and at the end of the year they sort of just leave it somewhere.” Osterfeld said it upsets him to see bikes that still have life in them littered around campus.
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“That’s why we’re trying to find some alternative, some creative ways to get bikes in possession of folks who want them,” Osterfeld said. Osterfeld and King both expressed excitement for a new plan for reusing and refurbishing bikes effectively, a bicycle co-op. Julian Valencia, program assistant for the Student Wellness Center, has been planning a bicycle co-op in collaboration with OSU Recreational Sports and Bike OSU. Valencia said the co-op, located in OSU’s Jesse Owens West Tennis Center, will fix abandoned bicycles collected by T&P and sell them to students for an affordable price. Valencia said the co-op should be up and running Autumn Semester. “It’s going to be an open bike shop where students can come in and learn how to use tools for free to fix their bike,” Valencia said. “It’s going to be staffed by workers as well as volunteers, and the more hours that students put into volunteering the more benefits they get out of the co-op. “We’re also working in close collaboration with Bike OSU to teach students how to fix their bikes through their mobile bike clinic, which should be rolling around central campus this summer,” Valencia said. He said he hopes the bicycle co-op will help students to be less reliant on cars and to exercise more. Brooks said he felt good about what T&P does with the bicycles. “I think that’s really cool that they actually use them for a good cause,” Brooks said. “I still would have wanted my bike.”
Blanton and Barouxis said there is enough room on High Street for the both of them. Barouxis said competition was not necessarily a bad thing and can actually be good for business. “It keeps you on your toes,” Barouxis said.
A Buckeye Donuts manager, Jimmy Barouxis, mirrored this sentiment referring to other restaurants with similar policies. “There used to be an IHOP three blocks north, there was a Steak ‘n Shake two blocks south. Most JOIN THE CONVERSATION people don’t know that,” Barouxis said. “They’re not there anymore … we are.” Some OSU students said they are loyal fans of Buckeye Donuts www.asian-festival.org and are not worried about the competition the breakfast chain might bring. “I think it’s a campus tradition May 26th in Franklin Park // 10 am-9 pm and it won’t lose customers,” said May 27th in Franklin Park // 11 am-7 pm Aaron Cheney, a first-year in history. May 28th Dragon Boat Race // 9 am-3:30 pm Still, Cheney said he thinks on the Scioto River in Genoa Park some customers from South Campus might go to Waffle House Additional Activities leading up to Festival: rather than Buckeye Donuts. Cooking Lessons Glen Storey, a student at Franklin Park Community Gardens Columbus State Community May 20th - Asian BBQ College who lives near campus, May 23rd - Asian Street Food said even in the late night breakFestivities: fast niche, the restaurants serve May 26th & 27th at Franklin Park: different purposes. Buckeye Donuts Dragon Dance // Lion Dance // Performers & Country Representation // focuses more on donuts and Waffle Martial Art // Cultural Demonstrations // Asian for Columbus Growth Exhibit House on waffles. May 28th: Dragon Boat Race on Scioto River in Genoa Park During Waffle House’s grand opening, Jonathan Reeves, a Health Pavilion Theme “Healthy Family” third-year in consumer and family financial services, said he is loyal to Waffle House. “I love breakfast food and it’s a really convenient location,” Reeves said. “This will definitely be my breakfast joint on the weekends.”
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I just sit there. Unless we are ahead by about 40 points, then I can relax a little bit.” For Nichele Lyndes, a fourth-year in psychology, it was especially interesting to hear from the coaches’ wives. “I knew that the coaches would be here, but not the wives,” Lyndes said. “It was very interesting to get their perspective and to learn about them personally.” Toward the end of the meeting, Boren, sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller, redshirt senior linebacker Etienne Sabino and senior defensive lineman John Simon joined the coaches and their wives on stage. After the players answered a few questions, the event ended much like a football game, with the singing of “Carmen Ohio.” There was a noticeable smile on Meyer’s face as the coaches, wives, players and students linked arms and sang the alma mater. “He didn’t need to do this, so that makes me appreciate it even more,” said Sean Kubicek, a fourth-year in psychology. “It’s great that he is making himself available to the students. He just comes off as a normal guy.”
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(Marotti) right in front of the student body,” Meyer said. “We are going to teach the students (the drill) and that is going to be our new tradition. You do that with your football team, we will go back in (to the locker room) and we will come back out and kick a little ass for you guys.” Derek Miller, a first-year graduate student in materials engineering, said he is excited to see how much energy the new tradition would bring to the student section. “It will definitely get the students pumped up,” Miller said. “It works for the players, so it will definitely work for the fans.” Meyer, Fickell and Vrabel were accompanied on stage by their wives, who fielded questions with the coaches. Shelley Meyer gave the crowd insight on what it is like to be the wife of a college football coach. “The games are not that fun, not for me,” Shelley Meyer said. “The games are stressful. I just sit there and don’t move. I don’t do anything. I don’t drink anything, eat anything, I don’t go to the bathroom.
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“At that moment, with my mom, with Oprah, I realized this is what I’m supposed to do with my life,” Mathews said. “Whenever anybody would ask me, ‘Ross, what do you want to do when you grow up?’ I’d say, ‘I’m going to be a flamboyant television talk show host.’” Mathews also discussed what it was like when he came out to his mom about his sexuality when he was 17 years old. “When you’re gay, you know that when you come out, there’s this moment where you think, me saying who I am is worth the risk of losing the love of my family,” he said. His mom, fortunately, supported him, Mathews said. Toward the end of his senior year at University of La Verne in La Verne, Calif., Mathews interviewed to be an intern coordinator for “The Tonight Show,” and during the interview, the interviewer said she didn’t think he was cut out for the job. “I said, ‘Ma’am, when I lived in Mount Vernon, Wash., I worked at a fast food restaurant that shall remain McNameless, and I used to have to crawl inside the flap with the garbage can in it and scrape off the dried secret sauce for $4.25 an hour. I would do that here for free just to be a part of it.’ She said, ‘You can start on Monday,’” Mathews said. After meeting Chelsea Handler at a comedy show, they became good friends and he started making weekly appearances on her show, “Chelsea Lately,” after it first aired in 2007. Mathews said the two most memorable moments in his career were the first time he participated on
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Ross Mathews spoke about his career and LGBT support May 14 in the Ohio Union’s Performance Hall.
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Arie, the racecar driver from Scottsdale, Ariz. As Arie stepped out of the limo, there were sparks between him and Maynard – her whole expression changed when she saw him, almost to a look of relief. She did a double-take when he walked by, and she seemed comforted that he was upfront with her about his profession. He seemed genuinely concerned that it would be hard for her to cope with the similarity between him and Hendrick, but they had an undeniable instant connection and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him receive the final rose at the end of the season.
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The latest season of “The Bachelorette” kicked off Monday and 26-year-old Emily Maynard has fans of the show swooning. With her Barbie-like beauty and her heart-wrenching story, she has been a fan-favorite since she appeared on Brad Womack’s season 15 of “The Bachelor.” Prior to appearing on “The Bachelor,” Maynard was engaged to NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick. Just days after Hendrick was killed in a plane crash on the way to a race in October 2004, Maynard found out she was pregnant with hers and Hendrick’s now-6-year-old daughter, Ricki. Maynard was later the last woman standing on Womack’s season of “The Bachelor,” where she received not only the final rose but also a proposal. She and Womack later called off the wedding and now, Maynard, whose season was filmed in Charlotte, N.C., rather than Los Angeles so she could be close to Ricki, is in the driver’s seat with her pick of 25 eligible bachelors. Here’s The Lantern’s look at who will stick around to see the checkered flag and who won’t make it to the finish line.
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Ross Mathews has made a name for himself since his days of making coffee runs as an intern for “The Tonight Show” 10 years ago, where he now works as a correspondent. He shared his story with Ohio State students at an Ohio Union Activities Board event Monday evening. Andrew Walker, a first-year in linguistics, said he made sure to get a front-row seat at the event. “I have a slightly unhealthy obsession with Ross Mathews, so I wanted to see him in real life,” Walker said. “I actually saw him earlier today. I stopped and my mouth dropped.” Whether Mathews was singing his version of “Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid” or confessing his love for Justin Timberlake, he kept the audience laughing. Growing up in Mount Vernon, Wash., Mathews said he knew from a young age that he was destined to be on TV. “There weren’t a lot of people like me in Mt. Vernon, Wash., which is why my best friend in the entire world was a television that I bought for $11 at a garage sale,” Mathews said. He talked about the day his family got cable and equated himself to Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” who could, all of the sudden, see color. He said his life’s purpose became crystal-clear from watching episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with his mom.
Best 1st Impression Ryan, the pro sports trainer from Augusta, Ga. Ryan could have stolen Maynard’s heart just by his appearance, but he opted for humor instead of looks when he greeted the southern bell. Hiding behind a wrinkled sheet of paper, which he wrote a “note” on for her, Ryan mumbled a few words while exposing one side of the paper to her that read in scribbled writing, “You’re beautiful” and the other side, “I am so nervous.” Maynard was left in giggles as he walked away with that flawless smile.
The Heartbreaker
The Dark Horse Sean, an insurance agent from Dallas, Texas Maynard seemed to have a pretty good connection with Sean, but he seemed a little more reserved in this first episode. With a few weeks to nurture their relationship, I see them really hitting it off. Don’t be shocked if he ends up in the finale. He seemed down-to-earth and wasn’t scared off by the idea of Ricki. And boy, would they be a cute little blonde Southern couple.
Kalon, the luxury brand consultant from Houston, Texas Kalon literally fell from the sky for Maynard when he flew in late by helicopter after the other men vying for the single-mom’s heart had already arrived by limo. The rest of the contenders dubbed him “helicopter boy.” Bravo to the former “womanizer,” as he referred to himself, for making it past the first rose ceremony, but there is such a thing as being an over-the-top attention seeker. The men who come in with such a competitive edge looking to win the trophy know how to use their charismatic personality to break hearts.
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Worst 1st Impression Randy, the marketing manager from Hermosa Beach, Calif. Randy hobbled out of the limo in old-women attire, complete with a gray wig, glasses and a blue ado paired with a checkered scarf. I’m guessing he was just giving a shout out to Brittney from Ben Flajnik’s Season 16 of “The Bachelor,” whose Grandma introduced her to Ben at the season’s premiere. Thankfully Randy’s been-there-done-that attempt sent him home.
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Doug, the real estate agent and single parent from Seattle, Wash. Doug presented Maynard with a letter his 12-yearold son Austin addressed to her that said Doug was the best dad because he’s funny, always gives him hugs and tucks him in at night. Maynard’s most important role in her life is being a mother. A man who knows what single parenting is like has a great chance at her heart. He approached the evening with poise and took the time to look at her as a mother, first and foremost.
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Crude humor has no boundaries in Cohen’s new film ‘The Dictator’ Ron Miles Senior Lantern reporter miles.139@osu.edu
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The comedy style of Sacha Baron Cohen is rare even in the odd world that exists today. His crude humor leaves no targets untouched, including all races, religions, ethnicities, genders and anything else I failed to mention. Therefore, if you’re offended by jokes being thrown in these directions, you should probably read up on “The Bachelorette” instead of this. “The Dictator,” Cohen’s latest film scheduled for release nationwide Wednesday, marks the third major movie Cohen has had a hand in writing, producing and starring in. The film documents Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen), who is the supreme leader of Wadiya, a fictional, oil-immersed country in North Africa. A man who has made his life’s goal to keep Wadiya under his dictatorship, Aladeen has obtained everything he has hoped for, except a heavy arsenal of nuclear weapons and love. After announcing that Wadiya was on the brink of obtaining nuclear capabilities, Aladeen is summoned to the United Nations. After a string of events, he is left stranded to fend for himself in the streets of New York City, and replaced with Wadiya’s second in command, Tamir (Ben Kingsley), who has an agenda of his own.
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“The Dictator,” starring Sacha Baron Cohel, is scheduled hit theaters May 16. With his trademark beard shaved off his face, Aladeen goes unnoticed throughout New York City, and is forced to begin a job working for Zoey (Anna Faris) at her extremely liberal organic health food shop. Their two worlds awkwardly collide as Aladeen works to regain power of his country while helping Zoey with her store along the way. Compared to Cohen’s other two films, “Borat” and “Bruno,” “The Dictator” serves by far as the most traditional film. It has a much more evident plot line that remains consistent from start to finish.
Of course, no Cohen film is complete without the attempts of hard-core humor. As is expected of Cohen, he did an effective job when it came to poking fun at some modern issues and dilemmas faced in the news. Overall, it was crude, it was disgusting and it was downright wrong. I’m guessing that is why a full house at the Gateway Film Center, myself included, couldn’t stop laughing for 75 minutes.
[ a+e ] The Lantern will profile bands this week that are scheduled to perform at Rock on the Range this weekend at Crew Stadium.
From New York City to Columbus, Eve to Adam craving the stage HALie WiLLiAms Lantern reporter williams.3948@osu.edu Guitar-driven rock band Eve to Adam is scheduled to add “playing at an annual Columbus rock festival” to its already impressive list of accomplishments since its formation in the late 1990s. The band’s accomplishments include a mentorship by its Grammy-winning songwriter Desmond Child, playing sold-out shows with acts such as Daughtry, Motley Crue, Hinder and Three Doors Down, and selection by Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx as one of his Sideshow Sixx Picks for “Sixx Sense Radio Show.” The New York City-based band is scheduled to perform at 12:40 p.m. Sunday at Columbus Crew Stadium for Rock on the Range on the Jägermeister Stage. The sound of the band plays modern hard rock, but steeps in ‘80s and ‘90s tradition, and has been compared to groups like Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam, said Taki Sassaris, lead guitarist and vocalist. “It’s got kind of a ‘90s sonic landscape with a ‘80s showmanship presentation,” Sassaris said. The band is performing in support of its fourth full-length album, “Banquet for a Starving Dog.” Sassaris said this album is more personal and mature than past albums and contains a lot of relationship material, along with themes of disappointment and a few inspirational songs. “I would say that the album, it’s a pendulum. It swings back and forth between the challenges and disappointments of life, met with the moments in life where you feel like you can overcome anything,” Sassaris said. “There’s a lot of different forms of love on this album in the songs, from love gone bad, to elation, to being crushed by losing someone you love.” He added of hoping his fans would identify with the album, and said he has received feedback indicating they have. “That’s one of the things a lot of my fans say, that it’s been an awakening for them in a lot of ways, there’s a lot of themes there that they’ve endured also. A song like ‘Reach,’ I’ve gotten a lot of messages from people that say that song has gotten them through a lot of tough times,” he said. “I think anytime you write a piece of music that becomes a soundtrack to someone else’s life, I don’t think there’s any greater compliment.”
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eve to Adam is scheduled to perform at 12:40 p.m. may 20 on the Jagermeister stage at rock on the range 2012, held at Crew stadium. Drummer Alex Sassaris said the band’s performances are intense and high energy. He described it as a “sweat-fueled extravaganza of loud a-- f---ing rock ‘n’ roll.” The band’s live shows are always different, Taki Sassaris said. “It’s never the same show, but what is the same and what is consistent is that you’re going to fully experience what I’m experiencing up there, because that’s what I’m going to convey to you,” Taki Sassaris said. “We like to keep it fresh and keep it interesting for ourselves. If it’s not interesting for us, it’s never going to be interesting for the audience.” Taki Sassaris said he was honored to hear the band would be performing at Rock on the Range. “I was ecstatic because Rock on the Range has become the premiere festival of the summer tour season, it basically initiates the entire season with a bang,” he said. “The lineups are always fantastic and people have a great time. It’s an event that people look forward to every year.” Gary Spivack, a representative for Right Arm
Entertainment, the group promoting Rock on the Range, said Eve to Adam possessed all of the qualities it was looking for in a band to play at the festival. “We look for up-and-coming bands that have traction, whether it’s social media traction or radio airplay traction, and Eve to Adam was one of those bands that was getting some really solid airplay at the time, and we want to put together the best show that the fans will like,” Spivack said. Taki Sassaris said he is also excited about coming back to Columbus. “It’s a great college city. They certainly know how to party, and anytime you get a town together that knows how to party and they like rock ‘n’ roll, it’s going to be an interesting night,” he said. “And I’m here to bring my brand of hard rock to that show and try to leave my own little imprint and hopefully get invited back for next year.” JOIN THE CONVERSATION
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“The Tonight Show” and his first chance to host “Chelsea Lately.” “It was such validation for everything I’ve ever felt since I was a little boy that this is the right track for me,” he said. Mathews also spoke of confidence. “When you’re in college and you’re about to enter the real world, it’s important to know we all have something that makes us different. Maybe it’s your sexuality, hair color, skin color, voice, but you can’t hate what makes you different,” he said. “Use it to stand out from the crowd because you never know who will take notice.” Mathews’ speech helped kick off the Fine By Me campaign, created by Jordan Kelsey, a thirdyear in comparative studies and Spanish, and founder and current president of Fine By Me, to support the campus LGBT community. Kelsey said he created the organization in October to raise awareness about the issues that LGBT youth face. “I came as a freshman and as a stranger to Ohio State,” Kelsey said. “I didn’t really know how to come out or who to start telling, and what I’ve come to find out is there’s a lot more support than I ever realized.” He said the purpose of the event is not to change anyone’s opinion, but to increase support for members of the LGBT community around campus. Mathews said he thinks the message of the Fine By Me campaign correlates well with the personal message he likes to spread to students. “The message is loving whatever makes you whoever you are, and I think that’s the message (Fine By Me) spreads,” he said. “It’s so important because it can be so lonely when you don’t know that.” Mathews said he believes the message can be applied to many aspects of life. “I think when you have a platform, it’s your responsibility to spread something positive,” he said. Mathews said he is proud of himself for all he has achieved, but he’s still working to develop his own talk show and eventually start a family. “There’s a lot of work to do, but it’s just so rewarding to create something that didn’t exist before you,” Mathews said. Mathews has toured college campuses since February 2011 to deliver his message. “I think there’s an opportunity at colleges to make people laugh and make people think at the same time. I’m not Gandhi or anything like that, but I’m super lucky to have a voice, so if I can plant a little seed of goodness out there, why not do it?” Mathews said.
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upcoming Thursday Baseball v. Indiana 3pm @ Bloomington, Ind. Men’s Tennis v. Florida 12pm @ Athens, Ga. Men’s Golf: NCAA Regional, Round 1 All Day @ Ann Arbor, Mich.
Friday Baseball v. Indiana 3pm v. Bloomington, Ind. Men’s Tennis: NCAA Team Championships 12pm @ Athens, Ga. Men’s Golf: NCAA Regional, Round 2 All Day @ Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Baseball beats Toledo OSU recovered from an early 1-0 deficit against Toledo to beat its in-state rival, 10-1. Visit thelantern.com for our recap of Tuesday’s game against the Rockets.
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Even before Ohio State baseball coach Greg Beals arrived at OSU, one of Woody Hayes’ famous mantras was already ingrained into his everyday life. You win with people. Tuesday, Beals won for the 300th time in his career as coach when the Buckeyes defeated Toledo, 10-1. “I learned awfully young,” Beals said. “My baseball coach taught me you win with people and it’s a Woody Hayes thing here at Ohio State, but I learned it a long time ago.“ Beals compiled 243 of those wins during his eight years as coach for Ball State. The victory against Toledo was his 57th victory as OSU’s coach. Beals, who is in his second year as coach at OSU, said it was an honor to have had the opportunity to coach that many games and credited the people that helped him through his career. “There’s a lot that goes into that,” Beals said. “There’s a lot of help and it’s not about me. It’s about the players and the coaches I had that helped me along the way.” But some of OSU’s players had no idea their coach had the opportunity to surpass a milestone. Senior first baseman Brad Hutton caught the final out at first base and was perplexed when members of OSU’s athletic staff asked for the ball. “I had no idea until they announced it on the PA and I caught the last out at first,” Hutton said. “(After the announcement) I was like, ‘Oh, I get it now.’” The win didn’t always seem likely though. Despite beating Toledo, 13-1, in March, the Rockets jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning and showed signs of threatening in the sixth.
Trailing, 3-1, in the top of the inning, Toledo had the bases loaded with no outs. OSU junior relief pitcher David Fathalikhani came into pitch for the Buckeyes and escaped the jam after a fly out and double play to end the inning. Beals said it’s performances like Fathalikhani’s that have helped him win so many games. “That makes coach look smart,” Beals said. “Coach puts him in, coach I guess gets credit for winning the ball game but Dave Fathalikhani gets out of a bases-loaded-no-outs situation. He can have the win.” But after the game, Beals didn’t want to dwell on his accomplishment. His squad is tied for sixth place in the Big Ten with a 11-10 conference record. The top six teams in the conference standings qualify for the Big Ten Tournament and with OSU traveling to Indiana for a three-game series starting Thursday, Beals said he was happy to pick up some momentum. “The expectation at Ohio State University is to play for championships and we need to be in that final six,” Beals said. “Buckeye Nation expects us to play for championships so I think it’s very significant that we go over and take care of the business we need to take care of in Indiana.” Indiana figures to be a tough roadblock. The Hoosiers have a 13-8 conference record and are tied for second in the Big Ten. But OSU has won seven of the last nine games and Hutton said the team plans to use the momentum to carry the Buckeyes past Indiana and into the conference tournament. “Keep on rolling onto the Big Ten Tournament,” Hutton said. “We haven’t won on the road all year so we go win on the road and keep it going to the Big Ten Tournament.”
Men’s tennis battles heat, Florida in NCAA’s Justine Boggs Lantern reporter boggs.1047@osu.edu Sweat drips off the players’ faces as they pour water down their bare skin, pick up their rackets and head back to the court. The Ohio weather can barely prepare them for the heat that lies ahead when No. 5-seeded Ohio State plays the No. 12-seeded University of Florida Friday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in Athens, Ga., where the weather is predicted to be 80 degrees with 70 percent humidity. After sweeping East Tennessee State, 4-0, and Notre Dame, 4-0, in the first two rounds of the tournament Saturday and Sunday, the players said the key against Florida is to relax. “Try to stay relaxed and positive,” said sophomore Blaz Rola. “Laugh on the court, joke on the court. That’s a big tournament and it’s going to be a lot of pressure when we play that day so I’m going to try and stay relaxed and keep my blood pressure low before the match Friday.” Senior Chase Buchanan, named Midwest Region Senior of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday, agreed the team has prepared all it could. “I’ve been doing everything in my power to be physically prepared and I am,” Buchanan said. “I am as fit as anyone down there and mentally it’s about staying calm, staying relaxed and being in the moment and not looking forward to the next match and next set.” OSU coach Ty Tucker said the competition is
going to get steamy against the Gators, but it’s the heat that worries him the most. “You try not to speak about (the heat) too much because you don’t want to buckle under it because it will be hot enough, but you got to do everything you can to prepare them in 65-degree weather for what lies ahead and it’s difficult,” Tucker said. The No. 1-ranked doubles team in the nation, Buchanan and Rola, has played together for two years and both players said it’s going to “suck” without the other. As for Buchanan, it could be his last time wearing scarlet and gray. “It’s my last one; it’s even more meaningful, I’d like to go out with a boom,” Buchanan said. After “stubbing their toe” and losing in the Big Ten Championship tournament to Illinois, Tucker said the loss served as a wake up call. The team has to win a couple matches for him to believe this was a year of overachievement. “You want a team that overachieves every year,” Tucker said. “You want to look yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I don’t think there was another coach in the country coaching college tennis that could have taken this team further.’” But what has been most satisfying for Tucker is having two top-10 players on his team that don’t envy each other, and understand and appreciate one another’s game. “(Buchanan and Rola) embrace the team concept in an individual sport,” Tucker said. The Buckeyes will appear in the Sweet 16 for the seventh consecutive year at noon Friday against the Gators at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
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OSU redshirt freshman Hunter Callahan returns a volley during a singles match in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament match May 12. The match was unfinished, but OSU defeated East Tennessee State, 4-0.
Town hall meeting with students, OSU coaches a family affair Dan Hope Lantern reporter hope.46@osu.edu The biggest story surrounding Ohio State football in 2012 has been the team’s new coaching staff, led by new coach Urban Meyer, whose coaching career already includes two BCS National Championship victories. On Tuesday night, Meyer and three other members of his coaching staff spoke to OSU students in the Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom of the Ohio Union, at an event called the Urban Meyer Student Town Hall Meeting. Meyer was joined by defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell, defensive line coach Mike Vrabel and assistant athletic director for football sports performance Mickey Marotti. Meyer spoke with praise about the coaches who sat on the stage with him. “What you really need are great coaches,” Meyer said. “I’m proud to say we’ve got a great staff, and these two (Fickell and Vrabel) are great coaches.” Meyer said he also believed in building a coaching staff with Ohio roots. “I brought in some great coaches,” Meyer said. “The one thing that’s
common, eight of our nine coaches on our staff are from the great state of Ohio.” Fickell, who served as interim head coach of the Buckeyes last season, said even though many of the coaches are new to the program, he believes that all of them understand the history of OSU football. “I think a lot of them (the coaches) have some familiarity, whether they played against them, whether they grew up here,” Fickell said. “What we probably haven’t had a chance to do is really get into that game, that season, that true game-time atmosphere.” Vrabel, who joined Fickell’s staff last season in July, is still in his first calendar year as a coach following his retirement as a player from the NFL. Vrabel said he is still becoming acclimated to life as a college football coach. “The one thing that I have to keep reminding myself is that until summer camp and fall camp starts, every day is a new day for me,” Vrabel said. Marotti stressed that OSU football players must have a great work ethic. “I’m all about hard work,” Marotti said. “I think the great people of the state of Ohio understand what hard work is all about, and I think that’s what, to me, Ohio State is all about.” Meyer also spoke about the success of OSU football during the
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OSU football coach Urban Meyer addresses students during a town hall-style meeting at the Ohio Union May 15. 10-year span that Jim Tressel led the Buckeyes as head coach. “The previous staff did a great job at Ohio State,” Meyer said. “There was obviously a mistake made, but you can’t just take the last decade of football and say that great things didn’t happen at Ohio State.” Meyer’s wife Shelley, Fickell’s wife Amy and Vrabel’s wife Jen, a former OSU volleyball player, joined their husbands on stage. Four players from
the team also made appearances on stage: senior fullback Zach Boren, sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller, redshirt senior linebacker Etienne Sabino and senior defensive end John Simon. Miller said his favorite OSU football tradition is the team’s “preparation to beat the team up north”, referring to the Buckeyes’ annual rivalry game and regular-season finale versus Michigan.
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studentvoice SEL’s nameless neighbor needs name more than library LANTERN columnist KRISTEN MITCHELL mitchell.935@osu.edu With Spring Quarter winding down, Buckeyes are gearing up for the many changes being thrown our way in the months to come. On the horizon we have semesters, privatized parking, a revamped football program and a recently created South Oval Beach Twitter account. A few short weeks ago, all of
that sounded like a little too much change for my liking. However, word on the street is that the university is throwing another curve ball our way. They’re renaming the Science and Engineering Library. My first thought was why? Why would the SEL need to be renamed? Why is this important, why are we wasting time doing it and why should I care? I’m only going to be here another two years, and I can almost guarantee that unless they name it the Terrelle Pryor Library of Excellence (not to be confused with Prior Hall, the Health Sciences Library. Not named after you, Terrelle), I’ll be calling it the SEL until graduation day. Then I realized something else. Why is the SEL being gifted another name when its neighbor, 209 W. 18th Ave. EA Building doesn’t have one at all? Right next door, the poor neglected 209 W. 18th Ave. building has been ignored for too long, and I think this university is overdue for a redistribution of names.
Just to be clear, the building too-indie-to-name is mostly two lecture halls and a few classrooms. Maybe you’ve never heard of it, but it’s crammed between the SEL and the Mathematics Tower. You might have had a statistics class you didn’t bother to go to in there. I sat down with Carol Diedrichs, director of university libraries, to talk about this injustice. “I don’t even know anything about that building at all,” she said, of poor 209 W. 18th Ave. “I don’t know why that building is not named.” I had a hard time tracking someone down to defend the neglected building, but finally I was able to get a hold of the main authority for the building: the mayor of 209 W. 18th on Foursquare. Angie Remley, full-time mayor and third-year in communication, said she doesn’t see the lack of a name as a hinder to its daily operations.
“They can’t come up with a name that is worthy enough,” Remley said. Remley plans to use her status as mayor to elevate her career prospects and to hopefully draw more attention to the cause of nameless-building awareness. “I think such an accomplishment speaks to the commitment and dedication I have to being excellent. I see this as a stepping stone to my many political aspirations,” Remley said. “I think this will be viewed as a career-defining moment.” With Remley’s full endorsement and my commitment to being an advocate for the equal naming of all buildings, I dug a little deeper to get the real meaning behind the renaming of the SEL. “We don’t think the science and engineering name is very reflective of the people who use the building,” Diedrichs said. I have to admit I think she’s right. I
don’t see a lot of science and engineering going on there, mostly just a 30-person line for an afternoon smoothie and some jerk trying to print a novel five minutes before class starts. If, for some reason, they decide not to name it after Pryor, I think they should rename it “Standing Enraged in Line,” SEL for short. While no one will openly admit that the 209 W. 18th Ave. is the redheaded stepchild of North Campus academics and that Mom really does love him least, it’s clear to me that there needs to be some sort of intervention here. Students, staff, any lover of the underdog, this is your call to action. Please start submitting your suggestions for the naming of 209 W. 18th Ave. to anyone and everyone you think will listen, which is actually the Ohio State Board of Trustees because they approve all building names. We will not be moved.
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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13) is fouled as he goes after a 1st-quarter offensive rebound at Quicken Loans Arena on April 20 in Cleveland. The Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks, 98-90.
Cavs need to find missing link LANTERN columnist ETHAN STRAUB straub.60@osu.edu The 2011-2012 Cleveland Cavaliers looked like an entirely different team than the squad that was left in ruins following LeBron James’ infamous “Decision.” Rookie point guard Kyrie Irving, who the Cavaliers took first overall in the 2011 NBA Draft and who was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Tuesday, and fellow rookie forward Tristan Thompson added some spice and gave life to a team that desperately needed it. For a good portion of the season, the Cavaliers even looked like they might sneak into the playoffs. But then, the dreaded injury bug reared its ugly head. Center Anderson Varejao was lost for weeks longer than expected with a wrist injury and Irving had health issues of his own. The team felt the losses, falling from a potential playoff team to having the third-worst record in the league. But might this have been a blessing in disguise? Instead of having a borderline-playoff team and a first-round pick in the mid-teens, the Cavs moved
themselves way up in the draft and will have the opportunity to draft a game-changer for the second year in a row. With the NBA Draft lottery, the Cavs have a 13.8 percent chance of obtaining the No. 1 overall pick, but also could move down. Either way, if they stay in the top six-to-seven picks (which is far more than likely), they can improve themselves vastly. Here is a look at some of their options. The Potential Star: Bradley Beal – Shooting Guard – Florida Beal is a player many folks have not heard of, but NBA scouts rave about. Standing at 6-foot-3, Beal is a deadeye shooter who will also defend and rebound. He is just 18 years old and would be a perfect backcourt mate for Irving to take some of the pressure off the star. The Risk: Andre Drummond – Center – Connecticut Drummond is one of the biggest question marks in the draft. Most scouts have him going in the top five, but he could slip due to questions about his motivation, motor and maturity. Still, Drummond is a force down low with amazing athletic ability. If the Cavs were to roll the dice on Drummond, they could pair him down low with Varejao and would have a terrific rebounding force as well as a shot-blocking presence for years to come. The Dream: Anthony Davis – Center – Kentucky This kid is the real deal. Davis, who played the point throughout much of his high school career,
hit a tremendous growth spurt in his final two years of high school that sent him from the range of 6-foot-2 to 6-foot-10. He has the shooting stroke and dribbling skills of a guard, but also the knack to be a solid big man. Davis led the nation in blocks at 4.7 per game and was on the best team in the nation. Everybody is drooling over Davis, who is the consensus pick to go No. 1 overall. The Cavaliers would need some luck in the lottery, but to be able to pair him with Varejao down low would be a dream scenario for this franchise. The Best Fit: Harrison Barnes – Small Forward – North Carolina After a slow start to his college career, Barnes picked his game up as he decided to stay for his sophomore season when the NBA went into lockout mode last summer. Standing at 6-foot-8, Barnes is a pure scorer who can get his own shot and has the potential to be a 20+ points per game kind of guy. Barnes would alleviate tons of pressure from Irving. It is almost certain that Barnes will be on the board when the Cavs draft. He would be a terrific fit on a squad that desperately needs a small forward. On May 30, the Cavs will find out their Draft Lottery fate, but they also hold the 24th overall pick along with the 33rd and 34th overall picks and have a golden opportunity to improve further. But all eyes will be on their first choice, and they appear to be a lock to get another big piece to what Cleveland fans hope will soon be a championship puzzle.
ALLY MAROTTI marotti.5@osu.edu Throwing stacks of newspapers away won’t erase the truth. Last week, there was an uproar at Central Connecticut State University when the men’s soccer coach reportedly threw away stacks of the student newspaper, The Recorder. The coach later admitted to emptying newspaper racks at the student center. Apparently, the student paper had run an article detailing the soccer team’s academic ineligibility for next season’s NCAA tournament. The team is also not allowed to play in the Northeast Conference tournament. But what the coach apparently didn’t realize is that throwing away a stack of newspapers isn’t going to grant his team eligibility. It isn’t going to make his team smarter or give them new focus or drive to get better grades. It isn’t going to erase the past or their failure to qualify for the tournament academically. It’s not going to give them another chance. The only thing it did was make him look like, for lack of a better word, an idiot. Clearly I’m biased with this situation. I work for, get paid by and devote almost 15 hours of every day to a school newspaper. But even if I removed myself and my affiliations from the situation and looked at this incident objectively, I think my opinions would stay the same. This coach needs to take responsibility for his team’s
Clearly, attempting to destroy what those offenders apparently thought was the evidence of their scandal only brought more attention to their wrongdoings and more problems to them. If they hadn’t destroyed the papers, maybe the incident would’ve blown over. Last year, word of the incident that happened more than a decade ago resurfaced when one of the perpetrators, who had an otherwise fairly clean record, ran for local public office. And just like Missouri School of Journalism’s SPJ, people began to question his character and leadership ability. If the soccer coach hadn’t thrown away all those copies of The Recorder, I probably never would’ve heard about it and written this column. But I guess we’ll never know. And maybe we won’t know for 10 years down the road how the coach will see ramifications of his action. Maybe he wont see any consequences. Only time will tell. But no matter what happens, nothing changes the facts. His team still won’t compete in that tournament. Missouri School of Journalism’s SPJ urged officials to reconsider their punishment for those who destroyed the copies of The Lantern because of the type of character it takes to do something like that. What type of person would “muzzle the independent voice of a student newspaper?” I’ve never met any of those people, so I guess I don’t really know what kind of person it would take. Maybe they just didn’t appreciate the hard work that goes on in a student newsroom. But I do know one thing. Destroying stacks of newspapers won’t erase the truth.
actions. Obviously I have no idea what his motives or purposes were in throwing away all these newspapers or what he was actually trying to accomplish. Maybe it was even some weird coaching ploy to try to motivate his players and drive a point home. But I played soccer most of my life. I’ve had a lot of coaches try an array of techniques, but destroying other people’s hard work was never one of them. The sad thing is, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard about people destroying newspapers. In February 2001, The Lantern published an article exposing an Undergraduate Student Government scandal that had occurred the preceding December. USG members had misused the organization’s funds on a dinner at Mitchell’s Steakhouse for USG members and friends, which included a limousine ride, according to a string of Lantern articles from 2001. When USG members found out The Lantern was running a story about their scandal, they organized an effort to destroy about 10,000 copies of the paper. The USG officers involved in the effort couldn’t get their stories straight and cracked. The incident resulted in the resignation of the USG president and punishment of the six individuals involved. Although no charges were pressed, they had to pay back money to The Lantern for lost advertising, issue public apologies and were forbidden to run for USG office. The Missouri School of Journalism chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists sent then-OSU President William “Brit” Kirwan an email saying it did not think those punishments were sufficient. “We urge you to consider the type of student leader who would muzzle the independent voice of a free paper,” the statement said.
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OSU BIKE FAIR Thursday, May 17th 11am - 2pm, Wexner 17th Ave. Plaza
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION’S
SPRING PICNIC
A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY... GENTLY USED BIKE SALE
FRIDAY, MAY 18TH 5-8 PM COURTYARD OF SCOTT LAB AND SCOTT LAB ROOM E100
FOOD AND GAMES WILL BE PROVIDED! LINE DANCING WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE *Paid for in part by your Student Activities Fee
Wednesday May 16, 2012
Proceeds benefit Pelotonia and Share the Road.
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FREE TUNE-UPS/REPAIRS CYCLING & SAFETY INFORMATION MUSIC & FREE ICE CREAM FROM CD101! MUCH MORE!
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