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After breaking up block party with pepper spray, police charge 3 with assault THOMAS BRADLEY Senior Lantern reporter bradley.321@osu.edu

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Saturday night, more than 1,000 students gathered at Woodfest ’11, a block party on East Woodruff Avenue between High Street and Indianola Avenue. Columbus police dispersed the crowd with pepper spray at about midnight.

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Mid afternoon — party began with a cookout.

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This weekend’s Woodfest ’11 resulted in law enforcement intervention and injuries, arrests, thrown bottles and the use of pepper spray. Columbus police encountered a crowd of more than 1,000 people at about midnight Saturday on East Woodruff Avenue and attempted to disperse the crowd ° ooding the street. According to the police report, the ofÿcers used pepper spray to disband the crowd after bottles and cans were thrown at police. “We haven’t had issues like this in nine or 10 years,” said Sgt. Richard Weiner, public information ofÿcer for the Columbus Police Department. According to Lantern archives, large block parties on Chittenden Avenue in the early 2000s inspired similar police responses. Those parties were called Chittfest.

On Saturday night, Woodruff Avenue’s block party, Woodfest ’11, ended when the Columbus Police Department began spraying the crowd with pepper spray in reaction to thrown bottles and cans at one of the patrolling vehicles. More than 1,000 students fled the area, spilling into the surrounding neighborhoods. Property damage including a fight and dumpster fire were reported by police scanners as far as Iuka Avenue following the incident.

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LAUREN BROWN AND ALEX NELSON Lantern reporter brown.3978@osu.edu and nelson.704@osu.edu

Where Woodfest went wrong

11:30 – 11:45 p.m. — According to eyewitnesses, party began to get out of control.

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Midnight — Columbus Police Department arrives on the scene and proceeds to break up crowd using pepper spray.

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Two Ohio State students and one other man were arrested early Sunday morning after Columbus police ofÿcers cleared East Woodruff Avenue with pepper spray. Matthew Coleman, a 19-year-old majoring in biology, Brian Witt, a 21-year-old majoring in civil engineering, and Michael Shivak, 21, were arrested for assault on a police ofÿcer following the block party, Woodfest ’11. All three were charged with assault on a police ofÿcer, and Coleman was charged with two counts of assault on a police ofÿcer. Coleman and Witt tried to evade police and sustained “minor injuries” in the process, according to Sgt. Richard Weiner of the Columbus Police Department. Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, several houses organized a block party that spilled into the street, blocking trafÿc on East Woodruff Avenue between High Street and Indianola Avenue. Hometeam Properties, the owners of several of the host houses on East Woodruff Avenue, warned tenants in an email Thursday to be safe at Woodfest and to clean up by Monday morning, said Alex Curti, a fourth-year in ÿnance and logistics and resident of 62 E. Woodruff Ave., one of the party’s host houses. According to the police report, ofÿcers encountered a large crowd on Woodruff Avenue and saw several house parties with more than 1,000

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‘My motto is more college, less school’ After securing future plans, some seniors are finding it hard to focus on classes BLAKE WILLIAMS Senior Lantern reporter williams.3012@osu.edu Before they graduate in 27 days, many seniors are re-evaluating their priorities. Rather than focusing on classes and grades, some are instead focusing on making the most of the little time they have left as students. “I think everyone is kind of slacking off. … At this point you kind of realize you can only have your college lifestyle for four more weeks, and then you have to grow up,” said Chelsea Brown, a fourth-year in political science. “You have to savor every minute of it.” The impending life change might also bring some seniors unease as their focus shifts to enjoying the remainder of college. “When you are that close to graduating your focus shifts more to your future. You may even have some anxiety with that but there certainly is a shift in focus,” said Charles Emery, a professor of psychology. “In some ways it may be a bit harder to focus on what you are doing in a particular class during that quarter when you are about to graduate.” The lack of motivation for many seniors may be because they have already accepted job offers or will be attending graduate school.

I think everyone is kind of slacking off … at this point you kind of realize you can only have your college lifestyle for four more weeks, and then you have to grow up. You have to savor every minute of it. Chelsea Brown fourth-year in political science

The OSU Arts and Sciences Career Services Ofÿce exit survey of Spring 2010 graduates showed 54 percent were continuing in a graduate or professional program and 18 percent had secured employment. “I think, traditionally, Arts and Sciences students are more inclined to go to graduate or professional school,” said ofÿce director Stephanie Ford. Ford’s inclination might be correct. Sixty-two percent of 2010 engineering graduates had ÿrm post-graduation plans, said Rosemary Hill, director

of engineering career services. The distinction between professional or graduate school and employment was not made. Brown has already accepted a position with AmeriCorps and has seen her schoolwork decline as a result. “(I work) the least amount of hours as possible to get the grades I need,” she said. “I don’t go to classes that don’t require attendance if I don’t have a test.” Given the number of students with future plans, some professors understand why seniors’ motivation begins to wane. “By the time you get to the last quarter, you have already gotten what you are going to get in terms of your GPA, and you may have gotten into grad school, and I think at that point, it could be liberating,” Emery said. Though professors might understand a diminished level effort, some students don’t have the luxury of taking it easy in their last quarter. “I wish I could (slack off). I guess I am more fueled by the fear of not graduating (and) having a demanding schedule for my last quarter,” said Sarah Patterson, a fourth-year in business administration.

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