The Lantern Print Edition 5-27-10

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Thursday May 27, 2010 year: 130 No. 115 the student voice of

The Ohio State University

www.thelantern.com campus

Olentangy River to be restored sports

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Two Crew left off World Cup roster btw

thelantern New $40 fee, unless you opt out KELSEY BULLER Lantern reporter buller.10@osu.edu

Comparable universities with legal services programs

Beginning fall 2011, a new, expanded student legal services program at Ohio State will provide students with legal advice and representation. However, even if students do not use the new services, they will be charged a fee unless they choose to opt out of the service altogether. Although it has been approved that OSU students will have the option to pay an annual fee of $40 to receive the services, the speciÿcs about the cost and how exactly the fee will be assessed to students has not been ÿnalized, said Nicole Hall, director of the OSU Student Housing Legal Clinic. The program will provide guidance about issues including criminal misdemeanors, consumer transactions, uncontested domestic matters, conversion of property and simple document drafting.

Ohio State has based the new student legal services program set to begin in Fall 2011 off of Kent State University, Bowling Green State University and Wright State University programs. All universities have similar opt-out legal programs. School

Students enrolled

Percent of students in program

Cost of program

Attorneys available

KSU

Approx. 32,000

88 percent

$9 per semester

Two full-time

WSU

Approx. 17,000

77 percent

$7 per quarter

Two full-time

BGSU

Approx. 20,000

Unknown

$7 per semester

Two full-time One part-time

OSU

58,791 enrolled in Spring 2010

55 percent*

$40 per academic year

Six full-time One director

* – Percent needed for program cost to be successful.

Source: Board of Trustees

4A Students send experiment to space continued as Opt-Out on 3A

MOLLY GRAY / Lantern designer

ERIC EASLEY Lantern reporter easley.28@osu.edu Ohio State aerospace engineering students are sending an experiment to the International Space Station in a box that’s 10 centimeters wide. The experiment will examine the effects of microgravity, the low-gravity environment of space, on the growth of ceria, an oxide of a rare-earth metal that increases the rate of other chemical reactions. Ceria has a crystal structure, which means that its atoms are arranged in a 3-D pattern. The microgravity of space enables the enhanced growth of ceria crystals, but scientists don’t know how much. “Any time you want to form a really perfect surface, space is a good environment,” said Kevin Disotell, a fourth-year in aerospace engineering and the project’s leader. “Gravity complicates ° uids because of buoyancy and convection.”

The International Space Station will house the 10-by-10 centimeter CubeLab containing the rare-earth metal ceria, which will be used to examine the effects of microgravity.

1B Duck, duck — gone

The Wexner Center will display work by the artist, a Philadelphia native, until Aug. 15.

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Whether it’s albino squirrels frolicking on the Oval or cows running loose, Ohio State has had its fair share of odd animal situations. One brood recently missing from campus is the multi-colored ducks of Mirror Lake. Anyone who has walked past Mirror Lake in the spring has seen these ducks swimming with their offspring, quacking and waddling around in search of crumbs from Mirror Lake Creamery and Grill subs. But this spring, the ducks are missing in action. Last August, Mirror Lake was drained to clean and reÿll the water. Before that happened, OSU hired professionals from

the Wildlife Control Company to remove the feathered inhabitants from the pond and transfer them to nearby Fred Beekman Park. The cost to move the ducks to the park, located on the southwest corner of Lane Avenue and Kenny Road, was $1,500. As the dog days of summer began to fade away and winter set in, the ducks, whose genetic lineage is so muddled that they are incapable of ° ying to warmer areas, were in need of assistance. Amy Murray, assistant director of Media Relations, said OSU was in the midst of preparing to move the ducks to a safer place when some concerned citizens called up a local television station.

Fred Beekman Park

Olentang

high 86 low 65

RACHEL JACKLIN Lantern reporter jacklin.5@osu.edu

Lane Avenue

315

weather

Flightless Mirror Lake ducks moved to Fred Beekman Park, then Ohio Wildlife Center

The multi-colored ducks of Mirror Lake were moved to Fred Beekman Park before Mirror Lake was drained, then moved by the Ohio Wildlife Center to an unknown location. Their are no records of the ducks’ whereabouts.

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Where did the Mirror Lake ducks go?

Olentangy River Road

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Zoe Strauss

Photo courtesy of STS-114 Crew, NASA

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Mirror Lake 12th Avenue

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After $25 million study, construction of Ohio rail not likely

scattered t-storms

DANNY PETERSON Lantern reporter peterson.329@osu.edu

FR 82/63 partly cloudy SA 82/64 partly cloudy SU 86/68 sunny MO 85/67 partly cloudy www.weather.com

Students who celebrated the announcement of a passenger rail between Ohio’s largest cities might not want to sell their cars just yet. Ohio’s 3C “Quick Start” Passenger Rail Plan still includes a number of unanswered questions. Details from an ongoing study might determine whether the plan will come to fruition. Opponents on the state controlling board say that if the study does not meet their concerns, the project

will not get the votes it needs to pass. If it does not pass, Ohio will have to return the $400 million awarded to the state by the federal government. Gov. Ted Strickland announced in January that Ohio would receive $400 million in federal stimulus funds to pay for rail service between Ohio cities. However, several newspapers reported at the time that the money was for a high-speed rail, which it is not. The $400 million was earmarked to re-establish a medium-speed passenger rail between the three Cs, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, with stops in Dayton. The 3-C corridor

hasn’t had a passenger rail since 1971. Project opponents have cited rail speed, train schedules, ridership ÿgures and cost in their objections. Proponents hope the feasibility and environmental study being done by consulting ÿrm Parsons Brinckerhoff will ease some of those concerns. In an April 16 letter to Strickland, Ohio Senate President Bill Harris questioned Strickland’s proposed transition from medium-speed to high-speed rail. Harris doesn’t believe Amtrak’s ÿnding that there will be 478,000 annual riders, said Harris’ spokeswoman Maggie Ostrowski. He also thinks the projected $17 million

in annual subsidies Ohio is expected to pay is unrealistically low, Ostrowski said Monday in an e-mail. Once Parsons Brinckerhoff completes its study, Ohio Controlling Board will vote on whether the 3-C plan will be implemented. The Controlling Board is a seven-member bipartisan spending panel. The board’s April 16 vote approved spending $25 million of the $400 million for the study. The vote passed by a 4-3 margin, which was divided along party lines. Democrats

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