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thelantern Union facility fee on high side What is the Union going to cost you? Projected undergraduate quarterly fee Fall 2010
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$51
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What it would cost over a four-year education
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$612
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The fees that Ohio State students began paying this quarter for construction of the new Ohio Union are higher than the amounts the university presented to students when the fee was initially proposed. Over the next 20 years, students will pay roughly 75 percent of the cost for the $118.8 million project. That figure doesn’t include millions of dollars in interest on bonds the university is selling to finance the project. Starting in the fall, the Union facility fee for full-time undergraduate students is expected to be $51 per quarter. The fee is projected to rise to $63 by 2015 and go up about $1 a year after that until it reaches $78 in 2030, when the bonds are paid
off, according to 2009 Board of Trustees documents. The Board of Trustees must approve each annual fee, and Bill Schwartz, fiscal officer for Student Life, said it’s possible the fees could end up being lower. He said the interest rate on $66 million in bonds to be sold in the fall might have a significant effect on the student fee. “We have been realistic and accurate about the student fee throughout the process,” Union Director Tracy Stuck said in an e-mail. The $51 fee and the $63 fee are “within the range” Union officials have been quoting since the fee was first proposed in 2004, Stuck said. If so, it’s at the very highest end of the ranges that have been discussed over the years. In an interview with The Lantern
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KATHY CUBERT Lantern reporter cubert.1@osu.edu Saturday will be a time of remembrance — and a time for thank yous. That night, there will be a homecoming celebration that has been decades in the making. Local World War II veterans will return to Columbus from Washington D.C. and get the “welcome home” they never received after the war. It’s all happening through Honor Flight Columbus. And time is of the essence — there are more than a 1,000 World War II veterans dying every day. An Ohio State alumnus is at the heart of an effort to help veterans find a sense of peace in the service they gave so many years ago. Bill Richards was in awe after hearing a speaker talk about the trips three years ago. The hair stood up on his arms, he said. He and his wife Bobbi “just
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Coach Jim Tressel, Mike Hoy and Bill Hoy stand in the military section of the Woody Hayes Athletic facility. Tressel’s football team and coaches have autographed team photo cards for Honor Flight participants. The World War II veterans will get the cards during mail call on Saturday. Mike Hoy, from Columbus Signs, designed the display. His father, Bill Hoy, was a World War II veteran who was in Nagasaki, Japan.
Spirited freshman attains ‘major’ goal JENNA WALDO Lantern reporter waldo.15@osu.edu From the famous backbend to the dotting of the “i” in Script Ohio, the university’s drum major has become a symbol of Buckeye pride and tradition for fans across the country. The Best Damn Band in the Land selected its head and assistant drum majors Tuesday night for the 2010-2011 season. Jason Stuckert, a first-year in business administration, was named head drum major, and Matt Berndsen, a third-year in hospitality management, was named assistant drum major.
There were a total of 19 judges at the tryouts, including two OSU drum majors from the 1940s. The seven contenders each performed the well-known pre-game ramp routine, a choreographed routine of their own, and a series of high tosses in front of an attentive, eager crowd that “ooh-ed” and “aah-ed” with every move. Before even making it to tryouts, though, each contestant spent years training for this day. Stuckert began twirling when he was in fifth grade and began training with drum majors at OSU in seventh grade. “I decided before high school that this was a goal that I wanted to reach, and
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Jason Stuckert, a first-year in business, is the new drum major for the Ohio State marching band. “This is the most incredible thing to happen to me,” he said. “It is the happiest day of my life.”
Donated backpacks symbolize student suicides nationwide
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1,100 backpacks were sitting in the Oval representing 1,100 college students who die by suicide each year nationwide.
Eleven hundred backpacks filled the Oval on Tuesday to remind students of the 1,100 college students who take their lives each year nationwide. Ohio State was the last stop on a 10-city tour of “Send Silence Packing,” which came to college campuses across the Midwest. “We know that mental health disorders are likely to present themselves between 18 and 24,” said Kate Maloney, member of the national chapter of Active Minds. “We also know most college campuses offer free help and that often goes underutilized.” The event is put on by the national chapter of Active Minds, Inc. It was started
by Alison Malmon in 2001 after her brother, an accomplished student at Columbus University, committed suicide. More than 30 OSU students have committed suicide in the last decade, according to Darcy Haag Granello with the OSU Suicide Prevention Program. Some of the backpacks that lined the Oval contained personal stories written by loved ones who were affected by someone’s suicide. These stories were sent to Active Minds, and the backpacks were also donated by the people affected. “It really connects people to a real person whey they see a backpack. They are carrying backpacks to class, so it really brings that one-on-one connection,” said Neethi Johnson, president of Active Minds OSU. Booths at the event gave students the
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