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Tuesday August 20, 2013 year: 133 No. 61

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KRISTEN MITCHELL Editor-in-chief mitchell.935@osu.edu

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Cornering a new starter

Armani Reeves will fill Bradley Roby’s shoes for the first game of the Buckeyes’ season.

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Ohio State is asking smokers to leave their cigarettes at home this school year, and if employees or students don’t comply, they could be facing university sanctions in the spring. Former Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee said the university would implement a new tobacco-free policy by Aug. 1, but enforcement of the ban is being delayed until 2014. “We’re unveiling the initiative this semester and the actual policy we’ll unveil in January 2014,” OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said. During Fall Semester, the university will work on educating students, faculty and staff on the change before punitive actions are taken against on-campus smokers the following semester. Interim President Joseph Alutto said the delayed enforcement will be beneficial to the overall goal of making the university a healthier place. “This is very important for everyone and we’re going to do everything we can… to encourage that behavior and over time give people time to adjust,” Alutto said in an interview with The Lantern. Dave Robinson, who has been smoking for

Former OSU President E. Gordon Gee said the university would implement a tobacco-free policy by Aug. 1, but enforcement of the ban is being delayed until 2014.

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Man, 28, rescued from Mirror Lake in ICU KRISTEN MITCHELL Editor-in-chief mitchell.935@osu.edu

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An accidental run-in on the Olentangy Trail would end up being the last time Ohio State Ph.D. candidate Krishna Patel would see his acquaintance from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry before hearing the man was in critical condition. Patel knew Tushar Shriram Kabre, the 28-year-old man who was pulled out of Mirror Lake Sunday. They weren’t great friends but shared a General Chemistry Learning Resource Center office hours time slot about two years ago, and the two made small talk around the department from time to time.

OSU Adminstration and Planning spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc said in an email Kabre “received a masters of science in chemistry degree in autumn 2011” and that he is not currently enrolled at Ohio State. Patel said Monday evening he hadn’t seen Kabre in a while before running into him Aug. 15 during an evening walk on the Olentangy Trail. It was then Kabre told him he had left the chemistry program and was returning to India. His flight, Patel said, was booked for the following day. Just days later, Patel heard about the incident at Mirror Lake, in which Kabre was pulled from the water and taken to Wexner Medical Center in critical condition. “It was a shock to me when I saw the news,” he said.

Kabre was in the Medical Center Intensive Care Unit at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to the Medical Center. Patel said Kabre was shy but friendly. He wouldn’t often start conversations but he’d chime in every so often. Patel said Monday he planned to visit Kabre in the hospital soon. A 911 call reporting a “person in distress in Mirror Lake” was received at approximately 5 p.m. Sunday, and other bystanders approached the OSU Public Safety Mobile Command Unit that was in the area alerting them to the situation. Police officers and Student Safety officers jumped into Mirror Lake to pull the man from the water, according to a Sunday university release,

and bystanders reported paramedics performed CPR and chest resuscitations for several minutes without any apparent reaction from Kabre. University Police Lt. Rick Green said at about 5:30 p.m. the man had been taken to the Wexner Medical Center, and OSU Police Chief Paul Denton said Monday the “heroic actions” of officers and bystanders were “amazing.” “It’s not every day you save a life,” Denton said. “It’s an amazing story there.” Kabre said Patel was a student from India, like himself, and didn’t believe he had family living locally. “I think they’re all back in India,” he said.

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Three Ohio State students spent the summer interning for Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman on green projects.

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OSU ‘17 rings in first year MARIO ROBERTSON Lantern reporter robertson.328@osu.edu

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OSU Marching Band members play at President’s Convocation Aug. 19. There were about 7,100 freshmen in attendance.

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Nearly 7,100 Ohio State freshmen were introduced to some of the faces and traditions of OSU, as well as some of Columbus’ attractions Monday. The students attended Convocation at St. John Arena and then were taken to Nationwide Arena for the second annual Columbus Welcome event. There were some changes to Columbus Welcome since last year’s event, such as decreasing the number of speakers and the altering the program’s content, OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said in an email. “One change has been to make the program more interactive with the students attending,” Lewis said in an email. “Also, we have eliminated the walk through the Ohio Stadium. Even though that was popular, we realized that students will have an even better opportunity to experience Ohio Stadium the following Saturday for Buckeye Kickoff.” Some freshmen were disappointed about the change.

“I’m upset that the stadium walk was not part of Convocation this year,” first-year in electrical and computer engineering Jalen Tate said. “Convocation seemed less special, and it took away from the bonding experience. It would have also been more convenient to include walking the field during Convocation, and it is doubtful that all 7,000 freshmen will go to the Buckeye Kick-Off on Saturday.” Others agreed but said they’ll now be making a point of attending Buckeye Kick-Off. “I thought that the walk across the field in the stadium should have been kept as a part of the event,” said Joseph Raney, a first-year in pharmaceutical sciences. “I will attend the Buckeye Kickoff event this Saturday in order to take part in this great experience.” Columbus Welcome was shorter this year compared to last – in 2012, the program was about three hours long, compared to the less than an hour this year. “We still have over 30 organizations involved with the program; however we have simplified the

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Interim OSU President Joseph Alutto spoke Aug. 19 at the President’s Convocation.

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