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Boren to lead
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OSU senior fullback Zach Boren will have a new role when the football team kicks off its season Saturday. Courtesy of MCT
A Bay St. Louis Mississippi man, left, and his dog are led out of the water by a member of the Swift Water Rescue Team after being rescued from his flooded house during Tropical Storm Isaac on Wednesday.
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The extreme wind and rain from Tropical Storm Isaac will not reach Ohio, but that does not mean Ohio State students are exempt from worry. Instead of filling sandbags and boarding up their windows, students with family in the Gulf-area must brace for Isaac by calling their loved ones and tracking the storm. Allie West, a fourth-year in speech and hearing sciences, has an aunt and uncle who recently moved to Alabama to start a business. West said her family is worried about how the hurricane will pan out despite their best preparation efforts. “I have been watching the radar all day and it definitely isn’t shying away from my family.” West said. “Nothing to do but keep them in my thoughts and wait I suppose.” Ambria Carpenter, a second-year in psychology, also has family in Alabama. She said recent natural disasters have been detrimental to her family’s region. “They feel like the Southern area is falling apart. After Katrina and after the recent stuff, it’s really hard for it to get back on its feet,” Carpenter said. Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast in August 2005. According to the National Climatic Data Center,
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Methods differ on cutting college costs
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With a myriad of festivals and attractions, Columbus offers a number of activities to fill up free time.
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Kristen Mitchell Campus editor mitchell.935@osu.edu This is the second story of an 11-article series leading up to the Nov. 6 presidential election that will break down the issues dominating political debates. Check back next Thursday for our segment on equal rights. In a world where most young adults are expected to attend college after graduating high school, 75 percent of the public has said it’s too expensive for most Americans to afford, and 57 percent of the public has said college doesn’t provide students with a good value for the money spent, according to a study by Pew Research. Both Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama think the cost of higher education is unacceptable. At Ohio State, the price of tuition has increased 3.5 percent for the past two academic years, making
it an overall 7 percent increase. With the cost of student loans increasing, attending even an in-state public university is becoming unaffordable for many. Virginia Layton, university director and bursar of OSU’s Office of Financial Services, said about 40 percent of OSU students depend on student loans to help cover the costs of education. In Obama’s most recent visit to Columbus, he spoke primarily on the subject of student loans to a crowd at Capital University Aug. 21. On a university campus, he told students that he, like them, had experience paying back student loan debt, and that something needed to be done to make college more affordable. “Both of us (him and Michelle Obama) graduated from law school with a mound of debt. When we got married, we got poor together,” he said. “We paid more on our student loans than we did on our mortgage and that went on for years.” Even with the high cost and burden of payments, Obama reminded students how important going to college is in finding a good job. “Your education is the single most important
investment you can make for your future,” Obama said. “This is about more than your own success, because now more than ever, your own success is America’s success.” During his time in office, Obama said he has worked to raise K-12 standards so students are better prepared for college and to make financing more affordable. About 363,000 students received Pell Grants in Ohio in 2010, and more than 44,000 of those were in Columbus, according to campaign statistics. On Wednesday Obama participated in a live-thread conversation on reddit, a social news website. The website drew in so many visitors that the site crashed. Saturday, Romney spoke in Powell, Ohio, a suburb about 30 minutes from campus, but he did not talk about student loans. However, during a March visit to the University of Chicago, Romney said Democrats were not looking out for the welfare of college-age adults.
Buckeye goes BroadMeyer recalls near mishap with Miami way
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Patrick maks Asst. sports editor maks.1@osu.edu It’s not the first time Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has faced Miami (Ohio). Two years ago, Meyer’s then No. 4-ranked Florida Gators needed a 13-point fourth quarter to pull away from the Redhawks in Gainesville before eventually winning 34-12. “We didn’t play good that day. I remember we had a new center, Mike (Pouncey), and we snapped the ball all over the place, so we weren’t very good that day,” said the first-year coach. An anemic Florida offense fumbled the ball eight times that day on route to an 8-5 finish in Meyer’s last season at Florida. That particular Miami squad, which finished 10-4 and won the Mid-American Conference, Meyer said, is far from the one he’s scheduled to face this Saturday at noon in Ohio Stadium. “It’s a different Miami team,” he said. “These guys throw it all over the place now.” What Meyer is alluding to is the Redhawks’ aerial attack that figures to test a relatively-young Buckeyes defensive secondary. Despite a 4-8 finish in 2011, Miami features the 14th-ranked passing offense in the nation behind from last season behind senior quarterback Zac Dysert.
With Dysert and now second-year coach Don Treadwell, the Redhawks averaged 299.1 yards through the air. It’s something Meyer seems to be well-aware of. “They have two NFL (caliber) players on offense,” he said, likely referring to Dysert and Miami receiver Nick Harwell, who averaged 129.6 yards receiving yards a game in 2011. “I don’t remember that as well.” Even with the contest looming on Saturday against Miami, Meyer said the Buckeyes still aren’t “game ready, but close.” “You could tell by everybody’s good demeanor that that was a good day,” Meyer told assembled media members regarding the Buckeyes’ Wednesday practice. While it is widely-reported that the remnants of Tropical Storm Isaac will pass through Columbus sometime on Saturday, Meyer said it hasn’t affected the way OSU prepares for its first game of the season. “We might call the game different, but it’s the same game plan,” he said. Additionally, Meyer also confirmed the possibility of a slight change in the Buckeyes’ uniforms. While Meyer did not dive into specifics, he said he doesn’t think — or hope — any sort of changes are “on pace to be that much different.” Meyer said he let his leadership committee aid in the decision. “I said just make sure this is all right with Archie Griffin and the former players, because I don’t want to start breaking traditions around here,” he said.
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Urban Meyer answers a question from the media at the Woody Hayes Athletic Facility Aug. 29.
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