Monday September 19, 2011 year: 132 No. 1 the student voice of
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The OSU men’s soccer team saw mixed results in the Coastal Carolina Tournament while the women’s team opened conference play with a tie against Minnesota.
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T HOMAS BRAD LEY / Campus editor
Head coach Luke Fickell patrols the field during the pregame of the Ohio State, Miami game on Sept. 17, 2011
Housing list leaked on Facebook
Under the direction of first-year head coach Luke Fickell, Ohio State football entered 2011 touting the slogan “Shock the world.” The biggest shock of the season so far was the Buckeyes’ Saturday loss and the accompanying uncertainty they now face. OSU began the season with an impressive Week 1 win against Akron, bolstering the lofty expectations of some in Buckeye Nation. The follow-up performance was a too-close-for-comfort win against in-state rival Toledo. And then came Saturday’s game against the Miami Hurricanes. The unranked Hurricanes took control of the battle of embattled programs in the first quarter as senior quarterback Jacory Harris completed two three-yard touchdown passes to sophomore wide receiver Allen Hurns to give Miami a 14-0 lead, and eventually a 24-6 win. The Miami defense held the then-No. 17-ranked OSU offense down throughout the game, limiting
redshirt senior quarterback Joe Bauserman and true freshman quarterback Braxton Miller to 4-of-18 passing for 35 yards and 209 total yards of offense. Junior running back Jordan Hall featured on OSU’s first scoring drive of the game, carrying seven times on a 16-play drive that sophomore Drew Basil capped with a 22-yard field goal. Hall, along with sophomore defensive back Corey Brown and junior defensive back Travis Howard, were each suspended for the Buckeyes’ first two games for receiving white envelopes containing $200 from a university booster at a Feb. 19 charity event in Cleveland. Daniel Herron, DeVier Posey, Mike Adams and Solomon Thomas will remain suspended until the team’s Oct. 8 game at Nebraska for selling OSU football memorabilia and receiving improper benefits in the form of tattoos. The mock hurricane siren that called fans to cheer throughout the game at Sun Life Stadium was, perhaps, a harbinger for the Buckeyes.
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Ohio State move-in day Ohio Welcome Leaders, commonly known as OWLs, swarm the car of an OSU student moving into Scott House on OSU’s north campus on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011.
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T here’s a ‘New Girl’ in town
Zooey Deschanel stars in Fox’s new comedy series, airing Tuesday at 9 p.m. about a girl who moves in with three male strangers after a devastating breakup.
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The official housing email was sent out to the freshman on Aug. 4. “I never wanted to cause any harm, I was just very excited and wanted everyone else to be excited,” Hodges said. Greenslade-Smith said that despite the false link being posted, some people knew the link was not accurate. “There were voices of reason out there knowing that it couldn’t be true because it would be odd that housing would be posted Facebook,” GreensladeSmith said. About 400 students were affected by the mishap, Greenslade-Smith said. An estimated 6900 new freshman are enrolled for the Columbus campus this
year, up from 6549 new freshman last year, said Gail Capel Stephenoff, director of analysis and reporting. For the future, the university has learned to time the tests differently by doing them earlier, with the portal down instead of up, and by testing old data from previous years instead of using the current year’s students, Greenslade-Smith said. “Every year presents its own challenge, we are making every effort to go green, so there are no plans to not do things electronically,” GreensladeSmith said.
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Three days before housing assignments were set to go out to incoming freshman, Ohio State’s system was tapped and a link with the wrong housing information was leaked on Facebook. The housing assignments used to be done by hand in a process that took about six weeks, but in an attempt to go green, OSU’s university residences and dining services made the assignments electronically in an allotted time of two weeks. “We wanted to perform a test run to make sure the information was accurate,” said Toni Greenslade-Smith, director of housing administration at the university. “We picked a handful of names and loaded the jump data in the test system. During the testing phase, someone logged into the portal and got the jump data.” The test trial assignment link then got posted on the Ohio State University Class of 2015 Facebook page on Monday, Aug. 1 by incoming freshman Adam Hodges, where everything was taken to be factual. “I received a Facebook message that had the link to the housing site,” Hodges said. “I knew we would be getting the information sometime soon, so to me the link looked legitimate and had everything I requested.” The university officials found the Facebook post when a mother of an incoming freshman called asking questions about her daughter’s placement. “As soon as we found out where the link got posted, we took it down immediately,” GreensladeSmith said. The housing administration sent out an email to the students that afternoon stating the housing assignments were inaccurate and nothing was official until they received the actual email from the university.
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Summertime for college students can include a wide array of activities: a trip to the beach, getting a summer job, studying abroad, days of partying or even taking classes. As the first day of the school year is quickly approaching, here is a look back at the summer that was, with highlights from the last few months in The Lantern. Kroger reopening The $10 million Kroger in the Short North opened July 26 after years of planning and implementing
changes suggested by customers, including the addition of the Ohio State University BuckID as a form of payment. The building, which is connected to the sidewalk on High Street, now offers a sushi and salad bar, a bistro, a state liquor store and a wider selection of groceries. Attempted Kidnapping On Aug. 3, Columbus and OSU Police arrested and charged a man in connection with abduction attempts at knifepoint near Cannon Drive. No injuries were reported. David Phillip Morris, the man charged, was held on bonds totaling $770,000. Morris was indicted on Aug. 12 on four felony counts, including counts of kidnapping with sexual motivation and attempted kidnapping, both of
which carry repeat offender specifications. He was also charged on counts of abduction and aggravated robbery. Obama’s visit to Columbus One day after submitting the $447 billion American Jobs Act to Congress, President Barack Obama stopped in Columbus on Sept. 13 to continue his campaign trail to promote the benefits of the new bill. In front of an estimated crowd of 3,250 people, Obama spoke about his proposal, briefly outlining his plan to spend billions on rebuilding and modernizing schools, restructure the country’s
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