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RYAN GUENTHER Lantern reporter guenther.50@osu.edu
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OSU suits up for ‘rivalry’ game
The Buckeyes take on Wisconsin Sept. 28, a game coach Urban Meyer called a rivalry born from ‘mutual respect.’
ALICE BACANI / BuckeyeTV asst. news director
The University Department of Public Safety acquired a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle in early September.
The Ohio State University Police Division has acquired a vehicle fit for war. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle was donated earlier this month. Similar vehicles have been used in United States military conflicts in countries including Iraq and Afghanistan. The vehicle comes suited with a turret designed for mounting an automatic firearm, armored siding, bulletproof glass and a frame high enough to allow it to travel through three feet of water. The MRAP vehicle is meant to be used mainly for large-scale emergency situations, according to University Police officers, but some OSU students don’t think the vehicle is necessary.
University Police Chief Paul Denton said the vehicle was acquired at no cost to the university from a military surplus program in order to replace a similar vehicle owned by the department that was outdated. The previous vehicle saw little use, but had similar purposes to those of the new vehicle, Denton said. The new vehicle was acquired to serve for the potential purposes of officer rescue, hostage situations, bomb threats, homeland security and active shooter scenarios, Denton said. Kyle Smith, Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and a fourth-year in criminal justice, said he doesn’t see a need for University Police to have a military vehicle that can withstand the blast of a 500-pound bomb, but he understands the logic behind why the department acquired one. “It makes sense,” Smith said. “Why pay $300,000 for an armored (Chevrolet) Suburban when you can get a much
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OSU Greeks react to Alabama sorority controversy
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MARIO ROBERTSON Lantern reporter robertson.328@osu.edu
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Cudi comes home
Kid Cudi performed in Columbus Sept. 24 and said he was happy to be back in his home state.
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Some Ohio State students are saying the same type of discriminatory recruiting practices that were happening recently at the University of Alabama could not happen at OSU. The students of Alabama voiced their discontent and the streets of Alabama’s campus were filled Sept. 18 with students and professors protesting the racial segregation that continues to exist in the university’s Greek Life system. The revelation came after a story published Sept. 11 by the student newspaper, The Crimson White, reported a very strong candidate for Alpha Gamma Delta, who was an African-American female student, was denied based upon her race by alumni of the organization. She did not receive a bid from any of the 16 Pan-Hellenic sororities at the university. University of Alabama President Judy Bonner has since introduced changes that the sororities in question
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University of Alabama potential new members register for 2013 sorority recruitment Aug. 10. that were employing discriminatory recruiting practices must begin to follow. These sororities must also change their recruiting system so new members can be added anytime. The sororities under review then sent bids to 11 black female students, and four of these bids had been accepted as of Saturday, according to New York Daily News.
Representatives of Sorority & Fraternity Life at OSU are not worried this type of discrimination could occur at OSU because of the commitment and value it places upon diversity, said assistant director of OSU Sorority & Fraternity Life Sharrell Hassell-Goodman. “Our community is one where I don’t particularly worry about these
practices happening because diversity is something we value through and through … we have diversity programs that our chapters do every semester, and so they are constantly educated on various aspects of their social identity, such as race, ethnicity, gender and religious preference,” Hassell-Goodman said. In an interview with The Lantern Monday, OSU Interim President Joseph Alutto said he thinks sororities and fraternities are a worthwhile way for students to get involved. “I think they add a great deal to the experience of individual students, as long as students have the ability to chose that’s what they want and that is the experience they think is valuable for their time at the university,” Alutto said. OSU’s student organizations have a non-discrimination policy, which includes sororities and fraternities, Hassell-Goodman said. The non-discrimination clause is a part of the constitution of every student organization, she said.
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App serves as Study: Guns on campus a no-go for Midwest students a ‘safety blue light’
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STACIE JACKSON Lantern reporter jackson.2087@osu.edu
The majority of students at 15 Midwestern colleges and universities do not want concealed handguns on their campuses, according to a recent study, but Ohio State was left out of the conversation. Some students said that makes the study less legitimate. A questionnaire from Ball State University surveyed more than 1,600 undergraduate college students and found 78 percent of them were not supportive of concealed handguns on campuses and would not obtain a permit to carry handguns on campus if it were to become legal. The 15 schools surveyed were University of Toledo, Ball State University, Kent State University, Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Western Illinois University, Western Michigan University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Ferris State University, University of Southern Indiana, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, University of WisconsinMilwaukee and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Of those schools, only the University of Wisconsin system permits students to carry concealed weapons on campus, and people are not allowed to bring the weapons into campus buildings or stadiums, according to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Concealed weapons are considered those which are kept hidden on one’s person or under one’s control. To obtain an Ohio Concealed Handgun License several requirements must be met, including completing a 12-hour Concealed
Carry Weapons course and passing criminal and mental competency checks. Concealed carry is prohibited at OSU, a regulation University Police Chief Paul Denton said is a combination of different state and campus policies. Ohio Law ORC 2923.126 prohibits concealed carry on “any premises owned or leased by any public or private college, university or other institution of higher education, unless the handgun is in a locked motor vehicle or the licensee is in the immediate process of placing the handgun in a locked motor vehicle.” The Workplace and Family Relationship
Violence Policy 7.05, which applies to faculty, staff and student employees, states possession of deadly weapons, including firearms, are prohibited on university property, and the Code of Student Conduct, Section 3335-23-04 E., states storage or possession of dangerous weapons, including firearms, is prohibited. There are groups advocating for concealed carry on OSU’s campus though – Buckeyes for Concealed Carry on Campus, the OSU chapter of Students for Concealed Carry Ohio, is “a group of OSU students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, as
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