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President Gee talks parking, Pryor, pajamas linDsey FoX anD stephanie KariUKi Lantern reporters fox.542@osu.edu and kariuki.2@osu.edu Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee visited The Lantern newsroom Thursday evening to discuss a number of issues directly affecting the OSU community. These ranged from the issue of privatizing the parking on campus to the quarter-to-semester transition. Gee spoke passionately about the value of an OSU degree and the value of a university education, among other ideas. “I get so damn mad every time I see … this young woman who comes on (the television), she says, ‘I’m in my pajamas and I’m getting a college degree!,’ and I say, “You are getting something young lady, you’re not getting a college degree in your damn pajamas!’” Geothermal project has ‘a lot of problems’ “Progress is calculated by the number of roads that are closed and the number of cranes we have,” Gee said. “We are one of the most progressive institutions in the country.” Construction related to the geothermal well field that started mid-November 2010 is not on time and not on target, according to Gee. “Our geothermal, our big green project, has run into some problems in terms of drilling. We are going to have to continue drilling, which is going to take us longer than we

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OSU’s Jaamal Berry involved in assault Chelsea Castle Managing editor for content castle.121@osu.edu Ohio State tailback Jaamal Berry was admitted and released from the OSU Medical Center Wednesday after what an OSU police report described as an “assault” on another student. The incident occurred Wednesday morning on the South Oval by Enarson Hall. No charges were filed, and while the victim’s name was included in the police report, The Lantern has chosen not to name him. The report said the victim “sustained bruises on his neck from this event.” Berry’s name was the only one blacked out of the report but multiple sources confirmed to The Lantern that he was the other student involved. The OSU police report listed the incident as an assault, a misdemeanor in the first degree, with use of weapons including “hands, feet, teeth." At about 10:25 a.m., two males were witnessed

“wrestling on the ground” in the South Oval, according to the police report. The primary witness is a university employee who declined to comment, but said in the police report that Berry was muttering things such as “I don’t know what is going on around me.” The report said Berry “appeared confused and disoriented and was unable to tell me his name.” The OSU police officer on the scene observed that Berry was “mentally unable to provide me with any of his emergency contact information,” and Berry voluntarily went to the OSU emergency department. The associate director of athletics communication, Jerry Emig, said the department is aware of the incident and does not know if it will affect his play in the game on Saturday. “He’s had a number of tests from doctors to try to figure out what caused the incident,” Emig said. “Our primary concern is his health and well being.” One of the witnesses requested to remain anonymous but spoke to The Lantern in an email.

The witness said she “saw a student laying on the ground and a middle-aged woman standing above him asking if he was okay. The middle-aged woman said that the student on the ground had attacked another student. The student on the ground, who was later identified as Jaamal Berry, was clearly out of sorts and appeared to be quite disconnected from his surroundings.” No alcohol was smelled or involved, according to the police report. Attempts to reach the victim and another witness Thursday were unsuccessful. OSU deputy police chief Richard Morman said the department doesn’t “release information on people that would be considered an uncharged suspect.” Berry was admitted to the emergency room Wednesday morning and was discharged, an operator at the OSU Medical Center confirmed to The Lantern Thursday evening. His reason for admittance was not able to released, she said.

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Jaamal Berry (4) returns a kick in the game against toledo on saturday sept. 10, 2011 at ohio stadium in Columbus, ohio.

Director marches out on high note sarah iGnatZ-hoover Lantern reporter ignatz-hoover.2s@osu.edu

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in June 2012, Jon Woods will retire as director of the ohio state Marching Band after 38 years.

Jon Woods has been committing himself to his students, music and a tradition of excellence in the Ohio State University Marching Band since 1974. Woods’ retirement in June 2012 will bring an end to his era as director of the band. Woods, the marching band director since 1984 and assistant director since 1974, is also a full professor in the School of Music. Woods received degrees from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University and the University of Michigan. “I was pretty objective about bands, and I’ll never forget my first Ohio State-Michigan game was at Michigan then, and I’m sitting there and that’s when I first saw the Ohio State band, and I said to the person I was with ‘Now there’s a band,’” said Woods, who was working toward his Ph.D. at Michigan at the time. Woods said he liked the OSU band since the day he saw them and never dreamed he’d be offered a job at OSU at the end of that year. “I can remember coming, getting out of the car my first day of work in the summertime and my knee started to shake a little bit. I said, ‘Boy, this is going to be a challenge, this is as big as it gets,’” Woods said. “If you love marching band and football there’s no place like Columbus, Ohio, and Ohio State University. I mean this is it, and it’s been wonderful to be part of a great tradition here at Ohio State,” Woods said.

Woods worked to bring the tradition of excellence to the marching band. “People ask me what is the greatest tradition of the band. Is it the Script Ohio or is it the ramp entrance? Is it Hang On Sloopy? … I’ve thought a lot about that, and although all those things I just mentioned are very important to the band and to our fans, I think the greatest tradition is the tradition of excellence,” Woods said. Jason Stuckert, a third-year in marketing and the marching band’s drum major, said he also believes the band’s best tradition is the tradition of excellence. Stuckert said before joining the band he would have said Script Ohio or the ramp entrance was the best tradition, but thinks Woods’ commitment to excellence is his biggest contribution to the band. Mike Maley, a sixth-year in integrated social studies and a fifth-year band member, said Woods made him a better musician and a harder worker. “That’s probably one of the most exciting things about my job is watching the students succeed and let them know, you have succeeded because of the hard work, … the tradition of excellence,” Woods said. Patricia Flowers, a professor of music education, met Woods when she started working at OSU in 1985. “Every year he tells me it’s the best band we’ve ever had,” Flowers said in an email. Woods said the growing number of auditions makes the quality of the members better and helps the band to improve.

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