September 14, 2012

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thelantern Accidents ‘galvanized’ jaywalking citations

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Yifan Gu was hit by a cyclist last week, and after a string of accidents, it was a final straw for the Columbus Division of Police. Columbus Police Precinct 4 Commander Chris Bowling said recent safety implementations were “galvanized� by Gu’s accident, which occurred outside Chumley’s on High Street Sept. 6. Gu remained in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Wexner Medical Center Thursday afternoon. Bowling said she “probably is not going to make it.� Last weekend, Columbus Police began cracking down on pedestrian and bicycle safety, and Bowling said they issued 241 citations in the University District area that were a “combination of jaywalking and bicycle violations.� Citations were issued last Friday and Saturday

nights by the campus walking crew, a Columbus Police bicycle force, who patrolled the High Street area. Mike Gans, a second-year in computer science and engineering, was ticketed Sept. 7 for walking into the street near High Street and 13th Avenue, where the sidewalk was too crowded to pass. He said the women he was with were able to stay on the sidewalk and curb but he chose to walk in the street. “I’ve always been taught to walk on the side of danger,� Gans said, as to why he stepped into the street. Gans said he walked for 22 paces in the street, then stepped back onto the sidewalk. A female officer on a bike pulled him aside and asked for his license. “I explained to her the whole chivalrous thing, but she wasn’t really listening,� Gans said. Gans said he has a court date scheduled for Sept. 17 but doesn’t know exactly how much the ticket will cost. He said the officer told him it would be more than $100, but because it hasn’t been putin the system, Gans hasn’t been able to check how much he owes.

“Students are walking along wearing hoodies, earbuds and sitting there texting all the time. The university has a responsibility to keep students safe. We have to create awareness.� E. Gordon Gee OSU President on pedestrian safety

Tommy Johnson, a fourth-year in marketing, said his jaywalking ticket was a huge surprise. “I was doing what I’ve been doing for the past three years or so,� he said. Johnson was pulled aside by a police officer last weekend after crossing 15th Avenue.

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The OSU football team is scheduled to play California Saturday at noon.

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Ohio Stadium is the place to be seen for politicians this election cycle. This election season the ‘Shoe has seen political candidates from across America for each of the first two games of the Buckeyes’ season, and a third could be on the way this weekend. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who spoke at OSU’s Spring Commencement, might make it three political visits to Ohio

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Stadium in as many weeks Saturday when the Buckeyes play California. In an email to The Lantern, OSU spokesman Jim Lynch said Rice’s visit to campus this weekend was probable. Two political visits are already in the books. Most recently, Mayor Buddy Dyer, D-Orlando, a potential Floridian gubernatorial candidate, traveled to the Horseshoe this past Saturday to watch the Central Florida Knights battle the Buckeyes. One week prior, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan came to watch his alma mater team, the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, Sept. 1 at the ‘Shoe. These visits are, perhaps, a nod to the spectacle

that is an OSU football gameday and the visibility the events provide. Still, OSU President E. Gordon Gee said he tries to safeguard the university from being politicized by the visits. Dyer mingled with some of UCF’s traveling supporters before Saturday’s game and later met with Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman. He has been encouraged to enter the Sunshine State’s 2014 gubernatorial race, according to a Sept. 6 Orlando Sentinel report. Heather Fagan, Dyer’s deputy chief of staff, told The Lantern he will focus on getting President

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Stump ‘getting OSU reacts to attack better every day’ on Libyan ambassador michael burwell Lantern reporter burwell.37@osu.edu

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“I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I believe that the power of prayer goes an awfully long way.� Things are looking up for Rachel Stump. The first-year was struck by a car near campus on Aug. 19, after having been on campus for less than a week. She was sent to the Wexner Medical Center after the incident and was in a coma and critical condition for several days. However, Stump said in an email that she “pretty much just snapped out of it. I don’t feel like I’ve been hit by a car at all. I feel

completely fine, mentally,� she said. “Physically, I’m not terrible either. I obviously don’t have the complete body strength that I had before the accident, but I’m walking and moving around fine.� Her father, Matt Stump, said she has been doing “really good and well on her way to recovery.� “She can talk, she can text, she’s just kind of getting better every day as the swelling goes down,� Matt Stump said. According to a Columbus Division of Police report, the driver, also an OSU student, was driving southbound through a green light on North High Street near Chittenden Avenue when the vehicle

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Ayan Sheikh Senior Lantern reporter sheikh.51@osu.edu Middle East experts and Ohio State students are speaking out and condemning the violent attacks carried out by Islamist militants targeting U.S. consulates, that have resulted in the death of the American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans Tuesday evening, and continued violent protests Thursday. “I’m very saddened by the news, it’s a shock to all of us, it’s a painful and tragic event,� said Esam Omeish, director of the Libyan Emergency Task Force in Washington, D.C., and friend of the late ambassador Christopher Stevens. Omeish also said he believes Stevens was “in the forefront of the Libyan revolution.� Just like Omeish, Libyan-American Dr. Elmahdi Elkhammas, professor of Clinical Surgery at Wexner Medical Center, said Libyans admired Stevens for his role in freeing Libya, saying that “the average

Libyan will not bite the hand that helped him.� Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador since 1979 to be killed by terrorists. Elkhammas’ most recent visit to Libya was in May, working to perform kidney transplant surgeries on Libyan civilians. He described the atmosphere as relatively safe. “I was faced with young, polite people, I didn’t feel any danger on my life,� he said. Hannah Tyler, government affairs and communications coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Columbus (CAIR-Ohio), told The Lantern that given Steven’s integral role in Libya, she found the news of his death troubling. “Christopher Stevens was formerly in the Peace Corps,� Tyler said. “He played a significant role in protecting citizens in Libya during the uprising. So it was sad to see that this was his treatment by this select group.�

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