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Two armed robberies and one attempted robbery have occurred in the Ohio State campus area in the past week. One was on campus and two others were in the off-campus area. OSU Police issued a public safety notice via email Sunday afternoon with information about the robberies and the attempted robbery.
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OSU warns students of campus-area crime CAITLIN ESSIG Asst. arts editor essig.21@osu.edu Two armed robberies and one attempted robbery have occurred in the past week, one on campus and two others in the off-campus area. Ohio State University Police issued a public safety notice via email Sunday afternoon with information about the robberies. On campus, a female OSU student was the victim of an armed robbery near Hitchcock Hall, located at 2070 Neil Ave., reported at 2:19 a.m. Sunday. According to the email, the suspect was described as “a black male, (5 feet, 8 inches,) late 30s-early 40s, short hair, wearing a dark, baggy shirt and dark jeans.” According to the email, the Columbus Division of Police received a report concerning an armed robbery attempt in the area of East 16th Avenue and North High Street with a similar suspect description.
On Thursday, an armed robbery was reported by the Columbus Police at East 16th Avenue and Waldeck Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Three students were involved in the incident. Ethan Godfrey, a fourth-year in agribusiness and applied economics, was one of the students robbed at 16th and Waldeck. Godfrey and two friends, a male and a female, were robbed while walking home from the High Street area. He said he thinks the suspects were hiding behind cars before they were approached. He said one man pointed a gun at his friend, and Godfrey said he was “pistol whipped,” then the next thing he knew someone was on top of him. The suspects pushed the female down, broke his male friend’s nose, and took money, cellphones and credit cards from all of them, Godfrey said. The public safety notice said, “While there is no direct indication that the crimes are related, they do
suggest an ongoing concern for public safety in the University area.” Columbus Police Sgt. Richard Weiner said the police have not noticed an increase in crime upon the students’ return to campus, but they are aware of the crimes that are occurring. “Every year when the students come back, you know, it’s a new cycle. We have fresh faces, you know, the freshmen come in and they’re coming from all different parts of the country, from rural areas as well, and they’re not used to the city crime, and the criminals know that as well,” Weiner said. “We have to educate them.” This year, Weiner’s son is a first-year student at OSU, and Weiner took his son and his son’s friend around to different on- and off-campus areas, telling them to be careful. “It’s a safe place, you just gotta make sure that
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PAT BRENNAN Sports editor brennan.164@osu.edu Ohio State football’s “quick cals” drill is starting to catch on, and other traditions introduced at Buckeye Kickoff 2012 aren’t far behind either. Buckeyes football players and coaches instructed students on how to perform the quick cal exercise during the Ohio Union’s first annual Buckeye Kickoff event Saturday at Ohio Stadium. The Welcome Week event also featured appearances by President E. Gordon Gee, former Buckeyes two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin and the OSU Marching Band. The new tradition of the night was introduced to students outside the stadium, where University Residences and Dining Services offered free “Ohio Dog” hot dogs, which are topped with scallions, corn, bacon, mashed potatoes and barbecue sauce. Once inside, a few on-field events elicited few cheers from the students at the outset of the event. The Horseshoe was noticeably quiet considering the number of spectators, but that changed when members of the No. 18-ranked Buckeyes took to the field. OSU football strength and conditioning coach Mickey Marotti instructed students on his increasingly renowned quick cals drill. Marotti, along with OSU defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell and the team’s five senior captains — defensive tackle John Simon, fullback Zach Boren, defensive lineman Garrett Goebel, linebacker Etienne Sabino and running back Jordan Hall — taught students the hand and clapping movements that make up the quick cal. “We’re hoping (the quick cals) takes off
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Students gather inside the outline of a Block-O formed by the OSU Marching Band at the conclusion of the Buckeye Kickoff event Saturday. throughout the entire stadium,” Fickell told the crowd. “It’s got to start with the students and as that grows, hopefully, our idea is that everybody in the stadium will understand what we’re doing by the end of the first few games.” First-year OSU coach Urban Meyer told The Lantern Friday that the team will convene in the Horseshoe’s south end zone 23 minutes prior to kickoff at home games and, under the whistle and hand commands of Marotti, will do quick cals with fans. Marotti, who earned his master’s degree from OSU, blew his whistle and grunted out the words “ready, ready” to cue the students’ reactions.
“Hopefully you guys will pick it up pretty quick,” Marotti told a crowd that Block-O estimated to be more than 2,500 students. “Hopefully you pick it up quicker than our players did — it’s taken them six months. So, you got about six seconds to pick it up.” After taking rounds of quick cals, Sabino told The Lantern he thought the students were quick to learn the complicated drill. “I think (the students) liked it. I think they’re going to be excited to do it. And like I said, as long as they
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Tuition payment plan eases financial woes MICHAEL PERIATT Managing editor for content periatt.1@osu.edu Jake Ebright was afraid he would have to drop out of school. The third-year in business administration at Ohio State already had student loans before the summer, and with less time to work before Fall Semester, Ebright said he wasn’t sure he could earn enough money to pay tuition and other fees before his bill was due. But Ebright was “saved” by a payment policy change by the university that allowed him and other students to break up payments into four equal installments per semester. “The student loans wouldn’t have covered my tuition,” Ebright said. “(The policy change) really saved me because I wouldn’t have been able to come up with the money to go this semester.” Virginia Layton, university director and bursar of OSU’s Office of Financial Services, said the policy change was made for students in similar situations as Ebright. “We wanted to offer students another option, especially with cash-strapped students working with a shorter summer,” Layton said. This year, fall classes began Aug. 22, about a month sooner than they did on the quarter system. The first tuition payment was due Aug. 15, and the
The student loans wouldn’t have covered my tuition .... (The policy change) really saved me because I wouldn’t have been able to come up with the money to go this semester. Jake Ebright third-year in business administration three subsequent payments will be made in equal installments on the 15th of every month following the initial payment. During fall semester, students on the plan will make payments in August, September, October and November. Layton estimated that about 10,000 students opted for the four-payments-per-semester option this fall. In previous years, students could pay tuition in two installments per quarter — an option Layton said only about 4,100 students chose last fall . “It gives us more time to make up the money so that it’s not such a burden at one time, especially since tuition went up,” said Lauren Jenkins, a second-year in psychology.
Tuition and fees increased 3.2 percent overall for the 2012-2013 school year, which translated to a $312 increase for the average student. According to an undergraduate admissions website, the annual cost to attend OSU as a resident student is $10,037. To encourage students to use the new payment option, OSU waived the $40 enrollment fee for both the fall and spring semesters. “Any dollar helps,” said Doug Wensink, a thirdyear in forestry, fisheries and wildlife, who doesn’t use the payment plan option to pay his tuition bill. “They can use the $40 for Internet or any other bills.” Students could enroll in the program through their online student center, but Layton said OSU used several methods to help advertise the option, including sending postcards and emails. “We tried to get the word out to as many people as possible,” Layton said. Layton said about 40 percent of OSU students already use loans to help cover the cost of attending college, and that one of the driving reasons behind the new payment option was to help alleviate students’ reliance on borrowing to get through school. Some students see the benefit. “They’d be able to worry about paying bills and other things they need to take care of right away and worry about college a little bit later,” Wensink said.
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