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Sabino’s step
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Redshirt senior linebacker Etienne Sabino has come a long way since arriving on campus at age 17.
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OSU then-freshman linebacker Ryan Shazier makes a tackle during a Nov. 26, 2011 game against Michigan. OSU lost the game, 40-34.
Coming off three starts as a true freshman, sophomore outside linebacker Ryan Shazier enters his second season firmly entrenched as a starter on the Ohio State football team’s defense. Shazier is one of many young linebackers who will play for the Buckeyes this season. Along with middle linebacker Curtis Grant, Shazier is one of two starting sophomore linebackers, while four of the seven linebackers listed on Monday’s depth chart are freshmen. First-year coach Urban Meyer admitted that Shazier is “real young,” but he has high expectations for him. “I’m biased because I love the guy,” Meyer said. “His God-given skill level is really high, so our expectation level is an all-Big Ten type player, at some point. He has that skill level.” Shazier’s own expectations are even higher. “One of my goals since I was little was to be an All-American,” Shazier said. “I’m just going to work my butt off to be an All-American or one of the top linebackers in the nation, so I’m just going to keep working hard, being a leader and just try to do the best I can.” Shazier made an immediate impact last season once he cracked the starting lineup. He finished the year with 57 total tackles, five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a blocked punt. Meyer said his work ethic is a major factor in his success. “He gives everything he’s got,” Meyer said. “He’s so sincere about what he does.” Shazier said he recognizes that his team will be relying on him more than it did last year, and is ready for the added responsibility. “This year’s a lot different than last year,” Shazier said. “I have to be a leader a lot more than last
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OSU tries to screen out Skreened in lawsuit
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Lindsey Barrett Copy chief barrett.684@osu.edu Ohio State University has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a Columbus-based T-shirt company, citing nine OSU-owned words or designs the company was passing off as its own. In the lawsuit filed last month, the university accused owner Daniel Fox and his company, Skreened Ltd., of selling T-shirts with OSU-registered trademarks both online and at its Columbus store, and if found guilty, Skreened could pay significantly in damages. While the T-shirts specified in the lawsuit have been removed from the company’s website, one OSU official called other remaining designs “indeed problematic” in violating OSU’s trademark guidelines. Fox could not be immediately reached for comment. The custom T-shirt company allows individuals to submit their own designs, which are then printed onto T-shirts. According to the lawsuit, a handful of the designs were trademarked by OSU.
The university has 13 registered trademarks, including the words “Ohio State University,” “Ohio State,” “OSU,” “Buckeyes,” “The Shoe,” “O” and “Scarlet & Gray.” The university’s trademarks also include designs like the stylized buckeye leaf, the gold pants (representing a charm given to players and coaches since 1934 for defeating Michigan) and Brutus. In May, first-year football coach Urban Meyer gave over his rights of persona and trademark to the university, and on June 4, the university applied for a trademark of “Urban Meyer.” The trademark, if approved, would include the name, voice, signature, image and likeness of the first-year football coach. The trademark of “Urban Meyer” would not be unprecedented. The university trademarked “Jim Tressel” when he coached at OSU, according to the lawsuit filed on July 23. With about 500 authorized licensees for products bearing OSU’s 13 trademarks, the university has earned $35 million in royalties in the past five years, making it the most profitable licensing program of any university. Skreened, however, is not an authorized licensee. According to the lawsuit pleadings, the company
Ohio State is suffering and will continue to suffer irreparable harm if (the) Defendant’s (Fox and Skreened’s) unfair competition and passing off as to the infringing merchandise is allowed to continue. Ohio State University in a lawsuit against Columbus-based t-shirt company Skreened Ltd. has been selling T-shirt designs with OSU-trademarked items for at least three years. The university’s first contact with the company was a letter sent in January 2009, and subsequent letters were mailed in July and December 2011 when the first letter received no reply. Rob Cleveland, the director of Trademark and Licensing at OSU, said the most recent letter did receive a reply from Fox, the owner of the company.
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In the past two years, Ohio State raked it in. From a record 211,100 private donors, OSU raised $365 million in fiscal year 2012. Paired with other highprofile donations, that $365 million helped make the last two years be the university’s most successful in terms of fundraising. “In order to fulfill our historic mission of teaching and learning, our university must build a firm financial foundation,” said OSU President E. Gordon Gee in a press release. “Quite simply, private support has become increasingly critical to our ability to provide accessible and exceptional education to the young people of our state and beyond.” Alumni donated $60 million in fiscal year 2012, with the rest of the money coming from friends of the university. Aaron Purnell, assistant director of development records at The Ohio State University Foundation, said fundraisers at OSU work year-round to raise the money, and a lot of technology and research goes into finding people who are able to donate. “They go out there and make a lot of calls to donors,” Purnell said. “They work real hard. We have a research team that identifies prospects that might
be able to help us out. They do a good job of listening to what our grads want to support.” These results showed in the last two fundraising seasons, and Purnell emphasized the importance of the university efforts to keep tuition rates down. “Every year President Gee says this, we get less and less from the state so it gets more important to supplement to our budget with private resources to keep tuition down,” Purnell said. Keeping tuition costs down is one way current and future students reap the benefits of private donations. “A large portion of this money goes to current use funds,” said Doug Plummer, director of Prospect Research and Reporting Services at OSU’s Foundation. “So units can spend the money as soon as they get it.” Of the money donated in 2012, about $124 million was given to support research, $36 million was given for new buildings and renovations and $45 million was given for student financial aid, such as scholarships, according to the press release. Donors decide how the money from their donations will be spent. “Almost all of the money is allocated by the donor to some form or another,” Plummer said. “So the donor might have set up a scholarship. There’s not a lot of money where they say, ‘Here, Ohio State, spend it as you will.’” One reason OSU was able to raise so much is due to the contributions of Granville philanthropists Louella H. and J. Gilbert Reese. They created “The Reese
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Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees Les Wexner donated $100 million to OSU in 2010. Challenge” in 2010 and agreed to match donations earned up to $10 million. The challenge contributed a total of $21 million, according to the press release. OSU also received the largest monetary gift in university history in 2010 from Limited Brands founder and former Board of Trustees chairman, Les Wexner. His $100 million donation was included in the record-breaking two-year period.
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