Monday September 10, 2012 year: 132 No. 94
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michael burwell Lantern reporter burwell.37@osu.edu
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Frustration in the trenches
OSU’s defensive line has not lived up to coach Urban Meyer’s expectations in the first two games.
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Officers from the Columbus Division Police began cracking down on jaywalking over the weekend after several accidents occurred in the University District and campus area involving pedestrian and biker safety. Following a string of bike-related accidents, many students and faculty are concerned about safety near Ohio State’s campus. The university administration reacted to the concerns Friday when Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee revealed his plans. “Today I am assembling a team of students, faculty and staff to review our existing efforts and to look for new opportunities to further enhance our safety on sidewalks and roads,” Gee said in a Friday email to OSU students, faculty and staff. The team will be led by Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life, and Jay Kasey, senior vice president for Administration and Planning. According to Gee’s email, they plan to provide an initial assessment within three weeks. “Safety remains the highest priority on our campus,” Kasey said in a statement released by OSU. “We regularly communicate with faculty, staff and students about all aspects of campus safety, including bicycle and pedestrian safety. We
daniel chi / Asst. photo editor
Chao Xu, a graduate student in math, rides his bike on central campus Sunday afternoon. There have been several recent bike accidents in the campus area. will continue our focus on campus safety.” In addition to Gee’s efforts to improve the safety of students, the Columbus Police cracked down by enforcing pedestrian and bicycle laws on North High Street in the campus area starting Friday night. Members of the Columbus Police declined to comment on the subject,
and representatives from the Public Information Unit of the Columbus Police Department did not return requests for comment from The Lantern. Last week, The Lantern reported two bicycle-related accidents on and around campus. On Thursday, a woman was struck by a bicyclist near the corner of North High Street and
17th Avenue before she was taken away from the scene on a stretcher. According to a Thursday evening ABC6 report, a second student was hit while cycling on Lane Avenue and Fyffe Road Thursday morning. On Aug. 19, first-year student Rachel Stump was struck by a vehicle on North High Street near Chittenden Avenue. According to a Columbus Police report, Stump had been crossing the street without using a crosswalk. Stump was in coma and critical condition following the incident, but has since woken up. Students can learn about staying safe while traveling around campus by visiting the OSU website “Share The Road,” which Gee included in his email to students. The website includes tips for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists, such as wearing helmets while riding bicycles and using crosswalks while walking. Students can also get bike safety information from How We Roll, a campaign within the Columbusbased organization Yay Bikes! which, according to its website, offers free bicycle tours of Columbus and aims to help students learn to ride bicycles safely in traffic. “Having a fun bike tour of Columbus can be a good way for people to understand bike law,” said Meredith Joy, executive director of Yay Bikes!. Even with these tips and programs
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Meyer: Braxton Miller’s workload ‘too much’
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Michael Periatt Managing editor for content periatt.1@osu.edu
A band to remember
The Memorials is scheduled to play Tuesday at Skully’s Music-Diner at 8:30 p.m.
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andrew holleran / Photo editor
OSU sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller runs for a touchdown in the 1st half of the Buckeyes game against UCF Saturday.
Driving to safety
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Student Safety Service is hiring more drivers in an effort to improve safety around campus.
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Braxton Miller’s shirt was taut to his right arm as he strode to the podium to speak to the media following Ohio State’s 31-16 victory against Central Florida Saturday. The sophomore quarterback was coming off one of the best statistical games in his college career. He completed 75 percent of his passes, rushed for 141 yards, threw for 155 more and totaled four touchdowns on the day. Under his shirt was an ice pack fastened to his right elbow. Miller said he was fine, but a hard shot he suffered earlier in the game created a knot he hoped the ice would soothe. The talk after the game was not about Miller’s 141 rushing yards, though, it was about the 27 attempts — and multiple hits — he took to amass them. The ice pack on Miller’s elbow was the only evidence of the damage Miller absorbed during the game, but his teammates and coaches said they fear the day an ice pack won’t cover the extent of Miller’s injuries.
“A little bit (nervous),” senior fullback Zach Boren said of his feelings about Miller carrying the ball 27 times. “He’s going to be sore tomorrow.” First-year football coach Urban Meyer agreed. “That’s too much, 27 hits,” Meyer said. “He’s blown out right now. We have to be smart.” In OSU’s 56-10 victory against Miami (Ohio), Miller ran the ball 17 times — a count Meyer said he’d like to see closer to 12. Seventeen carries is something Miller said he felt he could handle. Twenty-seven, though? Miller wasn’t so sure. “I never had 27 (carries) in my life. It’s a lot,” Miller said. “There’s a big gap between 27 and 17. I’m sure I’m going to feel something tomorrow.” Part of the problem for the Buckeyes is they are simply running out of options, leaving Miller as one of the few people Meyer sees as capable to effectively carry the ball. Senior running back Jordan Hall is still recovering from a foot injury he suffered from stepping on a piece of glass, and redshirt junior running back Carlos
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2nd years offered $2,000 to live on campus kayla byler Lantern reporter byler.18@osu.edu
The university will give each of the 2,000 secondyear students living on campus $2,000 next year. The Ohio State Office of Student Life will be conducting a pilot project where first-year students living on campus can choose to live in residence halls for a second year and receive a $2,000 stipend in return. The university Board of Trustees approved the program pilot, which will cost the university $4 million in cash reserves, in an April meeting. Molly Ranz Calhoun, associate vice president for Student Life, said the pilot is for a larger program that would be available to every sophomore when OSU enforces the live-on requirement for secondyear students. The university hopes to have programs and housing to accommodate every second-year student at Ohio State by 2016, a point that was discussed at the August Board meeting where a $396 million North Campus renovation plan was approved. The stipend is intended to be used for things like study abroad programs, unpaid internships and research assistant positions. Shelly Hoffman, assistant vice president for media relations, said in an email that the pilot program will be paid for “through cash reserves.” Hoffman said no further details about the funding of the plan were available. The way each student spends the money will be different, and students can use the money at any time while they are at OSU, Calhoun said. Students who wish to use the money for an
2,000 students to receive $2,000 The Office of Student Life will conduct a pilot program next year where 2,000 second-year students living on campus will receive a stipend of $2,000. Ohio State hopes to accommodate every second-year student with on-campus housing by 2016, with each receiving the $2,000 stipend.
Students will be able to use the money anytime during their time at OSU toward:
- study abroad opportunities. - compensation for unpaid internships and research assistant positions. In addition to the stipend, the pilot program would pair each student with a faculty mentor who will: - assist students in deciding how to use the money. - spend time within the students' residence halls. - encourage student engagement on campus to combat the ‘sophomore slump.’ source: reporting
The pilot program will require:
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student-faculty involvement ratio.
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participation from OSU faculty.
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unpaid internship or an unpaid research assistant position will work with a faculty member to design a plan to decide how many hours they will work and what their hourly wage equivalent would be. Then the students would use the stipend as if they were getting paid for their internship or research position. The stipend could also be used toward paying for study abroad or service learning programs, Calhoun said. Shelbie Krontz, a first-year in biochemistry, is
planning to live on campus for her second year and said “something like that would be a really nice perk.” Matt Arnott, first-year in mechanical engineering, agreed and said the stipend would motivate him to live on campus a second year. “I’m planning on staying on campus and that would definitely make me more willing,” he said. As an additional component of the program
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