Tuesday January 29, 2013 year: 133 No. 13
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Brandon klein Senior Lantern reporter klein.340@osu.edu
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Bucky’s coming to town
The OSU basketball team prepares to play Wisconsin Tuesday at the Schottenstein Center.
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Like the student body, Ohio State’s faculty has a low representation of minorities, according to data from Ohio State’s Human Resources Office. For the 2012 Fall Semester, about 77 percent of the total faculty — including teaching and non-teaching positions — are white, about 21 percent are racial minorities and 6 percent did not disclose its race or ethnicity, according to data from the OSU Human Resources’ website. About 14.5 percent of the student body are minorities for Fall Semester, according to university data. Aside from race and ethnicity, male faculty exceed females. Women only make up about 33 percent of the faculty population. This is lower than female students who made up about 49 percent of the student body Fall Semester, according to university data. Valerie Lee, vice provost of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, said in an email the statistics on minorities working for OSU do not surprise her. “Our data are part of a national crisis reflecting the need to more aggressively recruit a diverse faculty for 21st century student populations,� she said. “The disparity between how future student populations will look and how the professoriate will look will continue to increase without intentional intervention.� The university will continue to build a culture
OSU Faculty White 77%
OSU Students
Minorities 14.4%
did not disclose 3% Minorities 21%
Columbus White 61.5%
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Other 3.3% Asian 4.1%
White or did not disclose 85.6%
Ohio
Other 5.1% Black 12.2%
Black 28% White 82.7%
source: OSU OfďŹ ce of Human Resources, United States Census
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OSU dance marathon to break into 2 shifts shay trotter Lantern reporter trotter.35@osu.edu
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Foreshadowing the oscars? Our columnist hopes the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards were a good predictor of the Oscars.
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students dance in the archie GrifďŹ n Ballroom at the ohio Union Feb. 25 for Buckeyethon 2012. the event raised more than $450,000.
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The BuckeyeThon annual dance marathon will be expanded to two, 12-hour shifts for the first time next month to accommodate increased student interest and participation. BuckeyeThon is an Ohio State student philanthropy event that raises money for Nationwide Children’s Hospital Hematology and Oncology Department. The 12-hour dance marathon that took place last March raised more than $450,000 for the cause, the most in the history of the event. However, because of its growing popularity, some changes are in store for 2013 participants. Suraj Hinduja, a third-year in special education and president of BuckeyeThon, said last year event attendance had been nearing capacity in the Ohio Union venue, which pushed the limits of comfort for some people. The choice was made to create two separate shifts as a way to increase the number of students who could participate in this year’s event, which is scheduled to take place from Feb. 8 - 9. “It also allows for more students to have that impact of philanthropy upon their lives and when you connect them to the cause that is pediatric cancer at Nationwide Children’s
Hospital, you’re fundraising more and there’s a greater impact that you’re going to have for the kids,� Hinduja said. More than 3,400 students have registered for the event, and Hiduja said 1,400 to 1,500 dancers are likely to participate in each shift. Teams are expected to split half of their dancers into each shift to be represented throughout the event. The first shift will run from 8 p.m. on Feb. 8 to 8 a.m. on Feb. 9, and the second shift is expected to start at 11 a.m. on Feb. 9 until 11 p.m. when the final closing ceremony is scheduled. With members only being required to participate in one of the shifts, Hiduja said those planning the event are trying to ensure the shifts are as similar as possible so that participants get the same experience regardless of which shift they attend. “Our dance director and her 10 committee members have been working tirelessly throughout this entire year to make sure that each shift, each part of the event, is special and that it means something,� Hinduja said. BuckeyeThon director and fourth-year in psychology Sarah Lautenbach said while she does not anticipate any major issues to develop from expanding the event hours, adjustments will have to be made to ensure
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With recent revelations on Lance Armstrong’s doping history, the sport of cycling hasn’t been getting a lot of good press. After a string of accusations, Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during the course of his legendary cycling career, including his seven Tour de France wins. As a result, he has been stripped of his coveted titles and many fans’ high opinions of him. Some have wondered whether cycling can recover from the scandal surrounding its most famous athlete, but some local organizers for Pelotonia, a Columbus charity cycling event, don’t think it will have a negative effect on the success of Columbus cycling. Karl Koon, development officer for Arthur G. James and Richard
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Pelotonia participants stand with their bikes before the start of the 2012 ride on aug. 11. the race drew more than 6,000 riders. J. Solove Research Institute and organizer for Team Buckeye, said it’s important not to base judgements of the sport and culture of cycling on one individual. “That’s one person. You never put someone on a pedestal because
they’re sure to fall off,� Koon said. “I think that it’s very unfortunate, but I don’t think it has any impact on what we’re doing at all.� Registration numbers reflect that at least by appearances, the incident doesn’t seem to be deterring riders.
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With more than six months until the start of the race, more than 1,100 participants have already registered for the race and have raised more than $135,000 as of Monday evening. The event runs from Aug. 9-11 and gives bikers the option of riding a 25-, 50-, 75-, 100-, 155- or 180-mile route. Riders commit to raising a minimum specified amount of money based on the distance of their route, which goes to The James at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, Koon said. Last year, the event raised $16.9 million for cancer research. “All of this money stays right here at Ohio State, every single dime of it,â€? Koon said. “We have used Pelotonia money to provide equipment at the James, that money has been used to recruit some of the world’s brightest doctors ‌ We have some of the brightest minds in the world right
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