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After watching from the sidelines for the first two games, junior running back Jordan Hall has become an offensive anchor for the football team.
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President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for the American Jobs Act at Fort Hayes High School in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011.
Even though Ohio State faculty and students have varying opinions when it comes to President Barack Obama’s plan to create new jobs, they can agree on one thing: it will be a fight for it to pass in Congress. The president’s proposed plan, the American Jobs Act, is a $447 billion package the White House put together that would create a projected 1.9 million jobs. Eric MacGilvray, an associate professor in the OSU Department of Political Sciences, said he did not think the plan would pass in its current state. “Most economists seem to think that the stimulus proposed in the act is too small to have a huge impact, though it might help a little,” MacGilvray said. “And of course since Republicans control the House of Representatives it’s unlikely that the act will pass in anything like the form that the president has proposed.” Currently the plan is to pay for the stimulus through cutting government programs, taxing the wealthy and giving
incentives to businesses for hiring more employees. Geoff Carabin, a second-year in geography, said he is not optimistic about the act. “I am very skeptical because our current generation and future generations will be paying for these jobs,” Carabin said. “I think we can easily create jobs in the private sector and the way Obama is proposing to create them with our tax money will prove unsuccessful for our future.” Retired professor, John Champlin, said he doesn’t think the bill can revive the economy as Obama is promising. “It’s a start, but as with the earlier stimulus package, Obama’s jobs bill is a good deal less than is needed,” Champlin said. “Without it, things will get noticeably worse, but with it, the economy will still not get back to where it needs to be.” The current unemployment rate in the U.S. is 9.1 percent, according to the United States Department of Labor. Ten years ago, in July of 2001, the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent. However, another former OSU political
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Coach Fickell: ‘Braxton’s our quarterback’ Alex Antonetz Arts editor antonetz.3@osu.edu
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Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) throws the ball down the field in the 4th quarter of an NCAA football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Colorado Buffaloes held at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 24, 2011. OSU won 37-17. “Everybody was ready to get out there, excited,” Miller said. “At first it was fast but things started slowing down for me.” Still, Miller was only able to complete 3 of 11 passes from the second quarter on. The Buckeye offense instead rushed the ball 47 times, gaining 253 yards, with junior running back Jordan Hall contributing 80 of those and sophomore tailback Carlos Hyde tacking on an additional 40. Running the ball doesn’t seem to be a problem. “I think we run the ball good,” Hall said. “Carlos did a good job running the ball. Braxton did a good job running the ball. We just have to get better at everything.” That said, the offense needs more
balance, Fickell said. With a freshman quarterback at the helm — one struggling to put together much of a threat through the air, no less — that may be difficult. “To me, you don’t want to lead the nation in rushing, because if you lead the nation in rushing, you probably can’t throw the football,” he said. “If you lead the nation in passing, you probably don’t run the football too well, so we’ve got to continue to figure out how we can be a little bit more balanced in everything we do.” If Miller keeps rushing the ball as often as he did Saturday and continues to take as many hits, it might be even more difficult, Fickell said. “We are going to have to figure out some self-preservation,” Fickell said.
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“It’s all good.” That’s how Braxton Miller described seemingly all aspects of Ohio State’s 37-17 win over Colorado on Saturday, in which the freshman quarterback completed 5 of 13 passes for 83 yards, including two touchdowns and rushed for 83 more in his first start. But was it all good? It didn’t seem to be the case for OSU’s passing game, at least. Miller only attempted two passes in the first quarter, both of which were incomplete, and only 13 in the entire game. After last week’s dismal performance in the air at Miami (Fla.), in which Miller and redshirt senior quarterback Joe Bauserman combined to complete only 4 of 18 pass attempts for 35 yards, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the coaching staff is still cautious with the anemic passing attack on their hands. But the game plan for Saturday was to alleviate some of the pressure on Miller by running the ball, head coach Luke Fickell said. “But, ultimately, when it comes down to it, there’s one guy that’s got his ball in the hands of every play besides the center and that’s the quarterback,” Fickell said. “There’s a lot of focus there.” At first glance, Miller’s start at quarterback might draw comparison to Terrelle Pryor’s in 2009. Following then-No. 6-ranked OSU’s 26-18 loss to a 1-4 Purdue squad, the ball was kept out of Pryor’s hands after he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble against the Boilermakers. Pryor only attempted 17 passes in each of OSU’s final three regular season games at Penn State, at home vs. Iowa and at Michigan, before opening it up with 38 attempts against Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
Pryor left OSU on June 7, shortly after former head coach Jim Tressel resigned due to the money-formemorabilia scandal. Pryor was chosen in the NFL Supplemental Draft by the Oakland Raiders on Aug. 22. Regardless, Fickell appeared to think everything was “all good” — or good enough, at least, for Miller to keep the starting gig. “Braxton’s our quarterback,” he said. “We’re going to continue to compete in practice and probably try to figure out what it is he does best and what he can handle and have obviously things that the other guys can handle as well.” Miller’s teammates thought things were “good” as well. “He was very good,” said senior center Michael Brewster. “He got it going slinging the ball and made sure everyone in the huddle knew the play call before we went to the line. He stepped in and did his thing.” Colorado head coach Jon Embree was also impressed. The Buffalo defense had trouble bringing Miller down all day, especially when flushing Miller out of the pocket, only to see him evade and break tackles with shifty maneuvers. “I felt like our defense did a decent job but we did not tackle him,” Embree said. “He did a good job on eliminating losses where we should have had them for negative gains. We had shots but just couldn’t bring him to behind the line of scrimmage.” Despite often escaping Buffalo defenders, Miller was hit often. He pulled the ball down for 17 rush attempts, including one where he was upended and flipped in the air and was later on the receiving end of a roughing the passer call. He was also sacked three times. However, Fickell said they didn’t expect to run Miller as much as they did. “You’ve got some ideas of what’s going to happen,” he said. “And probably some more of those were — he made the decision to run a little quicker, maybe.” Part of that could have been jitters.
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My.osu.edu, the new university account-management website built to increase Internet security, has been preventing many students from accessing wireless Internet. According to the Office of the Chief Information Officer community blog, which provides the Ohio State community with updates from the OCIO, my.osu.edu was built to combine “the once disparate processes of: creating individual accounts, managing email delivery, changing passwords and managing sponsored guests.” The new website requires all students and faculty to activate their provided OSU login and prompts frequent password changes for added security. The OCIO community blog also says “another improvement in service is the ability for anyone with an OSU username to use self-service reset of a
forgotten password.” Resetting a password previously required assistance from the Office of Information Technology. Cathy Bindewald, director of communications for the OCIO, said in an email that from Sept. 18 to Sept. 23, more than 1,100 students, faculty and staff needed assistance accessing wireless Internet because of problems with my.osu.edu. The website went live on Aug. 15 and users started to experience problems with the program shortly after its creation, according to system logs. In the OCIO logs, several issues have surfaced since the creation of my.osu.edu. Most of the problems, ranging from email problems to internet connectivity issues, have since been resolved. However, the students waiting for help at OIT walk-in centers, like the Buckeye Bar, and those calling the OIT help lines were not as enthusiastic about the new system. Affected students include many first-time osu. edu users and students attempting to connect
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Buckeye Bar on Sunday Sept. 25, 2011. The OIT help center has experienced long lines as many students come for help with their wireless internet after OSU switched to my.osu.edu, the new university account management website built to increase Internet security.
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