Columbus defenseman Marc Methot decided to try something new during the offseason. The fourth-year Blue Jacket spent the 2009 summer training in mixed martial arts (MMA) at an ultimate fighting center in Ottawa to improve his strength and endurance on the ice.
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Every Tuesday the Ohio State campus group Students for Food Sovereignty meets in Denney Hall 202 to tackle new projects and connect with like-minded students who are interested in organic, local, sustainable food. Established last Autumn Quarter, the group is a “spinoff” from another campus group, Free the Planet, said Dani Deemer, a graduate student in rural sociology.
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When professor Jeff Culbertson was working at Kellogg’s in 1986, his bosses asked him to develop a portable, healthy breakfast food. He, along with his coworkers, can be credited for inventing the Nutri-Grain Bar. Since then, his achievements in academia and the food industry have taken him to universities across the country.
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Ohio State will don scarlet and gray when it faces Michigan Nov. 21, but with a twist. The Buckeyes will wear jerseys that honor the undefeated 1954 national championship team, according to a statement by OSU Director of Athletics Gene Smith. The uniforms will be unveiled Sunday, Nov.
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Ohio voters decided Tuesday to create a livestock care board to oversee state animal welfare issues. Earning support from 63.66 percent of voters, the amendment will create a 13-member board of government-appointed officials to regulate livestock welfare.
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When the Ohio State Buckeyes and Penn State Nittany Lions meet on Saturday in Beaver Stadium, there will be more on the line then just Big Ten title implications. In a matchup that has recently become fierce, the winner will stay alive in the Big Ten race while the loser is left in the dust.
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Erik Tracy sat behind his laptop in Lazenby Hall Wednesday afternoon studying movies. He has been watching a lot of movies lately, and hopes the pastime will earn him a million dollars on Friday. Tracy, a lecturer in psychology at Ohio State, is only one step away from being a contestant on one of the Netflix Million-Dollar Movie Week episodes of the television show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
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They say everything tastes better when it’s homemade. Students in the Buckeye Brewing club agree. The newly formed club at Ohio State aims to teach students how to brew their own beer — possibly using OSU laboratory space to create their home brews.
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The Ohio State men’s basketball team got its 2009-10 campaign off to a strong start, beating the Walsh Cavaliers 86-48 in an exhibition game Wednesday. Junior Evan Turner made his debut at point guard and had little trouble adapting to his new position.
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Nearly 100 faculty and staff met at an open hall Wednesday to discuss Ohio State’s plans for the future. Meeting on the 11th floor of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, the university employees met with Jeff Kaplan, senior vice president for Administration and Planning, who presented the “One University” framework outlining OSU President E.
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Survivors of human trafficking, policemen and representatives of the Ohio Attorney General’s office will be among those speaking at an event Saturday on human trafficking in Central Ohio. “We’re always trying to better the situations of women, and with this human trafficking in Ohio, we thought, ‘we just can’t ignore this problem any longer,’” said Kimm Hrdlicka-Tigges, event chair.
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Rugby is a sport in which 30 men with no pads get on a 100-yard field and clobber each other in the defense of their “Try Zone.” It is a game of high-contact hits, but also 50-yard dazzling runs; a game of contradictions — violence one second and finesse moves the next — and a game where ball control, defense, scrums, passes, long runs, goal line stands and power hits all come into play.
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Rugby is a sport in which 30 men with no pads get on a 100-yard field and clobber each other in the defense of their “Try Zone.” It is a game of high-contact hits, but also 50-yard dazzling runs; a game of contradictions — violence one second and finesse moves the next — and a game where ball control, defense, scrums, passes, long runs, goal line stands and power hits all come into play.
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Charles Dickens made Ebenezer Scrooge famous in the 1843 novel “A Christmas Carol.” But Robert Zemeckis, an American film writer and director, hasn’t been pleased with films inspired by the novel. After writing and directing “Beowulf”, featuring Angelina Jolie, he was inspired to create his own remake of the Christmas tale.
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Buckeyes for Canines is a new student group that works within the Columbus community to raise awareness about issues related to dogs and dog ownership. In addition, the group volunteers at local animal shelters. The club, which was founded last spring by Molly Stancliff, a second-year in animal cognition and ethology, and Alysha Noorani, a third-year in psychology, meets every Tuesday to discuss issues such as puppy mills in Ohio, pit bull discrimination and bad dog food brands.
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Famed Jazz pianist Fred Hersch will be performing a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 in Weigel Auditorium, to support the Mark Moffett Jr. Scholarship. The Moffett Scholarship, which is offered at Ohio State’s School of Music, gives $1,500 annually to a GLBT student enrolled in the School of Music.
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MTV 'Real World' auditions visited Columbus, Ohio on November 4th, 2009.
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Whether creating excitement among fans with the Ohio State fight song or demonstrating class and tradition with Script Ohio, the Ohio State Marching Band gives performances loaded with school spirit and heart. The Drums Major’s backbend and the honorary dotting of the “i” are long-standing traditions that fans expect to see every Saturday in Fall Quarter.
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Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but idiots don’t need to be idiots. It’s undeniable that the amount of off-campus crime at Ohio State is out of control. Every week, new cases of robbery at gunpoint, kidnapping and shootings occur within easy reach of the university.
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With a glass of wine and snacks in hand, people greeted each other with warm smiles last Thursday at the OSU Urban Arts Space with “The Monuments of Columbus” artists’ reception. Students, faculty and collaborators from the Knowlton School of Architecture and its Landscape Architecture Program gathered together to discuss the work they created.
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