With White House officials hyping this as the “Recovery Summer,” President Barack Obama’s visit to Columbus on June 18 was the first stop on a six-week tour across the U.S. promoting the Recovery Act. Obama spoke on Columbus’ east side detailing the benefits of the stimulus plan on the economies of Central Ohio and the country.
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Ohio State students will pay more to live and eat on campus beginning in the fall. The board of trustees voted last week to increase the room-and-board rate 5.5 percent. This will make the average cost of food and board $8,874 for three quarters. The exact cost will vary depending on a student's choice of room type and meal plan. The extra money will be used to offset normal inflation expenses and pay for improvements to the south campus high-rise dorms, said Shelly Hoffman, assistant vice president for OSU media relations. Renovations to the dorms will cost about $172 million and will include the addition of about 900 beds. It would also create more study space and add air conditioning. Ohio State does not believe that the increased rates will deter future students from choosing OSU. “We are below average in cost (for Ohio public universities), and about average for Big Ten schools,” Hoffman said.
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President Barack Obama visited Columbus for the first time in more than a year on Friday to kick off the 10,000th road project under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, touting the plans benefits to the economies of Columbus and the nation.
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When Ohio State students return for Autumn Quarter, they should plan to bring their wallets. With the approved tuition increase and mandatory Union fee, annual fees will be at least $741 more than they were in autumn 2009. The increased tuition represents $8,994 of the now $9,420 in annual fees.
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After visiting Columbus for a weekend with her sorority, Delta Zeta, many years ago, Debra Moddelmog promised herself she would never live there. These days, Moddelmog is not only living in Columbus but is a professor of English at Ohio State and has fully embraced the Buckeye culture.
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The start of a new decade brought with it some of Ohio State’s biggest headlines in recent history, ranging from our beloved Buckeyes defeating the Oregon Ducks in the 2010 Rose Bowl to unruly cows causing major problems for a Lantern photographer to a workplace shooting on campus.
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President E. Gordon Gee is preparing for a trip to China; he plans to bring the Ohio State nation together by building a bridge that connects a global university. However, Gee’s two-week tour of China is not a relaxing summer trip. His “multifaceted excursion” includes connecting with OSU alumni and Ohio-based company executives, strengthening relationships with Chinese universities and promoting OSU’s international initiative through the newly opened gateway office, said William Brustein, the vice provost for global strategies and international affairs in the Office of International Affairs.
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When Tom O’Hara came to Ohio State to work for The Lantern, he knew he was facing a challenge. In five years, The Lantern has gone through three advisers, all tasked with improving the quality of the paper. The Lantern “needed sort of a harder edge, it needed to have more substantive stories,” O’Hara said.
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Another cow issue has brought both national and international attention to Ohio. An undercover video was recently released by an animal rights organization showing graphic animal abuse taking place at a central Ohio dairy farm. Mercy for Animals created substantial buzz May 25 when the nonprofit organization put the video on YouTube and its website.
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The University Senate approved the decision to merge the five arts and sciences colleges into a single College of the Arts and Sciences. The merge, approved by the senate May 27, will be implemented if it is also approved by the Board of Trustees, which will meet June 17 and 18.
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After 25 memorable years of being a Buckeye, Linda Harlow, the associate provost of the University Honors and Scholars Center, has announced her retirement. “I’ve absolutely loved those 25 years and the university. I love working with the faculty, the students and the French department,” Harlow said.
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The months of rumors surrounding the Big Ten conference lately have turned the Midwest into the Hollywood of college football. There have been all sorts of rumors, most of them no more than “Brangelina” status. On any given day, a rumor runs rampant of Texas joining the Big Ten, which would certainly grant the conference galactic college football superiority over the SEC.
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Ohio State Chief Information Officer Kathy Starkoff has asked the university to implement a new eLearning strategy. “Ohio State is at the bottom of universities in terms of offering technology in the classroom," Starkoff said last week at the Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee meeting.
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Ohio State landed what some may consider its best recruit in recent memory. Braxton Miller, the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the country, chose OSU Thursday out of a group of the NCAA’s top football programs that were all hoping to add him to their squad next year.
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Sports editor Zack Meisel narrows down the top moments of the year to 10
1. Rarely is a Rose Bowl title the goal for an Ohio State football team, but after a pair of crushing defeats — one at home to USC and a shocking loss at Purdue — the Buckeyes had to reevaluate their annual expectations of a national championship.
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At the Class AAA level in baseball, lineups can change significantly from one day to the next depending on what is happening with the parent organization. The Cleveland Indians have run into injuries at the beginning of 2010 that have forced them to call up a lot of the talent from the Columbus Clippers.
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Tiger Woods shoots even par, seven strokes behind leaers
On a day in which play was suspended twice due to inclement weather, three players found the conditions to be quite nice at the Memorial Tournament’s first round, each posting rounds of 65 (-7), good enough for first place. While Justin Rose sat alone atop the leader board for most of the afternoon, both Geoff Ogilvy and youngster Rickie Fowler were able to match Rose’s 65 to create a three-way tie for the lead.
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One of three co-leaders after the first day of action at the Memorial Tournament, PGA rookie Rickie Fowler separated himself from the pack on day two with a round of 66 leaving him 13-under for the tournament. “I just feel really comfortable getting out and seeing my name on top of the leaderboard,” said Fowler.
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Freshman James Sweeney walked across the Oval numerous times in 1952. Fifty-eight years later, he is still making that same walk. Sweeney’s history at Ohio State is remarkable. In his time, he has seen six football National Championships, five Heisman award winners, four Ohio State structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places, three Pistol National Championships, two pistol athletes win the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor award, and one ultimate success: educating students.
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Haskett Hall, an Ohio State art building tucked away between Boyd Hall and Koffolt Laboratory, is one of the oldest structures on campus and has a storied history. Haskett Hall and its past will soon be destroyed. “There are stairs and entrances that seem to lead to nowhere or extremely large spaces that can’t be seen from any vantage point except a hidden door,” said Rachel Heberling, a printmaking student who uses a studio in Haskett.
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