May 27, 1971
Rare books Include Pornography
For the price of only a few curious stares and an occasional snicker, Ohio State students (and faculty) can peruse pornography in the William Oxley Thompson Library.
Mixed in with Ohio State's rare book collection in the main library are about 200 books on sex: from "how-to's" to "What-with's."
As with the rare books, however, the sex books are sequestered and aren't allowed to leave the Rare Book's room.
"If you want it (a sex book) to be in the library for more than one week, you have to protect it," said Robert A. Tibbetts, director of the rare book collection.
Bit if you can still be titillated under gleaming fluorescent lights and well-spaced chairs (facing only toward the room's center) and a watchful librarian, you can leaf through such delicacies as all four volumes of Ginzberg's "Eros," the magazine which landed him in court and on the road to fame.
May 27, 1980
Women's college enrollment up
Women are catching up with men in total numbers at Ohio State's Columbus campus and campuses nationwide, according to a survey by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
Autumn quarter 1979, 24,064 women were enrolled at the Columbus campus, accounting for about 45 percent of a student population of 53, 278 that quarter. Female enrollment was up 1,1001 from 1978.
For the second straight year, Ohio State has the second-largest number of women amount 399 campuses surveyed nationally, according to the 142-member association's annual study. The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus was first.
The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, formed in 1962, includes the principle public universities of the 50 states and the 72 land-grant colleges.
May 28, 1998
Assault risk looms larger off-campus
Only 14 aggravated assaults occurred on campus last year, according to statistics printed in the master schedule.
But a look at the numbers just off campus paints another picture. Assault statistics from University Police and the Columbus Division of Police for the Fourth District - the area surrounding campus - are vastly different.
There are two categories of assault: Simple assault occurs when someone gets hit or grabbed and is a misdemeanor. Aggravated assault occurs when serious bodily harm is done to another person with some sort of weapon, said OSU Police Chief Ron Michalec.
Statistics provided by University Police report 13 aggravated assaults in 1995, nine in 1996, and 14 in 1997. These numbers are much lower then those reported for the Fourth District by Columbus police.
According to Columbus police statistics, there were 67 aggravated assaults in 1995, 47 in 1996 and 55 in 1997.
Michalec said campus crime statistics are lower because the campus area is so limited.
Compiled from Lantern reports
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