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Gee defends two-year housing plan

by Briony Clare

President E. Gordon Gee's plan requiring sophomores to live on campus has gained attention and a fair amount of criticism, both from students believing they should be able to choose where they live and from campus-area landlords facing a depletion of their tenant base.

In a Lantern online poll last week, 65 percent of respondents indicated Ohio State should not adopt a two-year residency program.

"It's too expensive to live in the dorms," said Marysha Sarris, a junior in hospitality management and theater. Sarris added she would not have wanted to remain in the dorms after her freshman year. "The living arrangement in the dorms is not suitable for adults."
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Power outage in campus area

by Amanda Dolasinski

Residents east of High Street between Lane Avenue and through the Short North district temporarily lost power Monday night, according to Columbus police officials. Officers directed traffic at the intersections of High Street and Lane Avenue, 17th Street and 15th Street.

"There was a car accident," said Vikki Michalski, American Electric Power spokeswoman. "It affected about 8,000 customers."
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OSU trains prospective pilots

by Ryan Fournier

On a clear day, not all students spend time studying in a library or sitting in a cramped campus classroom. Some are taking to the sky to earn their Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in aviation.

The Colleges of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and the Fisher College of Business all offer a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree in aviation. Students take classes like everyone else, but they also fly at the Ohio State Airport at Don Scott Field.
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City program preps teens for workforce

by Anna Gerber

This summer 1,200 low-income teenagers will have a job thanks to the Columbus-area Summer Youth Works Program.

City Council voted Monday night to spend $741,000 on the six-week program employing low-income and disadvantaged youth from Columbus and surrounding Franklin County areas.
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Campus News Briefs

The Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock will speak as the First-Year Distinguished speaker on April 10th in Weigel Hall Auditorium. Spurlock will discuss his filmmaking experience as well as his new turn in the show "30 Days," where he tries to live in Columbus earning $5.15 an hour. Tickets can be picked up at 120 Enarson Hall Thursday.
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