<![CDATA[The Lantern - Blog RSS]]> /se/the-lantern-blog-rss-1.524904 en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 60 <![CDATA[Te-Bow down to football's messiah]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/te-bow-down-to-football-s-messiah-1.951426 Doug DiLillo
By: Doug DiLillo

The maniacal reign of college football's king is almost over, praise the lord. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has played his last game in the Swamp. I wonder if the stadium got its nickname due to the field's condition after he, coach Urban Meyer and al...

]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 1.951426 Blog Doug DiLillo Blog <![CDATA[A season of self reflection]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/a-season-of-self-reflection-1.951158 Ryan Connolly / Lantern Blogger
By: Ryan Connolly / Lantern Blogger

Christmas and winter break are right around the corner, and around this time every year the same conversation seems to come up over and over again.

Our consumerism and our brash rush to buy the best gifts, as evi...

]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 1.951158 Blog Christmas and winter break are right around the corner, and around this time every year the same conversation seems to come up over and over again.

Our consumerism and our brash rush to buy the best gifts, as evi...]]> Ryan Connolly / Lantern Blogger Blog <![CDATA[Trend report: What to wear this season]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/trend-report-what-to-wear-this-season-1.937743 Krysten Kauder for the Lantern
By: Krysten Kauder for the Lantern

Bring out the winter clothes! Decreasing temperatures calls for a change of dress this season, and it's all about layering and accessories. Textured tights bring drama to the ever-present tunic and are easy to slip on before class. Pair the ensemble wi...

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 1.937743 Blog Krysten Kauder for the Lantern Blog <![CDATA[Poor posture could affect your game]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/poor-posture-could-affect-your-game-1.937740 Ariel Kohane
Lantern blogger Ariel Kohane reveals that the way you walk could attract or detract the opposite sex

Question: Does walking or standing weirdly affect your game? Answer: Of course it shouldn't, but it does. On campus, I see girls looking like hunchbacks and boys swaying back and forth like gorillas. So let's lay it all out on the table shall we? Wa...

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 1.937740 Blog Ariel Kohane Blog <![CDATA[Mirror Lake: The greatest OSU tradition]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/mirror-lake-the-greatest-osu-tradition-1.937739 Ryan Connolly
By: Ryan Connolly

Any Ohio State student shouldn't need a reason to jump into Mirror Lake Thursday night but, if you do, consider why I think this young tradition is OSU's finest. The reason that this young tradition is our best is because it is by the students, of the ...

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 1.937739 Blog Ryan Connolly Blog <![CDATA[Oh no Sammy Sosa! Not you too!]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/oh-no-sammy-sosa-not-you-too-1.897303 Everdeen Mason
By: Everdeen Mason Lantern editor-in-chief Everdeen Mason sees Sosa’s ruined mug, weeps in shame.

While surfing the Internet in a sad attempt to avoid work, I came across a shocking discovery. 1.897303 Blog Everdeen Mason Blog <![CDATA[Being sexy is a state of mind]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/being-sexy-is-a-state-of-mind-1.897291 Ariel Kohane / Lantern blogger
Lantern blogger Ariel Kohane shows that to be sexy you have to believe you are

Lately I have not been feeling sexy at all. My size zero roommates like to bond aloud about how fat they are (I'm a size eight), my roots are growing in, my eyebrows are bushy, I'm too busy to think about dieting, and my confidence with men is at an a...

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 1.897291 Blog Ariel Kohane / Lantern blogger Blog <![CDATA[At home in the Midwest]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/at-home-in-the-midwest-1.895879 Ryan Connolly / Lantern blogger
By: Ryan Connolly / Lantern blogger

Growing up in Ohio, I often dreamt of leaving. Going to plays on Broadway, out to bars in Boston, hanging out at Piccadilly Circus in London or talking philosophy over coffee in Seattle; all of these na and iuml;ve images were what I imagined leaving small to...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 1.895879 Blog Ryan Connolly / Lantern blogger Blog <![CDATA[Is political science research applicable to 'real life?']]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/is-political-science-research-applicable-to-real-life-1.857356 Drew Herrick / Lantern blogger
By: Drew Herrick / Lantern bloggerLantern blogger Drew Herrick explores the "science" behind political science

Are medical or legal studies more relevant to the 'real world' than physics or psychology? Questions like that are important and formative areas for impressionable undergraduate students, but ultimately the more important questions seem to go unacknowledg...

]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 1.857356 Blog Drew Herrick / Lantern blogger Blog <![CDATA[Love and sex are chemical reactions]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/love-and-sex-are-chemical-reactions-1.835259 Ariel Kohane / Lantern Blogger
Lantern blogger Ariel Kohane says love is more than looks and personality

What makes us attracted to someone else? If you ask me, I'd say I'm attracted to guys who are introverted but intelligent. I'd say I like boys with blond hair and blue eyes. I'd also say I like them tall, but not too tall. Yet there have been many circums...

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 1.835259 Blog Ariel Kohane / Lantern Blogger Blog <![CDATA['The escape']]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/the-escape-1.833789 Ryan Connolly
By: Ryan ConnollyLantern blogger Ryan Connolly urges readers to escape the bustle of everyday life

I went to go see Gogol Bordello with a few friends at the Newport Tuesday night. If you aren't familiar with their music, they describe themselves as 'Gypsy punk,' with the band tracing its origins to the Ukraine and Gypsy subculture that exists there. Th...

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 1.833789 Blog Ryan Connolly Blog <![CDATA[Don't be such a creep]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/don-t-be-such-a-creep-1.797230 Ariel Kohane
By: Ariel KohaneLantern relationship blogger Ariel Kohane reveals that girls don't want too many phone calls

Courtship in the olden days consisted of a man calling on a woman at her home. The woman would respond by either accepting or denying his company. If she accepted, he would join her and they would converse. If all went well and he wished to see her again ...

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 1.797230 Blog Ariel Kohane Blog <![CDATA[The Race to the Moon! Again!]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/the-race-to-the-moon-again-1.793931 Drew Herrick / Lantern columnist
By: Drew Herrick / Lantern columnist

Who doesn't like seeing things explode and crash??? About a week ago, NASA deliberately crashed a rocket into the moon in search of ice. CBS gave a decent preview of the event . Althoug...

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 1.793931 Blog preview of the event . Althoug...]]> Drew Herrick / Lantern columnist Blog <![CDATA[Being 'weak' gives no chance for a second date]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/being-weak-gives-no-chance-for-a-second-date-1.778724 Ariel Kohane for the Lantern
By: Ariel Kohane for the LanternA man in a weakened emotional state is a turn-off for Lantern blogger Ariel Kohane

On my first date with this guy, everything was going brilliantly. The chemistry was there; our conversation was seamless, and I was starting to visualize him in bed. Unfortunately, while I was off in la-la land, he steered the conversation into the past r...

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 1.778724 Blog Ariel Kohane for the Lantern Blog <![CDATA[Old North Columbus]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/old-north-columbus-1.777218 Ryan Connolly / Lantern Blogger

Walking home several days ago I noticed an arch greeting me as I got across Lane Avenue. Confused, confounded and returning from Gallery Hop, I wondered how it arrived there. It was a good Hop, so by this time my thought process was beginning to get a lit...

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 1.777218 Blog Ryan Connolly / Lantern Blogger Blog <![CDATA[Federal ban on flavored cigarettes reaching cartoonish proportions ]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/federal-ban-on-flavored-cigarettes-reaching-cartoonish-proportions-1.709239 Drew Herrick
By: Drew Herrick

On Sept. 22nd, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a new tobacco law that made the sale but not possession of all 'cigarettes with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, or clove' illegal (FDA News Release). The public rationale for this compre...

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 1.709239 Blog Drew Herrick Blog <![CDATA[Alright boys, this one's for you]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/alright-boys-this-one-s-for-you-1.632599 Ariel Kohane for the Lantern
Lantern blogger Ariel Kohane urges boys to keep it in their pants just a little longer

Alright boys, this one's for you. It's a touchy subject, but I recommend you read this because there might be a chance you're messing up your game and not realizing it. The problem: Pressuring girls. Wait! I'm not talking about sex or even pressurin...

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2009 1.632599 Blog Ariel Kohane for the Lantern Blog <![CDATA[New 3C trains make life easy]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/new-3c-trains-make-life-easy-1.631056 Ryan Connolly / Lantern blogger

The Ohio Department of Transportation expects to open Ohio's new 3C 'Quick Start' passenger rail system in 2011. The proposed system would link Ohio's three large...

]]> Wed, 7 Oct 2009 1.631056 Blog passenger rail system in 2011. The proposed system would link Ohio's three large...]]> Ryan Connolly / Lantern blogger Blog <![CDATA['To reject and be rejected']]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/to-reject-and-be-rejected-1.624654 Ariel Kohane for the Lantern
Lantern relationship blogger Ariel Kohane discusses the pros and cons of rejection

I was a perfect 10 that night. But when I batted my lashes and flashed my pearly whites at Chance, he gave me an unimpressed smile then turned his attention to Aly (A seven at best)....

]]> Thu, 1 Oct 2009 1.624654 Blog Ariel Kohane for the Lantern Blog <![CDATA[The lessons of community commitment day]]> http://www.thelantern.com/2.4242/the-lessons-of-community-commitment-day-1.623167 Ryan Connolly/ Lantern blogger

The recent Community Commitment Day has certainly opened my eyes to the pros and cons of community service. It may seem that there are only pros to community service and it is true that there are only pros to the service side of it. Well isn't communi...

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 1.623167 Blog Ryan Connolly/ Lantern blogger Blog