Down the drain. Ohio State students waited three years for Mirror Lake to reopen following construction, itching at the chance to once again jump into the glorified pond to celebrate the “Hate Michigan” week. However, in an effort to prevent the jump from happening this ...

The annual jump into Mirror Lake will not take place. After tragedy struck at the last jump when a student died nearly three years ago, the university drained the lake this year and threatened legal action against anyone who enters the empty basin. Random student-led ...

Ohio State University Police Division issued two summonses for Ohio State students Monday afternoon to appear in court after a video was posted online showing the students running into Mirror Lake, Ohio State spokesman Dan Hedman said in a statement. The students received the summonses ...

Mirror Lake has been drained in an effort to discourage the “Mirror Lake jump,” according to an email from Ohio State’s Department of Public Safety. “The safety of our campus community is always our top priority. Out of an abundance of caution and with the ...

On a campus within a city that has exemplified an “out with the old and in with the new” mentality the past few years, the results of Ohio State’s two-year renovation project at Pomerene Hall on Neil Avenue is a refreshing departure. Instead of destroying ...

With the revitalization of the new Mirror Lake, students say goodbye to ice cream and hello to chicken tenders. Mirror Lake Eatery, the new dining facility located in Pomerene Hall, has replaced what used to be Mirror Lake Creamery and is dedicated solely to the ...

The Historic Mirror Lake District that has been under construction since fall 2016, which included the renovation of Mirror Lake, Browning Amphitheater and Pomerene and Oxley halls, officially removed its fences Aug. 10. The project budgets were more than $69 million, collectively. Dan Hedman, a ...

In a University District with miles of temporary fencing, a fleet of backhoes and other construction vehicles, and more orange barrels than students, no construction site is as glorious as the Mirror Lake project. This sprawling undertaking began in Autumn 2016 and has been going ...

It seems as though the Mirror Lake renovations are never ending, but even private clubs are reaching out to help make sure that area of campus looks its best when completed. The Ohio State University Faculty Club is holding its 14th annual art auction on ...

In the face of an evolving campus, preserving history has proven, at times, a difficult task for Ohio State.   Several landmarks, such as the statue of renowned dentist and Ohio native Willoughby Dayton Miller, are unnoticed by students.   Assembled in 1916, the tribute ...