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SUMMER WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2013 Volume 92, Issue 108
ESTABLISHED 1920
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Furniture delivery system makes move in day less stressful
BIKE RACK
By Michelle Black Reporter
Krysten Jablonowski
New bike rental program allows students to share bikes around campus By Bridjet Mendyuk Editor-in-Chief
Students can expect to roll along this academic year with the new Orange Bike system, which allows students to share University owned bicycles on campus. The Orange Bike system is similar to a library card, the Stainability Coordinator at the University, Nick Hennessy said. Students can sign up, check out, use the bike on campus and leave it for other students to use via bike rack. “Right now, it is offered as a street service to students,” Hennessy said. “If you need to get around on campus you unlock and hop on an Orange Bike. Everyone that belongs to [the system] gets to share the bikes.” Graduate student Michael Wiatrowski said he
thinks the program is innovative and encourages students to use green transportation. “I think it’s a great idea, the shared bike system makes it easier to get around,” Wiatrowski said. “It’s really thoughtful of students.” The bikes were donated to the program at the end of the 2013 spring semester as well as the collection at the end of spring if people left their bikes on campus. “[We have a workshop] where [people] fix them up and put them in their inventory,” Hennessy said. Senior Sarah Von Blon has also seen the bikes on campus and thinks the program is a great way for students to get around who can’t bring their bicycle to the University. “I’m a tour guide and I always point out to incoming students that it’s a program we have,” Von Blon
The nightmare that many students endure on move-in day might be over, thanks to President of senior Krysten Jablonowski’s Cribs on Campus great new business. Moving into the resident halls can be hectic and stressful. Waiting for elevators and putting together dorm furniture can be exhausting for any student. The chaotic experience caused Jablonowski to recall her experiences when she moved into the campus residence halls. “I remember move in day being very hectic and very hot,” Jablonowski said. “It was a crazy experience.” Not only was actually moving the furniture into her assigned hall overwhelming, but not feeling fully settled into her new home also created a stressful experience. “I always felt like I was continuously moving stuff into my room,” Jablonowski said. “I never felt like I was settled in.” The experiences Jablonowski had with moving into residence halls cause her to discuss ideas with her friend that could help make the process easier for other students. A few years later she was able to receive funding from “The Hatch” after presenting her idea to potential investors. “The Hatch” gave nine students the chance to pitch their business ideas to five investors who chose the ideas they wanted to fund. After her experience with “The Hatch,” Jablonowski became an entrepreneur of a business called “Cribs on Campus”. “Cribs on Campus” allows students to purchase microwaves, futons and mini refrigerators and have them delivered to their rooms before they arrive. Jablonowski has a website that was presented during freshman orientation that works like Amazon. Students place the item they want delivered in a cart and buy the items themselves and Jablonowski will deliver them. “When you get here on move-in day, the last thing you want to worry about is putting together a futon or carrying huge pieces of furniture,” Jablonowski said. Now that her business is up and running, Jablonowski focuses on creating a stress free experience for students moving into the halls, especially incoming freshmen. “Freshmen make up the majority of the on campus population,” she said. “Reaching out to them during [their] orientation is especially important to me.” Senior Clair Hamberg likes the idea of having a stress free experience when moving
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Students may be left HYPNOTIZED WITH A SNAP without a home temporarily By Geoff Burns Pulse Editor
When senior Jessica Lisek moves out of her apartment on August 8, she’ll be without a home for almost a week before she can move into her new place. Lisek, along with many other students living off-campus, is dealing with the transition period from moving to another apartment on a brand new lease. Rental companies use these few weeks before the new tenants move in to clean, maintenance and fix destroyed property. Lisek has been leasing from Greenbriar Inc. for a year and is moving into another apartment at Campbell Hill, also leased by Greenbriar Inc., and will be moving into her parents home in Columbus during the six day gap. For some, that would be invconvient for such a short period of time, but for Lisek, it doesn’t seem to be a problem.
“Both of my parents work and I’ll need to finish gathering some last minute things for my next place,” Lisek said. Rental Agent at John Newlove Real Estate Inc. Denise Pickerel said the move-in dates for the rental company is on August 18 for graduate students and on August 22 for undergraduate students. The company doesn’t deal too much with people wanting to move in earlier than the expected date because it has it’s set date and it’s not negotiable, she said. “They’re given check out and cleaning instructions before they move out, but that doesn’t mean that it’s followed or done,” Pickerel said. “We try to clean everything before people move in.” Lisek said although it annoys her that she is required to clean her apartment before she moves out, she can understand how the place needs to be empty for a few weeks in order to get things
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“HYPNO MIKE” Bishop gives instructions to the hypnotized participants at the Wood County Fair on Tuesday.
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IF YOU COULD HAVE A FOOD TRUCK WHAT WOULD IT BE? WHY?
“Italian food, like Fazoli’s, just on a truck.” Mike Felmet Junior, Finance