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Jon Waters applies to get his old band director job back LOGAN HICKMAN AND AMANDA ETCHISON For The Lantern and Campus editor hickman.201@osu.edu and etchison.4@osu.edu
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Former OSU Marching Band director Jon Waters
Former Ohio State Marching Band director Jonathan Waters has reapplied for his position, even though the university has repeatedly told him there’s no chance he’ll get his job back. And the school might be one step closer to guaranteeing he gets the message — a federal judge scheduled a hearing to consider OSU’s request that
Water’s lawsuit about wrongful firing be thrown out. Waters, who was fired in July after an OSU investigation found the band contained an entrenched sexualized culture, submitted a 4 ½ page application to OSU on Thursday for a tenure-track band director position. “I think that when the university looks at my application — as they will with everyone who applies — they will see my qualifications, they will see exactly what I have
done with the band before,” he told The Lantern. The application opened in December and the university has said it aims to have a new leader selected by February. When asked if OSU would consider Waters’ application, spokesman Chris Davey said in an email that he cannot discuss the specifics of an open job search.
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Luxury Using a laptop for notes could be detrimental apartments coming to Lane Avenue 45 new units are set to be built near Tommy’s Pizza LEE MCCLORY Design editor mcclory.10@osu.edu A Lane Avenue apartment complex will be demolished later this year to make room for a new luxury apartment complex. Edwards Communities Development Company LLC, a Columbus-based company that also owns apartment complex Norwich Flats on Norwich Avenue, plans to begin construction in August, the company’s president, Ryan Szymanski said. Szymanski said he was “not ready to release information” about how much the proposed building would cost. The new apartment building will be located at 144-162 W. Lane Ave. next to Tommy’s Pizza, Szymanski said, but a permanent address hasn’t yet been decided on for the building. Szymanski added that the company still needs to get permission to build from the Columbus city council, but received permission from the University Area
“We think the apartments will be attractive to a wide range of students ... It’s close to the business and engineering schools, and I think it’ll be attractive to international students as well.” - Ryan Szymanski
President of Edwards Community Development Company LLC Commission in December and the Development Commission on Jan. 8. The apartment complex that will be demolished has two buildings with 36 apartments. The new complex, which doesn’t yet have a name, would have 45 units. Rent for the new apartments will be similar to Norwich Flats. Norwich Flats apartments range from $820 for a one-bedroom apartment to $1,175 for a three-bedroom apartment, Syzmanski said. The new apartments will be fully furnished with a private patio for residents, Szymanski said. There will be one-, twoand three-bedroom apartments, he said, but the details are still being worked out about other amenities, such as a pool and workout room. “We think the apartments will be attractive to a wide range of students,” Szymanski said. “It’s close to the business and engineering schools, and I think it’ll be attractive to international students as well.” Szymanski said that the apartments are furnished and the building is managed through an online maintenance request service, which he thinks might appeal specifically to international students. The proposed complex fits with the increased number of luxury apartments being built around Ohio State’s campus. Other luxury apartments include The
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Study finds handwritten notes lead to better comprehension NOAH TOUMERT Lantern reporter toumert.3@osu.edu Closing your computer could jump start your grades this semester. Computers can be distracting, but using a computer in class can affect students’ study habits as much as it affects their attention spans, according to a recent study. Helena Rempala, an Ohio State clinical psychologist, said there can be retention benefits to using a pen and paper to take notes. “There is more comprehension when you physically write,” Rempala said. “(When we write) we think slower. We comprehend twice. Once when listening, and then again when writing.” In a study published last year conducted by researchers at Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles, handwritten notes were found to be more effective in helping students retain information. The study, which tested 67 Princeton students and 151 UCLA students on their retention of information presented in a 15-minute TED talk, showed that students who wrote their notes
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The study tested 67 Princeton students and 151 UCLA students Half the students took notes by hand and half took notes on a laptop Handwritten notes were found to be more effective in helping students retain information
by hand comprehended information better than those who typed them on a laptop. Approximately half of the students tested were asked to take notes on the lecture by hand, and the other half were asked to take notes using a computer. The study found that students who typed their notes had more content written down in a cleanly organized manner, but the notes were verbatim from the lecture. On the other hand, students who used longhand had fewer words, but they used keywords that demanded comprehension of topics to recall. “The studies … here show that laptop use can negatively affect performance on educational assessments, even — or perhaps especially — when the computer is used for its intended
function of easier note taking,” the study states. “Although more notes are beneficial, at least to a point, if the notes are taken indiscriminately or by mindlessly transcribing content, as is more likely the case on a laptop than when notes are taken longhand, the benefit disappears.” Rempala said verbatim writing diminishes comprehension and copious notes might not be what students need. She also said she thinks students prefer typing because they can get more words down on the page, so it seems as though they have more information to study. Some OSU professors, like Margaret Rooney, a professor in the School of Communication, have taken steps to reduce the presence of technology in their classes. Rooney said she started this policy four semesters ago because she was worried about technology’s negative impact on the classroom setting. Rooney has taught many courses at OSU, but has most recently imposed her computer ban in her Research Methods course. Although she acknowledged the research behind the benefits of taking notes with pen and paper, Rooney said she was more worried about computers distracting students from the course environment. “Students actually seem to like the class
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Arts scholarship showcase features materials from a pine cone to human hair TAYLOR FERRELL AND DANIKA STAHL Lantern reporters ferrell.178@osu.edu and stahl.145@osu.edu Sometimes masterpieces are right in your backyard. The 23rd Annual John Fergus Family Fund Scholarship Awards incorporated a variety of art forms this year from 10 Ohio State students and alumni. The scholarship is fine arts-based, and the winners’ pieces are now open for public viewing at the Urban Arts Space. Ryan Wells, a third-year in interior design and one of the recipients of the award, said the recipients are selected by a jury encompassed by faculty members from various arts and design departments of OSU. The majority of the recipients said they
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Ryan Wells, a third-year in interior design, submitted glued pieces of a pine cone together in a piece that was honored by the 23rd Annual John Fergus Family Fund Scholarship Awards.
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