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Sex scandals on college campuses: Could it happen at OSU?
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Penn State, Syracuse, Wisconsin. These three institutions, synonymous with academic and athletic excellence, have been tarnished by sexual abuse scandals. Lives were changed forever, innocence robbed, reputations turned upside down. Could this happen at Ohio State and what is the university doing to prevent it? Legislation concerning mandatory sexual abuse reporting is pending in 25 states, but Ohio is not one of them. OSU has taken no additional action following the incidents at other schools, including two in the Big Ten. Gene Smith, OSU athletic director, said he is confident about the educational tools OSU has in place, although the athletic department has not done anything concerning the hot-button issue of sexual abuse in athletics. “I can’t say we do something that’s really unique, or really different since the Penn State case
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Students driving force behind CABS service amanda Pierce Lantern reporter pierce.343@osu.edu When rain begins to fall or snow starts piling up, some students hop on a Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) bus, many of which are driven by students themselves. Sarah Blouch, executive director of transportation and parking services, said students are an integral part of their staff. “We couldn’t make it without our student drivers,” Blouch said. Rayvion Sanford, a third-year in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been driving CABS buses since August 2010 and said she likes the simplicity of her job. “It’s definitely an easy job,” Sanford said. “All we do is sit and drive.” Of the 120 total drivers this quarter, about 65 or 70 are students, said Thomas Holman, assistant director of transportation operations.
Student drivers usually begin on the wash crew when they are hired, cleaning the buses each night and replacing the advertisements inside, Holman said. After being on the wash crew, students start a training program that includes classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training. When training is complete, typically after one academic quarter, students take an exam to receive their commercial driver’s license. Sanford said she decided to apply after seeing an ad for CABS bus driver positions and making a joke with her friends. “I was with a bunch of my friends and I said, ‘Oh my god, guys, I’m going to be a bus driver,’ and nobody believed me, so I did it anyway,” Sanford said. Sanford said she never thought she would be a bus driver and has picked up some pet peeves since starting the job.
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“No one talks to the bus drivers,” Sanford said. “Everyone’s always, like, shocked when I open my mouth and say something.” Student drivers are cost-effective to hire and are able to relate to student riders, Blouch said.
“It’s kind of nice that they can certainly relate to what our university students are going through, trying to get to and from class,” Blouch said.
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Former oSU running back Jaamal Berry appeared in court wednesday on assault charges.
Suspended Ohio State running back Jaamal Berry will no longer play for OSU and might be transferring away for good. Robert Tobias, the assistant city prosecutor assigned to the case, told The Lantern on the phone Wednesday that Berry’s defense attorney expressed Berry’s wish to transfer to another school. “My understanding is that … (Berry’s) desire would be to transfer somewhere else and so he could potentially get playing time. Whether he goes back to Florida or whether he goes somewhere else to go to school, I don’t know,” Tobias said. “It was told to me by the defense attorney that he was not on the team anymore and that he had a desire to relocate for school somewhere else out of state.” Berry, dressed in a black suit, talked privately
with his attorneys during his pre-trial Wednesday morning, but did not address the court directly. At one point, he leaned over to a woman with him and said he was “fine.” Berry’s attorney, William Meeks, and fellow attorney assigned to the case, Dave Thomas, were unavailable to comment further Wednesday evening. At Franklin County Municipal Court, Meeks said Berry remains in good standings as a student and on scholarship, but is no longer a part of the football team. The plaintiff’s attorney, Edwin Hollern, was not at the pre-trial hearing Wednesday, and told The Lantern in a phone interview that all case inquiries should be directed to the prosecutor. Jerry Emig, spokesman for the OSU athletic department, told The Lantern in an email that Berry is officially still on scholarship. “He is not working out with the team and he
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