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Ice sends about 45 people to medical center, OSU hires de-icing companies Tren t Bar ter Lantern reporter barter.1@osu.edu
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Students across campus Tuesday slipped and tumbled their way to classes they thought should have been canceled. “I slipped on ice today, and my boyfriend, and my roommate (did too),” said Tania Sherry, a firstyear graduate student in rural sociology. “It took a long time to scrape ice off of my car. My professor was very supportive, but it would be better if OSU canceled classes overall.” After Facilities Operations and Development workers and Transportation and Parking maintenance workers spent most of the day removing ice, Ohio State’s Columbus campus canceled Tuesday’s evening classes. OSU followed other Ohio universities that issued class cancellations. Kent State University, the University of Dayton and Denison University canceled all Tuesday
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You belong with ‘her’
Rumors about Taylor Swift coming to Columbus are swirling, but a venue has yet to be announced.
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Sullivant gas leak sickens OSU employees, students Sarah S temen Lantern reporter stemen.66@osu.edu
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F rom athlete to coach
Former wrestling 2-time national champion J Jaggers returns to OSU as a full-time assistant coach.
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Focus helped Bucks get to 22-0 campus
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A suspected gas leak caused faculty and students to evacuate Sullivant Hall at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Jane Ledford-Adkins, an administrative associate and employee at Sullivant, pulled the fire alarm after she smelled the gas coming into her office. “We all thought it was very strange,” LedfordAdkins said. “I walked out of my office and everyone else was out in the hall. I looked at them and said, ‘Better safe than sorry.’” Strong scents of gas filled the air on High Street late into the afternoon as fire trucks and Columbia Gas of Ohio vehicles responded to the pulled alarm.
TOP: Timothy Murray, groundskeeper 2 for F acilities Operations and Development, tosses salt on a pathway in between the Science and Engineering L ibrary and the 209 W. 18th Ave. EA building on Tuesday. Murray said the slick sidewalks are not in his area, but decided to salt them on his way to get coffee after seeing a student slip. LEF T: Jessica R oth, a third-year in communication, walks on an icy path in front of the Science and Engineering L ibrary on Tuesday. R IGHT: Jeremy Marx, a fourth-year in English, scrapes the ice off of his car’s rear window on Norwich Avenue Tuesday.
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U.S. Rep. Stivers visits OSU to push federal budget cuts Cor y Shaffer Lantern reporter shaffer.294@osu.edu U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers called for cuts in spending during his visit to Ohio State Tuesday to tour the Center for Automotive Research and meet with university officials. Stivers, a freshman Republican representing Columbus, echoed President Barack Obama’s calls in his second State of the Union Address for investment in education, infrastructure and technology, but also emphasized job creation and curtailing government spending. “The problem is, the government is not making investments,” Stivers said. “We’re spending money on current expenditures. Education is one of those things that I think is partially an investment.”
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U.S. R ep. Steve Stivers, R -Ohio, goes over the details of the OSU EcoCAR with graduate student and team leader of the project Eric Schacht at the Center for Automotive R esearch on Tuesday.
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Enrollment change over last year
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The university’s total population for all campuses increased 2.5 percent compared to winter 2010. There are 49,755 students from Ohio, a 1 percent increase. There are 7,401 U.S. non-Ohio students, a 4.7 percent increase. There are 4,776 international students, a 17.2 percent increase.
Source: OSU Office of the University Registrar; Kent R. Hopkins, vice provost for enrollment management at ASU; Gordon D. Chavis, Jr., associate vice president for undergraduate admissions at UCF
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University of Central Florida - 56,236
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Ohio State no longer has the largest student enrollment on a single campus, but that doesn’t mean the university’s student population is decreasing. According to OSU’s Winter Quarter 15th Day Enrollment Report, the university’s total population for all campuses increased 2.5 percent compared to winter 2010. OSU’s main campus holds 54,351 students, while the four regional campuses hold a combined total of 7,607 students, according to the report. OSU trails Arizona State University, which has a spring 2011 enrollment of nearly 66,000 students, and University of Central Florida, which has a fall 2010 enrollment of 56,236 students. With regional campus enrollment included, OSU ranks second with 61,958 students. Central Florida has an enrollment plan that looks at enrollment projections by year, whereas OSU does analysis each quarter.
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Arizona State University - 66,000*
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Schools *ASU’s enrollment total is an estimate. MOLLY GRAY / Managing editor for design
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