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“I think she comes. It’s so packed I think she’s up there somewhere,” Turner said. When she’s not traveling, she won’t miss it. “I’m at most of his games and then he comes when he’s home to see us play,” Prahalis said. Turner denies that there is added pressure when Prahalis is up in the crowd. “It’s just basketball,” he said. Turner admits the guys on the team joke around with him about his new relationship, but for the most part they are being mature about it, for now. The only argument they have with one another: Who would win if they played one-on-one? Both have an impressive resume. Prahalis was Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season, while Turner is a contender for National Player of the Year this season.
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“If I was a girl, she’d probably give me a run for my money, but I don’t know, I think I might win,” Turner said. At 6-feet-7-inches, Turner has a foot of height on her, which might be signiÿcant. However, a run for his money may be an understatement. Prahalis may not measure up to his shoulders, but she is hot from behind the arc. She hits 35 percent of her 3-pointers, which surpasses Turner’s 28 percent. Of course he wouldn’t foul her, because she’s sure to make the fouls shots. She’s shooting 77 percent from the line. Take away their high-proÿle status, and their relationship is really no different from that of normal college co-eds. “I guess I’m hard to impress, but I’m not hard on him,” Prahalis said jokingly. They have even gotten over a big hump in most relationships; meeting each other’s parents. “I met her mom and dad and she’s met my mom. They’re good people I like them,” Turner said.
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outstanding ÿnes at the beginning of 2008, said Nick Tepe, manager of the circulation division there. That was the most recent information available. “It’s largely a function of the fact that we are such a large library,” Tepe said of the total in unpaid ÿnes, which ° uctuates but generally stays around $1 million. There are 21 branch libraries and 540,000 cardholders in the metropolitan library system. In contrast, Tepe said that in 2009 the library collected about $1.9 million in ÿnes from patrons. The budget for the library is around $42 million, most of which comes from property taxes and state funding. “We’ve done a variety of different approaches to try to get people to resolve their accounts and to get back in good standing with the library,” Tepe said. After $10 in ÿnes, patrons can no longer use library services. These measures include sending e-mails and postcards to patrons. For items worth $25 or more that have been left unreturned for more than 35 days, the Columbus library uses a collection agency. At some point, unpaid library ÿnes could affect a patron’s credit score, Tepe said. He said the numbers did not suggest that people were having more trouble than usual paying off their ÿnes due to the poor economy. “I have a feeling that people who are having economic difÿculties are more eager to pay off their ÿnes because they realize how useful it is to be able to use the library,” Tepe said, making note of the job search help and free computer use offered at the library. The Fresh Start program in the Columbus library system allows people to “read off” their ÿnes: For every hour they spend
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them late. She was stuck with a $66.60 ÿne, but she said she has already “read off” more than half of that. Besides cash-strapped college students, Bruce said the Fresh Start program is also a solution for those “on the more ÿnancially unstable side of Columbus.” “There are kids who rack up a lot of money, and they can’t check out books anymore, and their parents don’t have [the money],” she said. “So it’s really good that they can come in and read them off for free.”
State gov’t seeks to boost economy by sending more people to college KEVIN SANCHEZ Lantern reporter sanchez.825@osu.edu In a state where 20 percent of the adult work force has not received more than a high school education, a new program is taking root that will attempt to change that statistic. February has been dubbed “Enroll Ohio Month” by Gov. Ted Strickland, named after the proposed initiative, which drives home the message that Ohio institutions must cooperate rather than compete in order to promote higher education. “For the ÿrst time in the history of Ohio, we have to collectively tell our story,” said Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents. The purpose of Enroll Ohio stems from Strickland’s proposed strategic plan for higher education — one of his ÿrst acts in ofÿce. “One of the goals set for this state is that by 2017, we would have 230,000 more people in higher ERIC FINGERHUT education,” said Melinda Swan, associate vice president of University Communications. Swan has been working for the Board of Regents to assist with Enroll Ohio. The main goal of Enroll Ohio was outlined
by Michael Chaney, chief communications ofÿcer for the Ohio Board of Regents. “If we raise the education level of the state, the state is going to do better economically,” said Chaney. “That not only means graduating more students, but also keeping them here in Ohio.” As stated by both Chaney and Swan, the program would include not only prospective students coming from high school, but also adults who have not gotten more than a high school education. “There are almost 1.3 million adults in Ohio who started, but did not ÿnish, college,” Swan said. She also noted that Ohioans with a degree make an average of $17,000 more per year when compared to those with only a high school education. The inaugural Enroll Ohio event, which was held at the Longaberger Alumni House, began with a presentation by two professors in the Kiplinger Program at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. Debra Jasper and Betsy Hubbard led a discussion that highlighted topics such as social media, outreach, new forms of communication and the ever-changing digital world. The purpose of this presentation was to show the audience a variety of new ways to reach prospective students in today’s society. “If Facebook was a country today, it would be the third largest country in the world,” said Jasper. “We have to change the way we communicate so we can reach a larger online community.” Hubbard echoed these statements, saying that society is now part of a global network,
and the educators of the world need to adjust accordingly. After a short break, Fingerhut began discussing the positives and negatives of how Ohio institutions currently handle the promotion of higher education. His key philosophy was the collaboration of the various schools statewide to achieve this common goal. “This is about partnership, about working together,” said Fingerhut, emphasizing that education is “the greatest asset this state has. “There is not a state in the union that doesn’t want what we have,” said Fingerhut. “If we’re going to be prosperous as a state in this economy, we are the answer.” Fingerhut continued to promote the idea that a large part of the Enroll Ohio initiative was communicating to prospective students that college can be affordable and accessible. The session led by the chancellor involved group discussions in which tables submitted comments on various questions via computers, in an attempt to grasp the pulse of the assembled on topics involving enrollment, obstacles, and suggestions for promoting a higher education. “Every action we take, we ask if it relates to the plan,” said Chaney. The proposed Enroll Ohio program will encompass 10 years and brings with it the hope that the state economy will ° ourish as a result. Chaney believes that talking to students is the best way to accomplish the initiative’s goals. “Historically, we’ve just talked to institutions, we haven’t talked directly to prospective student,” said Chaney.
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