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Thursday March 26, 2015 year: 135 No. 21

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Report finds OSU’s sexual violence services valuable, but could improve

“This is a huge problem, but people don’t take it seriously because sexual assault isn’t clearly defined.” That response, from a survey conducted by the Undergraduate Student Government to assess the climate and knowledge of sexual assault at Ohio State, sums up the results of the Sexual Violence Task Force’s findings. USG conducted 634 student surveys asking various questions about sexual assault

and gauging how well-known OSU’s sexual assault assistance programs are. The Sexual Violence Task Force that conducted the surveys determined that there are some things OSU does well, but the university also has a long way to go. Sarah Hudacek, the deputy director of academic affairs for USG and a secondyear in public affairs, said she thought it was important for USG to talk about sexual violence and release the report. “We speak for the student body, particularly on issues when the student body can’t speak for themselves and with an issue as sensitive as sexual violence when people

might be afraid of stepping up and saying something, I think it’s important that we speak for them and that they have the ability to speak through us,” said Hudacek, who also served as the co-chair of the task force. About 82 percent of students said they had heard monthly or more frequently about sexual violence cases on or around campus from media outlets, campus safety notices or other presentations, but few knew about the services OSU offers. More than 38 percent of the surveyed students reported that someone “fondled,

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Percent of students that answered “yes” to having experienced an act of sexual violence, but never reported the incident

at OSU Nationally Source: USG Sexual Violence Task Force Report

90% 95%

MICHELE THEODORE Managing editor for content theodore.13@osu.edu

3 USG justices resign after being threatened with impeachment Divestment issue won’t have special election YANN SCHREIBER Lantern reporter schreiber.135@osu.edu

MARK BATKE / Photo editor

Kweyamba Kamala, an employee at Midway on High, works security and checks patron identifications outside the bar on March 25. Midway recently started requiring a student ID in addition to a government-issued ID to gain entry on Friday and Saturday nights. Read the story on 2A.

OSU ‘looking into’ Braxton Miller Instagram post Photo showed QB with sports performance product JAMES GREGA, JR. Asst. sports editor grega.9@osu.edu The Ohio State athletic department is “looking into” an Instagram that redshirtsenior quarterback Braxton Miller posted

Tuesday night, an OSU spokesman confirmed to The Lantern. Miller posted a picture to his Instagram account @braxtonmiller92 before removing it on Wednesday morning. The photo pictures Miller seated next to Brandon Oshodin, owner of Authentik Fitness in Columbus and an AdvoCare distributor. It also shows products on the table in front of Miller from AdvoCare, which is a company that “provides innovative nutritional, weight-management, sports performance and skin care products,” according to its website.

According to the NCAA recommendations page on the AdvoCare website, a student-athlete may not use “photos of themselves on an AdvoCare Microsite, Braxton Miller Facebook, Twitter, personal website or any other place where AdvoCare is mentioned.” As of Wednesday morning, Miller had

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Self-exploration through dance SALLEE ANN RUIBAL Asst. arts editor ruibal.1@osu.edu Kylee Smith’s paternal ancestors are from Abbeville, S.C., famously known as the birthplace and deathbed of the Confederacy. A distant uncle of hers was lynched in the town square and her greatgrandfather was the first African-American deputy sheriff in the county. From those family ties and stories, Smith, a second-year in dance, was inspired to choreograph her piece “Bloodlines,” which will be featured in the Ohio State Department of Dance’s spring concert, “Absolute Existence,” which features 15 undergraduate and graduate performers. “I wanted to say something about these thoughts and these feelings that I have about my ancestry, and it came to fruition in this piece,” Smith said. “It’s not literal components per se, but my movement and my emotion is coming from a place that is inspired by these things that I am working on in myself. “I have a love for dance, but also written and spoken word,” said Smith, who also has a minor in creative writing. The score for her piece is mostly vocal, starting

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Spring dance concert features students moving with meaning

Three justices of the Undergraduate Student Government Judicial Panel resigned at a General Assembly meeting on Wednesday. Justices Andrew Braun, Morgan Johnson and Aaron Vaughn resigned after facing impeachment at the meeting. Chief Justice Brandon Cruz resigned last week, members of the Judicial Panel said. The new chief justice is Taylor Marsilio, a former justice. He took office after Cruz’s resignation. Additionally, there will be no special election on the divestment issue, or “Issue 1,” said USG President Celia Wright, a fourth-year in public health. Issue 1 was brought forth by a petition from the organization OSU Divest, and asked whether student voters thought OSU should divest — or cut financial ties — from companies “complicit in Israeli human rights violations and the occupation of the Palestinian Territories,” according to the OSU Divest website. Initially, the Judicial Panel decided to deny Issue 1 a spot on the ballot because the petition failed to meet certain submission criteria outlined in the USG election bylaws. The panel later issued a press release that acknowledged “the presence of procedural error in the handling of this case,” and said the issue could show up on a special ballot at the end of March, pending General Assembly approval. The USG Judicial Panel announced the vote March 11. This announcement was part of the accusations leading to the impeachment, according to a resolution that brought forth the suggestion of impeaching some justices, titled “articles of impeachment.” The justices were accused of overstepping their constitutional boundaries by declaring a special election, which is not mentioned in the USG bylaws. The three justices faced impeachment but

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Potential May Session changes met with mixed student reviews LIZ YOUNG Editor-in-chief young.1693@osu.edu

Courtesy of Gabriella Wiltz

Dancers practice for Gabriella Wiltz’s choreographed piece ‘Affinity III,’ included in the Department of Dance’s spring concert, ‘Absolute Existence.’

May Session will no longer be free after this year, a move met with early mixed reaction from students. Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz told The Lantern in a Tuesday interview that tuition will be charged for May Session starting next spring, and that the entire model of summer courses could be different as well. The University Senate fiscal committee recommended last year that Ohio State should start charging for the three credit hours in May Session, which are currently free to students enrolled full-time during Spring Semester. But Steinmetz said he wanted to wait until 2016 because by then, most of the students who attended OSU during the semester switch would have graduated. May Session was created when OSU

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