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Gee: OSU fighting the claims because of ‘precedent’ according to the Collegiate Times database. She did not have an estimate of her medical costs. In the first two hearings, Koltak presented information of tests completed in the building as evidence that Franklin and two others, Emmett Crowley and Chissy Nkemere, also contracted the disease around the same time after spending most of their days in Hitchcock Hall. Crowley and Nkemere are not working with Koltak on any claims. “This is a pretty straightforward case; I’m not really sure why OSU is taking the stance that it is,” Koltak said. Murray reiterated comments Wednesday that she made to The Lantern in January, saying that while OSU felt sympathetic toward Stavridis for her health problems, their cause is still believed to be a mystery. “The university took timely and extensive steps to evaluate the health and safety of the work environment and our tests from outside experts did not reveal anything substantial,” Murray said. “The university places a high priority on employee safety and we have done everything possible to remedy and investigate the matter.” OSU also submitted tests into evidence for the hearings that came back positive for histoplasmosis spores in November 2010. An OSU-hired consultant gathered samples from 44 sites in the building and four of them tested positively. “This corroborated the positive test results of the ceiling tiles located in Olga’s office tested in the summer (of 2009),” Koltak said.
Despite those results, President E. Gordon Gee claims there is no causal link between any of the testing done and the four people who have contracted the disease since the flood in 2009. “If we did that testing in my house there would probably be some positive results” Gee told The Lantern on April 13. “That’s the point. There is no evidence between that and what is happening.” Deepe said that while histoplasmosis is a disease indigenous to the Ohio River Valley, there is no way to know how common the spores actually are or how commonly the disease is contracted because it is not “reportable,” meaning that physicians and laboratories have no obligation to report the cases they encounter. Gee said the reason OSU is fighting the claims and trying to deny workers’ compensation is because of “precedent,” not people. If the university awarded one workers’ compensation claim, it would have to award them all. But Stavridis desires a new precedent as well. “There is nothing in (pursuing this hearing) for me other than my lost wages,” Stavridis said. “What I find most important is to be sure that this practice for remediating a flood months later will never be performed again.” The women said they hope that from their experiences, Facilities Operations and Development at OSU will develop a standard procedure for dealing with flooded buildings that does not include having box fans circulating debris from the attic into the office spaces. “This situation was definitely avoidable,” Franklin said. Franklin and Stavridis are also involved in a personal injury lawsuit against the university. No updates are available for that case.
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gas tank, many people start to think of ways that they might be able to stretch that tank of gas further and we see that many of them try public transit,” Stutz said. Unlike consumers who are subjected to the fluctuating cost of gas, 40-foot COTA transit coaches fill their 120-gallon tanks with ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel that is purchased at the “pre-determined price” of $3.36 per gallon, Stutz said. “For a portion of our fuel, we have a pre-determined cost that we set some months ago in 2010,” Stutz said. “We are not experiencing an ‘across the board’ increase in our fuel (costs). We’re a little better off than your average driver right now.” In May, COTA will expand bus route 84
service and Stutz said those changes will allow COTA to continue to assist the OSU community as fuel costs rise. “(Buses) will run at greater frequency,” Stutz said. “We’re adding some destinations in three more territories. Instead of just the line 84 in Upper Arlington and Ohio State, we will have line 80, 82 and 84. We’ve just found a way to make some of that service more convenient in the Ohio State area and some of the adjacent neighborhoods.” Andria Gray, a fourth-year in nursing lives in the Short North but still drives to campus. She said she fills up her tank once a week. “I’ve considered the bus, but it’s not always on time and the times that are available don’t work with my class schedule,” Gray said. “I’ve also considered biking, but I’m more likely to get hit than anything because bikers are nuts on campus.” Schwind, who studied meteorology and atmospheric sciences at OSU, provided
some helpful tips for conserving gas for OSU commuters. “Driving faster and driving above the speed limit is going to burn more gas,” Schwind said. “Also, there’s a lot of stop-andgo traffic around campus. You really want to try to avoid slamming on the breaks when you get to a stop light and hitting the gas hard when you begin to drive again. This will all help you conserve gas.” All the precautions in the world won’t prevent the needle on your dashboard from eventually dipping low to indicate that your gas tank is empty. When the time comes for Cooper to pay to refill her tank again, she said she’ll be “stuck.” “Last winter it was, like, $30 (to refuel); now it’s $50,” Cooper said. “As far as money goes, anything that’s added on top of tuition and books makes it stressful.” Ben Axelrod contributed to this story.
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happen to the earth that come out of raising animals improperly,” Kelso said. Chipotle takes sustainability beyond its food. “In the last five to 10 years we have been working on making our buildings more sustainable,” Kelso said. “The majority of our restaurant can be recycled in some way if for some reason we
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needed to close the building or remodel.” The Blackwell Inn, near the Fisher College of Business, has also made strides to improve sustainability. “We first started with our housekeeping department about three years ago … and started a recycling program three years ago, but we have really amped it up in the last year,” said Lori Pratt, the food and beverage director at the Blackwell Inn. The guests have been given the option of reusing towels and sheets during their stay rather than washing them every day, Pratt said. The Blackwell Inn is now
taking these efforts one step further. “I’ve been working with the university to get a composting program going,” Pratt said. Composting is the practice of taking organic materials, like food waste, adding wood chips and recycling it into a mulch-like soil, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website. “Our goal at the hotel is to reduce our waste by 60 percent. We should be able to do that,” Pratt said. The Ohio Union also incorporates daily eco-friendly practices. “OSU, in general, has a green building policy, so the university is very much a proponent of being environmentally responsible in all aspects of the university,” said Kai Landis, the program manager for energy management and sustainability at the Union. The Union has virtual bulletin boards to reduce paper waste and does not have trays or plastic bags in its dining facilities, Landis said. “This saves tens of thousands of bags and has saved the university money in the process,”
Landis said. “Going trayless has reduced the food waste by 70 percent because people put less on their plate and it reduces water use because we don’t have to clean the trays.” Landis could not give an estimate of the money saved from the Union’s sustainability efforts. The Union also practices many other sustainable living efforts, such as getting 20 percent of its food from local businesses, giving discounts to people who bring in reusable coffee cups and having multiple recycling bins, Landis said. With landfills filling up beyond capacity, talk of holes in the Ozone layer and the possibility of global warming, these businesses and buildings lead by example. “Really if people just educate themselves and get information, it’s not that hard to do,” Pratt said. “It’s as easy to throw something in the recycling bin as it is in the garbage can.”
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