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Restoring the Grove
The Gray team, which lost during OSU’s Spring Game, was responsible for cleaning up Buckeye Grove Friday.
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The 25th Annual National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show kicked off Greek Week 2012 on Saturday.
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The draft got off to a slow start for the Buckeyes. For only the second time since 2006, no OSU alumni were first-round picks. The wait ended for two former Buckeyes Friday. The first OSU alumnus to be drafted was offensive tackle Mike Adams, selected with the 56th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Adams, who was selected in the second round, told The Lantern on Friday night that he was glad to be a Steeler. “I’ve been a Steelers fan since I was born,” Adams said. “It’s a dream come true.” Adams joins former teammate and Steelers
defensive end Cameron Heyward, who was drafted with the 31st overall pick in the 2011 draft. Adams, who played left tackle at OSU, was a 25-game starter for the Buckeyes. As a junior, Adams was named first-team all-Big Ten, and was named second-team all-Big Ten as a senior despite playing in only eight games. Adams came into the draft with a history of off-the-field mistakes. Adams was one of five OSU players suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for trading Buckeyes football
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Obama’s visit to OSU kicks off campaign SARAH STEMEN Oller reporter stemen.66@osu.edu Central Ohio is proving to be an election hot spot for President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney. Obama is planning his second visit to Ohio State’s campus in about a month and Romney took a trip about 25 miles north of OSU to visit the campus of Otterbein University last week. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman stressed the important role Ohio will play in the 2012 presidential election. “Ohio has been very critical for every president for a very long time,” Coleman said. “Columbus is in the center of Ohio, so to kick it off right here at the Ohio State University in the city of Columbus is an indication of the value of this state to the nation and this city to the nation and the university to the nation.” Obama and Republican frontrunner and former Massachusetts Gov. Romney
campaigned last week to ask Congress to keep federal student loan interests from doubling in July. Obama made appearances on college campuses across the nation last week, from North Carolina to Iowa, trying to rally students in his effort to stop the increase. “And just to give you some sense of perspective — for each year that Congress doesn’t act, the average student with these loans will rack up an additional $1,000 in debt,” Obama said in Chapel Hill, N.C. “That’s basically a tax hike for more than 7 million students across America, more than 160,000 students here in North Carolina alone.” Romney met with a small group of graduating seniors on Friday at Otterbein in Westerville, Ohio, and also spoke to a larger crowd about the economy and student loans. Gov. John Kasich also spoke at Otterbein and introduced Romney to the crowd. President of OSU College Democrats, Mallory Kimble, said students should be weary of Romney’s position on student loans.
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President Barack Obama speaks about American energy to a crowd at the RPAC on OSU’s campus March 22.
Relay for Life raises more than $115K for cancer
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NFL dreams come true for 7 Buckeyes From the first overall pick to the hundreds of players who sign as undrafted free agents, the NFL Draft is an event where the dreams of many young men come true. This year, dreams came true for seven Buckeyes. Four Ohio State alumni were among the 253 players drafted between Thursday and Saturday, while three more former Buckeyes signed contracts with NFL teams as undrafted free agents.
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A volunteer drops a glow stick into a luminaria at Relay for Life on April 28.
Ohio State raised more than $115,000 during its 10th annual Relay for Life over the weekend that benefitted the American Cancer Society and celebrated the lives of those who have lost the battle with cancer. The 24-hour event kicked off at noon Saturday. Families, friends and co-workers formed teams and camped-out for the entire 24 hours at Lincoln Tower Fields. “The idea is to have somebody from your team walking around the track at all times to symbolize that cancer never sleeps,” said Sarah Zorko, co-president of OSU’s Relay for Life chapter and
fourth-year in molecular genetics and international studies. Although teams are not required to walk or run the track for the entire 24 hours, Zorko said it is meant to get participants involved and have them feel motivated. Samantha Borchers, a third-year in accounting, said she planned on walking for the entire time. “We’ve been here since 11:30 and we’ll be here for the full 24-hours so we’ll get in our walking for the day. We’re not done just yet,” Borchers said. Relay For Life raised about $115,000 and counting this year, similar to last year’s $119,000. Zorko said that in its 10 years at OSU, Relay for Life has raised more than $1 million for the American Cancer Society.
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