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Student-athletes getting iPads

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Smith: More

In part of OSU’s recent Digital First initiative to integrate technology to promote digital learning, the OSU athletic department announced all of its student-athletes will receive iPads within the next two years.

The program was developed as a learning aid

Money could help aid other students struggling with rising tuition rates

Nationally, the average athlete’s competition preparation is equivalent to a full-time job*: Baseball 42.1 hours Men’s Basketball 39.2 hours Football 43.3 hours Other men’s sports 32 hours Women’s Basketball 37.6 hours Other women’s sports 33.3 hours

Student-athletes already have too many perks: OSU health and dental insurance Exemption from testing fees (MCAT, LSAT, GRE) 250 meal swipes “C” parking pass Access to the Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund

*Statistics from 2010 NCAA study

The program has a $400,000 budget

NCAA violations

are pending PAT BRENNAN Sports editor brennan.164@osu.edu

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The Lantern spoke to former OSU football player, Andrew Sweat, about foregoing the NFL due to concussions.

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MICHAEL PERIATT Asst. sports editor periatt.1@osu.edu The Ohio State Department of Athletics has budgeted $400,000 to buy iPads for all of its student-athletes beginning in the fall, and some OSU students do not think the program is worth the money. Of the estimated 1,100 student-athletes at OSU, 500 will have the new devices in the fall with the goal of everyone having the technology within the next two years, said David Graham, OSU assistant provost for student-athlete success. “The use of iPads will allow us to find creative and innovative ways to enhance our tutoring and mentoring services for student-athletes,” Graham

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said in a press release. “The iPads will be preloaded with athletics department materials currently provided to student-athletes in paper or book form and will be available to students throughout their academic careers.” The plan is part of OSU’s new Digital First initiative, which is partnering with Apple Inc., to integrate new technology and promote interactive digital learning in and out of the classroom. Graham did not specify what version of the iPad the athletes would receive, but the newest version, a 16 GB, third-generation iPad, sells for $499. The athletics department is self-funded and does not have an exclusive deal with Apple. Apple Inc., representatives did not respond for comment.

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Fee freeze, 3.2 percent tuition increase is likely KRISTEN MITCHELL Senior Lantern reporter Tuition changes mitchell.935@osu.edu Ohio State officials will recommend an overall 3.2 percent increase in tuition and fees to the Board of Trustees for the 2012-2013 academic year. The recommendation given Wednesday includes a 3.5 percent increase on tuition, and a freeze on all mandatory fees for students, so students will see an overall increase of 3.2 percent over current rates. While not yet official, the Board of Trustees is expected to approve the plan during their meeting on June 22. The increase will add an extra $312 to the average in-state undergraduate students bill. Paying $9,615 in tuition and $421 in mandatory fees, if approved, the increase will bring the annual cost to $10,036. Graduate and non-resident tuition will also increase by 3.5 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich set 3.5 percent as the ceiling on yearly tuition increases, but Geoff Chatas, OSU chief financial officer, said if the ceiling had been higher, the increase rate would not have changed.

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This increase would mean OSU undergraduate students will pay an extra $312 over the course of the academic year.

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The increase brings the annual cost for students each year to $10,036, including $9,615 in tuition and $421 in mandatory fees.

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The university is accepting bids from companies interested in leasing campus parking.

Beginning fall 2012, the board approved a fouryear, $50 million increase in scholarships and grants. source: reporting

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A 15-year partnership with Huntington Bank will provide $25 million for academic scholarships and educational programming. SARAH MONTELL / Lantern designer

There are more NCAA violations on the horizon for Ohio State, and athletic director Gene Smith said he doesn’t know what the NCAA will make of them. Smith told The Lantern Tuesday the athletic department has 12 pending NCAA violations, and he doesn’t know if they will be deemed primary or secondary violations. “We’ve got 12 pending,” Smith said. “It may turn out to be secondary. It may not.” OSU spokesman Dan Wallenberg said in a Wednesday email to The Lantern, that there were actually less than 12 pending violations. Wallenberg did confirm that the additional violations are being “processed,” although he did not “know the status of each situation” in regards to whether it was being processed by the university or the NCAA. Smith’s mention of the additional violations to The Lantern comes less than a week after OSU released documents that revealed 46 self-reported secondary NCAA violations since May 30, 2011 — the day former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign. The violations made public last week were attributed to 21 of the university’s 36 varsity sports. Of the quantity and variety of violations that were made public last week, Smith told The Lantern, “For us, it’s natural.” “On an annual basis, we have about 40 (violations),” Smith said during the Tuesday interview. “It ranges in that area we’re sitting at. In that 40 range is where we always hang. “Our whole thing is if we have 10 (violations), I’d have a problem. I mean, I really would, because people are going to make mistakes. And that means if I only have 10 out of 350 employees (and) 1,000 athletes — something’s not right.” Should OSU’s additional offenses be deemed secondary violations, it would add to the 46 from last week, bringing OSU closer to 60 violations since last May. In a Wednesday email to The Lantern, Big Ten associate commissioner for compliance Chad Hawley declined to comment on OSU’s additional violations. On Tuesday, Hawley credited OSU’s self-reporting processes, adding that the conference is “not concerned with the quantity of violations” OSU committed. “Division I athletics is a highly regulated environment with a self-reporting requirement,” Hawley said in an email. “When it is clear that a violation has occurred, we expect our institutions to report the violation. Ohio State has a well-established practice of operating in this way.” But in a Wednesday email, Hawley said he did not wish to comment on OSU’s additional violations. Smith attributed OSU’s violation’s to the athletic department’s size, saying, “We’re large.” Teams involved with the NCAA violations included football, men’s basketball, field hockey, synchronized swimming, men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s golf, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s gymnastics, rifle,

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OSU, CPD mutual-aid agreement advances LINDSEY BARRETT Lantern reporter barrett.684@osu.edu

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Ohio State Police might soon be able to respond to off-campus crime. According to a draft of a mutual-aid agreement between University Police and the Columbus Division of Police, University Police officers will be able to respond to crimes they see happening or have reason to believe will happen. However, University Police will not patrol these neighborhoods. While some have said reaching a compromise has been a long process, neither the people drafting the agreement nor the police union said they are to blame. The 20-year-old mutual-aid agreement does not allow each department to act independently in the others’

territory. University Police is therefore not able to patrol off-campus areas. In November, President E. Gordon Gee appointed a task force which called for a new mutual-aid agreement that would allow University Police to respond to crimes occurring outside its jurisdiction. The Columbus Public Safety Department released a seven-page draft of a proposed mutual-aid agreement. OSU responded with a one-page document that said University Police had begun to review the draft and would offer feedback on it. As proposed in the draft, University Police and Columbus Police would have shared use of resources, which includes personnel, facilities and equipment to respond to criminal activity across jurisdictional lines.

ABBY SWEET / Lantern photographer

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The City of Columbus has drafted a mutual-aid agreement between the Columbus Division of Police and OSU Police.

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