May 24, 2011

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Tuesday May 24, 2011 year: 131 No. 74 the student voice of

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Student group leads anti-Sodexo protest outside Gee’s office in Bricker Hall GORDON GANTT Lantern reporter gantt.26@osu.edu

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The OSU baseball team secured the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament and plays Minnesota Wednesday.

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Behind the scenes with B.o.B.

The Lantern talked to rapper B.o.B. about his career and fame. B.o.B. performed Saturday at Newport Music Hall.

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What started as a peaceful rally to pressure Ohio State to end its contract with Sodexo Inc., ended with nine protesters being taken away from President E. Gordon Gee’s ofÿce in handcuffs. Nine people were arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and one man was also charged with resisting arrest during a protest when the group refused to leave the lobby just outside Gee’s ofÿce on Monday afternoon. About 100 people gathered for the rally just after 2 p.m. between Sullivant Hall and the Wexner Center for the Arts. The crowd held banners, chanted, banged drums and used homemade noisemakers to raise awareness about alleged workers’ rights abuses by OSU contractor Sodexo. The student group United Students Against Sweatshops organized the rally to protest OSU’s contract with Sodexo Inc., an international food and facilities management company. At about 2:30 p.m. protesters began to march and chant down High Street before cutting back toward Bricker Hall, where Gee’s ofÿce is located. The crowd marched across the Oval, drumming and chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Sodexo has got to go.” About 40 of the protesters entered Bricker and staged a sit-in outside of Gee’s ofÿce. The group shouted and banged on drums and buckets in an effort to bring Gee out of his ofÿce to discuss the contract. Two OSU police ofÿcers blocked the entrance. Gee never emerged. About six uniformed OSU police ofÿcers surrounded the group shortly after its arrival. The protest remained peaceful, but at about 3:15 p.m. police told the group it could only stay if it kept quiet. The group complied and began to quietly share stories about Sodexo’s alleged abuses. Just a few minutes later, police informed the protesters through a USAS member that they were trespassing and would be arrested if they did not leave the premises. At that point, all but a few of the protesters left the building and continued chanting outside. Nine students refused to leave. The small contingent began to shout, “This is what democracy looks like” as police handcuffed them. Seven of those arrested were OSU students: Ryan Marchese, a fourth-year in international studies and USAS president at OSU; Natalie Yoon, a second-year in international studies and USAS secretary; Carolynne Grace Jones, a student in public affairs; Casey Ellen Slive, a student in geography and international studies and student assistant for the ofÿce of energy and sustainability; Terasia Bradford, a student in French and globalization studies; Isaac Paul Miller, a student in exploration; Hutchinson Srisoontorn Persons, a student in philosophy and employee for OSU academic affairs. Two other protesters were arrested, but OSU police said they were not OSU students: Adrian

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Vicko Alvarez of Columbus, joins students and community members protesting Sodexo outside Sullivant Hall on Monday afternoon. BOTTOM: MITCH ANDREWS / Lantern photographer

Ohio State police carry Christopher Ian Wells, a 28-year-old non-OSU student from Stone Mountain, Ga., outside of Bricker Hall. Wells was arrested for one count of criminal trespassing and one count of resisting arrest. Several other protesters were arrested for criminal trespassing after they entered Bricker Hall during the ‘Kick Out Sodexo’ rally Monday afternoon.

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Legal services for students expand with new fee EMILY TARA Lantern reporter tara.3@osu.edu

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Jason Stuckert performs his routine during drum major tryouts for the 2011 Ohio State Marching Band on May 10. Stuckert was awarded the position of head drum major for the 2nd year in a row.

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RACHEL REMY Lantern reporter remy.31@osu.edu For half his life, he has dreamed of being drum major for the Ohio State Marching Band. After a ° awless audition secured him the position for the second year in a row, Jason Stuckert was promised a fulÿlled dream for almost half of his college career. Stuckert, a second-year in marketing, said he

couldn’t believe his tryout went exactly how he had imagined it. “This has been a goal of mine for half my life,” Stuckert said. “I love this marching band.” Although next year will be Stuckert’s last as drum major, he said the tryout experience was better than his ÿrst. “I had a lot more fun than last year,” Stuckert said. “You can only do this for two years so this will be my last year.”

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Ohio State ofÿcials said students will soon have access to more legal coverage, but it will come at a yearly cost of $40. The Student Legal Services will replace the Student Housing Legal Services starting Aug. 1. SHLS only covers landlord and tenant matters, said Elizabeth Cooke, clinical professor of law at Moritz College of Law. “The services (of the program) will be greatly expanded,” Cooke said. After the change to SLS, the program will also cover criminal and civil cases, Cooke said. For example, if a student is caught with alcohol underage, they will be able to go to SLS for representation. According to the Moritz College of Law website, the scope of the services will include landlord/tenant disputes, criminal misdemeanors, consumer transactions, trafÿc offenses, uncontested domestic matters and document drafting. Cooke said one of the main differences between the SLS program and the current SHLS clinic is the fee. Currently, students can walk in and pay for the service if they use it. With these changes, the fee will have to be paid at the beginning of the year she said. “I’ll probably waive out of it so I don’t have to pay it,” said Lynsay Carrigan, a third-year in human development and family science.

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