Thursday September 22, 2011 year: 132 No. 4 the student voice of
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louisville flies away with win
The OSU men’s soccer team’s 12-game streak of wins was broken by the No. 5-ranked Louisville Cardinals.
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At least one person outside of Ohio State will soon see documents that the university has insisted are protected by privacy law. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Ohio ordered the university to submit unredacted documents that are the subject of a lawsuit ESPN Inc., filed against OSU on July 11. ESPN sued OSU for withholding records that the sports network viewed as public documents. In the suit, ESPN said OSU wrongfully cited the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as a reason for withholding various documents. Timothy Smith, a coordinator for the Ohio Center for Privacy and The First Amendment and a professor at Kent State University, said it is normal for the Supreme Court to require the university to provide unredacted documents. “The Supreme Court wants to see what the files are and what the university wants to cut out, so they can make a determination as to whether or not this information truly does sit under FERPA,” Smith said. Smith said that misuse of FERPA is common among universities.
New café cooks up healthy food in Wex
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the ‘90s are still ‘all that’
Our Lantern staff ‘explains it all’ as Nickelodeon brings back popular TV shows from the ‘90s, such as “Kenan & Kel,” in a new late-night time slot.
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The university is doing what universities routinely do, which is to try and take (FERPA) and stretch it as far as they can to cover as much information as they think they can squeeze under that particular title. Timothy Smith coordinator for the Ohio Center for Privacy and The First Amendment “The university is doing what universities routinely do, which is to try and take (FERPA) and stretch it as far as they can to cover as much information as they think they can squeeze under that particular title,” Smith said. OSU spokesman Jim Lynch, who is mentioned repeatedly in the lawsuit, did not provide comment to The Lantern on Wednesday, as he said was out of town. ESPN’s lawyer, John Greiner also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The court on Wednesday ordered both OSU and ESPN to file evidence by Oct. 11, in a document signed by chief justice, Maureen O’Connor. ESPN must then file a brief within 10 days after filing evidence. OSU then will have 20 days to respond with its own brief.
ESPN stated in the lawsuit that producers at the sporting news network had made several public records requests for all emails sent or received by President E. Gordon Gee, athletic director Gene Smith, compliance officer Doug Archie and former head coach Jim Tressel, that included the keyword “Sarniak.” Ted Sarniak is a businessman in Jeanette, Pa., closely associated with former OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor. It was widely noted that Sarniak was a mentor to Pryor during both his time at OSU and in his recruitment process. In an email to the Columbus Dispatch, Archie described Pryor and Sarniak’s relationship. “Mr. Sarniak is someone who Terrelle has reached out to for advice and guidance throughout his high-school and collegiate career,” Archie said in an email. Timothy Smith said that FERPA is a “limited utility.” “(FERPA does not cover) relationships with third parties or people of campus, or people not related to their education. And clearly all this stuff falls outside,” Smith said. OSU’s media relations department cited FERPA as the reason for not initially supplying the records to ESPN.
FEATURE PHOTO Burke Beckley, fifth-year in physics, and rachel dugan, fifth-year in history and spanish, teach students to fox trot at a beginning ballroom dance class held by dancesport at osu in the rpaC wednesday night.
ColleeN Carey Lantern reporter carey.259@osu.edu The Wexner Center for the Arts welcomed its newest eatery on Sept. 12, a café offering healthy breakfast and lunch items made with local and organic ingredients. Husband and wife, John and Kimberly Skaggs cooked up the idea for Heirloom Café, an organic restaurant with seasonal menu options, a few years ago, and when the opportunity to open a restaurant in the Wexner Center presented itself, they jumped at the chance. Menu items range from $1.50 to $13. The menu will vary seasonally, offering salads, sandwiches and snacks. The breakfast menu will be served all day and features burritos, quiches and egg sandwiches. The menu also features vegetarian and vegan options. Students, faculty, as well as the public can enjoy the Heirloom menu, which also serves local Stauf’s coffee, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Heirloom’s opening brought a bigger crowd than the owners expected. One employee, Justin Gardner, has worked there since the opening, said the fist couple of weeks have been a positive experience.
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woody Hayes: life in play
Kayla Byler / Lantern photographer
Real-time, local marketplace comes to OSU Someone is looking for... will pay
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“Woody: His life, Times and Teaching” will be presented at the Ohio Theatre from Sept. 23-25.
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Zaarly, a new website, will help consumers to find a specific product or service in their communities or to make money by selling a specific product or service. ZaarlyU is now at 20 universities across the nation.
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CHelsea Castle Managing editor for content castle.121@osu.edu Ohio State students can now get what they want, when they want, without stepping out their front door, all on a new website. Zaarly, which is backed by big name investors like Ashton Kutcher, launched in May and creates a marketplace where students can exchange goods, services and have the opportunity to make some cash. “It lets you get what you want at the price you are willing to pay,” said Adam Hofmann, Zaarly’s director of marketing and community development. When logged onto the website, users can see listings in their area of what people want and for what price. Users can also make an offer and fulfill the request faceto-face. Changing customer behavior can be difficult, but giving the consumer that “fire power” is the premise of the platform, Hofmann said. “You get the consumer to name the price for what you want,” Hofmann said. While Zaarly is meant to have a quick turnover of requests and deals, Hofmann said for now, it isn’t as real-time as it should be.
“If you post something in the next five minutes, you probably aren’t going to get it,” he said. “In the future there is always that possibly. What it is now, is a nameyour-own-price marketplace.” People can list desires for things ranging from a few pizzas and a case of beer, to paying someone to help them move, or event concert tickets. ZaarlyU represents a focused push to get college students to use the site. There is no variation between the regular website and ZaarlyU, but it is a way to identify your college within the platform and have a focused search for things to buy and sell. There are only 20 universities across the country that are a part of the ZaarlyU launch, OSU being one of them. Hofmann said the schools were chosen based on their own personal networks and choosing a diverse group of schools. “We wanted to cover the spectrum and see if any particular school took Zaarly better than another,” he said. While the 20 schools all differ in size, region and more, Hofmann said that all universities have taken to the website. “Pretty much across the board the response has been the same, which is fascinating,” he said. In order to spread the word about
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