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Sullivant Hall reopens with performances KAT NIU AND LAUREN EVERY Lantern reporters niu.57@osu.edu and every.5@osu.edu After more than three years of renovations, Sullivant Hall officially reopened with performances that highlighted its architectural renovation, as well as life inside Ohio State’s dance culture. “What started as a construction project to provide an appropriate new home for our neighbor, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Museum, has resulted in a remarkable transformation of Sullivant Hall,” said Mark Shanda, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. After a $31.5 million renovation that lasted more than three years, said Richard Hall, associate executive dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Sullivant Hall — located at 1813 N. High St. — is now officially open for business. Sullivant Hall is now home to four different art departments: the Department of Dance, the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts
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and Design, the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise, and the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy. And Saturday’s grand opening was a collaborative operation. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Department of Dance had performances beginning at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., leading guests to 11 different spots in the building. The piece — called “Sullivant’s Travels” — was a site-specific series of performances created and directed by award-winning choreographer Stephen Koplowitz to commemorate the reopening. Koplowitz collaborated with various staff members, technicians and choirs at OSU to bring the composite installment of
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Off-campus burglaries since July 24
47
unrelated off-campus burglaries have been reported
The majority happened midweek between
7- 9 a.m., or 7-9 p.m., or at about midnight.
At least 2
Source: Columbus Division of Police
‘For it to happen in the middle of the day is pretty scary’ Jennifer Shafer, a third-year in strategic communication, said she and her five roommates rarely leave the door unlocked. However, they somehow did last Monday, and the mistake granted a burglar access into their West 10th Avenue residence. She said the thief broke in sometime between noon and 1 p.m. while at least two or three people were home. “I went upstairs to do my homework. There were still a couple people home — one was cleaning downstairs and the other
the athletic department. Every new fraternity member, freshman athlete and transfer student-athlete goes through the training. Bangen wouldn’t provide the names of the halls and sororities where the program will start this fall because she said some Ohio State is training students to help residence halls do not yet know they’re a part prevent sexual assault by intervening. of it. She also said the programs are starting The Office of Student Life is set to begin small so they can get feedback, make adjustpiloting its “Buckeyes Got Your Back” sexual ments and then expand. assault prevention program in residence halls About one in five women and one in 71 this fall, said Michelle Bangen, sexual violence men report experiencing rape at some point, prevention coordinator for the Student according to 2012 statistics from the Centers Wellness Center. for Disease Control and Prevention. Office assistance staff in four unnamed One of the best residence halls will ways to decrease partake in the training, those numbers is to which teaches particiencourage bystander pants how to overcome intervention, Bangen the bystander effect said, which is when and prevent sexual people step in and do assault, Bangen said. something to prevent The bystander effect is or stop a potential when people witness a problem rather than crime and do nothing assuming someone to stop it because they will. That can assume someone else - Scott Spencer else include taking home will. Member of the sexual violence an intoxicated friend The Student committee of the Student Wellness Center or stepping in before Wellness Center has they go home with also customized trainsomeone. ing through the OSU “Basically all of the literature for sexual Panhellenic Association to launch a new pilot violence prevention is pointing to bystander program called “Sisters Creating Change,” intervention as the way to truly prevent sexual which is set to start in three sororities in late violence before it happens,” Bangen said. She September. said bystander intervention is referred to as And this fall isn’t the first time Buckeyes “primary prevention” in her field. Got Your Back has worked with students — Buckeyes Got Your Back uses a peer-facilit’s entering its third year collaborating with the itated approach by training leaders within an Interfraternity Council and its second year with
“That’s just really empowering students to step in and how to step in correctly if they see an issue that they’re not really comfortable with.”
Graduation speaker to come from nominations AUDREY DUVALL Lantern reporter duvall.82@osu.edu
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girl went upstairs with me, then she left for class a little after. And then the other girl left for lunch with her family,” she said. Shafer said she then went back downstairs to check her phone only to find it missing. “So I go downstairs and I’m looking for it, I thought maybe my roommate had moved it when she was cleaning,” Shafer said. “We were calling my phone, trying to find it anywhere. Eventually my phone went straight to voicemail so we knew someone probably had it and turned it off or something.” Although she eventually found her phone after it was turned into a local phone repair shop, she’s still missing her wallet, which contained credit cards, her driver’s license, her BuckID, her house key and her parents’ credit card. Shafer said she has since been in touch with a detective who is looking into transactions made with her parents’ credit card at several nearby gas stations. Even though no high-priced electronics were stolen, Shafer said she didn’t expect to be burglarized where she lives. “I kind of thought that West 10th was a safer area. It’s literally a block off campus. So for it to happen in the middle of the day is pretty scary, so we just have to be more careful,” she said. “I feel like these people are watching these houses because they knew when we were upstairs. There’s no way they would have walked in if they knew we were right downstairs.”
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Sexual assault training program spreads ETHAN SCHECK Lantern reporter scheck.12@osu.edu
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organization to learn how to train their personnel on the subject. These “train the trainer” sessions last about three hours. In the case of the new residence hall program, staff at four pilot halls will be trained in September or October, and will in turn train resident advisors in October or November, who will then train residents in January, Bangen said. A sexual violence trained wellness ambassador is present at all trainings, along with that community’s leaders — like residence hall staff — to ensure the content remains at a high standard. The 90-minute workshop deals with subjects such as victim blaming, sexual violence in the media, rape myths, the role of drugs and alcohol in sexual assault, the continuum of impairment and consent, gaining consent, and overcoming the bystander effect in order to prevent sexual assault, Bangen said. But the program isn’t one-size-fits-all: it’s been tailored to fit the communities it works with, Bangen said. This way, the training gives relevant scenarios and advice for specific groups of people. Bangen said bystander intervention training is meant to help people look out for risky situations. She also said simple phrases can change the course of a night. Phrases like “Are you OK?” or “Come to the bathroom” can be important. When asked about the program’s budget, Bangen said in an email there are “no specific budgetary line items for sexual violence prevention programs.” Derrick Anderson, a fourth-year in
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Off-campus sees ‘stunning increase’ in burglaries A spike in off-campus area burglaries has one Columbus Division of Police official warning students to lock their doors and windows. Last week, two burglaries were reported that each took place at about noon when the residents were home. And those two reports are representative of a larger trend — there have been 47 burglaries in the off-campus area since July 24, Columbus Police Deputy Chief Thomas Quinlan said. He said the numbers are “a stunning increase from last year.” “Of those 47, almost all were unlocked doors or windows and (the burglars) let themselves in,” he said. The burglaries were recorded in the area between North High and 4th streets, and between Norwich and Chittenden avenues.
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After last spring’s commencement speaker and speaker selection process brought controversy, Ohio State is making sure students have a voice in selecting future orators. Students will able to nominate a speaker of their choice anonymously through the Office of Academic Affairs website. A few students will also be part of a new committee that picks the Courtesy of OSU speaker. Chris Matthews, The speaker will the 2014 Spring ultimately be selected Commencement from nominations speaker. by students, faculty, staff and alumni through a selection process carried out by the Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee. That committee consists of three students members — one each representing and selected by Undergraduate Student Government, the Council of Graduate Students and the Inter-Professional Council. The new selection process starts with the university community suggesting speakers through the website, which is already open. Once a pool of speaker candidates is identified, a subcommittee of the Speaker Advisory Committee will develop a prioritized slate of candidates for each commencement. There is no cut-off date for nominations, however — nominations made in the fall are still considered for spring, said Mike Boehm, vice provost for academic and strategic planning. The subcommittee will be comprised of the three student members of the Speaker Advisory committee and three faculty Speaker Advisory committee members. The slate is then shared with Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz who, in turn, will deliver it to President Michael Drake for approval. Boehm said the Fall Commencement speaker should be announced by Novemeber and the Spring Commencement speaker by March. Richard Felty, a fourth-year in international studies and political science and the USG student representative on the committee, said students now have a much larger voice in the selection process than in years past. “The way we have it set up now, in my opinion, is an excellent method. Any conversation that we have, if the faculty or staff make a statement, they always follow it up with, ‘How do the students feel about this?’ Or ‘What would the students think about this?’” Felty said. “The students are very much an active part and I think the university has done an great job in responding to the students’ wishes to be able to chose their own speaker.” There are six faculty members, four staff members and one member of university administration also on the committee. Boehm convenes the committee. Boehm said the biggest difference between this committee and previous selection committees is the weight the student voice carries. “Just the mere fact that we have a portal and we have a diverse committee of students, faculty and staff that are looking at all the (names), then getting it to a group of … students and faculty, to then have the responsibility to come up with that really short list as a recommendation for the president, that is pretty cool,” he said. The committee is looking for a speaker who is a leader in his or her field, a good public speaker with name recognition and who has core values consistent with OSU’s. Boehm said while he doesn’t have a specific name in mind for future commencements, he does have a few characteristics he would like to see. “First and foremost, I want someone who has a meaningful message for our graduates. I mean, that’s the point. And it’s about bringing some life experience, so whether not you are an alum of one year or whether or not you are the president of the United States, I want somebody who is going to connect with the students, who brings that message, who has an amazing life story. For me, that’s really the key,” Boehm said. Felty said his ideal commencement
robberies happened while people were in the residence between noon and 1 p.m.
KRISTA MCCOMB AND LOGAN HICKMAN Lantern reporter and Campus editor mccomb.28@osu.edu and hickman.201@osu. edu
OSU Department of Dance students cling to ropes during a routine for the Sullivant Hall grand opening celebration Sept. 20.
Lorde to play in Columbus
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