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Veteran victory
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OSU credited its victory against Michigan Sunday to the experience of its players.
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OSU junior forward Deshaun Thomas (1) high fives junior guard Aaron Craft (4) and sophomore guard Shannon Scott (3) in the 2nd half of the game against Michigan Jan. 13. OSU won, 56-53.
Michigan’s shot at No. 1 bucked by OSU MICHAEL PERIATT Managing editor for content periatt.1@osu.edu Aaron Craft insisted all week it wasn’t about him versus Trey Burke. But with only seconds remaining in No. 15 Ohio State’s matchup against No. 2 Michigan, that’s exactly what it came down to. With 29 seconds left, OSU’s once dominating 21-point lead had been whittled down to two, and the sold-out crowd at the Schottenstein Center — some of which had been camping out for the game since Friday — roared in anxiety. Isolated one-on-one against Craft, Michigan’s
sophomore Player of the Year candidate stepped back and launched a three over Craft’s outstretched arm in the game’s waning seconds. “I thought it was going to go in when I turned around,� said Craft, a junior guard. And for a second it appeared he was right. But then the ball rattled around the rim and squirted into the arms of a leaping junior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. His free throws, along with Craft’s, put the contest away in the final 14 seconds as OSU pulled away for a grueling 56-53 victory. The missed shot gave OSU (13-3, 3-1) its first win against a ranked team in four attempts this season and allowed the Buckeyes to remain within striking distance in the young Big Ten season.
“It’s always in the back of your mind,� Craft said. “We haven’t played our best when we played the better teams that we played throughout this year. I think we just took a step back and found a way to get a big win.� The victory was a stark contrast to OSU’s previous contests against No. 1 Duke, No. 6 Kansas and No. 12 Illinois when the Buckeyes never shot better than 35 percent and struggled to find an offensive rhythm outside of junior forward Deshaun Thomas. OSU shot 52 percent from the floor Sunday, and though Thomas led the way, it was far
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Rape case closed due to lack of cooperation LIZ YOUNG Senior Lantern reporter young.1693@osu.edu
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Returning to their roots
Local product Twenty One Pilots put on a surprise show at The Basement Friday.
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OSU acceptance rate falling
Ohio State Police closed its investigation of a rape reported on campus in the hours after the Mirror Lake jump because the “victim refused to cooperate,� according to an University Police report. The location of the Nov. 21 incident was also changed to Paterson Hall from Park-Stradley Hall after police learned that is where the incident occurred, said Deputy Chief of University Police Richard Morman. The reported rape was one of several alleged sex crimes that was originally reported to University Police in Park-Stradley Fall Semester. An Oct. 12 alleged rape has also been recently closed, while a Nov. 4 reported gross sexual imposition is still listed as “investigation pending.� The victim of the alleged rape on Nov. 21 — an 18-year-old female Park-Stradley resident — told police she returned with the suspect, a male Paterson resident, to the suspect’s dorm room after participating in the Mirror Lake jump. The two reportedly had sexual intercourse. Upon later returning to her dorm room, the victim became visibly upset, and a male staff member called the police, according to the University Police report.
However, the victim decided not to press charges, and the case was later closed because the “victim refused to cooperate,� according to the report. Residence hall staffs are trained to call the police in response to situations such as potential sex crimes, said Dave Isaacs, OSU spokesman for Student Life. “Part of the RA (resident adviser) training is that they notify the hall director immediately, at any hour of the day or night, when they become aware of a situation. The hall directors notify law enforcement, but it is up to those involved to decide whether to talk to the police and whether they ultimately chose to press charges,� Isaacs said in an email. Morman also said the victim is generally given the final say on whether to pursue the case. “We usually err on the side of caution in what the victim, the sexual assault victim, desires,� Morman said. “We gave her (the victim) some additional time and we got back with her again, ‘Is this absolutely what you want to do?’� Morman said it does not happen often that victims do not cooperate. “Sometimes (reported victims) initially don’t know what they want to do, and part of our (police officers’) job is to help them do what’s right,� Morman said. Some on-campus residents feel that the hall staff automatically calling the police helps ensure that the situation is better understood.
“I think a lot of times girls especially would be hesitant to get some sort of authority involved and I feel like it’s better to take a more precautionary measure as someone who’s able to, you know, the hall staff, then just let it go,� said Alyson Beiling, a Mack Hall resident and a first-year in exploration. “If (the victim) had decided that she didn’t want to but she’s still so upset, then I feel like it’s better for the hall staff to call the cops and get involved and just make sure.� Other dorm residents think that the decision to get police involved should be left up to the victim. “I think it should be up to the girl,� said David D’lima, a first-year in microbiology and a Morrison Tower resident. “She went through the event, she can decide if it was traumatizing enough to get police involved.� Isaacs said that although hall staffs have not gone through any additional training since these reported sex crimes, “any incident heightens awareness of the need and importance for (their extensive) training.� The victim and one other student listed on the report refused an interview with The Lantern. Other students listed on the report did not immediately respond to emails, and hall staff members referred The Lantern to Isaacs for comment. There were 10 rapes reported on OSU’s campus in 2012, four of which are listed as case closed. Five rapes were reported in 2011, one of which has been closed, according to the University Police log.
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Visitors who park on campus might find their pockets a bit lighter due to an increase in the parking cost in garages around Ohio State. Jan. 1 marked a $1 to $2 increase in charge for visitors to park in a parking garage for one to five hours. Rates for customers parking six or more hours will pay the same as in the past. “This change was a result of a collaborative discussion with university leaders to reflect a more favorable outcome for our customers than what was defined in the original concession agreement,� said Sarah Blouch, director of CampusParc. The decision to lease OSU’s roughly 36,000 parking spots to an outside vendor for a $483 million, 50-year contract was approved by the OSU Board of Trustees on June 22. The deal with QIC Global Infrastructure, an Australia-based investment company, gave them control over the operations of parking garages, lots and permit sales on campus. The day-to-day operations are handled by CampusParc. “The transition of parking operations occurred in September and was carefully managed to ensure that
everyone’s experience was as smooth as possible,� said Lindsay Komlanc, OSU Administration and Planning spokeswoman, in an email. Blouch said the purpose of the price increase is to fund new technologies in the parking garages that will speed up exit times. “New technology has been installed in the 12th Avenue Garage that is similar to equipment used in many downtown garages, allowing payment to be made at the exit lane, or also as you walk back to your car, (using) machines called ‘Pay on Foot,’� Blouch said. The “Pay on Foot� machines are automated cashiering stations where customers can pay for parking on the way to their car. Casey Hawkins, a first-year in microbiology and Spanish, said the implemented payment method sounds more convenient. “I think the ‘Pay on Foot’ sounds like a much better idea than just driving up, because a lot of times after an event or something it’s really backed up and annoying. You have to wait to pay and sometimes you don’t have a lot of cash on you,� Hawkins said. Updates have also been made to the exit gate software in the hourly garages that has resulted in notably decreased transaction times. Gates take five
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Some parking spaces on campus have become more pricey as rates rose at the start of Spring Semester.
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