Archive for January, 2006
Twenty years ago
This past Saturday marked the twentieth anniversary of the explosion of the seven-crew NASA space shuttle Challenger minutes after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Joe Buckeye: “Meet the Editor” Edition
Name? Ryan Merrill Year/Rank? Senior Major? Journalism Position at The Lantern? Campus Editor Hometown? Amherst, Ohio
Wooden pencils face a dull problem
As L.A. Gear and JNCO Jeans have shown, everything, at some point, goes out of style. But as the second month of 2006 rolls around, have ordinary wooden pencils faded out of popular culture just as much as light-up shoes and big-pocketed jeans?
Many options, opinions on birth control
Birth control options are not a cut-and-dry decision, and it has become a scorching political issue, especially with the possible advent of a change to abortion laws.
Gov. Taft proposes new curriculum
It will take more than a high school diploma to get into a four-year Ohio university or college if Gov. Bob Taft’s new plan, Ohio Core, is passed by the state legislature. Under Ohio Core, before a high school graduate can even be considered for admission, he or she must complete four years of English and math, including Algebra II, three years of social studies and science, including physics, biology and chemistry and two years of a foreign language.
Bucks stomp Rattlers 95-53
Senior forward J.J. Sullinger anchored the Buckeye offense with a career-high 24 points as Ohio State (15-3, 14-3 Big Ten) finished its nonconference schedule with an easy 95-53 win over Florida A&M (10-11, 6-2) at the Schottenstein Center Monday night. “That’s a hell of a team we just played,” said Florida A&M coach Mike Gillespie. “If they shoot the ball that well every night out, which they have, they’re as good as anybody we’ve played.”
Female gymnasts lose to Michigan, show potential
The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) is improving under second-year coach Carey Fagan. A year after stumbling to a 2-4 start, the Buckeyes started this season with three straight wins against Ball State, Bowling Green and Kent State. The only hiccups came the last two weeks, against No. 25 Michigan State University and the No. 4 University of Michigan.
Women’s tennis struggles, loses to ND
The road did not treat the Ohio State women’s tennis team well in their first trip outside of Columbus this season. Traveling to No. 22 Notre Dame (2-0), the Buckeyes were shutout 7-0 by the Fighting Irish over the weekend.
Pages of knowledge or books of boredom?
As a senior only months away from graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in communication, I feel it is my earned right to present a grievance I have towards the entire system of higher education. I present to the student body a protest against unintelligable research literature and bone-dry academic discourse.
Action Action conjures bad memories of ’80s
Thanks to “The Wedding Singer” and the VH1 series “I Love the ’80s,” our country’s collective knowledge of that glorious decade has been whittled down to precious little. All that’s left of that era is gaudy pop-culture kitsch. Action Action’s latest album, “An Army of Shapes Between Wars,” represents this culture.
