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Student robbed at gun point on Indianola

By Dan Hessler, Kathleen
Martini, and Logan Hickman
Lantern Reporters
An Ohio State student was the
target of a reported armed robbery
Monday.
Sydney Adelstein, a second-year in nursing and member
of Delta Gamma womens fraternity, parked her vehicle in a parking lot on Indianola Avenue near
15th Avenue between her chapters house and the Phi Kappa Tau

fraternity house after driving

home from the library.
I was getting something out
of my trunk. I think I was at my
trunk for maybe three minutes,
and I went to go shut it and I
turned around and I saw this person coming up, Adelstein told
The Lantern Tuesday. I thought it
was someone in my sorority. And
she just came up closer and (then)
I just thought it was some homeless person She asked me if I
had any money and I was like,
Oh, no, sorry.

I wasnt resisting, I
was scared.
I literally thought I
was going to die.
-Sydney Adelstein
When I said no, that is when
she put her hands on me and she
was like, No, I know you have
money.
Adelstein said the woman then
tried to take her bag but Adelstein

didnt cooperate at first.

I started screaming out of
fear, and thats when she took her
gun and she was like, I will shoot
you if you dont shut up, and she
put it to my stomach, she said. I
wasnt resisting, I was scared. I literally thought I was going to die.
Adelstein said she then started
looking through her bag for her
wallet to find money for the woman, forgetting she had left her wallet in her car.
She took my bag and was like,
Go lay on the ground. I was right

next to my car so no one could really see, Adelstein said.

Adelstein said the woman
started to walk away with her bag
when Adelstein stood up to lock
her car out of natural instinct. The
woman, though, turned around and
pointed the gun at Adelstein again.
Adelstein said the woman said,
Stay down, dont f move.
After the woman left with
Adelsteins bag, which had her
MacBook laptop, notes for class

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Day 117 of the

Presidential Search

Search
may end
sooner
than
expected
By Cameron Roda
Lantern Reporter

Photo by Ritika Shah

Ohio State Senior Guard Aaron Craft, left, attempts to drive past an OU player during the game Tuesday. The Buckeyes
defeated the Bobcats 79-69 at the Schottenstein Center, with Craft scoring a game-leading 18 points.

Buckeyes bring down Bobcats

By Eric Seger
Sports Editor
Following a 19-year hiatus, the Ohio State
mens basketball team held on to beat in-state
rival Ohio University Tuesday, 79-69.
The Buckeyes (2-0, 0-0) started fast,
scoring the first nine points of the game and
making their first three shots. The Bobcats did
not get on the board until junior guard Stevie
Taylor connected on a jumper more than five
minutes into the game.
A total of 55 fouls were called over the
course of the game, causing play to be disjointed at times. OSU finished 38 of 51 from

the free throw line on the night, attempting

seven more free throws than field goal attempts. The 38 made free throws tied a school
record, set in 1968.
The amount of foul calls could be the result of a new rule implemented for the 201314 season by the NCAA Mens Basketball
Rules Committee, who voted to pass a new
stipulation banning any hand or forearm contact by a defensive player. OSU coach Thad
Matta said the change is something his team
needs to continue to adjust to.
I (said) at the beginning of the season it
was going to be a little bit different and I think
we got to continue to adjust, Matta said after
the win.

Senior guard Aaron Craft agreed, and said

it was tough to get into a flow in the game.
We kind of came into this year having an
understanding, thats how games are going to
be called a lot of fouls, Craft said. It really just makes you focus. You have to refocus
every time the ball stops.
Four Buckeyes scored in double figures,
led by Craft with 18. Junior center Amir Williams recorded his first double-double, scoring 14 points and snatching 10 rebounds.
Junior forward Sam Thompson scored 12
points, and junior forward LaQuinton Ross
added 10.

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Though the Presidential

Search Committee continues to
work on finding the next Ohio
State president, some committee members said at the OSU
Board of Trustees meeting Friday that process could be over
sooner than expected.
The Ohio State Board of
Trustees met Friday morning
to discuss and approve all 24
issues on its agenda during its
final meeting of 2013.
The presidential profile was
officially adopted by the Board
at the meeting. The profile is
an eight-page guide drafted by
the Presidential Search Committees advisory subcommittee to aid committee members
and potential presidential candidates with understanding
the most important values and
qualifications being looked for
in OSUs next president.
Trustee Jeffrey Wadsworth,
who is also the Presidential
Search Committee chairman,

Continued on A2 as Search

Owners of Charlie Bear and Campus Partners clash

By Shelby Lum
Photo Editor
It seems safe to say the owner of Charlie Bear and his previous landlords at Campus Partners
wont be dancing together again
anytime soon.
Since the beginning of the
summer, at least three properties
in the South Campus Gateway
have closed Kildares Irish Pub,
Charlie Bear: Land of Dance and
Gooeyz, the latter two of which
announced their leaves via social
media recently.
Charlie Bear owner Ted Lawson said the closing of these establishments is directly because of the
management of the Gateway by

Campus Partners.
It was a joke. We pay high,
high rent and yet the landlord
would never do anything to help
us, Lawson said. People would
ask me who my biggest competitor
was, whether it was bars on campus or downtown, and I would tell
people my landlord.
Campus Partners is a private
nonprofit corporation that works
on community planning in the
OSU campus area South Campus
Gateway LLC is a subtenant of
Campus Partners, said Amanda
Hoffsis, president of Campus Partners in an email.
Charlie Bear revealed via Twitter and Facebook Oct. 24 it would
be moving to a new location at
2885 Olentangy River Road, for-

merly Cadillac Boos, which was

owned by the same people as
Charlie Bear.
A Nov. 4 tweet from Gooeyz
restaurant and bars Twitter account, @Gooeyz, read Gooeyz
is now closed. Thank you for your
patronage and all of the Cheezy
Love!! Kildares, meanwhile,
closed over the summer.
Hoffsis saw Charlie Bears
move from a different perspective.
There had been several safety issues and security instances
over the course of the last couple
of years and certainly their inability to work with us in trying
to address those led us to some
of our decision, but they also owe

Continued on A2 as Clash

Photo by Shelby Lum

Charlie Bear and Gooeyz are two buisnesses that recently left
the South Campus Gateway. Charlie Bear owners
cited problems with their landlords as their reason for leaving

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

SEARCH

continued from A1

said while the Board knows approximately how long a public

presidential search typically
lasts, that doesnt mean OSUs
will take that long.
We did some analysis on
how long it takes to find a president in an open, public search.
The data tells us its about 300
days. Were about 120 days in,
Wadsworth said. That doesnt
mean were going to be looking for another 180, but if we
find somebody in a couple of
months, they may still not be
able to start until the start of the
academic year.
Wadsworth was appointed
to the Board in June 2010 by
then-Ohio governor Ted Strickland. Wadsworth is president
and CEO of Battelle Memorial
Institute, a nonprofit research
and development organization,
according to the Boards website.
Also among the approved
matters, the Board voted to approve a new naming policy for
buildings and spaces on campus, giving various university officials the opportunity to
review new name choices depending on the type of building
being named.
The Board also voted to
give its support to Ohio House
Bill 111, a pending piece of legislation aimed at giving student
trustees the power to vote along
with other board members in
future meetings. Two student
trustees, one undergraduate and
one graduate, currently sit on
the 18-member Board but are
only allowed to discuss items
with the other trustees who
have voting privileges.
Amended Wexner Medical
Center Board of Trustees bylaws were approved Friday that
will give the Medical Center
Board, which was established
in August, a consultative role
in making recommendations to
the OSU Board of Trustees. The
OSU Board was granted the authority of development and
strategic allocations of resources of the University Wexner
Medical Center upon approval
of the new bylaws, according to
the Board agenda.
Prior to the OSU Boards
approval, that was among
the Wexner Medical Center
Boards duties.
At the Boards Thursday
Governance committee meeting, it was announced that Les
Wexner has been appointed to
serve as Medical Center Board
chairman, beginning Friday and
lasting until May 13, 2016.
Wexner, CEO of Limited Brands, previously served
as chairman and a member of
the Board of Trustees before
resigning without providing a
reason in June 2012.
Wexner had been on the
Board since 1988 until his resignation in 2012. Two months
after accepting his chairman
term that would have ended in
2020, Wexner mysteriously resigned,
The Board also accepted an
approximately 387 acre property located in Pickaway County
that was given to the university
as a gift. The university plans
to sell the property, appraised
at $2.6 million, immediately to
fund an endowed scholarship
for Pickaway County, to support construction for the College of Food, Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and to
support Extension and 4-H programming.

CLASH

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us a significant amount of money
in back rent, Hoffsis said on the
phone, referring to decisions leading up to allowing Charlie Bear to
leave its lease, which was originally set to expire in 2016.
But other problems had been
rising, and Lawson said there were
a number of reasons factoring into
his choice to move aside from thelease.
I was told by (Campus Partners) that, in fact, they didnt want
Charlie Bear, because one, they

ROBBERY

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and other miscellaneous items
in it, Adelstein ran to the back of
the Delta Gamma house and had
someone let her in. She then reported the incident to the Columbus Division of Police.
Adelstein said though she tried
to use a built-in locator to find
her laptop, she was unsuccessful
because the laptop was not connected to the Internet. She said the
computer had a password lock on
it as well.
A public safety notice was issued about the incident Tuesday at
about 5 p.m.
In the notice, the suspect was
described as a black woman between age 16 and 25, about 5 feet
9 inches tall and approximately
200 pounds. She was armed with a
handgun and was wearing a camouflage jacket, black pants and a
black scarf or mask over her face,
according to the notice.
A University Police representative declined to comment because the case is in the jurisdiction
of Columbus Division of Police.
Columbus Police representatives
did not respond to requests for
comment Tuesday evening.
Adelsteins roommate, Colleen
Durkin, a second-year in strategic
communication, said shes glad
Adelstein is all right.
Im in shock because of it,
(but) Im just happy shes OK,
Durkin said.
President of the Delta Gamma
Epsilon chapter Hannah Nugent, a
fourth-year in biology, said in an
email she did not want to comment
on the incident in order to protect
the woman involved.

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Delta Gammas house is located at 131 E. 15th Ave, and Phi

Kappa Taus house is located at
141 E. 15th Ave.
Arielle Cronig, a second-year
in international studies and live-in
member of Alpha Chi Omega, said
she was at the Alpha Chi Omega
house, located at 103 E. 15th Ave.,
when the robbery occurred.
I had just walked home alone.
I got home maybe 20 minutes before all of this happened, Cronig
said. Its really scary, especially because theres a lot of places
off-campus where youre worried,
but your own driveway is not one
of them.
Off-campus crime is an important topic in the university
community, said Josh Ahart, vice
president of Undergraduate Student Government and a fourthyear in public affairs. Ahart said
hell be accepting suggestions
from students about how to improve safety.
I truly value what everyone
else says (about safety), and I want
them to have their concerns voiced

and their suggestions heard. That

(way) we can come up with the
best way to help students in the
off-campus area and the Ohio
State community, he said.
The incident Monday led to the
issuing of the sixth public safety
notice since the beginning of August related to an armed robbery,
attempted armed robbery or aggravated armed robbery reported in
or around the Ohio State campus
area.
A reported attempted armed
robbery Aug. 26 on the Olentangy
River bridge and a reported aggravated armed robbery Aug. 7
at an Ohio Union parking garage
prompted two notices. An attempted robbery reported Sept. 11 on
West Maynard Avenue prompted a
public safety notice that also mentioned an Aug. 19 reported armed
robbery on West Oakland Avenue.
There were also two armed robberies reported within two weeks in
September at a Huntington Bank
branch located at 235 W. 11th Ave.
on campus, each prompting its
own notice.

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Ohio State fans try to distract OU redshirt-sophomore forward Treg Setty.

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The Buckeyes led, 40-28,
at halftime, partly because they
shot 15 of 20 from the free
throw line.
While the Buckeyes lead
swelled to 17 in the first half,
the Bobcats cut it to five after junior forward Maurice Ndour put
back a miss with just less than
four minutes to go.
Senior guard Lenzelle Smith
Jr. hit a 3-pointer from the corner, though, with 1:55 on the
clock to extend OSUs lead to
10. The Bobcats (1-1, 0-0) fired
right back, as senior guard Nick
Kellogg answered with a three
of his own, keeping the Bobcat
fans into the game. Kellogg and
Taylor finished with 21 points
each.
Weve been in tight situations before. They had momendont like the image. Two, they
didnt like the type of people I was
bringing in, he said. They felt
that the image that Charlie Bear
was giving the area was not good.
Since opening in 2011, Lawson
said there were multiple problems
with Campus Partners hindering
plans and called his experience as
a tenant horrible.
Anytime I ever wanted to do
anything, they would want to tie
my hands so that I couldnt do it,
he said, including an example of
wanting to throw a party in Gateways open outdoor space but being told he couldnt.
Hoffsis, though, said some of

tum, they had courage. They

thought they were going to win
the game, Smith Jr. said. For
some teams, they might have
panicked, but for us, I wouldnt
expect us to panic at all. Weve
been at every spectrum of the
basketball game. Weve been in
tight situations.
Playing a team who would
not back down like Ohio is an
experience Smith Jr. said will
help the team later in the season,
including Saturday
Its definitely going to
keep us on our toes. Marquette
is a very good basketball team,
Smith Jr. said. (Its) another
humbling experience, no matter
who you play, you gotta show up
every game now, if you want to
win games at this level.
Craft found the ball in his
hands as the game clock wound
down, making enough free
throws to seal the victory for the
those restrictions were in place
for the purpose of keeping patrons
safe.
Our only issues were events
that the Ohio Department of Public
Safety suggested we ramp down,
she said.
Lawson said he doesnt think
that will change until the Gatewaychanges its enforcement though.
It should be the heartbeat of
campus, he said. (The Gateway)
should be a real center that students should be able to enjoy and
do whatever they want. Instead
you have a bunch of mall security
cops walking around watching everything you do.

Buckeyes.
Having them come back the
way they did, making big play
after big play down the stretch,
and us having to come back and
make a big play on our own,
thats something thats really
going to help us later on, Craft
said. Its games like this that really help us later on.
Matta agreed with Craft, adding that his players had a little
bit of a dazed look in their eyes
in the second half The Buckeyes
responded well though, which
Matta said is a positive step.
We werent as sharp as we
needed to be, and maybe it was
a little too easy early (on), Matta said. But I thought down the
the stretch we made some big
plays.
OSU travels to Milwaukee
Saturday to take on the Golden
Eagles. Tip off will take place
at 1 p.m.

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Section B

Wednesday, Novemeber 13, 2013

Arts & Life

Dumb
duo,
Outkast
both to
reunite
By Amy Macynski
Lantern Reporter
This is part of a weekly series called Pop Opinions
where The Lantern offers its
take on the weeks pop culture
news.
Photo courtesy of Maggie Day, TRUE Public Relations

Dumb and Dumber To

Members of the comedy troupe The Tenderloins (from left) Sal Vulcano, James Murray, Brian Quinn and Joe Gatto
of the TrueTV show Impractical Jokers are set to perform at the Palace Theatre Friday at 7 p.m.

Prankster pals to perform in Columbus

By Amy Macynski
Lantern Reporter
Friendship may be sweet
and tender, but for four friends,
its more about making fun of
one another and laughter.
The comedy troupe, The
Tenderloins, is slated to visit
Columbus Friday at 7:30 p.m. at
the Palace Theatre to show off
some of its pranks.
The group, formed by four
friends from an all-boys high
school after college, according
to the groups website, is touring to promote its newest truTV
show, Impractical Jokers.
The truTV Impractical Jokers Tour featuring The Tenderloins is based off of The Tenderloins hidden camera prank

show, and it began in September

and will have visited eight cities
before coming to Columbus.
Unlike some other, more traditional prank shows, the men,
Brian Q Quinn, James Murr
Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano, compete against each other in different sketches and skits
in public places. At the end of
each episode, instead of naming a winner, the group names
a loser who must perform a skit
chosen by the rest of the group.
We had the idea for an upside down prank show, where
the joke was on us instead on
the public, Murray said.The
live show allows fans to see how
the show is made and the stories
of the stars experiences while
filming.
We show a little bit of be-

Photo courtesy of Flickr

Photo courtesy of James Murray

hind-the-scenes of the show,

we share some stories, we show
some videos that were too hot
for TV and some hidden camera
challenges done specifically for
the show and you know, its a
bit of stand-up and storytelling,
Murray said.
At the live performance, the

audience will not only get to see

behind-the-scenes and unseen
footage, but also a view of the
very first video taken by The
Tenderloins to pitch the show.
In our live show, you will
actually get to see that original
film take that we filmed on our

Continued on B2 as Pals

Ronald Lechner, come on down

OSU Student selected to compete on television game show The Price is Right
By Nen Lin Soo
Lantern Reporter

Photo courtesy of Monty Brinton, CBS

Host Drew Carrey laughs during a filming of the television

game show The Price is Right. Ronald Buddy Lechner,
a fourth year student from OSU, was a contestant on an
episode that will air Nov. 15.

An Ohio State student might

be cruising High Street in a new
car, but hes not telling.
Participants of The Price is
Right are required to accurately
identify the price of various products in order to win cash and prizes, including new cars. Ever since
Ronald Lechner Jr., a fourth-year
in chemical engineering and a university ambassador was a young
boy, he wanted his chance on the
game show.
I used to watch it with my
nana and my parents. I love the
show, Lechner said. I have a list
of life goals and one of them was
to be on The Price is Right. I figured it was worth a shot and I was
out there during the summer so I
might as well go, right?
However, Lechner has kept
his participation on the show and
the majority of the information
relating to it a secret. Friends and
family are excited to tune in to
the show when it airs because the
airdate was the only information

Lechner was willing to provide.

Aubry Vonck, a first-year graduate student in English education,
has known Lechner since their involvement in the First Year Leadership Initiative as student leaders
their first year, but Lechner remained adamant about keeping it
a surprise.
He is so tight-lipped, even his
sister didnt have a clue, Vonck
said. Its very hush-hush, but you
can tell from the grin on his face
that whatever capacity he is on the
show is pretty cool.
Britain Wetzel, a third-year
in biology and neuroscience and
fellow university ambassador,
agreed.
Everyone tried asking but
hes not budging, Wetzel said.
Whether or not he won something, Im not sure, but I feel like
he was actually on the show.
Joseph Jones, a third-year in
Spanish and economics and another fellow university ambassador,
recalled conversations with Lechner whenever Jones would attempt
to dig out some information on the

Continued on B2 as Price

The 90s were a great decade for comedic movies. We

had Chris Farley, Adam Sandler
and the godfather of 90s comedy: Jim Carrey. And one of
Carreys best characters will be
reprised now that a release date
of Nov. 14, 2014 has been announced for Dumb and Dumber To. Carrey is set to return
as Lloyd Christmas, the former
limo-driver, worm-farm enthusiast and likely the dumber half
of 1994s Dumb and Dumber.
It will be interesting to see
how this movie develops over
the next year. An almost 20year gap leaves a lot of options
for the direction of the film.
Who knows what has happened
to Lloyd and Harry after they
passed up the offer to be Hawaiian Tropics grease-up boys
and aimlessly walked off into
the horizon? Like next months
Anchorman 2, we can only
hope these sequels live up to the
greatness of their originals.
Outkast reunion tour rumors

Photo courtesy of Flickr

One of the more popular

groups of the 2000s, Outkast,
has been rumored to reunite
for a tour in 2014 and is getting
back together to headline 2014s
Coachella festival. The group
has been on hiatus since 2007.
Outkast appealed to a widerange audience in its prime and
gave us such hip-hop pop hits as
Hey Ya and Ms. Jackson.
Perhaps this means a new album
could be forthcoming? I think
the group would still get the at-

Continued on B2 as Pop

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Wednesday, Novemeber 13, 2013

Section C

Student Voice
In Our Opinion
The Lantern Staff

Letters to the Editor / Guest writers

University needs to
protect victims,
not offenders

Economic divide in Cairo

marked by corruption
Growing up in a city like Cairo, one can easily see the rampant
poverty that results from widespread corruption. Indeed, the
inhumane conditions many have
suffered through in Egypt for decades are probably the main cause
of revolts, of upheavals, of necessary, and sometimes violent, protests that spiraled from the capital
to the rest of the Middle East. The
poverty is cruel, well-documented,
and powerfully in your face. Unfortunately however, the flip side
of corruption is much more subtle, yet almost just as tragic. At a
very young age, I quietly realized
that if youre born poor in Cairo,
you will die poor in Cairo. But
it took me much longer to make
the same realization that if youre
born wealthy in Cairo, you will
die wealthy in Cairo. This observation unlocked the secret to why
corruption maintained its presence
for so long in my country. Im not
referring to the political elite, the
right-wing autocrats that obviously benefit from the startling lack
of democracy. Instead, Im talking
about non-political, high-income
families.
The looseness of business
models in Egypt and the rest of the
Middle East ensure that if youre
born into one of these families,

Its unfortunate that in 2013, pens when individuals lead on

sexual harassment is so com- their harassers. Something that
monplace it can be excused away can be avoided by dressing a cerby personality traits and a culture tain way or acting a certain way.
that protects offenders while fur- But the truth is, that couldnt be
ther victimizing those who suffer. further from the truth.
The Lantern broke a story Friday
The truth is sexual harassabout Ohio State cheerleading ment doesnt discriminate.
coaches who were fired in May
Power structures make you
after a sexual harassment inves- vulnerable to sexual harassment,
tigation discovered inappropri- and while incidents can occur
ate behavior including, but not between equals, that wasnt the
limited to: sexual text messages case with the OSU cheerleading
sent from a coach to a student, team and often isnt the case. The
physical touching, coach nudity assistant coaches, who have not
in front of athletes and sugges- returned The Lanterns requests
for
comtive, dement,
took
rogatory
A structure that
a
d
v
a
n
t
age
nickprotects
offenders
makes
of
their
names.
posieveryone a victim.
The
tions of powassistant
er over stucoaches in question, Eddie Hol- dent-athletes in a grave breach
lins and Dana Bumbrey, were of trust. They abused their power
released from their positions, but at the expense of student-athletes
that doesnt make the problem who had accepted that harassdisappear. There is still the head ment was just part of the way
coach, who didnt report the in- things were.
formation through the appropriShame on head coach Lenee
ate channels when she was first Buchman for not reporting this
made aware of this kind of inap- behavior initially and protecting
propriate conduct. There are also her athletes from physical, emostudents who never spoke up. tional and mental abuses that
Those who saw what was going come with sexual misconduct.
on, perhaps even experienced it OSU not only didnt let go of
themselves, and for whatever Buchman, they gave her a pay
reason, didnt report it.
raise. A university is intended to
Sexual harassment is an issue be a temple for knowledge and a
that can affect anyone interacting safe place to grow and learn
with people anywhere, including not a place where students can
at school, work or while partic- easily fall prey to misguided and
ipating in athletics. It doesnt abusive leadership.
matter if youre a male or a feIf OSU wants to remain a
male, either. In fact, its import- safe haven for young adults in a
ant to note that in regards to the transitional phase, it (and subseOSU investigation, both men and quently its programs) should do
women reported being harassed nothing to protect offenders and
when interviewed. It can be easy everything to assist students in
to write off sexual harassment as need.
a female problem or someA structure that protects
thing that could never happen to offenders makes everyone a
you. Something that only hap- victim.

OSU students hold

stake in
issue 50, 51

Undergraduate Student
Government President
Taylor Stepp

you can quickly get a high-paying job, a nice house with a nicer
family and a highly elite social
status, all without the necessity of
hard work. Of course, if an Egyptian would rather pave his way by
hard work and a strong resolve, he
can attain all of those luxuries as
well; but the drive to compete is
not as necessary in Cairo as it is
in a properly democratic country.
The poor do not need to compete
because they are forced to accept
the reality of their situation: they
are born into a system that will
never show them any modicum of
support or allow them any chance
at real growth. Conversely, the
rich do not need to compete either, because it is easier to rely on
connections, bribes and familial
reputation to get them places. This
is why I think the Egyptian high
class is so complacent: without the
fear of failure to motivate them,
why would the intellectuals of
this class choose to innovate and
achieve rather than simply accept
their good fortune? This morbid
reality explains another anomaly in the Egyptian culture: the financial elite is not the countrys
smallest constituency. Instead, it is
the middle class that is the smallest class. The middle class cannot
be found in Egypt. You are either
filthy rich or dirt poor.
Of course, its rather important
to note at this point that I make
these conjectures as an observ-

er rather than as an economist of

any sort. I am no researcher of the
forces behind the Egyptian class
divide; I am only both their abuser and their victim. Fortunately or
unfortunately, I have no numbers
to throw at you, no statistics or
percentages with which to back
these claims. I have only my experiences, and over the course of my
life Ive seen friends and relatives
follow the same routes Ive outlined in this article. The rich folks
Ive grown up surrounded by have
inadvertently made sure corruption persists by ensuring success
for their kin through the means of
the good word. In fact, this moral
decline has become so ingrained in
Cairos societal psyche that Egyptians have grown numb to its presence. Politicians no longer need to
make grand speeches denouncing
shortcuts (and indeed, they havent in quite a while), because the
shortcuts are no longer anomalies.
They are the norm. Ultimately, this
all demonstrates that corruption is
not built as a cruel force that simply and inhumanely oppresses the
poor. Rather, it is built as a smart
and morally bankrupt business
ideal that backs the wealthy and
makes sure they stay that way. Its
oppression of the poor is merely a
grotesque side effect.

On Tuesday, the Columbus community faces an important choice

on Issues 50 and 51. The decision
is simple: we must invest in the
future of not only Columbus, but
also its children. Each student
deserves a quality education,
and unfortunately, maintaining
the status quo does not grant that
luxury. The students in Columbus City Schools deserve the
opportunity to attend Ohio State,
receive a technical degree, or to
go confidently into the workforce.
This levy is about the potential of
our community and what it can be
if we make prudent investments in
our schools.
Why are students supporting
this levy? At OSU, we see the
progress Columbus has made and
recognize the promise of a career
in Columbus. That is why Buck-

eyes for New Columbus Schools

has been established, to permit
OSU students to become engaged
in efforts to support the levy. As
OSU students, we are part of the
lifeblood of Columbus and wish
to give students in Columbus City
Schools the same opportunities we
have been given. We ask you to
pay it forward to our schools and
our community and vote yes on
Issues 50 and 51.
On Oct. 25, the Undergraduate Student Government General
Assembly approved a resolution
support for Issues 50 & 51.

Taylor Stepp
USG president
Chairman of Buckeyes for New
Columbus Schools
Fourth-year in public affairs
Stepp.45@osu.edu

Commentary / Caitlin Essig

Oxfords word of the year, selfie, defines

generations pride, not narcisism
When some people think of
selfies, a few associated words
might come to mind: self-absorbed, shallow, superficial.
I like to think of a more positive term, though.
Shameless.
Each year, Oxford Dictionaries chooses a Word of the Year,
designated as a word, or expression, that we can see has attracted
a great deal of interest during the
year to date that will have lasting potential as a word of cultural
significance, according to the
Oxford Dictionaries blog.
This year, selfie was selected from a short list that included
words such as binge-watch and
twerk. In this Snapchat age,
selfie is an on-point choice.
And while some selfie haters
dont like the term for its negative
connotation, Im personally glad
to see the much more ridiculous
term, twerk, fall out of the running for at least the year 2013.
In its newly-bestowed definition, Oxford Dictionaries describes a selfie as, (n.) a pho-

been able to find on their own

before. Taking a smiling selfie is
a way to say to the world, I am
happy, I am confident and I am
beautiful.
Selfies are about loving

tograph that one has taken of

oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded
to a social media website.
Surely not everyone is excited
about Oxford Dictionaries claim

Taking a selfie is
a way to say to the
world, I am happy, I
am confident and I am
beautiful.

that the word selfie is something of cultural significance,
but I think selfies have been given an undeserved bad reputation.
Some can argue that selfies perpetuate a culture of narcissism,
and I find it hard to argue thats
implicitly untrue. However, I can
argue that theres more to a selfie
than meets the eye.
Selfies can facilitate confidence in ways people havent

-Caitlin Essig
yourself. Because thats what it
comes down to loving yourself before expecting anyone else
to. This isnt necessarily selfish
or narcissistic. Loving yourself
is healthy.
It has been proven that smiling more makes you happier. And
happy people can spark joy in
others. So if taking a photo makes
that person happy, sharing ones
smile with the world can have a

domino effect.
Additionally, in todays social media age, many millennials feed off of attention on social
networks, whether we like to
admit it or not. Likes, favorites, retweets these all can
make us feel good, and make us
feel like what were sharing is
worthwhile. And, yes, that does
feel good.
Some charity campaigns have
even turned taking selfies into a
way to directly impact someone
elses life for good. These movements include DoSomething.
org and VH1s #UnselfishSelfie
campaign and Johnson & Johnsons Family is Familia contest. In both cases, positive selfies
were encouraged. For these campaigns, selfies tagged with certain
hashtags on Instagram and photo-sharing app Donate A Photo,
added up to donations.
One selfie can not only make
you a more confident human being, but can directly aid someone
else and make a difference in the
world.

Mickey Mekawi
Second-year in economics
mekawi.1@osu.edu

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