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Trick question. They form a tag team and beat the shit out of Gordon Gee.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Gee 1.0 or Gee 2.0. If it's 2.0, the Trustees join in for a proper Hell's Angels level stomping.
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ScriptOhio
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#4: HITCHCOCK HALL FIRST FLOOR
One of the flagship engineering buildings on campus, Hitchcock Hall's large auditorium features 640 seats. It's similar to Independence in that there is one bathroom on the first floor (that is fairly hard to find), serving hundreds of students.
There are some significant differences in the two, however. As mentioned, Hitchcock's bathroom is significantly harder to find. In addition, it is less aesthetic and also less clean on a regular basis. It's just an "Independence Lite" but the Lite is much worse in this case.
TOTAL: 63/100
Just sayin': I've stopped at Hitchcock Hall to use the bathroom before some football games. It wasn't all that bad. Some of the worst bathrooms on campus is in the stadium, which is why I stopped at Hitchcock Hall before the game.
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ScriptOhio
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Masks will officially be required on Ohio State's campus this fall.
The university announced Friday that mask use will be required in all indoor settings, “including, but not limited to, classrooms, common areas, conference rooms, shared office spaces, hallways, buses and shared vehicles on all Ohio State campuses.” Masks will also be required in outdoor settings where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
All students, faculty and staff will be provided return-to-campus kits in August, before classes resume, that will include one disposable mask, two reusable masks, a thermometer, disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer.
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ScriptOhio
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Just sayin': The football players are not fans of CampusParc....
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Construction of new athletic facilities at Ohio State slowed by pandemic
Structural beams are in place. Walls are up. A roof overhangs.
Construction on the 75,000-square-foot Ty Tucker Tennis Center is nearing completion next month, the latest building to sprout in the northwest corner of Ohio State’s campus known as the athletics district.
Increased revenues and expanded fundraising efforts over the past two decades have allowed the athletic department to launch a variety of multimillion-dollar facilities projects, including the $23 million future home of the Buckeyes tennis teams.
But the looming question is whether the building boom can continue amid the financial challenges confronting college sports due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The early signs point to a slowdown in the months ahead, according to current and former Ohio State athletic administrators who spoke with The Dispatch.
Athletic director Gene Smith said planned projects, including an ice hockey rink and indoor track, have been put on hold. Ground won’t be broken on a $21 million lacrosse stadium until at least late next year, delayed from an earlier target date.
“I’m not concerned about it down the road,” Smith said. “It’s easy for me to hit ‘pause’ because we have to focus on the present and deal with the pandemic. But eventually, in one year I don’t know when that is, none of us can predict that we’ll get back to working the plan.”
That involved a rapid building pace in recent years. Last summer, Ohio State opened the Covelli Center, a 3,700-seat arena for the volleyball and wrestling teams. Six months earlier, it finished the Schumaker Complex, a training center for all Olympic sports athletes.
The facilities projects combined for almost $100 million in construction costs.
While the pandemic’s impact on the football season this fall is seen as the largest threat to athletic department finances, wiping out revenues from the sales of tickets, concessions and parking, Smith has other considerations in assessing the future of the athletics district.
“We know we may not have football,” Smith said. “We know we may have football with no fans. But that does not impact our ability to raise dollars for lacrosse.”
The health of the U.S. economy could prove more critical, as capital campaigns have funded previous projects. Revenue from football is set aside for coaching salaries, travel costs and recruiting budgets.
Current economic conditions add challenges to fundraising. Since the spring, Smith said, the department has been “sensitive” when seeking donations and is actively raising money only for the lacrosse stadium. He estimates about $13 million has been committed to the project.
Due to social distancing measures prompted by the pandemic, it’s difficult to even meet with prospective donors. In recent months, Ohio State has held donor events conducted over Zoom, enlisting several high-profile Buckeyes.
Urban Meyer, now an assistant athletic director for athletics initiatives and relations, entertained about 500 boosters on a series of sessions in June. They re-watched clips of the final three games of his team’s 2014 national championship season. Former quarterback Cardale Jones joined them for a replay of the Big Ten title game.
Entire article: https://www.buckeyextra.com/sports/...c-facilities-at-ohio-state-slowed-by-pandemic
Structural beams are in place. Walls are up. A roof overhangs.
Construction on the 75,000-square-foot Ty Tucker Tennis Center is nearing completion next month, the latest building to sprout in the northwest corner of Ohio State’s campus known as the athletics district.
Increased revenues and expanded fundraising efforts over the past two decades have allowed the athletic department to launch a variety of multimillion-dollar facilities projects, including the $23 million future home of the Buckeyes tennis teams.
But the looming question is whether the building boom can continue amid the financial challenges confronting college sports due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The early signs point to a slowdown in the months ahead, according to current and former Ohio State athletic administrators who spoke with The Dispatch.
Athletic director Gene Smith said planned projects, including an ice hockey rink and indoor track, have been put on hold. Ground won’t be broken on a $21 million lacrosse stadium until at least late next year, delayed from an earlier target date.
“I’m not concerned about it down the road,” Smith said. “It’s easy for me to hit ‘pause’ because we have to focus on the present and deal with the pandemic. But eventually, in one year I don’t know when that is, none of us can predict that we’ll get back to working the plan.”
That involved a rapid building pace in recent years. Last summer, Ohio State opened the Covelli Center, a 3,700-seat arena for the volleyball and wrestling teams. Six months earlier, it finished the Schumaker Complex, a training center for all Olympic sports athletes.
The facilities projects combined for almost $100 million in construction costs.
While the pandemic’s impact on the football season this fall is seen as the largest threat to athletic department finances, wiping out revenues from the sales of tickets, concessions and parking, Smith has other considerations in assessing the future of the athletics district.
“We know we may not have football,” Smith said. “We know we may have football with no fans. But that does not impact our ability to raise dollars for lacrosse.”
The health of the U.S. economy could prove more critical, as capital campaigns have funded previous projects. Revenue from football is set aside for coaching salaries, travel costs and recruiting budgets.
Current economic conditions add challenges to fundraising. Since the spring, Smith said, the department has been “sensitive” when seeking donations and is actively raising money only for the lacrosse stadium. He estimates about $13 million has been committed to the project.
Due to social distancing measures prompted by the pandemic, it’s difficult to even meet with prospective donors. In recent months, Ohio State has held donor events conducted over Zoom, enlisting several high-profile Buckeyes.
Urban Meyer, now an assistant athletic director for athletics initiatives and relations, entertained about 500 boosters on a series of sessions in June. They re-watched clips of the final three games of his team’s 2014 national championship season. Former quarterback Cardale Jones joined them for a replay of the Big Ten title game.
Entire article: https://www.buckeyextra.com/sports/...c-facilities-at-ohio-state-slowed-by-pandemic
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ScriptOhio
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Through another round of updated testing data, Ohio State has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases.
According to the university's COVID-19 dashboard, over the course of 24-hours on Aug. 27, 91 out of 1,463 students (5.86%) tested positive for the virus bringing the total number of positive cases among students up to 495 (2.15%). The daily average from Aug. 21-27 is 58 positive tests.
A total of 22,977 Ohio State students have been tested for COVID-19 so far. The dashboard also reports that on-campus isolation and quarantine housing is over half-full with 219 of the 414 spaces filled.
16 employees of the university have tested positive between Aug. 1-27 out of 1,125 tested raising the total number of cases in the Ohio State community to 511.
The testing data – which was updated on Saturday – comes after Ohio State began the fall semester on Aug. 25.
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