With 50,000 students moving in around the Ohio State campus, this might be a good time to avoid driving around the campus area if you can.
As a graduate of Ohio State, I can honestly say that the campus is one of the most beautiful in the country. Students will meet so many people the first few weeks that it will be overwhelming. Enjoy every minute but remember---- you still have work to do. College work is much tougher than high school.
Here are a few pointers for students moving into the dorms:
1. Find out when and where your meals are served.
2. Learn your RA's name. You never know when you'll need him/her.
3. Try to work out some items with your roommate- - - study time, visitors, alarm clocks, and all those fun things.
4. Take care of your belongings and books. You are responsible for your own stuff!
5. Find food places that delivers to the dorm. Keep restaurant menus and telephone numbers in a handy place for those midnight pizza needs.
6. Work out the shortest routes to your classes.
7. Find out where to do your laundry. Sooner or later you'll run out of underwear!
8. Be sure to visit one of the largest college organizations in the nation at OSUDems, their Facebook page, or check the latest at Twitter. You can stop in and volunteer at
1778 N. High Street and meet everyone.
And............................... GO BUCKEYES!
While you were gone, things have gotten very heated in the campaigns.
Gov. Ted Strickland, Democrat, is running against John Kasich, a former managing director for Lehman Brothers (yes that Lehman Brothers). The oatmeal hit the fan when it was revealed that Kasich was paid $50,000/year for seven years to deliver one lecture per month ($4,000/lecture) by Ohio State. (For more background, check out Plunderbund.) Can you think of the scholarships that could have been funded with that money??????????
Here is an ad from Youtube:
Kasich has long been against student loans and Pell grants. If he wins election, Kasich wants to dictate what programs are taught at state universities so that there is no duplication.
In the area of Congressional elections, we have Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, a big favorite among OSU college students. Kilroy has been working hard for college students, American workers, and families. Kilroy has been endorsed by LCV (the League of Consevation Voters), a pro-environmental group.. Kilroy is running for re-election against Republican Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist. You read it correctly----- a former bank lobbyist. Stivers has been endorsed by bankers, major polluters (gas/oil/utilities/mining concerns) and wants to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Really.
I'll write more later! Good luck at OSU and GO Bucks!!!!!!!!!!!