Editing Ohio State University (section)

==Student life==
[[File:RPAC and Scarlet Skyway.jpg|thumb|The Recreation and Physical Activity Center and Scarlet Skyway]]
The Office of Student Life has partnership affiliations with the [[Jerome Schottenstein Center|Schottenstein Center]], the [[Blackwell Inn]] and the [[Drake Union|Drake Events Center]]. Services supporting student wellness include the Wilce Student Health Center, named for university physician [[John Wilce]], the Mary A. Daniels Student Wellness Center and the Counseling and Consultation Service.

The RPAC is the main recreational facility on campus. The Wellness Center within the RPAC offers services such as nutrition counseling, financial coaching, HIV and STI testing, sexual assault services, and alcohol and other drug education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Wellness Center at The Ohio State University|url=http://swc.osu.edu/|publisher=Ohio State University Student Wellness Center|access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>

Ohio State's "[[Buckeye Bullet]]" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on October 3, 2004, with a maximum speed of {{convert|271.737|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} at the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedace.info/bonneville_nationals_buckeye_bullet_timing.htm|title=Bonneville Nationals 2004|publisher=Speedace|access-date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022208/https://www.speedace.info/bonneville_nationals_buckeye_bullet_timing.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The vehicle also holds the U.S. record for fastest electric vehicle with a speed of {{convert|314.958|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, and peak timed mile speed of {{convert|321.834|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. A team of engineering students from the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT) designed, built and managed the vehicle. In 2007, [[Buckeye Bullet|Buckeye Bullet 2]] was launched. This follow-up effort was a collaboration between Ohio State engineering students and engineers from the [[Ford Motor Company]] and will seek to break the land speed record for hydrogen cell powered vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.osu.edu/news/archive/2007/070711a.php|title=Buckeye Bullet 2|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913073621/https://engineering.osu.edu/news/archive/2007/070711a.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- this needs updated - did end up breaking land-speed records -->

===Diversity===
{| font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Ohio State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?204796-Ohio-State-University-Main-Campus |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|66|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:green}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|82|%|2||background:black}}
|}

=== Sexual harassment handling ===
{{Further|Ohio State University abuse scandal}}
In June 2018, Ohio State dissolved its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit and eliminated four positions in the unit due to concerns about mismanagement and a lack of support for survivors of sexual assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/07/09/ohio-state-universitys-sexual-misconduct-unit-dissolved-wake-harrowing-claims-survivors/|title=The Ohio State University's Sexual Misconduct Unit Dissolved in the Wake of Harrowing Claims From Survivors|website=msmagazine.com|date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> This occurred after the unit was suspended in February 2018 and following an external review.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State dissolves Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-us|archive-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225558/https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Columbus Dispatch'' and the school newspaper, ''The Lantern'', reported that "[SCE] failed to properly report students' sexual-assault complaints" and that some victims were told that they were {{"'}}lying', 'delusional', 'suffering from mental illness', 'have an active imagination', that they 'didn't understand their own experience', and also 'fabricated their story{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180619/ohio-state-closes-sexual-assault-center-fires-4-after-complaints|title=Ohio State closes sexual-assault center, fires 4 after complaints|last=Smola|first=Jennifer|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State shuts down its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|work=The Lantern|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> With help from the Philadelphia law firm [[Cozen O'Connor]], the university will be creating{{when|date=July 2024}} a new framework to handle sexual assault cases and reevaluating its [[Title IX]] program.

On July 20, 2018, ''[[BBC News]]'' reported that over 100 male students, including athletes from 14 sports, had reported sexual misconduct by a deceased university team physician, Richard Strauss.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|title=Ohio State doctor 'abused 177 athletes'|date=May 18, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 18, 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|url-status=live}}</ref> The reports dated back to 1978, and included claims that he groped and took nude photographs of his patients. Four former wrestlers filed a lawsuit against Ohio State for ignoring complaints of "rampant sexual misconduct" by Strauss. U.S. representative Jim Jordan was named in the lawsuit and has since denied the former wrestlers' claims that he knew about the abuse while he was an assistant coach for eight years at the university.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|title=Rep. Jim Jordan Is Named in New OSU Sexual Abuse Lawsuit|last=Moser|first=Bob|date=July 18, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140814/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021|reason=Rolling Stone is not reliable for political topics.}} In May 2020, the university entered into a settlement and agreed to pay $40.9 million to the sexual abuse survivors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redden |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ohio State Pays $40.9M in Sexual Abuse Settlement |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |access-date=May 11, 2020 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=May 11, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829125028/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Activities and organizations===
[[File:Front view of the Old Ohio Union, now known as Hale Hall at Ohio State.jpg|thumb|[[Hale Hall]] was the original home of the Ohio Union.]]

The [[Ohio Union]] was the first student union built by an American public university.<ref name="What was the first student union"/> It is dedicated to the enrichment of the student experience, on and off the university campus. The first Ohio Union, on the south edge of the South Oval, was constructed in 1909 and was later renamed Enarson Hall. The second Ohio Union was completed in 1950 and was prominently along High Street, southeast of the Oval. It was a center of student life for more than 50 years, providing facilities for student activities, organizations and events, and serving as an important meeting place for campus and community interaction. The union also housed many student services and programs, along with dining and recreational facilities. The second Ohio Union was demolished in February 2007 to make way for the new Ohio Union, which was finished in 2010. During this time, student activities were relocated to Ohio Stadium and other academic buildings.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Ohio Union|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/about_the_union/history|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203081517/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/about_the_union/history|archive-date=December 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university has over 1,000 student organizations; intercollegiate, club and recreational sports programs; student media organizations and publications, [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities and sororities]]; and three student governments.

====Student organizations====
[[Student organizations]] at Ohio State provide students with opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of interest areas including [[academic]], [[Social issues|social]], [[religious]], [[artistic]], [[community service|service-based]], [[Diversity (politics)|diversity]] and many more.
There are over 1,000 registered student organizations that involve many thousands of students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://undergrad.osu.edu/explore/student-activities.html|title=The Ohio State University Undergraduate Admissions and First Year Experience|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816181742/http://undergrad.osu.edu/explore/student-activities.html|archive-date=August 16, 2014}}</ref> The university's forensics team has won the state [[National Forensics Association]] tournament several times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohio.edu/news/00-01/294.html|title=Forensics Team Wins State Champ.|website=www.ohio.edu|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144409/https://www.ohio.edu/news/00-01/294.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Block O|Block "O"]] is currently the largest student-run organization on the campus of Ohio State. With over 2,400 annual members, Block "O" serves as the official [[student cheering section]] at athletic events for the university. According to the Student Organization Office in the Ohio Union, Agricultural Education Society is the oldest student organization on campus. The Men's Glee Club often disputes the claim, but after consultation with Ohio Union Staff, Agricultural Education Society was named as the university's oldest organization.

[[File:Rose Bowl 2019 Victory.jpg|thumb|Fans celebrating Ohio State's victory in the [[2019 Rose Bowl]] with the [[Ohio State University Marching Band]]]]

Each year, students may sign up to participate in BuckeyeThon, Ohio State's student-led philanthropy. The organization hosts events throughout the year to support the hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant unit<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buckeyethon.osu.edu/aboutus/our_beneficiary|title=BuckeyeThon at The Ohio State University|website=buckeyethon.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-date=June 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620105332/https://buckeyethon.osu.edu/aboutus/our_beneficiary|url-status=dead}}</ref> at [[Nationwide Children's Hospital]] in Columbus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/posts/studentorgs/constitutions/2015_4_14_15_46_834.docx|title=Word document of BuckeyeThon Constitution and Bylaws (March 2015)|website=ohiounion.osu.edu|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Student Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927044941/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/posts/studentorgs/constitutions/2015_4_14_15_46_834.docx|archive-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each February, thousands of students and community members attend BuckeyeThon's signature event, a [[Dance marathon|Dance Marathon]] consisting of two separate 12-hour shifts. In the past 15 years, students have raised over $5 million to support treatment, research, and various therapies at the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buckeyethon.osu.edu/events/dance_marathon|title=BuckeyeThon at The Ohio State University|website=buckeyethon.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016}}</ref> Unique to BuckeyeThon is the use of an operational fund separate from the main philanthropic cancer fund. As a registered non-profit, BuckeyeThon is subject to university audit and issues gift receipts through the Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/?fund=315502|title=Make your gift|website=www.giveto.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022716/https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/details/315502?fund=315502|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ohio State has several student-managed publications and media outlets. ''The Makio'' is the official yearbook.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/makio/ |title=Makio – Ohio Union |publisher=Ohiounion.osu.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218162454/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/makio/ |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref> ''The Makio's'' sales plummeted by 60% during the early 1970s; the organization went bankrupt and stopped publication during the late 1970s. The book was revived from 1985 to 1994 and again in 2000, thanks to several student organizations. ''The Lantern'' is the school's daily newspaper and has operated as a laboratory newspaper{{clarify|date=August 2020}} in the School of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) since 1881. ''Mosaic'' is a literary magazine published by Ohio State, which features undergraduate [[fiction]], [[poetry]] and [[art]]. ''[[Sundial Humor Magazine|The Sundial]]'' is a student-written and -published humor magazine. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest humor magazines in the country, but has not been published without large interruptions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/01/23/humor-mag-rises-again-at-ohio-state.html |title=Humor Magazine Lives Again |access-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521142030/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/01/23/humor-mag-rises-again-at-ohio-state.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sundial.osu.edu/wordpress/ |title=Homepage of The Sundial |access-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530175636/http://sundial.osu.edu/wordpress/ |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ohio State has two improvisational comedy groups that regularly perform around campus and across the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.8thfloorimprov.com |title=The 8th Floor Improv |publisher=The 8th Floor Improv |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074338/http://www.8thfloorimprov.com/ |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FishbowlImprov|title=8th Floor Improv's Facebook Page|work=Facebook|access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> There are two student-run radio stations: [[AROUSE]], the music station, is home to over 100 student DJs, streaming music and independent content,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arouseosu.com/about.html|title=About: The Amateur Radio Organization for Student Entertainment|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128102915/http://arouseosu.com/about.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiostatesports.net/ |title=Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio |publisher=Ohiostatesports.net |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915225806/http://www.ohiostatesports.net/ |archive-date=September 15, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Students also operate a local [[cable TV]] channel known as Buckeye TV, which airs primarily on the campus closed cable system operated by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).

====Student government====
At the Ohio State University, three recognized student governments represent their constituents.<ref name=govt>{{cite web|title=Student Governments|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/get_involved/student_governments|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208063009/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/get_involved/student_governments|archive-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

# Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which consists of elected and appointed student [[Representation (politics)|representatives]] who serve as liaisons from the [[undergraduate]] student body to university officials. USG seeks to outreach to and work for the students at Ohio State.
# Council of Graduate Students (CGS), which promotes and provides [[academic]], [[Academic administration|administrative]] and social programs for the university community in general and for [[graduate students]] in particular. The council provides a forum in which the graduate student body may present, discuss and set upon issues related to its role in the academic and non-academic aspects of the university community.
# Inter-Professional Council (IPC), which is a representative body of all professional students in the colleges of [[dentistry]], [[law]], [[medicine]], [[optometry]], [[pharmacy]] and [[veterinary medicine]]. Its purpose is to act as a liaison between these students and the governing bodies of the university.

===Residential life===
[[File:SCampusGateway.JPG|thumb|South Campus Gateway]]
Ohio State operates 41 on-campus residence halls divided into three geographic clusters: South Campus (site of the university's original dormitories), North Campus (largely constructed during the post-war enrollment boom) and West Campus ("The Towers").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housing.osu.edu/|title=University Housing|work=osu.edu|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-date=July 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730145205/http://housing.osu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> The residence hall system has 40 smaller living and learning environments defined by social or academic considerations.

Separate housing for graduate and professional students is maintained on the Southern tier of campus within the Gateway Residential Complex and the William H. Hall Student Residential Complex. Family housing is maintained at Buckeye Village at the far northern edge of campus beyond the athletic complex.

Student Life University Housing also administers student residential housing on the OSU Newark, OSU Mansfield and OSU Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) campuses.

The Residence Hall Advisory Council (RHAC), which is a representative body of all students living in the university's residence halls, helps evaluate and improve the living conditions of the residence halls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://involvedliving.osu.edu/rhac/about-us/ |title=About Us : Involved Living |publisher=Involvedliving.osu.edu |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022713/https://involvedliving.osu.edu/rhac/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

*'''North Campus''': Archer House, Barrett House, Blackburn House, Bowen House, Busch House, Drackett Tower, Halloran House, Haverfield House, Houck House, Houston House, Jones Tower, Lawrence Tower, Mendoza House, Norton House, Nosker House, Raney House, Scott House, Taylor Tower, Torres House
*'''South Campus''': Baker Hall East, Baker Hall West, Bradley Hall, Canfield Hall, Fechko House, German House, Hanley House, Mack Hall, Morrison Tower, Neil Avenue, Park-Stradley Hall, Paterson Hall, Pennsylvania Place, Pomerene House, Scholars East, Scholars West, Siebert Hall, Smith-Steeb Hall, The Residence on Tenth, Worthington Building
*'''West Campus''': [[The Towers (Ohio State)|Lincoln Tower]], [[The Towers (Ohio State)|Morrill Tower]]
*'''Off-campus''': South Campus Gateway Apartments, Veterans' House