Talk:Ohio State University

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CreateImprove Ohio State Buckeyes Need more images (campus map, ohio stadium, main library) Eventually a History of the Ohio State University article will need to be considered--(I'll keep working on this--Sam Harmon) Create Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Block O Cartoon Research Library Drake Union Fawcett Center Hayes Hall John Glenn School of Public Affairs (Rkevins82 will do) McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion Ohio State University Golf Club The Ohio State University Marching Band The OSU Sentinel The Oval (Ohio State University) William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library Footnote Brutus Buckeye Improve Bill Davis Stadium Buckeye NutHouse Max M. Fisher College of Business Hilandar Research Library James Cancer Hospital The Lantern Mershon Center for International Security Studies Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Ohio Union Orton Hall (+picture) St. John Arena (+picture) Value City Arena (+picture)

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[edit] Name Change

There's no mention of when OSU actually added the "The", which was only in the last few years, and partially in response to the fight with Ohio University over the web domain name www.ohio.edu

That's not my understanding. I'm pretty sure the name was originally The Ohio State University, and has been so since the current name was chartered in the 1880's. Analoguekid 21:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Bcirker is correct. The "The" was part of the official, legal name of the university as of its last formal name change in 1878. It's recent emphasis predates the lawsuit and was a response to Governor Rhodes' attempt to dumb down the university system and emphasize quantity rather than quality--in effect, Rhodes attempted to undo the very reason (establish a flagship research university for Ohio) that Ohio State was founded. Emphasizing the "The" was simply a subtle attempt to punture his populist illusions of no differences among Ohio's public universities. In a more direct incident, showing how Ohio State felt about Jim Rhodes, his transcripts were mysteriously leaked to The Plain Dealer showing that he had, in reality, flunked out of Ohio State his freshman year rather than left in good standing "to support his family" as his "official biography" maintained.

The last sentence of the first paragraph in the history section makes note of this.--24.136.28.175 07:07, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Special projects in engineering

There is an artcle about the Buckeye Bullet -- this may also be of interest to add somewhere: DARPA vehicle. Rkevins82 15:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Communistic

Right now, the word communistic (in the first sentence) redirects to homosexuality. I'll change the redirect to communism like it is supposed to. But is that the intention of the word? If the adjective form of 'community' is meant than I'd suggest 'communital'.
John Reaves 05:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

If you check older history of the page, the word is supposed to be coeducational but it was vandalized. I corrected it. ~Kruck 15:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC)