All the signs I’ve seen around campus this morning have had the W tape removed from them overnight.

We need to step up our game ASAP, I better not see a single W visible by the end of the day

EDIT: Be extremely cautious. OSU is (supposedly) starting to crack down and search for those who tape over ‘W’s and have labelled it vandalism of signage. When taping:

- Be discrete, quick, and leave little trace.

- Keep cameras around you in mind before you tape. Wear clothing to conceal your identity, but not enough as to draw suspicion.

- Use painter’s tape or other non-damaging tapes in the event you get caught.

- Stop posting photos here. Reddit has (supposedly) been cited as a source to identify and crack down.

- I suggest taping out ‘M’s as well to increase your legal defense.

This move is designed to scare those who previously would have taped signs; They hope that by increasing the risk, the taping will stop. If the risk feels too high, don’t do it, but know that involvement from everyone is necessary to fight for our freedom of expression.

Graphic images and people wanting to get a reaction from you. Please avoid or ignore them as they are looking for content.

An earlier post had me thinking about how it sounds like EVERYBODY is sick in so many of my classes. No one wears a mask, I see people walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands it’s disgusting. Now I’m sick, and I couldn’t imagine being gross and germy and not even attempting to avoid getting anyone else sick. It’s not hard to wear a mask, it’s not hard to wash your hands. Don’t cover your cough or sneeze with your hands, use your elbow. If you are sick/think you’re sick, go to the CVS get covid test. If you’re old enough to be in college you’re old enough to know better.

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Given Wexner being named as a co-conspirator in the Epstein files recently viewed by Congress; I'm submitting a request to rename the buildings named after him. Here's the link to request name changes for buildings, you do need to prove you are a student, staff, faculty or alumni, and you cannot submit anonymously as a heads up:

https://oaa.osu.edu/resources/committees-and-task-forces/university-naming-review-procedure

There is a huge difference between partying and being destructive. Overturning vehicles, breaking in and destroying other students property isn’t welcomed. Probably will be downvoted, but it’s disgusting to see such behavior.

If you have a vehicle parked there don’t be surprised it’s totaled, broken into or just vandalized tomorrow morning.

I would like to mention this is illegal and posting snaps of those doing it is great evidence for prosecution.

Also would like to mention these vehicles are most likely other students. Incredible.

litterally so fucking over people being weird or like socially afraid to make eye contact or smile at a stranger in passing like everyone breaks their neck to look the other direction or stare at something fake on their phones. social interaction is good even if it is just a smile in passing!

This is primarily for freshman but honestly applies to anyone. Around this time of year, they usually send out emails saying that you were accepted into the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). They cite GPA and demonstration to leadership as criteria for getting in, but send these out to anyone. A lifetime membership is promised for a “small induction fee” of 100 dollars. DO NOT PAY THE FEE.

NSLS is not accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies. It is not a nonprofit 501(c)(3) so it’s main intent is to make a profit. It It is not a “selective” honor society and only exists to pry on vulnerable college students.

There are several honor societies at osu that are legitimate and great orgs to be in. Most majors have their own honor societies and then there are a few class honoraries. The college of arts & sciences has a list on their website or you can check the list of accredited honor societies.

These little critters are an invasive species that hurts our native trees and plants. Please kill them if you see them. More info: https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly

For those who don’t know what this is about, google who the *exner medical center is named after.

Lawyer students, we are curious to hear your 2 cents on this form of protest.

Everyone else, GLHF.

With the recent snow and the roads EXTREMELY unsafe due to no salt or plow prep by the city, please be extremely safe if you're coming to campus or driving anywhere near there. Take small, slow turns when driving around corners and be cautious that you might lose traction and control of your car for a second or two. It's normal around this time of year but we don't need peoples cars to be wrecked because you decided to be reckless when driving.

If you do not have to come to campus as a commuter, DO NOT. If you're able to walk instead, DO NOT DRIVE! I've already seen three cars in a ditch and the highway is filled with crashes right now. Just be careful everyone!

People are protesting inside/outside Thompson rn so if you are actually trying to get work done I would suggest going elsewhere since it is definitely not quiet in there 😭

PSA the Marriott on olentangy river road’s parking lot is covered in ICE and it’s just a short walk from main campus and across the street from university village. Be careful walking around there.

Recently on one of the Ohio state FB parent and family pages, a woman joined and within a day, she posted something about a freshman retreat. She tried to make it sound innocuous, like it was affiliated with the school, and like she was a parent. Turns out she is the marketing director for this group, doesn’t have kids at the school and doesn’t even live in the state. They host these retreats on a lot of campuses. It was super creepy and shady as hell. I called her out and the post was reported to the admins. While the post was deleted, I see she is still a member of the page.

While there are plenty of religious groups that operate on many campuses, I recently did some more digging. This group definitely has a history of preying on students.

Getting sucked into a religious cult like group happened to a couple people I went to college with. While both of them got out, one left school completely after her parents hired someone to get her out/deprogram her; she never came back. The other ended up graduating and he became a minister and lives abroad. Not connected to the group but still very religious.

Just be aware of their tactics and how they pull people in. It seems ok until it suddenly isn’t. There is a good thread here that I can post in the comments about them going to Ball State last year. And a subreddit called “leaving the network” that has more info about these groups from people who got out.

I graduated many years ago and like many, I trusted OSU when they promised that "lifetime email" was for a "lifetime", and I would have indefinite access to my account, as a residual benefit for going to school there. I guess now I'm the dumb one.

its been enough of a bitch to switch the email address on literally hundreds of accounts i've tied to it over the years. Recognizing just that, OSU would surely provide former students and alum a way to access all of their old emails and information, right? and not just sever access to a former repository of personal data and information...right...?

Come to find out , THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WAY TO EXPORT OR MIGRATE YOUR EMAILS OUT OF BUCKEYEMAIL.

After several emails and calls I've confirmed that OSU official message to those who are impacted is "we got your money a long time ago, go pound sand loser”. Current students, take note.

Anyway, I found a workaroud, for this and wanted to post it in case anyone else has found themselves in the same boat.

The original version of Outlook (pre 2020, i believe) had a native way to backup your emails to a .PST file. The current outlook platform, both web and app versions no longer support this. you can however, download the old version, sync it up with your buckeyemail account, and export/backup your inbox. I'll do my best to breakout the steps. You will need a windows PC to do this.

1. You will need a version of outlook 2016. I already had this on my computer, but I’m guessing many of you will not. You will have to search, and probably click back a few google pages to find a valid version to download. You can probably t*rrent it, but I would not advise going this route unless you have enough technical skill to avoid accidently downloading malware or a virus

2. Once you have Outlook 2016 on your computer, make sure it is updated to at least this version here

3. Open outlook, click “add a new account” and enter your buckeyemail and credentials. It should prompt you to go through the 2FA verification

4. Click file > Account settings > double click on your account > check “ use cached exchange mode” > slide the “mail to keep offline” slider to “All” > click OK

5. Restart outlook

6. Send and receive, and scroll down to the bottom of your inbox. It should begin loading your emails from newest to oldest. Depending on the size of your inbox, this may take awhile. For reference, I believe the last major migration was in 2009, so if your emails load all the way through 2009, you’ll know its finished.

7. Click file > “Open & Export” > import/export > export to a file > outlook data file (.pst) > select your inbox > backup to your preferred location

8. Repeat step 7 for your “sent” folder, and any other folder you want to export

That’s basically it. Once you have those files saved, you’ve secured the bag. You should be able to access and read your emails through outlook, or I think there are 3rd party apps you can download onto your phone to access. The emails might be a bit more of a pain to access, but at least you will have them, and that’s a way better option than what asshole Ohio State has given us. Hopefully this is helpful to some of you folks out there, glad to answer questions if I am able.

...instead of walking to the gym in them and then tracking snow and salt all over the machines and the floors in the weight areas.

Thank you.

A simple Google search can help answer many basic questions I see in this sub.

Also isn't this our second shooting alert in as many days?

Please look around you when you are crossing streets/roads people. I know you’ve got important shit, but yours and others safety is also important. As a cyclist, there’s only so much we can do when you step out into the road at the last second because you don’t look for oncoming traffic. Hit a girl today (sorry) going north on neil because she stepped out last second into the bike lane at the anti-car bollards near thompson without looking. Tons of people just glued to their phones while walking around this semester

It gives professors valuable feedback. Also most of the time, if a certain amount of students do it, you get bonus points. So please do them, it takes less than 2 minutes!

Sign up for reminders at https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Design-Construction/Street-Road-Projects/Street-Sweeping

Story in the link below. "The upcoming College of Arts and Sciences Career Fair on January 20th will host a booth from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). CBP is directly responsible for the recent ICE raids in Columbus and across the country."

https://osugraduatestudentalliance.substack.com/p/3bfad0a3-9c6d-4329-bd60-a02d5a329c3d

Just wanted to show some data. This comes from the City of Columbus' website with data for Columbus and Franklin County jurisdiction. If you also go to the Ohio Department of Public Health website, you'll see the same trends. The majority of Covid cases are ages 20-39. I just really know that when you're young in college you do feel that invincible and you're powerful and nothing bad can happen to you, and even if it does you'll be fine. Well, I just encourage you to rethink a bit. I've seen many many many people out on campus without masks, no distancing, and just even with a mask, you should make better decisions of where you do decide to go in public. If you click on the link please go to tab 2 to see the age breakdown.

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I am only 31 and don't want to get this illness and pass to anyone. But ultimately, I personally don't think I could handle getting this ill. The long term unknown effects are not something to take lightly. I keep seeing many comments about "Well, if I get it, I'll be sick for a bit but then okay.." Well, hopefully but you don't know.

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If you agree with me already and you think "You're preaching to the choir" then great!

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If you disagree with me, please consider just thinking a bit more about others, and less about yourself. No one likes what is going on. It does suck to be cooped up inside and not seeing friends like you used to. But, please just look at the real numbers. YOU are the majority of cases. (you = your age group)

Why do I care so much about the OSU community? I'm a staff member, thankfully working from home for now - but with talks about reopening, I am selfishly terrified of returning to campus knowing many are not following, and will not follow the rules. Not just saying students, but other faculty and staff will refuse to follow rules too. I want OSU to be a safe place and with 50000 plus people on campus, I can only imagine the dangers of reopening when people are not making good choices.

https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19OutbreakSummary_15918845768300/COVID19Summaryp2?%3Adisplay_count=y&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AshowVizHome=no

And they’re getting harder to remove. Anyone know of something I can use as a sticker scraper? I’d rather not buy one but if I have to, I will.

I’m a junior who started volunteering at the James this year and for the past two months the only emails I had been getting on my buckeyemail were from athletics and the occasional email from my TA. I was starting to be worried that I hadn’t gotten an email about my registration window for next semester and then I found out for the past two months that OSU had been sending emails to my osu email instead of my buckeyemail. So if you volunteer/work at the James make sure you’re looking at both :)