OSU Knowledge
This OSU pre-Michigan football tradition was banned in 2015
What is the mirror lake jump?
This form of capital punishment was last used in the United States in 2013, though it remains legal in some states as a backup method
What is the electric chair?
In 2023, Students for Fair Admissions v. ________ (2) restricted schools’ ability to use race as a factor in fostering diversity in their student bodies
What is Harvard / What is UNC?
This 2010 U.S. law expanded healthcare coverage but faced numerous Supreme Court challenges over its individual mandate provision.
What is the ACA / Obamacare?
“I think, therefore I am.”
René Descartes
This OSU sport's team has the most national championships (34) in the school's history
What is synchronized swimming?
This 19th century thinker wrote Das Capital, a critique on the political economy in Germany.
Who is Karl Marx?
In 1978, Regents of __________ v. Bakke supreme court case validated the practice of affirmative action, but found admissions quotas unconstitutional
What is the University of California?
End of life care and physician-assisted suicide are heavily debated with regard to this important philosophical concept
What is autonomy?
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.”
Who is Immanuel Kant?
This was the first year Ohio State football won the national championship
What is 1942?
In capital markets, this refers to when a company first sells shares to the public (and is often shortened to a 3 letter acronym)
What is an initial public offering (IPO)?
In 1983, the _________ v. United States ruling held that non-profit private universities are not tax exempt if they hold discriminatory policies (in this case, a ban on interracial dating)
What is Bob Jones University?
This government agency, created in 1906, regulates drug safety and efficacy in the United States, wielding power over what medicines reach the market.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.”
Who is Voltaire?
This was Ohio State's original name
What is Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College?
This administrative capital city houses the International Criminal Court, although notably cannot impose capital punishment under its Rome Statute.
What is The Hague?
In 1996, the ruling in United States v. _________ held that public institutions could not exclude women from enrolling at students
What is Virginia / Virginia Military Institute?
This philosopher argued that healthcare is a "primary good" that should be distributed according to his "difference principle", benefiting the least advantaged members of society.
Who is John Rawls?
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Who is Bertrand Russell?
Until this year, men at Ohio State were required to remove their hats when they entered the student union (+-3 years)
What is 1960?
In April 2013, this US military branch officially ended its requirement to send messages in all capital letters, which saved them an estimated $20 million per year
What is the U.S. Navy?
During the red scare in 1957, Sweezy v. _________ had a landmark first amendment ruling that said a marxist lecturer could not be investigated about his lectures or communist affiliations
What is New Hampshire?
This market failure phenomenon occurs when sicker people are more likely to buy health insurance than healthy people, which drives up costs for everyone in the insurance pool.
What is adverse selection?
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."
Who is Richard Feynman?