STATERS 101 (Words, numbers, and traditions every Stater should know.)
We describe ourselves as this trio of people “in and about The Ohio State University.”
What are Thinkers, Believers, and Doers?
Nine men began meeting in this year, marking the beginning of Ohio Staters, Inc.
What is 1933?
This current faculty Stater serves as President & CEO of the OSU Alumni Association.
Who is Molly Ranz-Calhoun?
Put these four stages of a Stater project in order: Formal, Wrap-Up, Scope, Informal.
What are Scope → Informal → Formal → Wrap-Up?
This recurring Stater tradition illuminates Mirror Lake Hollow each winter.
What is Light Up the Lake?
Complete the Stater slogan: “No member ever shirks a duty, ______.”
What is “however menial”?
This many original founders came together to create Ohio Staters.
What is nine?
This faculty Stater is the Assistant Vice President of Student Life.
Who is Tracy Stuck?
A project that cannot be completed isn't simply “cancelled” in Stater language. It gets this rather morbid designation.
What is “mummied”?
This Stater project installed hammock posts around Mirror Lake so students could hammock without using trees.
What is Hang on Sloopy?
OSI describes its membership and impact with this catchy numerical phrase.
What is “50 serving 50,000”?
He was elected the first president of Ohio Staters when its first constitution was written.
Who is John B. Fullen?
I'm a fourth-year Industrial and Systems Engineering major from Westerville, Ohio. Who am I?
Who is Michael Hunsaker?
What does MOU stand for, and what is its general purpose in a Stater project?
What is Memorandum of Understanding — an agreement regarding upkeep?
This project is creating an artistic timeline showing how Ohio State’s beloved mascot has changed throughout the years.
What is Brutus EvOHlution?
The 50-member organization historically consists of this many student members and this many faculty/staff members.
What are 36 students and 14 faculty/staff?
On March 2 of this year, the State of Ohio issued the organization's Charter of Corporation under the official name “Ohio Staters, Incorporated.”
What is 1935?
Name the faculty Stater whose OSU role is Planetarium Director and Assistant Professor.
Who is Wayne Schlingman?
Name all three privileges specifically listed for an Active Member in the current Active Interview study material.
What are voting on constitution/bylaw changes, voting on membership, and holding elected office?
Years before today's Omens of the Oval tours, Staters installed five signs around the campus area documenting historical locations connected to this secret network for freedom seekers.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A Stater quorum requires 12 members, but simply having 12 people in the room isn't enough. Name the minimum number of students AND faculty required.
What are at least 6 students and 3 faculty?
Name five of the nine original Ohio Staters founders.
Who are any five of the following: Fred J. Milligan, Edward S. “Beanie” Drake, Howard Hamilton, L. Gordon Staley, Charles Ebersold, Oscar Thomas, James Handley, William North, and John B. Fullen?
This faculty Stater serves as Senior Director of Finance and IT for Administration and Planning. Who is it?
Who is Kevin King?
Recite the essential wording of the motion used for an Informal Scope Report.
What is “I move that OSI deem appropriate the proposed course of action for the project…”?
Back in the 1970s, Staters erected plaques recognizing a particular group of distinguished Buckeyes. Decades later, another Stater project sought to replace the deteriorating plaques and add newer honorees.
What is the Nobel Prize project?