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Originally posted by OUlioness01
1. if you step on the great seal of ohio you won't graduate
Matt lauer went to Ou but never graduated (true) and he is seen walking around campus about 4 tmies a year. I've never seen him, so I don't know whether that is true or not.
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I stepped all over that seal (at the campus gate), and did, in fact graduate. But it took 25 years. I quit to take a job as a TV director, and finished later in the "Experiential Learning" program.
And, Matt Lauer did go to Ohio, and did graduate -- also in Experiential Learning. He also dropped out to take a TV reporting job in either Huntington or Charleston (can't remember which, but they are esentially the same market) and finally finished his degree and graduated in the late 90's. He was the commencement speaker. I have a videotape of part of his address where he says, "I am so proud to be a Bobcat." When the Ohio U. "Marching 110" marched in the Macy's Parade two years ago, he left the script and asked if he could "gush" about the band.
I have not met him, but we traded some e-mails about Ohio University when I worked for NBC.
Not only the dorms (especially Wilson Hall which has been featured on a cable network show about haunted buildings), but all of Athens County is supposed to be among the top ten most haunted places in the world.
The great rumor, that I can't substantiate is that Paul Neuman was a student, and was thrown out of school for rolling a beer keg down Jeff Hill which hit and trashed a dean's car.
There is NO truth to the rumor that I personally still hold the record for the most beer consumed and most classes cut by an undergraduate!
It is TRUE that I wouldn't have to edit so much if I'd simply learn to spell and type.