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Youngstown Ties Abound in Tressel Sports Illustrated Article

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

It's the end of an era at Ohio State University now that Jim Tressel is out as head football coach.

The announcement came nearly three months after the original two-game suspension of Tressel in the wake of a tattoo parlor scandal.

A Sports Illustrated issue that hits news stands Tuesday contains an article saying violations date back to 2002 and involve at least 28 players. Six have been suspended as part of the 2011 season for their roles in the scandal, including running back Dan Herron, a Warren Harding graduate and defensive tackle John Simon, a Cardinal Mooney graduate.

The article, "SI investigation reveals eight-year pattern of violations under Tressel," is already available online.

A good chunk of the SI article focused on Tressel's time as head coach at Youngstown State University -- where Tressel spent 15 seasons as the Penguins head coach before heading to Columbus. That includes scandals regarding former Penguins quarterback Ray Isaac, accused of accepting improper benefits back in the 1990s. The university admitted to the infractions and was penalized.

The article states when Tressel later began as coach at OSU in 2001, "(Tressel) could set a hard line with his players and the boosters, or he could go with the flow. The first indication of Tressel's choice came in 2003, when the NCAA investigated (OSU player Maurice) Clarett for receiving improper benefits."

Clarett, a Warren Harding graduate, was found to have received money and other benefits in 2003 during Tressel's third season as OSU's coach. Clarett was suspended for the 2003 season.

Right now, also at Ohio State, the Columbus Dispatch reports the NCAA and Ohio State are investigating quarterback Terrell Pryor to find out whether he received improper benefits, such as cars.

The paper reports Pryor has already been questioned by investigators. The quarterback will be a senior this fall.

No sooner had the ink dried on Tressel's resignation than speculation had already started about a successor as OSU's coach. Among them are Urban Meyer, the Stoops brothers -- Bob at Oklahoma and Mike at Arizona -- are both Ohio natives.

Despite having coached at the collegiate level since 1974, some who know Tressel suggest he won't be roaming anyone's sidelines anytime soon.

"It was a huge mistake. He's paying the price," said Bob Hannon, voice of YSU Penguins. "I don't think he'll ever coach again. I wouldn't be surprised to see him return to the Mahoning Valley and work with the Youngstown schools or work with the inner city, but I'm stunned like everybody else that it got to this point."

"This went from Jim Tressel being suspended for a few games to this ending his career," said former Ohio State player Alex Boone. "I don't think he'll go to the NFL. I don't think he'd coach at another college. I just don't think that's his style. So basically, these five kids just ended Jim Tressel's career."

Luke Fickell, a previously anonymous linebackers coach, will be in charge of the Buckeyes this fall.

Here's a look back at the most recent events leading up to the resignation.

    April 2, 2010: Tressel receives the first of 12 emails from Attorney Christopher Cicero saying he was told players have been selling signed memorabilia to a tattoo parlor owner. Tressel replies back saying he will "get on it ASAP."
    Sept. 13, 2010: Tressel signs an annual NCAA certificate saying he knows of no violations and has reported any possible violations.
    Dec. 7, 2010: OSU items are discovered during a raid at the tattoo parlor owner's home.
    December 2010: OSU interviews the six players involved and declares them ineligible. A five-game suspension is issued for five players and one game for another.
    January 2011: OSU finds the emails between Tressel and Cicero.
    February 2011: Tressel admits to committing an NCAA violation. He was then suspended and fined $250,000.
    May 30, 2011: OSU announces Tressel's resignation.

Kristin School

Kristin School is an independent co-educational school located in Albany, North Shore, New Zealand. Kristin is an IB World School with approximately 1,670 students.

The school was established in 1973 by a small group of parents, and is owned by the Kristin School Charitable Trust (non-profit making - fees are used to pay expenses and facilities) and is governed by trustees and governors appointed from both the school and the wider community.

Kristin contains a Kindergarten and is divided into three separate schools - Junior (years 0-6), Middle (years 7-10), and Senior (years 11-13). Reflecting contemporary managerialism, each school has its own principal and an executive principal has overall responsibility to the Board of Governors.

In the terms of its management and governors, the school formally emphasises an holistic education- of "building greatness", not only through world class academic excellence, but also instilling values-based self-confidence, a strong community service ethic, and a vision for students as citizens of the world.

Reflecting its locational setting, the school is primarily ethnically New Zealand European, with East Asians making up most of the remainder of the school community. Maori and Pacific Island students, while not absent as social groups, make up a low percentage of the Kristin population, especially when compared with other schools in New Zealand, particularly public schools.

360Fashion

360Fashion began as a show of fashion blogs by high-level fashion professionals, with help from Nokia in 2004, and launched during fashion week October 2005 with an exhibition, cocktail, and conference sponsored by Nokia. 360Fashion is a convergence media platform (blogs, mobile reader, web TV, mobile TV, IPTV, and broadcast on skynet channel 218). anina.net is dedicated to building a bridge between fashion and technology by using innovative platforms to help designers, brands, and professionals broadcast globally to a large audience, independent of device. 360Fashion is a network of high-level fashion professionals using the latest web 2.0 and mobile technology and are pioneers in real-time reporting. [2] [3] anina.net is the founder of the 360Fashion Network.

Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer-songwriter. After performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and later enrolling at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she soon signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.

Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries, topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and accomplished positions within the top-ten worldwide. Achieving similar worldwide success, The Fame Monster (2009), its follow-up, produced a further two global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" and allowed her to embark on a second global headlining concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just months after having finished her first, The Fame Ball Tour. Her second studio album Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011, after the arrival of its eponymous lead single "Born This Way", which achieved the number-one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.[3]

Inspired by glam rock artists like David Bowie, Elton John and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, Gaga is well-recognized for her outré sense of style in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards, among twelve nominations; two Guinness World Records;[4] and the estimated sale of 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide.[5][6] Billboard named her the Artist of the Year in 2010,[7] ranking her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade.[8] Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world as well as being listed in a number of Forbes' annual lists[9] including the 100 most powerful and influential celebrities in the world and attained the number one spot on their annual list of the 100 most powerful celebrities.

Amara Fashion House

Amara is a fashion boutique in Mumbai, India. It houses collections from leading fashion designers of India including Varija Bajaj, Nachiket Barve, Cherie D, Namita Joshipura and many more. They retail traditional Indian clothes like lehenga cholis, sarees and ethnic dresses. It also houses some western collection like frocks, gowns, skirts and blouses. It has designer footwear, handbags and other accessories too.

Along with retail, they host many fashion events. These events include launching new fashion collections by leading artists, ramp shows and celebrity parties. Often individual stylists pick up clothes from Amara for celebrities or bollywood events, models have photoshoots there.

Cloth

Saris are woven with one plain end (the end that is concealed inside the wrap), two long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one to three foot section at the other end which continues and elaborates the length-wise decoration. This end is called the it is the part thrown over the shoulder in the nivi style ofpallu; draping.

In past times, saris were woven of silk or cotton. The rich could afford finely-woven, diaphanous silk saris that, according to folklore, could be passed through a finger ring. The poor wore coarsely woven cotton saris. All saris were handwoven and represented a considerable investment of time or money.

Simple hand-woven villagers' saris are often decorated with checks or stripes woven into the cloth. Inexpensive saris were also decorated with block printing using carved wooden blocks and vegetable dyes, or tie-dyeing, known in India as bhandani work.

More expensive saris had elaborate geometric, floral, or figurative ornaments or brocades created on the loom, as part of the fabric. Sometimes warp and weft threads were tie-dyed and then woven, creating ikat patterns. Sometimes threads of different colors were woven into the base fabric in patterns; an ornamented border, an elaborate pallu, and often, small repeated accents in the cloth itself. These accents are called buttis or bhuttis (spellings vary). For fancy saris, these patterns could be woven with gold or silver thread, which is called zari work.

Sometimes the saris were further decorated, after weaving, with various sorts of embroidery. Resham work is embroidery done with colored silk thread. Zardozi embroidery uses gold and silver thread, and sometimes pearls and precious stones. Cheap modern versions of zardozi use synthetic metallic thread and imitation stones, such as fake pearls and Swarovski crystals.

In modern times, saris are increasingly woven on mechanical looms and made of artificial fibers, such as polyester, nylon, or rayon, which do not require starching or ironing. They are printed by machine, or woven in simple patterns made with floats across the back of the sari. This can create an elaborate appearance on the front, while looking ugly on the back. The punchra work is imitated with inexpensive machine-made tassel trim.

Hand-woven, hand-decorated saris are naturally much more expensive than the machine imitations. While the over-all market for handweaving has plummeted (leading to much distress among Indian handweavers), hand-woven saris are still popular for weddings and other grand social occasions.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan women wear saris in many styles. However, two ways of draping the sari are popular and tend to dominate; the Indian style (classic nivi drape) and the Kandyan style (or osaria' in Sinhalese). The Kandyan style is generally more popular in the hill country region of Kandy from which the style gets its name. Though local preferences play a role, most women decide on style depending on personal preference or what is perceived to be most flattering for their figure.

The traditional Kandyan (osaria) style consists of a full blouse which covers the midriff completely, and is partially tucked in at the front as is seen in this 19th century portrait. However, modern intermingling of styles has led to most wearers baring the midriff. The final tail of the sari is neatly pleated rather than free-flowing. This is rather similar to the pleated rosette used in the Dravidian style noted earlier in the article.

The Kandyan style is considered the national dress of Sinhalese women. It is the uniform of the air hostesses of Sri Lankan Airlines.