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Ohio State University in some years is the nations largest university by enrollment. Video shows both an aerial and walking tour of the campus. It is known for its football prowess. Shows the campus for prospective students and alumni.

Well known OSU landmarks include: OSU Stadium- "The Horseshoe," Orton Hall, Wexner Center for the Arts, Mirror Lake, The Oval, William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, University Hospital complex, Union, Don Scott Field, OSU Golf Course, WOSU radio station, Buckeye TV, Lantern, Student Newspaper, Scott Laboratory for Mechanical Engineering, University Hall, and the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. Chadwick Arboretum, Mershon, Woody Hays Athletic Center, Schottenstein Center, and St. John Arena.

The helicopter tour begins east of the campus. It approaches the campus from the east and shows Route23/High Street (running north to south) where the main entrance to the school is located. Next is the view (from east to west) along Lane Avenue and Woody Hays Drive, which includes an artistic new bridge. To the south is the large, horseshoe-shaped OSU stadium. To the north of the stadium are St. John's Arena, the Woody Hays Athletic Center, the Schottenstein Center, and the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow. Off campus, sights shown include the Chemical Abstracts center and the Jack Nicklaus Museum.

Just south of the stadium (shown in close-up) are the tall twin Lincoln and Morrill tower buildings. To the east of the stadium are the smoke stacks of the university power plant and various classroom buildings. The white roof of the Wexner Center for the Arts-Mershon Complex can be seen under the helicopter-landing pod (it is north of the former Ohio Historical Society Museum). Behind this is the oval (green open area criss-crossed with walkways). At the far end of the Oval is the tall William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library.

South of the Oval and of he Stadium are the OSU Hospital complex, including the James Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Hospital, athletic fields where the football team practices, and the tall OSU dormitories (foreground). Off campus to the south is the huge Battelle Memorial Institute complex. Behind this is the Olentangy River. The Columbus skyline is visible as the helicopter turns. Traveling back to the north, the Biological Science building is visible south of the twin Lincoln and Morrill towers. The dug-up lot is site of the former Ohio Union, once considered the greatest student union (it was demolished but views of the new Union can be seen). North of it is a parking building, the old Ohio Historical Society Museum (now the Sullivant Hall library), and the Wexner Center for the Arts-Mershon Auditorium. Toward the end of the video is the unique Ohio Historical Society Museum building, which is a square building setting on a stalk.

Associated sites that are visible in the video include the Olentangy River and 6th Avenue Bridge, Chemical Abstracts, Battelle Memorial Institute, Lane Avenue Bridge, Jack Nicklaus Museum, and Ohio Historical Center. Prominent off campus sites include: former "Big Ear Telescope" for SETI, Stone Laboratory, and Byrd Polar Research Center.

The Columbus Zoo, now rated as the nations top zoo, can be seen to the north. Also shown is the Ohio State Fair, sometimes the nations largest fair.

Columbus is the home of Ted Williams

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