Ohio State Lake Jump A Wee Bit Of Fun

Intrepid Ohio State University researchers have learned students don’t just party in a campus lake during rituals before the annual Michigan game.

They also potty there.  Thousands of students will jump into Ohio State’s Mirror Lake, ahead of Saturday’s football game between the Buckeyes and Wolverines.

Before, during and after last year’s big swim, the College of Earth Sciences monitored the water quality.

Postdoctoral research associate Steve Goldsmith said the lake’s temperature went up 3 degrees throughout the night, and the ammonia level surged.

He said body heat could explain the warmer water, but the ammonia likely means one thing: urine.

Goldsmith advises students to have fun, just not open their mouths.

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Signs To Be Corrected

Officials have agreed to correct spelling errors in road signs pointing to a central Massachusetts lake with a 45-letter name.

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster has one of the world’s longest place names. It’s been spelled many different ways over the years. Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster.

But after researching historical spelling combinations, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester said local Chamber of Commerce officials agreed that some signs were wrong.  There was an “o” at letter 20 where a “u” should have been, and an “h” at letter 38 where an “n” should go.

There are many stories and legends about the origin of the Indian name.  One popular myth — later debunked — holds that the name translates roughly to ‘You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle.’