The Lantern - February 21 2017

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USG: More inclusion needed in housing, dining, worship space MATT DORSEY Lantern reporter dorsey.215@osu.edu

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Warm weather brought both students and dogs out to The Oval on Monday. The temperature climbed into the mid-60s on Monday and, according to The Weather Channel, Columbus is supposed to have highs in the 60s and 70s until Saturday.

Special education professors speak out on DeVos confirmation GHEZAL BARGHOUTY Senior Lantern reporter barghouty.5@osu.edu

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The lack of carpeting in the Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room was addressed in a recent USG resolution.

from students and we will review these resolutions approved by Undergraduate Student Government.

We view USG to be a vital partner in our effort to create the extraordinary student experience for all Ohio State students and we value their interest and engagement.”

The Lantern solicited further comment from Student Life, but after a four-day delay, the office ultimately declined to address any of the resolutions’ specifics.

The evening’s agenda was summed up near the end of the meeting by Mario Belfiglio, a third-year in biology and USG parliamentarian and senator.

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Dining hall hours, absence policy subjects of USG resolutions

MATO VUNAK For The Lantern vunak.1@osu.edu After an initial split in the Senate earlier this month, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as education secretary in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.

But while DeVos ruffled feathers among some educators because of her favor of charter schools and vouchers — as well as other issues raised in her confirmation hearing — the outlook on her effect regarding higher-education has been met with less fanfare. Some special-education professors, however, are expressing concerns about how her education policies might affect them.

Matthew Brock, an assistant professor in special education who specializes in severe disabilities, said voucher programs — which can result in public school students being able to choose to attend, and then send state money to, private schools — can create problems for special-education students and their fit within the system.

Housing options for transgender students are limited and expensive, kosher and halal dining options are minimal and the Ohio Union’s Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room is ill-equipped for the kneeling or prostrate positions in which many students pray, according to three resolutions passed by Undergraduate Student Government last week. The Office of Student Life, however, has so far only responded by thanking USG for its input.

The resolutions — which all passed by unanimous vote in general assembly on Feb. 8 — aim to encourage improvement in areas where USG members said students were feeling unsupported by Ohio State, members said.

When presented with the resolutions, Dave Isaacs, spokesman for the Office of Student Life, responded with the following statement: “The Office of Student Life welcomes student input.

We regularly solicit and receive thoughts and recommendations

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos smiles at a swearing-in ceremony in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Feb. 7. “(The) concern is that Betsy DeVos, in particular, is advocating for this voucher system, but it gets really complicated when you start figuring (out) how students with disabilities would fit into that voucher system,” Brock said.

“It doesn’t seem like she understands those issues or has thought through how to deal with them, and it’s really complicated.”

As of right now, 14 states, including Ohio, offer traditional voucher program options, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Advocates for the program say it gives parents

the right to choose the best education for their child.

While some are concerned with DeVos’ effect on their future professions and the children they teach, many in higher education don’t know what to expect from DeVos regarding her effect on higher education.

Barry Toiv, the vice president of public affairs at the Association of American Universities, said DeVos’ record on higher education is scarce.

“What’s interesting about Secretary DeVos is that she has had DEVOS CONTINUES ON 3

Undergraduate Student Government passed two resolutions unanimously Wednesday night that call for the expansion of dining hall hours and a university-wide policy for excused absences. Both passed with unanimous consent in general assembly Wednesday night.

The future of the resolutions, which are not binding, are uncertain.

“The Office of Student Life welcomes student input,” spokesman Dave Isaacs said in a statement to The Lantern. “We view USG to be a vital partner in our effort to create the extraordinary student experience for all Ohio State students, and value their interest and engagement.”

The dining resolution seeks to give students with meal plans more options in the hours they can use the plans. It was authored and sponsored by Kimmy Sullivan, a second-year in political science

“Emergencies should be accommodated as best they can ...

I just think having a standard policy would make a lot of sense.”

Lauren Fechtel Second-year, history and political science

and international studies.

“We want to get rid of any gaps (in dining hall hours) in the day, as well as extending them later into the night, so students have more flexibility,” she said.

The resolution states that the closing times of 10 p.m. on weekdays and 8 p.m. on weekends at Traditions locations is too early for many students. It lists seven Big Ten universities with later weekday hours than OSU and six with later weekend hours.

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Tech4Community unites engineering, social work HAILEY STANGEBYE Lantern reporter stangebye.1@osu.edu Social workers and engineers aren’t usually brought together to solve societal problems, but Tech4Community is trying to change that.

Since its inception in 2014, T4C has developed as a cooperative engagement project that brings Ohio State’s social work and engineering students together to support local, underserved communities.

Collectively, the students work to identify the needs of a community, and then develop new technology to meet those needs.

T4C’s current initiative involves developing a mobile application, Resume4All, aimed to help residents in the Franklinton neighborhood construct a resume, even without access to programs such as Microsoft Office.

Sally Levy, the Tax Time program manager at United Way and a summer 2016 graduate of OSU’s master’s program in social work, was among a select number of social work students that have worked with T4C. “Most interdisciplinary work relating to social work is in the medical field, or in various social

services, so it’s not super often that you get to interact with engineers,” Levy said.

Hugo Gonzalez, a doctoral candidate in engineering, said he found the experience of working with social workers useful.

“We found a lot in common with social work. Both engineering and social work are applied sciences,” he said. “We have a lot in common in going straight to the practical implementation.”

Prior to his involvement in T4C, Gonzalez had three years of experience working as an engineer with rural communities in his home country of Paraguay. Gonzalez said that while there are distinct differences between working in Paraguay and the United States, both are rewarding experiences.

“Working with rural communities in a developing country is way different than working with low-income communities here in the United States. So that was really challenging, but challenging in a good sense,” Gonzalez said.

Levy said she performed a needs assessment composed of three components to identify the needs of the local community in the case of Resume4All. These components included conducting focus groups, interviewing

stakeholders in the area and surveying the people of Franklinton.

This assessment revealed that most Franklinton residents have smartphones or tablets and are able to use the internet, Gonzalez said.

This passion for Franklinton coupled with access to smartphone technology prompted the engineering team to develop COURTESY OF HUGO GONZALEZ Hugo Gonzalez, doctoral candidate in engineering, works on developing Resume4All. “I believe that Resume4All, an application designed to help residents in low-income by the end of this communities. semester we’ll be able to publish companies stories that feature the beta in Android, or the begin- and examine research and teachning of summer,” Gonzalez said. ing partnerships formed between T4C has the potential to expand the Ohio State University and the if enough people show interest, community (local, state, national Gonzalez said. and global) for the mutually ben“We are looking for people eficial exchange of knowledge and that could continue this work,” he resources. These stories spring said. “After publishing this app, from a partnership with OSU’s Of/OSUBuckeyeTV we want to go ahead and reach out fice of Outreach and Engagement. more to the homeless population, The Lantern retains sole editorial for example.” control over the selection, writing and editing of these stories.

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Discussion of the resolution lasted just less than 20 minutes and centered around concerns of keeping the student employees who staff the dining halls at work later.

“By extending the hours it’ll just take more time away from (student-employees’) learning time. And by extending hours on the weekends, it will affect that even more,” said Vincent Liu, a fourth-year in sociology and communication, as well as USG’s international student emissary.

Michael Frank, a third-year in political science and economics, echoed Liu’s concern and added that the safety of workers leaving at later hours will need to be addressed.

The excused absence resolution recommends the university adopt a uniform policy for dealing with students who miss class “due to extenuating circumstances including but not limited to job interviews, illness, graduate or profes-

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Kimmy Sullivan, USG senator, (bottom center) introduces her dining hall resolution in general assembly Wednesday night. sional school interviews, medical lution Zach Clark, a second-year guideline, because oftentimes exemergencies, bereavement and in philosophy and environmen- cused absences and absences in family emergencies.” It also asks tal policy, said the problem with general kind of fall in this gray for standardization of how missed current policy is its inconsistency area where it is up to their discreclasswork and exams will be han- between different classes. tion. And oftentimes professors dled.

“This would help professors,” and instructors are put in tough Sponsor and author of the reso- he said. “It would set a clear situations. So, this would help lay

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a foundation and clear guidelines as to how to deal with absences.”

The issue was personal for some members.

Jake Moawad, a third-year in chemical engineering, expressed strong support for the resolution, noting an experience in which he felt he was unfairly penalized for an absence.

“My grandmother passed away and I had to fly out to California for the funeral,” Moawad said.

“But the class had a very strict three absence policy. After that, it’s a third of a letter grade (deduction). And it said there’s no difference between unexcused and excused.”

Lauren Fechtel, a second-year in history and political science, also expressed support for the resolution.

“Emergencies should be accommodated as best they can,” she said. “I just think having a standard policy would make a lot of sense.”

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MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu 1. A vehicle was stolen from the intersection of East 14th Avenue and North High Street between 2 a.m. and 5:20 a.m. on Friday. It was later recovered on West Henderson Road by the Columbus Division of Police.

2. A man not affiliated with the university was arrested for criminal trespassing at the Ohio Union on Sunday at 12:38 p.m.

3. A staff member reported known suspects for possession of drugs at Lincoln Tower on Friday at 11:05 p.m.

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very little to say about this sector either before or since President Trump selected her for this position,” Toiv said in an email.

It’s difficult to speculate whether DeVos has any plans for higher education, but she signaled in her confirmation hearing that the Department of Education might soften some of the federal regulations on colleges and universities, including what some Republicans have called overreach regarding federal investigations of sexual assault and Title IX breaches.

Toiv said he is hopeful, following DeVos’ confirmation, that the Department of Education and the AAU can continue to support one another’s goals of providing federal aid to low- and middle-income students.

Brock said much of his unease came from DeVos’ lack of knowledge on what he called basic concepts in special education during the confirmation hearings, including her unfamiliarity with IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal law.

“It’s really a big unknown factor of what she’s going to do if and when she understands the special ed system and how it works,” Brock said.

For some students studying special education, DeVos’ nomination is worrisome for the future of the field.

Madelyn Dukart, a third-year in special education, said her own concerns came from DeVos’ intent to make IDEA state law, rather than a federal act, which would

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4. An assault reportedly occurred near the intersection East 12th Avenue and North High Street on Wednesday at 3:15 p.m.

5. A man not affiliated with the university was arrested for criminal trespassing at Fisher Commons on Friday at 11:20 a.m.

6. A male and female student reported a theft to University Police on Saturday at 4:25 p.m. at the RPAC. Note: Crimes featured on this map do not represent the full extent of criminal activity in the campus area.

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“Honestly, if I were to define a theme for the night, which we’re seeing in a lot of these resolutions, (it would be) for being called ‘Student Life,’ I think they often fail to actually seriously consider student input and opinion,” he said.

The transgender housing issue was sponsored and authored by Tony Buss, a fourthyear in English, and director of USG’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Buss introduced the resolution, which calls for more campus housing options with both gender-inclusive rooms and bathrooms to the general assembly while noting that he partnered with the student organization Trans*Mission.

“Currently, the only option is the Gateway apartments, which is the most expensive housing option,” he said. “So students who want and need a gender-inclusive environment, but don’t have it, often this happens because of their financial ability to pay for that sort of thing.”

The dining resolution asks the university to offer more kosher and halal options, stating it currently “offers limited options for students who prefer to adhere to halal restrictions and “no options for students who prefer to adhere to kosher restrictions.”

It also asks for an improved listing of the options on the dining website.

“You can filter it by your allergies: dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, wheat,” Belfiglio said during general assembly. “You can filter it by vegan and vegetarian, but you can’t filter it by halal or kosher. If you want to know what halal and kosher options are on campus you have to go to different dining locations and look at it. You literally could not find that

allow individual states to decide whether public institutions offer appropriate education for students with disabilities.

“She’s mostly just targeting public education, which is typically where students that have disabilities are educated because a lot of private schools don’t have to fund (in) certain circumstances, but public schools are required to,” Dukart COURTESY OF TNS said. “Hopefully, it Emily Rhoads, 20, a Boise State University student, won’t be too bad, but holds a poster while protesting the appointment of it mostly just makes Betsy DeVos as the new secretary of education on me worried about Feb. 16. whether or not certain services are going to be provided or paid ucation and research, which are critical to for, or if that’s going to be up to the school our national competitiveness and prosperidistrict or me as a teacher in that field. I’m ty,” he said in an email. really not sure what’s going to happen with it, it just make some kind of anxious.”

Ohio State spokesman Ben Johnson said working with DeVos will be business as usual for the university.

“We will work with all of our elected officials in Washington, on both sides of the aisle, and partners in organizations like (the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities) and AAU to advance higher ed-

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The resolution addressing the Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room — located on the third floor of the Ohio Union — asks for carpeting, as well as other accommodations like comfortable mats or cushions to kneel on.

“Last year there was carpet (in the room) and over the summer they took it out, but they didn’t put anything in there,” said Farhan Quadri, a fourth-year in biological engineering and co-sponsor of the resolution.

“The Ohio Union administration knows that people use that for prayer, and that’s not limited to just sitting in a chair, that’s like praying, prostrating on the floor for religious services.”

Additionally, the room is often used for meetings, including cabinet meetings for USG, said Quadri and Buss, expressing concern about the room’s accessibility for religious purposes.

The Ohio Union website lists the room as one of 21 “meeting spaces” (separate from eight other “large meeting spaces”) available for reservation.

“The Ohio Union should reconsider its policy regarding the usage of the Interfaith and Prayer Room (sic), keeping the space for prayer and religious purposes only,” the resolution states.

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THE BACHELORETTE The new season of the hit ABC show features its first black lead. | ON PAGE 5

The Wexner Center for the Arts preserves a moment in history CARLY HYDER For The Lantern hyder.19@osu.edu David Filipi believes preserving film is a race against time.

“There’s never enough money.

There are never enough people.

For every film saved, a few disintegrate,” said Filipi, director of film/video for the Wexner Center for the Arts.

The third season of “Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration” is set to begin on Wednesday at The Wex. In any given year, the Wex shows a number of film restorations, so Filipi said he decided to create an event that grouped together all of these films to call greater attention to the cause of film restoration.

The festival will feature 11 restored films selected by Filipi.

He chooses films by attending festivals across the world which highlight newly-restored archival films.

“It’s hard to pick just one favorite out of these films,” Filipi said.

Filipi said he guarantees people will love “Sound Restoration at the Criterion Collection: The Beatles, Bob Dylan & The Who.” This is the only one in the series that will

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“There’s never enough money. There are never enough people.

For every film saved, a few disintegrate.”

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A still from “Expresso Bongo” from the Cohen Film Collection. be offered free to the public and displays sound restoration.

“Shoes,” a 1916 film directed

by Lois Weber, will be an opportunity for viewers to learn about an important female director in a time when it was uncommon for women to direct films, Filipi said.

In addition to the selection of the restored films, Filipi also chose a speaker to introduce each film.

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Speakers include experts from companies such as Sony, Disney and the Criterion Collection.

Among these experts is Tim Lanza, vice president and archivist at the Cohen Film Collection in Columbus. Lanza will discuss “Expresso Bongo,” a British musical film he helped restore.

“When we started restoring this film with the British Film In-

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stitute, the material we had was longer than theirs,” Lanza said.

“We realized our material had five songs that were cut out of the original film, so we restored the songs and put them back into our version.”

Lanza said “Expresso Bongo” is a film which he hopes captures how important film preservation and restoration is.

Filipi said he anticipates this festival will not only engage the local community, but that it will also draw people from out of time.

“We take a lot of pride in screening films in the best possible environment,” Filipi said. “We strive for the best picture and great sound. I hope people are able to tear themselves away from their iPhone, iPad or Netflix to come see these films as they were intended to be screened.”

“Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration” will run Wednesday through Sunday at The Wex. Single tickets are $6 for members, students and seniors and $8 for the general public. Passes for the entire festival are $30 for members, students and seniors, and $35 for the general public.

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“Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience” will feature music and visuals from the hit HBO show.

EBO AMISSAH-AGGREY Lantern reporter amissah-aggrey.1@osu.edu Fans of “Game of Thrones” won’t ever be able to travel to Westeros, but they can get a piece of the action at “Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience.”

The tour is set to stop at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.

“Game of Thrones” has received 391 total award nominations and won 228 times, which, by some accounts makes it one of the most popular television shows ever, according to IMDB. Score composer Ramin Djawadi said, when he signed up for the show, he didn’t

anticipate that the fanbase would grow so large. He said the concert will not only feature original scores and music from the show, but also intricate visuals of the settings of the show.

“The idea behind this live concert was to create an immersive experience. The minute the audience walks in, we want them to immediately think ‘Game of Thrones,’” Djawadi said. “I didn’t just want to play music.”

Before Djawadi worked on the scores for “Game of Thrones, “Iron Man” and “Westworld,” he grew up surrounded by music. When he was younger, his parents pushed him to go to music lessons. He said THRONES CONTINUES ON 6

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New lead of ‘The Bachelorette’ breaks barriers

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For the first time in the “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” franchise history, a black lead was cast.

TIA WILLIAMS Lantern reporter williams.4342@osu.edu After 33 combined seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” ABC has named a black woman as its next lead for the first time in the shows’ histories.

Rachel Lindsay, a 31-year-old attorney from Dallas and a current contestant on “The Bachelor,” will star in season 13 of “The Bachelorette.”

The two shows’ lack of diversity has been criticized for years. African-Americans and women of Asian and Iranian descent have appeared as contestants, but neither show has featured a black lead. One American-born Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Galavis, starred as the Bachelor in season 18 of the show.

Lanier Holt, assistant professor of communication, researches media effects on women, race and other marginalized groups. He said during a lecture, he told his class that ABC naming a black woman as the lead means “the thirst is real.”

“A black woman is going to be courted,” Holt said. “She’s going to be sought after by suitors of different races. We rarely see that.”

In franchise history, a black contes-

tant has never lasted longer than five weeks. Fifty-nine percent of the black contestants didn’t last past the first two weeks of the season, according to Fusion.

“Throughout history, black women have been seen as sex objects,” Holt said. “They’re not seen as feminine.

They’re there to be lusted and used for physical purposes.”

Felecia Ross, associate professor at the School of Communication, specializes in issues concerning the relationship between mass media and discriminated groups. She said Lindsay’s “The Bachelorette” announcement tells the public that black women can be desirable in a respectful way.

“It sends a message not only to young girls, but to young boys as well,” Ross said. “Desirability, attractiveness, whatever — it can look like this too.”

Lindsay announced that she would be the next Bachelorette on the Feb. 13 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The announcement came earlier in the season than years prior, making it a spoiler for the current season of the “The Bachelor,” as she is still in the running.

Ross said Lindsay is breaking a barrier in the media.

“When I look at covers of magazines, such as ‘Brides,’ I rarely see women

of color on the covers,” Ross said. “I mean, black women get married, they have weddings.”

Before becoming a contestant on “The Bachelor,” Lindsay received a law degree from Marquette University and is a personal injury lawyer at a Dallas firm.

“Even though I’m an African-American woman, it’s not different from any other Bachelorette,” Lindsay told Jimmy Kimmel.

However, Holt said Lindsay’s impressive resume is no surprise.

“When you’re black you have to be twice as good,” Holt said. “She has to be pretty and something else in order to make it.”

“The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” continue to be a top-rated series on ABC. Last season’s “The Bachelorette” finale was Monday night’s highest-rated and most-watched show with 8.43 million viewers.

“Lindsay’s season will definitely have a high level of interest,” Holt said.

“However, there’s a study ... that shows if the main character of a TV show is African-American, the public assumes the show is only for black people. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.”

Lindsay’s season of “The Bachelorette” premieres May 22 on ABC.

Students serve favorite recipes to local community KAYLEEN PETROVIA Lantern reporter petrovia.1@osu.edu Some Ohio State students are cooking for the greater good.

Recipe 4 Good is a student organization that combines a passion for cooking and community service through volunteering at local soup kitchens.

Brittney Folisi, president and third-year in logistics management, said a universal love of food has enabled her to connect with other organization members and those they serve.

“I love how food kind of brings people together,” Folisi said. “It’s a common speaking point or talking point for people so you can never have an awkward conversation about food because everybody has an opinion on it.”

Recipe 4 Good hosts social events, fundraisers and volunteer opportunities — all centered around food, Folisi said. She said members teach each other how to cook a specific recipe during monthly dinners. The organization then cooks and serves the meal at shelters throughout Columbus twice a month for those in need. Recent meals have includ-

Members of Recipe 4 Good serve a meal they prepared at Manna Cafe. ed pulled pork, lasagna and their most popular dish, Swedish meatballs, Folisi said.

Folisi said Recipe 4 Good has developed long-standing relationships with Manna Cafe and the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio since the organization’s inception in 2012, but has since expanded their service to Faith

Mission, Mid-Ohio Foodbank and the YMCA Van Buren Center.

“Everywhere in the Columbus community, people need help,” Folisi said. “There’s never a time where places are like, ‘Oh no, we’re good on volunteers.’”

Sara Isaac, volunteer chair and third-year in medical laboratory science, said a typical night

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of volunteering consists of two shifts. She said the first shift of volunteers has two hours to prepare a meal for about 200 people from scratch and the second shift serves the meal to those at the shelter and cleans up afterwards.

Isaac said serving meals to those in need has exposed her to a different perspective than that of

her lifestyle at Ohio State.

“A lot of people live in a bubble and come from more of a privileged circumstance, so (volunteering) really gives people the opportunity to see that there are different types of people out there in the world,” Isaac said.

After cooking and serving meals, Folisi said Recipe 4 Good shares conversations with those it has served as members eat dinner with them. She said the opportunity to connect personally with recipients motivates selfless volunteerism.

“Sometimes volunteering gets misconstrued like, ‘Oh, I’m going to do this good thing,’ and people think they’re going to get good karma for it,” Folisi said. “I feel like people don’t always do volunteering for the right reasons … volunteering isn’t just about what I want to get out of it, it’s about what other people get out of it.”

Isaac said Recipe 4 Good encourages participation from all majors and welcomes all levels of cooking experience.

Meeting times and volunteer dates for Recipe 4 Good vary each month and can be found on the organization’s website.

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Dropkick Murphys tackle addiction on latest release, tour BEN CAIN Lantern reporter cain.262@osu.edu When the Dropkick Murphys went into the studio to record their new album, lead singer Ken Casey was attending funerals left and right for friends who had overdosed on prescription opioids.

Tim Brennan, lead guitarist , said this experience heavily influenced the band’s ninth studio album, “11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory”, and their subsequent tour, which continues on Wednesday night at EXPRESS LIVE! indoors.

“You don’t hear about (addiction) the way you hear about shootings,” Brennan told The Lantern. “But it’s becoming just as big of a problem.”

While Brennan emphasized how widespread the drug epidemic was in the Boston area, where the band is from, addiction is an issue for the state of Ohio as well.

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heroin use in Ohio increased by 21.5 percent from 2014 to 2015.

In another study conducted by

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The Boston-based band Dropkick Murphys is set to play a sold-out show on Feb. 22 at EXPRESS LIVE! the Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services released in January 2016, the Columbus area was listed as having a “high availability” of prescription opioids when compared to other major metropolitan areas of Ohio.

Brennan said it is important to

support people struggling with addiction. “’Rebels with a Cause’ is specifically about not writing these people off,” Brennan said of the song on “11 Short Stories.”

While a great deal of the album is dedicated to drug abuse, their

song “4-15-13” was written by Casey to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

“Lyrically, I think it’s the best thing Ken has ever written,” Brennan said. He added that the goal of the song is to highlight everyone’s collective journey through life, no

matter his or her differences.

With eight records behind them, Brennan said Dropkick Murphys manages to keep things fresh during the writing process.

“We can’t ever stray too far from what a Dropkicks album sounds like,” said Brennan, referring to their specific niche of celtic rock.

However, he added that while writing, they play with all sorts of different song ideas before assembling an album.

Despite the record’s heavy subject matter, Brennan said concert-goers can expect a feel-good, energetic show on Wednesday night.

“We try to keep it as lighthearted as possible,” Brennan said.

The band will play to a sold out crowd of roughly 2,200 people, said Megan Doster, marketing director for PromoWest Productions. Support will come from fellow Celtic rockers Blood or Whiskey from 7:30 to 8 p.m. followed

by The Interrupters from 8:15 to 9 p.m. The Dropkick Murphys will perform from 9:30 to 11 p.m.

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best-of-three round robin. After the round-robin matches, the top four teams from each division will compete in a single-elimination playoff bracket, ultimately ending in a faceoff between the East and West division champions. OSU’s team is currently 2-1 this season, beating Michigan State and Indiana but falling to Maryland.

Each week, one match will be aired live online on Watch.lolesports.com and also on BTN2go.

OSU’s first broadcasted match will air on Feb. 27 against Michigan.

OSU’s League team practices three times a week, scrimmaging against teams from other divisions, as well as against semi-professional and professional teams.

Unlike most collegiate teams, however, OSU League of Legends players do not often practice together or in person. Players usually compete in tournament matches from their apartment or dorm rooms.

“Because it’s all online, it doesn’t matter where the teams are,” Ogawa said. “Generally, all players would just stay in their own dorms or apartments and get on something like Skype to keep in touch and communicate with each other while they played.”

In an effort to build team synergy, Ogawa said the team is now trying to meet in person every other week for practice at the Fawcett Center, something made possible through a new relationship with the Department of Athletics. Jim Null, associate director of IT for athletics, said he had just started learning what esports were when the Big Ten announced the tournament season. Null then reached out to Ogawa to see how he could help out.

“My role (in the department of athletics) is in technology, so I thought, ‘This sounds like a good

Thompson. Nebraska was just a sliver of the decline, and was all the more perplexing.

“That little stretch right there, it wasn’t just the shot — that last war, you know,” Tate said.

“Sending him to the line, getting the jump ball, turning it over, not communicating. When you do things like that back-to-backto-back-to-back-to-back, the outcome is going to be difficult to swallow.”

Since the 2013-14 season, OSU has won just one NCAA Tournament game and has finished as high as fifth in the conference over that span. Gone are the times OSU competed for a conference title and were consistent participants in NCAA regionals.

Replacing those seasons that decorate the rafters at the Schottenstein Center are the impressions of home losses to Northwestern and Nebraska — not to mention nonconference home losses to Texas Arlington, Louisiana Tech and Florida Atlantic.

It was Northwestern’s first win in Columbus since 1977 and Nebraska’s first-ever win in Columbus.

OSU currently sits in 13th place of 14 teams in the Big Ten. Matta couldn’t answer why OSU struggled against the zone on Saturday, when tearing it apart the first time around against Nebraska. Tate attributed it to a lack of thinking and not being on the same page — something that has become commonplace for a program rich in history.

“We got to be smarter,” Tate said. “We beat ourselves (Saturday). And we deserve it.”

it wasn’t until he saw the movie “The Magnificent Seven” that he realized music could be his career.

“The movie ‘The Magnificent Seven’ really triggered something for me,” Djawadi said. “I was always writing music and it was always instrumental music, but through the film I realized the power of music. And as early as a teenager, I said, ‘I want to become a composer.’”

In addition to a full orchestra of traditional instruments, the concert will feature customized instruments to create unusual sounds specific to the show and different arrangements of songs in the score. “‘Game of Thrones’ really lends itself because there are so many different locations,” Djawadi said.

“I think it will be cool to see how some of these themes are played on different instruments and special instruments that we have created only for ‘Game of Thrones.’”

“Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience” comes to Nationwide Arena on Thursday. Tickets start at $53.50 including fees.

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Alex Williams, a second-year in computer science and engineering, prepares to scrimmage Robert Morris University during a Feb. 13 League of Legends practice. fit, something fun and interesting and new,’” Null said.

Because collegiate esports is still relatively unknown to many, Null and Ogawa said they are trying to figure out what exactly OSU’s role could be in the future.

For now, Null said he thinks a lot of that comes through informing people about the team.

“I think it’s learning what it is and educating people on what it is,” he said. “I mean the fanbase is pretty darn passionate, the players are passionate and it’s making a mark worldwide in esports.”

A viewing party will be hosted at the Huntington Club in Ohio Stadium for students to watch the OSU-Michigan live stream. Null said he hopes that this new tournament will interest students who aren’t necessarily interested in traditional sports.

“I don’t think all of our students are going to football games,” Null said. “For some students, it’s just

not their thing and (this could be) a way to reach out to those students. There might a connection there.”

For Ogawa, he said whatever the future of collegiate esports may hold, he hopes to see what people view as a sport expand.

“I don’t know how much longer League of Legends will stay relevant, but I know esports will stay relevant,” Ogawa said. “Maybe it will switch over to another game or title, but I think just because there’s a demographic that hasn’t been touched yet in esports, it’ll stay for a while. We’re working to change the social stigma of video gamers, because right now it has a bad reputation. But, if it’s seen as something that is comparable to traditional sport in a way, the demographic will expand.”

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OSU dominates No. 2 Maryland MACKENZIE GIGNAC Lantern reporter gignac.2@osu.edu The No. 12 Ohio State women’s basketball team has put itself in position to win the Big Ten regular season title, beating No. 2 Maryland 98-87. Junior guard Kelsey Mitchell led all scorers with 31 points.

The Buckeyes have now won 10 straight and gave Maryland its first loss since Dec. 29.

Although Mitchell was a major factor, the Buckeyes had five players scoring double digits. Senior forward Shayla Cooper had a special Senior Night outing, follow-

ing Mitchell with 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

The Buckeyes had an early boost from Cooper and Mitchell, both scoring double digits before the end of the first quarter. OSU hit 12-of-12 field goals near the end of the quarter, giving the Buckeyes a 35-22 lead.

The Terrapins picked up their rebounding in the second quarter, and outscored the Buckeyes in second-chance points 11 to 2.

The Buckeyes were still able to get some good assists from Cooper throughout the quarter and ended the half leading the Terrapins 4940.

In the middle of the third, mo-

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OSU redshirt sophomore guard Sierra Calhoun (4) moves past a Maryland defender during the Buckeyes’ game on Feb. 20.

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OSU senior forward Shayla Cooper (32) dribbles during the Buckeyes’ game against Maryland on Feb. 20.

mentum swung in OSU’s favor thanks to Mitchell’s transition offense and inside scoring. OSU found themselves in foul trouble with McCoy being called for her fourth foul with under a minute left in the third, which led to a Maryland 14-0 run, cutting OSU’s lead to 68-66.

The Buckeyes struggled to rebound in the fourth as McCoy fouled out halfway into the final quarter. Maryland took advantage

in the post, putting up 20 offensive rebounds to OSU’s four. The Terps used this to their advantage, scoring 29 second-chance points.

However, with 1:30 left in play and leading by six, the Buckeyes stayed strong under pressure, hitting 4-of-7 free throws, giving the Buckeyes a 10-point lead.

Maryland hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to cut the lead back down to seven. The last 30 seconds werewas decided by OSU’s

free throws. The Buckeyes shot 50 percent from the line in the last 30 seconds of play, but was still able to pull out the win, beating the number two team in the country 98-87.

Up Next OSU will now face Rutgers (6-21, 3-11 Big Ten) in the final regular season game. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Feb. 26 in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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Underclassmen come through for OSU BRIANNA ANTINORO For the Lantern antinoro.1@osu.edu With 10 points in two games and two consecutive Big Ten Freshman of the Week titles, freshman midfielder Liza Hernandez is making a name for herself early in the season.

She is joined in her success by freshman goalie Jill Rizzo, who has started both games this season and helped the team remain undefeated in its first two games.

The pair represent a youth movement on the women’s lacrosse team, as they are two of five underclassmen — along with sophomore midfielder Baley Parrott, freshman attacker Alex Vander Molen and sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Maring — who have led the way to a strong start.

“The underclassmen are doing a good job,” said Ohio State coach Alexis Venechanos. “They’re playing fearless and they’re playing really brave right now.”

Hernandez, a two-time All-American, is leading the team in points, after coming off an incredibly impressive high school career. Scoring 253 goals total over her four-year career, she’s bringing that same drive and dedication as she begins to play for the Buckeyes.

“Yeah, it was great to get those awards, but I knew, like, once I get

to college, those awards don’t really mean much,” Hernandez said.

“You’re just in a pool … but I keep working and just getting better.”

With two straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards, Hernandez is already continuing her pattern of excelling on the field and being rewarded for her performance.

Currently, Hernandez is leading the team in goals, assists and shots, but isn’t letting her underclassman status intimidate her.

Even though she’s only a freshman, she’s already becoming the person around whom the team rallies.

“I’m not much of a vocal leader,” Hernandez said. “But in practice, I try to lead by example.”

On the opposite end of the field, Rizzo has been dominating in the goal, playing full-time in both games and stopping an impressive number of shots.

Rizzo was a six-year starter and three-year captain for her varsity team. She was also given the award for Queensbury High School Athlete of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

But where Hernandez got her start excelling in a high school league that helped her build her skills, Rizzo got most of her experience playing in a more diverse summer league.

“My high school isn’t — my league wasn’t that great,” Rizzo said. “When I played summer

ball, and played on my club team … that’s where we were able to develop my skills.”

Rizzo met Venechanos when she was younger and the two stayed in contact as Rizzo played through her high school career.

Venechanos made sure to recruit her for the Buckeyes.

Sunday’s game against Jacksonville had the Buckeyes starting the second half down five goals.

Rizzo refused to get frustrated and thanks her teammates for helping build her up.

“I made a couple of good saves that gave our offense a little confidence,” Rizzo said, noting that they then went on to win the game 13-12 in the second half.

Rizzo’s hard work and dedication is paying off. She was a contender for the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, making 16 saves on Sunday and improving her save percentage to 0.475, rising to third place behind the goalies at Rutgers and Maryland.

It’s not only these two underclassmen who are currently championing the OSU lacrosse team as the season gets underway.

Parrott is tied for second in points with freshman attacker Vander Molen. Tied for third is Maring and Morgan Fee, a senior midfielder and the only upperclassman who has appeared among the top five girls on the team.

The underclassmen might be

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Ohio State women’s lacrosse team is receiving bulk of contributions from less-heralded members this season. leading the team right now, but it’s the upperclassmen who are helping them feel confident enough to do so.

“I think our upperclassmen create that environment, that culture, of letting the younger players step up and be courageous,” Venechanos said. “Our returners are doing a great job of pumping them up.”

At practice, the girls consistently motivate each other to do better and to push past their limits, and it’s the cohesive effort by the team that makes them all willing to work harder.

The Buckeyes are hoping to

keep the momentum going as they face off against Cincinnati on Sunday.

“We’re not really looking at the past, we’re kind of in the current,” Venechanos said. “We’re going to be a little more focused and dial it up from the start.”

With Hernandez in the middle, Rizzo in the net and the rest of the team rallying around the two, the team looks to be setting themselves up for success for the rest of the season.

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JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myers.1669@osu.edu It had been trending in this direction for a while, but now it seems the Ohio State men’s basketball team has truly hit rock bottom.

Since the conclusion of the 2013-14 season, the Buckeyes had been in a downward spiral toward the pit of the Big Ten Conference.

With Saturday’s 58-57 home loss to Nebraska, dropping OSU to 1513, 5-10 in the Big Ten, the Scarlet and Gray have reached their lowest point in the 13 years coach Thad Matta has been in charge of the program.

“I’m like you — dumbfounded,” Matta said.

OSU led by seven at the final media timeout with 2:52 remaining on the clock. Over that stretch, Nebraska outscored the Buckeyes 11-3 and forced four OSU turnovers. OSU led by five with 32 seconds left.

But a turnover off a jump ball and a 3-point play conversion by Nebraska sophomore guard Glynn Watson Jr. quickly turned the arena black for the Buckeyes.

The final punch was when senior guard Tai Webster blew up

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OSU junior forward Jae’Sean Tate (1) loses the ball during the Buckeyes’ 58-57 loss against Nebraska on Nov. 18. junior forward Jae’Sean Tate’s attempted handoff to senior forward Marc Loving, and Tate threw up a wild shot that missed.

With that loss, the 2016-17 season effectively became the first time under Matta that the Buckeyes will finish below .500 in the Big Ten, and the first time OSU

will miss the NCAA Tournament for consecutive years — barring a miraculous run to a Big Ten tournament championship.

When told in the press conference that OSU would finish below .500 in conference, redshirt junior center Trevor Thompson let out a deep sigh, built up through an-

guish and missed opportunities.

So, what was the mood like in the locker room following the loss?

“I don’t know,” Thompson said.

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SOFTBALL

Senior right fielder ready for special season KYLE MCKINNON Lantern reporter mckinnon.99@osu.edu When Ohio State senior right fielder Alex Bayne started playing softball, it was because her dad, a former baseball player himself, wanted to see his daughter take up the sport that he so dearly cherished.

Little did Bayne’s father know at the time that his influence bred one of the Big Ten’s most dominant players.

Alex Bayne’s first start came in 2015, but she really made a name for herself the following year. She tied OSU’s single-season home run record with 19, led the team in RBIs (49), runs (53) and OBP (.461), and was even named firstteam All-Big Ten, as well as firstteam National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Midwest Region.

While Bayne’s breakout season was certainly one for the history books, softball hasn’t always come so naturally to the Manvel, Texas, native.

She originally began her college career at Marshall University, eventually transferring to OSU, making the team as a walk-on.

“Marshall wasn’t a good fit for me personally, so I took the year off and contemplated whether I wanted to play softball still,” Bayne said. “My boyfriend —

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OSU then redshirt junior right fielder Alex Bayne (2) high-fives then junior pitcher Shelby Hursh (19) during a game on March 7. now fiance — was going to OSU, potential in me that I didn’t even and I’d come to visit him. I fell in see yet, and they developed my love with OSU and knew I wanted talents. Also, the leaders of the to play softball again, so I started team back then took me under getting ready for tryouts to show their wing and allowed me to rethat I was worth it.” ally grow.”

Despite proving that she was Not only is Bayne one of the worth it during tryouts, Bayne was top softball players in the counstill anything but a refined softball try, she’s now a leader for OSU. player. It was through the guidance Senior pitcher Shelby Hursh said of the coaching staff and some for- it’s Bayne’s reliability that sets her mer teammates that helped Bayne apart from the pack. realize her full potential.

“It’s the best feeling to have “The coaching staff has devel- players like Alex behind you,” oped me exponentially,” Bayne Hursh said. “Especially as a pitchsaid. “I came in a wide-eyed soph- er, you know that if you give up a omore who was a walk-on coming couple runs, we have a hitter like from tryouts. My coaches saw her and we’ll be able to get those

runs back.”

Bayne has picked up right where she left off through OSU’s first eight games this season. She has already hit six home runs, scored 11 runs, and has a .407 batting average.

In order to attain such consistency, a player has to be willing to work hard and be coachable, OSU coach Kelly Schoenly said.

“What I appreciate so much about Alex is that she learned from the leaders during her first year on the team,” Schoenly said.

“Alex purposely attached herself to them so she could learn from the very best. She was never bitter, and Alex learned that if you want to get in the starting lineup, you have to put in the extra work, and she started doing it.”

In her final year of eligibility, Bayne has not begun to seriously reflect on her time as a Buckeye.

Although she’s been a part of some memorable moments in the last two seasons, the best is yet to come, as far as Bayne is concerned.

“I definitely think this season’s up for a lot of special memories,” Bayne said. “Obviously, going to the postseason last year and being one of the qualifying teams in the NCAA Tournament is probably at the top. I still think there’s more in store this year. There’s room for pretty great memories.”

Ohio State is most recognized for its championship-caliber football program, but it could begin to be recognized for a new brand of collegiate athletics –– esports.

In January, Big Ten Network announced the launch of its official “League of Legends” season in partnership with Riot Games, the creator of the online game.

League of Legends clubs from 12 schools in the Big Ten Conference will participate in the inaugural season, including a team from OSU. Kentaro Ogawa, a fifth-year in food business management, started playing “League” of Legends after the game was first released in 2009, when he was in high school.

But after going to OSU and playing “League” for different student organizations, Ogawa said he wanted to create a collegiate team inspired by professional gamers.

“Everyone was starting to copy the professional players, because you would see it over social media, where they would have gaming houses and paid coaches and managers,” Ogawa said. “It’s very exciting to see that.”

Ogawa hosted tryouts in 2015 to build his own five-player team, as well as recruiting other members to hold roles of a coach, manager and analyst. Last season, OSU was ranked as one of the top eight teams in North America.

Although the Big Ten does not sponsor esports, nor are they officially sanctioned by the NCAA, the conference started to dip its toes into the world of “League of Legends” in 2016 after hosting an invitational at PAX East in Boston, one of the largest gaming events in North America. It was that exhibition match between OSU and Michigan State, which OSU won, that evolved into a season-long competition, said Peter Ferguson, the team’s coach.

“We knew that (Big Ten Network) was interested in doing something, but by no means did I think it would happen this quickly,” said Ferguson, who graduated from OSU in 2016.

Teams compete in either the Big Ten East or West divisions, and play in a best-of-three round robin. After the round-robin matches, the top four teams from each division will compete in a ESPORTS CONTINUES ON 6