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Volunteers make paper crafts to brighten the days of patients at the James Cancer Hospital.

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An OSU student talks about the importance of black-Palestinian unity in the divestment movement.

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The competitive ballroom dancing team prepares to compete against other colleges.

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The Buckeyes have three top-ranked wrestlers heading into the Big Ten tournament.

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has eyes on another 4-star Jaelen Gill OSU crown at B1G tournament picks Ohio State

Tweet, T-shirt generate controversy for USG campaign Two-month-old photo connecting Brooks brothers’ campaign manager to questionable T-shirt resurfaces on Twitter

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2018 four-star running back recruit Jaelen Gill visits Ohio State on Nov. 5.

JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myers.1669@osu.edu Since Westerville South running back Jaelen Gill became a recruit with national recognition in the 2018 recruiting class, he has long been thought of as being a lock for Ohio State. On Wednesday, Gill made it official.

The four-star local product from Westerville, Ohio, verbally committed to coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes at Westerville South High School.

Gill is listed at 6-foot-1, 182 pounds and ranked as the No. 3 running back in the 2018 recruiting class and No. 32 player overall by 247Sports. Gill selected OSU over 30-plus schools who offered

the running back, including Michigan and Michigan State.

Gill is entering his senior year of high school after missing his junior season with a fractured fibula.

With his commitment, Gill is the second running back in OSU’s 2018 recruiting class. Florida native and running back Brian Snead was the first commitment in the Buckeyes’ 2018 class when he committed to the program at the Friday Night Lights high-school showcase event in July.

Gill is the third four-star in the class, with No. 1 dual-threat quarterback Emory Jones being the lone five star recruit.

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Junior guard Kelsey Mitchell looks to the basket in a drive against Penn State’s defense during the Buckeyes’ game on Feb. 1.

MACKENZIE GIGNAC Lantern reporter gignac.2@osu.edu On Friday, the Ohio State women’s basketball team begins its trek toward the program’s first Big Ten tournament championship since the 2010 season. The team heads to Indianapolis as the No. 1 seed in the tournament and riding an 11-game winning streak.

The Buckeyes (25-5, 15-1 Big Ten) have momentum in their favor, recently upsetting the thenNo. 2 Maryland and winning a share of the regular-season titles. Adding to that, six players received All-Big Ten awards, including junior guard Kelsey Mitchell, who was awarded Big Ten Player of the Year.

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Coach Kevin McGuff said OSU’s depth might be an advantage as the team heads into the Big Ten tournament.

“I think we’re deeper than most teams we play and, you know, hopefully that will mean something heading into a tournament where you have to play back-toback games,” he said. “You get in a situation where you get in foul trouble or where you’re playing multiple games and, with our style of play, we need depth. I’m hoping that will wear on other teams.”

Given the nature of one-anddone tournaments, there’s an element of unpredictability in a team’s schedule and opponents. In practice, OSU has put focus on its own style of play rather than the

A tweet featuring a contentious T-shirt has generated controversy for one Undergraduate Student Government campaign and for the Ohio State chapter of Turning Point USA, a student organization with ties to the campaign.

The photo, posted to Twitter in December, depicts four men standing on a beach in the “O-HI-O” raised-arms stance. The man on the far right — Matthew Kovar, a first-year in engineering — is wearing a shirt emblazoned with an altered version of the popular T-shirt image of Che Guevara, a drawing of an arm with a stereotypically gay limp wrist, and the phrase ‘Socialism Is For F*gs’

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Students embrace Ohio’s Rust Belt status MARLY MCNEAL For The Lantern mcneal.111@osu.edu Ohio Gov. John Kasich proposed changing the state’s “Rust Belt” label to the “knowledge belt” during an Associated Press forum this month, but some members of the Ohio State community said there is still support for the use of the former term.

“A lot of young people these days are proud of that moniker,” said Kyle Ezell, associate professor of practice in City and Re-

gional Planning. “Other people think that it’s a derogatory term of yesterday and a has-been status.”

The Rust Belt concept was popularized in the 1980s to describe areas, particularly those in the Midwest, with declining manufacturing industries, and subsequently, declining populations. Kasich used the idea of a “knowledge belt” to project a new image of the state, encompassing advances made by Ohio companies in areas such as robotics, biotechnology and data analytics.

While Kasich is not fond of the

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term, Ezell said most of his students use “Rust Belt” as a badge of honor. However, that’s not the only reason it has been difficult to eliminate.

“I don’t think that the moniker ‘Rust Belt’ is likely to disappear any time soon,” said Mattijs Van Maasakkers, assistant professor in City and Regional Planning. “It does describe underground reality in many of Ohio’s cities and towns to this day.”

He said some view its meaning as still applicable today.

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KindCarts Service Initiative spreads kindness through crafts ERIN GOTTSACKER Lantern reporter gottsacker.2@osu.edu While some students who want to help fight cancer might turn to a career in medicine, others are working to to sew pillows and make paper flowers for patients.

Two years ago, Ana Sucaldito, a fourth-year in neuroscience, started the KindCarts Service Initiative, with the hope of using homemade crafts to bring a small bit of comfort and joy to patients at the James Cancer Hospital.

“There’s little morale-building things that you can do with the patients,” Sucaldito said. “We can’t take away physical pain, but we can make them a little more com-

“We all know that this might be the hardest time during (patients’) lives, and (our crafts) might not make a huge difference, but it might brighten a little moment in their life.”

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fortable.”

Sucaldito said she started the KCSI after she volunteered with the Restful Nights program at the James, delivering items such as crossword puzzles and earplugs to patients to help them relax and have a peaceful night’s sleep. “(Sucaldito) really saw the need for an additional way to brighten people’s spirits,” said Katie Kiene, a program manager with volunteer services for the James. “She really identified that (it) could be achieved through craft items that just might be something that the patient could do to pass time or something small that might bring a smile to their face.”

Sucaldito said she came up with the idea to make crafts for patients after she had talked with some who were sad they couldn’t participate in seasonal traditions with their families, such as picking pumpkins in the fall.

“So, the first thing we did was make paper pumpkins,” Sucaldito said. “We decorated them and then put them out in the hall so (patients) could pick pumpkins.”

From there, Sucaldito provided more crafts, including hand-sewn neck pillows, crocheted stress balls — or what she calls “nostress-monsters” — and paper flowers.

Neck pillows are especially

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“It’s not something that you really choose to get rid of,” said Marianne Eppig, who graduated with master’s degrees from the Knowlton School of Architecture and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs in 2012 and 2013, respectively. “It is part of our past, but we have the opportunity to build the future that we want.”

Regardless of the label used, there is widespread common interest in improving Ohio’s economy.

News reports documented former Democrats from previously strong manufacturing industries across the country voting for President Donald Trump this election season, hoping that he would increase those kind of jobs. Eppig said she thinks many of the most impactful actions in the region, though, will likely be on the local level.

Ezell said his students are determined to make the Rust Belt’s future more competitive and new, believing that Ohio cities deserve to be preserved and revived.

“There are a lot of students who are in the city and regional planning program that come from areas that need a lot of help,” Ezell said. “They are trying to figure out how to turn to their hometowns or home cities and help them.”

with a drawn fig leaf replacing the third-letter.

Standing next to Kovar is Devin Bilski, a fourth-year in marketing and political science and campaign manager for Reagan and Reese Brooks, brothers running for USG president and vice president, respectively, and both thirdyears in marketing. Bilski is also the former president of the OSU chapter of TPUSA. Angry comments started being tweeted at the feed of TPUSA’s OSU chapter Tuesday night after the picture resurfaced, followed an apologetic post by the student organization.

“We apologize to those who found the shirt offensive,” the post stated. “The actual saying on the shirt is ‘Socialism is for Figs,’ but it is challenging to read in the picture. This does not by any means represent Turning Point beliefs, and the tweet has been removed due to the appearance of an inappropriate slur. We offer our sincerest apologies for those offended by the shirt, we truly did not even notice how the shirt appeared when the picture was posted and as soon as it was brought to our attention the picture was removed.”

The shirt is not listed for sale on TPUSA’s national website, but appears to have originated from the right-leaning website Louder with Crowder.

Bilski said the T-shirt went unnoticed when the picture was taken.

“I didn’t even realize that shirt

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popular right now, Sucaldito said, because the James doesn’t have enough extra pillows. As a result, the pillows created by Sucaldito and her fellow volunteers are quickly taken by patients.

Since real flowers and plants can potentially interfere with cancer treatment, they are not allowed at the cancer center. Sucaldito and her volunteers make origami tulips and “hope gardens” that families can take to their loved ones in the hospital instead.

Since its conception, KCSI has expanded to include 15 regular volunteers who have made nearly 2,000 crafts to be donated to the James Cancer Hospital, Sucaldito said.

Bernadette Dezso, a second-year in neuroscience who volunteers with KindCarts, said she thinks the little things the group does can go a long way.

“My favorite part is being with people who like to help out others and making different things for these patients at the James,” Dezso said. “We all know that this might be the hardest time during (patients’) lives, and it might not make a huge difference, but it might brighten a little moment in their life.”

KSCI’s volunteers gather weekly in informal settings to make their crafts. Additionally, Sucaldiwas in the photo until it was posted,” he told The Lantern. “I knew the man was in the photo, but I didn’t recognize the shirt he was wearing.”

Kovar said he wore the shirt as a statement against socialism and nothing more.

“The shirt I was wearing was in reference to the violent socialist Che Guevara’s capture and execution in La Higuera, Bolivia, which means ‘The Fig Tree’ in Spanish,” he said. “It was in no way a slur toward the LGBT community and I apologize if that’s how the shirt came off.”

Speaking as the campaign manager, Bilsky said the Brooks brothers’ campaign had no comment.

“The Brooks brothers were not present for any of these incidents,” Bilsky said.

The brothers did not respond to a request for comment made to them directly via email.

Jake Vasilj, a third-year in political science and president of the College Democrats, said the incident confirms his organization’s opposition to TPUSA, calling the shirt “designed to be offensive.”

The College Democrats’ stance led to the College Democrats declining to invite the brothers’ campaign to a town-hall style forum featuring the other three campaigns, held last week.

“The Brooks brothers have continually tried to position themselves as being moderates, as being socially liberal, and clearly

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A volunteer with the KindCarts Service Initiative works on a craft project that will be donated to the James Cancer Hospital. to partners with various organizations on campus to explain the importance of empathy while caring for patients in a hospital setting, as well as guide them through making simple craft projects.

“I don’t think service always has to be in a traditional way,” Sucaldito said. “Those traditional ways of service are super important, but you can easily make a card out of scrap paper … or you can donate a ball of yarn. It doesn’t have to be this clear-cut way — you can figure out your own way to do service.”

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Student death demands responses In the wake of Reagan Tokes’ tragic death, I know a lot of people in the community have been feeling hopeless. I have thought of her and her family every day since the story first broke. The chances of her being in the wrong place at the wrong time is haunting and agonizing. I did not have the privilege of knowing her, but feel so deeply for those who did.

What happened to her left me wondering how we can respond and take action. When I saw your article, “Reagan Tokes remembered with self-defense class’” (Feb. 15), I was glad to see tangible actions being taken. Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, according to the Department of Justice. These violent encounters need to stop. Unfortunately, we still need to work on our responses to these heinous acts when they occur. Laurah Hallock’s commitment to spreading self-defense skills in our community was really inspiring to me.

The class that Ronin Training Center held

was certainly a meaningful gesture. Giving 50 women lifesaving skills in self-defense was a story I was very grateful to read. However, there needs to be an ongoing effort to provide women with self-defense skills that will empower them.

As we mourn Reagan’s death, we must ask ourselves what COURTESY OF LAURAH HALLOCK more we can do to Laurah Hallock demonstrates a groundwork keep one another and technique during one of her self-delfense classes. ourselves safe. I plan on addressing next year’s USG president ter’s free class, and continue to generate and vice president, whomever they may be, conversations about sexual assault, self-deabout their action plans regarding campus fense and safety. safety and sexual assault. I hope to continue to see stories in The Lantern that publicize Bridget Cook opportunities such as Ronin Training Cen- Third-year in public health

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Voting ‘yes’ on Issue 2 is a vote against racism A historical conjecture of solidarity has arrived at Ohio State’s campus. For the first time in OSU’s history, a Black-Palestine solidarity resolution, Issue 2, has been submitted for undergraduate students to vote on. Issue 2 calls upon OSU to revoke and end its investments in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine — such as G4S, Caterpillar and HP — as well as its investments in private prison companies — such asG4S, GEO and CoreCivic. If you find personal stake in the fight against racism, imperialism and settler-colonialism, voting “Yes” on Issue 2 is in your best interest.

For a thorough rundown of the campaign and how each of these companies operate to fuel the propagation of racist hate and profiling globally, look to OSU Divest’s website​. This piece will focus specifically on why voting “yes” on Issue 2 is a vote against anti-Black racism, arguing that prison divestment and divestment from the Israeli occupation go hand-in-hand.

As argued in Ava DuVernay’s widely acclaimed documentary​​“​13TH,” the prison system — federal and private — is an extension of the economic institution of slavery. Prisons are where seemingly old horrors of plantation slavery are repackaged.

Inmates are stripped bare of their constitutional rights, paid a pittance (if anything at all) for the labor they are forced to do and subjected to torture and violence. Private prisons play a gargantuan role in lobbying for legislation that furthers and worsens the racist practice of mass incarceration, motivating the OSU Coalition for Black Liberation to begin the school year with the

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intention to push forth a prison divestment campaign. In homage to the long history of Black-Palestinian solidarity — by virtue of how intricately linked the oppression and exploitation of the two groups are — we joined OSU Divest in putting forth a divestment initiative that targets corporations that welcome and depend on oppression and exploitation of both groups.

Countless radical figures, scholars, artists and writers of the Black freedom struggle have expressed unconditional solidarity with Palestine — M ​ uhammad Ali​, Alice Walker, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Talib Kweli, Cornel West and many more.

Most of these people have signed the ​Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine​ . The Movement for Black Lives, the policy platform put forth by Black Lives Matter, also​ expresses such solidarity​. Recently, activists from BLM, the indigenous-people led Standing Rock protesters and Palestinian activists have shown solidarity with one another. For decades now, solidarity between Black people and Palestinians has been organically forged, serving as a testament to the commonality of the oppression of Black people and Palestinians.

Most clearly, both Black people and Palestinians suffer from state-sanctioned violence. BLM, the most recent upsurge of resistance against police brutality, g​ rew widely from the growing consciousness and discontent surrounding the state murders of black people by police​. In the early moments of this resistance in Ferguson, Missouri, protesters decrying the murder of Michael Brown were tear-gassed by the Ferguson police. Once news of this went

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viral, Palestinian activists — who were accustomed to dealing with ​the same brand o​ f tear gas as those in Ferguson, deployed by Israeli Defense Forces — tweeted at those in Ferguson ​remedies to being teargassed​ . This tells us two things: state-sanctioned murder and brutality relies on the same tactics of repression and violence globally, and that this repression is so great that solidarity between the two groups, Black and Palestinian, is organic in nature.

Calling for the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Black people in the U.S. are not mutually exclusive. These two things are intricately tied, with the fates of both groups reliant on whether the two can work together in solidarity, and whether those who are moved by the atrocities that both groups are subjected to polarize or join us in the fight.

If you are​against racism, you must be anti-occupation ​ and anti-mass incarceration. If you are against​imperialism, you must be anti-occupation ​and anti-mass incarceration. If you are against racism and imperialism, vote “Yes” on Issue 2, but do not let your engagement stop there — join the Divest campaign in our fight against oppression at home and abroad.

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student makes good on last Dance meets sport at the OSU name, starts barbecue business Arnold DanceSport Classic KAYLEEN PETROVIA Lantern reporter petrovia.1@osu.edu Cheering, clapping and shouts of teams’ numbers will fill the ballroom this weekend as classical dance meets competitive sport in the Arnold DanceSport Classic.

DanceSport at OSU is a student organization for ballroom dancing that combines a competitive team and a social club. This weekend, 46 of its members will dance against thousands of other competitors from collegiate teams nationwide at the Arnold DanceSport Classic. The event is part of the Arnold Sports Festival, a national event which hosts over 70 sports events over four days.

Samantha Butterfield, a fourthyear in nursing and director of mentoring for DanceSport at OSU, said the high energy level of ballroom dance competitions often exceeds spectators’ expectations.

“I feel like a lot of people don’t understand ballroom dancing, like they think it’s just this classical dancing and stuff, but it’s really not — it’s kind of crazy,” Butterfield said. “You can feel the bass in your heartbeat, and it’s nothing like what you’d expect.”

Natalie Prischak, a second-year in animal science and director of home competition planning for DanceSport at OSU, said the Arnold DanceSport Classic will feature dancers from a variety of skill

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Alexandra Lombard and her partner Louis Christensen perform smooth waltz at the 27th Annual Dance Sport Classic.

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FlyByBBQ will offer pulled chicken, pulled pork and vegan pulled jackfruit with a choice of four homemade sauces: South Carolina Gold, Ohio Apple Bourbon, Fruity Florida Beachside and Tangy Kansas City.

The idea started in January 2016 with market research by sending out hundreds of emails, and, by May, they had sold their first sauce. From there, they have served their food through catering at Ohio State events.

Mark Butcher described FlyByBBQ as “freedom in a bun.”

“We have customizable barbecue sandwiches and bowls,” he said. “We focus our menu on simplicity, so we can put time and love into everything we serve and give you a quick, painless experience.”

levels, progressing from newcomers to bronze, silver, gold and open. Levels below open are considered syllabus level, she said, because they each have specific restrictions regarding the moves dancers can perform, while open level offers more choreographic freedom.

“There’s actually a real syllabus, just like you’d have for classes, where it lays out, like, in silver level, you’re allowed to separate (from your partner) for so many measures, and the guy’s now allowed to spin, where as in bronze, only the lady is allowed to spin in a turn,” Prischak said. “So as you go up, you can do progressively more difficult moves.”

Prischak said the Arnold Danc-

eSport Classic will include performances from four categories of dance: American Smooth, American Rhythm, International Standard and International Latin.

Each style of dance encompasses four specific styles that are categorized based on the shape of the frame the dancers’ bodies create, the footwork of the dancers and their speed of movement, she said.

Dancers competing at the syllabus level typically perform a range of styles, while dancers at the open level may begin to specialize in a specific dance, Prischak said.

However, she said most dancers have a high familiarity with most of the styles performed.

“If you just show a clip of a

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Politics and a Pint, 5:30 p.m. at Seventh Son Brewing, 1101 N. 4th St. WOSU Public Media’s news and public affairs show, “Columbus on the Record” is set to record along with political discussions with host Mike Thompson, Ann Fisher of “All Sides With Ann Fisher,” Republican strategist Bob Clegg and Sam Gresham of Common Cause Ohio. Admission is free.

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Addams Family, 8 p.m. at Hitchcock Hall. Off the Lake Productions presents its spring musical based on the the 1991 movie and 1964 television show of the same name. Admission is $1 or one canned food item; no cash is accepted.

Cousins Dave and Mark Butcher took their family namesake and love for old-school barbecue to heart and started FlyByBBQ. David Butcher, a second-year in marketing, started the business out of what he saw as a lack of modern, convenient and fresh places to get barbecue. The name comes from the founders’ goal for fast-casual service. The pair is set to open a food truck in early April.

“We want to see how receptive people are to it,” David Butcher said. “We plan on leaving the food truck in different places for around a week from April until it snows and if we are successful, we are going to start planning a restaurant.”

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Scholarship winners display works at Hopkins Hall EMILY DEAN Lantern reporter dean.242@osu.edu The latest exhibition in Hopkins Hall speaks to the individual talents of the Department of Art’s undergraduate scholarship awardees in its annual juried show.

The Department of Art Undergraduate Juried Exhibition displays the works of 29 students across a variety of mediums, from glass blowing to flash animation.

These students submitted applications during the Fall 2016 semester, and each student featured in the exhibit has been granted a partial scholarship through one of the department’s sponsored funds and endowments.

“I’m really thankful for such a supportive faculty and department,” Jordan Reynolds, a fourthyear in art technology, said. “Their allowance to let you pursue your ideas allows me to create better art that pushes the contemporary standards.”

Reynolds’ piece, titled “Reflections,” features a helmet made from plywood, fabric, an acrylic mirror, an LCD and headphones.

The LCD and mirror display images of waves that reflect and create an immersive, almost virtual reality-like experience for the spectator, according to Reynolds. The construction of this work made him a recipient of the Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment Scholarship fund.

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“Reflections” by Jordan Reynolds combines the use of an acrylic mirror and an LCD to create a stimulating, virtual reality-like experience.

Hannah Fowler’s photo series captures the intricacies of life in Nelsonville, Ohio, despite recent economic hardship.

Another submission gives prominence to social and economic issues in rural Ohio — as reflected in a collection by fourthyear photography major Hannah Fowler, a recipient of the Department of Art Faculty and Staff Scholarship fund.

Fowler said her series of images, taken in Nelsonville, Ohio, offers insight to the growing issues of economic depression and heroin addiction in the town. She used to make frequent trips to Nelsonville with her boyfriend to visit family, and wanted to show off the town’s charm and beauty that always made an impression on her.

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ferent directions to see what happens.”

Turner said she drew inspiration for her work, titled “Morning Symmetry,” from the serenity instilled in her by waking up to the sun’s rays shining on her bed. Her work in superimposing images to create a * graphic awarded her the Daniel J. L. Firestone Photography Scholarship fund.

A reception will be held March 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hopkins Hall gallery. Regular exhibition hours are Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

a town that time has forgotten about,” Fowler said. “This series is about bringing to light all sides of Ohio, and trying to find beauty in the not so pretty parts.”

Fowler completed her photo series over the course of a few months during the Fall 2016 semester, and had decided to submit her work only upon learning of the scholarship opportunity a few days before its deadline.

Another recipient spoke to her inclination to apply.

“The experience was kind of inspiring,” said Abbey Turner, a second-year photography major.

“It makes me think that I can experiment more, and work in dif-

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I’m thinking about taking a year or so off from heavy responsibilities, maybe living out West for a little bit and go to like a rock climbing camp. We’ll figure something out.”

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competition, any one of us could be like, ‘This is exactly what style and what dance they’re doing,’” Prischak said. “They’re very distinct.”

Prischak said the competition is divided into four segments — one for each category. Each segment will feature dozens of pairs performing simultaneously in 90-second intervals, or “heats,” during which judges will evaluate them and determine which pairs will advance to the next round.

She said the competitors will be narrowed down to a quarterfinal and then a semifinal until there are about seven couples left in the final round.

Prischak said the level of competition is consistent throughout the day, as each round is judged independently of the performances in the previous round.

“Every single round, you’re starting fresh, so it doesn’t matter how great you did previously,” Prischak said. “You have to keep that level throughout the whole day.”

Ribbons will be awarded for first, second and third place following each of the four main styles, Prischak said. At the end of the competition on Sunday, the top three collegiate teams will be announced based on the number of callbacks their couples received overall.

Butterfield said the dancers’ competitive spirits will shine against rival teams such as the University of Michigan, but their ultimate goal is to improve with each performance.

“It’s more fun when you have little goals that you meet, so maybe you get an extra callback that you normally don’t,” Butterfield said. “Whereas, if you go in thinking ‘I need to place; I need to place,’ it’s not as fun because you get disappointed sometimes.”

The Arnold DanceSport Classic will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. and conclude Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency Ballroom, adjacent to the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Tickets can be purchased online via Ticketmaster for $15 not including fees or at the door for $20. Admission to the DanceSport Classic includes admission to the Arnold Fitness EXPO.

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John Wayne makes music his own concept EMMA STEELE Lantern reporter steele.849@osu.edu For Ohio State alumnus John Wayne, creating music has always been less about where it could take him and more about the people he can reach.

“I’m not worried about fame or fortune, but I want to think about how music touches people and I want to make music that means something,” Wayne said. “I want to give a big platform of people a chance to hear what I have to say.”

Wayne’s interest in music started young — something he said he believes is largely because his dad was in a rock band and would take him to shows. When Wayne was 13, he and some friends in Bellefontaine, Ohio, decided to start a band, one that lasted throughout high school and played over 100 shows across Ohio including at The Basement and Newport Music Hall in Columbus.

Wayne has been a solo artist for a few years now and said the shift happened pretty naturally.

“Shortly after the band broke up, I went to college and it was easier to focus on my own music,” he said.

Since it’s just him, Wayne said he prefers to produce his music on the computer because it allows him to fill all the parts and take a lot of creative liberty with his sound.

“I take a DIY approach to mak-

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Solo artist John Wayne is working on an album and will soon release a single. ing my music because I’m focused on making something sound as professional as possible with as little cost as possible,” he said. “I use mostly free software so I can try to take the station out of the equation and just record something as authentic as possible.”

Wayne said he feels that the little steps he takes along the way result in music that can be best described as a mix of contemporary, modern and hip-hop elements.

Citing Kanye West, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar as lyrical influences, Wayne said there is an underlying vibe that alludes to older artists, such as Tom Petty, the Ea-

gles and even Isaac Hayes.

“When I write, I start with an inspiration, like a feeling or a vibe,” he said. “Lately, for my most recent inspirations, I pull most of my stuff from the past. I like finding old songs that no one knows about because they can be really rich.”

While Wayne is a solo artist, he sought help from friends and other artists along the way.

“We recorded (Wayne’s) first song at my house, so I have seen where it all started,” said longtime friend Connor Kellogg.

Wayne said he prefers to bounce his ideas and rough copies off Kel-

logg for honest criticism, something Kellogg said he finds funny given Wayne’s independent drive.

“Somebody could tell (Wayne) how something isn’t going to work, and he would reply with how he’ll make it work, no matter what,” Kellogg said.

Kellogg said he admires Wayne’s drive and determination to do things his way.

“John lives and breathes through his music, and you can tell he wants people to know exactly who he is through it,” Kellogg said.

Part of Wayne doing things his own way comes into play when

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The love for barbecue stemmed from the Butchers’ ancestors from Yugoslavia. They were butchers until the family came to the United States and pursued other occupations.

David said he wanted to pick the business back up.

“My father was an entrepreneur and I saw it get him through some tough times, so I knew I wanted to follow in his footsteps,” he said.

Since its inception, the company has won multiple contests.

In March 2016, it won first place in the Business Builders Club idea pitch and Fisher Business Plan competitions, which David Butcher parlayed into creating a website to see how people felt about

his business idea. In December of 2016, he won the “OSU Best of Student Startups” contest.

While these wins have helped, David Butcher said the biggest contest is coming up. He will be attending Global Student Entrepreneur Awards idea pitch competition in Kansas City on Tuesday, along with students from the other 49 states. The prize is $20,000.

“This would be huge to win,” he said. “It would basically mean that I have the best pitch idea of college students in the US and if I win, I get to go the global competition with college kids from all over the world. It would really show how successful this could possibly be.”

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performing live, something he said he doesn’t want to do until his upcoming album has been digitally released and heard.

“I want to release (the album) and distribute it in the modern way that people are experiencing music,” he said. “The artists I aspire to be on the same level as release their stuff first and hope people will like it enough to buy a ticket later.”

Wayne is currently working on a currently untitled album.

“Peaks+Valleys,” the album’s first single, will be released on his bandcamp page when he gets the determination, oddly enough, to stop.

“It’s a matter of me being stern with myself and putting a date on it,” he said. “I keep making more songs and I don’t know if I can stop yet.”

Regardless of how long it takes, Wayne said he believes the solo process has helped teach him how to be the most authentic version of himself and to never doubt his dreams.

“It’s really introspective because I’m kind of putting myself on a pedestal and presenting myself to people,” he said. “If you’re confident in yourself and your story, you can come from nothing like me and still get somewhere.”

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“When I came back here for the first time, when I was 12 years old I realized, like, there are more people like my grandpa that are just good, old-fashioned people,” Burch said. “The longer that I’ve been around them, the more I realize that it’s more of just who I am, the way that I was brought up, my kind of people.”

Under the wing of OSU coach Pete Hanson, Burch was promoted to student volunteer assistant coach in his second year in the program. Then in 2011, he helped coach the Buckeyes to a national championship, starting his six-season national title streak.

After the 2011 season, he went on to coach the men’s volleyball team at Springfield College, where he held his first collegiate coaching job. The Springfield Pride won the Division III national championship.

He then went to the University of California, Irvine to help coach the Anteaters to a men’s national title as an assistant coach. In the 2014 season, he went back to

“When the position became available, it just seemed like a nobrainer. It was a pretty easy decision.”

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Springfield, where the men’s team won another Division III national championship.

After his second stint at Springfield, he went on to the Penn State women’s volleyball coaching staff where he was director of operations. While working under the guidance of legendary volleyball head coach Russ Rose, the Penn State Lady Lions won the 2014 National Championship.

Then, Burch received an offer to come coach the Buckeyes again under Hanson.

“I told Russ that the only program I would leave for was Ohio State, and when Pete (Hansen) calls, you listen,” Burch said. “I couldn’t wait to be back where it all started.”

He began having an impact on the team right away through his scouting efforts, statistical breakdowns and defensive schemes.

“When the position became available, it just seemed like a no-brainer. It was a pretty easy decision,” Hanson said. “Kevin is just a wonderful young assistant.

He’s energetic, he’s professional, great at his job. The guys have bought into what he is saying.”

In the Buckeyes’ championship run last season, Burch worked closely with players, including redshirt sophomore middle blocker Blake Lesson.

“Kevin is like a unicorn,” Lesson said. “He’s a rare species.

He brings a side to coaching that I personally have never seen before.”

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Assistant coach Kevin Burch talks to freshman outside hitter Resse Devilbliss in the game against Lindenwood on Feb. 19.

Burch said his coaching style make sure to help them control is heavily influenced by the les- their emotion.’” sons that his grandfather taught Even though he grew up in him growing up while he played Southern California, Burch still sports. considers Columbus home for him “First of all, my grandpa was a and his wife. teacher. He was at brilliant human “This is kind of where the heart being, brilliant man,” Burch said. is now,” Burch said. “My wife and “When I starting coaching, the I love it here, and I don’t think teaching never stopped. He would we’d have it any other way. I’m always kind of start teaching me really, really happy and me and how to be a teacher. It was always, my wife being happy is the most ‘Make sure you’re positive, make important thing.” sure to control your emotion and

Pletcher at 141 pounds and No. 11 redshirt sophomore Jake Ryan at 157 pounds. Martin was the first Buckeye to win a national title as a true freshman in 2016, but has moved up weight classes since then.

The top-ranked wrestler in Martin’s weight class, Penn State’s Bo Nickal, was the opponent Martin took down to seal his national championship in 2016. More recently, Martin lost to Nickal on Feb. 3.

“It helps when you know what to expect going into the match and you can make adjustments beforehand and then during the match,” Tomasello said. “When we wrestle familiar foes, we’ll have a little bit of an edge because we know what’s going to happen.”

Moore also hinted at familiarity with Big Ten wrestlers being an advantage to their game, but Tomasello said his preparation is roughly the same, no matter the opponent. “(I look at) pretty much everyone the same — having respect for the opponent but also knowing that I’m the guy and it’s my title,” he said.

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teams it might potentially play.

“We want to make sure we are the best version of ourselves heading to Indy,” McGuff said. “Not knowing who we’re going to play, we’ll sprinkle in a couple of things that those things might do, but it’s mostly going to be about us making sure that we can get a tad bit better this week, and make sure we’ve got the right mindset heading to Indy.”

For all the teams in the Big Ten tournament, it is win or go home, and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year Mitchell has thrived in those scenarios. In her five career Big Ten tournament games, she has averaged 30.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

“At the point in the season where anything can happen, it’s very exciting. It adds a little bit more energy to the fire,” Mitchell said. “It makes us play harder. We get

a little complacent at times. Knowing that we could lose at any given moment and go home, I think that will make our team play harder. Nobody wants to go home. Nobody in the Big Ten wants to go home.”

The Buckeyes have another player that has been playing exceptionally as of late.

Senior forward Shayla Cooper has helped to fill the role of junior forward Stephanie Mavunga, who was the Big Ten’s leading rebounder and the team’s second leading scorer when she went down with her rightfoot injury.

Cooper has averaged 15 ppg, 8.3 rpg, and 3.5 asp since Mavunga’s injury.

OSU’s first game will be against the winner of Northwestern and Iowa on Friday at noon. The Buckeyes are expected to play Saturday at 4 p.m., and Sunday in the championship at 7 p.m. if OSU wins their respective games.

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No. 7 Buckeyes aim for Big Ten title Asst. coach’s winning career started early TJ NEER Lantern reporter neer.60@osu.edu

The No. 7 Ohio State wrestling team fell short of repeating as Big Ten champions last year after a memorable 2014 national championship run. This time, OSU has the talent to challenge Big Ten juggernauts Iowa and Penn State when the Buckeyes travel to Bloomington, Indiana, for the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on March 3 through 5.

OSU boasts three wrestlers with a No. 1 pre-seed ranking in their weight class for the tournament — 133-pound redshirt junior Nathan Tomasello, 174-pound redshirt junior Bo Jordan and junior heavyweight Kyle Snyder.

Tomasello was undefeated in the regular season, and won the Big Ten championship in the 125-pound division in 2015 and 2016. Tomasello was also the national champion at 125 pounds in 2015, but fell short last season after a loss to Iowa’s then-sophomore Thomas Gilman.

Tomasello said he is hungry for redemption and is ready for everyone gunning for him.

“I’ve been used to having a target on my back ever since high school,” he said. “(I’m) just excited for some wars. The Big Ten tournament is always really tough.”

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A referee raises the hand of redshirt freshman wrestler Kollin Moore, who defeated Penn State’s Matt McCutcheon at 197 pounds on Feb. 3 at the Schottenstein Center. OSU lost 32-12.

Ten and national titles, some new Buckeyes have begun to make a name for themselves and are looking to cement their status in this tournament.

“I wrestled all the Big Ten guys … I’m always a little nervous to wrestle someone again, but it also gives me a chance to improve on how I wrestled them the last time,” said redshirt freshman and No. 2 pre-seed Kollin Moore. “So hopefully, I wrestle well and get into the finals and see (Minnesota senior Brett) Pfarr again.”

Moore, who wrestles at 197 pounds, suffered only three losses during the regular season as a first-year wrestler. Two of those losses came against Pfarr, who is the top-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds.

Both Moore and Tomasello won their individual matchups against No. 2 Penn State on Feb. 3, but the Nittany Lions figure to be among the Buckeyes’ toughest competition in Bloomington. Penn State won the Feb. 3 tilt 32-12, and that loss lingers on the minds of some

Buckeyes.

“I think that Penn State was a good reminder that we still have things to grow on,” Tomasello said. “I think it’s going to be a tighter race than people think with Penn State.”

In addition to the three topranked wrestlers and second-ranked Moore, the Buckeyes feature No. 3 redshirt sophomore Micah Jordan at 149 pounds, No. 4 sophomore Myles Martin at 184 pounds, No. 5 freshman Luke WRESTLING CONTINUES ON 7

MEN’S HOCKEY

Home slate ends with game versus Spartans NICK CLARKSON Lantern reporter clarkson.38@osu.edu One final series at the Schottenstein Center remains on the 201617 schedule for the No. 13 Ohio State men’s hockey team (17-9-6, 8-7-1-1), as the Scarlet and Gray welcome the Michigan State Spartans (6-21-3, 2-12-2-0) to Columbus for two crucial conference clashes.

This weekend will mark the second series of the season between the Buckeyes and Spartans.

The first series on Feb. 17 and 18 featured two one-goal wins for OSU at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan — 3-2 Friday and 4-3 Saturday — to seal the sweep.

Despite those vital victories,

“We watched video this week and learned what worked well for us, areas they exposed us.”

Nick Schilkey Senior forward and captain

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OSU senior forward Nick Schilkey (7) has his shot blocked aside by Michigan goal tender Zach Nagelvoort (35) during the Buckeyes’ 1-0 loss on Feb. 25.

Buckeyes coach Steve Rohlik said Although the Buckeyes left the his team must continue to respect state of Michigan with six Big Ten a visiting Michigan State squad — points earlier this month, senior and at this point in the season, this forward and captain Nick Schilweekend represents two must-win key said OSU looked at its pregames for his team. vious meetings with the Spartans “We were fortunate to get out in order to make adjustments, and of (East) Lansing there with two will enter the series with a “do or wins, and we’ve got to be better die” mentality. this weekend,” Rohlik said. “We However, Schilkey said the rewant to come out and get a quick sult of this weekend will depend start, and hopefully put together a ultimately on the Buckeyes’ effort 60-minute game.” on the ice.

“We watched video this week and learned what worked well for us, areas they exposed us,” Schilkey said. “We play each team twice, and it’s just like any other second weekend of playing a team in this conference. We watched tape, learn from some things, but at the end of the day, it comes down to us and our work ethic.”

Currently, OSU sits in the 15th spot of the PairWise rankings for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA tournament — and have rested on the bubble down the stretch of the season. In light of this, Rohlik said his team is aware of its present situation regarding postseason play, and that the NCAA tournament truly begins for his unit with the first faceoff Friday night.

“I think everybody in (the locker room) knows exactly where we’re at, and I think that just jumpstarts our playoffs,” Rohlik said. “We’ve got to start our playoffs earlier than most teams right now, and Friday to me is a playoff hockey game.”

Puck drop for the final home series of the season is set for 7 p.m.

Friday night, while Saturday’s clash is slated to begin at 8 p.m.

Behind the success of the 40game win streak of the top-ranked Ohio State men’s volleyball team is a coaching staff that is no stranger to winning national championships, especially assistant coach Kevin Burch.

Burch has been a part of a staff that has coached a national championship volleyball team for the past six years, including last year when OSU won the national title.

“I think it’s a lot of luck,” Burch said. “No matter what, I think that if I were not to look at it as luck, then I probably wouldn’t have won six in a row.”

Before Burch became a six-time national championship winning volleyball coach, his journey in the volleyball world started when he was a junior in high school. He went to El Modena High School in Orange, California, where he played soccer and football until he injured himself on the football field.

It was at this time that he first discovered men’s volleyball and he began playing after he recovered from his injury in the spring.

By the time he graduated, he helped his team win its first league title in 16 years.

“I started late, but I loved it,” Burch said. “I couldn’t wait to go to practice every day. I couldn’t wait to be a part of it. So, when I got the opportunity to coach, after I was done playing in high school, I jumped all over it. I loved it.”

He had his first coaching job at Foothill High School in Tustin, California. He then left to play volleyball for Orange Coast Community College for a year where he was also a team captain. It was that year, 2008, when Burch knew he wasn’t cut out to play volleyball at a high level, but he wanted to still be involved in the sport.

He was then faced with the decision to transfer and was considering OSU, where his grandfather received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. His grandfather, who is an Ohio native, was a huge factor in Burch’s decision to come to OSU. BURCH CONTINUES ON 7