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USG voting commences

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Ohio State seeking to license The OvalTM OWEN DAUGHERTY Lantern reporter daugherty.260@osu.edu

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Voting opened for Undergraduate Student Government elections on Monday at noon and will remain live until Wednesday at midnight. Students can vote online through USG’s website. The three presidential tickets in the running, listed above from left to right with their respective picks for vice president, are Reagan and Reese Brooks, Andrew Jackson and Sophie Chang, and Stephen Post and Lauren Todd.

Trump signs revised immigration ban, could still affect students’ travel habits SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Senior Lantern reporter cartwright.117@osu.edu President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Monday, effective March 16, that temporarily suspends immigration from six Muslim majority countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen. The order could potentially affect the travel in and out of the U.S. for 93 students, depending on their exact documentation, and also temporarily bans the issuance of long-term visas for all foreign nationals.

The new order will be effective for 90 days and is a reworking of Trump’s original ban, which was introduced on Jan. 27 and then suspended by the courts that same week. The January order was met with protests throughout the country, including a campus blackout organized by 10 student organizations to protest the travel ban, which took place on Feb. 3 at Ohio State.

“You can’t just blanket everybody and call them all terrorists and say, ‘We need to know who we’re letting in,’” said Leen Amin, a fourth-year in international studies and world politics, and the president of the Arab Student Association at OSU. “Stuff like this scares me, because I’m originally from Palestine and from Jordan, and yeah, those countries aren’t on the list, but if I had been born in any other country my family could have been affected.”

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Donald Trump speaks to supporters on Oct. 13 at the Columbus Renaissance Hotel.

The first travel order, which resulted in legal permanent residents being caught up in the ban, resulted in the wife of an OSU student being detained and almost deported to Iran when attempting to enter the U.S. at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. OSU identified 94 students that could have been locked out of the country if they had left and tried to return under the previous travel ban.

Of the students previously affected by the ban, one student from Iraq will no longer be affected under the new order. However,

62 students from Iran, 16 students from Libya and 15 scholars from Iran might be affected depending on their documentation status.

Amin’s organization took part in the blackout, and she said many of the members and their families come from the six banned countries.

The order no longer bans immigration from Iraq, citing the United States’ diplomatic presence, Iraq’s commitment to defeat Islamic State and the close relationship between the U.S. and Iraq as reasons for different treatment.

“I’m really happy to see that

Iraq was taken off the list,” Amin said. “After all, the United States is the reason why Iraq has the refugee problem to begin with.”

As for those who come from the six listed countries, there are now means for exemption and waivers to gain re-entry to the U.S. Exceptions include permanent residents of the U.S., foreign nationals with documentation other than a visa that permits them to travel to the U.S., and those granted asylum.

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From “The Shoe” to the name of the iconic football coach Woody Hayes, Ohio State has demonstrated its willingness to trademark phrases, places and names related to the university. Now, it’s looking to trademark The Oval, the recognizable green space at the center of campus.

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An aerial view of The Oval.

The University Trademark and Licensing Services filed on Feb. 9 for a trademark protection regarding the use of The Oval as a name and image – though not the shape – to be branded and reproduced, primarily for the use of apparel and clothing.

While the university has already been making T-shirts and hats with “The Oval” emblazoned on it, a trademark will add a layer of protection and allow the university to seek damages against those that use “The Oval” without license approval, said Rick Van Brimmer, director of OSU’s Trademark and Licensing Services.

“In this day and age, as printing and manufacturing is getting easier and easier for anybody to do, we just think it’s necessary to add those extra layers of protection,” he said.

In an effort to protect and enforce its brand, the university has sent more than 100 cease-and-desist letters to various businesses for various alleged copyright and trademark infringements over the past four years, according to university records.

The university has a longstanding practice of trademarking terms and traditions associated with OSU and making sure it has the exclusive right to license and, in turn, make money from such trademarks. According to its website, OSU has made $161 million in royalty revenue from $3.25 billion in licensed retail sales to date.

OSU officially started filing for trademarks and licensing in 1974, and took another step in 1982 THE OVAL CONTINUES ON 2

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A startup to support startups Venture for America aims to support growing startups, spark interest in entrepreneurship HAILEY STANGEBYE Lantern reporter stangebye.1@osu.edu For students hoping to work in startups and who don’t mind moving somewhere nontraditional, Venture for America might be the place to start.

VFA is similar to Teach for America in that it places college graduates from around the country in different startups, much like Teach for America would place graduates in an underserved school. These VFA fellows work as full-time employees for the startup company and gain the experience and connections required to create a business from scratch.

Since its inception in 2011, 25 percent of the people who completed the two-year fellowship went on to start their own company, according to the program’s website.

“Rather than sending people to New York, Chicago or Boston, where a lot of college grads move, this is supposed to be reallocating talent in a more efficient way,” said Lauren Tiberi Warner, who graduated from OSU’s Fisher College of Business in 2014 and is a 2015 VFA fellow.

Tiberi Warner said she turned down a full-time job offer to be a consultant in Chicago to work for a startup in Baltimore called Blispay, a financial technology company.

“For me, it was a chance to try something that was completely different than what I think the average student at Ohio State or in the business program was doing

at the time,” Tiberi Warner said.

“Most of my friends were going into banking, consulting, working in corporate finance, and I was going to work at a startup.”

Tiberi Warner was the first OSU student to become a VFA fellow, and after she paved the way, four more VFA fellows have been accepted from OSU. Among them is Adam Rukin, a fourth-year in mechanical engineering.

“I was first introduced to VFA at the beginning of my senior year,” Rukin said. “I was ending my internship in the summer and then I was starting to think, what type of role, what type of companies, what type of team, really, do I want to pursue after post grad.”

Rukin said that he first learned about VFA through Matthew Shaver, a 2016 Fisher alumnus and a current VFA fellow.

“It was a phenomenal relief to find something that I was super interested in, but, also, to know that it was a really good fit,” Rukin said. “I’m currently in their matchmaking process, which is helping to find a mutual startup where I would be working and also what city I’ll be living in.”

Tiberi Warner said this process introduced her to a vast network of useful connections and that the choice of city was important.

“It introduced me to Baltimore, which is a super cool city that I knew nothing about, never would have been to and definitely wouldn’t have moved to without VFA,” Tiberi Warner said.

Before traveling to various cities and startups, VFA fellows attend “Training Camp,” which is a

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Adam Rukin is a fourth-year in mechanical engineering and VFA fellow. crash course in various entrepreneurial skillsets, from marketing basics to simple programming.

It’s also a chance to network with other VFA fellows, Rukin said.

VFA aims to increase entrepreneurial endeavors by allowing fellows to learn integral skills directly from successful startups so that those fellows have the capacity to create their own business from scratch, said Rukin. This all helps to manage the risks involved in startups.

“The roles and responsibilities, and even the funding and finance that come along with growing a company, and the ambiguity of working in a situation where you might not necessarily talk to your manager for a week or two or they can’t really afford to spend the time to define what role you’re go-

ing to be in,” Rukin said. “That’s where there’s risk, but there’s also reward with that.”

Training with entrepreneurs who have dealt with these challenges helps to lower the uncertainty of starting a company from scratch because it provides a base knowledge of essential skills, Rukin said.

“I don’t really feel afraid to start a business if I wanted to,” Tiberi Warner said. “The biggest thing in starting a successful company is knowing the space and really caring about the problem you’re trying to solve and then getting people to buy it… it’s about really caring about that idea and then it’s about execution.”

Rukin said that recent college graduates are in a position to explore entrepreneurship.

“I think graduating college is a time in most everyone’s life where there’s the opportunity to be as idealistic as possible,” Rukin said.

“You’re going to get a fresh piece of paper, minted with your name on it, it’s a big accomplishment, you’ll get some gifts and all that.

But beyond it, there’s no other road map you need to follow, you can go in any direction. You should be able to feel, on graduation day, that anything is possible.”

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when the Office of Trademark and Licensing Services was created. It started with popular OSU symbols including Brutus Buckeye, Script Ohio, Gold Pants and Block ‘O’, eventually making them exclusive property of the university. Since then, the university has broadened its trademark footprint to include dozens of slogans, images and traditions that represent the OSU brand.

The Oval has remained relatively unchanged for almost a hundred years, even as the rest of the surrounding area goes through image-changing overhauls such as the newly completed North Residential District and the ongoing Framework 2.0 projects on campus and the 15th and High project underway off campus.

OSU was recently in a legal battle with a Cincinnati casino previously named Horseshoe Cincinnati, which had a concert venue named The Shoe — before it was bought by Rock Gaming and renamed.

Just last year, OSU signed a 15year, $252 million deal with Nike to license its logo for all apparel

“(OSU has) gone around and gotten rid of street vendors who don’t have licenses ... If you don’t have a contract, you can’t sell it, and they will make sure of it.”

Steven Swartz Owner, BuckeyeFanApparel.com

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A student walks on a slackline on the Oval on Feb. 20. and clothing, believed to be the “If you don’t have a contract, you biggest collegiate apparel contract can’t sell it, and they will make in the country at the time, outpac- sure of it.” ing contracts awarded to Texas Van Brimmer said the money and Michigan. from trademarks and licensing is Steven Swartz, owner of Buck- going back to the students. eyeFanApparel.com, said the huge “We have certain brand-prolicensing contracts are one of the tection exercises that we need to reasons why T-shirts and fan gear do to make sure that our brand is are so expensive these days. presented the way we want it to “(OSU has) gone around and be,” he said. “In our case, it’s not gotten rid of street vendors who only reputational. Our licensing don’t have licenses,” Swartz said. program provides a significant

revenue stream in support of the students here.”

Van Brimmer said protecting the OSU brand and licensing contracts already in place is a way of making sure that money ultimately gets back to the students, though he did not provide specific ways in which that took place.

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EPA budget cuts could have severe consequences for Ohio President Donald Trump has recently proposed major cuts across various federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, numerous social assistance programs, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s budget would be reduced to 1991 levels, and it’s staff to mid1980s levels.

The EPA is an incredibly important agency, founded in 1970 by President Richard Nixon, as a response to extreme public demand for a cleaner environment. It handles a wide variety of environmental and public issues nationally, such as clean air and

water, waste disposal, chemicals and toxins and public health. It protects not just the environment, but the American people, from harmful, dirty practices.

Within Ohio, the EPA works on air quality studies, river quality assessments and landfill improvements, among other issues. Without these services, citizens could be breathing extremely polluted air and drinking dirty, chemically poisoned water without even knowing it. Without landfill maintenance and improvements, erosion and degradation could make it possible for waste to leave the landfill area and create

even more pollution.

Cuts to the EPA budget and staff will have direct, irreversible effects on the people and environment of Ohio, as well as nationwide.

The budget is only a proposal, however, and Congress has the final say on the budget and the budget cuts. I urge Ohio’s representatives and senators to protect the EPA from these cuts, and from future attacks as well.

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Paying Snowden’s salary? No thanks After four months of waiting, and one initial refusal on the grounds of it being a “trade secret,” the Office of University Compliance and Integrity disclosed Edward Snowden’s speaker fee to me for his November 30 sixty-minute Skype call with OSU students on Nov. 30. It was $30,000.

That’s $8 per second, in case you were wondering.

The current minimum wage in Ohio is $8.15. So, yes, I make more money in one hour than what Snowden makes in one second — #goals.

The money usedto pay Snowden comes from our mandatory Student Activity Fee, which is $37.50 per semester. This fee then goes to the Ohio Union Activities Board which allocates money for events such as the Snowden video chat.

The $30,000 fee, while hefty, seems unsurprising considering what other public universities have paid for video chats with Snowden — the University of Colorado, Boulder paid $56,000, the University of Ar-

izona paid $20,000 and University of Iowa paid $3,000 (I have no idea how they got such a good deal!).

Anyway, I attended the OSU Snowden video chat out of curiosity. It wasn’t particularly interesting. Snowden talked for 30 minutes, and for the remaining time a moderator and some students asked questions. It was not anything more than what I learned from watching the documentary “Citizenfour,” which, by the way, costs considerably less than $30,000.

But the cost isn’t what bothers me the most. Hearing Snowden’s political views or about his actions also isn’t what bothers me the most — college is about being exposed to ideas different from your own. What bothers me the most is having no choice but to be put in the unethical position of paying someone with two criminal charges pending against him. OSU students, whether you agree or disagree with Snowden’s actions, we all have been compelled to support his livelihood. In other words, we all have sup-

ported the livelihood of an alleged criminal through our obligatory payment of the Student Activity Fee. OSU students should be exposed to ideas different from COURTESY OF TNS our own, but does that Edward Snowden. mean we need to pay Edward Snowden’s salary? No, it doesn’t.

Shouldn’t we have a say in whether our $37.50 — which takes many of us about four and a half hours to earn — goes to paying someone who makes that same amount in four and a half seconds? Yes, we should.

OUAB, seriously, next time don’t give us all a moral and monetary headache — just host a screening of “Citizenfour.” It only costs $8 on Amazon.

OSU. “It just makes them feel not welcome in this country which is ironic because this is a country that was built by immigrants for immigrants,” Amin said.

However, some students do not see this order as a direct attack on Muslims. Kenny Horsley, a member of Ohio State’s chapter of Students for Trump and a first-year in political science said it affects immigrants from the Muslim-majority countries no matter their religious background.

“As far as anybody who properly goes through and reads a decent news source about the executive order, and reads up on it, (the order) should have no opinion based on the religion of the person coming into the country affected. It is not a Muslim ban,” Horsley said, on behalf of Students for Trump.

In the original order, refugees which were a religious minorities in their country or origin, such as Christians from Iraq, were to

be given priority status. Horsley said the organization supports the president in his directives on immigration, arguing it is keeping America safe and looking to properly vet people coming from at-risk countries.

The order also shuts down the Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days to give the federal government time to develop “extreme vetting” processes. According to the executive order, the program will accept no more than 50,000 refugees each year, 60,000 people fewer than the cap set

by President Barack Obama. Additionally, Syrians are no longer under an indefinite ban from entering the U.S.

Robin Smith Fourth-year in political science and Russian

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While the executive orders could affect many who did not obtain visas prior to Jan. 27, it will not affect OSU’s recruitment of international students.

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CRAZY RICHARDS The founder of the peanut butter company is set speak at an event at OSU. | ON PAGE 5

Students present original films in OSU theater department providing a light in the DigiEYE Film/Video Showcase darkness

EBO AMISSAH-AGGREY Lantern reporter amissah-aggrey.1@osu.edu Students will get a chance to show their film and video work on the big screen this week.

The Ohio State Department of Theatre’s sixth annual DigiEYE Film/Video Showcase is set to take place on Wednesday in a new location, the Wexner Center for the Arts. The event traditionally took place over two days at the Drake Performance and Event Center.

Janet Parrott, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and founder of the event, said she thought it was important to display students’ work to a larger, broader audience. The event allows students to showcase their abilities outside of their respective departments, through narrative, documentary and experimental shorts, Parrott said.

“The pieces that will be screened encompass a wide range of work,” Parrott said. “From experimental to documentary to more traditional storytelling techniques, using both animation and

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The DigiEye film showcase is on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. live action techniques.”

The students, who come from areas of study such as design, theater and art, do not view the showcase as competition, said participant Anthony Calautti, a fourth-year in film studies. They view it more as an opportunity, he said.

“DigiEYE gives the opportunity to show students’ work to people who may not have been able

to see it otherwise,” Calautti said.

“It helps the creators to get their name out there and show what they can do.”

Calautti submitted a narrative about a young man and how he escapes the stresses of college. He said he feels it is all too relatable to college students.

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The Department of Theatre’s version of an eternal flame, a ghost light, will remain illuminated in the lobby of the Drake Performance and Event Center to symbolize the pledge made by Ohio State students to promote inclusivity.

In theater, a ghost light is the one light that is left on in an otherwise completely dark theater. It was originally mandated by the Actors Equity Association to enable actors or crew members to find the lighting control console and to prevent accidents.

The ghost light, which will stay lit for the rest of the semester, was turned on during a ceremony held by the OSU Department of Theatre in January. The department joined numerous programs and theaters across the country in participating in the Ghostlight Project. The project encourages theater organizations to make a pledge to promote inclusivity

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Sherée Greco holding up a sign that attendees of the Ghostlight Project could make. within their communities.

Sherée Greco, production manager and stage management adviser in the Department of Theatre and organizer of the Ghostlight Project at OSU, said that while ghost lights can serve a practical purpose, the one in the lobby of the Drake is symbolic.

“There is a tradition in theaters to have a ghost light on in the theater when no one’s in there,” Greco said. “It’s always been a light on to provide a path in the darkness, (and) a beacon of light.”

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Breanna Gesrochers, from Boston, poses with a giant barbell at the Magnum booth at the Arnold Fitness EXPO at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on March 4.

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Dancers in The Red Room at Off The Grid 2017 at the Wexner Center for The Arts on March 4.

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Columbus peanut butter company succeeds at Arnold, set to spread to OSU ADAM ROBBINS Lantern reporter robbins.347@osu.edu After 30 years in business, a Columbus-based peanut butter company is expanded its reach into the Arnold Sports Festival and to Ohio State.

The owners of Crazy Richard’s peanut butter, Richard Marcus and Richard Sonksen, recently turned over the business to Sonksen’s daughter, Kimmi Wernli, who is now the company’s owner and president.

Since she took over, Wernli has made some big moves in the company, including introducing a new performance line of peanut butter, Pure PB Plus. The powdered peanut butter is fortified with B vitamins and green tea extract. The addition of this product has led to

the company being featured at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus for the past three years.

“Two years ago we launched a line of performance peanut butter and thought there was no better way to make the debut for these products than at the Arnold Sports Festival here in our hometown,” Wernli said. “We sold out of the product we brought with us in less than two hours the first day.”

Because of its success at the Arnold, the company decided to get involved with OSU more, Wernli said. She recently spoke to the Pathways Program for female students at the Fisher College of Business. Later this month, she will be speaking at the Alpha Kappa Psi co-ed professional business fraternity’s event.

In 1972, Marcus decided to start Crazy Richard’s Peanut Butter be-

“We sold out of the product we brought with us in less than two hours the first day.”

Kimmi Wernli Owner and president

cause he felt people had become too accustomed to cost-cutting and convenience in peanut butter.

The product he missed the most was the all-natural peanut butter that had been replaced by new, cheap spreads that featured salt, sugar and fatty oils, instead of strictly peanuts, according to the company’s website.

According to the company’s website, Sonksen, who was working at Krema Nut Company in Columbus, and Marcus agreed that because both worked with peanut butter strictly using peanuts, they should work together and make their two brands “sister brands.”

The two companies merged 30 years ago and have continued to operate in the Columbus area.

Morgan Martinez, a first-year in marketing and newly inducted member of Alpha Kappa Psi, said they chose Wernli to speak because she is a strong woman running a Columbus company that

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Crazy Richard’s Peanut Butter Burst powder is all natural and free of additives. characterizes professional values.

“We hope those who attend are able to see all of the different aspects of professionalism that are right here in Columbus,” Martinez said. “Attendees will learn the importance of remaining professional in all areas of business.”

Wernli said she hopes the company will continue to work with the university.

“I want to actively seek out professors and student organizations in which I feel our company or myself, as the new president, would be able to help foster student growth and experience,” she said.

The Alpha Kappa Psi professional event is set to take place on March 27 in Schoenbaum Hall,

room 220 at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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Curvy Cardio classes hosted in honor of Women’s History Month KAYLEEN PETROVIA Lantern reporter petrovia.1@osu.edu “Curvy fit, get with it” started as a slogan printed on her brand’s T-shirts, but it has since become a mantra for a healthy physical and emotional lifestyle for Morgan Owens, a fitness instructor and entrepreneur.

The Ohio State Multicultural Center’s celebration of Women’s History Month will feature a program hosted by Owens, creator of Curvy Cardio and Fashionably Fit workout gear, titled “Queenin’: Loving You from the Inside Out!” The event will include two parts: a workshop, where Owens will share five key tips on becoming healthier physically and mentally, and a fitness class instructed by Owens.

Katherine Betts, coordinator for the event and intercultural specialist for African and African-American Student Initiatives, said Owens’ dedication to holistic wellness and her entrepreneurial success are equally inspiring.

“Not only do our women get to understand more about fitness and wellness, but they get to see another example of being creative and using a talent or using a niche

to create a business for yourself,” Betts said.

Owens said she has a long history in dance, as she performed throughout middle and high school and coached other dancers thereafter. She said her experience with coaching inspired her to become certified as a fitness instructor, but she frequently ventured away from the style and structure of Zumba classes. As a result, she said the coordinator at the recreation center where she taught encouraged her to create her own brand of classes.

“I wanted to teach so women could see that you don’t have to be a size double zero — if you are, that’s OK and you can still embrace your curves — but you can be a size 14, 16 and be healthy,” Owens said.

Soon thereafter, Owens said she channeled her background in marketing and branding to create Curvy Cardio, a group fitness class that takes inspiration from traditional aerobics classes and includes fewer choreographed dance routines than Zumba classes.

“You don’t have to know how to dance to come to one of my classes,” Owens said. “We do simple movements repeatedly, with a splash of dance in there, so you

Curvy Cardio is a women’s fitness program created by Morgan Owens, will be teaching a class on March 9 on campus. still get the same feeling where you don’t know you’re working out, you’re just having fun.”

Curvy Cardio classes consist of either an hour or half-hour long full-body workout that begins with aerobic moves and ends with the use of free weights, Owens said. Each class is taught with contemporary, popular music that makes participants feel as though they’re dancing in a club as opposed to exercising in a gym, she added.

Owens said fitness can be especially intimidating in a group

setting, but her classes are catered to women of all ages and levels of experience.

“I’ve made especially certain that Curvy Cardio is a space where everyone is accepted, no matter your size — there’s no cliques, everyone is so welcoming and so warm,” Owens said.

Along with an inclusive class environment, Owens said she develops relationships with her clients online through a program called “#30DaysofWerk.” The monthlong program uses a private Facebook group that allows

ethnicity or gender identification or sexuality, there shouldn’t be a barrier to experiencing the arts,” she said.

Miller said that although she has limited influence on what OSU does regarding the promotion of inclusion campus-wide, she can control the feeling of the environments she is a part of.

“I can impact the way my students feel in my classes or how my peers feel in our shared events or coursework or other spaces that I’m occupying,” Miller said. “I can affect the way those spaces feel and how inclusive they are just by being active, present and engaged with both the people in the room and the world around them.”

Abigail Johnson, a third-year in theater and president of Alpha Psi Omega, the undergraduate theater honorary, was also asked by Greco to help with the Ghostlight Project. She said she wanted to participate because she believes

people should not be judged on the things they cannot control about themselves.

“I thought it was important to show the people that I care about that I’m willing to be there for them, and it doesn’t matter to me their background or anything like that,” Johnson said.

Johnson also said the OSU Department of Theatre promotes inclusivity by opening auditions for its productions to all people across campus regardless of their major or minor. She added that some directors in the department aim to produce shows that go against “the norm.”

Greco said everyone in the department was appreciative that members of the OSU community participated in the event.

“It was so nice to come together, for even 20 minutes, to have a safe place,” Greco said. “We did a moment of silence, where we asked people to ask themselves what are their next steps, what is their com-

mitment personally, professionally, out in the world, wherever that is. I think it meant a lot to people to be a part of something larger.”

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Greco saw information about the Ghostlight Project on her Facebook news feed, and wanted to bring the event to OSU because she felt it would help students who were fearful after the outcome of the presidential election.

“I felt that people were just really disheartened about the results (of the election),” Greco said.

“There were a lot of people afraid, especially in terms of country of origin and sexual orientation and how they would be viewed and treated in the country. I think I felt empowered to take some kind of peaceful action and help others participate.”

Karie Miller, president of the graduate student syndicate in OSU’s theater department, was recruited by Greco to help organize and promote the Ghostlight Project on campus. She said she felt it was necessary to participate because she believes all people deserve equal access to the arts.

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Owens said building positive relationships with other women can help create a more realistic perception of beauty that encourages self-esteem and confidence.

“I feel like so many images in the media have their own definition of what is beautiful and, even in 2017, we’re still working on it, as far as what beautiful means,” Owens said. “Curvy Cardio empowers women through loving not only how you look now, but loving yourself for what you’re going to accomplish.”

In the context of Women’s History Month, Owens said she views fitness as a means of empowerment for women that allows them to take control of their own health and wellness.

“I use the phrase, ‘My body, my goals, my pace — I got this,’” Owens said. “Something I share with my clients is: ‘This journey is yours and nobody else’s.’”

“Queenin’: Loving You from the Inside Out!” will be held in the Tanya R. Rutner Room of the Ohio Union from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.

involved within it that I really liked, but also I thought other students would like as well,” he said.

In addition to the screenings, there will also be a short Q-and-A session with the creators of the projects.

The DigiEYE film/video showcase event is on Wednesday at 7 p.m. the Wex Film/Video Theater.

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Samuel’s stock rises, Brown’s falls after NFL Combine NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu Although the Ohio State football team will not be breaking records in the NFL Draft like last season, there are still eight former Buckeyes vying for the chance to play at the highest level in 2017.

After the NFL Combine, a few of those players might be hearing their names called a little earlier after solid workouts. However, it isn’t positive news for all OSU’s hopefuls.

Cornerback Gareon Conley Prediction: Pick 31 (Atlanta Falcons) Everything went right for Gareon Conley at the combine. A 4.44 40-yard dash and a solid showing in the skills drills has possibly landed Conley first round status.

Although it will be late, Conley might have done just enough to earn a spot as one of the first 32 picked. He’s one of the most well-rounded cornerbacks in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Wide receiver Curtis Samuel Projection: Pick 37 (Los Angeles Rams) Curtis Samuel was in the wide receiver group at the combine, even though he has been known to drop few passes. Some of his best production was as a running back, but his 4.31 40-yard dash time was

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Former OSU cornerback Gareon Conley speaks with the media on March 5 at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. the second-fastest on any wideout.

Pat Elflein’s 22 reps on bench Samuel will be a relatively high press were unimpressive, but he pick, but the fact remains he has did show up to the combine with yet to determine his position. a leaner frame. Short arms and a However, the Rams love dynam- lack of speed hurt Elflein, but he is ic players, such as Tavon Austin, a proven leader and can be an inteand Samuel can provide a shifty gral piece as an interior lineman. option as a running back or wide Elflein was not happy about his receiver. bench numbers, but is putting a Center/Guard Pat Elflein positive spin on the situation.

Prediction: 114th overall pick “It’s OK for right now,” he told (Washington Redskins) the media. “But I’m going to do

more at pro day.”

Expect to heard his name in the mid-rounds.

Linebacker Raekwon McMillan Prediction: Pick 53 (Detroit Lions) McMillan is a leader, regardless of the question marks around his coverage ability. McMillan ran a quick 4.61 40-yard dash, and shined in skills drills.

There should be no questions about his ability, even though the combine is not a real game. He helped his draft stock with his combine performance.

Cornerback Marshon Lattimore Prediction: Pick 12 (Cleveland Browns) Marshon Lattimore put in a blazing 4.36 time on the 40-yard dash, but was rumored to have a hamstring injury once again. He later claimed the issue to be a hip flexor.

Lattimore’s apparent injury should not be an immediate issue, but it adds to the long string of issues he’s had since his college career began. He might be healthy now, but for how long?

Lattimore is a top-10 talent, but might drop out of the first 10 picks with this minor setback.

Punter Cameron Johnston Prediction: Pick 247 (Green Bay Packers) Punters never get a lot of hype,

but Johnston ran the slowest 40yard dash time of any specialist with a 4.92. The Packers taking him here is still a stretch, even though he’s a proven punter.

Safety Malik Hooker Prediction: Pick 7 (Los Angeles Chargers) Malik “The Freak” Hooker is an impressive talent, but a sports hernia and labrum surgery kept him from participating in the combine.

Regardless, he’s still going to hear his name called in the first 10 picks.

Watching one Hooker highlight reel should tell any coach or general manager all they need to know about the former three-star recruit.

Wide receiver Noah Brown Prediction: Pick 83 (Tennessee Titans) A big-bodied receiver with limited tape, Noah Brown lucks out with a decent selection due to his physicality. The Titans can use a guy like him, but no 40-yard dash time hurts his chances of being picked higher.

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2017 Big Ten tournament wide open JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myers.1669@osu.edu As the Ohio State men’s basketball team walked off the court on Saturday following its 96-92 home loss to Indiana, the Buckeyes knew they would play on the first day of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament in Washington D.C. It’s a distinction reserved for the four worst teams in the conference. But it’s not a death sentence.

The 11th-seeded Buckeyes (17-14, 7-11 Big Ten) will play 14th-seeded Rutgers on Wednesday at the Verizon Center at 7 p.m.

OSU beat the Scarlet Knights 7064 on Feb. 8 in Columbus.

With a win, OSU will move on to a Thursday game against sixth-seeded Northwestern, who beat the Buckeyes by two in the team’s only matchup this season.

If OSU is lucky enough to move past the Wildcats, No. 3 Maryland awaits in the quarterfinals — a team that battled with the Buckeyes until the final horn.

There’s no way to sugarcoat OSU’s performance this season.

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15-11 win over Pfarr for the Big Ten title.

At heavyweight, not only were the two wrestlers the top Big Ten pre-seeds, but they were also the top-ranked wrestlers in the division, regardless of conference in Snyder and Wisconsin’s Connor Medbery.

son after missing the 2016 NCAA Tournament, the Buckeyes continued to deliver uninspiring performances with inconsistent effort en route to a bottom-four finish in the conference.

That the Buckeyes have a chance to make a run in the tournament is more about the quality of the league than it is their talent.

The Big Ten boasts just three teams in the Associated Press Top 25 — No. 13 Purdue, No. 24 Wisconsin and No. 25 Maryland — heading into the conference tournament. And for the first time since the 2002-2003 season, the Big Ten doesn’t have a single team in the top 10. In that span, the Big Ten had at least two teams in the top 10 on seven occasions.

No. 1 seed Purdue nearly lost to OSU in early January, before winning 76-75. The bottom-four teams in the conference tournament have a combined six wins against the top four seeds; OSU owns two of those against Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Another reason not to count out OSU from making a tournament run is coach Thad Matta. Winner of four Big Ten tournament championships and five regular-season Snyder, a world champion and defending Big Ten champ, again proved why he continues to claim the top spot in heavyweight rankings.

Snyder pulled away to a 4-1 lead after two periods, but Medbery fought hard in the third, pulling the score to 7-5 in the last 10

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Ohio State sophomore guard C.J. Jackson (3) and junior forward Jae’Sean Tate (1) walk off the court at halftime of OSU’s 96-92 loss to Indiana on March 4.

Big Ten titles, Matta has been difficult to beat in March. Granted, OSU has not been to the tournament semifinals since the 2014 season — and it’s unlikely the Buckeyes make it there this year — but there are no clear-cut favorites as compared with those in previous years.

Iowa, Michigan or Indiana as

the No. 7, 8 and 10 seeds, respectively, have just as much of a shot at the tournament crown as the top seeds in Purdue, Wisconsin and Maryland.

Iowa is entering the tournament having won four straight games, two of which were against Wisconsin and Maryland. Fourth seed Minnesota has won eight of its last

nine, and sixth seed Northwestern has lost six of its last nine.

The Buckeyes have said all season that their focus is one game at a time, but from an outsider’s perspective, it’s difficult not to envision chaos at the 2017 Big Ten tournament.

seconds to make the match close.

Snyder notched a last-second escape to score the final point of the match, and secured an 8-5 victory in the Big Ten championships.

As for the Buckeyes who lost in the finals, they were not without their impressive moments. Mar-

tin upset top-ranked Bo Nickal in the semifinals. Nickal and Martin have quite the history, as Martin took down Nickal to win the 174-pound national championship in 2016, but then Nickal defeated Martin during the Buckeyes’ regular season loss to Penn State Feb. 3.

Micah Jordan also took down an opponent who beat him in the regular season, as he battled for a 2-1 victory over Iowa’s No. 2 Brandon Sorensen. Jordan lost to Penn State’s Zain Retherford in the championship match.

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Buckeyes back in action for spring camp JIMMY LONGO For The Lantern longo.71@osu.edu As the Ohio State football team gears up for spring practice this week, the Buckeyes look to replace some key components at multiple positions while also enshrining a new offensive coordinator. From the start of practice on March 7 to the annual spring game on April 16, the Buckeyes make their first steps toward the 2017 season that will bring the same heightened expectations of competing for a national championship, despite several players departing early for the NFL draft.

There are three particular storylines heading into spring practice that will have an integral impact on the 2017 season.

Kevin Wilson The lack of explosion in OSU’s offensive attack last season was inexcusable to the fanbase. While an appearance in the College Football Playoff is impressive, the Buckeye offense was underwhelming on the biggest stages.

As former Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson comes in to replace Tim Beck and Ed Warinner, who left for Texas and Minnesota, respectively, his effect on the young Buckeye offense during spring practice should be a wakeup call for an offense that possesses the tools necessary to average 500

yards of offense per game.

At Indiana, Wilson’s offenses continually put up commendable stats against Big Ten opponents with lesser-recruited talent. Indiana averaged 6 yards per play in 2013 and 2015.

In the final season with redshirt senior quarterback J.T. Barrett, Wilson is arriving at precisely the right time for the offense.

Veterans like redshirt junior wide receiver Parris Campbell along with redshirt junior wideout Terry McLaurin could thrive with this change of system, alongside younger receivers like redshirt sophomore K.J. Hill and sophomores Binjimen Victor and Austin Mack. OSU also brings in three 6-foot-4, true freshman wide receivers who will arrive in Columbus in the summer.

The production of redshirt sophomore running back Mike Weber, and possibly, sophomore Demario McCall at H-back, should supplement Wilson’s offense in OSU’s journey to recalibrate the offense back to what is was under former offensive coordinator Tom Herman in 2014.

Linebacker leader As Raekwon McMillan prepares for the NFL draft — one of six early departures for OSU — the defense must replace its former strength and its unquestioned leader on that side of the ball.

When then-junior linebacker

Dante Booker went down with a lingering injury last fall, the emergence of now-junior linebacker Jerome Baker in the latter part of the season was crucial for the Buckeye defense.

Alongside Baker and McMillan was then-redshirt junior Chris Worley, who had a formidable season with 69 tackles and 4.5 for loss.

Realistically, Booker, Baker and Worley could play each linebacker position, but the coaching staff will have to determine who the face of that unit will be.

Secondary overhaul Following the 2016 season, the OSU secondary had several holes to fill. Eli Apple was a top-10 pick for the New York Giants, Vonn Bell went in the second round to the New Orleans Saints and Tyvis Powell joined with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent.

Fast forward to this spring and the Buckeyes must replace another three first-round potential athletes from the secondary. Safety Malik Hooker and cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley are off pursuing their NFL dreams, as another talented group joins the fray.

Senior safety Damon Webb and junior cornerback Denzel Ward return as starters, leaving another two spots to be filled. Redshirt sophomore Damon Arnette also contributed to the secondary,

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Then-OSU freshman wide receiver Binjimen Victor (9) catches his first career touchdown during the second half of the Buckeyes 62-3 win against Maryland on Nov. 12. amassing 21 total tackles. lege, and could realistically start Junior cornerback Eric Glov- in his first season with the Bucker-Williams is transitioning from eyes. Okudah and Wade could the secondary to the wide-receiv- also be major contributors at those er room. spots in the fall. Along with those OSU also welcomes in three of three new enrollees, the Buckeyes the top defensive back recruits in signed four other defensive back the country — Jeffrey Okudah, recruits.

Kendall Sheffield and Shaun Sophomore safety Jordan Fuller Wade. is viewed as the most likely reSheffield is transferring from placement for Hooker.

Blinn College, a Texas junior col-

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The Buckeyes entered the Big Ten Championships as a slight underdog to Penn State and Iowa, but that didn’t stop them from taking home the Big Ten title outright for the first time since 1951. It’s OSU second title in three years.

Four wrestlers were named individual champions, two earned second-place finishes and a seventh earned third place.

Redshirt junior Nathan Tomasello won his third Big Ten title and first at 133 pounds, junior heavyweight Kyle Snyder won his second, redshirt junior 174-pounder Bo Jordan won his first after two finishes as a runner-up and redshirt freshman Kollin Moore took home the 197-pound title.

In addition to the four champions, two others made it to the finals, including 2016 174-pound national champion sophomore Myles Martin, who lost to Iowa’s Sammy Brooks, and 149-pound redshirt sophomore Micah Jordan, who lost to Iowa’s Brandon Sorensen.

At the end of the day, OSU scored 139.5 points as a team — Penn State was their closest competition with 130 — and were

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The Ohio State wrestling team earned four individual Big Ten titles en route to the program’s second team conference title in three years. crowned Big Ten champions, but had little familiarity with this sea- tling injury for much of the seanot without some drama involved. son — Iowa’s Cory Clark. Clark son, recently returned to the lineTomasello carried an undefeat- was the second-highest ranked up and was defeated by Cornell’s ed record into competition, and wrestler at 133 pounds at the tour- Brian Realbuto on Feb. 19, the was challenged fiercely through- nament, and was absent from the Buckeyes’ last competition before out the tournament. Rutgers’ Scott Buckeyes’ Jan. 27 matchup with the Big Ten tournament. The injuDelVecchio battled, but Tomasel- the Hawkeyes. ry didn’t affect his pre-seeding, as lo took him down with a 6-4 deciThis lack of familiarity may he entered the tournament as the sion before beating No. 5 Stevan have been a hurdle for Tomasello, No. 1 wrestler in his weight class.

Micic of Michigan to advance to but he emerged victorious with a In the quarterfinals, Bo Jordan the finals. last-second escape to seal a 5-4 notched a 10-8 decision over InThere, Tomasello faced his decision victory. diana’s Devin Skatzka and then a toughest opponent yet, and one he Bo Jordan, who has been bat- 14-8 decision over No. 4 Myles

Amine of Michigan to advance to the finals. There, he faced No. 2 Penn State wrestler Mark Hall in one of his toughest matches to date.

Hall jumped out to a 2-1 lead with more than a minute of riding time accumulated after one period, but Jordan was able to trade blows with Hall in the second, before a scoreless third period sent the match to overtime at 4-4.

Bo Jordan then took down Hall 20 seconds into sudden victory to clinch his first Big Ten championship.

Moore has been impressive all season for the Buckeyes, as he suffered only three losses during the dual meet season — but two of those losses came against Minnesota senior No. 1 Brett Pfarr.

Those dual-meet losses seemed to provide some motivation for Moore heading into the finals matchup, and Moore was aggressive from the start with Pfarr, getting a takedown within the first 10 seconds of competition.

Moore began to take control of the match at the end of the first, as he closed the period with an 11-4 lead and nearly 40 seconds of riding time. It was a lead that Moore wouldn’t relinquish for the rest of the match. Moore finished with a WRESTLING CONTINUES ON 7