The Lantern - March 28 2017

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The bee population is declining in Columbus, where there are fewer bee-friendly flowers.

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A new production explores World War I, with actors focusing on lesserknown stories from the battlefield.

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Drone Club takes advantage of clear skies, virtual reality

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An image of Ohio Stadium taken from a drone.

YUTING YANG Lantern reporter yang.3360@osu.edu Discovering every place on Ohio State’s campus might require several hours and a pair of sturdy shoes. But with the aid of a drone and cameras, some students have found a way to do it in 15 minutes.

The Ohio State Drone Club was founded in 2015 and has sent members to drone competitions across the country during its mission to expand drone access, knowledge and exposure to OSU students. As drones have become more advanced, virtual reality has added to the experience.

“With the first-person view goggles attached, I feel like I am

sitting in the drone cabin, and immersing into the speed and power.

This is incredible,” said Aaron Ye, the vice president of the club and a second-year in finance.

In the past several years, more and more drones have been adapted with VR hardware, enabling an improved flying experience, Ye said.

“Because VR provides more accuracy, all the racing drones have adapted to this hardware within the past few years,” he said.

Ye recently placed second for at an intercollegiate indoor drone race hosted by the Purdue Drone Club, one of the largest collegiate drone clubs in the country.

“We need more experienced

For years, Vickness Nyirede spent 12 hours a day walking from her village in rural Malawi to a well, where she collected rust-colored water for her family.

Around the world, there are more than 783 million people like Nyirede, who don’t have access to clean drinking water, according to a report by the United Nations.

Design Outreach, a nonprofit humanitarian engineering organization founded by Ohio State professor Greg Bixler, has addressed this problem by creating LifePump, a water pump that can provide clean drinking water to

Study examines benefit of mindfulness

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LifePump ups water availability in Africa ERIN GOTTSACKER Lantern reporter gottsacker.2@osu.edu

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Alyssa Hoying and Monica Velazquez-Stiak perform the team’s first duet routine in the 2017 U.S. Collegiate Championships at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on March 25. The OSU synchronized swimming team won its 30th national championship, which is the most titles held by any one team at Ohio State.

“We are a group of engineers that really look for sustainable solutions for poverty.”

Amanda Messamore Development coordinator, Design Outreach

poverty-stricken villages around the world.

“Some problems in the world are not solvable, but some problems are very solvable,” said Bixler, a lecturer with the Department of Engineering Education. “And I think access to safe water that’s LIFEPUMP CONTINUES ON #

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Rushika Prakash, director of Ohio State’s clinical neuroscience laboratory, studies mindfulness.

ALYSSA WERNER Lantern reporter werner.197@osu.edu A recent Ohio State study examined the effects of mindfulness on attention, mental well-being and inflammation in the elderly, and found mixed results.

Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, director of OSU’s clinical neuroscience laboratory, and Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, lead author and graduate student in psychology, reviewed 27 articles about how mindfulness training affects cognitive, emotional and psychological health. Their review of the studies was published in “Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.”

Mindfulness is the awareness of the present moment while spe-

cifically highlighting body awareness, emotional awareness and concentrating what one pays attention to. Mindfulness training is defined as paying attention to experiences in the present moment with acceptance, which promotes attentional control and emotion regulation, Prakash said.

Of the 27 studies reviewed, a majority suggest mindfulness training, with the focused attention, leads to improvements in elderly populations. However, some of the studies reviewed show no significant results when compared with groups who did not undergo mindfulness training or groups that waited before starting the mindfulness training.

“Our lab has been one of the first labs to start taking a look at

mindfulness as a cognitive rehabilitation tool for older adults,” Prakash said.

Her lab started publishing studies on mindfulness in 2013.

The elderly community is an important population to study in regard to mindfulness, because they often have less social support, limited physical independence and decreased cognitive functioning, according to the OSU study.

Thus far, the studies on the topic have showed results that suggest mindfulness could increase the “attention control” among elderly populations, which is the capacity to choose what they pay attention to or ignore as it relates to their mental well-being.

The studies also examined the effect of mindfulness training on inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury infection where the area will swell. Changes in emotional distress and mental state can affect the level of inflammation in the body, but the relationship between mindfulness and inflammation are also mixed, according to the OSU study.

“Across the three domains there are promising results,” Fountain-Zaragoza said. “There is evidence there are benefits following mindfulness training. However … more work needs to be done.”

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people to join our team to compete with universities such as Purdue University or the University of Illinois,” Ye said.

James Gaydos, president of the Drone Club and a third-year in mechanical engineering, said the more camera angles that he can get as a pilot, the better.

“I am trying to build a system to allow me to switch buttons, so that I see different things while I am flying,” he said.

Gaydos also said he is also trying to make the equipment cheaper for OSU students.

“We are working with (differ-

ent) shops to see if they would allow us to loan out equipment,” said Gaydos. “We want to make access to this hobby easier.”

With winter drifting away, the OSU Drone Club is scheduling its first outdoor flying practices.

“I am sure there will be crashes,” Gaydos said.

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MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu A rape reportedly occurred at an off-campus location south of campus and west of High Street between midnight and 4 a.m. on Sunday. (Not pictured on map) 1. A woman was stabbed at a residence on Neil Avenue near the intersection of West Northwood Avenue on Thursday at about 1:45 p.m. The suspect, a 22-year-old man, is believed to be her roommate and was arrested by the Co-

lumbus Division of Police and University Police.

2. A felonious assault reportedly occurred at the intersection of North Fourth Street and East 15th Avenue on Wednesday at 2:24 a.m.

3. A female not affiliated with the university was arrested at Sisson Hall for domestic violence on Thursday at 1:04 p.m.

4. Two men were arrested on East 18th Avenue near Waldeck Avenue for an alleged burglary after a victim saw the two suspects enter his home and steal an estimated $3,980 worth of items on

Sunday at 1 a.m.

5. A female student was arrested for offenses involving an underage person at Torres House on Sunday at 2:06 a.m.

6. A man not affiliated with the university was arrested for criminal trespassing at Smith-Steeb Hall on Wednesday at 10:47 p.m.

Note: Crimes featured on this map do not represent the full extent of criminal activity in the campus area.

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elderly in their cognitive, mental and physical health, which suggests mindfulness training could be easily employed in multiple contexts, like nursing homes, according to the study.

While there are few studies about mindfulness training, the majority of results shown are positive. Future studies would benefit from rigorous design standards, Prakash said.

“We’re trying to say mindfulness training helps older adults get better on X, Y and Z. In order to establish causality, you have to design very strong randomized control trials,”Prakash said.

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reliable — that’s a solvable problem. It doesn’t have to be a struggle for hundreds of millions of people.”

Bixler said he was inspired to create Design Outreach 10 years ago after traveling to Kyrgyzstan on a mission trip.

“I saw the need — the problems with poverty — people who were really suffering and who didn’t have the basics that they needed,” Bixler said. “But I also saw people who used really creative solutions to solve their problems, and I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be neat if we could come alongside those creative people, but as engineers and maybe solve problems in other areas too?’”

When he returned to the United States, Bixler began to collaborate with a small group which now has grown to 74 local engineers and 12 non-governmental organizations to address the problem of water insecurity.

“If you’re going to help a poor community, the first thing they need is water,” Bixler said. “They can have all the food in the world, they can have all the clothes, they can have the best houses, but if they don’t have water, it doesn’t matter.”

While many organizations work to provide people in developing countries with access to clean water, a significant number of the pumps distributed are low quality, Bixler said, so they break after about six months and require fre-

to make clay bricks.

Next Bixler said she plans to build a school.

“This water pump is literally giving hope and a future to thousands of kids right now,” Bixler said.

By 2030, Design Outreach hopes to reach 2.5 million people.

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Design Outreach has installed about 35 pumps in countries including Malawi, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. quent repairs.

Zambia’s new national standard, the people they touch.

LifePump, however, can survive making it the second water pump “We’re not just another water for at least five years and requires in the country to become standard- organization,” said Amanda Mesonly preventive maintenance, like ized, and allowing other NGOs to samore, a development coordinachanging the oil in a car, Bixler install the pumps throughout the tor for Design Outreach. “We are said. country. a group of engineers that really To date, Design Outreach has “It’s essentially changing the look for sustainable solutions for installed about 35 pumps in coun- status quo and the way things are poverty.” tries including Malawi, Zambia, done,” Bixler said. “And this is all For Nyirede, the LifePump has Kenya and Ethiopia, although it happening right here in Colum- been life changing. Having reliplans to install about 40 more in bus.” able access to water — and 12 the near future as part of a governWhile this is a major step for extra hours a day — has allowed ment pilot program in Zambia.

Design Outreach, members of the her to grow a garden with fresh If the pilot program is suc- team said their ultimate goal is to vegetables and to build a new, cessful, LifePump could become make a difference in the lives of four-room house, using the water

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Flowerless habitats a buzzkill for bees TIA WILLIAMS Lantern reporter williams.4342@osu.edu Get the bees some flowers.

In March, Honey Nut Cheerios gave out more than a billion free wildflower seeds in the hopes that U.S. consumers can help make their environments more bee-friendly, while also raising awareness of the declining bee populations in North America.

One Ohio State bee expert said every little bit helps, especially in urban, less floral areas such as Columbus.

Reed Johnson, an assistant professor of entomology, and one of his graduate students found Columbus to be a “rotten” place to keep bees in a recent study published March 14.

“We put some colonies of bees on the very western edge of Columbus and we gave them a choice, do you want to forage in the urban landscape, or do you want to forage in the agricultural landscape,” Johnson said. “We tracked those colonies and found that bees were telling other bees to forage in the agricultural landscape.”

Johnson said this is probably due to Columbus’ lack of flowers in its urban areas in the summer and fall when compared to more rural areas.

“What Cheerios is doing is worthwhile,” Johnson said. “The only thing bees eat are flowers, so the more flowers we can get out in the world, the better off bees are going to be. It’s been a real problem in urban Columbus particularly.”

Over the past decade, bee populations in commercial colonies have experienced a die-off rate of up to 30 percent. In January, the North American bumblebee was added to the U.S. endangered species list for the first time.

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Declining bee populations have been a problem for locales worldwide, and Columbus is no exception.

Generally, the major causes of the decline include a combination of the loss of flower and nesting habitats, excessive use of pesticides and the spread of pathogens, Chia-Hua Lin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Entomology, said in an email.

Johnston said a parasitic mite was introduced to the U.S. in the 1980s that killed colonies of bees as well as their habitats.

When first launched, Cheerios said its #BringBackTheBees campaign was an effort to replace some of that lost habitat.

“Planting wildflowers is recommended by conservationists as one of the best ways to support pollinators,” the company said in a statement. “Honey Nut Cheerios wants to create a more bee-friendly world by encouraging consumers to plant more than 100 million wildflowers this year.”

However, Lin said she’s concerned about Cheerios’ shipments of packets of the same seed mix across North America.

“I appreciate Cheerios’ intention to raise awareness about the bees,” Lin said in an email. “However, many of the plants on their seed list aren’t native species. Some of them may grow well in certain regions, while some could become invasive, causing problems to the ecosystem.”

If people want to increase habitats and food for bees, it is important to select plants that are both attractive to bees and ecologically friendly to their environment, Lin said.

The OSU Bee Lab offers webinars and resources for anyone who is interested in learning about and supporting bees and pollinators in general.

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Department of Theatre presents role of women, artists in World War I

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“Theater is the art form of collaboration, and this is an extreme aspect of that.”

Lesley Ferris OSU theatre professor COURTESY OF REBECCA KEMPER

EBO AMISSAH-AGGREY Lantern reporter amissah-aggrey.1@osu.edu When Ohio State theatre professor Lesley Ferris first had the idea of a production about World War I, she understood there was not a way to totally encapsulate the whole war in a 90-minute show.

But one thing she wanted to do, with the help of students, was to make sure the show introduced audiences to a different side of the war.

The Department of Theatre’s “Forbidden Zones: The Great War,” which was created and co-directed by Ferris, along with associate professor of theatre Jeanine Thompson, opens Wednesday. The show brings to light the importance of women in

“Dis)placed Children” by Rebecca Kemper will be on display March 29 at Global Gallery.

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(Left to Right:) Caleb Naugle, Elizabeth Girvin, Kahla Tisdale, members of the ensemble, in the production of Forbidden Zones: The Great War. the war and how artists and photographers were also on the battlefield, Ferris said.

The performance is the culmination of a year’s work of research on World War I by MFA students in the theatre department. After assessing the research, the students were then tasked with writing scenes based on their findings.

“Lesley and I have guided their

research, but what is actually on the stage is the work that the students have created,” Thompson said. “So, we finessed it. We have tried to make it work as best as possible.”

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When Ohio State doctoral student and artist Rebecca Kemper began her research in city and regional planning, she said she quickly recognized a common theme — those living in lower-income neighborhoods around the central Ohio area were not getting a say in the urban development of their neighborhoods. “(Lower-income) communities are becoming economically marginalized, and I noticed sometimes there is a gap between development solutions and citizen engagement,” Kemper said.

“There are needs and concerns a community might have about developments within their areas.”

By January, Kemper decided she wanted to be more involved than just researching, so she started an organization called Equitable Urban Futures aimed to bridge the gap.

“We’re basically a city planning think tank concerned with social justice and economic segregation in the central Ohio area,” Kemper said.

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OPINION

LGBT representation in media not new, but improving VICTORIA WEGMAN For The Lantern wegman.15@osu.edu Growing up, I didn’t see many characters that looked like me.

I am an androgynous tomboy. I will not be waiting for a prince to sweep me off my feet anytime soon. Despite not having examples from television or movies to copy as an adolescent, I became a member of the LGBT community.

With the legalization of samesex marriage in the United States in June 2015, having out LGBT characters in television and film has become more common. Lt. Hikaru Sulu from “Star Trek” has a husband, the yellow ranger from the new “Power Rangers” movie has a girlfriend, “Orange is the New Black” is packed with LGBT women and Lefou of this year’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast” was confirmed gay by director Bill Condon.

Granted, Lefou never kisses another man, but he does dance with one. That same man, earlier in the film, was dressed by Audra McDonald’s character in a feminine outfit and walked away with a spring in his step.

Recent films such as “Beauty and the Beast” have received im-

We are not as afraid of it. We see that we can be happy and be LGBT. Isn’t that what being gay means anyway?

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Josh Gad portrays the character Lafou in Disney’s 2017 reboot of “Beauty and the Beast,” who is gay. mense backlash for these types of scenes. But no one outlawed “Looney Tunes” even though Bugs Bunny wore a dress on more than one occasion. He even kissed a few men throughout the cartoons. In all my research, I haven’t seen cities boycotting, moms angrily blogging or entire countries banning “Looney Tunes.”

I implore you to watch the movies and shows you saw as a child.

There has always been behavior associated with the LGBT community in our content. I’m pretty sure Ernie and Bert are more than friends.

What changed? Why is there so much fighting against any inkling of homosexuality or gender-bending in film and television now?

Western society is normalizing being LGBT, and now we recognize these brief moments as

meaning more than a small joke.

It is supposed to be hilarious to see the male protagonist dress as a woman and dance ballet, as Bugs does in “Looney Tunes.” It is supposed to be funny to see the unnamed man smile and skip away in a gown when the cross-dressing was meant to humiliate him in “Beauty and the Beast.”

Even as a member of the LGBT community, I chuckle at these moments, despite understanding my community is the butt of the joke.

I do, however, see a more positive underlying message that being LGBT is OK. The unnamed man is happy. He dances with Lefou in the end. Sulu is happy with his husband.

Having happy, normal LGBT characters contributes to this increasing normalization that was

sparked by the national legalization of same-sex marriage. That is where the backlash is coming from. Those in protest and in support of this openness agree that seeing happy LGBT characters will make it seem like it is OK to be LGBT. They’re both right. That is the point of having happy LGBT characters. What separates the two parties is those in protest do not find this acceptable.

Simply seeing LGBT people, however, will not make you LGBT. I recently wrote an extensive research paper on what actually makes someone LGBT. Research shows people are born that way. Years of therapy — which is illegal in many states — can attempt to silence homosexual or transgender thoughts, but no amount of praying, or electroshock treatments, will remove the desire to be LGBT. What these films and shows do is attempt to relieve the fear of being what they are born to be. That is why millennials have the highest percentage of people who identify as LGBT than any generation in history. We are not as afraid of it. We see that we can be happy and be LGBT. Isn’t that what being gay means anyway?

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‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ brings exploration to a new galaxy ROBERT SCARPINITO Managing Editor for Design scarpinito.1@osu.edu BioWare’s “Mass Effect” series made the idea of traveling outside of the solar system a trivial matter. Traveling between systems was just a small step in the grand scheme of saving all the species in the Milky Way from extinction. By the end of the original trilogy, the entire galaxy felt like a home to protect.

In the studio’s new installment in the series, “Mass Effect: Andromeda,” the player goes from protector to intruder. You travel into an untouched frontier to set up colonies in a brave new galaxy. In this game, you are the alien in the Andromeda galaxy.

The story sets up the protagonist in typical BioWare fashion, meaning your character, Ryder, is set up to be an important “chosen one” called the Pathfinder. Ryder’s actions determine the fate of the Milky Way’s species in Andromeda, and it’s up to him or her to travel to habitable planets — using the Tempest, one of the fastest ships in the Milky Way — and set up new colonies. This game excels at making you feel like your decisions will impact the survival of all the species you care about, especially if you played the original trilogy with Shepard.

In the 15 or so hours I’ve spent with the game, it’s hard to say if the story will shape up to be on the same level of Shepard’s tale, but the stakes feel similar. However, the storytelling is hampered by boring animations, occasional visual bugs and some spots of uninspired voice acting.

Facial emotions are nearly nonexistent in this game. You might see a hint of concern or happiness in the characters’ faces, but for the most part, faces remain static. Other times, people face the wrong direction or disappear when they shouldn’t. These animation issues take you out of the story for a second to remind you that the studio’s design team should have given the game more polish.

As far as voice acting goes, you’ll run into the occasional character who could’ve used a different actor. Among important characters, such as Ryder and the Tempest’s crew, the voice acting is mostly good, although some lines are delivered horribly and could have used more work in the recording booth.

Where the game shines brightest, however, is in the combat. Never has combat been as satisfying in a “Mass Effect” game as it’s been in “Andromeda.” Unlike the previous games that locked Shepard’s abilities based on the chosen class, “Andromeda” chooses to give the player free reign over all the abilities. As the Pathfinder, Ryder can create four sets of abilites.

These four presets can be switched in the middle of combat, adding a layer of depth to the combat that allows players to expose more enemy weaknesses than before. “Andromeda” also introduces the jump jet system, giving players far more mobility than previous games. Players can now jump very high and quickly dash in any direction and even hover in the air to attack from above.

The extra dimensions of verticality, increased movement speed and access to more abilities make every combative encounter dynamic, with no fight feeling the same as the others. The weapons feel good to use in the game, and with a large variety of weapon types such as laser beams and krogan hammers, most players should find something to their liking.

Fans of the “Mass Effect” series will likely find something to enjoy in this new romp in a different galaxy, with the polished combat and interesting world-building. Those new to the series might feel lost initially, but if high-stakes space operas are your jam, the game might be worth picking up during a sale.

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to local members of the community. Kemper said she reached out to Second Sight as both it and her organization had similar concerns about gentrification.

“Second Sight advocates not only for artists, but for social and cultural equity,” said founder Mona Gazala in an e-mail. “(We) use the arts to give voice and visibility to Franklinton’s longtime residents in the face of gentrification.”

Gazala said Second Sight brings artists from all over the state, country and world to Franklinton, providing them with housing in a live-work residency program. Each artist is, in turn, required to host at least one exhibit or event during his or her stay that actively involves neighborhood residents.

“Second Sight facilitates exhibits and art projects that are accessible to residents of Franklinton, while giving the artists a chance to experience the neighborhood from the perspective of the people who actually live here,” Gazala said.

In order to help Second Sight with programming funds, Kemper said Equitable Urban Futures will host an gallery fundraiser and discussion at Clintonville’s Global

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The Pathfinder works with his or her crew members throughout the game.

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“Second Sight advocates not only for artists, but for social and cultural equity.”

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The environments found in “Mass Effect: Andromeda” range from dry deserts to lush, blue-purple jungles.

Gallery on Wednesday.

“The event is really twofold,” Kemper said. “Half is a gallery and fundraiser, with the proceeds from artwork sold going to Second Sight. The other part is a roundtable discussion about communities being displaced or disrupted (by urban development).”

Kemper said discussion with groups of OSU researchers and nonprofits such as United Way of Central Ohio and Columbus Coalition for the Homeless will hopefully help bring light to issues like gentrification and public policy perspective and help converge the art world with everyday practitioners and researchers.

“We’re trying to create a safe space with panels for different types of people to come together and talk about these issues holistically,” Kemper said. “A lot of assumptions are made about these (lower-income) communities from the outside and (we) want to bring out the stories about these communities that already exist.”

The collaboration of Wednesday’s event is key, and Kemper said she believes the sort of change she is hoping to see truly takes a village.

“If we have different entities that are concerned with the true engagement of these community members, we can really be sensitive to their needs,” Kemper said.

The event, Coffee & Conversation: Communities Displaced/Disrupted, is set to take place Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Global Gallery. It is free and open to the public.

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The Columbus Symphony Orchestra played a live score to accompany a showing of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on March 25 and 26.

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called the “Camouflage Project” in which students wrote scenes from research they collected.

“Theater is the art form of collaboration, and this is an extreme aspect of that,” Ferris said. “Normal collaboration is with the existing script that is already written. With this, there is no script, but there is a conceiver and directors who are going to guide people in focusing on the work.”

Ferris, along with nine MFA students, spent a total of six days in Europe last June researching the war. They spent three days in London and three days in France at various onsite locations and museums from the war.

Ferris said the trip made things more personal for the students.

“I think the students’ generation is a lot more well aware of what happened through World War II than World War I, through the news and such,” Thompson said.

Elizabeth Girvin, a fourth-year in psychology and theatre, said the cast members switched roles before settling on their characters.

“It’s been a busy rehearsal process and one of the most unusual that I have experienced,” Girvin said in an email. “All in all, the process has been a valuable learning experience, and while the topic is not a happy one, we’ve managed to have fun.”

The Forbidden Zones begins Wednesday at 7:30pm, at the Drake Performance and Event Center’s Ray Bowen Theatre.

Tickets are $15 for students and

$20 for the general public, available through the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office.

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French connection: Szerszen and Hervoir boosting OSU KYLE MCKINNON Lantern reporter mckinnon.99@osu.edu

The top-ranked Ohio State men’s volleyball team will attempt to capture its third national championship in six seasons when the NCAA tournament begins in April.

If the Buckeyes do manage to repeat as national champions, it’ll be due in no small part to the play of two French teammates — junior outside hitters Nicolas Szerszen and Maxime Hervoir, who have made large contributions to the team’s 23-1 record in 2017.

Both Szerszen and Hervoir were born in France and even competed against each other overseas prior to their careers at OSU. They didn’t know one another very well then, but that’d soon change when Szerszen decided to take his talents to the Buckeye State in 2015.

“Even though we played each other a couple times in France, we weren’t that close before Maxime came here,” Szerszen said. “Since he’s been here, we’ve obviously gotten closer. On the court, we view each other as regular teammates. Off the court, though, we understand each other better, because we understand our culture.”

Before Hervoir’s arrival in August 2016, Szerszen had already exceeded any and all expectations at OSU. On top of winning a national championship last year, Szerszen was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year, the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player of the Year, and the MIVA tournament MVP. He also set all-time OSU records with

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Junior outside hitter Maxime Hervoir (23) serves during a match against IPFW at St. John Arena on March 23. The Buckeyes won the match 3-0.

63 total service aces and 0.42 aces per set average.

None of that would’ve been possible, though, without the help of his sister, Anna.

“My parents always told me that I have to get my degree first, before playing volleyball,” Szerszen said. “So, I was basically looking for both, and I honestly just followed my sister’s footsteps. She played here about 10 years ago and suggested OSU to me.”

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(inches), 10 (foot) 1 (inch) broad jump — what else do you want from me?”

McMillan said he has met with several teams and will continue to travel to “anybody who needs a linebacker” in the coming month before the NFL draft on April 27.

Before the pro day last Thursday, McMillan spoke to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton. After the de-facto tryout, McMillan sat down with the head coaches and the general managers of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans.

The linebacker said he was a little intimidated by future Hall of Famer Belichick at first, having never met him and only talking to position staff initially.

“You’re scared because he’s quizzing you,” McMillan said. “It’s like a little test.

After we get done with the test or quiz of drawing up the defense, they’re real downto-earth people and really cool.”

McMillan was close with former OSU linebackers coach and co-defensive coordi-

nator Luke Fickell. Now that Fickell is the head coach at the University of Cincinnati, Greg Schiano has taken over the sole defensive coordinator duties for the time being and is responsible for making redshirt senior linebacker Chris Worley the next great middle linebacker at OSU. “We lost what I think is a man’s man in Raekwon McMillan,” Schiano said on the second day of spring practice. “Just a really fine football player and a smart football player. We needed to make sure that we could try and replace him with a guy that has that kind of presence about him.”

It’s not uncommon for a player so productive and well-respected to fall to the middle rounds of the NFL draft. But it’s a predicament that McMillan isn’t accustomed to.

“I’m a first-two-days guy,” he said. “Anything past that, I’ll be disappointed in myself because I didn’t do it as much as I could to help myself on draft day.”

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get healthy to help us on the mound, so that we can keep ourselves in ball games better than we did there in Game 1.”

Junior relief pitcher Seth Kinker is currently the only healthy Buckeye reliever owning a sub-3.00 ERA and one of only three arms with a sub-4.00 ERA. And as one of the leaders in that bullpen, Kinker is trying to help the inexperienced arms develop that relief mindset of trusting their stuff and being ready for any moment to be brought into the game.

“Some of the leaders in the bullpen have also brought everyone together and we’re talking about certain situations where your name is going to be called and you need to be able to step up and command that situation,” Kinker said.

Kinker also emphasized that the only

way pitchers will develop confidence in their skill is by continuing to work on it and gaining experience on the mound.

“You’ve got to be out there to get that confidence. And the only time you get that confidence is going day in and day out, working day in and day out and in the end, you’re going to find that confidence in your stuff,” Kinker said. “Rather than going out there, not being ready for that situation. I think that everyone just needs to calm down a little bit, it’s the first weekend. We’re going to find that confidence here in a little bit.”

The two teams will look to get back to their winning ways on Tuesday with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. at Bill Davis Stadium.

While he’s been living on campus for only about eight months, Hervoir’s adjusted pretty quickly. The two-time French Cup winner has Szerszen to thank, who’s playing the same role his sister once did.

“I asked him tons of questions before coming here,” Hervoir said. “We talked a lot, and he helped me a lot in deciding whether I should go to OSU or not. Living in France, you’re kind of in the dark, because I had no idea how it was at OSU.”

Being from the same country, a closer connection seamlessly formed between the two in what is now their home away from home.

“I think there’s a special relationship there with us being from the same country,” Hervoir said. “I try to express most things the best way I can, but it’s always great to have someone to talk to in French if I want to fully express myself. He’s here for me and helps me a lot.”

Hervoir and Szerszen were a part of a historic run that recently came to an end at the hands of UC Irvine, after recording 42 straight wins, spanning 399 days.

Coach Pete Hanson said the importance of the two outside hitters reaches beyond the volleyball court.

“Both Nicolas and Maxime are vitally important to our team’s title chances,” Hanson said. “They’re two of our primary passers that help our offense excel. Nicolas and Max bring a level of maturity and stability to our team that will be essential to have a chance to repeat as national champions.”

Szerszen said he understands that in order to bring home another national title, the team will have to balance out the lows and highs every season holds.

“We’ve started pretty well and I hope we keep going like this,” Szerszen said. “We’ll definitely face some lows, and we won’t win every game, but we know it’s not going to be easy every time. The goal is to win another national championship, so hopefully we’ll be back for the final four.”

The Buckeyes will put their four-game winning streak, and No. 1 ranking, on the line at Penn State on Tuesday.

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McMillian’s path to the draft

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JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myers.1669@osu.edu When former Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan arrived in Columbus for spring practice in 2014, he was in line to earn significant playing time as a true freshman the coming fall.

He did just that, and became a reliable force in the middle of OSU’s national championship-winning defense.

Now after two more years — both as a starter and one as a team captain — McMillan feels somewhat overlooked as he makes the turn toward becoming an NFL draft pick.

“I kind of went into the draft process as an underdog,” McMillan said. “And it is what it is.

I came here to show everybody what I had to do. Me personally, I don’t feel that there’s a guy that’s better than me in this (class).”

McMillan was one of the most consistent and productive linebackers since OSU coach Urban Meyer arrived in Columbus in 2012. The former five-star recruit from Hinesville, Georgia, had 275 total tackles with the Buckeyes, including two seasons when he led the team with 119 and 102. He filled a gap at middle linebacker in 2014 with then-senior linebacker Curtis Grant, and then immediate-

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OSU junior guard Kelsey Mitchell looks to move the ball inside against No. 9 seed Northwestern on March 3 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. OSU won, 99-68.

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OSU junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan (5) takes the field with the Buckeyes before their game against Michigan State on Nov. 19. The Buckeyes won 17-16. ly assumed the role of defensive field general as soon as Grant exited the program.

Much of the criticism McMillan has received is in respect to his athleticism and speed. At times, pass coverage has been an issue, as well as getting off blocks and stopping the run. His last two games as a Buckeye — combining for 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack — made lasting impressions on NFL teams in search

of a linebacker.

Couple that with his performance in the NFL combine and OSU’s pro day last week, and McMillan believes he’s done enough to discredit the critics.

“Everybody saying I can’t move, saying I’m not an athlete,” he said. “I went out to the combine and ran a 4.61. I was trying to crack 4.5, but didn’t do it. Came out here, moved, vertical jump 33 FOOTBALL CONTINUES ON 7

MACKENZIE GIGNAC Lantern reporter gignac.2@osu.edu Junior guard Kelsey Mitchell was named an Associated Press second team All-American on Monday afternoon, collecting All-American honors for the third-straight year. In 2016, Mitchell was named an AP firstteam All-American and in 2015 she received the second-team All-American honor.

Earlier in the season, Mitchell received the Big Ten Player of the Year for her second-consecutive season. She’s led the team in scor-

ing all three seasons she’s been at Ohio State.

The Cincinnati native is also the fastest player to score 2,000 points in the NCAA. Mitchell leads the Buckeyes in three-point shots made with 368, and is on track to become the Buckeyes all-time leading scorer, trailing the current leading scorer, Jantel Lavender, by only 265 points.

This season, Mitchell averaged 22.6 points per game, which is her lowest total in her career. However, she picked up 137 assists with only 84 turnovers, the lowest number in her career.

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OSU hopes to break losing streak against OU EDWARD SUTELAN Lantern reporter sutelan.1@osu.edu In the Ohio State baseball team’s first taste of Big Ten play for the season, little went right for the Buckeyes.

Over the three-game sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Buckeyes surrendered a total of 26 runs on 41 hits and managed to produce only 12 runs on 19 hits over the weekend.

With another chance to pick up some wins in conference play this upcoming weekend against Purdue, the Buckeyes must first gain some momentum against the 11-11 Ohio University Bobcats at home on Tuesday.

Coach Greg Beals believes the team is currently missing that one hit and that his offense will need to start finding some consistency in order to find its stride again.

“Offensively, we’re always searching. We need to get better,” Beals said. “I thought we had some quality at-bats, but … we’re missing the hit when we really need one.”

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OSU freshman infielder Noah West (8) hits a home run during the first game of the team’s doubleheader against Minnesota on March 25. making it into the win column.

After starting the season 11-7, the Bobcats have lost each of their past four games, including a three-game sweep at home to Butler University.

The 11 wins the team has compiled at this point have been derived largely from the success of its pitching staff. As a unit, the team has a combined ERA of 3.65, Of the nine pitchers who have con-

tributed double-digit inning totals to the team so far, only one has an ERA north of 3.50 while five of the pitchers have sub-3.00 ERAs. A big reason the team’s pitching staff has found so much success so far is its ability to miss bats. In 202 innings pitched this season, the Bobcats have struck out 199 batters (8.87 batters per nine innings) and have held opposing hitters to a measly .243 batting average.

While the pitching staff has been able to keep runs off the scoreboard, the Bobcat offense has had an equally challenging time bringing runners across the plate. The lineup does not have a single batter with a batting average over .300 and, as a unit, the team is batting just .254.

OSU has struggled to make consistent contact, as well as the inability to make much out of the contact it makes. While the team’s on-base percentage is at .333, its slugging percentage is actually a point below, sitting at .332 on the season. They have 10 home runs, less than half of the 22 accumulated by the OSU offense.

The star on the team this season has been redshirt junior pitcher and designated hitter Michael Klein. As a batter, Klein is slashing .299/.371/.517 with team-leading totals in walks (nine), hits (26), RBI (13) and slugging percentage.

He is also tied for the team lead in batting average and home runs (four).

On the mound, Klein has been the top starting pitcher for the Bobcats. Klein has the lowest ERA of any of the weekend starting pitchers at 2.19 and has allowed just 22 hits and six walks with 27 strikeouts in his 24.2 in-

nings of work.

Injury-riddled bullpen needs arms to step up The Buckeyes were missing two key arms in their bullpen over the past weekend, and it certainly did not help an aspect of the team that has struggled this season.

With redshirt junior starting pitcher Adam Niemeyer out with an elbow injury, sophomore pitcher Connor Curlis was forced to shift from bullpen arm to starting pitcher on Saturday. Redshirt junior relief pitcher Kyle Michalik was also out over the weekend with an ankle injury. His status for Tuesday’s game against OU remains uncertain.

After his team’s bullpen was unable to keep the game close in Saturday’s 15-5, Game 1 blowout, Beals said his team needs to get healthy soon in order to help alleviate some of the woes of the pitching staff.

“We’re a little banged up in our pitching staff and when we put together the travel roster opening day, there’s four guys that as far as the pitchers, the 12 pitchers, there’s four guys that we had on that opening day travel roster that were not available to us this weekend,” Beals said. “So we need to BASEBALL CONTINUES ON 7