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Director leaves OSU amid improper speaking fees, alleged inappropriate relationship OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu A professor and administrator known as the youngest-ever person to achieve tenured faculty status at Ohio State no longer holds either position with the university.

On March 17, Dr. Terrell Strayhorn was fired from his role as director of Ohio State’s Center for Higher Education Enterprise. The firing came on the heels of an administrative review that showed he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in undocumented and improper speaking fees at events held across the country.

Then, on May 3, Strayhorn resigned without notice from his faculty position — a day before Ohio State completed a months-long investigation of a complaint that alleged an improper relationship with his understudy at the education enterprise center, policy analyst Dr. Royel Johnson.

Though the investigation found no evidence of an inappropriate relationship, investigators wrote they were concerned with Strayhorn and Johnson’s relationship, which could “constitute a conflict of interest” at work.

Neither Strayhorn nor Johnson, who also

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Dr. Terrell Strayhorn was fired from his role as Director of Ohio State’s Center for Higher Education Enterprise.

has left Ohio State, responded to requests for comment. Ohio State officials also declined to comment, citing restrictions in a release agreement they signed with Strayhorn when he left.

The review shows he used his position as a director at Ohio State to book speaking and consulting appearances, as was first reported by Inside Higher Ed in June shortly

WINDOW PLAIN: OSU bans dorm window art This year Ohio State has decided to put an end to the window art fad, commonly seen in North Campus residence halls, effectively ending messages like “Jess, will you marry me?”. ON PAGE 2.

“Why limit it? If it is not inappropriate and is just funny I don’t see a problem with it.”

John McCarty Second-year in business

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Board of Trustees discuss Pelotonia app, buying Polaris research building TERESA CARDENAS Lantern reporter cardenas.53@osu.edu The Ohio State Board of Trustees announced the release of a Pelotonia mobile app Wednesday at the Wexner Medical Center meeting. The app, which has not been named yet, will allow riders from around the world to track their cycling and raise money for cancer research.

The aim of the app is to increase the number of riders and donations to the annual cycling marathon. Columbus has been home to Pelotonia for a weekend in August for the past nine years, but during a Wexner Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting, Pelotonia CEO Doug Ulman said he hopes to expand participation by enabling donations from anyone at any time. “[This app] will allow anyone in the world that is physically riding a bike for any purpose — commuting to work, riding their kids to the park or to school, et cetera — to press start and stop on a map and generate money for cancer research,” Ulman said.

Riders from 61 countries came to Columbus, but Pelotonia rides occurred in other countries such as Hong Kong and Bangalore, and according to Ulman, that has encouraged the addition of a globalized tracking system.

“Our goal is to get a couple hundred thousand people to each raise $100 or $50

“[This app] will allow anyone in the world that is physically riding a bike for any purpose...to press start and stop on a map and generate money for cancer research.”

Doug Ulman Pelotonia CEO

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The Board of Trustees meeting in January at the Longaberger Alumni House. a year in microdonations that would ultimately add up to $30, $40 or $50 million per year,” Ulman said.

The announcement came less than three weeks after the ninth annual race that occurred at the beginning of August. Pelotonia 2017 was one of the most successful races yet, recording the highest number of riders, volunteers and individual donations in the race’s history, with a projected total of over $25 million in fundraising.

When asked about next year’s 10th Pelotonia, Ulman said, “Given that we are launching this app, we would like to see a significant increase ... We are not satisfied,” and said he hopes to reach over $30 million.

Board of Trustees member and Pelotonia Board manager Abigail Wexner said this increase in fundraising is in part due to Ulman’s work. “He is just tireless in his efforts and sees the very big picture and has

really galvanized the entire movement,” Wexner said.

Beta testing of the app begins in October, with the projected global release set for spring of 2018.

The Board also discussed Ohio State’s plan to buy a building it leases for laboratory and research on Polaris Parkway for an undisclosed amount.

According to The Columbus Dispatch, improvements are planned for the relocation of some departments from The James Cancer Hospital and Richard M. Solove Research Institute.

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Tenured faculty member leaves after investigation reveals improper fees, conflict of interest. | ON PAGE 3

OSU changes policy, says no more dorm-room window art OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu With the opening of North Campus residential dorms last year, students trying to get a laugh out of passer-bys found a new hobby: window art.

Messages from “Ducks out 4 Harambe” to “Donald Trump wears cargo shorts” could be seen across dorm-room windows along High Street and Lane Avenue, turning a walk to class into a current-events lesson.

But this year Ohio State decided to put an end to the new fad, effectively eliminating the messages sprawled across the dorm rooms inhabited by newly movedin freshmen and sophomores.

Dave Isaacs, spokesman for the Office of Student Life, said his office reviews its dorm policies each year and decided to ban window art moving forward. Isaacs said the decision reflects the approach other universities take to similar situations.

“That is just ridiculous,” said Moritz College of Law professor emeritus David Goldberger, who specializes in constitutional law.

“A flat-out ban is probably more than they can do,” he said.

“It is one thing for the university to be concerned about racist or inappropriate messages that would legitimately interfere with an educational environment … but a flat ban? Does that mean that you can’t display the American flag?”

According to Ohio State’s residential living handbook, the an-

“Right away they told us at the floor meeting that we couldn’t put anything on the windows... I didn’t really see the big deal with the messages.”

Emma Hoellrich First-year in chemistry

swer is yes.

Windows must remain clear from obstruction and university window coverings need to be visible from the outside.

“Posting, hanging or otherwise displaying signage, lighting or other materials in or around the residence hall windows or on university window coverings is not permitted,” the handbook states.

Last year, when window art started to become prominent, Isaacs and the Office of Student Life had a much different view on the matter.

“I am continually impressed by the creativity of Ohio State students,” Isaacs told The Lantern in an interview last autumn.

“Although, we do hope that our students use this unique feature to highlight messages that are positive and not offensive or in poor taste.”

Now the university is having residence hall staff inform all students of the ban during floor meetings. The dorm staff will also be the ones enforcing the ban, ac-

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Students are no longer permitted to decorate dorm room windows in any dorm on campus. cording to Isaacs.

First-year chemistry student Emma Hoellrich said she first found out about the ban when she moved in. Being from Columbus, she said she enjoyed seeing the funny messages on the windows last year when she would visit campus.

“Right away they told us at the floor meeting that we couldn’t put anything on the windows,” Hoellrich said.

She said some residents in her dorm laughed when they heard displaying window art was no longer allowed. “I didn’t really see the big deal with the messag-

es. I thought they were funny,” Hoellrich said.

John McCarty, a second-year in business who lives in Torres House, said he thought the ban was a form of censorship and limited students’ freedom of expression.

“Why limit it? If it is not inappropriate and is just funny I don’t see a problem with it,” McCarty said.

Several of the newer dorms, such as Bowen, Torres and Houston House, face major roads, allowing the general public and passing drivers to be able to see the dorm windows.

Curtains close a room to the outside world but students say sticky notes or colored paper is a way to express themselves.

“This is a university campus.

It’s not a high school,” Goldberger said.

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First Black Women and Girls’ Recognition Day celebrated on Monday HAILEY STANGEBYE Multimedia Editor stangebye.1@osu.edu More than 40 people gathered at the Columbus Metropolitan Driving Park Library to celebrate the first annual Black Women and Girls’ Recognition Day on Monday.

Black Women and Girls’ Recognition Day was presented by the Education Foundation for Freedom and sponsored by The Women’s Place at Ohio State, which designs and facilitates leadership development programs for women faculty and staff.

The event included a dinner, community performances such as dance exhibitions, poets and singers, and scholarship presentations for four women that participated in Dr. Elaine Richardson’s middle-school literacy program who are now attending college.

Richardson, a professor of literacy studies in Ohio State’s Department of Teaching and Learning, was the director of an after-school program for girls of color in Columbus City Schools from 2010 to 2015. A few of the

“We want to promote post-secondary education and let young women know that there are people in the community who feel connected to their success.”

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Several young girls perform a step routine as members of Divine Step & Dance at the first annual Black Women and Girls’ Recognition Day at the Metropolitan Driving Park Library on Monday, August 21. program’s former participants attended the event, including D’Alexandreiaa Wilder, a scholarship recipient and a second-year criminal justice major at the University of Toledo.

“It’s basically just a day to celebrate African-American women and girls,” Wilder said.

“I’m the oldest of eight kids.

We have four sisters and four brothers and in my community,

where I was raised and where I still live to this day, we don’t celebrate enough,” she said. “We feel like everybody’s against us. I say we, as in the black culture.”

Richardson said she created the event as a way to continue her community work since the after-school program has ended.

“We want to promote post-secondary education and let young women know that there are people in the community who feel connected to their success,” Richardson said.

Wilder said her college experience at the University of Toledo

meant a lot and that she hopes to work with and support special victims, especially women and children, in the future.

“I am a nerd. I love to learn. I love anything that has to do with me bettering myself,” she said.

“So, for me to be somewhere doing better for myself for me, for my mom and for my seven siblings, it just makes me feel good. I know, at the end of my four years, we’re going to be cool. We’re going to be set.”

Wilder received a $300 scholarship to help with education expenses. The other recipients, who each received $300, included Jessica Cornute, a first-year at Savannah College of Art & Design, Loryn Johnson, a second-year at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Ayana Strickland, a first-year at Columbus State University.

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after Strayhorn left Ohio State.

Strayhorn denied receiving improper payments and attributed the violations to “a lack of training or clear guidelines.”

However, when he was notified in an email by the investigator of an anonymous complaint against him, the review showed Strayhorn removed all files regarding his travel from his executive assistant’s desk and drawers.

In total, Strayhorn received as much as $200,000 in speaking and consulting fees over the course of his 2 1/2 years at the helm of the Center.

Strayhorn was out of the office five separate times in January 2017, collecting anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 for each of the five speaking appearances, never once submitting the required consulting forms.

When one of the schools wanted to negotiate his speaking fee, he pointed the school toward his assistant, who agreed with the school on a $5,000 price tag, according to the travel review.

In February, Strayhorn emailed with the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, stating: “Typically I receive $7,500 for a full day visit that includes a keynote/campus address, plus 2-3 smaller group sessions. Of course, we have no hard and fast numbers and can always negotiate by adjusting the number of talks/sessions. In the end we strive to make it work!”

Strayhorn asserted to university officials during the review that as a faculty professor, a position he held before his directorship, he was allowed to receive honoraria, or payments, for his speaking arrangements.

But as the director of the Center, he was told he was forbidden to do so repeatedly by university officials.

“While he may not have initially been aware of the difference between his faculty and administration roles from a policy code perspective, he failed to submit any appropriate paperwork related to approval of external compensation,” the review states.

In 2015, he was told in a meeting with human resources to complete paid external consulting forms for “any work that we do outside of the university for which we receive compensation … paid speaking engagements … basically anything for which you receive a payment or a stipend outside of OSU.” In addition to ignoring university policy in accepting payments for speaking, Strayhorn used his staff to negotiate speaker fees.

Regardless of the investigation or the report against Strayhorn, witness accounts and investigator’s findings remained consistent.

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The Center for Higher Education Enterprise, housed in Page Hall, is still under interim leadership following the firing of Terrell Strayhorn.

“In the course of investigating the improper-relationship allegation, witnesses voluntarily brought to the investigator’s attention other serious concerns regarding Dr. Strayhorn’s external work and personal interests,” the investigation states. “The witness statements corroborated that Dr. Strayhorn regularly used university resources and university staff for the benefit of his external paid work and personal interests.”

Business filings show Strayhorn set up a for-profit educational consulting firm named “Do Good Work LLC” on Jan. 15, while still in the thick of the administrative review.

In the administrative review, Strayhorn’s actions were summed up in three major violations: grave misconduct, gross incompetence and nontrivial financial fraud — all of which were enough to call for his immediate termination as director of the Center.

On March 7, just two weeks before Strayhorn was fired from the directorship, Johnson left Ohio State and took a job in education policy at Penn State.

An investigation looking into Strayhorn’s leadership at the Center and possible inappropriate relationship with Johnson was presented to Strayhorn three days before his removal as director.

An anonymous complaint filed on Jan. 24, 2017 through Ethicspoint — an anonymous third-party reporting line used by Ohio State to report unethical or inappropriate behavior — was the second complaint against Strayhorn for an alleged inappropriate relationship with Johnson in violation of the university’s sexual misconduct policy.

The first complaint, filed by a student also through Ethicspoint, alleged sexual harassment by Strayhorn, came in 2015 when Johnson was a doctoral candidate before graduating and taking a full-time role at the center.

When investigators first approached Strayhorn and Johnson in 2015 about their relationship, they denied any inappropriate relationship between them.

An investigation looking into Strayhorn’s leadership and possible inappropriate relationship with Johnson was presented to Strayhorn three days before his removal as director.

In the investigation, eight witnesses interviewed pointed to an inappropriate relationship between Strayhorn and Johnson. It went so far, according to one witness account, that the men shared a hotel room, dubbed the “Petite King Suite,” at an upscale New Orleans hotel in the French Quarter. In fact, Strayhorn specifically requested the suite, calling it “his favorite room.”

Strayhorn and Johnson denied any wrongdoing or inappropriate relationship when interviewed by the lead investigator, but both men acknowledged that they did share room 505 that night at the Omni Hotel. In fact, they said sharing hotel rooms on business trips was not uncommon.

Both men attributed the sharing of rooms as a way to save travel costs being billed to Ohio State.

The “Petite King Suite” requested by Strayhorn is more expensive than a standard double room at the posh Omni Hotel.

Strayhorn stated in the report that the room was always booked with the intentions of having separate sleeping quarters. That particular room has one king bed and a pull-out sofa.

The witnesses all shared similar feelings of an inappropriate, possibly romantic, relationship between the two higher-ups. Examples included sharing clothes, matching computers and bags and extended lunch breaks paired with closed-door meetings while at work.

According to reports, favoritism toward Johnson was rampant

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in the workplace, something both men denied as well.

All witnesses interviewed described Strayhorn as out of touch with the workplace and employees at the Center, and one witness in particular said that Strayhorn only knew the office “through the eyes of Dr. Johnson.”

In the two-month span leading up to his termination, Strayhorn was away from Ohio State 19 out of 42 work days.

The departure from Ohio State came at a strange time, seeing as Strayhorn was consistently given annual 2-percent raises and positive remarks on his performance reviews.

One such review even had a handwritten note from then-vice president for Academic and Strategic Planning, Michael Boehm, thanking Dr. Strayhorn for his leadership.

But the nine-page investigation paints a different picture.

It paints one of a dysfunctional workplace where five of the 10 staff members at the Center voluntarily resigned within two years of Johnson’s leadership role, which Strayhorn described as “de facto” in nature.

Despite the spate of resignations, Strayhorn didn’t conduct exit interviews to better understand the employees’ reasons for leaving.

One account from a witness shows that when an employee asked for an extended period of time off due to a medical condition, Strayhorn responded, “I wish you would have let me know you had medical issues during the interview process.”

When Strayhorn was confronted with the findings of the extended investigation by the lead investigator, he repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

On March 17, just three days after the findings were presented to him, Strayhorn was removed from his role as director and put on administrative leave from his faculty position, primarily due to his paid speaking engagements and lack of presence on campus.

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In another twist, Strayhorn apparently did not stop working in his role as director even after being fired, with repeated letters sent from university officials calling for him to stop using his director’s signature on emails and giving supervisor permission on things like vacation time.

After what appeared in the documents to be an awkward standoff between Ohio State administration and Strayhorn, the man who was once one of the university’s brightest young employees quit working there entirely, with no notice and a three-sentence letter notifying Ohio State he was done, effective immediately.

Now free from the prior contractual restraints, Strayhorn’s Twitter shows him speaking at engagements and universities across the country, free to collect as much in speaking fees as he so chooses.

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New dining initiative pushes locally sourced foods, new to-go options SARA STACY Assistant Arts & Life Editor stacy.118@osu.edu With time comes change, and Ohio State dining services is bringing big changes to campus food and meal plans this fall.

Among the changes are new menu additions in several dining locations. Oxley’s-to-go –– located next to Oxley’s by the Numbers –– offers a new sandwich concept that includes more locally sourced food and the ability for students with a Traditions plan to use the to-go option.

“We typically make adjustments like every other menu,” said Zia Ahmed, senior director of dining services. “We made some adjustments based on feedback, but this year we felt like it’s been a couple of years that we haven’t had a major revamp of the menu.”

The biggest changes to the menu have been made to the grab-and-go options available in cafes and market locations across campus.

Some of the new grab-and-go items available to students are Japanese-inspired bento boxes, which are single-portion containers which traditionally hold rice, fish or meat and cooked vegetables. Also featured is a custard-like Greek yogurt panna cotta and several new salad options like spicy chicken and cobb.

“Our entire grab-and-go package we’ve revamped and made it a lot more brighter, colorful.”

Ahmed said. “They were great before but we’ve made it even better by bringing in more color, more vegetables [and] more fresh

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“We made some adjustments based on feedback, but this year we felt like it’s been a couple of years that we haven’t had a major revamp of the menu.”

Zia Ahmed Head of Dining Services

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Ohio State Dining Services revamped their grab-and-go options available at cafes around campus and added more locally-sourced items to its dining hall menus.

Traditions –– locally sourced and manufactured, Zia said.

Some other major menu updates have also made their way to the Traditions and market locations, including a Pho fusion noodle station at Scott Traditions, spiralized vegetable noodles at all of the pasta stations across campus and a Mexican-Brazilian fusion taco station at the Union Marketplace. The pizza station in Neil Marketplace will now be a build-your-own style rather than menu-based as well.

For Ahmed, bringing in a variety of foods from around the world is how dining services is able to not only feed Ohio State students, but teach them as well.

“Every dining interaction is an educational opportunity for our students, and we take that very seriously,” he said. “So we’re just not serving food but we’re telling them a story, we’re hoping to teach them a few things about the food system, about the different type of cuisine.”

items.”

Another big dining modification applies to the unlimited meal plan. Students with this plan will now be able to take Traditions meals to-go once per meal time, up to five times a week.

Ahmed said the change to the to-go option was based entirely off student feedback.

“The majority of our ideas, if not all of them, come from student feedback,” he said. “Based on the feedback we received a significant interest from students who were using unlimited plans to have the to-go option available to them.”

Ahmed said he worked with Undergraduate Student Government to gauge what changes students want to bring to dining

services. He and USG found that students with the unlimited plan pushed for the to-go option.

Shamina Merchant, a third-year in business administration and the USG deputy chief of staff, said USG collected data on student feedback last year and looked at dining options at other universities to help dining services develop the to-go program for unlimited plans. “[Ahmed] was very receptive to the idea. I think this was a concern he was hearing as well,” she said. “Together with the student data we were able to put together, as well as the benchmarking from other universities, Zia and the dining team went ahead and implemented this program.”

As part of the university’s goal

to have 40 percent of food on campus locally and sustainably procured by 2025, Oxley’s-toGo’s sandwich station will use mostly locally sourced, sustainable ingredients.

“We’re testing a lot of local meat and cheeses at this sandwich shop, so not only you’re going to have a great sub sandwich, but many of the ingredients that we’re going to be serving are locally sourced,” Ahmed said. “This will be also a great experiment for us to see in the future how to expand the locally sourced products.”

Another stride dining services has made toward including more locally sourced food on campus is making one of the most popular items on its Traditions menu –– a chicken nugget found at Scott

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Buckeye Kick-off, 6-8 p.m. at Ohio Stadium. The Welcome Week event will include free food and other activities. Admission is free.

OUAB Welcome Week Concert, Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center. German-Russian DJ and producer Zedd will perform. Tickets are free with a BuckID.

Community Commitment, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ohio Union.

Students can participate in a oneday community service event and volunteer at various agencies in Columbus. Free to participate, event is first-come, first-serve.

Jason Isbell, 7:30 p.m. at the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. The Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter will perform tracks off his newest album, “The Nashville Sound,” with his band, the 400 Unit. Tickets start at $49 plus fees.

Lil Uzi Vert, 7 p.m. at Express Live, 405 Neil Ave. The rapper performs with opener Bibi Bourelly. Tickets are $45 plus fees.

COTA’s Line #2 runs on High St. until midnight* * Mon-Sat, until 10pm on Sundays

Bobaflex, 6 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The hard-rock group will perform with Liquid6teen and Lovesick Radio. Tickets are $25 plus fees.

Park Street Festival, All-day event on Park Street, 525 Park St. The event will feature live music from local acts, craft vendors, food trucks, games and activities. Admission is free.

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New coffee-table book captures Columbus’ creative scene GHEZAL BARGHOUTY Arts & Life Editor barghouty.5@osu.edu Alexia Winfield was fresh out of college when she made the move to Columbus in 2010 — nearly 1,000 miles from her home in Kissimmee, Florida — for an analyst position at JPMorgan Chase.

During her first two years, Winfield, who lived less than 20 miles north of Columbus in the Polaris area, said she had no social life, hated the city and doubted she could live in that area of the city any longer.

Winfield then decided to take the plunge and move downtown, which opened the doors to her next big project. With the opportunity to go out and meet people in Columbus, Winfield said she finally began to connect with locals and build strong relationships with the city’s creatives.

“I just fell in love with the city,” she said.

Now, Winfield is finally getting ready to release the “Columbus Book Project,” a carefully curated book that works as an all-inclusive guide to Columbus and the experiences it has to offer.

“This is not your average tour guide or attraction guide, this is really everything from the hair, the makeup, the photography, the location, the food, the design of the book –– it’s all local,” Winfield said.

Inspired by her own experiences in the city and her plethora of friendships with local designers, artists and photographers, Winfield found herself working on her own “coffee-table book” –– a large, heavily illustrated book made for casual reading.

“I wanted to mix fashion, art and culture into a coffee-table book that was comprehensive, edgy, modern, sleek and really

“I wanted to mix fashion, art and culture into a coffee table book that was comprehensive, edgy, modern, sleek and really tell the story of Columbus,” Alexia Winfield Columbus Book Project Founder

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The Columbus Book Project features a culmination of the city’s creative culture. tell the story of Columbus,” she said.

The Columbus Book Project encompasses two, 250-page books that showcase a wide variety of the city’s culture, including fashion, food and art. Some of its hot spots include Buckeye Donuts, Pistacia Vera in German Village, the South Drive-In Theater and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

The first of the two editions is titled “Reveal,” which explores underground, emerging and established local artists in the area, as well as Columbus’ creative scene.The second book, “Explore,” then addresses the city’s wanderlust character, featuring local shops, foods, businesses and things to do in different neigh-

look [at] the different (events) in Columbus and the different shops to go to,” Martin said. “It’s more localized, which I think is cool, I don’t think it goes really outside the boundaries of Columbus at all.”

Martin’s photography will be published in the first book, “Reveal,” which will highlight a majority of the artists involved in the project.

The book’s overall goal is to highlight Columbus’ variety of neighborhoods, evening hot spots, foods and local artists and designers to really give visitors, transients and residents a look into the city’s most popular and underground happenings.

“It gives you a very immersive experience into the Columbus

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Despite Campbell’s minimal playmaking experience, wide receivers coach Zach Smith believes the hybrid back can step into a much larger role.

“He’s always been a role player, always been a really good player, but he’s never had to be ‘the guy,’” Smith said after practice on Aug. 3. “You had a Mike Thomas, you had a Curtis Samuel. Now, it’s Parris’ time to be ‘the guy.’”

The Akron native understands that, in his fourth year in the program, it’s his turn to be the primary receiving option.

“Coach (Urban) Meyer always says it’s a rotating program, when guys leave, guys have to step up,” Campbell said. “If we don’t have anybody that’s of the same talent, if not better, we lose. The guy that’s in that room has to step up, has to make plays, has to be that guy.”

Campbell said he’s looking to have a breakout season, but will take advantage of whatever opportunities arrive.

Ohio State has done its best to feature Campbell’s freakish athleticism on special teams. Last

borhoods, according the project’s website.

Winfield said the book project is especially important for freshmen and Columbus newcomers like herself. “[With] my experience not knowing Columbus and coming here for the first time –– Columbus is not obvious,” Winfield said.

“I essentially curated a book that I wish I had when I first came here.

That’s what it boils down to.”

Upper Arlington native Sarah Martin, a photographer and firstyear in pre-design, is one of the feature artists showcased in the book. She said for freshmen, the book proves to be a realistic “brochure” for discovering Columbus.

“Especially for incoming freshmen, it’ll give you a hands-on

culture,” Winfield said. “It gives you an insight into the different neighborhoods; it really kind of pulls the curtain behind the creatives and artists that really make Columbus a thriving, artistic culture.”

From her own experience at JPMorgan Chase, Winfield said it is imperative for businesses and academic institutions to significantly showcase the city. To jumpstart the initiative, the book project team is currently working on getting the book into Ohio State bookstores and the Blackwell Hotel to make it accessible for students, as well as the city’s hotels, business centers and airports for the general public.

Though the hardcover release won’t be available until November, pre-orders for both volumes of the Columbus Book Project are currently being taken and can be purchased on its website.

year, he was honored as thirdteam All-Big Ten return specialist after he averaged the 27.8 yards, the 11th-most in the nation, on 21 kick returns. He will once again shoulder the load as the Buckeyes’ main kick returner.

Given Samuel and former receiver Noah Brown leaving early to the NFL draft and former wideout Dontre Wilson graduating, Campbell will be counted on to not just make an impact on special teams, but to be a threat in the passing game.

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as a starter in his third year at Ohio State, Arnette is going to be viewed as a source of inspiration and a leader among the large group of highly touted freshman corners.

“I was the younger dude last year and I was looking up to Marshon and Gareon so maybe just knowing that some people are looking up to you, that just drives me and makes me want to become a better player for them,” Arnette said.

But while Arnette will be looked at as a leader to the young corners, he will also have to make sure he doesn’t lose his starting spot to them. There is a quartet of talented freshman corners, two of which are five-star recruits (Jeffrey Okudah and Shaun Wade) and the other two are both fourstar recruits (Marcus Williamson and Amir Riep).

Arnette knows he can’t take any starting role for granted, and he said at any point anyone of the young freshmen could rise up, take his spot and run away with it for the rest of the year.

“You’ve got Okudah, Wade and

Marcus, Amir, Kendall, me, Denzel, like all of those, everybody that I just named, they’re future first rounders in my opinion,” Arnette said. “I feel like nobody in our unit can go out there and feel like they don’t want to practice, you know what I mean, because it’s deep.”

The task of stepping up to be one of the starters is a daunting one for Arnette, especially considering the players he will be helping to replace, and the talent waiting in the wings should he underperform. But Arnette is excited to try and be that guy and bring his swagger to the field as he defends receivers.

“I like having fun out there, I like knowing that somebody else is worried about me covering them and telling them that, ‘Yeah, I’m right here,’” Arnette said.

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Despite Meyer and Barrett, offense has many question marks COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu Usually when a team returns a three-time captain and reigning Big Ten quarterback of the year, eight offensive starters and one of the game’s elite head coaches, there aren’t many questions pertaining to the effectiveness of the offense.

But that isn’t the case for coach Urban Meyer, quarterback J.T. Barrett and the rest of the Ohio State offense.

Last year’s top three receivers – H-back Curtis Samuel and receivers Noah Brown and Dontre Wilson – left for the NFL. First-team All-American and 2016 Rimington Trophy-winning center Pat Elflein graduated and was picked by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the NFL draft. Returning are left guard Michael Jordan and right tackle Isaiah Prince, who had major struggles at key moments last season.

To clarify, a team that lost its top three receivers along with its best offensive lineman, and put up zero points in the Fiesta Bowl, is expected to possess an offense worthy of a No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press preseason poll.

No matter how many games Barrett and Meyer have won nor how many starters on each side of the ball return, a team’s key offensive threats leaving should breed uncertainty.

So, how do voters justify their ranking of Ohio State?

It begins with addition by subtraction. Former co-offensive coordinators Tim Beck and Ed Warinner took jobs as the offensive coordinator at Texas and offensive line coach at Minnesota, respectively. Last season, Ohio State averaged just 5.9 yards per

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Ohio State co-offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson prepares for practice in fall camp on Aug. 5. play, ranking 38th in the country, a steep drop from its No. 5 rank just two seasons prior with the same quarterback, Barrett, at the helm.

Former Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson was hired in January as tight ends coach and co-offensive coordinator to take control of and speed up an offense that sputtered the past two years.

Ryan Day, who spent last season in San Francisco working as the 49ers’ quarterbacks coach under Chip Kelly, was added to the staff as quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator.

Given Wilson’s and Day’s extensive and impressive track records, optimism is soaring. Wilson — known for his high-paced, explosive offenses — has garnered praise from both Ohio State players and Meyer. Last week, Barrett mentioned he felt Day fundamentally altered his mindset

in favor of throwing to contested receivers.

But the question as to whether they can transfer those changes from the practice field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center to under the bright lights at Ohio Stadium remains. Barrett is a fifth-year senior, four-year starter, three-time captain. How much can he really change?

Barrett’s yards per passing attempt has declined from nine yards in his first year starting as a redshirt freshman to 6.7 yards last year. His completion percentage has declined each year from 64.6 percent in 2014 to 61.5 percent in 2016. Without Samuel, Brown and Wilson, Barrett will have to adjust to a new receiving corps as well as a new offensive system.

The offense will rely on a bevy of inexperienced receivers.

Some, like H-back Parris Campbell and receivers K.J. Hill, John-

nie Dixon and Terry McLaurin, have been around the program for years. Others wideouts, like sophomores Binjimen Victor and Austin Mack and H-back Demario McCall, along with freshmen Trevon Grimes, Elijah Gardiner and Jaylen Harris, will be counted on to step up and overcome their lack of experience. Of the seven returning receivers, they accounted for just 21.1 percent of the team’s total catches, totaling 686 yards.

Redshirt senior Marcus Baugh caught 24 passes last season and will be a key part of this year’s offense. But his backups – redshirt freshmen Jake Hausmann and Luke Farrell, along with former defensive end Rashod Berry – lack any notable experience.

Projected backup A.J. Alexander suffered a knee injury in June and will miss the entire season.

On the offensive line, first-

team All-American right guard Billy Price slid over to center to replace the outgoing Elflein. But with just a week until the season begins, a starter has yet to be named at Price’s former position.

Prince and Jordan both struggled at times last season, and though improvements have been cited by both players and coaches, they have yet to display their newfound consistency on the field.

One of the most productive players on last year’s offense, running back Mike Weber returns for his second season as a starter. At Big Ten Media Days, Meyer said the bellcow in the backfield had a good year, but had to transform into a premier back. Early in fall camp, Weber injured his hamstring and didn’t return to full-go until late last week. It remains to be seen whether he can make the leap Meyer anticipated due to the injury hampering him.

Given so many question marks at so many positions, it’s remarkable that the Buckeyes are ranked as the second-best team in the nation.

If Day and Wilson fundamentally alter the offense and Barrett’s mindset, a few wide receivers break out, a backup tight end lays claim to the position, a talented right guard emerges as a starter, Prince and Jordan improve, and Weber becomes the “premier back” Meyer desires, the Buckeyes will be set.

But, isn’t that a little too much to ask for even from a Meyer- and Barrett-led offense? We’ll begin to find out some of the answers when Ohio State faces off against Indiana Aug. 31. Considering the amount of questions, there’s reason to be at least somewhat skeptical.

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averaged 22.6 points per game.

Mitchell was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2015 and 2017. She was a first-team Associated Press All-American in 2016 and made the second team in 2015 and 2017. Mitchell holds the school and conference record for most 3-pointers made (368).

Her team finished 28-7 and was eliminated by Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 last season.

Lilli Piper (Softball) A unanimous first-team AllBig Ten selection and her team’s leader in most batting categories, Piper returns to help her team rebound from a disappointing early elimination in the Knoxville Regional of the NCAA tournament . The junior slugger led Ohio State in batting average (.421), hits (75), home runs (18), RBIs (53), on-base percentage (.436) and slugging percentage (.787).

Though she didn’t lead the Big Ten in any category, she was among the top-five finishers in each of those categories, except on-base percentage. At the end of the season, Piper was honored as a third-team All-American.

Kassidy Sauve (Women’s Hockey)

Sauve, a redshirt junior, earned second-team All-American honors for her performance last year, becoming the first goaltender in program history to be placed on an All-American team. Ohio State finished just 14-18-5, but Sauve’s steady play kept the overmatched Buckeyes in games.

She set single-season records for saves (1,135) and save percentage (.942) in 2016-17. Sauve saved 129 more shots than anyone in the country, though that was largely due to the fact that she faced 108 more shot attempts than any other goaltender. With her first shutout in 2017-18, Sauve will become the career record-holder for most shutouts in program history.

Kyle Snyder (Wrestling) One of the most dominant athletes in the history of Ohio State athletics, the school’s 2015-16 and 2016-17 Male Athlete of the Year has little left to prove or accomplish at the collegiate level.

The heavyweight has not lost a match in college since his freshman year and won the national championship in his weight class the past two years. Snyder’s most impressive victories, however, came at the 2016 Summer Olym-

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OSU then-junior guard Kelsey Mitchell looks to move he ball inside against No. 9 seed Northwestern on March 3 in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. OSU won, 99-68. pics when he took home the gold medal to become the youngest Olympic wrestling champion in American history. Snyder will look to cement his college legacy and become the first-ever threetime Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year.

Nicolas Szerszen (Men’s Volleyball) A three-time Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association first-team honoree, Szerszen has helped Ohio State win back-toback NCAA titles the past two seasons. The outside hitter was

named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year in 2016 and the Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year in 2017.

Szerszen holds the school record for most career service aces (178) and aces per set (0.52). The senior has a chance to lead the Buckeyes to their first-ever three-peat and will climb into the upper echelon of school records in multiple categories in the spring.

Mikael Torpegaard (Men’s Tennis) Torpegaard, a two-time singles (2016 and 2017) and one-time doubles (2017) All-American, completed his junior year with a 38-5 singles record and a dominant 29-2 doubles record. The rising senior finished last season as the No. 2-ranked singles player in the country, but was ranked No. 1 at multiple points in the season.

Torpegaard was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2016 when he was the runner-up in the NCAA singles championship.

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11 Ohio State athletes to know COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu Since football is the lifeblood of Ohio State, nearly everyone knows quarterback J.T. Barrett and defensive end Tyquan Lewis.

How could you not?

But if the best college men’s volleyball player in the country — Nicolas Szerszen — walked into the room, would you even recognize him? Some of the best athletes in the country walk through the campus of Ohio State on a daily basis, unrecognized for their accomplishments. Let’s change that.

These are 11 Ohio State athletes that you should know.

Irina Andrianova (Pistol) A four-time individual champion, Andrianova has won the women’s sport pistol championship in each of her three years at Ohio State. In her first two seasons, she helped lead Ohio State to two team aggregate national championships. Last year, with Adrianova leading the way, the Buckeyes won the women’s team aggregate championship for the fourth time in program history.

Francesca Di Lorenzo (Women’s Tennis) In the spring, Di Lorenzo partnered with then-senior Miho Kowase to capture the first doubles championship in Ohio State women’s tennis history. The 2016-17 Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year has won three Intercollegiate Tennis Association titles during her two years in

Columbus. Though she was upset in the round of 32 at the 2017 NCAA singles championships, Di Lorenzo was ranked No. 1 throughout the spring and entered the tournament as the top seed.

The junior enters next season with a 74-7 record and the highest singles winning percentage in program history (.914) as well as the highest doubles win percentage in Ohio State history (.887).

Maddy Humphrey (Field Hockey) Though her team hasn’t finished with more wins than losses in a season since she arrived, Humphrey has thrived. As a freshman in 2014, she led her team and finished second in the Big Ten with 32 points (12 goals and eight assists). Humphrey finished second on the team in points (10 goals and four assists) as a sophomore and led the Buckeyes with 33 points (12 goals and nine assists) last season. The senior forward/midfielder finished on the second team All-Big Ten in 2015 and 2016. Humphrey’s team opens the season Aug. 27 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where it will take on Lehigh.

Mason Jobst (Men’s Hockey) Jobst, a junior forward, earned second-team All-American honors after last season’s record-breaking performance. The electric first-team All-Big Ten scorer recorded 55 points (19 goals and 36 assists), which tied for most in the Big Ten and was the most by an Ohio State player since 1998. Jobst’s 36 assists were the most by a Buckeye since

1992. Jobst and the Buckeyes are scheduled to get back on the ice Oct. 6 in Madison, Wisconsin, when Ohio State opens its season against the Badgers.

Tre Leclaire (Men’s Lacrosse) The youngest Buckeye on this list, Leclaire exploded onto the scene last season as a freshman.

He came off the bench for the first five games of the season before stepping into the starting lineup and leading his team with 49 goals, accumulating 65 points, just one point shy of team lead.

The Big Ten Freshman of the Year helped lead his team to the best finish in Ohio State men’s lacrosse history. The Buckeyes reached the NCAA championship for the first time in the program’s existence, but fell 9-6 to Maryland. Leclaire will take an even bigger offensive role in 2017 as Ohio State’s second- and third-leading goal-scorers – Eric Fannell and Johnny Pearson – graduated in the spring.

Kelsey Mitchell (Women’s Basketball) Through three seasons, Mitchell is already arguably the best player in Ohio State women’s basketball history. Since she was a freshman – when she averaged a nation-leading 24.9 points per game – Mitchell has dominated the offensive end of the court.

The 5-foot-8 guard has scored 2,552 points in scarlet and gray, the third-highest total in program history and the fifth-most in the Big Ten. Last season, the threetime first-team All-Big Ten player ATHLETES CONTINUES ON 6

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Andre Wesson dealing with medical issue ahead of 2017-18 season EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu

The Ohio State men’s basketball team could be dealt a heavy blow as the Buckeyes might be missing forward Andre Wesson for an extended period of time, a team spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

Wesson has been undergoing tests for an undisclosed medical issue over the summer, which was first reported by Eleven Warriors.

A team spokesperson issued the following statement to The Lantern: “Ohio State sophomore forward Andre Wesson has been undergoing testing and monitoring over the summer for a medical issue. Additional testing will be conducted in the coming weeks.

The Ohio State men’s basketball program is optimistic Andre will be able to continue his athletic career with the Buckeyes this season.”

As a freshman, Wesson averaged 11.6 minutes per game while appearing in 29 of the Buckeyes’ 32 games. The former three-star prospect averaged 2.3 points,

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1.2 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He shot 36.5 percent from the field and 35.1 percent from beyond the arc, while succeeding on 53.6 percent of free-throw attempts.

Wesson’s potential absence is significant because Ohio State currently has only 11 players on scholarship, including former walk-on Joey Lane and graduate transfer Andrew Dakich, with two more scholarships available. Wesson played significant minutes as a freshman, averaging 13 min-

utes per game in 17 conference game. Wesson, Keita Bates-Diop and freshman Kyle Young are the small forwards on Ohio State’s roster.

Wesson is the oldest brother of freshman center Kaleb Wesson and the elder son of Keith Wesson, a member of the Ohio State men’s basketball team from 19821987.

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Just how fast is Ohio State H-back Parris Campbell?

COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu In order to fill his team with exceptional athletes, Akron St. Vincent St. Mary track and field coach Dan Lancianese often relies on recruiting high schoolers playing other sports at the school to his team. While he runs the scoreboard at the school’s football games as a volunteer, he scouts for potential sprinters.

When he saw then-high school freshman and current Ohio State H-back Parris Campbell, Lancianese spotted something special.

“I saw him in warmups and thought, ‘Damn, I’ve got to have this kid,’” Lancianese said. “I’ve been coaching for 40 years and his acceleration was phenomenal.

I mean, it was incredible.”

It didn’t take much convincing to get Campbell to join the track team. He had been running since he was 5 years old. So, when the 13-year-old stepped on the track to run the 40-yard dash at time trials, Campbell blew the coach away.

“I saw the clock and I ran it three or four different times. He was consistently hitting 4.3 [seconds]. It was insanely quick,” Lancianese said. “Another test, I wanted to see how reactive his speed was so I timed him for the 20[-yard dash] and that was even quicker.”

Joe Burrow out indefinitely after surgery on throwing hand

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OSU redshirt sophomore quarterback Joe Burrow (10) catches a snap during the Spring Game at Ohio Stadium on April 15th, 2017.

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OSU redshirt junior wide receiver Parris Campbell (21) jukes a Scarlet player during the 2017 Spring Game at Ohio Stadium on April 15, 2017.

A gym teacher at St. Vincent St. Mary, Lancianese has taught many gifted athletes, including NBA star Lebron James, putting them through basic drills. He remembers Campbell having a higher standing vertical leap than James.

Campbell’s former track coach said he saw the speed directly translate onto the football field.

Unlike many sprinters, Campbell had the ability to change di-

rections from side-to-side on the field instead of being a strictly forward-running player.

This year, eight years after he joined the Irish’s track team, Ohio State will rely on Campbell’s elite speed as they look to him to replace Curtis Samuel at H-back.

Samuel, who now plays for the Carolina Panthers, led the Buckeyes in receiving with 74 catches for 865 yards and finished third on the team in rushing with 771

yards and eight touchdowns.

Though Campbell started nine games at receiver last year, he hasn’t produced nearly to the level of Samuel or other past top receiving options at Ohio State.

Last year, Campbell caught 13 passes for 121 yards and took four rushes for 54 yards, finding the end zone once. The redshirt junior has never caught a touchdown in college.

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Damon Arnette bringing swagger to starting cornerback role EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu Cornerback Damon Arnette has never been the quiet type.

Since arriving at Ohio State, he has been among the most boisterous Buckeyes in the secondary, touting his ability to play every chance he gets.

That confident, loud attitude combined with his visible talent has led cornerbacks coach and assistant defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs to draw comparisons to another former talented Buckeye corner.

“He will remind you of Bradley Roby when he’s on the field with the swagger and the way he plays,” Coombs said on Aug. 16.

Coombs said both players are fully aware of how their attitude on the field makes him feel.

“They know that I hated it,” Coombs said. “So they both know that swagger nonsense, trash talk stuff drives me nuts, but they still do it.”

Now, Arnette has the starting role to back up the swagger.

Coombs announced that Arnette will join Denzel Ward and Kendall Sheffield as the latest group of

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Ohio State redshirt sophomore cornerback Damon Arnette heads toward the practice field at fall camp on Aug. 5. three to rotate around the cornerback position.

A season ago, Arnette appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman, but he took the backseat to Gareon Conley and Marshon Lattimore, who were taken in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, and Ward as the Buckeyes went with

a rotation of corners in the secondary.

Arnette said he didn’t have much confidence in his game last season, and that it showed on the field as he tried to compete with the aforementioned trio in the preseason to take one of the starting cornerback positions.

“I gave up some catches that I wasn’t supposed to give up, and then I lost the spot and that’s just how it is,” Arnette said. “Coming back for this camp, I just know that I just got to be on top of my stuff to make the team better because last year, I feel like if they kept me in, the team would’ve suffered.”

With a year under his belt and having had the opportunity to gain some experience, Arnette said he now feels more confident in himself heading into this season. He added now being one of the more veteran members of the secondary and having younger players who look up to him for guidance has helped him grow and mature as a player.

“I was hurt for a while, and then just being nervous and trying to play as well as Marshon and Gareon instead of just going up there and play,” Arnette said.

“But now, we have the younger dudes that came in and I just felt like that I have to play well for them to be good for them and be better for the team.”

That motivation to play better for the team extends beyond just the players on the field. Now ARNETTE CONTINUES ON 5

EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu The race for the backup quarterback position might be over as Joe Burrow underwent surgery to repair a broken bone in his right hand, a team spokesperson said Wednesday.

Burrow, who was quarterback J.T. Barrett’s backup in the spring, suffered the injury during practice on Monday, and had an operation Tuesday to repair the fracture. There is currently no timetable for his return.

Coach Urban Meyer had stated on Aug. 14 that the competition for the backup quarterback spot was just between Burrow and Dwayne Haskins, though he acknowledged Tate Martell had been impressive in practice.

Following Burrow’s surgery, Haskins is expected to be named the backup quarterback for Ohio State to begin the season.

Coming off the first season in which he appeared on the field, Burrow had the benefit of past experience on his side as he entered the backup quarterback competition. The redshirt sophomore had appeared in five games last season, completing 22 of 28 pass attempts — two of which went for touchdowns — and amassing 226 yards through the air. He also carried the ball 12 times over the season, scoring a touchdown and totaling 58 yards on the ground.

Ohio State will begin their season on Aug. 31 against Indiana on the road, with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m.

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