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24 hours before Campbell’s body was found, two neighbors say their call wasn’t enough for police SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu Katherine Bache and her boyfriend Jonathan Reed were up late talking after a hectic first few weeks of their senior years at Ohio State. It was just after 2 a.m. when they heard the crash of furniture and a scream from the apartment below that Bache said sounded like a woman trying to escape someone — her boyfriend.

“It wasn’t arguing. It wasn’t screw you or anything like that,” Bache said. “It was screaming.”

The two contemplated what to do next: do they call a none-

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Taylor House apartments on Olentangy River Road.

OSU ‘to monitor developments from Department of Education’ on sexual assault practices

mergency line, the apartment after-hours number or 911? After all, they could be hearing things or it could be none of their business.

They made the first call to the after-hours number for the Taylor

Ohio State is unlikely to change its investigation procedures on sexual assault in the near future despite new directives from the United States Department of Education.

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Reagan Tokes Act aims to address justice system ‘shortcomings’ ZACK VARDA Lantern reporter varda.6@osu.edu The Reagan Tokes Act will be announced Wednesday by state Reps. Kristin Boggs and Jim Hughes in a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse.

The act — named after Reagan Tokes, the Ohio State student who was kidnapped, raped and murdered in February — will not be detailed until Wednesday, but a memo from Boggs and Hughes seeking co-sponsors has shed light on the goals of the legislation.

The memo, which was made public last week and provided to The Lantern by Boggs’ office, outlines ”four key shortfalls in the criminal justice system” that the legislation will focus on: sentencing, re-entry programs, workload of parole officers and GPS monitoring.

Boggs is a Democrat whose district includes Ohio State while Hughes is a Republican who rep-

“It is my hope that the Reagan Tokes Act not only addresses the shortfalls identified in our criminal justice system, but develops the infrastructure to continually review and improve upon our policies before another senseless tragedy occurs.”

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“The entire OSU and Columbus community was devastated by the news of Reagan’s death. As a bright, young, intelligent, hard-

working student, she was taken from this earth much too early,” Hughes, said. “Through various updates to Ohio’s criminal-justice system, it is our goal that the Reagan Tokes Act will prevent something like this from happening

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again in the future.”

The first point addressed in the memo is indeterminate sentencing, which is a “recommendation set forth” by the Criminal Justice Recodification Committee on how long a prison sentence should be. Indeterminate sentencing provides a range of time, not

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Moritz College of Law professor Douglas A. Berman, who specializes in criminal law and sentencing, said indeterminate sentences follow a broader trend in Ohio.

“That first provision calling for indeterminate sentences with max and minimums is part of a broader criminal justice recodification effort that’s going on in the state that is about trying to work through all our criminal laws and make them function better,” Berman said.

“Offenders convicted of a felony of the first or second degree or a felony of the third degree that is an offense of violence (murder, rape, etc.) will be sentenced to an indeterminate sentence,” the memo said.

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Ohio state unlikely to change sexual assault compliance investigations amid Betsy DeVos’ change of proof standards MATT DORSEY Engagement Editor dorsey.215@osu.edu Despite Friday’s Department of Education announcement which opened the door for universities to change how they handle sexual assault cases on campus, Ohio State is not planning to make a change to its sexual assault policies and procedures anytime soon.

The department rescinded an Obama-era directive — rolled out in 2011 via a Dear Colleague letter — to universities directing them to take accusations more seriously than they had previously and to use a less-stringent evidence standard for determining if students are in violation of sexual misconduct policies. The announcement follows two separate occasions — the first in July, the second earlier in September — when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said the department was looking to change the policy.

While Friday’s announcement indicated the department is working on a more formal replacement for the former administration’s policy, in the interim it granted universities the freedom to use a higher evidence standard in deciding such cases in place of the lower standard, which Ohio State uses, and which has been required of all public universities since the 2011 policy was enacted.

That lower standard, known as “preponderance of evidence,” means a decision is based on whichever direction more than 50 percent of evidence points toward.

Critics of the 2011 policy — including the National Coalition for Men, members of which met with the secretary in July, along with students, parents and school administrators — have called for the more stringent “clear and convincing” standard to be used

accused students, who are usually men, from being punished.

The university said Friday it will continue to monitor the Department of Education’s future actions. But, in an interview with The Lantern in July after Devos’ first announcement, Kellie Brennan, the director of compliance and the Title IX and Clery Act coordinator for Ohio State said, changing the standard would create major disparities.

Since all other university compliance cases use the “preponderance of evidence” standard, including cases of theft, academic misconduct and race discrimination, Brennan said changing the standard in one area would be problematic.

“If we were to change and investigate sex discrimination and sexual harassment and sexual assault at a higher standard, what that means is that it’s harder to prove sex discrimination than it is to prove any other thing happened,” Brennan said.

Brennan said she isn’t aware of any institutions that currently use the “clear and convincing” standard, and added she isn’t trained in applying it.

Critics of the “preponderance” standard argue that 51 percent certainty is too low for a decision that can potentially destroy a student’s reputation and halt their education.

Speaking at George Mason University on Sept. 7, DeVos said the 2011 standards have served both sexual assault victims and accused perpetrators badly. She said the disenfranchisement of some wrongfully accused men had driven them to the brink of suicide.

The attention to the issue of sexual assault at universities tends to focus on the investigatory aspect, but that obscures one point, at least at Ohio State: The vast majority of sexual violence complaints are not investigated by the university.

Brennan said 434 student Title IX complaints — categorized as sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, sexual harassment or sexual exploitation — were made at Ohio State in the 2016-17 academic year, and that only 37 were investigated by the university.

“Most of the people who’ve experienced that kind of a trauma and come forward to the university, they just want help,” Brennan said regarding why so few cases were investigated.

“Most often, they want to be able to go to class, and they want to get some counseling help, and possibly get some assistance with different housing, you know, something that’s going to make them feel safer. Most students are not interested in moving forward to an actual process of investigation,” she said.

She added that about half of the cases do not even name an accused person, either because the person is unknown or because the victim wishes to keep it confidential. Other times, the accused person is not affiliated with Ohio State. In either situation, there is no student for the university to investigate for noncompliance.

The recommendations issued Friday are temporary until the de-

me as a sensible thing to be looking at and, to react to this case, is a sign that more work needs to be done there.”

The third focus of the memo is to manage the workload of parole officers. It calls for guidelines to establish maximum workloads for parole officers as well as minimum number of hours that a parole officer should dedicate to a parolee “based on the parolee’s risk classification.”

The final component of the memo is to create a policy to regulate GPS monitoring. This monitoring was of particular interest in the Tokes case as Golsby was on GPS monitoring, which connects him to six robberies in the area, but did nothing in preventing those crimes or the murder.

“GPS tracking is about recognizing just because you slap a GPS bracelet on an offender

as they leave prison that doesn’t magically solve all problems or ensure they won’t go on and commit crimes,” Berman said.

There are three guidelines in the memo for policy regarding GPS monitoring, the first of which is that each GPS monitor assigned to an offender released from prison should have an inclusionary restriction, meaning there will be places the offender is and is not allowed to go.

The second change to GPS monitoring is requiring the DRC to create a database that third-party vendors will also be able to work with.

“Within two years, DRC must establish a statewide database that keeps the information regarding each parolee’s GPS monitor,” the memo said. “[It] requires all third party vendors that provide GPS monitoring to utilize some form

of crime scene correlation software that is capable of interfacing with the statewide database.”

Finally, the memo lays out that law enforcement will have real-time access to the information on the DRC database, without having to request a subpoena to “obtain the necessary information to investigate criminal activity.”

Berman said accessing this information without a subpoena is plausible because it is generally understood that parolees do not have a regular citizen’s privacy rights.

“The general reality has been, and the Supreme Court has upheld, that when a person is on parole or supervised release, some kind of formal part of their sentence, which presumably this has in mind, then there are no privacy rights for that individual,” Berman said. “The challenge is bal-

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partment concludes its study on what the policy should be, which includes a period of public input that the department skipped prior to the 2011 Dear Colleague letter.

Brennan said even if the current phase of public comment leads to a significant change in Department of Education standards, Ohio State’s handling of Title IX compliance cases has been efficient enough that she doesn’t imagine a change having a huge impact.

“This campus has really made a commitment to this issue and to putting it out front and putting resources toward it,” Brennan said in July. “So whatever changes happen I don’t see influencing the work that we do because the ship has sailed. I mean, the campus cares about this.”

Following Friday’s announcement, The Lantern reached out to the university for an updated comment and received the following emailed statement from Brennan: “We will continue to monitor developments from the Department of Education and, as always, will adhere to federal guidance. Our university policies were written to achieve gender equity and fairness and create a safe and healthy campus climate for our students and for all members of the university community. Programs like Buckeyes ACT and Buck-I-CARE are part of this ongoing, comprehensive effort to stop sexual misconduct, prevent its recurrence, eliminate any hostile environment, and remedy its discriminatory effects. Ohio State does not tolerate sexual misconduct or discrimination under any circumstances, and that will not change.”

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and have been denied by private re-entry programs.

This was a problem identified in the Tokes case as the man accused of killing Tokes, Brian Golsby, was released as a convicted felon and lived in a halfway house.

“Currently, violent felons, the individuals who need to [have] the most oversight, are released homeless, without any guardrails to help them assimilate back into society and ensure that the community remains safe,” the memo said.

Berman said this initiative is in line with a larger ongoing process in the state.

“This idea of creating re-entry programs is part and parcel of a broader realization that we’re not always helping former offenders get back on a law-abiding path effectively,” he said. “That strikes

ancing that; what’s the exact point at which an offender after they’ve served their time in prison get their privacy rights back?”

Hughes said in an emailed statement that this act is about avoiding this kind of loss occurring again.

“What happened to Reagan is a tragedy, and it’s shame that it takes such a horrific incident to motivate making the necessary changes to keep our communities safe,” Boggs said in an email.

“It is my hope that the Reagan Tokes Act not only addresses the shortfalls identified in our criminal-justice system, but develops the infrastructure to continually review and improve upon our policies before another senseless tragedy occurs.”

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House apartment complex. The woman on the other line directed them to call the nonemergency number about the disturbance.

But that didn’t sit right with Bache and Reed.

They said they couldn’t sit around and wait. The couple went downstairs directly to the disturbance: Apartment 149. Heather Campbell’s apartment.

It was then, right outside the apartment, that they say they heard three gunshots. One after the other, consecutively.

“Then it went completely silent. The silence was profound after that,” said Bache, who then called 911.

No one knew at the time, except for maybe Bache and Reed, that Campbell had been shot and killed by her boyfriend Kyle Lafferty.

It wasn’t until 24 hours later, when Campbell’s best friend and fellow resident at Taylor House came in through the unlocked apartment door to find Campbell and Lafferty lying on the ground next to each other, dead, that police entered the room.

Police say Lafferty turned the gun on himself after taking Campbell’s life. The investigation is still ongoing as a homicide. But no one yet exactly knows when Lafferty killed himself. The medic on the scene pronounced the couple dead at 3:16 a.m. Sept. 17, more than 24 hours after Bache first called police to report the gunshots she heard at 2:34 a.m.

Sept. 16.

“I knew at that moment he had shot her,” Bache said of the initial phone call. “You realize how ill-equipped you are as a human being for an emergency like that.

There’s nothing that prepares you for when someone has a weapon.

Especially when no one else is around.”

Bache and Reed went out to the parking lot immediately after hearing the shots. Both Bache and Reed are in motorized wheelchairs due to severe physical impairments. The noise produced from their wheelchairs added to their fear after hearing the gunshots as they tried to get away from the door and get outside to call the police.

They both have short statures and osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder characterized by bone fragility and low bone mass that is also known as brittle bone disease.

Reed said because of the condition they are both at risk to great injury if a small amount of force were to be exerted onto them.

Bache can walk short distances, but Reed relies fully on his wheelchair.

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Heather Campbell (right) and her mother on Jan. 28. Campbell’s neighbors who were the first to call 911 say they pleaded with police to enter her apartment after they said they heard three gunshots.

After Bache made their way to the front parking lot, they called 911 and were met by two officers shortly after.

Two Columbus Division of Police officers showed up in separate vehicles to meet Bache and Reed in the parking lot. Bache said she and Reed were trembling from fear as they tried to explain the situation to officers.

“All I kept thinking was her being alone on the other side of the door. I never felt so helpless in my life … I didn’t even know her name at the time but I knew she was in great danger.”

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“I was panicked,” Bache said.

“My whole body was shaking.”

Bache said one officer circled the building while the other walked up to them. The couple led the officers into the apartment complex, but Bache said she couldn’t go near apartment 149 again.

“You could tell up until that point the officers were not taking it seriously,” Reed said. “The older officer never really looked us in the eye. He looked above me sort of. I just felt like I was never really being listened to.”

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ficer, said Columbus Police take every call they receive seriously.

She said the nature of Bache’s call was unusual, however.

“Usually when we get a call of multiple shots fired we usually get multiple calls,” she said. “It was unique in that regard.”

Bache and Reed waited in Reed’s apartment while the officers investigated the situation.

Bache went into Reed’s bedroom to pray for the woman she suspected to be dead.

“I’m praying like I’ve never prayed in my life saying the Rosary and they come back and bang on the door,” she said.

Bache said the officers told her they couldn’t go in because nobody answered the door. But Blache said she still begged with the officers to do more. “[Campbell’s] not safe,” Bache said she pleaded to the officers repeatedly.

With no other witnesses or phone calls coming in to the police, the officers said they could not go into the apartment without a search warrant.

“At this point they start being somewhat condescending,” Reed said. “They said ‘Oh you probably heard the TV,’” Bache said.

Bache said she tried to convince them otherwise, but to no avail.

“The older officer turns to the younger officer and says ‘Anyone else call in?’ almost to prove a point that it was just us who heard

something,” Bache said. “And he said ‘Nope’ and they almost shrug at that point.”

The officers left after taking Bache’s statement and were on their way to respond to a burglary call that had just come in, Reed said.

But something still didn’t sit right with Bache, thinking that Campbell had been shot on the other side of the door the police said they legally could not open.

“All I kept thinking was her being alone on the other side of the door,” Bache said. “I never felt so helpless in my life … I didn’t even know her name at the time but I knew she was in great danger.”

For 24 hours, Bache and Reed were left questioning everything, wondering if they were crazy, wondering what had happened to the woman they had seen only a few times at the apartment complex. The woman who Bache said had a beautiful smile, and who was always pleasant in passing.

“You feel like you’re crazy,” Bache said. “You’re the only ones that knew something happened and no one believes you.”

After receiving a 911 call the next morning from Campbell’s

best friend who found her body, the police woke Bache and Reed around 3:00 a.m., confirming the fears they had known all along.

“One of the officers actually said to me, ‘It’s a really gory scene down there,’” Bache said.

The only thing more troubling to Bache and Reed than the murder of Campbell was how it was handled by Columbus Police.

“At this point it’s not policy so the officers didn’t do anything wrong,” Alex-Bouzounis said.

“Whether they could do anything more, we are looking into that.”

“There is still a huge potential that he was alive and in there when the police came and knocked,” Reed said. “They could have at least done something more. To not turn the handle, to dismiss everything entirely, that should go against what the police stand for.”

Many questions remain unanswered as to what exactly happened the night of Sept. 16, making it difficult for the two people who seem to be the closest thing to witnesses of Campbell’s murder to find closure — they did what they knew was right, but it still wasn’t enough.

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anything else is just stupid. Ironically, some of the best jazz musicians I know are some of the most open-minded creative people and are doing really well but we just like to play off the fact that some people [are so serious].”

In the spirit of not taking itself too seriously, Ghost Soul Trio’s tagline is labeled “fat beats from skinny boys” and Gelfand jokingly defined its genre on Facebook as a “hair-raising combination of TED talks and jazz standards.”

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In Columbus for just about a month, Joe Amadio, James Harker and Nate Gelfand of Ghost Soul Trio, are just starting to make their way around the Columbus music scene.

EMILY REAL Lantern reporter real.6@osu.edu Born out of jazz ensembles and a mind-numbing music theory class, newly-local indie rock band Ghost Soul Trio has integrated itself into the Columbus music scene, playing smaller venues across the city like Skully’s, Spacebar and Shrunken Head.

The band originally met in high school in Youngstown, but didn’t start working together as Ghost Soul Trio until 2015. While in

high school, Joe Amadio, James Harker and Nate Gelfand played in school music ensembles before separating to go to college, where Gelfand stayed in Youngstown, Harker went to Capital University and Amadio attended Ohio State.

For a while, Amadio, Harker and Gelfand worked on their own musical projects, until Amadio took a music theory class one summer, and started writing music to take out his frustration with the class.

“I would just come back to my apartment and jot down some

ideas,” said Amadio, the band’s drummer. “I was recording [for] James’ other band and I needed a singer, and I didn’t know anyone who sang except for James … and then Nate, I just kind of played with him in other groups so it kind of made sense.”

To record its 2016 debut album, “Sinking Moon,” Amadio would come up with drum demos and send them to the rest of the band, and together, they’d add instrumentals and vocals on top.

“With that, most of the songs still are just the same thing over

and over again, but each section is built upon the last one,” vocalist Harker said. “We ended up changing it enough to make it interesting, whether that was in the lyrics or the melody or just different production tricks.”

Despite the fact that trio is in its name, and that all the members have musical backgrounds in jazz, Ghost Soul Trio isn’t a jazz band. Instead, it pulls from a variety of different artists and genres.

“I actually really enjoy [jazz],” Amadio said. “But I know a lot of people are so seriously into it that

“We ended up changing it enough to make it interesting, whether that was in the lyrics or the melody or just different production tricks.”

James Harker Ghost Soul Trio Vocalist

“I always see bands on Facebook and everything [that] will be like ‘[we’re] blah meets blah meets whatever,” Harker said.

“And ours just says like, ‘fat beats by skinny boys.’ You don’t know what that means at all.”

Going forward, Ghost Soul Trio is looking to eventually start working on a second album and booking more live gigs around Columbus.

“I think right now we’re focused on just getting stuff that we have out there because we’ve been sitting on it for a fair amount of time,” Gelfand said. “Pretty much every show we’ve played here has been, besides the few friends we’ll bring to each one, has actually been for completely fresh audiences.”

Ghost Soul Trio will play at The Shrunken Head at 251 W. 5th Ave. on Oct. 14.

It’s You, Not Me How ghosting is changing the relationship game MAGGIE JONES Lantern reporter jones.5382@osu.edu Ghosting –– it’s the ultimate silent treatment and the way some modern-day relationships come to an end.

The term “ghosting”refers to a relationship phenomenon where communication is severed without reason and one partner ends the relationship by simply disappearing. This leaves the ghostee of the situation without closure, confused as to what went wrong and with low self-esteem.

The phrase first showed up in Urban Dictionary in 2006 and gained heightened attention in 2014 and 2015. Few scientific studies have provided an explanation for how and why ghosting is enacted as the phenomenon gains more traction.

“We know that ambiguity is not necessarily positive for relationships,” Dr. Claire Kamp Dush, an assistant professor of human sciences and romantic relationship expert, said. “The ambiguity surrounding the breakup process with ghosting could lead students to be more confused during the breakup…

it’s hard to have closure and to move forward when you’re wondering still what happened there.”

Reliance on technology as a means of communication has allowed people to more easily ghost, Kamp Dush said; if one initiated the relationship he or she also feels it is easiest to disappear.

“It’s hard to have closure and to move forward when you’re wondering still what happened there.”

Dr. Claire Kamp Dush Assistant Professor of Human Sciences

Brooke Nerderman, a fourth-year in zoology, understands why ghosting is an easy alternative to a direct conversation.

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Severing communication without reason or “ghosting,” is a relationship phenomenon often occurring on dating apps such as Tinder.

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Latest Wexner film makes its way across the Atlantic come them.”

The film, a lot of which was shot and funded by the country of Sweden, was released overseas almost a year ago.

“There is [English dialogue] in the film, but it’s predominantly spoken in Swedish,” said Ryan Skinner, an author and Ohio State professor of music and African American and African studies.

“It’s a state-sponsored film; it had state funding, regional funding, and it was an international effort to produce a large portion of the film.”

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Award-winning African filmmaker Dani Kouyate will screen his Swedish film, “While We Live,” at the Wexner Center for the Arts Tuesday.

CHASE-ANTHONY RAY Lantern reporter ray.461@osu.edu Award-winning African filmmaker Dani Kouyate will screen his Swedish film, “While We Live,” at the Wexner Center for the Arts Tuesday.

Since releasing his film in October of last year, Kouyate has been shopping “While We Live,” whose Swedish title and translation is “Medan vi Lever,” throughout the film festival circuit, and he finally decided to bring it to Ohio

State for more exposure.

“While We Live” tells the story of a Gambian woman who moves back to Gambia with her son, an aspiring hip-hop artist, after living in Sweden for 30 years.

However, her home country has changed in her absence, leading the pair to question their sense of identity and home, according to a summary of the film on the Wexner Center’s website.

With his film, Kouyate wants students and the local community alike to go into the screening with open minds and many questions.

“The main theme of the film is identity and it’s something people construct every day of their lives,” Kouyate said. “People should come in with questions in mind about who we are and where we are going in our lives.”

“While We Live” is classified as a coming-of-age comedy, but in reality, Kouyate said that isn’t entirely accurate.

“It’s a drama in every classical sense of the word,” Kouyate said.

“Most importantly, it’s a drama that narrates the life and struggles of a family and how they over-

“[These roots] determine where we come from and where we are going in our lives; and it’s really important to remember that, no matter where we are in life.”

Dani Kouyate “While We Live” Filmmaker

Even though most of the film is spoken in Swedish, Kouyate explained that the universal theme of shifting identities will transcend the language barrier and resonate with all types of audiences.

“I would describe the film as a story about roots,” Kouyate said.

“[These roots] determine where we come from and where we are going in our lives; and it’s really important to remember that, no matter where we are in life.”

Not only was it a collaborative effort getting the movie made overseas, but Skinner said Ohio State departments and colleges had a part in ensuring free admission price, which was made possible by multiple Ohio State departments and colleges.

“Many people have taken notice, and we’ve gotten tremendous support,” Skinner said. “This event has been supported by the office of International Affairs, the department of Germanic languages, the department of French and Italian, the school of music, and, of course, the department of African American and African studies – with all these communities, we’ve seen a really good cross section of support.”

The screening takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Wexner Center for the Arts, and admission is free for all.

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Studio empowers women with workout classes LYDIA FREUDENBERG Lantern reporter freudenberg.7@osu.edu Ditch the sneakers and grab some heels, a local studio is helping women gain confidence through a more exotic workout.

Located south of campus, Studio Rouge offers workout classes like aerial hoops, which finds students hanging from elevated hoops, as well as aerial silks, pole dancing and exotic dancing.

The idea arose in 2011 when local businesswoman Carolyn Cull’s favorite Columbus pole-dancing studio, Dolphin Dance, closed its doors in 2010. Cull said she was upset, but saw an opportunity to start a new career and continue to help empower women.

“I love seeing women accomplish goals that they didn’t think [were] possible.”

Carolyn Cull Studio Rouge Owner

“I was heartbroken at the thought of living life without pole [dancing]” she said. “Our society seems to place a lot of importance on the physical appearance of the body. Pole, aerial and exotic [dancing] take the emphasis off what your body looks like and places the importance on what your body can do.”

The classes require no prior dance experience, but are intended for any woman who wants to master multiple moves, like hanging upside down on the pole with one leg or performing a routine on an aerial hoop.

Elizabeth Perry, an Ohio State alumna and an associate instructor at Studio Rouge who works at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, said the classes help her feel more feminine after a long day of wearing her uniform: khaki pants, a polo shirt and muddy boots.

“My current occupation … is not very glamorous or very girly,” she said. “So, I kind of needed something with dance and something a little more feminine. And when my best friend wanted to take [pole dancing] classes with me, it seemed like the perfect thing to do.”

Perry has been pole dancing for four years, and is now a certified Vertical Joe’s twerk technician, a certification from the Atlanta-based fitness studio, Vertical Joe’s, who helped pioneer the dance move twerking.

Perry said Cull encourages her to become a more informed instructor and pole dancer by pursuing educational opportunities like those offered by Vertical Joe’s.

“She really seems like a mentor for us, whether it’s in terms of pole [dancing], or honestly just in terms of being an adult female in general,” she said. “[Cull] is always trying to better herself and she is always pushing us to be better … She kind of has created a solid network of empowered females in Columbus, and that’s a pretty big deal.”

Cull said she loves seeing members push themselves physically to accomplish a new dance move or a new level of confidence, like wearing heels in class. Often, women don’t even realize they’re getting a full body workout.

“You will be constantly challenged with new skills and you won’t feel like you’re working out, until the next day when your arms feel like Jell-O.” Cull said. “I love seeing women accomplish goals that they didn’t think [were] possible.”

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but they’re not meant to be a head coach,” Meyer said. “If they’re big picture people, and I think especially in college, the recruiting aspect, they can’t be good; they have to be your best recruiter on your staff or they’re going to fail.”

Rutgers coach Chris Ash, whom the Buckeyes will face off against Saturday night, worked under Meyer as Ohio State’s co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach in 2014 and 2015 before taking his first head coaching job.

Meyer said he thinks the Scarlet Knights have one of the most improved defenses in the country in Ash’s second year at the helm.

“I knew Chris was going to be -- he’s one of the best we’ve had,” Meyer said. “And obviously did a great job. We went from most missed tackles in college football to the fewest.”

Nerderman said. “So much of these relationships are through our devices so when one ghosts another they don’t think as much about the emotions of the other due to these surface relationships.”

A 2017 study by the University of Alabama found that people choose to ghost because of boredom, negativity and, most commonly, because of better alternatives; the hope is that not communicating becomes evidence of a clear relationship end after time.

“Ghosting is definitely disrespectful,” said Charlotte Fore, a second-year in marketing major, said.

“To go from interacting with someone often, to completely cutting them off without any warning, certainly isn’t the best way to do things.”

As for the ghostee, recipients will internalize and induce self-blame for the relationship’s end since that is the only information available that can be understood, according to a Psychology Today article.

“When you have this experience that someone is apparently rejecting you and the way you are in the

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Ohio State coach Urban Meyer addresses the Buckeyes prior to the first practice of fall camp on July 27.

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the locker room.

As the players did this, debates raged between those who viewed the demonstration as players expressing their First Amendment rights to protest racial injustice in the United States and others who viewed it as a protest against the country as a whole and as disrespectful to military members.

Topics such as this have divided the nation, but Meyer said the mutual respect teammates show for one another has helped maintain decorum in Ohio State’s locker room.

“It’s the ‘r-word,’ the respect. Respect all,” Meyer said. “I personally

have very strong beliefs and thoughts about things like that. And I share them with my friends and obviously very close with my family about our thoughts.”

Religion in sports The “r-word” appeared again in Meyer’s vocabulary when the head coach was asked about religion. He talked about how important it is for the players in the locker room to all have mutual respect for everyone as many of the players have different views on religion as well.

Meyer said the players are all allowed to hold their own views on religion, and that in the Ohio State

locker room, all views are not only welcome, but also encouraged given how important religion is in Meyer’s life.

“Our players, you look at their schedules, so we want everything to be user-friendly,” Meyer said, “Whether it be nutrition, whether it be real-life Wednesdays, those type of things, and also your spiritual life, so we have everything available to them. And I’m proud to say we have multi religious players, denominational people in our program.”

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world, you want more information,” Kamp Dush said. “By not getting it, it can lead to negative self-image.”

Having that conversation isn’t always easy, Kamp Dush said, but romantic relationships require a level of respect higher than that of a partner disappearing without explanation.

“Something we would have to worry about is that we are going to have a generation of people who maybe are a little [shy] of relationships, who want to avoid being hurt,” Kamp Dush said. “Part of dating and forming intimate relationships is getting your heart broken.”

For Fore, a clear communication channel is a key component in any relationship, from beginning to end.

“I would definitely prefer a direct conversation when it comes to any sort of breakup,” Fore said.

“Even if I’m the one ending things, I would rather have a quick conversation to make my feelings clear up front instead of just ghosting them and hoping they get the memo.”

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OSU to make program history with game against South Korea HANNAH SMITH Lantern reporter smith.10123@osu.edu The Ohio State women’s hockey team is set to start its season Tuesday with an exhibition game against an unlikely opponent: the South Korean Olympic Team.

Though the Buckeyes have played international teams from Canada in the past, Tuesday’s game will mark the first time Ohio State will face off against an Olympic opponent from outside North America.

Head coach Nadine Muzerall made the matchup possible by reconnecting with former teammate and South Korea’s head coach Sarah Murray. Knowing that South Korea was already touring the United States and playing other college teams, Muzerall worked with Murray to fit in a stop in Columbus.

“Hockey is a small world and we have to lean on each other and do what we think is best for our student-athletes and our players, so Sarah thought of it as a great opportunity for her team … to have another [Western Collegiate Hockey Association] opponent on the schedule to prepare them,” Muzerall said. “We’re their last stop before they fly home, so I really want to publicly appreciate South Korea and their team for doing the detour.”

It is common for Olympic teams to travel to the U.S. to face college

teams during an Olympic year.

The opportunity to play against an Olympic team gives collegiate athletes not only a chance to face off against stiff competition, but also leaves a lasting memory for those involved.

“[The game] is about the experience of playing an Olympic team. Most [players] will never get that experience, so they should cherish that as it only happens every four years...”

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“[The game] is about the experience of playing an Olympic team,” Muzerall said. “Most [players] will never get that experience, so they should cherish that as it only happens every four years, so those that are here won’t get to do that again unless they’re playing for their respective country.”

Senior forward Julianna Iafallo recalled the Buckeyes’ locker room “went nuts” upon hearing the team would be playing South Korea. Although Ohio State is heading into the game with a competitive attitude, Iafallo said

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Ohio State then-sophomore defenseman Dani Sadek (8) celebrates after a goal during a game against North Dakota on Feb. 20, 2016. the team is most excited about the awareness the game will bring to women’s ice hockey.

“The main takeaways, I think, will definitely be that women’s ice hockey exposure, getting it to the national level and showing the Olympics that we’re getting them prepared, and just showing everybody else what it’s going to be like,” Iafallo said. “For us, it gets us prepared for the season and lets

us know what we have to improve on for three days later when we play [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute].”

The Buckeyes finished their 2016-2017 campaign with a 1418-5 overall record and a 7-16-5 record in the WCHA. Tuesday’s game is set to start at 7:07 p.m. at the OSU Ice Rink.

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Sauve hopes to continue success in second healthy season WYATT CROSHER Lantern reporter crosher.1@osu.edu Redshirt junior goalie Kassidy Sauve has had plenty of downs throughout her hockey career, but now, this upcoming season looks more up than ever.

Sauve comes into her third season as the goaltender for Ohio State’s women’s hockey team, and while the 14-17-5 record she posted last season might seem like nothing special, her sophomore season quickly became one for the record books, and one with a tale of redemption.

Sauve was forced her to undergo a double hip surgery, a surgery caused her to miss half of her freshman season and the entirety of the 2015-16 campaign, a season she was forced to redshirt. While the 581 days Sauve missedwas forced to miss was never easy, Sauve said that her parents were a major factor in her recovery.

“There were a lot of times where I thought that I didn’t even know if I could do this, I didn’t know if I can come back from injuries this severe, but knowing that my parents thought I could do it,” Sauve said. “They were behind me all the way.”

In her first season back from the

standout in your field, like for her being an All-American goalie, you just automatically ooze that into the locker room, people are looking to you, so any time you talk people are listening.”

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Ohio State redshirt sophomore goaltender Kassidy Sauve stares down the puck against St. Cloud State on Feb. 4, 2017 at the OSU Ice Rink. major injury, Sauve postedheld a .942 save percentage, led the entire NCAA in saves with 1,135, and brought her career shutout total to 12. The save percentage and saves totals are both Ohio State records, while the career shutouts are tied for the all-time school record.

“It was easy to come back in a way because I had so much to prove,” Sauve said. “There were a lot of people saying that I wasn’t

going to be able to make the comeback and that I wasn’t going to be able to play, and I just wanted to prove to myself and prove to other people that an injury wasn’t going to stop me.” “[Sauve]’s automatically, without a ‘C’ on her chest, a leader on the team just because of the talent that she brings on the ice, and because of that, people are listening to her,” Head Coach Nadine Muzerall said. “When you’re such a

“[Sauve]’s automatically, without a ‘C’ on her chest, a leader on the team just because of the talent that she brings on the ice, and because of that, people are listening to her” Nadine Muzerall OSU women’s hockey head coach

Sauve’s accolades did not go unnoticed, as this offseason she was invited to Team Canada’s summer strength and conditioning camp. She was also named preseason player of the year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), the conference Ohio State plays in.

Sauve said, “Going to Calgary, where the Olympic center is for the hockey teams, it’s always a really exciting experience, I get chills every time I walk into that

building,.” Sauve said.

Sauve, who was born in Whitby, Ontario, hopes to be a part of the Olympic program in the near future.

While last year was a breakout return for Sauve, and one that made her a second- team All-American, Coach Muzerall said that she is looking even better coming into this season. “[Sauve] really was dialed in and disciplined this summer,” Muzerall said. “She has matured a lot as a player, and her mental toughness has improved immensely since the beginning of last year, and as a goalie that goes a long way.”

Sauve said she knows she can still improve, and also understands there could be added pressure on her to perform in this upcoming season.

“I think pressure is a privilege,” Sauve said. “I really like pressure, those games are the easiest games to win and if this whole season is considered a pressure season, then I am comfortable with it.”

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Injury updates and Meyer coaching tree COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer addressed the media Monday afternoon two days after the Buckeyes’ 54-21 win against UNLV. Here are our takeaways.

Injury and suspension updates Running back Mike Weber (hamstring) has been cleared to play and middle linebacker Chris Worley (foot sprain) was listed as probable for their game against Rutgers, Meyer said. Neither entered last Saturday’s game against UNLV. Though the Buckeyes will return multiple starters against Rutgers, Ohio State received bad news as Meyer announced redshirt freshman defensive tackle Malik Barrow will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Robert Landers is probable for Saturday’s game. He did not play against UNLV and was wearing a walking boot during pregame warmups.

Redshirt sophomore backup quarterback Joe Burrow, who suffered a broken bone in his throwing hand prior to the season, played in his first game of the season Saturday and completed all

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Ohio State redshirt sophomore running back Mike Weber takes a handoff early in the first half of the Ohio State-Oklahoma game on Sep. 9. Ohio State lost 31-16. four passes he threw for 37 yards.

He only played one offensive series, compared with fellow backup quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who led the offense for seven series.

“Last week I wasn’t going to put him in harm’s way,” Meyer said. “Joe is such a tough guy. He

thought he was ready after seven days. It’s a broken bone. So that’s why he went in later.”

Redshirt senior defensive tackle Michael Hill will not play against Rutgers due to an ongoing suspension for undisclosed reasons.

Offensive line important as ever Last year, junior right tackle

Isaiah Prince struggled mightily and the issues continued as he gave up two sacks during Ohio State’s 31-16 loss to Oklahoma.

But Prince, whom Meyer said had his best week of practice, was named the offensive player of the game by Ohio State’s coaching staff for his performance against

UNLV. Prince’s improvement will be key to the Buckeyes’ offensive success. Meyer called Ohio State an “offensive line-driven program.” In 2016, Ohio State had two first-team All-American offensive linemen, center Pat Elflein and right guard Billy Price.

“I think any coach would stand in front of you and say if your offensive line becomes best in the conference, you’re probably going to win the conference,” Meyer said. “And last year we were not and we did not. So that means that we should be in the hunt if we continue to grow as an offensive line, and Isaiah is a big part of that.”

Chris Ash and what makes a good head coach Few coaches have a coaching tree as vast as Meyer. From Texas coach Tom Herman to Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell and South Florida coach Charlie Strong, Meyer has been influential in the careers of many of his former assistants.

Therefore, he has seen what types of personalities work as head coaches and what don’t.

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Urban Meyer addresses locker rooms, NFL, religion in off-field issues EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu

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Ohio State coach Urban Meyer observes the field at Memorial Stadium prior to the Buckeyes’ season-opening 49-21 win over Indiana on Aug. 31 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Along with several topics pertaining to the on-field performance of Ohio State’s football team, head coach Urban Meyer also addressed several off-field topics and locker room issues that are important to his team during Monday’s press conference. Here are our takeaways.

Big Ten away locker rooms Football teams know when traveling for away games that the accommodations in the locker room will not quite live up to the standards set by those at home.

However, teams expect not only at least respectable locker rooms, but also believe they should be met with air conditioning and proper care when it comes to medical treatment.

During Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh’s press conference Monday, the outspoken coach said his team was met with poor facilities at Purdue and that the poor conditions tend to be more of a reflection on the rest of the conference rather than just the Boilermakers.

“We had to open the doors to get ventilation going in a small area and people are walking by watching you dress. The number of urinals or bathrooms for the players and staff, I think there was two,” Harbaugh said. “Injured players can’t get an X-ray. Taken to a student health care center in a van. We needed a brace for a player and there wasn’t one at the facility we were taken to. A lot of things need to

be addressed.”

Harbaugh is not the only coach to express displeasure with away locker rooms in the conference. Meyer said he has had a “couple” of difficulties with the locker rooms in opposing stadiums and said that he has expressed his opinions to the commissioner, Jim Delaney.

“It’s the ‘r-word,’ the respect. Respect all. I personally have very strong beliefs and thoughts about things like that. And I share them with my friends and obviously very close with my family about our thoughts.”

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“All due respect, this is the Big Ten Conference,” Meyer said. “I’ve shared it with our athletic director and the commissioner should handle that.”

Kneeling during the National Anthem in the NFL Following tweets from President Donald Trump condemning the actions of players in the NFL who knelt during the national anthem, athletes from around the league demonstrated a large display of solidarity Sunday, kneeling during the anthem in large groups or remaining in OFF-FIELD CONTINUES ON 6