January 20, 2015

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Tuesday January 20, 2015 year: 135 No. 4

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Wrestling wins over MSU, UM

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Whitney film a poor portrayal

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SARAH MIKATI Lantern reporter mikati.2@osu.edu

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Chipotle nixes pork in 1/3 of its locations ALAINA BARTEL Lantern reporter bartel.21@osu.edu Many Chipotle restaurants, including the one on High Street near Ohio State’s campus, will no longer serve carnitas after the company suspended purchases from a local pork supplier when a routine audit found it did not meet Chipotle standards. An audit in the food industry can find problems that range from the way animals are housed to the record-keeping of the supplier, said Steven Moeller, a professor in OSU’s Department of Animal Sciences who works closely with the swine industry. “We have to be careful about speculating that it was anything to

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OSU weighs options for bike-sharing service

MLK Day celebrated with march and service Nearly 47 years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered at Ohio State for his support of nonviolent expression and the changes he helped bring about during the Civil Rights movement. About 25 students gathered at the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march of remembrance. Participants marched to the Ohio Union, where university buses transported them to the King Arts Complex, a cultural and educational center located on the near east side of Columbus. From there, they marched to the Lincoln Theatre, a performing arts space situated in Columbus’ King-Lincoln district, and joined the City of Columbus’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration event. Kejuan Johnson, a fourthyear in operations management, is the president of the Ohio State chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., which sponsored the march — an annual tradition for the fraternity since the march’s debut in the early 2000s. “It serves as an opportunity for us to come together as a community and celebrate the legacy of a person that has really paved the way for us,” Johnson said. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role as a black rights activist has recently been chronicled in the historical drama film “Selma,” which is based on the 1965 voting rights marches that traveled from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery, Ala. “Selma,” released in December, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Heightened racial tensions throughout the country in 2014 have also caused many people to draw parallels to the civil rights challenges faced by Martin Luther King Jr. in the ‘60s. Vice President of Iota Phi Theta Michael Washington, a third-year in communication, said he is grateful for Martin Luther King Jr.’s ability to lead the black community toward change.

Police’s tear gas not needed

7 companies bid to have campus rights YANN SCHREIBER Lantern reporter schreiber.135@osu.edu

Playing football at Ohio State can set a student apart from the pack, and playing quarterback can make that gap even larger. “I guess there’s a lot of pressure,” former Buckeye quarterback Bobby Hoying told The Lantern on Monday. “You feel it right when you get to campus and everybody looks to the quarterback to kind of be the leader.” Hoying, a native of St. Henry, Ohio, spent five years at OSU after redshirting his first season before earning the starting job in 1993. By his final year in 1995, Hoying compiled one of the best seasons ever for a Buckeye signal caller with 3,269 passing yards and 29 touchdowns. He even became a Heisman Trophy candidate along the way, finishing 10th in the voting process, while his backfield partner — Eddie George — picked up the award. Now heading into the program’s 20th season since Hoying departed, OSU has a Heisman candidate at quarterback once again. Or maybe even three. Senior quarterback Braxton Miller’s status is up in the air — he’s coming off a missed season because of a shoulder injury. Miller can transfer and

Ohio State and Undergraduate Student Government are looking to bring a bikesharing service to campus. As part of the organizations’ joint bikesharing initiative, seven companies were asked to participate in a bidding process that aims to determine the best fit for campus. This bidding process is set to end Friday. “The university anticipates an initial launch to include 10 to 15 stations with 100 to 150 bicycles,” Administration and Planning spokesman Dan Hedman said in an email. USG President Celia Wright said the idea of establishing a bike-sharing option on campus was something she and Vice President Leah Lacure incorporated into their 2014 USG campaign. “It was something many students rallied behind through the campaign season,” Wright, a fourth-year in public health, said. One of the companies OSU asked for a proposal was Motivate, which operates the CoGo Bike Share system in downtown Columbus. CoGo did not respond to multiple requests for comment regarding the current bidding process. CoGo operates 30 stations across the city and offers a 24-hour pass for $6 or an annual membership for $75. The system requires bikes to be returned to a station every 30 minutes. Additional minutes cost $3 per 30 minute time period, according to the CoGo website. “CoGo isn’t a necessity, but it would definitely facilitate travel downtown,” Wright said. “CoGo hasn’t been jumping on that as much as I had expected them to.” Hedman said as of now, though, no company is favored over the others. “There are no leading candidates,” he said. Wright said she appreciates that the

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Photo illustration by: JON MCALLISTER / Asst. photo editor

Left: Then-junior quarterback Braxton Miller Center: Redshirt-sophomore quarterback Cardale Jones Right: Redshirtfreshman quarterback J.T. Barrett

Former Buckeye Bobby Hoying weighs in on OSU QB picture INSIDE For more analysis, another former OSU quarterback, Greg Frey, discussed the QB battle in Columbus and his history with Urban Meyer. 7A

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Former Ohio State quarterback Bobby Hoying

TIM MOODY AND JAMES GREGA, JR. Sports editor and Asst. sports editor moody.178@osu.edu and grega.9@osu.edu

Wexner Center highlights diverse art forms to ring in 25 years OGONNA ONONYE Lantern reporter ononye.5@osu.edu Audiences will celebrate color, culture, history and music with a combination of innovative exhibitions and long-standing favorites at the Wexner Center for the Arts beginning in February. Erik Pepple, spokesman for the Wexner Center, said the upcoming features are a continuation of the building’s mission to inspire thought-provoking discussion about art and pop culture. “Our goal is to give people something to talk about,” Pepple said. “Curators are always looking for ways to push the envelope and expand artistic boundaries in a different way.” The Wexner Center will close out the month of January with special events like Richard Maxwell and New York City Players’ “Isolde” theater performance on Saturday and a stop from John Mellencamp and Carlene Carter Jan. 30 as part of their Plain Spoken tour on Jan. 30. The Wexner Center is also set to introduce two new galleries on Feb. 7: “Fiber: Sculpture 1960— Present” and “Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1.” “This show is really the first one of its kind to look at fiber as a sculpture material. This is the first time it’s coming to the Midwest as well,” Pepple said of “Fiber: Sculptures 1960—Present.” Pepple describes the gallery as “visually vibrant with lots of eye-popping colors,” with works that range from intricate pieces to massive sculptures that fill the entire room. Moroccan-born artist, fashion designer and photographer Hassan Hajjaj, widely known as “Morocco’s Andy Warhol”, is set to have a series of performances featuring the artist’s favorite musicians dressed in clothing designed by Hajjaj himself.

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Hassan Hajjaj, a Moroccan-born artist who works in photography, performance and fashion, will have his work (pictured above) featured as part of the Wexner Center for the Arts’ spring exhibits. His series of performances is set to open on Feb. 7 and will feature the artist’s favorite musicians dressed in clothing designed by Hajjaj himself. “One of the things we like to do is shine a light on parts of contemporary history that hasn’t gotten as much attention as they should have, or could have,” Pepple said of the fiber and Hajjaj exhibitions. A major event for the film and video department of the Wexner Center is the upcoming “Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration.” The five-day feature will screen recently restored films from the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks, while taking audiences through a celebration of film history and discussion focusing on preservation and restoration challenges in the industry. Director of Film and Video at the Wexner Center

Dave Filipi said this event will be a milestone for the Wexner Center. “It’s the first time we’ve ever done something like this,” Filipi said. “We’ve shown restorations and brought new films to the center, but we have never packaged it together where it’s concentrated into a festival setting.” The Wexner Center plans to show newly restored films throughout the week and hold discussions with three film and video experts, including film animator and painter Suzan Pitt. Pitt, famous for her

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