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Columbus’ annual Italian Festival, set to take place this weekend, hopes to share knowledge and awareness of the Italian culture.

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Acting Chief of OSU Police Craig Stone responds to student safety concerns.

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Although OSU football remains No. 1 in the AP Top 25 Poll for a sixth straight week, the Buckeyes have lost 23 of their initial 61 first-place votes.

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Obergefell to discuss marriage equality, personal journey at OSU

‘Surviving an Active Shooter’ video teaches to run, hide, fight AUBREY CORNWELL Lantern reporter cornwell.68@osu.edu

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Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the historic marriage equality case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, rides as a guest of honor in the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

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im Obergefell, whose landmark case legalized gay marriage in this country, will share his story with Ohio State students on Thursday. • Students can attend the event and celebrate LGBTQ history month with Obergefell in the U.S. Bank Conference Theater at the Ohio Union on Thursday 7–9 p.m. • The native Ohioan was the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, which was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. The 5-4 decision gave same-sex couples the right to marry as guaranteed by the due-process and equal-protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case changed the lives of millions of LGBTQ Americans this year, said Angie Wellman, intercultural specialist of the LGBTQ OBERGEFELL CONTINUES ON 2

On Thursday, a gunman entered a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Oregon and opened fire, ultimately killing nine people.

The tragedy showcased the need for a plan for when such events take place. A week before the shooting, Ohio State’s Office of Administration and Planning released a video to educate the campus and community on how to survive an active shooter.

The video, which can be found on OSU’s Administration and Planning YouTube page, explains three priorities that aim to help students survive an encounter with an active shooter. These three priorities are to run, hide and fight.

“As our people start to develop a plan, think about the plan, practice the plan, they gradually become more likely to survive,” said officer Adam Tabor, the training coordinator and accreditation manager for the university police division. “It’s really all about the plan.”

OSU’s Department of Public Safety and the Office of Student Life partnered with university police in order to spread the practice of “Run. Hide. Fight.” According to Tabor, active-shooter incidents have become a more common occurrence in recent years and are often seen in places with a lot of people, a lot of stress and at major schools.

“When you combine all of those factors and you look at The Ohio State University, unfortunately we SHOOTER CONTINUES ON 2

Former Buckeye runs for office

Champion wide receiver Dimitrious Stanley seeks position in Columbus City Council JOELY FRIEDMAN Lantern reporter friedman.312@osu.edu Former Ohio State wide receiver Dimitrious Stanley helped the Buckeyes win the Rose Bowl in 1997, and now he wants to help make the Buckeye capital a better city.

Stanley is running for a spot on the Columbus City Council and is endorsed by the Franklin County Republican Party.

“I want to make Columbus one of the greatest cities in the country, and that is why I am running,” Stanley told OSU students Wednesday night at the Ohio Union during a College Republicans meeting. “You guys are the most important part of what we are

trying to accomplish in this city. Help us take this city back. I want to make sure Columbus is staying right.”

Allen Peele, a third-year in English and political science and sergeant at arms of the OSU College Republicans, said he believes that local elections like that for City Council are important because “these local governments affect our lives directly. People have more impact on a small election than a federal election, so it’s important to get involved.”

As councilman, Stanley said he would look for ways to keep OSU students in Columbus after they graduate.

“I want to make sure we have a job environment where we have great opportunities for students like yourself when you leave

school that keeps you here,” he said. “It’s really disappointing to bring you guys here, to train you here, to educate you here, and then you go somewhere else. To me that’s a lot of talent that we are losing.”

Zackery Dunnells, a third-year in neuroscience and psychology, attended the meeting and said he loved what Stanley had to say about keeping students in central Ohio.

“Dimitrious is someone who graduated from Ohio State and who is now living in Columbus. He is actually doing what he is campaigning on, he is living his goal,” Dunnells said.

CREDIT: COURTESY OF OSU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Michael Lakomy, president of the College Former Ohio State wide receiver Democrats and a third-year in accounting, Dimitrious Stanley circa 1997.

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Campus area crime map: Sept. 29 - Oct. 5 MICHAEL HUSON Campus Editor huson.4@osu.edu 1. An act of public indecency was reported on East 14th Avenue Wednesday morning after two individuals observed a man masturbating on their apartment porch steps. The individuals also reported they had seen the suspect earlier, just after 1:30 a.m., masturbating near the corner of East 14th and Indianola avenues.

2. A robbery was reported at Buckeye Pizza on Summit Street just after 2 a.m. on Sept. 29. Two suspects reportedly chased several victims from the business parking lot into the establishment, where the victims, along with another individual, were then robbed at knifepoint.

3. A motor vehicle was reported stolen near 18th Avenue and High Street between 2 and 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

4. A disorderly conduct incident was reported after an individual made suggestive comments to a female student walking near the corner of Indianola and Chittenden avenues. The individual

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“Everyone can relate to love for and commitment to the ones we care about,” Obergefell said. “Putting ourselves in the public eye wasn’t a decision we took lightly, but we realized it was a moment when we could take a stand and fight for what we believe in.”

Obergefell said he believes his talk at OSU will have a special meaning for him, as well as people in Ohio.

“People often say, ‘As Ohio goes, so goes the country,’ and it’s gratifying to see that plays out in the context of marriage equality,” he said. “I’ve experienced nothing but support from around our state, and it’s clear to me how much my fellow Ohioans appreciate the risk that John and I took by standing up to fight for our rights.”

Obergefell said that it’s important for him to spend time and share experiences with students to enhance an open, supportive environment for the LGBTQ community at OSU and all colleges.

“Colleges and universities are vital to our future as a people and a country,” he said.

Obergefell said he remembered all the fear, uncertainty and self-loathing he felt as a closeted gay man at the University of Cincinnati and the joy of discovering an open, supportive environment at Bowling Green State University.

“My graduate school experience at BGSU gave me the strength to SHOOTER FROM 1

are a prime target,” he said.

Tabor and other members of university police have been teaching the three-prong priority for several years to different student and faculty groups.

These training sessions spawned the idea to produce a video that would be easily accessible for all students, staff, faculty and visitors.

Dan Hedman, the director of communications for the Office of Administration and Planning, said the safety of campus is a top priority.

“We hope the ‘Surviving an Active Shooter’ video brings this potential danger to light and helps educate our campus community on what to do during an emergency,” Hedman said.

The video also allows other uni-

finally accept who I am and, for the first time in my life, be truly happy,” Obergefell said. “Our young people deserve that kind of environment.”

Obergefell was born in Ohio and has lived almost his entire life here.

Ohio is where he filed the lawsuit, Obergefell v. Kasich, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio’s Western Division at Cincinnati on July 19, 2013, because his state of residence would not recognize their out-ofstate union.

Obergefell said that he is proud to be a Buckeye and that he feels humbled that he was able to fight for Ohioans and his principles.

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In 2013, Obergefell and John Arthur got married to obtain legal recognition of their relationship, even though Arthur had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal neurological disease that paralyzes the body and confines him to his bed. They married in Maryland, one of the few states that allowed same-sex couples to marry after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. The couple wanted the Ohio Registrar to identify Obergefell as Arthur’s surviving spouse on his death certificate based on their marriage in Maryland, but the state refused and defended Ohio’s same-

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Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the historic marriage equality case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, rides as a guest of honor in the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

“Collaboration and outreach is one of the university’s core values and goals, so the video is helping us in that way,” Tabor said. “We can help other universities to be as prepared as we are.”

The phrase “Run. Hide. Fight.” originated in 2012 when the city of Houston released a similar video on surviving an active-shooter event. However, the concept and its importance has been around for much longer than that, Tabor said.

“We’ve done our part. We’ve CREDIT: COURTESY OF THE OHIO STATE practiced and trained and rehearsed UNIVERSITY - ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING and educated. And we’re just askversities to see what OSU is teaching you to do your part,” Tabor ing. Tabor said he has received sevsaid. “Plan for how you’re going to eral emails from other universities survive. You can survive.” asking to use the video to teach their campuses, and the universities also want to collaborate to make their police programs stronger.

who reported the crime stated she believed the suspect followed her toward her residence, after mumbling sexual obscenities.

5. A menacing by stalking incident was reported by a student in the 100 block of Woodruff Avenue just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The reporting individual stated she knew the suspect and had been a victim of the subject’s advances in the past.

6. A possession of drug paraphernalia arrest was made in the Thompson Library on Sept. 29 at approximately 4:45 p.m. The suspect, who is not affiliated with the university, was possessing multiple crack pipes.

7. A theft was reported in Taylor Tower between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Sunday. The reporting individual said a Macbook laptop and a hooded sweatshirt were stolen. The reporting individual stated the suspect might have been able to enter the room due to a malfunctioning lock. Another reporting individual said a wallet and its contents were stolen.

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

sex marriage ban.

Obergefell said that the abstract knowledge that their marriage would not be recognized by the state of Ohio suddenly became very real when their civil-rights attorney brought up the issue of Arthur’s death certificate.

Arthur died in October of 2013.

“We were hurt,” Obergefell said.

“It’s heart-breaking to realize that a state law would deny your husband the dignity of having his last official record as a person be correct, and to learn that the state would disregard our lawful marriage and my status as his surviving spouse on that document.”

When SCOTUS announced its decision that same-sex marriage is a right guaranteed by the Constitution nationwide, Obergefell said he was thrilled. He said he won not only respect and dignity, but also relief from the fear that Ohio would erase their lawful marriage and once again make Arthur and him legal strangers.

“From the start of our fight, I had no doubt that we were doing the right thing, and the support I received from around the country proved that America was on our side,” Obergefell said. “I lived up to my commitments to love, honor and protect John, and I can think of nothing else more important than that.”

Obergefell said he has had the great opportunity to share their story with people across the country after the case ended, and that he has learned how important stories

are for changing perceptions and building community over the past several years.

“People stop me to thank me, tell me stories or to simply hug me,” he said. “Every single interaction brings me joy and reinforces how ready our country was to live up to the four words above the front door of the Supreme Court: equal justice under law.”

Obergefell said he has experienced first-hand an amazing change in attitudes toward the LGBTQ community, as a person who has lived in Cincinnati for 31 years.

At one time, Cincinnati was considered the most gay-unfriendly place in the country because of an early-1990s city charter amendment that banned laws protecting the LGBTQ community, but the Cincinnati of today bears little in common with its past concerning its relation to the LGBTQ community, Obergefell said.

“Cincinnati is not alone, and similar changes in attitude, policies and laws have occurred throughout the state of Ohio,” he said. “Ohio has changed for the better, and I believe those positive changes will continue for years to come.”

Obergefell said that the whole country has taken a step toward the promise of equality enshrined in the Constitution with the ruling and made the U.S. a better place.

“For the first time, our relationships exist no matter what state we call home,” he said.

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ing jobs in that area.”

Also on his website, Stanley promises to focus on making Columbus “an incubator for high-tech businesses and the high-wage jobs they bring.” He wants to create “a high-speed fiber optic network,” for increased online data transfer, in Columbus.

Laurel Lesley, a first-year in marketing who attended the meeting, said she enjoyed listening to Stanley.

“I am so proud to have a former Buckeye running for City Council, and I am looking forward to seeing him in office,” she said.

According to Stanley’s website, OSU football coach Urban Meyer has endorsed him, along with ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

said that although being a former Buckeye wide receiver might give Stanley the cool factor, it doesn’t justify his run, given his lack of experience in politics or public service.

“I think he’s probably well intentioned, but he doesn’t have the policy background, he doesn’t have the experience,” he said. “Columbus is a city that wants to be big and be taken seriously, and we have a cohort of really great public servants who are running for council right now, and Dimitrious Stanley is not one of those people.”

On Stanley’s website, he advocates for creating “a regional development director” program. He wants “one for each area of our city, east, west, north and south, with the specific mission of grow-

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Italian Festival celebrates culture SAMANTHA HOLLINGSHEAD

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While Italy might be more than 4,500 miles away, students and local residents will have the chance to get close to the real thing here in Columbus this weekend.

The annual Columbus Italian Festival is set to take place from Friday to Sunday and will be a weekend full of authentic culture and more, all dedicated to sharing knowledge and awareness of the Italian culture.

“The cultural booth is very exciting this year, every half hour we have a different demonstration with the Italian heritage,” said Landa Brunetto, the director of festival publicity.

The first festival, started by Father Casto Marrapese, took place in September 1980, and was built on the idea of faith, family and friends — three elements that were said to have represented the Italian people and their culture, according to the festival’s website.

Kaitlyn Rabe, the vice president of the Italian Club at the Ohio State University and a third-year in Western European studies and Italian, said it’s very interesting to see the way Italian Americans cel-

ebrate their heritage.

“Italian Americans take so much pride in their heritage,” she said.

Rabe gave a very important reason to attend the event: the food.

“That’s always gonna be my first thing about Italy, always the food and how insanely good it is,” Rabe said.

Attendees can expect a great variety of Italian food provided by local vendors and restaurants, like Carfagna’s Kitchen, The Berwick Manor Party House and Cafe Napolitana Pizzeria and Bar, along with food made by the local church, St. John the Baptist. The church, which has been the epicenter of the festival since its start, is considered the main attraction, Brunetto said.

“As with every Italian festival going back 500 years, 2,000 years, the church was always the reason for the festival,” she said.

After success in its first year, half of the proceeds from the festival went into an educational fund called the Father Casto Marrapese Scholarship, a fund that still stands today and which high school students of Italian heritage can use toward an education at OSU or any college education.

Admission to the event is $5 for adults and children 12 and under are free. Brunetto said the Ohio

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Clockwise from the top: 1. A cook prepares food for festival guests during the Italian Festival in 2013.

2. Musicians walk through the streets during the Italian Festival in 2013.

3. St. John the Baptist Church, located at 720 Hamlet Street, has served at the center of the Italian Festival since its start in 1980.

Union has purchased tickets for students to buy at a discounted rate so they might attend the Italian Festival this year.

“The environment itself is very unique, it’s very rare you walk around Columbus and you hear people speaking in Italian … it’s a very interesting, lively ambiance in that sense,” Rabe said.

Alumnus lives out his dream, publishes book LEAH MCCLURE Lantern reporter mcclure.607@osu.edu

who want to do something that they aren’t currently,” he said. “I think it could work for anybody who has a dream.”

Warren didn’t grow up planning to be a Many college students are familiar with writer, admitting that “it all kind of happened the anxiety that comes with the constant accidentally.” questioning over career choices, majors and However, he said he believes he has found what the future will look like. that one thing he loves doing, proving that 2012 Ohio State graduate Alex Warren life doesn’t always happen the way it is exis familiar with this feeling and draws from pected to and that this is perfectly okay. He his own experiences in his most recent book, emphasizes the importance of taking action “The Pursuit of You: Finding Your Dream in his book even though this can be intimiand Pursuing Your Purpose,” with the hopes dating and scary. that he will be able to guide Despite writing a book people through those times that gives his readers advice when the future feels unsure. on how to live a successful “(‘The Pursuit of You’) is life, Warren does not claim about finding yourself and to have everything figured figuring out what your purout. The process of writing pose is and what you want to “The Pursuit of You” itself do with life,” Warren said. proved to be a learning exWarren said he knows how perience for the author. Wardifficult the transition from ren spent months editing the childhood to adulthood can original manuscript, titled LEAH MCCLURE | LANTERN REPORTER “Dreams of Success,” for a be. Growing up in the small city of Lima, Ohio, he felt Alex Warren’s book. publisher, only to have them like he had limited options and opportuni- decide they couldn’t go through with pubties. However, once he moved to Columbus, lishing his book, he said. he realized that the possibilities are endless Rather than give up, Warren decided to and hopes his book will give his readers the go to another publisher. The publisher asked same realization. that he make more edits, and the book did “I created this book to open the eyes of eventually get printed under the new name, people who feel that they only have one op- “The Pursuit of You.” Although he admitted tion or the other, or they can only work a the two-year writing and editing process was certain job, or live a certain type of life,” he “tedious,” he said he felt that it made him said. stronger.

Although “The Pursuit of You” is aimed Warren said he is currently continuing to toward young adults, Warren said he believes pursue his dream, working on his third book, it can be helpful to other audiences as well.

“The Sovereign Heart,” which further ex“I’m starting to realize that there’s a lot of plores the idea of following your path and people in their 30s and 40s who want to start how to do this successfully. He said he exthat business or pursue that music career … pects it to be published in February.

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When asked to describe the festival and the Italian culture, Brunetto and her husband, Rick Brunetto, a festival co-chair, used the words “carnivàle” and “familia.”

“There’s so much going on … just a custom Italian celebration,” Landa Brunetto said.

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COOKING IN COLLEGE

Taking culinary skills from the stove to the oven ROBERT SCARPINITO Copy Chief scarpinito.1@osu.edu

Baking is a little different from cooking most things on the stovetop. Stovetop cooking generally requires more constant attention, but baking, contrarily, is a more handsoff approach to making food. The secret to it is preparing the ingredients properly.

Unlike stovetop cooking, the measurements in baking have to be fairly precise to achieve the desired texture and taste. When making cookies, for example, the kind of flour and the amount of flour in the mixture will affect whether the cookie turns out crumbly or like a cake.

If you don’t have any already, it’s worth investing in precise measuring tools, both cups and spoons.

They’re essential, especially if

you’re a beginner to cooking. After some time and practice, you’ll be able to eyeball and estimate a teaspoon or one-fourth of a cup, but that only comes after using proper and accurate measurements.

With that said, I still use measuring cups and spoons whenever I’m baking anything to be as accurate as possible. It can be tedious, but the attention to detail is worth the reward of a great baked good, like macaroni casserole or some sugar cookies.

The best part of baking is that once the preparation is done and the oven is preheated, the pan or tray can just sit in the oven, and you can forget about it until your timer goes off. In most cases, baking is a low-maintenance form of cooking.

Whether it’s a casserole or a baked dessert, take some time out of your week to pop something in the oven, like some banana bread.

BANANA BREAD Prep time: 20 minutes Bake time: 1 hour Servings: 8-10 2 eggs 1 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of oil 3-4 bananas, mashed 1/4 cup of sour cream 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 1-2/3 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon of salt Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs and sugar using an electric mixer. Keep mixing until the mixture is a uniform texture.

Take the bananas and rip them in half. In a plastic, sealable bag, crush the bananas using your hands to properly mash them. Aim for a uniform texture.

Add the oil, mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla extract to the mixture, and mix it all again using an electric mixer.

Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium-sized mixing bowl, and whisk them together to spread out the baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Slowly add some of the flour mixture to the bowl of wet banana mix and use the electric mixer to smooth out the texture. Be sure to add the flour mixture a little at a time to prevent causing a mess

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with the electric mixer.

Spray some nonstick spray in a loaf pan, and then pour the banana and flour mixture into the loaf pan.

Place the loaf pan into the oven and let it bake for one hour. Check the interior of the bread by poking it with a toothpick. If the toothpick is still really wet, let the bread bake for another ten minutes.

Continue to do so until the toothpick is relatively dry, then remove the pan from the oven. Let the banana bread sit for five minutes to let the interior heat bake the bread some more.

Slice the banana bread into slices and serve.

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This weekend in Buckeye sports

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Clockwise from the top left: 1. Members of the OSU women’s volleyball team celebrate during a game against Iowa on Oct. 2 at St. John Arena.

OSU won 3-1.

2. Members of the OSU women’s volleyball team during a game against Nebraska on Oct. 3 at St. John Arena. OSU won 3-2.

3. Ohio State men’s hockey freshman Mason Jobst (26) battles for the puck against Brock University’s Mitch Nardi (16) during the Buckeyes’ 4-0 shutout on Oct. 3 at the Schottenstein Center.

4. Members of the OSU softball team gather in a huddle on Oct. 3 during a game at Buckeye Field.

5. OSU sophomore midfielder Morgan Kile (8) carries the ball on Oct. 2 against Maryland at Buckeye Varsity Field.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Response to student safety concerns As newly appointed Acting Chief of OSU Police, I’ve quickly come to appreciate the full reach of our Department of Public Safety. Here at Ohio State, our focus on safety is not limited to our sworn police and security officers — we University Police are lucky to have stuActing Chief Craig dents, faculty and staff Stone during his swearing in that take safety sericeremony on May 1. ously too.

One courageous student shared his story in a Letter to the Editor published in the Wednesday, Sept. 16 edition of The Lantern. I want to personally thank our students for being committed to the safety of their fellow Buckeyes and echo the sentiment that safety is everyone’s responsibility.

In this spirit, I want to clarify a few assertions made in the Sept. 16 Letter to the Editor to ensure our entire campus community has full access to crime information and safety resources.

Ohio State does in fact have a daily crime log which is available to the public and allows anyone to view all crimes reported to the University Police Division within our law enforcement jurisdiction. In compliance with federal law, this log includes all criminal incidents — from the most serious to those that might be considered relatively minor — reported to OSU Police and that occur on campus or other Clery reportable property.

Crime is an unfortunate reality, and we agree students, faculty and staff should utilize this resource to better understand the types of crimes occurring on or around campus. Likewise, the Columbus Division of Police offers similar resources for crimes occurring off-campus, and we encourage students to access RAIDS Online.

Ohio State and the city of Columbus recently renewed our Mutual Aid Agreement to provide mutual assistance and interchange and use of OSU Police and City resources.

This agreement represents the strong partnership we share with the city in addressing crime both on- and off-campus, and it encourages cooperation and collaboration between OSU Police and Columbus Police in enhancing agency communication regarding off-campus crime.

Our Department of Public Safety has worked hard to reduce crime. Violent crime on campus is down 11 percent and all other CREDIT: COURTESY OF DAN MACKEY

crimes are down 15 percent comparing fiscal year 2015 to 2014. In addition, violent crime in Columbus decreased by 3 percent compared to last year. However, crime still does occur, and everyone needs to be alert and take safety seriously. We always remind students, faculty and staff: To be vigilant about safety and look out for one another. If you see someone who might need assistance, always reach out for help.

Do not walk alone and always be aware of your surroundings, especially at night.

If you see something suspicious, call University Police at 614-292-2121 or (off-campus) Columbus Police at 614-645-4545. Always dial 9-1-1 in an emergency.

Utilize transportation services and take advantage of our additional safety resources, such as our student escort service which operates from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Our Student Safety Service officers provide rides, per appointment at 614-2923322, free of charge and fulfilled 96.61 percent of requests during August. Through Operation Safeguard, these student officers also patrol North High Street and the immediate off-campus area serving as the eyes and ears of local law enforcement.

In addition, we encourage all off-campus students to visit Student Life’s Off-Campus and Commuter Student Services office in the Ohio Union to obtain free window and door alarms. And it might seem obvious, but always lock doors and windows and be aware of your surroundings.

Ohio State has established two very distinct and separate notification systems to inform students, faculty and staff about pos-

sible threats to safety: Public Safety Notices and Buckeye Alerts. Public Safety Notices are issued by the Police Division and exist to increase awareness about a criminal incident in order to promote safety and aid in the prevention of similar crimes. These are sent via email when a serious crime occurs that demonstrates an ongoing threat to the campus community. OSU Police review the known details of each reported criminal incident on a case-by-case basis with the safety of the campus community in mind. The following criteria are considered before issuing a Public Safety Notice: Did a crime occur?

Did the crime occur on campus property or on other Clery Reportable property?

Is the crime a Clery reportable crime?

Is there a serious or continuing threat to the campus community?

In addition, the Buckeye Alert system consists of two dozen ways to notify our campus community, but the most widely known is via text message. These alerts are issued

by OSU Emergency Management only when we believe that there is an imminent threat to the health or safety of the campus community: In other words, when people might need to take immediate action to remain safe.

Finally, through programs like the recently announced Buckeyes ACT, we urge anyone who is the victim of, or witness to, a crime to contact the appropriate authorities. We want to help because your safety is our top priority.

Craig A. Stone is the acting chief of police of the Ohio State University Police Division.

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broad enough to be able to apply that information to whatever a particular student is interested in.

“The major itself is very wide ranging,” Miller said. “Data is everywhere and we are collecting data on just about everything. It just depends on how the student wants to apply those fundamental skills of data analysis. I believe our core curriculum will prepare our students with the skills that they need to take on the challenges of big data regardless of what kind of data that is.”

Another opportunity for OSU students is though a new club called the Big Data and Analytics Association. According to the mission statement on its website, the club’s goal is to “inspire students to think analytically, empower them through hands-on training and connect them to potential employers.”

There are plenty of ways that this club accomplishes this, said Ben Clarke, a second-year in computer science and engineering and member of the club.

“One of their biggest goals is

through these group projects so that people have projects using data analytics that they can use for the future and to give them experience in careers that they may want,” Clarke said. “Also, different companies will come in and lecture on what their company does and why you should apply for a job there. It gives you a lot of ideas of what you want to do once you graduate.”

The use of statistical analysis can be used and applied in any profession, especially in the sports world.

“Really intelligent use of data

is going to be important in making decisions like trying to control costs,” Notz said. “For example, if you have a high-paid player, how long do you hold on to that player and at what point is their value so great that you want to trade them for the highest value? When you are running a business, it becomes inevitable.”

The possibilities with data are endless and can be applied anywhere — especially in the context of sports — and will continue to grow.

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at the 9:21 mark of the first period. Sophomore Matthew Weis and freshman Tommy Parran assisted on the goal.

Mason Jobst contributed the other assist by a freshman on sophomore Luke Stork’s goal with 3:41

inated by the Scarlet and Gray, as the Buckeyes outshot the visiting Badgers 43-15.

Junior goaltenders Christian Frey and Matt Tomkins split time in the dual shutout effort. Frey started and made nine saves, while Tomkins had cleanup duty, stopping all six shots sent his way.

Although the regular season hasn’t officially started yet, Gerard says that this year’s freshman class is already a tight-knit group.

“There’s a lot of chemistry going on,” Gerard said. “We’re a really close freshman class. We’re all brothers already. We’ve been here for two months now and we’ve all been working hard as a team.”

That chemistry will be needed in full force right off the bat for the Buckeyes.

With arguably the toughest nonconference schedule in the nation, OSU is scheduled to take on No. 16 Bowling Green and No. 11 Miami (Ohio) in a home-and-home series to begin the year.

The Buckeyes are then set to

travel to play defending national champion and seventh-ranked Providence.

Following a late November weekend series at No. 10 Nebraska-Omaha, the Buckeyes face off against No. 1 Boston College in the Florida College Classic in late December.

For OSU coach Steve Rohlik, it doesn’t matter if his team is playing the No. 1 team every weekend. He expects his players to bring their “A” game every time they hit the ice.

“My expectations are to go out and to be the hardest team to play against and give everything we’ve got every night,” Rohlik said. “I’m trying to instill that into these young guys and hopefully the culture with our older guys brings that. Where that leads us? I’m not sure.”

What is sure is that the questions surrounding this team will soon be answered.

Puck drop between OSU and Bowling Green is set for 7 p.m. on Friday at the Schottenstein Center.

Senior captain and forward Anthony Greco has played in 89 games over the past three seasons.

He’s been through enough ups and downs with the program to be able to lead the young team in the right direction.

“It’s funny, because you’re sort of able to see the way you acted as a freshman, and now you’re an older guy and you have a grasp on the way you should be dealing with everything,” Greco said chuckling.

“You don’t want to change the way they play the game. You want them to play their game but make sure that they’re team first.”

So far, so good after the first weekend.

OSU defeated Brock University 4-0 in an exhibition contest on Saturday at the Schottenstein Center. The game saw a goal and two assists chipped in by the freshman class.

Freshman forward Freddy Gerard popped home the first of the four goals on the night for OSU

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OSU sophomore forward Christian Lampasso (11) during the Buckeyes 4-0 shutout on Oct. 3

remaining in the second period.

His classmate Christian Lampasso assisted on the goal as well after setting Stork up in the slot area with a feed from behind the net.

It was a game thoroughly dom-

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Meyer said the inefficiency inside the 20-yard line boils down to a “variety of problems,” such as turnovers and penalties.

Turnovers, however, have been a major factor holding the offense back, even outside the red zone.

Following the victory over the Hoosiers, in which the Buckeyes coughed up the ball three times, Meyer said the “turnovers have to change.”

Redshirt sophomore Jalin Marshall contributed two fumbles, while Jones threw one interception.

Through five games, OSU is minus-four in turnover margin — which places them 101st in the country. In three of five games, the Buckeyes have had multiple turnovers.

Tight ends coach Tim Hinton said last week that the team is working on fixing the issues.

“We’ve had too many turnovers,” he said. “We’re certainly addressing that very hard.”

Meyer is confident that the lack of production in the red zone and turnovers can be corrected as the season progresses.

“Those are fixable,” he said.

“When you start getting effort and attitude … that’s where red flags start showing up, and I don’t feel that at all. This one has the characteristics of having a great team.

Last year’s obviously was a great team, 2012, great team. I didn’t say exceptional skill everywhere, but great team.”

OSU is set to continue Big Ten play on Saturday against Maryland.

Kickoff is slated for noon at Ohio Stadium.

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OSU and Indiana players fight over a fumbled ball during a game on Oct. 3 in Bloomington, Indiana.

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ing was the best it’s been this year, while noting the team played as hard as any time over the past two seasons.

Ohio State maintained its top “I think we’re on the border of ranking in the AP Top 25 Poll being very good,” he said on Monfor the sixth straight week, but a day. sluggish start out of the gates has caused the Buckeyes to lose 23 of their 61 first-place votes from the preseason poll.

But after getting a chance to review the game tape of the Buckeyes’ 34-27 victory over Indiana on Saturday, OSU coach Urban Meyer Urban Meyer saw improvements.

Ohio State football coach The coach was hesitant to use the word “great” to describe where As for why the defending nationthe Buckeyes could be headed “beal champions have yet to cross that cause it’s all relative,” but Meyer border to being very good, Meyer said he thinks they might be turnpointed to two areas that used to be ing the corner. the team’s strengths: red zone ofMeyer said the perimeter blockfense and turnovers.

“I think we’re on the border of being very good.”

The team has put points on the board in just 75 percent of its trips inside the 20-yard line. In 16 tries, the Buckeyes have four field goals and only six touchdowns.

OSU made three trips to the red zone against Indiana but came away with a measly six points on two field goals from redshirt senior Jack Willoughby.

On their third trip, the Buckeyes found the end zone on a swing pass from redshirt junior quarterback Cardale Jones to junior running back Ezekiel Elliott, but an illegal block negated the score.

The next play Jones was sacked, then two plays later a botched snap on third down moved the Buckeyes further back. Willoughby trotted out for his third field goal attempt but missed it.

The mistake-ridden trip was a

Trial by fire.

Those three words personify the Ohio State hockey team more than any other as it gets set to begin its 2015-16 campaign this week.

The departure of 10 players — eight by graduation, one leaving the program and another signing a contract into the American Hockey League with Rockford — opened the door for 10 freshmen to kickstart their collegiate careers.

Senior captain and defenseman Craig Dalrymple said he realizes that with only three seniors on this year’s team, it’s imperative that he and the other upperclassmen get the new guys up to speed as quickly as possible.

“It’s just about getting to know them,” Dalrymple said. “You’ve got to bring all 10 of those guys into your team as fast as you can whether that’s creating relationships on the ice and off the ice.

Hopefully they have the want to buy into this program as well.”

Once they do buy in, they have to adapt to a whole new level of play.

“This is a whole new animal,” Dalrymple said. “The college hockey game is a whole lot faster.

There’s a lot less games (than in junior hockey), so the energy in the games are amped up twice as much. It’s going to take one, maybe two weekends to get them all into it. The sooner we can get everyone into it as a team, the better we’re going to do right off the hop, which will benefit us in the long run.”

microcosm of the struggles inside the red zone all season long.

Left guard Billy Price said he thinks the issues inside the 20yard line actually stem from the offense’s big play ability.

“As we look at our offense, we are a very explosive offense,” the HOCKEY CONTINUES ON 7 redshirt sophomore said. “Given a confined space, it makes things difficult. It makes it easier for the defense because they don’t have as much ground to cover.”

Price said the team needs focus on individual assignments, as well as tightening up its execution, especially for the running game.

“We gotta get the running game going, that’s primary. That’s who our offense is. And then the red KALEY RENTZ | ASSISTANT SPORTS DIRECTOR zone comes second nature to us,” Ohio State men’s hockey junior goaltender Christian Frey he said.

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(30) during the Buckeyes’ 4-0 shutout on Oct. 3.

Analytics making their way into OSU curriculum COLIN GAY Lantern reporter gay.125@osu.edu This is part three of a threepart series examining the rise and impact of advanced statistics on sports nationally and at Ohio State. The first two parts can be read on the Lantern website.

Statistical analysis has changed the way players and fans alike look at sports. Because of the rise in use of quantitative data, statisticians have the rare opportunity to join the athletics field.

“There is a wonderful opportunity for people who have statistical backgrounds to come up with new ways of measuring performance and understanding things about sports through exploring data,” said Jim Albert, a professor of statistics at Bowling Green State University.

Statistical analysts are using these new ways of measuring performance to predict performance of not only players but also the teams themselves.

“The innovative people will figure out what correlates best with player performance and what is

going to do the best job at prediction,” said William Notz, vice chair for administration and undergraduate studies in the Ohio State Department of Statistics. “One of the things that is lost on making

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decisions using data is that data comes with a margin of error. Because of that, nothing is foolproof and there are always going to be errors. The idea is the more you can do to reduce those errors, the better you are going to do in the long run.”

Many students at OSU are trying to find ways to get into this field of work. A new major in data analytics is providing an opportunity. Starting last year, there are 45 people in the major that have to choose among specializations such as biomedical informatics, business analytics and computa-

tional analytics.

“What we teach students to do is how to use principles of computer science to capture large amounts of data and how to use statistics to figure out the meaning behind the data and the patterns and trends that exist,” said Matt Miller, an academic planning specialist for the data analytics major. “Those patterns and trends can be communicated to decisionmakers through visual representation.”

Even though there might not be a sports analytics specialization, Miller said he thinks the class is STATS CONTINUES ON 7