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Wexner researcher combine video games with stroke and multiple sclerosis treatment.

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Ohio State alumna gets creative with costume design for Halloween fashion show.

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Cardinal Health perception different nationally than at Ohio State SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu On Ohio State’s campus, Cardinal Health partners with the College of Pharmacy to produce educational materials on how to safely consume prescription drugs. Nationally, Cardinal Health funded efforts for a recently passed bill which essentially makes it close to impossible for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to freeze suspicious drug shipments, according to a recent investigation by the Washington Post and “60 Minutes.”

Ohio State’s pharmacy college began Generation Rx, its program with Cardinal Health, in 2007 and the school formed a partnership with the central Ohio drug distributor and health-care company in 2009.

On its website, Generation Rx provides students with educational materials made by Ohio State and Cardinal Health, which is available for the public to use and learn about the danger of misusing prescription meds. Since its inception, Generation Rx has reached 6 million people, according to a college of pharmacy spokesperson.

Cardinal Health contributed a total of $1 million from 2014 to 2016 to fund lobbying efforts for the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act and other bills, which, according to the Post/“60 Minutes” report, “weaken aggressive DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market.”

Cardinal Health’s history with the DEA is rocky. The company paid a $34 million fine for filing suspicious online drug orders after a DEA investigation in 2008; in 2011 it was investigated once again for sending millions of doses of oxycodone to a small number of Florida pharmacies, according to the Post/“60 Minutes” report.

The opioid epidemic has ravaged the country. Since 1999, opioid overdoses have quadrupled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ohio has been hit particularly HEALTH CONTINUES ON 3

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One of the 1,100 backpacks placed on The Oval by the Active Minds organization to represent the number of college students who die every year by suicide.

No, really. Are you OK? 1,100 backpacks were displayed on The Oval to represent college students who die each year by suicide KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Editor-in-Chief stankiewicz.16@osu.edu

David Sobel loved tennis, politics and traveling.

Kelly Augustyniak wanted to be a nurse so her career could focus on helping others.

Courtney Tirri taught her friends how to love openly and forgive easily.

David’s, Kelly’s and Courtney’s stories were among dozens displayed Wednesday on The Oval, fastened with zip ties to three of the 1,100 backpacks placed on the grass for most of the day. The backpacks were part

of “Send Silence Packing,” a national event which seeks to spread awareness about mental health by visually representing the number of college students who die by suicide each year. “[Statistics] can be read as just a number, or they can be read as a person’s life, and that’s what we’re going to do: bring that statistic to a human level, and really show people that they’re more than just numbers,” said Andre Banerjee, a fourth-year in landscape architecture and president of Ohio State’s chapter of Active Minds.

Active Minds is a national organization focused on destigmatizing mental illness. The organization has brought “Send Silence Pack-

ing” to campuses around the country since 2008, including a stop at Ohio State in 2010.

The 1,100 backpacks were laid out in neat rows, covering nearly half of The Oval. Most of the backpacks closest to walking paths included pictures and stories of people who have died by suicide. Other backpacks, many of which were donated by families who lost a student to suicide, had encouraging messages written on them.

Active Minds, as well as other student groups like Buckeye Campaign Against Suicide and Peers Reaching Out, set up tables with resources and information on mental AWARENESS CONTINUES ON 3

Pay It Forward unites students with service ZACH GRADER Lantern reporter grader.2@osu.edu

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Browning Hayes, a third-year in biomedical science, watches as Brutus dances at a Pay It Forward event.

Sometimes the little things that mean the most are forgotten, unnoticed and underfunded. It might be the Thanksgiving drive that nobody knew about, or maybe a great service idea that just isn’t in the budget.

An Ohio State program called Pay It Forward might be a solution to that problem. Its goal is to bring student and service organizations together with accessible community-service events. The events are aimed at getting students more involved in service that is of particular interest to them.

“The mission is to catalyze the start of getting involved in the Columbus community,” said Daniella Eglash, a Pay It Forward

student director. “I feel like we all have that ability to make a difference, but it’s about getting started and not everyone can do that, but Pay It Forward has that ability to be the jumpstart for many.”

“I feel like we all have that ability to make a difference...

Pay It Forward has that ability to be the jumpstart for many.”

Daniella Eglash Pay It Forward student director

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Everyone is a gamer, if only for recovery Ohio State researchers develop video game to help in stroke and MS recovery JAKE RAHE Lantern reporter rahe.21@osu.edu For gamers, video games are a form of entertainment, but for Lynne Gauthier and her team of Ohio State researchers, they are a way to help stroke and multiple sclerosis patients.

When a stroke occurs, it is common for survivors to have motor weakness on one side of their body. MS patients are affected by motor weakness, as well. Physical therapy is necessary for patients if this health effect occurs.

To make this physical therapy and exercise fun for stroke survivors and MS patients, Ohio State researchers developed the game Recovery Rapids. The video game is designed to mimic many of the movements that would be used during a typical treatment session, but in innovative ways, said Gauthier, director of the Neurorecovery and Brain Imaging Laboratory at Ohio State.

While searching for ways to reduce motor-training time and increase behavioral-training time for patients, Gauthier and her team found the Xbox Kinect, Gauthier said. She said using the gaming system takes away a lot of the motor training from the therapists.

“To use technology to better people’s lives, that is my mission,” she said.

Some of the tasks performed in the game include paddling a canoe down a river, fishing, collecting fruit, avoiding rocks in the rapids, catching parachutes containing supplies, and steering to capture treasure chests.

The best part is that the treatment would be cheaper and often more engaging, Gauthier said.

Most patients want to continue training after their prescribed treatment and find it fun.

Herb McComas — who had a stroke last December — plays the game for about an hour each night.

“There is a lot of movement with the game. You are busy the whole time,” McComas said. “I kind of enjoy it because each time

I do, I try to get competitive with my last score.”

McComas’ right arm is the weaker of the two, but his movement has been improving with treatment, he said.

“I can be sore throughout the shoulder and elbow and I usually play three or four times,” McComas said. “By the time I get through the first one, I am losing the pain in my elbow and it starts to loosen up and makes it feel better.”

Compared with traditional treatment, the game brings more activity to the patient during treatment, McComas said. “It keeps you very busy and keeps your mind off the pain and exercise.”

“You are busy paddling the canoe and catching things, it is a challenge and you have to keep with it,” he said. “You don’t have a break because once it starts it is always doing something.”

McComas said he was never one for video games, but he decided to buy an Xbox and Kinect for in-home use and continued treatment.

There is a lot to learn about recovery from this research, Gauthier said. Researchers are still unaware where improvement and recovery reach their maximum potential.

“With this gaming technology, because it is collecting movements, we can track their movements over time. We can be more efficient with the rehab.”

Lynne Gauthier Director of Ohio State Neurorecovery and Brain Imaging Laboratory

“With this gaming technology, because it is collecting movements, we can track their movements over time,” Gauthier said.

“We can be more efficient with the rehab.”

The video game was designed based off the movement typically

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Herb McComas, a patient at the Wexner Medical Center, plays a therapeutic video game using an Xbox Kinect. McComas suffered a stroke last December and now uses the video game to improve the mobility in his right hand. used in constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy, which is the gold standard for helping stroke survivors recover, Gauthier said.

The team was looking for a new way to incorporate technology into this treatment.

CI therapy is an intensive movement program that attempts to improve quality of life and behavioral changes that help overcome mental neglect on the weaker side of the body post-stroke.

She said the patient receives 35 hours of training, 30 hours of motor training and five hours of behavioral training.

“Because the therapists have a very limited amount of time, they have trouble fitting in the motor training and the behavioral piece,” Gauthier said. “When you take out the behavioral piece, the treatment outcomes are a lot worse.”

The behavioral changes help retain learned movements from motor therapy and use of the weaker arm in daily life, she said.

“We found that there was a very tight relationship between the amount they improved use of their weaker side and quality of life improvement,” Gauthier said.

“We are seeing it across all differ-

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Kristina Kelly, a physical therapist at the Wexner Medical Center, adjusts patient Herb McComas’ watch, which tracks how often he uses each hand. ent domains of quality of life. Not just in the motor function area, but also social roles and family participation.”

“The therapist is very skilled at the behavior change piece. That is where the therapist is really

needed,” Gauthier said. “They are getting their training through the game and learning to apply that training to their lives in the time they work with the therapist.”

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coordinate with each of the six cohorts that make up Pay It Forward and the Office of Student Life.

Cohorts are subdivisions within the Pay It Forward program that consist of three to four people each. To become a member of a cohort, students must send in an application to the Office of Student Life. There are currently 22 active members.

Each cohort serves its own purpose. The six include the Columbus Service Support Program, Community Commitment, Battle Against Hunger, MLK Day of Service, Spring Into Service and Local Service Trips. Students can choose to help out with any of the events.

“Our goal is to help them be more engaged with service, not just now, but for the rest of their lives.”

Ashley Guo Third-year in biology

Eglash said she helped start the Columbus Service Support Program, which gives select individuals interested in beginning service projects, but are unsure of how to get started, any amount from $300 to

$1,000. The funding comes from the Office of Student Life.

Ashley Guo, a third-year in biology, works in the Local Service Trip cohort.

“Our goal is to provide Ohio State students with different kinds of service opportunities,” Guo said. “Our goal is to help them be more engaged with service, not just now, but for the rest of their lives.”

Pay It Forward’s biggest event each year is the MLK Day of Service, which sends more than 1,000 students into the Columbus community each year for a full day of volunteering.

“I just started doing it and I realized that it totally aligned with my morals, and what

I want to do for the community,” Guo said.

“It’s opened my eyes to see that there are not just problems around the world, but right here in our own backyard.”

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health. Counselors from the Office of Student LIfe’s Counseling and Consultation Services were also present throughout the day for those who needed support.

The reason Active Minds uses backpacks for the display, Banerjee said, is because it is something all college students can relate to.

“It is a tiny symbol of one part of somebody’s stage in their life that is kind of a universal consistency throughout campus,” he said.

Many people walking through The Oval stopped to read the stories. Some read one then moved on with their day while others stopped to read a couple. Dylan Ridge, a fourth-year in psychology, read a few. When he first saw the backpacks, he said he wasn’t sure what they were for. Once he started reading, he understood.

As Ridge, who carried a backpack of his own, walked toward Page Hall, he stopped near the edge of the display, turning around to look at the 1,100 faces and stories one last time.

“Intense,” Ridge said when asked to describe what he felt.

“I don’t know if there’s a word strong enough.”

Elise Gallerno, a third-year in business and French, also used

the word “intense” to describe the display. Gallerno had seen a “Send Silence Packing” display at another school on Instagram before she walked through The Oval Wednesday morning, but wondered what it felt like to experience first-hand what she called “a makeshift graveyard.”

“Someone can tell you that a high number of students are committing suicide, and you’re like, ‘That’s terrible,’ but then you see it,” she said. “You see these are kids. These are objects that my friends carry, that my brother’s carry. It could have been any one of them.”

“It achieves its goal because it brings up a lot of awareness,” she added. “It’s not a statistic anymore.”

Of the 1,100 backpacks, there was only one that was displayed somewhere other than The Oval’s grass. It was gray, with a green Pelotonia logo, and it rested on Active Minds’ table next to a box of tissues, papers with mental-health information and buttons, one of which said “1 in 4,” a reference to the fact one in four adults live with diagnosable mental illnesses.

On the backpack was the story of Zachary Franczek, an Ohio

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Active Minds is a national organization focused on destigmatizing mental illness. The organization has brought “Send Silence Packing” to campuses around the country since 2008.

State senior who died by suicide Jan. 1.

Zach was passionate about the environment, and a sincere, dedicated friend, said his mother, Julie Franzcek, who visited The Oval Wednesday.

After Zach’s death, his parents said they heard about Active Minds and wanted to see if “Send

Silence Packing” could come to Ohio State. They supported the organization’s mission, and in particular, they felt this event could impact more people than something like a speaker visiting campus.

“You can’t ignore it,” Vincent Franczek, Zach’s father, said while standing on The Oval amid

the rows of backpacks.

“If it caused at least one person to open up, to a sibling or to a friend,” he said, “it would be worth it.”

came and didn’t bother to see where it was going,” Peirce said.

Ohio State’s partnership with Cardinal isn’t entirely surprising given that it is one of central Ohio’s largest businesses and employers.

In addition to Generation Rx, Ohio State opened a Translational Research Center for Molecular Imaging Pharmaceuticals in 2014 as part of a “public-private partnership” between the university and Cardinal, according to an Ohio State news release. The 27,000-square-foot West Campus facility cost $13 million.

The center supports more than 80 employees ranging from Ohio State researchers to Cardinal Health radiopharmaceutical — drugs with radioactivity — manufacturing personnel.

The drug company also has a partnership with the Fisher College of Business. The Academy for Excellence in Health Care

brings teams from various organizations together for a week to solve issues in their business, such as patient safety, according to a promotional video on the academy’s website.

Additionally, University President Michael Drake plays in a band with Cardinal chairman and CEO, George Barrett.

Cardinal Health declined to comment on its relationship with Ohio State and its role in the passing of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act.

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hard. In 2016, there were 3,495 unintentional opioid deaths. In 2008, the year Cardinal Health paid its $34 million fine, there were 733.

Cardinal Health released a statement upon the report’s publication, on its values and efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.

It lists the Ohio State partnership and Generation Rx as a “prioritized activity” the company puts forth, because it’s “the right thing to do.”

“Prescription medications can help us live longer and healthier lives, but any medication has the potential to do harm – especially when misused,” the Generation Rx website states. The website goes on to explain the “perfect storm” that led to the opioid epidemic, which has three causes, one of them being easy access to medication.

The website lists normalization of medication and misperceptions and legality as the other causes of the epidemic.

“Generation Rx strives to enhance medication safety by educating people of all ages about the potential dangers of misusing prescription medications,” Ben Johnson, an Ohio State spokesman, said in an email. “Ohio State is grateful for all the Central Ohio businesses that support research and educational initiatives at the

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On Ohio State’s campus Cardinal Health partners with the College of Pharmacy to produce educational materials on how to safely consume prescription drugs. university.”

In the medical exchange of prescription opioids, there are three main parties: doctors who write prescriptions, pharmacists who fill the prescriptions and distributors who provide the drugs.

Drug distributors have received backlash for not properly alerting regulators to “suspicious” orders.

For instance, Cardinal supplied 309,000 opioid pills to the town of Van, West Virginia, over a period of two years, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Van has a population of about 200 people.

“It’s two things: either [the drug companies] knew what was going on and didn’t care or they were too lazy and negligent and could care less,” said attorney Robert Peirce.

His law firm Robert Peirce & Associates P.C. Peirce is currently suing 23 drug companies and individuals — one of which is Cardinal Health — on behalf of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, for repayment of damages the county asserts the opioid crisis has caused.

“They just fill every order that

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verse, special, small-business community.”

This year, alongside nine other designers and their collections, Houf plans to capture a couture look by showcasing five original garments.

Not wanting to give too much away, the overarching theme for her designs, created from recycled neckties, is inspired by her favorite Disney animated film. Houf’s only hint: Each model holds a bubble-blowing accessory.

Houf said her intricate, head-to-toe designs stem from her background in theater at Miami University, where she

“I love to create my own story, and I get to create my own characters.”

Shiree Houf Columbus College of Art and Design adjunct professor

Highball makes

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Walking down the runway at the 2016 HighBall Halloween Costume Couture Fashion Show, a model showcases Shiree Houf’s intricate handmade gown. Inspired by Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” the garment features painted fabric, tissue paper, beads, yarn and other products that helped create a textured look.

LYDIA FREUDENBERG Lantern reporter freudenberg.7@osu.edu When Ohio State alumna Shiree Houf created intricate art-inspired garments for the competitive 2016 HighBall Halloween Costume Couture Fashion Show, she proudly took home first place.

This year, Houf returns for her sixth time and brings her new runway designs to the 10th anniversary of this twoday celebration of Halloween couture.

“This is an opportunity like no other because they give you a lot of creative freedom… to create whatever the heart desires,” said Houf, who is also an adjunct professor

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at Columbus College of Art and Design, a full-time mother and currently nine months pregnant.

HighBall, which also features live music and costume contests for the general public, is hosted by the Short North Alliance, located between Goodale Street and Nationwide Boulevard, and is dedicated to raising money for the Short North Arts District.

Betsy Pandora, executive director of SNA and head of HighBall, said this event allows for original designs and is great for the sustainability of the Short North. “[Local Designers] may not be able to spend all their day creating a couture-style Halloween costume, but this gives them that creative outlet,” she said. “Having an event like this allows for us to continue to support that very di-

found a passion for creating highly accessorized and overthe-top costumes for characters.

“I love to create my own story, and I get to create my own characters,” Houf said. “It’s still encouraging that I can still use my background and education to create something that is impactful.”

But since HighBall is the “nation’s most elaborate costume party,” according to its website, it makes sense why such intricate designs strut down a runway. Pandora said the crowds always love the fashion presentations due to innovation.

“It is truly unlike anything anywhere,” she said. “Watching someone wearing something that is amazingly complicated … you would never anticipate someone to be able to wear it.”

In the past, other designers have created garments that light up or have wings with a span of approximately 14 feet. Houf said seeing the competition during the fashion show makes her nervous, but the talent is impressive.

“The other artists that participate every year are making beautiful, beautiful things,” Houf said. “And I’m nervous every year because the talent represented is amazing, but it’s inspiring.”

Apart from the main fashion show, a second fashion show for the 10th anniversary will honor the past 10 winners by displaying their original or recreated first-place designs.

So even if Houf does not place this year, her new works and some past creations will be available for all HighBall guests to observe and appreciate.

Highball takes place from Oct. 20 to 22 at the Short North Alliance. Tickets start at $10 plus fees via Eventbrite.

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LANY 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall.

1522 N. High St. The three-piece alternative band brings part two of its self-titled tour to Columbus.

Tickets are $20 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Kings of Leon 7 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center. The Nashville rock band will perform tracks off its latest album “Walls.” Tickets start at $29.50 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Chili and Rib Fest 11 a.m. at The Hills Market Downtown, 95 North Grant Ave. The market will feature three of its best chili recipes and three of its baby back ribs in honor of the cold weather. The event will also include local vendors, live music, cider, beer and wine. Sampler tickets start at $15 via Eventbrite.

Sunlight Market 11 a.m. on Gay Street in downtown Columbus. The monthly outdoor street festival and marketplace features more than 50 sidewalk vendors, street musicians and sidewalk patios.

Admission is free.

Night Light 614 7:30 p.m. at Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St. Enjoy the night’s featured film, “Hocus Pocus” at this 21+ event, featuring Columbus’ best food trucks, craft beers and wine. Tickets are $6 in advance and $15 at the gate via www.nightlight614.com.

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Parallel Connections 11 a.m. at the Wexner Center for the Arts. BalletMet, the Ohio State Department of Dance and the Wexner Center come together to present three contemporary dance shows in one weekend. Student tickets are $15 and available through BalletMet.

The Cordial Sins 8 p.m. at Ace of Cups, 2619 N. High St. The Columbus rock band will celebrate the release of its latest record with a show alongside Cherry Chrome and Playing to Vapors. Tickets are $8 via Ticketfly or $10 at the door.

Peddler’s Picnic 10 a.m. at the North Market, 59 Spruce St. The marketplace showcases local handmade and vintage items, fine art, jewelry and more every Sunday through the end of October. Admission is free.

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Is a trip to Wine on High in your future?

ISAAC KANE Lantern reporter kane.244@osu.edu Psychic medium Rebekah Ives will be a part of a new supernatural tradition when she brings her talents to Wine on High in the Short North this Thursday.

People who bought tickets for the first Wine & Psychic Reading Night will get 15 minutes with Ives. She will use palm and tarot card readings along with mathematical techniques to shed insight on her customer’s lives.

“Everybody has gut intuitions, we all have feelings about people and just know certain things.

I have premonitions.”

Rebekah Ives Psychic medium

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Wine on High is a locally owned and operated retail wine shop and bar in Columbus’ Short North.

After the premiere sold out faster than expected, Wine on High decided to make Wine & Psychic Reading Night a monthly event.

Abby Greene, public relations manager for Wine on High, said she didn’t know this event would get such an enthusiastic response from customers.

“We had no idea how excited people would be but we are thrilled to have the event,” Greene said. “Rebekah approached some people working at Wine on High and was looking for someone to partner with. We were glad to do it and it has gone really well.”

Whether customers are there for a

fun time or to try and gain insight about their futures, Ives will tell them what she’s picking up from the “metaphysical realm.”

Ives said she was born with psychic abilities, describing herself as “very sensitive, empathic and intuitive,” and said she believes we all have these abilities, to an extent.

“Everybody has gut intuitions, we all have feelings about people and just know certain things,” Ives said. “I have premonitions.”

Ives said she’s able to use these abilities to read into the pasts, presents and futures of others.

“Sometimes a spirit will give me sign or a symbol like a puzzle for me to solve,” she said. “Who is the message for?’ ‘What message do they want to give?’ And I can deliver the message to who it’s meant for. The main reason I do it is to help people, but I don’t mind doing it just for entertainment as well.”

To make sure everyone who has purchased a ticket gets a reading, Ives’ daughter, Mindy Clark, who is also a psychic medium, will be assisting with the event and giving readings of her own.

Readings will begin at 6 p.m. and happy hour will be extended for the duration of the event, which includes $5 glasses of wine and $3 beers on draft.

The event concludes at 9 p.m.

Tickets for Wine on High’s various monthly events can be purchased on EventBrite. Ives charges $20 for the 15 minutes with her and the order of her readings will be on a first-come firstserve basis at the door for those who have reserved a spot.

Not your average magicians: P3 Magic Theater MICHAEL LEE For The Lantern lee.7240@osu.edu The audience was silent in anticipation when world-renowned card magician Paul Cummins announced that for his last trick, he would try to predict 10 cards chosen by 10 different spectators.

With smooth precision, he revealed cards one by one, and by the time he reached the end of the trick the audience erupted in applause as Cummins had successfully predicted every single card in quick fashion, finishing his act for the night at the P3 Magic Theater.

P3 Magic Theater provides an indoor space where community members can enjoy free magic shows and lectures by magicians from around the world.

Located on High Street just north of East Hudson, P3 has occupied the space for about four years, said Shaun Dunn, a manager at P3.

“The magic scene in Columbus is amazing.”

Brandon Gerald Video Director and Editor at P3

Dunn’s history with P3 goes back even further. As a co-founder of Paper Crane Magic, a company that sold instructional magic products and original tricks, the group eventually merged with the largest online retailer of magic tricks, Penguin Magic, to become “P3.”

“We started doing lectures that teach

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Brandon Gerald, a magician, video director and video editor at P3 Magic Theater, entertains pedestrians by performing magic. other magicians trade secrets, and then we started doing shows for the public around two or three years ago,” Dunn said.

Dunn said P3 works to entertain Columbus residents.

“The mission of the theater is to give the community of Columbus a great experience where people get to see magic the way it’s supposed to be shown, and give an amazing show every week where they see high quality entertainment,” Dunn said.

Brandon Gerald, a magician, video director and video editor at P3, sees Columbus as a good place for a career in magic.

“The magic scene in Columbus is amazing,” he said. “The thing about Columbus that I wasn’t aware of before I moved here was that there are actually a decent amount of magicians that live here.”

Gerald said he hopes P3 can change people’s perception of magicians and the art of magic as a whole.

“Sometimes people who aren’t magicians might think that magic is hokey, or is this or that, or ‘I don’t like magicians,’” he said. “I guarantee you if they come to at least two of our shows, that’ll change their perception of what magic really is.”

As for Dunn, his view is similar.

“What we hope is that people view magic as a modern and legitimate form of entertainment,” Dunn said. “We want people to see a magician the same way they would go see their favorite band, or something like that.”

P3 Magic Theatre offers free shows every Tuesday night, with a completely new show and a different magician each week.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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positions all the time, so a lack of fear.”

Ryan said Ralph has already become a key part of the coaching staff, pointing to the amount of work he does to find guys who fit the culture of Ohio State wrestling.

“The biggest thing in the biggest way is that he digs so much that he finds people that want to be here,” Ryan said. “We need depth and I would say that he has already, in his short time here, helped a lot with our depth.”

Ralph said “moneyball” is more than just finding athletes to round out the wrestling roster. It is to continue to build what Ryan and the rest of the coaching staff has

built at Ohio State.

“Using that ‘moneyball’ system, we are not just looking for depth,” Ralph said. “We are looking for guys that can wrestle at the Big Ten level and become All-Americans and national champs.”

Jaggers said he thinks Ralph could become the nation’s best recruiter.

“When he put his mind to, ‘I’m trying to be the best recruiter in college wrestling,’ with his personality and his skill set, yeah it could easily happen,” Jaggers said.

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Ohio State then-junior guard Kelsey Mitchell weaves through defenders during the team’s game against South Carolina on Nov. 14, 2016. OSU lost 92-80.

basketball because it will host the Final Four. Ohio State also kicks the season off with a Countdown to Columbus event featuring some of the nation’s top teams, including Connecticut, Stanford and Louisville.

Despite the talented senior class and top-two Big Ten finishes the past two seasons, the Buckeyes have fallen short of their goals as they have lost in the Sweet 16 in 2016 and 2017.

“You get tired of the same thing happening,” Mitchell said. “I think we reached a point in our lives off the court and on the court where we’ve got to make a statement, we’ve got to do what’s needed to be done.”

The seniors understand this is their last chance to break through, and McGuff said it is easier to coach a team with the sense of urgency the Buckeyes have this season.

But when taking a step back and looking past this upcoming season, which holds great promise, one thing becomes clear — the future of Ohio State seems bleak, especially when compared to the talent on this year’s team.

Ohio State’s roster consists of just nine players on scholarship. It returns seven players who have played significant minutes in prior seasons. Five of those players are either seniors or redshirt seniors. Only one player — sophomore guard Jensen Caretti — has more than two seasons of eligibility remaining. The Buckeyes did not add a single freshman or transfer this season. They only have one high-school prospect committed.

The two most promising freshmen last year, forward Tori McCoy and guard Kiara Lewis, transferred to Marquette and Syracuse, respectively. McCoy averaged 8.1 points per game in 35 appearances and 10 starts, while Lewis averaged 6.7 points per game in 35 games and 15 starts. Tim McCoy, Tori’s father, told the News-Gazette Tori left Ohio State because she was unhappy and said his daughter “was miserable every day.”

When asked what she want to achieve in her final season, Mitchell said it was sim-

ple — she just wants to be able to “play happy,” seeming to confirm the dissatisfaction of last year.

“We’ve always been a team where if something goes wrong, our season just is in shatters,” Mitchell said. “That’s how it feels. I just want everybody to play, just play as free as possible. And I think that would take care of a lot of things, myself included.”

Until three-star post Aaliyah Patty committed to Ohio State Oct. 12, the Buckeyes had not landed a commitment in 23 months. Including Patty, the Buckeyes will have three seniors, one junior and one freshman next season.

McGuff expressed displeasure at the difficulty of landing recruits, despite having four open scholarships on the current roster and just four scholarship players returning for the 2018-19 season.

“In theory, it should be easier, but people want to play,” McGuff said. “But then all of a sudden you get, ‘Who am I going to play with?’ You get all these questions, it’s different. Everybody wants to play on a great team, but play right away. It’s like, eh, those things don’t always go hand in hand. If there’s opportunity, then you can play right away and then maybe that, the group you come in with evolves into a great time, sort of like the people we have

“I think we reached a point in our lives off the court and on the court where we’ve got to make a statement, we’ve got to do what’s needed to be done.”

Kelsey Mitchell OSU women’s basketball guard

now that are seniors.”

McGuff was hired in 2013 to replace Jim Foster, whose teams did not reach the Elite 8 in his 11 seasons at Ohio State, despite the Buckeyes making the NCAA tournament in his first 10 seasons at the helm.

But McGuff’s teams have had similar issues. The Buckeyes missed the tournament his first year, made the second round in 2015 and reached the Sweet Sixteen the past two seasons. The Buckeyes have shown no challenges reaching the tournament, but the inability to advance further in the postseason has plagued the team through the past two coaching tenures.

With the loss of five seniors after this season, minimal talent returning next year and a talented, yet small group of upperclassmen in their final season, the time to strike is now.

Ohio State has not made it to the Final Four since 1993, and if the Buckeyes do not make it this season, it could be a long time until they reach this level again.

“Three years, we’ve fell short and we can’t keep having that being an excuse,” Mitchell said. “We’re either gonna get it or we’re not, and I think we have a team right now where as long as we keep going, we can make something happen.”

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had a chance to thoroughly knock some rust off and the individuals are now starting to play more like a team.

“We’ve put it all together the way those groups can play,” Wilson said. “What we’re trying to sell right now, the more we play together, the more we play for each other, linemen stepping up, the second and third tight ends, second and third running backs, five, six, seven receivers. The more guys play, the more energy is. It grows, that chemistry.”

Could it be that simple? Is the only key to beating a top-five opponent just having more chemistry on the team? Redshirt junior wide receiver Johnnie Dixon said it just might be.

The starting wideout believes Ohio State’s improved play is a direct result of the team just connecting better with each other. He felt fine with how the team was preparing earlier in the season, even after it took its loss to Oklahoma. Now it’s just about everyone executing better.

“I just feel like you approach every day the same,” Dixon said.

“If you don’t approach the date being the best you can, you’re going to lose. Different opponents come, but it’s still the same thing week after week. You’ve still got to be at your best.”

The Buckeyes will train to maintain the momentum and chemistry through the off week before its matchup against Penn State.

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Ohio State travels to face UMass WYATT CROSHER Lantern reporter crosher.1@osu.edu Coming off a pair of 1-1 draws against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the home opener last weekend, Ohio State (1-1-2, 1-10-0 in Big Ten) now hits the road for another nonconference twogame series, this time with University of Massachusetts (3-1-0, 0-0-0 in Colonial Athletic Association).

The Minutemen are riding a three-game winning streak, with victories against Union and American International Friday and Saturday, respectively, and a win in the second matchup against Arizona State the weekend prior.

“They got a good team and their coach has done a great job since stepping in there. Their defenseman, [freshman Cale] Makar, is certainly a great playmaker, but they have a lot of players there that can beat you,” head coach Steve Rohlik said. “We have to go out there and play our best hockey game if we think we’re going to have a chance to win on Friday.”

Makar is the player to watch for on UMass, as his 135 points in 111 games in the Alberta Junior Hockey League and record-setting performance in the World Juniors for Team Canada lifted

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Ohio State redshirt junior goalie Sean Romeo during the game against Ryerson on Sept.

30. Ohio State lost 7-4.

Makar to the No. 4 overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, selected by the Colorado Avalanche. Makar is the highest draft pick in UMass history.

Makar has recorded three assists through four games, but has yet to find the back of the net.

Junior defenseman Sasha Larocque recognizes the talent Makar

brings, but said the Buckeyes are going in business as usual.

“We know they’re a good team,” Larocque said. “We know that we have to treat them the same as we treat anybody else and come in, play our game and do everything we can to get the job done.”

The Buckeyes enter this series

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looking to ignite a power play that remains without a goal for the season, while continuing to support the hot goaltender, junior Sean Romeo.

Romeo stopped 45-of-47 shots against RPI last weekend and looked much more confident between the pipes than in season-opening matchups against

Wisconsin, and the exhibition against Ryerson.

“I think you build your own confidence through how you prepare and how you practice,” Romeo said. “So them giving me the opportunity to play is obviously huge, but the confidence comes from practice and coming to the rink every day and putting the work in.”

The season is still young for Ohio State —the Buckeyes are just four games in. Rohlik said the team is looking for an identity that will help it through the rest of the year.

“I think we’re still trying to find that a little bit,” Rohlik said.

“I think we want to be a team that works hard, we want to be a team that’s competing every night and we want to be a team that can go with all four lines, and I still think we’re searching for that, and again, I think the special teams is going to be the key.”

Puck drop for the games against UMass is set for 7 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Process stays the same, results improve

With the future uncertain, it is now or never for Ohio State

EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu In Ohio State’s home opening loss, the team averaged just 5.1 yards per play and scored only 16 points.

Since then, the offense has averaged 7.8 yards per play and 53.2 points per game.

Whether it be improved play, new personnel, different play-calling or some combination of the three, something would appear to have changed with the team.

But to co-offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, the difference in the production might be more attributed to improved chemistry rather than any other drastic changes to the team.

“I felt earlier in the year when we struggled, we didn’t come into the game with momentum,” Wilson said. “I think we’ve came through each week with momentum. Now you’ve still got to execute on Saturdays, but I think we’re coming into the game with some confidence and some momentum during the week of practice.”

With each win Ohio State has secured, the team seems to be clicking more as a cohesive group of players and finding more suc-

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best we can in practice. And everything doesn’t click in the first weeks of college football.”

As far as changes to playcalling or improved execution of those plays, the Buckeyes believe they are right where they were at the beginning of the season. The only difference now is that they have

This season almost feels like destiny for Ohio State’s women’s basketball team.

With senior guard Kelsey Mitchell, a two-time first-team All-American and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year, returning for her final season and a strong, veteran-laden supporting cast surrounding her, Ohio State seems poised to make a deep run in the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Head coach Kevin McGuff’s first full recruiting class in Columbus is in its fourth year in the program. Columbus will be at the forefront of collegiate women’s

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Ohio State redshirt senior quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) rushes for a first down in the Buckeyes’ 56-14 victory against Nebraska on Oct. 14. cess in nearly everything it has tried. But why wasn’t the 49-21 win against Indiana enough to propel the Buckeyes into their clash against Oklahoma?

Quarterback J.T. Barrett believes the key to building momentum does not come as much from practice as much as it does from executing plays in games. At

the time of the Oklahoma game, the Buckeyes had played just one game and were still searching for their identity.

“I think it’s interesting being that in college, we don’t have a preseason,” Barrett said. “In NFL preseason games, they get time to get going as far as actual game to football. We just try to do the

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Volunteer coach finds talent in overlooked recruits COLIN GAY Senior lantern reporter gay.125@osu.edu

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Anthony Ralph joined the Ohio State wrestling program as a volunteer assistant coach in December 2016.

Anthony Ralph started in collegiate wrestling as a competitor at Kent State, but it wasn’t until he took a post-graduation job as an assistant coach at Notre Dame College that he realized the nuances of recruiting.

“It was selling a school, getting the people to trust in you, building relationships that start through the recruiting process,” Ralph said. “If the student-athlete trusts you enough to come to a school that you believe in, it kind of builds that bond and friendship.”

Now, as a volunteer assistant coach for the Ohio State wrestling team, Ralph has taken his love of recruiting and combined it with an analytical approach to find unheralded recruits who might bring success to the program. He calls his strategy “moneyball,” a reference to the analytics-driven success the Oakland Athletics had in 2002.

“At Notre Dame, myself and a couple of the other coaches kind of came up with a system, an algorithm to find value in guys that other schools don’t see,” Ralph said. “It’s recruiting those guys

that aren’t getting the everyday call from Penn State or Michigan, Iowa, Oklahoma State.”

Ralph came to Notre Dame College in 2006 at the invitation of his former Kent State coach, Frank Ramano, who was creating the Falcons’ wrestling program.

By 2012, Ralph had helped bring in No. 1 recruiting classes in the NAIA from 2012-16. During his time as an assistant coach, he helped lead the Falcons to three NAIA national titles as well as an NCAA Division II team championship in 2014, producing 18 national champions and 62 All-Americans.

“What his system is designed to do is provide depth, find value in some kids that the [recruiting] rankings may not indicate at the time.”

J Jaggers Associate OSU wrestling coach

“Before I left, I think we were No. 1 in the country the last five years,” Ralph said. “So, something I kind of took pride on because I couldn’t compete any-

more. That was kind of my way of competing, as far as with other programs.”

Ohio State associate head wrestling coach J Jaggers noticed Ralph’s success and kept his childhood friend from northeast Ohio on his radar.

By December 2016, the old friends were reunited in Columbus, using the same algorithm that brought him success with the Falcons.

“What his system is designed to do is provide depth, find value in some kids that the [recruiting] rankings may not indicate at the time,” Jaggers said.

Ralph said the secret of the algorithm is to focus on wrestlers who specialize in scoring. It spots kids who are taking the most risks on the mat, showing consistency in shot attempts and points scored. This helps find wrestlers who are assertive rather than passive, head coach Tom Ryan said.

“There are a lot of guys that win at the high school level that are not points scorers, lots of state champions, lots of highly ranked guys that are not point scorers,” Ryan said. “When you look at one of the critical ingredients to success at the next level, it’s a desire to put yourself in scoring WRESTLING CONTINUES ON 6