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‘SAY SOMETHING’ Suicide rates rise steadily among young people; stigma remains largely unaddressed

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OSU to build 840 bed hospital tower for Wexner Medical Center KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Editor-in-chief stankiewicz.16@osu.edu

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Emily Doleh, a first-year in chemical engineering, holds a picture of her with her older brother Adam, who died by suicide in January 2017. The two took the photo in the fall of 2016 when Emily first visited Ohio State on a college visit.

SHERIDAN HENDRIX John R. Oller Special Projects Reporter hendrix.87@osu.edu When Adam Doleh heard his younger sister Emily was thinking about studying medicine at either the University of

Michigan or Johns Hopkins University, his mission became selling her on Ohio State.

A fourth-year in chemical engineering and Cleveland native, Adam was eager for her to check out the Columbus campus during her senior year of high school.

He even got special permission to have Emily visit one of his engineering labs.

During her visit last September, he took Emily to the top floor of Koffolt Laboratories. He pointed out how close Scott Laboratory was and how little SUICIDE CONTINUES ON 4

Ohio State announced Wednesday it is seeking design requests to build a new hospital tower that would be the largest single facilities project in university history.

The hospital tower would add up to 840 private-room beds to the Wexner Medical Center and allow for the phasing out, or repurposing, of 440 beds in the aging Rhodes and Doan halls, which university officials said is necessary for the center to continue its national prominence.

Along with the tower, Ohio State is also fielding design requests for an ambulatory center, which emphasizes outpatient care.

“We have this vision in our strategic plan to be a top-20 academic medical center and I’m fully believing that we have the ability to accomplish that,” said Dr. Craig Kent, dean of the College of Medicine. “If we’re going to be successful, we have to have the facilities that allow that success.”

There are no specifics regarding a timeline or cost estimates, but University President Michael Drake said he hopes the hospital tower could be completed by 2025. For the ambulatory center, Drake said in “three-ish years from now we would think to have some things up and running.”

The proposal period alone, Drake said, will be a “multi-month process to get the right design.”

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Ex-James Cancer Hospital CEO seeking fresh start with new job OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu In the course of less than a month, one of Ohio State’s most influential leaders within the Wexner Medical Center absolved himself of all responsibility and job titles.

Dr. Michael Caligiuri left the university completely after almost 20 years in the span of 25 days and has already announced his new position with a cancer center in California.

Caligiuri was one of the university’s highest-paid employees as CEO of both the James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. He also was the director of Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center until stepping down Nov. 3, but said he would continue serving in his CEO roles. Two weeks later, he resigned completely.

The timing of his appointment as president of City of Hope’s Medical Center raises questions

regarding his quick departure

“In my 18 years of leadership at OSU, I’ve served nine university presidents, including Dr. Gee twice and interim presidents who usually spent a year or two in the job.”

Dr. Michael Caligiuri Ex-CEO of The James Cancer Hospital

from Ohio State.

In an interview with The Cancer Letter, Caligiuri said his new role came together quickly after announcing his resignation.

He told the publication he decided to resign weeks ago.

Ohio State spokesman Chris Davey said the university found out of Caligiuri’s resignation on the morning of Nov. 15 — the same day it was publicly an-

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Dr. Michael Caligiuri, former CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has taken a new job two weeks after resigning from Ohio State. nounced.

Upon the announcement, the university said he would return to his tenured faculty position and serve under University President Michael Drake as a special adviser.

Caligiuri will continue in those roles until he officially starts his

new job in February.

In the interview with The Cancer Letter, Caligiuri said it is “exciting to be moving to an institution that really is focused solely on cancer and diabetes, and is freed from some of the constraints and bureaucracy that exist within most matrix cancer centers.”

He referred to Ohio State indirectly as a “matrix cancer center” because of its role within an academic institution — different from City of Hope — which is a standalone cancer center.

“I think when you’re in a matrix environment, as soon as one or two people decide that they want all the resources, it’s very disconcerting and it’s very challenging to lead an organization,” he told the publication. “For example, by their design, matrix cancer centers directors generally don’t lead recruitment efforts.”

Ohio State is currently seeking a chancellor for its entire medical enterprise, one with potentially more control than the previous CEO position held.

Caligiuri’s departure comes six months after Sheldon Retchin, former CEO of the Wexner Medical Center, stepped down following criticism from top doctors across the center and College of Medicine. They said Retchin created a divide between the cancer CALIGIURI CONTINUES ON 3

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Off-campus Taco Bell returning to same spot this summer KAYLIN HYNES Lantern reporter hynes.39@osu.edu

cause its an in-line unite, it won’t have a drive-thru and it’s going to be over 3,000 feet,”

Taco Bell is set to return to Ohio State by ’s off-campus area mid-June 2018. While the fast food chain will remain at its former 10th Avenue and High Street location, it will look nothing like its previous free-standing restaurant.

The new location will reside under a new apartment building, Luxe Belle, currently in the process of being built by Preferred Living. The restaurant will have modern design aspects and an updated menu as part of the company’s recent expansion to a new Cantina-style restaurant.

Arthur said the idea to redo the off-campus Taco Bell came after developers approached him wanting to buy the land and change it.

Arthur and his family, who are franchisees of Taco Bell, decided to reach out and find a partner to help develop the land to continue operation of the restaurant.

“It’s a little bit of a hybrid because we are borrowing some design elements of the Cantina be-

“It’s going to be kind of — for a Taco Bell standpoint — higher end; it’s going to look really nice and it’s going to have a huge dining room.”

Matt Arthur Taco Bell franchise owner

Matthew Arthur, Taco Bell franchisee, said.

While Taco Bell’s Cantina restaurants have gained popularity for their addition of serving alcoholic drinks, this location will not.

“It’s the whole layer of operational complexity,” Arthur said on the reasoning behind the exemption of serving alcohol.

“We’re currently trying to set up it up in a way that if we want to offer alcohol in the future, from a configuration standpoint, we will have have the ability to offer may-

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Taco Bell is set to return to Ohio State by June at its former 10th Avenue and High Street location in the new apartment building, Luxe Belle. be limited beer and wine.”

Taco Bell Cantinas typically have inside designs customizable to the urban area in which it resides, as well as larger menus with items like shareable appetizers and alcoholic beverages,

Jacob Duarte, a Taco Bell spokesman said in an email.

Arthur said the off-campus location will look much different than the previous store.

“We’re trying to make is the newest and the best as you pos-

sibly can, so we’re going to have concrete floors in it with brick veneer walls with painted murals,” Arthur said. “It’s going to be kind of — for a Taco Bell standpoint — higher end; it’s going to look really nice and it’s going to have a huge dining room.”

Arthur added the restaurant will have three kitchen lines in the back, making it easier for employees to cater to late-night crowds.

He said the new store could potentially have self-order kiosks, as well.

Taco Bell began first introduced Cantina restaurants in Chicago September 2016 and has made plans to open hundreds more across the country in the near future.

Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said restaurant growth has been a challenge in the U.S. because of its current mature market, making it difficult to find available retail space.

“One of the cool things happening in America right now is the revitalization of urban areas.

And we’re seeing millennials moving into downtown areas,” Grams said.

Researchers develop vitamin-rich potato, potential to prevent death and disease JAKE RAHE Lantern reporter rahe.21@osu.edu Beating Michigan and getting a pair of gold pants is not the only way Ohio State is golden.

Researchers proved that golden potatoes could help prevent death and disease in developing countries where potatoes are a staple food.

Designed at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development at the Casaccia Research Center in Rome, the newly developed potato has 42 percent of a child’s recommended daily need of vitamin A and 34 percent of a child’s recommended need of vitamin E. “If you look at the economically poor in the world — about 2 billion people — then they don’t have the variety of food that those of us in the West have,” said Mark Failla, a professor emeritus of human nutrition at Ohio State who co-authored the potato study.

“They have these staple foods that they eat.”

Potatoes are the fourth-most widely consumed plant food by humans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is a prominent food in some Asian, African and South American countries where there is a high occurrence of vitamin A and vitamin E deficiencies.

“I became interested in what is going on in the developing countries because that is where there are still major nutritional problems,” Failla said. “A lot of

roonchokchoi said.

“I became interested in what is going on in the developing countries because that is where there are still major nutritional problems.”

Mark Failla Professor emeritus of human nutrition

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Diagram comparing typical white potato to the golden potatoes studied at Ohio State. it is what is called micronutrient deficiencies or ‘hidden hunger,’ which are deficiencies in vitamin A, zinc, iron and many cases, protein.”

Vitamin A is necessary for improved vision, fighting off sickness, growth, organ development and reproductive health. Vitamin A deficiencies are the leading cause of blindness in children.

Vitamin E protects against oxidative stress — a process that “rusts” our cells in the same way an apple turns brown when left out to the air — and swelling, conditions associated with damage to nerves, muscles, vision and the immune system. Vitamin E helps protect against cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and many other ailments.

One large problem is getting people to try newly developed potatoes, Failla said. There is a large social and cultural aspect to overcome with this, and a great example is the sweet potato, which is higher in these vitamins.

“In sub-Saharan Africa, culturally they have always eaten white potato, so if you put sweet potato in the market, is the mother of the house going to buy it when she has always grown up eating white potato?” Failla said. “You need an education program, it won’t just happen automatically.”

In the lab, researchers created a simulated digestive system, including a mouth, stomach and small intestine to determine how much vitamin A and vitamin E could potentially be absorbed by

someone who eats a golden potato.

Provitamin A carotenoids are turned into vitamin A that the body can use. Carotenoids are pigments that give some fruits and vegetables their yellow, red and orange colors. These vitamins are stored in body fat and are essential for animals and humans.

Many of the lab tests were done

by Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchoi, a senior research associate at Ohio State.

“It is very exciting to find that a biofortified staple food such as ‘golden potato’ has the potential to provide considerable amounts of vitamins A and E for the hundreds of millions of individuals in developing countries,” Chitchum-

There is a lot of hope that golden potatoes will become accepted in countries where potatoes are staple food, she said. The potato will help prevent vitamin A and E deficiencies.

Chitchumroonchokchoi has a larger vision into where this research can go.

“We hope that nonprofit funding agencies will support further research with golden potato,” she said. “[This will] encourage their eventual consumption in regions where deficiencies of vitamins A and E remain a public health problem.

The study appears in the journal PLOS ONE.

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The two new medical facilities add to the three health-science related projects for which the university is already seeking proposals. In total, Drake said the five projects will cost at least $2 billion. Drake said financing will come through “normal means,” including bonds, philanthropy, and “operating efficiently and effectively.”

and researchers, and Dr. Michael Caligiuri, who previously led the James Cancer Center and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

Drake said the timing of the search for the new executives, in particular the newly created chancellor position, which will oversee the entire health sciences operation, “works out very nicely.”

“One great thing that that person will be able to do is help guide the completion of these projects forward. In fact the projects will make this one of the most attractive jobs in health sciences any place in the world,” Drake said.

“So the population changes and the severity of the diseases change as we move forward and we’ll do our best to meet that challenge.”

Michael Drake University president

“Everyone knows how much hospitals cost and so if we look at these projects and include the laboratory space that were planning on putting in, I think that’s the minimum we would be looking at over the next seven years,” Drake said.

Exact locations for the hospital tower and the ambulatory center “are not set in stone,” Drake said, but there are general ideas.

The tower would likely occupy at least part of the 12 acres freed up by the Cannon Drive relocation project, putting it near the epicenter of the university’s sprawling medical campus.

The ambulatory center will be on West Campus, no further east than Kenny Road and north of Carmack Road. The Carmack parking lots would serve as its

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Ohio State is seeking design requests to build a new hospital tower and ambulatory center for its Wexner Medical Center. western-most boundary.

Despite the resignation of two top executives and the departure of a leading researcher since May, the medical center has flourished in the past decade. The center is coming off its most successful fiscal year and Kent said it saw a 20 percent increase in funding from the National Institute of Health, which can be used as a metric to measure innovation.

The two projects announced Wednesday not only allow the medical center to continue on its current course, but to be prepared for the inevitable evolutions in medicine, said Wexner Medical Center Chief Operating Officer David McQuaid.

“It’s just critically important as we look to the next 50, 60, 100 years in medicine that we have

the facilities to take care of the patients in the communities that we serve,” he said.

The tower would hold up to 840 beds — the medical center currently has around 1,400 — all of which would be in “private-room settings to elevate patient-centered care,” a university release said. It also will have 60 neonatal intensive care unit bassinets, an emergency department and operating rooms.

The ambulatory center will have outpatient operating rooms, urgent care, a pre-anesthesia center and interventional radiology, among other services.

While there is a trend nationally at non-academic medical centers toward outpatient care, Drake said the addition of the hospital tower will allow Ohio State to im-

translation into the clinic.”

Retchin is still with Ohio State as a senior adviser to Drake.

Caligiuri said it was time for him to “hit the refresh button” on his career, highlighting the lengthy and illustrious career he had at Ohio State, but realized his “job was done.”

He discussed in detail the change in leadership he has seen in his time with the university.

“In my 18 years of leadership at OSU, I’ve served nine university presidents, including Dr. Gee twice and interim presidents who usually spent a year or two in the job,” he said. “That kind of change in leadership makes the job as CCC director and hospital CEO challenging, because, understandably, each president has their own style of management and their own priorities.”

Drake has a lengthy medical background and served as vice

president for health affairs for the University of California system.

Caligiuri has not responded to several requests for comment or interviews from The Lantern.

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prove its impatient care.

“The patients who are in the hospital today, in the future many of those patients will be able to be treated out of the hospital,” Drake said, “but there are actually patients for whom we don’t have good treatments today, people we can’t even help today who we will be able to help with new things that we develop that will take place in the hospital in the future.

“So the population changes and the severity of the diseases change as we move forward and we’ll do our best to meet that challenge.”

Along with the design requests, Ohio State is amid a national search to replace its top two departed executives, Dr. Sheldon Retchin, who stepped down as medical center CEO after receiving criticism from top doctors

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center at Ohio State that Caligiuri ran and the Wexner Medical Center.

Drake said the chancellor role will have similar responsibilities to that of Retchin.

In a feature on the Wexner Medical Center, Columbus Monthly reported Retchin was trying to assert his control over the cancer center, which operates independently of the medical center for federal tax and grant purposes. Before his departure, Caligiuri reported directly to President Drake.

“Being collegial and collaborative on all sides of the equation is important,” Caligiuri said. “And as soon as that’s disrupted, the job really becomes unmanageable, because the cancer center director has the pressure of successfully competing for a NCI core grant that requires recruitment and retention of talent, discovery and

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walking she would have between her classes. Adam showed his sister the new North Campus residence halls where she could be living in less than a year.

After much deliberation, Emily was convinced. She even changed her major to chemical engineering, just like her big brother.

“It was something he really wanted me to do,” Emily said.

Adam couldn’t wait to show his sister around campus, both as Buckeyes. Only, that day never came.

On Jan. 2, Adam killed himself, seven months before his sister would move to campus.

Adam had been struggling with mental-health issues since October, according to his mother, Dawn Doleh. One night that month, after a relationship with a longtime friend began to sour, she said he threatened to kill himself. His friend called Dawn and the police, who took him to the hospital.

At the hospital, Adam was diagnosed with depression. Dawn was shocked.

He was assigned a counselor on campus and told his mom he was taking his medication regularly.

In his last semester at Ohio State, Adam earned straight A’s and had a 3.9 GPA. After Adam’s episode in October, his family and roommates saw no warning signs of suicidal thoughts, Dawn said. When he went home for Christmas break and appeared to be doing much better, the hospital visit seemed like a distant memory.

The news of Adam’s death devastated the Doleh family — his father, Yaser; younger brother, Zane; Emily and Dawn.

Emily was at quartet practice at North Royalton High School, just outside of Cleveland, when Dawn called her to come home. It was about Adam. She started to get nervous.

Maybe Adam was in a car accident, she thought. Please let it be a car accident.

Adam killed himself in his friend’s backyard that January morning. It was the same friend who had called the police three months earlier.

It’s uncertain why exactly Adam chose to take his own life.

It’s uncertain whether he ever attended his counseling sessions or how often he took his medication.

The truth was that Adam hid his pain from his family.

Depression, Dawn said, was something Adam thought he could handle alone.

“He didn’t want Emily and Zane knowing how he was sick,” she said. “He still wanted them to look up to him. He didn’t want us to know he was sick. It’s a horrible symptom of this disease.”

The Dolehs were not the only family to experience the loss of an Ohio State student to suicide last year.

A leading cause of death among the young Adam Doleh was one of six Ohio State students who died by suicide during the 2016-17 academic year, according to public records.

They included a 22-year-old international student, a graduate student in plant pathology, a

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Brian Bunner, a first-year law student at the University of Pittsburgh and Ohio State alum, holds a picture of him with his best friend Cody Sweitzer, pictured center. Cody died by suicide in March 2017.

SUICIDE in the United States

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Unintentional Injuries

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Stroke

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Alzheimer’s

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Diabetes

There is one death by suicide in the US every 12 minutes Every day, approximately 105 Americans die by suicide SUICIDE TAKES THE LIVES OF OVER 38,000 AMERICANS EVERY YEAR

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DEPRESSION AFFECTS 20-25% OF AMERICANS AGES 18+ IN A GIVEN YEAR

5,500 PEOPLE AGES 15 TO 24 DIED BY SUICIDE IN 2015

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third-year studying physics, astronomy and math, and a 19-yearold in neuroscience.

The Lantern reached out to the families and friends of the six students. The family and friends of two individuals –– Adam and Cody Sweitzer –– agreed to be interviewed.

Four families did not respond to The Lantern’s request for comment. To respect the families’ privacy, the other deceased individuals are not named.

The 2016-17 academic year was an anomaly for suicides at Ohio State.

In five of the past six years, two Ohio State students died by suicide in each of those years. The only exception was the 2013-14 academic year, during which there was one reported student suicide.

Laura Lewis, the assistant director of Ohio State’s Suicide Prevention Program, said the number of suicides at Ohio State last year is not necessarily off track given national statistics. The fact that Ohio State hasn’t seen enormous spikes in suicide statistics is at least a sign that prevention programs are doing something right, she said.

“That said, there is a national trend we’re following where it is increasing,” Lewis said.

Though last year’s increase in suicides is jarring, nationwide statistics are far more alarming.

In 2011, death by suicide rose from the third- to the second-leading cause of death among 15-to24-year-olds, behind unintentional injury, according to data tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To this day, it is still the second-leading cause of death for that age group.

In the United States, it is the 10th-leading cause of death for all ages.

Nearly 5,500 people ages 15 to 24 died by suicide in 2015, according to a CDC report.

A Lantern review of records supplied by most of the Big Ten universities shows other schools experienced similarly unusual one-year increases in deaths by suicide, but there were no patterns or trends. Those records also show big discrepancies in how schools track and facilitate resources to deal with suicides.

Experts describe suicide as an epidemic that does not discriminate based on sex, race, socioeconomic status, college or major.

Though they say 100 percent of suicides are preventable, it remains a central problem among young people.

The issues that confound those looking to prevent these deaths are commonly held misconceptions, or myths, about suicide and the stigma surrounding mental illness.

People want an easy answer to why these deaths keep happening.

But the reality is too complex to satisfy that desire.

“The harder answers are always ‘Why?’” said John Ackerman, suicide prevention coordinator and clinical psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

“Suicide is very complex and to boil it down to just one answer is not the answer,” he said. “It’s rarely that simple.”

Answering the “why?”

For loved ones, why someone chose to kill himself or herself is often the question that lingers.

It’s common for people to blame an individual’s death on a single cause –– a tension at home, a bad grade in a class or perhaps high expectations from parents.

A number of variables play into a person’s decision to take his or her own life, said Maria Lammy, a doctoral candidate in counselor education and graduate administrative associate at Ohio State’s Suicide Prevention Program.

While it might seem like a single event was the cause of someone’s death, Lammy said there is usually much more beneath the surface.

“Sometimes there will be incidents that have happened leading up to the suicide, like a major breakup or the loss of a job, that seem like the reason that somebody did it, but there’s always underlying issues that have been going on for a long time before that,” Lammy said. “Almost al-

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ways that’s the case that it’s more complex than what it seems on the surface.”

Ackerman said research points toward a number of precipitating factors that can affect a person’s decision to kill himself or herself.

Some of those habits might include a reduced sense of community, larger social circles but fewer friendships of real depth, and an increasing online presence in young people’s lives.

Lewis said research has found a common cause of suicide in younger generations is a lack of coping skills and increased stressors.

“We’re finding that young people really are struggling to manage day-to-day stressors with healthy strategies,” Lewis said.

“Some of that involves parenting, some of that involves changes in environment, some of that involves technology advances and the way that we’re communicating or not communicating with one another as the case may be.”

Lammy said another cause is a lack of strong interpersonal relationships. Without having people in your life to connect and share hardships with, she said it’s easy to feel isolated and withdraw from others.

“It’s not necessarily that you don’t have friends or you don’t have people around you that care, but it’s that sense that you can’t tell people what’s going on,” Lammy said.

And for parents like Dawn Doleh, finding out more about what was going on in their child’s life likely wouldn’t tell the full story.

“The sad thing is you never truly know why,” she said.

Among Big Ten schools Suicide rates on college campuses have been inching upward in the past decade.

The Lantern reached out to the 14 universities in the Big Ten for all information pertaining to student suicides on their respective campuses since 2011, via public-records requests.

Eight universities returned the request: University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Nebraska and Ohio State.

From the 2011-12 to the 201617 academic school years, each of the eight schools saw unusual one-year spikes in the number of suicides they experienced, but there were no discernible patterns or trends.

For instance, Illinois saw a twoyear increase in student suicides during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years. Minnesota experienced a one-year spike during the 2013-14 academic year, but has seen a steady decline since then.

Northwestern and Penn State were excluded from this analysis because they are exempt from freedom-of-information laws.

Three schools — Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin — denied records requests for various reasons.

Indiana University responded to The Lantern and said it had no documents that include “informa-

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RISK FACTORS & WARNING SIGNS Know the signs so you can reach out.

Loss of interest in friends, hobbies, etc.

Aggressive behavior

Bullying or being a bully

Alcohol & other substance abuse

Recent or serious loss (death, divorce, separation, etc.)

Recent suicide or death of friend/relative

Lack of interest in the future Sudden or extreme changes in eating habits

Dropping out of group activities

A sudden lifting of spirits (may point to a decision to end pain through suicide)

Personality changes (nervousness, impulsive, apathetic)

Expressing suicidal thoughts

Giving away prized posessions Frequent irratability or unexplained crying

Withdrawing from friends and family

Access to firearms, pills, etc.

Barriers to accessing mental health services Family violence (child abuse, domestic violence)

Sexual orientation & identity confusion

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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tion about student suicides on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus between the years 2011-2017.”

To some experts, the lack of uniform information and records that schools keep on student suicides is ludicrous.

“Can you imagine a school that keeps records of everything and has all these forms, but can’t tell you if a student has killed themselves?” Ackerman said.

Some school officials agree the discrepancies in how schools report student suicides can be confusing.

Laura Anderson Wright, associate general counsel at the University of Maryland, said a lot of the variation simply comes down to the ways each school operates.

“There are 14 different schools and 14 different ways of doing things,” she said.

Lewis said that although every college faces different challenges, it should be the goal of all universities, not just those in the Big Ten, to consider how they are tackling the issue of suicide.

“We never thought it would happen.”

Cody Sweitzer’s friends could always count on him. Whether someone needed a gym buddy, a shoulder to cry on or a beer after a long week, Cody would be there.

A fourth-year in mechanical engineering and a “red-blooded American” as described by friends, Cody was known for his love of fishing and driving his old and beat-up blue Ford Ranger FX4, the one he once got stuck in a pond.

Brian Bunner met Cody when they pledged the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity together in 2013 and the two quickly became best friends. It was shortly after the two moved in together with some friends, in 2015, when Cody’s health problems started.

“Everything was fine until one morning, I woke up to my roommate Alec yelling for me,” Bunner said. “He was yelling that Cody was having a seizure and he didn’t

know what to do.”

Bunner rushed to the bedroom to find his best friend in bed, with contracted muscles and completely unconscious. Bunner told his roommate to call an ambulance while he tried to keep Cody from biting through his tongue.

“He was not himself and we could tell. But we didn’t know what to do. We didn’t know who to tell. We never thought it would happen.”

Brian Bunner Cody Sweitzer’s best friend

“That was the day that Cody was diagnosed with epilepsy and was what I ultimately believe led to his taking his own life,” he said.

Everything changed after the diagnosis. A once outgoing and hardworking young man, Cody struggled to adjust to his new life. He needed to be on a regular sleep schedule and he had to take medication several times a day. He couldn’t go out drinking with his fraternity brothers anymore because alcohol made the seizures worse.

His seizures were severe and frequent.

Doctors regularly switched his medication and dosages to find what would work best.

All of this, Bunner said, frustrated Cody and made him feel like he would never be normal again.

“I talked to him about it several times, and myself and the rest of his roommates could tell that it was getting to him,” he said. “We didn’t know what to do. We knew Cody was depressed, but it wasn’t like him to go see someone and we didn’t know how to make him.”

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Brunner helped establish a memorial scholarship for his best friend Cody Sweitzer. Cody died by suicide in March 2017. close friends that he was struggling in school and felt helpless.

The group assured him that things would get better, that they would always be there for him.

Cody told his friends that had it not been for their support, he would’ve killed himself that year.

Things improved for a while, and then got much worse. Cody had a car accident after seizing behind the wheel, totaling his beloved truck into an overpass.

A broken ankle confined him to crutches and made his depression worse, Bunner said.

“He was not himself and we could tell,” he said. “But we didn’t know what to do. We didn’t know who to tell. We never thought it would happen.”

Two weeks before he killed himself, Bunner said he told Cody he needed to get help. Two days before Cody died, Bunner talked to a group of his friends about confronting Cody together, to try and convince him that he needed to go see someone.

“We were all going to do it, but we didn’t do it quickly enough,” Bunner said.

While sitting in the sauna at the RPAC, Bunner received a text from Cody. In his goodbye text, Cody told his friend that he loved him, that he meant the world to him and that he decided to take his own life.

The words on the screen didn’t register to Bunner at first, but once they did, “I dropped my shit and ran.”

Bunner called the police while running up 17th Avenue to meet his friends who Cody also had texted. By then, it was too late.

Bunner said he knows Cody’s decision to kill himself was no one’s fault. He knew the pain his friend felt was unbearable and he doesn’t blame him or anyone else.

If anything, Bunner said he wished he had done more when he could.

“We could have called his parents, we could have gone to a school psychiatrist, we could have drug him to one ourselves,” he said. “All we had to do was say something.”

Say something Ohio State has one of the largest comprehensive suicide prevention centers dedicated to college students in the country.

Lammy said she believes suicide is entirely preventable and getting people the help they need is possible. But there are still barriers to prevention.

The greatest of them all? A culture of stigma, Lammy said.

“Stigma is really the big beast without a face,” she said. “It’s everywhere, but nobody really sees it.”

Lewis said trying to make people understand the negative effects of stigma on suicide prevention is one of the biggest challenges.

“The stigma around mental health in general is just something that we need to work on,”

“Our words have power and our words communicate how we think about the issue.”

Maria Lammy Doctoral candidate and administrative associate at Ohio State’s Suicide Prevention Program

she said. “The No. 1 thing that is stigmatized in mental health is suicide.”

Experts agree that commonly held myths about suicide are the biggest reason people don’t intervene sooner.

Believing that talking to someone about suicide will encourage suicide attempts or that suicidal young people will resent the person who tries to help them is damaging to prevention efforts, Lewis said.

Another myth is that a person must assume all responsibility of another when trying to help. Lewis said that’s just not true. ”When we get to a point where we can’t take care of yourself and that’s obvious, then we need to [seek help],” she said, adding once someone initiates a direct conversation with a suicidal person, it’s that person’s job to help them get to the resources needed, not solve the situation entirely.

“I think [a team approach to prevention] alleviates that burden a little bit,” she said. “We want you to react, respond, stay present, engage and then get that person to the resources they need.”

Dawn Doleh wishes someone would’ve called her when her son wasn’t doing well. She wishes someone would’ve told her Adam was depressed earlier, instead of finding out as he lay in a hospital bed. She wishes one of Adam’s friends would’ve sought help earlier.

“When a friend comes and tells you that [they want to die], you don’t leave them alone,” Dawn said. “If someone did that for our son, he would still be here.”

Adam’s sister Emily, now a first-year in chemical engineering

and trumpet player in the marching band, said she doesn’t hear college students having real conversations about suicide.

One major problem Emily has noticed is the way people passively talk about suicide.

“People joke — they say ‘I want to die because classes are hard,’” she said. “People don’t want to speak out because it’s just a joke. It’s a figure of speech.”

Lammy said it’s harmful to joke about suicide because when it is the real thing, it’s hard to tell.

Instead, Lammy encourages people to turn jokes into opportunities to take things seriously.

“Our words have power and our words communicate how we think about the issue,” she said.

“When we can encourage people to consider their language in a new way, to choose how we’re talking about it because it doesn’t align with your values.

If you don’t want people to kill themselves, then you probably shouldn’t be joking about that.”

Ackerman compared the current concerns around suicide rates to the rise in concern about cancer diagnoses in the 1970s.

“Much like cancer was in the ‘70s, if we talk about it more, if we create awareness, if we’re having people being asked by doctors and therapists, then it’s an issue that we can do more about,” Ackerman said.

Hope despite loss It’s been almost a year since Adam Doleh took his own life.

For many, the pain and shame that comes with losing a loved one to suicide causes families to shy away from discussing their death.

Not for the Dolehs.

In September, Dawn and Emily participated in Adam’s honor at the “Out of the Darkness” Walk in Columbus. Hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, these walks raise money for suicide research, education and advocacy.

The family also started the Adam Doleh Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to a senior from Adam’s high school who will attend Ohio State and pursue a STEM field.

In the spring, Adam was awarded a posthumous degree from Ohio State. His family walked at commencement in his place.

Dawn, a real estate agent and registered nurse, became a suicide counselor in March. She volunteers with a nonprofit that connects individuals contemplating suicide with resources.

Emily also signed up for a REACH training program to become a suicide awareness advocate.

After Cody’s death, his family and friends started the Cody Sweitzer Memorial Endowment Fund. A scholarship will be given to a student in Greek life at Ohio State who has been diagnosed with epilepsy, is a welding engineering major or is pursuing a career in mental-health management.

Bunner hugs his friends a little longer when they leave now. He takes more pictures of the good times and blasts country music a little louder from the porch when he’s drinking Budweisers with the boys.

He will always remember the day Cody asked him to be the best man at his wedding one day, granted that he would be Bunner’s when the time came. He knows it is a promise his friend will keep from above.

Now in his first year of law school at the University of Pittsburgh, Bunner said he owes it to

Cody to carry on his best friend’s legacy.

“He was the happiest, most selfless person I knew, always making sure you were OK,” he said. “Every day I wake up, I do more for him to be remembered. I do it because of him.”

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YOUTH SUICIDE PROTECTIVE FACTORS Practices & behaviors to help lower risk.

Individual Characteristics & Behaviors • • • • • • • • • • • •

Psychological or emotional well-being, positive mood Emotional intelligence: the ablity to perceive, integrate into thoughts, understand, and manage one’s emotions Adaptable temperament Strong problem-solving skills Coping skills, inlcluding conflict resolution and nonviolent handling of disputes Self-esteem Frequet, vigorous physical activity or participation in sports Spiritual faith or regular church attendance Cultural and religious beliefs that affirm life and discourage suicide Resilience: ongoing or continuing sense of hope in the face of adversity Frustration tolerance and emotional regulation Body image, care, and protection

Family & Other Social Support • • • •

Family support and connectedness to family, closeness to or strong relationship with parents, and parental involvement Close friends or family mebers, a caring adult, and social support Parental pro-social norms, that is, youth knows that parents disapprove of antisocial behavior such as beating someone up or drinking alcohol Family suport for school

School • • • • • •

Positive school experiences Safe environment at school (especially for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth) Part of a close school community Adequate or better academic achievement A sense of connectedess to the school A respect for the cultures of all students

Mental Health & Healthcare Providers & Caregivers • •

Access to effective care for mental physical, and substance abuse disorders Easy access to care and support through ongoing medical and mental health relationships

Regulate Access to Means • • • •

Restricted access to firearms: guns locker or unloaded, ammunition stored or locked Safety barriers for bridges, buildings, and other jumping sites Restricted access to alcohol (since there is an increased risk of suicide by firearms if the victim is drinking at the time) Restricted acces to medications (over-the-counter and prescriptions)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-TALK (8255) American Association of Suicidology www.suicidology.org National Mental Health Association nmha.org Suicide Awareness/Voices of Educaiton (SAVE) save.org American Foundation for Suicide Prevention asfp.org

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EMILY REAL Lantern reporter real.6@osu.edu In music reviews and band profiles, the term “cult following” is normally used to describe an artist who has a small but dedicated following.

Columbus musician Michael Ramey said that with his solo project, Golden Death Music, he encountered a different kind of cult following.

In the earlier stages of the project, Ramey accompanied new musical releases with a satirical 13-step program to enlightenment, called the “13 Quessions.”

To go along with the musical releases and writings, Ramey had his friend John Mallet produce trippy illustrations to go along with them.

“It started because my uncle got involved in a cult, where he thought the leader could like, talk to dolphins and he had this notepad … and if he wrote questions on it and went to sleep, when he woke up, God would have written the answers on the notepad,” Ramey said. “[The cult leader] had a fair amount of people who believed in him … [my aunt and uncle] ended up owing a lot of money to [the cult] and that’s kind of what inspired the whole cult aspect.”

“The writing [for Golden Death Music] is just me. No one else touches any of it, the videos or anything. It’s all me, for better or worse.”

Michael Ramey Solo artist

Ramey said he thought the comedic element of “13 Quessions” would be obvious to listeners, so he was surprised when he started receiving letters and emails from people searching for guidance in their life.

“Ultimately, [that] was a little

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In addition to two EPs, solo artist Michael Ramey has been working on recording a full-length Golden Death Music album in the little free time he has between working an office job and raising his newborn son. too scary for me, [so] I did away with that part of it,” Ramey said.

“I think that element of mystery was what people responded to, because I was also intentionally a lot more obscure in my communications and everything … I think [that was] a little more interesting than a dad with an office job recording in the kitchen of his studio apartment.”

After abandoning the cult persona, Ramey continued to release solo music as Golden Death Music while performing and touring with his other bands around South America and the United States.

“It’s frustrating sometimes being in bands just because you have to coordinate so many people’s schedules and you have to have the right combination of musical taste and dedication,” Ramey said. “The writing [for Golden Death Music] is just me.

No one else touches any of it, the videos or anything. It’s all me, for better or worse.”

Ramey wrote and released two Golden Death Music EPs this year, “Ghosts of Iron” and “Deadly Weather,” featuring the lush, psychedelic tones that de-

fine Raney’s sound.

In addition to the two EPs, Ramey has been working on recording a full-length Golden Death Music album in the little free time he has between working an office job and raising his newborn son.

“I finally have all the equipment and instruments together that I need to communicate what I’ve been going for throughout the previous releases,” Ramey said.

“I feel like what I’m working on now is probably going to be the best, most definitive statement of this Golden Death Music thing.”

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Friday, Dec. 1

Saturday, Dec. 2

Sunday, Dec. 3

Yelawolf 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1522 N. High St. The Alabama rapper will perform with openers Mikey Mike and Big Henri. Tickets are $22.50 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Gardens Aglow 10 a.m. at the Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E. Broad St. Experience the botanical gardens under a glow of light displays in the annual tradition. The conservatory will be open until 9 p.m. through Jan. 3. Tickets are $14 and available at the door or online.

Short North Holiday Hop 12 p.m. in the Short North Arts District. The December gallery hop dives into the season with holiday-themed activities, exhibitions and shopping experiences.

Admission is free.

Holidayville 12 p.m. at Clintonville Farmers Market, 3519 N. High St. The eighth annual holiday shopping event will feature carolers, cookies and sales from more than 25 neighborhood shops.

Free trolley rides will be available throughout the afternoon.

Admission is free.

A Day With(Out) Art 6:30 p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. Nonprofit organization Visual AIDS works to fight AIDS through art in its latest event, which will feature work by seven artists who are prioritizing black narratives. Admission is free but registration is required.

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Local Music Holiday Market 7:30 p.m. at Brothers Drake Meadery, 26 E. 5th Ave. Shop new albums, T-shirts and merchandise from local artists. Admission is free.

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Winterfest 11 a.m. at Bicentennial Park, 233 Civic Center Dr. The first annual winter festival will feature live music, seasonal beers and a variety of food trucks. Admission is free.

DOGA 1 p.m. at Wild Goose Creative, 2491 Summit St. Enjoy an afternoon of yoga in a room full of dogs. Admission is $20 via Eventbrite.

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Bebe Miller brings new rhythm to Wexner stage CHASE-ANTHONY RAY Lantern reporter ray.461@osu.edu Bebe Miller has been performing her own choreography since she took the stage at New York City’s Dance Theater Workshop in 1978. This weekend, the Ohio State professor and renowned choreographer and director will premiere her company’s latest show, “In a Rhythm,” at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

In addition to what will take place on stage from Thursday to Sunday, Miller also will create a special installation for audience members to explore before and after the performances.

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“[I believe in] using physicality as a device for locating oneself in our current times.”

Bebe Miller Choreographer and director for “In a Rhythm”

“In a Rhythm” explores the dance-making process, the language of dance and the syntax of movement and how we absorb its

This weekend, Bebe Miller, an Ohio State professor and renowned choreographer and director, will premiere her company’s latest show, “In a Rhythm,” at the Wexner Center for the Arts. meaning, according to the Wexner Center for the Arts website.

The show was developed with the support of a creative residency at the Wexner Center during a yearlong collaborative dialogue between Miller and fellow choreographer, Susan Rethorst.

“Clearly, Bebe is an institution in Columbus, but what many people may not realize is her

standing as a leader in the experimental performance community nationally,” said Lane Czaplinski, performing arts director at the Wexner Center. “She’s part of a generation of postmodern choreographers that created and toured work widely in the ‘80s and ‘90s … and she’s had tremendous influence on the field as we know it today.”

Miller explains that in addition to the complexities of “In the Rhythm,” she describes how physicality is essential in her choreography.

“My own interests as a choreographer are in finding context in the physical expression, along with its reverse,” Miller said. “[I believe in] using physicality as a device for locating oneself in our

current times.”

Czaplinski also believes this a rare opportunity for fellow Ohio State students and creatives to find inspiration.

“For students who are interested in making things, it’s an opportunity to watch and learn from a master artist,” Czaplinski said. “[It’s important to watch] as she creates shape and substance from seemingly abstract and random elements.”

To Miller, her work, and dance as an art form, can convey to an audience how we hear and see ourselves in the world.

“If we take it on faith that our composing eye is active while we’re making sense of what’s around us, perhaps the connections between idea and action can be seen as [an] ongoing discovery rather than problems to be solved,” Miller said. “I’m interested in creating a space for indepth exchange on the manner of process as well as aesthetic range and detail.”

“In a Rhythm” will be running every night at the Wexner Center this weekend. Performances will take place Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission is $10 for students and $22 for the public.

Puzzles

Answer Key for Nov. 28: Down 1. Glasses that go all the way around your eyes that are see through. (goggles) 2. A game played on ice with teams of 6 players Across each with an object to hit a puck into a goal. (hockey) 5. The second best medal to be awarded.

3. A shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on (silvermetal) 7. A substance allied to fats and oils secreted by ice. (iceskates) bees also used to make candles. (wax) 4. The best medal you can get. (goldmetal) 8. Having a relatively low temperature. (cold) 5. The act or sport of gliding on skis. (snow9. An olympic sport that consists of rails and boarding) 6. A board for gliding on snow resembling a wide jumps. (slopestyle) ski. (snowboard) 12. The lowest medal awarded. (bronzemetal) 13. Precipitation made in the form of ice 10. A long and narrow sled used for gliding over snow or ice. (toboggan) crystals. (snow) 11. A form of protection that covers the head.

14. A bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally. (rail) (helmet) 12. A mechanical device on skis or a snowboard 15. The act or sport of gliding on skis. (sking) usually made of metal that fastens the boot 16. Mounds of snow that are meant to ski through. (moguls) securely. (binding) 15. A pair of long slender runners made up of 17. The solid form of water produced when its wood plastic used to glide over snow. (skis) frozen. (ice)

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1. This Minnesota boy made history with his solo flight over the Atlantic.

2. A famous pianist and band leader of the Harlem Renaissance era.

5. This hate-group runs around in white sheets and white wizard hats.

3. The most famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance: Langston ________.

7. The Great _______ portrays the rampant materialism of the 20s.

4. W.E.B. _____ spoke out for black rights and opportunities.

8. A nickname for secretive clubs that sold alcohol during Prohibition.

12. This St. Paul man coined the phrase ‘the Jazz age’ and is its most famous novelist.

16. An _______ pandemic swept the world in 1918-1919.

18. Purchasing something and promising to pay later is buying on ________.

19. Louis ________ was a jazz trumpeter.

6. French term that means ‘hands-off’ or ‘let it be’.

9. The ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol is called.

10. The U.S. president whose reputation was soiled by his corrupt associates.

11. The _____ Renaissance was a flourishing of black culture.

13. Probably the most famous Chicago _______ of the 20s was Al Capone.

14. The trial of John ________ had to do with teaching evolution in schools.

20. A nickname for young women in the 20s who wore short 15. The Great ___________ was a mass movement of people hair and skirts and loved to dance. from South to North.

21. These laws in the South kept blacks segregated and 17. Vast numbers of Americans invested in these pieces of impoverished. businesses in the 20s.

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Buckeyes travel to Las Vegas for loaded Cliff Keen Invitational JEFF HELFRICH Lantern reporter helfrich.36@osu.edu The No. 2 Ohio State wrestling team will be competing Saturday and Sunday at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational tournament.

The event will feature a team title, which the Buckeyes won last year, and individual brackets with wrestlers from schools including No. 9 Michigan, No. 12 Arizona State, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 13 Nebraska.

Missing from the Buckeye lineup Ohio State will be without two high-ranked wrestlers. Junior Joey McKenna (141 pounds) will miss the invitational to rest after winning bronze last week in Poland at the U23 World Championships. Senior heavyweight Kyle Snyder will not wrestle either while he prepares for the World Wrestling Clubs Cup on Dec. 7 in Iran.

Sophomore Brendan Fitzgerald and redshirt freshman Kevin Snyder will be filling in for McKenna and Kyle Snyder, respectively.

Each wrestler competed at last week’s Thanksgiving Throwdown meet. Kevin, the younger brother of Kyle, said he is excited to step in and compete in front of a large crowd at a prestigious tournament.

“I really want to test myself against those guys,” Kevin Snyder said. “Just looking through the teams that are registered and

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Ohio State redshirt senior wrestler Bo Jordan battles Arizona State sophomore Zahid Valencia during a dual meet on Nov. 12. The Buckeyes won 31-12, but Jordan lost the match. the guys that are going to be competing at my weight class, I’m excited for it. I think it’ll be a lot of fun. I just really want to see where I’m at against those guys.

I’ve seen Kyle wrestle them and I just want to see what happens.”

The elder Snyder will have a chance to compete internationally against some of the best in the world in Iran. As an Olympic gold medalist, he occasionally finds it tough to see level adversaries while competing collegiately.

“Kyle’s always ready, man,” head coach Tom Ryan said. “He’s

looking forward to competing over there. I’m pretty sure he tweeted that he wants to make sure that the best in the world is there in his weight. He’s always looking for that opportunity to be challenged at a level that can expose lesser strengths.”

Talented opposition More than 100 ranked wrestlers will compete at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend, seven of which are Buckeyes. Forty schools are expected to compete in the event.

Multiple conference foes will

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be in Las Vegas, along with an Arizona State team that Ohio State beat on Nov. 12. Bo Jordan (174 pounds) and Micah Jordan (157 pounds) will look to avenge losses to Sun Devils Zahid Valencia and Josh Shields, respectively. The rest of the Buckeyes’ will likely see their first tough opponents of the season.

“We have some great tests,” Ryan said. “A lot of our guys have not been tested yet. Obviously Bo has and Micah; Arizona State had a couple of guys that tested where we were. But we’ll see a lot of re-

ally high-level guys this weekend and get a good idea of where we are.”

Two nights in Sin City The two-day format will be a first for Ohio State this season.

The loaded field and format will serve as an early trial run for the NCAA tournament in March.

“I think it’s just a chance to learn,” Ryan said. “At the end of the day we want to be our best in March. And this event is a really good opportunity to do some things and find some things that we need to find out about our guys to be ready in March, and that’s what it’s used for.”

Buckeye wrestlers and those in the field also will have to weigh in twice, before matches on both days. This will challenge the early-season, weight-cutting abilities of each wrestler.

“We get multiple matches in a day, which we like,” Ryan said.

“We like the fact that you’ve got to weigh in twice, which is the first time this will happen this year. Weighing in once and competing is one thing, having to weigh in the next morning is something else.”

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No. 11 OSU rides 4-game point streak into matchups with Penn State WYATT CROSHER Lantern reporter crosher.2@osu.edu The No. 11 Ohio State (8-3-3, 3-3-0-0 Big Ten) men’s hockey team will play a home game for the first time in nearly a month this weekend, with a two-game series against conference foe Penn State (8-7-1, 3-4-1-0 in Big Ten).

The Nittany Lions come into this home series winning three of their past four games, including decisive 7-0 and 7-2 victories against Arizona State and Michigan State, respectively. Penn State is the latest high-powered offense Ohio State faces, ranking third in the nation with 3.81 goals per game.

Penn State’s potent offense tallies an NCAA-leading 41.7 shots per game.

“They’re going to get their shots,” head coach Steve Rohlik said. “We just have to continue to play solid defense, and the shot column is not the one that really means the most to me, it’s obviously the goals. And for us we want to defend as best we can and, when we get our opportunities, try to get some rushes going the other way.”

Junior forward Andrew Sturtz leads Penn State with eight goals and 19 points, but a key player in the matchup will be sophomore forward Denis Smirnov. Smirnov

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Ohio State’s junior forward Mason Jobst (26) steals the puck away from Notre Dame’s sophomore forward Mike O’Leary (19) during a game at the Schottenstein Center on November 3, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. OSU lost 4-1. returns to the Nittany Lions after missing the previous eight games with an undisclosed illness.

The forward from Moscow, Russia, dominated during his freshman campaign, leading the nation’s freshmen with 47 points on 19 goals and 28 assists, all of which are Penn State freshman records. Smirnov has registered 11 points this season with five goals and six assists in eight games,

and Rohlik knows how much of a threat he can be on the ice.

“He’s one of the best players in the country. He’s proven that last year, and we understand what he brings,” Rohlik said. “He’s a catalyst to their offense, but again, for us it’s not about one guy, we have to defend their five guys on the ice, and that’s the way we go about it each week.”

In the past four seasons, Ohio

State has won 11 of its 16 matchups against Penn State, including two wins on the road — one in a shootout — last season while the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 1 in the country.

“We got their number, I can tell you that,” senior forward Christian Lampasso said.

Lampasso scored two of his four goals last weekend in Game 2 of the weekend sweep against

then-No. 17 Michigan. He said the series was one of the highlight moments of his Ohio State career.

“It was really cool getting those two goals, in Michigan, sealing the game, and it meant a lot for the school, for the team, a big win for the Buckeyes altogether,” Lampasso said.

Penn State remains two points ahead of the Buckeyes in the Big Ten, but Ohio State has two games in hand and could move up to second in the conference behind Notre Dame with a pair of wins over the weekend.

The Buckeyes will need to rely on their team defense, which has allowed the second-least goals in the NCAA, as well as their nation-leading penalty kill to slow down the Nittany Lions’ high-flying offense.

“We’ve always tried to be defensive first, even last year, even though it maybe didn’t seem like that at times, but this year we’ve definitely bought all-in to the system, and, as you’ve seen it’s been working out pretty well for us,” junior forward Mason Jobst said.

Puck drop for the Penn State series is set for 7:00 p.m. Friday and 4:00 p.m. Saturday at the Schottenstein Center.

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have big, physical offensive lines, even if they have good running backs.

Michigan State averaged 1.9 yards per carry against the Buckeyes, Nebraska ran for 2.8 yards per attempt and Maryland averaged 1.2 yards per rush. Even Penn State Heisman Trophy candidate running back Saquon Barkley picked up just 44 yards on 21 carries against the Buckeyes. But Penn State’s offensive line did not pose much of a challenge for Ohio State, which had 12 tackles for loss in the game.

“This is definitely going to be the best offensive line that we’ve faced all year.”

Chris Worley Redshirt senior linebacker

Against Oklahoma, which has a line similar in size to Wisconsin, the Buckeyes defensive line seemed less dominant than usual.

The Sooners only averaged 2.8 yards per carry, but the pass-focused offense protected quarterback Baker Mayfield well and opened just enough holes. Iowa also ran through Ohio State, averaging 6.4 yards per carry.

Defensive ends Sam Hubbard, Nick Bosa, Jalyn Holmes and Tyquan Lewis put a scare in teams on passing downs. But against rush-first teams, their impact is limited. Instead, pressure

will be put on defensive tackles Dre’Mont Jones, Tracy Sprinkle, Robert Landers, Michael Hill and Jashon Cornell, and middle linebacker Tuf Borland to plug the middle “Their O-line is physical. Their fullbacks are physical. Their tight ends are physical. Their running back runs downhill,” junior linebacker Jerome Baker said. “It’s honestly going to be a battle of who’s more physical, who has better toughness.”

Hubbard said Wisconsin’s offense has many similarities to Michigan’s, which averaged 2.8 yards per rush in a 31-20 loss to Ohio State on Saturday. Baker believes his team’s upcoming game will be even more difficult.

“Wisconsin is — all respect [to Michigan State and Michigan] — they are definitely better,” junior linebacker Jerome Baker said.

“They’re undefeated.”

Whether Ohio State will be able to erase that zero in the loss column and hand the Badgers their first loss will likely come down to whether its defensive front can overcome a size disparity up front and contain Taylor.

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ed defensive line in Michigan last week and their backfield duo combined for 158 yards on 27 carries (5.9 yards per carry) and scored two touchdowns. Weber and Dobbins have the ability to propel Ohio State’s offense, and they might be tasked to do so, for the Wisconsin passing defense has shut down opponents.

The Badgers have allowed just 156.4 passing yards per game (second-fewest in the nation) and 5.5 yards per attempt (lowest in the nation). Only four times this season have they allowed more than 200 passing yards in a game and they have allowed a passing touchdown in only five games.

The leaders for that defense have been a pair of first-team All-Big Ten defensive backs, cornerback Nick Nelson and safety D’Cota Dixon. Nelson is tied for second in the nation with 20 passes defended, while Dixon has three passes defended, an interception, a forced fumble, 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

Linebacker T.J. Edwards is another defense weapon for the Badgers. The first-team All-Big Ten linebacker leads the team with four interceptions and has returned one for a touchdown, while also defending six passes.

Edwards also has been crucial in stopping plays behind the line, leading the team with 11 tackles for a loss and two sacks.

Just like last week when the Buckeyes faced off against one of the top-five defenses in the nation, much of this game comes down to the battle of a top offense versus a top defense. The Buck-

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eyes have shown the potential to put up plenty of points against top defenses — Penn State and Michigan State both came into their games against the Buckeyes with impressive statistics defensively.

They also have the potential to struggle like they did for most of their game against Michigan.

Ohio State defense vs. Wisconsin offense This matchup comes down to really just one question: can the Buckeyes’ rushing defense stop Jonathan Taylor? Though Wisconsin’s offense has overall been solid, ranking 42nd in total offense and 26th in scoring, it has seen nearly all of its success come on the ground. More specifically, it has almost exclusively come from Taylor.

Taylor has racked up 1,806 rushing yards in his true freshman season, third-most among all running backs behind San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny and Stanford’s Bryce Love. The only two freshmen who have rushed for more yards in a season are Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson in 2004 (1,925 yards) and Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne in 1996 (1,863 yards).

Taylor has been relied on heavily by the Badgers’ offense this season, and he has done everything asked of him. Taylor’s rushing yards account for 35 percent of Wisconsin’s total offense. He has just one game in which he has averaged fewer than five yards per carry and has scored in nine of his 12 games.

Part of the reason Taylor has had so much success has come down to the play of Wisconsin’s offen-

sive line. The Badgers have only allowed 4.92 tackles for loss per game and just 1.42 sacks per game, both 26th-fewest in the nation.

That offensive line will be matched up against one of the best defensive lines in the nation in Ohio State. Led by a pair of first-team All-Big Ten defensive ends in Tyquan Lewis and Nick Bosa, Ohio State has held opponents down to just 3.13 rushing yards per carry, the ninth-lowest in the nation. It also has averaged 7.92 tackles for loss per game, 10th-most in the country.

Taylor has been relied upon heavily, in part, because of the mediocrity of Wisconsin’s passing attack. Quarterback Alex Hornibrook has been serviceable for the Badgers, but he has not been great. He has 21 touchdown passes, but 13 interceptions and just three games without throwing a pick. His accuracy is generally inconsistent, considering he has had five weeks with a completion percentage under 60 percent and three weeks with it higher than 70 percent.

Hornibrook is not the weapon in the passing game Ohio State should fear. That would be tight end Troy Fumagalli.

The Buckeyes have been torched week in and week out by opposing tight ends, and Fumagalli is one of the best they will face all season. He is second on the team with 471 receiving yards and leads the team with 38 receptions. He has brought down four touchdown passes. The 6-foot-6, 248-pound senior could be a ma-

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Ohio State junior linebacker Jerome Baker (17) combines for a tackle with redshirt sophomore cornerback Damon Arnette (3) on Penn State’s Saquon Barkley in the second quarter in the game against Penn State on Oct. 28. Ohio State won 39-38.

jor challenge for the Buckeyes to bring down, and should be expected to continue as Hornibrook’s favorite target.

Ohio State’s defense has been effective at times, but the kryptonite of the team at others. It is often victimized in the passing game, but it is generally consistent against rushing offenses.

Wisconsin would appear to play well into the hands of the Ohio State defense, but it’s tough to tell how the Buckeyes will hold up against even a mediocre passing offense, when it was picked apart

by Iowa quarterback Nathan Stan-

ley and allowed Michigan quarterback John O’Korn to pass for 195 yards.

Predictions: Edward Sutelan: Ohio State wins 24-20 Colin Hass-Hill: Wisconsin wins 31-30 James King: Ohio State wins 48-20

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EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu When No. 4 Wisconsin (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) and No. 8 Ohio State (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten) meet Saturday in the Big Ten championship game, two of the nation’s top defenses will do battle with College Football Playoff implications on the line. The Buckeyes are not guaranteed one of the four spots should they win in Indianapolis, but the Badgers’ current placement in the top four would seem to indicate a win cements their place.

Ohio State offense vs. Wisconsin defense The Ohio State offense ranks as one of the best in the nation, averaging the fifth-most points per game (43.8) and fourth-most total yards per game (529.8). That offense will be facing off against one of the top defenses in the country, one that has allowed the second-fewest points per game (12) and the fewest yards per game (236.9).

The most intriguing matchup between the two teams will come on the ground. This goes on both sides. The Wisconsin running defense versus Ohio State’s rushing attack and vice versa. The Badgers have allowed the fewest

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Ohio State redshirt senior quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) hands the ball off to freshman running back J.K. Dobbins (2) in the first half of the Ohio State-Michigan State game on Nov. 11. Ohio State won 48-3. rushing yards per game (80.5) and second-fewest per carry (2.65), while the Buckeyes have the 13th-most rushing yards per game (250.3) and eighth-most yards per carry (5.9) in the nation.

Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett’s health will be a key factor in this game. The redshirt senior

had to leave in the third quarter of the Buckeyes’ game against Michigan with a knee injury, and while he is expected to play, his knee could limit his mobility and potential to run the read-option.

But the Buckeyes have a pair of explosive running backs in Mike Weber and J.K. Dobbins, who

are both hitting their stride at this point in the season and should be able to shoulder the burden of the running game.

The Badgers’ defensive line is one of the best Ohio State will face this season. But the Buckeyes faced an even more talent-

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Sophomore defensive lineman Nick Bosa (97) attempts to sack Indiana quarterback Richard Lagow in the 4th quarter of the 2017 season opener.

Wisconsin has historically been a rush-heavy team with talented running backs. But that does not happen without the massive linemen for which the program has become known.

Former Badger running back Montee Ball ran behind threetime Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick. Future Hall of Fame offensive tackle Joe Thomas helped plow the way for Brian Calhoun, and first-team All-American tackle Chris McIntosh blocked for Heisman Trophy-winning running back Ron Dayne.

No. 4 Wisconsin is more of the same this season: a running back — freshman Jonathan Taylor — leads the Big Ten with 1,806 rushing yards, while running behind big-bodied offensive line. In a battle of highly regarded lines, No. 8 Ohio State’s defensive line will look to combat an offensive line similar to what it is used to in the Big Ten championship game Saturday night.

“Every year, it’s the same thing with them,” redshirt senior defensive end Tyquan Lewis said Tuesday. “They do their jet sweeps, they run their powers, they run counters. They do the same thing

and they’re always big and physical, so you already know what to expect from them. Not much has changed and, you know, it’s going to be a tough task because you have to stop the run.”

The Badgers average 243.3 rushing yards per game, substantially more than their 182.8 passing yards per game. Taylor runs behind a monstrous line featuring five underclassmen.

Though each of the linemen still has at least one more year to grow, four of them at least 6-foot6 and each are listed at between 315 and 336 pounds. For reference, only one Buckeye starting lineman — 6-foot-7 redshirt junior right tackle Isaiah Prince — stands taller than 6-foot-5.

Redshirt senior linebacker Chris Worley said the line’s relative size does not concern him or the team.

“The size, that’s not something that we consider,” he said. “The thing that we do have to prepare, though, is that they have a great offensive line and the thing that they do well is they finish their blocks.

“This is definitely going to be the best offensive line that we’ve faced all year.”

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Ohio State redshirt junior forward Keita Bates-Diop (33) looks to drive to the basket in the first half in the game against Clemson on Nov. 29. Ohio State lost 79-65.

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The Ohio State men’s basketball team (5-3) led Clemson (6-1) for 26:43, but a late slump by the Buckeyes pushed the Tigers out in front for a 79-65 victory in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge Wednesday night at the Schottenstein Center.

The Tigers slowly crept back into the game after trailing by as much as 13 in the first half. Clemson began the second half on a 23-16 run and with 11:08 remaining took its first lead, 54-53, since the game’s opening minute.. A 15-3 run pushed the Tigers well ahead 64-56 with just 7:36 left.

The Buckeyes rattled off five straight points with seven minutes left to draw the game to within three, but Clemson had a 5-0 run of its own to push itself back out in front to a comfortable 70-61 lead, which proved to be insurmountable.

The Tigers were led by guards Marcquise Reed and Shelton Mitchell finished with 22 and 19 points, respectively.

Forward Keita Bates-Diop led Ohio State with 21 points and seven rebounds. Forward Kaleb Wesson also finished in double-figures with 15 points.

Ohio State came out firing beyond the arc and continued all game, going 9-for-21 from beyond the arc. Clemson finished with 10-of-19 shots made from the 3.

The Buckeyes’ struggles from the free-throw line proved a major factor in the loss. They made just 8-of-16 shots from the charity stripe.

Ohio State plays Wisconsin on the road at 5 p.m. Saturday.

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