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Vrinda Sawhney (top left), Jae Han (top right) and Lei Guo (bottom left) are all international students at Ohio State.

KAYLEE HARTER Patricia B. Miller Special Projects Editor harter.830@osu.edu When Jae Han arrived at her freshman orientation — a separate orientation for international students — she immediately noticed that the large majority of students were from China. Some students assumed that Han was Chinese herself and started speaking to her in Chinese.

“I would be like, ‘Oh, I do not know what you’re saying,’” Han said.

Han, now a third-year in international studies and data analytics, is Korean. It wasn’t until her sophomore year that she joined the Korean Student Association and found a community of other Korean students.

“There is really a small fraction of other international and ethnic groups here,” she said. “But you have to really look for it.”

Had she come to Ohio State 10 years ago, there would have been twice as many Korean students as there are today — and many other international students are in the same boat.

Though Ohio State’s enrollment report boasts an all-time

high of total international stu- make up two-thirds of the internadents in the 2018-19 school year, tional students at Ohio State, outa Lantern analysis of enrollment numbering all other international reports shows that a quadrupling students combined, while they of Chinese students in the past 10 constituted less than a quarter of years drove those numbers. the population in 2008.

The increase masks the fact For some, like Lei Guo, a thirdthat when Chinese students are year in political science and pubremoved lic affairs from the from China, picture, the this detracts number of from the ininternationternational al students exper ience declined 23 that Ohio percent since State aims to 2008. offer.

In fact, “For Chithere are nese students, 3,488 more most of them Chinese stujust have the dents ensame perrolled today JAE HAN spective, so than there Third-year in international studies that really were 10 years and data analytics didn’t add ago, but only up to inter2,803 more national perinternationspective,” al students Guo said. overall.

“Sometimes I really have friends Though all international stu- that are like, ‘OK, it’s really hard dents make up less than 10 per- to run into an international stucent of the Ohio State student dent who’s not from China,’ and body, the result is a less diverse one step forward, it’s hard to population of international stu- run into an international student dents. Chinese students now who’s not from Asia.”

“There is really a small fraction of other international and ethnic groups here ... But you have to really look for it.”

Though 588 Indian students make up the second largest share of international students, their numbers have fallen steadily in the past 10 years — an overall 18 percent decrease.

The number of Korean and Taiwanese students, which are the third- and fifth-largest international populations, respectively, have each decreased by half since 2008.

To Han, this is unfortunate.

“China is not the world,” she said.

Based on Ohio State’s messaging on diversity, this is a step back for the university.

Ohio State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s welcome page names diversity as “both a defining characteristic and an essential source of our institutional strength.”

Networking and recruitment strategies, including international offices called Global Gateways in China, India and Brazil, have the ability to create varying degrees of visibility in different countries.

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Ohio State professor gives award money back to university SHANTI LERNER Senior Lantern Reporter lerner.66@osu.edu When Ohio State professor Rattan Lal was awarded the prestigious Japan Prize April 8 and its accompanying $450,000 award, he had numerous options for how to spend the money.

He could give it to his family.

He could spend it on himself. He could take a vacation.

But Lal, who has been teaching at Ohio State for more than 33 years, decided the best place was at Ohio State, where the money could be used to develop future scientists who will continue his lifelong commitment of advancing soil science.

“I think morally and ethically I must provide opportunities to scientists and other students,” Lal said. “Because when I came to Ohio State as a student, I was also given support, so this is now my time to give it back.”

It’s that same concern for others that first propelled Lal from his roots in the Far East.

After fleeing from Pakistan during its split from India in 1947, Lal and his family moved to Punjab, the Indian state now called Haryana. In Pakistan, his family left behind a 9-acre farm and received just an acre and a half of land in India.

Lal and his family thought they had been cheated. He later learned through his studies of agriculture at Punjab Agricultural University that the size of the farm was secondary to the quality of the soil.

This realization led Lal to a lifelong fascination with soil and a journey to further his education at Ohio State beginning in 1965.

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Global competition among the great powers of the world might not seem as obvious now as it was during the Cold War, but rest assured, it is still ongoing and will continue.

On Wednesday, the Alexander Hamilton Society will host an event titled “Future of Great Power Competition,” on campus that will discuss the constant competition between global powers such as Russia, China and the United States.

The event will feature Richard Herrmann, chair of the political science department, and Pete Mansoor, the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History, as the main speakers.

Ricardo Madrid, a third-year in political science and incoming president of AHS, said the event will focus on how the U.S. interacts with other great powers.

“This event will be looking at the relationships between these nations as a whole and discussing how the U.S. can go about dealing with them, whether it be for bettering the relationships, potential gains, etc.,” Madrid said.

Hermann, in addition to serving as chair, has focused his studies on international relations as a professor. Prior to coming to Ohio State, he was a member of Secretary of State James Baker’s policy planning staff from 1989 to 1991.

Before entering academia, Mansoor

served in the armed forces and is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army. Mansoor, who also works as a military analyst for CNN, culminated his 26-year career serving as executive officer to Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of Multi-National Force - Iraq, during the period of the Iraq War surge in 2007-08.

Michael Hurley, a fourth-year in world politics and the outgoing president of AHS, said this is an important discussion to have as the world moves into a new era with powers capable of operating on the U.S.’ level.

“This discussion will be focused on figuring out how the United States is going to approach a new age of competition between great powers,” Hurley said. “For the past 25 to 30 years, there hasn’t really been anyone capable of challenging the U.S., but now there is.”

How the U.S. plans to navigate the possible conflicts is an open question, and this event will explore as many of those possibilities as possible, Hurley said.

The event will be held at the Psychology Building in Room 006 at 6 p.m. Free food and beverages will be provided.

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had to buy my own books. I had to pay rent and eat food, so studying hard and making sure my grades were good, that was a very important motivation.”

After graduating from Ohio State in 1968 with a Ph.D. in soil science, Lal worked in Australia for a year. During the next 18 years, he worked in Africa and other sub-Saharan countries as well as parts of Asia studying soil use in different locations and cultures around the world.

Through his travels, he learned that traditional soil tillage — the agricultural preparation of soil using machinery — was depleting soils of vital nutrients and releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which is bad for the environment. This led him to pioneer and implement a no-tillage approach to farming, which helped increase crop yields and reduce erosion.

Lal returned to Ohio State in 1987 as a professor of soil science in the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

“Coming back a second time as a faculty member was a big thing for me,” Lal said.

“It was very special. I came back to this office, this chair, where my Ph.D. professor was teaching. It’s a privilege. It’s an honor.”

Over the years, Lal’s work in the field and his research at Ohio State have contributed to sustainable farming methods in many parts of the world and led to numerous global recognitions, including being a member of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change team, which included former Vice President Al Gore. The team was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

In January 2019, Lal’s work earned him the Japan Prize, which is considered the

Nobel Prize of Japan. He was one of two recipients along with Yoshio Okamoto from Nagoya University, who won for his groundbreaking discoveries in polymer science. The pair was selected by a panel that consisted of more than 15,000 of their peers.

“The selection process always focuses not only on the quality and uniqueness of the discovery or invention but also evaluates how much the scientist has contributed to the human society,” Toshihiko Nakahara, chief information officer of the Japan Prize Foundation, said.

After receiving the award, Lal’s response was typical of a man who has spent a lifetime in service of those who are poor, marginalized and in need of help.

“This is a recognition for poor farmers who own only 1 acre, 2 acres, 5 acres, who use those water buffalos and other animals,” Lal said. “There are women in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean with babies tied to their back hoeing the ground in such hard, humid and terrible weather.

It’s a recognition of efforts to produce food.

This award is as much for them as for me.”

As the impact of climate change becomes more drastic and as the global population increases, Lal said he wants to empower the next generation of scientists at Ohio State who will be on the front lines helping to lift more people out of poverty.

“I think it’s time that the scientific community and the policymakers of this award realize through researchers like me that [subsistence farmers] are being recognized,” Lal said. “The money is really for research to support their work to help them move even more, and hopefully, other people will follow.”

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al students.

With rising tuition for international students, some students might be deterred by finances.

And of course, Ohio State is not immune to the geopolitical factors impacting universities across the country. Changes around immigration as well as circumstances abroad might determine a student’s ability or desire to study in the U.S. Even so, the reason behind this phenomenon is difficult to pinpoint. It varies from country to country and from student to student.

Gail Stephenoff, interim assistant vice president for Strategic Enrollment Planning at Ohio State, attributed the shrinking of some international populations and growing of the Chinese population to the “predominant market” of international students being in China.

“We’ve been very interested in diversifying our international student population,” she said.

“We have recruitment staff that visit various countries around the world, and the reality is that we just don’t attract the volume of international students that we do from China.”

Networking Ohio State’s reputation varies from country to country, and Stephenoff said that the network plays an integral role in continuing to recruit students.

“Students that come to the institution get a very good education, and it’s sort of self-perpetuating in that they go back, talk to their family and friends and are interested because the students that have come have had a very good experience,” Stephenoff said.

Vrinda Sawhney, a third-year in psychology from India, wasn’t initially going to apply to Ohio State.

“I never even heard about it,” Sawhney said.

She had wanted to go to New York University to pursue a degree in dance. Because the application process for American colleges was so different than that of India’s, Sawhney’s family hired someone to assist her in navigating the process.

This mentor suggested Sawhney apply to several schools, including Ohio State, in addition to the ones Sawhney had picked for herself. All in all, she applied to at least 10 American colleges.

After she was denied by NYU, Sawhney and her father began researching the other schools and eventually settled on Ohio State.

Guo had a different experience.

She heard about Ohio State and its reputation when she was in high school.

Her high school English teacher was an Ohio State alumnus and

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was one of the first to encourage Guo to apply after he heard she was interested in pursuing a degree in political science.

“I think a lot of international students really appreciate the network and the resources we have and appreciate the community we have here,” Guo said.

Han had never heard about Ohio State before coming to the U.S. After attending high school in Michigan for two years as an exchange student, she decided she

“It’s like, seeing all the good sides and seeing all the bad sides and also seeing all the frustrating sides that the school will contain ... But even after seeing all those setbacks, I’m still like, ‘Oh I still love it here.’”

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wanted to continue her education in the United States.

“The school that I went to was a really small private school. So I wanted to like, experience more and get exposed to a bigger kind of thing,” Han said.

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But Han said she was an anomaly among her friends from home who all stayed in Korea for college.

Ohio State’s Global Gateways in Shanghai, Mumbai and Sao Paulo have the potential to increase Ohio State’s visibility for Ohio State.

Only the China Gateway has been successful in boosting recruitment — the number of Indian and Brazilian students have both declined since the opening of the Gateways.

Expenses for the China Gateway totaled $472,130.95 in 2018 — an increase of $158,695.45 from 2017, according to its annual report.

According to the report, the increase was due to “growing payroll and employee benefits including year-end bonuses for staff and increasing travel expenses to facilitate student programs, faculty visits and alumni events also contributed to the overall increase.”

The increase was also from the reimbursable expenses for university programs and events such as the Global May program travel cost and predeparture program venue cost.

The predeparture orientation for Chinese students gives students the opportunity to become acquainted with Ohio State before their arrival.

“It was really evident that Chinese students really received help before actually coming here” by getting to speak with Ohio State staff when making their decision, Han said.

The India and Brazil Gateways do not release a report.

Stephenoff said that she has been talking with the recruitment staff to make the Gateways a bigger part of the recruitment strategy.

“I think we just need to do a little bit more relationship building with the staff that work at our Gateways and partner with them so that we can build a more robust recruitment plan in those two Gateways,” she said.

An international shift Recent changes in immigration laws might be playing a part in the national decrease — the total international enrollment at Ohio State has only declined twice in the last 10 years, once in 2015 and again in 2017.

Some of the shifts around immigration include increased difficulty in receiving federal authorization for international students to work in the U.S. A one-page form to apply for OPT, one type of work authorization, is now seven pages. That’s just one change, Amanda Yusko, program manager for International Student and Scholar Services, said.

“Little things that they used to send request for evidence for and give you the opportunity to fix, now we’re seeing just outright denial and that it’s taking several months to get those denials, and then the student may or may not be in the grace period, that period of time which means they may or may not be able to reapply,” Yusko said. “So, yeah, it can be very

problematic.”

University spokesman Ben Johnson said there are a variety of political and economic factors at work in the process of international student enrollment.

“It’s not just as simple as, ‘Where does Ohio State want to recruit students, and what kind of student body does Ohio State want?’” Johnson said. “There are also other factors that are outside

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MCoachella gives Ohio State students platform to express musical abilities ABHIGYAAN BARARIA Lantern reporter bararia.1@osu.edu A process that started as early as November 2018 culminated Saturday when the Musicians’ Collective at Ohio State hosted its annual concert, MCoachella, at the Browning Amphitheatre by Mirror Lake.

MCo was formed in fall 2009 after the disbandment of the group Future Songwriters of America, according to its Facebook page.

When Mark Rubinstein, current audio engineer at the School of Music, took over as the group’s adviser, it evolved into a community for musicians from all majors and not necessarily just music majors, Sonny Davis, fourth-year in arts management and president of MCo, said.

The event, an outdoor music festival, is a play on popular music festival Coachella and was planned to coincide with the actual Coachella weekend, Davis said. Since Coachella takes place over two weekends, April 13 and 14 were decided as the dates so that the show wouldn’t clash with Easter weekend.

The event saw about 60 people in the audience at a given time, with the number fluctuating depending on which artists were performing and how many people the acts brought along with them.

Nolan LaMarche, a second-year in mechanical engineering and projects manager for MCo, said the executive board was approached by a lot of hip-hop artists this year, and MCo wanted to give them the opportunity to perform.

A lot of the music that the group generally sees at MCo

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Cosmic Graffiti performs at MCoachella on April 13.

revolves around the indie-rock genre, LaMarche said, because those are the kinds of people who are regulars at MCo meetings and are a part of the organization.

Bands with MCo members in them are typically given priority, along with other student bands, Davis said. Al-

though there is a stipulation that every performing band needs to have at least one student from Ohio State to participate, she said they don’t enforce the rule.

“We’re not super strict,” LaMarche said. “We want people to express themselves, express their artistry.”

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Baton twirling performances showcase team’s yearlong growth RACHEL HARRIMAN Lantern reporter harriman.27@osu.edu Beginning with a high-energy group routine set to the tune of “The Greatest Showman,” Buckeye Twirl, Ohio State’s baton twirling team, dazzled the crowd as members of the 13-person team danced, pirouetted and flipped batons through the air during their Spring Showcase.

The showcase continued with duets, trios and a solo from Andrew Ochman, a second-year in biochemistry and the only male member of the group. Buckeye Twirl also performed routines split up by class year to highlight each level’s individual talents, Amber Rice, president of the club and a third-year in psychology, said.

“This year’s theme was ‘Rolling with Buckeye Twirl,’ so we were kind of going for a road trip, travel type of vibe,” Amanda Micklo, treasurer of the club and a thirdyear in health sciences, said.

The showcase was at the Adventure Recreation Center on Sunday and drew a crowd of about 50 people. Following a guest jump-rope performance and a brief intermission, the group performed a few more routines and closed out the showcase with a lively final number set to “Proud Mary.”

“In general, we have a lot of routines that we’ve been working hard on all year,” Rice said. “And then we also have a finale, which is a way to say farewell to the seniors.”

Buckeye Twirl is split into three teams — beginner skills, club and competition — based on experience and skill level. Students with no baton-twirling experience

can join the beginner skills team, while seasoned twirlers can join the competition team.

The club team, which is the largest of the three, is made up of students who have prior experience but is a smaller time commitment than the competition team, Micklo said.

However, Rice said no experience is necessary to join and that the team values a positive attitude more than having years of experience.

“In general, we have a lot of routines that we’ve been working hard on all year.

And then we also have a finale, which is a way to say farewell to the seniors.”

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“We try to make the team as close as possible,” Rice said. “We have a lot of connections between us. We do big sister, little sister, that kind of thing, just to have other team members feel welcomed and accepted into our team.”

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Buckeye Twirl, Ohio State’s baton twirling team, performed at its Spring Showcase on Sunday at the Adventure Recreation Center.

Micklo said Buckeye Twirl’s tryouts are in August, but that shouldn’t discourage potential new members from reaching out and asking about getting involved with the team at any time throughout the year.

“We have tryouts kind of all year round,” Micklo said. “If you’re interested at any point, we’re definitely willing to take you.”

Though they perform at numerous events throughout the year, including BuckeyeThon’s CarnOval, which took place April

11, Rice said the Spring Showcase was a culmination of the team’s hard work and growth throughout the year.

“It’s always a fun way to go out with a bang, and it’s really fun to showcase everyone’s talents,” Rice said. “All the hard work of learning all these routines and trying to get all these groups together pays off at the end because we get to have our friends and family watch us twirl.”

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Two scagliola pieces currently on display by Melissa Woods.

OLIVER BOCH Lantern reporter boch.15@osu.edu While art galleries in the Short North area showcase many artists at once or feature a few at a time, Hammond Harkins’ “6 Plus 1” series does a little bit of both.

Hammond Harkins began the series four years ago and continues it annually. In each iteration of the series, six member artists of the studio feature their work alongside a visiting artist. This year, Los Angeles-based artist Tariku Shiferaw is the centerpiece for the members’ work until April 28.

Shiferaw has shown his work in Columbus in the past and has a connection with one of the member artists at Hammond Harkins.

The positive reaction to his art led to his return to the city, this time in the Hammond Harkins space.

“I think ‘6 Plus 1’ was just an excuse to have an exhibition,” Chet Domitz, art consultant at Hammond Harkins, said. “The way the space is laid out, the space in the back is perfect for featuring one artist, even though it’s in the back … The wall of glass really highlights the back area.”

Domitz has worked at Hammond Harkins for many years and has seen talented artists come through Columbus. The series has been able to host those artists alongside their members.

Member artist Melissa Woods has been represented by the gallery for nearly two years and brings a rare artform to the collection. Woods’ recent work uses an old Italian tradition known as scagliola, a technique that uses plaster as the main ingredient.

“It’s a trade that’s handed down within a school,” Woods said.

“It’s almost impossible to teach.”

Woods’ sculptures aim to combine the ideas of functionality and art with these versatile materials. Because the recipe and technique are difficult and almost always kept secret, Woods’ works have been a refreshing evolution of tradition.

“I showed [scagliola teachers] my images of what I was making, and their eyes just looked lit up; they were really excited,” Woods said.

Hammond Harkins Galleries is located on High Street in the Short North, and the current “6 Plus 1” show featuring Shiferaw and Woods is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday until April 28.

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may increase a student’s desire ... or ability to come to the United States.”

In Korea, for example, higher unemployment rates and an influx of American degrees, which devalued them, might be behind the decrease, Han said.

“Before, people thought if you’re educated abroad, that’s going to give you more, I don’t know, like more qualification,” Han said.

Han also said that some employers might be concerned that people who have studied at a foreign university will have a more difficult time adjusting to company culture in Korea.

Because Han might not move to Korea after graduation, these factors did not deter her.

There are other factors, too, such as increased competition from other universities, that may play a part in the decline.

Stephenoff said that while the U.S. is attractive to Chinese students, other countries such as Australia might attract other populations of international students. European countries, she said, are often interested in keeping their students.

“It’s just the challenge of where we are today, [and] what’s interesting to students,” Stephenoff said.

At Sawhney’s high school, a private school composed mostly of upper middle-class students, only about 10 or 15 students out of a class of 120 attended school in the U.S. Going to school in the U.K. was much more common.

No one from Sawhney’s family had ever left their hometown of New Delhi for their education, she said.

On the other hand, Guo choosing to attend college in the U.S. was a familiar concept.

“It’s just a trend in China right now for sending their kids out abroad to study,” Guo said. “No matter if it’s in the United States, in Canada or U.K.; they just really

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The view from inside Ohio State’s Global Gateway office in Shanghai, China. Only the China Gateway has seen an increase in recruitment since opening.

want to do that.”

Who can pay With tuition for international students costing more than three times the amount for an in-state student, the ability for some international students to attend Ohio State comes down to finances.

While an Ohioan pays close to $11,000 per year in tuition, an international student pays close to $34,000. International undergraduate students also pay a $1,464 fee each semester — a fee that has almost tripled since 2015.

Johnson said the tuition structure is tiered in response to the way that Ohio State receives funding.

“If you grew up in Ohio, your family has supported this institution through your tax dollars,” Johnson said. “If you grow up outside Ohio but within the United States, you have supported the institution to a lesser extent but a not insignificant extent through federal tax dollars. And if you grow up in-

ternationally, you have not.”

Guo said that many of the Chinese students are “from a wealthy family and they don’t really care about the tuition, honestly.”

Because Ohio State does not offer merit-based scholarships from international students, other schools may be more viable options for some international students.

Michigan State, for example, offers scholarships and grants up to $25,000 annually to international students off its nearly $42,000 tuition cost.

Guo received scholarships from the University of Minnesota. Sawhney received scholarships from Temple University.

But despite better deals on tuition elsewhere, both found justification in the quality of the education they would receive at Ohio State.

“For my dad, it was always more like, ‘Yes, money is an issue, but I would rather you get a better education, pay extra than

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The lineup for Saturday consisted of Irina Kuznetcova, 72 Spectrum, Stevie T, Jxlani, So Commando and Cosmic Graffiti.

Davis said MCo prefers not to choose one genre of music over the other so the bands that performed were of a wide variety.

“We love OSU music trends,” Davis said. “We’ve had all kinds of genres from all different walks of life, so we encourage all people who want to play music to come and do that.”

The organization rents all necessary basic equipment, such as microphones, cables and monitors, so the bands and artists only need to bring their own instruments and any extra equipment that they might need for their performance, LaMarche said.

MCo is the organization’s biggest event of the year, and Davis said that most of its funding is used to put on the event. MCo raises money through Ohio State student organization funding, but the board members also participate in the Clean Up Columbus program, a monthly off-campus litter pickup project that provides funding for student organizations, Davis said.

The entire process to set up the event is a tedious one, but the payoff is always worth it, Davis said. Starting in November 2018, the board of MCo began preparing for the event. The venue was the first thing to be booked, and LaMarche said that he started reaching out to artists to play around the beginning of the spring semester.

“We really have to think of it all ahead of time because there’s so much work that goes into something like that,” Davis said.

Even though it’s just in the form of a pun and the concept of live music, MCo’s annual concert is a way of bringing the magic and fun of Coachella to Ohio State.

“Who wants to go to Coachella when you can go to MCoachella?” Davis said. not,’” Sawhney said. “But for some families for who already money is sparse for them, they go for even the lower level colleges with better scholarships.”

More than a number Many international students feel that the university views them as “a number” to boost diversity and bring in money, said Guo and Han. “I know education is a big business, but it really should not be a business, you know what I mean?” Han said. “We are also students.”

Guo and Han now serve as the president and vice president of International Student Council, a student organization that advocates for the international student population as a whole, a voice they said they feel may not be heard otherwise.

Despite the problems that international students may face, Guo and Sawhney would not trade their experience and consider Ohio State an important part of their identities.

Sawhney, who will be next year’s president of the Indian Student Association, describes a culture that is vibrant and diverse.

Within the Indian community at Ohio State, she has encountered people from other regions and cultures of India whom she may have never encountered had she stayed in India.

“I came here, and I go to more Indian festivals in America than I did in India just because we have people from all different areas who celebrate everything,” Sawhney said.

She considers Columbus a second home.

Though Guo isn’t sure what will come after graduation, she hopes one day to return to Ohio State, perhaps as a lecturer or some other part of Ohio State’s staff.

“It’s like, seeing all the good sides and seeing all the bad sides and also seeing all the frustrating sides that the school will contain,” Guo said. “But even after seeing all those setbacks, I’m still like, ‘Oh I still love it here.’”

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Ohio State closes four-game homestand against Ohio WEIYU TONG Lantern reporter tong.313@osu.edu The Ohio State softball team will close its four-game homestand with a matchup against in-state rival Ohio just three days after winning the series finale against Michigan, snapping the Wolverines’ 17-game win streak.

The Buckeyes (25-14, 9-5 Big Ten) hope to take that momentum into the matchup against an Ohio (28-16, 9-6 Big Ten) team that is coming off a three-game sweep of Akron.

Ohio beat the Zips in dominant fashion, outscoring Akron 31-10, including a 13-5 victory in the second part of a doubleheader to finish off the sweep.

Sophomore infielder Katie Yun recorded three runs and six RBI for Ohio in the second game of the series against Akron and has been a bright spot for the Bobcats all season. Yun has played in all 44 games for Ohio, recording a team-leading .416 batting average, with 13 home runs and 34 RBI overall this season, both good for No. 2 on the team.

Senior utility player Morgan Geno has been the other major contributor for the Bobcats on the offensive end.

Her 17 home runs and 57 RBI lead the team, while her .378 average trails only Yun. The duo’s 30 combined home runs are only eight shy of the amount put over the wall by Ohio State this season.

The Bobcats have 62 home runs as a team so far this season.

Even past Yun and Geno, Ohio is a strong offensive team, hitting a combined .307, while the Buckeyes have a .287 average on the year.

Ohio State holds an advantage in pitching, combining for a 2.13 ERA so far this year.

Ohio State senior pitcher Morgan Ray achieved a season-high 10 strikeouts in the series finale against Mich-

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igan. Ray now sits with a 2.13 ERA and a 10-6 record through 124.2 innings pitched.

Comparatively, Ohio’s sophomore pitcher Madi McCrady holds a 18-10 record and a 3.43 ERA this season in a team-high 31 appearances this season.

The Bobcats have a 3.51 team ERA, with no pitcher holding an ERA under 3 this season.

A season ago, the Buckeyes fell to Ohio 7-0 at home after the first two games in the series were postponed. Senior

infielder MacKenzie Brunswick contributed three runs for Ohio in the victory. She has a .234 batting average this year and has 15 RBI. Ohio State will take on Ohio at Buckeye Field 6 p.m.

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Ohio State faces hot-hitting, cold-pitching Xavier KEATON MAISANO Lantern reporter maisano.2@osu.edu

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Ohio State junior outfielder Dominic Canzone (33) celebrates after making it to third base after hitting a triple during the game against Michigan on April 12. Ohio State won 10-5.

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became even greater with freshman forward Jaedon LeDee’s intention to transfer out of the program.

Holtmann got his wish Sunday, as 7-foot center Ibrahima Diallo out of Senegal committed to Ohio State.

The four new commits give Ohio State its best recruiting class since 2015, but Holtmann and the Buckeye coaching staff will spend the next several months trying to duplicate that success with the class of 2020.

“It’s always a challenge when you have a good recruiting class, in some cases a really good recruiting class, and then back that up with another really good recruiting class,” Holtmann said. “That’s what we need to do. That is absolutely what we need to do.”

Ohio State will be doing so without assistant coach Mike Schrage, who took the head coaching job at Elon on April 5. Schrage coached for Holtmann in his last year at Butler before following him at Ohio State for the past two seasons.

Holtmann said special assistant Mike Netti and director of recruiting and player development Scoonie Penn are among his top candidates to fill the open position for next season.

For the past two seasons, Holtmann and the Buckeyes have overachieved.

With the early hype already rolling in for next season’s team, however, Holtmann knows the bar will not be set as low.

“I didn’t get into coaching at the highest level of college basketball to be fearful of expectations,” Holtmann said.

ers coach Brian Hartline in defining each of his wide receivers’ “landmarks”: when and where he throws the ball on a particular route.

But both sides know the base of the wide receiver and quarterback relationship: communication. And it’s something that Hill has already begun to plan for the quarterback and his receivers to get on the same page.

The Ohio State baseball team will aim to end an up-and-down homestretch on a positive note.

Tuesday will mark Ohio State’s ninth home game in its past 10 games, and the Buckeyes (20-17, 4-5 Big Ten) have only won three of their eight games at Bill Davis Stadium over this stretch. A battle-tested Xavier (1422, 5-1 Big East) squad will travel to Columbus for a bout with the Buckeyes.

After a five-game skid that included a sweep by Northwestern at home, Ohio State has righted the ship, to an extent. The Buckeyes have taken four of their past five games, including a big series win over rival Michigan.

Despite their record, the Musketeers have experience that could prove invaluable. Xavier has played No. 8 Louisville, No. 16 Arizona State and No. 17 North Carolina, going 1-6 in those matchups.

Xavier has shown the potential to play with top-flight teams. The Musketeers played a three-game series at then-No. 13 Texas where the run differential was only three.

In terms of Xavier’s offensive lineup, no single player sticks out; the strength is in the team’s balance. Five Musketeers are hitting within the range of .286 to .301.

Junior infielder and pitcher Conor Grammes leads the team with a .301 average. Grammes has started on the mound nine times to earn a 5.53 ERA. Redshirt senior outfielder Jake Shepski has a team-high 24 RBI, while hitting .292 on the season.

Behind a team batting average of .265, the Musketeers have scored an average of 5.36 runs a game.

On the mound, Xavier has struggled mightily. With a team ERA of 6.71, the Musketeers only have two pitchers with an ERA below 5.50.

The pitching staff is prone to allowing the long ball, allowing 47 home runs this season.

This could prove advantageous for an Ohio State team that has hit 34 home runs this season.

Senior Sam Czabala leads the team with a 1.19 ERA and .147 opponent batting average. The left-hander has pitched 22.2 innings in 12 appearances.

The other pitcher with a sub-5.50 ERA is freshman Lane Flamm, who has a 3.55 ERA and a team-high four saves in 16 appearances.

Ohio State will host Xavier at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday.

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“After those reps and after I get a good idea of the offense, I think we will be explosive this year.”

JUSTIN FIELDS Ohio State sophomore quarterback

“With the coaches gone, it’s just going to be us,” Hill said. “We got a group message, what time we throwin’, we do what we do.

It’s a big part of it.”

In the summer, Fields plans to learn the entirety of the playbook, repeating plays over and over until he understands them.

And with that, those Heisman and national title expectations are something Fields feels he can match.

“After those reps and after I get a good idea of the offense, I think we will be explosive this year,” Fields said.

Fields has already broken an unofficial record at the Ohio State Spring Game. If he learns the offense the way he expects to, building off the 98-yard pass to Victor, he expects that “record” to be one of many.

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Foundation established How a 98-yard pass from Justin Fields sets tone for summer

COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu When Justin Fields took the field for Ohio State’s Spring Game, it was his first time at Ohio Stadium. The sophomore transfer from Georgia did not seriously consider Ohio State for his collegiate career in high school, never visiting the school during the recruiting process.

Fields’ goal was simple in his first game with the Buckeyes: get into a rhythm, and show what he had learned from head coach Ryan Day’s playbook through the first 14 practices of the spring in front of a crowd of 61,102.

He said heading into the game that he has not learned the entire playbook, but has a good grasp on what he has been taught. But from the moment he took the field, the expectations, the Heisman talk and the national title hopes officially began.

And Fields was nervous.

“I asked him. He was like, ‘Nah,’” redshirt senior wide receiver K.J. Hill said. “I know he was though.”

At the start, Fields struggled, finishing the first quarter missing his first two pass attempts and

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Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields (1) looks to throw a pass during the 2019 Spring Game on April 13.

taking a sack. By the time he took the field for the third drive in the second quarter, he had completed 3-of-8 pass attempts for 33 yards.

That particular drive did not set Fields up for success either, pinning him at the 2-yard line after redshirt junior safety Jahsen Wint brought down redshirt freshman

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Ohio State senior wide receiver Binjimen Victor (9) smiles and points as he runs the ball in for a touchdown in the first half of the 2019 Spring Game on April 13.

quarterback Matthew Baldwin’s second interception of the day.

After two incomplete passes to junior running back J.K. Dobbins and redshirt senior K.J. Hill, Fields’ time came.

He took the snap, took three steps back, planted his right foot and heaved the football from the

end zone. The ball sailed about 40 yards and into the hands of senior wide receiver Binjimen Victor, who ran the rest of the way for the 98-yard score.

“It felt pretty good,” Fields said. “You know Ben, he’s a great receiver, so I just had to lay it out there for him so he can go get it.”

It was a pass Ohio State football spokesman Jerry Emig jokingly called a “Spring Game record.”

After the game, when asked about the play, Fields smirked and called it a career high.

But the pass is more than just a highlight. It’s a peek into what the future could be like with Fields at the helm. Once the rhythm comes, it’s the electric offense Fields expects when he runs it.

Fields said he views himself as a perfectionist. By the time he left Ohio Stadium for the first time, he was far from perfect, missing his next two attempts after the Victor catch.

As a starting place, Fields is encouraged by his performance.

“I definitely just see us scratching the surface,” Fields said. “I definitely can see us having a bright future.”

The 98-yard pass was the first step. Fields said, with his Spring Game performance as his base, that his relationship with the Ohio State wide receivers will continue to improve. He said he will begin to feel more comfortable with the routes they run, developing a rapport.

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Ohio State ‘ahead of schedule’ GRIFFIN STROM Lantern reporter strom.25@osu.edu Entering his first season as Ohio State men’s basketball head coach in fall 2017, Chris Holtmann went to Barnes and Noble to pick up a preseason college basketball preview from a local publication. To his surprise, no Ohio State players were featured on the cover.

“I didn’t get into coaching at the highest level of college basketball to be fearful of expectations.”

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“To me, that was a statement about how relevant the program was at the time,” Holtmann said.

Now, going into his third season with the Buckeyes, Holtmann and the nation’s No. 9 recruiting class have been top 10 selections in both ESPN and Sports Illustrated’s “Way-Too-Early” Top 25 rankings for next year.

“I think we’re ahead of schedule,” Holtmann said. “I wasn’t sure, this quickly, we would be in a position to where we would have guys that have had early tournament success. Both getting there and compet-

Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann yells onto the court after a lane violation in the first half of the game against Michigan State at the Big Ten tournament on March 14 in Chicago. Ohio State lost 77-70.

ing.”

Finishing 20-15 overall and just 8-12 in the Big Ten, Ohio State squeaked into the NCAA Tournament as an 11-seed, but still managed a victory over No. 6 Iowa State in the Round of 64.

That upset was an impressive feat for a team without any All-Big Ten performers.

To get there, it survived a five-game losing streak and a three-game suspension for sophomore forward Kaleb Wesson.

Still, Ohio State will be without a couple key pieces come next season.

Senior guard C.J. Jackson was the team’s second-leading scorer at 12 points per game and senior guard Keyshawn Woods nearly doubled his average of 8 points per game in four postseason games for the Buckeyes this year.

Taking their place, however, are three top-50, four-star recruits in DJ Carton, Alonzo Gaffney and E.J. Liddell.

The highest rated of the bunch is Carton, an athletic point guard hailing from Bettendorf, Iowa, who Holtmann said is “hard-nosed.”

Gaffney, a forward standing at 6-foot-9, adds height to a team that sorely missed it in stretches this past season with no player on the team being taller than 6-foot-9 in 2018-19.

Holtmann said Liddell brings versatility and a winning pedigree to the Buckeyes, having won two state championships in Illinois.

The expectation is that these three will play heavy minutes right away, which is a prospect that Holtmann said is exciting.

“What you really hope is the youth we played this year and the youth that we’ll play this coming season will provide benefits for us here moving forward,” Holtmann said.

One young player that Holtmann said made significant strides this year was Wesson, who led the team in points at 14.6 and rebounds with 6.9.

Wesson entered his name in the NBA Draft last Wednesday, but the current rules allow players to retain college eligibility if they go undrafted.

Without Wesson this past season, Ohio State was a shell of itself, losing all three games and nearly its chance at an NCAA Tournament berth during his suspension, including a 35-point demolition by Purdue.

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