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Some OSU students have been dedicating their time to visiting K-12 students in Columbus-area schools to teach hands-on engineering projects.

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The women’s basketball team has a plan to make up for an injured Ameryst Alston heading into the Sweet 16 tournament on Friday.

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Tri Delta supports sister’s Martin and Snyder return to Ohio State as NCAA champions battle COURTESY OF OSU

(Left) OSU sophomore Kyle Snyder during the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championship on March 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

A similar scene occurred when Snyder drove Gwiazdowski to the mat in sudden victory for a takedown. The youngest world champion ever from the United States thwarted Gwiazdowski’s 88-match win streak, sending shockwaves through a sold-out Madison Square Garden.

Although Snyder faced Gwiazdowski for the first time in a match on Saturday, Martin had squared off against Nickal three times prior to the championship bout. All three were losses for the freshman.

“I felt like if those matches that I had before with (Nickal) weren’t under my belt, my wrestling would have been different in that match,” Martin said. “Just being able to have the confidence and the ability to stay in that position and wrestle through it and end up on top was pretty cool.”

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For most Ohio State students, the stress of classes, work and balancing a social life can be overwhelming enough. Lauren Wisehart, a second-year in molecular genetics, found herself dealing with another more serious, rarer issue.

On July 30, Wisehart was diagnosed with a glioma mass, a brain tumor. Wisehart and her parents met with several specialists before deciding to undergo a surgery to remove the tumor in August at Nationwide Childrens Hospital.

Wisehart was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority at OSU through the ordeal, and she said her sisters have been there for her since her diagnosis. She remains a member today.

“They planned a surprise birthday party for me at the hospital, they came to my house on home visit day and we watched football.

Since being discharged, they have helped my family get me into the sorority house so I could participate in all my chapter meetings, sorority rush and big-little hunt,” Wisehart said.

Wisehart said the tumor was located in her brain stem, which was something Nationwide Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s

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(Right) OSU freshman Myles Martin celebrates after winning.

NICHOLAS MCWILLIAMS Lantern reporter mcwilliams.66@osu.edu After another grueling and taxing season of wrestling for the Ohio State team, two champions returned home after winning individual crowns at the NCAA tournament. Freshman Myles Martin and sophomore Kyle Snyder picked up their first national championships Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Each Buckeye won five bouts to claim titles in their respective weight classes. Martin defeated Bo Nickal of Penn State in the 174-pound class, while Snyder upset top-seeded Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State to capture the 285-pound crown.

The wins by the Scarlet and Gray wrestlers propelled the team to a third-place finish. OSU entered the final day in fifth place but passed

“Just being able to have the confidence and the ability to stay in that position and wrestle through it and end up on top was pretty cool.”

Myles Martin Freshman wrestler

Iowa and Virginia Tech. A Big Ten rival, Penn State, led coming into the final day and won by a significant margin.

Pandemonium ensued after Martin took an 11-9 decision in the championship match, becoming just the 15th true-freshman champion in the 86 years of the tournament. The crowd erupted as the New Jersey native embraced OSU coach Tom Ryan before bolting to the stands to find his loved ones.

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Political attack ads inspire voters SHANGQUAN SHI Lantern reporter shi.719@osu.edu Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released an attack ad in early March that called then-candidate Marco Rubio a “corrupt, all-talk, no-action politician.” Political attack advertisements like Trump’s become more prevalent as the election season progresses.

Research conducted by research-

ers at Ohio State revealed that attack ads are effective.

The research showed that being against a candidate will make voters more confident and action-oriented than being in favor of their candidate. If voters consider themselves as opposers rather than supporters, they are more likely to vote in general, donate money or show up at a campaign rally.

Social psychologists have known for some time that people tend to give negative traits of a person

more weight, said Richard Petty, a professor of psychology who co-authored the study. Petty’s research helped examine negativity and how it relates to confidence.

When something good is going to happen, people often sit back and wait for it to happen, Petty said. So Petty and his co-workers hypothesized that negativity can be associated with confidence and COURTESY OF TNS tried to prove it in the political doSellers of political trinkets have gone negative on some of main. their merchandise.

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Outreach aims to increase STEM education CARLEE FRANK Lantern reporter frank.442@osu.edu Students in the United States ranked 27th in math and 20th in science, according to the most recent Program for International Student Assessment study in 2012. The study compares American students to counterparts in 33 other developed countries. The PISA ranking, and results of studies like it, has led to efforts around the country to educate young people about STEM fields.

An engineering outreach program at Ohio State is reaching K-12 students in Ohio by visiting Columbus-area schools, and occasionally some as far as Cincinnati, to teach students hands-on engineering projects in their science classes.

Betty Lise Anderson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the Engineering Outreach to K-12 program director, began visiting schools in 2008 when her department chair requested she start an engineering outreach program.

She said Engineering Outreach

to K-12 has reached more than 90 schools and nearly 14,000 students. She and her students have developed 20 different kid-friendly engineering projects to teach at the schools they visit.

Anderson said teachers call and ask her to visit during a certain class period and she tries to always say yes. Teachers often have a specific scientific principle that needs to be demonstrated, Anderson said, and she chooses a project that the kids can build to demonstrate that principle.

One project involved building a paper speaker, which consisted of a paper funnel, some wire, magnets and an audio cable. She said the whole speaker cost less than a dollar, and so the kids could easily take it home.

“For kids from lower income places, it’s huge for them to make something, and they’re amazed that we let them keep it,” Anderson said.

Anderson said she visits some schools where the students are not taught about engineering and do not have engineering role models around them.

“I was at one school where the

teachers told me, ‘Frankly, most of these young men are looking at one of two careers: professional football player or drug dealer, because that is all they know,’” Anderson said.

She said that she wants to show these kids that they have more possibilities.

Clayton Greenbaum, a fifth-year in electrical and computer engineering who volunteers with the program and teaches lessons at schools when Anderson is unable, said he understands what hardship is like.

“A big part of why I do outreach is because science really changed my life,” Greenbaum said. “I had a challenging childhood, and science really helped me process that as I got older, so I hope this program can help other youth who are in the same position.”

Anderson said that her favorite part is when she gets to work with the students who say that they can’t complete a project because it’s too hard.

“It’s just so rewarding,” Anderson said. “It’s so much fun to see the lights come on when they finally get something to work when

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Clayton Greenbaum, a fifth-year in electrical and computer engineering teaches motors to kids at the Columbus Metro Library Livingston Branch Homework Help Center. they thought they couldn’t.”

Adam Philpott, a science teacher at Graham Expeditionary Middle School of Columbus, has had Anderson visit his class twice.

Philpott said that through middle and high school there isn’t a big focus on engineering, so having actual engineers show students projects is highly valuable. This is especially important with girls, he said.

“There aren’t a lot of women in

engineering, though there should be, and so this gives girls exposure to women in STEM fields that they don’t get from me,” Philpott said.

Anderson said that she wants there to be more diversity in STEM fields, but she said she understands that it is sometimes difficult for women to be taken seriously in these fields.

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Researchers team up to create pregnancy complication test LEAH MCCLURE Senior Lantern reporter mcclure.607@osu.edu Research at the Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital is expanding the world of women’s health with a clinical study conducted at the medical center showing promising results for the Congo Red Dot test in quickly diagnosing preeclampsia, a condition that affects pregnant women.

Preeclampsia is characterized by raised blood pressure and damage to organ systems, particularly kidneys, according to the Mayo Clinic website.

If preeclampsia is undetected, it can lead to eclampsia — an illness that is responsible for 13 percent of maternal deaths worldwide, according to a Wexner Medical Center press release. Because of the danger that eclampsia poses to both mother and child, women who are just suspected to have preeclampsia might be induced and have to undergo childbirth early, which comes with its own set of risks.

The CRD test could decrease the number of unnecessary premature births by taking the guessing aspect out of diagnosing preeclampsia.

The next step for the CRD test will be clinical trials in low-income countries, specifically Mexico, Bangladesh and South Africa.

Dr. Kara Rood, a fellow in the Division of Maternal-fetal Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center, said this process is projected to begin in May. The CRD test had an accuracy rate of 86

percent, making it superior to the other biochemical tests used to diagnose preeclampsia in the study, she said.

Still, there’s a long road ahead before it will gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration and can be used by physicians, said Dr. Irina Buhimschi, director of the Center for Perinatal Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, who conceived the idea for the CRD test.

“There are many pieces that need to come together for this to come to life,” Buhimschi said.

Buhimschi began developing the test more than seven years ago, seeking to create the first point-of-care test that could accurately diagnose preeclampsia.

“We need a simple test that tells you the answer right there and then,” Buhimschi said.

The clinical study that took place at the Wexner Medical Center spanned from July 2014 to July 2015 and involved 346 pregnant women who were being evaluated for preeclampsia.

Rood became involved in the process of developing the CRD test more than two years ago. She discussed the impact that the noninvasive test could have. “(The CRD test) would be able to minimize admissions to the hospital as well as triage evaluations because those evaluations could be performed in a physician’s office or in routine prenatal care,” Rood said.

When the CRD test does come to life, the impact it could have on women’s health could be seen worldwide.

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my guidance counselor that I wanted to go into engineering, he said, ‘Don’t you think you should get a teaching certificate and have that in your back pocket just in case?’”

Anderson said.

However, Anderson said she believes that diversity will increase in engineering and it starts with OSU students getting involved and volunteering their time to teach K-12 students.

“The students who volunteer say they get so much more out of it than what they put in and so they keep coming back because it does so much good,” Anderson said.

Confidence is what turns people’s thoughts into judgments and turns their judgments into actions, Petty said. Moreover, negativity is related more to action than positivity.

“If I tell you that something bad is going to happen, you will become anxious,” Petty said.

“What should I do? What is it going to be? You will try to go to an action orientation because you need to stop that bad thing from happening.”

Researchers called people and randomly asked what they think of Trump or Hillary Clinton. People were given the opportunity to state their stances as they support one candidate or oppose the other candidate. Normally, Democratic voters would answer that they support Clinton or they oppose Trump, Petty said.

“When we asked them the question of whom they supported or opposed, we didn’t change whom they supported or opposed,” Petty said.

“We also didn’t change how much they supported or opposed a candidate.”

But when researchers later asked people whether they planned to vote or donate money to their favored candidate, those who said they opposed a candidate were more likely to say they would vote or donate money to another candidate’s campaign, Petty said.

“The action of trying to vote came from feeling more confident,” Petty said. “The opposition mindset makes people more confident so that they turn their attitudes into the desire to

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Police responded to a report of a man with a gun at the Buckeye Village Community Center on Thursday at approximately 5:30 p.m.

When police officers arrived at the scene, “it was determined through speaking to the victim that he did not see a gun, but the gun was implied,” the report stated. Approximately 20 minutes later, police gave an all clear signal. Buckeye Alerts was sent out regarding the event. (Not pictured on map) 1. An incident of voyeurism was reported in Fisher Hall on March 14. The incident took place at approximately 3 p.m.

2. A robbery was reported at the corner of East 11th Avenue and North Grant Avenue just after 1 a.m. on March 14. The victim reported that he was assaulted by the suspect, who also took his jacket, shoes and wallet. The victim, who was intoxicated at the time, was unable to provide much information to the police.

3. A staff member reported a criminal damaging incident on Thursday. The incident took place between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. in Arps Hall.

4. A trespassing incident was reported at the Kroger at 1350 N. High St. on March 15 just after

Therefore, negativity is often used as a strategy to convince people of their opinions, said Andy Luttrell, Petty’s student and a sixth-year doctorate student in social psychology.

“Say some people are Bernie Sanders supporters, instead of talking about how great Sanders is, it might be a better strategy to get other people to think of how much they dislike the other candidates,” Luttrell said. “Because ironically, it would make them feel more sure that Sanders is the right candidate for them.”

As negative advertising becomes more prevalent in the election campaign, Petty said he thought that perhaps all the voters could become equally negative and the overall effect might not be especially impactful.

Generally, with traits, people expect everyone to be positive, so when people expect positivity, they weight negativity more because it is more rare, Petty said.

Petty added that when people expect every political advertisement to be negative, positive advertisements carry more weight with media consumers.

“What’s unknown is whether people will have the motivation to go out and do something about it because it’s still something good,” Petty said. “When things are good, we feel like we should just let good things happen and don’t have much motivation to make them happen.

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11 a.m. A security officer told the suspect he was trespassing and the suspect only left when a police officer arrived.

5. A misdemeanor theft was reported at the Lily Nails & Spa after a customer received a manicure and left without paying for it. The incident took place March 15 just after noon.

6. Police responded to an alarm at O Patio and Pub on North High Street on March 15 just after noon.

Video footage recovered by the bar manager showed a suspect entering through an unlocked front door, proceeding to the credit card box, and going through it. The suspect then left the bar through the front door. The police report listed a credit card among the stolen property from the bar. No damage was reported.

7. A misdemeanor theft was reported at The Table restaurant at 21 E. Fifth Ave. after an unknown suspect took $200 from a purse in the employee closet on March 15. Four people who were hired to clean windows were listed as persons of interest.

“As a physician, the impact you have in your lifetime is on 100, 200, 2,000 people,” Buhimschi said. “But as a researcher, and especially when you do research in low-income countries, you can impact the entire population of the country.”

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The case for divestment and diversity through USG On March 9, a large number of students came together to represent, discuss and vote on 48-R43: A Resolution to Support the Withdrawal of OSU’s Investments in Corporations Complicit in Human Rights Violations in the Undergraduate Student Government’s General Assembly. This resolution was aimed at three corporations that are complicit and profit off Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Over 20 student organizations supported the resolution — all of which are extremely diverse and account for a sizeable portion of the student body.

“Divestment” has become a buzzword surrounded by a great deal of unrelated rhetoric, but the concept is simple. Divestment is the opposite of investment. To divest is to get rid of stocks, bonds or investment funds for social or economic reasons. Divestment is a powerful tool that has been used to bring about change. It was instrumental in ending South African Apartheid. Contrary to what seems like popular belief, the Ohio State University has divested before — both from South Africa and from Sudan. It is neither a new concept nor an irrational mission.

I went into the general assembly prepared for the worst, just like everyone else. However, I was still

I realized that diversity is a tool used by many in power to appear well-rounded, intelligent and socially aware while meaning absolutely nothing. shocked and honestly disturbed by the hypocritical and contradicting statements made by senators.

There was a constant and pervasive message echoed by many: “We represent our constituents.” This seemed to imply, “We represent our constituents but not YOU.” Maybe I am mistaken, but I am a constituent — nearly everyone in that room was a constituent. It also undermines the fact that 23 organizations endorsed this resolution, which represents a large number of students.

There was another common theme in this general assembly: USG needs to be diverse and represent diverse students. Yet, despite the fact that people of different ethnicities, sexual orientations, religions, etc., were present and supported the resolution, our voices were still not heard. We were all lumped together as minorities

Members of USG listen during a meeting on Dec. 12. whose families migrated to the United States from some country.

This is extremely inaccurate; we do not share the same experiences as one another just because we are first-generation students, and it is disrespectful to assume so.

The general assembly meeting lasted for nearly five hours. The resolution was ultimately tabled.

By the end of the meeting, I was quite honestly tired. I was exhausted, angry and hurt. I came to real-

ize that the majority of the senators do not represent me or any of the organizations and students who endorsed the resolution. I realized that diversity is a tool used by many in power to appear well-rounded, intelligent and socially aware while meaning absolutely nothing. This invalidation was felt by many students, and therefore, until senators speak to recognize and represent minorities who come from different ethnicities, religions, cultures,

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sexual identities, gender identities and nationalities, USG should stop feigning interest in how diverse it needs to be, as well as how it needs to represent its constituents.

I am a constituent, and USG is not representing me.

Seema Sandhu Third-year in psychology

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Are the political parties realigning?

Political party operatives and the television pundits have proclaimed two simultaneous shifts during this election cycle: the shift of white, working-class, blue-collar voters from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, especially in places like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio; and the shift of nonsocial conservative, white-collar, business-class voters from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in places like Georgia and Arizona and North Carolina.

Many union and manufacturing workers in places like Michigan who traditionally vote Democratic are drawn toward Donald Trump, but concurrently, many moderate and liberal Republicans in places like Long Island, New York, are drawn away from Trump. But is this simply an anomaly of 2016?

Is it simply a result of the Hillary-Clinton-versus-Trump dynamic inherent to 2016, but not other candidates or election years? And do the effects simply cancel each other out? If 250,000 union workers in Michigan who voted for President Barack Obama vote for Trump, and 250,000 white suburban folks in Michigan who voted for 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney vote against Trump, it would be a wash of sorts. A similar effect could play out in places like Pennsylvania, where more tra-

Each party may be losing voters to the other, which is to be feared, but each party is gaining new voters from the other, which is to be embraced. ditionally Democratic areas like Scranton and Pittsburgh could tilt more Republican than usual, and more traditionally Republican areas like the Philadelphia suburbs could tilt more Democratic than usual.

The effect is marred, though, because many of these so-called “Reagan Democrats” who Trump says are leaving the Democratic Party to vote for him probably have not voted for a Democrat for president in years. Yes, they may still be registered Democrats, but for all intents and purposes, most have likely voted for Republicans John McCain and Romney instead of Obama. So the argument coming from the Trump campaign that he’s bringing new voters into the fold is true but disingenuous, because it may be a net negative or a net neutral, given that many voters will leave the Republican Party because of Trump.

Whether this type of shift is permanent for the foreseeable future, this potential shift should not worry people. These sorts of shifts happen from time to time. Consider the shift of African Americans from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party between the end of the Civil War and the enactment of civil rights legislation in the 1960s.

Consider the shift of southern whites from the Democratic Party to Republican Party between the enactment of civil rights legislation in the 1960s and the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

These shifts are normal parts of the political process, as voters realign their party preferences to match the changing times.

I do not believe the realignment — whether permanent or for this election only — will be as pronounced as that of the aforementioned shifts of African Americans and southern Democrats. Rather, I believe it will be much more on the margins. A suburban county of Philadelphia that Republican Romney carried 51-48 percent may now go 53-46 for Democrat Clinton. Or a blue-collar county outside of Detroit lively with autoworkers that Democrat Obama carried 65-33 may now go only 53-46 for Democrat Clinton. Will this redraw the electoral map? It has the potential to, but I believe much of the state

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Columbus on March 1. shifts from one party to the other will be offset by other shifts. So, for instance, Michigan or Ohio might just barely go Republican this November, but Georgia and Arizona and North Carolina might just barely go Democratic as well.

In any case, we seem to be seeing a realignment of the coalitions that comprise each party. Each party may be losing voters to the other, which is to be feared, but each party is gaining new voters from

the other, which is to be embraced.

Will this be the case? And how pronounced will it be? Only time will tell.

Andrew Podob First-year doctorate student in American politics

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Used Kids Records to move north ZAK KOLESAR Lantern reporter kolesar.25@osu.edu Since the inception of Used Kids Records in 1986, the local record store has maintained roots in the heart of the campus portion of North High Street. This May, the store will mark its 30th anniversary by packing up and heading a few minutes east to take the place of the now-defunct Young’s Food Mart.

After a 30-year run split between a High Street basement and the current upstairs storefront, owner Greg Hall and the Used Kids family believe that 2016 is an opportune time for the record store to relocate.

Although the new 2500 Summit St. location will be less accessible to students living on campus, Hall took into account how the move might affect the traffic of Ohio State students.

But the problems that construction has caused in the past — and are currently causing with the rezoning of High Street — presented Used Kids with an ideal situation and time to begin a new chapter.

“We’ve been around a lot of the construction here several times, and with the upcoming demolition essentially three or four blocks south of us, we honestly don’t really want to try to struggle through it again,” Hall said. “When the opportunity came up that we could find a new home still kind of within that campus region, we were excited about it.”

The new establishment, situated near the corner of Summit Street

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Used Kids Records is currently located at 1980 N. High St.

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Owner Greg Hall said he thinks that the new location will feel more like home because of the shared principles between the nearby establishments.

30-year campus institution plans to transition to a larger space near the corner of Hudson and Summit and Hudson Street, will put Used Kids in a niche neighborhood-type area that fits the aesthetic and general vibe the store proudly puts off.

Being surrounded by establishments like local performance bar Rumba Café, tattoo parlor Evolved Body Art and art gallery Wild Goose Creative will add to the area between Summit and Fourth streets, creating a sense of an arts

community. Hall mentioned that the new location will feel more like home because of the shared principles between the nearby establishments.

“There’s a really cool scooter shop right there, so it’s kind of a neighborhood that … I think Summit and Fourth are kind of becoming where the cool stuff is,” Hall said.

The man behind Used Kids’ emotion-provoking look and design is Hall’s “right-hand man” Tom Shannon. The DNA of the organic artwork and eye-catching fonts made possible by Shannon will be apparent at the new storefront but with new twists for dedicated customers.

“I like to kind of bring that folkart, funky kind of vibe to the shop,

so we’ll definitely have that in the new shop,” Hall said.

Two of the main advantages for Used Kids packing up and relocating include a parking lot with around 20 free parking spaces, including parking on Summit Street, and a more spread-out store setup.

The store’s current makeup, broken into sections by used and new albums or genres such as jazz and blues, has aisles that stagger the groupings of its records. The large collection of vinyl records, along with a variety of CDs, cassette tapes and zines will be transported to the more wide-open space that the Summit location offers, and this will aid in the organization of these traditional mediums.

The space will also give Hall freedom to share his collection of antique concert posters.

“It will be bigger in the sense of it will actually flow because of the way it’s structured,” Hall said. “It will actually feel bigger because here it’s cut up a little bit, but there it’s one wide straight space, so it will actually probably psychologically feel bigger, but technically the square footage is the same.”

When Used Kids Records started in 1986, the vinyl industry was dominant, but compact disc players quickly became the popular medium during the 1990s.

Over time, Used Kids survived the supposed death of the record player, and those mediums continue to bask in a reported resurgence over the past decade. Just last year, the sale of vinyl records grew by 30 USED KIDS CONTINUES ON 8

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK Tuesday, March 22

Farm to Fork Table Talks from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Drake Performance and Event Center. A student-led discussion on agriculture along with a panel of farmers and veterinarians will address questions in an event hosted by the student organization Collegiate Young Farmers.

Admission is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Wednesday, March 23

Pete Yorn doors open at 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The New Jersey singer is set to perform in support of his new album, “ArrangingTime.” Tickets are $36 including fees via Ticketmaster and $28 at the door the day of the show.

COTA’s Line #2 runs on High St. until midnight* * Mon-Sat, until 10pm on Sundays

Thursday, March 24 Columbus Blue Jackets vs.

Carolina Hurricanes 7 p.m. at Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. Metropolitan division rivals go head to head. Tickets start at $39 including fees via Ticketmaster. Student tickets are available starting at $15 the day of the event.

Trapathon Ep. 5 10 p.m. at Spacebar, 2590 N. High St. The fifth installment of the dance party highlighting trap music, featuring CJ Townsend. Admission is free for ages 18+.

Friday, March 25

Saturday, March 26

Charlie Puth doors open at 7 p.m. at A&R Music Bar. The New Jersey singer known for “See You Again” and “One Call Away” is set to perform. Opening acts are Phoebe Ryan and Sophie Beem. The show is sold-out and for all ages.

Manray, Turtle Island and Sleepfeet doors at 9 p.m. at Spacebar, 2590 N. High St. Former Columbus’ Own featured band Turtle Island joins rock outfit Sleepfeet and Dayton trio Manray for a show. Admission is $7 for under 21, $5 for over.

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New location, same formula for Short North Coffee House

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Short North Coffee House, located at 1203 N. High St., is currently under construction.

KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Assistant Sports Editor stankiewicz.16@osu.edu The coffee will soon flow again during all hours of the day for a local coffee shop.

After being dormant for nearly eight months, Short North Coffee House is nearing the end of its relocation process and could reopen by the end of the month or early April, said store owner Inayat Ullah.

Many of the store’s distinguishing aspects — namely being open 24 hours a day and a menu that stretches beyond coffee and bakery items — will be intact when it opens at its new location of 1203 N. High St., just two doors south of West Fifth Avenue.

“I can’t wait until we open,” said Cynthia Valentini, an employee who worked at the store for years up until its midsummer closure.

“I’m really looking forward to it.”

The store, which was previously

situated at 1195 N. High St., closed in mid-July after the landlord opted to forgo renewing Ullah’s lease. He said he quickly began scouting new locations, including some closer to campus, for his business to reopen at.

Ullah eventually settled on the one a few doors north, where he is eager to illuminate the “open” sign once again.

Those who patronized Short North Coffee House at its former location will not be caught off guard when they enter the new store, both Ullah and Valentini said.

The menu and the local artwork that blanketed the former location’s walls remain. Even the light fixtures from the old place — which resemble upside-down, plastic-white roses — are already suspended from the ceiling.

“About the only difference is it’s going to be a little bit smaller,” Valentini said, adding the store’s couch won’t be there in order to

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The coffeehouse is open 24 hours a day and has a menu that stretches beyond coffee and bakery items.

“Believe me, the first shot of espresso is going to be mine ...

Oh, and I want one of our grilled cheeses again, too.”

Cynthia Valentini Employee, Short North Coffee House

make room for more tables. “It was usually pretty full anyway, so now that might be worse. But everything else will be the same.”

The Columbus coffee scene is rather dense, especially in the Short North, where local shops serving java-based beverages dot the cultural arts district. Ullah said he knows that what differentiates his store from the crowd is its 24-hour service and a menu that contains not just bakery items, but breakfast sandwiches, grilled cheese and flat-

bread pizzas, to name a few.

These two features were strategically included early on in the store’s existence, which dates back to 2009 when it was called Travonna Coffee House, Ullah said.

“Many people come to have coffee and study,” he said. “And they’re all so happy they don’t have to go outside for food. They have everything — coffee, food, wifi — in one facility for them.”

The 24-hour service is especially popular among students and those with nontraditional work schedules, Valentini said. At the old location, she recalls often seeing the same students studying at odd hours of the night.

For Chase Ruhlen, he falls under both categories. The third-year in marketing works third shift at The Blackwell Inn, and he said he tries to maintain a consistent sleep pattern on his nights off. As a result, Short North Coffee House was his primary study sanctuary to avoid

keeping his roommates awake.

“It’s perfect for an all-nighter. I know I wrote a 15-page paper there once,” Ruhlen said, adding he can’t wait for it to reopen, especially with final exams looming.

The eight-month closure has been hard, Valentini said, because she misses seeing the regular customers. Now she’s just counting down the days until the familiar faces return and the sounds and scents of renovation give way to the aroma of brewing coffee.

“Believe me, the first shot of espresso is going to be mine,” Valentini said. “Oh, and I want one of our grilled cheeses again, too.”

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But while spring may not have brought warmth quite yet, it has sprung new music. Its great stuff to listen to while we wait for the cherry trees to bloom and rooftop-chillin’ season to begin.

“Reflections in Real Time” by Kilo Kish Lakisha Robinson is the kind of person who probably has a hard time deciding what to write under the occupation section when filling out forms. I would suggest “creative multitasker” for someone like her, whose work includes music, clothing and visual art.

The music she makes as Kilo Kish has brought her the most attention, an experimental fusion of

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Much of it should be instantly relatable for college students, and not just the uncertainty of which she sings. Weariness of a technological divide is a theme here, as are the pressures to keep up with an accelerating culture.

“Eyelash extensions in a no-filter world,” she sings on “Collected Views from Dinner.” “You should really get on Snapchat, connect with the kids.”

A lot of the time, you need to get away from the artists at the top of the charts to find someone whose music you can relate to. Kilo Kish is not famous, just like you, and she is living and making art without the

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Her two new tracks consider her role as an advocate for displaced peoples, above an unrelenting rhythm and a well-placed “Lion King” sample. “At the border I see the patroller cruising past in their car / Creeping in my socks and slipper / Mexicans say ‘hola,’” she sings.

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Lookout Records co-founder talks punk history CAMERON CARR For The Lantern carr.613@osu.edu On tour in support of his latest book “How to Ru(i)n a Record Label,” Lookout Records co-founder Larry Livermore delivered a nonchalant conversation at Used Kids Records on Saturday. Dressed in a polo and jeans, Livermore spoke plainly — almost nervously — to the crowd. For one of the most influential punk figures of the 1980s, he was an understated character.

To be fair, most people probably are unfamiliar with Livermore despite being familiar with Green Day or any number of bands inspired by the California punk scene Livermore helped proliferate. His influence on modern music is an understated one: Livermore never achieved fame as a musician, but his record label brought Green Day to the masses and put out important releases by influential punk acts such as Operation Ivy, Screeching Weasel and The Mr. T Experience.

Arriving a little late, Livermore quickly got started with a casual yet confident tone fit for the small record store’s audience. His career-spanning talk offered stories, little known details and a couple readings from his book. Immediately breaking from formality, he began by asking the crowd to vote in favor of a focus on stories or

Larry Livermore speaks at Used Kids Records on March 19. readings from the book — stories won — and he then took suggestions from the crowd on topics to cover.

“A lot of the stuff I talk about I have to preface with, ‘Please don’t try this at home or in your own lives,’” he joked after offering a story of his last Columbus visit more than 40 years ago in which he and a group of friends, all broke while travelling, were chased out of town by police after stealing food

from a market.

The talk proceeded in a somewhat scattered manner, as Livermore made seemingly fluid transitions between loosely related topics. Livermore took the audience through his first experiences as a “punk,” to the early days at the legendary concert venue 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, which spawned Lookout Records, to his decision to leave Lookout Records in 1997.

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Throughout the talk, Livermore detailed the troubles he faced in the Lookout days from violent concert attendees and skinheads to neighbors threatening to burn his house down after he published his first zine, which they found unfavorable.

For serious punk fans, the event provided a rare perspective on the Lookout Records scene. Livermore recalled his first time seeing Operation Ivy, who would later prove for-

mative in the ska-punk genre (“By the time they hit the first chord, everyone was on stage,” Livermore said of the band); when the success of Green Day and other acts drove co-founder David Hayes away from Lookout; and deep oddities such as the surprising popularity of a release by a cappella Beastie Boys alternative, Yeastie Girlz.

Notable was Livermore’s lack of concern for selling his book.

Though he made a point to dutifully remind the audience of his items for sale, he happily directed his attention to whatever topics made sense throughout his talk. Rather than using the tour as promotion for higher sales, the book seemed almost to be used as an opportunity to travel and tell stories.

In closing, Livermore followed through with his understated attitude, saying his biggest accomplishment was releasing music by obscure acts, such as Brent’s TV, that would have otherwise gone unheard. Though he noted his pride for helping to establish the Grammy-winning Green Day, he said he was equally proud of all the people he had shared experiences with that continued on to less grandiose jobs.

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percent in 2015, according to a report from Forbes in January.

Used Kids also endured the reparations of a 2001 fire, which totaled over $100,000 in damages and resulted in the transfer from the original 1992 N. High St. location to its present 1980 N. High St. residence. The trials that one of Columbus’ music staples has endured — the crippling economy and an electrical fire — makes the store’s concerns with leaving the OSU proximity seem miniscule.

“In my opinion, I think that a record store being in one location for 30 years is really abnormal, so people have become familiar with us, and my main concern would have been them feeling a sense of loss,” said Used Kids employee Ryan Eilbeck.

There is not yet a plan to resurrect the decades-long influence that Used Kids brought to the campus, but Hall said he has been mulling the idea of keeping the High Street vibes alive in the future.

“We have aspirations to bring back a small boutique shop on High Street some place, but don’t know how or when that’s going to happen, but it’s a goal of ours,” Hall said.

In the meantime, Used Kids will begin preparing for a move sometime after Record Store Day on April 16. Hall said he imagines that the record store will only be closed for a couple of days — preferably on slow days like Tuesday and Wednesday — because the new location will have been prepared for an immediate reopening.

“We might have some folks that love the shop and want to help, and I’ve had a number of people, which is really cool, reach out and express an interest in just helping,” Hall said.

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Research Hospital had never seen before. After surgery to remove the tumor, Wisehart was admitted to the intensive care unit, and shortly after, her condition worsened.

“I spent three weeks in the ICU unable to breathe on my own and suffered from many other illnesses, including pneumonia, pancreatitis, IV infiltrate, collapsed lung and had to be put in isolation and also in a medically induced coma,” Wisehart said. “After being transferred from the ICU, I spent the next 65 days on the rehab floor.”

Since her discharge, Wisehart has remained cancer-free, but specialists are still working to find the cause of the tumor and if it will return. Wisehart has continued with physical, occupational and speech therapies both in her home in Powell, Ohio, and at outpatient therapy at the OSU Martha Morehouse Rehab, Powell location.

One of Wisehart’s close friends and philanthropy chair of Tri Delta, Emily Perry, organized a fundraiser on her behalf.

“When she got diagnosed, that was a really rough patch for a lot of people. The first thing that I

did was make a gray LiveStrong bracelet that said, ‘Tri Delta Loves Lauren,’ and I sold those for her.

Every girl in Tri Delta has one, and we also sold them to all different people,” said Perry, a second-year in biology.

She attests to the strength she has seen in Wisehart throughout her journey.

“I think the coolest thing about (Wisehart) is you see her strength in everything she does,” Perry said. “She is one of the best people I have ever met, and she’s had to fight through this hard time but has still been such a positive person.”

Tri Delta’s national philanthropy is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Tri Delta nationally has raised more than $31,000,000 since its 1999 partnership. OSU’s chapter has raised more than $152,000 in the past 12 years through its philanthropy events during the school year, according to the chapter website.

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It really helps us understand the work we are doing,” Lauren Perry said.

Wisehart said she advises anyone going through a similar situation to “try their best to stay positive and surround themselves with positive people.”

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mained until overtime.

In that extra session, it was freshman forward Mason Jobst collecting a rebound and firing it into the net to keep OSU’s season alive for at least one more night.

But it did prove to just be one more night, as the Buckeyes were unable to hold onto a 1-0 third-period lead over top-seeded Minnesota.

The Golden Gophers came alive in the final period, getting four pucks past OSU junior goalie Christian Frey. The Buckeyes tacked on a goal late, but it was not nearly enough to avoid the 4-2 season-ending defeat to the eventual Big Ten champions.

Men’s lacrosse After a promising 5-1 start, the then-No. 20 men’s lacrosse team faced a big test over spring break, as it had three ranked opponents on the schedule.

The Buckeyes, who could have asserted themselves nationally with

a strong showing, instead stumbled, losing all three of those games.

They opened with an 8-5 loss on the road to then-No. 14 Hofstra before coming back to Columbus, where OSU fell to then-No. 10 Towson in overtime on March 15, 10-9.

At that point, the most difficult matchup still awaited the Buckeyes.

OSU headed west to take on the defending national champions and top-ranked Denver. The Scarlet and Gray trailed by just one goal early on in the second half, but the Pioneers pulled away to win 15-6.

OSU, however, is set to get another chance to right the ship against a premier opponent on Saturday. The Buckeyes are scheduled to take on No. 2 Notre Dame at 1 p.m. inside Ohio Stadium.

Softball The softball team had a successful trip to Southern California, winning four of the five games it played

in San Diego, headlined by a win over then-No. 24 Fresno State. The 9-6 victory was OSU’s second over a top 25 team this season.

Fueled by a quick start, OSU (147) took down San Diego State 4-3 on Wednesday before playing four games in the San Diego State Tournament.

The Buckeyes dropped their opener against Long Beach State 5-3 after surrendering three runs to the 49ers in the bottom of the sixth inning. OSU bounced back, however, defeating San Jose State 8-3 on Friday.

The crown jewel of the trip was the Buckeyes’ victory over Fresno State. OSU rallied to tie the game in the fifth inning before sealing the deal in the sixth with three more runs.

OSU finished the trip off on the right note Sunday afternoon against Cal Poly. After falling behind 2-0,

the Buckeyes rattled off seven unanswered runs en route to victory.

In the most recent polls, OSU was unranked but it received a few votes.

But following their showing in Southern California, the Buckeyes now might break into the top 25.

Women’s lacrosse Of all the teams mentioned, it is hard to argue that any is playing better than the OSU women’s lacrosse team. The No. 17 Buckeyes finished off a perfect five-game homestand with three victories over the week and a half of spring break.

The three wins were marked by stellar defense, as OSU gave up just 17 goals in the three games.

Senior midfielder Cian Dabrowski was the standout during the stretch for the Scarlet and Gray, scoring eight goals over the three contests. Senior goalie Katie Frederick came up big defensively, stopping 17 shots overall.

The wins were by scores of 11-5 over Cincinnati, 10-8 over Virginia Tech and 10-4 over Canisius.

Now with a three-game road trip ahead of it, OSU will look to keep its home success going elsewhere.

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OSU sophomore Kyle Snyder during the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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-ious experiences has been a keystone of Ryan’s coaching tenure at OSU. A belief in focusing more on what can be improved on rather than winning or losing clearly showed as Martin gained the advantage and picked up the win.

Ryan was one of the first people Martin embraced post-victory. The bond between the two has grown since the beginning of the year.

“I just love that guy so much,” Martin said.

As for Snyder, the path to being named the NCAA’s top heavyweight has been intensely watched by wrestling enthusiasts from BASKETBALL FROM 12

prisingly, starts with sophomore guard Kelsey Mitchell.

Mitchell, the linchpin of the Buckeye offensive attack, has continued to elevate her scoring to the next level, dropping 27 points against Buffalo and 45 against West Virginia. Her efforts have been enough for OSU to keep marching onward while Alston has retreated to more of a role-player position. “(Mitchell is) obviously very tough to defend,” said OSU coach Kevin McGuff. “She’s got speed and quickness and handles the ball like no one in college basketball.”

Mitchell uses her handles to quickly react to what the defense throws at her, and when she has

around the world. Earlier this year, Snyder captured a Big Ten title after winning a world championships at 97 kilograms.

Until January, Snyder wasn’t even supposed to be competing this year.

The Maryland native was amid a redshirt season to train for the Olympics before he opted to don the Scarlet and Gray again as a heavyweight. The removal of the redshirt turned out to be the right choice.

Even after just 11 matches, Snyder captured the top spot among 285-pound wrestlers. Those bouts,

he said, served as a precursor and a learning experience.

“I think overall the more you can compete against anybody, doesn’t matter what size or what level, it’s going to make you a better wrestler,” Snyder said.

Snyder continues his preparation for the Olympic trials, where he might be joined by a teammate.

Martin said he received an invite after winning the championship, but he said he needs to discuss the matter with coaches before making a decision on the matter.

Martin finishes the year at 33-6, the highest win total for the team

enough open space to use her speed, she just might be the most lethal guard in the country.

“Coach McGuff put an emphasis on me to play at a fast pace, and I know that coach is one of the guys who helps me keep going with the ball,” Mitchell said. “He tells me to go straight up and at the people.

I think it helps our team as a whole as far as transitioning and driving.”

But with Alston out of the mix for certain periods of the game, opponents have the ability to focus solely on Mitchell.

A good example is the Big Ten semifinal when Michigan State laid a stomping on the Buckeyes.

With Alston sidelined, the Spartans zeroed in on Mitchell, forcing

others to step up. In that game, Ohio State didn’t.

With Alston continuing to be hampered by her wrist, opponents might use that game as a blueprint to defeating the Buckeyes. As a result, OSU has other players who will need to continue to step up.

Cooper has become the second scorer for the Buckeyes, averaging 16 points per game in the first two contests of the tournament.

Beyond Cooper, the X-factor who could decide how far the Buckeyes go in the tournament is sophomore forward Alexa Hart, who is primarily known for her rebounding and defensive talents.

Hart’s contributions tend to fall behind the shadows of Mitchell,

this season. Snyder finished with a perfect 11-0 record.

Although the two individual titles and third-place team finish certainly add up to a successful trip for OSU, a national champion from last season suffered a tough defeat during the tournament.

Redshirt sophomore Nathan Tomasello, who captured the 125-pound crown in 2015, had his 43-match win streak severed in the semifinals by Iowa’s Thomas Gilman. Tomasello was pinned in overtime. The Parma, Ohio, native rebounded from the defeat, though.

He would go on to win two more matches to finish in third place, which helped vault OSU into a third-place team finish.

Another OSU wrestler, Bo Jordan, also grabbed a third-place victory. The redshirt sophomore lost to his cousin, Isaac Jordan, for the fourth time on Friday, but he came back to top Virginia Tech’s David McFadden 8-2 for the bronze.

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Alston and Cooper, but if she can become another go-to option in the post, the Buckeyes will have a way to offset Alston’s scoring vacancy.

Furthermore, with the pressure that the Buckeyes apply on the defensive end, they’ve been able to engineer defense out of offense, especially with the speed of Mitchell and sophomore guard Asia Doss. Against West Virginia, OSU combined for a total of 40 points off Mountaineer turnovers.

“In the backcourt when I press, I think it was really effective down the stretch because I think fatigue settled in for both teams,” Mitchell said. “I think they tried to throw the ball a lot of different places, and we were able to get a lot of

deflections, loose balls and 50-50 balls, which also helped us in the end.”

The havoc that the Buckeye backcourt causes makes them hard to stop once they get on a roll. McGuff and his squad will look to revolve its strategy around defense with Alston, the catalyst, spending a majority of the game on the bench.

OSU is scheduled to continue its tournament journey by heading west to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where it’s set to take on seventh-seeded Tennessee in the Sweet 16 on Friday. Tipoff time has yet to be announced.

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(Clockwise from upper-left) (1) OSU sophomore guard Kelsey Mitchell (3) during an NCAA tournament game against West Virginia on March 20.

(2) OSU junior forward Shayla Cooper (32) during an NCAA tournament game against West Virginia on March 20.

(3) OSU sophomore guard Asia Doss (20) during an NCAA tournament game against West Virginia on March 20.

(4) OSU players celebrate during a game against Buffalo in the NCAA tournament on March 18 at St. John Arena.

NATHAN RUBINSTEIN Lantern reporter rubinstein.24@osu.edu Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Despite a series of obstacles blocking its way, the Ohio State women’s basketball team is chugging along and is now one of the final 16 teams left standing in the NCAA tournament.

The season was largely a successful one, with the Buckeyes even sniffing a top seed in the tournament toward the end of the regular season. But three losses in their final four games — and possibly the biggest loss of all, the health of senior guard Ameryst Alston — left the Scarlet and Gray with a lot of uncertainty as the tournament got underway.

But nearly two weeks off to find its confidence and footing again seems to have paid dividends. Now, the dream is back on.

OSU, a No. 3 seed, began its March Madness journey on the right path, knocking out Buffalo and West Virginia, but the road only gets tougher from this point on for the Buckeyes, as only the best of the best survive.

With Alston still not at 100 percent health because of a wrist injury, it will be a tall task for the Buckeyes to create an offensive flow against the tougher defensive teams they will face in the NCAA tournament.

“We just have to pick up play for her, ourselves and the coaches,” said junior forward Shayla Cooper.

“For the team, I just think it says that we got our mojo back.”

It is no question that Alston’s teammates have her back. But as their prospective opponents get tougher, the Buckeyes need to find ways to perform at regular-season productivity with one of their top players at less than full strength.

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Catching up with Ohio State sports RYAN COOPER KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Sports Editors cooper.487@osu.edu stankiewicz.16@osu.edu Students and faculty might be just getting back in the swing of things after being relieved of their responsibilities from March 11 to Monday for spring break, but many Ohio State athletics teams did not enjoy that same luxury.

Things were business as usual for these squads, with some even using the time off from classes to pick up the pace of schedule.

While details about how the OSU wrestling and women’s basketball teams fared in their NCAA tourna-

ment action over the weekend can be found elsewhere in the section, here is a rundown of how six other Buckeye units fared.

Baseball OSU baseball played seven games over a nine-game stretch, starting with a four-game series in Las Vegas against University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Buckeyes split those four games, including a win in the final one before getting on the plane back to Columbus for their first home series.

That series came against Hofstra, a team that came into the weekend just 5-11. That number became even worse, as OSU took care of business against the Pride with a three-game sweep.

OSU allowed just four runs over the three games. The Friday home opener was marked by a 12-run offensive explosion, but things cooled down from there. The Buckeyes needed a late rally in Game 2 to grab a 4-2 win, while senior lefty John Havird tossed seven strong innings in the final game to lift the home team to a 2-1 victory and sweep.

Now 11-6-1 on the year, eight of OSU’s next nine games are set to come at its home field at Bill Davis Stadium.

Men’s basketball The NCAA tournament might have been devoid of scarlet and gray this year, but that does not mean OSU didn’t have any postseason action after its quarterfinal exit from

the Big Ten tournament.

Coach Thad Matta and the Buckeyes accepted a bid into the National Invitational Tournament, where they were a No. 3 seed.

Their first draw came at the Schottenstein Center against Mid-American Conference runner-up Akron. In a tight game that featured 10 ties and 23 lead changes, it was fitting that regulation ended with the teams tied at 62.

The overtime period was all OSU, however, as the Buckeyes outscored the Zips 10-1 in the final five minutes to take a 72-63 win and earn a second-round meeting with Florida.

The matchup against the Gators proved to be a sloppy contest, with OSU shooting just 39 percent. Junior

forward Marc Loving and freshman guard JaQuan Lyle combined for 39 of OSU’s 66 points, but it was not enough to top the Gators, who won 74-66, ending OSU’s tumultuous season.

Men’s ice hockey It was Big Ten tournament time in St. Paul, Minnesota, over spring break, and the OSU men’s hockey team had as much momentum as anyone, coming in unbeaten in seven straight contests.

That momentum certainly carried over to the Buckeyes’ first-round matchup with Michigan State. A third-period goal by OSU sophomore forward Matthew Weis knotted the game up at 3, which it reSPRING CONTINUES ON 10