The Lantern: Buckeye Bound 2015

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w elc o m e fro m t h e la n t er n Hello fellow Buckeyes and welcome to Ohio State!

I’m sure that by now, many of you have had your fill of personal anecdotes shared by parents, siblings, tour guides and friends who feel the need to reflect with teary-eyed nostalgia on the good ol’ days of college. From the rowdy antics of crazy fans tailgating on Saturday nights to the nightmares of general chemistry lectures endured during freshman year, everyone feels the need to send you off on your own with a bit of well-intentioned advice.

Perhaps you’ve been told college will be the best years of your life. Perhaps you’ve been warned to take studying seriously and to carefully manage your new-found freedom. Perhaps you’ve heard the glorified stories of your eccentric uncle’s college pranks enough times to write a book about them. Or perhaps you are the first one in your family to go to college and you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by all of the envelopes and forms that are sent to your mailbox and inbox in a seemingly neverending stream.

But the beauty of coming to college is that none of these predisposed notions matter the minute you step onto campus.

College is a different experience for everyone, and that’s perfectly okay. Whether you are coming to Ohio State to follow in the footsteps of a family of alums or if you are the first one from your hometown to pack up your bags and move to Columbus, everyone starts out with a clean slate. And although it’s great to collect bits and pieces of advice regarding which dining halls to frequent or what size of sheets to pack, you will find that no amount of advice will compare to the lessons you will learn on your own during this upcoming year.

We here at The Lantern want to welcome you to Ohio State not with a booklet of general “do’s” and “don’ts” (although, admittedly, there still is a little bit of that, as we have enlisted our editors to share some of their best OSU-related tips and tricks in this special issue), but instead with a helpful reference that you can use as you embark on your unique OSU experience.

College is a time for discovery and growth, but like any period of change, it’s helpful to remember that this process is different for everyone. So go out there and explore, try new things and make mistakes. Ask for help when you need it, but also don’t be afraid to make the decisions that feel right to you. And, hopefully, after one year here on this beautiful campus, you’ll have a collection of your own collegiate memories to cherish.

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A multitude of concert venues means that there’s always a show for you

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Located right on High Street, the Newport is a standby for concert-loving students. The venue is complete with a balcony and provides a great, personal experience with the bands. This fall, the Newport welcomes acts such as Beach House and Passion Pit.

Rain or shine, LC Pavilion welcomes acts in-between the Newport and the Schottenstein Center or Nationwide. All shows take place inside during the winter. But when the weather warms up, the lawn opens up. Death Cab for Cutie and Of Monsters and Men are among acts that play the venue this fall.

Between basketball and hockey games, the Schot hosts big name entertainers. On the bill this fall is Def Leppard and a sold out Twenty One Pilots show.

Intimate concerts are great, but arena concerts also have their perks. An advantage of living in a big city is Taylor Swift plays not just one, but two nights here this fall at Nationwide Arena.

Photo above: Gavin James of Kodaline performs May 19 at Newport Music Hall

Photo above: Nicholas Petricca and Kevin Ray, of Walk the Moon, perform.

Photo above: Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant performs at the Schottenstein Center on Sept. 5.

The band served as the opener for headliner The Black Keys.

Photo above: Trey Songz performs for an audience during a stop on his ‘Between the Sheets’ tour with Chris Brown on Feb. 14 at Nationwide Arena.

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3 reasons why Ohio State football could repeat as national champions Coming off a championship in the inaugural College Football Playoff, the Ohio State football team justifiably has large expectations ahead of the 2015 season.

After all, the team returns all but five starters from a unit that won 13 straight games to close out the season and beat Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon by a combined 88 points in its final three.

The Buckeyes come into the 2015 season ranked No. 1 in pretty much every poll out there. An elite offense and elite defense are expected to come together as it did late in

the 2014 season from the start and make OSU the title favorites coming in.

Here are three reasons why the OSU faithful might start thinking about making the trip to Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 11 for the national championship game.

An offensive line that makes very good players elite The 2014 OSU team showed both the benefit and disaster that stems directly from the good or bad performance of an offensive line. In OSU’s home loss to Virginia Tech last season — the same team that the Buckeyes open the 2015 season against — then-redshirt freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett was sacked seven times and pressured countless others.

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After that, however, “The Slobs,” as they’re known, came together to create a shield in front of the quarterback. In the three postseason games, new starting QB Cardale Jones was only brought down five times.

Jones used the abundance of time to throw for 742 yards in his three starts and run for 90 more.

Maybe even more beneficial from the protection of the line than the quarterback, however, was then-sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott, who exploded for 696 rushing yards in the three postseason games, adding eight touchdowns.

In 2015, four of the five “Slobs” are back, with only redshirt senior Chase Farris slotFOOTBALL CONTINUES ON 10

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10 FOOTBALL FROM 9 ting in at right tackle for the now-Baltimore Raven Darryl Baldwin.

Senior tackle Taylor Decker and junior guard Pat Elflein were named to the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, given to the top interior lineman in the country, while senior Jacoby Boren was added to the Rimington Trophy watch list for the top center. Sophomore Billy Price rounds out the line that could vault Elliott and whoever starts at quarterback out of Barrett, Jones and redshirt senior Braxton Miller to the top of the Heisman Trophy contention.

The one who shrugs Junior defensive lineman Joey Bosa has made an absolute joke out of nearly every offensive line he’s stacked up against. His mixture of speed and power has made him

arguably the top defensive player in the country, and a very distinct possibility for a future No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.

The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native followed up a very impressive true freshman campaign that featured 7.5 sacks by exploding for 13.5 last year. While he did not accumulate any in the three postseason contests, much of that was due to opposing lines doubling up on him, which allowed other pass-rushers, such as linebackers Darron Lee and Joshua Perry, more room to operate.

Bosa is an absolute game-changer for the Buckeyes defense and has been added to virtually every preseason award watch list for which he is eligible. He was a unanimous first-team All-American last year, and with his abilities it is hard to envision him not getting there again.

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A constant criticism about OSU since coach Urban Meyer arrived in Columbus for the 2012 season is the lowly competition the Buckeyes have seen themselves up against.

Some say the quality of OSU’s non-conference and Big Ten opponents is a major reason for Meyer’s 38-3 record in Columbus. While many of the critics were silenced after OSU’s thumping of three of the top teams in the nation to finish the 2014 season, they will likely be able to dig up the same complaints in the 2015 regular season.

OSU’s four non-conference opponents — Virginia Tech, Hawaii, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan — combined to go 30-23 last year, with only Virginia Tech in a power conference.

Of course, the Hokies knocked off the Buckeyes for OSU’s only loss last season,

so anything is possible.

OSU’s one major regular-season test, for the second year in a row, is East division foe Michigan State on Nov. 21 at The Horseshoe. Last season, OSU went into East Lansing and knocked off the Spartans 49-37 for its signature regular-season victory.

MSU will look to return the favor in Columbus in a game that may very well determine not only who goes to the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis, but very well may determine who gets a spot in the CFP. While it is hard to see the Buckeyes falling to any of their opponents before that secondto-last regular-season game, the OSU faithful can look forward to what already looks to be the biggest game at The Horseshoe in many years.

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Photos clockwise from left: Scientists watch as an endothermic reaction takes place instead of a ribbon cutting during the CBEC Building Grand Opening on April 10. Optometry graduates of the Spring 2015 class cheer during OSU’s Commencement Ceremony on May 10 at Ohio Stadium. An Indian dance performer entertains during the Utsav 2015 celebration. Jacob Niggemeyer throws a pitch during a game against Morehead State on April 22.

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Columbus Blue Jackets games or doing play-by-play announcing for various Ohio State sporting events through Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio.

I’m usually working on Saturdays, but going for a run is nice when I have the time!

Buckeye games! If there is not a game, I like to hang out with friends and see a movie or go shopping.

Getting away from campus for a little bit, whether it be exploring the Short North or venturing to Easton and Polaris.

Making the most of good weather by playing (any) sports on Lincoln Fields with friends.

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Major League Soccer

The Columbus Crew SC is one of Major League Soccer’s 10 original franchises, beginning to play in Ohio’s capital city in 1996. The Crew play their home games at Mapfre Stadium, which is the first soccer specific stadium built for a professional club in the United States.

Mapfre Stadium has also been a regular site for the U.S. men’s soccer team, hosting 10 games since 2000, including World Cup qualifier matches for each of the four World Cups since the stadium opened in 1999.

The stadium is located roughly 2 miles from OSU’s campus, right next to the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds.

The MLS season begins in early March and extends through the summer into autumn. When classes begin on Aug. 25, the Crew still have three more home games on their 2015 schedule, with their final match of the season being played on Oct. 25 in Columbus.

Tickets are available to OSU students through D-Tix, Ohio State’s Discount Ticket Program. They are $13 and include a courtesy $5 food voucher to be used inside the stadium. Due to demand for such tickets, they are awarded via a lottery process. Students can register for the lottery approximately three weeks prior to the match on D-tix website.

National Hockey League

The Columbus Blue Jackets, of the National Hockey League, are one of two top-flight professional sports teams that call Ohio’s most-populated city home.

The Jackets play their 41 home games at Nationwide Arena, which is located in Downtown Columbus in an area of the city appropriately named “The Arena District.”

The 2015-16 NHL regular season begins on Oct. 7 and ends on April 9, 2016, which means while class is in session, there is plenty of hockey for students to watch.

The Jackets sport two 2014-15 All-Stars in forwards Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno, as well as the 2014 Vezina Trophy winner for the league’s top goalie in Sergei Bobrovsky.

Students can easily make the 2.5-mile trip to Nationwide Arena by catching the Central Ohio Transit Authority’s No. 5 bus line, which runs all the way down Neil Avenue and makes a stop inside the Arena District. Two other bus lines, the No. 2, which runs up and down High Street, and No. 18, whose route includes a small segment of Neil Avenue, make stops very close to Nationwide Arena.

As with the Columbus Crew SC, OSU students can get discounted admission into Blue Jackets games with their BuckID through D-Tix. Tickets go on sale at the box office outside the arena one hour before the start of the game and can be purchased for $15 for an upper-bowl ticket or $25 for lower-bowl.

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Minor League Baseball The Columbus Clippers are the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and play their games at Huntington Park, located shortly west of Nationwide Arena.

The Clippers’ schedule runs from mid-April to mid-September, with fan promotions for nearly every home game.

Huntington Park can be accessed on the same Nos. 2, 5 and 18 COTA bus lines as Nationwide Arena.

D-Tix offers tickets for select Clippers games for $8, which includes a $5 food and beverage voucher. Tickets can also be purchased at the stadium box office for $7 for a bleacher seat to $15 for a box seat.

The Clippers are set to begin a six-game homestand the weekend after classes begin.

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EVENTS AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

23 - Student Involvement Fair @ The Oval. 5 - 8 p.m. Free.

1 - Columbus Clippers @ Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Ln. First pitch vs. Indianapolis is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Tickets start at $7.

24 - Buck-i-Frenzy @ and around the RPAC. 2 - 6 p.m. Admission is free.

25 - Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne @ Hopkins Hall Gallery, 128 N. Oval Mall. The exhibition features work from 50 contemporary artists. Free admission.

25 - First day of classes.

26 - The Vaccines @ A&R Music Bar, 391 Neil Ave. 7 p.m. Tickets are $21.60, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

27-31 - Columbus Clippers @ Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Ln. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. on the 30th and 7:05 p.m. the other nights. Tickets start at $7.

5 & 6 - Fashion Meets Music Festival @ Arena District, doors open at noon. The two-day festival taking place on four different stages downtown includes acts such as Young the Giant, Ludacris, AWOLNATION and St. Vincent along with runway shows. Two day general admission tickets are $99.99, one day tickets $59.99 and both available at fmmf.us 6 - Columbus Crew @ Mapfre Stadium, 1 Black & Gold Blvd.

Kickoff vs. FC Dallas is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets start at $23 at the box office or $13 at the Ohio Union.

27 - Buckeye Kick-Off @ Ohio Stadium. 6 - 8 p.m. Free admission, no tickets needed. Bring your BuckID.

6 & 7 - Columbus Clippers @ Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Ln. First pitch vs. Toledo is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. on the 6th and 3:05 p.m. for the regular-season finale on the 7th. Tickets start at $7.

28 & 29 - Tron @ the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St. 7 p.m.

Tickets are $6 for students.

7 - Counting Crows @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 6 p.m. Tickets are $48.10, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

29 - Community Commitment.

8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. OSU students serve the Columbus community during one of the largest single-day volunteer service events held on a college campus

7 - Labor Day. No classes. Campus offices closed.

10 - Tyondai Braxton and Clark @ the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Performance Space, 1871 N. High

St. Two electronica artists are part of the Next @ Wex series. Tickets are $18.

10 - Slightly Stoopid @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $36.10, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

12 - Football vs. Hawaii @ Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

17 - Beach House @ Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. 7 p.m.

Tickets are $33.60, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

17 & 18 - Taylor Swift @ Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $48.25, fees included, and are available through Ticketmaster.

19 - Football vs. Northern Illinois @ Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

19 - After Picasso: 80 Contemporary Artists @ the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St. The Wex’s fall exhibition displays the work of artists who were inspired by legendary Picasso. Students can enter gallery for free with BuckID. 19 - Death Cab for Cutie @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $43.60, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

19 & 20 - Independents’ Day Festival in East Franklinton. The

festival features live music, arts showcases and local vendors.

23 - Father John Misty @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $33.60, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

26 - Football vs. Western Michigan @ Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is TBA. 26 - Columbus Crew @ Mapfre Stadium, 1 Black & Gold Blvd.

Kickoff vs. Portland is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $23 at the box office or $13 at the Ohio Union.

28 - Of Monsters and Men @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $46.10, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

29 - Wavves @ Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $14.95, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

29 - Alabama Shakes @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $48.10, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

30 - Shania Twain @ Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd.

7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $55.85, fees included, and are available through Ticketmaster.

30 - Halestorm @ LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. 7 p.m. Tickets are $38.10, fees included, and available through Ticketmaster.

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Ohio State students rally in support of the ‘Real Food Challenge’

Welcome Freshmen!

A crowd of more than 50 people attended a “Real Food Challenge” rally on campus on April 24.

The goal of the Real Food Challenge is to focus on the institutional purchasing of food and make it more local, humane and supportive of food workers.

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MOLLY TAVOLETTI Former Lantern Reporter

hus far in my 22 years, I have seen and experienced a fair share of what life has to offer. In the last five years alone, I have lived in Pittsburgh, North Carolina, New York and Columbus, visiting countless cities and towns in between — and I am not afraid to admit I have fallen in love with each and every one. And in that time I have learned one thing: If the people represent a city’s heart, the food represents its soul. A city’s food culture defines it, and Columbus is no different.

Although I spent a year gallivanting through the Manhattan and Brooklyn food scene, my time eating and drinking in Columbus should hardly go unrecognized. With a local vibe that triumphs anywhere I’ve been in the world, Columbus’s food scene quite literally brings a lot to the table, if you know where to look.

Here are five of my must-visit venues to eat and drink in Columbus this year.

This story was originally published on April 2, 2015.

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Dos Hermanos Food Truck

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463 N. High St. M-Th (11 a.m.-10 p.m.), F/Sa (11 a.m.-11 p.m.), Su (11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)

Dos Hermanos Taco Truck is one of the handful of local food trucks Seventh Son (1101 N. 4th St.) has on-site throughout the week. Their guacamole alone is mind-blowing, but add it to their amazing and authentic dishes and you get my favorite Columbus street tacos.

Let me be clear. Hot Chicken Takeover is not your runof-the-mill, fast-food fried chicken. This chicken brines for 15 hours, is double deep fried, and dry rubbed with a spicy cayenne paste — a procedure that breathes life to this amazing Nashville-inspired cuisine. The four-item menu emphasizes quality over quantity.

I’m not a huge red meat fan, but every now and then I crave a juicy burger, and Bareburger never disappoints. I first ate there in Brooklyn and I moved back to Columbus just in time for a location to open on High Street. The menu has countless create-your-own burgers where you choose your meat, your toppings and your bun.

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Chop Shop offers ‘dignified’ burgers and fries FRANCIS PELLICIARO @FrancisP123 Asst. Multimedia Editor

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The Chop Shop, located at 2159 N. High St., offers burgers, fries and beer.

What would happen if a burger joint similar in taste to Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened up that also served beer and had televisions tuned to sports?

The opening of The Chop Shop would happen, and it is located next to Buffalo Wild Wings, at the corner of Lane Avenue and North High Street.

The Chop Shop seats roughly 100 people on its first floor and there is a bar on the second floor that seats roughly 40 people.

There is no reason for any of these seats to be empty, as the food is the best of what can ever be called fast food, the service is friendly and television screens can be seen from any corner of the restaurant.

Even if the screens are playing LeBron James beating the Chicago Bulls as they were on Tuesday night, it is hard to turn away from the food and beer options.

The Chop Shop offers a selection of around 64 different beers — including roughly 30 different bottles of imported and craft beers, a selection of 24 beers on tap that is subject to change and includes six local beers, and four beers which are always on tap and are available in the restaurant’s front room as well as at the bar.

There are even more options for burgers. The buildyour-own burger menu option contains six types of cheese including Swiss and white cheddar, toppings unavailable at similar restaurants including garlic mayonnaise and spinach and comfort foods such as onion rings and chili.

If one has a case of indecision, the western burger contains bacon and an onion ring, with sweet barbecue sauce that still does not overpower the rest of a burger.

The burger is smaller than one from Five Guys, but with better tasting meat and a much firmer bun.

The Chop Shop serves very dignified burgers, and the western burger was incredible.

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The food is the best of what can ever be called fast food, the service is friendly and television screens can be seen from any corner of the restaurant.

nified these burgers are because the restaurant’s front windows open up accordion-style to bring patrons fresh summer air, while bringing those sitting at the front faceto-face with people walking down the sidewalk.

If this does not appeal to you, don’t worry – the head manager came by to ask patrons if it was too windy for them, and he was as polite and ready to help as all of his employees.

His employees can also make a great shake, and are happy to mix flavors such as banana, strawberry, and red velvet, with toppings such as key lime, peanut butter, and marshmallows.

I would recommend getting a banana and red velvet shake with chocolate syrup – these mix together seamlessly in a sweet flavor of their own.

The freshly cut fries can also come with unique flavors, such as a topping of parmesan cheese and herbs.

The fries were a little bit soft, but the parmesan cheese was a very fresh take on this commonly served food.

The Chop Shop serves uncommonly good onion rings – they are wide and can stand up to a big bite, with onion that is so stuck to the crunchy batter that the rings never fall apart.

My whole meal cost about $17, but if one is not looking to have a ballooning belly as I was, a meal at The Chop Shop can be much cheaper — around $10 — and almost as fattening.

This story was originally published on May 13, 2015.

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Blaze Pizza like Chipotle—and that’s a good thing DANIEL BENDTSEN Former A&E Editor Blaze Pizza has industrialized the pizzeria and Henry Ford would be proud.

The chain started in 2012, and now two years later, it’s expanded to more than 50 locations. They hit prime real estate this month, with the first of seven central Ohio locations opening across from the Ohio Union on High Street.

The franchise gave away free pizzas (normally $6.75) on the first day to anyone willing to “like” one of Blaze Pizza’s social media accounts.

The publicity stunt was a boom, with lines on High Streets akin to those for a big-name group at the Newport.

I made a point to stop in twice over the weekend to see if High Street’s newest addition is worth its own hype.

And it is indeed one hell of an operation. In the back, there’s

a giant dough-making process shrouded in mystery that preps the dough for 24 hours before punching out eerily perfect-sized lumps.

Then they’re brought up to the line where an employee stamps each one with a big factory-like stampy machine.

Then it’s passed down the line where a half dozen employees will put on different sauces, meats, cheeses and vegetables to your demand.

Maybe the employees are just nervous in the first few days, but they were laying on the customer service act pretty thick. It was like they were pretending to form a personal bond to me and my pizza. Cleverly, your name is written down at the beginning of the line and you advance on down to these questions: “Dan, what kind of cheese can I get you?” “Do you like a lot of spinach, Dan, or just a little bit?” “How does that pepperoni look to you, Dan?” “I can throw some pesto on, no problem,

Every entrepreneur everywhere is kicking themself and thinking, “why didn’t I think of that?”

Dan Marino.”

Look, Blaze Pizza, you don’t need to be a needy girlfriend trying to impress me. You’re already impressive on your own merits.

I do think this level of perkiness can be a turnoff to many people, especially millennials, and the franchise would be wise to tone it down a bit. That will likely happen naturally once poor wages and work environment causes their employees to resent the system as BLAZE CONTINUES ON 26

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Sweet treats hit the street with Buckeye Donuts mobile kitchen

What is your favorite spot to eat near campus?

KHALID MOALIM @khalidmoalim Multimedia Editor Apollo’s Greek Kitchen is a sweet joint to hit up with friends for lunch or a late night dinner. It’s on High Street right across (from) the Ohio Union. It’s also on the cheap side. A meal made up of a gyro, fries and a drink is about $5.

ROBERT SCARPINITO @pinoptimist Copy Chief Japanese Oriental (also known as Japanese & Korean Bistro). Their sushi is pretty affordable and decent for being so close to campus and as someone who’s had authentic Korean food, I can say their offerings aren’t too bad.

The exterior of Buckeye Donuts’ new mobile kitchen, which will be hitting streets by mid-June.

AMANDA ETCHISON @etchison_amanda Editor In Chief As a High Street late-night staple, Buckeye Donuts has had the Ohio State campus going nuts for donuts since 1969. Now, from the back of a new 20-foot long mobile kitchen, this Columbus destination is ready to hit the road.

“We are going to mix it up,” Jimmy Barouxis, third-generation owner of Buckeye Donuts, said. “The truck gives us the chance

to kind of experiment to try new products out, like things that we cannot really do here, that are harder to do here, we can do in the truck.”

The trailer, which Barouxis described as a “restaurant on wheels,” is outfitted with a grill, deep fryer, sandwich station and a “donut robot,” which produces cake donuts.

“We mix the dough, we put the dough in a hopper, and it pumps out the dough in the oil. It is like a little river of oil, and it is like a conveyor belt,” Barouxis said. “The donuts go down the line and then it flips it, it keeps going down the river of oil, then it flips it again out into a bucket and then we prep it from there.”

Barouxis said Buckeye Donuts plans to serve many of the same menu items offered in its brick-and-mortar store, such as breakfast sandwiches, gyros, french fries, tater tots and, of course, donuts.

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“We are going to start off with the mini donuts first and have about five or six flavors.

My favorite spot to eat They are easy to do different flavors because near campus is my apartthey are small, so you can just throw them ment. Great food. Great in the powders, ” Barouxis said. “They are service. And I can always smaller than the ones we have here, but we find an open table. You are also going to do some of the regular sized can go out and treat yourones, too.” self from time to time, A variety of donut flavors — including the but you’ll be amazed how store’s specialty Buckeye donut with chocmuch green you can save olate and peanut butter, blueberry, devil’s by eating at home after a food cake, cinnamon powdered and other few strategic purchases favorites — will also be available in miniat Giant Eagle or Kroger. and full-size, Barouxis said. He added that mini donut prices are set to be around $3 for be a part of the ^^^ ^^ a half-dozen and $5 for a dozen.

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Not all food delivery services are equal SALLEE ANN RUIBAL @salleeannruibal A&E Editor

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For Christmas, my mother gave me a cookbook of recipes that require fewer than five ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make. That cookbook sits on my table underneath empty bags and containers of delivery.

I am devoted to ordering delivery. It’s the easiest, fastest way to fit meals into my schedule.

I’m known for being the one that orchestrates orders for either just the Arts desk or the whole newsroom. It’s a special talent.

Now, I have weighed all the delivery options to tell you which one is best.

3. EatStreet EatStreet is one of the delivery services that employs drivers to pick up food from restaurants and deliver it to the orderer. An advantage of this is that food that was previously undeliverable, such as Boston’s pizza and Melt Bar & Grilled, is now deliverable.

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BLAZE FROM 22 much as Chipotle employees do.

To the customer, though, Blaze Pizza is gold, because let’s face it: it’s Chipotle for pizza and that’s a brilliant thing.

Every entrepreneur everywhere is kicking themself and thinking, “why didn’t I think of that?”

Blaze has got the formula right, but most importantly: How does it taste?

It’s really good. The hot oven (which gets up to 900 degrees) makes for that crispy crust that good Italian restaurants have, but not the kind that has a lot of popularity in the Midwest.

This can be a bad thing or a good thing. On one hand, Blaze is filling a market gap. Yet there’s another problem: People can be kind of particular about what kind of pizza they like. People have their favorites, and Blaze Pizza is competing against every pizzeria as much as it is with Chipotle, Piada and Subway.

And for a brilliant as this place

is, the pizza isn’t perfect. They tend to skimp on ingredients, especially cheese, which could be a major deterrent to some.

This is not the kind of place you come to get a meatlover’s.

It’s obvious they enforce some “ingredient quotas” in the way some Subways do. I think they skimp too much on cheese but I can accept that because they have a boatload of other things you can top your pizza with (not Piada levels, but pretty close).

And unfortunately, they can also get the proportions a bit wonky. I asked for pesto and my pizza ended up being 50 percent olive oil. Those issues are ones regular customers will have to learn to navigate with the subtle verbal hints we’ve learned to give at Subway and Chipotle.

Bottom line: If you don’t like Blaze Pizza, you’re probably just really bad at making a pizza because you literally pick everything that goes on it. You just have to be assertive enough to make sure

they get the proportions right.

Given that assessment, I am most curious to see how the pizzeria does in the coming weeks and months. It has well executed an ingenious model and now it’s up to whether the Ohio State community is as enamored with that model as I would expect it to be.

Though predicting business success can be tricky, I fully expect Blaze Pizza to be a success, especially considering how it’s proven itself across the nation.

Currenty, Chipotle reigns supreme in the battle for OSU students’ stomachs, and it’s almost a given that the dinner hour will include a line to the door each night.

If there’s a business that can challenge that, I think it’s Blaze Pizza, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the two businesses battling over customers for a long time.

This story was originally published on February 8, 2015.

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Ohio State outlines new meal plans for 2015-16 academic school year MICHAEL COLIN Former Lantern Reporter

unlimited visit plan will not be able to trade visits for $5, so the maximum number of exchanges per week will be limited to 14.

Another new feature of the system is Dining Dollars, which will be automatically added to a student’s BuckID when they pay for their plan. Each plan includes a different amount of Dining Dollars ranging from $100 to $900. Students will also receive a 10 percent discount when purchasing food with the Dining Dollars, which can be used at any OSU dining facility. This money will roll over until graduation.

BuckID cash will still be included with the meal plans excluding the unlimited plan, which will only give students the option to add cash to their card. The option to pay for a meal using combinations of Dining DolLANTERN FILE PHOTO lars, BuckID cash and real money will still Gabby Moots, a second-year in animal science, swipes a BuckID in the 18th Ave. be available.

Library on April 22. The block program will be eliminated in favor of a program that The new system will offer five plans for focuses on “weekly traditional visits”. buckeye bound ad_2015.pdf 1 6/17/2015 8:31:55 AM students living on campus and two plans for commuter students. One plan, the Access 7, will not be offered to incoming first-year students. Isaacs said this plan is aimed at second-year students who will be encouraged to have more off-campus experiences and will not be eating in dining halls as much as first-year students.

The specifics and prices for all of the plans can be found online, but Isaacs said they are not set in stone. The dining plans and rates must be approved by the Board of Trustees, Protect and improve the health of the people of Ohio, the nation and the which will next meet April 9 and 10. world at Ohio State’s College of Public Health.

Although OSU hopes the new system will better cater to the needs of students, Kapil Shankaran, a first-year in chemical engiDEGREES neering, doesn’t think it will work.

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• Combined and Dual Degrees Program Shankaran also said the new plan seems to be trying to force students to eat at the traditions location, which he doesn’t like.

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Ohio State and University Dining Services have decided to take the dining plan system in a new direction for the next academic year, eliminating the block program and replacing it with one that is anchored by “weekly traditional visits.”

In an email sent last week, OSU announced that the block system, which has been in place since the quarter-to-semester conversion in 2012, will no longer be available. Instead, students will choose from dining plans that provide a set number of weekly traditional visits.

“These changes, which modify the block structure, are designed to give students the value and flexibility they want and need from a campus dining plan,” said Dave Isaacs, spokesman for the Office of Student Life, in an email.

Isaacs said the new plan was devised by numerous groups at OSU and included feedback from students.

“A number of student organizations were involved in the entire process, including the Residence Hall Advisory Council, Undergraduate Student Government, RAs (Resident Advisers) and student focus groups,” he said.

He also said the viewpoints of current students using the block system were taken into consideration, with an overall goal of making the new program a success.

The email OSU sent outlined major points of the new system and included definitions of some of the new terms.

The total visits each week differ plan to plan, starting at five per week and maxing out at an unlimited amount of visits. These visits do not roll over week-to-week, making this a “use it or lose it” system.

The visits can be used at any of the traditional dining locations, which include Kennedy Commons, Morrill Traditions and the new Scott House location that will be in the North Campus Residential District. However, the system does allow students to continue to buy food at other campus locations.

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Cheesy High St. dive overstates simplicity of sandwich staple ALYSSA GORDON Former Lantern Reporter

With a heavy heart and solemn stomach, I bade farewell to Pera, a Mediterranean eatery nestled at 1980 N. High St. It was just a stone’s throw from campus, and because of that, students like myself buried midterm woes beneath generous troughs of tzatziki, rice and feta cheese.

But with the closure of Pera (and subsequent end to gyro-fueled stress-eating) came a gaping hole in the hearts, souls and stomachs of OSU students — a hole that Tom+Chee, an up-and-coming Cincinnati franchiser, could perhaps fill.

Based on a simple premise — the tomato soup and grilled cheese love affair — the aptly-titled Tom+Chee opened its doors on Nov. 14 where Pera used to be.

As I walked into the restaurant, my frost-frozen nose was quickly and easily defrosted by the warm, aromatic cloud of garlic and basil that saturated the air.

The interior, I noted, was simple in a childlike way, with vast walls of red and yellow, dark charcoal floors and sprawling phrases like

“Melt-aphysical” and “Awesomely Yum” scribed boldly across the walls.

Cheesy, yes, but tolerably so, the place felt lively and upbeat, fueled by ubiquitous stimuli: the clatter of an open kitchen, the flashing of mounted TVs, Elton John belting in the background.

That said, patrons waited in a fast-moving line as they perused and picked their poison from the expansive yet specialized menu.

Despite the decent selection of tomato soups and salads, the menu is overwhelmingly, albeit expectedly, dominated by grilled cheese. Myriad “Fancy Grilled Cheese” sandwiches — including the “Swiss+Shroom” ($4.95) and the bacon-and-pickle-packed “Flying Pig” ($6.95) — are poised alongside various eccentricities, namely an array of “Fancy Grilled Cheese Donuts.” A “Build Your Own” section allows for more creativity, and with 11 different cheeses, six breads and seven meat options — not to mention various veggies and extras like blueberry compote and fried onions — you can mix-and-match your little heart out.

And vegans/gluten-free eaters, never fear: The menu has options for your tastebuds.

I ordered the “The Tom + Chee” ($4.95), a relatively simple sandwich made with tomatoes, garlic seasoning, melted cheddar and mozzarella, all smashed between two slices of sourdough bread. My taste-buds were titillated, that’s for sure, enraptured by the lava-like cheese and crisp, buttery bread.

However, an intrusive thought — I could’ve totally made this at home — festered away.

I later tried the “Pep+Chee” ($5.95): two slices of sourdough loaded with pepperoni, mozzarella and tomato sauce. Greasy but good, the sammies were ripe with a nuance here and a note there of nostalgia — like those not-so-special specialties that your gourmand mom/chef dad invented, mastered and single-handedly monopolized within the confines of your kitchen.

Equipped with both stretchy pants and a masochistic sort of curiosity, I then ordered a grilledcheese donut: the “SMore” ($5.45). The sandwich (marshmallow mascarpone, chocolate and graham cracker between a grilled glazed donut) was sweet and satis-

Cheesy, yes, but tolerably so, the place felt lively and upbeat, fuled by ubiquitous stimuli: the clatter of an open kitchen, the flashing of mounted TVs, Elton John belting in the background

fying. However, it didn’t quite live up to the hype of its sister-sandwich, the “Man v. Food Nation”-featured “Blueberry Blue,” which featured blueberry compote and blue cheese ($5.45).

The verdict? Everything was tasty, reasonably priced and oozing with familiarity. And yet an impalpable something — perhaps the overstated eccentricity of it all, perhaps the upscaling of these inherently simple, childhood foods — felt weird: You could probably prepare similar, equally tasty sandwiches at home, given ample stocks of butter, cheese and motivation. Nevertheless, I’d say go for it — give Tom+Chee a try.

Whether you’re strapped for time and cash, stove-averse or plagued

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The SMore consists of marshmallow mascarpone, chocolate and graham cracker between a grilled glazed doughnut.

by unwavering munchies, the prices and flavors at Tom+Chee — not to mention the speedy service and sheer convenience — will not disappoint.

The restaurant is open from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 10:45 to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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What is your favorite spot to eat near campus?

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Wings Over Columbus. It’s a little way past West Campus on Lane Avenue, but they have the best boneless wings I’ve ever had. These are really just great chicken strips drenched in sauce.

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DONUTS FROM 24 finding the right location. The current plan is for the trailer to open by mid-June.

“Now we are looking at different locations and the logistics of it and just to get the ball rolling,” he said. “We would like to get a spot on Lane Avenue, specifically

on Saturdays.”

Barouxis said he thinks the mobile kitchen will be a valuable arena in which to develop new ideas and test how they are received.

“Twenty percent of the products I would say are going to be new things that we do not have here, so we are going to

see how it goes,” he said.

The Buckeye Donuts trailer is comparable to a “blank canvas,” Barouxis said, and is something that he thinks will fit well into the Columbus food scene.

“The thing I know about Columbus, and I grew up here my whole life, is that

especially in the last 20 years, people in Columbus are open to new things,” he said. “They are risk-takers, which is perfect for us, for this venture.”

DELIVERY FROM 26 mated delivery time. This could be seen as a pleasant surprise or a hassle in having to guess when you should probably put pants on.

2. GrubHub Out of these three delivery services, GrubHub is the only one that has the food delivered by restaurant employees instead of hired drivers. Therefore, most of the restaurants on GrubHub already have an option for delivery. So why even bother

using GrubHub when you could just call the restaurant up or order off their site?

Because “Free Grub,” that’s why.

If GrubHub tells you your food should be there by 8:30 p.m. and it’s 8:31, call GrubHub. They will usually deposit $5 dollars of “Free Grub” onto your account for the inconvenience and will contact the restaurant for you to see what’s up. If the restaurant got your order wrong, a cheerful GrubHub rep will reimburse you. The appeal of GrubHub is definitely its cus-

tomer service.

1. OrderUp I have saved my favorite for last. OrderUp makes the previously undeliverable deliverable, but goes a step further. Once an order is placed, you are able to track its journey from the restaurant to your door.

OrderUp tells you when the order is placed, when it’s picked up, by whom it’s picked up (shout-out to Tony), how many orders that person has made and has a live update of where they are on the map. It’s like track-

ing Santa if Santa brought burritos instead of stockings.

Speaking of, OrderUp has many holidays.

The best was when they offered Moe’s burritos for $3 and then the following week offered them on a BOGO deal. I ate so many burritos. But I have no shame, thanks to OrderUp.

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A partnership between Ohio State and Massachusetts-based bike-sharing company Zagster is set to make zipping around campus on two (and sometimes three) wheels a transportation option for students and faculty as early as this summer, with full implementation by Fall Semester.

The university announced its decision to partner with Zagster on Thursday.

This decision comes after an examination of bids from five different bike-sharing companies, which included NextBike, Social Bicycles, the Gotcha Group, Motivate, which operates the CoGo bike-sharing program in downtown Columbus, and Zagster.

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ster, the exact terms of the contract are not set in stone and are under negotiation, according to a release.

“They have said that we can have any kind of accessible bike we want,” said Jennifer Evans-Cowley, the vice provost for capital planning and regional campuses. “Based on the specific model of bicycle that we choose, then that may influence the price.”

Zagster is set to provide a variety of bicycles for use by the OSU community.

They include commuter, tandem, handle cycle, electric assist, heavy duty and three-wheeled cargo bicycles, which can be used to transport heavier loads, according to the release. The system will launch with 115 bikes and 15 stations.

Evans-Cowley said the program is expected to grow to 170 bikes in three years.

However, the price and style of the bikes are not the only things still on the table.

Evans-Cowley said there are still negotiations concerning the price students and faculty would have to pay in order to use BIKES CONTINUES ON 37

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Lyft suspends Columbus Operations, citing city legislature AMANDA ETCHISON @etchison_amanda Editor in Chief Students who use Lyft to get around town might have to trade the car with a pink mustache for a yellow taxi cab when the appbased ride-sharing service officially suspends operations in Columbus on Monday.

Lyft, a San Francisco-based company that uses a smartphone app to connect riders and drivers, announced in a January email to Columbus drivers that it would be pausing oper-

ations in Ohio’s capital city.

The suspension of operations in Columbus is set to begin at noon on Monday, the email said.

Mary Caroline Pruitt, a Lyft spokeswoman, said the decision was based on “unnecessarily burdensome regulations” enacted by the city of Columbus that “essentially treat Lyft the same as a taxi.”

“We are now forced to choose between endorsing rules that will make it exceedingly difficult for Lyft’s peer-to-peer model to thrive, or taking a stand for the right long-

term path forward,” Pruitt said in an email.

Lyft, which launched in Columbus in February 2014, is a peer-to-peer transport network company that hires drivers to use their personal vehicles to transport customers throughout the city, Pruitt said.

Customers are able to request a Lyft vehicle for up to six passengers by inputting their location into the company’s app. A driver will then come pick up the customer in a car — often featuring the company’s signature fuzzy pink mustache grille ornament — and drive him or her to the desired destination.

Instead of an in-car meter, Lyft customers pay for the ride using the credit card they have registered through the app.

In March 2014, the Columbus City Council made changes to the Business Regulation LYFT CONTINUES ON 40 PHOTOS: The Lyft app allows users to request a ride. Regulators across the U.S. and in Europe are struggling with how to control the digital-dispatch services that have upended the transportation business.

37 BIKES FROM 35 the bikes.

“You can either sign up for a day pass or you can sign up for an annual membership,” she said. “The preferred price by students based on a survey we did was $35 for the annual membership.”

She added that the price is only OSU’s recommendation and has not yet been finalized by Zagster. The price of the day pass has also not been finalized, however, the CoGo system charges $6 a day.

Evans-Cowley also said OSU will pay for the first three years of the bike-sharing program, which will include purchasing the bikes and their stations.

During these three years, money generated through membership fees and oneday passes will build up, and money will be used starting in the fourth year to ensure “a sustainable bike-sharing system on an ongoing basis,” Evans-Cowley said.

This three-year investment was set up in order to keep the membership cost as low as possible, she added.

Tim Ericson, CEO and co-founder of Zagster, said his company and the university will continue to discuss and plan a program that fits with OSU’s campus.

“We basically have to negotiate everything,” he said. “Price and how it’s going to be set up for the students, timeline and insurance requirements, so there’s a lot of stuff that goes into this and we expect it to take a little bit of time.”

Although the total cost of the first three years has not been decided yet, comparable projects at other universities have cost up to $650,000.

The Clean Energy Coalition Michigan, which operates the ArborBike bike-sharing program at the University of Michigan and in downtown Ann Arbor, has a system that now operates with 45 bikes and six stations. It is scheduled to grow to 125 bikes and 14 stations for summer, Heather Croteau, project associate at the Clean Energy Coalition Michigan, said earlier this month.

The ArborBike project cost $650,000 for installment, and has an operating budget of $200,000 per year, Croteau said. An annual pass costs $65, which includes an unlimited number of hour-long free rides, according to the ArborBike website.

OSU students will be able to sign up online or on an app and enter their payment information, which will include BuckID. To use a bike, the rider types the bike number into the app and receives a code that is punched into a lockbox on the

bike. The box then gives access to a key so the rider can unlock the actual bike.

Ericson said he thinks his company will fit well on OSU’s campus.

“We felt that based on our experience at other universities like Duke and Princeton and Yale that our solution really fit what they were looking for,” he said.

Ericson added that one of Zagster’s most important features is its flexibility.

He said although the initial launch will only include bikes on OSU’s campus, the company will track where students use bikes the most and adjust their station locations to better accommodate students.

Abby Waidelich, a third-year in biological engineering who currently serves as senior director of public relations for USG, was involved with the project from the beginning and agreed that Zagster’s flexibility and ability to cater its services to the specific needs of the university was a major factor in OSU’s decision.

“They really sold us with their ability to work with universities and students and being adaptable to the system,” said Waidelich, who was recently elected USG vice president for the 2015-16 academic year.

Waidelich said a USG ad hoc committee was involved in the decision-making process from the beginning.

“The university and administrators have really valued our voice and opinions,” she said.

In addition to the bike-sharing program, OSU will also receive a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation that will provide the university with funding for helmets and a bicycle education program for First Year Experience students, Evans-Cowley said.

“We want to make sure that every student on campus is safe and has access to a helmet,” she said.

The grant will allow any student that signs up for Zagster to receive his or her own bicycle helmet, Evans-Cowley said.

All of the money from the ODOT grant is being used on the helmets and education program and will not be put toward the Zagster contract, she added.

The bike-sharing initiative could launch as soon as this summer with full implementation by Fall Semester, pending negotiations between the university and Zagster, according to the university press release.

This story was originally published on March 22, 2015.

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LINDSEY OATES Former Lantern Reporter Car2go, a car-sharing service that offers point-to-point location rentals, has implemented an expansion and price increase, a company spokeswoman said. Meanwhile, some students who use the service said higher prices might mean they use car2go less.

The rate per minute to use a car has increased 3 cents from 38 cents to 41 cents, said Elise Lampert, a car2go spokeswoman.

Meanwhile, the hourly rate to use one of the cars has increased $1 from $13.99 to $14.99 and the daily rate has increased $12 from $72.99 to $84.99, as of Oct. 13, Lampert said. These are the first price increases since the car2go launch in Columbus in 2013.

The rates for the Columbus area will now be in line with the rest of the North American market, and will still continue to include fuel, parking, insurance, maintenance and access to any car2go car in North America, Lampert said.

Lampert said the price increase gives students a more quality ser-

vice, with a larger fleet size of 250 to 300 cars, more drop zone areas where the cars can be left, an expanded home area and a recent expansion in the Bexley area.

Expanded home areas are set to include Easton Shopping Center and the greater Grandview area, Lampert said.

“We’ve really listened to feedback and tried to figure out how to make it easier to get from point A to point B,” Lampert said. “We want to make sure that we continue to provide a high level of service.”

Sarah Chasteen, a fourth-year in Spanish who started using car2go last month, said she uses the service to get to volunteer projects for one of her classes.

“Overall car2go has been a positive experience,” Chasteen said. “I like car2go a lot because it gives me a sense of freedom.”

Chasteen, however, when alerted of the price increase, said it will affect the number of times she uses the service when it’s not a necessity.

“The price increase is a bit of a bummer,” Chasteen said. “To me the word that comes to mind is frustrated. I think it will stop me when

I’m just wanting to make trips to Target for fun.”

Chasteen said her personal car is still at home in Middletown, Ohio, which makes her reliant on the car2go service.

“If I could go without using the service I would, but (the price increase) won’t limit me when I need to go volunteer,” she said.

Kulraj Sumra, a second-year in computer and information science who used the service for four months in 2013 before he got a car of his own on campus, agreed with Chasteen.

“If this is just a one-time thing, I don’t think it will be a big deal, but if they increase it let’s say from 41 (cents per minute) to 45 (cents per minute) in the next few months, then I think people would stop using it as much,” Sumra said.

Sumra also said that he believes it will not affect new customers, but might encourage existing customers to stop using the service as often.

“There’s a certain trust between a company and customers and if you keep jacking up your prices incrementally, even though it is not a lot, it can create this sort of mistrust be-

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tween the consumer (and the company),” Sumra said.

Still, Sumra said he found the service easy to use, and recalls many pleasant experiences using car2go to travel to downtown Columbus or to save him from cold weather in the winter last year.

Jingyu Zhang, a fourth-year in accounting, has been using car2go for two weeks now.

“It’s convenient for parking,” Zhang said. “You do not have to spend a lot of time to find a place to park on campus.”

Lampert validated this, providing information to the 45 parking spaces and 11 locations that are available

for car2go customers throughout campus.

“I think it can be challenging to deal with transportation issues as college students, or even as a faculty member,” Lampert said. “It really provides an opportunity to open up the city of Columbus to students.”

Zhang agreed with Chasteen and Sumra, however, while she said that although she can still pay the 41 cents, she cannot understand why it has increased so much.

“I think it is kind of unfair,” Zhang said.

This story was originally published on October 23, 2014.

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I found that having a bike on campus was the best way for me to get around. I love riding my bike when the weather is nice because you can get to class a lot faster than walking. Plus you get a little workout in too.

If you’re going to the Short North or downtown, take the COTA (Bus No. 2). It’ll take you right down High Street, so it’s really simple to figure out and saves you the hassle of trying to park!

Whatever mode of transportation you use, always be aware! Carry pepper spray and make sure you’re safe.

Your BuckID makes bus rides free when you’re enrolled in classes, so find out which busses go to places that you want to see.

Download the Uber app if you haven’t already!

Most of the time it is only $4 and it is such a convenient system.

Be familiar with the OSU’s Department of Public Safety’s escort services, so you never get stuck flying solo on a late night walk home.

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CoGo to offer bike-sharing stations near Ohio State campus AMANDA ETCHISON @etchison_amanda Editor in Chief The distinctive sleek black aluminum bodies of CoGo bicycles might make an appearance near Ohio State’s campus after all, despite not being chosen for the campus bike-sharing program announced earlier this year.

CoGo, a bike-sharing program operated in Columbus by the New York-based company Motivate, was one of five bike-sharing companies that submitted bids for OSU’s on-campus bike-sharing initiative. However, in March, it was the Massachusetts-based bike-sharing company Zagster that was chosen to launch the program with 115 bikes and 15 stations with the goal of expanding to 170 bikes in three years.

The two campus-area CoGo stations are scheduled to be placed at the intersections of 11th and Neil avenues and 17th Avenue and High Street, said Bradley Westall, greenways planner for the city of Columbus.

“Bike share has been a success in the downtown area of the city, and people have responded that they want more stations in the Harrison West, Victorian Village, Weinland Park and Short North neighborhoods. All of these are near OSU, and we’re confident that the expansion will be heavily used,” Westall said in an email. “Our online survey this COGO CONTINUES ON 42

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If you’re walking anywhere, bring an umbrella. Rainshowers pop up randomly and even if it looks sunny when you leave in the morning, you don’t want to get drenched walking across the Oval before class.

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LYFT FROM 36 and Licensing Code, Title 5, to include peerto-peer transportation networks like Lyft,Uber and Sidecar in its existing vehicle for hire code.

Additions to the code included requiring companies like Lyft to conduct background checks on its drivers and subject the vehicles to mechanical inspection. The code also was revised to require Lyft and similar companies to obtain a “Vehicle for Hire” owner’s license, and drivers are now required to possess a “Vehicle for Hire” driver’s license, issued by the Director of Public Safety.

According to requirements listed on the company’s website, Lyft drivers are screened for criminal offenses and driving accidents, and the vehicles used must pass an inspection before they can be driven for the service.

Columbus Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Amanda Ford said the city was “surprised and disappointed” to hear that Lyft had decided to suspend operations, as more than 900 ridesharing drivers had gone through the licensing process since the revised legislation was passed.

“Some drivers have reached out (after hearing of Lyft’s decision to suspend operations) and asked what has changed, and I told them that nothing has changed from the legislation,” Ford said.

Pruitt said although she could not provide specific numbers regarding the number of Lyft drivers or customers in the Columbus area, there are “tens of thousands” of drivers currently registered on the Lyft platform nationwide, and the company has given more than 10 million rides.

Tyler Holland, a second-year in marketing, said he uses Lyft as an alternative means of transportation throughout the city because he thinks it is a “friendlier” experience.

“I have taken taxis in Columbus before and sometimes they are not clean and uncomfortable,” Holland said. “I feel like (Lyft) is more of a personal thing, like getting in a car with a friend, instead of calling a taxi … It is more convenient, especially for college students because most of us have smartphones … it is more about breaking down those social barriers.”

Holland, a regular Lyft user, said he un-

OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN COLUMBUS UberX ride-sharing Car2go car-sharing CoGo bike-sharing Taxi Zagster bike-sharing COTA bus derstands why Lyft decided to leave in the face of increased regulations in Columbus because he thinks the new requirements complicate the process for drivers, many of whom work for the company in their free time. “(The drivers) may be people who work or go to school here and just do Lyft and Uber on the side,” he said. “They are not professional drivers, it is not their career. They might pick

up a couple of hours as a side job.”

Holland said he is sad to see Lyft go, and said he will be using UberX, another peerto-peer transport company, in the meantime, but hopes Lyft returns to Columbus someday.

“I see where (Lyft) is coming from, but I’d like to see them come back,” he said.

Ford said the Department of Public Safety understands Lyft’s concerns regarding the regulation of drivers, but upholds that safety comes first.

“Ensuring safety (is the main priority). I need to know you feel comfortable when you get into the vehicle,” she said. “Ride sharing has been good for Columbus, and I know (they) are used a lot by college students … but from the city’s perspective, we (regulate) so people are safe.”

Currently, Lyft does not have any plans to return to Columbus, but the company is operating in other Ohio cities, including Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, Pruitt said.

This story was originally published on January 15, 2015.

42 COGO FROM 39 winter showed a lot of support for expansion towards the south side of the campus area, and we were able to find some really good locations on popular cycling routes.”

The two new stations would be a part of a plan to modify the city of Columbus’ five-year contract with Motivate by adding eight new stations and 80 bikes to the 30 stations and 300 bikes already in the system, according to legislation sponsored by Columbus Recreation and Parks Committee chair Jaiza Page.

An ordinance adding three of these new stations and 45 more bikes was passed by the Columbus City Council on Monday.

This expansion is set to cost $149,685.

OSU is set to contribute $99,790 for the two campus-area stations, according to the legislation.

Westall said the money would be used for bike share station equipment.

“Funding to support bike-sharing at Ohio State comes from several different sources within the university,” Dan Hedman, Administration and Planning spokesman, said in an email. “This effort will provide con-

nectivity to the existing CoGo system and enhance the ability for the surrounding community to travel to campus.”

Hedman said although the university is working with Zagster for its on-campus bike-sharing initiative, the inclusion of CoGo bike stations closer to campus will contribute to the growth of the CoGo system throughout Columbus.

“We are committed to working with the city of Columbus to nurture a hybrid system,” he said.

Tim Ericson, CEO and co-founder of Zagster, said the company was “aware of the discussions and supports the addition of CoGo stations” near OSU. “Our goal — and OSU’s — is to design a system to get students, faculty and staff on, off and around campus while ensuring a steady availability of bikes for all,” Ericson said in an emailed statement. “We welcome the opportunity to work with CoGo for students traveling downtown or for visitors coming to the campus. We’ve had great success working alongside city-wide bike share programs in cities across the country, and

we’re confident we’ll have the same experience here.”

Hedman said students using the Zagster bikes on campus will be able to use their BuckIDs, credit cards or debit cards to pay for a membership, projected to cost $35 for students and $55 for faculty and staff for a full year.

“This model allows students to navigate campus and surrounding neighborhoods, providing one-hour checkout on weekdays and three hours on weekends,” he said.

“Security features will allow members to take the bicycles anywhere — including off-campus — and securely lock them.”

A 24-hour CoGo pass, which allows for unlimited 30-minute trips, costs $6, according to the CoGo website. An annual membership, which also allows for unlimited 30-minute trips, as well as a membership key and other discounts, is $75.

Zagster is set to provide a variety of bicycles for use by the OSU community. They include commuter, tandem, handle cycle, electric assist, heavy duty and three-wheeled cargo bicycles, which can be used to trans-

port heavier loads, Hedman said. He added that OSU will also receive a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation that will provide the university with funding for helmets. A bicycle education program for OSU bike riders has also been proposed.

Hedman said the university and Zagster have been surveying students regarding their preferences for bike-sharing locations on campus and are currently finalizing these locations.

Westall said the expansion of CoGo to the university district will help make bike sharing a viable transportation option throughout the city.

“Columbus is making big strides in improving streets and adding trails for biking,” he said. “Bike sharing works, it’s really inexpensive, and we are confident that the more access people have to bikes, the more they can park their cars and take a healthy, fun choice for reaching their destination.”

Khalid Moalim contributed to this article.

This article was originally published on May 22, 2015.

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Volunteers Around the World complete first mission trip RUBINA KAPIL Former Lantern Reporter Kicking off their first trip abroad, members of the Ohio State chapter of Volunteers Around the World spent two weeks providing medical care and supplies to several rural villages in Peru.

The OSU student organization was founded last year and provides students with medical knowledge, skills and experience through a mission trip, said Nicole Hadjisofocli, a third-year in psychology and president of Volunteers Around the World.

“We chose Peru for various reasons: the scenery, Machu Picchu, the lack of medical care in rural areas, host families, hotel price,” Hadjisofocli said.

The group travels to impoverished areas and works with local doctors to set up free medical clinics, providing free healthcare and supplies to the local population, Hadjisofocli said.

“The villages and most rural areas have no form of health care nearby and getting to a hospital could take hours of walking in dangerous conditions,” she said. “The goal was to bring medicine to the citizens in these areas.”

Upon arrival, the group took a moment to acclimate to temperature and altitude changes, as well as explore the city of Cusco, before heading toward the villages outside of the city, said Raegan Willertz, a group volunteer and third-year in neuroscience.

“We visited the ruins, Machu Picchu, and museums to get in touch with the city,” Willertz said. “(Seeing the city) made the trip all the more humbling.”

The group traveled to several rural villages, including Occopata and Huasanpata, with local Peruvian doctors to provide free healthcare to those with and without health insurance, said Katelyn Hagstrom, a group volunteer and second-year in microbiology.

While working in a free medical clinic in Huasanpata, Peru, the group assisted local doctors in checking patients’ vitals. Each volunteer would check the weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and respiration for a patient prior to seeing the doctor, Hag-

strom said.

Volunteers Around the World donated medical supplies to each village with the free clinical time, and provided support to local families and children.

“We taught local children about the food groups, washing your hands and brushing your teeth,” said Katelyn Hagstrom, a group volunteer and a second-year in microbiology.

Many individuals shared their gratitude, thanking the volunteer group members, who they referred to as doctors, Willertz said.

“Even though they had less than what we’re used to, they were so happy and loved life and it was extremely humbling to see that,” she said.

The local population was not left without care after the group’s twoweek mission concluded, Hadjisofocli said. After the OSU team left, members from another university chapter stepped in to help provide continuous care to the villagers.

Interest or experience in medicine is not necessary to become a member or travel abroad with the group, Willertz said. Rather, an interest in building leadership skills and giving back to those in need.

“We try to prepare (the group) before they travel with lectures about the countries they’re going to, so they know about the culture, the identity, the healthcare system,” Hadjisofocli said.

Students also complete a vitals workshop to learn hands-on medical skills and fundraise in order to buy medical supplies for donation.

Volunteers Around the World plans to conduct a mission trip each semester beginning with winter break, Hadjisofocli said. It has not been decided where they will be traveling.

“OSU’s motto is ‘pay it forward.’

(The university teaches you that) when you graduate. You should pay it forward and do something for the greater good,” Hadjisofocli said. “We are the essence of what ‘pay it forward’ truly means.”

This story was originally published on June 10, 2015.

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TEDxOhioStateUniversity engages students, crafts the human narrative NOAH TOUMERT Former Lantern Reporter The fourth annual TEDxOhioStateUniversity event was a success.

This year, the lineup of esteemed speakers focused on a central theme of “The Human Narrative.” TEDxOSU offered its stage for people to share ideas, stories and performances.

The welcome pamphlets heralded it as “an afternoon of learning, community-building and innovation.” The event did not disappoint.

The event’s participants explored the human narrative through their different walks of life that matched their personal styles. Some spoke monologues with slideshows in the back-

ground, while others recited poetry.

Elijah Palnik, a resident musician and audio/video specialist staff member in the Department of Dance, fused technology and rhythm as he looped himself playing the guitar, beatboxing and drumming a rendition of Paul Simon’s “Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes.”

Some speeches had a different tone, though: Mike Pavlik, a third-year in political science, didn’t expect the seriousness of many of the speeches he heard.

“There were a lot of subjects that people like to dust under the rug and not worry about,” Pavlik said.

Nikki Vojacek, a third-year in women’s, gender and sexuality studies, raved about student Mari-

sa McGrath’s story about how feminism saved her life after being sexually assaulted at the end of her freshman year at OSU. “She did such a good job casting the right light on feminism,” Vojacek said. “It’s so common for people, girls specifically, to distance themselves from the word because it’s almost taboo. But it was empowering to watch a girl reclaim the word and use it to help her recover from something so horrible.”

Vojacek said she was enthralled by all the speeches and performances, but related more to certain ones than others. She attributed that to her place in the narrative.

Each and every speaker tied their story into the grander narrative of humanity. They offered

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Through the rain that fell Saturday, four drum major candidates and 15 Brutus Buckeye candidates jumped, twirled and tossed batons as they competed for the chance to perform in front of a packed Ohio Stadium at a home game and at other university events next year.

The candidates vied for their respective positions at a new event that combined both tryouts for the first time, according to a statement released by Ohio State.

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Scarlet and Gray Financial coaches students for financial future GIUSTINO BOVENZI Former Lantern Reporter In a letter to the editor, published March 22 in The Lantern, President Barack Obama said, “The average undergrad who borrows to pay for college ends up graduating with about $28,000 in student loan debt.”

And many Ohio State students are turning to services like Scarlet and Gray Financial, as they try to stay on top of their debt.

Bryan Ashton, assistant director for financial wellness in the Office of Student Life Student Wellness Center, oversees financial literacy programs for OSU and said he understands that students have a lot to balance when it comes to finances and that’s where SGF can be helpful to students. “(SGF) gives them a pretty good overview of their financial situation and then helps them work through any questions that they may have around different areas of their financial life,” Ashton said. “It also helps them really think about the long-term financial future that they may have. They are meeting with a very well-trained fellow student who sees anywhere from 40-90 clients a year … and can really help to work through a variety of topics — from day-to-day financial management all the way through thinking about loan repayment.”

Steven Gazdag, a third-year in finance, has worked as a “1:1,” or one-on-one, financial coach at SGF for four semesters and has seen the amount of students coming for assessments rise since his first semester as a coach, as they now see “upwards of 1,400 students per year.”

He said that a lot of the time slots are filled up with students who are going through the Second-year Transformational Experience Program. Students in this program are required to go through a “1:1″ coaching ses-

sion as part of the STEP requirements.

SGF is in the second year of that university mandate, which has, in turn, called for an increased number of volunteer financial coaches.

“We had around six or seven coaches when I started my training, and now we are upwards of 30,” Gazdag said.

“If (students) have things that are concerning them, I think it’s a great tool to calm the nerves, and we really given them the tools that they need to kind of attack it,” he said. “We like to think of it as a financial check-up. We’ll ask questions and dig deeper a little bit, and figure out ways that you can be a little more financially sound, and healthy.”

Gazdag said keeping the bigger picture in mind, along with their goals, is a great way for students to stay on the right track.

He said that the coaches at SGF can coach students by showing and explaining all of the options available to them, but cannot advise them to take specific loans or routes because they are not licensed to financially advise students. The “1:1” sessions are free, and appointments can be set up by emailing sgfinancial@osu.edu.

“All of our coaches are extremely dedicated and passionate about what they do,” Gazdag said. “We all love what we do — being able to come in with students and really give an impact on their lives, in terms of finance and their well-being. What we do, as kind of our goal, is to empower students through that educational process. The more you know, the better options you have and the better equipped you are to make the best choice for yourself. We want students to prioritize how they finance their education.”

But some OSU students said they are more preoccupied with classes, making it difficult to balance managing finances.

A student works with a financial coach at Scarlet and Gray Financial.

Amine Bouhara, a second-year medical student, said he primarily pays for college through loans and scholarships. He said his focus is on getting through college and worrying about the debt after graduation.

“I’m aware that I’m going to have to worry about it later,” he said. “You can’t do two things at once; you can’t deal with your financial situation at the same time as you try to deal with school.

He said he does keep track of how much loan debt he is acquiring while in school, but he trusts the process and guidance that OSU provides to him.

“I think I’m standardized, like what I’m doing is the best thing,” he said. “Because through the med school there is a financial office and they try to always give you the best deal. There is no other way for me to get around (loans). Med school is really ex-

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pensive. I don’t think anyone in my class is paying cash, unless they are super rich. Everyone is taking out loans.”

Maysen Mesaros, a second-year in molecular genetics, said her parents help pay for her classes through loans, which she will have to pay back after she graduates.

“In the back of my head, I know that there is going to be debt that I’m going to have to pay off. I’m worried more about if I make it to med school, that debt,” she said.

“I’m aware of it, but I don’t know the exact amounts (of debt) I’m going to be in, or anything like that. I just know that there is going to be debt eventually.”

Mesaros said she thinks visiting SGF would help her as she plans for life after college.

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BuckeyeThon raises over $1.2M for Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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A sea of people wearing an eclectic mixture of tie-dyed shirts, fluffy tutus and scuffed athletic shoes packed the Ohio Union on Friday and Saturday night to participate in BuckeyeThon’s annual dance marathon, which raised more than $1.2 million dollars for children affected by pediatric cancer.

Students participating in the 14th BuckeyeThon dance marathon this weekend exceeded their goal of collecting $1 million in

donations, raising a total of $1,231,290.11.

BuckeyeThon, an Ohio State student philanthropic organization founded in 2001, hosts events throughout the year that raise money for the families of children treated at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Students were required to raise a minimum of $100 to participate in the dance marathon, which consisted of two 12-hour shifts. The first shift was from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, and the second shift started at 11 a.m. Saturday and ended after the final amount raised was revealed at 11 p.m.

The funds raised by dancers, virtual dancers and volunteers will go toward assisting families pay for their children’s medical treatments. The money will also be used to purchase items for the Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Children’s Miracle Network, according to the BuckeyeThon website.

The event kicked off with an opening ceremony that featured speeches from OSU President Michael Drake, Dr. Steve Allen, the CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital,

and Jim O’Brien, the president of BuckeyeThon and a fourth-year in biology.

“Your support and dedication is one of the many things that make me so humble to be a part of the greatest student body in the nation,” O’Brien said at the opening ceremony on Friday. “So I want to thank you all for being here. Thank you all for being something bigger than yourself, thank you for dancing for those who can’t and thank you for being a part of this one team with this one dream of raising one million dollars for the kids.”

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Talk to as many people as you can about your interests and goals.

You want to find those people that are like you or that can help you as soon as you can.

Don’t be afraid to make conversation with other students in your classes because you can find new best friends that way. Joining clubs and going to meetings is an easy way to find new people at school with similar interests to you.

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If you’re feeling shy about making new friends, just remember that a lot of other people feel that way, too, so don’t be afraid to say hello and introduce yourself to someone you meet in class or even on the Oval.

My tour guide said it best when he told me, “You can make a big school small, but you can’t make a small school big.” Talk to people, get involved, be open to new things, and you will be amazed at how quickly OSU feels like home.

Don’t be afraid to try new things. If you don’t like something, you can always stop! This is a time for discovery, bravery and adventure.

One important thing I wish I would have done my first year at OSU would have been getting my work done earlier in the week so that I could enjoy my weekend with friends. Try to finish school work during the weekdays so that you don’t have to stress on the weekends.

Jump out of your comfort zone. Join as much as you can and don’t be afraid to try new things. You never know who you will meet or what you will learn about yourself. Also, don’t sweat the small stuff. Do your best in school, but don’t let it consume you.

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The Best Damn Band will march in a new land this October during London performance

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MICHAEL HUSON @mike_huson Campus Editor The Ohio State University marching band will be packing their bags for London next fall to perform abroad for the first time in TBDBITL history.

The band is scheduled to perform Oct. 25 at Wembley Stadium before the kickoff of the Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, according to an OSU press release. The Bills vs. Jaguars is one of three games scheduled at Wembley during this season’s NFL International Series tour.

Christopher Hoch, interim Marching and Athletic band director, said in an OSU press release that he was eager for the opportunity to represent OSU in London.

“We’re fortunate to have an international reputation thanks to shows that have gone viral on video or received widespread media attention,” he said in the release. “It will be a real thrill to have a chance to perform for the people of London.”

Hoch orchestrated the popular “Tribute to the Classic Video Games” halftime show, which was performed during the 2012 homecoming game versus Nebraska, while

“People closely follow us and what we do, and it’s unbelievable to see what a unique impact we have on the music world today” serving as associate director of the marching and athletic bands. OSU announced in May he would serve as the interim Marching and Athletic band director for the upcoming season.

“Our shows have been seen online around the world, but to actually perform in person on such a global stage will be the opportunity of a lifetime,” he said.

Hoch said the NFL requested a London-themed pregame show but still allowed room for band creativity, adding “we are planning a very special and exciting performance.”

“We couldn’t be the world-class band that we’ve become without the tremendous dedication of our student musicians,” Hoch said. “They work incredibly hard preparing and performing each season, and I’m really pleased that they are being rewarded with this once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Zack Joseph, who plays baritone in the

show will grab fans’ interests.

“People closely follow us and what we do, and it’s unbelievable to see what a unique impact we have on the music world today,” he said. “I’d like to hope that the fans in London appreciate what we do as much as the fans do, here, in the United States.”

Alistair Kirkwood, managing director of the NFL UK, said in the release that the league was already excited to see the OSU marching band perform at Wembley.

“This will be very different to anything we have done at the International Series games before and we know that the band is planning something spectacular to celebrate and commemorate being in the UK.” The release stated the NFL will be paying for the band’s London travel expenses.

The Wembley show will bump the marching band from the usual seven season performances to eight this season. Joseph said he believes the marching band will start practicing for the London performance in early to mid-October.

marching band’s H-row, said the band is excited about the upcoming trip and have been eager to spread the news since the announcement.

“Ever since the press release came out, we’ve all been sharing away on Facebook and talking about it,” he said. “There’s just so much anticipation for this next season.

We’re all very excited to get it going.”

Joseph, a second-year in accounting, said this will be his first time traveling abroad and looks forward to sharing the experience with his bandmates.

“It’ll be a great time and experience with a bunch of my close friends, in a whole other culture across the ocean, to represent the United States of America, represent the state of Ohio and represent the university,” he said.

This article was originally published on Joseph said the invitation speaks highly July 2, 2015. of the marching band’s popularity, and he is hopeful the marching band’s London-themed

61 BUCKEYETHON FROM 55 Kyle Ellison, a fourth-year in welding engineering, was one of more than 5,100 students who registered for the 24-hour dance marathon. Ellison said he has participated in the event for the past four years.

“It’s not just for my family and friends that have been affected by this illness, it’s for all of the people who this illness affects. It’s for them. It’s for the kids, too, but it’s also for the awareness as a whole,” he said. “Being able to see the kids and their families (is what I enjoy most). It’s really powerful to see how they’re staying tough throughout the whole illness and everything that they have to go through with it.”

Meredith Orozco, a second-year in speech and hearing science, and Maya Prabhu, a second-year in neuroscience, said they met at BuckeyeThon last year and were excited to return this year.

“I just had so much fun last year dancing all night and raising money for the kids. Last year I did the day shift and I just wanted to go one step further and do the night shift,” Orozco said.

Prabhu agreed and added that she hopes more people decide to donate and participate in years to come.

“I would say (to students who are hesitant to participate), think about all the people that you are helping and think about the kids that you will be helping,” she said. “You’re impacting so many lives just by raising some money. It’s really easy and it’s really life-changing.”

The amount of money raised at this year’s BuckeyeThon was about $464,000 more than last year, where approximately 3,000 participants raised more than $767,000. In 2013, about $608,600 was raised.

University leaders and students shared their thoughts on the weekend at the closing ceremony Saturday night.

“This is an amazing experience. You have decided to be the best that you can be,” said Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president of Student Life, at the closing ceremony. “You didn’t have to have this matter, but you have shown us over and over again your commitment and the power you have to make a change.”

Leo de Andrade, a second-year in computer science who was dancing on behalf of Off The Lake Productions, a student-run musical theater group at OSU, said he had been optimistic that the $1 million goal would be reached this year.

“I honestly thought (we would beat the goal), but not by so much,” he said.

De Andrade said he hopes to continue to donate more and participate next year.

Hayden Laycock, a BuckeyeThon ‘miracle kid’ is carried down the red carpet

by Brutus Buckeye during the dance marathon’s opening ceremonies on Feb. 6 at the Ohio Union. (photo by Muyao Shen | Asst. Photo Editor)

Jaimi Jutras and Bruce Thomas contributed to this article.

This article was originally published on February 8, 2015.

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