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Claggett said he thinks as many qualified people as possible should run for Mr. OSU in the future so the best Mr. OSU is crowned.

Korbin Hammer, the 2022 Mr. OSU, said navigating the title as the first Mr. OSU was difficult because there was no set role for him, but those considering running in the

“My biggest piece of advice throughout all of college is if you even have a slight interest in it, just go for it, because you never know what you’re going to like or what you’re going to accomplish,” Hammer said.

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When a celebrity screws up, it takes little to no time for the public to sweep in and make a useless song and dance out of it.

Almost ritualistically, we go through the same process of hating a celebrity, feeling bad for a celebrity, and then forgetting about whatever misdeeds this person did, which is pretty much the same as forgiving them. Sometimes this faux forgiveness is deserved, sometimes it isn’t.

When John Mulaney, one of the best comedians of our era, screwed up, the heavens wept.

Two years have gone by since John Mulaney relapsed into his drug addiction, and now that we’re in the forgiveness phase of his misdeeds, I can at least say that John Mulaney’s new Netflix comedy special, “Baby J,” was a hilarious and thoughtful reflection on this tumultuous phase in his career.

“Baby J” isn’t your run-of-the-mill John Mulaney Netflix standup routine. Rather than the laugh-outloud ramblings of a madman we usually get, this one is centralized around Mulaney’s time in rehab and some of the depressingly desperate things he had to do to get by.

When a celebrity relapses or otherwise does something unpleasant in the public eye, their first response is to make comedy out of it. Normally it doesn’t work and is deeply embarrassing for all parties involved.

However, Mulaney clearly seems to be in a better, more mature state of mind these days, and his performance is greatly benefitted from it. This doesn’t feel like a celebrity begging for your forgiveness, but instead, a man telling his story of rock bottom and making you cry with laughter while doing so.

At the start of the special, it’s immediately noticeable that Mulaney has aged

30 years since his last special in 2019. He’s quieter and a bit drier with his comedy, yet still hilarious. The comedy in this special isn’t quite as good as his best work, however, if you’re a fan of John Mulaney, this won’t disappoint. It’s still hard to ignore the twinge of sadness that lingers behind each bit of his routine. Some of the stories he tells are delivered brilliantly, but are undeniably sad stories beneath the layer of comedic paint he covers it in. There’s a line toward the end of the special in which Mulaney says something that was intended to be funny but was just genuinely depressing and concerning.

All in all, it’s impossible to review “Baby J” without reviewing Mulaney and his actions as well. If you view it as a special about a canceled celebrity, it is one of the only good ones. However, viewing it as a special about a recovering drug addict who SEEMS to be doing a lot better, it’s a very personal, touching, and incredibly funny watch. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com