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Two professors to discuss how the U.S. can stop terrorism at a debate hosted by a student organization.

‘THE FOUNDER’

An OSU alumnus is the producer of a new film which tells the story of the McDonald’s franchise.

MEN’S HOCKEY

The Buckeyes face their toughest test yet as they take on a top-ranked Penn State team.

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A Lantern analysis examines why attendance at OSU basketball games has plummeted.

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Political-party loyalty hard to judge among millennials MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu

Jon Waters dismisses lawsuits against OSU NICK ROLL Campus Editor roll.66@osu.edu SAM HARRIS Assistant Campus Editor harris.2373@osu.edu

MASON SWIRES Assistant Photo Editor swires.4@osu.edu As a third-year in political science, Merit Godbey described himself as being on-the-fence when it comes to politics. Citing his studies in politics and economics, he sees fiscal responsibility as the most important issue when he votes. Aside from fiscal responsibility, Godbey listed civil rights and same-sex marriage as his other top issues. “I’m a fiscal conservative and a social moderate,” he said. Godbey, like much of the population his age, doesn’t vote like generations past. Instead of strictly supporting the Democratic or Republican parties, he’s in the middle. Every four years, Ohio finds itself in a new competition as a political battleground — 2016 was no exception. For many generations of voters, the 2016 presidential election was another chance to have their voices heard. For millennials — those born rough-

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A student watches results roll at an election watch party in the Ohio Union on Nov. 8. ly between 1980 and the mid-tolate 1990s — this was their first, or one of the first, times to have a voice in national politics. A Lantern analysis of Franklin County registered voters database — which compiled information such as registered party affiliation, voter ZIP code and if the individual voted in a general or primary dating back to the year 2000 — shows less people ages 18 to 30 are registering with a specific party affiliation compared to other generations. Millennials: A mixed bag Although millennials as a whole

supported then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, a lower percentage voted for Clinton than they did for President Barack Obama during his 2008 and 2012 campaigns, according to Tuft University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. The percentage voting Republican, 37 percent, stayed the same, versus 60 percent for Obama in 2012 and 55 percent for Clinton in 2016. According to MILLENNIALS CONTINUES ON 3

Jon Waters has dismissed his two lawsuits filed against Ohio State after he was fired from his position as the marching band director in 2014, in an agreement reached with the university. “(Waters) has voluntarily dismissed all of his claims against the university, including all appeals, in exchange for the university not seeking to recover its costs from him, as OSU would be entitled to do as the prevailing party,” OSU spokesman Ben Johnson said in a statement. “The decision by Mr. Waters to terminate his two pending cases leaves in place the prior rulings of the U.S. District Court in Columbus and the Ohio Court of Claims, which both found against Mr. Waters. Ohio State is pleased this litigation is now concluded and all parties can move forward.” Waters said that while he is glad the legal processes are over, he finds the conclusion to be “bittersweet.” “From a public relations standpoint the community at large was very much on our side, on my

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Former OSU Marching Band director Jon Waters directs the alumni band during a Sept. 13, 2014, football game against Kent State.

side, through this whole journey and that was gratifying because we had the truth on our side,” Waters said. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to tell that truth in front of the courtroom and in front of a jury. From the kind of community and reputational aspect of all this I think everybody knows that i was made the scapegoat and that Ohio State was unfortunately wrong in all this.” In U.S. District Court, Waters had argued that OSU had discriminated against him based on his gender and he was fired without due process after a university investigation found he was aware or reasonably should have been WATERS CONTINUES ON 3

Ohio higher-education funding tops Big Ten states Other public schools in conference remain cheaper options than Ohio State EILEEN MCCLORY Assistant Design Editor mcclory.10@osu.edu

Despite Ohio having the highest total state funding toward public higher education among states with Big Ten schools, Ohio State doesn’t have the lowest in-state, undergraduate tuition. With state higher-education funding varying across the country, in-state, undergraduate tuition varies state by state, and also within those states. Ohio residents pay the highest amount of money into the Department of Higher Education among analyzed public Big Ten schools and correlating state higher education departments. The state of Illinois, which is home to private school Northwestern and the public University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was not included in the analysis due to the state’s irregular budgeting. Ohio allocated more than

$2.567 billion to its higher-education budget in the 2017 budget cycle. The next-largest allocation came from New Jersey, which hosts Rutgers University, which was a $2.517 billion appropriation. Nationwide, tuition at public four-year colleges has risen approximately 13 percent between the 2010-2011 and 2015-2016 academic years, OSU spokesman Chris Davey said. Ohio has seen a 3 percent growth overall in tuition rates in the same time period, he said. “The interesting thing is that Ohio has done this while the state support for higher-ed has not kept pace with our peer institutions nationally,” Davey said. In the past 10 years, he said, there have been significant cuts to Ohio’s funding for higher education. Ohio’s spending on public colleges has declined 9.8 percent from 2008 levels, according to a report from State Higher Educa-

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tion Executive Officers, an advocacy group. More recently, as schools have begun working more closely with the state legislature, there has been more growth in state funding. From fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2015, there was an 18 percent increase in state spending on higher education in Ohio. However, Ohio still trails the rest of the nation in higher-edu-

cation funding per student. According to the same State Higher Education Executive Officers report, Ohio is slightly below the national average for spending per full-time equivalent enrolled students in public higher-education programs. Each state spent an average of $6,966 per full-time or equivalent student in fiscal year 2015, while Ohio spent $1,918 less per student.

Ohio law also caps the amount public universities can raise tuition each year. In the 2016-2017 academic year, Ohio legislators froze all tuition hikes for the first time. In previous years, increases were limited, and public universities in Ohio were able to raise tuition by 2 percent in the 2014-2015 academic year. OSU has frozen its tuition rate for in-state, undergraduate students for the past five academic years, although out-of-state and graduate school tuitions have not caught the same breaks. Spokesman Ben Johnson noted OSU also has frozen room-and-board fees for its students in the past two years. “We’re looking to freeze tuition where we can, emphasize need-based aid, and push access for middle- and low-income students,” Johnson said. “It’s a commitment to all of those things that allow us to prioritize accessibility TUITION CONTINUES ON 3

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Matthew Kroenig is set to visit Ohio State to participate in an anti-terrorism debate on Jan. 19. SAM HARRIS Assistant Campus Editor harris.2373@osu.edu

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The Alexander Hamilton Society will host its inaugural Spring Semester event on Thursday in the form of a policy debate about how to combat terrorism both at home and abroad. The debate will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Moritz College of Law and feature the stances of Matthew Kroenig, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, and Jason Keiber, an assistant professor in the departments of history and political science at Otterbein University. Peter Mansoor, a professor in the OSU Department of History, will moderate. Martin Lopez, a fourth-year in political science and the president of the Alexander Hamilton Society, said the speakers were chosen with careful consideration of their backgrounds and the perspectives they could offer. “It’s important to provide these different points of view because, frankly, on a college campus you don’t get a more center-right perspective often or, not even that, but something different than the general, homogenized viewpoint or viewpoints,” Lopez said. “So in Dr. Kroenig and Dr. Keiber, we think they will have different points of view on terrorism, and that was an important thing to provide the campus and the student audience for.” Kroenig said he will be taking the position that the United States should move toward deterring terrorist attacks from even occurring rather than hunting down individual terrorists and terrorist organizations. “I think that there are things that the U.S. is doing, but plenty more that the U.S. could be doing to basically shape the incentive structure that operates on terrorists and terrorist groups to try and discourage them from carrying out attacks in the first place,” Kroenig said. “Obviously, it’s much easier to deal with terrorism if you can convince people it’s not worth it rather than try to physically stop and respond to every attack.” Keiber, meanwhile, will be arguing that the U.S. needs to examine the underlying reasons that individuals and groups engage in terrorism in the first place. “There are deeper reasons why people decide to get together and choose to engage in terrorism campaigns,” Keiber said in an email. “The U.S. needs to do a better job of understanding these reasons — which might include poor economic opportunities and sclerotic, ineffective governments — and look for opportunities to help address

these conditions. Pursuing these other more pacific pathways would be a welcome change in the Middle East in particular.” While their positions initially appear similar, operating from the idea that deterring terrorism is the ideal approach, Keiber and Kroenig differ in their opinions on lethal military force. “I think that there are many things that can be done to deter people from going down this route (of terrorism), and I think, most importantly, is actually defeating the Islamic State and taking territory in the Middle East,” Kroenig said. He explained that individuals are inclined to join ISIS because of its appearance of strength. In making it appear weak, Kroenig said he believes the U.S. can prevent attacks, particularly from lone actors inspired by the group’s propaganda. “The Islamic State is seen as successful, and so it’s the Islamic State now that is inspiring people to conduct these attacks and so I think that defeating the Islamic State, making it clear that the Islamic State is losing, that it’s going to lose, may be the single most important thing that the United States can do,” Kroenig said. Keiber, while stating that he isn’t against using military strength against the organization, said he thinks there are better approaches to the problem. “The U.S. has a favorite tool in its toolbox — lethal military force. I am skeptical that this is sufficient to address the problem of organized international terrorism,” Keiber said. “I am fine with using military power to degrade (ISIS’s) capabilities. But I would still maintain that the U.S. should pursue a parallel strategy of looking at the underlying conditions that make ISIS seem like an attractive proposition for some.” The debate comes following the Nov. 28 attack on the OSU campus by Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a third-year in logistics management, which at this time has not been confirmed as an act of terrorism by the FBI. The FBI has, however, said that Artan might have been inspired by ISIS, or the now-deceased al Qaeda-linked terrorist Anwar al Awlaki. Lopez said the event was planned well before the attack, but that the speakers will remain conscientious of the heightened emotions surrounding the topic. “My condolences to the victims of the terrible attack, it’s a tragedy, and I often think about these events in strategic terms, but for people directly affected it’s a much more personal and emotional issue,” Kroenig said.

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and excellence.” Johnson added that tuition and fees cannot be frozen forever and, eventually, tuition at OSU will have to rise. According to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report, Ohio ranked 16th in increases in spending per student in the 2015-2016 school year, raising state spending by 4.7 percent. According to the same report, Montana is the only state in which tuition rates have risen at a lower percent than Ohio’s since 2008. “We are making a great effort and doing a lot of things that other states are not doing,” said Jeff Robinson, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Higher Education. “We are doing a lot of things that are in the forefront of college affordability.”

aware of the band’s “sexualized culture,” and did not do enough to change it. That suit was dismissed by a judge in August. Waters had separately argued in the Court of Claims that OSU had defamed him and ruined his personal reputation. That suit was dismissed by a judge in July. “I’ll just say this: the damage to the reputation to the Ohio State band and its alumni has been done,” Waters said. “The damage to my reputation has been done.” With the legal process now finished, he wished the students and band well. “I am glad that the event is over, I wish the students at Ohio State the best of luck moving forward,” Waters said. “The band will be great for many years to come and we should all expect that they will do great things, but this is unfortunately a stain on what is otherwise a sterling reputation.” EILEEN MCCLORY | ASSISTANT DESIGN EDITOR

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Pew Research Center, 66 percent of voters under 30 voted Obama in 2008. Although the Democratic Party has majorities in many cities throughout Franklin County, both major parties noticed a significant drop off in millennial voters. Registered Democratic voters born in 1989 totaled 2,228 compared to the 695 voters born in 1997. Similarly, registered Republican millennials drop off with 1,019 registered voters born in 1990 compared to 333 registered voters born in 1997. Asher said millennials don’t yet have a strong party affiliation to one side, therefore, their beliefs are mixed. As the 2016 presidential election was the first time for many millennials to cast their vote, Asher said voting habits start to be created. He said millennials may be turned off by Trump’s rhetoric, and, as a result, be convinced to identify more with the Democratic party. “They say, ‘Well, gee, if I’m voting Democratic, I wonder if that means I am a Democrat?,’” Asher said. “The vote is a behavior, but how you think about things is more of an attitude.” Franklin County by the numbers The city of Columbus has more registered Democrats than Republicans, while surrounding cities such as Powell and Hilliard have more registered Republicans than Democrats, according to data gathered for this analysis. While some might be quick to attribute the liberal lean of Columbus voters to factors such as higher education rates, with OSU in the area, Asher said he thinks the college experience is more impactful. After all, the city of Columbus is home to more than 100,000 registered Democratic voters, compared to the more than 60,000 registered Republicans. “Education doesn’t automatically predict party loyalty or party affiliation,” he said. “When you’re at Ohio State and seeing a much different world that you might see in (other places) … You start thinking, ‘There is a world beyond what I’m comfortable or familiar with.’ And I think that is the more significant impact.” A plurality of registered Republicans in

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Students gather for a debate watch party held at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law on Oct. 9. Franklin County were born between 1952 and 1962. Alternatively, the Democratic Party in Columbus finds the a plurality of its members are of individuals born between 1952 and 1959 and between 1979 and 1989. Columbus suburb, Westerville, is dominated by registered Republican voters born in 1947 to 1960, but registered voters born in 1989 to 1997 are virtually non-existent. The Democratic Party is dominated by registered voters born in 1950 to 1960 and 1972 to 1983, but like the Republican Party, takes a serious drop off with voters born in 1989 to 1997. In Westerville, however, registered millennials still skew Democrat. Millennials in Westerville make up about 21 percent of the registered voters population between ages 19 and 71. Additionally, millennials account for about 21 percent of registered voters in Dublin and roughly 22 percent of Gahanna. Similar to Westerville, New Albany has more registered Republican voters than Democratic voters by a substantial margin. Unlike Westerville, however, there are more millennials registered as Republican than Democrats. Looking back, the overall political climate in Ohio is mainly conservative, Asher said. The Lantern’s data, on the other hand, shows that Franklin County tells a different story. It’s dominated by

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OSU alum brings golden arches to silver screen EBO AMISSAH-AGGREY Lantern reporter amissah-aggrey.1@osu.edu There are three words that have become synonymous with the McDonald’s franchise — “I’m lovin’ it.” The making of the staple of the fast-food industry will be brought to the big screen on Friday, thanks to Ohio State alumnus Don Handfield. Handfield, a 2005 journalism alumnus and actor, producer and writer, decided to pursue the McDonald’s tale after discovering the story via some vigorous research. This research ended with Handfield speaking to and convincing the family of the company’s founders to tell their story. After he got the clearance to do so, he then got a writer and director on board and produced “The Founder,” starring Michael Keaton, which is set to hit theaters on Friday. Businessman Ray Kroc is largely credited with starting McDonalds, but the story truly began with brothers Dick and Mac McDonald in Arcadia, California, Handfield said. “There’s two McDonald’s. There’s the McDonald’s the brothers created and then there’s the McDonald’s Corporation,” he said. “I don’t have anything against McDonald’s, but I think the brothers were driven by a much different need than Ray Kroc, and that’s what I wanted to show.” Hanfield, who minored in the-

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A still from the upcoming film “The Founder,” starring Michael Keaton. atre, moved to Los Angeles afThey soon noticed that 80 perter graduation to pursue acting. cent of their sales weren’t even Wanting more control over his barbeque, but rather specialty destiny, he said he decided to get items such as root beer, orange into production. soda, milkshakes, cheeseburgers “I wanted to have more control and french fries. over my life, and as an actor you The brothers then decided to are kind of waiting for people to make a change in 1948. They discall you,” he said. “What I did was solved their barbecue shack and I ended up getting a job at E! En- converted it into a full-time burger tertainment Television back when restaurant, McDonald’s. it was pretty new … The journalBeyond Keaton, “The Founder” ism degree was the only reason I features Nick Offerman and John got the job.” Carroll Lynch as Dick and Mac In “The Founder,” the McDon- McDonald. Linda Cardellini porald’s brothers got the idea to start trays Kroc’s wife Joan Smith and a restaurant after noticing the BJ Novak portrays Harry Sonnesuccess of a local hot dog stand, born, the company’s first chief prompting them to start a barbe- executive. cue restaurant in 1940. “We can’t be happier that the “They weren’t doing quite well, true story of my grandfather and but they didn’t want to build a new how (the start of McDonald’s) restaurant,” said Jason French, played out would actually make Dick McDonald’s grandson. it to the big screen,” French said. “They quite literally paid a guy “It’s just unbelievable, and a lot of $200 to cut the building in half, it has to do with Don Handfield, put it on the back of a truck, and and we can’t thank him enough.” moved it from Arcadia to San Bernardino (California).”

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A new restaurant joins other sushi restaurants such as FUSIAN and Lemongrass Fusion Bistro, but offers a distinct option: allyou-can-eat sushi. Sushi Time, a casual dining, takeout and delivery restaurant, opened recently at 2653 N. High St. The menu features a modern take on classic Japanese dishes and uses fresh ingredients, according to its website. The most popular item, though, is the endless lunchtime sushi for $12.99, said restaurant manager Eric Yay. “We’ve gotten more and more busy because people find out we have all-you-can-eat sushi,” Yay said. In fact, because the 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. lunch special became so popular, the restaurant started an

all you can eat dinner special for $21.99. While the restaurant also serves other dishes such as chicken teriyaki, miso soup and spring rolls, the all-you-can-eat menu only includes their regular and specialty sushi rolls. “Customers always order too much,” Yay said. “They look at our menu and want to try everything they see.” The dragon roll and sexy roll are the restaurant’s best sellers, Yay said. The dragon roll is filled with eel, cucumber and avocado, drizzled with an eel sauce, while the sexy roll is rolled with fried spicy tuna, avocado and a Tobiko special sauce. “I’m still in disbelief that a place like this actually exists,” customer Chris Lute said. “The fact that it’s all you can eat and it’s not terrible food is amazing. I’ve never seen that happen before.”

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Starset, 7 p.m. at EXPRESS LIVE!, 405 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43215. The local rock band is set to perform and release its sophomore album “Vessels.” Tickets are $18 in advance and $22 at the door, not including fees.

“Aquarius,” 7 p.m. at the Wexner Center for the Arts. A Brazilian film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho is set to screen. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for the general public.

2017 Ohio Beatbox Battle, 7 p.m. at Scarlet and Grey Cafe, 2203 N High St. A beatboxing competition featuring individuals from across the state. Tickets are $5 for the general public.

G. Love & Special Sauce, 7 p.m. at A&R Music Bar, 391 Neil Ave. The alternative hip-hop group is set to perform with RIPE as the opener. Tickets are $43.85 including fees via Ticketmaster.

Griffin House, 7 p.m. at A&R Music Bar, 391 Neil Ave. The folk-rock band from Springfield, Ohio, is set to perform. Tickets are $22.85 including fees via Ticketmaster.

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OSU students knit for those in need KAYLEEN PETROVIA Lantern reporter petrovia.1@osu.edu Ohio State students are handcrafting cold-weather accessories to help those in need in Columbus, stitch by stitch. Members of the newly-formed student organization, One Stitch at a Time, knit and crochet scarves, hats and blankets to donate to the less fortunate in the local community. Esther Kang, a second-year in biochemistry and the organization’s president, said the organization is open to all students who wish to help warm the community. “You can have literally zero skill and you are completely welcome as long as you’re OK with donating your work,” Kang said. The service organization partners with Faith Mission of Ohio, a local shelter that houses and provides meals for men, women and

“You can have literally zero skill and you are completely welcome as long as you’re OK with donating your work.” Esther Kang Second-year, biochemistry One Stitch at a Time president

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The logo for the One Stitch at a Time student organization that knits hats and scarves for the less fortunate. families in Franklin County. Kang said One Stitch at a Time will operate on donation cycles, meeting weekly throughout the year and donating a collection of items at once each winter. In the coming months, the group will make its first donation. It can take anywhere from six hours to a couple weeks to make a scarf, depending on the pattern, Kang said. “It’s really worth putting so many hours into it,” she said. “If I keep it, great, I have another scarf. But there are people out there who greatly appreciate getting some-

thing like that.” Emily Hu, a second-year in marketing and One Stitch at a Time secretary, said knowing whom the items are going to makes it easy to donate them, despite the amount of work that goes into each piece. “Having someone appreciate or enjoy something you made for them is better than keeping it for yourself,” Hu said. The group currently receives funding only from the Council on Student Affairs, but hopes to partner with larger craft stores for supplies as the organization expands,

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“Every morning I woke up and I was stressed from the moment I opened my eyes. But I worked so hard for it. I’ve never had a whole year of working so hard for something that is that big and monumental in my life. And now I get to do what I’m so passionate about. I feel so lucky to be so in love with my major. It’s a lot of work, and we get stressed a lot, but I feel like everyone in nursing can attest to the fact that you didn’t just get here. You have to work so hard for it and that’s why it’s so special to me.”

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said Vijay Rings, a second-year in neuroscience and the organization’s treasurer. He said he recently learned to crochet from fellow organization members. He said learning to create something intended solely for donation has been rewarding on a personal level. “When I finish my first scarf ever, I’ll be like ‘Wow, I actually did something and I can give it away,’ so it’s definitely a sense of accomplishment,” Rings said. One Stitch at a Time meets on Fridays in Hitchcock Hall at 5:30 p.m.

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OSU was scheduled to be play at the Schottenstein Center. “Essentially, your access to the block was dependent on your attendance to the previous block,” Carbajal said. The 2014-15 season was the first time the short-lived plan was deployed, which has scuttled sales for games that once sold out within a half-hour of going on sale. “The very first block (of 2014) we saw sales fall by about 1,000,” Carabajal said. “So we went from 2,400 to just over 1,300.” It didn’t stop there. “The next block fell to around 800 and the last to around 630,” Carabajal said. The previous year, in which OSU used a system where students would pay a flat rate for season tickets that entitled them to attend every game, was profitable for the ticketing office. OSU finished the year with an average of 16,474 fans per game, good for ninth in the nation and third among fellow Big Ten institutions. Attendance wasn’t the problem. Money was. “We were really worried about the resale to nonstudents,” Gerard Basalla, the OSU USG president said. “Although ticket sales were definitely good, the biggest issue was getting students in the student section.” Basalla said the aftermarket sale for tickets was corrupting the atmosphere in the student section, which is located directly behind both team’s benches. “(Block-”O”) came to us and said ‘you have to come up with a solution because what is happening on the off-market is a disaster,’” Basalla said. “People are overselling their tickets, it’s a complete nightmare.’” Following the fallout of the original packages, OSU students and USG representatives met to try and salvage something from the wreckage. “The following year (2015-16) we regrouped with USG representatives, everyone agreed the initial way didn’t work,” Carabajal said. “So we kind of did a lastditch ‘what can we do to tweak it.’ We took away a lot of the ‘punishment’ that was inhibiting kids from having access to tickets and we broke up the tickets to a similar way we do for football.” Despite ticket packages designed to be more equitable, at-

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Student ticket sales have plummented this season, meaning more seats are empty at the Schottenstein Center. tendance continues to fall. The 20-year low set during the 2015-16 season is likely to be eclipsed by the current season. Attendance for the season-opener at home versus North Carolina Central University was 9,787, which is 52 percent capacity. Against major program Providence on Nov. 17, there were a total of 11,089 fans in attendance. The decline has done more than just raise eyebrows, it has prompted yet another alteration to ticket sales, the third in three years. “Taking it into this year we went back into the way it was during the 2013 season,” Carabajal said. “It’s a 10-game student package, all games occur during classes, here’s the discounted price, put it all on sale.” Even with the lack of ticket sales this season, Sunday’s edition of OSU vs. Michigan State drew 17,449 people. But Basalla thinks greater forces are at play. “We are not a basketball school,” he said. “We are not. Indiana is a basketball school.” Basalla, who laments the number of complaints he receives about a lack of interest in the basketball program, wants to analyze the tide of social forces. “The key is what is the school’s culture? What is the No. 1 portion of the social calendar?” Basalla said. “What we are talking about is students. Students at Ohio State care about football.” It is impossible, of course, to ignore the high tide of OSU basketball — advancing to the NCAA title game in 2007 and the residual

boost in interest that carried attendance through the 2012 season. “Ohio State 10 years ago was a glory-time,” Basalla said. “It’s very difficult to compare Greg Oden, Mike Conley, (Jared) Sullinger and (Aaron) Craft to where we are now.” Basalla’s objective is to sustain a basketball culture where a few times a year the school can be buzzing with excitement for an important game. “You might feel less inclined to go to a lower-level game when they’re playing a team from nowhere, but the profile of bigger games gets hyped. When (the team) is on ESPN, that place is packed, these are facts,” Basalla said. “When we played Michigan State at home (in 2016), even with the team that was way below the normal standard of the last decade, the place was jam-packed. You couldn’t get a ticket.” The Ohio State men’s basketball program declined to comment for this story.

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around the program long enough that he should be able to fulfill the crazy preplay process McMillan went through this year. However, Baker’s output this season and the fact he was named as an honorable mention for AllBig Ten has put him close to being named as the leader on defense. That, paired with the praise from McMillan, makes Baker a name to watch for once again next year. “He’s a baller, and he’ll defi-

nitely have a tree at Ohio State soon,” McMillan said.

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people, the toughest opponents,” Ryan said. “His big picture goal is to be the national champion. So where he’s ranked, I’m not sure it affects his confidence at all.” Tomasello was also named Big Ten co-Wrestler of the Week, alongside Michigan’s 133-lb. freshman Stevan Micic. Redshirt freshman Kollin Moore, the No. 5 wrestler at 197 pounds, is fresh off a pin victory over Illinois’ Andre Lee that clinched the dual-meet victory for OSU. Moore said he feels the Buckeyes have a bit of an edge over Maryland, including his per-

sonal matchup against David-Brian Whisler. “On paper we’re the better team,” Moore said. “I think our expectation going into every dual should be to win and dominate every match.” Moore mentioned he wrestled Whisler in high school, so there will be some familiarity between the two when they meet on Sunday. The dual meet is set for 1 p.m.

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OSU senior forward Nick Schilkey carries the puck during the Buckeyes’ game against Arizona State on Jan. 14. NICK CLARKSON Lantern reporter clarkson.38@osu.edu After a tough result in last weekend’s finale against Arizona State, the No. 11 Ohio State men’s hockey team (11-4-5, 2-2-0) returns to conference play, and prepares for a weekend series on the road at top-ranked Penn State in a battle of the nation’s top-two offensive teams. The Buckeyes will be without senior forward and captain Nick Schilkey for the two road clashes in University Park, Pennsylvania due to a lower body injury. Schilkey is currently third in the nation and first in the Big Ten with 17 goals on the year and sits at the top spot in the nation for power play goals. Coach Steve Rohlik said it hurts anytime a team loses an offensive weapon like Schilkey, and added that his team will have to truly step up to replace his play on the ice. “(Injuries are) a part of hockey; it’s part of sports,” Rohlik said. “You’ve got to pick up your bootstraps, you’ve got to work even harder, and everybody else has to pick it up a little bit more. And that’s our attitude.” The Nittany Lions (16-2-1, 5-1-0) come into the matchup on a three-game winning streak, including a sweep of Michigan State last weekend, and taking the second game in Columbus on Jan. 7. Penn State owns the top offense in the nation averaging more than four goals per game, and leads the Big Ten in total shots on goal with 910 on the season. Rohlik said despite the Nittany Lions’ ability to shoot on goal often, he expects that his team’s transition offense off shots will be a key to a successful weekend.

“The biggest thing is that (a high number of shots) keeps everyone focused because things are going to happen in a hurry, and you’ve got to be ready defensively wherever that puck goes,” he said. “It’s not basically always the first shot, it’s about what happens after the shot hits the net or traffic in front.” Penn State will likely face a familiar foe between the pipes for the Buckeyes in senior goaltender Christian Frey. Frey, a back-to-back Big Ten Hockey Star of the Week recipient, earned conference recognition two weeks ago against the Nittany Lions. Frey made 46 saves and shutout Penn State on Jan. 6. The Arlington, Texas, native said because of Penn State’s ability to pile on shots, his play this weekend will be vital to OSU’s success in the series. “We know they’re going to hit us with shots,” Frey said. “They have quick boards. There’s going to be a lot of rebounds laying around, so hopefully I can just control rebounds and make life easier for the defense in front of me.” Frey added that his team is aware of the challenge that awaits them this weekend on the ice, and that the team will have to bring extra effort in order to leave Happy Valley with two victories. “We know we’ve got the number one team in the nation coming up this weekend, so we know we’re going to have to be heavy on them,” he said. “We know that they’re going to be tough on every single puck. They’re going to fight for every battle, so we’ve just got to come in and work hard.” Puck drop from Pegula Ice Arena on both Friday and Saturday is set for 7 p.m.

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Baker Ohio State basketball attendance growing plummets from new ticket packages into a leader

JILLIAN MCVICKER For The Lantern mcvicker.34@osu.edu EVAN SZYMKOWICZ For The Lantern szymkowicz.4@osu.edu On Feb. 23, with their season on the line and a four-game winning streak in hand, the Ohio State men’s basketball team trailed the No. 6 Michigan State Spartans by six points entering the last 15 minutes of its second-to-last home game of the 2015-16 season. Final attendance for the game: 14,000, 76 percent of the 18,809 seating capacity. OSU would go on to lose by a final score of 8162. The 2015-16 season became the first time OSU did not receive a NCAA tournament bid in eight years. In a sport where home-court advantage is critical to success, programs across the country experience students lining up for tickets days before games. The Big Ten, host conference for both Michigan State and OSU, has led the nation in attendance for 40 straight years. OSU however, has trended downward at an unprecedented rate. Despite a steady run of successful years and OSU coach Thad Matta becoming the winningest coach in program history, the Buckeyes’ attendance numbers are in steep decline, having lost an average of 3,625 fans per season

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Ohio State drew 13,221 fans for its matchup with No. 20 Purdue on Jan. 5 at the Schottenstein Center. Most of the upper deck was empty. between 2013 and 2016. Casual observers are quick to make assumptions. Perhaps a poor nonconference schedule, fewer instate opponents, or a less star-studded roster drive down attendance, but more economic reasons have caused average attendance to sink to a 20-year low of 12,284 per game during the 2015-16 season. Enter the OSU Department of Athletics’ student ticket plan, which encouraged attendance to games against lesser competition in order to have priority for marquee matchups. This format was

intended to provide students with more choices while also getting fans in the stands. Matthew Carabajal, the assistant director of ticket sales for the OSU Department of Athletics, who was one of the principals in designing the new plan, believes the fluctuations in attendance are directly related to students. “Students are a last-minute type of crowd,” Carabajal said. “It’s mostly a lot of external factors that dictate their attendance. Whether that’s class, studying or whatever.”

The OSU Undergraduate Student Government, the Department of Athletics and Block “O”, the official OSU student section that coordinates attendance and seating with athletics, collaborated on the student ticket plan. The objective was to create incentives for students to attend premiere games by upgrading the locations of their seats according to attendance of previous games. Tickets were sold to students in “blocks” of three or four games, depending on how many games

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OSU set to face Maryland at Snyder’s high school TODD NEER Lantern reporter neer.60@osu.edu The No. 4 ranked Ohio State wrestling team will travel to Olney, Maryland, to take on the Maryland Terrapins. The Buckeyes are the home team, but are competing at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, where world champion Kyle Snyder attended high school. “We made a commitment to Kyle (Snyder) when he committed to us that we would bring the Buckeyes to Good Counsel (High School),” OSU coach Tom Ryan said. Ryan and the rest of the coaching staff have been returning to the high schools of wrestlers for years, most recently traveling to Walsh Jesuit High School in Cleveland, Ohio, for now-graduated Johnni DiJulius. Coming off last week’s win

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Olympic gold medalist and OSU junior wrestler Kyle Snyder was honored during the Buckeyes first game of the 2016 season against Bowling Green on Sept. 3. against No. 12 Illinois and picking up the team’s seventh-straight dual-meet victory, the Buckeyes are confident heading into this week against the unranked Terrapins. “I think that we can win every single match of the dual, 10-for10,” Snyder said.

However, heading into the dual, fifth-ranked 149-pound redshirt sophomore Micah Jordan has a highly anticipated matchup against No. 15 Alfred Bannister. Jordan is coming off of a victory via pin against Illinois’ Eric Barone. Jordan currently has five

falls, and is 3-0 in Big Ten competition. “(Bannister’s) a home-grown Maryland kid, so he’s going to have lots of people there that will be cheering for him,” Ryan said. “Even though it’s our home dual, I think being in his home state could give him a little bit of an energy boost.” Redshirt junior Nathan Tomasello moved up to become the No. 1 wrestler in the 133-pound division this week after defeating fourth-ranked Zane Richards on Jan. 15. The Buckeyes now sport three wrestlers ranked at the top of their weight class: Tomasello, Snyder and 174-pound redshirt junior Bo Jordan. Tomasello, like Micah Jordan, is undefeated this season. “Whether he’s ranked one, two, three, four, Nathan always does things in preparation for the toughest scenarios, the toughest WRESTLING CONTINUES ON 6

Linebackers at Ohio State have a history of becoming on-campus legends, and emerging as NFLready talents by the time they decide to make the leap to the next level. More often than not, the biggest leaders on the defensive side of the ball come from this unit, and soon-to-be junior linebacker Jerome Baker could be just like the players who came before him. From names like James Laurinaitis, Tom Cousineau, Chris Spielman and A.J. Hawk, Baker has some lofty expectations to live up to. After coming into Columbus as a running back, the Cleveland native has lived up to every expectation placed on him. Totaling 83 tackles this season, Baker flashed his ability to get to the ball carrier, while also racking up 3.5 sacks and a pair of interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown. Although he made lots of plays by himself, he credited the mentorship of Raekwon McMillan and soon-to-be redshirt senior linebacker Chris Worley as an instrumental piece to his success. “It’s very easy playing alongside Raekwon and Worley,” Baker said at OSU’s media day prior to the Fiesta Bowl. “Their ability alone is really a blessing. It’s made it easier on my confidence. They’re always telling me I can do it. They’ve believed in me from day one. I’m just glad I can finally play alongside those guys and do what I love doing.” However, Baker will not be playing alongside McMillan, who decided to forgo his senior season for the 2017 NFL Draft. The unquestioned leader of the defense last year, McMillan’s shoes will be hard to fill. The competition for the lead role at linebacker will come down to Worley and Baker, with the advantage going to Worley since he will be in his final season of eligibility. However, McMillan spoke of Baker at media day, saying his play should be singled out. “For a portion of the season, he was playing the best ball on the defense I figure,” McMillan said. “Against Oklahoma, he was pivotal when it came to stopping Baker Mayfield and other guys like that.” Worley is no slouch either, and seems like the most likely candidate for fulfilling the void left by McMillan. Worley has been FOOTBALL CONTINUES ON 6