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A study by an OSU professor looks at the impact of late-night shows on the public’s political opinions.

REMEMBRANCE

An alumnus remembers Patricia Cunningham, a mentor and adviser to many Buckeyes.

‘7 WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU’

The Department of Theatre presents a series of short on-stage rom-coms.

TUESDAY TAKE

With the departure of several stars, the talented incoming class of cornerbacks has to step up.

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Moritz lawyers discuss recent immigration orders

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A panel met to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration in the Moritz College of Law Saxbe Auditorium on Feb. 6. MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu A panel discussion about the legal aspects of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration was held in the Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law on Monday. The panel consisted of law professors Ruth Colker, David S. Bloomfield, Mohamed Helal and Peter M. Shane, and was moderat-

ed by Alan Michaels, the school’s dean. Students, faculty and OSU staff members, as well as Columbus community members, were in attendance and were encouraged to join the conversation. By examining the legality of the new executive orders, panelists provided information for both sides of the argument, saying that the ban violates the rights of an individual, but also saying it’s unclear whether the orders violate international law. Since the pan-

el focused on explaining the law, Shane said he wanted to make it clear that “legal and illegal are not synonyms for good and bad.” Colker, who studies constitutional law and disability discrimination, and Shane, who studies administrative law with a specialty in the separation of powers, began the discussion explaining what is spelled out in the two new executive orders, as well as why they view it as unconstitutional. IMMIGRATION CONTINUES ON 3

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Amended USG constitution to be voted on in March MATT DORSEY Lantern reporter dorsey.215@osu.edu In March, undergraduates will vote not only for representatives, but also for constitutional changes to student government. If passed, changes will stand for the next five years. The bylaw changes — proposed by Undergraduate Student Government’s Constitution and Bylaw Review Commission and approved for the ballot during Wednesday night’s General Assembly meeting — include a reduction in the campaign-finance cap, a lowering of petition signatures required to run for president or vice president, and the removal of the vice president from the general assembly, the organization’s legislative body. The CBRC had specific goals in mind when drafting the proposed changes. “We wanted USG to be more accessible to people, and we also wanted the bylaws to be a little bit more clear on some of the things that candidates need to do in order to be on the ballot,” said Jenna Gravalis, chair of the CBRC and a fourth-year in political science. The campaign-finance change would considerably help accessibility, she said. Candidates for USG often form “slates,” meaning they campaign

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Changes in USG bylaws could affect campaign finance and the makeup of the General Assembly.

together as one entity. A slate might consist of a presidential, vice presidential and multiple senatorial candidates, and is currently allowed to spend up to $4,000 on campaigning. If the proposed changes pass, the amended constitution would cut this limit to $2,000 beginning with the 2018 election, ideally allowing candidates with less capital a better opportunity to compete. “The issue is USG is supposed to represent all students so it shouldn’t be about who can raise the most money and buy the most promotional items to give out to students,” Gravalis said. She said the lower limit also would allow for more transparency. “Every campaign, once campaigning starts, they must publish a (campaign value report), so you know this is just making it more clear since it’s $2,000 and it’s a lot USG CONTINUES ON 2

Some researchers concerned by EPA grant freeze RIS TWIGG Lantern reporter twigg.10@osu.edu Some professors are concerned for their environment-related research after President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all contracts and grants for the Environmental Protection Agency in January. Concern for research funding depended on the type of environmental research being conducted, which can range from the natural to social sciences. Most professors that The Lantern reached out to acknowledged that funding opportunities might be more difficult for their colleagues working specifically with the EPA or studying climate change, though many declined to comment on the politically sensitive topic. “There’s been some political debate as to whether some research is deemed worthy of federal support,” said Ramiro Berardo, assistant professor in environmental and natural resources policy.

Berardo researches how policy actors try to influence governmental decision-making processes at the legislative and individual agency level. The bulk of his research is funded through the National Science Foundation. In his area of study, 65 projects were submitted to the NSF and only seven were deemed “competitive,” signaling they will receive federal funding from the NSF. With the Trump administration’s decision to review each project submitted to the EPA, the proposal process would be even more difficult for professors trying to pay for their research. Some researchers worried that these initiatives could spread to other federal agencies, like the NSF, who typically support scientific research at colleges and universities. “We are in a high-uncertainty environment,” Berardo said. Other professors were similarly apprehensive, but were less concerned about their specific areas of study. Kaigung Zhao, assistant pro-

fessor of environmental modeling and spatial analysis, studies climate modeling and ecosystem changes using geotechnology and is primarily funded through NASA’s Earth science program. Zhao said each administration change brings a different emphasis on funding for NASA’s Earth science program. The Bush administration cut funding while the Obama administration invested more into the program’s climate research. “As a researcher, I wouldn’t worry too much, but that’s only applied to me,” Zhao said. “Basically, because the pie becomes smaller for other research, you’re not really competing against yourself, you’re competing against your colleague.” But in another researcher’s case, the pie keeps getting bigger. Associate professor of wildlife ecology Robert Gates expressed less concern in regards to federal funding for his research because it comes from the Pittman-Robertson Act.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order which imposes a freeze on all grants and contracts at the Environmental Protection Agency, potentially affecting environmental research conducted at universities across the nation. Congress passed the act in 1937 after hunters, sportsmen and wildlife agencies urged them to extend the already existing 10 percent tax on all firearm and ammunition sales as a way to fund wildlife conservation.

“With expanding interest in guns and shooting sports, that pot of money is growing,” Gates said. “If you look at my particular area, I’m not terribly concerned about our base of funding.”

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Satirical news not without real-life political effects ALEX HULVALCHICK Lantern reporter hulvalchick.1@osu.edu While satirical news programs such as “The Daily Show” and “Last Week Tonight” air under the categories of comedy or entertainment, they could indeed shape the public’s political views. A study conducted by Ohio State professor of communication Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick showed that satirical news can be used as a tool to engage those who normally would not be interested in politics. The study also showed that, much like traditional news, people tended to choose stories that affirmed their previously held beliefs. Knobloch-Westerwick spoke of her interest in the phenomenon of confirmation bias, or how people tend to digest information that echoes their beliefs. She said her interest in the study lays in the question, “Is this different if we think it’s just entertainment, it’s just satire, it’s nothing serious?” According to this study, whether or not news has an affirming effect does not seem to vary just because the story is given a satirical spin. In their study, Knobloch-Westerwick and graduate student Simon Lavis showed 146 college students of varying political backgrounds and political savvy levels multiple clips of real and satirical news on three contentious

topics. What they found was that students were, in general, more likely to choose to first watch the serious news story over its satirical twin. However, those who had reported they were less interested in politics tended to choose the satirical clips, as opposed to the more serious ones. As well as becoming a mechanism to draw in people who don’t have a particular zeal for news, Knobloch-Westerwick said she hopes watching satirical news can be used to open people up to opposing viewpoints. “From a democracy point of view, you want people to consider the other side of things,” Knobloch-Westerwick said. The researchers also looked at the students’ political efficacy, or a person’s belief that they can make a political difference. The students who identified as liberal had their confidence boosted after watching the liberal satire, while the more conservative students had the opposite effect when watching right-wing satire. “The conservatives might just overall be less open to satire,” Knobloch-Westerwick said. “Satire might be something that’s more liberal, progressive, ‘Hey let’s question authority,’ kind of idea whereas conservatives don’t tend to question authority.” The researchers had a much harder time finding conservative

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Trevor Noah is the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. satire as well. “It could simply be that at this stage in history, there’s not a body of conservative satire that conservatives can say ‘OK we recognize what this is,’” Lavis said. Regardless of the type of news students consume, Lavis said it is important to stay informed and to have some amount of political efficacy. “If you don’t feel that your voice matters and that you can make an impact, no matter how small it may be, then what tends to happen is you don’t vote,’” he said. “That’s the hard and fast reCOURTESY OF TNS ality of it.” Michael Che co-hosts SNL’s “Weekend Update,” a satirical news segment.

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easier for people to see all of our spending,” Gravalis said. The proposed reduction in the number of required petition signatures, from 750 to 500, for presidential and vice presidential candidates, had a similar motivation. “I feel like it enables outside students to come into our selection process,” said Michael Frank, a third-year in political science and economics who also sits on the CBRC. “If you think about it, a member of (Greek Life) would have an ease of access to that number of people. Usually when one person in Greek Life runs, they’re able to hit up the other houses and get signatures from them, and then their requirement is completed. Whereas someone who may be involved in a smaller organization that maybe has 80 people … it becomes a lot harder for them to get involved like we would want them to.” The largest organizational change to USG bylaws would be the replacement of the vice president with a speaker in the general assembly, a position that was eliminated in the last bylaw revision five years ago. The change, according to CBRC members, would allow the general assembly greater autonomy. “We thought that the separation of those two powers (executive and legislative) would be important, so that way the GA members

“The issue is USG is supposed to represent all students, so it shouldn’t be about who can raise the most money and buy the most promotional items to give out to students.” Jenna Gravalis Chair, USG Constitution and Bylaw Review Commission, Fourth-year, political science

aren’t influenced negatively by the presence of the VP,” Frank said. While neither Frank nor Gravalis said they thought current USG Vice President Danielle DiScala overstepped her bounds, Frank said the CBRC were considering general-assembly structure in the long-term. “It’s more in order to protect the future of USG because we can’t always ensure that the next vice president is going to be exactly like (DiScala) was,” he said. USG senators would elect the speaker if the new constitution is enacted. The USG election, held March 6 to 8, will be an opportunity for students to put a stamp on student government that will last long after they graduate. The proposed constitutional changes, if enacted, will guide USG for five years. Voting on the constitutional referendum is “one of the ways (students) can get more involved in USG without actually joining the

organization,” Gravalis said. “The students essentially dictate how our organization is run.”

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MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu 1. An alleged robbery on East 13th Avenue near Indianola Avenue was reported to the Columbus Division of Police on Saturday at 7:54 p.m. According to the online police log, the victims met the suspect to purchase a vehicle from a Craigslist, but the suspect reportedly used a gun to rob them of $7,100. 2. A man not affiliated with the university was arrested on Woody Hayes Drive and Tuttle Park Place at 2:52 a.m. on Sunday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 3. An assault reportedly occurred at Apollo’s Greek Kitchen

on North High Street on Tuesday at 7:55 p.m. 4. A female not affiliated with the university was arrested for theft at the Scarlet Ribbon Gift Shop on West 10th Avenue on Wednesday at 10:11 a.m. 5. At Doan Hall, a man not affiliated with the university reported domestic violence and assault to University Police on Tuesday at 10:35 p.m. Note: Crimes featured on this map do not represent the full extent of criminal activity in the campus area.

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Remembering Dr. Patricia Cunningham On Feb. 2, I received news that my dear friend, confidant and tireless leader for Ohio State’s unsung heroes recently passed. Many others in the university community knew Dr. Patricia Cunningham II even better than me, but large sums of Buckeyes from today and yesteryear know of Patty’s work. Although she was always a force for change and justice, the Springfield, Ohio, native witnessed her long-held visions for what “education for citizenship” really means be realized when the Social Change program was recently established in the Office of Student Life with the support of Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston. With Dr. J’s support and President Michael Drake’s focus on a more civically engaged university, Dr. Patty was able to build OSU’s program into an ever-improving national model for social change programming and student development. The impacts of Dr. Patty’s work on the campus community, University District, countless communities across Ohio and the nation, is not only notable, it is admirable. In fact, several of us at at Eastern Kentucky University were recently discussing the idea of bringing Patty to our campus to give a Chautauqua lecture and program on student engagement, justice, girl power and women in science. Beyond Patty’s time leading such initiatives at OSU, her work was most importantly influenced by the people she touched with her colorfully blunt approach. Through her most trying times with her health, she continued to be a mentor to countless young men and women of all backgrounds. Dr. Patty was like a big sister to me and was there for me during my time as a graduate student wrestling with the challenges of leading an organization while battling cancer with the help of The James. Nobody understood my situation while at OSU better than Dr. Patty.

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Patricia Cunningham, director of the Department of Social Change in the Office of Student Life. She was truly my big sister in this world, and she likely was that for hundreds, if not thousands, of OSU students. For the nationally renowned Todd A. Bell National Resource Center at OSU, Dr. Patty was a mentor for countless young, black, male students who in many cases needed someone a little older and wiser who was like family, who could give tough love, and who helped them understand how to navigate the more than 62,000 student campus without giving up their identity. As a graduate student, Dr. Patty was a mentor and adviser to many, including the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, a brotherhood founded to provide opportunities for Jewish men. Patty gave people hope. Patty gave young folks inspiration. Patty observed in people what nobody else could see. No matter if she was working in downtown Columbus, or Youngstown or in the hills and hollers of Appalachia in Vinton County, Patty listened to people. Patty cared about people and she would reignite visions for people’s lives that may have vanished in their childhood years. Patty most importantly went to those blessed by circumstance to be the leaders of our university — student leaders,

faculty leaders, staff leaders, trustees, vice presidents, university presidents and many more. She routinely challenged these leaders in an unvarnished but still classy fashion to think about how their actions in life impact or may impact others — especially those sometimes lacking a voice. Patty was the voice for students lacking collective voice and sometimes not part of prestigious campus organizations. Patty taught her students how to have a voice and how they ought to give others a voice. No matter when or where I was around Patty, countless young men and women of all ages, positions, or conditions, would be sure to come by and say hello or often “thank you.” Any evening at Mad Mex, in the Gateway, when she might be there, folks would be coming in off High Street just to drop in and say hello. Everywhere — the Ohio Union, the Hale Center, the Oval — everyone seemed to know Patty. When people would openly say “thank you” to Patty years before her illness, I never knew exactly what they were thanking her for at any moment, but I had a suspicion that the “thank you” was likely related to how Patty ultimately gave them a purpose in this world by lighting a fire in them where the fuel for good existed. Despite all the positive action on society’s most challenging issues, Patty always knew how to temper the seriousness of her daily work with a great time — with sock puppets, poetry, dance, karaoke or just a great party. Patty led our Council of Graduate Students’ social planning and events for years and much of our success at that time in the mid-to-late 2000s was because we were a large group of students who could have a good time over food and drink. Patty was all about connecting folks together. She understood the power of the person is enhanced by the power of people. As a per-

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Shane said the order Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, which addresses illegal immigration, might face “more legal hurdles based on issues of constitutional power.” Citing Section 9 of the order, a section stating that state law officials must comply with the laws of communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, under 8 U.S.C 1373, Shane said it was created to make law enforcement agencies to follow immigration detainers. By ensuring that local law enforcements obey immigration detainers, Shane said, local law enforcement agencies can keep an arrested immigrant beyond their release date. This allows for more time for federal agencies to make a decision on whether to take the individual into federal custody for deportation. “The problem with Section 1737 is it’s probably unconstitutional,” Shane said.

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“The Supreme Court held in 1997 that Congress may not make it a legal duty of state and local law enforcement officials to enforce federal law. This has become known as the ‘Anti-Commandeering Principle.’” Colker, on the other hand, spoke about the other immigration executive order, titled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, which has has been referred to by detractors as a Muslim ban. Colker argued that details of the order, such as allowing immigration from Israel, a non-Muslim Middle-Eastern country, “furthers the claim that this order was made to disadvantage Muslims.” The order, parts of which are currently being held up in court, temporarily banned immigration for most citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and Africa, indefinitely banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the U.S. and suspended the U.S. refugee-intake program

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as a whole for 120 days. Helal, who specializes in public international law, said the new orders might experience some struggles within the court systems in the U.S., but the wording of these orders, such as immigrant screenings, do not violate international law. Referring to foreigners living abroad in the United States, he said international human-rights laws do not apply as they only apply to individuals physically living in the country or under law of that country. “International human-rights laws, which is the applicable body of law, simply does not protect foreigners living outside of the United States,” Helal said. “In other words, it’s perfectly within the law for the United States to purposefully discriminate other people on the basis of their religion, origin, nationality or what have you.”

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sonal note from my heart, the OSU community, Ohio, the nation and the world recently lost this true force for good and this fierce advocate for social justice with the passing of the original PhDiva, Dr. Patty Jr. I am, and forever will be, grateful for the light of Dr. Patty Cunningham that still shines on in this world, in the way a beautiful candle can flicker out only after lighting tens of thousands of other scarlet and gray candles, all burning brightly with hope and love. Ultimately, I know I have been changed, and the Angels in heaven gonna have a “soiree.” Patty will be missed, but her work must march on. How firm thy friendship, Jason Marion Ohio State ’10, ’11 Associate professor, Eastern Kentucky University jason.marion@eku.edu

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DANCE THROUGH FILM An event at the Wex will showcase a series of short films about dance. | ON PAGE 5

Romantic comedy play comes to OSU SYDNEY BROWN For the Lantern brown.6054@osu.edu There are five love languages, but the Ohio State Department of Theatre will show seven ways to say “I love you.” The department is set to present “7 Ways to Say I Love You” starting Wednesday. The 2015 play written by Adam Szymkowicz is a collection of seven stories that explore different ways love is expressed. It is the third production for Laura Falb, cast member and second-year in theater. “It takes a look at really different extremes and how love can be a common theme in so many different ways,” Falb said. “Every scene involves people who are completely different from each other … Every single scene is a whole brand new universe, but they all have the common theme of love.” Falb is one of the play’s six cast members, each of whom will play at least two different roles. A small cast is characteristic of the department’s “raw theater,” or a typically more experimental theater installment presented each

“Sometimes it’s easier to play a dramatic scene, come in and have an argument, that’s easy. Come in and fall in love, that’s hard.” Kevin McClathy Director of “7 Ways to Say I Love You”

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Cecelia Bellomy and Chorsie Calbert, both fourth-years in theatre, are cast to play in the performance of “7 Ways to Say I Love You.” year. The show will be held in the Riverview Room with a small stage and added risers in a circular formation around it, creating a non-traditional theater space. The set will be minimal, with only a few pieces of furniture as props,

and no additional lighting to add to the room’s overhead lights. The cast was solidified in November and rehearsals began on the first day of Spring Semester. Now, four and a half weeks into the semester, the love-centered

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play will be opening a week before Valentine’s Day. The minimal production elements coupled with the play’s plot of unconnected stories, creates advantages and challenges for the cast and crew.

“Because they’re different stylistically we weren’t bound by one aesthetic,” said director Kevin McClatchy. “When you go to a play there’s one story, one narrative. It’s the same from beginning to end. There is a consistency that has to exist … we weren’t necessarily bound by that. The tone of the pieces shift all over the place.” However, a common thread of the play still persists, McClatchy said. “There’s a unifying sense to all of them, the notion of being somewhere in a big city and still what happens to you when you’re

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Ohio State alumnus Paul Hopler and business partner Michael Grenier want to keep their “sock game” on point, so they started their own sock company, Keep it Simple Socks. “We were standing around talking about socks, and I mentioned how you need to ‘keep it simple, stupid,’” Grenier said. “Someone screamed out ‘Keep It Simple Socks,’ and at the time we didn’t realize we had a cool business opportunity. A few months later we decided to pursue it.” The duo teamed up with Austen Tabor

and began to design socks. With the help of two local designers, the team sent out some mock-up designs and the company opened for business. “We launched in November and had a good amount of sales,” Grenier said. “People had subscriptions, they were buying them for their boyfriends or husbands for Christmas, and we got off to a solid start.” The company offers a range of crew sock styles from solid, geometric and more intricate designs available for online order. One pair of socks costs $12 and three pairs cost $30. Keep It Simple Socks also offers a monthly subscription box, with three pairs per month shipped to the customer’s SOCKS CONTINUES ON 6

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OSU students reimagine dance through film MEGAN WEISS Lantern reporter weiss.488@osu.edu Ohio State dance students will be seen dancing in a variety places outside of their typical home of Sullivant Hall. OSU’s Department of Dance joined the Wexner Center for the Arts to bring a series of award-winning short films that present intersection between dance and filmmaking. Dance@30FPS, which stands for 30 frames per second, will be celebrating its sixth year with this title, but the event has existed for more than 15 years. The program features 14 films ranging from two to 13 minutes in length that

are a combination of shorts from around the world. The lineup includes three OSU student-created films. Max Wildenhaus, a fourth-year in film studies and comparative studies, Joshua Manculich, a graduate student in fine arts, and dance and associate professor of dance Mitchell Rose all will have films featured at the event. “Dance film reimagines the experience of what dance is or could be. The film itself is the dance,” Rose said. “This program will be an intimate experience of dance for the audience.” Dance films are created in order to show different angles and close ups of the performers and their movements, allowing the COURTESY OF MITCHELL ROSE

“SHIFT” by James Adamson is one of the films that will be shown at Dance@30 FPS. audience to feel engulfed in the ingness” will also be featured. “Mitchell (Rose) has opened up a film and involved in the dance, Wildenhaus recently began work- new confidence for me in being a Rose said. ing with dance film and explained filmmaker.” “Exquisite Corps” is one of that his piece is abstract and withBefore each short, there will be Rose’s shorts that will be present- out dialogue, setting it apart from a 30-second Skype introduction ed Thursday night. This short film the other shorts shown. from the filmmaker to connect the contains 42 American contem“As They Walk” is a piece creat- viewers to the creator of the piece porary choreographers Rose de- ed by Manculich last fall in Rose’s they are about to see. The shorts scribed as “linking together on a Dance Film 2 class. Inspired by an will be arranged within thematic chain love letter to dance.” instant energy shift he feels when groups of three to four films with “Timecode,” a short film by stepping outside, Manculich’s time set apart for discussion beSpanish director Juanjo Gimenez, short was filmed in a corn field tween the sections. will also be shown. The film, cur- that he described as “constantly Dance@30FPS is Thursday at rently up for an Oscar for Best changing.” He said it is a reminder 7 p.m. in the Film/Video Theater Live-Action Short, was the win- to appreciate the now. at the Wex. The program will last ner of the Palme d’Or award at “I was able to see Dance@30FPS approximately 80 minutes and adthis year’s Cannes Film Festival as a student last spring, and now mission is free. in France. to be apart of the program is Wildenhaus’ short “In Nothsuch an honor,” Manculich said.

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lonely, surrounded by millions of people, what it is that makes you need or try and find for yourself. That’s the consistent part,” he said. On the other hand, McClatchy and the cast had to find a way to unify the stories and the theme of love, so audience members feel like they are at one performance. They decided to do so by using music. McClatchy said this was a collaborative process involving he and the cast. Together, they came up with songs that fit the themes of each act to use as transitions. Falb put together an acappella version of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” for one of the transitions. Ronda Christie, a second-year in theatre, ended up with a ukulele part. “This is the first time I’ve ever played an instrument on stage, because I’m playing ukulele for all this which is daunting but really exciting” she said. While discussing the challenges of performing comedy, McClatchy compared the show to the seasonally appropriate “rom-coms.” “Sometimes it’s easier to play a dramatic scene, come in and have an argument, that’s easy. Come in and fall in love, that’s hard,” McClatchy said. “That’s why romantic comedies, when you find a good one, when you watch a film and go, ‘Man, that’s a great one,’ and that makes up for the 10 other ones I saw that weren’t so great. It’s hard, so that’s what we’re trying to do; it’s sort of a stage version of mini romantic comedies.” “7 Ways to Say I Love You” will be

showing from Feb. 8 through 18 in the Riverview Room of the Drake Performance and Events Center. Tickets are $15 for students.

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Aerial yoga takes flight at Yoga on High MADISON MACEACHEN Lantern reporter maceachen.7@osu.edu Suspended from the ceiling, aerial yoga gives the opportunity to explore body flexibility while relaxing and destressing. Minutes from campus, Yoga on High at 1081 N. High St. offers four different kinds of aerial yoga classes throughout the week. Aerial yoga, which uses fabric hammocks suspended from the ceiling, has been a trendy form of exercise the past couple of years in big cities, but is just making its way into smaller areas, said Rachel Weiler, an instructor at

Yoga on High. An Ohio State graduate and former RPAC yoga teacher, Weiler has been teaching aerial yoga for the past three years. In comparison with the traditional mat classes she taught at the RPAC, Weiler sees key differences between the two types of practices. “Aerial yoga has more of a playful vibe and the movements involving inversions and hanging upside down is something completely different and exclusive to aerial yoga,” Weiler said. She also said aerial yoga can be done by any age group. For instance, her teaching assistant is 60 years old, but many college

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OSU alumna Rachel Weiler hangs from one of the ribbons during an aerial yoga session that she instructs at Yoga on High in Columbus.

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The interior of the aerial yoga studio at Yoga on High in Columbus.

students attend the class as well. Weiler said many people are intimidated by the movements and idea of upside-down suspension, so they avoid trying it out. Aisha Bradshaw, an OSU graduate student in political science and aerial yoga first-timer, took Weiler’s beginner class and said she would definitely recommend the class to college students looking for a stress reliever through exercise. “It felt like a workout, but it was still very relaxing and I didn’t feel like I was working overly hard to

do the poses,” Bradshaw said. Although aerial yoga is not considered a high-intensity workout, a study done by the American Council on Exercise found that individuals who regularly attended classes over a six-week period had measurable reductions in common risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Apart from the physical benefits, aerial yoga, like other yoga practices, uses meditation and breathing to emphasize self-awareness and help students cope with stress. To reinforce this meditative state,

Weiler ends each class by dimming the lights and having students cocoon themselves into the hammock for a period of silence and relaxation known as savasana. While Weiler does have some OSU students that regularly attend her classes, she encourages more students to give aerial yoga a chance. She said the combination of playfulness and traditional yoga poses is typically something that college-aged students especially enjoy.

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or just wear around,” he said. “We didn’t design them for one single aspect of the day, they are just fun to wear all the time.” Hopler graduated from OSU with a degree in actuarial science in 2015, and became the “numbers aficionado” of the group. None of the founders operated a small business in college, but that didn’t

stop them from getting advice. “We had an awesome support network to get started,” Hopler said. “Some of our friends, who also have a small business, helped us get started and it’s taken off from there. Neither of us did anything as far as business besides buying and selling stuff online, but we’ve still received a lot of

help so far.” For now, the socks are only available online, but they are looking into partnering with local stores to carry the socks for purchase in-person. While it wasn’t an easy start, the founders agreed that starting a business is worth it, and offered advice for future businesspeople.

“Stop making excuses,” Grenier said. “You can say you don’t have the money or the know-how, but those are just excuses. Reach out for help. We’ve received help from so many different people, even from some random people, so there is no reason to make excuses.”

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displeased another which directly impacted a world competition. In the future, barring any changes on the now stalled visa bans from Iran in the US, there might be little resistance in athletes from other nations traveling to other countries to compete in open tournaments. However, the impact on sports around the world could be catastrophic. Countries like Sudan and Syria are notorious for having athletes compete in US events like the

Boston and New York Marathon. If the executive order is to be revived in any way, these events might take a severe hit in the number of participants. Returning marathon champion Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia, had some questions as to whether or not he would be allowed back into the country. However, it was later announced Farah could return. In the NBA, players like Thon Maker and Luol Deng, both of

whom were born in Sudan, went through some nervous hours contemplating whether or not they would be allowed to travel with their respective teams. Although they were eventually cleared, questions remained on what would happen next. The ban has been controversial on both sides of the aisle, but if a ban on visas and travel from other countries is re-enacted, players and coaches from around the world who now live in the US

might be out of a job and back to their native homes quickly. For now, the sports and collective world will wait and see what happens next, as travel from the seven affected countries continues. But, the wheels have been set in motion for what could be a bumpy road for athletes and potential citizens across the globe trying to make it in the United States.

home for $20 per month. A yearlong subscription costs $220. Grenier said the creative and original designs of the socks are what make them special, and what makes the price a little higher than a typical pair of socks. “We wanted to design socks that people could work in, play in former Nebraska standout Jordan Burroughs, will be allowed to compete. Even though past bans have prevented athletes from certain nationalities from competing in tournaments in foreign countries, most recently from the Russian doping scandal, the Iranian ban is new territory. There were no positive drug tests or scandals. Instead, there was a decision made by one government that

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Despite recent success, star Mikael Torpegaard isn’t content KYLE MCKINNON Lantern reporter mckinnon.99@osu.edu It’s not every day a tennis phenom walks through the doors of Ohio State. Then again, junior Mikael Torpegaard isn’t your everyday tennis player. When he was six years old, Torpegaard began playing tennis at a club close to home in his native country of Denmark. Shortly thereafter, he fell in love with the sport, eventually finding his way to OSU – a decision he’s never second-guessed. “It’s a great thing to be a part of something bigger than myself,” Torpegaard said. “I love playing for OSU and I enjoy the team aspect of tennis. Usually you play for yourself and only yourself when you’re on the professional tour. There’s nobody to share the victories or take the losses with. So, being on a team like this, that’s a huge thing for me as a Buckeye.” Although Torpegaard is just 22 years old, he’s already enjoyed major success in his young career. In 2016 alone, Torpegaard won the ATP Challenger title at the Columbus Challenger, was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and finished as the runner-up in the NCAA Singles Championship. Torpegaard is currently the second-ranked player in men’s college tennis after starting off the season at No. 1. Despite all that he’s accomplished, he said none of his experiences and feats can top the time he played against tennis legend, 14-time major champion Rafa-

Buckeyes add 2018 defensive back commit NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu Jaiden Woodbey, a four-star safety from St. John Bosco in California, has verbally committed to Ohio State. Woodbey, the No. 3 overall safety in the class of 2018 according to 247Sports.com, announced Monday night his intent to play for Urban Meyer. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds, he adds to a safety position that has quite a bit of depth for the Buckeyes. This season, Woodbey recorded 70 total tackles and pulled down four interceptions. Recruited by OSU defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, Woodbey will arrive in Columbus in 2018 with a potential starting spot on the line, as senior safety Damon Webb is set to graduate after the 2017 season.

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“Playing against Nadal is probably at the top of the list. I was shaking and gripping my racket so hard every time I had to return the ball.” Mikael Torpegaard OSU tennis player

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OSU junior Mikael Torpegaard competes against Texas A&M on Feb. 19. Torpegaard is the reigning NCAA Singles champion. el Nadal, in the 2015 Davis Cup. Torpegaard lost in straight sets. “Playing against Nadal is probably at the top of the list,” Torpegaard said. “I was shaking and gripping my racket so hard every time I had to return the ball. I cramped in my hands after three sets. It was definitely huge for me and an unbelievable experience.” Through his run at the NCAA title, Torpegaard became known for his lethal backhand. It’s a strength that can only be attributed to his surroundings growing up, he said. “The backhand, or the serve, are my biggest strengths,” he said. “Unlike most players, they have their forehand — that’s their big-

gest weapon. I grew up playing on an extremely fast surface, which messed up my forehand technique a little bit, but also gave me an advantage with my backhand.” Through the first month of this season, Torpegaard and the Buckeyes have been nothing short of dominant. They have steamrolled opponents on their way to a spotless 7-0 record. Remaining focused and prepared while winning games in such convincing fashion is key, coach Ty Tucker said. “You keep the focus on getting a little bit better every day,” Tucker said. “There are guys on this team that’ve been to the Final

Four, there are guys that’ve been to the Elite Eight, and there are some guys on this team that won the 2014 National Indoor Championship. They know that there are a lot of good teams and that you’ve got to be ready for everybody.” With roughly three months to go before the start of the NCAA Championships, that focus will be constantly tested. The thirdranked Buckeyes are scheduled to face off against six teams currently in the top 25, including No. 5 Georgia, No. 9 Northwestern, and No. 18 Michigan. In Torpegaard’s eyes, it doesn’t matter who the opponent is, OSU needs to go out and perform on a

consistent basis. “The goal is to be the best individually and team-wise, and to win a national title because I really think that we can win one,” Torpegaard said. “I expect to always be a top-5 team, and to beat some of these really good teams coming up.” The Buckeyes will attempt to preserve their undefeated record at home versus No. 15 Kentucky on Friday.

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prepare the team for its preseason tournament in Osceola, Florida, next month. With two games against Kansas State and a single game against Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse Pittsburgh, the team must work quickly to prepare for the stiff competition. The managerial staff’s secret weapon in this preparation is the strength and conditioning coach Dean Hansen. “If you ever stop by practice, you will immediately notice coach Hansen putting the team through a killer workout,” Huth said. “We work with him before every practice to develop a script on what drills to run in order to build the skills necessary for Opening Day in February.” The managers continue to prepare OSU for its title defense ahead of the Buckeyes first game against Kansas State on Feb. 17.