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USG campaigns set to begin AMANDA PARRISH Lantern reporter parrish.272@osu.edu Undergraduate Student Government’s campaign season will officially begin at 8 p.m. Sunday and two pairs of candidates for president and vice president are on this year’s ballot. One campaign, consisting of second-years Jeremy Cronig and Ezequiel Herrera, ended its campaign Wednesday night before the official season kicked off. “It comes as a bitter-sweet sadness to say that Jeremy and I will be suspending our campaign effective immediately,” Herrera said in an email. “In short, it all comes down again to why we started, our mission, and making sure that our values and CAMPAIGN SEASON CONTINUES ON 2

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USG presidential candidate Reese Brooks (right) and vice-presidential candidate Reagan Brooks (left).

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USG presidential candidate Shamina Merchant and vice-presidential candidate Shawn Semmler.

Bots, deception, fake news: Whose responsibility is it to monitor social media? JERROD A. MOGAN Lantern reporter mogan.7@osu.edu Nick Davis said he spends “every day, all day” on Twitter and often uses the network to promote his favorable views of President Donald Trump. So, when he received an email in late 2017 saying he interacted with an account potentially connected to the Russian government during the 2016 election, he was not surprised. “I just kind of ignored the email,” said Davis, a fourth-year in natural resource management. “I don’t put too much weight into that kind of stuff.” Emails like the one Davis received are part of an ongoing effort by social media companies at the request of Congress to address the growing problem of misinformation on their networks. A majority of U.S. adults — 67 percent — receive some news from social media, according to the Pew Research Center. Gleb Tsipursky, an assistant professor of history at Ohio State, said companies like Facebook and Twitter are responsible for the information shared on their networks. “Social media tries to get away from its actual role. They should be acting like a news agency,” he said, referencing how most news agencies verify information they spread. Roughly 1.4 million people received the same email as Davis from Twitter, according to its blog post about the matter. The emails were sent to those who

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Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Google Senior Vice President Kent Walker are sworn in before a hearing on Capitol Hill in November. had “certain types of interactions” with the nearly 4,000 accounts connected to the Internet Research Agency, a propagandist organization linked to the Russian government, according to Twitter. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s interference into the election, recently issued indictments for 12 employees of the agency. Davis said he doubts he interacted with a propaganda account and likely only saw a tweet from a Russian source, adding it didn’t affect his vote. Twitter also announced the deletion of more than 50,000 Russian-linked automated ac-

counts — or bots — that were programmed to tweet election material and push inflammatory messages related to immigration and the deportation of refugees. The tweets reached many Americans across the country. In fact, the involvement of bots stretched to the Ohio State community. Following the car-and-knife attack on campus Nov. 28, 2016, Twitter users took to the social network to voice their support for the university community by tweeting the hashtag #prayforosu. While many of the tweets were heartfelt messages of thoughts and prayers, some consisted of

racist messages and ideas, including those sent from Russian bots, according to a database published by NBC News. The users @_nickluna_, @cassieweltch and @thefoundingson are the tip of the iceberg consisting of more than 200,000 tweets sent from more than 2,500 bots during the 2016 election, according to the database. “I hope Trump will ban Somali refugees #PrayForOSU,” @ thefoundingson tweeted Nov. 28. “#MSM is the #FakeNews WE are the new #Media #PrayForOSU,” @_nickluna_ retweeted the next day. Tsipursky said it’s good that

Twitter is deleting bot accounts, but the lies they spread will persist. “Even though research suggests that [people’s] opinions are strongly informed by bot accounts, people don’t believe that about themselves, so they will ignore that sort of information,” Tsipursky said. Because Twitter is a private company, Davis said it’s under no obligation to prevent misinformation on its network, adding he believes if it decides to act, it should only delete bots. “They shouldn’t be trying to limit the speech of a person,” he said, even if that person is Russian “who’s trying to sway people.” However, Tsipursky said preventing the spread of fake news is not a threat to free speech. “How can we have any sort of society where falsehoods are treated equal to real truths?” he said. “Ideas are different than facts.” Tsipursky said Twitter has never been proactive about addressing the problem of misinformation on its platform, and researchers know fake messages are a much bigger issue than the company has admitted publicly. “It’s financially disadvantageous for Twitter to reveal as much of the misinformation on Twitter as is actually happening,” he said. Facebook has taken a different approach by allowing its users to vote on the trustworthiness of SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUES ON 5

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Pulse Political Pulse ZACH VARDA Senior Lantern reporter varda.6@osu.edu Political Pulse is a weekly column with the goal of giving objective, to-the-point information to readers on current political events. Rhetoric but no policy proposals follow mass shooting A tragic mass shooting last Wednesday cut 17 lives short. Plenty of politicians have taken the past week to make pronouncements about gun laws, but no specific policy proposals or bills have been put forward by either party. The public discourse has followed the usual pattern of calls for stricter background checks or categorical bans. Gun rights advocates have pushed back. Two recent events could lead to change of a troubling pattern in America. The first is the outspoken role that many of the students who survived the shooting have taken. These young people have taken to social media and news broadcasts to lend their voices to the push for new laws. While praising their courage,

some critics have claimed the students are still too young to be shaping policy, but nonetheless their words have brought more eyes to the issue. The second factor that casts the gun law debate in a new light is President Donald Trump’s support of bump stock bans and stricter background checks. Trump is probably not the ally that gun law advocates wanted nor expected, but he is the symbolic head of the Republican Party and support from that position is important in this discussion. Whether any new laws are passed is yet to be seen, but the discussion does not seem like it will go away as quickly as it has in the past. Republican attorneys general under scrutiny In a joint report by MapLight and The Intercept published Feb. 12, a secret online bulletin board used by Republican attorneys general was exposed that allows top donors to influence policy decisions. Ohio is included in the list of states where the secret dropbox, dubbed the “Briefing Room,” is used. This is especially notable

because Attorney General Mike DeWine is currently running for governor. Files are uploaded to storage site box.com where, according to the report, “The Republican Attorneys General Association, or RAGA, frequently directs officials working for GOP attorneys general to review files posted on the file-sharing website before participating in conference calls hosted by RAGA’s nonprofit policy arm, the Rule of Law Defense Fund.” A RAGA donor, Purdue Pharma, is being sued by Ohio — a lawsuit filed by DeWine — for downplaying the addiction risks posed by its opioid medication Oxytocin. The offices of attorneys general who use the service did not comment on the report nor argue these files are not subject to public records request. A spokesperson for RAGA denied the reporting that donors were allowed to post to the secretive bulletin board, but according to the report, an offer still stood for access to the “Briefing Rooms” for those donors who gave more than $25,000 annually.

passed in a secret vote in January. “The idea that student government can automatically turn political, and then vote, basically, secretly on divestment; we just thought it was absolutely ridiculous,” said vice-presidential candidate Reagan Brooks.

very political,” Reese Brooks said. “We feel like it is time to bring in outsiders to shake things up in USG and make it more about the students and less about political matters.” Shamina Merchant and Shawn Semmler Presidential candidate Shamina Merchant, a third-year in information systems, and vice-presidential candidate Shawn Semmler, a third-year in finance, will center their campaign on physical and mental health, affordability and inclusion, with their focus on catering to students’ needs. “We feel like USG can always be doing a much better job of actually listening to the students and listening to their voices,” Merchant said. “That was the most important thing we set out to do, making sure that we are actually listening to students’ stories from the very beginning and using the opportunity to reach out to people we haven’t talked to before, and listen, and use that to shape our policy.” The running mates each have previous USG experience. Merchant is currently serving as the deputy chief of staff and liaison to other Big Ten universities. Semmler has previously served as the deputy director for the Government Relations Committee. Merchant and Semmler said they are striving to have a more open conversation with the students and to reach the groups USG has not. “USG is one operation and one group of students, but we are not

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choices are aligning. We want to represent the students ... in doing so we felt like we had more groups to reach out to before we felt truly comfortable representing the university and the awe-inspiring students within it.” Voting will begin March 5 at noon and end March 7 at 11:59 p.m. A presidential and vice presidential candidate debate will be held at 7 p.m. March 4 in the U.S. Bank Theater in the Ohio Union. The two presidential campaigns come from different backgrounds and experiences, but they all seem to have one similar vision: to give the voice of student government back to the students. Reese Brooks and Reagan Brooks Reese and Reagan Brooks, both third-years in marketing, will be running their second campaign they say is based on the perspective of students who are outside USG. Their main focus, like last year’s, is cutting USG funding to provide more for student organizations and emphasizing free speech on campus. “Funding towards [USG] has increased by 10 percent [since last year], while funding towards student organizations has gone down by 5 percent, and we are not fans of that at all,” said presidential candidate Reese Brooks. “Increasing funding toward student [organizations] is a huge issue for us.” The Brooks brothers said a big motivation for running again came from the outcome of the divestment resolution that was

“I think if students elect these officials to represent them in USG, they should have the ability to see that senator’s voting record and see how they voted on it since they are supposed to represent them.” Reese Brooks Third-year in marketing and USG presidential candidate

Reese Brooks said the brothers want to remove the clause in USG’s standing rules that prevent individual senators’ votes from being public record. “I think if students elect these officials to represent them in USG, they should have the ability to see that senator’s voting record and see how they voted on it since they are supposed to represent them,” Reese Brooks said. The brothers said USG has become politically minded, losing its focus on the students. “Especially last semester and this semester, USG has become

the whole spectrum of students,” Semmler said. “Our number one goal with doing this is, ‘Hey let’s listen first and then lead.’”

“USG is one operation and one group of students, but we are not the whole spectrum of students. Our number one goal with doing this is, ‘Hey let’s listen first and then lead.’” Shawn Semmler Third-year in finance and USG vice-presidential candidate

Eliminating some of the course fees for students is one of the issues they want to tackle if the two are elected. Merchant said she wants more transparency with USG — a promise the current administration campaigned for during its presidential run. The duo wants the student body to believe in USG again, she said. “I think our approach hasn’t just been ‘Can we run this USG campaign?’” Merchant said. “But ‘With this campaign can we re-instill faith in USG?’ Because, frankly, students don’t have that right now. And it’s unfortunate, and we really need to be asking ourselves how we can try and start to rebuild that trust.” JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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MONOLOGUES Student activist group to raise awareness for women’s rights via new chapter of “Vagina Monologues.” | ON PAGE 4 KAYLEE HARTER Lantern reporter harter.830@osu.edu

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Ben Cain performs with his band Wild Things at a show at Buffalo RiverWorks in Buffalo, New York on Sep. 12.

For Ben Cain, a fourth-year in journalism, it was his love of writing that first led him to music. The music Cain wrote when he began playing in eighth grade was sad, something he said he thinks is common for young, hormonal teens. Now, Cain has shifted toward an upbeat indie-pop sound that he hopes will connect with audiences. “I want to feel good and I want to play on things that everyone can relate to,” he said. “I want to play on what unites us as people and create that transcendental feeling.” Part of this shift was a response to playing live with a band. “When you write this depressing music it’s really easy to do that when you’re by yourself in a room,” Cain said, “but then when you go to play it in front of a crowd of people, they might not wanna do that. They came to a rock show, they want to have fun, it’s their weekend. And there’s merit to that.” Cain’s band, Wild Things, has only been together since 2015, but has already opened for some of Cain’s biggest influences, such as New Politics and Foster The People. Its newest single, “Don’t Wanna Feel It,” is currently playing on the SiriusXM Hits1 radio station. Although Cain now lives in Co-

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COIN 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The pop group brings its North American tour to Columbus with opener The Aces. Tickets are $20 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Gary Allan 7 p.m. at Express Live, 405 Neil Ave. The country music star will perform with Morgan Evans as part of the 92.3 WCOL 24th Birthday Bash. Tickets are $45 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

TrismxTinder 10 p.m. at Trism. The event will feature a live DJ, drink specials and prizes throughout the night. Guests who match on the Tinder app during the event will win a free drink on the house. Admission is free.

Guitars Not Guns 7 p.m. at the Big Room Bar, 1036 S. Front St. Local bands, including the Shelby Love Brothers and Orcs of Love, will perform as part of the event benefiting Guitars Not Guns Central Ohio, a nonprofit that works to provide guitar lessons to at-risk youth. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Cedric Gervais 9 p.m. at Dahlia Bar and Lounge, 147 Vine St. The French DJ known for his acclaimed remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” will perform with opener Corrupt. Tickets are $10 plus fees via Eventbrite.

Arts Fest pop-up 10 a.m. at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fair, 717 E. 17th Ave. The Columbus Arts Festival’s first-ever pop-up makes its debut at the Dispatch Spring Home and Garden Show this weekend. The event will feature local artists working on a variety of mediums, as well as live demos. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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Nora En Pure 9 p.m. at Trism. The South African-Swiss DJ brings her talents to campus. Tickets are $10 via Eventbrite. The event is 21 and over.

lumbus, the rest of Wild Things is based in Cain’s hometown of Buffalo, New York. This can pose some challenges for the band — limited time with each other and a writing process that often consists of sending material back and forth — but ultimately, Wild Things makes it work.

“I want to play on what unites us as people and create that transcendental feeling.” Ben Cain Fourth-year in journalism

“We have the right tools in place,” said drummer Jeff Crawford, who has been playing with Cain for about seven years. “We have a good method to our madness and we’re doing the right things at the right times and I do feel proud of the music we write.” After graduation, Cain said he hopes to take time to tour with Wild Things, pursue music professionally and “see where things go.” Wild Things plans to put out a four-song EP this summer, which will be the band’s second studio release. Editor’s note: Ben Cain previously wrote for The Lantern as part of his journalism curriculum.

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Last year’s cast of the Vagina Monologues stands together after their performance. ASHLEY DIGGINS Lantern reporter diggins.10@osu.edu The Vagina Monologues student group returns to the stage this weekend with a rendition of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, A Prayer” by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. Though lesser known than last year’s performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” Ensler and Doyle’s play will feature an impactful collection of monologues in support of VDAY, a global activist movement.. VDAY works to end violence against women and girls through creative events to increase awareness, raise funds and support fellow anti-violence organizations. Amy Xie, president of the Vagina Monologues at Ohio State, said the group is hopeful for a large turnout because the contents of this play bring necessary awareness to women’s issues, such as sexual assault and health, especially on a college campus. “I think it allows the story of empowering women to be a different tune than what is most [politically correct] in our culture, and I think that it has very relevant themes of violence,”

said Xie, a second-year in health sciences. “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, A Prayer” features more diverse voices than “The Vagina Monologues,” including women of different ages and cultures, and a male addition. Erica Gbur, theater director and a fourthyear in political science, said the cast reflects this element, featuring Ohio State undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, alumni and a local social worker.

“We are in very different stages of our lives, but yet at the same time we work together as a cast.” Erica Gbur Theater director and fourth-year in political science

“We are in very different stages of our lives, but yet at the same time we work together as a cast,” Gbur said. “[Everyone] is just very supportive and helpful.” Gbur said she hopes having a male perform will help male audience

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members connect to the show more. “I feel like women will get [something] out of it, I’m happy someone’s talking about this,” she said. “I can relate to this, whereas men will get more of an opening as to what it’s like to be a woman dealing with these kinds of issues.” Not only does the show empower women, but it also works to give back to women as well. One hundred percent of the event’s profits will be donated to the OhioHealth Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio. Audience members also are encouraged to bring feminine hygiene donations for local women’s shelters. “Feminine products are an expense that men do not incur at all regardless of life circumstance and it taxes women who cannot afford them much more heavily,” Xie said. “So any small thing that we can do to alleviate the burden [for them].” Performances will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute Auditorium at the Wexner Medical Center. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

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news sources. Tsipursky said popularity is not the ideal way to determine reliability and this method will favor clickbait — news articles with exaggerated and sensational headlines. “[News sources] that appeal to emotions — the ones that are less accurate — will be the ones that are most trusted,” he said. Facebook’s model will ask users if they’ve heard of a news outlet and how much they trust it. Based on current Facebook likes and follows, Occupy Democrats — an extremely liberal and unreliable news outlet — would be more trusted than The Washington Post. Infowars — a popular website known for pushing conspiracy theories — would be more trusted than The Columbus Dispatch. The biggest flaw in voting on news content is that while the Pew Research Center found 84 percent of Americans report feeling somewhat confident in their ability to recognize fake news, Tsipursky said studies have shown this confidence is misplaced. “People really are very bad at telling apart misinformation from accurate information on social media,” he said. “Ridiculously bad.” Davis said the Facebook model will limit the speech of unpopular news sources and make entering the market more difficult for emerging news companies. A better way to judge the reliability of news sources is by the number of stories retracted or verified by other sources and the amount of inaccuracies revealed by independent fact checkers, Tsipursky said. Facebook has been collaborating with fact-checking organizations to make sure fake news is identified, but the company stops short of deleting the stories, he said. People should not rely on Facebook or Twitter to determine which stories are factual, Davis said. “It should be the job of people to not be stupid,” he said. Tsipursky said average people only recently developed a need for media literacy because they used to be able to rely on news organizations to filter out misinformation. He said social media users putting forth more effort in recognizing truthful content can help prevent more misinformation from increasing and spreading. “[Social media users] are part of the solution and not part of the problem,” he said. Summer Cartwright contributed to this article. JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Can Ohio State’s star guard finish as the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer? It would take a lot. | ON PAGE 8

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Ohio State track teams shoot for Big Ten title ETHAN CLEWELL Lantern reporter clewell.8@osu.edu The Ohio State men’s track and field team is striving to win its first indoor Big Ten championship in 25 years while the women’s team is trying to capture its first title since 2015 this weekend in Geneva, Ohio. The 14-team meet has nationally recognized talent with 31 of the 34 events already having a qualifier for the NCAA national championship meet. “We’re capable, we’re ranked highly. We’ve got to show up, it doesn’t mean anything if we don’t show up,” director of track and field Karen Dennis said regarding both teams. Men’s preview No. 19 Ohio State has some of the fastest times of any team in the conference, which is why it could dominate the 60-meter dash. Redshirt sophomore Kendall Sheffield is coming off a school-record-breaking 6.63 seconds performance last week, which is the fastest time in the Big Ten this season. “We haven’t had one [sprinter] as dominant appearing [in the event] as Kendall,” Dennis said. Junior Nick Gray has the sec-

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Ohio State then-freshman midfielder Liza Hernandez looks to score against Vermont in a game last season.

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Ohio State redshirt sophomore sprinter Kendall Sheffield (middle) competes in the 60m with teammates Nick Gray (right) and senior Zack Bazile (left) during a meet in the French Field House on Feb. 16. ond-fastest time in the Big Ten at 6.66 seconds, and senior Zack Bazile is at third (6.68). Freshman Eric Harrison is tied for the sixth-fastest time at 6.73. Earlier this year, Bazile made the farthest jump in the country at 8.13 meters. Senior Nick Demaline has recorded the highest mark of any

Big Ten athlete in shot put. Last week, he threw the farthest mark in the Big Ten this season at 19.88 meters. In the 200-meter dash, Gray has the second-fastest time in the Big Ten at 20.92 seconds. He will run against Penn State freshman Terrance Laird, who lead the conTRACK CONTINUES ON 6

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No. 14 OSU’s first-half domination leads to easy 88-54 win against Northwestern BRYAN SUAREZ Lantern reporter suarez.98@osu.edu The No. 14 Ohio State women’s basketball team closed out its final home game of the season with an 88-54 victory against Northwestern. The Buckeyes have won five straight home games, and seven of their last eight games overall. A 19-4 run midway through first quarter let Ohio State (23-6, 12-3 Big Ten) jump out to a 28-13 first-quarter lead to keep Northwestern (10-19, 3-12 Big Ten) at bay early. Redshirt junior guard Sierra Calhoun finished the quarter with eight points after she shot 3-for3, and 2-for-2 from 3. Ohio State finished the quarter hitting its last six field goals, helping it to take its 15-point lead heading into the second quarter. Calhoun finished with 14 points and 3 assists. Senior guard Kelsey Mitchell led the team with 22 points, while redshirt senior forward Linnae Harper added 15 points, six rebounds and four assists. Following Ohio State’s

first-quarter success, it built from there and cruised the rest of the game. It held a 50-28 advantage heading into the second half, in large part due to its shooting success at 61 percent and steady defense. The Buckeyes’ lead was as high as 29 points after a 7-0 run in the third quarter. A 9-0 run by Northwestern cut the gap to 20. Leading 66-42 heading into the fourth quarter, Ohio State outscored Northwestern 22-12 in the closing frame to put the game away. It limited the Wildcats to just 21.4 percent shooting in the fourth quarter. The victory is Ohio State’s seventh straight conference win. In their final home game, the Buckeyes shot 60 percent and outscored Northwestern 48-28 in points in the paint. Northwestern junior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah recorded her 17th double-double of the season. She led the team in scoring and rebounds with 23 points and 14 rebounds. The Wildcats were limited to 35.5 percent shooting and turned the ball over 19 times.

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Ohio State redshirt senior forward Stephanie Mavunga (1) takes a shot in the game against Iowa on Feb 18.

As a result of those turnovers, Ohio State outscored Northwestern 14-2 in fastbreak points. Ohio State concludes its regular-season play with a game against Penn State at noon Sunday. The Buckeyes won the previous meeting against the Nittany Lions this season 94-64.

OSU faces two-game road stretch to keep momentum moving ALYSSIA GRAVES Assistant Sports Director graves.338@osu.edu The Ohio State women’s lacrosse team travels south to face Jacksonville at 7 p.m. Friday in the hopes of maintaining momentum after routing Detroit Mercy 20-5 in its home opener. Ohio State (1-1) was tied with Michigan for last in the Big Ten preseason poll, and the Wolverines fell to the Dolphins (1-1) in their season opener. Jacksonville held an advantage over Michigan in shots, ground balls and draw controls. Ohio State head coach Alexis Venechanos said that the Buckeyes need to make big plays early to have a chance against Jacksonville. “What we’ve seen so far is that they’re fast and aggressive so we’re going to need a quick start or a little bit faster start than what we had the last two games against our two opponents,” Venechanos said. For Ohio State, working on mastering the fundamentals is its biggest strategy for taking on an opponent that is dominant both offensively and defensively. “Focusing on what we know best [is the strategy],” senior midfielder Shannon Rosati said. “When we play [Buckeye lacrosse], that’s when we play the best game.” The Buckeyes put together a strong offensive performance against Detroit Mercy. There were 11 different players who scored, and it was the first time they scored at least 20 points since Feb. 13, 2016, against Detroit. Despite falling to No. 17 Notre Dame in the second game of the season, Dolphins redshirt senior

goalie Emily Poelma had 13 saves against the Irish and was defensive player of the week in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Venechanos said in order to maintain a well-balanced offense against a strong goalie, they have to capitalize on man-on-man play. “Individually, being able to beat your player on and off ball, that is something that breaks a lot of defenses,” Venechanos said. Ohio State has not looked too far ahead to their game Monday against Cincinnati, on Feb. 26, but Venechanos said it will be difficult to play another road game just three days after facing Jacksonville. “I think it is going to be challenging once we get back from our away game,” Venechanos said. “We’re going to have to rest quickly, we’re going to have to refocus, and it’s going to be, we think, a great game as well.” The team is preparing for the unique style of play both teams will bring. “We like to think every game gives us a challenge, and I’m excited for our team to step up to something new, something we’re going to be ready for on Friday,” Venechanos said. Ohio State takes on Jacksonville on the road at 7 p.m. Friday and travels down I-71 to take on Cincinnati at 5 p.m. Monday.

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Feltner and Curlis emerging as top options for OSU’s rotation ANDY ANDERS Lantern reporter anders.83@osu.edu

Even before they were Ohio State’s top two pitchers, Ryan Feltner and Connor Culis were friends. The pair atop the Buckeyes’ starting rotation has known each other since playing on Ohio Elite’s under-17 summer travel baseball team following their junior years of high school. Feltner committed to play at Ohio State just before Curlis did, before they both joined the travel team. “Knowing that I was gonna play [on Ohio Elite] with a guy I was going to be with in college was a good feeling,” Curlis said. “We got close that summer and then took it here.” The Ohio State coaching staff said Feltner and Curtis are practically inseparable during workouts. “They’re always working together, whether they’re playing catch, they’re long-tossing, whether they’re throwing bullpens the same day or the day after for the last two or three years,” pitching coach Mike Stafford said. Curlis steadily became one of Ohio State’s more reliable starters after flipping back and forth between the rotation and bullpen last season, leading the team in wins with five and maintaining an ERA of 4.02. Feltner saw a great deal of action throughout the 2017 season, but struggled at times with a 1-5 record and a 6.32 ERA. But he then dominated in the Cape Cod summer league, allowing zero runs in 15.1

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Ohio State then-freshman pitcher Ryan Feltner (26) prepares to deliver a pitch during an 11-6 victory against Xavier on March 22, 2016 in Bill Davis Stadium.

innings with 15 strikeouts and seven walks en route to being named the Cape Cod’s outstanding relief pitcher. There has been plenty of offseason development to pin down the top two spots in the rotation this year. Senior reliever Seth Kinker said he hasn’t seen anyone work as hard as Feltner. Stafford agreed with that statement. “I do feel like he doesn’t leave anything behind, from a preparation standpoint,”

Stafford said. “Ready to go, arm healthy, pitches ready, body, getting the [right] amount of sleep, food, no question.” Stafford also said Feltner’s slider has developed over time, a pitch that has been a point of emphasis for the duo in the off-season, in particular for Curlis. Feltner feels Curlis’ slider has really come along, essentially becoming his strikeout pitch now, which is impressive considering he just added it to his repertoire late last year. Curlis and Feltner often turn to each other for assistance in developing that specific breaking ball. “I feel like we’re both helping each other with that in our flat-ground work, throwing program every day, just to get that to our ‘A’ pitch,” Curlis said. Working together is nothing new for the pair. Curlis and Feltner have been workout partners since they first arrived on campus. That work has started to pay off with both Feltner and Curlis firmly entrenched in the top of Ohio State’s rotation. The two have taught each other a lot in that time. More than anything else, Curlis said, it’s helped them learn how to compete. “We have our strengths and our weaknesses, but just to attack and not pitch away from the bat,” Curlis said. “We’re not gonna strike out everyone.”

ference with a time of 20.79 seconds. Ohio State has a chance to score big in pole vault. Senior Cole Gorski currently has the second-highest jump in the Big Ten at 5.47 meters. Along with Gorski, junior Coty Cobb set a personal record last week with a jump of 5.42 meters for the third-highest in the Big Ten. In the 800-meter run, sophomore Alexander Lomong has the third-fastest time in the Big Ten at 1:49 minutes. This time was set last week at the Buckeye Tuneup. His toughest challenger will come against Penn State junior Isaiah Harris, who ran a time of 1:47 minutes. Women’s preview Junior Sade Olatoye returns to the Big Ten championship to repeat her 2017 performance where she finished first in shot put and weight throw. Minnesota’s Kaitlyn Long is the top competitor for Olatoye to surpass in weight throw. Olatoye has prepared for the meet by working on her form and technical skills, specifically working on her entry. Over the past couple of weeks, she has been working on getting her right foot turned on her first spin along with getting the ball in better position for her third spin. Even if Olatoye beats Long, Minnesota could still outscore Ohio State in the weight throw, since it has four other people expected to score in event. “This is not a time for us to be nervous, it’s a time for us to show up,” Olatoye said.

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Across 1. Each vertical row on the periodic table (group) 6. Atoms that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons (isotope) 7. Elements in group one on the periodic table (alkalimetal) 13. Unreactive nonmetals that are in group 18 (noblegas) 14. SI unit that expresses the masses of particles in atoms(amu) (atomicmassunit) 16. Extremely dense positively charged part of an atom in the center of the atom (nucleus) 17. Repeating chemical and physical properties of elements change periodically with the elements numbers (periodiclaw) 18. Number of protons in an atoms nucleus (atomicnumber) 19. Each horizontal row on the periodic table (period)

Down 2. Positively charged particles in the nucleus (proton) 3. Smallest particle in which an element can be divided and still be the same substance (atom) 4. Particles in an atom that have no charge (neutrons) 5. Nonmetal with 4 valence electrons (carbongroup) 7. Atoms that have 2 outer electrons (alkalineartmetal) 8. Negatively charged particle that moves around the atom in certain paths (electron) 9. Weighted average of the masses of all the naturally occuring isotopes of that element (atomicmass) 10. ‘Happening at regular intervals’ (periodic) 11. Very reactive nonmetals that have 7 valence electrons (halogen) 12. Region in an atom where electrons are found (electroncloud) 15. Sum of the protons and neutrons (massnumber)

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3. How many children did Oedipus and Iocaste have?

4. What shape did the Greek theater have?

6. Who introduced concept of second actor?

5. Who, in the fifth century, held festivals to honor Dionysus?

7. Guy who defined the theater

8. One of the important elements in drama

14. Series of dramatic episodes were separated by what?

9. Form of literature that includes one-act plays and full length plays

16. One of Sophocles’s famous plays 17. A conflict that occurs outside a character 19. A way in which the audience infers thoughts and feelings of characters 20. Were not allowed to act in Greek theater

Down 1. What is a pretense of ignorance called? 2. What did the actors, in Greek theater, wear to represent characters?

10. Where was Sophocles born? 11. What was the name of the king Laios’s wife? 12. Who wrote 123 or more plays during the course of his life? 13. Most of Greek’s plays are based on what? 15. Where is Greek located? 18. Who became the king of Thebes after the death of Jocasta?

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Freshmen pave the way for new program standard HANNAH SMITH Lantern reporter smith.10123@osu.edu One of the first goals the Ohio State women’s hockey team set this season was to get past the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament, something it has not done since the 2012-13 season. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes have that opportunity on their own ice this weekend when it hosts Minnesota State in the first round in the tournament. The best-of-three series begins at 6:07 p.m. Saturday. Then it will continue with Game 2, which is set for 3:07 p.m. Saturday, and Game 3, if necessary, which is slated for 3:07 p.m. Sunday. Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said it is an honor for her team, a second seed, to be in a position where it is seeded high enough to be able to host a matchup in the first round. “That was one of the goals the girls discussed with me last season. None of them had been a part of that yet,” Muzerall said. “We aren’t trying to build up too much hype about it. We’ve earned that, being second in our conference. We have to take advantage that we’ve only lost two games at home.” Ohio State’s rise to a national-championship contender with a second-year coach was unforeseeable after a sub-.500 season last year, but that was the vision Muzerall and the team constructed. Before the Buckeyes can strive for the top prize, the WCHA tournament will set a benchmark for Ohio

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Ohio State freshman forward Emma Maltais (17) heads back out on the ice to start the second period of the game against Minnesota on Jan. 19. Ohio State won 3-2. State with top-seeded Wisconsin likely waiting in the conference title game. “We’re really happy we reached that goal, but we are not done yet,” freshman forward Emma Maltais said. “We have to keep going, this weekend is our first focus for the playoffs.” The Buckeyes could face some tough opponents in the coming games, namely Wisconsin, but when they’re clicking, they pose a threat to the rest of the conference. “Our unpredictability, at times, can be dangerous to other opponents, but also to ourselves,” Muzerall said. “If we can stay competitive and consistent in practice, then

I’m feeling pretty confident that we are the most dangerous team in our league.” Ohio State is fresh off a weekend in which this year’s group became the winningest team in program history, while redshirt junior goaltender Kassidy Sauve broke the program record for most saves, passing Chelsea Knapp, who held the previous record with 2,421. Sauve said her record is more reflective of the team than herself. “I think that’s a testament to the character of these 23 girls I get to play with every day,” Sauve said. “It takes quite a special group to change the culture. To get that

home ice after such a long time, it really shows what we have been doing as a group in the locker room and on the ice.” Ohio State played Minnesota State two weeks ago and split the series. Muzerall said the Buckeyes weren’t going to approach the game the same way they did in the regular season. “We have to attack it one game at a time.” Muzerall said, “I think [Minnesota State] is going to be very tough, we gave them a little bit of hope two weeks ago so we have to come out strong and come out right away.” Ohio State more than achieved its goal in phase one of the season, breaking the program record for wins in a season. The next phase is continuing to elevate the program’s status in collegiate hockey by playing well in tournament play. “That’s the goal, keep going and make our season go as long as possible,” Sauve said. “As long as we stick to the things we’ve been doing as a team. A lot of teams, at this time of year, start to get tired. As long as we take the right measurements to prepare for the [games] I think we are set.” If Ohio State finds its way past the Mavericks in the first round, it will be met with a series against either Minnesota or St. Cloud State, which are ranked third and sixth in the conference, respectively. “The girls want to live another day,” Muzerall said. “I’m hoping that we come with some fire power and blow away the people we did earlier on in the season.”

MEN’S HOCKEY

No. 6 Ohio State closes out regular season against Wisconsin CAMERON THOMPSON Lantern reporter thompson.3262@osu.edu The No. 6 Ohio State men’s hockey team will host senior weekend Friday and Saturday at the Schottenstein Center, but it will not be the last time the seniors take the ice at home. The Buckeyes have already clinched home-ice advantage in the first round of the Big Ten tournament, taking on Michigan State in a best-of-three series beginning March 2. Before it begins its journey through the conference tournament, Ohio State (19-85, 12-8-2-1 Big Ten) will take on Wisconsin (14-15-4, 8-11-3-1 Big Ten) for a weekend series at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Senior forward Matthew Weis said he knows while it will be an emotional senior weekend, it helps knowing it won’t be the last time the seniors hear the crunch of the Schott’s ice under their skates. “I think it’s good to know it’s not our final game, but I think still, for me at least, emotions will be high. My family will be in the building again. So, I think just seeing all the stuff that we do before the game for Senior Night will get me going,” Weis said. “It’s definitely nice with the format change and being able to secure home ice this year, so we’ll be able to come back to the Schott.” The Buckeyes enter the matchup following a series split against No. 8 Minnesota, losing the first contest in a narrow 2-1 defeat before tying the next game 1-1 and grabbing the extra point in the shootout. The Badgers are coming off a bye week. But in the prior week, they were buried by a combined score of 11-3 in two losses to Minnesota. “We saw Wisconsin a long time ago, the first series of the year, and the one thing

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Ohio State senior forward Matthew Weis (16) chases down Michigan’s Quinn Hughes (43) during a game on Jan. 26 in the Schottenstein Center. I’ll say is it felt like playoff hockey, even though it was the first weekend of the year,” head coach Steve Rohlik said. “I don’t expect anything different.” Wisconsin has been hovering around a .500 record the entire season and has continued that trend in recent weeks, going 4-5-1 in its past 10 games. The offense has been powered by senior forward Ryan Wagner, who leads the team in points with 29 in 33 games. Sophomore forward Trent Frederic, a Boston Bruins first-round pick, paces the Badgers with 15 goals. The inconsistencies for the Badgers most of the year have been in net with the tandem of senior goaltender Kyle Hayton and

sophomore Jack Berry. Both goaltenders’ records are around .500 with nearly identical stat lines. Berry has a 5-5-1 record with a 2.87 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage while Hayton is 9-103 with a 2.84 goals-against average and a .898 save percentage. The Buckeyes also have had some shortcomings lately. Sophomore forward Tanner Laczynski, the team’s leader in assists (25) and points (37), has not recorded a point in his past five games. With Laczynski struggling, the top line of him, Weis and junior forward Freddy Gerard has cooled considerably. “I think for him, sometimes you try to

do too much. I think that all of the sudden you start pressing. They got a great line and they got a good chemistry going there. I think it’s just a matter of time,” Rohlik said. “I think when he is at his best, all three of those guys are going together.” Special teams have been a strong part of Ohio State’s success, with both sides continuing to play effective roles this season. The power play has rebounded from the 0-for-21 start to the year, appearing in the top 15 in the country at 22.5 percent. The penalty kill remains No. 1 in the country at 90.7 percent. Redshirt junior goalie Sean Romeo has been the key to Ohio State’s nation-leading penalty kill. He earned his fifth Big Ten weekly award with the third star of the week on Tuesday, following a standout performance on the road against the Gophers. He remains top 10 in the country in save percentage (.927) and goals-against average (2.06). “He’s been doing it all year. Maybe he wants a couple games back, but he’s been pretty consistent,” Rohlik said. “I think that’s his nature, his routine, that’s how he prepares. Certainly when you got a guy back there that’s playing like that, it gives your team confidence.” With the success the Buckeyes have had this year, the seniors deserve credit for laying the foundation of program expectations heading into the Big Ten tournament. “To me, it’s the character and what these guys are going to leave as their legacy of what we want out of Ohio State hockey,” Rohlik said.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Does Kelsey Mitchell have a chance to set the NCAA all-time scoring record? COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu No one in the history of the Big Ten has scored quite like Ohio State senior guard Kelsey Mitchell. She surpassed former Minnesota star Rachel Banham’s 3,093-point total to become the conference’s all-time leading scorer with a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter of the Buckeyes’ win against Michigan State on Jan. 27. Just three people have scored more than Mitchell, who currently ranks as the fourth alltime NCAA career points leader with 3,264 points. Mitchell might surpass another legend in Sunday’s season finale against Penn State. Only 19 points separate her from former Baylor forward Brittney Griner, who scored the third-most points in NCAA history. However, she might not be able to reach the top of the list as her career nears its close. Griner, along with Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles (3,393 points) and Washington’s Kelsey Plum (3,527 points), sit above Mitchell. Entering her senior season, Mitchell needed to score 974 points to surpass Plum, who set the career points record last season. Mitchell had previously never scored more than 889 points. Before the season, because of the veteran-laden team’s potential and the maturity of Mitchell’s

NCAA CAREER POINTS LEADERBOARD 1

KELSEY PLUM - WASHINGTON

3,527 pts

JACKIE STILES - MISSOURI STATE

3,393 pts

BRITTNEY GRINER - BAYLOR

3,283 pts

KELSEY MITCHELL - OHIO STATE 3,264 pts

PATRICIA HOSKINS - MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 3,122 pts

LORRI BAUMAN - DRAKE

JERICA COLEY - FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 3,107 pts

Ohio State senior guard Kelsey Mitchell (3) moves past a defender in the second quarter against Michigan State on Jan. 27 in the Schottenstein Center. Ohio State won 78-62.

RACHEL BANHAM - MINNESOTA

3,093 pts

ELENA DELLE DONNE - DELAWARE

3,039 pts

game, no one ruled her out as a threat to Plum’s recently set record. Now, with just one game remaining in Ohio State’s regular season and a deep run in the NCAA tournament seeming unlikely, Mitchell would require a near-impossible Herculean effort to reach Plum’s mark. She needs 129 points to become the second-highest scorer and 263 points to pass Plum to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer. Mitchell’s opportunities to rack up major scoring games continue to dwindle. The Buckeyes will play one more regular-season game and three more games if they advance to the championship game

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in the Big Ten tournament. Then, they will play between one and six NCAA tournament games. In Mitchell’s first three years, though, Ohio State has never advanced beyond the Sweet 16, which is just three games into the tournament. If Mitchell averages 24.5 points per game — her average this season — and the Buckeyes reach the Big Ten championship and are eliminated in the Sweet 16, she would end up with approximately 3,436 career points, 91 points away from Plum’s record. That would make her the second all-time leading scorer. Even if the Buckeyes made an improbable run to the NCAA championship, Mitchell would

3,115 pts

3,036 pts

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need to average 26.3 points during the 10-game stretch to pass Plum. Regardless of whether Mitchell lands first, second, third or fourth on the list of NCAA all-time scorers, she has already made a dent in history. She has drilled more than 1,000 shots, nailed 450-plus 3-pointers and hit more than 750 free throws. Mitchell became the fastest player in NCAA history to score 2,000 points and has made the most 3s in NCAA history. Mitchell also holds 16 program records. These include the highest career scoring average (24.5 points per game), most points in

a season (889), points in a game (48), made 3s in a game (nine) and made free throws in a game (19). Only three women stand in the way of Mitchell becoming the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, but they will likely be just enough to the top spot out of reach. Either way, she is already the best scorer in the history of the Big Ten and Ohio State, which is not too bad of a consolation prize.

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2018 Tournament Schedule Women’s Hockey

Men’s Hockey

Feb. 23 WCHA tournament begins vs. Minnesota State (at home) March 3 WCHA semifinal March 4 WCHA championship March 10 NCAA tournament begins

March 2 Big Ten tournament begins vs. Michigan State (at home) March 10 Big Ten semifinal March 17 Big Ten championship March 23 NCAA tournament begins

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Feb. 28 - March 4 Big Ten tournament (in New York City) March 15 First round of NCAA Tournament begins

Feb. 28 - March 4 Big Ten tournament (in Indianapolis) March 16 First round of NCAA Tournament begins

Men’s & Women’s Track & Field Feb. 23 & 24 Big Ten championships (in Geneva, Ohio) March 9 & 10 NCAA championships (in College Station, Texas)

Wrestling March 3 & 4 Big Ten championships (in East Lansing, Michigan) March 15, 16 & 17 NCAA championships (in Cleveland)

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