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Columbus Division of Police and University Police officers gather outside of the Ohio Union South Garage following a woman’s fall off of one of the floors of the garage. LANTERN STAFF lanternnewsroom@gmail.com An Ohio State student who fell off the Ohio Union garage Monday afternoon has died, OSU confirmed in a statement. The female student fell from the Ohio Union South Garage just before 2 p.m., according to witnesses. Emergency responders arrived shortly thereafter and the woman was taken by ambulance to the OSU Wexner Medical Center in critical condition, OSU spokes-

man Ben Johnson said in an earlier statement. The university identified the student as Madison Paul. According to the OSU directory, she was studying neuroscience. Her Facebook page states she started attending OSU in 2016. Karina Nelson, a first-year in arts management, said she was walking by when she witnessed Paul’s fall. Nelson, who called 911, said she didn’t appear to have fallen on accident. Johnson said in a statement that police are actively investigating

the situation and foul play is not currently believed to be involved. Jimmy Kinderdine, a fourth-year in public affairs who works in the alumni association located in the Ohio Union, said his friend came into the office to ask for scissors because the group assisting the woman was trying to remove the “sweatshirts and clothing wrapped around her head.” When Kinderdine got to the scene, a person providing preliminary care asked him to search the FALL CONTINUES ON 2

InFACT to bring healthy food to OSU ERIN GOTTSACKER Lantern reporter gottsacker.2@osu.edu Although Ohio’s economy is largely based on agriculture, many people in Ohio do not have access to healthy food. In fact, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, 16 percent of households in Ohio are food insecure, well above national and regional averages. A team of researchers at Ohio State is addressing this problem as part of the Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation by researching food production and distribution systems at OSU, in Columbus and around the world. “Food insecurity goes beyond whether a person is hungry or not,” said Brian Snyder, the executive director of InFACT. “Food

“Any person should be able to find out where (the food on campus) came from, how it was processed and how it was produced, so it isn’t anonymous food ... That’s the enemy — food we know nothing about.”

Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit group with university chapters across the country, is set on putting money into Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government campaign. Exactly which OSU campaign TPUSA is funding is being disputed by various parties involved, but leaked text-message exchanges and audio point to a nationwide effort to put conservative students into student governments at colleges across the U.S. In leaked exchanges, made in late January, a representative from TPUSA said the organization has about $6,000 set aside to directly give to the campaign for Mary Honaker and Carla Gracia and the senators running on their slate. Another representative offered up to $3,000 on behalf of TPUSA to pay students to campaign for them. After initially claiming not to know about the alleged financing, Michael Frank, the campaign manager for the Honaker and Gracia campaign, said TPUSA reached out to the campaign, but was rebuffed. A similar statement from Kennedy Copeland, a student at Xavier University and a TPUSA leadership director, confirmed that TPUSA attempted to support Honaker and Gracia, and goes on to say TPUSA was rebuffed. Co-

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USG candidates Mary Honaker and Carla Gracia. peland initially denied knowledge of TPUSA funding student government campaigns, specifically the Honaker and Gracia campaign. Frank and Copeland’s statements say that TPUSA is in fact supporting another USG ticket, that of brothers Reagan and Reese Brooks, both third years in marketing. The Brooks brothers have denied that charge. “That is utterly false and baseless,” said Devin Bilski, a fourthyear in marketing and political science and the campaign manager for the Brooks brothers. “I think the evidence speaks for itself where the money is coming.” Regardless of whom TPUSA is supporting at OSU, TPUSA’s interest in OSU’s USG race is clear. Additionally, the leaked texts and audio point toward a larger, national goal by TPUSA. “A huge part of what Turning Point does — that’s really important to donors — is student government races,” Alana Mastrangelo, TPUSA’s Heartland Regional Director, said in a phone call recorded by an OSU student who was recruited by TPUSA to run for USG CONTINUES ON 2

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security is a bigger idea. Does a person or does a family normally have access to good, healthy food so there’s not a sense of anxiety all the time about where their food is coming from?” InFACT is working to eliminate food insecurity not only by encouraging research, but also by developing sustainable models of food production and distribution that can be tested at OSU before being applied to regional, and even global, food systems. Currently, InFACT is work-

ing to ensure that within the next 10 years, 40 percent of the food provided on campus is locally and sustainably produced, while providing complete transparency about where and how the rest of the food provided on campus is produced. “Any person should be able to find out where (the food on campus) came from, how it was processed and how it was produced, so it isn’t anonymous food,” Snyder said. “That’s the enemy — SUICIDE CONTINUES ON 2

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garage to find a form of identification for the first responders, who had not yet arrived. Kinderdine said he initially went to the third floor, because that was where many witnesses believed she fell from, but he did not find anything. He then went to the fourth floor, but he did not see anything, either. He proceeded to the top floor, he said, where he found personal items, which are believed to have

belonged to Paul. Kinderdine said he found a backpack, a closed laptop sitting on the ground with a cell phone plugged into it, a lighter and a pack of cigarettes. The university expressed condolences in the statement confirming Paul’s death. “On behalf of the entire community, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends

of Madison Paul,” the statement read. “We have reached out to offer our support and condolences to Madison’s parents.” The statement added that counseling is available for the community through the Office of Student Life Counseling and Consultation Service, which can be reached at 614-292-5766.

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MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu Two males were taken into custody by University Police Monday night in separate areas of campus in relation to an on-campus theft, a spokesperson for University Police said. As of Monday night, University Police were still investigating and could not confirm if the two men were students. (Not pictured on map) 1. An assault reportedly occurred on North High Street near East 12th Avenue on Saturday at 2 a.m. 2. A staff member reported an unknown suspect to University Police for possession of drug paraphernalia at the James Cancer Hospital on Friday at 8:34 p.m. 3. A man was arrested for disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, misleading a public of-

ficial and possession of marijuana on North High Street near East 12th Avenue on Friday at 2 a.m. 4. A student was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The report was filed at Curl Market at 1:57 a.m. on Sunday. 5. A man was arrested by the Columbus Division of Police for public indecency after being reportedly caught urinating at the intersection of North High Street and Chittenden Avenue on Thursday at 12:43 a.m. 6. A burglary in Mack Hall was reported to University Police on Wednesday at 12:38 a.m. Note: Crimes featured on this map do not represent the full extent of criminal activity in the campus area.

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food we know nothing about.” Furthermore, InFACT wants to produce some of that food directly on campus. “We’d like to work to identify new spaces where we could possibly implement new projects to help transform our landscape all around us for production purposes,” said Nicole Pierron Rasul, a program coordinator for InFACT. This includes planting apple trees, berry bushes and plants to attract pollinators, so students can learn about food production, while also experiencing the benefits of eating healthy, locally grown food. In the broader Columbus community, InFACT is partnering with community leaders, and local and urban farmers to develop sustainable production techniques, while recognizing the climate change in Ohio. This is part of a pilot project known as Ohio Smart Agriculture: Solutions from the Land, and if successful, the strategies and farming techniques created will be applied to other states in the upper Midwest. Ultimately, InFACT aims to address food insecurity by transforming the systems behind food production and distribution, so that food is produced in a more

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InFACT aims to address food insecurity both on campus and internationally.

environmentally sustainable way and so that people have access to healthy and locally grown food. “We are advocating broadly for food security as a basic human right,” Snyder said. “We feel that everybody has a right to good, healthy food.” The Engaged Scholars logo accompanies stories that feature and examine research and teaching partnerships formed between the Ohio State University and the community (local, state, national and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources. These stories spring from a partnership with OSU’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. The Lantern retains sole editorial control over the selection, writing and editing of these stories.

OSU’s USG Senate as part of the Honaker and Gracia campaign. “It’s totally legal and everything, because it’s a student government campaign, it’s not like Congress or the president or anything.” She goes on to ask the student to “keep it on the DL,” because of TPUSA’s reputation “for being really conservative. They’re starting to call us the alt-right.” Mastrangelo declined to comment for this article. The national office of TPUSA did not immediately reply to a request for comment placed to its headquarters. Ohio State TPUSA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit which, according to its website, promotes limited government and fiscal restraint. It sells shirts with slogans such as “Socialism sucks,” or “Free Markets, Free People.” Though some members have backed Trump, there isn’t a consensus or total alignment within the group behind the president, who has split some Republican voters. Details of TPUSA’s fundraising strategy are laid out in a text-message exchange between Copeland and the OSU student who was recruited by TPUSA to run for a USG senate seat on Honaker and Gracia’s campaign. “TP is funding the campaign but that’s hush hush,” Copeland said according to the text messages. “Liberals consistently dominate campus student government and our goal is to secretly take them out without them knowing what’s coming.” Copeland also said she “will have people on the ground” during the OSU election, one text read. Honaker’s and Gracia’s slate “gets $3,500 + all senators $75,” Copeland said in the text exchange. In a text message, she estimates that makes nearly $6,000 that TPUSA has set aside for the Honaker and Gracia campaign. The spending limit on OSU’s USG campaigns, when combining senators and the presidential campaign in one slate, is $4,000. Honaker and Gracia, a thirdyear in international studies and a second-year in political science, respectively, have $3,985 listed in the campaign ledger on their website. Kadin Llewellyn, the president of OSU’s TPUSA chapter and deputy campaign manager for the Brooks brothers, said he was introduced to Honaker and Gracia by Copeland over winter break at TPUSA’s conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. He said he

“Liberals consistently dominate campus student government and our goal is to secretly take them out without them knowing what’s coming.” Kennedy Copeland Leadership director, TPUSA

was told by Honaker and Gracia that TPUSA would be supporting them financially, although he said he didn’t know an exact number. He said Honaker and Gracia told him there were ways to get around USG’s campaign-finance rules. Bilski, who is also the former president of OSU’s TPUSA chapter, said he was also at the meeting. “I did not agree that Turning Point’s national views aligned with what (Honaker and Gracia) were supporting,” Llewellyn said. “(Honaker and Gracia) said (during the meeting) there are ways to get around the USG bylaws, such as providing things at a super low price.” Both Llewellyn and Mastrangelo said the OSU TPUSA chapter and the national office had been at odds, with Mastrangelo calling the OSU chapter, who the Brooks brothers and their campaign are aligned with, “a problem child,” according to the recording. Denial, disputed timeline In her statement, Copeland said she approached Honaker with the idea of a campaign sponsorship, but Honaker “promptly denied” her. This runs counter to Llewellyn’s story, in which Honaker and Gracia briefed him on the TPUSA funding strategy in West Palm Beach. Frank called attempts to link TPUSA funding to the Honaker and Gracia campaign a smear campaign. “We believe that this is a smear campaign, designed to point to us as the team funded by Turning Point, and draw attention away from the Brooks Brothers,” Frank said in a statement. The Florida conference took place in December, according to TPUSA’s website. Copeland’s texts, in which she talks about TPUSA supporting the Honaker and Gracia campaign, are dated at the end of January. Frank did not respond to a request for com-

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USG candidates Reagan Brooks and Reese Brooks. ment asking when the Honaker and Gracia campaign says they rebuffed TPUSA’s offer. Across the country TPUSA isn’t just trying to influence races at OSU, however. As detailed in Copeland and Mastrangelo’s exchanges, the goal is to elect conservative students, and thus influence student governments, at universities across the country. “Usually, we have a bunch of people — and I don’t think we can do it at your school — but we have like a bunch of people with tablets making people vote and everything. But I heard your guys’ school, it prevents that or something, or we’re not allowed to do that,” Mastrangelo said in the recording, referencing USG bylaws that aim to separate campaigning and voting. “They’ll put money into (campaigns), but their big thing is having people, and having a lot of people doing the campaigning, and they’ll pay those people too.” Copeland said in the text exchange that she has been aiding Honaker’s and Gracia’s campaign as a “leadership director,” and has won campaigns across the country. In the phone recording, Mastrangelo made an offer to the OSU student she’s recruiting to have TPUSA pay members of his student organization who agree to campaign for Honaker and Gracia’s campaign. She said she didn’t know an amount, but TPUSA has offered $20 to $50 a day, per person, in the past. Specifically, she said she was told to get 60 people to campaign for the OSU effort, meaning TPUSA could be spending $1,200 to $3,000 in addition to the money slated for Honaker’s and Gracia’s campaign.

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Why Jewish Buckeyes The dangers of divestment should vote ‘yes’ on Issue 2 Why students should vote ‘no’ on Issue 2 I recently read an account from one of my ancestors of a pogrom around the turn of the century. She described the terrible violence of Jewish home demolitions by Christian villagers: “Everything is burned or sacked … so many families sleep on the street now. They destroy a future when they destroy a house. I don’t know how we’ll begin again.” Later in the same day, I came across this quote from a Palestinian victim of home demolitions in Gaza: “I never thought the day would come when they’d destroy my house. They destroyed the future. How can I start all over now?” Jewish Americans are told that support of Israel is required of their Judaism. Jews support Israel, because Israel is Jewish. Criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic, because Israel is Jewish. Israel is unfairly targeted by the media, international governing bodies and nonpartisan human rights groups, because Israel is Jewish. For me, this relationship has always felt uncomfortable. There is a distance between my Judaism and the Judaism espoused by the Israeli right. In fact, the very things that make us Jewish — a commitment to Jewish values, a belief in Jewish teachings, a connection to a long history of practice and struggle — are undermined by Israel’s actions. If Judaism is about questioning, why can’t we question or criticize Israel? If Judaism is about protecting the vulnerable and opposing violence, why do we donate to the Israeli Defense Forces when so many Holocaust survivors live in dire poverty? If Judaism is about protecting our community, why does Israel welcome anti-Semites like Steve Bannon? If Judaism is about repairing the world, why do we oppose calls to stop home demolitions? Three times a day, we recall our liberation from slavery in Egypt: “Once we were slaves in Egypt, now we are free people.” The centrality of freedom in Judaism is the basis for the Jewish tradition of solidarity with all oppressed people: “Do not oppress the stranger … for you were strangers in the land

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Throughout history, Jews have fought for human rights and racial justice because we understand that we will only be free when ALL are free.

of Egypt.” Throughout history, Jews have fought for human rights and racial justice because we understand that we will only be free when ALL are free. Dorothy Zellner, one of several Jewish leaders of the American civil-rights movement and a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions advocate, explains why she feels compelled to act for black and Palestinian rights: “As a Jew, I feel a Jewish obligation to stand up for the oppressed.” Issue 2 calls upon our university to divest from corporations complicit in human rights violations. These corporations commit war crimes and uphold mass incarceration. They are barriers to justice and peace. We cannot look the other way as our tuition dollars fund home demolitions, regardless of whether the victims are Jews or Palestinians. We cannot turn our backs on the cruelly incarcerated, whether the victims are Palestinians or black Americans. We cannot sacrifice the long tradition of black-Jewish solidarity simply because it feels inconvenient. We cannot ignore our call to repair the world, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us. Oseh chesed yibaneh: Vote YES on Issue 2 to build this world with love — hand in hand with our black and Palestinian siblings. Elaine Cleary Fourth-year in economics and political science President of Jewish Voice for Peace – Ohio State Vice president of B’nai Keshet, a group for LGBTQ Jews Editor in Chief Managing Editor for Content Managing Editor for Design Copy Chief Campus Editor Assistant Campus Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Arts&Life Editor Assistant Arts&Life Editor Photo Editor Assistant Photo Editor Design Editor Assistant Design Editor Multimedia Editor Assistant Multimedia Editor Engagement Editor Oller Reporter Miller Projects Reporter

Less than one year after USG voted down OSU Divest’s attempt to divest from Israel, the group has yet again pushed the issue onto the ballot. They claim the sole purpose of this bill is to fight for social justice, and to create financial neutrality by preventing OSU from using its funds to support companies that cause human-rights violations. While I respect the ballot process and OSU Divest’s democratic right to voice their opinion, the information they are providing is misguided and fails to tell the whole story. This thinly-veiled anti-Semitic movement will only cause trouble, not bring an end to injustice. Despite OSU Divest’s insistence that they are trying to make OSU neutral in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, voting “Yes” on Issue Two inherently means taking an anti-Israel side. Instead, there are many reasons why I encourage you to vote “No” on this dangerous ballot measure. OSU Divest’s bill is a product of a larger movement called the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement (also known as BDS). The BDS movement specifically targets liberal college campuses, masking anti-Semitism as a fight for human rights. The Ohio Legislature is one of 17 states that voted to prohibit state agencies from doing business with any company that openly supports BDS, and former President Barack Obama spoke out against the BDS movement, stating that it unfairly “targeting the State of Israel.” Ballot Issue 2 singles out Israel in its supposed quest to fight human-rights violations, while openly ignoring the hundreds of other countries (Syria, North Korea and Russia to name a few) that are currently inflicting far more serious crimes against their citizens. It is a direct violation of the State Department’s 3D’s test of anti-Semitism: any legislation that seeks to demonize, delegitimize, or subject Israel to a double standard is no longer seen as legitimate criticism of the country. But not only does this ballot issue promote anti-Semitism internationally, it also signals to

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students at home that anti-Semitism is acceptable. Campuses across the nation that have passed BDS have seen spikes in anti-Semitic acts. Last year, here at Ohio State, members of the pro-Israel community (Senators and regular students alike) were harassed and taunted after leaving the BDS vote. I personally asked one of my friends to walk me home — I was scared of the angry protesters waiting outside the Senate chamber. Ballot Issue 2 additionally mentions divesting from companies who supply to private prisons. It is therefore troubling that the only student group on campus, the Student Alliance Against Prison Reform, was never contacted to help. The ballot’s anti-Semitism cannot be clearer, and SAAPR is openly against this bill. Additionally, a pro-BDS bill has many negative financial ramifications. Even the Palestinian Authority (the governing body of Palestine) does not support the BDS movement, as boycotting these companies hurts Palestinians economically. Seriously, look up “The Palestinian Case Against BDS,” written by Bassem Eid, a Palestinian human-rights activist. A few years ago, Sodastream was boycotted, causing them to close down their factory in the West Bank, putting many Palestinians out of work. I encourage you to vote “No” on Issue Two in the upcoming election and prevent this bill from harming Palestinians and your fellow Buckeyes. At the very least, though, ensure that you understand the issue before you vote. Simply checking “Yes” because the ballot says it is preventing human rights violations could be one of the most dangerous things you could do. Rebecca Zagorsky Second-year in accounting Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Fellow

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captures THE FINAL MOVE Documentary civil rights victory for Department of Dance present final projects MEGAN WEISS Lantern reporter weiss.488@osu.edu Every year, seniors graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance have to showcase four years of work through a senior project. This year, a group of members in the Class of 2017 have the opportunity to showcase their talent in the Senior Concert. Tess Gilbert is organizing the concert, which features 11 students and their senior projects for her senior project. Gilbert is the first person who has organized an event rather than choreographed or performed for her final project. “Typically students’ senior projects are in performing or choreographing. My interest in the dance world is in arts and administration, so my senior project was planning this event,” Gilbert said. Callie Lacinski will be the opening act of the concert, performing a duet with cellist Lissa Reed. Lacinski grew up in commercial dance, but she said she transitioned to concert dance after coming to Ohio State, which stemmed the idea for her senior project. She said commercial dance is relatable styles commonly seen on television or in music videos such as jazz, tap, lyrical and hip-hop, while concert dance is performed by a company and is more abstract. “I have been going through this

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(Left to right) Erica Jackson, Genevieve Johnson, Kylee C. Smith, Brianna Rhodes, Marissa Thomas and Baylie Macrae.

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The legal effort, led by Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton with the help of the Kirwan Institute, was able to prove that racial discrimination was at work, allowing the bus stops to ultimately be approved. “I think what’s special about this story is the approach that members of the community took to fighting an injustice that they encountered and recognized,” said Matthew Martin, who wrote and produced the film. “Their persistence, their resilience and the pressures they put on everyone else to do their job, abide by the law, enforce the law. It’s a great example of multiracial, commu-

struggle of discounting previous experience of commercial dance in order to explore concert dance, which created a dual personality for me,” Lacinski said. “The goal of my senior project was to bridge the gap between commercial and concert dance.” Kylee Smith will be closing out the concert with her project, which explores the history of black female bodies in American culture. Smith will perform a three-minute solo in her eight-minute piece when other dancers will leave the stage. This will represent the idea that she and her dancers are “separate but together,” referencing the theme of her piece. Her solo

is representative of her standing out in society as a black woman whereas the group parts represent her finding a sense of belonging among other women like herself, she said. “I am interested in using dance to evoke social commentary and change within society,” Smith said. “If one person leaves changed in the slightest, I will consider my piece a success.” Performances are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with an additional show at 3 p.m. on Saturday in Barnett Theatre in Sullivant Hall.

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Tchami, doors open at 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The Paris-based house music producer is set to perform. Tickets are $33.85 including fees via Ticketmaster.

La La Land, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theater. The six Oscar award-winning film is set to screen. Admission is free as part of OUAB’s Flicks for Free series.

Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert, 8 p.m. in Weigel Auditorium. Winners of the School of Music Concerto Competition will present solos accompanied by the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra. Admission is free.

Mickey Avalon, doors open at 7 p.m. at A&R Music Bar at 391 Neil Ave. The Californian rapper known for “My Dick” is set to perform. Tickets are $24.85 including fees.

Getting Real with Kevin Breel. 7 p.m. in the Ohio Union Grand Ballroom. The comedian and writer who wrote “Boy Meets Depression” is set to speak at the OUAB-sponsored event. Tickets are available at the Ohio Union information desk, one per BuckID.

The Addams Family, 8 p.m. at Hitchcock Hall. Off the Lake Productions presents its spring musical based on the the 1991 movie and 1964 television show of the same name. Admission is $1 or one canned food item; no cash is accepted.

Dark Night, 7 p.m. at The Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater. A feature film loosely based on the 2012 movie theater shooting during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” is set to screen. Admission is $6 for students and $8 for the general public.

Steven King, doors open at 8 p.m. at Spacebar, 2590 N. High St. The band, previously featured in the Columbus’ Own column is set to perform with Cincinnati’s Joesph and Columbus-based The Up All Nights and Polly Pocket. Admission is $5.

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A documentary which asks the question, “Is access to public transportation a simple civil right?” will have its Columbus premiere on Wednesday. “Free to Ride,” created by Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, follows conflicts involving the community of Dayton, Ohio’s public transportation system. Residents of Beavercreek, a community in Dayton, rejected the addition of three bus stops in the area, citing concerns of increased crime as a result.

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College-formed BIG Something to visit Columbus EMMA STEELE Lantern reporter steele.849@osu.edu The start of BIG Something was neither very large nor all that unusual. Rather, the band arose from a more typical origin — guys go to college, make some friends, start a band. The North Carolina-based sextet is set to perform at Scarlet and Grey Cafe on Wednesday. “It was the old-fashioned story that everyone moves to college and starts a band,” lead guitarist Jesse Hensley said. “We frequented the same bars and venues and met pretty organically.” Hensley’s career with music started in a similar way to the band; there was no huge defining moment when he chose to pursue the passion. “I don’t think I ever had it in my head (that) I would be a touring musician,” Hensley said. “I don’t know if I ever really thought about it, but I love it.” Drummer Ben Vinograd said his career was a much more conscious decision. “When I decided to take drum lessons as a kid I was like ‘Alright, I’m doing this,’” Vinograd said. “The second I started playing I knew it was what I wanted to do.” BIG Something has an eclectic sound, one members describe as a mix of rock, pop and funk — a result of a variety of instruments.

“It was the oldfashioned story that everyone moves to college and starts a band.” Jesse Hensley Lead guitarist

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BIG Something from left to right: Ben Vinograd, Nick MacDaniels, Casey Cranford, Doug Marshall, Josh Kagel and Jesse Hensley. There is Nick MacDaniels on guitar and lead vocals, Casey Cranford on saxophone and electronic wind instrument, Josh Kagel on keyboard and trumpet and Doug Marshall on bass. BIG Something has released four studio albums since its formation in 2009. The most recent, “Tumbleweed,” dropped on Friday. Hensley and Vinograd agreed the album was a long time coming — a buildup of hard work over the

last year. “We started writing some of the songs like a year ago,” Hensley said. “We had some of these songs written when our last album came out.” Vinograd said the hardest part is over, and his feelings surrounding last week’s release are nothing but elation. “We’ve already been giving it to friends and shipping it out to radio stations, so we’ve already gotten feedback,” he said. “Now it’s just

pure excitement.” While Vinograd said he’s already been listening to the album on repeat, looking for holes, Hensley takes a different approach to experiencing his own music. “I like to wait until (the album) is released so I can get into it and hear it with everyone else,” Hensley said. Despite this difference, both admit they can’t pick a favorite song from “Tumbleweed.” “I think songs are like chil-

dren,” Hensley said. “Each song is a child, I love them all equally.” Hensley, Vinograd and the rest of BIG Something will set out on a more than 40-date tour on Tuesday, with its second stop to be in Columbus. Vinograd said he is looking forward to visiting again, and not just to play music. “There seems to be a lot of good diners in Columbus, a lot of cheap eggs,” Vinograd joked. “But really, it’s a college town with a lot of young people ready to have fun. There’s always an audience.” The show Wednesday starts at 9 p.m. at the Scarlet & Grey Cafe with opening act Litz. Tickets are $7.

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Feminist Spoken Word Night to showcase talent outside the classroom VICTORIA WEGMAN For The Lantern wegman.15@osu.edu Thursday will be a night devoted to women’s — and human — issues. Triota, the Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies’ Honor Society, will be hosting Feminist Spoken Word Night at Kafe Kerouac on High Street Kate Conroy, a third-year in women’s, gender and sexuality studies and psychology, said the event organizers wanted to have Triota members, students outside the Honor Society and community members come together to discuss feminism through their art. There are two featured artists from Triota, Haykey Esterline and Sabs Jamal-Eddine, who will read original poems. There will also be an open mic portion for attendees to share their work as well. Conroy said she wanted to specify that for this event, feminism is defined as “justice for all people regardless of gender, race, sexuality, class or any other social classifications.” In addition, she said she wanted to showcase student talent not seen in their academics, while focusing on issues that many people face due to gender, sexuality and race. Students and community members outside Ohio State

are encouraged to take part in the open mic portion of the evening. “Everyone is welcome,” Conroy said. Lisanne Ball, a third-year in psychology and women’s gender and sexuality studies, is set to MC the event. Ball said her involvement in the LGBT-inclusive sorority GRL has warmed her up to attempting jokes as an MC. As an officer of recruitment, she said she regularly speaks to and entertains large crowds. She said she is excited to hear from a variety of perspectives during the open mic portion. Jamal-Eddine, second-year in women’s gender and sexuality studies and nursing, said her Lebanese heritage is a defining factor of her poetry. She is set to perform a poem criticizing misogyny, along with many others, in front of her peers. “My inspiration would be my passion for human rights and deconstructing oppression through education, advocacy, and activism with art serving as my main catalyst,” Jamal-Eddine said. She said now, with the new presidential administration, is a particularly important time for expression and challenged people to create art. “Society raises us with this misconception that we are either ‘good’ at art or ‘bad’ at art,” Ja-

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nity-led civil rights movement for our time.” In a federal report, it was concluded that “African-Americans have faced discriminatory impact as a result of the city’s decision to deny (Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority’s) application to install bus stops.” “Free to Ride,” the Kirwan Institute’s second film, highlights an issue that permeates throughout a country that remains divided, Martin said. “It’s not a new issue. I think when it comes to what racism and biases look like today, obviously there’s still some conscious, explicit racism that exists in our country,” he said. “But, by and large, a lot of it is unconscious. It’s good to put a story out there that displays that explicit bias still exists, but also shows the kind of biases that most people don’t realize that they have, and wouldn’t admit they have.” Beyond the impact of civil rights, the opportunity for expanded public transport provides opportunities to residents who would never be able to experience the Beavercreek area, along with their economic and social effects, Martin said. Reporting on the effects of the stops shows that crime has gone down. “Since these buses have started running, (Dayton Daily News) thinks that crime has gone down,” Martin said. “And actually, there are a lot of new businesses located along that corridor, since the buses went in. If nothing else, it helps to bust some myths that are longstanding.”

mal-Eddine said. “As if art is some kind of solid test upon which we are graded, a class in which we can pass or fail. There is no such thing as a person who is ‘bad at art,’ only a person who has given up on their quest of expression of the self.” Esterline, a fourth-year in women’s gender and sexuality studies and psychology, said it has been a dream of hers to be a featured performer, so this event is a “landmark” in her life. She said poetry brings together people from different political backgrounds. “We feel so divided by politics right now, I have so much trouble understanding and communicating with people who don’t align with my politics,” Esterline said. “But poetry makes people shut up and listen for a moment, which is absolutely what we need.” She also said people need the chance to tell their stories, uninterrupted. “It’s a safe space to say, ‘This is who I am and this is what I know in my heart,’” Esterline said. “To have that validated by a room full of people is incredibly powerful. I think poetry makes you a better person.” Feminist Spoken Word Night will be at Kafe Kerouac on Thursday from 8 to 11pm.

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