The Lantern - March 20 2018

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TUESDAY

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THURSDAY

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EFNEP looks to provide tools, knowledge to those in need.

WOMENS’ MONTH

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Woman crush everyday: High Street Style editor-in-chief Marisa Dzwonczyk.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Ohio State, Kelsey Mitchell bow out of NCAA tournament in upset loss.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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A historic season is over. What’s next in Year Two for Chris Holtmann and Ohio State?

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

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Year 138, Issue No. 17

REAGAN TOKES TRIAL

Final witness testifies as defense attempts to save Golsby’s life SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu The life of Brian Golsby continued to be analyzed through a psychological point of view Monday in court as his defense team and its final witness described his living conditions as a youth; the making of the murderer. Golsby’s life filled of poverty, abuse and mental health issues was a “recipe for disaster,” according to Bob Stinson, a clinical and forensic psychologist who met with Golsby three times in jail after his Feb. 11, 2017 arrest. That disaster, apparently, was the kidnapping, rape and murder of Ohio State student Reagan Tokes. Stinson, the final defense witness in the sentencing phase of trial, described Golsby’s upbringing as being “marked by multi-generational family dysfunction and violence.” According to 2,000 pages of documents containing wellness checks, psychological evaluations and Franklin County Children Services records he reviewed, Stinson said Golsby’s family was

filled with alcoholism, drug abuse and physical violence. But why do these factors matter in this case? This was the question Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien aggressively and repeatedly asked throughout his cross-examination of Stinson. O’Brien asked, searching for some sort of clarity, “Why did [Golsby] shoot Reagan Tokes on February 8th?” After all, he said, no one else in Golsby’s “dysfunctional family tree” committed such a crime. Stinson said Golsby raped upward of 10 people throughout his adolescent life, and forced a woman to perform fellatio as an adult. But he didn’t kill those people, O’Brien said, so why did he kill Tokes? What factor led to this aggravated murder? Or even the rape and robbery? The prosecution hounded for these answers, asking Stinson if during his three visits, which collectively amounted to a little less than five hours with Golsby, if he ever asked the man guilty of murder why he did it.

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MATT DORSEY | ENGAGEMENT EDITOR

Brian Golsby makes an appeal for mercy in court on March 16, 2018. Golsby was convicted on March 13 of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 21-year-old Ohio State student Reagan Tokes last year.

Ohio State goes phishing in an effort to protect students’ identities, information OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu

RIS TWIGG | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

The University District Organization’s plan aims to create two new projects in what will be known as the “University Arts District” featuring dumpster murals and other art features in the areas surrounding campus.

An art-infused campus University District plan intends to bring art, appreciation to area KAYLIN HYNES Senior Lantern reporter hynes.39@osu.edu To many, a dumpster only serves one purpose. But in the University District Organization’s new plan, it is a blank canvas for expression. The University District Arts and Character Plan is an outline of community-driven ideas for the future of public art near Ohio State’s campus. It also serves as a framework to highlight several concepts for local artists. “The plan is helpful, and it

kind of focuses everybody’s thoughts around a framework of ideas. Whether these ideas kind of morph into something else, it at least gives us a starting point,” said Matthew Hansen, UDO’s executive director. UDO is a nonprofit group that works to improve community engagement, and make the area a “more exciting and interesting” place to live, according to its website. After two years of planning, the organization is in the process of installing two different projects — dumpster murals and a Music

Trail. The idea to use dumpsters as art canvases came after the organization noticed a large amount of graffiti across the disposal sites. “[Other cities] have seen that once [art] gets installed on the surface of the dumpster then tagging kind of goes away because it’s not as an attractive object to display their name anymore,” Hansen said. About two-thirds of music venues in Columbus are located in the University District, which led to the evolution of the Music Trial ARTS DISTRICT CONTINUES ON 2

No one likes getting duped. Feeling like a fool is almost as bad as having your identity stolen. Ohio State figures it is better to have a few students get duped by its educational, faux phishing emails than to have their information stolen by actual hackers. In an effort to educate students on the threat phishing emails pose, the IT Risk management office started a campaign Jan. 31 that sent fake, university-produced phishing emails from phony, sometimes humorous, email addresses to see how many students fell for the emails. Phishing emails are a strategy used by hackers who send emails from what appears to be a trusted entity, such as Ohio State, in an attempt to gather sensitive information from the recipient. The sensitive information can range from usernames and passwords to Social Security numbers and bank information — all of which Ohio State possesses for tens of thousands of students and staff. Ohio State might have more information on individuals associated with the university than virtually any other entity — even

banks. “For the individual student, your identity is so critical,” said Gary Clark, Ohio State’s information risk management director. “It’s really the loss of identity is what’s driving us to educate our students. It’s privacy, it’s identity, it’s who you are. Once the attacker has that information, they can use that against you.” Becky Mayse, a security analyst lead in the IT risk management office, said phishing emails are the No.1 cause of data breaches, adding that the widespread Target data breach that released sensitive bank information of thousands of customers in 2013 was caused by phishing emails. Of the thousands of emails sent to all students that contained unverified links meant to trick recipients, almost 19 percent were clicked on, Mayse said, a significant rate that shows firsthand the threat phishing emails pose to the Ohio State community. Neither Mayse nor Clark said how many students clicked on the emails, noting the 19 percent does not account for students who might have clicked on links from more than one email. But with almost 60,000 undergraduate students on the Columbus campus alone, it’s safe to say PHISHING CONTINUES ON 3


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