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Reagan Tokes trial delivers sentence with little peace at conclusion.

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Trial is over; Reagan will live on This is Reagan Tokes KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Editor-in-Chief stankiewicz.16@osu.edu SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu COURTESY OF LISA TOKES

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The rest of Brian Golsby’s days will be spent behind bars.

Judge Mark Serrott followed the jury’s recommendation Wednesday and sentenced Golsby to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Golsby, who was convicted March 13 of kidnapping, raping and murdering Ohio State student Reagan Tokes last February, had his life was spared because the jury didn’t unanimously agree on the death penalty. Eight were in favor of it while four were not, according to a member of the jury who spoke to the media following the decision.

Though it was not the sentencing the prosecution was hoping for, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said after the jury’s sentencing that he and the Tokes family respected the decision.

Reagan Tokes’ life was taken from her by a man who did not know her. A man who in her unconsented presence had hours to let her live.

Along with her life, he took her money. He took her car. He took her purse and wallet. He took her safety. He took her body.

He shot her two times. He killed her. He dumped her body. Left her naked in freezing temperatures in a park miles away from her campus home. From her friends. From her family.

He gave away her purse and wallet.

He drove her car around town that night. To McDonald’s the next morning. To work one day that week. The stickers she had displayed proudly on the car’s back window, one of the Block O, the other the Miami Dolphins, were still on it. Each sticker representing her two homes, one being her school, the other being where her family relocated.

After killing Reagan, Brian Golsby took her life around with him.

Reagan gave him everything the night he kidnapped her with the hope of living. The hope of seeing another day. The hope of graduating

Reagan Tokes knew she wanted to be a Buckeye when she was about 8 years old.

Her father, Toby, took her to an Ohio State football game in 2003 and in the middle of it, she looked up at him and said, “Dad, I want to go here,” he said.

The charismatic child became an intelligent, athletic and vibrant young woman, the first in her high school’s history to earn a varsity letter in tennis all four years. She graduated Anthony Wayne High School in Maumee, Ohio, with a 4.5 GPA and went on to the university she knew she loved since she was a young girl in a big stadium.

At Ohio State, Reagan entered as a pre-med student, but like many, organic chemistry “kicked her butt,” so she decided to switch her major, her father said.

That did not deter Reagan from doing what she was meant to do, from doing what she loved: helping people.

She changed her major to psychology with a goal in mind: opening her own practice and helping those who suffer from addiction, mental health issues and other psychological hardships.

It seemed that her goal was all but complete when she began planning her life after Ohio State. By early February 2017, she had already applied for graduation and picked the frame for her diploma. It was black, with the old-school Ohio State logo on it. Reagan chose that frame the same day her father asked her to select one. When she posted on social media about it, Toby said he cried.

He was simply overwhelmed with joy. His daughter, who he bonded with through sports and athletics, his buddy who he was so tight with, was nearing the beginning of the rest of her life.

Once Reagan got the diploma at commencement, she was going to move to Cleveland, and perhaps work for the Cleveland Clinic — Reagan knew someone who

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Tokes knew she wanted to be a Buckeye when she was about 8 years old.

Reagan Tokes, left, poses with Brutus Buckeye and her sister, Makenzie in the Ohio Union.

Reagan, Toby, Lisa and Makenzie pose for a photo while on vacation.

It’s been more than one year since Reagan Tokes’ tragic death shook the Ohio State community, but the sentencing for her murderer is now finalized. Brian Golsby will serve a lifetime sentence in prison with no possibility of parole. The trial is over. Reagan Tokes will live on.

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Judge Mark Serrott followed the jury’s recommendation Wednesday and sentenced Golsby to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Brian Golsby leaves the courtroom after being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on March 21.

Judge tells Golsby ‘Evil has not won’ his spared life needs Reagan Tokes’ ‘spirit is forever’ redemption SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu

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End of Reagan Tokes trial brings little peace JACOB MYERS Managing Editor for Content myers.1669@osu.edu OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu MATT DORSEY Engagement Editor dorsey.215@osu.edu The man who kidnapped 21-year-old Reagan Tokes last year as she was leaving work, who terrorized her at gunpoint for hours, who brutally raped her, shot her twice in the head, and left her lifeless, naked body to freeze in a Grove City park has been sentenced to die in prison with a life sentence.

The act of raping someone steals their dignity and humanity. It leaves life-lasting trauma.

Golsby himself and his defense team used that as their one and only crutch while attempting to save Golsby’s life. He was raped behind a convenience store as a child. But Golsby got to live to tell the tale. Reagan didn’t.

His fate is decided. The trial is over. The aftermath never will be.

There is legal justice, and then there is universal justice. Legal justice can punish. Perhaps it can also deter. It can remove danger-

ous perpetrators of violence from society.

What it can’t do is right a wrong.

What it can’t do is take away pain. Pain felt by Reagan’s family, pain felt by Reagan’s best friends, pain felt by her teachers, pain felt by her acquaintances, pain felt by her college community, even those who did not know her personally.

What it can’t do is erase the events of Feb. 8, 2017.

What it can’t do is bring Reagan back.

Golsby stole the life of Reagan Tokes, and in the process, stole the peace from everyone involved in the aftermath. Few, if any, in the courtroom will walk away with peace.

Many, including the Tokes family, who were present when Golsby was found guilty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of their daughter and sister, will leave the courtroom with less peace than when they entered.

One of the charges Golsby has been convicted of is robbery, for stealing Reagan’s car and forcing her to withdraw cash from an ATM. The ultimate robbery, however, is one of potential. By the accounts of those close to her, Reagan was a wonderfully compassionate and caring person. In

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Reagan Tokes’ family accepts her degree posthumously at Spring Commencement in Ohio Stadium on May 7, 2017. her final year as an undergraduate when her life was cut short, it seems likely she was headed for great things, but one is left guessing as to what those might have been.

When people become parents, they make something of a bid for immortality. Parents put all their resources into nurturing a human being who should outlive them. Whether openly acknowledged or not, all parents hope such an investment leads to their child growing into a person who will leave a positive mark on the world. Abruptly robbing someone

of that hope is cruel beyond imagination.

The jurors, who came into trial knowing nothing about Reagan, now know every detail of the two hours she was held captive last February.

They know she did everything to survive, but that was not enough. This detail is one of the most troubling.

The jurors will leave the trial not knowing Reagan, only the night she was murdered. The Reagan so many strangers read about. The Reagan we, as reporters, know.

It doesn’t erase the graphic details and images that are forever burned into our minds,” Reagan’s mother, Lisa, said to the judge before his sentencing. “Most importantly, it doesn’t change that she wasn’t granted her last wish. And to quote our daughter, her last words, ‘I just want to live.’”

“Our baby is gone forever,” Toby said.

The evidence, it seemed, was foolproof. Golsby’s acquaintances recounted the murderer driving Reagan’s car. Two women close to him disclosed that Golsby, while in jail, admitted to the crimes.

And the murderer’s location was tracked through an ankle monitor, pinning him at the scenes of multiple sites, including the park where Reagan’s body was found and the Short North area where she was last seen.

All of these details disproved the narrative Golsby told police the morning of his arrest and gave the jury enough to unanimously decide his guilty verdict after less than six hours of deliberation.

Before the sentence was given, the defense and prosecution went back and forth on whether the aggravated murder, rape, kidnapping and robbery outweighed mitigating circumstances, such as Golsby’s upbringing; psychologists testified he was raped, abused and lived in poverty as a youth.

The prosecution argued that

was not enough reason to spare his life, because he did not spare Reagan’s.

Due to Ohio law, Reagan’s family could not testify during the sentencing. They could not tell the jury of how Reagan illuminated any room she walked in.

Or of how to Toby, Reagan was better than the son he never had; she was athletic, smart, sharp and beautiful. Or of how Reagan was going to move to Cleveland after graduating with hopes of opening her own psychology practice one day to help others in need. They could not tell the jury this, and they were directed to avoid speaking to media throughout the trial, but when sentencing finished, it’s almost all they could say.

“Her beautiful, bright, vibrant light and energy, love and spirit is forever,” Lisa said in statement in court. “We know that Reagan is in heaven, ”her voice strengthening and her volume heightening as she continued, “and evil has not won. We will continue to honor her memory and legacy in a positive and loving way.”

Throughout the sentencing, Franklin County prosecutor Ron O’Brien called Golsby a liar, a disaster, someone trying to “wiggle” his way out of the voluntary position he put himself in, the position of a murderer who eight of the 12 jurors thought deserved to die.

The defense called him trou-

Those in the courtroom also were confronted with the horror of how some of our fellow citizens grow up. Golsby’s upbringing does indeed sound awful. The behavior he exhibited is monstrous, yet the person who engaged in it is all too terrifyingly human.

Golsby will spend the rest of his days in a cell and, eventually, be forgotten.

Reagan will live on. She did everything right. She did not deserve to die.

By any measure, the Golsby trial was a showcase for the U.S. criminal justice system. Justice was served as fully and as clearly as institutionally possible.

Yet, for those who sat through the trial, it will always serve as a grisly reminder of the presence in our society of the abject horror humans are capable of.

This horror is the absence of universal justice.

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with a degree she worked so hard to earn. The hope of some day starting her adult life in the real world.

She did everything right and it wasn’t enough.

Now that man will live the rest of his life in a jail cell.

The decision was reached Wednesday after nearly seven hours of deliberation. The jury unanimously decided on giving Golsby a life inside one building.

The jury members decided this man’s upbringing filled with poverty, abuse and in one instance, his rape, was reason enough to spare his life — but not grant him freedom. The jury members decided the kidnapping, robbery, rape and murder Reagan endured garnered Golsby to be locked away for his life.

Unlike Reagan, Golsby’s life is spared. Unlike Reagan, Golsby knows what will probably come next. Unlike Reagan, Golsby will live to see what tomorrow brings.

Unlike Reagan, Golsby knows his fate.

In total, it took a one-week trial, hours of deliberation, testimony from more than 20 witnesses, scores of DNA evidence, two bullet casings, GPS data of Golsby’s whereabouts and the location of a parked car to convict Golsby of aggravated murder.

It took nearly one week of sentencing, hours of deliberation, a few defense witnesses and a

statement from Golsby himself, along with evidence sequestered throughout the investigation, to

“I believe there is a point in anyone’s life where they and they alone are responsible for their decisions and they alone are the ones that should suffer the appropriate penalties.”

Ron O’Brien Franklin County prosecutor

sentence him to jail for life with no possibility of parole.

It took more than a year for the Tokes family, who donned Tiffany blue ribbons in the courtroom that represented their deceased daughter’s favorite color, to hear the fate of the man who killed their daughter.

The man Toby Tokes, Reagan’s father, said does not exist.

“He hasn’t existed in our world since the day we heard his name,” Toby said. “We give him no thought.”

The sentence is finalized, but the grim details of Feb. 8, 2017 will continue in the minds of the Tokes.

“It doesn’t erase the night of terror that Reagan had to endure.

bled, implied he was psychologically inept and said his childhood influenced his decisions as an adult. Decisions, O’Brien said, that could have consisted of letting Reagan live. Decisions, a psychologist said, only someone like Golsby, whose upbringing was a “recipe for disaster,” would make.

A grieving family held each other, shaking and crying, when the man who killed their Reagan was given his guilty verdict. A grieving family stood before that same man upon his sentencing, triumphant in detailing the greatness that was their daughter.

They stood feet away from him.

The man who took their daughter’s life with him. They stood there and told that man that Reagan Tokes cannot be killed. Reagan Tokes will live forever.

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all but promised her a job.

Then, her father said, she planned to attend graduate school, a step in the direction of getting yet another degree in the field of psychology or psychiatry, the field in which she knew she could help people.

But she never got that far. A promise-filled life was stolen of its potential on Feb. 8, 2017, by a man who will now spend his life in a prison cell for kidnapping, raping and murdering Reagan.

Her last words to that stranger were “I just want to live.”

Reagan’s life centered around others, Toby, and Reagan’s mother, Lisa, said. She could walk into any room and bring with her an unparalleled energy, an energy as

bright as the sun.

Reagan’s laugh, Lisa said, was powerful and vibrant. Reagan’s smile was the most beautiful of anyone’s, her mom continued, “You’ve seen the pictures.”

Reagan’s favorite color was Tiffany blue.

Reagan’s compassion was evident in the way she treated other beings, like the sea horse she tried to rescue during a walk on the beach with her mom.

Reagan couldn’t simply pass the critter laying in the sand, she had to save it, she needed to save it. So, with great effort, Lisa said, Reagan returned the small, nearly lifeless animal back into the ocean alive and swimming.

She was so compassionate, in

fact, that she wasn’t even deterred when she found out she would live in Lincoln Tower on Ohio State’s campus, the decrepit dorm housed to the brim with students.

In fact, it was there that she met her best friends. Her future roommates. It was there she found her second home.

Reagan also loved her own animals — her dog, Ellie, was a shitzu. Like Reagan, Ellie stands out in pictures, her posture near perfect and energy radiating through.

These stories, these details, these memories are who Reagan Tokes really is.

She has always been more than what happened to her on Feb. 8, 2017. The details of that horrific

you, admit it. Don’t play games with them. Again, without going through specific names, they appreciated that.”

Defense attorney Diane Menashe said her decision to be upfront with the jury benefited Golsby in the trial.

the deliberations focused on the previously convicted felon’s upbringing. Earlier in the week, a psychologist detailed traumatic events in Golsby’s life that were called a “recipe for disaster,” a concoction that altered his life and his decision-making into that of a murderer, rapist and robber.

“I believe there is a point in anyone’s life where they and they alone are responsible for their decisions, and they alone are the ones that should suffer the appropriate penalties,” O’Brien said.

“I believe that Golsby, at age 29, despite whatever happened to him when he was a youngster, that he, alone, is responsible for that and that he, alone, should suffer from the penalty.”

Through the difficulty, Monica decided on what she believed to be the proper sentence for Golsby: death.

When asked why, Monica answered in two words: “Reagan Tokes.”

“Why let him live when he didn’t let her live?” she asked.

But since Golsby will live, the judge challenged him to do something positive while spending the remainder of his life in a cell.

Serrott also brought up irony in Golsby’s plea for his life being successful when Reagan’s plea went unanswered by Golsby.

“Maybe nobody can believe that or see that, but I believe in redemption, and you better take this opportunity to do something constructive while you’re in prison,” Serrott told Golsby. “Your lawyers got your life spared for you.”

“You asked for mercy, sir, and you showed none [on Feb. 8, 2017]. It’s ironic to me that you stood before the jury, and I don’t know if you were genuine or not, I can’t look into your mind, and you asked them for mercy but showed none when she asked for it.”

night have dominated the conversation about her life, especially during the past three weeks of the trial that led to her murderer receiving three life sentences in prison.

The details in court painted a limited picture of a young woman whose potential was limitless.

But Reagan is more than those details in court. For those who know her, for those who love her, her smile, the most beautiful smile, will never fade.

Though she will never get the opportunity to open her own practice, or move to Cleveland and begin work at the hospital, her life will continue to touch others by way of a scholarship in her name.

The Reagan Delaney Tokes

Memorial Foundation scholarship will be given to two Ohio State students each year, and give them the stability so many yearn for in college by knowing where their tuition is coming from, opportunity in education and a new home in college.

Reagan’s physical life was taken from her. But her memory, her helping hand, her love, her compassion, her impact, will never cease to exist.

They will shine on. As bright as her smile.

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“The good news is, I think for us, is Mr. Golsby will die in prison,” he said, adding the family and prosecution will not be “mired in 20 years of post-conviction litigation” that often comes with a death penalty sentence.

In reading the sentencing, Serrott spoke passionately and directly to Golsby. Serrott noted Golsby’s troubled upbringing, but emphasized that he alone is responsible for his choices.

“You need to understand she did nothing wrong,” Serrott said, his voice raising with emotion.

“Your life got spared because at least four members of the jury, maybe less, more, something in that neighborhood, felt that [your upbringing] were mitigating so your life got spared because of your childhood. Yet Reagan did nothing wrong, whatsoever, and yet she forfeited her life because of your background. You get spared because of your background, and yet she forfeited her life.”

“She did nothing wrong — except be at work.”

O’Brien said the Ohio law that prevented the prosecution from including testimony from the Tokes family during sentencing hindered the prosecution’s case for Golsby to be sentenced to death. That law, he said, allows only evidence from the defense to be presented during sentencing, which in this trial included the questioning of psychologists who visited and analyzed Golsby.

“If they heard about effect on family, it could have made a difference regarding death penalty,” O’Brien said.

The defense attorneys for Golsby all but admitted his guilt during the trial, something attorney Kort Gatterdam said affected the jury in their decision.

“You have to have credibility with the jurors,” he said. “When there are things that go against

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Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien presents his final argument to the jury calling for a death sentence of Brian Golsby on March 20 at the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

“They told us that,” she said.

“In the jury room, they said we appreciated you were authentic and honest and picked your battles.”

Deliberation was intense, said a juror named Monica who wanted to be identified only by her first name.

“Brian Golsby has been through a lot. The mitigating factors to some outweighed the aggravated [factors],” Monica said.

“To some, it was the opposite. To some, they just weighed out what they believed.”

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ASHLEY DIGGINS Lantern reporter diggins.10@osu.edu In 2015, Andrew Tarvin went on a cross-country journey to every state with nothing but two carry-on sized suitcases for 18 months, living life like a “nomad.”

The 2006 Ohio State graduate wrote “The United States of Laughter” about his wild experience, which was published in September 2017. On Sunday, The Book Loft of German Village will host Tarvin for a book signing and discussion of his latest work.

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Dani Harness performs in The Lantern studio on March 19. Harness is reinventing herself as a solo artist following her former band’s breakup.

KAYLEE HARTER Lantern reporter harter.830@osu.edu After four years with local blues-rock band Brave Weather, Dani Harness is reinventing herself as a solo artist following the band’s breakup.

“Seasons change,” Harness said. “All that stuff happens for good reasons, I think. So I’m excited to see what else comes. It’s really freed me up.”

Harness got her start in church music in seventh grade — a style she said she can hear elements of in her acoustic music, although the religious aspect is gone. Then, the 31-year-old transitioned into harder progressive blues rock as she started to join bands. Now, she said she hopes to be more true to herself with an “acoustic southern homey feel” while incorporating “classic-rock-meetsgothy vibes.”

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again, but for now, her focus is finding her place “style-wise.”

“I hope it grows into something I’m not expecting,” she said. “I don’t wanna pigeonhole myself and say, ‘This is what I wanna do.’ I hope it turns into something like, ‘Wow, I never thought I could do that.’”

“It was in college that I fell in love with comedy.”

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Inspired by Stevie Nicks, The Cranberries and Lucius, Harness is drawn to powerful female lead singers and has plans to collaborate with other local female musicians.

“We’re all so strong and we need to remind each other that were strong instead of trying to bring each other down,” she said.

“That’s so archaic. We need to

love on each other and let each other shine.”

Harness said collaboration will play a big part in her upcoming projects. She recently moved in with her close friends, Wonder Doug and Walta Yoseph, both of whom are Columbus comedians, hoping to facilitate creativity and collaboration.

“It’s really exciting to have this new creative place for all of our passion projects,” she said.

The creativity has already begun — last week Harness and Wonder Doug wrote a song together while unpacking.

“I had this guitar riff and I’m like, ‘Hey I want you to hear this,’” Harness said. “Then we just kind of sat down and wrote a song in an hour about kind of where we were in our lives and how we were feeling toward certain situations.”

Although Wonder Doug said he “dabbles” in poetry, he has never collaborated with a musician in this way before.

“I feel like it’s going to be a good spring living with her,” he said.

When she’s not playing music, Harness can be found working full time as a jewelry buyer at Short North adult emporium The Garden — somewhere she said never expected herself to work, but has grown to love.

In her free time, Harness also loves to paint “really weird abstract spiritual kind of stuff” on wood, using the grain of wood as inspiration. Harness said she has toyed with the idea of using her artwork as an album cover, but for now it is something she does purely for personal joy.

With tentative plans to release new music this summer, Harness’ debut show will be June 5 at Spacebar. She also will be performing in a Wonder Doug Variety Show May 4 at The Shrunken Head.

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Following graduation, Tarvin worked at Fortune 500 company Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati as a project manager. But he said he never forgot about the passion for comedy he developed at Ohio State, thanks to his best friend convincing him to co-found the student organization 8th Floor Improv Comedy Group.

When he relocated from Cincinnati to New York City with P&G, he participated in many opportunities for improv groups, comedy classes and stand-up comedy. In 2009, Tarvin started his current business, Humor That Works, as a part-time venture.

Humor That Works provides programming by Tarvin that teaches organizations how to incorporate humor to increase productivity and workplace happiness. He left P&G in 2012 to pursue his business full time.

“It was in college that I fell in love with comedy and that pas-

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sion stayed even after I started working, so I wanted to do something more with it,” Tarvin said. “I started to naturally bring [humor] into my own work, using it in meetings and emails, and saw that was getting good results, so I decided to teach other people how to do that.”

Tarvin didn’t travel without a purpose; he spoke or performed in each state during his journey, he said.

“So ‘The United States of Laughter’ is the story of my journey told through a story from each state,” Tarvin said. “It starts in Ohio at dinner with my mom when I was nervous about the trip, and it ends in Hawaii where I did a storytelling show that talked about my entire journey, and then it hits up all of the states in between.”

At the book signing, Tarvin said he plans to talk about his decision to travel across the country and the craziest experiences he had along the way.

“I’ll talk about some of the interesting stories [in the book], whether it is going to the Grand Canyon and being impressed by its beauty, to going to Alaska and singing to a bear to make it go away while I was hiking, to pushing a Ferrari in the desert in California,” he said.

Tarvin shared that he is especially excited to participate in a book signing in Columbus because he attended Ohio State, and Welch added the Book Loft is very happy to host someone connected to the local community. “[Our recent book signings have] been so grim lately, it will be nice to have a humorist visit. He’s our first humorist that’s going to be here this year,” said Glen Welch, sales manager and event coordinator at The Book Loft. “We’re proud to have him.”

The book signing will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

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Jemele Hill won’t just ‘stick to sports’ ASHLEY NELSON Station Manager nelson.1217@osu.edu When Jemele Hill walks behind her desk at ESPN, she knows her voice is for more than just sports.

Hill came to Ohio State Tuesday night in partnership with OUAB and its “Voice Your Vision” week to speak about her experiences as an African-American woman in the sports world and the balancing act that comes with her career and activism.

Hill has become a household name for sports fans, after years of working her way through the ranks at ESPN. She joined the network in 2006 as a national columnist and then moved to the broadcast operation, making occasional commentary appearances. Then in 2011, ESPN ordered her own show with her good friend, Michael Smith.

As an active member in the sports community, dealing with criticism of her sports commentary is nothing new to Hill. Her persona and opinions are broadcast to millions of viewers weekly on the largest sports broadcasting network in the world, and when you add social media to the equation, Hill became a target for unwarranted opinions from viewers of her show.

Recently, Hill departed from a sports-only approach to her career and began voicing her opinions on

they have children, they’re invested in education and all the things that the rest of us are invested in.”

This disapproval online did not deter her from entwining her political views and her career, in fact it is the contrary. Hill decided to go back to her writing roots, joining ESPN’s The Undefeated, which infuses sports and social commentary while highlighting black voices. She said she is excited to be a part of an organization that embraces the intersection between sports, race and culture.

“You have to have a stomach for certain things.”

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Jemele Hill, columnist for The Undefeated, visited Ohio State Tuesday night in partnership with OUAB and its “Voice Your Vision” week to speak about her experiences as an African-American woman in the sports world. social media about social issues as the political climate became more polarized. Unsurprisingly, the criticism came en masse.

“You have to pick your battles,” Hill said. “Part of picking your battles means that when you do speak out, you have to have the leverage to accept the consequences that come with it.”

In 2016, when athletes of all genders and races began to protest the inequality and police bru-

tality of African-Americans in the United States by taking a knee during the national anthem, there was both praise and criticism of these athletes, sparking debates on who should and should not use their platform for political discourse. That’s when Hill became involved in the discussion.

Hill began publicly voicing her opinions on Twitter, including thoughts on the protests as well as the current White House adminis-

tration. Hill received backlash online from ESPN viewers, and the president of the United States, for the comments she began making.

At one point in 2017, Hill was suspended by ESPN for a tweet that criticized Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

“The ‘stick to sports’ crowd, who I think is generally intellectually lazy, have to keep in mind that [sports figures] are full citizens,” Hill said. “They pay taxes,

Moving forward, Hill acknowledges her place as a woman in the sports world and tells young women looking to find their place in sports to learn very early what they can and cannot handle.

“You have to have a stomach for certain things,” Hill said. “At the end of the day, for anybody, whether you’re in Year One of your profession or Year 20 like me, is you have to know very clearly what you can live with and what you can’t.”

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Ohio State senior forward Christian Lampasso (18) stands in the crease in the first period of the game against Wisconsin on Feb. 23 in the Schottenstein Centern.

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to replace that caliber of a player.

Like I said before, we have a tight group, we have a deep group,” Laczynski said. “Obviously, guys are going to have to step up. Just a team, as a whole, we’re going to have to play for him.”

Weis serves as an impact player on the Buckeyes’ top line, killing penalties and performing well on the power play. His absence will require other players to elevate their games at the most important time of the year.

“We’ve had guys out of the lineup all year and it hasn’t changed our mentality or our approach,” Rohlik said. “It’s going to force

other guys to be a hero, and other guys to play above where they’re at. Not change who you are, but maybe dig a little bit deeper.”

Puck drop between Ohio State and Princeton will be at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The winner will advance to the Midwest regional final and play the winner of the other semifinal between Denver and Penn State.

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she said. “We’ve been through so much. It just hurts you. The way you go out and that sensation I had about two weeks ago. So you think you can not only stay on that high horse, but play with the much confidence and play with that much focus.”

Just two weeks ago in the locker room at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Mitchell was all smiles. The Buckeyes had just knocked off Maryland in the Big Ten title game. Mitchell was leaning back in a chair with big bags of ice on her knees, resting after playing her third game in three days. In her view, just 10 feet away, sat the conference championship trophy, which her team raised at center court just an hour prior.

That is the kind of celebration expected of the second-leading scorer in NCAA history, not one signaling the end of a career after a Round of 32 matchup against a No. 11 seed. Kelsey Plum, Stiles and Brittney Griner, the trio of players who accompany Mitchell in the top-four career scoring ranks, each made the Final Four once.

This season was supposed to be Mitchell’s shot.

With the Final Four being held in Columbus in a couple weeks, the storybook was sitting on the table, just waiting to be written.

Mitchell and the Buckeyes had

been bounced in the Sweet 16 the past two seasons, but a veteran-laden squad hoped to march through the Spokane Regional and make the program’s second-ever Final Four with a likely matchup against top-ranked Connecticut.

“I think in the back of everybody’s mind, if you’re a part of our program, sees that moment and want to be back here for the Final Four,” Mitchell said. “I don’t think you’re a competitor if you’re not at least thinking about it in the back of your mind.”

Instead of the fairy-tale ending, Mitchell’s career abruptly concluded. She quickly had to come to grips with the end of her career, something she always knew would come, but never wanted.

That meant considering how her 139 games, 4,996 minutes, 1,120 made shots, 497 made 3s, 665 made free throws, 545 assists, 463 rebounds, 214 steals and 3,402 points will be viewed for years to come.

Rather than as one of the alltime greatest scorers, Mitchell said she hopes people think of her as someone who built Ohio State into a prolific program.

“I want to be remembered for making this program for younger kids that want to come here one of the best in the nation,” Mitchell said. “It’s not only South Carolina, it’s not only UConn. Ohio

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State is a part of that conversation too. I think we’ve showed people that [there’s] value here.”

Just as she had earlier in the night when she refused to consider the accomplishment of becoming the second-leading scorer, Mitchell refused to focus on her individual accolades. Instead, all she said she wants to be remembered for is being a program building block.

That has defined Mitchell. Unfortunately for her, so too has her team’s NCAA tournament struggles. This year was supposed to be different. It wasn’t.

It will take time for Mitchell, who is notoriously hard on herself, to get over the disappointing season-ending loss. But as one of the greatest scorers in college basketball history who helped put Ohio State on the map and helped win two regular-season Big Ten titles and one conference tournament championship, she has much to be proud of.

Every time she attends an Ohio State basketball game again, she will get another standing ovation.

But those will not be in response to a historic career coming to a surprising end.

They will simply be celebrating the greatest scorer — and arguably the greatest player — to ever lace up sneakers and take the court in Columbus.

Puzzles

Answer Key for March 20: Across 4. Substance containing only one kind of atoms ‘pure’ (element) 6. Amount of space that matter takes up (volume) 7. Substance containing two or more molecules (compound) 8. Describes how much matter is in a given space (density) 9. Does not have a definite composition (homogenousmixture) 11. Particle of matter made up of two or more atoms joined together (molecule) 14. When a solid becomes a liquid (melting) 16. Amount of matter in an object (mass) 17. Temperature at which a specific liquid becomes a solid (freezingpoint)

Down 1. Substances that can be observed without changing its identity (physicalproperty) 2. Lowest temperature at which a substance begins to melt (meltingpoint) 3. Have definite volume but no definite shape (liquids) 5. Matter made up of two or more substances that are combined physically (mixture) 7. Change when a new kind of matter is formed (chemicalchange) 10. When a liquid becomes a solid (freezing) 11. Anything that has mass and takes up space (matter) 12. Smallest particle of an element (atom) 13. Have a definite shape and volume (solid) 15. Have no definite shape or volume (gases)

Romeo & Juliet Across 4. The female lead 5. To bury 6. Epidemic

17. Tells the prince who killed who when Tybalt and Mercutio died 18. Banished Romeo

Down 1. Juliets suitor, and planned future husband

8. Juliet’s mom

2. Juliet’s friend and servant, mother figure

10. The setting of the story

3. Juliet’s dad

11. Killed by tybalt

7. Romeo’s mom

13. Marries Romeo and Juliet

9. Was sent to deliver a letter to a banished Romeo

14. Romeo’s dad

12. Juliet’s cousin, killed by romeo

15. Cloth used to wrap a body for burial

16. The male lead

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BASEBALL

OSU puts 6-game winning streak on the line against Georgetown ANDY ANDERS Lantern reporter anders.83@osu.edu The Ohio State baseball team is like an employee taking inventory on this six-game winning streak.

It has checked all the boxes.

Everything has seemed to go right for the team. During the stretch, the Buckeyes have a 3.17 team ERA while averaging 7.17 runs per game. The stretch has included a win against Coastal Carolina, which has been ranked at times this season, and a sweep of a strong North Carolina, Greensboro team.

“Gives us confidence going into every weekend, knowing that everything is working for us,” junior pitcher Connor Curlis said.

Now the Buckeyes (14-6) will look to keep the momentum alive this weekend when they face the Georgetown Hoyas (5-14) Friday in a three-game series at Bill Davis Stadium.

Ohio State’s offense features five hitters batting above .300, and produced at least seven runs in five of the six victories on the recent tear. The Buckeyes’ lineup could continue to stay hot against the Hoyas, a team that has struggled to keep opponents off the scoreboard, combining for a 6.36 team ERA. Georgetown’s starting rotation features only one player with an ERA below 6.14. That’s sophomore and Friday night starter Brent Killam, who threw seven innings of one-run baseball against Princeton his last time on the mound. The Hoyas’ bullpen only contains two pitchers with more than two innings of work to

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Ohio State assistant coach Chris Holick (6) talks with players Malik Jones (5), Tyler Cowles (12) and Dominic Canzone (33) after the top of the fifth inning in Ohio State’s 2-1 win against Cal State Northridge on March 16 in Bill Davis Stadium. that list.

Curlis, fresh off a 6.1-inning, one-earned-run performance against California State University, Northridge, takes the hill first for the Buckeyes against a Hoya offense that has hit only four home runs this season. What it lacks in power it makes up for in speed.

“They’re going to run the bases,” head coach Greg Beals said.

“They’ve got some stolen bases on their mark.”

Twenty-six stolen bases on their mark to be precise, and in just 28 attempts. That 93 percent mark ranks first in the nation.

At the plate, Georgetown’s offense is headlined by freshman phenom Eddie McCabe, who bats .356 and leads the team in RBI with 15 — no other Hoya has more than nine. Senior left fielder

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Ohio State utility player Noah McGowan (4) rounds first base as Cal State Northridge records an out in the second inning Ohio State’s 2-1 win against Cal State Northridge in extra innings on March 16 in Bill Davis Stadium.

Austin Shirley leads off the lineup as the team’s top base stealer, and gives himself plenty of opportunity to commit baserunning thievery with a .410 OBP. Shirley has seven steals through his 19 games played.

Junior Ryan Feltner, 2-0 with a 6.26 ERA, will start the second game of the series for Ohio State while redshirt senior Adam Niemeyer gets the nod for Game 3.

It’s a concerted effort to continue making strides as Big Ten play nears for the Buckeyes.

“I think we’re close,” Beals said. “There’s room for our offense to grow, there’s certainly room for our defense to grow.”

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2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Bracket St. Cloud St. (25-8-6)

Cornell (25-5-2)

Fri. March 23 - 4 p.m.

Sat. March 24 - 1 p.m.

Boston (21-13-4)

Air Force (22-14-5) Minnesota St. (29-9-1)

West: Sat. March 24 9 p.m.

Northeast: Sat. March 25 4 p.m.

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Fri. March 23 - 7:30 p.m.

Sat. March 24 - 4:30 p.m.

Northeastern (23-9-5)

Minn. Duluth (21-16-3) Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN Thur. April 5 6 p.m. or 9 p.m.

Ohio St. (24-9-5) Sat. March 24 - 3:30 p.m.

Princeton (19-12-4) Denver (22-9-8)

Michigan (20-14-3)

Midwest: Sun. March 25 6:30 p.m.

Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN Thur. April 5 6 p.m. or 9 p.m.

Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN Sat. April 7 7:30 p.m.

Notre Dame (25-9-2) Fri. March 23 - 3 p.m.

Michigan Tech (22-16-5) East: Sat. March 24 6 p.m.

Providence (23-11-4)

Sat. March 24 - 7 p.m.

Fri. March 23 - 6:30 p.m.

Penn St. (18-14-5)

Clarkson (23-10-6)

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MEN’S HOCKEY

OSU faces streaking Princeton in 1st round of NCAA tournament CAMERON THOMPSON Lantern reporter thompson.3262@osu.edu Ohio State secured a No. 1 seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA men’s hockey tournament for the first time in school history.

Its reward was a matchup against one of the nation’s hottest teams.

The Buckeyes (24-9-5, 17-92-1 Big Ten) will travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to face redhot Princeton (19-12-4, 10-10-2 ECAC) in the opening round of the tournament Saturday at the PPL Center.

The Tigers, who harbor two of the most dangerous scorers in the nation, captured the ECAC championship in a 2-1 overtime win against the No. 9 Clarkson Golden Knights this past weekend. They are unbeaten in their past eight games and have won their past seven. Despite the rare matchup with Princeton — the two teams have faced off just three times before — Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik said his team will be ready for the challenge.

“They’re playing extremely well … They’ve got some highend talent. They’ve got a fantastic power play,” Rohlik said. “When a team is playing their best, you know that you’ve got to be prepared and certainly we’ve got to

in this matchup. Rohlik offered a simple solution against a deadly power play.

“The No. 1 thing against the top power play is to be disciplined and stay out of the box, don’t be stupid in that area,” Rohlik said.

“We’ve been very good all year and hopefully we continue with that.”

“They’re very creative, they kind of run-andgun a little bit. They’ve got some high-end skill talent. We’ve got to be focused and we’ve got to be on our toes.”

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Ohio State junior forward Mason Jobst (26) attempts to evade a Badger defender in the first period of the game against Wisconsin on Feb. 23 in the Schottenstein Center. be prepared for these guys.”

The Tigers’ production is headlined by two of the country’s top scorers, junior forwards Ryan Kuffner and Max Veronneau, who each have at least 50 points this year. Kuffner is tied for second in the country in goals with 29 and is on a 10-game point streak. Veronneau is second nationally in

assists with 38.

These gifted players have showcased their skills on the nation’s top-ranked power play, which clicks at an astounding 28.5 percent rate. Kuffner leads the team in power-play goals with eight, tied with senior forward David Hallisey.

“They’re very creative, they

kind of run-and-gun a little bit,” Rohlik said. “They’ve got some high-end skill talent. We’ve got to be focused and we’ve got to be on our toes.”

On the other side of special teams, Ohio State presents the top-ranked penalty kill at 89.3 percent, proving that special teams will be a battle of strengths

Ohio State will start its journey in hopes of an NCAA championship without senior forward Matthew Weis. One of the team leaders, Weis suffered an upper-body injury in practice prior to the Big Ten tournament championship game against top-ranked Notre Dame. The impact of Weis’ vacancy is felt up and down the lineup, especially with sophomore forward Tanner Laczynski.

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Kelsey Mitchell’s career wasn’t supposed to end like it did COLIN HASS-HILL Lantern reporter hass-hill.1@osu.edu

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Ohio State senior guard Kelsey Mitchell (3) takes the ball down the court in the game against Penn State on Jan. 31.

Ohio State won 94-64.

Kelsey Mitchell always deserved a standing ovation from an Ohio State crowd when her illustrious career came to a close.

The three-time Big Ten Player of the Year entered college a year after the Buckeyes went 1718 and proceeded to lead them to four straight 24-plus win seasons.

The greatest scorer in Ohio State history, Mitchell has made more field goals than anyone in program history and more 3-pointers than anyone in NCAA history.

She has earned countless ovations for her dozens of accomplishments.

So it was no surprise when the crowd at St. John Arena rose to its feet Monday night to send off one of the most accomplished players to ever don a scarlet and gray jersey.

However, she wanted anything but the standing ovation St. John Arena gave her with 41 seconds remaining in her team’s game against Central Michigan Monday night. This time, it meant only one thing: Her career was over.

When she was asked what passing former Missouri State guard

Jackie Stiles and becoming the second all-time leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,402 career points, with tears in her eyes, Mitchell only had one thought.

“We lost,” she said. “That’s all I can say.”

“We’ve been through so much. It just hurts you. The way you go out and that sensation I had about two weeks ago. So you think you can not only stay on that high horse, but play with the much confidence and play with that much focus.”

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It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

The Buckeyes got blitzed from the beginning of the second quarter to the end of the game, eventually falling 95-78.

They allowed Central Michigan to bounce back from a six-point first-quarter deficit with a dominant 25-6 second quarter. The Chippewas hit 14-of-27 3-point-

ers and 25-of-27 free throws during the game. The reverberations of St. John Arena made the several-hundred-person Central Michigan fan section sound like the Chippewas brought the whole university to the stands.

The typically lethal offense that usually buoys the Buckeyes was nowhere to be found. Mitchell began the game 4-for-15 and finished with more shot attempts (29) than points (28). In the third quarter, Ohio State finally started to look like it was putting it together offensively, but was no match for the Chippewas’ 7-for8 third-quarter 3-point performance.

Try as she might, Mitchell could not pull her team back in the game.

“We knew that they can shoot the ball, but we didn’t know that they wouldn’t miss,” she said.

“You got it within 15, 14, then they said no, we’re going back up 21. And then we missed shots, so it didn’t make it any better.”

As Mitchell stood in the corner of the locker room about 50 minutes after subbing out to congratulatory cheers and applause, she began to confront what had happened.

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