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Trans*Mission aims to be a source of support for Ohio State’s LGBTQ population.

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Columbus church dedicating park to social justice reformers.

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1998. 2018. Ohio State eyeing championship in first Frozen Four in 20 years.

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Jeffrey Okudah’s shoulder surgery doesn’t alter his expectations in 2018.

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OSU to house nation’s first coordinated center for heart failure, irregularities KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Editor-in-Chief stankiewicz.16@osu.edu The country’s first center dedicated to treat people with heart failure and irregular heartbeats will come to Ohio State after an $18 million donation from Dayton-based restaurateurs Corrine and Bob Frick.

Focused on clinical care and research, the integrated center will combine the strengths of the university’s electrophysiology department and the work it is already doing on heart failure, said Craig Kent, dean of the College of Medicine.

“We believe that with this intersection and this center that combines research in these two diseases that we’ll be able to make dramatic discoveries,” Kent said Wednesday during a meeting of the Wexner Medical Center Board of Trustees, which voted to approve the proposal.

The full Board votes Friday.

More than 6 million Americans live with heart failure and about 8 million Americans have irregular heartbeats, according to the Center for Disease Control. Kent said treatment for KEVIN STANKIEWICZ | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the conditions can be drawn out and difficult.

Board of Trustees member Les Wexner (left) and University President Michael “Patients with heart failure often have arDrake (right) during the meeting on Wednesday. rhythmias, and people that have arrhythmias

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At least three medical center faculty have departed Ohio State to join West Virginia University’s Cancer Institute since 2017. ident and WVU’s current leader, E. Gordon Gee, has welcomed several additions in WVU press releases.

Goldberg left Ohio State in January of last year and welcomed

Schmidt in the press release.

“His new roles will give him the opportunity to maximize his positive influence on our Institute, University, and our state. I am looking forward to working

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with him again and doing good things together,” Goldberg said in the release.

In announcing his arrival at WVU, Schmidt hinted at what drew him to the cancer institute.

“I feel there is a swelling of positive energy and forward direction at the WVU Cancer Center,” Schmidt said in the release.

“When I met with the leadership, they were aligned on the same focus on people, most importantly the people from West Virginia who need the care. They are very aligned in their goals, and there is a togetherness in the leadership.”

John Campo, who also left Ohio State for WVU, said in February that Ohio State did not exhibit that same feeling of togetherness that Schmidt alluded to.

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Wexner Medical Center loses another doctor to West Virginia University Add another doctor to the list of talent leaving Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center for West Virginia University.

Carl Schmidt, a nationally recognized oncologist, will be joining WVU’s cancer institute, the hospital announced Wednesday in a press release. He will be joining another former Ohio State doctor, Richard Goldberg, at the center.

Schmidt, who was an associate professor of surgery at Ohio State, becomes at least the seventh high-ranking employee from the Wexner Medical Center to leave for WVU since January 2017.

A pattern of top medical professionals leaving Columbus for Morgantown, West Virginia, is evident. Former Ohio State pres-

Needs of sexual violence survivors not being met The need for on-campus sexual violence resources is here, but it’s no longer being met.

Since Feb. 12, the Sexual Civility and Empowerment office has been under an external review and has been relocated indefinitely. Since the beginning of March, survivors have been unable to get the resources and support that they so greatly need and deserve.

The university has not notified its students of what services are and are not available to them until now. The statement, which was released through The Lantern on Tuesday night, is vague, superficial and grossly inadequate. Consequently, this statement comes as I, and many of my fellow students, have started organizing an effort to shed light on this issue as of one week ago.

Although there were references to alternative resources both on campus and externally, this does not negate the need for on-campus, student-centered resources that are designed specifically to navigate the university system and meet the needs of students.

We must hold our university to a degree of accountability when it comes to preventing sexual violence, providing resources for those who have experienced sexual violence, and fostering a safe and productive learning environment for its students. We will continue to demand that the university upholds its promise to do so.

SCE is a localized, personalized and student-centered resource that helps students who have experienced sexual violence navigate through their experience in whatever way they see fit. Support coordinators are kind and thoughtful, guiding survivors and

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Trans*Mission creating community for LGBTQ students MARA MASON Lantern reporter mason.816@osu.edu Every night before bed from the ages of 4 to 6 years old, V Wegman prayed that God would make them a boy.

“I always wanted to be a boy,” Wegman said. “I hated wearing dresses, and all reminders that I was a girl. I wanted to be as masculine as possible; wearing backwards baseball caps, jeans and androgynous shirts.”

After coming out as a lesbian during sophomore year of high school, the journey for Wegman to understand their gender identification didn’t end there.

During Wegman’s first two years of college, they explored the idea of identifying as male, but that didn’t seem to fit, either.

“Then, I realized the gender-neutrality of they/them and my first initial, V, were right for me. It’s been nearly a year and a half since I accepted myself as trans, and I just came out to my parents over winter break,” Wegman said. “For the first time in my life, I am satisfied with myself. I am happy with my androgyny.“ A student organization, Trans*Mission, is working to provide a sense of home for students of the transgender community on campus.

The group is a student organization that aims to provide an inclusive social environment for all genders and sexual orientations, as well as represent the

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V Wegman, a member of Trans*Mission, says the organization aims to provide a community for transgender students at Ohio State. students on campus who identify as transgender, said Wegman, Trans*Mission’s outreach coordinator.

“Our big thing is trying to build visibility, because we actually have a fairly large trans population at OSU, compared to other schools in the country,” said Wegman, a third-year in communication. “We try to be an advocate for them. We try to have community for them.”

Just short of 1.5 million U.S. adults identify as transgender. Of that population, about 25 to 30 percent of people are nonbinary, meaning they do not fall exclu-

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have heart failure, so the treatments are really complex because of the interaction between these two diseases,” Kent said.

“Bob and Corrine, you are creating a future of cardiovascular medicine that will improve people’s lives.”

Craig Kent Dean of the College of Medicine

The center — the Bob and Corrine Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia — will be located within the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital.

Kent said the center will support collaborative, cutting-edge research as part of a large laboratory with innovative technology.

Patients will receive coordinated care, which is particularly important if someone suffers from both heart failure and arrhythmia.

“As a result of this gift, I’m confident progress will be made in the treatment of these two very severe conditions,” Kent said.

Heart disease is personal for the Fricks. Bob Frick’s parents, as well as an aunt, three uncles and two brothers, have dealt with heart problems, according to a

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sively in male or female categories, according to the Society of Psychological Study of LGBT Issues.

Appy Frykenberg, the Multicultural Center’s intercultural specialist for LGBTQ initiatives, said Ohio State’s percentage of students identifying as LGBTQ is higher on campus than the national average, and that the university’s size creates opportunities that might be more difficult to find in another area.

“OSU has a strong showing at approximately 11 percent of campus — when you think about the size of our student population,

that number is pretty big,” he said in an email. “That means there are a ton of different LGBTQ folks to meet across campus, and accounts for a strong showing of LGBTQ leadership — including over 12 LGBTQ student organizations, which the MCC collaborates with on a regular basis.”

Wegman said the group’s signature event is an annual pool party, where members can feel free to wear whatever type of attire they feel comfortable in.

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university release.

So has he. Bob Frick suffered a heart attack when he was 40 years old, and had triple bypass surgery 11 years later — which happened to be the same year his brother, Bernie, died of arrhythmia and heart failure. He was 60.

As part the donation, three endowed research chairs, a chair in heart failure, a professorship and a fellowship will be funded.

At the Board meeting, news of the Frick’s donation was met with a standing ovation that lasted 24 seconds. Both the Fricks were in attendance, as was their daughter and Bernie’s wife, Diane, and his four daughters.

“Bob and Corrine, you are creating a future of cardiovascular medicine that will improve people’s lives,” Kent said. “People will live to see tomorrow because of the treatments you have made possible. They will live to see their children and their children grow up because of the innovation you have created. The legacy you are leaving is truly remarkable.”

Then there was another round of applause. This time, it lasted 27 seconds.

Pending the Board’s approval, the Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia will begin seeing patients in 2018.

problems to fix,” Campo said in an interview with The Lantern.

“But there are issues bigger than just the medical center that probably relate to the relationship between the university and the medical center that deserve a look and some consideration.

“I think that the issue here is about culture, that the whole culture thing is one I don’t know is limited to the medical center or if it’s larger here.”

In a statement, Schmidt said the experience he has had at Ohio State prepared him for his leadership role at WVU. “The Ohio State University and our medical center are very important to me,” Schmidt told The Lantern in an email. “The mentorship, support and experiences I’ve had at OSU are the reasons I’m ready for a leadership opportunity. I am incredibly thankful to all of my colleagues, and I have great pride in what we have all accomplished together over 10 years.”

Ohio State wished Schmidt the best in a statement, while also noting that the medical center is adding doctors, not just losing them.

“Physicians who work at an institution as successful as the Wexner Medical Center are in high demand, and it’s not surpris-

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Carl Schmidt’s departure from the Wexner Medical Center was announced in a West Virginia University press release on Wednesday.

ing that they are actively recruited by other institutions,” University spokesman Chris Davey said.

“Just yesterday, we announced the recruitment of three physicians who are established national leaders in vascular, burn and trauma surgery.”

Schmidt had been with Ohio State since 2008 and his work focused on providing quality care for cancer patients. His 2016 base pay was $280,309. Schmidt is slated to join WVU in July.

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Politicians across the country remember Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, and people across the entire political spectrum joined in honoring the civil rights hero.

Bernice A. King, a minister and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., tweeted out a heartfelt message utilizing Maya Angelou’s words to capture the impact of her father.

“Such an honor to have had you as a father and to still have you as a teacher. I greatly admire your courage and strength to love, and I learn from you daily. In the words of Maya Angelou, I ‘can be and be better because you existed.’ Thank you. Miss you. #MLK #MLK50Forward,” she tweeted.

President Donald Trump sent out a tweet and accompanying video about King’s “legacy of justice and peace.” Meanwhile, Rep. John Lewis, a friend and compatriot of King, mourned the loss of his “mentor” 50 years ago.

In a video released by the Obama Foundation, Lewis joined former President Barack Obama for a roundtable discussion with high school students to honor the memory of King.

Some of the most striking images of the day, however, did not come from politicians, but rather from a group of students who started a 50-mile march Saturday from Dundee, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, to mark the occasion.

One student told local news that the group marching — ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old with one white student — is a “way to show people that you can have friendships with different people of different backgrounds, different races, on all levels.”

OSU alumna wins pivotal Wisconsin race Rebecca Dallet, a 1991 Ohio State alumna, won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday in a race that is seen by many as a measuring stick for the rest of 2018.

Officially a nonpartisan race — like all supreme court races — Dallet was backed by liberals and defeated Michael Screnock 56 to 44 percent. Screnock was backed by conservatives.

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there,” Wegman said. “It’s just a very welcoming place for people to feel very comfortable in their own skin, because going swimming and being at the beach, even at the gym, that’s one of the more dysphoric places for trans students.”

The group meets annually with University President Michael Drake, Wegman said, and this year their discussion focused on creating a centralized online hub for LGBTQ student resources to help students find organizations like Trans*Mission or other allied university programming.

“It is going to be a place where LGBTQ students and prospective students can go to learn about what it’s like to be LGBTQ here at OSU,” Wegman said. “Where they can find community, how they can find help, and different things like that, like a resource list.”

In addition to student organizations like Trans*Mission, the Multicultural Center hosts programming year-round for members of the LGBTQ community to help build a sense of community for students.

Frykenberg said student organizations like Trans*Mission also reach out to organizations in the greater Columbus area to expand the community and available resources beyond campus.

He said the student leaders in these organizations and programs

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empowering them every step along the way of their experience.

Students who are enrolled in help services after experiencing sexual violence and assault have been unwillingly abandoned and told they can no longer meet with their support coordinator, with little to no explanation as to why. Students who have recently experienced sexual violence, who call the office to get resources, who would once get to speak to myself or another student employee, are now being directed to a voice mail.

I have had the privilege of working for this office since the beginning of the academic year; I have seen the amazing work they do. I have received heartbreaking phone calls from students who have experienced something traumatic and are desperately seeking help. I have referred friends to the office and have seen them get the help they sought after in a way that was both efficient and tailored to their personal needs. I know that the reason the office is not currently operational is not because it is no longer needed, or that sexual violence is no longer being perpetrated on this campus.

Statistically 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men will experience some form of sexual violence at one point during

their undergraduate studies. With this issue being so prevalent and impacting a large portion of Ohio State’s student body, there needs to be an allocation of resources tailored specifically to survivors.

The need is still there, now it is not being met.

When holistic sexual violence resources are not readily and easily available to students, the effects can be devastating. For those who choose to do so, it can make reporting their experience and pursuing a case more difficult and impersonal. It can invalidate survivors and make them feel as if their experience is not important enough to garner help or support from their institution.

Ultimately, by not having this office open and these resources available, regardless of the nature of this review, students are being hurt and punished and that is simply unacceptable.

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are engaging with the community by being involved with Columbus resources, such as Kaleidoscope Youth Center or TransOhio.

The Multicultural Center offers a variety of different events and programs for the LGBTQ community, including meeting groups such as Q*mmunity, weeklong awareness events like Bisexual Awareness Week and special programming, like Buckeye Pride, as well as many other events.

Frykenberg said each program they offer is unique, with goals ranging from visibility and pride to community building.

“The sense of community is built up along these multiple facets, appealing to different students in different ways while letting them know that there is a strong, central resource on campus available to each of them,” Frykenberg said.

In conjunction to the programming offered by the Multicultural Center, Trans*Mission aims to create a space for students to feel supported.

“That’s our No.1 goal — community,” Wegman said.

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Nation’s first social justice park to open in Columbus

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Illustration of the projected overhead view of the park located at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Broad Street. The park will emphasize the continuum of social justice in the United States.

EMMA STEELE Lantern reporter steele.849@osu.edu Columbus’ First Congregational Church United Church of Christ broke ground last week on what it is calling the nation’s first social justice park.

Set to open in August and located downtown at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Broad Street, the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park will emphasize the continuum of social justice in our country’s future rather than one particular issue from history, said the Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens, the church’s senior minister.

“There are places [in our nation] where justice has been done — civil rights, women’s rights — and if you go you’ll find a park or museum there, but it’s focused on one specific issue and point in time,” Ahrens said. “[Our park] is focused more generally and to the future on changing the world in a way that makes it fair and equitable for all people. It’s not celebrating one point or movement in history only; it’s celebrating the work throughout history that has changed the world.”

The park’s name is a reference to the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, who served as the church’s minister from 1882 until his death

in 1918, Ahrens said. “[Gladden] really is one of the unsung heroes and social reformers in the early part of the 20th century,” Ahrens said. “Columbus doesn’t often recognize him, though he was a national figure.”

The social justice aspect of the park will reflect Gladden’s life work as a nationwide advocate for civil rights, workers’ rights, voting rights, school integration and the needs of the poor and oppressed, Ahrens said.

“The park is meant to be something that draws from the past but addresses the present and future.”

Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens First Congregational Church United Church of Christ senior minister

“It’s a place where we will encourage and invest in people coming to have [civil] discourse,” Ahrens said. “It will be a place where we have programming, where we have music, where we have art that raises consciousness about the social challenges of our times, and the social injustices. So it’s a park with a purpose.”

To set it apart from traditional parks, the 18,000-square-foot L-shaped space will feature art created by women, people of color and other groups who have faced injustices. An area reserved for training youth in nonviolent civil disobedience, a main “Pathway of Justice” with quotes from historical social advocates like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, and many other installments that are still being planned, Ahrens said.

Additionally, the church plans to incorporate technology into the park to fit in with modern times.

“There will be apps created so that people can learn stuff historically but also get engaged in causes that are going on [because] the park is meant to be something that draws from the past but addresses the present and future,” Ahrens said.

Because of the park’s emphasis on being a safe space for everyone in the Columbus community, Tom Worley, chair of the Park Planning Committee, said the park will not have an agenda, but rather motivate people to take their own course of action.

“The focus is trying to bring people together so the park itself will not take a particular view on a social issue,” Worley said. “[The purpose is] to bring awareness [to social injustice] and allow the community to decide for itself what actions to take next and to help facilitate engagement so that people will know how to get involved on an issue that may concern them.”

As tensions surrounding issues such as racial profiling, gun reform, and women’s reproductive rights in our country have increased in recent months, the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park could not come at a more appropriate time, Ahrens said.

Ahrens and Worley believe that by building this park, they are creating a space that will be a center for change and social justice —even if that change starts from somewhere small. “[The park] is meant to be something that raises consciousness,” Ahrens said. “This is a highly trafficked area — 40,000 people drive in front of this corner every day. With the park, every day they will have to look at the words social justice and they have to think, ‘what have I done for social justice today?’ By putting it in front of people, they have to deal with it.”

Coming to High Street: Katalina’s, too CLAIRE KUDIKA Lantern reporter kudika.4@osu.edu Katalina’s, a popular brunch spot on Pennsylvania Avenue famous for its pancake balls, announced earlier this week that there will be a second location opening on High Street in Clintonville called Katalina’s, too.

Kathleen Day, owner of Katalina’s, has been toying with the idea of a second location for a few years. She just hadn’t found the perfect location — until now.

“I wanted to make sure this one had the same feel [as the original location],” Day said.

The new restaurant will be taking over a space that was previously occupied by a fountain pen store. While a pen store isn’t as unconventional as an old gas station — where Katalina’s first location is housed — the new building “still has its quirks,” Day said.

Day plans to design the larger interior of the restaurant to mesh with the atmosphere of the new building. “[The interior] will match the integrity of the building which is kind of a 1970s feel,” Day said. “It still will have that Katalina’s look and feel. I’ll still have the graffiti walls and the flea market finds.”

The new location has a tentative target goal of opening by late 2018. Katalina’s, too will be located at 3481 N. High St. Although it’s important that the eclectic vibe of the original location carries over into the second, Day said there will be some minor changes to the menu.

“The majority of the items [on the menu] will be the same, but there will be a few key items that might change,” Day said. “But obviously, not the pancake balls.”

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Student swaps books for brushes ALEX ANDREWS Lantern reporter andrews.624@osu.edu Laiqa Shahzad spends most of her time at Ohio State studying political science, but with a love for art and makeup, she’s found a way to keep in touch with her creative side in her spare time.

Shahzad grew up with a passion for all things art: painting, drawing, photography and, as she got older, graphic design. When she was a sophomore in high school, the now second-year began doing her own makeup and practicing on others until deciding to freelance as a makeup artist late in her freshman year of college.

“I started my makeup page really as a platform to get my name out there.”

Laiqa Shahzad Makeup artist and second-year in political science

“Over the course of the years, I have just been really kind of perfecting my skills and just gaining confidence to the point where I can do [makeup] on other people,” Shahzad said. “Recently this year, I started my makeup page really as a platform to get my name out there.”

After beauty and makeup tutorial videos inspired her to pursue makeup, Shahzad said she made a realization that

hit home for her.

“I’m Pakistani. There’s a huge community here and growing up, there weren’t really any artists who specialized in that,” Shahzad said. “Upon realizing that, I wanted to use my skills to benefit the community.”

Shahzad explained how much more difficult it is to do makeup on others rather than on herself. She said most of the time when she meets a client, it’s her first time meeting them and she has to immediately know what is going to work for their face.

Sarah El-Mahdy, a second-year in early childhood education, has known Shahzad since her senior year of high school. She said the first time Shahzad did her makeup was for a big birthday party event. El-Mahdy described it as a huge learning experience in makeup for her.

“When she’s doing your makeup, you’re not just getting a beautiful look, but honestly you’re getting a lot of education with it too,” she said. “[Shahzad] walks you through every single step and she gives you tips on what would look good with your skin tone, what’s going to match the look that you’re going for.”

Shahzad is unlike other makeup artists, El-Mahdy said, for reasons that go beyond artistic ability.

“I think [Shahzad] stands out because she focuses on deeper skin tones. She focuses a lot on brown-skinned girls and for us, to match our foundation isn’t always easy,” El-Mahdy said.

While she does makeup for any occasion, Shahzad said

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Laiqa Shahzad, a second-year in political science, uses the art of makeup to fuel her creativity.

she would love to work with brides and bridal makeup primarily.

Besides being a freelance makeup artist, she also dabbles in graphic design on top of being a full-time student.

“I just made it an effort to consistently keep myself engaged in some sort of creative interest because it’s really easy to fall off of that and just get caught up in your career,” Shahzad said.

Shahzad said she has a passion for educating others and human rights. She hopes to become an immigration lawyer and said that for as long as she can, she’ll pursue makeup as well.

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‘Hair’ set to rock Short North Stage SCOTT GOOD Lantern reporter good.123@osu.edu As a new age of protests sweeps the country, a Columbus theater company brings the protest musical “Hair” back to life 50 years after it debuted on Broadway.

The Short North Stage will present “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” from Thursday to April 29 at the company’s Garden Theater.

Tim Valentine, executive director of the Short North Stage, said the musical was originally written to stand up against the Vietnam War and defend human rights.

“So that’s related to our protest culture of today because in addition to just protesting our president, there’s a lot of protests in the United States today, and so that’s very relevant with this show,” he said.

“The relevance of this show is extreme in the current times, showing that young people can make a difference.”

Tim Valentine Executive director of the Short North Stage

One of two current Ohio State students involved in the show, Jordan Shafer, a third-year in music education, said the message of the show is about accepting and loving others as they are, regardless of differences.

“It doesn’t matter your size, your race, your age, anything,” she said. “It’s having

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The Short North Stage will present “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” from April 5 to 29 at the company’s Garden Theater. this sense of community and unity. I think ferred to as a “tribe” in the show — take it’s important today with a lot of the issues over and live in, Valentine said. going on with the #MeToo movement and He saidthe Garden Theater used to be an Black Lives Matter and especially with the adult movie theater; so as a nod to the thepolice brutality stuff going on. A lot of the ater’s history, the company decided such a show is about protesting.” set was an appropriate space for a “hippie The musical “Hair” follows a group of commune.” people living unconventional lives in New “So it’s a tribe of people who took over York City during the hippie counterculture the theater who are standing up and fightmovement of the 1960s and ’70s. With ing to be heard and be seen,” Valentine their long hair and sexually free attitudes, said. “So the relevance of this show is extheir very lives are an act of protest against treme in the current times, showing that the traditional values of their families and young people can make a difference, can society. Popular songs from the show that stand up for themselves, can stand up for topped the pop charts at the time include right and wrong.”

“Age of Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine Valentine noted that, as an extension In.” of the bohemian-style set created for the For the Short North Stage’s production, show, Short North Stage has created what the set was transformed to look like the in- the company calls “tribe” seating in the side of an abandoned adult movie theater area directly by the stage. The seats are old that the musical’s cast of characters — re- couches and chairs that give the appear-

COSI After Dark: Wild Wild West 6 p.m. at COSI, 333 W. Broad St. This month’s event will feature activities such as lassoing and hobbyhorse racing, as well as food and drinks. Admission is $18 in advance and $20 at the door. The event is 21 and up.

Timeflies 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The pop duo will perform with opener Bryce Vine. Tickets are $25 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Friday, April 6

Twin Peaks 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. The Chicago-based, indie-rock band will perform with openers The Districts and Brat Curse. Tickets are $18 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

Walker and Royce 9 p.m. at Trism. The dance-electronic duo from New York City will perform tracks off its latest LP “Self Help.” Tickets are $15 plus fees via Eventbrite. The event is 21 and up.

Saturday, April 7

Gallery Hop 4 p.m. in the Short North Arts District. Explore Columbus’ art scene with an evening of gallery exhibitions, street performances and the many restaurants and bars the district has to offer.

Adult Egg Hunt 6 p.m. at 6091 Cleveland Ave. The 21-and-over egg hunt will feature games, prizes and adult beverages. Tickets are $20 plus fees via Eventbrite.

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Coffee and Donuts 10 a.m. at Eden Burger, 1437 N. High St. The vegan burger joint will serve vegan doughnuts in a variety of flavors as part of its first breakfast event. Admission is free.

Puppy Bowl 12 p.m. on The South Oval. The first Ohio State puppy bowl will feature an array of events and one dog will be crowned the Most Valuable Pupper. A $5 registration and $1 entry fee for participants is required and a $3 suggested donation for the public.

ance that they were pulled off the street by the characters in the show who are living in the theater.

Also similar to many Short North Stage productions, Ohio State will be represented by the cast and crew. Valentine graduated in 2008 from the higher education and student affairs graduate program and became the Short North Stage’s first executive director in January.

In addition to Valentine and Shafer, five other Ohio State alumni and students are directly involved with the production.

“We have four [alumni] who are actors and one alum who is the musical director,” he said. “They get to interact and learn from regional actors who have come across from all of the United States.”

Two actors from New York City and a handful from Cincinnati, Dayton, and Pittsburgh will perform in the production.

Shafer said she has enjoyed working with the other actors. “[‘Hair’] shows a great sense of community and reaching out to and being connected to people you wouldn’t normally talk to because the tribe is characters from different backgrounds and all coming together to form this family that they wouldn’t have otherwise,” she said. “And I know I found a family of friends at OSU that I wouldn’t have found if we didn’t all go to OSU together.”

The company’s final performance on April 29 will mark the exact date the musical opened on Broadway 50 years earlier in 1968.

“Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” will be performed from Thursday to April 29 at the Short North Stage’s Garden Theater, 1187 N. High St. Tickets are $20 to $44 for the general public.

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tournament,” Laczynski said. “We go up against a team like Denver, who is highly touted. But to put five up on them and to only give up one, I think that’s unbelievable. It says a lot about our team.

I think moving forward, teams are going to have to worry about us, not the other way around.”

Ohio State (26-9-5) will battle the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (23-16-3) in the first game of the Frozen Four at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a national championship berth on the line. It will be broadcast on ESPN2.

Minnesota Duluth enters the game as the West regional champion, having defeated Minnesota State and Air Force en route to its second consecutive Frozen Four appearance. Ohio State arrives in St. Paul having blasted Princeton and Denver by a combined score of 9-3.

Last year, the Bulldogs dispatched the Buckeyes in a 3-2 overtime decision in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The Buckeyes have a chance to avenge the loss they endured a year ago, all while heading to a possible first-ever national championship on Saturday.

“Anytime you lose in a big tournament, you are going to remember it,” Laczynski said. “Not very many people get this opportunity to play the same team again in the NCAA tournament. I think that’s awesome for us, to get that revenge and that redemption.”

Redemption won’t come easy

for the Buckeyes. Not against a talented Bulldog team that had five underclassmen represent the United States in the World Junior Hockey Championship.

“Not very many people get this opportunity to play the same team again in the NCAA tournament. I think that’s awesome for us, to get that revenge and that redemption.”

Tanner Laczynski Sophomore forward

Freshmen defensemen Scott Perunovich, Mikey Anderson and Dylan Samberg could be difference-makers on the blue line for the Bulldogs, while sophomore forwards Riley Tufte and Joey Anderson can make teams pay with their size and speed up front. Perunovich leads his team in points with 36, and Tufte has a team-high 16 goals.

Ohio State redshirt junior goalie Sean Romeo will likely see Tufte and Anderson in his crease come Thursday. However, Romeo has plenty of experience matched up against talented teams and players in the Big Ten, a conference with three teams in the Frozen Four.

“They’re a good team. I watched a little bit of them play against Air Force,” Romeo said.

“They’re a skilled team, they got

a lot of offensive power, but it’s nothing that we haven’t seen all year, so I know our defense will be ready and I’m excited for the challenge.”

The Buckeyes will need all lines and defensive pairs to contribute in a time of year when teams rely on their depth to spark things offensively.

Ohio State has received that early in the NCAA tournament from senior forwards Christian Lampasso and Kevin Miller. Miller had three goals, and Lampasso added three assists in the Midwest regional weekend. Jobst said depth players like those two are vital to any team’s championship aspirations.

“I think it gives us a lot of confidence. It shows the depth of our team,” Jobst said. “We were getting goals from guys that are seniors that we need to contribute to win a national championship and I’m sure it gives those guys confidence feeling really good going into this weekend.”

Confidence throughout the lineup has been a recipe for success for the Buckeyes. It would be easy for the emotions and nerves to get the best of the Buckeyes on such a big stage. Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik offered a simple message to his team.

“Go out there, be who we are, that’s why we are here,” Rohlik said. “Trying to control those emotions at the same time going out there and playing our best game, that’s the balance and that’s the magic.”

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Ohio State redshirt junior goalie Sean Romeo (30) prepares for a Badger shot in the first period of the game against Wisconsin on Feb. 23 in the Schottenstein Center. Ohio State won 6-2.

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No. 23 Ohio State faces Rutgers hoping to halt Big Ten struggles TAYLA DAVIS Lantern reporter davis.5252@osu.edu The No. 23 Ohio State softball team has gotten off to a slow start in conference play, but will head to Piscataway, New Jersey, with a chance to raise its Big Ten record above .500 when it takes on Rutgers in a three-game series.

The Buckeyes (21-8, 2-4 Big Ten) made their home season debut last weekend against Wisconsin after three straight losses, winning two of three games, including a dominant 7-0 win in the rubber match to clinch the series victory.

While the team hopes to use its momentum, it also will use its 3-1 loss to Wisconsin Saturday, which kept the team from completing a sweep, as motivation for a strong series against the Scarlet Knights (17-16, 2-2 Big Ten).

“I think [that loss is] definitely going to fire us up,” senior catcher Becca Gavin said. “I think it’s lit a fire under our butts.”

One thing that hindered the Buckeyes in the series against Wisconsin was playing passively, something Ohio State head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly touched

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Ohio State senior infielder Ashley Goodwin (8) hits the ball during an exhibition game against Wright State on Sep. 24. on after the team’s loss Saturday.

That passive approach showed at the plate and allowed the Wisconsin pitchers to control the game, junior second baseman Emily Clark said.

That has to change against Rutgers.

“When we play aggressive, we

play better,” Gavin said. “And if we can maintain that and just keep working on that then we’ll be getting better as we go on.”

Kovach Schoenly said the Scarlet Knights are a creative team that tends to be aggressive on the basepaths and will play small ball to score runs. They have hit only

20 home runs on the year, 11 fewer than their opponents have hit against them.

“They’ll put runners in motion in different counts and they do some things offensively like bunting and slapping and stealing and they’ll do contact plays,” Kovach Schoenly said. “Their coach has

always been very creative in that sense offensively, so we just have to be on our toes and be ready for things that are a little bit unconventional.”

With a .385 batting average, six home runs and a .709 slugging percentage, Rutgers senior infielder Rebecca Hall will be one player who could have a major impact in the series.

Rutgers’ pitching staff has a combined ERA of 3.77 and has not been able to miss bats. It has struggled with control, leading to a 1.40 strikeout-to-walk ratio that ranks 180th in the nation.

Kovach Schoenly would like to see the Buckeyes control the games, trying to limit the ability to play small ball and maximize each outing by the team’s starting pitchers.

“I’d like to see the pitchers set the tone of the game right out of the shoot and build on their momentum inning by inning and get stronger as the game goes on,” Kovach Schoenly said. “I’d love to see three complete games. If we don’t it’s OK but that would be fantastic.”

The three-game series begins at 3 p.m. Friday at the Rutgers Softball Complex.

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No. 7 Ohio State closes out regular season on road against pair of ranked opponents SOLIYAH STEVENS-OGAZ Lantern reporter stevens-ogaz.1@osu.edu The No. 7 Ohio State men’s volleyball team (19-4, 10-2 MIVA) will travel to neighboring Indiana to challenge No. 15 Fort Wayne and No. 12 Ball State Friday and Saturday for the team’s final two regular-season matches of the season.

Ohio State head coach Pete Hanson said he’s feeling good entering this weekend after his team had a pair of dominant outings against Loyola and Lewis with 3-1 and 3-0 victories, respectively.

“Obviously, the hope is, can we take that on the road and can we play in a hostile environment OKUDAH FROM 8

first-round cornerback selected in the past five drafts. Ward’s decision to avoid risking injury by sitting out the Cotton Bowl gifted Okudah an invaluable, early opportunity for development against an elite receiving corps.

Ward’s departure also presents a conundrum that first-year cornerbacks coach Taver Johnson said is different for him in his second stint coaching the Buckeyes.

How does Ohio State continue its success at the position relying on young players?

“Just making sure we’re focused every day, and that’s a part of maturing that you got to teach those guys. Just what it means to bring it and be focused and be locked in and have juice and all those things when you don’t feel

in Fort Wayne on Friday and in Ball State on Saturday and do those same types of things where we don’t have our home crowd, we don’t have that energy to feed off,” Hanson said. “I would like to think that we can.”

Fort Wayne The Buckeyes will face the Mastodons (17-9, 5-7 MIVA) Friday for the second time this year.

Earlier this season, Fort Wayne’s offensive play was not enough to slow down Ohio State’s robust offense, and the Buckeyes ultimately beat the visitors 3-0 on Feb. 10.

Since then, the Mastodons have dropped seven matches, plummeting to sixth in the eight-team MIVA conference after beginning the season with a 9-0 overall record.

In contrast, the Buckeyes have been more successful, winning 10 of 12 matches and climbing their way to the top of the MIVA ladder.

Ohio State junior setter Sanil Thomas said the Buckeyes can’t take their recent success for granted because he believes Fort Wayne to be a formidable opponent.

“They beat Irvine earlier this year, so you know they can bring it,” Thomas said. “If we don’t prepare well then we can easily get beaten, but I think it’s just good that we had these past two matches to build our confidence in that regard.”

Ball State Ohio State will close out its regular season Saturday night

like it,” Johnson said. “If you have depth at the position and competition, that’s going to bring out the unit the best.”

Okudah was a part of a 2017 recruiting class that featured five highly rated cornerback prospects. Sheffield already had experience from a year at Alabama and a year in junior college, so there was some expectation he’d be in the mix for high snap counts.

Given the history of youth at the position and Okudah being the one who earned playing time out of his group of freshman, it’s certainly justifiable to place expectations on the speedy 6-foot-1 corner to have a breakout sophomore campaign.

Before Okudah, Eli Apple was expected to contribute his red-

shirt freshman season. Once he left, Lattimore became a firstyear starter. Then it was Ward.

Now it’s Okudah’s turn. Only he has to do that after recovering from surgery and with a new position coach — because the program expects him to start in Year Two. “I was just talking to Eli Apple maybe last week and it was hard to believe that he was playing in that Sugar Bowl as only a redshirt freshman,” Okudah said.

“Definitely I think our class has a chance to be able to replicate what that class was able to do.”

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when it travels to Muncie, Indiana, to face Ball State (15-11, 8-4 MIVA) in another rematch from earlier in the year. Ohio State won a five-set thriller on Feb. 8 at St. John Arena.

Ball State had an offense rivaling Ohio State’s, but did not pack enough punch to knock out the MIVA leaders. Senior middle blocker Matt Walsh was the Cardinals’ biggest asset, scoring 19 points and a season-high 15 kills in the Ohio State match.

Ball State has found more success than Fort Wayne after the loss, however, winning 10 of its past 15 matches.

“I think we’re playing better than when we played Ball State here in February and I’m not sure if their coach thinks they’ve im-

proved or not improved,” Hanson said. “Their numbers are kind of up and down so I can’t worry about them; I have to worry about Ohio State.”

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CAMERON THOMPSON Lantern reporter thompson.3262@osu.edu Few people gave the Ohio State men’s hockey team a chance to come out of its re-

gion when the NCAA men’s hockey tournament field was announced in early March.

Despite capturing the top seed in the Midwest region, Ohio State was not viewed as the favorite by experts, who flocked to pick the defending national champion, Denver,

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to emerge as regional champions.

No other motivation was needed.

Ohio State rode that chip on its shoulder all the way to a Frozen Four appearance, its first since 1998 and second in program history. It might be surprising to some, but not

to sophomore forward Tanner Laczynski, who is eager to prove the doubters wrong yet again.

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High expectations remain for Okudah in 2018 after offseason surgery JACOB MYERS Managing Editor for Content myers.1669@osu.edu

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Ohio State then-freshman cornerback Jeffrey Okudah (29) prepares for a play in the fourth quarter of the 2017 Cotton Bowl against USC on Dec. 29 in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 24-7.

Talent and youth so regularly walk through the doors of the Ohio State football team facilities that it’s a common occurrence for second-year players to jump older players who might have been former four- or five-star recruits themselves.

But there’s one position that requires youth to be ready: cornerback. And the freshman who benefited from that in 2017 was Jeffrey Okudah, who could be counted on for a larger role in the defensive backfield as a sophomore, even following offseason shoulder surgery.

Okudah was one of the lone bright spots on the kickoff team last season and showed promise in his limited playing time at corner, including his only start — against

USC in the Cotton Bowl. The early departures of Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley after the 2016 season allowed Okudah a chance to seize that fourth spot as a freshman in the fall. Now with Denzel Ward departing early, Okudah has a chance to jump into more of a primary role.

This is just the nature of being a cornerback at Ohio State: expected to be ready Day One, expected to start Year Two. Redshirt junior Damon Arnette and redshirt junior Kendall Sheffield figure to be the cornerbacks who will earn the most playing time in 2018 in what has typically been a three-man rotation.

The third player will likely be Okudah, with the possibility of being the second starting cornerback if Arnette moves back to his more comfortable position of nickelback.

However, Okudah’s ability to

compete for that spot took a hit. In his first media appearance since the Cotton Bowl, Okudah confirmed he had shoulder surgery in January. Surprisingly, he also said it was to repair a torn labrum that had been a lingering injury since his senior year of high school, meaning he played with the issue during the 2017 season.

“I think it’ll definitely give me a lot of confidence knowing that your body feels good,” Okudah said. “I’m really interested to see how it’ll pan out now that I’m getting back to being fully healthy.”

Because of the surgery, Okudah has not participated in spring practice. Instead, he has focused on watching films and participating in individual workouts.

Once Ward is presumably selected in the first round of the NFL draft at the end of this month, he will become Ohio State’s fifth OKUDAH CONTINUES ON 7