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Waiting periods for CCS appointments shortened, President Drake says.

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Floods and tragedy hit hearts of Ohio State’s Houston athletes.

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THE WAIT IS OVER

Buckeyes’ season begins Thursday vs. Indiana

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A mob of OSU defensive players tackle an Indiana player on Oct. 8.

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Ohio State University President Michael Drake said the Board of Trustees’ frequent practice of holding discussions behind closed doors comes from a need to “talk about things where we’re not clear about the answer.” SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu Ohio State University President Michael Drake said the Board of Trustees’ frequent practice of holding discussions behind closed doors comes from a need to “talk about things where we’re not clear about the answer, where we don’t know, where we’re guessing, where we’re thinking about things that might happen.” Drake’s description of the Board’s use of

executive session during an interview with The Lantern Wednesday was questioned by Dennis Hetzel, a Board member of the Ohio Coalition for Open Government and president of the Ohio News Media Association. Hetzel said these discussions, pending specific topics, might not be legal under the Ohio Open Meetings Act. “Based on [what Drake said], it sounds like they’re drifting outside the spirit of the law,” Hetzel said. He said the Board is not breaking the law if the discussions and changes made pertain to trade secrets, personnel issues and

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other reasons that constitute a legal executive session. The Board met in private executive sessions nearly as much as in public ones in its meetings last week. The legality behind going into executive session depends on whether matters discussed require a specific legal exemption from being made public. There are nine exemptions allowing for governmental boards to go into executive session, such as discussing medical or university property records, according to the open-meet-

With Ohio State’s long-awaited season opener set for 8 p.m. Thursday, The Lantern breaks down what to expect between the Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers. Ohio State offense vs. Indiana defense A season ago, the Buckeye offense had no trouble putting up points against the former team of Ohio State co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Kevin Wilson, as it ran away early to a

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Lincoln and Morrill towers turn 50 SHERIDAN HENDRIX Oller Reporter hendrix.87@osu.edu When Peg McMahon first arrived at Morrill Tower her freshman year in 1966, the 24-story residence hall wasn’t exactly move-in ready. In fact, the top 10 floors were still under construction. The sidewalks weren’t poured yet, so slippery wood boards and mud lined the walk to and from her dorm. Bed frames weren’t delivered until a week into the quarter, so McMahon and her 15 suitemates slept with their mattresses on the floor. Dining services wouldn’t be added for some time, so students would hike to North Commons twice a day for their meals. Although construction on Mor-

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Morrill and Lincoln Towers. Students officially moved into the dorms in 1967. rill and its twin, Lincoln Tower, wouldn’t be finished until the following year, a lack of rooms in other dorms forced the university to begin housing students there

anyway. “We all remember those first years in the Towers,” said McMahon, who lived in both Lincoln and Morrill Towers during

her first three years at Ohio State. “Housing was so tight, we were just lucky to get on campus.” The completed Towers officially opened to students in 1967, according to a September 1967 OSU Monthly article, marking this year as the dorms’ 50th anniversary. While the Towers might be seen today as relic of the past, the West Campus residence halls were modern for their time. Construction of the Towers began in the mid-1960s. With a growing student body and limited space to house them, the university started crafting a plan for new housing options. Originally, six identical towers were slated for the banks of the Olentangy River, as well as a student union and a boathouse, in hopes of creating a focal point along the river.

Where to build the first two towers, however, became a topic of controversy among the campus community. Because of its proximity to the river, power lines and utilities would need to be built and relocated to service the new dorms. It’s unclear as to why exactly the other four towers were never built, but Lincoln and Morrill quickly became iconic on campus upon their completion. The Towers have had their fair share of noteworthy residents over the years. Ohio Gov. John Kasich lived in Morrill during his time as a student. Infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer also resided in Morrill for a quarter, before flunking out of Ohio State in 1978. Most notably, The Towers were TOWERS CONTINUES ON 3

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Counseling services on par with high demand; contradicts USG RACHEL BULES Copy Chief bules.7@osu.edu President Michael Drake disputed an Undergraduate Student Government claim concerning the wait time for individual counseling session appointments, in an interview with The Lantern Wednesday. He said the usual waiting period for a typical individual session is a week or less. USG said in February that students were waiting up to six weeks for those appointments with Ohio State’s Counseling and Consultation Service. “I was told [in the first year of my employment] that the average statistic was about 18 days, which is too long,” Drake said. “[CCS] now triages within a day and can see someone [for an appointment] within a week, which seems to work well.” Sophie Chang, USG vice president, said the six-week assertion was not based on a scientific study, but an estimate based on feedback from students who were struggling to schedule appointments with CCS. “Let’s call tomorrow and see how long it takes,” Drake said. “It’s not six weeks.” Drake explained the “one call, one week” objective, in which students call and complete a same-day assessment, and then are contacted about scheduling an appointment within one week. He pointed out that it normally takes about a week to see any doctor for nonemergency purposes, and same-day appointments for mental-health issues are feasible only in crisis situations. “We like our services to be op-

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Students can schedule individual counseling sessions on the fourth floor of Younkin, but CCS also offers group counseling sessions, mental health management workshops and yoga and art classes in the same building. timal and as exemplary as possible,” Drake said. “The goal here is to provide service. The quicker and more effectively and efficiently we can do it, the better.” When asked if CCS was functioning appropriately given the size and scope of the university it serves, Drake responded with a confident “yes.” Last fall, CCS was faced with a 43 percent surge in students seeking to schedule counseling appointments, Micky Sharma, CCS director, told The Lantern in February. “I would say that we didn’t expect a 40 percent increase in utilization, but as it began to work better, it became even more de-

sirable,” Drake said. “I think we under-imagined how popular those services would be as we dramatically increased them. So we’ll look — as we find our demand increases — we’ll look at more efficient and effective ways of working together. But I think it’s very important.” There were several things that factored into the increase last year, said USG President Andrew Jackson. “Last year was a unique year considering various events on campus that required CCS attention,” Jackson said. “A lot more happened last year than CCS could have possibly anticipated.” On Nov. 28 of last year, an Ohio

State student ran his car through a crowd of people on campus and attacked the group with a knife. CCS offered emergency counseling services immediately after the incident. All Ohio State students have 10 free individual counseling sessions available to schedule per academic year as part of the student activity fee. CCS also posted an announcement titled “Impact of Presidential Election Results” on Nov. 9. The announcement read, “We are particularly mindful that this election season has included hurtful and vitriolic rhetoric impacting many people. As always, we encourage you to reach out for

support as well as extend support to others.” The announcement concluded with CCS contact information and an after-hours option that would immediately link the caller to a therapist. “CCS does a really good job with responding to events that affect a wide range of students,” Chang said. “When I was a [resident advisor] last year and one of my residents passed away, CCS had counselors over to our floor within 15 minutes and stayed with us for six hours.” In order to accommodate more students, CCS expanded its staff by adding 12 new counselors last year and opened a new office in Lincoln Tower. Jackson said the engineering college also has their own counselor available for students. “There is now a counselor strictly devoted to the College of Engineering — they saw a need, so they hired a counselor to work directly with the students themselves,” Jackson said. Drake partially attributed the increase in students utilizing CCS to the decline of stigmas around seeking help for mental health. In addition to individual counseling services, CCS offers group sessions for various issues and free workshops that teach students time and stress management, how to beat anxiety and perfectionist tendencies, and yoga and art workshops at the Younkin Success Center on campus.

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City’s only homeless youth center breaks off from Ohio State OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu What began as an ambitious Ohio State professor’s effort to make a difference in the community turned into Columbus’ only homeless youth shelter, servicing more than 3,500 young people in over a decade, has split from the university where it started. Star House, formerly known as the Star House Foundation, announced last month that it would cut ties with Ohio State and operate as an independent, nonprofit foundation. The move will give Star House the ability to secure new avenues of support, such as the $750,000 allocated for the center in each year of the state’s biennial budget. “As an independent, nonprofit, Star House will have the flexibility to pursue community partnerships and additional funding sources, allowing it to best serve youth in need,” Ohio State spokesman Ben Johnson said in

an email. Star House started as Human Sciences Professor Natasha Slesnick’s idea to fill a void in a neighborhood deprived of resources for struggling young adults and teenagers. In 2006, Slesnick opened a house on North Fourth Street in the heart of off-campus living as a research center for homeless youths from the ages of 14 to -24, initially funded by a federal research grant. The bare-bones operation, with financial backing and help from Ohio State, took off. “The university was the incubator for our program,” Slesnick said. “It wouldn’t have happened if not for the university originally allowing for it to be both a dropin center and a research program at the same time.” The drop-in center currently has an open-door policy, providing food, clothing, showers and much more to young people in need, something Slesnick said did not exist before Star House’s in-

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Star House announced in July that it would cut ties with Ohio State and operate as an independent, nonprofit foundation. ception. “I think people have it in their minds that homeless youth aren’t capable or something — and that’s just not true,” she added. “Our youth aren’t homeless because there is something wrong with them, our youth are homeless because there is something

wrong with our social group that allows this to happen.” In 2015, thanks to a community-supported fundraising campaign, Star House was able to move into a renovated center just off East Fif5th Avenue near the interstate, still just a few miles from the run-down house near

campus where it all started. Slesnick said the new facility was much needed with an increase in the young people they were serving, nearly 1000 individuals last year alone. Now with a robust staff and a healthy budget of $1.6 million, Star House has decided it was ready to evolve and part ways with Ohio State. “This is a success story,” Johnson added. While still not a full-fledged shelter with beds, Star House CEO Ann Bischoff said the dropin style center allows for youths to feel open and welcome as opposed to a traditional shelter that comes with many wary connotations. Bischoff added even though the center has parted ways with the university, Ohio State will still be involved in research, continuing to make it the only research-supported youth center in the country.

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the first permanent coed residence halls on campus. Morrill was originally designed as a women’s hall and Lincoln for men, but John T. Bonner Jr., former executive dean of student relations, said the coed program would be a “worthwhile experiment,” according to an October 1966 Lantern article. “Bonner said if the present plan for coed dorms works,” the article read, “‘we could be tempted to keep the idea.’” The experiment did not come without controversy. McMahon remembers nicknaming the Towers “Sodom and Gomorrah,” after the biblical cities known for their rampant sin and sexual immorality. At a time when women living on campus had curfews and their male classmates did not, Mc-

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Mahon said it was contentious among residents. The university began phasing out curfews in years to follow. The Towers’ suite-style living was the first of its kind on campus. While some students today find this style too cramped for their liking, others prefer the sense of community the Towers provide. Delia Hudson, a first-year in accounting, said she was pleased to hear she would be living in Morrill Tower for her freshman year. “I feel like if I was in a dorm with just two people, I wouldn’t get as much out of it,” she said. “But since I’m in a suite I feel like I’m really going to be able to open up with my suitemates and others in the hallways.”

Elizabeth Morris, a first-year in exploration, said she hoped to get placed in one of the towers after

“We all remember those first years in the Towers.” Peg McMahon Ohio State alumnus

seeing her brother, who also lived in Morrill, have such a positive experience. “Because it’s a quad, I can experience more people because I

don’t want to be lonely,” she said. “He met his best friends here, so I’m hoping to find mine here.” McMahon can attest to that. Even after 50 years, McMahon said she still keeps in touch with many of her suitemates and friends from her first years in the Towers. “About 50 years later is when you start looking back on it fondly,” she said. “When you step out of your normal friend-making comfort zone, you might make some of your best friends. I know I did.”

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ings act. But Drake said those matters aren’t the only things discussed behind closed doors. Drake said the Board uses portions of private sessions to work out ideas and get things in order for it to better understand its decisions, a practice board members used leading up to the release of Ohio State’s “Time and Change” strategic plan. According to the Ohio Open Meetings Act, all public bodies in Ohio, which includes Ohio State and its trustees, “must conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings where the public may attend them to observe.” Drake said the sessions are similar to that of editing a group paper. “You have friends and colleagues and there are things you kind of need to work out,” Drake said. According to the open meeting law, there are certain actions of a governmental board that must be conducted in public. “A public body may hold an executive session only for a few specific purposes, which are listed in the law. Further, no vote or other decision-making on the matter(s) discussed may take place during the executive session,” the act states. Hetzel said if the Board is drifting from the subjects allowed for discussion in executive sessions, like personnel issues or student and patients’ private information, then it’s a problem. Ohio State spokesman Chris Davey said in an email that Drake’s comments suggest no wrongdoing by the Board. “[Drake] was talking about the nature and quality of discussions that sometimes occur in executive session on sensitive matters,” Davey said. “The Board only uses executive sessions in accordance with state law, for example, when discussing certain personnel matters that may involve the hiring, discipline or dismissal of employees, business sensitive trade secret matters, or when consulting with legal counsel on pending or imminent legal matters.” Any legal issue regarding the Board’s executive sessions depends on how far it drifts from the stated purpose of the session, Hetzel said. “Of course the problem is, because you’re not required to keep minutes at executive session, you really have to take them at their word,” Hetzel said.

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SMITH LAB Anyone notice the plants outside of Smith Lab? Our reporter did. | ON PAGE 5

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Raise your schooners for the resurrection of

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Chumley’s will be up and running at its new location at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Get your schooners ready. Chumley’s will be back in action Thursday –– and just in time for the Buckeyes’ first game of the season. The beloved campus bar will be up and running at its new location at 4 p.m. With more than 40 televisions, more food options and the same 50 beers on tap, the bar is ready for students. Co-owner Dan Schreiber said Mondays and Thursdays will still be Schooner Night — and never fear — once you buy the glass for $8, it’ll still be $2 to refill. However, with a new home base comes a slew of changes, and for Chumley’s, the bar’s only gotten bigger. Maintaining its two-level structure, Chumley’s will seat more customers than ever before. Now filled with more six-top tables and two-person booths, the bar’s first floor has made room for big groups, something that Schreiber said was important when putting the place together. The biggest change is on Chumley’s second floor. The new building is wrapped with glass walls that give a clear view of the first floor’s happenings, just like the old location. But the new second floor now sports a bar-top,

providing customers with more seating.

“We’re excited because we’re closer to the Short North, so we’re hoping to get members of the community coming in.” Dan Schreiber Co-owner of Chumley’s

With seven tables outside, the bar also will boast what Schreiber called the “longest patio” on High Street. As far as food goes, Schreiber said the bar will stay true to its classic menu, including favorites like nachos, chicken tenders and wings. New to the menu will be a variety of wing sauces and poutine –– french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. Though its previous location was a prime gameday spot, Schreiber said the new location allows Chumley’s to grow its appeal across the community. “We’re excited because we’re closer to the Short North, so we’re hoping to get members of the community coming in,” he said. “We’re always going to be

predominantly students and that’s kind of what makes it fun here, but we’re looking to attract some of the members of the community –– from the Victorian Village and the Italian Village.” No matter where Chumley’s is located, co-owner Debra Bruce said the historic campus bar will definitely maintain its popular reputation. “I think we changed campus a little bit when we went in down there. It wasn’t your standard bar that goes in on campus,” she said. “Then Ethyl and Tank came in and there were more [like us], so that’s what’s kind of happening, it’s changing. It’ll be great to still have our students.” With the new location in the near The Gateway at 1516 N. High St., Schreiber said being in the newly developed area fits Chumley’s identity a little better than its previous central campus location. He said his excitement is shared in students’ feedback. “We work very hard to provide a fun atmosphere, but what really makes it fun are the people in here,” Schreiber said. “It’s a lot more fun to go to a bar that’s full. People that come in provide the energy so we just kind of stand back and let that energy flow.”

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Ohio State at Indiana watch party, 7 p.m. on the South Oval. Watch the Buckeyes kickoff their 2017 football season on two screens and enjoy free Skyline Chili. Admission is free.

Breakaway Music Festival, 12 p.m. at Mapfre Stadium, One Black and Gold Blvd. The two-day music festival features performances from Travis Scott, Diplo, Galantis, Lil Yachty and more. One-day tickets start at $70 plus fees via Ticketmaster. Reveneye, 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall, 1522 N. High St. The English rock band will perform alongside The Worn Flints, Souther, EYE and Mount Carmel. Tickets are $10 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

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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.

“The Tempest,” 8 p.m. at Schiller Park Amphitheater, 1000 City Park Ave. The Actors’ Theatre presents its final performance of Shakespeare’s dramatic comedy. Admission is free.

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So, what’s the deal with the crops near Smith Lab? and practical examples of leading models and practical examples of agricultural and food systems that are climate-resilient, secure and equitable, said Pierron Rasul. GrOSU shares similar values and hopes to help students learn, practice and educate others about

“We are interested in productive use of some spots on campus for agriculture demonstration and spaces on campus..” Nicole Pierron Rasul InFACT program coordinator

The colorful crops bloom outside Smith Laboratory. PARIS McGEE JR. Lantern reporter mcgee.247@osu.edu Though Ohio is known for its abundance of cornfields, students can look no farther than Smith Lab for their fix of the crop. The Sustainable Growing Club, also known as GrOSU, has partnered with the Initiative for Food and Agriculture Transformation (InFACT), to grow a pop garden

outside of the building, bringing nutrition awareness and education to campus –– one crop at a time. Corn, millet, amaranth and sorghum are available in the garden, which will be used as a learning opportunity for students in design, upkeep and harvest of a small food system. The idea for the project came from InFACT’s executive director Brian Snyder, Nicole Pierron

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Rasul, InFACT program coordinator, said “Brian wanted to see crops on main campus and transform campus landscapes,” she said. “We are interested in productive use of some spots on campus for agriculture demonstration and spaces on campus.” The InFACT Discovery Theme program is designed with the vision of transforming Ohio State into one of the leading models

sustainable gardening. Pierron Rasul and Angela Latham, another program coordinator for InFACT Discovery Theme, worked with Rasul on the project’s implantation in finding the perfect space to create the garden. Christopher Ratcliff, a professor in the College of Engineering and the faculty adviser for GrOSU, said after hearing about the project, the group reached out to members of InFACT, and were given the opportunity to work hands-on with the project. “We reached out to them to learn more about what they were

doing and it happened that they were seeking some student help on the pop garden project,” he said. “Students in the club, together with myself and Forbes Lipschitz of the Knowlton School of Architecture, decided on the pop garden.” The decision to create a garden filled with crops that “pop” –– those that puff up when cooked –– created the perfect mix for gardening education and fun for students involved, Ratcliff said. Although this first pop garden is a trial-run for both organizations, there is great hope for future projects like this to be done across campus, Latham said. “Our hope is by working with many partners, there will be continued growth of more spaces across campus like this,”he said. Ratcliff said he hopes to expand the mission with similar, on-campus projects. “We would love to work towards satisfying the university’s sustainability goals and local food pledge, or working with groups [like] Best Food Forward to help solve on-campus food security issues or perhaps use the food to do cooking demos for students to help educate about good nutrition,” he said.

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adjust is what makes it so.” Last year, the Wilson-led Indiana offense relied primarily on Lagow, a pocket passer. This year, with J.T. Barrett, who rushed for 845 yards in 2016, Wilson believes the offense will look very different from Indiana’s last season. The co-offensive coordinator isn’t only focused on putting points on the scoreboard. He has also played a role in preparing Ohio State’s defense for an offensive unit he coached.

“You hugged them all, you love them and that to me is the tough thing because you lost a relationship with the kids you love because those kids played very, very hard for us and I’ve got a lot of respect for them.” Kevin Wilson Ohio State co-offensive coordinator

Zoee dancers perform in the street at the 2016 Greek Festival.

LYDIA FREUDENBERG Lantern reporter freudenberg.7@osu.edu For more than 20 years, Ohio State student Athena Patitsas has participated in Columbus’ annual Greek Festival. This year, she will once again perform as a Zoee –– traditional Greek –– folk dancer. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, this four-day festival is held at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral at the corner of Goodale Boulevard and High Street from Friday to Monday. Patitsas, a fourth-year in public affairs with a modern Greek minor, said she is excited for the 2017 celebration. “I’ve been dancing [at the festival] since I was in kindergarten,” Patitsas said. “I still do love per-

forming in front of people and being able to share my heritage and my roots.”

“I still do love performing in front of people and being able to share my heritage and my roots.” Athena Patitsas Ohio State Student

Patitsas comes from a strong Greek background with three of her grandparents born and raised in Greece. To celebrate her heritage, Patitsas will perform about a dozen shows at the festival. The variety of traditional group danc-

es will be executed in customary garments. “My favorite part is always the dancing,” she said. “I love when people come up to me afterwards and say, ‘Oh my gosh, can you teach me?’” Apart from the dancing, homemade Greek cuisines like gyros and pastitsio, a pasta and ground beef dinner dish, will be served. Plus, vendors will display and sell their Greek-inspired artwork and jewelry. “The festival itself is a celebration of life,” said John Bizios, chairman of the Greek festival and president of the cathedral’s parish council. “We celebrate through food, music, drink and most importantly, we celebrate through dance. The dance in the Greek ethos’, it’s really an expres-

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sion of how much we love life.” Bizios has known Patitsas and her family for many years and said it has been nice to see Patitsas continually participate in the festival even as she goes through college. “[The festival] is just another extension where Athena stays connected and grounded to her church and her family,” he said. “She comes from a fantastic family … who loves their faith and who loves their ethnic background.” Patitsas said the cathedral has always brought her a sense of home. “My church always feels like home to me,” she said. “But during the festival it’s like an extra boost of home. It’s something I can come back to every year.”

“[Wilson] and [defensive line] coach [Larry] Johnson have been working together to talk about some things,” redshirt senior defensive tackle Tracy Sprinkle said. “Coach Johnson is giving us cues and stuff every day in meetings. [Wilson]’s helping a lot.” How much Wilson can truly offer defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, Johnson and the rest of the defense is unknown. The former Indiana head coach was replaced by former Tennessee offensive coordinator Mike Debord, who runs a different style of offense. But, the personnel remains largely the same. The quarterback, two wideouts, the tight and end three offensive linemen who started last season all return. “I know the way that we’ve played [at Indiana] in years past and I [have] respect for coach Allen, those defensive coaches — all those guys were there with us,” Wilson said. “I know the way they’re coached, I know the way they’re prepared and there’s a reason they’ve been battling and been so good. We’re going to get a tremendous challenge.”

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Ohio State women’s volleyball middle-blocker Jasmine Koonts has only been able to watch from afar as her hometown was hit by Hurricane Harvey. HOUSTON FROM 8

able to do the things I need to do on a daily basis,” Wilson said. “That’s honestly the only thing that makes it bearable because I usually have to turn off social media because the pictures and everything is catastrophic, and you always want to go back and do something to help, but what can you really do at that point in time besides just hope?” Forty-three miles north of Sugar Land, Harvey is just the latest in a long line of major storms the family of Ohio State baseball utility man Noah McGowan has faced. McGowan’s family in Tomball, Texas, has so far not been forced to evacuate, nor have they sustained heavy damages to the property. He said so far, the electricity has been on and off in the house and floodwater had, at one time, reached his grandmother’s

house. But as the storm subsides, McGowan’s family is now able to at least leave the island that had been their home. “All of them were actually able to leave the house today and go to the grocery store,” McGowan said. “The water in the street, it was just too high to drive a car through.” McGowan said his mother’s side of the family had lived in New Orleans, though they moved before the devastating Hurricane Katrina. McGowan still had family who dealt with the Category 5 storm. “We still had a lot of cousins and a lot of people on my mom’s side of the family in New Orleans for Katrina and they stayed with us for a while during that whole ordeal,” he said. His family’s past experience

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convincing 38-17 victory. With Wilson coaching the offense, the team has gained knowledge of many of the top defensive players for Indiana. “He recruited all those guys so he knows them very well. He was there for a couple years, so I guess understanding the strengths and weaknesses and just trying to attack them, so it’s definitely valuable,” quarterback J.T. Barrett said. The Hoosiers return several key contributors in the defensive backfield, including safeties Marcelino Ball, Jonathan Crawford and Tony Fields as well as cornerback Rashard Fant, who combined for 10 of the team’s 13 interceptions last season.

The team also returns one of the premier linebackers in college football in Tegray Scales, who led the team in tackles and sacks a season ago and was placed on the Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list this preseason. And the man leading those returning defensive stars will be the team’s former defensive coordinator, Tom Allen. In one season as defensive coordinator of the Hoosiers, Allen was able to improve a defense that had placed either last or second to last in the Big Ten for total defense in each of the past three years before Allen’s arrival. He introduced a unique defensive scheme known as a 4-2-5 (four defensive linemen, two linebackers and five defensive backs)

with storms, such as Hurricane Ike in 2008, eased McGowan’s mind, but he said he still wishes he could be home where he can help out as much as he can and just be there to support his family. “It does suck not being able to be able to help my friends and family if I can,” McGowan said. “Just because it’s something that I would like to be down there helping them out obviously. But at the same time, I know that they’re OK right now and that it’s hopefully getting better and they’re going to be fine.” Another native of Tomball, Texas, Ohio State women’s volleyball middle-blocker Jasmine Koonts, and her teammate Becca Mauer, native of Houston, have only been able to watch from afar as their hometowns were hit by Harvey. “I feel bad because they’re experiencing the worst and we’re both experiencing sunshine and 63-degree weather,” Koonts said. “There’s nothing that we can really do physically, but emotionally, give them support.” Unlike Wilson’s family, which congregated in one house, Koonts’ parents and grandparents remained in their own homes during the storm. At one point, while both grandparents were in their house, a tree fell and hit the house, but didn’t damage anything. Neither Koonts’ nor Mauer’s families’ houses have suffered any damage. But just a few miles away, there was widespread flooding and devastation. “From celebrities to sporting team, and specifically J.J. Watt, and how much money he’s raised

and how much he’s really done for the city, has been awesome,” Mauer said. “I just think it’s cool how, not only people from Houston and from Texas, but other places have been pitching in to

help.”

a linebacker is placed in the secondary. Having that extra member in the secondary could pose a challenge to the wide receivers to get open as it is far different from a more typical 4-3 or 3-4 defensive alignment, but Barrett isn’t worrying about the atypical defensive shift. “I would probably say with that kind of hybrid type of guy, understanding he can’t play coverage. Just making sure that you just account for him at all times and know that he’s not just a matchup that we could exploit,” Barrett said. “Just kind of know where he’s at on the field, like I said, because they do like to blitz him, just know where he’s at, make sure we account for him in the run and passing game.” Ohio State defense vs. Indiana offense The change of head coach is not the only major alteration Indiana underwent in the offseason. The Indiana offense will come into this matchup against the Buckeyes with a new play-caller in the booth, as Mike DeBord, the former offensive coordinator at Tennessee, will operate under the same role in Bloomington. With the Volunteers, DeBord ran an up-tempo offense that was always quick to get the play off, and that style doesn’t figure to change at Indiana as the Hoosiers ran a similar up-tempo offense a season ago under Wilson.

“Identical schemes, fast tempo, lot of screens. Quick game, [run-pass options], just different things like that,” defensive end Tyquan Lewis said. “Not much has changed based on what we’ve seen on film. They have O-line changes as far as I know, but that’s about it.” The tempo might not change, but the style of quarterback certainly will. At Tennessee, DeBord coached a dual-threat quarterback in Joshua Dobbs. This season, however, he will be instructing a pure pocket-passer in Richard Lagow, a senior starting his second season after finishing 2016 with 253 completed passes in 438 attempts, with 3,362 passing yards, 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. Lagow finished 23rd in the FBS in passing yards last season, though he was prone to turnovers, ending the season second in interceptions. “The guy is [6-foot-6], 240 [pounds], I don’t think he’s trying to get out of the pocket and run,” Lewis said. “But he can definitely throw. He has a great arm and he can make the throws down field, I mean I think he’s a pretty decent quarterback in the pocket.” Lagow lost two of his top receivers over the offseason, but his favorite target from last season, wide receiver Nick Westbrook, is returning to the Hoosiers this season. However, this is not the best

matchup for Indiana. A season ago, Lagow completed only 50 percent of his passes against the Buckeyes (14-for-28) with 182 passing yards, two touchdowns and an interception. A team that has always been heavy on passing, Indiana is going up against a team that held opponents to the sixth-fewest total passing yards and allowed just 10 passing touchdowns last season. The Buckeyes have lost three key members of their secondary to the draft in cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley and safety Malik Hooker, but the team remains deep in the secondary with Denzel Ward returning for his second season in the corner rotation, with Damon Arnette and Kendall Sheffield joining him there. Damon Webb is the lone returning player at safety, but Erick Smith and Jordan Fuller have potential to be the replacement to Hooker that Meyer is looking for. Predictions: Edward Sutelan: Ohio State wins 48-20 Colin Hass-Hill: Ohio State wins 38-24

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Ohio State women’s volleyball middle-blocker Jasmine Koonts and her teammate, setter Becca Mauer are both Houston-area natives.

Last Thursday, Ohio State gymnast Alex Wilson’s dad sent a text to the Sugar Land, Texas, native that said a lot of rain was heading their way. Wilson’s mother decided to go home from work early and his 88-year-old grandmother, who lives in a one-room apartment in downtown Houston, headed to the Wilsons’ house. Wilson, a 2016 All-American on vault and a 2017 Academic All-Big Ten honoree, assumed Houston would be fine since he and his family had experienced torrential rain on many occasions. But a day after Wilson received the texts, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast. Wilson wasn’t prepared for what he heard just a couple days later from his family, which was hunkered down in their house. “I was texting my dad on

Saturday and Sunday, and he was sending me a bunch of pictures of roads I grew up on right down the street from me, and there was a giant sinkhole in one of the bridges I used to go over,” Wilson said. “I remember going over that bridge every day since I was a kid.” Wilson was petrified. In Columbus, more than 1,000 miles away from his hometown, there was nothing he could do. “It hurts knowing the best thing I can do is just focus on my school and gym, and really hope that everything ends up OK.” Wilson said. “There’s nothing physical I can do, it’s hard. How do you let your family or friends who you’ve known for your whole life just struggle through that without being able to go down and help them?” In the meantime, Wilson has tried to stay in semi-constant contact with his parents, just enough to know they’re safe, but not too much so as not to overwhelm him. “My parents and my grandmother being safe is more than enough to make me feel confident and good enough to be

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Ohio State co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Kevin Wilson prepares for the first fall practice of the year on July 27. COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu Just as he has the past six seasons, Kevin Wilson will open the season at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. But instead of crimson and cream, the new Ohio State co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach will be donning scarlet and

gray. From 2011 to 2016, Wilson was the Hoosiers’ head coach, improving them from 1-11 in his first season to 6-6 in his final year. Indiana possessed one of the Big Ten’s top offenses and made bowl games in his final two seasons. He resigned from Indiana on Dec. 1 amid off-the-field issues concerning player mistreatment. Despite the rocky departure, Wilson said he still

reflects positively on his time coaching the players. “You hugged them all, you love them and that to me is the tough thing because you lost a relationship with the kids you love because those kids played very, very hard for us and I’ve got a lot of respect for them,” Wilson said. Many of the players now playing against Wilson are familiar with the former Indiana head coach and Oklahoma offensive coordinator. Seven starters on last year’s Indiana offense, including quarterback Richard Lagow, and nine starters on defense, led by AP preseason second-team All-American linebacker Tegray Scales, return for the 2017 season. The familiarity extends from the players to the coaches, as well. Tom Allen was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach after Wilson’s exit. On Tuesday’s Big Ten coaches teleconference, Allen said he and his team have watched some of Wilson’s games at Indiana from last year to scout the new Ohio State co-offensive coordinator. But Wilson — who will be in the press box with co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day during the game — said that won’t help Indiana very much. “I mean I never had a playbook,” Wilson said. “You go with what works and what the guys are in the way you attack and you have a game plan and as soon as you get hit in the mouth, things happen and you wad it up and you’ve got the ability to adapt and adjust is what makes it so.” Last year, the Wilson-led Indiana offense relied primarily on Lagow, a pocket passWILSON CONTINUES ON 6

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