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Remembering 9/11 USG proposes
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The Young Americans for Freedom placed 2,977 flags — one for each person who lost his or her life on 9/11 — on the South Oval Monday.
TERESA CARDENAS Lantern reporter cardenas.53@osu.edu Undergraduate Student Government voted to create a lighter resolution allowing for students
to display window art at the discretion of resident hall directors and oppose Ohio State’s decision to ban window art on campus. The ban, which began this semester, prohibits hanging anyUSG CONTINUES ON 3
Professor mistakenly sends private email to entire department OWEN DAUGHERTY Assistant Campus Editor daugherty.260@osu.edu An Ohio State professor sent an email Thursday intended for counseling services regarding a student’s medical issues and struggles in class to approximately 2,000 undergraduate students within the College of Engineering, prompting a review by the university. The mistaken email, sent by Rephael Wenger, an associate professor and the associate chair of the department of computer science and engineering, generated buzz on an online forum. After the 2,000 students wrongly received the email, the academic advising office within the College of Engineering sent a follow-up email an hour later to
the same group of students saying the original email could not be recalled and that the office would be investigating the situation. Emails sent by authorized users, in this case Wenger, are not moderated, and therefore do not require approval before they are sent. “I appreciate the concern that several of you have expressed,” said Nikki Strader, an academic advising coordinator for the College of Engineering, in an email responding to the situation. “It is indeed a serious matter, and we are investigating it to the fullest extent. In the meantime, please delete the previous email.” Despite Strader’s plea, by the next morning, the online post displaying the original email had received hundreds of views and dozens of comments.
“I don’t know what [the university] is going to do. I know we take it extremely seriously. I know the university takes it extremely seriously,” Wenger said the day after his mistake. “It shouldn’t have happened. It was an honest mistake.” An apologetic and remorseful Wenger was hesitant to delve further into the matter, but acknowledged the review now underway, saying “I know I’m in trouble.” The university is reviewing its policies on emails from professors and is putting additional steps in place to ensure something like this does not happen again. “Processes have been put in place to prevent this from happening in the future. The college is thoroughly reviewing the matter and will take any additional
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9/11 16 years later: perspectives across generations SUMMER CARTWRIGHT Campus Editor cartwright.117@osu.edu I imagine my memory of 9/11 is similar to many students’ reading: I was at home getting ready for Kindergarten when I heard my mom scream. I don’t remember what she said, but I remember the panic in her voice. It was something I had never heard before and have never heard since. My connection to the events that took place 16 years ago is not special. I know someone who knew someone who died. I was not directly affected. My connection is not special, but my memory is. All of ours are. We — millennials, college students, young adults, whatever you want to call us — could be the last generation in America to have any memory of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in one day. Our memories of 9/11 are all different, which is why holding onto them is necessary for us all. Because although kids learning about it now read pages of text or
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Members of the Ohio State University ROTC prepare to raise the flag before the Ohio State- Oklahoma game on Sep. 9. watch hours of documentaries on Netflix, they’ll never know what it was like to witness. The Instagram posts, the Twitter hashtags and the Facebook comments could soon outweigh
the individual memory each person alive during 9/11 has. Until then, we can reflect and keep the memories alive. We can honor those who died that day and and the days after in result of the egre-
gious attacks. I called my mom and dad early Monday to reflect on what they remember. The emotion is still present in their voices: my dad is still angry and my mom is still
heartbroken. “We were all in shock,” my dad said. “The U.S. getting attacked is something that never occurred to us because we have oceans between us and everyone else.” My mom was upstairs getting ready and my dad was in the other room. “I heard your dad screaming from the downstairs that a plane crashed into one of the towers,” she said. What happened next I remember. They stood in front of the television and screamed and cried. We watched as people jumped from the buildings. I remember the smoke and the falling people. My parents remember fearing the unknown, they remember not knowing whether to send me to school or not, they remember feeling that war was imminent. “You craved information,” my dad said of how he felt watching the breaking news unfold. “All the websites had extreme slow downs. Every channel on cable was wall-to-wall 9/11. Even the movie and sports channels. They 9/11 CONTINUES ON 3
OSU course gets students involved in urban development ZACH GRADER Lantern reporter grader.2@osu.edu It’s a Monday afternoon and about 30 Ohio State students are scattered around an empty North Campus lot on Cordell Avenue, sticking equipment into the ground and scribbling notes on clipboards. The sight might be curious for pedestrians who walk by, but to the urban soils and ecosystem students, this is a typical class period. Professor Nick Basta and associate professor Brian Slater helped launch the environmental science course five years ago that allows students to evaluate urban soil and determine steps for a return to fertility. Growing food in urban areas is a trend aiming to create affordable, nutritious food to city dwellers who might not have access to a nearby supermarket. “We wanted to create a class that did not result in death by PowerPoint,” Basta said. “It’s not a flipped class, but it is different than any other course I’ve taught.” The class style is something Basta said he hopes will become a model for many others in the environmental science department. There are no tests or quizzes. Instead, students are graded by the quality of field reports they create. The reports, which detail possible modifications to soil, are
sent to Columbus’ Land Redevelopment Division. “We are here to guide them, not tell them what to do,” Basta said. “They can be as creative as they want to be with these reports. The
“We wanted to create a class that did not result in death by PowerPoint. It’s not a flipped class but it is different than any other course I’ve taught.” Nick Basta OSU professor
whole dynamic of the classroom changes with a class like this.” In the near future, Basta hopes to develop a follow-up course in which the students will grow crops based off their recommendations from the first course. The urban soil development course is composed of students with different majors, such as biochemical engineering and agricultural studies. The course benefits more than just its students, though. In fact, it might have a greater impact on Columbus, and the suburbs that surround the city. Urban development is growing throughout the state and country,
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Students assess soil as part of an urban soils and ecosystem class taught by Dr. Nicholas Basta. which reduces the amount of usable farmland. Columbus identifies sites where property has been demolished for the students to assess, in the hope the land can be used for food production instead of going to waste. Similar programs have been implemented in Cleveland and Detroit; Ohio State’s Department of Environmental Science was asked for input and opinion in both cities.
Slater and Basta said their mission as part of a land-grant university is to interact with the community, in whatever way the department can. “It’s a two-way street, you really feel like you’re a part of Columbus, and of course Columbus has already given back to us,” Basta said. The Engaged Scholars logo accompanies stories that feature
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shut down.” My mom said she went to the grocery store to stock up on anything she thought we might need.
“That was my generation’s Pearl Harbor. And now it’s a couple of lines in the history book.” Winfield Cartwright
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Some Ohio State students respond to the University’s window art ban with messages such as “My rights” displayed above “Your policies”. USG FROM 1
thing on residence hall windows. The resolution states that USG supports a policy change, allowing for students to hang materials that do not damage the window if it has 25 percent transparency. The sponsors of the resolution plan to meet with Student Life to interpret what would and would not be hate and unsafe speech under this resolution. Although it passed, the resolution is non-binding, meaning that it does not result in a direct and immediate change in policy. Nick Davis, a second-year in natural resource management and senator for the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences said the ban violates students’ right to free speech. “If I had it my way, there wouldn’t be any art ban; there wouldn’t be any regulations because I’m a huge proponent of free speech,” Davis said. Davis said a lighter regulation could work, noting sayings like “Make America Great Again” are not offensive, but a symbol such as a swastika should not be allowed. Daniel Pohlod, a second-year in finance, also expressed support for the resolution and urged rep-
resentatives to vote in its favor.
“Then from there, it’s up to the administration to listen to the students.” Andrew Jackson USG president
“I just kind of see it as ridiculous, you know, not letting students express themselves and put what they want on their windows,” Pohlod said in a statement. “As long as it doesn’t harm the windows, I don’t really see it as a problem.” When asked about the resolution, Dave Isaacs, spokesman for the Office of Student Life, pointed to his initial statement on the matter. “We annually review our Residence Hall Handbook. We have similar guidelines for Gateway, and we are rolling it out to other Columbus campus residence halls,” the statement said. “We have also benchmarked oth-
er schools’ guidelines and have found this to be a common approach to windows and window coverings. The university maintains the discretion and right to determine use of windows, walls, doors and other university spaces.” However, a major point of contention in the passing of the resolution revolved around if there is a specific clause within the Student Life Code of Conduct that clearly defines hate speech. The discussion lasted for more than 30 minutes with more than 10 senators questioning how the resolution will define hate speech and who would regulate what is and isn’t allowed. USG president Andrew Jackson, a fourth-year in political science and spanish, said there is no guarantee that Ohio State will change the ban, but administrators welcome all student feedback. “USG would just tell [administrators] that it is what the general assembly voted on and it passed, so technically this is what the student body wants,” Jackson said. “Then from there, it’s up to the administration to listen to the students.”
I remember being confused as to why I wasn’t going to school. I was upset because my parents weren’t telling me everything. My older sister came home early from school and we met up with our neighbors later that night. My neighbors talked and I didn’t take my eyes off of the sky. My dad remembers the channels. My mom remembers watch-
ing a vibrant city become vulnerable, populated now by the signs people carried with pictures of lost husbands, wives and family members held up by crying loved ones. I remember the falling people and the empty sky. The sense of sadness that is brought on by those memories — by any memory — of 9/11 won’t leave, regardless of how much it’s talked about sixteen years after. “That was my generation’s Pearl Harbor,” my dad said. “And now it’s a couple of lines in the history book.”
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STOKER From tobacco to coffee, Boston Stoker celebrates 44 years in the business. | ON PAGE 5
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“May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers,” a documentary about the North Carolina folk band, is a one-night event showing at select theaters across the country, including at Columbus’ own Gateway Film Center. KAYLEE HARTER Lantern reporter harter.830@osu.edu A new documentary will bring the music of the Avett Brothers to a new medium in a special film screening at the Gateway Film Center on Tuesday. Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers,” intimately documents the life and music of the North Carolina band. “I really want people to go see the movie and I really want them to see it in theaters,” co-director
Bonfiglio said. “There’s an emotional component to a theatrical experience through a shared group experience that I think really works incredibly.” The film is a one-night event showing at select theaters across the country, however the Gateway Film Center will also hold an encore screening on Thursday. “Due to the overwhelming response for the initial screening, we worked very hard to book encore screenings for ‘May It Last,” said Scott Vezdos, Gateway Film Center’s director of marketing, in an email. “GFC is the only theater
New Wexner exhibit highlights complexity, identity CHASE-ANTHONY RAY Lantern reporter ray.461@osu.edu The Wexner Center for the Arts will celebrate the career of photographer and film director Cindy Sherman in its latest gallery. Opening Saturday, “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life” is a career-spanning survey where viewers will see everything from her influential “Untitled Film Stills,” where she employs makeup, costumes, lighting and scenery to present herself as generic art-house and B-movie stars, to her most recent 2016 series, where she takes on the guise of aging Hollywood divas.
Apart from The Broad, a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, the Wexner Center will be the only other stop on the gallery’s exhibition. The gallery opening will also be accompanied by an opening reception on Friday at 5:30 p.m., which will include panel talk from curators Bill Horrigan and Philipp Kaiser and an opening reception The Wexner Center exhibition will also include a free, celebrity-studded audio guide, featuring the voices of Molly Ringwald and movie producer John Waters, and also will include Sherman’s 2017 feature film “Office Killer.” Bill Horrigan, curator for the SHERMAN CONTINUES ON 6
in Columbus in which you can experience this event, so it’s crucial for us to make all welcome and accommodate all of our guests when possible.” “May It Last” follows The Avett Brothers in the course of two and a half years, beginning in 2014, centering on the lives of frontmen and brothers, Scott and Seth Avett, as they record their most recent album “True Sadness.” However, Bonfiglio said “May It Last” is not actually about the making of the album. In fact, when Apatow and Bonfiglio startFILM CONTINUES ON 6
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Boston Stoker celebrates 44 years MAGGIE JONES Lantern reporter jones.5382@osu.edu In 1973, Boston Stoker started out as a tobacco shop serving complimentary coffee in Englewood, Ohio, a Dayton suburb. However, the demand for craft coffee soon outgrew that of tobacco, and the Boston Stoker of today was born. “My father started giving away free cups of coffee and people loved it,” said Henry Dean, president of Boston Stoker. “[Craft coffee] was pretty cutting edge at the time, tobacco kind of took a back seat and fortunately it did.” Now 44 years later, the Columbus staple and one of the longest-running independent coffee shops in Ohio will hold an anniversary celebration Wednesday at 6 p.m. at its 771 Neil Ave location. The free event will include the first open-invitation latte-art competition, a funk DJ, street taco truck and on-site T-shirt screen printing.
“My father started giving away free cups of coffee and people loved it.” Henry Dean Boston Stoker President
All Boston Stoker shops will offer one-day specials of $5 off of all 12 ounce bags of coffee, $1 off all beverages and four cigars for the price of three. Dean said the independent coffee shop is different from others in the area given its commitment
to diverse craft flavors –– Boston Stoker regularly features 15-20 flavors from farms in Honduras, Kenya, Ethiopia and more. “We started a relationship with a farm down in Costa Rica in the mid- ‘80s called La Manita,” Dean said. “Ever since, I’ve traveled the world sourcing directly from producers, looking for good quality coffee.” For Wyatt Smith, a barista at Boston Stoker, the friendly staff and great coffee are what kept him coming back, which eventually led to a job. “They’ve got great coffee and it’s always a little bit quieter in here than it is in a lot of the other shops, so I always could just roll up and talk to the baristas,” Smith said, who frequented the shop’s former campus location on the corner of West 11th and Neil Avenues. “I started as a fan and then I wanted to work here.” Smith said the shop is usually comprised of about 80 percent regular customers, and the location provides an environment suitable for indepth, personal conversation between staff and customers. “The customers are everything [and] our event is really thanking our customers, producers and vendors,” Dean said. “There’s always different online polls voting for the best coffee house and we’ve always felt that our customers are voting every day [by] where they want to spend their money.” The anniversary holds a lot of weight for the always competitive world of coffee. “We’re one of the oldest coffee companies in MAGGIE JONES | LANTERN REPORTER Ohio so it’s a pretty big milestone for any coffee Boston Stoker barista Tess Burkeley creates her own latte art. business … that’s been around for 44 years,” Dean said. “Hopefully we’ll be around for 44 more.”
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Wexner Center, praised Sherman’s innovation on the art of the photograph, specifically pointing to her ability to work on both sides of the camera. “At some point when selfies started coming out, people were saying ‘Sherman invented the selfie,’ in fact it’s the complete opposite,” he said. “If the selfie is about enclosure, she’s about concealment –– you never see the real Cindy.”
“The seductive surfaces of her photographs pull you in and reveal how powerful mass media’s representation still is.” Philipp Kaiser Exhibition Curator
Philipp Kaiser, the exhibition’s curator, also pointed to Sherman’s way of maintaining the same theme of self in all her works. “Sherman’s different bodies of work are based on one single idea: the imitation of self,” Kaiser said. “The complexity of her series, the irony and depth are quintessential
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for the abyss of self and identity in general.” The Wexner Center usually executes exhibitions on this grand of scale through a group of curators and directors, and for Horrigan, appealing to the Ohio State community is always a top priority in choosing artists. “We pick artists and exhibitions we think people would respond to, and we have to make sure they belong to artists whose works we admire,” he said. “We also want great enthusiasm knowing that it’s able to translate to a student population –– we never forget we’re part of the university.” Kaiser said throughout her works, Sherman continues to raise crucial questions about the pervasive influence of mass media in constructing identity – and particularly the representation of women. “Cindy is probably the most iconic female artist of our generation, with radical, relentless and merciless works,” Kaiser said. “The seductive surfaces of her photographs pull you in and reveal how powerful mass media’s representation still is.” The exhibit will run through Dec. 31, and admission is free for students and $8 for the general public.
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A photograph from Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled Film Stills,” called Untitled #122, 1983, where she employs makeup, costumes, lighting and scenery to present herself as generic art-house and B-movie stars.
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Directed by Michael Bonfiglio and Judd Apatow (pictured above), “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers,” intimately documents the life and music of the North Carolina band The Avett Brothers. FILM FROM 4
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ed filming, they weren’t sure they were making a film at all. “We thought maybe we were making a short piece, we thought maybe it could be a pilot for something where we profile other artists,” he said. “We really didn’t know. As the first year of filming progressed, we kind of realized, ‘OK, I think we have to go all in here … there’s something really special about these guys,’ but we hadn’t really figured out what the movie was about yet.” Bonfiglio also said that among the things that make The Avett Brothers special are their “electric and spectacular” live shows and their “incredibly brilliant” ability to express their emotions and their authenticity. “I think the fact that they haven’t tried to have a hit is one of the things that keeps people coming back … It’s what’s really coming out of them as human beings and as artists. It’s not manufactured,” he said. Bonfiglio attributed the film’s authenticity to the small film crew and the fact that his co-director Apatow — the director and
producer of films such as “The 40-YearOld Virgin” and “This is 40” — was paying for the film out of pocket. “We were able to have the same people on every shoot over the course of 2 ½ years,” he said. “We all got to know each other as people. Judd was paying for it himself so we were answering to no bosses. It was incredibly freeing and I think that’s kind of the approach those guys take to their music.” The film was the South by Southwest 24 Beats Per Second audience award winner in 2017. Bonfiglio said he believes the film is a “feel-good movie” that will interest audiences that don’t know anything about the band. “A lot of people who didn’t know anything about this band, who had never heard of them, have seen the film at a couple of festivals now and the feedback that I’ve gotten is like, ‘I didn’t care that I didn’t know who they were,” Bonfiglio said. “I was just drawn to them as people and to their story and the movie made me feel good.”
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Austin Mack ‘probable’ for Saturday’s game against Army EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu After exiting Ohio State’s 3116 loss to Oklahoma in the second half with an injury, sophomore wide receiver Austin Mack is “probable” for the team’s game against Army Saturday, coach Urban Meyer said in his press conference. Mack made a leaping catch in the third quarter of the Oklahoma game and brought down the 31yard pass, but hit his head when he landed and was forced to leave the game. “He’s just feeling much better today,” Meyer said. “So they’re very cautious about it. We’ll know more tomorrow. But I put him as probable for the game.” The second-year wideout has two receptions for 37 yards this season. The two receptions matches his total from a year ago, and the 37 yards eclipse last sea-
son’s total of 15. Mack has been listed every week as one of Ohio State’s six starting wide receivers in a group that has yet to find any players who could be viewed as high-quality options. And heading into a matchup against Army where the Buckeyes need to prove they can turn their passing game around, it will be a huge boost to the team to have Mack back in the lineup. “There’s not a differentiation from one through six [among the wide receivers], and I think they’re going to be all fine players,” Meyer said. “There’s not that Michael Thomas right now where you say he’s your to-to all the time.” Kickoff for Ohio State’s game against Army is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in Ohio Stadium.
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Oklahoma redshirt senior Baker Mayfield (6) evades Buckeye defenders in the Oklahoma-Ohio State game on Sep. 9. BARRETT FROM 8
has not been given that chance to give its young quarterbacks playing time. In their season opener, the Buckeyes failed to create much separation from Indiana until the last several drives of the game, and the team was either tied or trailing the Sooners for all of its game against Oklahoma. But Meyer said there will be chances soon for Haskins to take snaps in game situations and give him a chance to show his capabilities as Ohio State’s signal caller. “We like to do that anyway. [The situation] hasn’t presented itself yet,” Meyer said. “At some point, we’re hoping if he continues to grow up and get some game experience, then you can evaluate it there. Does that make sense? First time to take a snap in those situations. Normally if something happened, you have to do it, but not in that situation.” For the foreseeable future though, Barrett is going to be taking the first snaps under center for Ohio State. Even following the loss to Oklahoma, Barrett took accountability for the loss, admitting he did not perform well enough for the Buckeyes to win after he completed only 54.3 per-
Three days after leading Oklahoma to a 31-16 victory, Sooners redshirt senior quarterback Baker Mayfield apologized for planting an Oklahoma flag in the middle of the Block-O in the center of Ohio Stadium. Mayfield had grabbed a flag from the Oklahoma band and ran over to the center of the field and planted it in the ground as his team celebrated around him immediately following the victory. The celebratory gesture was widely criticized by Ohio State fans on social media, with many calling it “disrespectful” or “classless.” “I didn’t mean for it to be disrespectful to any Ohio State people at all, especially the team or the players, because they’re a great team and a great program,” Mayfield said. “I got caught up in an emotional win.
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in the middle of the field.” Mayfield finished the game 27-for-35 in pass attempts with 386 passing yards and three touchdown passes.
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cent of his passes (19-of-35) for 183 yards, no touchdowns and a critical fourth-quarter interception. As for the calls to be replaced, Barrett knows that’s just part of the position. “When you’re winning, I get too much credit when I try to give that credit to the guys around me because that’s who I need. Ten other guys to play well,” Barrett said after the game. “When we lose, I mean, I’m the one to blame too. Rightfully so, I didn’t play well. Missed a lot of throws. Game of inches. It’s the life of a quarterback.” And Meyer knows his quarterback has the thick skin to be able to take everything said of him online with a grain of salt. “I see a mentally tough guy, he’s got to play better, we’ve got to play better and we’ve got to coach better,” Meyer said. “This is not the first time we’ve had a tough loss. Fortunately haven’t had too many. But you know me well, the ‘B-word’ doesn’t come out. We’re not blaming anybody.”
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land (2-0), Nebraska (1-1), Penn State (2-0) and Iowa (2-0) in the span of five weeks. The coaches have time to tinker with an offense which has produced minimal production and a defense that has allowed an NCAA-worst 403 passing yards per game through the first two weeks of the season. “We were challenged first half against Indiana, didn’t play very well and played very well in the second half,” Meyer said after the loss to Oklahoma. “This game we didn’t play very well. So we’ll go back at it and it’s a long, long season.” The fact that this is just one early-season loss and Ohio State can recover is not lost on the players. “This is a journey. It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. This is Week 2. We’ve seen this before,” redshirt senior linebacker Chris Worley said after the loss. “I’ve seen this before here where early on in the season you may stumble. No one never wants to lose, but at the end of the day, it’s a good test early on to see where we’re at and where we need to go. There’s only two things we can do from here, crumble up
or step up and man up and go get better.” After the loss to Oklahoma, redshirt senior center Billy Price said the standard at Ohio State is to win every game, especially those played at Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes will get a second chance at their first home win of the season when they kick off against Army Saturday at 4:30 p.m. “As awful as we feel, no one’s really asking how we feel,” Meyer said. “We’ve got to move forward.”
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J.T. Barrett maintains hold of starting QB position EDWARD SUTELAN Assistant Sports Editor sutelan.1@osu.edu A quick glance at Twitter will show that Ohio State fans are ready to replace the starting quarterback after the team’s 31-16 loss to Oklahoma. None of those tweets came from the man who makes that decision. Coach Urban Meyer stood behind redshirt senior quarterback J.T. Barrett after the loss, providing a simple one-word answer when asked if there was any doubt as to who the starting quarterback will be going forward. “No,” Meyer said. He added that while Barrett did not play well against Oklahoma, the three-time team captain was not the sole reason the team lost. “I’m going to be perfectly clear, there’s not a bullseye on J.T. Barrett,” Meyer said. Still, backup quarterbacks Dwayne Haskins and Joe Burrow continue to breathe down Barrett’s neck, at least in the eyes of Ohio State’s internet coaching staff. During Monday’s press conference, Meyer said he will start the quarterback who gives his team the best chance to win, no matter who that is. And right now, Meyer is sticking with Barrett.
In a response from a tweet sent by four-star Ohio State commit Jaiden Woodbey asking when Haskins would play, Haskins responded, “Soon,” with a praying
“Any decisions about any personnel is strictly who gives us the best opportunity to win, whether it be right guard, quarterback.” Urban Meyer Ohio State football head coach
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Redshirt senior quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) calls out a play during the Ohio StateOklahoma game on Sep. 9. “Any decisions about any personnel is strictly who gives us the best opportunity to win, whether it be right guard, quarterback,” Meyer said. “And right now, it’s not even a question.” Yet, it remains a question to
some followers of Ohio State. Many have clamored for either Haskins or Burrow to start in place of Barrett, and wholeheartedly believe that a change of personnel would aid the Buckeyes in their quest to reach another na-
tional championship game. Even if he believes Barrett is the most deserving starter at the position, Haskins issued a tweet Monday that feeds the thoughts of those who think he should start in place of Barrett.
hands emoji following the text. However, Meyer said the separator right now between Barrett and everyone else is the gap in actual on-field experience. “You think of a quarterback and it’s just throwing; it’s much more than that. It’s getting the right plays and et cetera,” Meyer said. “Just the term ‘game ready’ is used quite often around here. That is, is Dwayne game ready to help us go win a game? And if we feel he is, then he’ll go into the game. And that opportunity is — that third quarter of Oklahoma is not the right time to do that.” So far this season, Ohio State BARRETT CONTINUES ON 7
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How Ohio State will deal with its first loss COLIN HASS-HILL Sports Editor hass-hill.1@osu.edu Ohio State doesn’t experience many losses. In fact, Saturday’s decisive 31-16 romp suffered at the hands of No. 2 Oklahoma and quarterback Baker Mayfield was just the seventh loss in 69 games that Urban Meyer has endured since he became the Buckeyes’ head coach in 2012. However, given his team’s high
“You go from devastated to crushed, to pissed, and then you’ve got to move forward as a leader and get going.” Urban Meyer Ohio State football head coach
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OSU coach Urban Meyer leaves the field following the Buckeyes’ 31-0 overtime loss to Clemson on Dec. 31.
expectations and how devastating the defeats have been, such as last year’s losses to Penn State and Clemson, Meyer said he understands how teams mentally handle losses.
“You go from devastated to crushed, to pissed, and then you’ve got to move forward as a leader and get going,” Meyer said Monday afternoon. “So we’re somewhere between two and three right now, the pissed and the moving forward.” Meyer said he had a meeting with his staff to motivate the coaches and help them move on from the loss. Meyer said he won’t be casting blame, calling it the “B” word, but admitted some players did not perform up to his expectations. In the press conference after the game, the 17-year head coach said the offense played “bad” and as a whole, the team “didn’t play very well.” Then on Monday, he added the secondary also played poorly Saturday. Many facets of Ohio State’s offense might change in the next few weeks. Meyer stressed that he and co-offensive coordinators Kevin Wilson and Ryan Day will continue to “enhance” the offense and play-calling. Luckily for Meyer and his team, the Buckeyes can take their time to make adjustments on both
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The Buckeyes gather for Carmen Ohio following their 31-16 loss to Oklahoma on Sep. 9.
sides of the ball. Ohio State doesn’t play a difficult schedule for the next month. The Buckeyes will host Army (2-0) Saturday at noon, UNLV (1-1) the following week before heading to New Jersey to battle the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-0). The level of competition increases afterward as they play MaryOSU LOSS CONTINUES ON 7