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A northern, four-lane section Indianola Avenue is set to be condensed into two lanes with bicycle lanes being installed on either side of the roadway. PATRICK WILEY Lantern reporter wiley.221@osu.edu
North Fourth Street, though it’s only one lane. The 2-mile stretch on Indianola, which currently has four vehicle lanes, will be converted into a two-lane roadway, with 5-meter-wide bicycle lanes on either side. The project also will incorporate a center turn lane. Construction is scheduled to begin early 2017, with the project likely to be completed shortly thereafter. “The goal is to address both traffic and environmental concerns,” said Samuel Runta, a member of
While motorists are preparing for Indianola Avenue to slim down, cyclists can expect things to get a little easier. Similar to the lanes that opened on Summit Street in December, a large portion of Indianola Avenue will be dedicated to two bicycle lanes — one in each direction — between Morse Road and East North Broadway Street. A bike lane also was recently built on
the University Area Commission. According to the Columbus Public Services Department, motorist speeds on Indianola are too high, creating an unsafe environment for the frequent cyclists along the roadway. Scott Ulrich, who works as the city of Columbus bicycle coordinator, said he has observed the traffic patterns of Summit Street since its lane reduction, and said he believes Indianola will exhibit similar characteristics. “Traffic seems to be moving BIKE CONTINUES ON 2
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On-campus conference to address inequality MARIA FERNANDEZ Senior Lantern reporter fernandez.198@osu.edu From Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem to the Black Lives Matter movement to the All Lives Matter rebuttal, racial inequality is at the forefront of the American media and social and political consciousness. Students will have the opportunity this week to learn and discuss with faculty the subject of inequality, in its variety of facets. The two-day conference is part of the Conversations on Morality, Politics and Society (COMPAS) program run by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values. COMPAS is a yearlong program dedicated to a single theme that is relevant to morality, politics and society. It has two major conferences each year and several smaller events scattered throughout. The theme of this year is inequality. Professor Don Hubin, director of COMPAS, said the program is supposed to focus on how inequality affects society as a whole. “We want to engage people to think about (the question) ‘When do we care about inequality?’” Hubin said. “Is it inequality itself that matters, or is it the fact that some people don’t have enough? What forms matter? And when is it just a concern?” Over the weekend, there will be several speakers from disciplines ranging from economics to women’s, gender and sexuality stud-
“It can make you appreciate some issues that you normally don’t see if you’ve grown up in a fairly comfortable environment.” Don Hubin COMPAS director
ies, set to sit on panels and have cross-disciplinary conversations. Hubin said the conversational tone will make it more accessible to the audience, because the language will not consist of highly technical terms. Christa Johnson, a graduate student in philosophy and the logistical coordinator for COMPAS, said she thinks it is great to see so many people, particularly students, being passionate about this issue. However, she also said she thinks some inequalities are being forgotten, which is what COMPAS is trying to address. “We latch onto one inequality, and forget about the rest,” she said. The conference will address different types of inequality, relating to economics, politics, law, health and education. “People give this (millennial) generation a hard time about caring,” Johnson said. “But it’s clear there is a big passion about these issues. And it’s important to COMPAS CONTINUES ON 2
Pages turns education into ‘experience’ SHERIDAN HENDRIX Lantern reporter hendrix.87@osu.edu Eleven years ago, Dionne Custer Edwards was inspired to reimagine arts education. With a number of public schools in Columbus facing budget cuts, it was expected that many districts would cut their arts programs in an effort to save money. At the same time, standardized test preparation was becoming more prominent in the classroom, pushing out avenues for creativity. Custer Edwards, a professional writer and arts educator working in education programming at The Wexner Center for the Arts, wanted to design a program that wouldn’t just have students write, but have them engage with their writing.
“I was a full-time writer, and I became really interested in arts education. But I met so many students who really struggled with writing, and, by the time they got to high school, they really loathed writing,” Edwards said. “It was tough because writing had this formulaic kind of way to it. I wasn’t encountering a lot of students who were thinking, being really thoughtful of their process, and even understanding that writing is a process.” Pages is a yearlong arts, literacy and writing program created by Custer Edwards designed to help high-school students develop writing skills through engaging with visual art, film and performing arts. The program partners with local high schools, where the Wexner Center for the Arts connect with both teachers and stu-
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The Pages organization at the Wexner Center for the Arts aims to help high school students improve their creative writing through an immersive, year-long experience. dents to explore how writing and the arts are entwined. Over the course of the year, Pages takes students through three different sessions, called “experiences,” sessions focusing on a
different discipline of the arts and how it relates to writing. Experiences can last up to six weeks, during which Pages educators meet with students in the classroom and at the Wexner Center.
Custer Edwards said that the experiences encourage students to consider how they can improve their writing. “Pages gives students a new perspective of looking at writing as a form of art,” Edwards said. “We say, ‘What can we learn from this filmmaker about writing a persuasive essay? What can we learn from that technique?’ You have to place yourself in the moment, get yourself outside of the classroom, and have some encounters that get you applying the things you’re learning in the classroom.” Students are given a journal at the beginning of the year to record any thoughts or ideas they have during Pages. Students also produce a number of creative-writing and art pieces inspired by each of the experiences.
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ground out that passion.” COMPAS is also having a photography contest for students that will involve them with finding themes of inequality, and earning a little extra cash in the process. “This is a wonderful way for students to explore the COMPAS theme,” Hubin said. “It can make you appreciate some issues that you normally don’t see if you’ve grown up in a fairly comfortable environment.” The deadline to receive photos is Oct. 7. First prize is $500, second is $250 and third is $100. All COMPAS events are free and open to the public with no registration required.
The conference, set to take place in University Hall, is slated to start on Thursday, with multiple one-to-two hour sessions slated between 1:15 and 6:30 p.m. The conference continues Friday with the same multi-session set up slated to go on from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
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slower than before (on Summit Street),” Ulrich said. “Which should be considered a success. Speeding and safety were of great concern before.” The bicycle lanes on both Summit and Fourth streets have done well to reduce vehicle speed and create a safer environment for both cyclists and drivers, Ulrich said. Columbus Public Services hopes the same will occur with the lane reduction and addition of bicycle lanes on Indianola Avenue. Unsurprisingly, Columbus’ many cyclists are looking forward to the bicycle lanes’ completion. Chris Doty, who works at Once Ridden Bicycles on Indianola Avenue, has especially high hopes for the impending bicycle lanes –– citing safety as the greatest benefit. “The traffic on Indianola has only gotten greater over the past five years,” Doty said. “It’s getting to the point now where traffic is making it a danger for the bicyclists that are trying to commute.” Doty, who currently resides in Sunbury, Ohio, does not ride his bicycle too often on Indianola. He does, however, expect that to change once the bicycle lanes are added next year. Still, even with the prospects of a safer and more environmentally friendly roadway, not all of Columbus’ residents are ready to accept the building of the bicycle lanes. Since the project’s first official proposal in 2014, many business owners on Indianola have questioned the bicycle lanes’ purpose and overall necessity.
Michael Flick — who has owned The Train Station, a train store, on Indianola for more than 40 years — worries about the potential ramifications the bicycle lanes, and loss in vehicle lanes, may provide. “I’m not opposed to bicycle lanes,” Flick said. “Bicycle lanes can help to separate vehicle traffic from bicycle traffic. However, do I think this particular project creates more harm than good.” COTA buses regularly run along Indianola Avenue. With the removal of two vehicle lanes from the current four, Flick is concerned that the buses will cause significant traffic blockages. “(Buses) will either be stopping in the middle of the street, or they’ll be weaving in and out the curb,” Flick said. “Either way, traffic will be stopped behind them.” Flick is also apprehensive about the possible traffic buildup that slimming down the road may provide — especially during peak business hours. Roadway engineers, however, hope that the center turn lane being implemented will make up for the loss of a through lane, as drivers will no longer have to wait behind turning vehicles. Nevertheless, with construction scheduled to commence in a few months, change –– both for cyclists and drivers –– is definitely coming.
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In addition to the high-school teachers and educators at the Wexner Center, Pages also brings in artists-in-residence, three to four artists from the community that help with the program. These teaching artists, musicians and writers, Edwards said, work with students to “stir the pot” and get them thinking about bigger ideas. Pages has worked with more than 2,000 students, 60 high-school teachers and dozens of artists since it began in 2005. This year, Pages is meeting with 200 students from six Columbus high schools. Kim Leddy, a high-school teacher at Mosaic, an educational agency, said that Pages gives her students the chance to break from typical writing practices. “When students are given the chance to explore without boundaries, they’re a little scared at first. They’re so used to being told what is right and what is wrong,” Leddy said. “But in Pages, there’s a be-ascreative-as-you-want attitude. They really find that they have a voice, and that someone will listen to them.” Leddy said Pages hasn’t just helped her students’ writing, but has also included
them in a community of artists. “I think my students are scared of places like the Wex. They think that everything is breakable or that they don’t welcome young people,” Leddy said. “Through Pages, they feel like (the Wexner Center) is part of a community that is theirs. They take ownership of the space.” Custer Edwards said that Pages puts art at the forefront of students education. “We shouldn’t underestimate how the arts can influence education,” Edwards said. “Pages recognizes art not as some sort of side dish, but as a main course in their curriculum.” The Engaged Scholars logo accompanies stories that feature and examine research and teaching partnerships formed between the Ohio State University and the community (local, state, national and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources. These stories spring from a partnership with OSU’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. The Lantern retains sole editorial control over the selection, writing and editing of these stories.
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Change does not happen in meetings with administrators In The Lantern’s Sept. 13 edition, on the subject of relating communication with student protest, President Michael Drake said, “We try to be good listeners. We really try. We try to be great listeners, actually.” Reading through Drake’s remarks, one might be flattered by the supposed importance with which Drake and the administration imbue open dialogue. Faithful Lantern readers will not be so easily hoodwinked. During Spring Semester 2016, The Lantern held true to its title as “the student voice” at Ohio State by cataloging a range of student opinions on issues including divestment, the budget, campus food and the proposed privatization of campus energy. The Lantern was a helpful intellectual platform for the sharing of student ideas, while physical spaces on campus such as The Oval and Bricker Hall were well-suited for rallies, demonstrations and teach-ins that allowed students to disseminate a collective vision of the sort of university we want. That is, until the April sit-in at Bricker Hall, where students were threatened with arrest and expulsion by senior vice president for administration and planning Jay Kasey, who invoked the consensus of
university leadership, including explicit approval by Drake, in his threats. For further evidence of Drake’s uncompromising spirit, read about how, while he was chancellor at University of California, Irvine, he participated in the suspension and charges lodged against 11 Muslim student protesters.
Rallies, demonstrations and occupations are all on the table. And in light of Drake’s statements, we students should not shy away from these very tactics.
Apparently, Drake has changed his tune to match that of most other university administrators. He claims to meet regularly with concerned student groups, though it is certainly not clear which groups he means. United Students Against Sweatshops, for example, delivers monthly let-
ters to Drake’s office regarding the crooked Comprehensive Energy Management Plan, with no response from Drake or his office. At the end of the day, any student who has ever been a part of serious advocacy on campus will tell you that change does not happen in meetings with administrators. Change happens when students organize their collective time and effort in a way that forces administrators to respond. Rallies, demonstrations and occupations are all on the table. And in light of Drake’s statements, we students should not shy away from these very tactics. There are plenty of student organizations on campus fighting for a variety of causes, and they can use your help. The Lantern readers are invited to join United Students Against Sweatshops, one such organization, on Wednesday for our first letter delegation of the new school year. Together, we can show Drake that the tens of thousands of OSU students, who pay thousands of dollars to go here, have every right to make demands of their president. Chris Johnson Second-year in philosophy Communications chair, USAS
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Reflections on Tyre King and doing better SALLEE ANN RUIBAL Editor in Chief ruibal.1@osu.edu This story isn’t about me and I hate using “I.” But let’s give it a try. In high school, I volunteered at Wordplay Cincinnati, a tutoring center. My resume says I “tutored kids in reading and writing, along with helping them develop creative writing skills.” I read a lot of Dr. Seuss. One boy who came in was named Charles. He was 5 years old and his mother was deaf. She brought him in so he would have the experience of being read to. Charles and I read through every word of “Hop on Pop.” I hate to admit that I haven’t thought about Charles much since. When I came home this weekend, I asked my family if they had heard about Tyre King, a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a Columbus Division of Police officer. Reports say King robbed a man, and police shot when King reached for a gun at his waistband. The gun was later
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determined to be a BB gun. When I asked my family about all this, I remembered Charles’ smile when he got a phrase right in “Hop on Pop.” “All. Tall. We all are tall.” This story is not about me. I read a Facebook post from Kelly Greenzalis, a volunteer with City Year, a youth mentor program in Columbus City Schools, who worked with Tyre King. She said Tyre read books like “The Giver” and “The Outsiders” and loved being called on to read aloud. He would make up raps based on vocabulary words, she said. I wondered if now-9-year-old Charles was up to similar antics. I feared Charles would reach the same fate. “All. Small. We all are small.” My family, with all the good intentions in the world, gave suggestions on how this could have been avoided. Advice included he shouldn’t have had a gun, should know guns are not to be played with, shouldn’t have been robbing someone, should have respected the police officers. This country, for some reason, no longer respects police officers, they said. “All. Fall. Fall off the wall.”
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But this story isn’t about me. This story isn’t about my family members. I don’t know and they don’t know what young Tyre and those like him go through each day. We don’t know what culture he grew up in, one where people may feel they need a gun to protect themselves. We don’t know what it’s like to feel like America’s finest treats me and people like me as an exception. We don’t know what it’s like to be a police officer. We don’t know what it’s like to suit up every day, putting it all on the line for others. “Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.” I don’t know what it’s like to be like Charles or Tyre or Tamir or Trayvon, and I’m not going to pretend that I do. I don’t have an answer that will put this all into perspective and all make sense. I’m not the one profound blogger/columnist/ person-with-a-keyboard who can tie it all into a bow. This story is not about me. As I told my family between tears, I just think it’s really sad. And I think we can do more.
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Theater group empowers high school students LINDSEY CAPRITTA Lantern reporter capritta.3@osu.edu After working alongside high school students for two years, Theatre Arts Group has become an official Ohio State student organization. Theatre Arts Group began as a community service initiative in the fall of 2014 founded by OSU alumna Sarah Fitzpatrick. After receiving a yearlong grant from Ohio State’s P12 Initiative, which promotes collaboration between university organizations and school-aged children, the group grew and this semester became an official student organization. Annelise Dahl, a third-year in finance, joined the group in the spring of 2015 and is currently the president of the group. Dahl had been involved in theater during her primary-school years and said she has always been interested in the production side of the arts. She said her role also includes directing the students. The group includes about seven OSU students who work with teenagers at Columbus North International High School. It meets with them two or three times a
week and offers several activities including improvisation games and taking them to see local shows. “Improv skills are useful in any realm, even if you don’t want to be an actor,” Dahl said. “Even if you’re, say, a doctor, you use these communication skills.” Dahl said the group’s values are teaching the students collaboration, creativity, empowerment and expression. “It’s about teaching them the skills that are the building blocks of theater and transcend it,” Dahl said. “A lot of high school is a challenging time. Not having that kind of safe space or environment to discuss it can make it even more challenging.” Some of the skills the group strives to teach include projection, enunciation and body language. “Arts is important for creativity and collaboration,” Dahl said. “When I was doing my first monologues, I was blushing I was so nervous, but now it’s nothing. For people with low self-esteem, this is something the arts can help with. It’s a healthy way to address that.” Isaac Norman, a high school senior at Columbus North, has been
involved with the group since its start. “I enjoyed the sense of camaraderie it had, I think that’s the main reason people come,” Norman said. For the past two years, the group has helped the students write, produce and perform their own show. “It’s really fun to do stuff together,” Norman said. “With creating
our own plays, those are basically student-led. It’s our responsibility to rehearse and make scenes and also make props and stuff. It’s a good experience.” Dahl and Norman described the group as a peer mentorship. “The OSU members are very helpful,” Norman said. “They give advice and stuff about school and college and really help us out.”
Looking forward, Dahl said the group hopes to expand the program beyond North Columbus to other schools, including elementary and middle schools. “We try to take it to the next level,” Dahl said. “We’re thinking about it like, ‘This is a small thing, how do we expand this to the rest of the world, the rest of my life, my community?’”
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Department of Design faculty shows off research KATHLEEN SENGE Lantern reporter senge.1@osu.edu For the first time in 12 years, the Ohio State Department of Design put together an exhibition of faculty work and research. On Saturday, a reception was held for the exhibit at OSU Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus. The exhibit, which emphasizes the impact of design on everyday life, is set to run through Sept. 24. Professor Jeffrey Haase, who curated the exhibit, said a central theme of the exhibition is the process behind design. “As designers, we’re more defined by the process than the result of our work,” Haase said. “Unlike art exhibits, the body of work is about interesting problem-solving and decision-making, and creative problem solving is something everyone needs.” The exhibit is an opportuni-
ty for the faculty members, who Haase said spend much of their time writing papers and attending conferences, to gather and display their research and work in a physical way. “The work displays some of the ways in which we engage with communities; with visualization and technology; and with complex theories and ideas,” said department chairperson Mary Anne Beecher, whose work is included in the exhibit. “One thing that I think comes through strongly as a thread that connects the works is their appeal to a broad range of the senses. This is in no way a show that is limited to looking.” Beecher constructed a family tree for the exhibition titled, “In Small Things Forgotten.” Her display is made up of a shelving unit, with each shelf representing a generation and each artifact representing a person. Many of the pieces in the exhibition are projects that faculty
members are currently working on. Assistant professor Rebekah Matheny said she sees the exhibit as a good opportunity to learn about research going on throughout the department. “It’s been quite a long time since we’ve compiled all of our work so I think that it’s a great way to get to know my colleagues and the depth of their research,” Matheny said. “Much of what was presented is not that old, a lot of the faculty created new pieces for this exhibition.” Matheny’s work in the exhibition includes a piece called Perception of Color and Light, part of an ongoing research project exploring the effects of color temperature on people’s perception of a space. “I think it’s important for our students to know what our faculty are researching,” Matheny said. “Half of what we as faculty at a research institution do is research, and I think it’s extremely benefi-
cial to the students because then they can start to find value in what we’re researching and maybe start to think about their own work differently.” One of Haase’s pieces, “Pepinsky House Selfie,” began with Haase taking thousands of pictures of a house on his iPhone. He printed the pictures to scale and then constructed a replica house
using the pictures. Lecturer Michael Kellner created two sets of drawings hung in grid formations. He said the drawings are inspired by sheet music of J.S. Bach and focus around the relationship between the way we view things visually and the way we talk about them. Assistant professor Yvette DESIGN CONTINUES ON 6
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Reliving Bon Iver’s journey SAM KAYUHA Senior Lantern reporter kayuha.2@osu.edu Bon Iver has enjoyed one of the most enigmatic career arcs in music in the past ten years. What started as a group of bearded hipsters with acoustic guitars slung over their shoulders evolved into a factory of experimentation, then they disappeared. With the group’s impending release of new album “22, A Million” on Sept. 30, it is worth looking back at what got us here. The first time most people heard Bon Iver was probably the strumming and ethereal vocals on “Skinny Love,” the pioneering song of the hipster-folk fad that spawned bands like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers. “Skinny Love” is in line with the rest of the band’s debut album, “For Emma,
Whispers of a return started being heard in the past two years, with live shows and rumors of a new album.
Forever Ago.” Although it is easily the most accessible track, the others are minimalist, with bordering on sparse instrumentation, but they retain strong emotion that gives the listener the feeling of winter anytime of the year. The band released a four-song EP of some truly lovely music the next year, including “Blood Bank,” one of its best songs. After that, things started to turn a bit toward the unexpected. Kanye West enlisted the leader of the group, Justin Vernon, to contribute to his 2010 album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” as well as sampling Bon Iver’s “Woods” on “Lost in the World.” Vernon’s work on that album led to other collaborations with West, on “Watch the Throne” and “Yeezus,” which included an amazing appearance on the raunchy “I’m In It,” and interplay with Chief Keef on “Hold My Liquor.” Bon Iver returned with a self-titled, full-length album in 2011. “Bon Iver” was lush, mostly abandoning acoustic guitars in favor of other strings, and turning to synthesizers that, along with added effects, made Vernon’s voice all
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Shen’s work is “Visualizing Tao Te Ching.” The project depicts a Taoist book that is considered one of the most difficult texts to translate the original meaning. However, Shen said when it is translated into a visual language such as design, it can be internationally understood. Professor E. Scott Denison is working on a science-fiction graphic novel called “The Lightstream Chronicles.” For the exhibition, various screens display animations of the novel. Haase said he hopes to be able to organize the exhibition every few years in an effort to give the faculty more opportunity to show its work to the public.
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A spotlight hits Brad Paisley during the Country Nation College Tour outside of Ohio Stadium on Sept. 15.
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performs at Wembley Arena in London. the more chilling. At this point, the band could hardly be categorized as folk any longer. Instead it became at times progressive or rock, ‘80s- and ambient-influenced. It was hard for fans to see where they would go next. And so they didn’t go anywhere. “Bon Iver” was announced to be its last album, as Vernon and his bandmates faded into various outside projects. Vernon made an album with the band Volcano Choir, which, maybe only because of his distinctive vocals, felt like a fine substitute for a new Bon Iver album. Whispers of new material started in the past two years, with live shows and rumors of a new album. The rumors were confirmed at Vernon’s Eaux Claires Music
The exhibition is set to remain on display through Sept. 24 at OSU Urban Arts Space at 50 W. Town St. The space is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is free.
Festival, where tracks from “22, A Million” were debuted. While it’s not yet released in its entirety, studio versions of three tracks have already been released, and many others have been heard live. The names of songs are enough to let you know that Bon Iver has continued along the line of experimentation. “22 (OVER S∞∞N)” features one droning vocal sample in the background along with a single note and vocal sample in the foreground. Combined with with Vernon’s voice, guitar and horns, it makes for one of the strangest and most beautiful songs I have heard this year. “10 d E A T h b R E a s T” chops up pounding drums that turn triumphant beneath whatever effect is weaving in and out of Vernon’s voice. “33 ‘GOD’” is a
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mutated piano ballad with samples and other strange noises appearing and disappearing like hallucinations, before drums kick in and the listener’s adrenaline starts pumping. They are three of the weirdest songs I have heard this year, and some of the best. Vernon was never the typical folkie with an acoustic guitar, that much was obvious even when he was making music that could be classified as folk. The sense of innovation and boundary-pushing in his music has expanded. The weirdness in his new music is so intricate that maybe Bon Iver was never going away, it just needed the last five years to put these new songs together.
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Jerome Baker took a pass from Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield to the endzone in the first quarter, putting OSU up by double digits. Redshirt sophomore Malik Hooker, who is tied for the NCAA interceptions lead with Lattimore at three, said that continuing to turn the ball over – make “money plays” – solidifies the no-longer inexperienced defense, despite them still having room to grow. “It definitely makes us feel like we’re some type of good. We don’t want to get too big-headed,” Hooker said. “We got to get in there in the bye week and correct the things we messed up on, and once we get that, I feel like we’re going to be 20 times better.” As OSU is now on its bye week, sitting at 3-0 and ranked No. 2 in the nation behind Alabama, Meyer has to be pleased with his team proving its talent when their numbers are called. “We’ve always been loaded,” Weber said. “Last year, we were good enough to play. We just had to wait our turn this year. We’re developing and getting better.”
In all, the Buckeyes rushed for 291 yards with just three players carrying the ball in the game — Barrett, junior H-back Curtis Samuel and redshirt freshman Mike Weber. The Buckeyes averaged over 6 yards-per-carry, which is right on par for the team for the season. For the past three seasons with OSU, Meyer has enjoyed the use of Elliott as a feature back. However, Oklahoma stands as a testament to the way times have changed for him. Although Weber is the lead running back for OSU, both Samuel and Barrett have carried the ball a combined 71 times compared to Weber’s 54. Unlike other years of Meyer’s coaching career, there are two players in the backfield who can take a bulk of the carries. After OSU faced Bowling Green to kickoff the 2016 season, he had nothing but praise for Samuel, calling him a true hybrid. Weber also received high marks, albeit with some criticism, about finishing his runs. Meyer spoke about the philosophy of the team before Tulsa, and did not pull any punches on the team’s approach for every opponent this season. “The identity is we’re going to line up and hammer the football and run the ball,” Meyer said. “And we expect to lead the conference or be close to the lead in rushing offense.” Sure enough, three weeks into the season, the Buckeyes are in fact leading the Big Ten in rushing yards. OSU has 918 yards so
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OSU redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber (25) emulates former OSU running back Ezekiel Elliott with a crop top prior to the Buckeyes game against Oklahoma on Sept. 17 at at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
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OSU redshirt sophomore Noah Brown (80) scores one of his four touchdowns during the Buckeyes game against Oklahoma on Sept. 17 at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
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Donald’s All-Americans in high school and were recruited by Ohio State at the time, Klein said. Having been with the program long enough to be involved with both the high school and transfer recruitments of all three players, Klein said he believes the trio has only grown since the Buckeyes initially missed out on them. “They’ve added more experiences through their high school and college, but also through their time with USA basketball,” Klein said. “That brings such a great backbone to the program.” Through these experiences, each transfer has acquired a different set of skills that will now be on display at OSU. Mavunga played big underneath the basket in her two seasons in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The 6-foot-3 forward from Brownsburg, Indiana, averaged more than eight rebounds a game and blocked 90 shots each season. Mavunga’s 143 offensive re-
“We’re really about to play, we’re free ... We feel like we’ve been locked up this whole time. It’s just time to unleash.” Stephanie Mavunga Redshirt junior forward
bounds ranked second in the ACC during her sophomore year. “She is one of the hardest, most consistent offensive rebounders,” Klein said. “If you take a possession off, she is going to make you pay.” Calhoun, who hails from Brooklyn, carries a different repertoire. “Sierra is just one of the most pure shooters in the game,” Klein said. “She’s really going to make teams pay from the three-point line.” Calhoun averaged 10.1 points
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per game in her freshman year at Duke, but she’s ready to contribute more than just points. “I’ll do anything on the court to help my team win,” Calhoun said. Describing her as a jack-of-all trades, Klein says Harper’s skill set will make an impact on the court. Standing at just 5-foot-8, the Chicago native led Kentucky with 7.1 rebounds per game during her sophomore season. “It’s just a part of the game that gets me fired up and competitive,” Harper said. “Even when I was in high school, I just loved rebounding.” Neither Mavunga, Calhoun nor Harper have registered an official game with the Buckeyes yet, but they all maintain high hopes for this year’s group. “We’re going to have a special team,” Harper said. “When the time comes for the season, the Buckeyes will be ready.”
far this year, while the Maryland is second best at 800 yards. Currently, Weber is leading the conference individually with 351 yards, while Samuel is tied for second with Northwestern running back Justin Jackson with 260 yards. The tandem of ball carriers in Columbus are dominating the Big Ten currently, and Meyer said he knew all along the potential of the two complimenting each other. “I thought Curtis Samuel was a guy who waited his turn and he’s a talented guy,” Meyer said. “I think that ‘one-two punch’ is the correct way to identify (Samuel and Weber).” During offseason camp, there were many questions about who could replace a running back like Elliott after such a productive career with the Scarlet and Gray. In contrast to years past, the Buckeyes are enjoying more than one player who can carry load in terms of carries. For Weber, the formula to success is an easy one. “I played my hardest every time I got the ball,” Weber said. “I tried to read my keys and do everything I could to help this team.” The showcase of a rushing offense will be on display after the bye week in Ohio Stadium on Oct. 1 against Rutgers at noon. Currently, Rutgers ranks 13th in Big Ten in terms of rush defense, surrendering an average of 178 rushing yards-per-game.
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OSU redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber (25) runs the ball behind OSU redshirt sophomore wide receiver Noah Brown (80) during the game against Oklahoma on Sept. 17 at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
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‘This was the coming-of-age game’ Coach Urban Meyer doesn’t see Buckeyes as inexperienced after thrashing of Oklahoma Sooners JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myers.1669@osu.edu When the Buckeyes boarded their flight from Columbus to Norman, Oklahoma, for a Saturday showdown with the Oklahoma Sooners, coach Urban Meyer was taken back a bit by his team’s youth. As if he hadn’t realized it since the summer, Meyer noticed the quantity of players that lacked road experience. Following OSU’s 45-24 beatdown of coach Bob Stoops’ Sooners, the Buckeyes instilled confidence in Meyer concerning their ability to perform in the spotlight. “They’re no longer inexperienced,” Meyer said. “I saw (Oklahoma’s) record, and it is one of the top 5 hardest places to play. This was the coming-of-age game.” Meyer added that he was impressed with his team, specifically mentioning the running game. Oklahoma’s defensive line was touted as one of the top units in the country leading up to the matchup. Houston defeated the Sooners through the air, but Meyer stuck with his gut and ran the ball, trying to overpower the op-
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OSU junior linebacker Chris Worley (35) quiets Oklahoma fans following OSU redshirt sophomore linebacker Jerome Baker’s interception return during the game against Oklahoma on Sept. 17 at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes won 45-24. position. The Buckeyes ran for 291 yards on the ground, by far the most allowed by Oklahoma this season (89 yards to Houston). Redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber totaled 123 yards on 18 carries, junior H-back Curtis Samuel
had 98 yards on 11 rushes and redshirt junior quarterback J.T. Barrett added 74 yards to the total. The Buckeyes averaged 6.1 yards on the ground as a team. “I feel like we had a lot of confidence coming into this game. I don’t think a lot of people would
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call us young anymore,” Weber said. “We’re playing really well.” Oklahoma was supposed to be the test before Big Ten play that would define OSU’s place along the college football landscape. It was meant to serve as a statement game for coach Meyer’s
team to be ranked among the elite. For many players like Weber, it was their first true road game as a prominent contributor for the Scarlet and Gray. Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Noah Brown planted his flag through the heart of the Oklahoma defense in his first action on the road. The 6-foot-2 Brown tied a school record for four receiving touchdowns in one game. Meyer said that he has his captains to thank for the leadership in a hostile environment. “The maturity of the old guys is outstanding right now,” Meyer said. “J.T. Barrett, (redshirt senior center) Pat Elflein, (redshirt junior right guard) Billy Price up front, and then (junior linebacker) Raekwon McMillan and (redshirt junior cornerback) Gareon Conley ... really good leaders on this team right now.” On the defensive side, younger players continue to make game-changing plays as well. Redshirt sophomore Marshon Lattimore added another interception to his stat line on Saturday, nearly having another in the second half. Sophomore linebacker MEYER CONTINUES ON 7
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Philosophy of running the ball OSU transfers ready working well for Buckeyes to fill big roles NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu A staple of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s offense is hardnosed, smashmouth running by big feature backs. The success of this approach can be easily seen in Meyer’s .853 career win percentage during his 15 years as a head coach. During his years as coach for both Bowling Green and Utah, Meyer did not have a so-called workhouse for the rushing duties. However, once he transitioned to the Southeastern Conference, Meyer gained such a player.
It began with a larger-framed quarterback while in Florida by the name of Tim Tebow. Although he threw for over 9,200 yards in his career with the Gators, the 2007 Heisman trophy winner ran for nearly 3,000 yards and 57 touchdowns while leading the team during his four year run. After Meyer departed from the Gators in 2010 and remained out of football for two years, he arrived in Columbus. And with his arrival came the inheritance of dynamic quarterback Braxton Miller and bruising running back Carlos Hyde. Miller threw for 2,039 yards but also added 1,271 yards on the
ground. Hyde, the next leading rusher on the team, picked up 970 yards and led the team with 16 touchdowns. Fast-forward to 2014, and the combination of then-redshirt freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett and running back Ezekiel Elliott are dominating college football. The pair rushed for a combined 2,816 yards and 29 touchdowns, numbers which could have been even higher if Barrett had not been injured in the final regular season game. Against Oklahoma, Meyer once again proved how potent an offense powered by the run can be. RUNNING BACK CONTINUES ON 7
“The identity is we’re going to line up and hammer the football and run the ball ... And we expect to lead the conference or be close to the lead in rushing offense.” Urban Meyer OSU football coach
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OSU junior H-back Curtis Samuel (4) runs the ball during the third quarter against Tulsa on Sept. 10. The Buckeyes won 48-3.
“We’re going to have a special team ... When the time comes for the season, the Buckeyes will be ready.” Linnae Harper Redshirt junior guard
ROSS TAMBURRO Lantern reporter tamburro.5@osu.edu It’s not that often a college basketball program lands a transfer that can immediately step into an important role upon eligibility. Grabbing three of those players at once is especially rare, but it’s a situation the Ohio State women’s basketball team is fortunate to be in. Redshirt junior forward Stephanie Mavunga, redshirt sophomore guard Sierra Calhoun and redshirt junior guard Linnae Harper will make their debuts with the Buckeyes this season after transferring from other colleges. “They are all going to have big roles in this program right away,” said associate head coach Patrick Klein. Mavunga played two seasons at the University of North Carolina before deciding to transfer at the end of her sophomore year,
and Sierra Calhoun, who previously suited up for Duke University, will be available from the outset of the 2016-17 campaign. Per NCAA rules, both players had to sit out for the entirety of the 2015-16 season. “We’re really about to play, we’re free,” Mavunga said. “We feel like we’ve been locked up this whole time. It’s just time to unleash.” Harper waited until the fall of 2015 to make her decision, making the following semester her first official ineligible term. The redshirt junior is required to sit out one more semester and will be ready to return to the floor in mid-December after transferring the from Kentucky Wildcats. “It’s going to give me more time to work on my game,” Harper said. “I’ll be a leader to my teammates on the sidelines, still being there supporting them.” All three players were McTRANSFERS CONTINUES ON 7