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Then-football coach Jim Tressel is handed the trophy after OSU beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl, 26-17, in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1, 2010.

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OSU football players pick up the Sugar Bowl trophy after defeating Arkansas, 31-26, in New Orleans, Jan. 4, 2011.

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Then-junior running back Jordan Hall (7) is tackled during the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. OSU lost to Florida, 24-16, Jan. 2, 2012.

‘Roller coaster ride’ winding down for Buckeye seniors

eric seger Sports editor seger.25@osu.edu First there was a Rose Bowl victory. Then a victory in New Orleans at the Sugar Bowl. Then that season was vacated, and the school endured into its first losing season since 1988. Now, a 22-game winning streak. The Ohio State football class of 2013 has been through it all. “It was a roller coaster ride. It started off basically giving us everything — Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl. And then, not trying to down the Gator Bowl or anything, it’s just not the Rose Bowl or the Sugar Bowl,” redshirt-senior quarterback Kenny Guiton said Monday. “We kind of got spoiled from

the start, and then once it got down … I’m (just) happy we got to pick it back up for one last go around.” Guiton is one of 18 players set to be recognized Saturday for the Buckeyes’ (10-0, 6-0) home finale against Indiana (4-6, 2-4). With a win, OSU will clinch a Leaders Division title for the second consecutive season. It is a class of seniors that has been under the tutelage of three head coaches in its time at OSU and has gone through the adversity of a bowl ban, among other setbacks. “My class, we came in with (Jim) Tress(el) and then we went to coach (Luke) Fick(ell) and now we got coach (Urban) Meyer, so it’s been a great experience,” senior safety Christian Bryant said Monday. “Coach Meyer, he came in with a great spirit. He wanted to try to turn this program back to where it

was before coach Tress left, and I feel like he did a great job of that.” The 2013 seniors have posted an overall record of 40-8, including the vacated 2010-11 season. Its 12-0 campaign a year ago was just the sixth undefeated and untied season in program history and the first since 2002. All that recent success, though, did not come easily after each member was a part of the forgettable 6-7 2011 season. “It’s been one heck of a ride, (with) just a lot of stuff thrown at us,” redshirt-senior center Corey Linsley said Monday. “For the guys that made it through and the guys that stuck it out, through the ups and downs, it’s absolutely been worth it … There’s a lot of reasons why we were 6-7, and why we’re undefeated now. We’ve done nothing but work hard to earn this spot.”

In just its second season under Meyer, OSU is on the verge of setting a school record for wins in a row if the team takes care of business against Indiana. The coach said he has a high appreciation for those players being honored Saturday. “This week is all about 18 seniors, (the) last two years have (they’ve) been on a nice run,” Meyer said. “Guys I have a great admiration for.” Coming back from the depths of the losing season was something not only the seniors had to go through, the older guys played a huge part in turning the team’s success around. “We did a lot of growing up, as far as maturity goes. I think when coach Meyer got here we realized that we were the older guys now, and we had to assume some responsibility and not just take a back

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1963 Buckeyes reflect on ‘hollow victory’ vs. Michigan after JFK shot Dan Hope Oller reporter hope.46@osu.edu In a typical year for the Ohio State and Michigan football teams, there might not be anything that takes precedence above the rivals’ annual meeting at the end of the regular season. The Game took a backseat in 1963, however, to national tragedy. Nov. 22, 1963, 50 years ago Friday, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling in a motorcade to an appearance in Dallas. The Ohio State-Michigan game, originally scheduled to be played the following day, was postponed one week — though not immediately. “We were actually at the stadium getting dressed when it was canceled,” Arnie Chonko, a cornerback on the 1963 team, said in an interview with The Lantern. “They didn’t cancel the game until 10 in the morning.” Members of that team acknowledged that had the game gone on as scheduled that Saturday, it would have been difficult to focus on football. “It was just the demeanor of the team was like, this game isn’t really important,” linebacker Ike Kelley said. “It’s a big game and as far as the rivalry

goes between the Buckeyes and the Wolverines, but at that particular moment when we heard the news, it really didn’t matter.” Greg Lashutka, a tight end on the 1963 team who later became the mayor of Columbus from 1992 to 2000, said he thought postponing the game — as well as most of the other college football games scheduled around the nation that Nov. 23 — was the “smartest thing that collegiate football did.” “I think that was the right thing to do so people could put themselves around their own reflection, get with their loved ones,” Lashutka said. “I don’t think we could have really played the game very well that next day if we had to. It was hard enough a week later, let alone the day after.” The Game was rescheduled for Nov. 30, the latest a game between OSU and Michigan has been played until this year’s contest, which will also be played Nov. 30. The postponement had a number of effects on the rescheduled game, which the Buckeyes won, 14-10. The official attendance of that game at Michigan Stadium, which had hosted 101,450 people during

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Lawyer calls on Smith to fire cheer coach

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OSU running back Paul Warfield (42) catches a 35-yard pass from quarterback Don Unverferth late in the second quarter for a touchdown against Michigan Nov. 30, 1963. OSU won, 14-10.

CGS officers issue apology after 6-hour meeting

Dan Hope Oller reporter hope.46@osu.edu

Sally Xia For The Lantern xia.82@osu.edu

Two assistant cheerleading coaches were fired in May for “sufficient evidence” of sexual harassment, but one former cheerleader’s lawyer said the terminations should not stop there. John Camillus, the attorney of former OSU cheerleader Cody Ellis, wrote in a Wednesday email addressed to OSU athletic director Gene Smith that he believes Smith should fire head coach Lenee Buchman and allow his client to return to the team. “It is time for someone with authority, common sense, and at least a modicum of moral courage to do the right thing — terminate Ms. Buchman and immediately reinstate Cody Ellis to the cheerleading squad,” Camillus wrote in the email, of which he sent a copy to The Lantern. Camillus also stated in the email he believes there are “three different aspects of head coach Lenee Buchman’s misconduct that should have caused OSU to terminate her. “First, she either permitted or fostered the sexually hostile and inappropriate cheerleading environment reflected in the results of the Bumbrey-Hollins investigation,” Camillus wrote. He listed the second reason as Buchman’s failure to report Ellis’ sexual harassment complaints and the third as her kicking Ellis off of the cheerleading team. Following an investigation by OSU, former assistant coaches Eddie Hollins and Dana Bumbrey were terminated May 23 “for cause”

After a week-long conflict and a six-hour conversation with the Office of Student Life, the Ohio State Council of Graduate Students has rescheduled its meeting, originally scheduled for Friday, to Dec. 13. According to emails sent earlier in the week, the council almost canceled the meeting completely. “For my part, it is believed that I have the authority to cancel the meeting on my own, but I would look to the committee as a whole to make the decision together so there is no confusion,” CGS president Joshua Coy said in a Wednesday email sent to executive members of CGS asked the members to “not bring other people outside of the exec committee into this conversation.” Coy said in the email an ongoing investigation of CGS was the main reason for seeking to cancel the meeting. “The prospect of multiple, or one large investigation actively happening into all parts of the executive officers makes the possibility of running an effective meeting a questionable one,” the email read. OSU Student Life spokesman Dave Isaacs said in an email Thursday afternoon it is private information whether there was an OSU investigation into the matter. “The matter … is subject to federal privacy regulations which prohibit us from commenting,”

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OSU cheerleading coach Lenee Buchman stands on the sideline during an OSU football game against Illinois Nov. 16. according to letters to each coach from Kim Heaton, the director of human resources for the OSU athletic department, which were obtained by The Lantern Nov. 7 to fill a public records request filed Aug. 30. “The university conducted a complete and thorough investigation and found that the behaviors of Hollins and Bumbrey were inconsistent with university values and violated university policies,” OSU spokesman Gary Lewis told The

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Isaacs said. “It is important to understand that the university has policies and procedures for responding to and investigating student personnel and conduct issues, and we are committed to providing and facilitating positive and safe working, learning and involvement environments.” A letter from other CGS officers to CGS Vice President Jamie Crowsley dated Nov. 1 detailed Crowsley’s actions over the past few months, which had caused them “to become gravely concerned” and included “lying and asking others to lie,” manipulating facts and events and failing to take responsibility for her actions. There were not specific examples given for most of the issues listed. It also said there would be “no opportunity for response, rebuttal or debate on (Crowsley’s) behalf as this will not … be considered a hearing, but rather a personnel issue.” Crowsley forwarded the letter in an email Monday to Krista Bryson, a CGS delegate and a Ph.D., candidate in the Department of English. Crowsley told Bryson in her email, obtained by The Lantern, Coy had initiated an “executive session” during the Nov. 15 CGS meeting to present the problems to the executive committee. “He demanded that minutes not be kept for this session and that everyone in attendance adhere to confidentiality, not speaking about the content of the meeting with anyone beyond that room,” Crowsley said. Crowsley’s email also mentioned Coy had fired Bryson at the private meeting for attempting to

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