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High prices impact textbook market Ohio State JAY PANANDIKER Copy Chief panandiker.1@osu.edu A study from the Public Interest Research Group reported textbook prices have risen more than 73 percent since 2006, meaning the face value of a new textbook has risen faster than the price of most retail goods, healthcare and even college tuition. According to the study, which was released earlier this year, the market for undergraduate textbooks is a $1.5 billion industry. The College Board recommends students budget almost $1,300 for textbooks and other course materials each year.

The prices of books Kathy Smith, manager of Barnes & Noble at Ohio State, said the prices of textbooks at OSU are consistent with the prices of similar items at other universities. Book prices themselves are set by publishers, who sell to the bookstore at a fixed cost regardless of the quantity purchased, she said. Barnes & Noble then adds an “industry-standard margin” on top of this price to cover its costs of doing business.

Lucia Dunn, an economics professor, said publishers release new editions of textbooks too frequently, which drives up prices. Dunn specifically mentioned a representative from McGraw-Hill who once told her, if possible, publishers aim to revise books every 18 months.

“They have got the authors of these textbooks who are working on these books constantly updat-

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still works the original function, but kids can activate it by using a switch.”

Since each special needs child suffers from a different disability, each toy has to be specifically modified to fit the child’s capabilities.

Much like Design for 90, TAP is an engineering program that has a focus on humanitarianism. Riter believes the program’s popularity comes from students’ interests in

An impermissible academic benefit by a former Ohio State football player was one of 19 NCAA violations OSU athletic teams reported between Jan. 1 and Sept. 12. The OSU football team reported two violations, with one still awaiting a decision from the NCAA on further action against the program.

The Lantern filed a public records request through the university on Sept. 12, and the request was completed on Oct. 17.

According to the document of self-reported violations, the university received information about possible academic misconduct on Feb. 6, 2015. On July 25, 2015, the Committee on Academic Misconduct charged the former student athlete with academic misconduct. The hearing was delayed until March 3 at the request of the student-athlete, citing his work obligations and being out of state at the time.

In Spring 2014, COAM found that the former student-athlete met with his assigned Student-Athlete Support Services Office tutor for regularly scheduled appointments at an approved institutional tutoring site. During these tutoring appointments, the former student-athlete and the tutor exchanged multiple emails that had one of the student-athlete’s African American and African studies course papers and final exam attached to the email. Several of the emails were sent outside of the appointment times, which is a breach of SASSO practices.

In the investigation of the files, COAM concluded that the file siz-

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ing it, when, in fact, there is no need to change the textbook in some fundamental areas, like economics, every 18 months,” Dunn said. “The laws of supply and demand don’t change every 18 months.”

Bart Snapp, a math professor, also said he thinks textbook publishers update books too often.

“I really don’t know of a time where I thought to myself, ‘A new edition of the textbook is out, oh good,’” Snapp said. “Usually I think, ‘Oh I don’t want that, I want the old one.’”

Dunn, who last taught classes in Fall 2015, said cost was definitely a factor when she considered changing a textbook, as she sees

the prices of books as something that add heavily to student debt.

“I think they know they have the students over a barrel, and they are taking advantage of them,” she said.

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Group modifies toys for special-needs kids MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu By mixing engineering with community service, the Toy Adaption Program: Connection for Expansion is a group of engineering students that provides modified toys for children with special needs.

While most toys you will find at Wal-Mart or Target are designed for the common child, some children with special needs are unable to operate a given toy because of physical impairment. By making a few modifications, TAP makes toys that any child can play with.

Elizabeth Riter, program manager and founder of TAP, said the program arrived on campus in 2013 after a former student of hers contacted her about the idea, which sprung from a similar or-

ganization — Replay for Kids in Medina, Ohio. The former student had gone through a toy adaptation workshop with Replay for Kids and proposed bringing it to OSU with the purpose to apply engineering outside of the classroom, Riter said.

While Riter said the first workshop only had about a 50 percent success rate with adapting toys, she went on to say TAP is now run by a group of engineers who run workshops for different groups and has evolved into a lab experience in the classroom.

“Sometimes you break open a toy and it’s easy to break open, but then it’s really hard to put back together,” said Meg West, a fourthyear in civil engineering and an intern with TAP. Now in its third year, the team has gained experience in modifying toys. As for the design pro-

“We are just starting to see students who are interested in doing this type of engineering that also helps humanity in some way.”

Elizabeth Riter Program manager, founder of TAP

cess, Riter said the plan to attack for each toy is open-ended, as each toy is built differently. Keeping up with the newer and popular toys can be difficult, the team has been able to make modifications to toys like an electrical bubble blower, where the team added an audio jack cord where the user can plug in the switch to activate the toy.

“It’s opening them up. It’s figuring out how they work then basically adding a second way to activate the toy,” Riter said. “It

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Crime map Oct. 24 - 31 MITCH HOOPER Engagement Editor hooper.102@osu.edu 1. On Oct. 24 at 12:20 a.m., a woman reported a theft from her motor vehicle in the 100 block of Chittenden Avenue after she discovered her car window was broken and her backpack containing a reported $1,100 worth of electronics was missing.

2. A unaffiliated man was arrested for operating a vehicle impaired near the Blackburn House on Sunday at 1:11 a.m.

3. A man was arrested for criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct on Saturday at 4:03 a.m. Columbus Division of Police officers were called after the man had caused multiple disturbances at the Dunkin’ Donuts on North High Street and refused to leave the store after being asked by employTEXTBOOKS FROM 1

with these criticisms, including Marisa Bluestone, director of communications at the Association of American Publishers — a trade group that represents many publishers, including Cengage, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education. Bluestone said the actual prices that students pay for textbooks, as opposed to the face value of the book itself, fell between 2014-15 and 2015-16.

Bluestone attributed this to savvy student consumers and the shift from print to digital textbooks.

“The industry recognizes that the sticker price of print materials can be quite high,

ees several times.

4. A staff member reported a known suspect to University Police for “making a false alarm” on Woody Hayes Drive between Fyffe and Coffey roads on Oct. 24 at 12:03 a.m.

5. At the GNC on North High Street, a man allegedly stole $240 worth of exercise products on Tuesday at 10:14 a.m.

6. A robbery reportedly occurred on Hamlet Street near East Ninth Avenue on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., resulting in a reported loss of $2,950 worth of electronics.

Note: Crimes featured on this map do not represent the full extent of criminal activity in the campus area.

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and that’s one of the reasons — that and students do better with (digital textbooks) — are the two big reasons that the industry is moving from print to digital,” said David Anderson, executive director of higher education for AAP. Anderson added that the prices of textbooks have risen, just as they do for any other product. He said, however, that as the industry becomes more digitally based, prices will go down, and so far some prices have dropped as much as 40 to 60 percent.

“I don’t know of anyone else in the higher-education ecosystem who can say they

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have lowered prices like that,” he said.

Anderson said the general industry standard is to release a new edition of a textbook every three to four years. He added that this usually depends on changes in the field or if the publisher recognizes a new way to teach the material.

“If you’re looking at an accounting book dealing with taxation, and you’re dealing with a tax that was repealed or amended two years ago, that’s not a useful textbook,” he said.

Alternatives All of this has led to innovative solutions by professors to help students keep prices low. Dunn, for example, said she allows students to use older editions of textbooks instead of newer ones, and provides students with chapter assignments to accompany it.

“The faculty are trying to help the students that way, but a lot of students are worried about using the older edition, so it doesn’t work perfectly,” she said.

Another way to lower prices is creating open-source textbooks like the one created

by Snapp, titled Ximera, which is available for free online for calculus classes and provides students with real-time feedback on their performance. Since the book is open source, anyone can suggest edits to the book to Snapp, allowing the book to be updated easily. The textbook has been used in several sections of Calculus I at OSU. Snapp said students are happy the book is free, compared with the traditional $120 calculus text. Snapp also is able to gather data and see how students are using the textbook, in the same way that textbook publishers can.

“When we know how the students use the system, we can write (the book) better so they learn better,” he said. “That’s typically information that is hard to get out of the publisher.”

Rather than use a traditional textbook, Ty Shepfer, a management and human resources professor, has his classes use a compilation of articles from various academic journals. He said a traditional textbook might not include all of the material a professor wants to cover, and therefore might result in supplemental materials being necessary for the class. Moreover, since the material is specifically tailored to his class, no portion of the compilation goes unused, he said. He also said he thinks it is important that other professors also consider the price of a textbook when designing their classes.

“As a land-grant institution, I think that it is critical that every faculty member at Ohio State consider the cost of their course materials,” Shepfer said in an email. “If there is anything that I can do to promote afford-

“I think they know they have the students over a barrel, and they are taking advantage of them.”

Lucia Dunn Economics professor

ability and access, I try to do it as this is in line with (University) President (Michael) Drake’s vision. While it may be a small part, if everyone does their part, it can truly make a difference.”

The rise of rentals A newer development in the textbook industry is the rental textbook market. Smith, of Barnes & Noble at OSU, said renting textbooks has become a popular option at OSU. “Textbook rentals are an extremely popular option because they save money up front,” Smith said in an email. “This is particularly important for students who cannot afford to lay out a larger amount of money for textbooks and then wait three months or more to return books for buyback.”

Smith said the rental option has been well-received at OSU, and students can save 35 to 50 percent renting a new book instead of buying it, and 50 to 80 percent doing the same with used textbooks.

Dunn said that if this market expands, it would help students a great deal. However, she said students who rent a textbook lose the ability to go back and reference it in future semesters.

Anderson said he believes the concerns about high textbook prices will go away as the industry shifts to more digitally based books.

“We’re moving from a print world where most of the price issues exist into a digital world where most of those issues are very much diminished or go away all together.

Dunn, however, took a different view.

“It’s price gouging, that’s my opinion. It’s price gouging.”

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Ohio State police academy reinforces university motto When I was younger and people asked me what I wanted to be, my mom swears I said I wanted to be a police officer. I have no memory of this, but some of that desire must still be there, because in September I signed up for the Community Police Academy held by University Police.

The academy ran for four weeks, meeting on Wednesday nights, with an additional ride-along with a police officer. I signed up not really knowing what to expect, not even really knowing how the University Police differed from Columbus Division of Police.

My first impression of the academy was that the officers took themselves much too seriously. Every moment, they had another note to give us, another technique to learn. For instance, officers stand with their gun-baring hip facing away from people, especially when handcuffing a suspect, to minimize the risk of losing control of their weapon. This might not sound hard to remember, but between keeping control of the suspect, being aware of your surroundings and handcuffing someone, it adds up quickly.

Students were given the opportunity to practice handcuffing procedures; this first of many hands-on activities that were a part of the academy. I didn’t see the difficulty in this until I had to actually do it. Handcuffs are floppy, managing them requires gripping the chain in the middle and both sides of the cuffs at once. At the same time, you need to maintain control and visual contact on the suspect. At the end of just this one

exercise, I was starting to see a new side of but in this instance, the laws were just igthings. nored.

A large emphasis of the academy was Before the academy, I would have said safety. Police officers exist to make the this officer was overreacting — people can world more safe. This responsibility brings see the traffic stop, and therefore won’t hit a great risk to the officer’s personal safety. it. Why do they need to move? After almost From traffic stops to handcuffing people, 20 hours of time in a classroom talking safety is the top priority officers have at all to officers, I knew to think differently. I times. I was astonished to learn about the learned that car accidents are a major condangers involved in cern in officer safetraffic stops. I have ty. I knew that the The education I received always viewed traftrooper making the fic stops as an anstop was concerned at the Community Police noyance for myself about any number Academy has added and the officers, but of things, and reducto my citizenship and there is so much ing the variables he more involved. Due had to worry about understanding of the to the number of would make everycommunity, adding to my things people can one safer.

Ohio State education and hide but still reach While police offrom their driver’s making me a better member ficers are focused seat, officers woron safety, the acadof society. ry about weapons emy was focused becoming a factor. on communication.

Even the cars that fail to move to the left of From introductions to conclusions, officers the road make officers worry about being emphasized that they wanted to learn from hit by vehicles. us as much as we learned from them. There Each student at the academy was required were discussions about tensions between to schedule a two-hour ride-along. On my the police and citizens, from national meride-along, we drove by a state trooper who dia scrutiny police face to how students felt had pulled over a driver. We watched as ev- about treatment after the College Football ery car on the highway ignored this traffic Championship. stop and failed to moved to the left. This The Ohio State motto is “Education for prompted a discussion. The officer I was Citizenship.” This education doesn’t stop at riding with was angry about this, explain- your major. Being a citizen is much more ing that laws existed to keep officers safe, than knowing where a comma goes or what

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helping others with assistive technology.

“We are just starting to see students who are interested in doing this type of engineering that also helps humanity in some way,” Riter said. “Assistive technology and adaptive technology is something that is becoming more prevalent in what students want to do with an engineering degree.”

Rachel Kajfez, an assistant professor with the Department of Engineering Education, said she feels it is important to add TAP to a first-year engineering student’s curriculum, saying it would give the student the opportunity to find an interest in assistive and adaptive technology.

“Students can have a really tangible, hands-on, people-orientated experience for their first year,” Kajfez said. “So hopefully this will spur involvement in other humanitarianism or people-centered kind of work.”

TAP works with two organizations –– the Nisonger Center Toy and Technology Library as well as Katelyn’s Kloset –– which help distribute the modified toys to families.

In addition, the group plans to work with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to host a workshop to show parents how to create adaptations for toys. Because of grants from the Office of Outreach and Engagement, TAP is able to donate all of their modified

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Corrections In the article “Snowden set to come to Ohio State,” which appeared on page one of the Oct. 27 edition, it was reported that Edward Snowden was a former National Security Agency employee and U.S. government contractor. In fact, he was an NSA contractor, not an employee.

“Class counters Parkinson’s tremors” on page 3 in the Oct. 27 print edition said Miriam King was certified in Dance for PD, but, in fact, she was trained without official certification. The study mentioned using Dance Dance Revolution did not study Parkinson’s, but in fact studied Huntington’s disease. The photo credit was also incorrect, credit should be given to Buzz Crisafulli.

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Zoology student takes passion for animals to Etsy ADRIENNE SANTOS For the Lantern santos.124@osu.edu An Ohio State zoology student is knitting her own zoo of baby animal hats.

Lauren McClure, a fourth-year in anthropology and zoology, combined her interests in crochet

and animals by creating her own Etsy shop.

The Baby Zootique opened for business in January. McClure works in the summer for the Cincinnati Zoo in its education department, teaching children about different animals, nature and conservation. Before opening the shop, she would make scarves,

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Lauren McClure, an OSU zoology student, makes and sells crochet hats on Etsy.

stuffed animals and other small items as gifts for friends who were pregnant or had small children. After McClure made gifts for her supervisor at the zoo, she said co-workers all encouraged her to start an Etsy shop and sell her creations.

“I first learned to crochet in fifth grade when I moved from Texas to Vermont,” McClure said. “I learned the basics in school, then self-taught the rest.”

Each baby hat is designed to look like a different animal, including monkeys, koala bears, giraffes and elephants. Lauren also handpicks names for each of her creations, such as “Zuri the Giraffe.” “Avery the Owl” is named after her supervisor’s daughter, the one who inspired the creation of the shop in the first place. Other names come from animals she has worked with at the zoo, and friends and conservationists she’s

“I find joy in being able to create something from nothing to make people smile.”

Lauren McClure OSU student and Etsy shop owner

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McClure’s hats come in owl, giraffe, fox, bear and penguin designs. inspired by, such as Bindi Irwin. have fun with, not my job. I enjoy “I want to make the hats cute making homemade items for peoand unique, personalize each one ple and friends that are one of a with a name that fits,” McClure kind.” said.

Since the launch in January, McClure said she does not plan Lauren has had around 20 orders to expand outside of baby prod- for the $17 hats. This will be the ucts anytime soon, but might add first full winter that the Baby mittens or other small items to her Zootique will be up and running, store in the future if enough re- and she expects the number of orquests are made. With a schedule ders to rise. around work and school, smaller “I find joy in being able to create items are easier to complete since something from nothing to make they take less time to make, she people smile,” McClure said. “I said. try to make the prices reasonable “I’m not trying to expand the because its not about the money, I shop too much,” McClure said. just like to make hand crafted gifts “This is just a hobby for me to that make people happy.”

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‘Apocalypsis’ director brings dark vision to Wex ELIZABETH TZAGOURNIS Lantern reporter tzagournis.24@osu.edu “Apocalypsis” seeks to answer the question: what will the rapture look like?

Eric Leiser, the writer, director and animator of the film, will appear in person to screen his movie at the Wexner Center for the Arts on Tuesday.

The 2016 film focuses on a woman who begins experiencing intense visions after reading the book of Revelations. He shared his personal take on the Bible’s book of Revelation by attempting to visualize the core themes in each chapter through animation and live action acting. The Christian filmmaker called the piece “dreamlike,” and said it forced him to reach the peak of his creative ability.

“Revelations has so many images in it that are just surreal and magical,” Leiser said. “It’s a mixture of the symbols in Revelations,

“This just seems like it’s going to be a real visual feast.”

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but it’s also the feelings and my interpretations of this cataclysmic event.”

Leiser utilizes experimental film techniques including different types of animation, including holography and stop-motion. Leiser said he is inspired to use abstract and symbolic Christian imagery to create visual pieces for what was once words on a page.

The Wex’s curator team brought Leiser and his film, “Apocalypsis”, as another way to tap into the more interesting talents in the filmmaking and animation world, said Melissa Starker, Creative Content and Public Relations Manager.

“I honestly can’t wait to see it because it’s got this really intriguing apocalyptic premise and the imagery that’s available in the teaser trailer is just stunning, it’s jaw-dropping,” Starker said. “This just seems like it’s going to be a real visual feast.”

Leiser’s past work includes eight short films and four features, one being his passion project “Imagination.” He named “Imagination” and “Apocalypsis” as the favorite films he’s made, though each required three years of hard work.

“I just try to make it through these spiritual challenges (and) ups and downs, it’s all for spiritual growth,” he said.

Leiser said his purpose in film-

making has always been to strike deep emotional chords in people and he hopes the audience thinks very deeply about the story of “Apocalypsis.”

“The book of Revelations asks some of the most challenging questions … there’s no way they can’t emit some type of emotion or feeling out of somebody,” he said. “Anyone who loves live-action films that are very stylized or films that have strange stories will

love the film.”

Starker highlighted the value that a unique production like “Apocalypsis” presents to students, particularly those in the film and animation fields. The type of animation in “Apocalypsis” greatly varies from what is typically expected in movies from studios like Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks, she said.

“It’s a far cry from what you think of when you think feature

animation… this really shows how far you can push the medium,” she said. “It’s also taking a very unique and far from ordinary approach to storytelling.”

“Apocalypsis” will screen at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Wex. Leiser will be in attendance and will participate in a question-and-answer session following the screening. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for the general public.

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-es and word counts had changed at some point during the exchanges on both assignments. Due to some of these exchanges occurring outside the appointment times, COAM was not able to conclude whether the former student-athlete worked on the assignments with the tutor on the tutor’s computer, which is permissible, or the tutor acted alone in making adjustments to the assignments — which is not permissible.

The former student-athlete said he would often work on his assignments on the tutor’s computer if he forgot his own computer, then he would either email the assignments to himself, or the tutor would email it to him later, according to the document. When asked during the hearing, the former student-athlete told COAM that he “had no recollection” of the changes made to the attached assignments in the email exchanges.

COAM believed there was enough evidence to charge the former student-athlete with academic misconduct and sanctioned disciplinary probation for one academic year on the institution and reduced the former student-athletes final African American and African studies course grade by a full letter grade.

In addition, the institution relieved the tutor from duties on Jan. 13, 2015, well before COAM began investigating the case.

COAM told The Lantern that it could not comment on any cases, current or past, citing FERPA

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guidelines. An OSU team spokesman could not identify the former student-athlete for The Lantern.

The case was self-reported on April 28. At the time of the fulfillment of the public records request on Oct. 17, The NCAA had yet to decide if further action is necessary — the only such case of the 19 that is awaiting action.

The only case involving the OSU men’s basketball program was impermissible contact on an official visit, where the prospect engaged in conversation on the sidelines at the OSU football game against Hawaii on Sept. 12, 2015. This was in violation of the NCAA Bylaw 13.1.2.1 which limits permissible recruiters to staff members. The exceptions to the rule include unavoidable incidental contact made with the prospect by people of interest connected to the program, provided that the contact is not prearranged.

A spokesman for the OSU men’s basketball team did not immediately respond to The Lantern’s request to confirm the identity of said prospect or the former student-athlete he conversed with.

But on Sept. 12, 2015, it was reported by multiple media outlets that former five-star recruit, and current Arizona Wildcats freshman, Kobi Simmons was on his official visit at OSU, while former Buckeyes Evan Turner, Mike Conley, D’Angelo Russell and Michael Redd were seen at the football game.

The violation was reported on Jan. 1, 2016.

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we came to talk to y’all and it was like we lost. Y’all remember that?”

Regardless of the outside noise surrounding them, OSU remains proud of the culture and effort of itself. Arguably the most important matchup looms just around the corner against No. 9 Nebraska in primetime, with playoff implications on the line.

Even with the outside criticism, Meyer remains on his one-track mind.

“We’re just going to go try to find a way to beat Nebraska,” he said.

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Number of NCAA violations ROBERT SCARPINITO | MANAGING EDITOR FOR DESIGN

The women’s ice hockey team is tied with the most NCAA violations of any OSU athletics program from Jan. 1 to Sept. 12 with three, all under former head coach Jenny Porter who was fired amid NCAA violations. Read online for

Arguably the most impactful player for their respective team is Joey Bosa of the San Diego Chargers. He has been an absolute monster this year and has played only three games. Through three games, he has four sacks, 11 tackles and a safety. For a rookie to dominate at the line of scrimmage this early in his career is an exciting sign for Chargers fans. As of now, he is on pace for 16 sacks in 12 games. As the third overall pick in this year’s draft, Bosa has lived up to every ounce of the hype to this point and Chargers fans can finally rejoice after his contract holdout.

The Buckeyes’ early success in the NFL is a true testament to Urban Meyer’s ability to develop his players. After their record year of 14 NFL draft picks, former Buckeyes have not let their foot off the gas. With many exciting Buckeyes around the league, the future looks very promising.

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details of her exit from the program.

The OSU baseball team also had three NCAA violations, including an athlete incorrectly certified as eligible during the the 2014-15 academic year. The Compliance Of-

fice found on Sept. 23, 2015, that the student-athlete participated in 20 contests and received competition-related expenses during the season while ineligible.

The violation was reported to the NCAA on March 17 and the institution submitted a payment of $5,000 for allowing the student-athlete to compete while ineligible. The NCAA found that no further action was necessary given that the institution paid the $500 fine for each of the 10 games played by the student-athlete while deemed ineligible, totaling $5,000.

The second of the OSU football team’s violations involved 48 prospective student-athletes receiving free admission to an OSU football camp. The prospects were associated with the athletic training and development company Rising Stars Recruiting.

Rising Stars provided a check to the institution to pay for the 48 prospects who attended the camp, but a stop payment was placed on the bad check when the Athletics Business Office attempted to process the check. Therefore, the 48 prospects received free admission to the camp.

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Team attitude all about winning for OSU NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu After Saturday’s 24-20 win over unranked Northwestern, the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes remained in a favorable spot in the national rankings, just outside the playoff cutoff with a few top-tier matchups still on their calendar. Even with such a prime position and the chance to build momentum against No. 9 Nebraska at home this Saturday, some fans are still worrying about the status of the team.

Following the victory over the Wildcats, OSU coach Urban Meyer was pleased with the way his team was able to overcome adversity and stick together when things got tough. Still, he called things a “work in progress,” and admitted the team has not been firing on all cylinders as of late.

But with eight games under their belt, the mantra remains the same. This team is young and is still learning, but still has a shot to reach the playoffs.

Redshirt junior guard Billy Price said after the game that the ultimate goal is still reachable for the team, but OSU cannot look too far ahead. For Price, the methodical approach is the best approach.

“Week by week,” he said.

The team has remained adamant that now is not the time to panic, and that they are still playing well. Although the team beat an unranked Big Ten opponent by only four points, the offense showed some improvement, while

“We’re just going to go try to find a way to beat Nebraska.”

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OSU redshirt junior quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) outpaces Northwestern redshirt sophomore safety Jared McGee (41) during the game on Oct. 29. The Buckeyes won 24-20. the defense made the plays it had to in crunch time.

OSU allowed the Big Ten’s leading rusher Justin Jackson to gain just 76 yards, his second lowest mark of the season. His lowest total came on a 12 carry, 42-yard effort against Illinois State, but Jackson was limited in that contest after a leg injury in the third quarter.

Close games might seem to be grounds for stress from fans, but Meyer is convinced these kind of games will help the team down the road.

“Ages your coach, (but) builds

character for your players,” he said.

Some might find the team attitude as stubborn or prideful, but the Buckeyes have admitted the team must learn to play better as the season progresses. Defense, or lack there of in key moments, was a large part to the loss against Penn State.

Against Northwestern, the defense allowed some sizable chunk plays, including a 35-yard toss to Wildcats’ senior wide receiver Austin Carr, who smoked the Buckeyes secondary for 158 yards on Saturday. The plays that were

memorable following the hard fought win were not the ones that gave up yards, rather than the ones that helped lead the Buckeyes to victory.

Even with the impenetrable veil of the defense now gone following a string of mediocre performances, OSU was able to get back on track on Saturday. Junior middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan said he is feeling good after a tough home win, and still feels the team is doing what it can at the end of the day.

“That’s one of our things that we come in and do,” he said.

“Strive to be the best we can be each week, and at the end of the season we’re playing our best ball.

(We’re) giving up some things that (are) schemed up against us that we just have to work through throughout the game to come out the other end with a W and make stops when we need to in the redzone.”

With all the outside voices around questioning the heart and the ability of the team, it would be easy for the Buckeyes to fold under the pressure and start dropping games on a frequent basis.

But Meyer and the team have remained confident in the ability of the players to keep grinding and striving for the end season goals they set to start the season.

Redshirt junior quarterback J.T. Barrett is especially advocating for positive thoughts following a win. So much in fact, he even took a shot at the media members on Monday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for their harsh take on the team.

“It’s almost like last year,” Barrett said. “Last year we were winning games but it was almost …

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NFL Update: How former Buckeyes are excelling in the NFL MAX MILLER For The Lantern miller.8000@osu.edu It’s halfway through the NFL season, but former Ohio State Buckeyes have already asserted their NFL dominance. With half of the season still remaining, here are a few former Buckeyes who have been top performers around the league.

Ezekiel Elliott has been as good a running back as anyone else in the NFL. As a rookie, Elliott is leading the league in rushing yards as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. He has already reached 799 yards through seven games, and he still leads the league after he’s had a bye week. Playing behind the best offensive line in football, Elliot is on record pace. Many people believe he has a chance to break Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson’s record of 2,000-plus yards by a rookie, which would be an incredible feat.

Malcolm Jenkins is poised for back-to-back pro bowl seasons, leading the new-look Eagles defense that has been performing at one of the highest levels in the NFL. Jenkins has been making

After their record year of NFL draft picks, former Buckeyes have not let their foot off the gas. key plays for Philadelphia all year thus far with a 66-yard pick six against Washington and a huge fumble recovery for a touchdown in a winning effort against Minnesota. Jenkins, a former cornerback, has made the switch to free safety and has been playing all over the field for the Eagles. He is a jack of all trades when they need him to be.

A bright spot on a not-so-bright team is Carlos Hyde with the 49ers. He has racked up six touchdowns this year while carrying much of the load for the San Francisco offense. Hyde is one of the few backs in the league with multiple games of two touchdowns or more. As of now, he is on pace for a 1,100-yard season along with 16 touchdowns. Needless to say, his

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Dallas Cowboys rookie and former OSU running back Ezekiel Elliott leads the NFL in rushing yards with 799.

Pro Bowl level of play is something San Francisco fans can look forward to.

An overlooked performer is Terrelle Pryor with the Cleveland Browns. It’s easy not to pay attention when his team hasn’t won once in eight weeks, but he real-

ly is talented. He is on pace for a more than 1,000 receiving yards this season, which is not bad for a former quarterback making the switch to receiver. With a key touchdown over Josh Norman, one of the league’s premier corners, Pryor showed his ability to

perform against good competition.

In an outing against the Tennessee Titans, he had 75 yards receiving to pair with two touchdowns. A possible Pro Bowl selection, Pryor is making sure his name is heard throughout the league.

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