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MIRROR LAKE JUMP TO INCLUDE FENCES, WRISTBANDS AGAIN LOGAN HICKMAN Campus editor hickman.201@osu.edu While students hoping to take the plunge into Mirror Lake’s icy November waters will have the chance next week, they’ll need a wristband for admittance for the second straight year. And though Undergraduate Student Government advocated for that requirement, some students aren’t sold on it. The Mirror Lake area will be fenced off and access to the campus landmark for the jump will be available through two primary entry points
to those with wristbands, which will be available to currently enrolled students, according to an Ohio State Department of Public Safety post about the jump. “These were identified as priorities during discussions with Undergraduate Student Government and are designed to prevent non-affiliates from gaining entrance and aid in line management, getting as many students through as efficiently and safely as possible,” the post said. Jumping in Mirror Lake before the OSU football game against the University of Michigan is a university tradition. This year’s jump is set to occur Nov. 25, and as of Sunday
QUICK LOOK • The Mirror Lake area will be fenced off • Access to the lake will be granted through two primary entry points • Wristbands will be required to jump • Students who are “incapacitated and are unable to care for themselves” might not be granted entry evening, about 3,200 people had responded to a Facebook event saying they plan to attend. Students who only want to watch will need wristbands as well. And anyone who is “incapacitated and
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Buckeyes ‘almost where (they) need Catcalling to be’ after 31-24 win in Minnesota can be a daily vexation on High Street
TIM MOODY Sports editor moody.178@osu.edu Mistakes were made, records were broken, and it was cold. In the middle of all that, Ohio State (9-1, 6-0) found a way to pick up a secondconsecutive road win against a team ranked in the College Football Playoff top 25. The Buckeyes — ranked No. 8 in that poll — overcame a pair of fumbles lost and an interception to leave Minneapolis — where the temperature was just 15 degrees at kickoff — with a 31-24 win against No. 25 Minnesota (7-3, 4-2) Saturday afternoon. But if OSU wants to keep rising in the poll going forward, things can’t go the way they did at TCF Bank Stadium — at least that’s how Tom Herman felt after the game. “Obviously we’re not going to be able to go where we want to go turning the ball over like that,” OSU’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach said. All season long, coach Urban Meyer has stressed that the place the Buckeyes want to be is in a position to “compete for championships in November.” Now more than halfway through the 11th month, Meyer and his team are just a win — or a Michigan State loss — away from locking up a spot in the Dec. 6 Big Ten Championship game. The Buckeyes’ next shot to book that trip to Indianapolis is set to come next Saturday against Indiana at home. That means OSU is close, but sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott agreed with Herman that the Buckeyes are a few mishaps away from being where they want to be. “We’re almost where we need to be,” Elliott said after he rushed for 91 yards against the Golden Gophers. “We keep making these little dumb mistakes but without those mistakes, the game last weekend and the game this weekend would’ve been a different outcome.” While OSU beat then-No. 8 Michigan State, 49-37, a week before topping Minnesota, both games saw the Buckeyes turn the ball over multiple times, leading to points for their opponent. In fact, all three Minnesota touchdowns came on the ensuing drives after each OSU turnover. Herman said turnovers come with the game, but added he was glad to see how the Buckeyes responded to the mistakes. “You can’t take those turnovers away,” he said. “They are what they are and that’s what
MICHAEL HUSON For The Lantern huson.4@osu.edu
“I just want to be able to get where I’m going without worrying about someone saying something to me.” - Hunter Williams, a fourth-year in strategic communication
are in men who have sex with men, she said. “People need to be practicing safer sex, using a condom. Obviously, it’s going to protect at least the areas covered by the condom but if somebody has a sore outside of the area covered by the condom, there is still a possibility (syphilis) can be transmitted,” Porter said. During 2010-11, the number of cases of primary and secondary syphilis in men who have sex with other men increased 8 percent from 6,870 to 7,422, according to the CDC website. Hannah Tippett, a fourth-year in human development and family science, currently works as a prevention intern for AIDS Resource Center Ohio and has had experience testing for STIs and counseling clients about their sexual health. “I was alarmed when I heard about (the outbreak) because I feel as though college students aren’t concerned about/don’t even think about syphilis when engaging in sexual activity,” Tippett said in an email.
Hunter Williams said she experiences verbal street harassment every day while walking in the campus area. “People mumble something or say something that might sound like a compliment, but they’re alluding to more,” said Williams, a fourth-year in strategic communication. “I can’t walk down the street without someone saying something.” Verbal street harassment has made its way to the forefront of national conversation after a YouTube video of a woman enduring more than 100 catcalls while walking through New York City for 10 hours went viral. But for some students at Ohio State, street harassment isn’t just a topic of conversation — it’s an ever-present possibility that has created a threatening environment for them around the campus area. Williams said continual catcalling has made her more cautious during daily commutes on foot, and that she now walks with mace ready and her keys clutched between her knuckles. “I don’t want to have to be scared,” Williams said. “I live here. I’m forced to commute up and down the street, I’m forced to go to class, things like that … I just want to be able to get where I’m going without worrying about someone saying something to me.” She said her friends have shared similar harassment experiences about their daily commutes, and they now discuss instances of street harassment as being routine. Williams said her experiences with street harassment occur off campus, and said the stretch of High Street between 12th and 17th avenues has harassment “hot spots” with several regulars who are middle-aged men who first ask for change but then escalate to “creepy” comments or shouting. Emily Kathe, a 2013 graduate of OSU with a degree in operations management, said she also experienced street harassment during her time at OSU, citing several instances occurring on and off campus. She said her experiences walking in the campus area made her less sociable and less outgoing over time, and that she eventually took to riding a bicycle in an effort to bypass harassment. Brady Costigan, a first-year in linguistics, said he has witnessed enough catcalling east of High Street to consider verbal harassment commonplace in the area. “It’s a blatant objectification of women,” he said. “The guys who do it try to justify it by saying that they’re just giving compliments, but in almost all cases, those kinds of compliments from strangers are creepy, unwarranted and unwanted.” Jesse Fox, an assistant professor in the School of Communication, said verbal harassment can cause short-term feelings of immediate threat, as well as long-term effects, such as paranoia and rumination. She said the threatening nature of catcalls
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MARK BATKE / Photo editor
Senior wide receiver Evan Spencer (6) runs the ball into the end zone after a reception during a game against Minnesota on Nov. 15 in Minneapolis. OSU won, 31-24. made the game close. But I was proud of our guys to continue to battle back and continue to make plays.” Perhaps nobody felt the weight of the turnovers more than redshirt-freshman H-back Jalin Marshall, as he had two fumbles in the game. One of those fumbles came on what would have been a likely touchdown for OSU, followed by an 80-yard touchdown
SPORTS INSIDE 5 takeaways from frigid win
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Men’s hockey splits weekend series
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Columbus’ syphilis outbreak enters 4th month LAUREN EVERY Lantern reporter every.5@osu.edu Students walking through the RPAC in recent weeks might have noticed a sign outside of the Student Wellness Center that read: “ATTENTION COLUMBUS, SYPHILIS OUTBREAK, GET TESTED.” Ohio State Student Life spokesman Dave Isaacs said the notice at the Student Wellness Center wasn’t a response to an increase in the number of cases on campus, but rather in the number of cases in the Greater Columbus area. And Columbus Public Health lists a Columbus syphilis outbreak on its website . Its most recent release about the outbreak was issued Nov. 4 and said data from the Ohio Department of Health showed a 34 percent increase in cases from January through August, compared to January through August 2013. Columbus Public Health issued its initial advisory about the outbreak July 10. Syphilis is a treatable sexually
transmitted infection . The infection, which is diagnosed by a blood test, causes lesions, rash and swollen lymph glands. It can also lead to paralysis and blindness if it is not treated. During 2005–13, the number of primary and secondary syphilis cases reported each year in the United States nearly doubled, from 8,724 to 16,663; the annual rate increased from 2.9 to 5.3 cases per 100,000 population. Makeda Porter, a prevention services manager of Columbus Public Health’s Sexual Health Program, said since the Columbus advisory was posted, the number of cases have increased. “We expect actually an uptake in the number of cases that are found because, ideally, what would happen is those numbers are released by the health department and then testing would increase,” Porter said. Syphilis is highly infectious and can be transmitted through vaginal, anal, oral sex, “heavy petting” and even kissing, Porter said. Even so, most of the diagnosed cases
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