The Lantern - November 29 2016

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Photos of law enforcement officers responding to the violent act on campus on Monday morning.

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Community members participated candlelight vigil held at a Lutheran campus ministry.

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Campus shook after attack

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Reporter who profiled Student attacks with knife and car, sends 11 to hospital Artan recalls a nervous new student MASON SWIRES | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Elizabeth Riter, an adviser in the College of Engineering, is embraced by her husband on the corner of College Road and Woodruff Avenue outside of Watts Hall on Nov. 28.

Campus attacker previously profiled in The Lantern’s ‘Humans of Ohio State’ feature SALLEE ANN RUIBAL Editor in Chief ruibal.1@osu.edu

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A Columbus Police officer stands around the suspect’s body with two University Police officers on North Campus following the attack on Nov. 28.

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Members of the FBI and Columbus Police stand in front of the CBEC Building and Koffolt Labs where the suspect’s body lies dead after an attack on OSU’s campus on Nov. 28.

Eleven people were injured Monday morning following an attack outside of Watts Hall on the Ohio State campus.

At 9:52 a.m., Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a third-year in logistics management, drove a gray Honda Civic sedan into a crowd of people gathered outside for a fire drill.

Artan then leaped out of the vehicle and reportedly began to attack the crowd with a butcher knife.

Artan was the only one killed, with others being sent to various hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, although one was in critical condition. All classes were canceled Monday.

The attack resulted in a Buckeye Alert text message sent to students, and the university declar-

ing a shelter-in-place command across campus. The shelter-inplace order was lifted just after 11:30 a.m., although police officers were still conducting searches in and around the Lane Avenue Garage, where officers looked for other suspects. OSU initially reported there was an active shooter, but police later said that there was neither evidence of a firearm nor other suspects.

Artan was shot and killed by University Police officer Alan Horujko within about a minute of the attack, University Police Chief Craig Stone said during a news conference held Monday. Those injured suffered knife wounds, as well as injuries associated with the motor-vehicle attack, and were

transported to three area hospitals.

“Police responded very quickly. Immediately. Twenty seconds.

Maybe less. Really quick,” said Michael Cloonan, second-year in welding engineering who was outside of Smith Laboratory at the time of the attack.

As the story made the rounds across news media on Monday, many were quick to bring up suspicions of terrorism, although no evidence linking Artan to terrorism have been made available.

“I think people should exercise enormous caution based on only a few data points. People need to exercise caution,” said Dakota Rudesill, a professor at the Moritz College of Law. “Even if we were to determine in some way (this at-

tack was an act of terror), people need to be extremely cautious in linking this individual with larger groups.”

Rudesill, a counter-terrorism expert, said there are a number of factors law enforcement consider before ruling something as an act of terror. Circumstantial factors, such as race, religion and country of origin, and direct factors, such as a statement of intent posted on social media or a written letter, play a role in determining an event as terrorism. Though they are important, Rudesill said circumstantial factors alone are not enough to rule something like Monday’s attack as terrorism.

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Witnesses recount car crash, stabbings, lockdown On Monday morning at about 9:50 a.m., students were prompted to leave Watts Hall following the triggering of the building’s fire alarm. Once outside, the gathered crowd was hit with a gray Honda Civic Sedan operated by a thirdyear in logistics management named Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

Artan leaped from the vehicle and began attacking bystanders with a butcher knife. Artan was then shot and killed by University Police officer Alan Horujko at

about 10 a.m.

Eyewitnesses at the scene recounted their experiences on Monday to The Lantern.

Michael Cloonan, second-year in welding engineering “We were going over an example problem and we heard four gunshots. We hid in those two corners. People at the window saw a man laying on the ground. We went upstairs to lab and locked the door.”

Nancy M. Santagata, physics lecturer, visiting Scholar “I have about 200 students, and they started getting jittery. I thought it was because class was over, but someone raised their hand to tell me that there was an active shooter. I tried to keep everyone calm and they did a really good job, I love my students. We hid in sort of this basement, until essentially, the SWAT team came in and so, I’m just a bit shaken at this point, but we’re all OK.”

Abdul Razak Ali Artan was sitting outside Mendenhall Laboratory before his class on Aug. 23.

It was his first day on campus as an Ohio State student. He was sitting alone, staring intently into the distance, when Kevin Stankiewicz approached him.

Stankiewicz, third-year in journalism and Oller Reporter for The Lantern, was working on a weekly print feature in The Lantern called Humans of Ohio State. The feature is modeled after blogger-phoSUSPECT CONTINUES ON 3

Community, students gather for vigil at local church SHERIDAN HENDRIX Lantern reporter hendrix.87@osu.edu

Ben Novotny, second-year in welding engineering “We heard screaming from outside. Screaming, and then what sounded like gunshots.

Students and community members gathered Monday night for a prayer vigil at Jacob’s Porch, a Lutheran campus ministry. The group met for an evening of prayer and worship following a knife attack on Ohio State’s campus Monday morning that hospitalized 11 bystanders — one faculty member, one staff member and at least three students — and left the suspect dead.

Laura Ferree, a seminary student at Jacob’s Porch, opened the vigil with a promise that the church building will be kept open as “a sacred space for students to pray and be together.”

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Sean Cody, a nursing assistant, recalls being locked down in Ramseyer Hall, across the street from the incident.

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SAM HARRIS Assistant Campus Editor harris.2373@osu.edu Following the violent incident that put nine people in the hospital on Monday morning, 28 year-old University Police officer Alan Horujko shot and killed suspect Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a third-year in logistics management.

Horujko was hired in January 2015 and was featured in The Lantern following his hiring. The full story is printed below.

University Police recently hired two new officers to its ranks, and although both men received their undergraduate degrees from Ohio State, neither started their college careers with the intent of returning to campus as uniformed officers.

Officers John Quinlan and Alan Horujko became the two newest members of the department, which employs 47 sworn police officers on the Columbus campus, Office of Administration and Planning spokesman

Justin Moss said in an email.

Quinlan said he began his law-enforcement career after teaching Spanish and German for several years for the Olentangy School District.

“It’s a second career that I’ve always loved and wanted to do,” Quinlan said of the switch to law enforcement.

The Bucyrus, Ohio, native completed his degree in Spanish at OSU after serving as a linguist in the U.S. Army.

“My only career path in the Army that I was interested in was being a Spanish linguist,” he said.

After his time in the Army, Quinlan began college in Germany before transferring to OSU, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a master’s degree in education. He is now finishing a second master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati.

“This was my No. 1 goal,” he said of his new career as a university police officer. “It was the perfect way for me to combine education and law enforcement.”

Horujko was sworn in on Jan. 13. The Cincinnati native studied security and intelligence at OSU and graduated in 2012 after working with Student Safety Services.

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University Police Officer Alan Horujko, who was hired in January 2015, shot the suspect.

“That’s kind of what led me to wanting to become a police officer,” said Horujko, who was an engineering major for three years.

Horujko said that he did not feel as passionately about engineering as his classmates did, so he began working with Student Safety Services before changing his

Heightened counseling services available for students, faculty in wake of incident HANNAH HERNER Arts&Life Editor herner.12@osu.edu REGINA SQUERI Assistant Arts&Life Editor squeri.7@osu.edu Just after 6 p.m. on Monday, University President Michael Drake sent an email to students, staff and families of Ohio State students regarding the incident that occurred outside of Watts Hall. In the message, Drake stressed the university’s concern for student safety and expressed consolation and support for the victims of the attack. He encouraged students and staff “in need of assistance” to use resources at OSU, such as the Counseling and Consultation Service and Ohio State’s faculty and staff Employee Assistance Program.

Throughout the day on Tuesday, there will be additional counseling available in the Ohio Union Performance Hall and at the RPAC in room B145. This is in addition to Student Life Counseling and Consultation Services main office in room 1030 in Lincoln Tower and the fourth floor of Younkin Success Center.

Micky Sharma, director of Student Life Counseling and Consultation Service, said the heightened counseling services will be extended depending on student response.

Phone counseling and after-hours response is available at 614-292-5766.

Sharma said it’s important for students to talk about their feelings on the day’s events.

“If they witnessed it or were impacted by the tragedy in any way, I would encourage them to talk about it, not just keep it to themselves,” he said. “Talk about how you’re doing, and get support in that way.”

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He added students should take a break from watching or reading coverage of the incident. He said they should honor their natural emotional responses as well.

“Students shouldn’t feel ‘I should be more upset,’ or ‘I’m too upset by this.’ Whatever you’re feeling is OK, and what you’re feeling may change over time,” Sharma said.

“So you may be very upset today, and next week not feel upset, or the opposite could happen.”

Students should seek counseling if they are feeling affected by the incident daily and feel they can’t complete their daily goals.

For faculty and staff, the email said individual and group counseling is available via Employee Assistance Program at 700 Ackerman Rd. and 24 hours a day at 800678-6265.

Sharma encouraged loved ones to contact students directly, and if they cannot reach

major. “I just couldn’t see myself sitting in a cubicle,” Horujko said of his decision to leave engineering and pursue law enforcement.

“By working (at Student Safety Services) and seeing what the police do, and what Student Safety does on the campus, the kind of behind-the-scenes stuff really led me to a law enforcement career,” he said.

OSU’s two newest officers are now part of about 240 staff members who work for the Department of Public Safety, which employs sworn police officers, security officers and Student Safety Service officers, in addition to dispatchers and security teams, Moss said.

Of the two positions that Quinlan and Horujko filled, one was vacant due to retirement and the other was a new position, Moss added.

Quinlan said that he thinks a lot of skills will transfer from his career in education to his new job.

“I’ve been working with high school students for quite a few years,” he said. “I’ve dealt with a number of issues that I think are going to be common to young people at this level.”

“If they witnessed it or were impacted by the tragedy in any way, I would encourage them to talk about it, not just keep it to themselves ...

Talk about how you’re doing, and get support in that way.”

Micky Sharma Director, Student Life Counseling and Consultation Service

them, are advised to contact Student Life’s Office of Parent and Family Relations. The office is available for contact via email and phone at 614-292-9153.

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EYEWITNESSES FROM 1

We stayed (in class) for 10 minutes.

Then we got alerts about an active shooter and our TA suggested we go upstairs. We stayed there until the all-clear.”

Sean Cody, nursing assistant “I hear a bang. I look this way, I see a big gray cloud, and then people shouting, and then people running all directions.”

Jerry Kovacich, third-year in welding engineering “I didn’t see anything with the shooter, what happened was it was outside of MacQuigg Lab. The guy ended up just coming and hopping the curb with his car and trying to mow down a couple people.

He lost control, and I think he ended up hitting three people, and then people were around the car. Somebody asked him if he was OK and the guy just hopped out of the car with a butcher knife and starting chasing people around.”

Steffon Corna, fourth-year in political science

“I was upstairs on the fourth floor, and I heard two gunshots and, being a veteran, I’m pretty familiar with that sound so I ran downstairs. One of the professors said, ‘Hey I think there’s someone shooting.’ I went outside and saw about three or four people, victims, that had been stabbed.

The EMS had already responded and were treating them actively, and then, it was the intruder that had been neutralized by law enforcement.”

Interviews were compiled with the help of Alexa Mavrogianis, Nicole Kraft, Dan Smyth, Evan Szymkowicz, Ariana Bernard and Mason Swires.

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tographer Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York,” in which he interviews and photographs strangers, posting their portraits and snippets of the interview on his blog and social media.

Artan, who identified himself to The Lantern in August as Abdul Razak Artan, was the first subject of Humans of Ohio State when it became a weekly feature this year.

On Monday, Artan was identified as the one who attacked OSU students with a vehicle and knife before being shot and killed by police. News outlets have since picked up and shared the Humans of Ohio State feature on Artan.

In the feature, Artan expressed fears over praying on his new campus.

“He was very scared to go out to pray,” Stankiewicz said. “On the Oval, on the first day, he didn’t know what the climate was like here. Paraphrasing, but he specifically mentioned he was afraid someone might shoot him. He just didn’t know if anyone would be intimidated.”

Stankiewicz said Artan came across as genuine and nice. In the interview, Artan listed several instances of Islamophobia that Muslims and refugees have experienced.

“I don’t know what was in his heart, he spoke really softly,” Stankiewicz said. “He did not seem angry.”

Stankiewicz said he was interested in the Humans of Ohio State feature because it shared people’s stories and encouraged

empathy.

“We really don’t know enough about each other,” Stankiewicz said.

Hannah Herner — editor of The Lantern’s Arts&Life section, which features the Humans of Ohio State series — echoed Stankiewicz’s sentiments.

“When I was wanting to do (Humans of Ohio State) this fall, I was hoping people would see a familiar face and want to pick up the paper and read it,” said Herner, a fourth-year in journalism. “But there’s also a lot of different people at OSU, and I think that’s the benefit of being at a large university like this. There’s a lot of different people here, and you can relate to them on some level.”

Herner said the format of the feature can be especially powerful. “(Readers) might not read a whole story, which has real people in it saying real things,” she said. “But when it’s people in their own words saying their own piece, they seem to really respond.”

Artan’s motive remains unknown, but the Humans of Ohio State feature shed some light on his mindset earlier this semester.

“I don’t know what and where and when and why and how, but something happened between Aug. 23 and now,” Stankiewicz said. “A lot of people are injured, and I don’t know what happened.”

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ple to differentiate between circumstantial, which could be religious affiliation or ethnicity, and direct factors, like a statement of intent or communication with an individual involved with a terrorism group,” Rudesill said.

At a second news conference, it was said that those injured included four graduate students, three undergraduate students, one faculty member, and one staff member from the traffic and parking department, which is separate from the University Police department. Whether the other victims are associated with the university was unknown as of Monday night.

University President Michael Drake was joined by Ohio Gov. John Kasich and other local elected officials at the 4 p.m. press briefing at the Ross Heart Hospital, who all lauded the efforts of all law enforcement involved in ongoing investigation. Kasich shared a personal anecdote at the news conference about his emotional connection to the university and the students.

“This is where I started … This is just an incredible and magnificent place,” Kasich said. “We are a strong, tough, resilient community and … it’s just not the students who go to school here that count, it’s anybody that has ever touched this place who will think and be affected by what happened today.”

Artan was featured in an August edition of The Lantern, in the print-only feature

“Humans of Ohio State.” He expressed anxiety about being new on campus, having just transferred from Columbus State Community College.

Drake sent out an email to students Monday night in response to the incident.

“Days such as these test our spirit as Buckeyes — but together we remain unified in the face of adversity,” Drake said in the email. “I encourage anyone in our community in need of assistance to utilize the university’s resources.”

Multiple vigils were held as a show of support for the victims, starting at 4 p.m. and continuing throughout the evening.

Sheridan Hendrix contributed to this story.

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Attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’

On Monday afternoon, the Ohio State Department of Public Safety released the name of the suspect involved in the violent incident near Watts Hall — Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a third-year in logistics management.

The Lantern had interviewed Artan as part of Humans of Ohio State, a print-only feature in The Lantern’s Arts&Life section.

Below, The Lantern has reproduced the same interview that appeared in the Aug. 25 issue of the paper. The text below is a direct quote from Artan.

“I just transferred from Columbus State.

We had prayer rooms, like actual rooms where we could go pray because we Muslims have to pray five times a day.

“There’s Fajr, which is early in the morning, at dawn. Then Zuhr during the daytime, then Asr in the evening, like right about now. And then Maghrib, which is like right at sunset and then Isha at night. I wanted to pray Asr. I mean, I’m new here.

This is my first day. This place is huge, and I don’t even know where to pray.

“I wanted to pray in the open, but I was scared with everything going on in the media. I’m a Muslim, it’s not what the media portrays me to be. If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don’t know what they’re going to think, what’s going to happen. But, I don’t blame them. It’s the media that put that picture in their heads so they’re just going to have it and it, it’s going to make them feel uncomfortable. I was kind of scared right now. But I just did it. I relied on God. I went over to the corner and just prayed.”

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Police officers stand on scene after the attack on Ohio State’s campus on Nov. 28.

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An FBI agent walks by the window of Smith Laboratory following the attack on OSU’s campus on Nov. 28.

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A woman is led to an ambulance by responders following the attack on Ohio State’s campus on Nov. 28.

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A Columbus police officer stands with a University Police officer outside of the police cordon in front of the CBEC Building and Koffolt Lab on Nov. 28.

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Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles park near the corner of Woodruff Avenue and College Road after the attack at Ohio State on Nov. 28.

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Columbus Police, University Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms cordon off the area between College Road and 19th Avenue following an attack on OSU’s campus on Nov. 28.

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EVENT TIMELINE 9:52 AM University Police Officer Alan Horujko called out to the dispatch center that a gray Honda Civic had hopped the curb and hit about seven to eight pedestrians. Horujko called “officer in trouble” and said a man with a knife was active. This is when the suspect got out of the car and began attacking individuals near Watts Hall (A).

Approximately 10:00 AM Law enforcement search the Lane Avenue Garage (B) in search of an alleged second suspect. The officers then surrounded the area and followed up on other leads, including a rumor of a potential threat in the Lane Avenue Garage.

The rumor turned out to be false.

12:13 PM Scene is still considered active, and buildings, such as Houston House residence hall, are still locked down. Officers were not letting people near The Blackwell Inn and Fisher Hall.

1:00 PM University President Michael Drake, University Police Chief Craig Stone, Columbus Division of Police Chief Kim Jacobs, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Chief Medical Officer of the Wexner Medical Center Andrew Thomas held a news conference outside the Wexner Medical Center.

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A close up of the attacker’s car that plowed into a group of OSU students outside of Watts Hall on the morning of Nov. 28.

A) Columbus Police, University Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms cordon off the area between College Road and 19th Avenue following an attack on OSU campus on Nov. 28.

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B) The Student Academic Services building remained closed throughout Monday.

9:53 AM Horujko called out on his radio that shots had been fired, one person was down and he had used deadly force to stop the suspect.

Ohio State Department of Public Safety Director Monica Moll said the threat to safety ended at that time and that several other law enforcement agencies responded in addition to University Police.

Eleven injuries resulted from the incident and the victims received care at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Grant Medical Center and OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital.

11:34 AM The university lifts the shelter-in-place order.

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12:17 PM A source with the Columbus Division of Police confirms the suspect in the shooting is dead.

4:00 PM Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Rep. Joyce Beatty joined Drake, Stone, Jacobs, Ginther and Thomas for another press conference in the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital Auditorium where the name of the suspect, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was confirmed.

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Governor John Kasich and Univeristy President Michael Drake speak at a press conference following the attacks on Ohio State’s campus.

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During the hourlong vigil, pastors and musicians led the group in worship songs, readings from the Bible and prayer. The group also held a candle-lighting ceremony, in which members were invited to light a candle and place it in a hollow wood cross to symbolize how their hope in God can be a light to the world.

Michael DePiero, a first-year in civil engineering who attends church at Jacob’s Porch, attended the vigil to share support with his fellow students. DiPiero was in a calculus lecture in a building on 18th Avenue when he and his classmates got a Buckeye Alert message warning students of an active shooter.

“We all just kind of freaked out and knew there was nothing we could really do,” DePiero said.

“It’s one of those things you hear about, but you never actually think will happen.”

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Moritz College of Law, and his wife, Kim, previously attended Jacob’s Porch for church services as undergraduates, and came to the vigil to help others process the events of the day.

“It’s a community we know has our back at all time, so we wanted to be here for others, have others be there for us –– to kind of process together, understand what’s happening and how these things can happen,” Kim Tavenor said.

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A vigil attendee holds a candle during the service at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Woodruff Avenue following the attack on OSU’s campus on Nov. 28.

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A student kneels in front of a hollow wooden cross during a vigil at Jacob’s Porch on Nov. 28.

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Pastor Aaron Layne prays with students and community members during a vigil at Jacob’s Porch on Nov. 28.

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Women’s basketball falls to Baylor Hooker ROSS TAMBURRO Lantern reporter tamburro.5@osu.edu In the Gulf Coast Showcase this weekend in Estero, Florida, the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes toppled Florida Gulf Coast and No. 11 Syracuse before falling to No. 5 Baylor in the tournament’s championship game.

First Round: OSU 79 – Florida Gulf Coast 66 In its opening round contest against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, OSU couldn’t pull away until the second half. A back-and-forth first half saw the Buckeyes leading 18-16 after the first quarter and 36-35 at the half.

OSU outscored the Eagles 18-7 in the first 7:44 of the third quarter to build a 54-42 lead. In the final

quarter, Florida Gulf Coast pulled within five at 56-51 with 7:58 on the clock, but the Buckeyes used an 11-0 run to take a 67-51 lead and put the game away.

OSU outrebounded the Eagles 52-31 and outscored them 38-16 in the paint. The Buckeyes shot 49.2 percent from the field, while the Eagles managed just 29.9 percent.

Junior guard Kelsey Mitchell led OSU with a game-high 25 points on 9-for-19 shooting. Senior forward Shayla Cooper put up 16 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Redshirt junior forward Stephanie Mavunga tallied her third double-double in her fourth ever game with OSU, putting up 13 points and 12 boards.

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Big Ten reprimands Harbaugh for rant NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh had some strong words for the media following his team’s 30-27 double-overtime loss to Ohio State on Saturday. During post-game interviews, the Toledo native had harsh criticisms for the officiating. The comments resulted in a $10,000 fine imposed by the Big Ten Conference on Michigan.

A public reprimand was also issued to the Wolverines’ coach, with no further punishment announced at this time. The comments made by Harbaugh were stretched throughout the presser, and he failed to answer many of the reporters’ questions, instead speaking about the officiating rather than his team.

“I’m bitterly disappointed in the officiating,” Harbaugh said on Saturday. “I could have been watching the game instead of being concerned (with sideline behavior.)”

Although he is known for his tirades, Harbaugh had never been

directly reprimanded by the Big Ten. The statement on the subject reads as follows.

“The Big Ten office today issued a public reprimand of Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh for violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy following Michigan’s game against Ohio State on Nov. 26, 2016. In addition, the conference announced that the institution has been fined $10,000 as a result of the violation.”

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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh during the game on Nov. 26 at Ohio Stadium.

Nasrin Ulel led Florida Gulf Coast with 13 points each.

Semifinals: OSU 77 – Syracuse 72 With the win against Florida Gulf Coast, the Buckeyes advanced to face No. 11 Syracuse in the semifinals.

After building an early 7-3 lead in the first 2:18 of the game, Syracuse scored the game’s next 11 points in a span of 1:49 to take a 14-7 lead. The Buckeyes then mounted an 11-1 run of their own and controlled the rest of the half, taking a 44-34 advantage into the break.

OSU held its largest lead, 15 points, with 8:50 remaining in the third quarter. The Orange stormed their way back to take a 62-60 lead with 7:37 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Mitchell then buried a pair of huge three-pointers to put the Buckeyes back up by a score of 66-62 with 6:31 remaining.

OSU outscored Syracuse 11-10 the rest of the way to close out the victory.

OSU outrebounded the Orange 47-41 and held a 16-14 advantage in assists. The difference came in the paint, where the Buckeyes claimed a 32-16 edge. Mitchell led OSU with 24 points, and redshirt sophomore guard Sierra Calhoun added 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting. Mavunga put up 13 points and Cooper grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.

Syracuse senior guard Alexis Peterson, a graduate of Northland High School in Columbus, tallied a game-high 29 points on 11-for22 shooting and a 5-for-19 mark from the three-point line.

Championship: Baylor 85 – OSU 68 No. 5 Baylor met the Buckeyes

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OSU redshirt senior offensive lineman Pat Elflein (65) lifts OSU junior H-back Curtis Samuel (4) following Samuel’s game-winning touchdown in the second overtime against Michigan.

in the championship game, and it was a mismatch from the beginning.

The Bears jumped on OSU early, scoring the game’s first nine points over the first 1:11. The Buckeyes managed to finish the opening quarter down only four points at 19-15, but Bears went ahead 29-17 with 7:39 left in the second quarter. OSU fought back once again to make it a 29-23 game in the middle of the quarter, but Baylor pushed back once again to take a 38-25 lead into the half.

With OSU needing a big push for a comeback, the Buckeyes and Bears played even for most of the second half. Baylor outscored OSU 24-21 in the third quarter and 23-22 in the final quarter.

For the third time in OSU’s three tournament games, Mitchell led the Buckeyes in scoring with 17 points. Calhoun and freshman guard Kiara Lewis scored 12 points each, and Cooper put up 11.

Baylor redshirt senior Alexis Jones led all scorers with 20 points, and the Bears had five players in double figures. Baylor shot 47 percent from the field, while OSU shot 34.4 percent.

Mitchell, along with freshman forward Tori McCoy, fouled out for the Buckeyes.

Up next Following the weekend’s action, the Buckeyes are 5-2 on the year. OSU will return home to play the Miami Hurricanes as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center.

plans to return next year EVAN SZYMKOWICZ Senior Lantern reporter szymkowicz.4@osu.edu Once unknown to Ohio State football fans, OSU redshirt sophomore Malik Hooker emerged as one of the nation’s best safeties on a record-setting defense. Now, he intends to continue to add to the record book in the 2017 season.

Hooker, originally from New Castle, Pennsylvania, and a threestar recruit who committed to OSU in 2014, spent the early part of his career playing behind former Buckeyes and current NFL safety Tyvis Powell and Vonn Bell. It was assumed that Hooker would take his leave after his only season of play after hauling in a conference-leading six interceptions, including three for a touchdown.

His most recent pick came in the final game of the season versus Michigan — the first of two interceptions for scores — at 4:03 in the second quarter, to put OSU up 7-3.

“Right now, it’s 100 percent sure I’m coming back to Ohio State,” Hooker said in an interview with The Dispatch.

When and where OSU will play next has not been determined. The College Football Playoff committee will announce its selections for both the playoff and bowl games on Dec. 4.

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Ohio State benefits in recruiting with wins, spectacle NICK MCWILLIAMS Sports Editor mcwilliams.66@osu.edu Ohio State and Michigan have locked heads over recruits before.

Currently, two former Wolverines’ commits are making big plays for the Buckeyes in redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber and redshirt junior cornerback Gareon

Conley. But after Saturday, OSU might get the upper hand in signings.

OSU pulled away in double overtime on a run by junior H-back Curtis Samuel with a wall of blockers in front of him.

It was a statement run for a statement finish in a statement game.

After the come-from-behind win, the Buckeyes proved just how

good the team really is, and why the dozens of recruits should sign with the Scarlet and Gray.

Against Nebraska, OSU hosted more than 20 top-ranked recruits for the 2017 class, and nearly 100 recruits total. What the high school athletes were introduced to was a complete domination of the No. 10 ranked team in the country.

A 62-3 performance is quite the

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OSU junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan (5) is congratulated by a young fan following the Buckeyes’ 30-27 overtime win against Michigan on Nov. 26.

showing to athletes itching to play at a university that doesn’t know the word “lose.”

If the team’s performance wasn’t enough to make a convincing case of OSU as a quality destination, the Buckeyes pulled out all the stops with a laser light show in the tunnel before the game and Nike throwback uniforms.

Fast-forward to Nov. 26, and it’s time for The Game. The playoff stakes were high between No. 2 OSU and No. 3 Michigan, and the last chance to see the Buckeyes in regular season action for the recruits came against OSU’s toughest opponent all year.

The potential commits in attendance and watching on television were treated to one of the best finishes in recent memory. In the first-ever overtime finish to the match between the Scarlet and Gray and Maize and Blue, OSU overcame an early deficit to win in walk-off fashion.

“Incredible gratitude to Buckeye Nation to supply that energy in that stadium,” OSU coach Urban Meyer said. “That’s as good as I ever heard. Someone told me 110,000 people. Going to ask Gene (Smith) to put more seats in there, man.”

A record crowd was as loud as ever in Ohio Stadium, and players fed off the energy to find a way to win. When asked about his unit’s defensive performance, junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan had some candid thoughts on the impact the team’s performance had on recruiting.

“Playing around all those great guys, in front of 110,000 people, Buckeye Nation going crazy ... I don’t see how recruits could choose anywhere other than The Ohio State University,” he said.

Sure, it might have been little more than a plug for more players to come play for his team, but McMillan has a point. With just one losing season in the past decade, national championships in 2002 and 2014, one of the best college football coaches in Urban Meyer, and recent dominant performances, OSU might become a haven for four and five star recruits.

After all, OSU was able to wrangle players like Conley and Weber away from Michigan after first committing to Michigan. In time, the Buckeyes will have even more success in recruiting if the chips keep falling into place.

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Meyer’s fourth-down gambles pay off JACOB MYERS Assistant Sports Editor myer.1669@osu.edu The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes held No. 3 Michigan to a field goal in the second overtime. The Wolverines took a 27-24 lead. All OSU needed was a touchdown and one of the greatest installments of the century-long rivalry would be finished.

On a third-and-9, junior H-back Curtis Samuel took a swing pass and outran nearly the entire Michigan defense to gain eight yards after sprinting from one side of the field to the other in one of the day’s most improbable plays.

Samuel was within a yard of the first-down marker, which prompted OSU coach Urban Meyer to make an improbable call.

He had his troops hurry to the line to snap the ball before the Michigan defense got set, but Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh called a timeout. Meyer had more time to think about it.

Should he decide to kick a field goal and play for a third overtime, or should he roll the dice with Samuel and his leader, redshirt junior quarterback J.T. Barrett?

OSU was well within field-goal range, but with a kicker who had

“That’s why you run a fake punt.”

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already missed two field goals earlier in the game, Meyer thought of an old saying given to him by his athletic director at Florida, Jeremy Foley.

“If you can’t get that far, you’re not a championship team,” Meyer said.

Barrett kept the ball and fell right at the 15-yard line — first down. On the next play, Samuel ran left for 15 yards and the game-winning score. OSU won 30-27 in a double-overtime marathon.

Meyer put his will in a team that he believes is of championship caliber. He also said he is able to make those calls because of his quarterback. However, at first, Barrett didn’t know if he made the first down when he hit the ground, although it was confirmed after review.

“When I got hit, I wasn’t 100 percent certain, to be honest with you,” Barrett said. “I looked at it.

But when I fell, I fell on top of people. So I didn’t know exactly what it was going to be.”

Meyer has always been one of the few coaches in college football who like to gamble on fourth down. But never had he done it in a situation like that. On Saturday, he did it twice in do-or-die scenarios.

The OSU offense had struggled to move the ball for nearly the entire game. In the fourth quarter, something changed. Whether it was better execution by the Scarlet and Gray or a defensive lapse

by Michigan (when it had been

so sound), OSU and Meyer saw a grand opportunity to strike in a big way and retake the lead.

OSU was on the Michigan 13yard line with 8:32 remaining in the game down 17-14, facing a pivotal fourth-and-1. All the Buckeyes needed was a field goal to tie the game, but with the way the offense had trended through three quarters, Meyer couldn’t rely on them getting another shot at winning. He went for it.

Redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber took an inside handoff and ran it over freshman guard Michael Jordan for 4 yards and a first down.

The fourth-down gambles even began earlier than that, when Meyer called a fake punt deep in OSU territory and senior punter

Cameron Johnston was tackled short of the line. So when Meyer elected to risk the entire season on a fourth-and-short, maybe it wasn’t so surprising. At least not to Barrett.

“I mean, honestly, when it’s fourth and short, I feel like we can go for it every time,” he said.

“We are in those situations countless times before the season starts, and spring ball. And then when it comes to the season that’s what we do; we take risks and we have a great offensive line to go out and get those first downs.”

OSU’s defense had provided the spark for the offense on numerous occasions in “The Game.” Meyer simply tried to ignite that spark with a few risky, but calculated and confident, decisions. Meyer’s

fourth-down judgment was another element that made another historic chapter in the the greatest rivalry in sports.

“That’s why you run a fake punt. That’s why we were trying to get the ball downfield and we just weren’t hitting them,” Meyer said. “That is one of the classic games of this rivalry that will forever be, because I know this rivalry as well as anybody. That game is right in there. I’m not saying it’s the greatest, because that’s disrespectful for the other players that have played in it. But that’s an instant classic between two great teams.”

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OSU coach Urban Meyer walks across the field before the Buckeyes’ 30-27 win over Michigan on Nov. 26.