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Junior center Amir Williams (23) dunks the ball during a game against Iowa Feb. 4 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. OSU won, 76-69.

eric seger Sports editor seger.25@osu.edu When a team is on the road in a hostile environment, college basketball coaches typically look to their seniors to lead the way.

That was the case Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa, as Ohio State senior guard Aaron Craft did a little bit of everything to help lead his team to its second straight road win, defeating No. 17 Iowa, 76-69.

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More than half of the Big Ten schools are saying no to tobacco.

When Ohio State implemented an enforced campus-wide tobacco ban Jan. 1, the university joined six other Big Ten schools that have implemented or plan to implement university-wide smoking bans in some manner.

The University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan and Purdue University also have campus smoking bans, and the University of Minnesota has a smoking ban set to take effect July 1.

Some campus bans restrict smoking only, while others extend to all tobacco products, as OSU’s does. Besides cigarettes, OSU’s tobacco ban includes tobacco chew, e-cigarettes, snuff and snus, which is a “spitless,” moist powder tobacco pouch, according to the American Cancer Society.

Schools without bans include Michigan State University, the University of Nebraska, University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University and Penn State University all prohibit smoking indoors but allow smoking on university property outdoors. These smoking policies typically exclude smoking within, at most, 25 feet of doors, windows or ventilation systems, as was OSU’s previous policy.

“The trend is growing in the Big Ten, but we still have a long way to go,” said Cliff Douglas, director of the TobaccoFree College Campus Initiative and faculty member at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “We still have a number of our campuses in the Big Ten that have yet to take this step.”

University of Michigan The University of Michigan implemented a smoke-free policy July 2011.

According to Michigan’s smoke-free policy, “smoking is prohibited in all university buildings, facilities, grounds, and universityowned vehicles.”

“It was popular with a strong

majority favoring it,” Douglas said of the ban. “Certainly some people were skeptical or uncomfortable and you’ll never get total unanimity on … almost anything. But there was a lot of support.”

While Michigan’s ban is currently only a smoke-free policy, Douglas said feels “confident” the university will revisit the policy with the intention of banning all tobacco products.

“It was far from the first school to do this, but the trend has accelerated so rapidly that it wasn’t yet necessarily the norm to include all tobacco products,” Douglas said of Michigan’s ban.

He added that it’s more than just universities where people aren’t smoking.

“People don’t smoke in airplanes, they don’t smoke in movies — there are very few indoor places where people smoke. Smoking is really becoming unacceptable in so many places … that it’s rapidly becoming part of the norm in many places. That’s a cultural shift but I think people are becoming much more aware of the severe health impact,” he said.

University of Illinois The University of Illinois implemented a “smoke-free campus policy” Jan. 1.

The policy states “smoking is prohibited on all campus property … both indoors and outdoors, in university-owned vehicles and in privately-owned vehicles parked on campus property.”

Michele Guerra, director of the Wellness Center at Illinois, said the policy was a “student-led effort” and approximately 70 percent of students voted on a 2011 fall referendum in favor of the university becoming a smoke-free campus. The chancellor announced in October 2012 that the campus would become smoke-free in approximately a year.

“Everyone has the right and now the ability to breathe smoke-free air,” she said. “I’ve heard lots and lots of ‘thank yous’ from people … particularly from people with allergies.”

She added that the implementation of the policy hasn’t been without problems, however.

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OSU-Newark closes for 4th time OSU International students

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Students walk across a snowy Oval Feb. 4. Classes were canceled at OSU’s main and branch campuses Jan. 6, 7 and 28 because of cold weather. OSU officials later announced professors would have the option of making up missed classes.

Liz Young Campus editor young.1693@osu.edu One Ohio State campus closed its classroom doors for the fourth time Wednesday.

OSU’s Newark campus closed at 9 p.m.

Tuesday and is set to remain closed through Wednesday because of weather conditions.

Wednesday’s forecast predicted a high of 33 degrees and a low of 8 as of Tuesday evening, according to the Weather Channel.

Temperatures are set to fall as low as 27 Tuesday night in Newark and an inch of snow is expected, according to The Weather Channel.

Wednesday’s forecast predicted a high of 33 degrees and a low of 8 as of Tuesday evening.

As of Tuesday evening, there was a winter storm warning in effect for the area, including Newark and Columbus, that was set to last until Wednesday morning, with 2 to 6 inches of snow and sleet accumulation expected.

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The decision of whether to cancel classes at OSU’s Columbus campus was set to be made Wednesday morning after weather conditions are evaluated, according to the OSU Emergency Management Twitter account, @OSU_EMFP. Wednesday’s forecast predicted temperatures up to 33 and as low as 10 in Columbus, with 4 to 6 inches of snow expected overnight as of Tuesday evening.

Classes were canceled at OSU’s main and branch campuses Jan. 6, 7 and 28 because of cold weather. Temperatures fell to minus 14 degrees Jan. 28 and as low as minus 7 Jan. 6 and 7.

Those cancellations could lead to makeup days – Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz sent an email to faculty and students Jan. 29 announcing professors would have the option of making up missed classes.

“The university is making available to instructors the option of using Tuesday, April 22,

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The biggest issue some Ohio State international students said they face doesn’t have to do with their time enrolled at the university.

Devon Zhao, a fourth-year undergraduate studying human resources who transferred to OSU two years ago from a Chinese school, has big plans for the future, but those plans could be shattered if she cannot obtain the necessary visa to work in the United States post-graduation.

“I feel like it is the biggest problem international students face,” she said.

There were 6,039 international students enrolled at OSU this past fall, out of a total 63,964 students enrolled at all levels and all campuses, according to the student enrollment report.

Gifty Ako-Adounvo, OSU international students and scholar services director, said the process to obtain a worker’s visa isn’t one students can typically embark on alone.

“The H1-B is a specialty worker visa, and there is a specific number that the U.S. citizenship and immigration services through the government has available each year. There is a cap of 65,000 H1-Bs each year,” Ako-Adounvo said. “The H1-B is an employer-sponsored visa, so it is not something a student that graduates from here who gets a job can apply for. It has to be done by the employer.”

The other temporary worker visas the U.S government grants mostly cover specific occupations, including agricultural workers, athletes and entertainers, as well as intracompany transfers and participants in an international cultural exchange program, according to the U.S. Department of State’s visas website.

With the cap on how many are distributed per fiscal year and a graduate’s inability to apply themselves, the visas can be hard to come by for students. That can in turn cause students to worry — something Zhao has experienced since she looks to graduate in spring 2015.

“I feel like for most of the international students, we’re really stressed out,” Zhao said.

Zhao wants to stay in the U.S. after graduating, although she knows it might not be easy.

“I know it’s really hard, but you have to just go for it and really be patient and just keep trying,”

she said. “I think (my reason for wanting to stay in the U.S.) is really related to my major, because my major is human resources, and there’s a lot of things about law and everything’s different since you learned all the HR system here … If I go back to China, I have to learn the whole thing again.”

Obtaining an H1-B visa might be difficult, but there is one tool built into students’ F-1 visas to help them stay in the U.S. and work temporarily.

“One of the benefits of the F-1 status is that they are able to work in a job related to their field of study for up to 12 months after they graduate,” Ako-Adounvo said.

That aspect of the visa is called Optional Practical Training.

“Students who are (employed) in certain (STEM) fields can actually get an additional 17 months,” Ako-Adounvo added.

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campus High textbook prices leave some seeking alternatives isaBELLa GiaNNEttO Lantern reporter giannetto.5@osu.edu Some Ohio State students and professors are speaking out about the high prices of textbooks in light of a recent study that found students are spending roughly $1,200 per year on supplies.

Some publishers, though, said digital textbooks are the cheaper way to go.

The results from a survey done by U.S. PIRG — a public interest research group — about students and textbooks were released Jan. 27. The study was conducted in September and October through an anonymous multiple choice survey given on college campuses. More than 2,000 surveys were collected on 156 different college campuses in 33 states, according to the study.

The study found that 65 percent of U.S. college students had opted out of buying a textbook for a course because “it was too expensive,” while 94 percent of those who had opted out were worried doing so would affect their grade.

It also found that within the last 10 years, the prices of college textbooks have increased by 82 percent.

Meanwhile, OSU students will each spend about $1,250 on textbooks and other supplies this year, according to the OSU Student Financial Aid website.

Bryan Stewart, program associate for Ohio PIRG, said the study raises questions of what will happen next.

“The larger discussion now is what can we do to fix this … We don’t want to put the blame on faculty or campus bookstores, but instead blame the publishers as the root of the problem,” Stewart said.

Lucia Dunn, a professor of economics at OSU, agreed textbook prices are a serious financial burden for students.

“The laws of Newton haven’t changed in over 200 years and why publishing companies are changing the edition of a book every 18 months is beyond me,” Dunn said.

She said she has looked at whether the material changes every time a new edition is released, but found it doesn’t.

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the previous edition, just literally rearranged and relocated onto different pages,” Dunn said. “The only thing that changes is the look.”

There are alternatives for students when buying new books, such as renting them, buying a used or older edition or using an open textbook.

Stewart said open textbooks are textbooks that are available online for free and never expire, and they include all the same material as a hardcopy edition of a book.

Brian Belardi, director of media relations at McGraw-Hill Education, a textbook publisher, said the company’s main financial investment goes to the development of the content that goes inside of a text itself.

“Buying the rights of the material can be expensive, but our costs stay relatively the same when it comes to producing either a print or digital edition, they just shift a little,” Belardi said.

According to Publishers Weekly, McGraw-Hill is ranked No. 8 among the world’s 60 largest book publishing companies as of July 2013.

Belardi said the price difference of a digital text

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versus a hardcopy text affects only the consumer.

“With a print edition, the student is paying for the printing, shipping and storage of the book so going digital is the cheaper option,” Belardi said.

Recently, three High Street textbook stores announced they are set to shut their doors. College Town, located at 1770 N. High St., closed around the beginning of the semester, and University Book Exchange, located at 10 E. 15th Ave., is set to close its store by the end of Spring Semester. Buckeye Books, located at 2060 N. High St., closed during Fall Semester.

Davon Norris, a fourth-year in accounting, said the most he has spent on one textbook was $350.

“It was for an honors tax accounting course,” Norris said. “I hated how much I had to spend and I didn’t even end up using it because there were no exams in the course, and I couldn’t return it.”

Margot Geichman, a fourth-year in hospitality management, said she is unfamiliar with open textbooks but thinks it’s a good idea.

“I always look on Amazon to see if I can find a cheaper option and I usually find one, but the idea of

getting all the material for free digitally would save so much money,” Geichman said.

Elise Johnson, a second-year in biology, said she once opted out of buying a hardcopy book for a math class and instead bought an online edition for $25.

Belardi said McGraw-Hill is offering some online programs that work toward the company’s ultimate goal.

“A big part of our plan is to officially go all digital,” Belardi said. “Switching to digital textbooks would help students financially in a number of ways.”

A Student Book Exchange representative did not provide comment Tuesday.

Dunn said she will continue to try to offer her students affordable options, but thinks students themselves need to take initiative as well.

“Students need to wise up and talk to their professors about being allowed to use an older edition and professors need to be more conscientious of this,” Dunn said.

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continuations “We’re such a huge campus. It’s really like having an entire city go smoke free,” Guerra said.

“There are several streets that actually run through the campus that we don’t own so we don’t have jurisdiction over those streets. So even though we are a smoke free campus, there are a few patches of campus that, since we don’t own it, technically students can smoke there.”

University of Minnesota University of Minnesota main campus’ impending ban, set to take effect July 1, on tobacco products was driven by health reasons and community support, said Dave Golden, director of public health and communications for Minnesota.

Currently, the smoking policy prohibits smoking 25 feet in front of doors or windows but the proposed ban includes all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, according to the Minnesota Daily. No official policy has been announced for the university.

“We … know that the policies tend to have a positive impact on the reduction of startup (smoking) rates as well as reduction on the rates of people who work here,” Golden said.

He said the tobacco policy reminds him of when smoking was banned indoors.

“It’ll be a lot like indoor air — I was around when we implemented the indoor air policy and you just can’t imagine going back on that (now),” Golden said.

While the ban is still in the planning stages, Golden said the largest effort being made is getting word out about the policy.

“Really the biggest challenge is communicating what it means. Boundaries, enforcement, how does that all work,” he said.

Iowa from 1A 1:21 remaining while getting fouled. His free throw put the Buckeyes (18-5, 5-5) up, 66-59, but Iowa would not go away.

The Hawkeyes (17-6, 6-4) cut the lead to four after a free throw by senior forward Zach McCabe with 54 seconds left, but they never got that close again.

The battery of junior guard Shannon Scott, junior forwards LaQuinton Ross and Sam Thompson and senior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. combined to make 10 of 12 free throws after the lead was cut to four to help seal the win for the Buckeyes, who won their second straight game against a top 20 opponent — following up a 59-58 victory at then-No. 14 Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. The Buckeyes shot 25-49 from the field in the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa implemented its ban in 2008.

According to the policy, “smoking is prohibited in any building, vehicle or outdoor area owned, leased or controlled by the university.”

After the first few years, Tom Moore, spokesman for Iowa, said the ban has been received “quite well.” “(Initially) it was the result of a state law that went into effect,” Moore said. “Over the years I think I’ve seen understanding and compliance of the law be quite good … (and) for the most part, I think it’s been positively received.”

Iowa’s Smoke Free Air Act passed in 2008 and “prohibits smoking in almost all public places and enclosed areas within places of employment, as well as some outdoor areas.”

Moore added that the university is currently determining if e-cigarettes should be banned in addition to cigarettes.

“We’re sort of in an information-gathering mode,” he said. “At this point, there’s not a lot of research.”

Looking ahead at OSU’s ban At Ohio State, the campus-wide ban was announced in 2013, and was set to take effect Aug. 1. In August, however, university officials said the ban would not be enforced until 2014.

“It actually does make a difference, and we know in tobacco control no single thing that we do is a magic bullet,” Dr. Peter Shields, deputy director of the Wexner Medical Center James Comprehensive Cancer Center, said in an interview with The Lantern Jan. 16. “And there is data out there from some universities … where they went tobacco free, they tracked smoking over time and they saw that the rates among students went down and so it’s really a multi-pronged approach.”

game, including 7-16 from beyond the arc. Their perimeter defense proved to be the difference, as Iowa shot just 3-20 from deep.

After trailing, 33-31, at halftime, OSU took the lead for good after Smith Jr. buried a three from the wing with 18:39 remaining. Smith Jr. finished with 12 points, one of five OSU guys to score in double figures including Craft, Ross with 13, junior center Amir Williams with 12 and Scott with 11.

Sophomore guard Mike Gesell led the Hawkeyes with 16 points, and junior center Gabriel Olaseni added 14 off the bench.

After the two straight road wins, OSU is set to come home Saturday and take on Purdue (13-9, 3-6). The Buckeyes last beat the Boilermakers, 78-69, Dec. 31 in West Lafayette, Ind. Tipoff for Saturday is set for 6 p.m.

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A student walks through the snow Feb. 4. Classes were canceled at OSU’s main and branch campuses Jan. 6, 7 and 28 because of cold weather. OSU officials later announced professors would have the option of making up missed classes.

Closure from 1A technically the reading day before finals, as a make-up day,” Steinmetz said in the email.

“Students whose instructors want to take advantage of that make-up day should plan to meet at their regular class time in their usual classroom on April 22.”

Faculty members who administer seven-week courses have the option of making up missed sessions on Saturdays — Feb. 8 and 15.

Visa from 1A mathematics related fields are often grouped together into the category STEM. While F-1 visas are the most common choice for international students coming to OSU, some choose J-1 or other visas, Ako-Adounvo said.

J-1 visas are for people “approved to participate in work- and study-based exchange visitor programs,” according to the U.S. government J-1 visa website.

Gefei Liu, a fourth-year in finance who expects to graduate this spring, currently has an F-1 visa.

She wants to stay in the U.S. after graduation and find a job in a company’s finance department, but is worried about getting a visa to stay.

“I’m concerned because not a lot of employers want to sponsor international students for a visa,” Liu said. “(But) I like the environment here (and) I think China’s finance system might be different from the United States.”

Steinmetz asked students to “make every attempt to attend if their instructor chooses to offer a make-up class,” according to the email, but said faculty members should “remain flexible, given other commitments students may have made.”

Students will not be penalized for missing these classes, according to the email.

She said she plans to use the OPT and then ask her future employer to sponsor a visa for her.

Some international students, though, don’t try to stay in the U.S. at all after graduating.

Rahul Shrivastava, who graduated from OSU in 2013 with a degree in business administration and lives in India, said he chose not to stay post-graduation.

“The reason I decided to study in the U.S. was because I wanted to experience a foreign culture and grow as a individual,” Shrivastava said in an email. “I did not want to stay back and work in the U.S. because I had different interests I wanted to pursue in India … Currently I’m interning in a film studio in Hyderabad, India.”

Zhao said if her visa plans go awry, she has a fallback plan to work for 12 months with the OPT and enroll in graduate school in order to stay in the country and not have to return to China.

“I always have that feeling that I’m going to get lucky, but we’ll see,” she said.

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studentvoice Coke ad aimed at diversity representation ends with ignorance campus columnist

Super Bowl XLVIII featured a Coca-Cola ad Sunday that was intended to highlight the beautiful diversity in America. Despite the intention, the commercial ended up receiving some embarrassing commentary from some ignorant viewers.

The commercial featured the song chahinaz seghiri “America the Beautiseghiri.1@osu.edu ful” sung in multiple languages by various individuals.

The ad was well done, and even had me tearing up because I was able to see the numerous beneficial opportunities that America has given to so many people.

So why the backlash?

Some viewers were offended because the verses of the song in the video were sung in different languages.

Some of the tweets posted after the commercial included, “Nice to see that Coke likes to sing an AMERICAN song in the terrorist’s language. Way to go Coke. You can leave America,” according to “Tweets of Privilege,” a public shaming Tumblr blog.

First of all, what is a “terrorist language?” Secondly, news flash! This is America, the land of the tossed salad. Every person’s individual identity and culture has come to define each star and stripe on the flag.

The English language does not define America nor does the color of your skin, if that is what some of the offended viewers were implying.

Some of the people even declared they would no longer be drinking Coke after watching the commercial.

The more I read these ignorant tweets, the more I became worried about the fact that people have no idea what it means to be an American.

The tweets and comments only worsened as many people said they were offended because the song should only be sung in English.

Unfortunately, I am not sure what that even means. The ability to sing the song in different languages exemplifies what many people such as myself demonstrate.

Coming from parents who emigrated from two different countries, the commercial struck me as an inspiration because it showed the true meaning of being an American.

I am an American, I speak English, but I am also half Arab and half Chinese and I will hold onto these identities as well.

In fact, the reality of all this nonsense is the only true Americans here are the Native Americans.

Therefore, no one has the right to tell another person to leave America or what language ought to be spoken because we are all made up of diverse backgrounds, and that is the true meaning of being an American.

America has been able to provide me with the opportunity to not only be proud of where I was born, but also of my culture.

After reading the comments, I wondered what is the exact meaning of being an American?

Are you required to have a certain look, be born from a certain state, or speak in a certain way?

Every person in the video exemplified the true meaning of being an America, which is to follow your dream and work hard for your goals.

We live in the land of opportunity, where people have spilled their blood for the sake of basic human rights that many people are not able to experience in modern day society.

America is made up of people who come from different backgrounds, and just like the settlers who came here before us, they are all looking for a better opportunity and life.

Every day, we have the ability to rise up and become something great and live to our fullest potential. Unfortunately, not many people have the same luxuries in other countries, and that is what the commercial was highlighting.

So news flash for all the ignorant Coke commercial haters, being an American is not defined by looks or by a spoken language.

The beauty of America is our unique identity and the diverse makeup that has allowed this country to thrive and become something great.

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Super Bowl XLVIII featured a Coca-Cola ad Feb. 2 that was intended to highlight the beautiful diversity in America. Despite the intention, the commercial ended up receiving some negative backlash.

Michigan student journos unfairly punished for reporting the news Asst. sports editor

As a journalist, it is your duty to report the news. The real news. Not a fabricated story, not leaving important details out, but the honest to God news.

That is all the writers at The Michigan Daily, the University of Michigan’s independent student newspaper, were doing, and now they are daniel rogers being punished for it. rogers.746@osu.edu Sports writer Matt Slovin and staff reporter Adam Rubenfire broke the story on former Michigan kicker Brendan Gibbons being separated from the university for violating the Student Sexual Misconduct Policy.

This in turn saw the paper’s reporters not invited by the school to a press conference Monday where coach Brady Hoke discussed the violations, according to Slovin and Detroit News writer Tony Paul.

In a day and age where people will go out of their way to defend the free speech rights of just about anyone that speaks, seeing the school turn away their own paper because they were doing their jobs is outrageous.

What would have happened if The Associated Press had broken the report, or ESPN? Would the school have been

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Michigan coach Brady Hoke. Michigan student newspaper The Michigan Daily recently broke a story about former Michigan kicker Brendan Gibbons violating the Student Sexual Misconduct policy.

as keen to block their reporters from attending the press conference?

The report from the paper is well written, well reported and factually correct. There have been no corrections issued for this story, they didn’t flat out lie — these journalists were just doing what they had been trained to do.

According to the paper’s website, they are financially independent from the school, but that didn’t stop Michigan from making a statement about the content that was being run.

As an editor for The Lantern, a rival Big Ten paper, I have immeasurable respect for these journalists. This story had to be reported on whether it made Michigan happy or not.

In the end, I’m not sure what the program gained by blocking these reporters from entering. With the speed that news is reported in today’s world, it was guaranteed this story would get out. Michigan comes out as the bad guy and The Michigan Daily ends up having more power than it did before.

The school failed in what it did and should be questioned for the decision. But more importantly we should celebrate the newspaper. Not for doing something extraordinary, but for simply doing their job: reporting the news.

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3 years later: Egypt hasn’t progressed since revolution yehia mekawi For The Lantern mekawi.1@osu.edu Back in 2011, during the nauseatingly patriotic months that ended Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year grip on the country, I usually stayed silent when asked about the Egyptian revolution.

Pro-revolution, anti-military, that’s how I described myself. I told people I was a liberal and a secularist, because those are the same thing right? I was 16 and living in Cairo at the time, sitting with friends in coffee shops where conversations inexorably turned into reflections on the horrors of Mubarak’s dictatorship. It seemed that, at the time, the cool thing to do was appear skeptical of the whole charade (it was also cool to use words like “charade”), and tell people that Mubarak needed to go but that we weren’t doing a good job recovering. I, on the other hand, had the same mind-numbingly neutral response to anyone who asked what I thought about the revolution’s success, or lack thereof: it’s too early to judge. I kept saying that until very recently, refusing to accept Egypt’s worsening condition. But I recently realized that it had been three years. Three years, and all we have managed to do is dispose of another incompetent totalitarian, Mohammed Morsi, and hand the country back to the military.

Originally, I wanted to title this article “Has the Egyptian revolution been successful?” but I quickly changed the subject to why it hasn’t been successful. There isn’t much debate, or written material, about whether or not Mubarak’s removal has generated much success — it hasn’t. The country’s a mess, regardless of how you look at it. Cairo is an immiscible stewpot of insane Islamists, power-hungry military figures, naively hippie liberals, and pompous “educated” secularists.

There are even some nostalgic leftover old-regime advocates. The economy is in the figurative toilet, with unemployment at 12 percent and a steady number of people dropping out of the labor force altogether. Foreign investment is at a minimum, and so is tourism, with the pyramids proving insufficient compensation for the risk of death.

Even if we were to excuse the economic downturn as an inevitable result of a much-needed revolution, we still cannot conclude that the revolution itself was successful. Three years later, and the country is still ruled by an interim government. Even when presidential elections do take place for the second time since Mubarak’s disposal, it’s still highly probable that an authoritarian military figure will take over instead of a level-headed citizen (I’m not sure if those even exist in

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Cairo’s politics). Egyptians have removed the man but not the method; freedom of speech is still a pipe dream in Cairo.

I wrote this article mainly as a response to Western media, to the way I see Egypt’s politics play out through the lens of American news cameras. The prevalent Western explanations to why the post-revolution years have gone so poorly is that Egyptians suffer from low rates of education, making the country especially susceptible to dictatorships. While there might be some truth to that, in reality, the issue is far more complicated, and there’s a story worth telling. Let me explain my point by contrasting Egyptian politics with something closer to home. In Egypt, there’s a common idea that American politics are a joke and that the two-party split that dominates Capitol Hill is entirely absurd. What I’ve seen is that outside the United States, particularly in Arab countries, most people think that Democrats and Republicans are inseparable beings. I’ve also learned that that’s simply not true, and that the difference between American conservatives and liberals are vast enough to warrant significant debate. However, it’s also obvious that both parties dominating American politics have similar enough goals so as to be included in the same conversation.

Here is where we see the problem with Egypt: the dominating ideas and cultures are too different to allow inclusive conversation.

There are parts of Cairo I have never and will never visit. The city is divided, and fiercely so. Islamists demand religious submersion, while secularists advocate separation of church and state. Liberals discuss the virtues of opening up Egypt to free international trade, while Salafis preach isolationism and a return to Shar’iah, canon law based on the Koran. Lower class proletariats pick up arms for the Muslim Brotherhood, while atheism spreads through an increasingly detached upper class. These ideologies come from so many different places, but they all head toward Tahrir Square seeking the same thing: representation.

Right now, the military continues rounding up or simply killing Muslim Brotherhood members, calling them terrorists and criminals.

And while I deeply hate the MB, I don’t think you can just arrest or kill an organization that has such a large following. The issue, however, is that whenever I say that the Muslim Brotherhood, though being detrimental, should be treated with some sort of respect and included in political dialogue, I get the same simple response, “how?” and I never know how to respond. I am no politician, but I don’t think even politicians are smart enough to devise a way to include all the different voices present in Cairo.

So here’s my conclusion: I think the Egyptian revolution has failed because it attempted to achieve democracy. Democracy, in its truest

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Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested Jan. 25, 2013 in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

definition, seems lost on a country like Egypt. Democracy fails in Egypt for the same reason it can fail internationally: the cultures are just too different. Cultural clash is something we think of and discuss between countries on an international level, but it is epitomized in Egypt. I have no thoughts on how the country should proceed, and I don’t know what or if there is a suitable alternative to democracy. But all I know is, we tried. We tried, and we failed. When given freedom, we elected the Muslim Brotherhood, overthrew them, and now seem happy to hand the country back to the military. But with a country as divided and unstable as Egypt, perhaps the foolish thing to do was seek democracy in the first place.

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Men’s tennis sweeps 2 home matches

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Men’s Tennis OSU 4, Youngstown State 0

With a winter storm approaching fast, the men’s tennis team made quick work of two opponents Tuesday at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.

The Buckeyes did not surrender a set in either match during their doubleheader against in-state foes Youngstown State and Wright State.

They were wins No. 6 and 7 on the year for the undefeated, No. 5 Buckeyes.

“We don’t usually take a week off in February,” coach Ty Tucker said after the Buckeyes took down Wright State, 4-0. “It was nice to play some matches and get a couple wins.”

In OSU’s first match of the day against the Penguins, the No. 2 doubles team of redshirtfreshman Ralf Steinbach and redshirt-sophomore Chris Diaz were the first to record a point for the Buckeyes, defeating Youngstown State seniors Rodrigo Campos and Zeeshan Ismail, 6-0.

OSU redshirt-junior Hunter Callahan and freshman Marko Goles-Babic followed with a 6-2 win over junior Dawoud Kabli and senior Sebastian Hagn on court one.

Callahan continued to cruise in singles play, beating YSU freshman Sharvil Nawghare 6-1, 6-0 on court six. Within minutes of each other, Steinbach defeated Kabli (6-2, 6-1) and redshirt-junior Kevin Metka beat Ismail (6-0, 6-2) to capture the match.

“It’s good to shake the rust off … to get back on the court,” Callahan said. “We play practice sets, but when you go out in a match, it’s a little different.

It’s good just to get back on the court.”

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The meeting with Wright State followed the same script, as OSU took care of the Raiders.

Callahan and freshman Herkko Pollanen played first in this match, taking down Wright State senior Michal Lyzwa and junior Lauri Makikalli, 6-0, on court two.

After holding serve the first five games, Metka and Goles-Babic went on to clinch the doubles point on court one with a 6-2 victory against Wright State senior Hayden Joblin and junior Ricardo Pineda.

“It was good, last week, to let our bodies recover a little bit,” Metka said. “It’s good to get back to the matches, though. That’s what we look forward to.”

The bottom half of the singles lineup iced the match for the Buckeyes. Callahan continued his strong outing by dropping a double bagel (6-0, 6-0) on court six, this time against Raider junior Aaron Madaris. Metka was right behind with a 6-1, 6-3 win on court four against Pineda. GolesBabic didn’t show any lack of inexperience as he clinched it with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph on court five against Lyzwa.

The matches with the Raiders and Penguins were the final tune-ups before the heavy part of OSU’s schedule takes place. The Buckeyes are slated to play No. 13 Kentucky Friday and No. 9 Texas A&M Sunday in Columbus.

“Two huge matches coming to town,” Tucker said. “We’ve got to get rested and a couple guys have to get better, but I’m confident we’ll be ready to play.”

Friday’s match against Kentucky is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.

Student-athletes receive help transitioning to college classes KHALID MOALIM Lantern reporter moalim.2@osu.edu The transition from being a high school athlete to a career in college could be difficult, but the utilization of resources in college could help balance academics and athletics.

A senior defender for the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team, Joe Meurer — who is set to graduate in May — said the time and effort he has put in with lacrosse compared to high school has increased drastically.

“In high school you’re probably committing, you know, eight hours a week to lacrosse, here you’re committing double,” Meurer said.

Some OSU athletes said with practice taking up a large amount of student-athletes’ time, getting support with classwork becomes essential.

“I think high school is not nearly as demanding as college is, and you don’t have to make as many sacrifices as you do as a college studentathlete,” redshirt-junior goalkeeper for the OSU men’s soccer team Alex Ivanov said.

OSU’s Student-Athlete Support Service Office seeks to aid studentathletes academically. The program supports about 1,000 studentathletes a year, associate director and athletic academic counselor for SASSO Vicki Melnick said in an email. Melnick said the program’s funding comes from the Office of Undergraduate Education, which

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Members of the OSU men’s lacrosse team celebrate a goal during a game against Robert Morris Feb. 1 at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. OSU won, 11-7. amounts to about $2.6 million in the current fiscal year.

Melnick said that the programs goal is to help students to stay the course.

“Our office focuses primarily on academic support, and then also what we call student development support, primarily in the areas of career developments and some personal development along with leadership development,” Melnick said.

Athletes are required to attend study table sessions in the Younkin Success Center located at 1640 Neil Avenue, for a time to study and do schoolwork. Requirement hours for

study table vary depending on the sport. The head coaches with the assistance from academic counselors decide on the amount of weekly hours needed for study table for that particular athlete. Melnick said in an interview with The Lantern that only freshman are required to have study tables and that the average time spent on the table is six to eight hours a week.

“Typically, it’s predominantly first-year students. One of the main purposes of it is to help them transition into college,” Melnick said. “To see the value of making sure they spend the minimum amount of time each week studying.”

Ivanov became the first Academic All-American for the men’s soccer program this past season. Even as a fourth-year, he utilizes tutor facilities offered by SASSO to help maintain his grades as an electrical and computer engineering major.

“I used to do the study table hours then the other years it’s all been on my own, just trying to meet people in class and stuff, like a normal student would, and if I ever did need a tutor for like a special math class or something, I could go to Younkin or SASSO to set something up for me,” Ivanov said.

SASSO not only support studentathletes in the transition into college, but also prepares them for what comes after.

“We have two classes that we teach that are designed for studentathletes. One is helping studentathletes transitioning into college, so it covers a variety of topics like nutrition, time management, a little bit of money management, study skills, introduces them to various help services around campus and athletic departments outside our office,” Melnick said. “The other course is designed for upperclassmen and it’s a ‘transition out of college’ class.”

Some student-athletes at OSU are grateful for the support given to them.

“It’s been really beneficial. Since day one I’ve been here and I’ve definitely utilized it to my full potential,” Meurer said.

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Sochi Winter Olympics centered around competition, controversy MARK SPIGOS Lantern reporter spigos.4@osu.edu The Olympic flame represents the enduring spirit of competition and goodwill embodied by the Olympic Games. It burns continuously for months as it is relayed to the host city, where it lasts for the entirety of the Games. The games will take place from Thursday until the closing ceremonies Feb. 23.

And yet, with time running out until Friday’s opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, it would come as no surprise if the Olympic flame simply flickered out.

In fact, it already has. The Independent reported the flame was extinguished by a strong gust of wind at the Kremlin in the heart of Moscow back in October. It was apparently promptly rekindled with a security officer’s cigarette lighter.

For several reasons, these Olympics inspire a greater sense of uneasiness than excitement.

The first red flag appeared last summer, when Russia enacted a law prohibiting the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.” According to CBS News, the law carries a fine of “up to 5,000 rubles ($156)” for any individual who openly endorses gay

rights, and up to 1 million rubles ($31,000) for media organizations guilty of the same “crime.”

When asked about the status of homosexuals during an interview with the BBC, Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov flatly responded, “We do not have them in our town.”

Detestable as they are, Russia’s anti-gay policies are just one facet of the Olympic dilemma at hand.

Sochi lies just a few hundred miles east of Chechnya — a notorious hub for terrorist activity.

The Washington Post recently reported that two threats have been made against the Winter Olympics

by Chechen terrorists in the past seven months alone.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that the so-called “ring of steel” around Sochi — some 100,000 security personnel equipped with military helicopters, drones and advanced missile systems — will prevent any such attack from occurring. Regardless, the Pentagon has deemed it necessary to place two naval ships on standby in the Black Sea. If the human rights issues and terror threats are insufficient causes for unease, a number of recent reports alleging widespread corruption surrounding the games very well could be.

CBS News’ Mark Phillips reported Friday

that the Sochi Olympics are the most expensive games ever, at a total cost of $50 billion — more than five times the cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Valery Morozov, an Olympic contractor who recently fled to England for fear of his personal safety, claimed the unusually large expenses are a result of payoffs and kickbacks for Russian officials which he refused to participate in. He cited as an example the Bolshoy Ice Dome, a hockey venue that cost about $300 million, which is more than two-and-a-half times its estimated cost of construction.

And so, plagued by questions about human rights abuses, threats of terrorist activity and allegations of corruption, the Sochi Olympics seem predestined for disappointment — if not outright disaster.

Some have called for a boycott, which is exactly what occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics — hosted by the Soviet Union. A fullscale boycott isn’t likely, but it is expected that a large number of people worldwide will abstain from watching the Olympics.

Those who do tune in will undoubtedly be holding their collective breath, for all the wrong reasons.

Comparing the cost of the Games

Sochi

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Student-made documentary depicts Ohio State club football team amanda etchison Lantern reporter etchison.4@osu.edu

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Chuck D, also known as Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, came to OSU to speak at the opening reception for United Black World Month Feb. 3.

Public Enemy’s Chuck D kicks off United Black World Month at OSU AJ King For The Lantern lewis-king.1@osu.edu One member of hip-hop group Public Enemy came to Ohio State in promotion of something more important than music.

Rapper Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known as Chuck D, spoke Monday night at the Ohio Union Performance Hall as a part of OSU’s opening celebration for United Black World Month.

Ridenhour is a rap activist best known for his work in Public Enemy.

A crowd of approximately 200 gathered to see and hear Ridenhour speak about America’s youth, specifically those aged 18-24, and how they can change the world around them.

“We’re at a time where we’ve used youth as an excuse. Youth is not excuse,” Ridenhour said.

He added that the youth in America could make the older generations accountable for what they have done or what they have not done.

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had it poppin’ at 26,” Ridenhour said. “MLK and Malcolm X were assassinated at 39.”

Ohio’s musical background was also a topic of discussion for Ridenhour. The rapper said the art of freestyle rap began in Cleveland.

He compared Ohio natives’ lack of knowledge about Ohio hip-hop to blacks and their lack of knowledge about their background and history.

“It ain’t new because you never knew,” Ridenhour said.

The Office of Student Life also welcomed the Florida-based group the Dream Defenders for the event. The group began after the not-guilty verdict was returned in July in the case of 17-yearold Trayvon Martin being shot and killed by Florida resident George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch leader.

Director of the Dream Defenders Phillip Agnew is a graduate of the Florida A&M University School of Business. He grew up poor in the Inglewood neighborhood of Chicago and said he lived “12-deep” in a three-bedroom house.

“I never wanted to grow up poor,” Agnew said. He said he decided to study hard, go away to school and make money at internships.

While attending Florida A&M, Agnew said his life was changed when he watched a 14-year-old boy get beaten to death by seven men at a boot camp for troubled children run by the state of Florida. When his little brother was locked up and sent to a similar boot camp, he said he knew he had to take action.

The Dream Defenders’ goal is to bring social change by training youth in civil disobedience and civil engagement and also to create a strong network of student leaders.

“It’s not gonna be one individual that will lead youth to the promised land,” Agnew said.

In addition to speaking at the Ohio Union, Agnew and Ridenhour spoke at the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center on campus in a round table discussion with OSU students and staff.

Ridenhour, who is from Roosevelt, N.Y., said he thought it was important for intelligent people to speak their minds because it was the only way knowledge could spread in the community.

“That’s the first sign of greed. When you know some real s---, and you keep it to yourself,” Ridenhour said.

One student who attended the round table said they appreciated Ridenhour’s open-mindedness.

“I’m glad that he spoke about unification and communicating and getting on that same level. It’s something we needed to hear as a people, especially at Ohio State,” said Kamari Wright, a first year in computer science and engineering.

Ridenhour said people must first look at changing themselves before they try to change the world.

“If you can work on your crib, then you can work on your block,” Ridenhour said.

A new documentary aims to shine a light on Ohio State’s club football team, a group of athletes that might be overshadowed by the university’s varsity football program.

“I think what is interesting to me is that the club (football) team is treated almost as the black sheep of all the club sports,” said David Goodwin, co-director of the film and recent OSU graduate.

Goodwin and co-director Michael Mullen II, a fourth-year in film studies, have been recording the team’s activities for about a year. The documentary, entitled “The Other Eleven,” is a project by LenSight Productions, the filmmaking team comprised of Goodwin and Mullen.

Lensight Productions began last summer.

“It kind of began as a hobby, but (Goodwin and I) were involved in so many projects together, we wanted to start up our own company,” Mullen said.

Mullen, who has played as a defensive end on the club football team for three years, said the experiences with his teammates inspired the creation of “The Other Eleven.”

“The idea originated during (my) second season,” Mullen said. “(My love for my teammates) and my love for film inspired me to create a film about the season and kind of what the guys do outside of club football.”

Mullen explained that many differences exist between the atmosphere surrounding the club football team and the varsity football program. “(The club football team) is doing the same thing as (the varsity team), however, we’re not getting that (much) attention,” he said. “We’re still traveling and we’re still putting a lot of effort towards practicing.”

Goodwin said unlike the varsity football athletes, the students participating in the club football team must shoulder most of the financial burden themselves.

“They’re not receiving scholarships to come play for the school … they’re paying out of their own pockets,” he said. “There are no concrete times for practice organized by the university staff. This is student-run.”

Chris Kuzak, president of the club football team, said the team practices about two to three times a week, for about an hour and a half for each practice.

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The OSU club football team is the subject of LensSight Productions’ upcoming documentary, ‘The Other Eleven.’

Mullen said along with covering the team’s 2013 season, the documentary also focuses on the players’ lives outside of the sport.

“I hope that (“The Other Eleven” provides) exposure for the other football team here at Ohio State,” he said. “Despite not being very well known, everyone is out there doing something. We are a bunch of individuals, great people and there is more to us than just football.”

The OSU club football team was founded in 2009 with 22 players, according to the team’s website. Kuzak said the team has around 40 players for its 2014 season.

“A bunch of guys just wanted to go out and play some football (even though) they weren’t good enough to play in that high (varsity) level that (OSU) has here,” said Brian Thompson, coach of the club football team.

Thompson said he has been on the staff of the club team for two years and thinks the team is “moving in the right direction.” Thompson is not compensated for being a coach, and he is not a university employee.

The team currently plays other club teams

in 10 games per season. In 2013, the team finished with a 6-4 record, Thompson said.

Thompson said he also hopes “The Other Eleven” will help the club football team gain more exposure. “(LenSight Productions has been) doing interviews and they’re basically taking stuff that they love in football and in filmmaking and they’re using both of these (interests) to their advantage,” he said. “Hopefully, they’re able to just show people what we’re all about.”

Goodwin and Mullen said “The Other Eleven” is set to premiere some time between April and May. “(We are) working on previewing (the film) at the Gateway Film Center,” Mullen said. “If it doesn’t get there, we’re definitely going to show it on campus, probably several times.”

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Reggae outfit Rebelution to ‘bring good vibes’ madeline poedtke Lantern reporter poedtke.2@osu.edu California-based reggae band Rebelution is set to bring “good vibes” to Central Ohio.

The band, which integrates dub and roots reggae is set to perform at the Newport Music Hall as part of its 2014 “Winter Greens Tour” Thursday, with doors set to open at 8 p.m.

Rebelution formed in 2004 when vocalist/guitarist Eric Rachmany, keyboardist Rory Carey, bassist Marley D. Williams and drummer Wesley Finley met while attending college in Santa Barbara, according to the band’s biography on its website.

Williams said his mother named him after Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley and he grew up loving reggae music.

“I was born into (reggae) and it feels like home to me,” Williams said.

When it comes to touring, Williams said he hopes Rebelution’s music is able to inspire audiences and give them a feeling of unity.

“I think our crowd is really welcoming and that’s a special thing in this time and age,” Williams said.

The 2007 release of Rebelution’s first full-length album “Courage to Grow” caught the attention of Jonathan Dixon, a first-year in logistics management. Dixon said he first learned of Rebelution when he found the band on iTunes and “fell in love with them.”

After moving to Ventura, Calif., from Dayton in 2008, Dixon said the band became more accessible to him.

“Ventura is about 45 minutes away from where (Rebelution) started playing in Isla Vista, Calif., and I started going to their concerts,” Dixon said. “I’ve just been a huge fan. They were the ones that turned me onto reggae in the first place.”

Dixon said he has been to three Rebelution concerts but he still can’t wait to see the band Thursday.

“I go to reggae concerts regularly and (Rebelution), by far, puts on the best live performance and their energy is just incredible,” Dixon said.

Marketing director at PromoWest Productions Marissa Luther said Rebelution is a band worth bringing back to Columbus. “(Rebelution) does pretty well with their crowd and that’s why we like to

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Rebelution is slated to perform at Newport Music Hall 8 p.m. Feb. 6. bring them back when they are touring,” Luther said.

Since “Courage to Grow,” Rebelution has released two studio albums, “Bright Side of Life” in 2009 and “Peace of Mind” in 2012. Both albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Reggae Album chart, according to Billboard’s website.

Williams said the band recently finished recording its fourth studio album and is hoping to release it by summer.

“I think on our next album, you’re really going to see a continuation of ‘Peace of Mind’ where we’re still trying to grow and offer songs that maybe nobody thought we’d come up with,” Williams said.

Cris Cab is set to open the show in Columbus. General admission tickets are available for $20 through Ticketmaster. Newport Music Hall is located at 1722 N. High St.

‘Breaking Bad’s’ RJ Mitte, NPR’s Ira Glass set for March visit matthew lovett Asst. arts editor lovett.45@osu.edu

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Ira Glass of NPR is scheduled to visit OSU March 2.

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Professionals in the realm of television and radio are slated for visits to Ohio State in March.

Ira Glass, also known as the voice behind NPR’s “This American Life,” is scheduled to speak March 2 in an event sponsored by the Ohio Union Activities Board titled “Reinventing Radio with Ira Glass.”

Glass has been working for NPR in some facet or another since the age of 19, when he was hired on as an intern in Washington, D.C. In 1995, he founded “This American Life,” a weekly show dedicated to bringing to light an aspect of American life, typically surrounding a theme.

March 6 is set to see the arrival of RJ Mitte, who is known for his portrayal of Walter Jr. “Flynn” White on AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” OUAB’s event featuring Mitte is called “Breaking Good: Raising Awareness with RJ Mitte.”

Witte is famous for playing the son of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on the

Emmy-award-winning drama. On the show, Mitte not only acted as if he had cerebral palsy, but also lives with a mild form of the disease, which is a disorder that can affect functions involved with the brain and nervous system.

Tickets for Glass’ event are set to be released Feb. 10, and for Mitte’s, Feb. 17.

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Harry Potter, Hermione Granger marriage rational

Summer Music Festivals

KATIE SULLIVAN Lantern reporter sullivan.735@osu.edu

OPINION

Firefly fest boasts mostly laid-back lineup SHELBY LUM AND MICHELE THEODORE Photo editor and Copy chief lum.13@osu.edu and theodore.13@osu.edu The genius marketers for most festivals release the lineups in the dead of winter, giving hope to those of us knee deep in winter blues: summer will come.

And with those warmer temperatures and happier times come the slew of music festivals, and as one of the younger music festivals, Firefly is still clawing at the opportunity to make a name for itself way out in Dover, Del. As the shindig heads into its third year, it is still dwarfed by festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo. Yet even as a festival infant, Firefly isn’t asking for any sympathy, bagging The Killers, The Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie and Dr. Dog in the past three years.

Set for June 19-22, the good vibes are continuing and the lineup this year is big enough for it to deserve a spot on the radar, not to mention exciting enough for us to buy tickets less than a week after they were up for grabs. (Come on, payment plans are really too good to say no.)

Firefly seems to be going for a laid-back vibe and while there are definitely some high-energy acts, the addition of a hammock section in itself makes the concerts seen less like a non-stop rager and more like a chill long weekend basking in good music.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to when we set up camp at Firefly June 19-22.

Headliners: OutKast (like every other festival), Foo Fighters and Jack Johnson To say fans were devastated at the thought of Dave Grohl never taking the stage again is an understatement. It’s almost impossible to only casually like the Foo Fighters. It’s like casually liking “Breaking Bad” — it just doesn’t happen. Lately though, the beloved group has given hope to fans with new tour dates, hints of what to expect in the latest installment of Foo Fighters music and even unexpected jam sessions in fans’ garages and random parking lots.

With Foo Fighters on the docket for Firefly it didn’t really matter who else was playing at that point. Grohl is a rock legend and has left a legacy in his wake from Nirvana to Them Crooked Vultures to Foo Fighters, not to mention the groups that continuously let him sit in on drums like Queens of the Stone Age. That kind of artistry and musicianship doesn’t come around that often.

Fellow headliner Jack Johnson can only be described as adorable.

His 2013 album, “From Here to Now to You,” was written mostly on his porch in Hawaii and I can’t think of a more laid-back vibe, perfect for summer. His sweet voice should be the perfect thing to calm down to after a hot day in the sun.

J.K. Rowling, author of the “Harry Potter” series, has been having second thoughts about her cherished novels. In a recent interview with Emma Watson, Rowling admitted she thinks Harry and Hermione Granger should have ended up together rather than Ron Weasley and Hermione, according to CNN. Watson was conducting the interview for the magazine, “Wonderland,” as a guest editor. The full interview is expected to come out Friday.

Rowling also said she believes Ron and Hermione would have ended up needing marriage counseling.

In the interview, Rowling said, “I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That’s how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron.” Rowling added, “I know, I’m sorry. I can hear the rage and fury it might cause some fans, but if I’m absolutely honest, distance has given me perspective on that. It was a choice I made for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility. Am I breaking people’s hearts by saying this? I hope not.”

Watson apparently agreed with Rowling’s statement, saying, “I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy.”

As a Harry Potter fanatic, the comment instantly shocked me. I thought to myself, “How could J.K. Rowling question her literature that shaped so many people in my generation?”

But after my immediate fits of rage, I began to think rationally that maybe Rowling is right about her change of heart.

Rowling created Ron as a best friend character, rather than the lead.

Throughout the series, Ron exhibits insecurity issues that ultimately could have broken the marriage between him and Hermione.

Rowling has said she created Hermione in her own image. Hermione is an independent, intelligent woman who might have eventually gotten annoyed with Ron’s issues.

But I love Hermione and Ron. No matter what Rowling wrote in her series, I personally would have been happy with whatever the outcome.

Hermione with Ron, Hermione with Harry or Hermione with Neville, I think all fans just wanted Hermione to be happy.

Iron & Wine It’s impossible to not feel mellow listening to the bearded wonder named Samuel Beam, better known as Iron & Wine. His simple guitar melodies and cooing, whispery voice sooth even the highest stresses.

While the group has expanded from just a one-man show, songs like “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” are classic and have the kind of simplicity only possible from a poet. The most recent album release of “Ghost on Ghost” in April brought a different sound that shows a full-fledged musical entity — a long way from just covering The Postal Service.

It’s always seemed like more of a wintertime blues band, but it is doubtful the group will put on a refulgence concert in the blazing heat.

The Airborne Toxic Event Any group with a literary band name is good in our books. The Airborne Toxic Event pulled its name right out of the second section in Don DeLillo’s postmodern novel “White Noise.” The voice of lead singer Mikel Jollett comes in deep and smooth, fitting for stages in dark, smoky jazz clubs.

The indie band pairs rock music with classical orchestra music, blending the two genres. “Changing” brought me in to The Airborne Toxic Event, and while I doubt the group will be hauling along Calder Quartet, a Los Angeles-based string quartet, with them as they did when playing live at Walt Disney Concert Hall, I’m sure The Airborne Toxic Event will pull out all the stops for Firefly.

Portugal. The Man To say I have been listening to Portugal. The Man on repeat for the past two weeks might seem like a little much. These little gems from Alaska just don’t get old though. Coming out with approximately an album a year, the band hasn’t let up it’s paceand the most recent album “Evil Friends” was produced by Danger Mouse, so the albums can only get even better from here is my guess.

Let’s just hope John Gourley will still be sporting his classy mustache for the festival, which might be a smidgen hotter than his native home in Alaska.

Local Natives The Los Angeles-based band is known for bringing a high-energy live show. I tried to catch them at LC Pavilion last spring, but got distracted from the show by someone spilling beer all over me and now I’m ready for another shot.

The band’s percussion beats sold me originally but 2010’s “Gorilla Manor” would be nothing without the harmonies featured throughout the album. The group’s lyrics are dreamlike and the harmony, especially from lead singer Taylor Rice, doesn’t disappoint live.

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