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Ohio State has not decided its position on House Bill 384, which would allow the auditor of the state to do performance audits on state universities and colleges.

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New dorms set for North Campus Construction of 4 residence halls expected to conclude by Autumn 2016 EMILY LEHMKUHL Lantern reporter lehmkuhl.31@osu.edu After several semesters of orange construction barrels, obstructed pathways and noisy power tools, four new residence halls are set to make their debut in the autumn.

Ohio State has released the names and floor plans of the new buildings that are set to welcome students in the fall of 2016, giving students a glimpse into what north campus will look like after the construction.

Blackburn House, Busch House, Houston House and Nosker House will join the lineup of residence halls on the newly renovated North Residential District.

The floor plans of the new residence halls feature a variety of room set-ups, including traditional two-person rooms with hall baths and various suite-style rooms with included baths and lounges.

Dave Isaacs, Office of Student Life spokesman, said that once construction is finished, there will be a lot more green space in the area in addition to the new build-

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USG STEP report reveals concerns DANIEL HERBENER Lantern reporter herbener.4@osu.edu

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A rendering of what the North Residential District will look like when construction is done on its newest residence halls. ings. there are places where students health sciences, currently lives in Outdoor areas will be a place for can hang out and study either as a the recently opened Raney House students to get together, in addition group or individually with a lot of and plans on living in Blackburn to the communal areas that will be people around, there are rooms for next year. offered inside the residence halls, group study,” Isaacs said. “There “In the space they put in front of Isaacs said. was a real need for a place where Raney, a lot of people play Frisbee “In all of the new halls there are groups could get together.” or just sit out there and study when RESIDENCE CONTINUES ON 3 meeting rooms of various sizes, Yvette Vargas, a first-year in

Hailey Marcus, a first-year in history, said she recalls seeing the option to participate in the Second-year Transformational Experience Program on her housing application, but considers the program an “unknown, slightly vague thing.”

“I filled out my housing application with a bunch of freshmen who also had no clue what it was,” she said. “We all just checked the box in case it was important.”

Undergraduate Student Government released a report detailing the concerns some students still have after three years of the Second-year Transformational Experience Program’s existence. The report highlighted that not all first-year students were aware of the program, and there are concerns regarding the new second-year on-campus living requirement.

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Hot dogs on High Street: a family affair KEVIN STANKIEWICZ ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Assistant Sports Editor stankiewicz.16@osu.edu Carmen Gio was relaxing, eating a meal with his three brothers at one of their three Florida-based Italian restaurants when he suddenly craved a favorite food from his childhood — one that was not currently on his plate.

“He was like, ‘Dude, I’d love to have a ripper right now,’” his twin brother, Anthony Gio, recalled him saying on that day in 2010.

A ripper is a deep-fried hot dog popularized on the East Coast, predominately in New Jersey, where the Gio brothers grew up. Its name stems from the so-called “ripping” of the casings that occurs when one bites into the meat.

What started as an impulse-driven idea became a reality for the quartet of brothers: John, Anthony, Carmen and Nick Gio in July 2013 in Ellenton, Florida. Now, as the first store nears its three-year anniversary, a second Rippers Roadstand is about to open for business 1,000 miles north. It will be situated just off Ohio State’s campus at 2036 N. High St., where the

Carmen Gio (left) and Nick Gio (right) pose for a photograph behind the counter of Rippers Roadstand.

No.1 Chinese Restaurant formerly dwelled.

The brothers said they expect the restaurant to be open by the end of the month.

The nucleus for Rippers Roadstand’s menu, not surprisingly, is its namesake hot dog, The Ripper Dog, which costs $2.99. Five other hot dog options exist, including the Chili Dog for $3.75 and The Barking Pig Dog, which includes a topping of the stores’ own Jersey

bacon kraut, listed for $3.95.

The brothers recognized that a love for hot dogs isn’t universal, so the menu includes hamburgers, too. In a way, the burgers have been as big of a hit as the ripper.

“There are some people that just come for them,” Anthony Gio said.

He added that beef for the patties is ground in-house daily, and customers can choose from either hamburgers, cheeseburgers, bacon burgers or bacon cheeseburgers.

Each option can have either single or double patties. A few specialty burgers are also available.

Prices range from $3.99 for a hamburger to $7.65 for a double-bacon cheeseburger.

“Sometimes burgers are outselling our hot dogs by 2-1,” Nick Gio said. “We don’t know what’s going to happen here because Columbus is new to us. But we feel like a lot of people are really going to love the ripper hot dog because it’s got

so much flavor.”

Fresh-cut french fries and onion rings fill out the menu on the food side. The store has a full-service liquor license, too, for patrons to wash down their meal.

On the surface, Columbus might seem like an odd choice for the Gio brothers to open their second installment of Rippers Roadstand.

The reason, like the rest of the brothers’ food industry ventures, boils down to family.

The parents of John Gio’s wife have residencies in both Dayton, Ohio, and in Florida, and after his father-in-law, an OSU alumnus, visited Rippers, he was hooked, Nick Gio said.

“He knows our Italian restaurants, but after he ate at (Rippers), he said, ‘You guys have to do this at Ohio State University,’” Nick Gio said.

That recommendation was all it took for the brothers to begin scouting out places near campus to potentially develop a Rippers Roadstand.

While visiting the area two Christmases ago, John Gio and his wife stumbled upon the old No. 1 RIPPERS CONTINUES ON 4

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University audit bill could lead to savings ALLISON BUGENSTEIN Lantern reporter bugenstein.4@osu.edu The Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the auditor of the state to do performance audits on state universities and colleges and could, in turn, save money for students down the road.

House Bill 384 would allow these audits to check state institutions of higher learning on three main categories: economy, efficiency and effectiveness. Performance audits of Ohio school districts have found about $77 million in potential savings since 2011, according to an Ohio House press release.

Some members of the Ohio House, such as Rep. Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster, hope that the new audit bill will find similar savings at state colleges and universities.

“We’ve got to do something to make higher education more af-

“Performance audits get results – we’ve already provided more than a billion dollars in recommended savings in Ohio ... Colleges and universities should receive these benefits as well.”

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Dave Yost, Ohio’s auditor of state.

Rep. Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster.

fordable,” Schaffer said. “This is a roadmap on how to save money.”

Schaffer was one of two primary bill sponsors, along with Rep. Mike Duffey, R-Worthington.

“Simply put, performance audits are a best practice when taxpayer money is involved,” Duffey said in an Ohio House press release. “Nobody likes being questioned about the way they spend money, but it’s still the right thing to do. In passing this legislation, we are putting Ohio’s colleges and universities on notice that we expect them to be

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frugal and efficient with our taxpayer dollars.”

Besides being favored by a majority in the House, the bill also has support from Ohio Auditor Dave Yost and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

“Performance audits get results — we’ve already provided more than a billion dollars in recommended savings in Ohio,” Yost said in an Ohio Auditor of State press release. “Colleges and universities should receive these benefits as well. I appreciate the good

work of representatives Schaffer and Duffey on this bill, and I look forward to working with the Senate to make it law.”

In an emailed statement from Chris Davey, an Ohio State spokesman, he said that the university is still looking into the legislation and hasn’t come out with a position on it.

Schaffer said he hopes that all public universities will support the bill.

“I would hope that they would embrace it. They will find ways to

perform their functions and save money at the same time,” Schaffer said. “Universities can learn from each other and spread the good news.”

Schaffer said the similar audits now being performed in the government have a 1-33 cost-benefit ratio. For every $1 spent performing the audit, they find $33 worth of savings.

The bill states that at the state auditor’s discretion, the auditor of state might conduct a performance audit of a state institution of higher education as one of the four required performance audits, which are required every two years. Institutions that undergo the auditing process must make comments available to the public 21 days after the release date of the audit.

The bill is now on its way to the Senate, where it will wait for a final vote.

“If we can save students on tuition, we should do it,” Schaffer said.

ACROSS THE OVAL

Ski and Board Team carves out spot at OSU HANNAH ROTH Lantern reporter roth.514@osu.edu The Ohio State Ski and Board Team is not letting the warmer winter weather ruin its plans to go to nationals. Members continue to practice at Mad River Mountain in Bellefontaine, Ohio, despite the fluctuating weather.

Ski Team, as members call it, is a club sport that welcomes students of all levels to ski or snowboard with them throughout the winter months.

“If you want to make friends who ski and snowboard, then Ski Team is for you because we’re all about camaraderie,” said Hayley Hartman, president of the Ski Team and

“For being a rag-tag team of people who just haven’t raced before and just like to ski and snowboard, we actually do pretty well against other teams.”

Hayley Hartman President of Ski Team

a fourth-year in strategic communication.

Members go to Mad River Mountain on different days of the week, and on some weekends they set up gates or poles in the ground that participants race between for

slalom. In slalom, racers try to get down the hill, between the gates, as quickly as they can. Then they race each other, going two times each, trying to beat other members as well as their own time.

Members race each other because “there are no other schools in Ohio who still have ski-race teams, even though (the club) reached out and (they’ve) tried to help other schools start them,” Hartman said.

Hartman said anyone who joins Ski Team can compete and go to regional competitions. This year’s regionals took place Saturday and Sunday in Marquette, Michigan, where the team competed in slalom, giant slalom and skier/boarder cross. Giant slalom is similar to normal slalom, but the gates are set

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Members of the OSU Ski and Board Team at a race at Snow Trails. further apart. Skier/boarder cross involves three to four people racing down a course that usually has sharp bank turns and jumps.

“Most people that race for us have never raced before,” Hartman

said.

There are around 150 people on the team; around 40 of those members race, and 120 of them went on a trip to Crested Butte in Colorado.

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Members rode on buses and then spent four days skiing and snowboarding.

“Just being able to ski, there’s no terrain like that around here,” said Jeff Meyer, a third-year in electrical engineering and member of the team who went on the Colorado trip. “So just the long runs, the steep runs.”

Some members of Ski Team may compete in nationals this March. Last year, three students went to nationals, including Hartman.

One of the most successful members is Reilly Harris, a fourth-year in aerospace engineering, who won gold in the dual slalom two years ago at the U.S. Colle-

giate Ski Association Nationals.

Harris got silver his first year at nationals in Sun Valley, Idaho, in the dual slalom and almost made it to the top three in the slalom. He said his favorite memory from the ski team is when he won the gold in Lake Placid, New York.

Harris said, even now, despite the erratic weather, “there is always at least a group of people that would go out to Mad River every day.”

“For being a rag-tag team of people who just haven’t raced before and just like to ski and snowboard, we actually do pretty well against other teams,” Hartman said.

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All together the four residence halls will house 1,918 students, with Blackburn being the largest, Isaacs said. With the addition of these buildings to the existing residential halls, OSU’s campus will be able to house all first-year and second-year students next year.

Some students might notice two familiar names in the list of new residence halls, with Blackburn House and Nosker House being names that were recycled from residence halls that were torn down. This is to keep with the theme of honoring OSU veterans, Isaacs said.

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The report was compiled after USG released a survey to 59 STEP faculty mentors, 115 first-year students, 128 second-year students and 59 STEP alumni.

Jacob Lester, a first-year in security and intelligence, said he doesn’t know much about the program either, adding that he thinks other first-year students are unfamiliar with the program as well.

“I know the scholars students definitely know about it and maybe some pre-med students. Not a ton know, but some,” he said.

STEP is under the microscope again with its new requirement that all second-year students live on campus, which will go into effect next autumn. However, the report found that 30 percent of freshmen were unaware of the program’s existence.

“If we’re going around the country talking about how great of a program (it) is and how we’re blazing trails with second-year experiences, then we need to make sure we’re making our freshmen aware of that opportunity,” said Annie Greer, a third-year in industrial and systems engineering and co-chair of the report.

Emily Underation, a fourth-year in public affairs and education policy and co-chair of this report, said that including information in freshman orientation or survey classes would help let students know STEP is an option.

STEP offers a stipend of up to $2,000 to students who apply to pursue a project in one of six categories: artistic and creative endeavors, internships, leadership, service-learning and community service, education abroad and undergraduate research. This application includes a proposal of the project as well as

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Greer explained that the full $2,000 might not be given to students accepted into the program, a change from how that stipend was originally awarded because of the expected influx of students into the program.

“Obviously if everyone now wants to be in the program, where is that money coming from?” Greer said.

In addition, Underation expounded on the report suggestions that off-campus housing might also be affected by this requirement.

“We were afraid of rents spiking with landlords feeling nervous about losing the population of second-years looking for housing,” Underation said. “Also the predation of landlords trying to get students to sign leases their freshman year for housing in their junior year way before they need to.”

The report offers recommendations to make the requirements of STEP more clear and transparent as well as to lower stipend restrictions and add further accountability to the program with the addition of student evaluations of their instructors.

A joint email from Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life, and Linda Martin, director of STEP, said, “We will carefully review and consider suggestions in the report as we continually assess and enhance all aspects of STEP. We are grateful for both the input and the attention of USG to this groundbreaking program.”

A resolution to modify the program passed unanimously through USG on Feb. 10.

“STEP is such an important opportunity, and we want to make sure that it is an opportunity done right,” Greer said.

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‘CAROL’ An Ohio State theater alumnus had a role in the Oscar-nominated film “Carol,” and he is looking to establish his film career. ON PAGE 5

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An inside view of Rippers Roadstand, the second location owned by the Gio brothers.

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Olivia Coady selects the music channel to play in the Union Market from the music terminal in Woody’s Tavern.

Who picks the dining hall music?

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iPod,” said Coady, considering the impact of her music choice on the people with a spectrum of musical tastes who pass through the Union.

“I feel like it’s how a lot of people discover music, by randomly being exposed to it. Like if you’re at a friend’s house and they put on a song, you’re like, ‘What song is that?’”

But while dining services em-

Chinese’s lease when it ended in nine months, Nick Gio said. The seed for a second Rippers Roadstand was planted.

“We got really lucky (with this location),” he said.

Once the old tenants departed, the Gio brothers got to work renovating the space. And, literally, it was the brothers themselves doing the revamp.

When they first looked to open their own Italian restaurant, some 20 years ago, Nick Gio said the bank “laughed at us.” They were all in their 20s with little experience in the food business and nothing to pledge as collateral. Not surprisingly, their loan request was denied.

Instead of giving up, the Gio brothers learned “all the tricks of the trade” to save on cost in order to make their vision materialize, Anthony Gio said.

From menu design to laying the floors to installing new ventilation, almost every aspect of creating the

restaurants is handled by the brothers.

Anthony Gio said they like it this way because the food they serve is personal to them. Being involved in selecting the ingredients to deciding whether or not to leave the wall’s brick exposed creates the personal investment that “mom and pop stores have,” he said.

This type of connection to each place serves them well, he said, and allows their restaurants to continue to prosper, regardless of if it’s hot dogs or finer Italian cuisine.

It especially is true, Nick Gio said, with Rippers Roadsteads because they “always wanted to do a hot dog place.”

Soon, they’ll be serving up the same New Jersey delicacy they grew up on in two different states.

“This is nostalgic for us,” Anthony Gio said.

“versatile” services to “a lot of different departments.” Varcho noted that the cost of the contract varies depending on how many departPlenty of Ohio State employments use the service, but it costs ees influence many students in the on average roughly $100 per month course of doing their jobs, but few for each department that wants to influence students as early in the use Mood. day as Olivia Coady.

“We want the reception to be Coady, a fourth-year in comstable and high quality. We don’t munication who is a Dining Serwant the equipment requirements vices student manager at to be too high, so that @kevin_stank Espress-OH in the Ohio people have to invest in Union, gets to choose really expensive equipthe music that plays in ment. We want people Espress-OH and the to be able to use what Union Market over the they have,” Varcho said, speaker system. detailing the university’s “In the morning, I impriorities in making the mediately just rush back contract. there and will turn on The departments jazz music or some kind that want to use music of alternative music — through the contract need just a change of pace,” a connection from the she said. downlink by which the Alison Kabo, a thirdmusic is streamed to the year in the health scihardware needed to play ences program who is a it, according to Dave Dining Services student Isaacs, spokesman for the lead at Woody’s Tavern, Office of Student Life.

KEVIN STANKIEWICZ | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR noted a similar, though Mood provides a numRippers Roadstand is located at 2036 N. High St. more competitive, prober of music channels, cess takes place when each focused on a genre Woody’s opens at 11 a.m. or common theme like on weekdays. other popular streaming “Normally there’ll be services such as Pandora, two of us opening in the Spotify and Apple MuPAUL B. ELLIS | FOR THE LANTERN front of house, so I think sic. But each day, it’s up everyone wants to choose Olivia Coady selects the music channel to to the student employees play in the Union Market from the music their own music, so it’s to pick which channel terminal in Woody’s Tavern. whoever gets there first,” plays. she said. “There’s other things to ployees have some choice of what Kabo often makes her selection do, obviously, but someone will be music to play, the process isn’t en- of channel for Woody’s by audilike, ‘Oh, I’ll go pick the music and tirely independent of an algorithm. tioning candidates, though she notturn the TVs on.’ So then they’ll OSU’s Office of the Chief In- ed some of her coworkers have a get to choose it.” formation Officer has a contract more mischievous intent when they The mystery of who is behind with Mood Media, a professional choose. the morning tunes wafting through background music company with “We have two (channels) that we OSU dining establishments can subsidiaries such as Muzak, best normally have playing, but I think have a momentary captivating ef- known for providing elevator mu- we flip through and listen to what fect on the students who, lacking sic in upscale buildings. they have going,” she said. headphones, exercise no control According to associate director Kabo added that employees’ over their pre-class playlist. of OCIO’s Marketing, Commu- choices of channels aren’t without “You always get to choose what nication & Training Beth Varcho, feedback from coworkers and cusyou do, obviously, when it comes the university signed a contract tomers. to your music selection on your with Mood six years ago to provide MUSIC CONTINUES ON 6

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Theater alum in Oscar-nominated ‘Carol’ Wex finale

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MARIA MARTELLO Lantern reporter martello.14@osu.edu An Ohio State theater alumnus is moving from the Drake Performance Center to the silver screen.

Trent Rowland, a 2015 graduate from OSU’s Department of Theatre, appears alongside Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in the Oscar-nominated film, “Carol.” The film is nominated for six Oscars in four categories, including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mara, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.

“Carol” is adapted from the novel “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith and is a story about forbidden love involving a young aspiring photographer, played

by Mara, and an older divorcee, played by Blanchett. Rowland said his character, named Jack Taft, plays a small yet integral part in the framing of the film.

Rowland became involved with the audition process for “Carol” during his last semester at OSU. His agent submitted a photo of him to the casting director of the film, and Rowland began driving from Columbus to Cincinnati to be included in the audition process.

“I ended up reading four separate times for three or four different parts,” Rowland said. “It was a long process, but it worked out.”

The film was shot in Cincinnati and was directed by Todd

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Todd Haynes (left), director of “Carol,” with Trent Rowland (right), who plays Jack Taft in the film, on set in April 2014.

Haynes, who directed the Academy Award-winning film “Far From Heaven” in 2002, starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. Rowland said that working with this all-star group of filmmakers and actors was nerve-wracking, but their kindness and expertise made the experience easier.

“One of the coolest shots is the opening sequence where there is a bunch of people coming out of the subway. The whole New York City street is alive, and I break away from the crowd and the camera follows me into the bar where I see Rooney Mara,” Rowland said.

Rowland began his collegiate career studying education, and he changed his major to theater at the end of his first year. His focus in the theater department was acting and writing, and he minored in video

arts.

Rowland attributes the changing of his major largely to assistant professor Kevin McClatchy, who was a graduate student teaching the introduction to theater course at the time.

Rowland went from a new second-year in the program to playing Henry V in “Henry V” by William Shakespeare last spring. The play was directed by McClatchy, who also taught Rowland in an acting for film class.

“His audition happened right when he was in my acting for camera class. I worked with him on his audition for ‘Carol.’ It wasn’t a huge amount of dialogue, but it was a huge opportunity,” McClatchy said.

Rowland recently moved to Los Angeles and is pursuing his acting

Renowned choreographer and performer to speak at Ohio State MARIA SWICK Lantern reporter swick.52@osu.edu A dancer and choreographer who blazed a trail for African-Americans in ballet is coming to Ohio State for the first time.

In 1955, Arthur Mitchell was the first African-American dancer in the New York City Ballet and then became a lead dancer. While in the New York City Ballet, Mitchell performed in ballets such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Nutcracker,” “Bugaku” and “Agon.”

Dori Jenks, the external relations coordinator for OSU’s Department of Dance, said that Mitchell is coming to Columbus to scout dancers. She said that Melanye White Dixon, an associate professor in the dance department, contacted a former student of Mitchell’s who reached out to him to set up the lecture.

“The school of dance is honored to have a living legend come to Ohio State and share his vast life experience with our students, faculty and the public,” Jenks said.

Dixon said that Mitchell wants to bring more ethnic diversity to the ballet world by holding more auditions and mentoring young, culturally diverse dancers. She said that back before the Civil Rights Move-

“Arthur Mitchell has broken many barriers for all ethnicities to be a part of the world of dance, and this lecture will allow him to tell his story in his own words.”

Dori Jenks External relations coordinator, OSU Department of Dance

ment, and even now, minorities are underrepresented in dance, particularly in ballet.

Mitchell is an activist artist who seeks a more inclusive ballet for the 21st century, Dixon said.

Jenks said that after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Mitchell went back to Harlem in New York City, where he was from, and formed the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Jenks said that Mitchell’s goal is to foster more interest and engagement in dance, particularly ballet.

“Arthur Mitchell has broken many barriers for all ethnicities to be a part of the world of dance, and this lecture will allow him to tell his story in his own words,” Jenks said.

Dixon said that besides Mitchell speaking about his life and career, he will answer questions from the audience.

“I am extremely excited that my students will get to be up close and personal with someone with such a great legacy in the dance world,”

Dixon said.

Mitchell’s lecture will be at 3 p.m. on Friday at the Barnett Theatre in Sullivant Hall and is open to the public. This event is sponsored by the OSU Department of Dance and the Ohio Arts Council.

ARTHUR MITCHELL LECTURE Barnett Theatre Sullivant Hall Friday, Feb. 19 When: 3 p.m.

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Acting headshot of Trent Rowland, 2015 Department of Theatre graduate.

career full-time. He also appears as a fraternity brother in the 2016 film “Goat,” starring Nick Jonas, but is not currently working on any acting projects.

“Trent is completely committed to getting better as an actor,” McClatchy said. “He’s got a lot of natural ability, and when you couple that with his enthusiasm and his seriousness of purpose, the sky is the limit for him.”

The Wexner Center for the Arts will conclude its five-night series, “Witness: Black Independent Film,” on Thursday with a screening of the blaxploitation classic, “Ganja & Hess.”

During its limited run, “Witness” has shown six independent films directed by African-American filmmakers. The series began with Spike Lee’s directorial debut, “She’s Gotta Have It,” and has continued to showcase directors such as Charles Burnett, Arthur Jaffa and Kathleen Collins.

“So far the films have been really enthusiastically received,” said Chris Stults, associate curator for film and video at the Wex. “I think it’s a long overdue series that people want to see.”

According to Stults, the selected films were chosen based on their narratives of social issues and realities of being an African American not only in today’s culture but also in years past. The films selected aim to educate and entertain.

Simone Drake, an associate professor of African-American studies at Ohio State, thinks this is an opportunity for those who are unfamiliar with black independent film to become acquainted with the genre.

“My hope is that this film series will offer those who are not aware of the diversity of black film production the opportunity to be exposed to themes and styles different from mainstream cinema,” Drake said.

Stults commented on the recent controversy surrounding the lack of diversity of the Academy Award nominations.

“Real change isn’t going to occur until there is more diversity in positions of power within the studios.

Yeah, changing the voting body is a great start. The Oscars just need to be taken less seriously in general. I don’t know how it ever became that that’s an actual benchmark of quality,” he said.

While the original intent for the film series was not necessarily in direct response to the Oscars, Stults acknowledged that it was apt timing.

“Just seems like a good moment to revisit this history and see how it reflects on present day,” Stults said.

“Ganja & Hess” will screen at 7 p.m. in the Film/Video Theater in the Wex. Admission is $6 for students.

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Consistency counts The Nittany Lions enter the series with a three-game unbeaten streak. The nation’s fifth-ranked offense scored five goals or more in two of those contests. Penn State’s last time out was a 2-2 tie against Michigan State, but eventually, it would grab the victory in the shootout.

OSU senior defenseman and co-captain Craig Dalrymple said he isn’t stressing too much about any drastic changes to the game plan despite the Nittany Lions’ offense prowess.

“We’re just going to keep to our game,” Dalrymple said. “We know they shoot the puck.”

Because of that, OSU will try to keep Penn State’s offense outside of the area right next to the goal. Outside shots and those from the safe areas are the ones the Buckeyes are “OK with,” Dalrymple said.

“We know shots are going to come, but we’ve just got to limit the Grade-A opportunities,” he said.

Rohlik said he hopes to bring some uniformity to the Buckeyes’ play. The last five games have been a mixed bag for the Scarlet and Gray, with two wins and three losses, including Friday’s overtime defeat.

“You guys can see it. We play good then all of a sudden, it’s like a turnover you just can’t explain, and it ends up being in the back of

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OSU junior forward Nick Schilkey (7) during a game against Minnesota on Feb. 12 at the Schottenstein Center. our net,” the coach said. “It’s some of the little things that end up costing us. If you could take back 50 seconds of a hockey game, all of a sudden that’s three goals.”

On the other hand, an example of consistency is junior forward David Gust, who has 16 points over his current 15-game point streak.

He currently leads the Buckeyes with 20 assists and 27 points this

season.

Power play powers It will be a battle of power play offense versus shorthanded defense in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions currently lead the Big Ten in penalty kills with 46. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes are tied for second in the conference with 10 power play goals. The Nittany Lions are also dangerous offensively while short-

handed, leading the nation with 10 shorthanded goals.

Gust currently leads the Buckeyes with 11 power play points, coming from two goals and nine assists. Fellow junior forward and co-captain Nick Schilkey leads OSU in power play scoring with five goals.

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“We have certain people at Woody’s that will pick funny music just to see if someone will notice,” she said. “And it’ll be playing their entire shift, and then the new people will come in and be like, ‘Wow, who picked this music?’ Like, it’s mariachi music or elevator music, so that’s fun to do.”

Coady, who also works at local alternative radio station CD102.5, said her coworkers at Espress-OH can usually tell if she picked the channel.

“There is one girl, one of my friends here, who despises when I put on jazz just because she’s like, ‘You’re not an 80-year-old woman.

You need to take it back a step,’” Coady said.

At Woody’s, Kabo has had a similar experience.

“I really like country music, but when I play it in Woody’s, I get yelled at ‘cause a lot of people don’t like country music,” she said.

Kabo has a go-to alternate channel, however.

“Normally, if it’s not country music that they let me play, I’ll do

gained from the Minnesota series, but he said he is looking forward to facing the Nittany Lions once again.

“We’ve got to get back out there and get back to our game,” Schilkey said. “It’s frustrating to drop another two games to Minnesota.

They’re a good team in our league, but we have another chance to play another good team in our league this weekend. We’re going to get back out there and get those points back.”

The goals keep coming Despite their struggles on defense, the Buckeyes have still been scoring goals at a high rate. They have scored three goals or more in four of their last five games, which includes the 5-1 win against the Nittany Lions back in January.

The Buckeye offense will have to challenge Penn State’s standout junior goaltender Eamon McAdam once again, who currently leads the conference with a .931 save percentage. Even with his solid play, the plans put in place to score goals stays the game, Schilkey said.

“You’ve got to get shots on them, work them down low,” he said.

“Get them moving side to side. Just like any other goalie.”

The puck is set to drop at the Pegula Ice Arena at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and again on Saturday at 3 p.m.

pop music just ‘cause that’s upbeat, fun,” she said. “Everyone knows it.”

The fact that everyone knows pop music is exactly why Coady said she feels the variety of music played in the Union can broaden people’s musical horizons.

“Usually at night, the market people will turn it on to pop music, and it just starts to get really tiring because not only are you hearing those songs here, but you’re hearing them on the radio, everywhere you look you’re hearing, like, One Direction,” she said. “At six o’clock in the morning, you’re just over it.”

Coady also drew parallels between choosing the music as part of her job in the Union and her experience at CD102.5.

“If you’re changing (the radio) channel, you’re just kind of randomly exposed to that genre, that artist, that song even,” she said. “I think that’s a great way that people explore music in general.”

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OSU looking for ‘high-level play’ in regular-season finale MICHELLE MCDONNELL Lantern reporter mcdonnell.60@osu.edu The Ohio State women’s ice hockey team (9-22-1, 5-20-1) returns home after a brief road trip, where it is scheduled to take on the University of North Dakota (15-105, 12-9-5) in the final series of the regular season this weekend.

The Buckeyes and Fighting Hawks last played in the middle of November. The two teams split the series, with OSU winning 3-2 in Game 1 before losing 4-1 the following day.

Although it’s currently on a fivegame losing streak, OSU hopes to rediscover the winning formula to gain momentum before the playoffs, which begin next weekend.

A quest for consistency At times in its series against Bemidji State, OSU looked like the hockey team that swept Minnesota State at the end of January. But often that fluid play went astray, resulting in the Buckeyes looking like the team that has struggled so mightily this season.

Assistant coach Joey Olson said finding a way to increase the amount of “high-level play” will be key for OSU chalking up victories.

Furthermore, the team is also drawing confidence from its last home series two weekends ago when it played host to Wisconsin.

“We played probably our best weekend we’ve played this year (against Wisconsin), and I think we’ve just been building off of that,” senior forward Melani Moylan said. “I think we’ve just tried to build off that weekend and continue the positive route for the rest of the season. We worked hard the whole entire game and didn’t take a shift off, so I think we just need to continue with that.”

Olson said he thinks focusing on little details will help the Buckeyes find consistency for a whole 60 minutes.

“Just generating hard work each shift. Doing the simple things,” Olson said. “Making the small plays, simple passes. Getting the puck

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OSU junior forward Katie Matheny (23) skates with the puck during a game against Minnesota State on Oct. 23.

“I’d say the No. 1 thing that’s improved is we have really gelled as a team as far as understanding our systems.”

Joey Olson Assistant coach

in deep and really getting a good forecheck on their defensemen and then taking care of our defensive responsibilities shift in and shift out.”

“Gelled as a team” The team believes it has made major improvements throughout the season because the players have bought into each other and the new coaching staff.

Jenny Potter assumed head-coaching duties during the offseason, and naturally with a change in leadership, difficult patches will appear. An uptick in familiarity with Potter’s schemes for everyone in the program has helped the team wade its way through the unstable waters, Olson said.

“I’d say the No. 1 thing that’s improved is we have really gelled as a team as far as understanding our systems,” Olson said. “Things were a little bit rough at the beginning of the year as far as 25 players trying to understand a new coach’s system, so we are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were at the beginning of the year,

so that’s a very positive thing.”

Moylan said an improvement in the defensive zone has been a way the team has united and worked together. Initially, the way Potter coached that part of the game was different than what veterans were used to.

“We did a completely new D-zone this year,” Moylan said.

“Obviously starting off with that was tough, but we’ve come together and worked hard and understand it now, and I think it’s improved a lot this year.”

Not only has the team had to get used to the habits and systems of the new coaching staff, but the coaches also have adjusted to the players and how to play to their strengths. It’s clear that the pathway for sustained improvement for the Buckeyes is a two-way street.

“At first we might not have had them in the right places to succeed and as we went on throughout the year,” Olson said. “Understanding how to utilize them and what positions to put them in to get the most success for the individual and the team (has been key).”

The puck is scheduled to drop at the OSU Ice Rink at 7:07 p.m. on Friday and 4:07 p.m. on Saturday.

Up next Following the final regular-season series, the seventh-seeded Buckeyes will take on the second-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs on Feb. 26 and 27 in Minneapolis.

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the scoring column, though. She dominates the boards as well, averaging 8.9 rebounds per game, including 3.2 offensive rebounds per contest. With these statistics in mind, OSU will need to go back to the fundamentals and make sure it boxes out on all defensive possessions to prohibit second-chance opportunities.

The Buckeyes are in secondto-last place in defensive rebound percentage. Conversely, the Cornhuskers — powered by Shepard’s prowess on the glass — are third in the conference in that category.

Rebounding, it seems, will be a major factor in declaring a winner.

Senior Sunday The Buckeyes are slated to play their last home game of the season Sunday against Illinois. It will be the second meeting between these two teams this year. The first

“Every night we need to come prepared.”

Shayla Cooper Junior forward

matchup came on Feb. 1 in Champaign, Illinois, when OSU won 80-70.

The OSU women’s basketball program will honor its two senior guards, Ameryst Alston and Cait Craft, on Sunday in a pregame ceremony, as it scheduled to be their last moments in scarlet and gray at the Schott in the regular season.

The two have been fixtures of McGuff’s team since he arrived in Columbus, starting each game they played in during the last three seasons. Alston in particular has been one of the standouts

of the program’s history, as she was on the All-Big Ten first team during her sophomore and junior seasons and recently eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for her career.

This season, Alston has started all 25 games, averaging 18.8 points and a team-high 3.8 assists per contest. Craft has started the 24 games she appeared in, averaging just 4.9 points per game but ranking third on the team with 23 3-pointers made and regularly receiving the opposition’s top defensive assignments.

Tipoff for the matchup against the Fighting Illini is set for 2 p.m.

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the Buckeyes two unpredictable first matchups. Georgia Tech has five freshmen on this year’s roster, while Syracuse has seven.

Schoenly said the chance that the rookies might deliver big plays is not worrying the Scarlet and Gray, who have five freshmen of their own. The coach, though, is looking to limit the success of the returning sluggers from both teams.

“We’re really trying to move the ball better from the mound and limit those big hits from the other team,” she said.

Building up the team OSU sophomore infielder Ashley Goodwin, who brought some of her own big plays at the plate last weekend, said she is confident in what Schoenly and the other coaches are bringing to practices to prepare the team.

“Just showing up in practice prepares me for anything we are going to see this weekend,” she said. “We always practice like it’s a game.”

Goodwin said she is also looking to bring the roster together but is expecting to take it one step at a time.

“One thing I want to improve on is to become more of a team player than I am now,” she said.

The season goal is scheduled to have a chance to continue materializing on Friday at 6:30 p.m. for Goodwin when the Buckeyes are set to take the field against the Yellow Jackets.

Schoenly said she is hoping this matchup will be both a continuation of last weekend’s games and a fresh start.

“The momentum comes from knowing what we can do, and I think that gives them a lot of energy to get back out there and be a better version of themselves,” she said.

Bouncing back The Buckeyes’ one loss in Louisiana came at the hands of the tournament’s host, the Tigers. LSU took control of the game from the first inning, which gave pitcher Shelby McCombs a challenge when facing their lineup.

McCombs’ effort against the Tigers was her first for the Buckeyes in their spring season, but Schoenly said she is confident that the sophomore can make strides going forward.

“Shelby learned from this experience what she wants to improve on for next time,” she said. “If she can stay relaxed and just be herself, she will be just fine.”

Playing such a highly ranked team like LSU was a learning experience for the whole team, as it looks to face other ranked teams, like James Madison, Arizona State and Michigan later in the season.

Schoenly said the key for her team is to keep its composure.

“Our team has now seen one of the best pitchers in the country, and they’ll be better for this experience next time,” she said.

Coming up After the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the Buckeyes are set to head to the University of South Carolina Upstate Tournament for five more matchups from Feb. 26 to 28.

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OSU sophomore guard Asia Doss (20) defends during a game against Northwestern on Jan. 28 at the Schottenstein Center.

Postseason approaching NATHAN RUBINSTEIN Lantern reporter rubinstein.24@osu.edu After playing on the road for the past two contests, the No. 7 Ohio State women’s basketball team (21-4, 13-1) gets to play on its home court for the next week.

Occupying the Big Ten’s top spot, the Buckeyes are set to face off against Nebraska (178, 8-6) Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center.

After a win over Michigan State on Sunday, the Huskers come to Columbus looking to keep their energy alive and pull off an upset in the mid-February matchup.

The Buckeyes, however, are more focused than ever, keeping their eyes focused on the mission while understanding that every team that steps onto the hardwood against them is looking to take away their crown.

“Everybody wants to take the person that’s on top out,” said junior forward Shayla Cooper.

“Every night we need to come prepared.”

OSU wraps up home portion of regular season with two games against Nebraska and Illinois OSU coach Kevin McGuff has harped on the mental toughness his team must have coming down the stretch of the regular season and heading into the conference tournament, especially because of its high ranking. But for now, the Scarlet and Gray are determined to take care of business one game at a time.

In the all-time series history between the two programs, Nebraska holds a 7-5 lead. Nonetheless, OSU was the team that came out on top last time, a 78-60 victory in March to finish the

2014-15 regular season.

Precise post play When it comes to Nebraska’s scoring attack, the Huskers turn to their freshman forward Jessica Shepard. Her scoring average of 20.6 points per game ranks fifth in the Big Ten. Shepard understands the game well for a freshman and knows when to kick the ball out to her teammates when the defense begins to collapse. Being one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the Big Ten, the 6-foot-4 Shepard keeps her head on a swivel to find the open woman and get high-quality shots.

With the Buckeyes having a guard-heavy roster, their main focus will be to protect the paint and prevent Shepard from being an offensive threat. “(The Cornhuskers) have a really nice post player,” Cooper said of Shepard. “And they have really nice shooters that spot up. We just have to defend the post and get out to the 3-point shooters.”

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OSU trying to get back on track MARTIN I. COLMAN Lantern reporter colman.17@osu.edu The Ohio State men’s hockey team (8-16-2, 3-7-2) will want to put a disappointing weekend at home behind it as it gets set to travel to Penn State (18-8-4, 8-5-1) for the first time this season.

The last time the two sides met was back on Jan. 23 in Columbus.

That contest ended in a 5-1 Buckeye victory, and OSU will be looking for a repeat performance at the Pegula Ice Arena in State College, Pennsylvania.

OSU coach Steve Rohlik said the team is looking to get off to a strong start this weekend to avoid the large deficits early on, which is what happened against Minnesota on Saturday.

“If we’re determined and we play desperate, we’re a pretty good hockey team,” Rohlik said. “We just kind of ran out of time there on Saturday, but we put ourselves in a big hole against a team like (Minnesota), a 4-1 lead. It’s tough to come back even though all of us believed we could’ve.”

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OSU forward Tommy Parran (6) in a game against Minnesota on Feb. 12 at the Schottenstein Center.

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OSU then-freshman pitcher Shelby Hursh (19) throws a pitch during a game against Northwestern on April 28, 2014.

With one tournament under its belt, the Ohio State softball team is seeking four more wins over the weekend at the Atlantic Coast Conference/Big Ten Challenge in Atlanta. There, the Buckeyes are scheduled to face Georgia Tech and Syracuse, playing each team twice.

The Buckeyes went 3-1 at the LSU Tiger Classic last weekend, but OSU coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly said she is looking to both represent and unite the Big Ten during this weekend’s showdown, which is in its inaugural year.

“Both of the teams we are playing are from the ACC, and that conference is very strong,” she said. “We are committed to beating them because we want to be the best conference.”

Schoenly said the other Big Ten teams participating are all in on the conference goal together.

“The coaches are all emailing and supporting each other, wanting us to come out well for the Big Ten,” she said.

For OSU, one of the keys to success for the weekend is a strong outing from its pitching staff. Junior Shelby Hursh, who earned two wins in Louisiana, said she wants to keep the Buckeyes’ opponents on their toes.

“We play both teams twice,” she said. “We have to keep changing and adapting so they don’t catch on to our style or our sequences.”

Schoenly said she was impressed with Hursh, along with the three other pitchers who saw action, because of their abilities to take on the role of both starter and reliever.

“They all supported each other,” Schoenly said. “Pitching as a staff

is an adjustment that they’re all blending into, which is what I want to see as a coach.”

Hursh noted that she trusts both her offense and defense, but she is still looking to make personal improvements on the mound.

“I’m looking to cut down on my walks and make adjustments that will keep me in the game longer,” she said.

Endurance is a key component for success against two teams who are returning their top players at the plate. Syracuse’s senior infielder Corinne Ozanne had a .344 batting average and 13 home runs in 2015, while Georgia Tech’s senior second baseman Samantha Pierannunzi led her team in both doubles and triples.

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