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buckeyethon raises over $1.2m Money raised to go to Nationwide Children’s Hospital AMANDA ETCHISON Campus editor etchison.4@osu.edu A sea of people wearing an eclectic mixture of tie-dyed shirts, fluffy tutus and scuffed athletic shoes packed the Ohio Union on Friday and Saturday night to participate in BuckeyeThon’s annual dance marathon, which raised more than $1.2 million dollars for children affected by pediatric cancer. Students participating in the 14th BuckeyeThon dance marathon this weekend exceeded their goal of collecting $1 million in donations, raising a total of $1,231,290.11. BuckeyeThon, an Ohio State student philanthropic organization founded in 2001, hosts events throughout the year that raise money for the families of children treated at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Students were required to raise a minimum of $100 to participate in the dance marathon, which consisted of two 12-hour shifts. The first shift was from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, and the second shift started at 11 a.m. Saturday and ended after the final amount raised was revealed at 11 p.m. The funds raised by dancers, virtual dancers and volunteers will go toward assisting families pay for their children’s medical treatments. The money will also be used to purchase items for the Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Children’s Miracle Network, according to the BuckeyeThon website. The event kicked off with an opening ceremony that featured speeches from OSU President Michael Drake, Dr. Steve Allen, the

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Students reveal the total amount fundraised for BuckeyeThon during closing ceremonies of the 2015 dance marathon on Feb. 7 at the Ohio Union. The organization surpassed its $1 million goal, receiving more than $1.23 million in donations to go toward fighting pediatric cancer. CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Jim O’Brien, the president of BuckeyeThon and a fourth-year in biology. “Your support and dedication is one of the many things that make me so humble to be a part of the greatest student body in the nation,” O’Brien said at the opening ceremony on Friday. “So I want to thank you all for being here. Thank you all for being something bigger than yourself, thank you for dancing for those who can’t and thank you for being a part of this one team with this one dream of raising one million dollars for the kids.”

Kyle Ellison, a fourth-year in welding engineering, was one of more than 5,100 students who registered for the 24-hour dance marathon. Ellison said he has participated in the event for the past four years. “It’s not just for my family and friends that have been affected by this illness, it’s for all of the people who this illness affects. It’s for them. It’s for the kids, too, but it’s also for the awareness as a whole,” he said. “Being able to see the kids and their families (is what I

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Proposal in place to redevelop abandoned apartment buildings along Ninth and High ROBERT SCARPINITO Lantern reporter scarpinito.1@osu.edu

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Some abandoned buildings in the University District might soon be developed as off-campus housing, pending approval from the city. Buckeye Real Estate has proposed a plan to be reviewed by Columbus City Council to redevelop two buildings at 1513 N. High St. that are set to be ready for leasing by August 2016, according to the company’s owner. The company is set to renovate two apartment buildings on the corner of West Ninth Avenue and North High Street, across the street from Wendy’s. A two-story parking garage is also going to be built behind the apartments, said Wayne Garland, owner of Buckeye Real Estate. Buildings farther west toward 44 W. Ninth Ave. will also be developed in this proposal, Garland said. Garland said he hopes to begin construction by April after creating full construction

• Buildings on North High Street are set to be redeveloped. • Construction should begin by April. • The buildings will include 36 units and 70 bedrooms as well as more than 80 parking spaces. drawings and getting the proper permits and approval from Columbus City Council. The building will include 36 units and 70 bedrooms, and more than 80 parking spots will be available, Garland said. Garland also said the Buckeye Real Estate office at 48 E. 15th Ave. will move to the new location at West Ninth Avenue and North High Street once construction is complete. “Part of it is, I’ve always wanted to have a High Street office,” Garland said. “We only have 16 parking spaces at 15th Avenue, but

that isn’t nearly as much as I think we can provide down there.” Garland said the current plan is to renovate the buildings so that they are in a liveable condition rather than remove the structures completely. The buildings are currently abandoned and boarded up. “It’d be cheaper to tear them down, but I think that’s a disservice to the community and to beautiful old architecture,” Garland said. “We’re just going to reposition them and reuse them as new modern housing units.” The plan received approval from the University Area Review Board and then the University Area Commission, and it will seek approval from the city either later in February or early March, Garland said. The proposal went to the UARB first to have its design approved, and the UAC then approved it for a parking variance, which had to be done because the area was not originally designated for parking garages,

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“It’s pretty impressive, 200 home wins in a row.” - Coach Ty Tucker

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Redshirt-senior Kevin Metka celebrates after winning a point during a match against USF on Feb. 8 in Columbus. Since their last home loss on April 5, 2003 — a 5-2 setback against Illinois — the Buckeyes have won 200 consecutive matches in Columbus and captured the longest active home win streak in NCAA history. Read the story on 7A.

Teen with muscular dystrophy hopes to stay with adopted football family Jacob Jarvis’ journey through the season LEXUS ROBINSON Lantern reporter robinson.1444@osu.edu For Jacob Jarvis, a 15-year-old Buckeye fan who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, watching Ohio State win the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship was the perfect end to his year-long journey with the team. DMD is “a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness... caused by an absence of dystrophin, a protein that helps keep muscle cells intact,” according to mark batke / Photo editor the Muscular Dystrophy Jacob Jarvis Association website. According to the Duchenne Foundation Australia website, DMD is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in children. It occurs mainly in boys and symptoms usually appear between the ages of two and five years. Researchers are searching for a cure. Jacob first made a connection with coach Urban Meyer and the football team on the sidelines during a summer players’ camp in July 2013, said Chad Studebaker, Jacob’s father, Meyer saw Jacob sitting in a wheelchair by the goal post, and went over to throw a football with him. Immediately after meeting and getting to know each other, the two created a special bond, Studebaker said. “I thought it was so cool to meet Urban,” Jacob said. “I especially loved when he played catch with me.” From there on out, Jacob became a fixture on the team. He and his brother, Noah, who also suffers from DMD, were asked by Meyer himself to be honorary captains during the coin-toss ceremony of the team’s game against Cincinnati, in honor of Coach to Cure MD weekend. Coach to Cure MD is a partnership between the American Football Coaches Association and the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy charity to raise awareness of the disorder and raise money

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campus Conference brings pro-Israel advocates to OSU YANN SCHREIBER Lantern reporter schreiber.135@osu.edu Chatter in a variety of languages filled the air at the Young Ambassador Workshop organized by the Israeli Consulate for the Mid-Atlantic Region this weekend. Shaanan Street, an Israeli recording artist of the hip-hop-funk band Hadag Nahash, gave an interview at the workshop Friday, sometime about 10 p.m., as Dan Lammendola, a first-year master student in Arabic translation at Kent State University, walked up and thanked Street for his talk earlier. They started speaking in Hebrew, but later switched to Arabic. Street, who performs in Hebrew, and who is critical of the current Israeli government for what he called “human rights violations” and a deteriorating democratic situation, takes Arabic classes twice a week. His children go to a bilingual school in Israel. Street was one of the speakers at a two-day workshop, which was presented in cooperation with the organization “Buckeyes for Israel,” Friday and Saturday at the Hillel Wexner Jewish Student Center. “I don’t think there (are) two types of human rights, there is only one human rights,” Street said in an interview in The Lantern, adding: “The majority of Palestinians have nothing to do with terror.” The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is largely over land and religions and has been fought over for generations. Israel, Gaza and the West Bank were once called Palestine, but after a war in 1948, Palestine was divided and Jewish Israelis claimed some land for religious reasons. The two-day workshop, packed with speakers and group discussions, brought together Jewish students and pro-Israel activists from Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Kent. “You are ambassadors for the Ohio-Israel relationship, and, as a result for that, of the USA-Israel relationship,” Elad Strohmayer, deputy consul general of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic Region, said in a Q&A session with the students. But he added: “Being a pro-Israel activist on campus these days — it’s not easy.” Ohio State has a Jewish community of about 2,500 to 3,000, said Felicia Lilien, OSU director of Jewish Student Life. About 1,000 to 1,500 of them come to the Hillel center at least once a year. Approximately 40 students attended the conference. “I came because I’m just always looking for ways to learn how to be a better advocate for Israel,” said Naomi Benatar, a first-year in Hebrew and pre-med at OSU. “It’s a really fragile situation to talk to people who don’t support Israel.” But Cruz Bonlarron Martinez, publicity director at the OSU Committee for Justice in Palestine, sees things differently.

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Elad Strohmayer, deputy consul general of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic Region, addresses attendees of the Young Ambassador Workshop on Feb. 6 at the Hillel Wexner Jewish Student Center. “We think that the Israeli occupation is unjust and has resulted in many Palestinians being pushed off their land and not being able to return home,” he said. In an interview with The Lantern, Strohmayer, of the Mid-Atlantic region, said, “Historically, the settlements (in the West Bank) are ours,” but added that Israel would be willing to make concessions. “Some people disagree with the settlements, and it’s fine,” Strohmayer said. “But taking it from there to saying ‘Israel doesn’t have the right to exist’ or ‘just because of the settlement there is no peace’ is just wrong.” The CJP recently launched the “OSU Divest” campaign, which aims at pushing the university to “divest from companies that are complicit in the occupation,” Bonlarron Martinez said. “I’d put human rights before the wellbeing of corporations,” he added. Dylan Morpurgo, a campus coordinator for The David Project, a Boston-based Israel-advocacy organization working with students, told students attending the workshop that the project encourages its ambassadors to forge personal relationships. “We don’t focus our efforts on those who are the detractors of Israel, we focus our efforts on those who otherwise might not have an opinion on Israel or people who can be engaged when it comes to Israel,” Morpurgo said.

In general, students at the workshop said they believe relations between Israelis and Palestinians are not bad on campus. “I think that there is a united community on both sides and that’s wonderful,” Robyn Frum, a thirdyear in microbiology at OSU who helped organize the event, said. “It’s not a hostile relationship at all. The leaders of Buckeyes for Israel have met with the leaders of Students for Justice in Palestine,” Frum said. Though Bonlarron Martinez said, “As a group, we try not to participate in joint events with pro-Israel groups that do not acknowledge the occupation and the right of return for Palestinian refugees. “The differentiation of power has to be acknowledged, and I don’t really see the pro-Israel groups on campus acknowledging the differentiation,” he added. He said there were contacts between individual members, “but as an organization we try not to do that.” In an interview with The Lantern, Street said, “If Israel decided to live in the Middle East, it has to be a part of the Middle East. We can’t go and on suspecting Arabs for centuries and centuries.” “I’m Israeli, so I come to my government for solutions,” he said, “I’m not Palestinian... Everybody has to work. It’s in everybody’s best interest.”

BuckeyeThon from 1A enjoy most). It’s really powerful to see how they’re staying tough throughout the whole illness and everything that they have to go through with it.” Meredith Orozco, a second-year in speech and hearing science, and Maya Prabhu, a second-year in neuroscience, said they met at BuckeyeThon last year and were excited to return this year. “I just had so much fun last year dancing all night and raising money for the kids. Last year I did the day shift and I just wanted to go one step further and do the night shift,” Orozco said. Prabhu agreed and added that she hopes more people decide to donate and participate in years to come. “I would say (to students who are hesitant to participate), think about all the people that you are helping and think about the kids that you will be helping,” she said. “You’re impacting so many lives just by raising some money. It’s really easy and it’s really life-changing.” The amount of money raised at this year’s BuckeyeThon was about $464,000 more than last year, where approximately 3,000 participants raised more than $767,000. In 2013, about $608,600 was raised. University leaders and students shared their thoughts on the weekend at the closing ceremony Saturday night. “This is an amazing experience. You have decided to be the best that you can be,” said Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president of Student Life, at the closing ceremony. “You didn’t have to have this matter, but you have shown us over and over again your commitment and the power you have to make a change.” Leo de Andrade, a second-year in computer science who was dancing on behalf of Off The Lake Productions, a student-run musical theater group at OSU, said he had been optimistic that the $1 million goal would be reached this year. “I honestly thought (we would beat the goal), but not by so much,” he said. De Andrade said he hopes to continue to donate more and participate next year. Jaimi Jutras and Bruce Thomas contributed to this article.

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maintaining the integrity of those two buildings … It really respects the scale of the neighborhood it’s in.” Garland said he first submitted the proposal to the university in 2011. “We’re very pleased to be able to be involved in that site, and hopefully we do the community proud with it,” Garland said.

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Issue 8/ Feb. 2 A photo caption accompanying a story about the MFA dance series ‘Watch From Here’ misidentified a picture as documenting Megan Davis’ ‘Trace Forms.’ In fact, the picture was of Ani Javian’s ‘Elsewhere.’

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Football from 1A to fund research for a cure, according to the Coach to Cure MD website. On the day of the event, Jacob and his brother strolled hand in hand alongside some of their favorite Buckeyes, Jeff Heuerman and captains Michael Bennett, Curtis Grant and Doran Grant, as they made their way to the center of the field. Jacob flipped the coin, one of the players surrounding him made the call and the Buckeyes ended up winning the toss. After the game, Meyer had extended an open invitation to Jacob and his family to attend OSU football events such as home games, practices, film sessions and even team meetings and dinners, Studebaker said. “(The football team) has accepted Jake and turned him into part of the family. I don’t know how else to describe it. It’s pretty wonderful,” he said. The family attended every home game the Buckeyes played, and even followed them through the postseason. Jacob and his father were invited to attend the national championship game that was held in Arlington, Texas, and stayed with the team throughout media day, Studebaker said. At the end of the national championship game, shortly after Studebaker and Jacob took to the field to snap a picture with the trophy, Heuerman ran over and picked Jacob up and they celebrated the Buckeyes’ eighth national title together. “I thought it was really awesome that Jeff celebrated the big win with me,” Jacob said. Although the game has passed, Studebaker said he is still grateful for the opportunities he and his family have had. “It’s a very humbling thing to be invited by coach Meyer to attend an away game, let alone a national championship game,” he said. “It’s still very surreal to me that we went there and had that experience. It was one of the best days of my life.” Studebaker added that he hopes that his family will remain connected to the Buckeyes in the years to come. “Moving forward, I’d like to start going to some away games as well,” he said. “If coach Meyer allows us, we will continue to come to practice and be a part of the team.” During the offseason, the family plans to follow Heuerman through the NFL Combine and plans to keep in touch with the players through FaceTime, Studebaker said. In addition to the experiences they shared

at the national championship game, the Jarvis/ Studebaker family is also grateful for the donations they have received, which they hope will continue researchers’ search for a cure for DMD. “There’s been some donations made and people have reached out to us, and we are very grateful and humbled by that. Our main goal is to raise awareness. We want to spread the word and help find a cure,” Studebaker said. Since meeting Jacob, the football team has drawn inspiration from his determination to overcome DMD, said OSU athletics spokesman Jerry Emig. “Jacob has a wonderful spirit and a tremendous will to fight his disease, and these are two attributes that truly endear him to the members of the football program,” he said. Studebaker said he has seen how the interactions with the team have affected Jacob, and hopes to continue the relationship in years to come. “We have had a great journey, one that we will cherish forever … It’s been a real joy for us,” he said. “Quite honestly I’ve learned a lot, and I think that’s been beneficial to Jacob’s growth and his maturity as well.”

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Dancers raise their hands up to the music during BuckeyeThon on Feb. 7 at the Ohio Union.

HANNAH CHENETSKI Asst. multimedia editor chenetski.4@osu.edu One team. One dream. One million. Challenge accepted. My fourth and final BuckeyeThon was definitely one for the books. Each year has been a completely different experience, but yet I feel the same full heart every time I exit the Ohio Union when it’s all completed. There’s something so special about being surrounded by so many fellow Buckeyes for one common cause. There’s something about seeing everyone in their crazy outfits, ugly crying all night. There’s something

about seeing all of the kids, their families and hearing their stories. There’s something about cancer and how it unites so many people. Cancer really stinks. It’s plain and simple. It affects too many people’s lives and takes too many of those lives way too soon. It’s taken several lives from me that I wish I could have back. Everyone’s experiences with cancer are different, but yet all are so similar. Each one involves many hospital visits, chemotherapy treatments and tears. Some are victorious, while others aren’t. We, as Buckeyes, danced to change that. We dance to save lives. Even bad dancing saves lives. We stand for 12 hours for those who can’t. The pain after those 12 hours is nothing compared to the pain that cancer

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Anna Crouser poses with face paint on Feb. 6 at the Ohio Union. ‘FTK’,’ which stands for ‘For The Kids,’ is a common phrase used during the annual dance marathon.

“We dance to save lives … We stand for 12 hours for those who can’t. ” patients feel. Nothing compared to the pain after losing a loved one to it. We are trying to change that so that no one has to experience cancer again. Standing for 12 hours with thousands of other Buckeyes is one of my favorite memories of college. It has brought me laughs, tears, smiles, memories and, most importantly, lessons.

It has taught me to live each day like it’s my last. It has taught me that it’s OK to cry in front of strangers. It has taught me to appreciate each thing that life has to offer. It has taught me that even the hardest battles can be won. This year’s BuckeyeThon was no different, but at the same time, it was. It was different because we accepted a challenge and accomplished it. When I saw the numbers raised, one by one, my stomach was nervous, excited and confident. Then when I saw the “1” raised, I cried. I cried for all of those children who will be helped. I cried for the families. I cried for everyone I’ve known and know with cancer. I cried because I’ve never been more proud to be a Buckeye. Challenge completed.

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Then-redshirt-sophomore quarterback Cardale Jones (12) and then-redshirt-junior tight end Nick Vannett celebrate during the College Football Playoff National Championship against Oregon on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. OSU won, 42-20.

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Offensive outlook bright for 2015 tim moody Sports editor moody.178@osu.edu With a new recruiting class signed and sealed, coach Urban Meyer and the Ohio State coaching staff have an idea of who the Buckeyes will have available next season. On offense, OSU returns eight players listed as starters on the final two-deep of the season, which was ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship, in addition to another eight listed as second string. And to top it off, the 13 of the Buckeyes’ 27 new recruits are set to play offense for the Scarlet and Gray. Oh, and don’t forget that final two-deep didn’t include J.T. Barrett, Braxton Miller or Dontre Wilson. Quarterback It’s no secret that Meyer and the Buckeyes have a plethora of talent at quarterback. Barrett and Miller have both come in fifth in Heisman Trophy voting, and redshirt-junior Cardale Jones won the national title as the starter. Then add freshmen Torrance Gibson and Joe Burrow into the mix, and OSU seems set not only for next season, but at least the next four or five years. Going into spring practice, Jones is the only of the three returning starters who is expected to be fully healthy, so he’ll have an early leg up on Barrett and Miller to win what is likely to be an open competition in fall camp. But with Barrett’s eye-popping numbers as a redshirt-freshman, and Miller’s obvious ability, neither can be counted out. Looking past 2015, either Barrett or Jones — if he comes back for a fifth year in Columbus — will start, but 2016 will be the year to keep on eye on Gibson and Burrow. If either develops early on, they could push for playing time sooner rather than later. Unfortunately for redshirt-freshman

QUARTERBACK Returning starters: (2014 starts) *career starts Key for the future:

J.T. Barrett (12) Cardale Jones (3) Braxton Miller (34*)

Odd man out:

Stephen Collier, RS-Fr.

Projected starter:

Jones

Torrance Gibson, Fr. Joe Burrow, Fr.

Stephen Collier, his window to become a starter seems almost nonexistent, and a transfer might make the most sense. Running back Junior Ezekiel Elliott will start in 2015, then he’ll most likely leave for the NFL. After that, sophomore Curtis Samuel will take over. While that’s not a guarantee, he showed off an impressive skillset and even unseated Elliott as the starter for one game in 2014. Spring practice and fall camp will be a chance for Samuel to prove his worth, and earn a bigger part in the offense. After Samuel, redshirt-junior Bri’onte Dunn is running out of opportunities to earn playing time. Without Rod Smith, he might be able to sneak into the fold as a power back in goal-line situations, but beyond chasing Elliott and Samuel, Dunn will have to look over his shoulder for freshman Mike Weber. Weber — if he decides to keep with his

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Returning starters: Ezekiel Elliott (14) (2014 starts) Curtis Samuel (1) Key for the future: Samuel, Soph. Mike Weber, Fr. Odd man out:

Warren Ball, RS-Jr.

One to watch:

Bri’onte Dunn, RS-Jr.

OSU commitment after Stan Drayton bolted for the NFL — is a highly-rated back who won’t redshirt in Columbus. He’ll see carries in garbage time, and a couple when it matters, and has a chance to push Samuel for the starting spot after Elliott moves on. Wide receiver Wide receiver is the position the Buckeyes took the biggest hit this offseason, but they have the talent to fill the gaps. Devin Smith and Evan Spencer have moved on after each were weekly starters last year, but redshirt-junior Michael Thomas was already the best all-around receiver on the team. After

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Returning starters: Michael Thomas (14) (2014 starts) Corey Smith (1) Dontre Wilson (3) Key losses: Devin Smith Evan Spencer

As one streak ended for Ohio State’s men’s tennis team, the Buckeyes fought Sunday afternoon to keep another alive. One week after its first loss of the season — to Texas A&M — OSU won its 200th consecutive home match Sunday against University of South Florida, 4-0. “To have something that might live forever, I mean, who knows if that streak ever gets broken … And to be able to say, ‘You know what? We’ve got the longest win streak in the history of any sport,’” OSU coach Ty Tucker said. “They could be 80 years old and still be able to say (that).” Tucker has been there from one to 200. He started as the coach at OSU in 1999, and the Buckeyes’ last loss at home came against Illinois in 2003. Tucker said he gives most of the credit for the streak to players throughout the years. “It’s pretty impressive, 200 home wins in a row … 35, 40 good athletes through that streak,” Tucker said. “They made it happen and I get a little bit of the credit.” As if there was not enough pressure coming off of their first loss of the season, Tucker said guys from 10 years ago had been reaching out to the current Buckeyes

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Freshmen spark men’s basketball james grega, jr. Asst. sports editor grega.9@osu.edu

Thomas, redshirt-senior Corey Smith should be a regular in the lineup next season, while redshirt-freshman Johnnie Dixon will be looking to prove his worth after sitting out the majority of last season with a leg injury. Georgia Tech transfer Jeff Greene and his 6-foot-5-inch, 220-pound frame should have something to say as well as he gets set for his redshirt-senior season. And don’t forget about K.J. Hill, whose signing day commitment was a big boost to the Buckeyes’ new freshman class.

Coming off of a loss to unranked Purdue and the suspension of sophomore forward Marc Loving, the Ohio State men’s basketball team needed a boost. Enter freshmen forwards Keita Bates-Diop, Jae’Sean Tate and, as usual, freshman guard D’Angelo Russell. But as Russell became the first freshman in Buckeye history to record a triple-double, the performances of Bates-Diop and Tate were partially overshadowed Sunday night as OSU (18-6, 7-4) ran away with a 79-60 victory over Rutgers (10-15, 2-9). It was the first triple-double by an OSU player since Evan Turner did it Nov. 28, 2009, and the first against a Big Ten opponent. The reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Russell poured in 17 points, six rebounds and seven assists in the first half alone. He finished with 23 points to go along with 11 assists and collected his tenth rebound with 4:17 remaining in the game. He added an eleventh rebound to close out his day.

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Odd man out:

James Clark, RS-Soph.

Projected starters:

Thomas, Corey Smith Jalin Marshall (H-back)

One to watch:

Jeff Greene, RS-Sr.

Buckeyes keep dream alive with pro lax molly tavoletti Lantern reporter tavoletti.1@osu.edu Dominique Alexander answers to two names. On the lacrosse field, teammates call him “Big ‘Nique.” At New Albany High School, his students know him as Mr. Alexander. Alexander plays Major League Lacrosse for The Ohio Machine, but during the week, he teaches health at New Albany and attends graduate school at Ohio State, where he spent his collegiate playing career. Like many professional players in his field, he knows lacrosse cannot pay the bills. “There’s only a handful of guys able to make some sort of living off it,” Alexander said. “And everyone else is just playing because they enjoy it, being on teams and staying a part of the game. Even if you look at the top players, what they’re making, it’s not enough to make a living,” The term “professional athlete” for sports like football, hockey and basketball typically means multimillion-dollar annual contracts, but Alexander knows the professional paycheck for lacrosse looks much different. A 2012 article in The Wall Street Journal revealed that a professional lacrosse player typically earns between $10,000-$25,000 per season, a salary that requires him to work one or more additional jobs. Balancing a lacrosse career with a full-time teaching position and graduate school has been admittedly hectic, Alexander said. But his decision to continue his lacrosse career came with both an understanding of those complications, and more importantly, their inability to outweigh his love for the game. “For so many guys, lacrosse ends in high school or in

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college,” Alexander said. “So to be able to extend my career, keep putting on those pads and keep playing, it means a lot.” And while many second-semester college seniors approach graduation and the inevitable “real world” with job interviews or graduate school applications, OSU men’s lacrosse captains Jesse King and David Planning are preparing differently, by following Alexander down the professional path. On Jan. 23, the senior midfielders were each selected in the 2015 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, getting a chance to continue his lacrosse career as a professional following his final season with the Buckeyes. King became the second-highest draft pick in OSU history when Rochester chose him during the first round with the sixth overall pick. And despite inevitable obstacles, King said he accepted without any hesitation. “Obviously it is more difficult to have a career that supports you being a professional lacrosse player,” King said. “Honestly, I didn’t really have a plan for my future until about a couple months ago. All I know is that I definitely wanted lacrosse to be involved.” King, who grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, begins his senior season with a resumé of 77 collegiate goals and a gold medal from 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship in Denver. He has been playing the sport since age 7, and said lacrosse has become much more than a game to him. “Lacrosse has taught me many life lessons, including honesty, trust, leadership and the meaning of family,” King said. “And that carries on to the next level professionally.” Courtesy of The Ohio Machine / Getty Images

Former Buckeye Dominique Alexander picked up 31 ground balls and tallied 3 goals and 4 assists in his 2nd season with The Ohio Machine.

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sports Offense from 7A At H-back, the Buckeyes are overflowing with talent once again, with junior Dontre Wilson and redshirt-sophomore Jalin Marshall both making big contributions last season. Sophomore Noah Brown saw playing time late in the season as well, and his 240-pound frame brings an added element to the offense that Marshall and Wilson can’t. Tight end Jeff Heuerman is off, most likely to the NFL, but the Buckeyes still return arguably their best tight end. Redshirt-senior Nick Vannett caught 19

TIGHT END

Returning starters: (2014 starts)

Nick Vannett (2)

Key loss: Jeff Heuerman Key for the future: Marcus Baugh, RS-Soph. A.J. Alexander, Fr. Projected starter:

passes for 220 yards and five touchdowns last season, including a score in the title game win against Oregon. He’s a polished receiver who should focus on blocking this offseason, but the offense won’t miss a beat with him getting the majority of the tight end reps. Redshirt-sophomore Marcus Baugh will likely be the second man on the depth chart, and he’s scored a touchdown on catch pass as a Buckeye. Granted, he’s only caught one pass, but if he can fight through some off-field issues that have limited his playing time, he should make an impact in 2015. The Buckeyes also signed on two freshmen in A.J. Alexander and Rashod Berry who will likely see playing time both on offense and special teams this season.

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Lax from 7A So what exactly does that next level entail? Professional lacrosse differs from college level lacrosse in that it requires diversity and flexibility on the field, but more importantly, self-discipline off of it, said Bear Davis, vice president and coach for The Ohio Machine. “In college, these guys have strength-conditioning workouts in addition to weekly practice,” Davis said. “But the biggest difference in the pros is that you have to do your own workouts. Our guys practice Friday night, Saturday morning and play Saturday night, so the whole week leading up to that, they’re on their own.” Making the transition from collegiate to professional lacrosse means letting go of structure and accepting a more costly level of pressure, Alexander said. “If you think of a professional, you think of someone who is about their craft and always working on it,” Alexander said. “You have to motivate yourself to get up, go workout, shoot around and hit the wall in the gym to always try and get better. It’s on you. And whether you continue dressing for games depends on how you perform.” Planning, who was drafted No. 57 in the eighth round by The Machine, has started in 31 of 42 games with the Buckeyes, and possesses both the physical versatility and the mental discipline required at the professional level, Davis said.

Offensive line With seniors Taylor Decker and Jacoby Boren, redshirt-junior Pat Elflein and redshirtsophomore Billy Price all returning, Elliott can expect similar holes to run through next season. Four out of five returning starters is nothing to scoff at, and a couple strong recruiting

“We can only field 12 guys on gameday,” Davis said. “And David has a lot of different skill sets. He can play defense, he can play offense, so he could fill a lot of those spots.” Planning grew up dreaming of taking the field with the Buckeyes, never imagining his lacrosse career would extend beyond college, and instead planned to pursue a career in politics, he said. But when the offer came from The Machine, Planning said he did not hesitate. “Growing up, I always dreamed of playing Division I lacrosse,” he said. “Pro lacrosse was so far removed from my thought process that it never even occurred to me. The chance to play lacrosse at the professional level, especially for The Ohio Machine, is an honor and a blessing.” While King and Planning admit a career in lacrosse rarely paves a road to fame and fortune, each player said he could not imagine a greater privilege than taking the field on the professional level. Before officially turning the page to the professional chapter, though, the graduating seniors must first finish the college one. “For now, I am focused on my senior season,” Planning said. “There is nothing I want more than to bring some shiny hardware back to Columbus at the end of this spring.” Planning, King and the rest of the Buckeyes started their regular season on Saturday 9-8 loss to the Detroit Titans on the road.

OFFENSIVE LINE Returning starters: (2014 starts)

Taylor Decker (15) Jacoby Boren (15) Pat Elflein (15) Billy Price (15)

Key loss:

Darryl Baldwin

Key for the future:

Matt Burrell, Fr.

One to watch:

Jamarco Jones, Soph.

Projected starter:

4 returning starters Chase Farris, RS-Sr.

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classes in a row mean the Buckeyes should have the talent to fill that final spot. Redshirt-senior Chase Farris — a converted defensive lineman, just like Darryl Baldwin — will probably win the starter job initially, but sophomore Jamarco Jones, among a few others, will have a chance to earn increased playing time, and even a starting spot. The Buckeyes are scheduled to open the 2015 season against Virginia Tech on Sept. 7 in Blacksburg, Va.

Freshmen from 7A Bates-Diop and Tate filled in for OSU’s second leading scorer, and both exceeded Loving’s season average for points finishing with 14 and 20 points, respectively. BatesDiop scored 10 points in the first half alone. Bates-Diop was given his first crack at Rutgers less than two minutes into the game after Tate was sent to the bench with what appeared to be a minor injury. The Normal, Ill., native connected on his first attempt less than 30 seconds after entering the game, burying a 3-point shot off a screen. Bates-Diop’s early production contributed to a 44-26 halftime lead for the Buckeyes. He added nine rebounds for the Buckeyes in the win. Tate returned to the game shortly after leaving early in the first half and tallied five rebounds to add to his big night. By halftime, OSU freshmen had scored 39 of the Buckeyes’ 44 points and finished with 61 of the Scarlet and Gray’s 79 points. Rutgers redshirt-junior guard Bishop Daniels led the way for the Scarlet Knights with 17 points. The Buckeyes are set to return home to Columbus on Wednesday against Penn State. Tip is set for 7 p.m at the Schottenstein Center.

all week “putting a little added pressure on them.” Redshirt-senior Kevin Metka said it wasn’t talked about that much this week among the team though, because the team was “mostly trying to regroup from a tough loss last week.” Tucker said that it’s nice to have win No. 200 out of the way, but in some of the seniors’ minds, there is still more to prove. “We’re still going to have lots of home matches that are tough the rest of the year that we want to continue to win,” Metka said. Redshirt-senior Hunter Callahan agreed, pointing out that they still need to win seven more home matches for the seniors to leave without losing a match at home. The 200th win was not handed to the Buckeyes, as No. 25 USF put up a fight on all courts. Redshirt-sophomore Ralf Steinbach and Metka dropped their doubles match, 6-4, as the other two Buckeye pairs went into tiebreakers. “You can’t prepare for that. Nothing that we do in practice is anything close to that intensity,” Callahan said. Callahan and redshirt-junior Chris Diaz came out on top 7-6 (7-4), followed by a win from freshman Mikael Torpegaard and sophomore Herkko Pollanen 7-6 (7-3). With the doubles point in hand, the Buckeyes headed to singles court. Callahan wrapped up a win first, 6-3, 6-2. Torpegaard stamped his win next, defeating sophomore Sasha Gozun, 7-5, 6-3. The final victory to preserve the streak came from Metka, who came out on top, 6-3, 7-5. The Buckeyes have little time to celebrate this occasion with the NCAA Indoor Championship coming up this weekend in Chicago, but Metka said win 200 helped get the team ready. “It was a good preparation for going to national indoors this week,” he said.

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Redshirt-senior Hunter Callahan celebrates during a 4-0 win against USF on Feb. 8 in Columbus.

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Students explore playwriting in zero-budget, black box series olivia hamilton Lantern reporter hamilton.5@osu.edu Inspired by the Sutton Foster song, “Flight,” second-years in theater Myia Eren and Hannah Halischak wrote a play that will be performed March 10 as part of the Department of Theatre’s spring Lab Series line-up. The Lab Series is an initiative by the department that gives students freedom to develop a theatrical work and perform it on campus, as long as their work does not require funding. “Being able to get your ideas on paper and present them to people who are genuinely interested in is very rewarding,” said Halischak, who also majors in strategic communication. Assistant professor Jennifer Schlueter began the series in 2011. Over that time, the Lab Series has done 70 productions as a part of the series, 45 of which have been completely student written or created. Schlueter said in an email that each semester students propose projects for the Lab Series to a committee made up of staff members and student representatives involved in the series. “Together, they select from the proposals, and then I and my Lab Series production manager craft a season that balances development with full stagings, undergraduate with graduate voices,” she said. “It’s really anything student run, student directed,” Eren said. “There’s no budget, and you can submit absolutely anything — new work, or an idea. It can be as long or as short as you want.

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Myia Eren, one of the co-writers of ‘Flight’ — a production set to featured in OSU’s Lab Series It can be a solo performance, or a work that you’ve found that you want to see staged.” The Department of Theatre plays an important role, Schlueter said, by providing a production manager and technical support, as well as paying for production rights for published plays, hard copies of scripts for plays in process and access to the department’s prop storage. “I also contribute my time,” Schlueter said, “as a professional playwright and director, to steering the process, mentoring students, and leading post-show conversations. That last bit is really critical, I think, because our goal is to get productive feedback on how these pieces are working to the student creators.” Constance Hester, a secondyear in theater, is directing a short play written by Anna Gorisch called “The Individuality of Streetlamps” that will be

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OSU club looks to provide agents OGonna Ononye Lantern reporter ononye.5@osu.edu Michael Inman, a second-year in marketing, aims to foster Buckeye talent this spring with his organization, Student Talent Agency Experience. STAE is a student-run organization that plans to function much like a real-world talent agency, where students apply to be an agent or audition to be a talent. From there, the agent or talent will be signed by STAE for further development. “Coming from a performing arts background, I went to the School of Performing Arts (in Cincinnati),” Inman said. “I saw all of my peers booking record deals and I kind if saw the process of how to go about landing a job in the entertainment industry. There was a common understanding that for internships and job, you need experience to get experience. That’s why experience is in the name.” Agents signed by STAE will work with the talent acts in the areas of publicity, representation, performing experience and artistic content. STAE will help create a profile for clients, as well as help market the acts by representing them on STAE’s official website, set to launch March 1. “First and foremost, the agents are selected, and, in partnership with the development team, we will then choose the talent — singers or models — that we want to represent and help develop their skills,” Inman said. Artistic content that STAE will help develop includes producing one music video and two recorded original songs for musicians, and developing a professional portfolio for models. STAE will assist musicians in booking at least one gig throughout their academic year of being signed and will confirm models to walk in at least one fashion show on campus, Inman said. Inman has confirmed collaboration with other university organizations such as Scarlette fashion magazine and the Fashion Production Association, which

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puts on an annual fashion show. Inman also hopes other organizations will look to STAE for opening acts at major events or banquets. “We also have positions specifically for freshmen students called STAE Associates so that first-years will have a way of getting involved in the organization, and will hopefully take on leadership positions in the future,” Inman said. Inman said he hopes to use the resources on Ohio State’s campus to STAE’s advantage, including Barnett Center spaces and other student organizations. Sonia Manjon, director of OSU’s Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise, will play a major role in providing these resources for STAE. “I will function as the adviser for STAE,” Manjon said. “So I’ll be providing guidance and industry perspectives for the group.” Having previously been the

executive director for the San Francisco chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the past, Manjon said she is willing to use her extensive network in the national and international arts and entertainment industry to connect students to people who will provide further insight to this profession. Although Inman is thankful to have a wide array of resources for his organization, he said there are challenges of having to prove to others their authority to dictate what is talent and what is not. “What we’re looking for in talent is very open. We’re not going to have any expectations for what talent is,” Inman said. “But we are going to be highly objective about who has a lot of potential and what we want STAE’s name to be behind.”

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Blaze Pizza like Chipotle — and that’s a good thing Daniel Bendtsen Asst. arts editor bendtsen.1@osu.edu Blaze Pizza has industrialized the pizzeria and Henry Ford would be proud. The chain started in 2012, and now two years later, it’s expanded to more than 50 locations. They hit prime real estate this month, with the first of seven central Ohio locations opening across from the Ohio Union on High Street. The franchise gave away free pizzas (normally $6.75) on the first day to anyone willing to “like” one of Blaze Pizza’s social media accounts. The publicity stunt was a boom, with lines on High Streets akin to those for a big-name group at the Newport. I made a point to stop in twice over the weekend to see if High Street’s newest addition is worth its own hype. And it is indeed one hell of an operation. In the back, there’s a giant dough-making process shrouded in mystery that preps the dough for 24 hours before punching out eerily perfect-sized lumps. Then they’re brought up to the line where an employee stamps each one with a big factory-like stampy machine. Then it’s passed down the line where a half dozen employees will put on different sauces, meats, cheeses and vegetables to your demand. Maybe the employees are just nervous in the first few days, but they were laying on the customer service act pretty thick. It was like they were pretending to form a personal bond to me and my pizza. Cleverly, your name is written down at the beginning of the line and you advance on down to these questions: “Dan, what kind of cheese can I get you?” “Do you like a lot of spinach, Dan, or just a little bit?” “How does that pepperoni look to you, Dan?” “I can throw some pesto on, no problem, Dan Marino.” Look, Blaze Pizza, you don’t need to be a needy girlfriend trying to impress me. You’re already impressive on your own merits. I do think this level of perkiness can be a turnoff to many people, especially millennials, and the franchise would be wise to tone

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it down a bit. That will likely happen naturally once poor wages and work environment causes their employees to resent the system as much as Chipotle employees do. To the customer, though, Blaze Pizza is gold, because let’s face it: it’s Chipotle for pizza and that’s a brilliant thing. Every entrepreneur everywhere is kicking themself and thinking, “why didn’t I think of that?” Blaze has got the formula right, but most importantly: How does it taste? It’s really good. The hot oven (which gets up to 900 degrees) makes for that crispy crust that good Italian restaurants have, but not the kind that has a lot of popularity in the Midwest. This can be a bad thing or a good thing. On one hand, Blaze is filling a market gap. Yet there’s another problem: People can be kind of particular about what kind of pizza they like. People have their favorites, and Blaze Pizza is competing against every pizzeria

as much as it is with Chipotle, Piada and Subway. And for a brilliant as this place is, the pizza isn’t perfect. They tend to skimp on ingredients, especially cheese, which could be a major deterrent to some. This is not the kind of place you come to get a meatlover’s. It’s obvious they enforce some “ingredient quotas” in the way some Subways do. I think they skimp too much on cheese but I can accept that because they have a boatload of other things you can top your pizza with (not Piada levels, but pretty close). And unfortunately, they can also get the proportions a bit wonky. I asked for pesto and my pizza ended up being 50 percent olive oil. Those issues are ones regular customers will have to learn to navigate with the subtle verbal hints we’ve learned to give at Subway and Chipotle. Bottom line: If you don’t like Blaze Pizza, you’re probably just really bad at making a

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pizza because you literally pick everything that goes on it. You just have to be assertive enough to make sure they get the proportions right. Given that assessment, I am most curious to see how the pizzeria does in the coming weeks and months. It has well executed an ingenious model and now it’s up to whether the Ohio State community is as enamored with that model as I would expect it to be. Though predicting business success can be tricky, I fully expect Blaze Pizza to be a success, especially considering how it’s proven itself across the nation. Currenty, Chipotle currently reigns supreme in the battle for OSU students’ stomachs, and it’s almost a given that the dinner hour will include a line to the door each night. If there’s a business that can challenge that, I think it’s Blaze Pizza, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the two businesses battling over customers for a long time.

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The STAE development team plans to accomplish this by using a New Artist and Musicians Audit Report. With this, members will conduct market research analyzing the top talent agencies to learn which genres, looks and styles are trending to base their own campaign upon. “You’ll have people coming together who know how to best use the resources, and kind of have a creative way of doing so,” Inman said. “It’s bringing a team together to hopefully create something magical.” Manjon added to this vision of STAE, hoping that students will discover what it means to be “creatives,” people who have passions for art even if they are not specifically focused in the arts community. “There are creatives in everything,” Manjon said. “I hope through participating in STAE that students see it’s not really that hard to pursue a career in this area, that they can get out of it the courage and ability to know they can do it.”

performed on March 2 and 3. It is a play about love and love lost between a man and a woman. “This experience has allowed me to get up and practice what I’ve learned and gives me a chance to make my directing debut,” Hester said. Emily Kacsandi, fourthyear in theater, is writing and directing her own play called “There’s No Such Thing As a Slow News Day” that will be performed Feb. 23 and 24. “It’s just kind of an idea I’ve had for a while. It’s about positivity,” Kacsandi said. “We get a lot of our information from the newsroom, and it’s all inherently negative.” “Flight,” “The Individuality of Streetlamps,” “There’s No Such Thing as a Slow News Day” and most of the Lab Series will be performed at

the New Works Lab in a black box theater. Eren, who also majors in journalism, said there is no real stage, rather, the audience surrounds the performers and everyone is on an equal level. “It’s really focused on the work itself,” Eren said. Halischak said that although the stage is small, it is a flexible space. “It seats about 50 or so,” Halischak said. “It’s got four curtains that pull around the entire room, so you can set up the audience how you would like.” The complete Lab Series schedule can be found on the Department of Theatre’s website.

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