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OSU prepares to go all-in against Dayton ERIC SEGER Sports editor seger.25@osu.edu

Man arrested for public indecency at Thompson KAYLA BYLER Managing editor of design byler.18@osu.edu A 59-year-old man was arrested for public indecency and criminal trespassing after being seen masturbating at William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library March 11.

A witness reported the man to library security who called University Police. The man had left the library but a witness followed him and pointed the man out to officers who arrested him inside the Ohio State bookstore at Enarson Classrooms Building.

A responding officer said he recognized the man as having been arrested previously for criminal trespassing and breaking and entering at OSU, according to a University Police report. Library security banned the man from all OSU libraries.

In January, Lonnie Sturdivant, a 56-year-old homeless man described as “an habitual offender,” was arrested for sexual imposition at Thompson Library.

Sturdivant was reported to library security for inappropriately touching female OSU students who were studying and police were called in, Deputy Chief of University Police Richard Morman said at the time. Sturdivant was arrested for sexual imposition, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drugs.

Sturdivant might have also been previously involved with similar incidents at other locations around Columbus, Morman said at the time.

In an unrelated incident later the same week, two female students reported a man in Thompson Library exposing himself and masturbating while watching them. The man was described as white

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This one means a little more.

This one — and all the rest from here on out — could be the swan song for two of a program’s most tenured and successful players.

This one is the mentor against the pupil.

The 14-year head coaching veteran against the young, up-and-coming fireball looking to continue making a name for himself.

This is old teammates now sitting on opposing benches after wearing the same colors for two seasons.

This is an in-state battle, a major conference against a mid-major adversary.

This is Ohio State and Dayton.

The No. 6-seed Buckeyes (25-9, 12-9) and No. 11-seed Flyers (23-10, 11-7) are set to battle to take another step forward toward the ultimate goal of winning the 2014 National Championship, Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y. The second game of the South region (Albany defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 71-64, in the First Round Tuesday), the game is the official kickoff for the second round of the tournament.

“For us, and for Dayton, you win or you go home,” OSU coach Thad Matta said Wednesday.

“There’s not a whole lot more than that.”

Matta is slated to face off against one of his old assistants in Archie Miller, who spent two years in Columbus before jumping to Arizona with his older brother Sean and ultimately landing the head coaching job at Dayton.

“That’s Columbus, and that’s where they are.

It’s a powerful, powerful place. I was very fortunate to spend a couple of years there and feel that and understand it,” Miller said Wednesday.

“But at the same time, a place like ours has its own special tradition, has a great program, an unbelievable fan base. In my opinion, the best fan base in the state of Ohio for basketball.”

The similarities between Miller’s Flyers and Matta’s Buckeyes lie in the groundwork each set prior to tournament time this season. Both squads dropped five games in January, each peppered with four-game losing streaks within.

Both have four players averaging at least eight points a game, and use substitution rotations of nine players. Each team won three games on a neutral floor this season, much like the one they are scheduled to play on at the First Niagara Center.

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Senior guard Aaron Craft (4) looks toward the basket for a layup during a game against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament March 14. OSU won, 71-67.

Dayton redshirt-junior guard Jordan Sibert left OSU following the 2011-12 season to get more playing time, and now leads the team in scoring.

Two of Sibert’s former teammates, senior guards Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr., have played in a combined 22 NCAA Tournament games. That’s compared to a combined four games of NCAA Tournament experience for the entirety of Dayton’s roster — two games for Sibert his freshman year at OSU, and two for redshirt-senior guard Vee Sanford, one in both his freshman and sophomore years at Georgetown.

Being a senior with tournament experience helps a lot, Craft said.

“Just knowing what the routine is, being able to know when you have to concentrate and get things done,” Craft said Wednesday. “Lenzelle and I have been here for four years now. Just because we’ve had a little bit of success before doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have success now, but I think it helps us prepare ourselves mentally for what the NCAA Tournament means and what it’s about.”

The last meeting between the two schools was also a postseason affair, albeit in the 2008 NIT. OSU won that game, 74-63, in Columbus, before any member of either team was in college.

Smith Jr. said his tournament experience is going to help him personally come tipoff Thursday.

“I’ve seen everything,” Smith Jr. said Wednesday. “I’ve been on both sides of the spectrum from winning tough games to losing tough games. I just think it helps me mentally prepare better and know what to expect, especially when you get into the tournament.”

The game between OSU and Dayton is set to be Miller’s first in the NCAA Tournament at the helm of a program. Going up against another member of his extensive coaching tree in such a situation doesn’t seem to mean much to Matta, however.

“I honestly won’t even know he’s down there.

It’s the game, it’s what’s going on there,” Matta said. “Before the game, you shake hands. After the game, you shake hands. But in between there, I don’t know what he’s doing or anything like that.”

Experienced or not, power conference or mid-major — it all goes by the wayside come tipoff.

“The experience isn’t going to put the ball in the basket for us this year,” Craft said. “It’s a balance of understanding it’s a new year and it’s a new team, and it’s a new experience that you’ve got to try to make the most of.”

Organizers aim to increase availability of ’Shoe tours Mumps cases up to 32 LIZ YOUNG AND DANIEL BENDTSEN Campus editor and Senior Lantern reporter young.1693@osu.edu and bendtsen.1@osu.edu

KATHLEEN MARTINI Oller reporter martini.35@osu.edu Pam Carroll and her son Cole walked down the steps of Ohio Stadium toward the AstroTurf field. Cole Carroll, a freshman football player at his high school in Phoenix, started down the 50-yard line as his mom pulled out her camera.

The two were on campus for a visit determining whether Cole Carroll might want to enroll at Ohio State when the time comes.

“He’s been waiting for this his whole life,” Pam Carroll said with a smile before taking her son’s picture.

Sights like this are common for Jeff Bordner, who leads many of approximately 250 tours through the ‘Shoe each year. In the last 10 years as a tour guide, Bordner has seen his share of wedding proposals, bar mitzvahs and alumni homecomings, including that of a Columbus native who had retired in Anchorage, Alaska.

“We walked into the locker room, back when we could go into the locker room, and the guy literally got on his knees and started crying,” Bordner said. “I didn’t know what to do. I asked him, ‘Are you OK?’ and he said, ‘You don’t know what this means to me.’”

Stadium tours started after the $150 million renovation of Ohio Stadium between 1998 and 2001 , as there wasn’t much to see before that, said Larry Romanoff, director of external relations for OSU football.

“After construction, everything picked up, because people wanted to see the stadium,” Romanoff said. “I had six hardhats in my office to take people out there to see it, because they were still working on the stadium.”

What started as informally showing people around the venue evolved into the formal tour system, where a reservation must be made two weeks in advance.

When a cost of $40 was added to the tour, people continued to come, and when the price went up to $100 a few years later, numbers didn’t drop off, Romanoff said.

Tours are offered through the Department of Athletics year-round, and the

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Tours of Ohio Stadium are offered through the Department of Athletics year round, and the average tour lasts an hour and a half. average tour lasts an hour and half, according to the Department of Athletics website.

The tour costs $100 total for the first 10 people and an extra $10 per additional adult or $5 per additional student . Children must be in at least sixth grade to attend the tour unless they are with a parent.

Tour-goers visit many behind-thescenes areas of the stadium, including the press box, club level and band center with an expert guide telling facts and history throughout. People can also venture down to the field and walk on the turf the Buckeyes play on.

As the program continues to grow, the Department of Athletics is looking to make it easier for fans to schedule a tour, said Joel Swaney, assistant director of Buckeyes sports camps who organizes the tours.

“We would like to better accommodate people,” Swaney said. “We’re just trying to figure out the best way as to how.”

Though nothing is set in stone, the goal is to make tours more accessible to people who are in town for a short amount of time and would like a walk-up tour, Swaney said.

“We’re always trying to make the tours better,” he said.

Down on the field looking up into the empty stands, Bordner said he’s been a witness to many sights on these tours, but seeing people from around the world learn about the stadium he loves makes this more than a job to him, he said. “(My favorite part is) basically people walking into the rotunda who are alums from a long time ago,” he said. “Just the look on people’s faces, it’s fun.”

The recent outbreak of mumps on the Columbus campus has all of us concerned.

The top Ohio State academic official distributed a message encouraging professors to accommodate students with mumps in their classes as the number of cases reported around OSU rose to Joseph Steinmetz more than 30.

OSU Provost and As of Wednesday afternoon, Executive Vice President 32 cases have been reported at or near OSU. Twenty six are students, two are staff members, one is a family member of an OSU student, faculty or staff member and three are listed as having strong OSU community links, according to the Columbus Public Health daily mumps outbreak count.

OSU Provost and Executive Vice President Joseph Steinmetz sent an email to faculty and staff Wednesday asking them to support anyone affected by the outbreak.

“The recent outbreak of mumps on the Columbus campus has all of us concerned. While relatively few students have been affected, any number is too large, and the university is taking precautions to ensure that the outbreak is controlled as rapidly as possible,” Steinmetz said.

“Those precautions include Student Health Services and Columbus Public Health’s urging students who have fallen ill with mumps to stay home and avoid school, work and other public settings for five days after their symptoms appear. This request means that affected students will be unable to attend school, perhaps for several days.

“If you have such students in your classes, I ask that you offer them all reasonable accommodation to make up any quizzes or exams, labs, class activities, or other work they’ve missed while sparing their classmates from possible infection.”

Mumps is a viral infection of the salivary glands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. It can spread through coughing, sneezing or contact with saliva or mucus.

According to the CDC website, the disease can be carried without any symptoms.

Those who are affected by mumps might have swollen and tender salivary glands under the ears or jaw on the side of the face, fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, loss of appetite and inflammation of the testicles in men, according to the CDC. The website also says there is no specific treatment for mumps, but it is usually gone in a week or two.

Jose Rodriguez, spokesman for Columbus Public Health, said those who have received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine still have a 10 to 20 percent chance of being infected.

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Olentangy geese clearing efforts halted pending permissions KARLIE FRANK Lantern reporter frank.359@osu.edu The Olentangy River will remain firework-free for a while longer until the city of Columbus’ efforts to rid the river of geese are cleared with the fire marshal.

The geese — said to be treating vegetation between Fifth and Lane avenues as a personal buffet — are set to be cleared from the area in order for work on a construction project to be completed.

Andy Montoney, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services in Ohio, said the fire marshal’s clearance is “just part of the process.”

“We’re working with the state fire marshal’s office to make sure everyone is on board with what we’re doing and the equipment we’re using. We want to make sure there’s no surprises anywhere,” Montoney said.

He added he is not sure how long it will be until the fire marshal approves the plan.

“We’re just going to have to be persistent and keep them moving along so the grass has enough time to germinate and grow,” Montoney said.

A fire marshal representative did not return a call requesting comment Wednesday.

Deterrents to scare the geese away are set to include pyrotechnics, among other devices.

“Some (pyrotechnics) make a large bang, some make a screaming type of siren sound. There are certain types of lasers that we use, where the geese see the dots and get scared of it and move away. We’re also using flagging. The flagging can be things like mylar tape or black plastic bags. Exclusionary devices like small fences to keep them from walking up out of the water onto the bank (will also be used),” Montoney said.

The geese are not expected to be harmed in the

process and will likely move to a section more south or north on the river, Montoney added.

George Zonders, a spokesman for the city of Columbus, said the city government is looking forward to getting started, as the process was set to begin Wednesday. “(The delay) was a bit unexpected. There’s lots of hoops to jump through, i’s to dot and t’s to cross but we’re looking forward to everything being set in place,” Zonders said.

In August 2012, the Olentangy River renovation began with the partial removal of the Fifth Avenue Dam. About one-third of the structure was removed completely, while along the remaining length of the dam, the top two feet of concrete were removed and the rest was covered with soil. The project was estimated in October to be finished by May 31, weather permitting.

The total cost was $6.9 million, which includes

$500,000 in grant funding from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, $2 million from OSU and $2.1 million from the city of Columbus.

Zonders said the goose removal effort is an agreement between Columbus city government, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Evans Landscaping, the company contracted by the government to carry out some of the river construction.

OSU spokeswoman Liz Cook said in an email the university is being kept in the loop.

“Ohio State is being kept apprised of developments and will continue to cooperate with the City of Columbus and USDA planners,” she said.

Many OSU students were notified of the planned process through weekly email newsletters or emails from residence hall staff.

College of Vet Med sees shift in administrative roles LOGAN HICKMAN Senior Lantern reporter hickman.201@osu.edu Ohio State recently announced administrative changes in the College of Veterinary Medicine following a one-year appointment extension of the college’s dean, Lonnie King.

The extension, which is set to last through August 2015, was granted by Interim President Joseph Alutto and Provost Joseph Steinmetz to assist in the transition to newly appointed OSU President Michael Drake, said College of Veterinary Medicine spokeswoman Melissa Weber.

“Because of the importance of health sciences at Ohio State, Dr. Alutto and Dr. Steinmetz wanted Dr. King to remain for another year so that he can help introduce our new president to the great things that the health science colleges have to offer,” Weber said.

King’s salary is slated to increase to $303,000 from about $290,293 following his appointment extension, Weber said.

In addition to serving as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine since September 2009, King is the executive dean of the Health Sciences Colleges and the Ruth Stanton Chair in Veterinary Medicine.

“He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science and serves on several national committees about One Health. His national duties require him to be away from campus often,” Weber said in an email.

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Lonnie King recently received a one-year appointment extension as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Rustin Moore is set to fill the role of associate executive dean in the College of Veterinary Medicine, a newly created position.

John Hubbell was appointed as chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences temporarily.

One Health is an effort to address links between human health, animal health and the environment, according to the College of Veterinary Medicine website.

To help assist with King’s additional duties and roles, the College of Veterinary Medicine created a new position of associate executive dean, which

will be filled by Rustin Moore, according to a February OSU press release.

Moore also served as the associate dean for clinical and outreach programs, executive director of the Veterinary Medical Center and chair in Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. His new role was effective March 3, according to the

release.

Moore is set to receive a 5 percent salary increase to $246,048 from $235,345 for his new administrative duties, Weber said.

Moore said his duties as associate executive dean include external relations.

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Library security conducted a sweep of the building but did not find the man. A library staff member reviewed surveillance video of the suspect leaving the building. In the video, however, the suspect was aware of the cameras and had taken his shirt off, using it to cover his face, according to the report.

All three cases are closed, according to University Police reports.

In another recent incident of criminal trespassing, a 40-year-old man, not affiliated with OSU, was arrested near Curl Drive March 6.

A man and woman, both 21 years old and not affiliated with OSU, were arrested for receiving

stolen property and criminal damaging and endangering in the Fawcett Center parking lot March 10 at 12:20 p.m.

Property related to the incident included a Vera Wang purse and its contents, two Visa cards, Macy’s and Kohl’s cards, a BuckID and a checkbook. The property was valued at $50, according to a University Police report.

Earlier in the week, a 25-year-old woman was arrested for menacing by stalking March 8 at 7:13 a.m.

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Bailey Johnson, a first-year in architecture, said she thinks frequent interaction between students on campus could facilitate the spread of the virus.

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“It sucks that it’s a thing, but I don’t think anyone should be freaking out about it. I’m not worried,” said Austin King, a second-year in economics.

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“It makes me a little nervous, but I apparently I have the vaccine. I didn’t know, but I asked my mom and she said I did. So I’m not that nervous because even if it’s really contagious, you’d have to be around someone who has it, and I feel like I haven’t been,” she said.

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campus OSU professor looks to make credit cards more secure MATT HOMAN Lantern reporter homan.94@osu.edu In the wake of a credit card data breach that jeopardized the information of about 70 million consumers, an Ohio State professor is working to improve the safety and decrease the costs of the cards used in the U.S. Paul Berger, an Ohio State professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is working with a team of researchers in Finland to develop a credit card that is not only safer for cardholders, but cheaper and easier to produce.

Berger believes he was one of the about 70 million Target customers who had their credit card information, as well as names, phone numbers and email addresses, stolen because of a security breach during the holiday shopping season at the end of 2013.

“Shortly after shopping there, we started seeing bogus charges from somewhere in Mexico,” Berger said. “Our company called us about suspicious behavior and we had to cancel and replace the card immediately.”

Since the breach, Target representatives have said the company is working on a plan to distribute chipbased credit cards.

Currently, many Americans use cards with a magnetic strip on the back that contains all the necessary information for a purchase. A customer swipes his or her card through a reader and sometimes uses a personal identification number, more commonly known as a PIN, or signature to confirm.

Alternatively, more than 80 countries are using “chip and PIN” credit cards, including most of Europe. These cards are built with an extremely small chip inside a silicon disk on the card, which has enough technology to store memory and perform other basic functions. The biggest difference between the systems is the chip and PIN cards use a timing mechanism to generate an encrypted key at the moment of purchase that only lasts a set amount of

Vet Med from 2A “That’s relationships with veterinary practitioners, building and maintaining relationships with them,” Moore said. “That could be everything from visiting them, to getting feedback regarding our services at the Veterinary Medical Center and regarding feedback on their view of our graduates and to enhance our services for the patients they send to us.”

Moore added he is also responsible for donor relations.

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Berger said this system is more secure because if someone gets a hold of the card or PIN number, the encryption key would prevent them from accessing the account or using the card for a purchase.

“Hardware encryptions are more ‘hack-proof’ than the magnetic strips, so there’s a need to have a computer system physically in the card,” Berger said.

A big reason the U.S. has yet to make the transition to chip and PIN cards is retailers and merchandisers would have to upgrade their card readers, Berger said. Many vendors would need to buy a new scanner. Berger said he thinks, though, eventually the need for the investment will be too great to ignore, and a credit card “revolution” is imminent.

An executive from a leading credit card company who wished to remain anonymous because the person was not authorized to speak to the media said they’ve heard the chip and PIN system is safer.

“In the U.S., it’s not used for the most part. If the merchants are forced to buy new POS (point of sale) equipment, it would be pretty expensive. That would be a huge investment,” the executive said.

The costs to the company in the case of a data breach, though, can often be great, the executive said.

“We have to set up financial reserves (for the company) in case of theft to reimburse the victims,” the executive said. “The company has to have a testing process in place to mitigate fraud. They need a way to monitor and differentiate fraudulent charges. We have to maintain good customer relations, point out odd behavior, etc., so there’s a cost of ensuring that you have a complete and successful system there.”

The executive said there are costs for consumers, too.

“It’s rare that a company will deny retribution to a victim of fraud, so usually they don’t have to worry about the actual money that the thief used. Still, in most companies there are fees and charges for canceling and ordering a new card. Also, there is the large inconvenience of waiting for the new card to be issued and arrive. During that waiting period, they may be unable to do a lot of things, especially if they only had the one card,” the executive said.

Berger said he wants to take the movement toward chip and PIN cards farther forward.

“If we had this revolution and moved to the chip and PIN system, why don’t we go one step further and use organic materials to cut cost?” he said.

Berger said to construct silicon microelectronics, companies need lab equipment such as hazmat suits, quarantined machine stations and an assembly process of completely automated machines working together in a large facility.

Berger said it could cost about $6 billion to build a factory meeting those requirements.

He’s working on a process that could produce the card and chip together using organic polymers and plastics for the chip, rather than the traditional method of silicon transistors. He compared the idea to a newspaper press that rolls a sheet of material continuously through a series of steps.

“It’s kind of like a 3-D printer,” Berger said.

He said there are multiple advantages for this process. For example, the entire space of the card could be used for circuitry and computer components, as opposed to the small disk of silicon that

contains all the working parts. It also means that conditions for manufacturing do not need to be so restrictive.

“The smallest hair, dirt particle or flake of dead skin can disrupt the building of a silicon processor,” Berger said, which is why companies spend so much money and time keeping machinery clean and separate from their employees.

At OSU, Berger and his team of researchers are working on building the individual components of the polymer computer system. His research partner in Finland, Donald Lupo, a professor at Tampere University of Technology in Tampere, Finland, is working with scientists to develop the system that Berger calls “a marriage between high-tech and paper: printed electronics.”

Berger and Lupo have been sending their research students to each other to bolster their communication and increase their understanding of the work.

Conner Chambers, a master’s student in electrical and computer engineering, has been conducting research with Berger for two years, starting when he was an undergraduate student at OSU. He said he will be spending about a month with Lupo’s team in Finland at the end of the summer.

“I’ve never been to Europe, so I’m ready for the experience. They have a lot of equipment over there that’s not available anywhere in America,” Chambers said.

Zachary Imm is another master’s student researcher in electrical and computer engineering working for Berger. He said he likes how Berger thinks ahead.

“He’s always looking to the future and the effects of his work, not just the nuts and bolts,” Imm said.

Chambers agreed.

“Most professors are focused on the results and the data, but Berger looks ahead. Like with the credit cards, he’s focused on the long term goal of commercialization and security,” Chambers said.

“That translates into one of our major activities now which is the capital campaign. Our main priority is raising the funds for an expansion and an enhancement of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Medical Center, in particular the Small Animal Hospital and Hospital for Companion Animals,” Moore said.

That expansion is a $30 million campaign, which would build more space for patients, Moore said.

John Hubbell then filled Moore’s position as chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

temporarily, as a national search for a permanent chair is conducted.

Weber said Hubbell will not receive a base salary increase, but is slated to earn an additional “administrative attachment” while he serves as interim chair. He earned $211,256 in 2013, Weber said.

Steinmetz said he’s happy with the changes.

“We appreciate Dr. King’s willingness to extend his appointment as dean of the college and executive dean of the health sciences colleges for another year,”

Steinmetz said in a released statement. “Dr. Rustin Moore’s appointment as associate executive dean will assist Dr. King during the upcoming transition year. In addition, Dr. John Hubbell’s stepping in as interim chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences will continue the department’s momentum while a national search for a new chair is underway.”

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tessa ditirro Lantern reporter ditirro.4@osu.edu A little bit of New York Fashion Week with a Columbus twist is catwalking across campus.

Ohio State’s fashion magazine, “Scarlette,” is set to host its second annual gala Friday at 7 p.m. in the Reading Room on the 11th floor of William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library to celebrate the release of the sixth issue of the magazine.

The gala is “parlor games” themed, paralleling the theme of the cover of the sixth issue and all proceeds from the gala are set to be donated to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

The evening is set to feature games with prizes, a silent auction, fashion show, a screening of a fashion film created by “Scarlette” and a dessert bar.

Amber Hammond, a fourth-year in international business and director of marketing for “Scarlette,” organized the gala. Hammond said she’s excited to bring an event to campus that is similar to an industry fashion event.

“We don’t want it to look like something a bunch of college students put together, we want it to look like the real deal,” Hammond said.

Editor-in-chief Mitch McGuire, a fourth-year in

English and medieval and Renaissance studies, said he likes that “Scarlette” staff members think outside of the collegiate scene when it comes to fashion.

“Columbus is definitely a capital for mass market fashion, given that we are the hub for The Limited brands. We have more fashion opportunities than other similarly sized cities,” McGuire said.

The magazine tries to focus on Columbus fashion boutiques and local designers, but also incorporates fashion from New York and other big fashion markets, McGuire said.

“I think the breadth of editorials kind of makes the magazine what it is,” McGuire said.

“Inspiration inside,” which can be read on the cover of a “Scarlette” issue, is what the magazine stands for, and the staff’s goal is to highlight campus and Columbus beauty and individuality. About 40 Ohio State students with work with the magazine.

“Our mission with our organization and our magazine is to create an environment on campus where students feel comfortable expressing themselves through dress,” Hammond said.

Chloe Crites, a third-year in fashion and retail studies and the assistant styling director for “Scarlette,” said she enjoys working with local businesses and designers.

One of the local businesses the magazine has been working closely with for the gala is Out of the Closet in the Short North.

Out of the Closet, a thrift store that also provides HIV testing, is a business with donations going to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

The store donated designer items to the “Scarlette” team for the gala. Hammond said she was thrilled to receive several pieces to be auctioned off at the gala, including a $1,000 Giorgio Armani suit with the tags still on.

Crites said she and the “Scarlette” staff are excited to hear students’ opinions and reactions at the gala.

“At the gala, students get to see the clothes in person, and students can talk to the team that created these looks and editorials,” Crites said. “You get this firsthand connection at the gala that you don’t always have with the magazine.”

The fashion show portion of the evening is set to begin at 8 p.m. and the models are set to be OSU students who are involved with “Scarlette” magazine.

Dress for the gala is semi-formal and admission is free if students wear red and RSVP on the “Scarlette Magazine” Facebook page. If students do not wear red or RSVP, Scarlette is asking for a $2 donation for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

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Golden Death Music a psychedelic ‘one-man band’ hayden grove Asst. sports director at BuckeyeTV grove.157@osu.edu Even if it might take a lot more work to be a one-man band, Michael Ramey, the Columbus-based guitarist who performs and writes music as Golden Death Music, prefers it that way.

“I do all the solos. Sometimes the shows I play are by myself,” Ramey said. “I write all the music, the lyrics and all the recordings are done by me. I pretty much do all this music for myself.”

Kyle Roper, a friend of Ramey’s and a fan of Golden Death Music, backed his claims.

“He does everything himself, from writing and playing to recording, mixing and mastering, even shooting his own music videos,” Roper said. “You can’t make music like that unless you are putting in a ton of work.”

Stemming from his high school days, Ramey said he was drawn to the electronic sounds of ‘90s dance music, as well as some rock from the ‘60s and ‘70s, using the combination of both influences to create his own sound.

“Psychedelic is definitely a word I use sometimes,” Ramey said, as he tried to classify his music. “I discovered progressive rock music and that was when I first started realizing what you could do with music — that it doesn’t have to be formulaic. I started to understand how limitless the possibilities are.”

While Ramey said he considers himself a bit of musical experimentalist, he said his creativity doesn’t quite stop there. Rather than writing lyrics about the prototypical highlights of today — relationships, cars, technology — he said he likes to dig a little deeper and connect to his audience on a much more personal level.

“Lyrics are definitely real important — important for me to get them right,” Ramey said. “I try to have them stick to a certain vibe — existentialism. I try to stay away from the, ‘I broke up with my girlfriend’ or whatever.”

Ramey describes his lyrics as darker in nature, but in a somewhat ironic way. He said he uses tough times in his life to highlight the “double-sided coin” that is life-and-death, also clarifying the title with which he chooses to represent his music: Golden Death.

“Having struggled with depression when I was younger, being obsessed with death, having a fear of death, getting over it, having hindsight and looking back on it, that’s where the lyrics coming from,” Ramey said. “A lot of it is about trying to erase people’s negative conceptions about death and making them realize that death and life are two sides of the same coin.”

Schultz said it’s that specific paradox that sets Ramey’s music apart from the rest.

“The juxtaposition with the words and vocals, to me, is my favorite part and its why I want to share his music with the world,” Schultz said. “The lyrics reach into your fears — the darker side of what can bring you down. The music, on the flip side, is very hopeful and gives a nice complementary feel to the vocals.”

It might be the deep, dark-yet-light paradox of the songs that helped fans to connect the music, but in any case, Ramey said people caught on to Golden Death Music very quickly.

“On a whim, seven or eight years ago I uploaded the music to MySpace and it was popular and got an overwhelming response,” Ramey said. “I’m always really pleasantly surprised whenever anyone finds something in the music that I’m making that they connect to.”

Ramey’s quick connection with audiences might have been the reason for his ability to sign a record deal with Helmetroom Recordings in 2009, giving him the chance to perform his music outside the U.S. and experience the universal language of music.

“I signed a record deal and was able to collaborate with some of my favorite artists,” Ramey said, mentioning artists Stereo Lab and Acid Mother’s Temple. “From there, I started flying around the world and playing shows in South America, Canada and Mexico. It was a great experience.”

Ramey said Golden Death Music is a

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Michael Ramey, who writes and performs music under the name Golden Death Music, is set to play at Kobo March 26. single-entity operation and a result of his unrivaled love of music paired with his relentless desire for musical control and perfection.

“He works so many long hours at his job, has a wife and a son and still finds time to dedicate to his music,” Chris Ramey, Michael Ramey’s brother, said. “I’ve known him to work on stuff for months, tweaking the smallest details until things

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Pizza Cucinova excels in authenticity, diverse flavors leah alexander Lantern reporter alexander.641@osu.edu With so many pizza restaurants located around Ohio State’s campus, it’s hard to distinguish one place from the next. Pizza Cucinova, located at 1187 Olentangy River Road, is a new restaurant that isn’t your typical pizza joint.

When I walked into the simply decorated, yet modern, eatery, chefs and team members warmly welcomed me.

A giant sign caught my eye explaining the basic format and style of the restaurant.

Tony Seta, a chef who helped create menus for Bonefish Grill and Carrabba’s, developed the Pizza Cucinova menu.

You can choose a specialty pizza from the pre-made menu, or build your own. For healthier eaters, you can create a custom salad or choose one from the five menu options.

As I started the journey to the ultimate custom pizza, a personal portion of dough was stretched and prepared right in front of me. The dough is then floured with Caputo flour, an ultra-fine and no-sugar-added flour from Italy.

The pizza dough then moves down the line to the sauce station. There are three different sauce selections: a white, cheese-based sauce, a red, tomato-based sauce and a green, pesto sauce.

After the sauce, customers can choose from a widevariety of toppings. The many toppings are grouped into three categories: cheese, meat and seafood, and vegetables.

Cheese options range from the most basic mozzarella cheese to the more eclectic tastes of feta or goat cheese.

Pizza Cucinova features more than just your traditional pepperoni topping when it comes to meat. They also have sausage, meatballs, chicken, ham, bacon, prosciutto, a thinly sliced ham and soppressata, a type of dry salami. For the seafood lovers, shrimp, anchovies and clams are available.

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Pizza Cucinova is the ‘Chipotle of pizza,’ general manager Jamie Warden said. It is located at 1187 Olentangy River Rd. Now my favorite part: the veggies. Brightly colored and cut fresh daily, Pizza Cucinova offers more than a dozen different types of vegetables, from mushrooms and onions to red potatoes and jalapeños.

Although it was a tough decision, I decided to go with the Margherita pizza, made with tomato sauce, mozzarella, romano and basil, to which I added mushrooms. As I watched it get placed in the woodfire oven, I couldn’t wait to see if my high expectations would be met.

I sat down and my pizza was brought to me within the next seven minutes. The cheese was melted to the perfect temperature, and the crust was just the right shade of brown.

As I took my first bite, I was definitely satisfied.

However, I wished there was more regular, shredded mozzarella cheese, instead of the larger chunks of fresh mozzarella. The tomato sauce was very fresh, and I enjoyed the light and airy taste of the crust.

Because the restaurant only serves personal 12-inch pizzas, and not individual slices, I did find myself pretty full after only eating half of the pizza. It would have been

nice to be able to just order a slice or two.

If one saves room for dessert, their house-made cheesecake is a must-try for only $4 per slice, definitely worth the extra calories.

I sat down with the general manager, Jamie Warden, and asked him what makes Pizza Cucinova different from other pizza restaurants.

“We’re a family-friendly place for anyone who likes pizza. We like to call ourselves the Chipotle of pizza,” Warden said.

Typically, each personal pizza costs between $7 and $11. All additional toppings are $1 each, unless already included on one of the specialty pizzas. Salads range from $5 to $8.

Pizza Cucinova offers fresh brewed iced tea, sodas, coffee and eight draft beers, as well as five wines on tap.

Pizza Cucinova is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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are just the way he wants them.”

Sean Schultz, the owner of Strange Loop Records and a long-time friend of Michael Ramey’s, explained that the musician’s uncanny work ethic is due to his unrivaled passion for music.

“Music to Michael is like air or water,” Schultz said. “He can’t go a day without picking up or playing music. If I don’t see or hear from him for a couple weeks, I’m happy because I know he’s in his own little world working on music.”

Michael Ramey said he is pretty happy in “his own little world” as well.

“I like recording alone because I have complete control,” Michael Ramey said. “I don’t like the live shows because I don’t have that — you’re at the mercy of the sound guys and the other players.”

That need for control and musical perfection, Schultz said, is simply the work of a musical genius looking to streamline the recording process.

“The average musician isn’t going to know how to use things efficiently,” Schultz said.

“Having that control, it allows Michael to be more efficient in his work. He knows that sound that he’s trying to go for and doesn’t want a barrier between how it comes into his head and how he writes it out.”

Michael Ramey said he goes about writing and producing music with countless hours of work in the studio.

“I have a little home recording studio, so I’ll sit down with an instrument,” Michael Ramey said.

“Basically I’ll just sit down with a metronome and improvise while recording. From there, I’ll listen afterwords, cut and paste and patch the song together from there.”

After almost three years on the road Michael Ramey has found himself back home in the heart of Ohio with his sights set on his musical future, which includes a new album recorded on vinyl.

“I’m really excited to be back in Columbus and looking forward to getting back in the scene,” Michael Ramey said. “I’m working on an upcoming album on vinyl, which is almost done.

I’m excited for that as well.”

There are no dates set for the release of the vinyl album, but Golden Death Music is set to play a live show on March 26 at Kobo Live, located at 2590 N. High St in Columbus.

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Love plays detective, Buffett promotes March’s madness jacob hollar Lantern reporter hollar.38@osu.edu This is part of a weekly series called “Pop Opinions” where The Lantern offers its take on the week’s pop culture news.

Courtney Love, Super Sleuth A flight carrying 239 people went missing March 8 — and the search is still ongoing.

Theories have spread wildly as to what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: A hijacking, a malfunction, an alien abduction — you name it, someone’s put together a conspiracy theory on it (even though it looks as though it might have been an intentional turn off path now).

Thankfully, one of the super-est sleuths of a generation is investigating: Courtney Love is on the case.

With just a satellite image of a nondescript patch of ocean and Microsoft Paint, the who-knows-why-she’s-famous 49-year-old says she’s solved the case.

Or not. But she thought she did, and that was enough to spark a new Internet meme of defacing pictures with crudely drawn red lines and painfully obvious comments.

Maybe Love shouldn’t give up just because the Internet is making fun of her, though — ­ she could totally be onto something.

The real story here is that we lost a plane, and nearly two weeks later we’re no closer to finding it.

Gravity Still Makes Headlines Without Sandra Bullock “Gravity” is getting a lot of press this year: It won seven of the 10 Academy Awards for which it was nom — oh, wrong gravity?

Monday, a group of researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the discovery of the first direct evidence of gravitational waves.

This has important ramifications I’m not smart enough to explain for our working theories of why the universe exists and what it was like when it was less than a second old.

If confirmed, the evidence of the waves will be another strong support for the Big Bang theory (no, not that awful show on CBS).

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Singer Courtney Love performs at Vinyl inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Aug. 23.

Nobody tell the Biblical fundamentalists who believe the world is only 6,000 years old — I’d hate to ruin their fun.

March Madness The Ides of March have come … and gone, meaning it’s that time of year again. March Madness is back.

With it comes the usual buzz of impaired office productivity and the pseudo-science of “bracketology” — or, if you’re the president of the United States, “Barack-etology.”

President Barack Obama might have Michigan State winning it all in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, but Warren Buffett might pay out for a different winner.

The Oracle of Omaha teamed up with Quicken Loans to offer $1 billion to anyone who correctly picks the winner of all of the men’s tournament games.

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Warren Buffett visits the Creighton Bluejays prior to their game with Providence at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., March 8.

Fifteen million people can enter at Yahoo.com for a chance to win, but the chance to win is very slim.

Very, very, very slim: USA TODAY reported the odds at about 9.2 quintillion-to-one.

Having some knowledge of college basketball can improve the odds, though. With the right historical data, you can build a bracket with odds closer to 128 billion-to-one, according to USA TODAY. May the odds be ever in your favor.

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No need for wake-up call for Buckeyes against Dayton DANIEL ROGERS Asst. sports editor rogers.746@osu.edu

A look back at OSU in the NCAA tournament

As the Ohio State men’s basketball team (25-9, 12-9) hit I-70 to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament, it was easy to miss the turn off for I-75.

Just down the road from the exit was the campus of an in-state opponent who now looks to unseat the higher-seeded OSU in an attempt to show the rest of the state what its capable of.

When the draw for the NCAA Tournament was announced Sunday, the No. 6-seeded Buckeyes found themselves paired with 11-seed Dayton (23-10, 11-7), a matchup that could potentially divide households in the so-called “Buckeye State.”

“We’re excited. We think it’s a great opportunity.

Obviously an in-state opponent, so there’s a lot to play for,” junior forward Sam Thompson said. “Our season is on the line, their season is on the line, so we’re going to do all that we can give our best effort on Thursday.”

This season there are four teams hailing from Ohio — OSU, Dayton, Cincinnati and Xavier — but the only matchup between in-state rivals that will occur before the Final Four is the Buckeyes and Flyers.

All-time, OSU has compiled a combined record of 13-7 against the other Tournament teams from Ohio, including going 4-2 against Dayton.

But senior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. said even though OSU has historically had success against the Flyers, the team would be wrong to look past anyone in the NCAA Tournament.

“Obviously, at this point in the season you don’t want to overlook anybody,” Smith Jr. said.

“I think having the type of team we have, it’s easy to kind of overlook people but I feel like now, with

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(15) UC Santa Barbara W, 68-51

(16) UTSA W, 75-46

(15) Loyola (MD) W, 78-59

(15) Iona W, 95-70

(11) Dayton Thurs. 12:15 p.m.

3rd round vs.

(10) Georgia Tech W, 75-66

(8) George Mason W, 98-66

(7) Gonzaga W, 73-66

(10) Iowa State W, 78-75

Sweet 16 vs.

(6) Tennessee L, 76-73

(4) Kentucky L, 62-60

(6) Cincinnati W, 81-66

(6) Arizona W, 73-70

Elite 8 vs.

(1) Syracuse W, 77-70

(9) Wichita State L, 70-66

Final 4 vs.

(2) Kansas L, 64-62

Tournament seed Tournament play 2nd round vs.

source: ESPN

ERIC SEGER / Sports editor

an in-state rivalry and them having a few guys on the team who we’re familiar with … That alone says don’t overlook them, they’re fighting just as hard as we are and obviously they don’t want their season to be over either so we’ve got to be ready to play.”

An attempt to escape from under the shadow cast over the state by Columbus will likely be a big motivating factor for Dayton, something coach Thad Matta said he is aware of, and will keep the Buckeyes on their toes.

“I think for this team (OSU), it’s a great thing …

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There won’t need to be a wake-up call,” Matta said.

“There won’t need to be a, ‘Who is this? Who are they? What conference are they in? I haven’t heard of that guy,’ or anything like that. So I like that from (that) perspective.”

Senior guard Aaron Craft was quick to dispel any idea of the Buckeyes having a superiority complex about being the most recognized program in the state.

“I mean we haven’t heard anything about big brother/little brother,” Craft said Wednesday. “Right now, everyone’s even. It doesn’t matter what league you play in, how well you did in that league. Right

now it’s about finding a way to win tomorrow. Dayton is a great team that’s won and played against great competition all year, just like we have. Just because we’re Ohio State and they’re Dayton doesn’t mean anything to us.”

Since joining the Buckeyes for the 2004-05 season, Matta has compiled a 14-0 record against in-state teams.

One of those wins came when OSU was crowned champion of the National Invitation Tournament in 2008, having to beat the Flyers in the quarterfinals that season.

“Yeah, I mean we played Dayton a few years ago in here. That doesn’t really concern me … The fact that we’re playing a team (from) an hour away, five hours away (in Buffalo, N.Y.), that’s kind of irrelevant for me,” Matta said.

Despite all this, Matta said he was happy to see Dayton in the field of 68.

“My first initial reaction was I was excited to see Dayton up there,” Matta said.

Adding intrigue to the matchup is the connections that Dayton coach Archie Miller and redshirt-junior guard Jordan Sibert have with the Buckeyes.

Sibert — leading scorer for Dayton with an average of 12.5 points per game this season — was a part of the recruiting class that brought Smith Jr. and Craft to OSU, and Miller spent time under Matta as an assistant coach in Columbus.

Matta said he was excited to see one of his former assistants make the Tournament, but he knows it will be a battle.

“I wanted Arch to get in the NCAA Tournament.

Then I was kind of like, ‘Huh, here we go,’” Matta said.

“But I think from the perspective, I’m just happy for him in terms of getting in. But to be honest, I won’t even see him down there, during the game. That’s kind of irrelevant to me.”

Tipoff for the second round matchup is scheduled for Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y.

Former Buckeye Sibert now shooting threat for Flyers DANIEL ROGERS Asst. sports editor rogers.746@osu.edu In sports, teams are often seen as a second family to players and coaches.

Players are like siblings, with the coaches serving as the parents — or in many cases the crazy uncles — of this unlikely family.

But when one of your own leaves, how do you face them in battle?

That is a question the Ohio State men’s basketball team has to ponder as it takes on 11th-seed Dayton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday.

The Flyers are led by redshirt-junior guard Jordan Sibert, who averages 12.5 points per game this year.

Sibert is also a former Buckeye, but after spending two seasons in Columbus — where he only averaged 2.1 points per game in 2010-11 and 3.0 in 2011-12 — the Cincinnati native made the decision to travel across the state and join the Dayton Flyers.

Senior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. said Sunday he imagines getting a shot at his old school will fire Sibert up. “(I’m) trying to put myself in his shoes, absolutely,” Smith Jr. said when asked if Sibert will be looking for a big game against OSU. “But at the same time we’re both in the same boat: you lose, you go home. So I think we’re both going to be jacked up for the same purposes.”

Sibert said Wednesday he is ready for the challenges that will come with facing his former team.

“Definitely excited when I heard that we were playing

them,” Sibert said. “You know, every transfer would love to get a chance to go against their old school.”

Smith Jr. and senior guard Aaron Craft were a part of the recruiting class that included Sibert — as well as former OSU standouts Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas and Toledo forward J.D. Weatherspoon.

Even though Sibert left, Smith Jr. said he was as much a part of the team as any other player at OSU. “Just like with any other of these guys up here, we were brothers, we were teammates,” Smith Jr. said. “We had one another in hard times. I don’t know, I guess things didn’t pan out as well for him (here) as they did for me. I guess I was just the fortunate one to get that starting position and remain here and play on this Buckeye team with these guys that I love so much. Then again, I’m pretty sure with whatever he did, his decision, he’s prepared.”

Coach Thad Matta, who had a hand in recruiting Sibert, said watching him succeed with Dayton puts a smile on his face.

“When he left he said, ‘Look, I want to play a lot,’” Matta said on Sunday. “And he’s definitely getting to do that, and he’s honestly having a great career there. I’m one of those guys that says, ‘Hey, as long as everybody’s happy in terms of where they are and what they’re doing, I’m happy for them.’”

Sibert said he holds no resentment for the school after leaving, and thought Matta was helpful throughout the process.

“No hard feelings at all,” Sibert said. “Leaving the program, Thad did a great job helping me find a new place. My choice for Dayton was pretty easy … Me being from Cincinnati, making that trip to Dayton was definitely an easy choice for me.”

Junior forward Sam Thompson, who was a freshman during Sibert’s final season with the Buckeyes, was on the receiving end of Sibert’s loss of playing time. As Sibert’s minutes got cut, OSU began to rely more on Thompson off the bench.

Thompson said he didn’t feel there was anything different in the competition between himself and Sibert.

“It was tough,” Thompson said on Sunday. “I don’t think there was anything special between Jordan and me. Our practices are the toughest practices I’ve ever been a part of. There’s competition all across the board between all 12 guys or however many guys we had that year. So there’s definitely some competition between the two of us, but I don’t think it was anything out of the ordinary.”

On top of leading his team in points per game, Sibert is also Dayton’s second-best 3-point marksman, hitting 43.9 percent of his attempts from outside of the arc.

Matta said he has seen an improvement in Sibert’s outside shooting since he joined the Flyers.

“I’ve watched Dayton play this year. I think percentage-wise, Jordan’s much higher than he was here,” Matta said Sunday.

But Matta was quick to add that despite none of his players shooting higher than 36.2 percent this year from long range, he doesn’t think about what could have been with Sibert.

“No, because he’s doing his thing, and he’s doing it well,” Matta said. “Those kind of things don’t cross my mind very often.”

The Buckeyes are scheduled to tip off against Dayton Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y.

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Then-OSU-sophomore guard Jordan Sibert (2) drives to the basket during a game against Illinois Feb. 21, 2012, at the Schottenstein Center. OSU won, 83-67.

OSU hockey ready for ‘evenly matched’ Big Ten Tournament game GRANT MILLER Lantern reporter miller.5617@osu.edu When it was announced that the Big Ten men’s hockey conference would come together for its inaugural season, many people had high expectations.

With the regular season over and postseason play about to begin, it has become clear those expectations were right on the money. A competitive and skilled conference campaign has set up a tasty tournament bracket. All six of the conference’s teams are set to travel to Saint Paul, Minn., this weekend, each hoping to become the first-ever Big Ten hockey champions.

Minnesota and Wisconsin are the top seeds respectively, so both receive a bye in the quarterfinals, while No. 3-seed Michigan is slated to play No. 6 Penn State for the chance to play the Badgers.

Minnesota awaits the winner of the other quarterfinal between No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Michigan State. The Buckeyes went 1-0-3 with two shootout wins against the Spartans in the regular season, and first-year coach Steve Rohlik said his team knows how tough the game will be. “(The game is between) two teams that are evenly matched. You saw that in our results this year. They block a lot of shots, they’ve got a very good goaltender, (and) they’re scoring more goals now,” Rohlik said, referring to Spartan sophomore

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Sophomore forward Tyler Lundey (23) attempts a shot during a game against Michigan March 2 at Nationwide Arena. OSU lost, 4-3. goalie Jake Hildebrand. “So we’ve got to play our best hockey game Thursday night, there’s no question.”

For the team that claims the prize, a Big Ten championship will bring with it an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The national tournament is made up of 16 teams: the six conferences’ postseason tournament champions plus 10 at-large

bids. The NCAA selection committee uses a series of calculations to figure out the at-large bids, and those calculations are replicated by something called the PairWise rankings.

According to those rankings, the Big Ten can be split up into two blocks of three: those who look to be in the tournament no matter what, and those who require a Big Ten title to get there. The former

is made up of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, while the latter is composed of Ohio State, Michigan State and Penn State.

The tournament implications at stake this weekend don’t seem to faze OSU junior forward Ryan Dzingel, the leading scorer in the Big Ten this season who was just named to the all-Big Ten team earlier in the week.

“We’re all really excited. The CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association) tournament last year was really cool and there was a lot of publicity, so I can’t even imagine how much it will be with the Big Ten,” Dzingel said. “Playing in an awesome rink with these great teams is going to be a lot of fun.”

Rohlik, a Saint Paul native, said the tournament’s location is going to make the occasion that much more special.

“A lot of people say that baby boys are born here (in Ohio) with a football in their crib, up there (in Minnesota) it’s a pair of hockey skates,” Rohlik said. “It’s the culture, its kind of what Minnesota is.

It’s certainly one of the big spots for hockey across the U.S.” With the hockey-savvy eyes of the Minnesota crowd upon it, OSU’s high-powered offense will need to find a way past an MSU defensive corps that has blocked the most shots in the Big Ten. The prize awaiting the Buckeyes if they manage to do that: another shot at the best team in the nation, in the Gophers’ own backyard.

The Buckeyes and Spartans are set to face off at 8 p.m. Thursday.

sports OSU lacrosse looking to turn things around in ECAC play Brett Amadon Lantern reporter amadon.2@osu.edu

wasn’t enough, the Stags also have senior goaltender Jack Murphy between the pipes, the ECAC’s reigning defensive player of the week.

When the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team (1-5, 0-0) takes on the Bellarmine Knights (4-2, 0-2) this Friday, it will kick off its final season in the Eastern College Athletic Conference before moving to the Big Ten in 2015. The Buckeyes, who took home the ECAC tournament championship last season, are looking to snap a three-game losing streak and get off to a good start in conference play.

After beginning the season ranked No. 14 in the country, the three-game losing streak has pushed the Buckeyes out of the top 20, leaving the ECAC without a ranked team, for the time being.

So, as OSU prepares to play its first conference opponent, here’s how the teams stack up:

4. Ohio State Buckeyes (1-5, 0-0) It has been a tough start to the season for the Buckeyes. Two overtime losses to then-No. 11 Johns Hopkins and Massachusetts were missed opportunities for an OSU team still looking to find a rhythm. The Buckeyes, led by junior midfielder Jesse King and senior defenseman Joe Meurer, have had problems consistently putting the ball in the net this season as they are averaging 8.2 goals per game, around three goals per game less than last season. With only one currently-ranked team remaining on its schedule, a March 25 matchup against No. 9 Notre Dame, OSU will need to have a strong conference record to have a shot at a second-straight NCAA tournament berth.

1. Air Force Falcons (4-3, 1-0) Despite starting the season 2-3, including a loss to the Virginia Military Institute, Air Force has responded nicely. Winning its last two, averaging 14 goals per game in the process, Air Force has put itself in a position to be a tough opponent as the season moves forward. Senior attackman Mike Crampton has been on fire lately, recording nine points in his last two games (five goals, four assists).

Air Force will need Crampton and the rest of the offensive unit to continue to put up big numbers as the Falcons average 15 goals per game in their wins, but only 6 goals per game in their losses.

5. Bellarmine Knights (4-2, 0-2) The Knights started the season 4-0 and looked like a team that could possibly make some noise in the conference. But after two straight losses to Air Force and Michigan, Bellarmine is at the bottom looking up. Still, with a strong defense led by senior goaltender Will Haas (.558 save percentage), Bellarmine has held four of its six opponents to eight goals or less. Add to the mix a strong midfield unit (four midfielders with 10 or more points on the season), the Knights are a team capable of bouncing back in the second half of the season.

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Junior midfielder Jesse King (19) looks for an open teammate during a game against Penn State March 1 at Ohio Stadium.

OSU lost, 11-8.

2. Michigan Wolverines (4-5, 1-0) In its first two years as a Division I program, Michigan went 2-26. However, coach John Paul and the Wolverines are showing signs of growth this season. Sitting with a 4-5 record, Michigan defeated Bellarmine to start off its conference season, and has played four teams currently ranked in the top 15. The Wolverines also pushed then-No. 15 Cornell to overtime, but couldn’t register the program’s first

ever win against a ranked team, falling to the Big Red 15-14.

3. Fairfield Stags (5-2, 0-0) Led by an attack unit consisting of junior attackman Tristan Sperry (14 goals, 10 assists) and senior attackman/midfielder Eric Warden (19 goals, 2 assists), Fairfield boasts one of the best offenses in the country, averaging 13.1 goals per game. If that

Trio of outfielders a powerhouse ‘cannon crew’ for OSU softball NICK DEIBEL Lantern reporter deibel.30@osu.edu Any college softball team in the country would love to have the kind of player crazy enough to run into an outfield wall at full speed just to make a single catch. Ohio State (12-14, 0-0) has three of them.

Three outfielders — sophomore left-fielder Cammi Prantl, junior center fielder Taylor Watkins and junior right-fielder Caitlin Conrad — have been a bright spot in the Buckeyes’ season.

While all three players have excelled at the plate this season — all three players are hitting higher than .250 this so far this year — it is their collective fearlessness in the field that has made other teams take notice this season. After playing teams like No. 2 Florida and No. 4 Oregon, Prantl said she thinks as a group they can match up with anyone in the country.

“The outfield I think really solidifies the team, us three being together,” Prantl said. “I honestly think we have the best outfield, throwing wise, speed wise, how smart we are.”

Coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly agreed that from what she has seen so far this season, her outfield is among the best defensively.

“There has been great players I’ve seen make great plays, and I would rank our outfield with them,” Schoenly said. “They’re not afraid to make the big play, they’ll dive if it’s close, you rarely see them pull up on a ball that could be close.”

Nicknamed “The Cannon Crew” because of their strong throwing arms and the initials of their first names, all three have become moral and statistical leaders on team. When all three players are at

the top of their game, it serves as motivation to see who can top the other, Schoenly said.

“I think they feed off each other. When Taylor started the year off, she was diving all over the place, I think the rest of them wanted to live up to that standard,” Schoenly said. “Then Cammi was diving into the fence and Caitlin was making great plays, I think they have such a good dynamic between the three of them that they want to live up to it.”

One of the keys to the outfielders’ success is their ability to communicate with one another from across the field, Watkins said.

“We’ll look at each other and Caitlin will say ‘I’ve got this spot,’ I’m like ‘OK, I’ve got you right here,’” Watkins said. “I just really feel like it helps us have confidence in our other outfielders, knowing that the communication is there so we’re not going to run into the wall, we know where everything is at.”

That communication has transformed into a well-oiled machine, with each player knowing exactly where to be at all times, Prantl said.

“I know that Taylor has my back and then Caitlin has her back, we’re always knowing who has the front and who has the back, and what will happen if it’s between us, so we definitely talk a lot more,” Prantl said.

Offensively, the outfield also sets the tone for the Buckeyes as more times than not they are stepping up to the plate as the 1-2-3 hitters. Conrad has been OSU’s standout offensive leader this season with a .365 batting average, 27 hits, five homeruns, and 18 RBIs. “I had good expectations for myself, but I think I’m doing a lot better than I imagined I was going to, — I am very happy with the results I’m producing,” Conrad said. “I can see the ball really well

this year, so I’m hoping it continues.”

Even though Conrad currently leads the team in batting average, slugging percentage (.689), hits, homeruns and RBIs, Watkins and Prantl have also been efficient at the plate. Watkins is tied for the team-lead with Conrad in on base percentage (.442), leads it in runs scored (20), triples (two) and walks (17). Prantl is tied for second on the team with five multiple hit games and tied for third on the team with three multiple RBI games.

“They show up every day at practice and do it too which is really nice, it’s not just like we see it in games, they do that stuff all day every day,” Schoenly said. “It’s a nice pick-me-up as a team when you see them out there working their butts off, I really appreciate it.”

The commendable hustle all three players exert on each facet of the game also provides some ease of mind for their teammates, Conrad said.

“I think that it is reassurance for everybody else, that with us three out there we’re going to back them up easy,” Conrad said.

“We’re going to get everything that comes to us and it helps the team feel more comfortable in the infield and it makes the pitchers feel more comfortable.”

Although the goal for the OSU pitching staff is to keep the ball out of the outfield altogether, Schoenly said the pitchers value the safety net that Watkins, Conrad and Prantl provide.

“Nothing pumps you up more as a pitcher than if you happen to slip a pitch and a line drive gets hit out there and they save your butt, so I know they appreciate them,” Schoenly said.

The outfield and the rest of the Buckeyes are set to play their first home game of the season against Michigan State Friday at 4 p.m. at Buckeye Field.

5 things to watch for: Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament Eric Seger and Daniel Rogers Sports editor and Asst. sports editor seger.25@osu.edu and rogers.746@osu.edu

was named Big Ten defensive player of the year for the second time in three years and is the conference’s all-time leader in steals — will be the rock for a defense that will hope to cover the holes created by offensive issues. It is often said that offense sells tickets and defense wins championships. If that is the case, OSU must like its chances to make a run. Although, if the Buckeyes allow more than 70 points to their opponent — second-round matchup Dayton is averaging 73.4 this year — Matta’s squad might be in danger. This season, OSU has only allowed 70 or more points six times, going 0-6 in those games. The Buckeyes are good on defense, but it might not be enough this year.

The Lantern sports editors share their insight on what fans should know about Thursday’s matchup against Dayton in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

1. Does Thad Matta extend his streak of Sweet Sixteens to five?

Even with the departure of players like Evan Turner, Jon Diebler, William Buford, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas, coach Thad Matta has helped the Buckeyes sustain a consistent level of success in the NCAA Tournament. In each of the last four years, Matta has led OSU to at least the Sweet Sixteen — twice advancing even deeper into the Big Dance — the only coach in the country to do so. But this season might prove one of the tougher challenges for Matta. With Dayton in the second round providing a stiff challenge with talented 3-point shooters, OSU will likely have to fight to win their first game. But it is in the next round that looms perhaps the bigger challenge. No. 3-seed Syracuse, who started the season 25-0 before losing five of its final seven games, is heavily favored to advance past No. 14-seed Western Michigan in the second round, and sports a zone defense that is likely to be difficult for OSU to handle. The Buckeyes have struggled at times this season against a zone, and perhaps no one runs the zone better than Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. Not the easiest road for a team that is 208th in the country in points per game.

2. Do the Buckeyes have a second scorer? Do they even need one?

Since Thomas left for the NBA Draft at the end of last season, OSU has been looking to fill the hole he left behind. Junior forward LaQuinton Ross is the predominant scorer for the team, leading the Buckeyes with 15.4 points per game. But Matta’s squad has seen numerous players step up — only to falter — as the second guy. Everyone ­— from senior guards Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr. to junior forward Sam Thompson and junior guard Shannon Scott — have at times looked like the player OSU can look to for points. Scott most recently put up 18 points in a loss against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, but perhaps the Buckeyes don’t need someone to step up on a consistent

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OSU coach Thad Matta encourages his players during a game against Nebraska March 14 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. OSU won, 71-67. basis. Were it not for a missed 3-pointer by Craft, OSU would have had an opportunity to advance to the Big Ten title game against Michigan State, a team it beat a week earlier. If OSU has won 25 games this season with a rotation of players scoring behind Ross, what is to say they need a second strong shooter now? If OSU does make a deep run in the Big Dance, do not be shocked to see different names at the top of the scoring sheet following each game.

3. Defense wins championships All the talk of OSU’s below-average offense this season leads to one thing seeming to get ignored: the Buckeyes still have a phenomenal defense. On the season, OSU is 12th in the country in average points allowed per game with just 59.8, and is led by two players who were named to the Big Ten all-defensive team. Craft in particular — who

4. A proper senior sendoff All season long, players like Thompson and Scott have had nothing but good things to say about the two Buckeye seniors in Craft and Smith Jr. Both were the fastest players in program history to 100 wins, doing so Nov. 29 with a 99-64 win against North Florida in their 119th game for the Scarlet and Gray. After falling to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, Craft and Smith Jr. — along with the rest of the roster — watched Selection Sunday in Columbus for the first time in their careers. The team is a No. 6 seed in the Big Dance, the first time its been lower than a No. 2 in the guards’ careers. But sending the two seniors off properly is sure to be on the rest of the team’s mind heading into the second round game against Dayton. An early exit surely will put a dent on their illustrious careers.

5. Buckeye post play It’s no secret that OSU hasn’t looked for much from its postgame all season. Junior centers Amir Williams and Trey McDonald combine to average just 10.1 points per game, a far cry from what Sullinger used to do two years ago. But Williams, the starter, found himself on the bench during the important moments of the loss to the Wolverines Saturday in favor of McDonald. Matta is known for sticking with a hot lineup when his team needs a boost, so it will be interesting to see which player comes to play in the tournament. Winning in the postseason is very difficult without a solid low post game, so for OSU to have a chance, one of (or both) players will need to step up.

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