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Urban Meyer ‘wants to reward’ Mumps outbreak spreads, 63 affected Mumps outbreak in Columbus students with Appreciation Day LIZ YOUNG Campus editor young.1693@osu.edu

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Urban Meyer during an interview with The Lantern in his office March 24. Students have the opportunity to race against two of the fastest football players at OSU’s Student Appreciation Day.

If you’re an Ohio State student, Urban Meyer wants to see what you’ve got.

Much like last spring when the Buckeyes and Meyer welcomed students to an open practice and one student got a chance to kick a field goal, OSU’s football coach is looking to do something similar this year. This time, though, it’s about speed.

A student will go up against two of the fastest players on the team — sophomore running back Dontre Wilson and senior wide receiver Devin Smith.

“We’ve always tried to get the students involved and have ownership,” Meyer said in an interview

Some students hesitant on apparel contracts’ benefits LIZ YOUNG Campus editor young.1693@osu.edu After Ohio State signed a contract with a second apparel company, some students said despite the incentives, the increased prices might not be worth it.

OSU signed an agreement with Indianapolisbased Hat World Inc., doing business as Lids Sports Group, March 12. The 10-year contract is worth $12.05 million, OSU spokesman Gary Lewis said in an email Monday.

Lids was chosen because OSU “felt it was the best overall fit with the university,” Lewis said.

There are eight stores owned by Lids in Columbus, according to its website, four of which are operating as Buckeye Corner stores at Easton Town Center, Fiesta Center, Northwest Square and Polaris Fashion Place. There are also four Lids stores, located at Eastland Mall, Easton Town Center and two at Polaris Fashion Place.

It was announced in November 2012 that OSU had entered a 10-year, $97 million agreement with two apparel and retail businesses, J. America Sportswear and Fanatics Inc., to exclusively produce and sell university apparel. No agreement, however, was finalized with Fanatics Inc. The contract with J. America, which is based out of Webberville, Mich., is worth $85 million and is set to last 10 years. The contract was sent to The Lantern Feb. 13 to fill a November 2012 request.

OSU did not pursue the agreement with Fanatics for a few reasons, Lewis said.

“From a business outlook and operational philosophy, we re-evaluated all of the submitted bids after the originally selected company, e.g. Dreams, was purchased by Fanatics in the middle of the RFP process. Lids offered the same monetary value, and … provided what we feel is a better fit,” he said.

The RFP, or request for proposal, process is when bids are accepted and looked at.

In practice, the new contract with Lids is not connected “contractually or operationally” with J. America, Lewis said.

The Lids contract guarantees six paid student

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with The Lantern Monday. “I did this one other time (at Florida), where I wanted to see a couple students race our players in front of 80,000 people in a spring game. So we added a fastest student contest.”

Students who are interested in competing are to report to the Biggs Lobby at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center Wednesday at 5 p.m., Meyer said.

There they can learn more about the event and take part in the first rounds of testing.

A series of semifinal races are then scheduled to take place at OSU’s Student Appreciation Day April 5, which is slated to begin at 11 a.m. That winner then will get a chance to show their talent on an even bigger stage — Ohio Stadium — at halftime of the Spring Game April 12.

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Community beyond OSU LEE MCCLORY / Lantern designer

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.”

Some OSU students said they’re hoping everyone gets vaccinated.

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OSU aims to increase study abroad numbers MUYAO SHEN Lantern reporter shen.414@osu.edu Ohio State is slated to embark on a journey to increase the number of students studying beyond U.S. borders.

OSU has joined Generation Study Abroad, an Institute of International Education effort to double the number of U.S. students studying abroad by 2019, according to the Office of International Affairs website.

Of the approximately 2.6 million students graduating with associates or baccalaureate degrees every year, about 295,000 studied abroad in the 2011-12 academic year, representing about 11.3 percent of graduates, according to the IIE website.

OSU ranked No. 14 in the number of students who studied abroad among colleges and universities in U.S., according to the OIA website.

Maureen Miller, director of communication at OIA, said 2,426 OSU students studied abroad in 2012-13, and added the totals aren’t yet available for the 2013-14 year.

Compared with the numbers for 2011-12, 710 more students studied abroad in 2012-13, according to statistical highlights provided by Miller, something she said is because of several factors.

“The increase … can be attributed to the advent of May Session, giving students a new opportunity to study abroad,” Miller said in an email. “Some 570 students studied abroad during May Session 2013.”

May Session was created as a result of OSU’s conversion to semesters. The four-week long May Session was combined with a seven-week long Summer Session to comprise Summer Term. OSU offered students up to three free credit hours during May Session to encourage enrollment last year and is set to do the same this May. Those hours can be used toward study abroad programs during May Session, according to the OSU Student Service Center website.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged students to study abroad in an address Monday that was in support of President Barack Obama’s 100,000 Strong Initiative, which aims to increase the number of American students who study abroad in China.

“The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study

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OSU’s rank in the number of students studying abroad among U.S. colleges and universities source: reporting abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger,” she said, according to a White House press release.

Michelle Obama also said she understands how some students feel they can’t afford to study abroad.

“Maybe they may feel like study abroad is something that only rich kids do, or maybe kids who go to certain colleges,” she said. “I felt that same way back when I was in college. I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, and the idea of spending time abroad just never registered with me … So we know that it’s not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.”

Those efforts are set to come in the form of shorter study abroad programs and scholarships, according to the White House release.

Some OSU students said they enjoyed studying abroad.

The number of students studying abroad increased by 710 from 2011-12 to 2012-13

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The mumps outbreak has spread beyond Ohio State.

Now at 63 cases, the outbreak has been declared “community-wide,” according to releases from Columbus Public Health.

A total of 45 cases are affiliated with OSU. There are 36 OSU students, four OSU staff members, one family member and four people with OSU community links who have the mumps. Eighteen people without OSU links have been diagnosed in the community at large.

Dr. Teresa Long, Columbus Public Health commissioner, said in a released statement that preventative measures are highly recommended.

“During a community outbreak, protection against mumps is critical to our good health, our family’s health and our community’s health,” Long said. “Mumps can lead to serious complications in people who are not vaccinated, especially adults. If you have not been vaccinated against the mumps, or do not remember if you have received the protective vaccine, get vaccinated as soon as possible.”

The Columbus Public Health releases encouraged anyone who has not received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to get vaccinations.

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 earlier this month those who have received two doses of the MMR vaccine still have a 10 to 20 percent chance of being infected.

OSU students are not required to get an MMR vaccination unless it is a specific requirement for their program, as is the case for some medical programs, according to the Student Health Services website. Students interested in a vaccination are able to receive one through health services after a screening.

OSU Provost and Executive Vice President Joseph Steinmetz sent an email to faculty and staff

MADISON CURTIS / Design editor “It’s an eye-opening experience because I got to experience a different culture on my own without feeling a constraint of being a tourist with a large group of people,” said Priscilla Chau, a second-year in chemistry who studied abroad in England during winter break.

Thamar Plute, a second-year in international studies and Korean, said studying abroad in South Korea in summer 2013 allowed him to build relationships with new people.

“The relationships you have with people are the foundation for everything else in life,” Plute said. “To understand culture, to learn, to solve problems require us to have a foundation of understanding each other.”

Caitlin King, a study abroad coordinator at OIA, said her time studying in Brazil in summer 2012 improved her

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campus Students aid in tax preparation, receive practical experience LEE MCCLORY Lantern reporter mcclory.10@osu.edu Two Ohio State groups helped Columbus residents get tax refunds this year.

A group from Moritz College of Law helped about 220 residents get about $400,000 back and a group from Fisher College of Business helped 203 residents get $387,000 back, said Robert Dodson, a third-year law student at Moritz and a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site coordinator, and Stephanie Lewis, a senior lecturer in accounting and management information systems at Fisher and the VITA site coordinator for the Fisher Tax Clinic.

Students from both colleges work through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, a program through the Internal Revenue Service that helps people who earn less than $52,000 per year complete their taxes and get refunds.

Lewis said the refunds often make a difference in the lives of those helped.

“Refunds are probably how they will fund the cost of keeping up their household for the next few months,” Lewis said.

Dodson said student participation was low this year.

“We struggled a little to get volunteers this year,” Dodson said. “Sometimes we get a lot of business law-focused students who take a particular interest in tax, and other times

students’ interests are in other areas of law. It depends on the year.”

Dodson said he got involved during his first year of law school.

“I was interested in business law with an inkling towards tax. It was something to show potential employers I was interested (in),” Dodson said.

The program started in January and ended March 1 for Fisher, while Moritz ended its program March 8.

Sixty-nine Fisher students worked in the program, with 11 of them in managerial roles at the center. Fisher students are mostly from the accounting major in their final year of school, or in the one-year track grad school program Fisher has for its accounting graduate students. Students worked in pairs to prepare and check the tax forms with the clients, said Maria Khrakovsky, a fourth year in accounting and French and a tax preparer at the Fisher Tax Clinic.

In a typical day, students arrived at their respective offices, set up computers with a program called TaxWise — a computerized version of the tax form — and helped their clients run their taxes. The site coordinator checked the taxes to see if they missed any refunds or did the numbers wrong before submitting the taxes for credits.

A credit that students can help their clients get is the earned income tax credit, which requires the taxpayer to have at least one dependent and have low to moderate income,

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Two OSU student groups, one from Moritz College of Law and the other from Fisher College of Business, help low-income residents in Columbus complete their taxes.

Study shows liberal arts majors earn more on average ALEX DRUMMER Lantern reporter drummer.18@osu.edu

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Resada Ward sits in a medical sociology lecture on the final day of class at Gustavus Adolphus, a small liberal arts college, May 13, 2009, in St. Peter, Minn.

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Though some Ohio State students said they think others look down on their humanities or liberal arts majors, a recent study a recent study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities found graduates from those fields might be more successful than society claims.

“At peak earnings ages (56-60 years) workers who majored as undergraduates in the humanities or social sciences earn annually on average about $2,000 more than those who majored as undergraduates in professional or pre-professional fields,” like pre-med and pre-law, the study found, according to a press release.

Some Ohio State staff members, though, said that doesn’t surprise them.

“This is more encouraging than surprising,” said Todd Bitters, administrative director for advising services at the College of Arts and Sciences.

Bitters said he thinks the success of humanities and social science majors comes from the “soft” skills they acquire, such as creative, critical and analytical skills, which allow them to acclimate to dynamic work environments throughout their careers.

Zoe Smith, a second-year in history of art, said she has experienced her fair share of criticism. Smith said she thinks this is partly because of uninformed people who do not understand what her major or others like it really entail.

“Most people don’t realize how much work goes into being a history of art major. They think I just stare at paintings all day and braid my hair or something,” Smith said.

Although she might not spend every day sitting in chemistry lab, she said she spends hours learning and studying theories of art and various techniques. She said she wants to curate museums after she graduates.

Matthew Memming, a first-year in biochemistry, said he found the results of the study interesting.

“I’m not very surprised that someone majoring in liberal arts would make more than a pre-professional because even though the careers related to the liberal arts and pre-professional are completely different, they are equally important,” he said. “The liberal arts are more important than people give (them) credit for, and they should get paid just as much as anybody else in the professional world.”

The study also found the unemployment rate for recent liberal arts graduates is 5.2 percent, while the rate for mature workers who

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If that student is able to beat out Smith and Wilson in a race, there might just be a future for them with the Buckeyes.

“I hope not. I hope they can’t,” Meyer said of the chance a student has at beating his players. “If they can, I’m going to recruit them and get them on our team.”

The semifinals of the race are not the only event scheduled for Student Appreciation Day: flag football is set for the same day.

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“I’m up to date on all my vaccinations and I make sure I stay on top of that so that’s, I rely on that to protect me. It is kind of scary though if you got a lot of people who aren’t vaccinated,” said Thomas Tekieli, a fourth-year in biology. “One of the things we learn about in microbiology is a lot of people who don’t have vaccinations, they can kind of decrease something you call crowd immunity, which is if you got a lot of people who are vaccinated, the virus can’t really be in the community too much, but if you got people who aren’t vaccinated, it can travel through them. And even people who are vaccinated, if they get a high dose, they can be affected by it.”

Tekieli said, though, he thinks the outbreaks provides a valuable learning opportunity.

… our president doesn’t have a job,” Meyer said. “All our focus (is) around boosters and whomever, and I get that. But I’m never gonna … I want students on our side.”

Meyer mentioned that when he was the head coach at Bowling Green, he and players “went to every fraternity, every sorority, every student union group, student organization and taught them the fight song.”

Meyer said he wants the student body fully invested in the football program.

“What makes the energy in that stadium is our football team and our students,” Meyer said. “All due respect to the other 80,000 or whatever it is, it’s the students that create the buzz in the stadium. And we want to reward them.”

“I would say this should be a time to really drive public education about vaccines. There’s a lot of misinformation out there and a lot of fears,” he said.

Kelsey Ryan, a second-year in neuroscience, said she’s been worried about catching the mumps because she knows someone who has caught it.

“I’m a little paranoid. Every time I start to feel sick, I think I’m getting the mumps,” she said. “There was a case in the research lab I work in, one of the researchers has it, so I’m a little leery about that.”

Ryan works in a lab in the Psychology Building. “(The woman who has mumps works) in the lab next to mine but I think she’s staying away,” she said. “I got an email today about, you know, ‘If you feel sick don’t come into the lab. We don’t want to spread the mumps any more than it already is.’”

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OSU’s 10-year contract with Lids is worth $12.05 million source: reporting

Contract from 1A internships annually, and the contract with J. America states the company will “provide no fewer than three student internship positions each year,” two of which are expected to be paid.

Fanatics did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment about OSU’s contract with Lids Monday.

Some OSU students said they’ve noticed changes since OSU signed a contract with J. America.

“It’s great that we’re ensuring some student internships because that’s obviously a great opportunity for the students here, but I also don’t think it’s right to take advantage of students that are trying to buy their own school’s apparel by driving some of the prices up,” said Nate Derry, a second-year in electrical engineering. “As a student, I’ve noticed that here, some of the prices have gone from $15 to $25 and it’s just something that I don’t feel is right, I feel like there’s a way around it.”

Some local business owners have also said prices have gone up.

“Prices have definitely gone up, mainly because royalties have gone up,” Kelly Dawes, owner of College Traditions, located at 286 W. Lane Ave., said in February. “Because the money J. America

Abroad from 1A foreign language skills.

“I couldn’t have learned it if I did not leave the United States,” King said.

OSU has developed some strategies to increase the number of students that study outside of the U.S. borders, including continuing to promote new Global May programs during May Session to attract first-year and second-year students of all majors, planning a partnership with the Second-Year Transformational

Taxes from 2A according to the IRS website. The refund can be about $3,000, said Andrew Hartman, a third-year at Moritz and the vice president of VITA for the Tax Clinic at Moritz.

“Most people who come in have a simple tax return,” said Ben Hackett, a graduate student in accounting and one of the site managers at the Fisher Tax Clinic. “It’s a learning experience for tax preparers.”

Moritz volunteers are mostly interested in tax law for big companies, but doing the program can help students gain real world experience, Dodson said.

Moritz had fewer volunteers than Fisher — only 15 as

Arts from 2A graduated with a degree in liberal arts (age 41-50) is 3.5 percent.

Bitters found this encouraging and again attributed the low unemployment rates to “the adaptability of liberal arts students.”

The study also looked at the trends of these students going on to graduate school. The report found that nearly 4 million of those who hold a bachelor’s degree in a humanities or social science area also hold a graduate or professional degree, and see a $20,000 boost in earnings each year.

Bitters said he went to graduate school for English because he was interested in learning more about literature, but he said it’s not for everyone.

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MADISON CURTIS / Design editor has spent with OSU, they have to get that back somehow.

“Where we could normally offer a T-shirt at $12.99, we can’t really do that anymore … the lowest we can get is $14.99.”

Others said they’ve noticed differences in going about their student organization’s business.

“I’m actually the president of the basketball club and we kind of have to deal with some of that stuff, too, so it’s tough for us to get the apparel we want sometimes because it’s kind of another hoop for us to jump through,” said Tim Grosel, a second-year in biology. “The prices have seemed about the same for me, honestly.”

Grosel said OSU notified his club when the contract with J. America was signed, but he hasn’t heard anything about the Lids contract yet.

He said he thinks while student internships add an incentive to signing the contracts, there’s still a price.

“That’s helpful if some students can get more internships, but if it comes at the cost of costing student organizations money, too, it’s kind of one of those give-and-take things,” he said. “We’re giving students more internships, (but) we’re costing them more money so it seems like it comes out at kind of a wash to me.”

Experience Program and aiming to enroll more students from a variety of different colleges in abroad programs, according to OIA’s website.

STEP coordinates second-year students with faculty members in an attempt to enhance the students’ experience as a facet of the university’s plan to require all second-years to live on campus starting fall 2016.

Besides OSU, more than 150 colleges and universities have committed to the program, according to the OIA website.

compared to Fisher’s 69 — because of a lesser interest in tax law and taxes than there is in accounting schools, Dodson said. Students worked individually when possible, and Fisher sent some of their volunteers to work with the law students.

But it’s helping others that attracts some of the students who are working with VITA. “It’s a great way to serve people in the community and apply what we’ve learned in business,” said Emily Topp, an accounting graduate student and a site manager at VITA Fisher Tax Clinic. “I’m really impressed that students were willing to give up their hours, both over winter break and during tax season.”

for meaningful, gainful employment right out of the undergraduate experience,” Bitters said.

Regardless of the statistics, he said what really matters is that students go into fields that interest them.

“I believe that students who study within a field that interests them tend to do better, academically and emotionally, than those who choose a field only for its perceived earning potential,” Bitters said.

Smith has a similar feeling after changing her major from international studies to history of art this past fall.

“I’ve never regretted changing my major to pursue what I love. When people make comments to me, I like to thank them because their comments give me the energy and faith in myself to show them how successful I will be in my chosen field,” she said.

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Walking Shapes, Narrow/Arrow, Lushes to play Columbus show madeline poedtke Lantern reporter poedtke.2@osu.edu Double Happiness might turn into triple happiness when the Brewery District’s venue welcomes the bands Walking Shapes, Lushes and Narrow/Arrow.

Walking Shapes Hailing from New York City, the five-piece indie band Walking Shapes is on tour to promote the release of its upcoming full-length album, “Taka Come On,” and is set to play in Columbus Wednesday with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Walking Shapes’ lead vocalist and guitarist Nathaniel Hoho said he met guitarist Jesse Kotansky in July 2012 at a mutual friend’s party in Brooklyn. The pair kept in touch and Hoho eventually invited Kotansky to join the band he was involved with at the time.

“We went on some tours in that project and then that band kind of ended, so (Kotansky) and I started this new project, Walking Shapes,” Hoho said.

In 2013, keyboardist Jake Generalli, drummer Christopher Heinz and bass player Dan Krysa joined the band. Walking Shapes released its first record “Mixtape Vol. 1” in July 2013.

“We wanted to use (‘Mixtape, Vol. 1’) as an opportunity to release music and also involve people that are close to us,” Hoho said. “We kind of use (the first album) as promotional. We gave it away, it’s still available for free online.”

“Taka Come On” is set to be released April 8 and Hoho said the album’s “vastness” has been compared to albums released by the alternative bands My Morning Jacket and The Flaming Lips. “(The latest album) touches on rock, maybe a little bit of folk and then maybe a little more new wave,” Hoho said. “It’s tough, we’re trying to reflect and pay homage to what we grew up listening to but we’re really just trying to come up with our own sound.”

Hoho said the band was inspired by New York’s diverse music scene while creating “Taka Come On” over the course of a year.

“I typically come to the band with most of the song ideas and I try not to really think about writing because I’ve been playing for so long, so I try to let that creative process flow through me uninhibited,” Hoho said. “Then I’ll take it to (the band) and we’ll focus on it and try out different grooves, different drum parts, cut the song up and try to do something unique with it.”

Hoho said he feels fortunate because he works at a recording studio and Krysa is also a producer and audio engineer.

Walking Shapes created the album with the help of producer Gus Oberg.

“We worked with (Oberg) because we really liked the last record that The Strokes came out with and he was the producer for that album,” Hoho said.

We had a certain trajectory set up for us, of doing the corporate climb and having a normal, settled life. We both took a stab at that and decided it wasn’t for us. All the time between then and now is what’s on the album.

Joel Myers Drummer and percussionist for Lushes

Lushes Based in Brooklyn, rock band Lushes was formed in 2010

by James Ardery on synthesizer, vocals and guitar and Joel Myers on drums and electronic percussion.

In an email, Myers and Ardery said they both grew up in the Midwest with an interest in music but neither of them were necessarily planning to make music for a living.

“I got my start playing in a band called Dill Pickles From New York in fifth grade,” Ardery said.

Myers said he grew up playing classical piano and started playing drums shortly before joining forces with Ardery.

“James had put up an ad randomly that said he wanted to start a sludge metal band. I had no idea what sludge metal was but I hit him up,” Myers said. “We started another band briefly with a singer and, once it didn’t work out with him, we started writing as a two-piece.”

Lushes released its first full-length album March 4, “What Am I Doing.”

“We had a certain trajectory set up for us, of doing the corporate climb and having a normal, settled life,” Myers said.

“We both took a stab at that and decided it wasn’t for us. All the time between then and now is what’s on the album.”

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Indie band Walking Shapes is set to perform at Double Happiness March 26.

Narrow/Arrow Originating from Mansfield, Ohio, Narrow/Arrow is made up of vocalist and guitarist Cody Nicolas, bassist Mark Canole and drummer Jonathan Hape.

“I definitely think ‘emo revival’ is one of the better ways to describe (Narrow/Arrow’s sound),” Nicolas said. “But personally, if we’re just talking in band practice, it’s all rock ‘n’ roll.”

Though now based in Mansfield, Nicolas and Canole weren’t making music there as Narrow/Arrow originally.

“Mark and I met in Salem, Mass., when I played in a band called The La De Les and Mark played in a band called Walk Harbor City and we ended up getting a condo together,” Nicolas said.

In 2012, Nicolas said he moved to Mansfield and was hoping to convince Canole to do the same.

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Rock band Lushes is set to perform at Double Happiness March 26.

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Stunt actors, John Cooper (left) and Elizabeth Davidovich play zombies on the set of ‘The Walking Dead,’ the zombie series on AMC.

Students are set to have the chance to meet one of the brains behind the flesh-eating undead when Matthew Goodwin, second assistant director for “The Walking Dead,” visits campus this week. Fans will be able to get a behind-the-scenes look at the process of television production.

Goodwin is set to speak on his background in filmography, the process of filming an episode of “The Walking Dead” and will also provide commentary following a screening of an episode of the show.

In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by zombies, “The Walking Dead” revolves around the character of Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln, a sheriff’s deputy who searches for his family and in doing so, finds other human survivors. The show’s character then set out to make a new life in the new environment.

“The Walking Dead” has been Goodwin’s most recent job, and one that he was thrilled to receive.

“At first I was wondering how on earth I had been given that opportunity,” Goodwin said. “They took a chance on me. I didn’t have a whole lot of experience as a key second assistant director, but through work ethic and reputation, I had proven that I was someone that could be trusted and someone that wasn’t actually much of a risk.”

The camaraderie behind the scenes of the show has made the experience especially gratifying, Goodwin said.

“On ‘The Walking Dead,’ this family atmosphere is far above any other that I’ve been a part of,” he said. “The actors are really incredible, talented, kind, loving people that appreciate the crew members. Andrew Lincoln is an absolute epitome of what a leading actor should be in his respect for crew members and appreciation for what everyone’s doing.”

During his visit to the campus, Goodwin said he wants to provide students interested in the film industry with a realistic idea of what to expect, as well as tips for

what they can do to get themselves into the business. He also said he would like to provide advice to those who still might be undecided about a career.

“I really want to encourage people that have interests that don’t quite know what their path is or what they want to do with their lives that really as a college senior, it’s really OK not to know exactly where you’re going,” Goodwin said. “I think I have the greatest and the coolest job in the world and it’s not something I even knew existed when I was in college. I hope that I can put some people’s minds at ease who are kind of questioning whether they’re on the right track.”

Goodwin, a graduate of DePaul University, was originally studying journalism when he found he had a stronger interest in filmography.

“I sort of discovered I didn’t want to tell other people’s stories, I wanted to tell my own stories,” he said.

Since his time making short films in college, Goodwin has expanded his résumé by working on the crew of notable films and television programs such as “Flight,” “Wanted,” “Gran Torino” and “Lost.”

Bennet Stuffel, a first-year in psychology, said he is a fan of “The Walking Dead” and would be interested to hear Goodwin speak on what it takes to put together an episode.

“I think it’d be cool to go to,” Stuffel said. “They kind of made it their own little thing. They kind of started their style with ‘The Walking Dead’ and (made) a zombie TV show (like) it’s kind of a movie every single time. I think it’s interesting how they do it.”

Stephen Belden, a third-year in film studies, plans on attending the event to gain more knowledge about the show’s production as well as to hear Goodwin share anecdotes about what happens off-screen.

“It’s really cool to hear the behind-the-scenes industry aspect of the making of it, especially for a film student who wants to get on sets and pretty much do exactly that,” Belden said.

The free event is set to be held Thursday from 3:55 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 1009 of Smith Laboratory.

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[ a+e ] Breanna’s Guide to College Fashion Runway to retail options allow for designer look at low price BREANNA SOROKA For The Lantern soroka.15@osu.edu What I find myself wishing more than anything is that I could afford runway looks from my favorite designers. Sure, I love putting together outfits inspired by these luxurious pieces that are so embarrassingly out of my price range, but I don’t think anything could ever replace actually sliding into a Dolce & Gabbana baroque-inspired bodysuit or toting around a Burberry Warrior handbag (which is from 2008, and I’m still drooling over it six years later).

Thankfully, it just got a little bit easier to put some of that designer flair right into my closet without breaking the bank too much.

Plenty of stores have been taking a page out of Target’s book and collaborating with high-end designers to offer more affordable pieces to the masses. Keep reading for some of the launches I’m most excited to see.

Peter Som for Kohl’s This light, summery collection is set to debut in just a few short weeks on April 10 and will feature pieces well within a college student’s budget — nothing is slated to be more than $90. The items featured are a vacationer’s dream, with silky lounge pants and nautical stripes that are inspired by summer hotspot, St. Barths. If you’re planning on traveling this summer, stock up on Som’s pieces for an incredibly worldly, luxurious feel. With clothing that is otherwise $1,000 or more per piece, jumping on these cheap but signature pieces before they’re gone is a must.

Sophia Webster for J. Crew This shoe collection is sure to be just as whimsical as Webster’s own, but at a much lower cost. If you love adding bold accent pieces, these are the collections you’ll want to check out, which are slated for release in spring and then again in fall later this year. The designer’s collaboration with the store for the spring/summer fashion season

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Indie band Walking Shapes is set to perform at Double Happiness March 26.

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Sophia Webster with the award for Emerging Accesories Designer during the 2013 British Fashion Awards at The London Coliseum in London, Dec. 2. is full of bright prints and colors perfect for the approaching warmer temperatures, while the fall collection will have more muted and metallic colors to reflect the season. While the pricing for these shoes is still unreleased, these reworked footwear pieces are sure to be much more affordable than the designer’s own, which often run upward of $500. If you want to freshen your wardrobe one accessory at a time, this is the collaboration for you.

Vivienne Westwood for ASOS This high-end designer launched the Ethical Africa collection for online retailer ASOS earlier this year, and while only a few select bag styles are still available, there are plenty of other accessories from Westwood to be found in the shop. From a designer who bases most of her influences in punk fashion, comes shoes and accessories with an interesting flair that are still

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Designer Vivienne Westwood debuts her one-minute campaign video highlighting ‘the waste of water’ within the meat industry at Tibits in London March 18. wearable in everyday life. Though a single belt from the designer’s own collection can cost more than $1,000, the quality pieces found online can be as low as one-tenth of that price. This fashion collaboration is an excellent way to add a well-known name to your closet without spending your life savings.

If you’re looking for some splurgeworthy items that won’t put you out too much until your next paycheck, it might be smart to wait until these collections are released. Not only do you get to add some designer duds to your closet, but you can also be sure you’re getting items of higher quality that’ll last you much longer than anything you’d get from Forever 21 or similar stores.

“I pitched to him how cheap it was to live (in Mansfield) and that it’s centrally located and Ohio is kind of a hotbed for the music we like,” Nicolas said.

When Canole relocated to Ohio, he and Nicolas had no plans of starting a band together until the disbandment of The La De Les. “The same day that my band broke up, I went upstairs and asked Mark if he wanted to start a band together,” Nicolas said.

Narrow/Arrow released its debut EP, “Middle Children,” March 7 and Nicolas said it was inspired by family, friends and the fact that he and Canole are middle children.

“It’s kind of sarcastic like being middle children and blaming all of our problems on that but, at the same time, the way we make decisions is oddly based on the ‘We’re still here too, don’t forget about us’ mentality,” Nicolas said.

Prior to the release of “Middle Children,” Narrow/Arrow performed primarily in Mansfield but the band has started booking more gigs in Columbus.

“We’re very excited about the Columbus music scene. We’ve only played there infrequently but every band we’ve played with has been awesome,” Canole said. “It’s insane how great the bands are in Columbus.”

Tickets for Wednesday’s show cost $5, and are available at the venue or online at Ticketweb.com. Double Happiness is located at 482 S. Front St.

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Across 1 Ancient Egyptian pictograph, e.g.

6 Game, __, match 9 Signs 14 Tiny South Pacific nation 15 High-tech film effects, for short 16 Spreading like wildfire, as online videos 17 Place for a Hold ‘em game 19 Breathing 20 Missouri tributary 21 Approved of, on Facebook 22 Golf club part 25 Some evergreens 26 Visualize 27 Hindu royal 28 Feels poorly 30 Lith. and Ukr. were part of it 33 Swear (to) 36 See 38-Across 38 With 36-Across, needy people 39 Located in that place, in legalese 41 Arctic wastelands 43 Slippery fish 44 Baby bed 46 Veterans Day tradition 47 Trace amount 49 Afternoon socials 51 Garden locale 52 __ de plume 54 Onetime Russian monarch 56 DUI-fighting gp.

57 Social division 59 Trojan War hero 61 Some highway ramps 62 Nabisco cookies ... and what you might cry upon solving this puzzle’s three other longest answers?

66 Long-extinct birds 67 Assembly aid 68 Open-mouthed 69 Opposition 70 Sloppy farm area 71 Bedbugs, e.g.

Down 1 Treasury Dept. variable 2 Mekong River language 3 Relative of har 4 Dressed more like an Exeter student 5 Fling 6 Nova __ 7 Self-serving activity 8 Broadcaster’s scheduling unit 9 Racetracks 10 Surroundings 11 Officer Frank Poncherello portrayer of ‘70s-’80s TV 12 Congregation area 13 Snowy day toy 18 U.K. flying squad 22 Like Parmesan, commonly 23 Newsman Dan 24 Slogan seen on computer stickers 29 Salad go-with 31 Treelined 32 Email again 34 Wall Street watchdog org.

35 Tangy 37 Genetic info transmitter 40 Dapper pins 42 Equestrian competition 45 Single or double, say 48 Deepest part 50 Rational state 53 Complicated, as a breakup 55 Sales staff member 57 Give up, as territory 58 Nervous system transmitter 60 With all haste, in memos 63 Owns 64 Get off the fence 65 Hoped-for answer to a certain proposal

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thelantern www.thelantern.com upcoming Tuesday Softball v. Pittsburgh 3 p.m. @ Pittsburgh, Pa. Men’s Lacrosse v. Notre Dame 4 p.m. @ Columbus Softball v. Pittsburgh 5 p.m. @ Pittsburgh, Pa.

Wednesday Women’s Lacrosse v. Oregon 4 p.m. @ Columbus

Thursday Men’s Swimming: NCAA Championships All Day @ Austin, Texas

Friday Women’s Track: Georgia Tech Invite TBA @ Atlanta Men’s Track: Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invite TBA @ Nashville, Tenn.

Men’s Swimming: NCAA Championships All Day @ Austin, Texas Women’s Golf: Bryan National Invitational All Day @ Greensboro, N.C. Softball v. Indiana 5 p.m. @ Bloomington, Ind.

Ash helping bring ‘identity’ back to OSU defense Nick Deibel Lantern reporter deibel.30@osu.edu Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer brought Chris Ash to Columbus to fill the glaring holes in a Buckeye secondary that ranked 112th nationally in passing yards allowed last season. When Ash’s first Silver Bullet defense takes the field Aug. 30, the secondary will have an entirely new look, but not because Ash necessarily wants it that way. He has no other choice.

OSU’s new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach inherited a pass defense only returning one full-time starter in senior cornerback Doran Grant after losing standouts in cornerback Bradley Roby and safety Christian Bryant.

The secondary is inexperienced. Besides Grant, only three other defensive backs have started a game in their careers — sophomore safety Tyvis Powell (five), junior cornerback Armani Reeves (three) and sophomore safety Vonn Bell (one).

With so little experience and redshirt-freshmen Eli Apple, Gareon Conley, Jayme Thompson and Chris Worley all looking to play a role in the secondary next year, Ash said the depth chart is completely wide open at this point.

“Everybody’s going to be competing all the way through training camp for those spots, because nobody’s proven back there,” Ash said Thursday after OSU’s fourth practice of the spring.

Though he wants his players to be aggressive, Ash said he wants to see them consistently nail the basics.

“We’re going to be executors about what we do and it’s going to be about the effort, the fundamentals and consistency,” Ash said. “The way you get great effort and minimize mental errors is simplicity — be simple with your approach and do what you do extremely well and then you can branch off from there.”

Eric Seger Sports editor seger.25@osu.edu

Baseball v. Indiana 6:35 p.m. @ Columbus Men’s Volleyball v. Quincy 7 p.m. @ Columbus Men’s Gymnastics: Big Ten Championships 7 p.m. @ Lincoln, Neb.

Saturday Men’s Swimming: NCAA Championships All Day @ Austin, Texas Women’s Golf: Bryan National Invitational All Day @ Greensboro, N.C. Women’s Tennis v. Northwestern 11 a.m. @ Evanston, Ill. Women’s Lacrosse v. William & Mary Noon @ Columbus Men’s Soccer v. Wright State (Exh.) Noon @ Ohio Dominican University

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At the safety position, Bell made his first career start in the 2014 Discover Orange Bowl and seemed to be a front-runner to fill that spot before injuring his MCL in the Buckeyes’ first practice. He had knee surgery in early March and is slated to miss the rest of spring practices and the Spring Game, but is expected back for May workouts.

Sophomore Cam Burrows, a backup cornerback last season before moving to safety this spring, is taking

LaQuinton Ross’ future unclear after conflicting reports

Men’s Tennis v. Northwestern 6 p.m. @ Columbus

Women’s Soccer v. Louisville (Exh.) 1 p.m. @ Louisville, Ky.

Shelby Lum / Photo editor

Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Chris Ash (middle) talks to his players during spring practice March 4 at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

the reps Bell would have had during spring practices, Ash said.

“Cam Burrows has stepped in, he’s taken advantage of the opportunity and done a great job. Vonn will be healthy soon and we’re going to have a great competition for those safety positions,” Ash said.

Burrows said in his transition to safety, he still uses the same skills he used as a cornerback last year, only his approach to the play has changed.

“I’m still a DB, I can still move and my hips are still good,” Burrows said Thursday. “As a corner, you’ve got to get out and play the deep and react (to) the short but at safety, you’re already back there so you just got to slow it down.”

Bell and Burrows are expected to play alongside Powell, who also made the switch from cornerback to safety for the Orange Bowl. Ash said Powell possesses many aspects of a star safety.

“The obvious is he’s long, he’s tall, he can run, he’s got great ball skills, he’s a very smart player, he’s got really good football IQ,” Ash said. “Up to this point, Tyvis competes. He’s smart, and (he’s) got a little bit of everything.”

Ash said Burrows’ and Powell’s backgrounds at cornerback should prove beneficial for them in his style of defense.

“Anytime you can get big corners like that — they have good feet and hips and can run, that have some toughness — I mean, it’s outstanding. They’re the model of what we would like to recruit here,” Ash said.

If the unit wants to live up to the longtime tradition of hard-nosed Buckeye defenses, Powell said the secondary has to be far more aggressive.

“We’re basically just trying to get the identity of the Silver Bullets back, just flying around to the ball, hitting hard, running fast,” Powell said.

OSU is scheduled to take on Navy Aug. 30 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Kickoff is set for noon.

Ritika Shah / Asst. photo editor

Junior forward LaQuinton Ross (10) attempts a shot during a game against Dayton March 20 at First Niagara Center.

OSU lost, 60-59.

All season long, Ohio State men’s basketball struggled with scoring.

In 19 of the Buckeyes’ 35 games this season, they scored less than 70 points, going 11-8 in those matchups en route to finishing the season 25-10.

The team has already lost three players for next season — senior guards Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr., as well as sophomore guard Amedeo Della Valle, who is heading back to Europe — and now might be without its leading scorer.

According to a report Monday by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, junior forward LaQuinton Ross has decided to forego his senior season and enter the 2014 NBA Draft.

Ross, however, took to Twitter to dispel any rumors that he is in fact leaving Columbus after leading the Buckeyes with 15.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in 2013-14.

“To all the people tweeting me I haven’t said anything so guys are wasting your time!! I didn’t make a decision!” a tweet posted at 3:24 p.m. from Ross’ personal account, @qross2011, read.

An OSU athletic spokesman did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment Monday afternoon.

The report comes two days after sophomore guard Amedeo Della Valle announced via Twitter he was leaving OSU to pursue a professional career in Europe.

Ross’ departure would leave the Buckeyes with 10 scholarship players on roster for next season, even with the addition of the four players already signed for the 2014-15 season. Among those are guard D’Angelo Russell, center David Bell and forwards Keita BatesDiop and Jae’Sean Tate.

Without Ross, OSU coach Thad Matta would have

three scholarships to work with to try bolstering the roster, as NCAA rules allow college programs to have 13 players on scholarship each season.

Following OSU’s 60-59 loss to Dayton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday, Ross said he would decide on his future “in the next couple of weeks.”

“Just basically how I feel, get insight of where I could go (in the NBA Draft),” Ross said Thursday after the loss to the Flyers about the factors that would play into his decision. “What we would have next year, sit down with my coaches and my family. Taking that advice in.”

After losing to Kentucky 62-60 in the Sweet Sixteen as the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in 2011, former Buckeye stars Jared Sullinger and William Buford elected to come back to OSU for another year — Sullinger’s sophomore year and Buford’s senior year.

But after the loss to Dayton, Ross said he doesn’t know if he’d do the same.

“I don’t know man. They knew what they was coming back to. They had a great system, a great system for them,” Ross said. “That year that Will came back they brought in our class and they knew they were going to have players around them.”

Ross is projected as the 18th pick of the second round by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Draft according to DraftExpress.com. The draft is set for June 26.

On his final call-in show of the season Monday with 97.1 The Fan, Matta said he spoke with Ross that afternoon, and then would do the same in the evening to discuss his future. After seeing his team bow out to Dayton in the second round Thursday, Matta said he “always wants what’s best for our guys.”

“If it’s right, I’ll be the first to tell him to go,” Matta said. “He’s got to sit down and look at it. I think he’s capable of coming back here and having a great senior year if he wants to do that.”

Ross did not immediately respond to The Lantern’s request for comment Monday.

New scoreboards bringing ‘energy’ to OSU ballparks james grega jr.

Lantern reporter grega.9@osu.edu As Bill Davis Stadium and Buckeye Field opened their doors for the first time this season, new video boards and sound systems for the 2014 campaign were unveiled.

The change is a clear improvement over the old video boards, much to the delight of Ohio State baseball coach Greg Beals. The team revealed its new toys for the first time March 14 in an 8-5 win against Siena.

“It is a huge addition to the atmosphere of our ballpark,” Beals said after his team defeated Xavier, 10-3, Wednesday. “The umpire who was (at) third base today has been at our park for the last five years and I go out for the game and the sounds and the bells are playing for the bottom of the first inning and he is like, ‘Yeah it’s sweet.’”

The old scoreboard, which was installed in 1997, was not capable of the color animation that is brought by the new and improved video board.

Sam Harrington / Lantern photographer

The scoreboard at Bill Davis Stadium during a game between OSU and Akron March 18. OSU won, 6-5.

The cost of the new scoreboards were not disclosed by an OSU athletic spokesman despite multiple requests made by The Lantern.

Senior starting pitcher Greg Greve said the improvements

have definitely made a difference, especially with the players.

“Huge improvement, no doubt about it,” Greve said. “It pumps the boys up in the dugout … it brings a nice energy to the ballpark.”

Not only was the video board revamped, the renovations included adding a new sound system which plays each player’s walk-up song as well as between inning music and, of course, the OSU fight song.

“It is great to finally hear the music and not have to you know, sit out there during (batting practice) wondering what is playing,” Greve said. “It is really awesome.”

Junior pitcher Ryan Riga, who leads the team in strikeouts, echoed his teammate’s excitement about the renovations.

“It’s sweet,” Riga said. “The sound system is 10 times better … you get a more baseball vibe out of it.”

The baseball team is 7-1 at home this season, while the softball team is 3-0.

The scoreboard at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, which plays host to men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s lacrosse and track and field also received the same modifications.

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