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Caution and coping How students should react and respond to emergency situations KAYLEE HARTER Editor-in-Chief harter.830@osu.edu

“Buckeye Alert! Active attacker reported on the OSU Columbus campus. Secure in place: Run, Hide or, as a last resort Fight! Police responding. More info soon” was just one in a string of messages that Ohio State students received beginning at 1:36 a.m. Sunday after gunshots were fired and one person was shot outside McDonald’s on High Street.

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Police blocked North Pearl Street, behind the McDonald’s parking lot where shots were fired.

fear level to a different notch,” Sagle said. “I’m not saying people shouldn’t be concerned when things like that are happening in the immediate off-campus area because it’s definitely a concern, but when it gets reported out like that, it just raises it to a different

level where a lot of misinformation is going to be shared after that.”

Sagle said that the suspect in the Sunday incident would not typically be regarded as an active shooter, but as a “more typical” aggravated assault because

there was a dispute that led to the shooting, and then the suspect fled. An active shooter, he said, is typically someone who is trying to “create as much chaos and injury as possible.”

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‘Our Doors Stay Open’ Campus-area Planned Parenthood receives less funding

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Planned Parenthood, located on 17th Avenue, decided to leave the Title X initiative on Aug. 19.

JOE MATTS Lantern reporter matts.2@osu.edu The banner above the Planned Parenthood North Columbus Health Center reads, “Our Doors Stay Open.”

The clinic, a block east of Ohio State’s campus, is one of many

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ABHIGYAAN BARARIA Managing Editor for Content bararia.1@osu.edu Shots fired early Sunday morning at the campus-area McDonald’s that prompted an active attacker Buckeye Alert shook the campus community less than one week after the start of classes.

One person was shot and is expected to recover after what police said was a targeted incident between non-students. With increasing awareness around gun violence across the United States, Robert Sagle, commander of the off-campus area with Columbus Police Department, said that the incident may have generated an undue amount of alarm, which Harry Warner, associate director for outreach at Student Life’s Counseling and Consultation Services, said may lead students to seek additional support.

“Putting out an active shooter alert kind of raises everybody’s

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Planned Parenthood locations that will receive less federal funding after deciding to leave the Title X initiative Aug. 19 to bypass a Trump administration rule that went into effect May 3, according to the Federal Register.

Title X is the only federal grant program that seeks to provide family planning services and pre-

ventive health care to low-income Title X recipients across the state, or uninsured people, according to and “the strain on patients seeking the Department of Health and Hu- care and other providers can only man Services’ website. Among lead to poor health outcomes for other changes, the new rule for- patients with the greatest need.” bids Title X grantees from referDue to a legislative proviring patients to sion called the abortion serHyde Amendvices when they ment originally see counseling “It’s likely that costs passed in 1976, for family plan- for everything will federal funds ning, according increase since cannot be used to the website. to pay for an According to Planned Parenthood elective aborits annual re- is very keen on tion — those port, Planned keeping their doors not deemed Parenthood of necessary to Greater Ohio open.” save the life of received $4.3 SARAH SZILAGY the mother or as Co-president of #Fight4Her million from a result of rape Title X in 2018, or incest. around 18 perDespite the cent of its total revenue. change in funding, the North CoPlanned Parenthood of Greater lumbus Health Center said it and Ohio said in an Aug. 19 press re- other Ohio Planned Parenthood lease that it is leaving Title X be- locations promise to continue to cause of its commitment to “pro- provide their full range of health viding fact-based, compassionate care and educational services. and respectful health care.” It said “The North Columbus Health TITLE X CONTINUES ON 3 it currently treats about 60,000

“Buckeye Alert! Active attacker reported on the OSU Columbus campus. Secure in place: Run, Hide or, as a last resort Fight!”

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The Buckeye Alert system is programmed to send predetermined messages at the push of a button in the event of a campus emergency to thousands of students, faculty and staff who are signed up for the alerts.

The pregenerated message was sent out multiple times, along with seven additional messages that updated those signed up for alerts and eventually gave them the “all clear.”

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“We are aware that some community members received the initial Buckeye Alert multiple times,” Dan Hedman, a university spokesperson, said. “This was an automated message generated via our Buckeye Alert system as details of the incident first became known around 1:30 a.m.

Although only initiated once, the automated message was delivered by the emergency notification system multiple times. We are looking into the matter to correct it moving forward.”

According to the Department of Public Safety’s website, the pregenerated message is sent out when it is determined that the Ohio State community needs to take immediate action. After furALERTS CONTINUES ON 2

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Ohio State adds uniform locks to classrooms CORI WADE Assistant Photo Editor wade.493@osu.edu The Ohio State community is told to do three things in the event of a campus attack: Run, hide, and fight. In order to hide, classrooms need doors that lock, and now, Ohio State has them.

About 400 locks have been put on the doors of classrooms, some with multiple entrances, in academic buildings around the Columbus campus, with 50 locks remaining to be installed, according to university spokesperson Dan Hedman.

The question of whether classroom doors should have locks became significant to Ohio State’s Department of Public Safety in the after-action report of the November 2016 attack on campus, when 11 people were injured after a student drove his car into a crowd and began attacking people with a butcher knife, Hedman said.

“One of the requests we heard was it would be nice if there was a more consistent mechanism across campus for locking class-

rooms,” Hedman said.

The project started in summer 2018 and was supposed to take three years; however, Ohio State is aiming to wrap it up by the end of 2019.

“The unfortunate reality is that it’s incredibly difficult to stop an attacker who has nothing to lose.”

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Hedman said the Department of Public Safety is working with the university registrar to determine which rooms are considered classrooms and should have locks on them.

Though there is positive feedback on the new locks, not everyone thinks they will help.

“I think that it’s unfortunate

that we live in a world that they’re necessary. I’m not really sure how much more safe they make me feel,” Spanish lecturer Ben Wozniak said. “The unfortunate reality is that it’s incredibly difficult to stop an attacker who has nothing to lose.”

Door locks aren’t the only measure Ohio State is taking to ensure student and staff safety on campus.

The university released its 2015 “Surviving an Active Shooter” video to detail the “run, hide and fight” protocol in the event of an active shooter on campus.

Ohio State released the updated “Surviving an Active Aggressor” in August 2017, which is about three minutes longer than the first and goes into further detail to explain what the university means by “hide.”

Students and faculty brought to the university’s attention that “hide” brought about a lot of questions and confusion after the 2016 attack, Hedman said.

“Locks on doors is just another resource, but it’s one of many,” Hedman said. “It’s not all one size fits all.”

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About 400 locks have been added to the doors in classrooms at Ohio State to ensure the safety of students on campus.

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ther information is reported about an emergency situation, another text is sent out with further details on the location or specific type of emergency.

Hedman said the message is sent out by an assortment of numbers in order for it to reach as many people as quickly as possible.

In terms of Sunday’s incident, a later alert announced that the suspect targeted a specific person. The victim was transported to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and is in stable condition, according to a Columbus Police press release.

The all-clear message sent around 2:05 a.m. stated, “ALL CLEAR - Police advise that the suspects fled away from campus & are no longer in the area. Remain vigilant.”

Hedman said the all-clear was given, though the suspect had not been caught, because police “were pretty certain that the suspect had fled the area.”

According to the Department of Public Safety’s website, there are three different types of alerts sent to students: Buckeye Alerts,

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Multiple Buckeye Alerts were sent out on Aug. 25 after shots were fired in the McDonald’s parking lot on High Street.

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up to receive Buckeye Alerts, but those who did not receive them should go to the Department of Public Safety’s website in order to sign up for the alerts in case of another emergency situation, Hedman said.

Hedman said it is important to follow Ohio State Emergency Management and University Police on Twitter for updates in an emergency situation if you are not alerted by text.

Students can register two additional phone numbers on the Department of Public Safety’s website if they would like their parents or other family members to receive emergency alerts.

“If something like this occurred during the day, we have the technology where if an alert is pushed via text message, it would take over any screen in a classroom,” Hedman said. “It also takes over all the screens in the computer labs across campus.”

A test alert is scheduled for Tuesday.

The victim of the Sunday morning shooting was identified as 21-year-old Wesley N. Powers Jr. in a press release on Twitter by

the Columbus Police. He is not a student of the university.

The press release stated that Powers was shot once in the thigh and is in stable condition.

There is no suspect in custody yet. A tweet from University Police described the suspect as a “male wearing a cowboy hat and black hoodie.”

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Center offers birth control, HIV testing and counseling, pregnancy testing, STI testing, treatment and vaccines as well as general reproductive care,” Nicole Evans, chief marketing and communications officer for Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, said in an email.

The North Columbus Health Center also provides abortion referral services, but does not perform abortions, according to its website.

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Evans said that 83 percent of patients at the clinic are between the ages of 18 and 34. Ohio State student organizations said that the decision to opt out of Title X funding will impact student access to medical resources.

“It’s definitely going to get harder to access health care, especially for students,” Sarah Szilagy, a second-year in journalism and political science and co-president of #Fight4Her at Ohio State, said. “It’s likely that costs for everything will increase since Planned Parenthood is very keen on keeping their doors open.”

Szilagy said that anti-abortion rules and legislation further stigmatize the procedure.

“It closes a lot of doors for college students who are definitely struggling with having unsafe sex or are victims of rape.

It removes a safety net for them,” she said.

Szilagy also pointed out the effect it has

on the abortion discussion on campus.

“We have supporters who are very angry at this and very strong pro-life people who are emboldened by it because our government has given them agency and legitimized their beliefs,” Szilagy said. “It forces people to either side, which is a good thing in my opinion, but if it’s not met with information and actual thoughtfulness, then it can be a bad thing.”

Petra Wallenmeyer, a graduate student and chemistry teaching associate, Students for Life executive board member and abortion rights advocate, said that leaving Title X shows that Planned Parenthood does not have women’s best interests at heart.

“I think they’re overreacting by saying, ‘We’re pulling out,’ because they could still skirt the rules and do everything they’re doing now,” Wallenmeyer said. “It is very dishonest of them to say, ‘Abortion is only 3 percent of what we do, but we’re willing to lose 12 percent of our federal funding over it because we’re not able to follow the rules.’”

Wallenmeyer said that she suspects Planned Parenthood has made this move for political gain rather than the integrity of health care, and that the Trump administration rule is just a step to enforce Title X rules already in place.

“I see this as more the federal government trying to protect their own money than a political steppingstone to overturning Roe v. Wade or making some federal abortion ban,” she said.

Wallenmeyer said she has seen a growth in interest among students in the anti-abortion movement because of similar rules and legislation. She, like Szilagy, said that legislation that deals with abortion has a polarizing effect on the discussion.

“Polarization can be harmful because it doesn’t promote good and productive conversations,” Wallenmeyer said.

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ty, Ohio State has different guidelines than Columbus Police regarding what information it must disclose and how quickly, Sagle said. If the suspect was still shooting when it was first reported, Sagle said, he would technically be an active shooter.

“They err on the side of caution, which makes sense,” Sagle said.

Students should pay attention to what’s happening around them after receiving an alert to make decisions about their safety, university spokesperson Dan Hedman said in an email.

“Information will be shared as it’s known, but remember in a fast-evolving situation, circumstances can change quickly,” Hedman said. “What you are seeing and hearing from your own location may also be critical to your safety.”

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As shots rang out in the McDonald’s parking lot, students up the street at Buckeye Donuts instinctively dove to the floor and hid under the counter. While some ran from the scene, others stayed to watch it unfold — and even tried to cross police tape into the crime scene. “[Students should] try their hardest to either stay inside or

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Ohio State sent out an active attacker Buckeye Alert at 1:37 a.m.

Sunday morning regarding a shooter near McDonald’s on High Street.

away from the area so that they aren’t either disrupting the crime scene itself or just so they’re not in a place where something bad just happened,” Sagle said.

The suspect has not yet been identified, according to Sagle.

Harry Warner, associate director of Outreach at Student Life’s Counseling and Consultation Services, said that such an incident raises the community’s stress level and that everyone processes these events differently.

There are different ways to cope with the stress and pressure that might arise from a situation such as Sunday’s incident, and before trying to seek help from external sources, there are things students can do for themselves, Warner said.

“What I would say first is to make sure that students are taking care,” he said. “Make sure that you’re sleeping, make sure that

you’re eating, then also make sure you’re talking to friends.”

CCS offers resources to help students cope, and phone consultations can be scheduled through go.osu.edu/phonescreening, Warner said.

Speaking on the phone to a clinician is the preliminary step of understanding the problem and concerns a student might have and allow a clinician to offer recommendations, he said.

Warner said that while there are a lot of healthy ways to cope with a stressful situation like the one experienced at McDonald’s, like talking it out with family and friends and getting plenty of sleep, there are also some pitfalls that students might encounter while trying to cope.

“There are things that we do that are less healthy at times like, using substances to excess … just withdrawing from people,” War-

ner said. “I think an important thing to look at is when you’re withdrawing from people. When you’re not spending time with family and friends, that’s something to really look out for and to make sure that you’re reaching back out.”

In the future, Sagle said it’s important to always “be vigilant” and report suspicious activity directly to the police.

“One thing that I stress, though, is you need to pick up a phone and call us,” he said. “Don’t think that by posting a picture on social media that we’re going to come across it because we’re not — not until days later.”

Sagle said that when conflict arises, it is better to report it to the police, even in situations that may not seem to warrant a phone call.

“Make sure that you’re sleeping, make sure that you’re eating, then also make sure you’re talking to friends.”

HARRY WARNER CCS associate director for outreach

“A lot of people will see people start arguing and things like that, and they’ll just kind of stand there and watch, thinking they’re about to see a good fight,” he said. “Any fight can escalate into anything at that point. So people really need to keep that in mind. All it takes

is a quick call and then that way at least gets officers on the way just in case it escalates.”

Events such as a shooting tend to raise the stress levels of the Ohio State community as a whole, Warner said. There is a dichotomy between the kind of stress experienced when students go from the positive stress of move-in weekend to a different stress associated with an incident such as a shooting.

Despite the challenges university police and Columbus police face working as two independent agencies, Sagle said the two work well together and have a mutual aid agreement in which Ohio State can respond to crimes in areas of Columbus Police jurisdiction and vice versa.

“We’re very quick to communicate with each other,” he said.

“They can monitor our police radio traffic, and we also have a joint patrol officer where it’s one Columbus officer and one Ohio State officer work directly with each other in a cruiser or on bicycles every day.”

Aside from working with Columbus Police, Warner said Buckeyes need to look out for each other.

“I think about the culture of care [at Ohio State] and how we need to take care of one another,” Warner said. “We need to take care on the faculty and staff level as well and push that forward because this is a complex world that we live in, and the more that we can do to take care and love one another the better.”

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Rolling on the Floorax

OLIVER BOCH Arts&Life Director boch.15@osu.edu Backburner Sketch Comedy is taking a trip down memory lane this week, featuring an old character for the club’s first show of the semester.

Floorax, a character originally introduced in the club’s previous holiday performance, is now the subject of Friday’s presentation of “The Floorax Show,” held in the Ohio Union.

The character is a parody of Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” He “speaks for the floor,” just as the Lorax speaks for the trees, Adam Goecke, the club’s vice president of acting and a fourth-year in chemical engineering, said.

Pieces featuring the cast’s favorite floor fanatic will dot the organization’s lineup of 20 original sketches throughout the night.

Backburner writes for Ohio State students, but anyone is welcome to attend the performances for free.

“We produce all sorts of content for whatever people want to write about,” Bradford Douglas,

friends and has since grown to include approximately 30 members who contribute a combination of writing and performing.

“It’s worth coming to see a lot of really fun characters and absurd jokes and some great student content. Backburner is a really creative group of comedians,” Goecke said.

“The Floorax Show” is Friday at the US Bank Conference Theater in the Union at no cost. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Backburner Sketch Comedy group after its rehearsal on Feb. 19. The first show of the semester will be Aug. 30. vice president of writing for the club and a fourth-year in film studies, said.

Backburner performs regular shows every two or three weeks on Fridays or Saturdays at the US Bank Conference Theater, and

often collaborates with other student organizations dedicated to sketch comedy and improv.

Some of the group’s past shows have had content that they describe as “rated R,” but all of the performances vary because each

sketch is written by a different member.

“We do take a lot of care to make sure that our content is responsible,” Goecke said.

Backburner was officially started in fall 2016 by a group of

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BEKA CAGLE Lantern reporter cagle.30@osu.edu Bold colors and a bright neon sign reading, “lick it real good” are drawing eyes and Instagram accounts to a new late-night ice cream shop south of campus.

Husband-and-wife founders Benjamin Stoyka and Kristina Duong opened CRMD — pronounced “creamed” — in July with the desire to bring Los Angeles and Asian culinary influences to Columbus.

The shop’s unconventional hours play a key role in attracting a younger demographic.

“Nothing is open here past midnight, and I feel like a lot of college kids out here want to go get something late at night,” Duong said. “We’re between campus and downtown, and I think our location is perfect for people looking for that super late [eatery].”

The couple is seeking to introduce an international flair to dessert. Duong said they have traveled to several places, including countries such as South Korea, Vietnam and China.

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home,” Duong said.

CRMD offers an assortment of 16 vibrantly colored ice cream and sorbet flavors, including black vanilla, matcha and Vietnamese coffee.

“A lot of people are thrown off by the colors,” Stoyka said.

Even traditional flavors such as cookies and cream and vanilla cookie dough are dyed bright colors such as blue, purple and

“We wanted to bring our adventures and experiences back home.”

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orange to make the most Instagram-worthy cones, he said.

“We just saw that there wasn’t ice cream like this here, and we wanted to put a twist on the way most ice cream is served,” Stoyka said.

Each element of the shop was carefully planned to cater to Columbus’ young audience, from the late-night hours to the striking ice cream colors and sleek interior.

Every wall in the shop is de-

signed so customers can get a great photo from any angle, Duong said.

“With us being near Ohio State University and right by downtown with a lot of young adults and young professionals, I think they needed a place where they feel more open and more themselves,” Duong said.

Customers can choose between one ice cream scoop for $4.50, two for $6 or three for $7, all of which include one topping and can be scooped into a bowl, waffle cone or “puffle.”

Puffle, Duong explained, is a bubble egg waffle, a traditional street food served in Hong Kong.

“Over there, they eat it like french fries,” Duong said.

Duong created her own recipe, which she said has the same consistency as a Belgian waffle.

“We’re just here to push the boundaries a little bit more than people are used to,” Duong said.

CRMD is located at 1190 N. High St. The shop is open from noon to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 10 p.m.

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Comedic cooperation: Fishbowl Improv auditions NICHOLAS YOUNGBLOOD Arts&Life Editor youngblood.27@osu.edu

actly what they want prospective members to bring to auditions this week. Another essential “it” factor for hopeful comedians is teamwork.

“A big misconception about improv is that you should try to be funny. I think that my biggest takeaway from improv is that you should always be supporting your partner on stage,” Shearer said.

“I feel like that is so much more important because you’ll find that your scenes will be funny if you support your scene partner.”

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ore than 70 students crammed themselves into the pint-sized Ohio Staters Inc. Founders Room in the Ohio Union Sunday night, murmuring excitedly among display cases full of university relics. The room was alive with the distinctly anxious chatter that always precedes a performance.

Crowded seating and scores of standing spectators faced the front of the room, where a piano rested, unattended.

Suddenly, cheers erupted as the evening’s performers rushed into the room, clapping in unison. The students, packed shoulder-to-shoulder, had no idea what they were in for. Neither did the performers.

Sunday night marked the second performance of Fishbowl Improv, its final chance to entice potential members before auditions begin Wednesday.

Between interweaving sketches about monster-trucking babies, astronauts in love and unconventional group dates — some delivered in song — the organization plugged its upcoming open practice Tuesday and auditions Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. The current members stressed that students from all

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Mckenzie Fleischer, Maddy Abowitz, and Jacob Grove at the involvement fair promoting Fishbowl. walks of life are welcome to try bowl show is free. way for students to reset. out.

Shearer said the interactive na“It’s just something you can “A lot of people have nev- ture of improv is another reason count on to be a change,” Shearer er done improv before. I hadn’t the group can draw crowds, even said. “You do the same thing evwhen I got here, so that’s some- when performances take place in ery week, and then you can go to thing we really like to push,” Car- cramped quarters.

Fishbowl, and you’re gonna have lie Shearer, Fishbowl’s secretary “You’re creating a specific mo- a fun new moment that is yours.” and second-year in linguistics and ment that’s not written down and theater, said. will never be experienced again,” she said.

ENGAGING ENERGY Shearer said the audience interMckenzie Fleischer, a fourthDIVERSE PERSPECTIVES action and input not only makes year in theater and member of the Shearer said the group is en- each show unique, but engages at- group, agreed. She said that the riched by the diverse backgrounds tendees in a way that keeps them raw, aggressive energy they bring of its members. off their phones and involved in makes up for a performance that This mindset of inclusion is in- the entertainment. She said the may be less polished than those of tegral to the group, and it shows biweekly Sunday performances scripted sketch comedy groups. in its performances. Every Fish- offer a refreshingly unpredictable Both members said this is ex-

Interested students will have a chance to hone their cooperative comedy chops at the open practice Tuesday, when all attendees can engage in a “mock audition” of improvisational exercises, Shearer said.

Fleischer encourages everyone to come and try out. She said she met her best friends in the organization.

“Comedy is for everyone,” she said. “Come laugh. Come hang out with us.”

Fishbowl’s open practice is Tuesday at 7 p.m. Its auditions are Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. All will be held in Enarson Classroom Building in Room 212.

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Answer Key for Aug. 22: Down 1. AACT 2. Culu 3. Edie Across 25. Wild 45. Hush 4. Dim 1. Aced 27. Chant 46. Firs 5. Wasps 5. Wags 29. BigEasy 47. Whys 6. Alps 9. Brad 32. Thing 49. Vain 7. GMA 13. Audio 33. Zeros 50. Tic 8. Sag 15. Alma 34. Pep 53. Primaries 9. Brenda 16. Ragu 36. Vips 56. Emote 10. Rate 17. Climb 37. Filer 58. Have 11. Agts 18. Spaghetti 38. Dial 59. Anat 12. DUI 20. Tue 39. Sep 60. Rigid 14. Oblong 21. Laps 40. Sills 61. Dted 19. Holes 41. Henry 23. Ones 62. Hals 42. Foronce 63. Dose 24. Cops 44. Women

22. Apt 24. Cans 25. Wires 26. Igor 27. Chief 28. Hippo 29. Belle 30. Spine 31. Yearn 32. TVs 33. Zilch 35. Ply 37. Fins 38. Dems

40. Sousa 41. Horner 43. Rhymed 44. Wii 46. Fasts 47. Wray 48. Hive 49. Veal 50. ToGo 51. ItIs 52. Cede 53. PHD 54. Rah 55. Ina 57. Mid

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4. Military posts 9. School that’s often K-6 (abbr.)

13. Dogpatch’s creator Al 15. Cravat’s cousin 16. Hugs and kisses, symbolically 17. “Jane ____” (Bronte) 18. Fixes socks 19. ____ plea (2 wds.)

20. House opening 21. White-bearded antelope 22. Small devil 23. Father’s brother 25. Infants 28. Comic book star, often 30. Adenoid’s neighbor 33. Locked up 36. Pretty good grade (2 wds.)

38. Currently

40. Scurried 41. Exult meanly 42. New ____ City 43. Toothpaste-accepting gp.

44. At ____ (2 wds.)

45. Repairs 46. Ascended 48. File folders’ features 50. Small dents 52. Appoints 55. Routine 58. Wooden soldier, e.g.

60. Actress Paquin 62. Continental currency 63. He was married to Sophia 65. Hertz competition 66. Campus gp.

67. Man from Mars 68. British teens of the 1960s 69. Becomes brown 70. Slip-up 71. Thus far

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1. Scored 100% 2. Marshy inlet 3. Clothing protection 4. Annoy constantly 5. Slippery ____ eel (2 wds.)

6. Clean by rubbing 7. Eternity 8. Main and Elm (abbr.)

9. Surplus 10. Weaving appliance 11. Pre-2005 Montreal athlete 12. Suffering sound 14. Sat like a parrot 22. Animal lairs 24. Guided 26. Finally (2 wds.)

27. Boxing event 29. Elliptical 31. Hip to (2 wds.)

32. British nobleman

33. Double this to get a dance 34. Famous Verdi opera 35. Reverse or drive 37. Opposite of neg.

39. Yr. divisions 41. Singer Campbell 42. Polite affirmatie (2 wds.)

44. Take it ____ comes (2 wds.)

45. Deg. from Wharton 47. Lamebrains 49. “Tennis, ____?”

51. Disrobe 53. Foreign representative 54. Insinuating 55. Weight 56. Mystical glow 57. Grain for flakes 59. Spanish cheers 61. Office helper (abbr.)

63. Pres. Coolidge 64. Ga.’s neighbor

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Positionless Wade provides depth across secondary

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“It doesn’t really change me,” Olave said. “It humbles me more.

Just to know that people are expecting more from me this year.”

Now that Olave has shown he can produce when the stakes are high, wide receivers coach Brian Hartline expects consistency.

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Ohio State then-redshirt freshman cornerback Shaun Wade (24) celebrates an interception during the game against Rutgers on Sept.

8. Ohio State won 52-3.

ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu Athletes that prove capable at two positions provide great depth to teams by being able to relieve multiple teammates and keeping an extra starting-caliber player on the field.

Shaun Wade is capable at three.

“I think you’ll see Shaun inside. I think you’ll see Shaun outside,” co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said. “Depends, who’s their slot? Who’s more suited to cover the slot? Who’s more suited to cover the big receiver on the outside?”

Not even the redshirt sophomore defensive back himself can define his position.

“I can’t tell you,” Wade said.

“Wherever they need me at, for real.”

Cornerback and nickelback are Wade’s primary two roles, in which he intercepted three passes and broke up seven more in 2018, leading the team in both categories despite not starting the first two games.

Junior Jeffrey Okudah and redshirt senior Damon Arnette are the two likely options at cornerback as returning starters, but

Ohio State has rotated three players at the position in past years.

Nickel appears to be Wade’s to lose, since he filled the role in the 2018 season. It’s a position that isn’t on the field consistently, however, and won’t be when the Buckeyes are in their base 4-3 defense. He doesn’t have a preference between the two, even with the greater number of routes a nickel must defend.

“Corner and nickel is the same thing, just at nickel they’ve got a

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two-way go,” Wade said. “I feel like corner is easier.”

Wade’s experience at safety could also serve the team well while it searches for the right man to play alongside senior Jordan Fuller at the position, even if he said that he hasn’t been practicing at deep safety.

When then-sophomore Isaiah Pryor and then-redshirt sopho-

more Jahsen Wint started struggling in the spot in 2018, Wade took up the mantle for stints against TCU and a handful of Big Ten opponents, until junior Brendon White claimed the role with a 13-tackle performance against Nebraska.

Wade slid back to nickel and delivered two crucial big hits against No. 4 Michigan.

White said he’ll play bullet exclusively in 2018, leaving Pryor and sophomore Josh Proctor to contend at the second safety position.

Another factor that will decide Wade’s position is the package the defense runs. Ohio State brings a variety of defensive alignments to the table, from the base 4-3 to its use of the bullet to adding an extra defensive back in the nickel to even further extremes.

“It’s all plug-and-play,” Hafley said. “You might see seven DBs on the field one day. The linebacker guys might not be happy, but what if they’ve got five wide outs on the field? We better get some DBs on the field. So yeah, we have those packages.”

Unable to state how many packages he will factor into, Wade said he hopes to play less against an offense like Michigan State’s,

where linebackers match up better against larger personnel. Against a team like Michigan, he hopes to play more.

“You can go out and have a really good freshman year, and guess what you gotta do next year? Be really good again,” Hartline said. “If you have a really good year again and again, then maybe you can continue to chase your dream.”

Playing at 170 pounds last season, Olave, now at 185, said he made gaining weight a priority of his offseason. Despite the increase in size, junior cornerback Jeffrey Okudah said Olave hasn’t given up a step.

“Chris Olave’s really fast,” Okudah said.

Olave credited Okudah, whom he called the “best corner in the nation,” with helping him improve despite frustrating him with tight coverage every day in practice.

It won’t likely take Olave 13 games to collect double-digit catches this season, but with another year of what he called “reloaded” depth at receiver, Olave is also embracing an increased role on special teams as a potential punt blocker, gunner and kickoff player.

Olave didn’t watch Ohio State-Michigan games on TV growing up, and with the season opener against Florida Atlantic kicking off Saturday, it sounds like he’s adding 2018’s installment to that list.

“What I did last year is in the past,” Olave said. “And what I want to do this year, I’m gonna make it happen.”

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“It’s all plug-and-play.

You might see seven DBs on the field one day.”

Jeff Hafley Ohio State co-defensive coordinator

“Michigan State, they probably have two tight ends,” Wade said.

“Michigan, I heard they run the spread this year, so we’re probably gonna have more corners that game.”

However he’s used on the field, Wade is an important depth piece in the Ohio State defense.

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Ohio State then-freshman wide receiver Chris Olave (17) catches the ball for a touchdown during the first half of the game against Michigan on Nov. 24. Ohio State won 62-39.

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Safety, fan experience prioritized at Ohio Stadium GRIFFIN STROM Sports Editor strom.25@osu.edu Four days stand between a currently empty Ohio Stadium and the boisterous horde that will total upwards of 100,000 fans at the Buckeyes’ home opener against Florida Atlantic Saturday.

With this influx in population comes the potential for safety concerns and logistical fan experience issues, which university administrators and the police department have sought to address with modifications to parking, commute routes, wireless connection and concessions.

“If you’re in the stadium, we work all year round, especially during football season, with our city, our county, our state and our federal law enforcement agencies to make everybody safe to keep this a family friendly-oriented event,” Kimberly Spears-McNatt, Ohio State chief of police, said.

For those driving to the stadium, the remodeled Cannon Drive is now open for passage, though Spears-McNatt said it will be reKimberly stricted for Spears-McNatt inbound traffic on game days.

Parking garages will only take credit cards, as Spears-McNatt said the use of cash created delays for departing guests. Another addition to expedite the process of exiting the area after games is the open on-ramp on SR-315.

Spears-McNatt said students and fans should be familiar with

what personal items are allowed before entering the stadium.

“No purses or bags allowed in the stadium,” Spears-McNatt said. “You can bring a wallet or a wristlet, but nothing larger than the size of something 5-by8-by-1, which is pretty much the size of a half sheet of paper.”

Ryan Hooper, a fourth-year in biomedical engineering and snare drum player in the Ohio State Marching Band, said band equipment is searched by security as well as sniffed by police dogs prior to entering the stadium.

Though he said it’s a “pretty safe” environment, Hooper said he could still envision potential security risks.

“It’s a little frightening, the thought of trying to get out, because the crowd’s so big, the corridors would get pretty packed,” Hooper said.

The addition of 2,009 Wi-Fi connection access points in the stadium will grant patrons wireless connectivity, which Jim Null, senior associate athletic director for technology, said was a decision made to benefit fan experience through social media interactions.

Null said he hopes the Wi-Fi connection will eventually allow guests to purchase food and drinks from their phones in order to minimize time spent waiting in line.

Though Null said the Wi-Fi project did not include discussion about guest safety, Spears-McNatt said the ability to share information will assist in potentially preventing dangerous situations.

“Hopefully people will enjoy having Wi-Fi and they get to use it for a lot of things to share with their family and friends about their experience in the stadium,

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University administrators and police are placing emphasis on safety and fan experience with changes in and out of Ohio Stadium.

but it’s also a tool if they need to reach out to the police division, they can,” she said.

Ericka Hoon, assistant athletic director for events, said bottomless soda machines will be on A and C decks of the stadium for access to quick refills to cut down on line times. Hoon said “graband-go” stations will also allow patrons to purchase water and smaller food items more quickly.

“Technology is our friend, so I think some data collection real-

ly helped us figure out how long the lines are for guests and just looking at best practices around the nation at other venues that are similar to ours,” Hoon said.

Following the announcement that there will be a field-level DJ at games this season, speculation arose that this may cut into playing time for the marching band, but Hoon denied the notion Monday.

“Nothing has changed on the amount of time that the band is

playing or that we are playing canned music,” Hoon said. “It is literally just a physical moving of who is playing the music and where they are playing it from.”

If fans or students see anything suspicious at home games, Spears-McNatt said don’t hesitate to contact the police. The Ohio State police non-emergency line is 614-292-2121.

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“That’s the plan” Olave’s unlikely journey to potential Buckeye stardom GRIFFIN STROM Sports Editor strom.25@osu.edu

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Ohio State then-freshman wide receiver Chris Olave (17) and then-redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins (7) celebrate after Olave scored a touchdown in the first half of the game against Michigan on Nov. 24. Ohio State won 62-39.

Growing up in San Marcos, California, as a self-proclaimed “Pac-12 kid,” Ohio State sophomore wide receiver Chris Olave didn’t pay much attention to the Big Ten’s most contentious football rivalry.

It wasn’t until he caught a 24yard touchdown in the opening quarter of his first Michigan game as a true freshman that Olave said he truly understood “The Game.”

He finished with 48 yards, two touchdowns and a blocked punt in a performance that convinced some that Olave might be the next great Ohio State wide receiver.

“That’s the plan,” he said.

But Olave’s initial plan didn’t include Ohio State at all.

Olave had to sit out his junior season at Mission Hills High School due to an ineligibility issue, which slowed his recruiting track. Olave said that ahead of his junior year he had no offers, and only accrued a couple of small school offers before his senior season.

“Going into my junior year I was kind of depressed and I leaned on my family for everything,” Olave said.

It wasn’t until Oct. 7, 2017, that Olave received what he called his first “big” offer from the Buckeyes. Despite his previous unfamiliarity with the program, Olave said he and his family jumped on the opportunity.

In his first 11 games the former three-star recruit saw little opportunity behind a record-setting receiver corps that included a trio of current NFL players in Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin and Johnnie Dixon.

Leading up to the Michigan game, Olave caught just five passes for 70 yards and no touchdowns on the year, but his sparkplug showcase propelled him to an encore performance in the Big Ten Championship a week later.

Olave went for a season-high five catches and 79 yards against Northwestern, including a 29yard third quarter touchdown that proved his success against Michigan wasn’t a flash in the pan.

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