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FROZEN IN TIME Stacey Colbert case now 21 years cold

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Stacey Colbert (right) smiles with her mom (left), Ronna Colbert at an event in 1998.

Ronna wishes she could see this smile again.

JASMINE HILTON John R. Oller Special Projects Editor hilton.93@osu.edu Jasmine Hilton produced this story in her role as John R. Oller Special Projects Editor.

Applause and standing ovations blasted from the television set in Danielle Nusbaum’s living room late Monday evening on March 23, 1998.

The night of the 70th Academy Awards, in the wake of the blockbuster hit “Titanic,” Nusbaum flooded her younger sister Stacey Colbert’s inbox with voicemails

about heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and the film’s Best Picture win. She had just taken Stacey to see the movie for her 23rd birthday.

Her excitement was met with silence on the other end. Twenty-six-year-old Nusbaum went to sleep that night thinking Stacey was away on a business trip, and her sister was sure to return her calls the following morning.

Instead, it was Stacey’s employer who was on Nusbaum’s answering machine when she arrived home from work the next day. Her sister hadn’t been to work in days and hadn’t called in.

“That’s not like her. I knew

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something was A necklace that Stacey Colbert made while on wrong right a trip surrounded by letters from loved ones. away,” Nus- Her sister, Danielle Nusbaum, remembers her baum said. “My wearing it often. life is really before that call and after that call.” ous December, were plastered on According to police, Stacey buildings and lampposts lining was seen on Saturday, March 21, the streets of Columbus and Ohio by a pizza delivery driver who State’s campus. Just a year prior, delivered breadsticks to her Gov- Stacey graduated from the uniernours Square apartment, just 15 versity with a bachelor’s degree minutes northwest of campus, at in marketing. approximately 6 p.m.

It had only been six months He was the last person to report since she started her first job in her alive. her chosen career field as a marWithin days, fliers of Stacey’s keting assistant with American smiling face, dark brown hair and Electric Power in Columbus. Evbrown eyes, cropped from the eryone wanted to know what had Colberts’ holiday card the previ- happened to the recent alumna and beloved member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

“Everybody was sort of taken aback by that,” Matt Reese, who experienced the shock on campus firsthand as an undergraduate student in ’98 and attended her vigil as a Lantern photographer, said.

“You don’t think about that kind of thing happening, and when it did, it was pretty surprising.”

Stacey’s remains weren’t found until years later in 2004, and how she was killed is still a mystery more than 20 years after her disappearance.

Her family said they are reopening old wounds in hopes of carrying out justice and finally finding her killer.

“She was an amazing person.

She didn’t deserve to die the way she died,” Nusbaum, now 47, JACK LONG | SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR said. “She deserved to be here.”

Ronna Colbert (left) and Danielle Nusbaum (right) flip through old photo albums of Stacey created by her sorority sisters for her family.

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When No. 8 Penn State comes to Columbus Saturday to face No. 2 Ohio State, it will be the 15th straight year that at least one of the two Big Ten foes is ranked in the top 25. Of the previous 14 games, Penn State has won just four.

Although the Buckeyes (100, 7-0 Big Ten) have won two straight against Penn State (91, 6-1), the combined margin of victory the past three years is just five points. The Nittany Lions last beat Ohio State in 2016, upsetting then-No. 2 Ohio State 24-21.

“This is a talent-equated game,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said. “We all know we have been in some games that we have had more talent than some of the other teams we have played. This is a team that the talent equates.”

“We all know we have been in some games that we have had more talent than some of the other teams we have played. This is a team that the talent equates.”

RYAN DAY Ohio State head football coach

Behind redshirt sophomore quarterback Sean Clifford, the Nittany Lions hold the second-place spot in the Big Ten East. They’ve suffered only one loss, a 31-26 loss at then-No. 17 Minnesota.

The offense goes as Clifford goes. In Penn State’s most impressive win of the season against Michigan, Clifford threw for 182 yards and three touchdowns. In its one loss at Minnesota, he threw 20 incomplete passes and three interceptions in 43 attempts.

On defense, sophomore linebacker Micah Parsons leads the Nittany Lions with 75 total tackles. Penn State holds opponents to 316.2 yards per game, No. 17 in the country.

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Part one — Stacey’s disappearrance After receiving the call from AEP March 24, Nusbaum rushed over to Stacey’s apartment after work, only two miles away from her own, to be met with shock.

Stacey’s car was parked out front, and her apartment door was unlocked, just slightly cracked.

There was no evidence of a burglary or theft.

Nusbaum entered the apartment.

Clothes were strewn about, the refrigerator door was open and a half-eaten box of breadsticks sat on the counter.

Stacey’s keys, purse and credit

“She was the kind of person you wish all your co-workers could be,” Behre said.

At Ohio State, her radiant energy filled the hallways of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority house on 15th Avenue.

“She had the most amazing smile. This big, beautiful, warm, friendly smile,” Paula Shupe, one of Stacey’s sorority sisters, said.

“You couldn’t not be attracted to Stacey if you knew her.”

Living on the third floor in a small — yet cozy — room on the top bunk, Alycia Cassini, Stacey’s roommate, remembers conversations filled with compassion and kindness, without judgment.

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Danielle Nusbaum, Stacey Colbert’s sister, flips through memories of Stacey.

cards hadn’t been taken. Nothing was missing, except her cat Boots who had escaped through the open door.

“It was a nightmare,” Nusbaum said. “I walked in, and all of her stuff was there, but she wasn’t there.”

Panicked and confused, she called her father, Larry Colbert.

“Have you heard from her?

Like Dad, she’s not here,” Nusbaum recounted. He said he hadn’t heard from Stacey.

“I called the police right away,” Nusbaum said.

Police started by questioning Stacey’s neighbors and the pizza delivery driver, who might have heard or seen anything amiss.

When he dropped off the breadsticks that evening, the pizza driver felt very strongly that she was not alone in her apartment and sensed somebody else was present, he told police.

One of her neighbors, who lived in the upstairs Apartment C, reported being woken up at 4 a.m.

Sunday to horrible screams coming from the apartment directly below his.

It was Apartment A – Stacey’s.

The screams continued, and he couldn’t go back to sleep. He also heard loud banging. According to the report, the neighbor did not check on Stacey until 2 p.m. the next afternoon, only to be met with no answer and Boots patiently waiting outside.

Part two — Remembering Stacey Positive. Enthusiastic. Vibrant.

Those are the three words Molly Behre, one of Stacey’s co-workers at AEP, used to describe Stacey’s spirit, which quickly spread throughout the entire office.

Stacey was the one everybody could turn to.

“She was such a positive influence for the sorority,” Cassini said. “She was more than a friend. She definitely was a sister for me.”

From the day she joined ADPi in January 1994, Stacey participated in various volunteer opportunities, including at the Ronald McDonald House. Her giving spirit earned her the role of vice president at the sorority, alongside Katie Knostman, former president.

“She had the most amazing smile. This big, beautiful, warm, friendly smile. You couldn’t not be attracted to Stacey if you knew her.”

PAULA SHUPE Stacey Colbert’s sorority sister

“She felt pretty passionately about that. She was willing to help out on pretty much anything that needed to be done,” Knostman said.

While balancing her engagements and sorority life, Stacey prioritized her schoolwork and was an active member of the American Marketing Association. Having overcome a problem with her eyesight that created a learning disability, she worked especially hard to achieve her

grades and sought out opportunities for her future, Knostman said.

Her hard work landed her an internship at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta with McDonald’s, for which she was tasked with creating a marketing plan. This opportunity gave her a look into her dream career.

“She loved, loved, loved that,” Nusbaum remembered of her sister. “That was like an instant match for her personality.”

With her head in the books during the week, her feet were on the dance floor on weekends.

Dancing at any opportunity she had, Stacey quickly became the life of the party with her extroverted personality and bubbly style, Knostman said. Once on the Trojets dance team at her high school in Charleston, Illinois, Stacey’s moves stuck with her.

“She was probably the most into dancing of anybody that I’ve had in my life,” Knostman laughed.

College parties and sorority events soon turned into jobs and weddings. After graduation, Stacey remained an active member of Ohio State’s ADPi chapter and enjoyed mentoring new members and participating in recruitment events for the sorority.

“She loved all the women that were involved and was happy to stay and help out,” Knostman said.

Knostman remembers Stacey right by her side at her wedding.

Within six months of Knotsman’s wedding, her vibrant, loving, cheerful, dancing best friendturned-sister was gone.

Part three — Searching for Stacey The night she discovered her younger sister was missing, Nusbaum stayed up with police until 3 a.m., answering the same questions again and again to several detectives and units.

“When was the last time you saw her? Is there any reason she might leave in a hurry? Was she planning any trips? Could she have just gone out running? Who were her friends? Is there anyone who doesn’t like her?” detectives asked.

Police were running out of time. Since the crime occurred during spring break, many of Stacey’s friends were still out of town. Seventy-two hours had passed by the time her employer called to alert Nusbaum that Stacey was missing.

“If you’re not finding things within 24 hours, there is less and less of a chance of it being resolved,” Nusbaum said.

By March 31, a week had passed since Stacey’s disappearance, and the campus mourned.

Hundreds of students huddled together underneath the canopies of the heritage trees, and members of the Greek community and Columbus locals covered the Oval. They left behind a trail of lit candles and printed posters in hopes of bringing Stacey home.

“It was just a sobering reminder of the evil and the harsh realities that are out there in the world when you’re just starting to learn about the world while you’re in college,” Reese said.

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COLD CASES This information has been gathered from Lantern archives and police reports, as detectives of some cases were unable to be reached, and some detectives declined to speak on the case.

Family members contacted did not respond to phone calls and emails.

Stacey Colbert is one of at least five students or recent Ohio State graduates whose homicides took place in the late ’90s and early 2000s and still remain unsolved. Each case remains a mystery with no explanation and few details to go off of, leaving family members still searching for answers.

Kyle Schaulin On March 18, 1997, three men walked into the 11th-Avenue apartment where Kyle Schaulin, a 19-year-old second-year at Ohio State, and his roommates lived around 11 a.m.

One roommate heard a scuffle coming from Schaulin’s bedroom and went to investigate. According to police, the roommate was backed down the hallway at gunpoint and escaped out the bathroom window upstairs.

Schaulin was gunned down in his bedroom. He was pronounced dead 20 minutes later at the Ohio State Medical Center.

The men ran out and headed southbound toward an alley behind the house, then ran east.

Charles "Chico" Ballard On Feb. 9, 2000, Charles “Chico” Ballard, a 22-year-old fourth-year in mechanical engineering, was found murdered in the basement of his apartment on 17th Avenue.

Half of his body was partially burned and gunshot wounds were found to his head, chest and abdomen. A gun was found at the scene, which police believed was Ballard’s.

His body was discovered by police at 6 p.m., after a friend of his called to report his back door open with no trace of Ballard.

Kohler Barker At the Harrison House apartments on Lane Avenue, just steps away from North Campus residence halls, police responded to a noise complaint coming from 25-year-old Ohio State alumnus Kohler Barker’s apartment on Saturday, June 3, 2000.

After hearing nothing unusual and receiving no response from Barker, police left.

The following Wednesday morning, an apartment complex employee discovered Barker’s body in his apartment. He bled to death due to a cut on the upper region of his body.

David Slater Jr. During the early hours of June 9, 2002, David Slater Jr., a 22-year-old fourthyear, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on 16th Avenue.

The bullet struck him through the rear window of his friend’s car.

Before he was killed, Slater reportedly got in an argument with the suspect or suspects.

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The grief was carried among the masses and publicized by local news networks, capturing it all. Community awareness was an essential aspect in the police’s strategy to find Stacey.

Judge Amy Salerno, then-state representative in the Ohio House of Representatives, spoke to the large crowd at the vigil.

“This was our university, our town, our community, and we’ve lost a woman,” Salerno recalled.

“We don’t know where [she went]. I mean, what woman could not think about, ‘What if it were my child, my daughter, my sister or my best friend?’ and then not knowing what happened to her?”

According to the Columbus Police Public Records Unit, 498 missing persons reports were filed in 1998.

Only one or two cases end up going unsolved most years. Those cases are often homicides, a representative of the Columbus Police Missing Persons Division said.

As the vigil came to a close, Nusbaum recalled former WCMH News Channel 4 reporter, Holly Hollingsworth, sharing a story with her about another missing girl, who was captured for a week but managed to escape. After hearing this, Nusbaum said she believed Stacey could come back home, too.

“Having that little light of hope was something that I desperately needed,” Nusbaum said.

Part four — A new development As the investigation went on, police kept Nusbaum informed new developments, information in the media, or any tips as they conducted interviews.

By 2004 — six years after Stacey’s disappearance — police had exhausted all suspects, and leads slowly began to dry up. The case was at a standstill.

“It just kills you from the inside out,” Nusbaum said. “You pray for their safe return. You want them to come back.”

On Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004, Ray Parsons, a hunter, went in search of his lost companion dog along a wooded area by the Scioto River on State Route 257 North in Delaware County, Ohio.

Beneath tree leaves and scattered debris, Parsons stumbled across something — human bones.

The Delaware County coroner joined the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation at the scene. In the next two to three days, 70 percent of a person’s skeletal remains were found across the same general area.

Dental records identified the remains as Stacey Colbert’s.

Timeline Saturday, March 21, 1998 • 5:58 p.m.: Pizza delivery man arrives at Stacey Colbert’s apartment and is last to report her alive from her Governours Square apartment, 15 minutes northwest from campus Sunday, March 22, 1998 • 4 a.m.: Upstairs neighbor in Apartment C reported hearing screams and loud banging at 4 a.m. coming from Apartment A, belonging to Stacey • 2 p.m.: Neighbor knocks on Stacey’s door, received no answer and saw Boots, Stacey’s cat, roaming outside Monday, March 23, 1998 • 9 p.m.: During the 70th Academy Awards ceremony, phone calls from Danielle Nusbaum to her younger sister go unanswered Tuesday, March 24, 1998 • 6 p.m.: Nusbaum receives voicemail from Stacey’s workplace when she gets home from work, alerting her that her sister hadn’t been to work in days Saturday, March 31, 1998 • 8 p.m.: Vigil held by Ohio State with members of the Greek community, students, locals and public officials November 27, 2004 • Stacey’s remains were found by a hunter in search of his lost dog under debris in wooded land in Delaware County

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With a lack of physical evidence at the scene, her cause of death remains undetermined.

What started off as a missing person’s case could now be confirmed as a homicide, something Franklin County detectives had suspected all along.

“When Columbus [Police] initially took the report as a missing person’s report, they handled it as a homicide because things just didn’t add up based on the evidence that was at her apartment,” Detective Jeff Bessinger said. Bessinger has been with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 20 years,13 spent as an investigator.

He said he could not go into detail about the evidence found at the apartment.

Swapped from one jurisdiction to the other, Stacey’s case became even more challenging.

“All of a sudden, we have a victim of a homicide in our county that we knew nothing about,” Bessinger said. “So we’re already behind the eight ball, to say, because we’ve lost six years where we’re not involved.”

Bessinger is used to working between jurisdictions as many homicide cases from Franklin County end up in Delaware County jurisdiction due to a body being discovered, such as in Stacey’s case.

“Unfortunately, Delaware County a lot of times turns out to be what we refer to as a dumping ground for bodies,” Bessinger said. “We find ourselves dealing with the aftermath from bodies from other agencies.”

Bessinger said Delaware County’s cold case unit is currently dealing with about 15 unsolved cases, including Stacey’s. The oldest dates back to 1971, the newest from 2007.

He’s reexamined every detail, starting from the very beginning of Stacey’s case file. From reinterviewing suspects to going back to the original scene at the apartment, Bessinger’s given every inch a new set of eyes.

There are many barriers to reaching a resolution in cold cases, including lack of physical evidence and DNA, exhausted leads, suspects refusing to speak with police and a lack of evidence to indict them. As time passes, people’s memories fade, witnesses die and victims get forgotten, Bessinger said.

He faced all of these issues in trying to solve Stacey’s case.

There’s no clear suspect to this day.

“With cold cases, they’re cold for a reason,” Bessinger said. “It’s not for a lack of effort from investigators for trying.”

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Stacey Colbert (second row from the bottom, far left) poses with her sorority sisters in 1995.

case. He still calls Nusbaum regularly to check in. Like clockwork, he reviews Stacey’s case file every morning and goes to sleep with it on his mind every night.

“It wears on you,” Bessinger said. “I know that [Nusbaum] is depending on me to solve this case, and if I’m not doing anything, I’m letting her down.”

As the years have gone by, Bessinger has formed a bond with the Colbert family, even though close members have now died.

“I’ve watched her dad pass away. I’ve watched her Uncle Gerry pass away,” Bessinger said.

“I answer to Danielle, and I answer to Stacey. Unfortunately, she’s not here to tell us what happened, we need to figure that out.”

“It doesn’t get any easier. You think after all these years you’re just used to living with the pain, but you don’t. You can’t get use to it.”

DANIELLE NUSBAUM Stacey Colbert’s sister

Part five — The aftermath Twenty-one years ago, Stacey’s family got the phone call that she was missing.

Fifteen years ago, they got the call that her body was found.

Now, they wait for the call that her killer has been caught.

“The next phase, if there’s justice, those wounds will be reopened,” Nusbaum said. “As much as we need this to happen for the full case to close, and for it to not happen to anybody else, going through that next phase is a little daunting as a family.”

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undergoing a trial, if someone is indicted for Stacey’s murder.

With 11-year-old twins of her own, Nusbaum worries how this could affect their young lives and the toll the investigation has already taken.

“I don’t think any family should suffer the way that my family has suffered,” Nusbaum said. “Even the guy who did it, I would not wish that on them.”

Stacey’s mother, Ronna Colbert, waits for what may never come: closure.

“The hardest thing as a parent is when someone says, ‘How many children do you have?’ and to say ‘I had two’,” Colbert said through tears. “You’re always waiting for that shoe to drop and your life to go back to what it was. The physical pain is gone, but the sorrow and the grief is never gone.”

Her family keeps Stacey’s memory alive through pictures or telling a story that brings her into the scene. But it’s never the same.

At every gathering, there’s always an empty chair, Nusbaum said.

“Someone who’s a part of your life, day in and day out, a part of your being, a part of what you know,” Nusbaum said. “When they disappear, it’s hard. You still want to make that call to them.”

A website, “Find Stacey” is still online today, a remnant with her missing poster and contact numbers of family members who died waiting for the phone call.

Knostman said she has dreams of sitting around and talking with her best friend again.

Nusbaum waits for another one of Bessinger’s phone calls.

“It doesn’t get any easier,” Nusbaum said with tears in her eyes.

“You think after all these years, you’re just used to living with the pain, but you don’t. You can’t get used to it.”

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The Salty Caramels sweeten the music scene EMMA SCOTT MORAN Lantern reporter scottmoran.1@osu.edu As The Salty Caramels see it, nothing is sweeter than the sound of female harmonies.

The Salty Caramels, a local band comprised of Molly Winters, Sarah Overdier, Emily Ng and Paige Vandiver, made a name for themselves with folk- and Americana-inspired tracks. In recent years, they have switched to a rock-based ’60s throwback sound, Winters said.

Winters said that when she created the band, she knew female vocals had to be at the core of its sound. The all-female band features Winters on vocals and electric guitar, Overdier on vocals, bass and acoustic guitar, Ng on violin and bass and Vandiver on drums.

“To me, there’s nothing like a female’s harmonizing,” Vandiver said. “It’s different. It’s just a different sound.”

Winters said the local band started when she wanted to revive the same special quality that she

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found playing with girl groups in the past.

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MagicFest brings popular card game to Columbus AARON LIEN For the Lantern lien.47@osu.edu Card players from across the country will shuffle into Columbus, Ohio, this weekend for MagicFest.

The three-day event will kick off Friday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

MagicFest will feature several paid events for players to compete in, with winners of the main event gaining access to larger tournaments and chances to buy rare cards. The convention will also have exclusive cards that only attendees can obtain.

“Magic: The Gathering” is a collectible card game that launched in 1993, with regular expansion sets to bring in new cards. There are different ways to play, but most formats involve players summoning creatures from a card deck and pitting them against each other to reduce the opponent’s health points to zero.

The event is welcome to casual

players who aren’t as competitive, as well, Denis Stranjak, marketing director for the event, said in an email. He added that there is no door fee, making the event accessible to those who would prefer to hang out or browse the vendors.

“There genuinely is something for everyone, and there are lower stakes and more casual side events outside of the main event,” Stranjak said.

Joey Meadows, a fourth-year in earth sciences and biology and member of Ohio State student organization Magic the Gathering, said he appreciates that attendees don’t need to spend a dime to enjoy the event.

Ohio State’s “Magic” club was reinstated this year by co-presidents Jack Welday, a first-year in neuroscience, and Dane Esposito, a second-year in English. Welday said MagicFest represents the first major outing for the group. None of the members plans to compete, but most will attend together.

“Even if you’re not gonna

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Kevin Bryant, Drew Willoughby and Jack Bueltel, a first-year, third-year and second-year, respectively, attend a Magic the Gathering meeting at Ohio State University Nov. 19.

play at any events, you can walk around and watch people play at really competitive levels,” Kevin Bryant, a first-year in electrical and computer engineering and club member, said. “You can check out the vendors. They’ve got really cool stuff that you’ll never really see ever again.”

Welday said the club currently meets to hang out, play “Magic” and discuss upcoming tournaments. As the members build up their decks for competition, he said they hope to host a tournament of their own.

MagicFest will also host artists who have created art for the game, according to the event website.

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Jeni’s and its namesake ice cream flavor.

Part of the band’s evolution came from toning down the use of more unconventional instruments to create a stronger rhythm section, Ng said.

“In the beginning, we were more acoustic, until we would be trying to fill it in with a lot of different instruments and quirky things, like washboards and saws and stuff,” Ng said. “Now we still play those instruments, but it’s a little more rock. And when we’re playing the quirky instruments, we’re more intentional of like, ‘This is what it adds to it.’”

The group partly attributes its loyal fanbase to its continual presence in and welcoming nature of the local Columbus music scene, Winters said.

“There’s only a handful of all-female bands in Columbus, but that’s just how it is. I mean, it’s just hard, but that’s not our only thing going for us. I think our longevity and just the amount of opportunities we’ve had and the records we’ve put out,” Winters said. “I think we do have a respectful crew of people that like us, and they would come up to see us wherever,

and that’s the great thing about Columbus.”

Winters said a rewarding element of being in an all-female band is the ability to serve as role models for other women in Columbus.

“I have a sense of pride about that too, because I feel like we’ve all given younger generations of women and little girls just [the ability] to see other women playing instruments and performing,” Winters said. “It’s really great that they got to see us do that this whole time, just to provide that for the community because you don’t see that very often.”

Being in a band alongside other women gives a special characteristic to The Salty Caramels’ chemistry and dynamic, Ng said.

“I mean there is definitely a level of camaraderie that is a little special, and I think there’s something between camaraderie and openness that you feel sometimes with other women,” Ng said.

“I feel like we’ve all given younger generations of women and little girls just [the ability] to see other women playing instruments and performing.”

Molly Winters Vocalist and electric guitarist

The artists will be offering autographs, prints and playmats featuring their art for the game.

“Meeting some of the talented people behind the look of the game is always a special experience,” Stranjak said.

Welday said he appreciates the community that “Magic” has provided him as a new student, while Bryant said he enjoys its variety, with different formats and play styles to learn.

“I think being able to hang out with people like this, make lifelong friends, is part of it. And the other part of it is learning how to play the game a different way,” Bryant said. “Any time I sit down

at a table, I’m gonna learn how to play ‘Magic’ a different way.”

MagicFest will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Competitors can register for events as late as Friday, but there is no same-day registration. More information can be found on at cfbevents.com.

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Annual African Night offers new beginnings and old traditions MICAHIAH BROWN-DAVIS Lantern reporter brown-davis.3@osu.edu African and African American students are coming together this weekend to commemorate their culture and heritage at an annual blowout.

The African Youth League is hosting its annual African Night Saturday at the Ohio Union. The regionwide cultural celebration provides a platform for diverse expression among alumni, current students and faculty, as well as other Midwestern African student associations, according to the AYL website.

African Night is dedicated to celebrating different cultures by highlighting African dance, song, spoken word, poetry, a fashion show and a play, Akwi Anyangwe, a fourth-year in biological engineering and

president of AYL, said.

Anyangwe said the theme, “New Beginning,” represents the integration of first-generation Africans and African Americans to show they have the educational and political power to make substantial change for Africa.

“African Night’s purpose is to show the diversity of Africa because it is the most diverse continent,” Anyangwe said. “I would like to stray away from the stereotypes that all Africans are poor, dirty or impoverished. I want to celebrate the richness in our cultures.”

Anyangwe said this year’s African Night differs from previous years because no explanation used to be given behind the meaning of the performances. She said that this year, there will be a voice-over explaining the theme to the audience and what each performance portrays.

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Students celebrate African Night at the Ohio Union Nov. 17, 2018.

The event will be hosted by Chief Obi, an internet comedian who rose to fame creating skits of a stereotypical African father on Vine, Instagram and YouTube, Anyangwe said.

Anyangwe said there will be local vendors selling their clothing, such as Fante Gold and Ankara Fashion Place, and designers in the fashion show will showcase their brands, such as Creme Designs and Vees Collection.

AYL has been planning this event for six months and held auditions for Ohio State students and local artists interested in performing, Anyganwe said.

Steven Thomas, a third-year in English and member of AYL, auditioned and said he will participate in the fashion show and perform poetry.

“I decided to do something different. I will be reflecting on myself and who I am

as a black boy, becoming a black man,” Thomas said. “I feel like it will fit into African and African American culture because although I don’t know my roots and specific country of origin, we’re all still black.”

Thomas said African Night bridges the gap between African and African American students, who make up only 6 percent of Ohio State’s population. He said it shows that there is still a sense of community.

Anyangwe said the event’s 1,500 free tickets sold out two days after their release.

She said students who were not able to receive a ticket can still enter, but are not guaranteed a seat.

African Night will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Ohio Union Archie Griffin Grand Ballroom. Doors open at 6 p.m.

“I would like to stray away from the stereotypes that all Africans are poor, dirty or impoverished. I want to celebrate the richness in our cultures.”

Akwi Anyangwe Fourth-year in biological engineering and president of African Youth League

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Penn State is No. 13 in scoring offense, at 36.8 points per game, and No. 7 in scoring defense, allowing 13.5 points per game.

“Micah Parsons is as talented as there is, again, in the conference,” Day said. “They do a good job up front with their front. They mix those guys in.”

This past weekend, the Nittany Lions squeaked by Indiana 34-27 behind three total touchdowns from Clifford and 100 yards rushing from redshirt sophomore running back Journey Brown.

“I’m just going into this week like every other week. Same preparation. Same focus at practice.”

JUSTIN FIELDS Ohio State sophomore quarterback

Redshirt sophomore wide receiver KJ Hamler has been Clifford’s favorite target this year, as his 791 yards are nearly twice as many as the next leading receiver on the team. Hamler had a

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The Buckeyes take the field prior to the start of the Ohio State-Penn State game Sept. 29. Ohio State won 27-26.

career-high 138 yards in 2018’s matchup with Ohio State, including a 93-yard touchdown.

“I think Clifford’s playing really well. Hamler is one of the more dynamic players in the country. I think [sophomore receiver Jahan] Dotson is as good a wide receiver as there is in the Big Ten, and [sophomore tight end Pat] Frei-

ermuth and some of those other guys are really talented as well,” Day said. “So I think you got a skill set over there of guys that can really hurt you.”

Saturday will be sophomore quarterback Justin Fields’ second time facing a top 10 defense in the country this season. In his first go-round against Wisconsin’s No.

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among others, were now knocking on the door, and the Georgia product said he felt bad about talking to other schools.

Fields said he felt like he wasn’t fully committed to his future coaches and teammates at Penn State and didn’t want to be that far from home, given that powerhouse programs in his own region were now catching his eye.

That didn’t make his phone call to Franklin any easier though, and Fields said he took counsel from his father before making the final decision.

“It’s really like breaking up with your girlfriend,” Fields said.

“Say if you have a good relationship with her or whatever, you don’t want to break up with her,

6 scoring defense, Fields completed 12 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns and added one rushing score. It was his lowest number of completions and passing yards this year.

“I don’t really get excited. I’m kind of an even-keeled guy, so my emotions don’t really change,” Fields said. “I’m just going into

this week like every other week.

Same preparation. Same focus at practice.”

On the other side of the ball, junior defensive end Chase Young will return after missing two games for an NCAA bylaw violation. Young brings his 29 tackles and 13.5 sacks against a Penn State offensive line that has allowed 19 sacks on the season.

In the past five seasons, Penn State has 47 combined wins, No. 3 in the Big Ten. Ohio State is No. 1 with 58 and Wisconsin is No. 2 with 50.

Head coach James Franklin is in his sixth season with the Nittany Lions and has won at least nine games in four straight seasons at Penn State.

Ohio State hasn’t won a game by less than 24 points this season, and sits at No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings for the second-straight week. This will be its first game against a top 10 team this season.

Though Day said Penn State’s talent is similar to that of the Buckeyes, Ohio State is an 18-point favorite against the Nittany Lions. After two consecutive blowout wins against sub-.500 opponents for the Buckeyes, Penn State will present the strongest challenge yet for an Ohio State team that hasn’t played a close game for four quarters.

The top 10 matchup kicks off at noon Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

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but you might have to because of circumstances outside.”

When Fields entered the transfer portal following his freshman season at Georgia, Penn State once again became a possible destination, and fellow five-star 2018 Penn State prospect and current tackles leader Micah Parsons even attempted to persuade the quarterback to team up on social media.

Instead, Fields ended up with Penn State’s division rival in Columbus, Ohio, which Franklin said magnified the anguish of losing him in the first place.

“The losses in recruiting are hard to shake. You put so much into them. There’s no doubt about it,” Franklin said. “That’s where

my conversations with the administration about competing for everything, because when you lose a recruit, you want to know why. When you find out what those why’s are, you want to try to eliminate them as much as you possibly can.”

Franklin and Penn State will be looking to eliminate Fields and Ohio State from the Big Ten East leaderboard Saturday, and unlike the decommitment, this time, the Nittany Lions will see him coming. Unfortunately for them, however, Fields’ success vindicates their earliest inklings.

“Based on what I’m seeing on film right now, I think we were right,” Franklin said. “He’s pretty good.”

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Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields (1) looks to pass the ball during the second half of the game against Rutgers Nov. 16 at SHI Stadium. Ohio State won 56-21.

After leaving with concussion-like symptoms in the Nittany Lions’ Week 12 matchup against Indiana, Hamler is questionable for Saturday’s game. Wade hopes to see him on the field.

“I want their best. I want everybody that they say that’s gonna play. I want everybody,” Wade said.

If the two do square off, it’ll be a battle of two players entering the field on scorching streaks of play.

Prior to his shortened game against Indiana, Hamler piled up 18 receptions with 284 yards and three touchdowns in his previous three contests.

To slow him down, Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said Wade will need to leave the past in its place.

“Playing corner is about the next play. Whether you were good or bad on the last one, he can’t think like that, and I’ll make sure he doesn’t think like that,” Hafley said.

Wade forced two turnovers against Rutgers this past week for Ohio State, tipping a pass to himself for an interception and forcing a fumble following a reception by Rutgers freshman wide receiver Isaiah Washington.

The interception was Wade’s first of the season, a moment for which he said he’s been patiently waiting. He watched redshirt senior cornerback Damon Arnette, junior cornerback Jeff Okudah, senior safety Jordan Fuller and redshirt freshman cornerback Sevyn Banks pick passes off and knew his time would come. “[Arnette] had his, Jeff had his, Jordan had his. Mine’s gonna come soon,” Wade said. “Sevyn had his. It’s gonna come, and it

came [against Rutgers].”

All of Ohio State’s defensive backs will be important in stopping Penn State’s passing attack, which Hafley said includes the best group of receivers the Buckeyes have seen this year. “[Hamler] is dynamic. He’s fast. He’s quick. He can change direction,” Hafley said. “But the other guys are good too.”

“I think Shaun’s a new player. I think he’s a better player, and I think he’ll be ready this time.”

JEFF HAFLEY Ohio State football co-defensive coordinator

Given his contributions to Penn State, if Hamler is on the field, the matchup between him and Wade could prove impactful.

Hafley is confident in his athlete.

“I think Shaun’s a new player.

I think he’s a better player, and I think he’ll be ready this time,” Hafley said.

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Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields (1) looks to pass the ball during the first half of the game against Northwestern at Ryan Field Oct. 18. Ohio State won 52-3.

Justin Fields’ decommitment from Penn State

At the start of June, some teenagers are running to burn their school notebooks.

Justin Fields was running the risk of burning a bridge with one of the premier football programs in the nation.

The summer before his final season of high school football at Harrison in Kennesaw, Georgia, Fields had to make what he still refers to as one of the hardest phone calls of his life to let Penn State head coach James Franklin know he would no longer be committed to the team.

“Before I called coach Franklin, I was nervous,” Fields said. “I was like, ‘Ugh, I don’t want to do this right now.’”

Two-and-a-half years later, it’ll be a face-to-face meeting, as Fields leads Ohio State against the team he once thought he’d be playing for Saturday in the Buckeyes’ biggest test to date.

Franklin hasn’t forgotten losing out on the No. 8 high school football prospect of all time, but Fields wasn’t that when the Nittany Lions first took notice of his talent.

Before Fields received an offer from Penn State in July 2016, West Virginia and Northwestern were the most notable programs that had him on their radar. Less than five months and two unofficial visits later, Fields accepted Penn State’s offer.

“We were involved with him early, had a significant relationship for a long time,” Franklin said. “Obviously, very talented

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guy.”

So early, in fact, that Fields was still just a top 100, four-star prospect at the time of his commitment. By June, he ascended to the No. 4 overall player in the 2018 class.

Still, Fields said he had an affinity for former Penn State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joe Moorhead, who improved the Nittany Lions’ offensive output by nearly 100 yards per game in his first season with the program.

“Before I called coach Franklin, I was nervous. I was like, ‘Ugh, I don’t want to do this right now.’”

JUSTIN FIELDS Ohio State sophomore quarterback

“The offense was doing great at the time. Coach Moorhead, definitely. He was there at the time,” Fields said. “He’s a great coach, a great offensive-minded coach. I just thought my ability to play and my relationships with the coaches and all the other commits would eventually help me to become a better player.”

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Hamler and Wade: Chapter two ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu Shaun Wade remembers KJ Hamler.

Hamler, a redshirt sophomore wide receiver for Penn State who leads the Nittany Lions in receiving yards by a healthy margin, caught a career-long touchdown against the redshirt sophomore cornerback when Ohio State played Penn State in 2018.

Penn State’s primary slot receiving weapon will come to Ohio Stadium Saturday to face the Buckeyes with the rest of the Nittany Lions’ offense. Wade, Ohio State’s starting slot corner, is adjusting accordingly.

“We’ve gotta get back in the lab and prepare,” Wade said.

“They’ve got [Hamler], their quarterback’s real good, they always have good running backs.”

Up 6-0 with the ball at its own 7-yard-line, Penn State faced third-and-5 at home against Ohio State Sept. 29, 2018. Hamler split out at slot receiver, covered by

Wade, an alignment that both will undertake on plenty of occasions Saturday.

Hamler took two steps straight ahead, then turned to a slant route. The quick cut left Wade two steps behind.

The Michigan native outran the Ohio State defense to the sideline, polishing off a 93-yard touchdown reception untouched — 85 yards coming after the catch.

Ohio State pieced together a comeback to win the contest 2726, but Wade still vividly remembers the play.

“It’s definitely still in my head,” Wade said. “I try not to think about it.”

Ohio State can clinch the Big Ten East division title with a win against Penn State, locking in a berth to the Big Ten title game.

Hamler is the team’s leading receiver with 791 yards on the season, 367 more than the nextbest target for redshirt sophomore quarterback Sean Clifford. Hamler finished with four receptions for 138 yards and a touchdown against the Buckeyes in 2018.

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Ohio State redshirt sophomore cornerback Shaun Wade (24) walks onto the field before the game against Michigan State Oct. 5. Ohio State won 34-10.