The Lantern – Jan. 30, 2020

The student voice of the Ohio State University | Thursday, January 30, 2020

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Nonprofit aims to empower young girls by connecting them with college women for mentoring ON PAGE 2

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KEEP CALM AND GET A FLU SHOT Ohio State experts weigh in on coronavirus

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he coronavirus has spread internationally, put people in quarantine and has travelers at risk, but Ohio State doesn’t need to panic.

Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief quality and patient safety officer for the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State, said Ohio State students are more likely to catch influenza than the coronavirus.

The disease originated in Wuhan, China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. According to the World Health Organization, there were 6,065 global cases as of Wednesday.

“The risk for Ohio State and Ohio residents, really residents of the U.S. in general, is very low at this point,” Gonsenhauser said.

“The only risk of contracting a virus like this is by coming in close bodily contact with a person who has the virus.”

Of the 6,065 cases, 5,997 are in China, according to WHO, and 132 of the Chinese cases have resulted in death.

There is not enough clinical information to explain the deaths caused by the virus, Christina Liscynesky, infectious disease specialist at the medical center, said. They are likely caused by lung injuries from the virus, but nothing is certain, she said.

Outside of China, there have been 68 confirmed cases in 15 countries, according to WHO.

In the United States, 36 states have patients under investigation for the virus, while five patients have been positive, according to the CDC. Washington, Illinois, Arizona and California are the states with confirmed cases.

The first documented case in the United States was in Washington Jan. 21, according to a medical center memo distributed to clinical providers and medical students.

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Researchers work to solve rubber shortage

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It’s always seemed crazy to not have any sort of biodiversity in rubber production because it’s a critical raw material.

Catheters, medical and sporting gloves, tires, condoms and some 50,000 other products depend on the more than 15 million tons of natural rubber produced every year, a researcher at Ohio State studyJOHN CARDINA ing natural rubber production, said.

But this year, there will be a 1-million-ton global shortage of natural rubber, according to the International Tripartite Rubber Council. Climate change and diseases, such as Pestalotiopsis leaf fall and South American Leaf Blight, are killing rubber trees in growing regions across the planet. However, Ohio State researchers said they COURTESY OF ROBERTA FRANKS are developing ways to commercially produce new sources of natural rubber.

Natural rubber can distribute heat better and is more tear resistant than synthetic rubbers, which are made from petroleum Sarah McNulty, a research associate at Cornish’s lab, collects seeds from the Russian dandelion at a RUBBER CONTINUES ON 3

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PATCHED

Organization spreads mental health awareness through fashion merchandise ON PAGE 4

Ohio State alumni-founded club mentors middle schoolers

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Ohio State 1girl chapter president Gabby Frick (left) and 1girl social media and event coordinator Erika Kolb (right) work to inspire middle school girls.

GABRIELA OKHUYSEN Lantern reporter okhuysen.1@osu.edu Empower a girl, change a community, educate a generation.

That’s what 1girl strives for.

Columbus-based nonprofit 1girl was an idea originally developed for a class project by three Ohio State alumnae. Now, the organization has expanded nationally through the extension of its club chapters and members at Ohio State, Gabby Frick, 1girl chapter president and third-year in sociology and women’s gender and sexuality studies, said.

1girl, founded in 2013, has a goal of connecting college women with girls in fourth through

eighth grade. The mentorship aims to empower girls and their community through curricula that focuses on public speaking, problem solving, critical thinking, goal setting and conflict resolution, Vanessa Young, 1girl board member, said in an email.

“When we mentor a middle school girl, we aren’t just empowering her,” Young said. “We are empowering all those she is close to like her friends, family and classmates.”

1girl primarily focuses on the middle school age because the girls are coming of age, unsure of themselves and need that extra boost of confidence and inspiration, Frick said.

Erika Kolb, a second-year in

communication and social media and event coordinator for the 1girl chapter, said she didn’t have the kind of relationship 1girl helps cultivate when she was in middle school.

“I felt like I could really have benefited from having a mentor, especially someone of college or high school age, teaching me these skills that I’ll need for whenever I grow up,” Kolb said.

Young said Columbus communities were the first target of 1girl’s outreach not only due to their proximity to campus, but because Ohio State students would be able to deepen their connection with the community.

Every week, more than 25 members of 1girl facilitate after-school programs at various Columbus districts, Frick said.

Graham Elementary and Middle School, Columbus Collegiate Academy-Main, United Preparatory Academy, Broadleigh and Moler elementaries are among the schools involved. Each district gets one visit a week from a group of five 1girl members.

The program is free for middle school girls whose school districts have partnered with 1girl, Frick said.

The club members have a weekly routine that requires showing up to their assigned schools with class objectives and a curriculum tailored to their group of girls, Frick said.

Frick said they will determine which aspect of the curriculum the class will primarily focus on

depending on what areas the girls believe they need the most support in — the most popular being public speaking.

“Girls have all these ideas, but they’re not taught how to articulate them the right way and then feel unsure about expressing themselves in public,” Frick said.

Out of the five districts and more than 50 girls they reach each semester, Frick said some require more encouragement than others because of their underserved backgrounds.

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GABBY FRICK 1girl chapter president and third-year in sociology and women’s gender and sexuality studies

Diverse backgrounds help strengthen the program and allow it to root itself into the community, she said, but some of the girls have traumatic home lives and face greater socioeconomic limitations that can prohibit getting the most out of the 1girl program.

“They just have a lot going on in their lives. We have to show

them consistency where they may be lacking,” Frick said.

How one girl views herself and understands her place in the world can change how her community interacts, she said. It can also change the outlook they have on their own potential and capability for the future.

“I think the girls in general, when they see the OSU students, they know in general that college is an option for them, and I think it pushes them more towards college,” Frick said.

Frick and Kolb said a fulfilling part of volunteering for 1girl is seeing the progression of the girls’ confidence and abilities from the first time they meet to the 1girl gala and graduation in the spring.

Kolb said the next step for 1girl is to give back to its club members and help them develop personally and professionally. Young said 1girl will network with female professionals around Columbus in a related field.

“We are creating smart, intelligent and great leaders,” Frick said. “They’re our future, and you would want to invest in our leaders.”

On March 3, 1girl will sell stickers and buttons designed by program participants, and half of the proceeds will go to the girls who designed the products. The other half will be used to buy school supplies for next year’s class. Students interested in getting involved with 1girl can send an email to ohiostateu@1girl.net.

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and natural gas, Katrina Cornish, a researcher studying alternative rubber and latex production, said.

“You wouldn’t be able to drive a car at the speeds we drive or the distances we drive,” Cornish said.

“That’s completely dependent upon natural rubber.”

The United States imports about 1 million tons of raw natural rubber a year, and Cornish said it’s important to have alternative sources because any rubber shortage can stress American production.

John Cardina, a plant ecologist and professor of horticulture and crop science, said natural rubber is a “strategic raw material,” and without a reliable supply of natural rubber, military airplanes would not be able to fly. Airplane tires have to be made completely with natural rubber because synthetic rubber would crack and fail when the planes land, Cardina said.

Cornish said about 20,000 spe-

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A young field of guayule in Salinas Valley, California grown during the U.S. emergency rubber program in the 1940s.

cies of plants and fungi make latex — the raw material used in rubber production — but only the para rubber tree can supply enough latex and be grown for commercial production.

Rubber trees need a tropical climate and about 50 inches of rain each year, so the range of where they can grow is limited.

Cornish said about 89 percent of the world’s natural rubber supply comes from three countries: Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

On rubber plantations, the trees are grown clonally, meaning each tree is genetically identical to one another, Cornish said. When one tree becomes infected with a disease, it spreads quickly because there is no genetic variation that could potentially be resistant to pathogens.

“It’s always seemed crazy to not have any sort of biodiversity in rubber production because it’s a critical raw material,” Cornish said. “Literally, we’re going back to the 1900s or the 1890s if we lose natural rubber.”

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she and other scientists at Ohio Cardina said the dandelion is still State are working with a flower- a primitive crop, so he worked ing shrub called guayule and the with Cornish’s lab to manipulate rubber danits seeds and delion — two d o m e st i c a t e plants that the plant so it grow in sepcan be grown arate hemiin rows like spheres — to corn or soyWe’re trying to produce alterbeans. speed up the crop native sourc“We’re trydomestication es for natural ing to speed rubber. up the crop process that took Guayule domestication thousands of years grows across process that for most of our crops. took thouthe American SouthWe think we can do it sands of years west and can for most of in 20 years. be harvested our crops,” year-round by Cardina said.

JOHN CARDINA cutting the top “We think we Plant ecologist and professor of hortiof the plants. can do it in 20 culture and crop science To extract the years.” latex, Cornish Jonathan said researchFresnedo ers mash up the cuttings and Ramirez, an assistant professor blend them into a liquid to make in horticulture and crop science, a “guayule milkshake,” not unlike said the rubber dandelion needs the process of separating cream to be domesticated so it can enfrom milk. dure the weather conditions in Native to Kazakhstan, the fields and agricultural managerubber dandelion looks like the ment conditions. common dandelion that grows in “The other part is that you are American backyards, but the Ka- able to produce these plants in a zakh variety is genetically differ- reliable way over time, in different and produces latex in its roots. ent spaces,” Fresnedo Ramirez said.

The rubber dandelion natuGuayule plants growing in a greenhouse at the Wooster campus of Ohio State. rally produces genetic variation

COURTESY OF ROBERTA FRANKS and isn’t able to self-fertilize so it will be more genetically resistant against pathogens and infections than the rubber trees.

Cornish said researchers are working on a hydroponic solution for the dandelions so latex can be harvested more regularly.

By growing the dandelions above a tank of nutrient-rich water, the roots spread down, allowing for a harvest every day without killing the plant.

Using guayule and rubber dandelions for rubber production isn’t new, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report from 1947. During World War II, the Soviet Union and the U.S.

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used dandelions and guayule as emergency sources of rubber after Japan cut off 90 percent of the world’s supply in Southeast Asia.

However, the report states that both countries abandoned their rubber programs when the war ended because the para tree was more efficient in producing latex — and it still is.

Cornish said the efficiency of the para tree is why the rubber made from guayule and dandelion latex will be used in premium markets, including medicine, where products have small amounts of rubber and can be sold at a high price.

Cornish said her lab produced a thinner guayule glove that exceeds FDA radiation standards and can be sold at a price more than 3,500 percent higher than its production costs.

Guayule rubber is commercially ready, but there haven’t been the production levels required to bring down the price of the raw material, Cornish said.

This year, Cornish and Cardina said guayule and the dandelion will be planted in production fields.

“If that works, we’re rapidly expanding from there,” Cornish said.

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Patched, a fashion brand created by eight business majors, aims to tag allies for mental health awareness and start a dialogue on campus.

Sabrina Slama, a junior in business administration, and Samina Hejeebu, a third-year in finance are two of the founding members of Patched, a fashion brand aimed at increasing mental health awareness on campus.

Ohio State grads develop fashion for mental health OLIVIA ALBERT Lantern reporter albert.228@osu.edu A fourth-grade University of Tennessee fan was bullied after he taped a piece of paper with a pencil-drawn logo on an orange shirt and wore it to his elementary school. After hearing his story, Tennessee added his design to the school’s official merchandise.

The student’s story inspired many across the nation, prompting the creation of Patched at Ohio State, Nicole Mazullo, a third-year in finance and group member, said.

Patched is an alumni-developed brand focused on ending the stigma and starting a dialogue about mental health through selling products and hosting events promoting awareness, David Carlton, a third-year in economics and member of the group, said.

“We want to emphasize that everybody’s going through something at the same time,” Carlton said. “It’s never going to be the same between us,

but nonetheless we are going through something at the same time. Nothing or no one is ever broken — it just needs a patch.”

Patched merchandise includes clothing pieces and stickers with the Patched logo — a hashtag made out of dashed lines. Carlton said the organization wanted the logo to stand as a symbol for those are allies of mental health.

Carlton said all of the product sales’ proceeds go toward the Patched foundation, which funds the organization’s events, and partnership with Mental Health Matters, an organization on campus that focuses on erasing the stigma around mental health issues at Ohio State.

“Our idea behind wanting to partner with them specifically was to keep all of the funds that we were able to raise outside of our own efforts in house and to be able to see the effect of what we’re able to raise firsthand,” Carlton said. “There’s nothing going outside of Patched or Mental Health Matters; it’s staying completely Ohio State,” Carlton said.

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Our mission, values and vision align beautifully with MHM’s, and our partnership will produce great results for team members, those we serve and our local Ohio State community.

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NICOLE MAZULLO Third-year in finance and Patched group member

in information systems and founding member of Patched, said Patched is a way for allies of mental health awareness to come together to make a difference.

Carlton said the organization got its start through the Fisher College of Business’ Business Administration Honors Cohort program, an MBA-like experience offered to third- and fourthyear business majors. The group is composed of eight members.

Carlton said the group started conducting surveys among students in August 2019 to determine the best way to make an impact, and they found that mental health was a prominent issue on campus.

The group took a business trip to Chicago in October, when they visited companies and launched their website, conducted social media campaigns and put their first products up for sale, Carlton said.

The products are manufactured in bulk, but the logo is hand-embroidered by Ann Windle — a Columbus entrepreneur partnering with the organization

— and is made out of recycled denim, Mazullo said.

“Each patch comes from a different pair of jeans, so each patch is unique to the article of clothing,” Mazullo said. “This is also symbolic of the fact that everyone’s ‘patch’ is inherently different.”

The group is planning a mental health-oriented fashion show as the semester’s culminating event, Carlton said. The exhibit is March 1 at TRISM. Although the project is only set to continue until April 2, Mazullo said the group hope to continue through Mental Health Matters.

“Our mission, values and vision align beautifully with MHM’s, and our partnership will produce great results for team members, those we serve and our local Ohio State community,” Mazullo said. “I have my own patch, as does everyone, and through this organization, I hope to help others recognize their own patch.”

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in Oxford, Ohio, were tested for coronavirus Tuesday, according to a Miami University campus health notice.

“What we know is that there are two students being tested at Miami University,” Gonsenhauser said. “It is very difficult to know without further information if that poses a risk or not. Again, more than likely, based on what’s prevalent here at home, it’s less likely that that’s going to be found to be coronavirus.”

Gonsehauser said the virus’ signs and symptoms are similar to those of the common cold, and as a group, coronaviruses are typically responsible for the common cold.

Gonsenhauser said the coronavirus is a group of viruses called zoonoses, and though they predominantly originate in animals, they can sometimes be transmitted to humans.

This coronavirus is suspected to have come from bats, Liscynesky said.

“You can get infections from animals,” Liscynesky said. “They think this virus came from animals at the market in Wuhan into people, and those people spread it to their close contacts.”

Gonsenhauser said coronaviruses are frequently encountered, but this particular strain has been newly identified.

The coronavirus is transmitted the same way the flu is — through airborne droplets or from being in close contact with a sick person, Liscynesky said. Gonsenhauser and Liscynesky said it is important for people to stay calm.

“We’re not sure of the severity of it right now,” Liscynesky said.

“We don’t have enough clinical information yet to make judgment off it just yet, but the flu is definitely worse, and it’s more likely to affect our population here in

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Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief quality and patient safety officer for the Wexner Medical Center, said Ohio State students are more likely to catch influenza than coronavirus.

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Chinese workers manufacture the nucleic acid detection agent for the new coronavirus at the plant of Jiangsu Bioperfectus Technologies Co., Ltd. in Taizhou City.

Columbus than the coronavirus Liscynesky said that because that’s circulating in China.” viruses are smaller than bacteria Gonsenhauser said Ohio State and harder to grow in the lab and will closely monitor members of isolate, they are tougher to prethe community returning from pare for.

Wuhan, with extra attention on those returning with symptoms.

If the coronavirus makes its way to Ohio State, Liscynesky said We don’t have enough the patient would be clinical information yet to isolated, and public make judgment off it just health would be notified and launch close-conyet, but the flu is definitely tact investigations. worse, and it’s more likely Gonsenhauser said to affect our population there is currently no approved antiviral or spehere in Columbus than cific treatment for this the coronavirus that’s coronavirus, but that is circulating in China. not unusual for viruses.

“The common cold has been around for as CHRISTINA LISCYNESKY long as we can rememInfectious disease specialist at Wexner Medical Center ber, and we don’t have a cure, and we don’t have an effective treatment,” Gonsenhauser said. “We’re much “Viruses are harder to treat. better at treating bacteria than we They’re harder to diagnose,” Lisare virus.” cynesky said. “So you have to

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have a pretty capable lab to do that, and we just don’t have a lot of medication for them. That’s why we’re always promoting vaccines.”

The best way to treat an infectious disease is to prevent it, Licynesky said, but if the disease is not prevented, it is treated symptomatically, which helps the patient until their immune system kicks in to fight the virus.

People can prevent spreading the virus by staying home if they have a fever, avoiding contact with those who are sick, practicing good hand hygiene and avoiding touching their face, Gonsehuaser said.

Students can obtain a flu shot from any CVS MinuteClinic. The seasonal flu shot is $50 without insurance; however, most insurances cover the shot, according to CVS automated phone messages.

The Wilce Student Health Center also offers the flu shot through student health insurance or outside insurance 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Bollywood dance team faces stiff competition B

SOPHIA PALUMBO Lantern reporter palumbo.67@osu.edu

uckeye Fusion, an all-female competitive dance group that performs South Asian fusion dance styles, is competing for a spot to represent female dancers at a national competition.

The team will be competing this weekend at “Buckeye Mela XIII,” an annual competition hosted at Ohio State, where South Asian dance teams from across the country compete to earn a spot at one of two national championships, Shefali Kumar, a third-year in communication and team manager for Buckeye Fusion, said.

The team competes in “Bollywood Fusion” dance, which Kumar said is a combination of Indian Bollywood dance and other styles, such as hip hop, contemporary, jazz and bhangra, a traditional style of Indian dancing.

The competition is scrutinized by a panel of judges, with each panel specializing in the style of dance the teams perform, Supriya Agarwal, a fourth-year in mi-

crobiology and one of the team captains, said. Along with incorporating the various dance styles into their performances, the teams must come up with a storyline.

Kumar said that over the past few years, Buckeye Fusion’s themes have included “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Story of Harley Quinn,” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

“Some people go for a fun theme. Some people make their own sad theme. Some people make it creepy. It really just depends as long as you can tell what the story is,” Agarwal said.

Agarwal said the team spends the fall semester creating choreography to present at the competitions leading up to nationals.

The two national championships Buckeye Mela feeds into are hosted by two separate collegiate South Asian dance organizations, Bollywood America and Legends Bollywood, Agarwal said. Qualifying competitions are sponsored by hosting universities along with one or both of the organizations.

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Buckeye Fusion dancers perform at the Legends Bollywood Dance Championship April 13.

She said the team earns bid points based on its placings in order to qualify for the national championships.

“They’re nonprofit organizations that organize the whole circuit — they provide an end goal for the teams,” Agarwal said.

“Since there’s two national organizations for it, there’s two national competitions, so you may qualify for one but not the other.”

Both championships have historically been male-dominated because of how difficult it is for female dance teams to stand out against male teams, Kumar said.

“When you see a group of 26 girls who are all 5-foot to 5-foot-3 who are all trying to do all these big movements versus seeing a group of guys who are even just 5-foot-8, doing the same stuff could look so much bigger and

so much more energetic,” Kumar said. “A lot of times those rubrics we’re put up against generally are not really in our favor.”

In 2016, Buckeye Fusion was one of the first two female teams ever to qualify for a national competition, Kumar said. This past year, the team was the first all-female group to place at a national championship, where it placed third at the Legends Bollywood Dance Championship.

While making it to one of the national competitions is important to the team, Agarwal said as a captain, she’s more focused on making the team fun for dancers.

“My main goal is making sure everyone is having a stress-free, fun time and that they’re actually doing this wholeheartedly,” Agarwal said. “Honestly, if people’s hearts are in it, our end goal to get

to nationals and place there will happen.”

For Kumar, continuing the team’s legacy as a strong all-female team in a male-dominated circuit is a main priority.

“A good general idea of what we do is trying to foster a safe and loving community for girls who have been practicing for a while, whether it has been their whole lives, or they’re just getting into it. To be able to share that common passion for dance but also to uplift one another, especially because we are in such a biased circuit,” Kumar said.

Buckeye Mela XIII will start at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Mershon Auditorium. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for students and $8 for Ohio State students with a valid BuckID.

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Funk Worthy Intoxicating tunes fuse retro and rap.

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he many minds, personalities and musical backgrounds of Funk Worthy come together to deliver an intoxicating performance.

The band, consisting of drummer Will Ash, vocalist Tyler Blackford, bassist Asher Chalkley, vocalist and saxophonist Chuck Worthy, guitarist Harrison Belew and keyboardist Julian Dittmer, is evolving its sound from ’70s funk covers to original tracks rooted in rock ’n’ roll, hip-hop and jazz fusion, Chalkley said.

The six-piece band met while attending Capital University, crossing paths in classes, fraternities and the campus music scene before its official formation, Ash said. With the addition of Blackford and Chalkley in January 2018, Funk Worthy reached its current lineup and hit the ground running.

The vocalists, with Worthy’s rap bars and Blackford’s crooning, steer the group’s music direction, Dittmer said. Their contribution is central to Funk Worthy’s sound, he said, and is the driving force behind the lyricism, melodies and rhythm of the band.

Chalkley said having two frontmen strengthens the band’s tunes, allowing the group to draw from a wider range of experiences and abilities when developing new tracks. It also presents challenges.

“When you’re writing music for someone to sing on, you realize you’re important, but your part isn’t the part people are listening for,” Chalkley said. “And so, superficially, all of us in the rhythm section have to kind of take an ego check and do stuff that’s serving the song.”

The remaining band members aim to accompany the vocalists and anchor the music, Ash said.

However, Dittmer and Belew have been known to indulge audiences with occasional keyboard and guitar solos during performances that Worthy said can only be described as magical.

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“These guys are a nuts rhythm section together. Keyboards, guitar, they absolutely shred it,” Worthy said. “Literally intoxicating. You hear it and you just, like, walk away drunk.”

Funk Worthy works to curate an atmosphere that encourages crowd involvement at its performances, Dittmer said. This requires a stage presence that the band has developed over time — more than just the solos and improvisations that characterized the band’s earlier shows, he said.

“I think that element still stands, the listening and being able to improvise on the spot, but I think what we’ve added is making [our performances] more into a show,” Dittmer said. “I think we’ve come a long way in terms of giving that to people and actually moving around, making the

audience a part of what we do.”

Exuding this welcoming onstage dynamic has helped Funk Worthy build a community among its fans and fellow Columbus, Ohio, musicians, which is imperative to the group’s growth, Chalkley said. Columbus’ buzzing music scene is a sleeping giant, where Belew said support and inspiration flows from band to band.

“We want to get out there because everywhere we do go — everywhere we do play — we find that we’re making connections with really cool people that are more than willing to help us, and we’re more than willing to help them,” Chalkley said. “Because it’s all about propping each other up and finding this common goal of whatever success is.”

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International chess master coming to campus C

STEVE ALOSTAZ Lantern reporter alostaz.3@osu.edu

heck your calendar. A student organization is working day and knight to prepare an event fit for a king.

“Challenge a Champion,” hosted by the Chess Club at Ohio State, is bringing International Master Levy Rozman to the Ohio Union Sunday. Rozman will face off against 15 lucky attendees simultaneously in a competition called a “simul.” Rozman will also give a lecture, Kalen Sutandar, a third-year in mechanical engineering and the club’s treasurer, said.

Rozman, now 25 years old, started playing chess in 2000 and learned to play the game professionally while growing up back and forth between New Jersey and New York, he said.

“I was a very hyper-active kid, and my parents didn’t know what to do with me,” Rozman said. “They decided to enroll me in chess, and I just fell in love with it.”

Chess players are ranked using the International Chess Federation’s scoring system. Rozman said the score is a quantifier of a player’s skill that ranges from 100 to the score of the current highest rated player in the world. Currently, the top spot is held

by Magnus Carlsen, a Grand Master with a

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rating of 2872.

Rozman said he has played in more than 340 tournaments and achieved the rank of International Master in 2018. In order to become an International Master, a player must have a rating of at least 2400, according to the federation’s website. The only rank higher than International Master is Grand Master.

“2016 was definitely my year of dominance,” Rozman said. “I had played my biggest tournament in Atlantic City called the Millionaire Chess Open, and I had beaten three Grand Masters. It was surreal.”

Aside from competing in professional tournaments, Rozman said he also streams his online games on his Twitch account — TTVGothamChess — teaches courses, runs a scholastic program in New York and makes instructional videos for Chess.com.

“I’m thrilled because everything I’ve been doing for the past couple of years with the online content side of things is working,” Rozman said. “My goal is always to make chess more accessible and to get people interested in chess.”

Sutandar said those interested in attending the event or taking part in the simul should RSVP ahead of time by emailing sutandar.3@osu.edu. Sutandar said there will be a random drawing of those who RSVP to decide who will get to compete in the simul, and casual play will be available for those not participating.

Challenge a Champion will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Ohio Union’s Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room. Admission is free for Ohio State students and $10 for nonstudents.

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They decided to enroll me in chess, and I just fell in love with it.

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Joel Jaffe, a fourth-year in accounting, is president of the Chess Club.

Levy Rozman

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No. 11 Ohio State faces off against Michigan BRIDGET SARPONG Lantern reporter sarpong.14@osu.edu Ohio State men’s hockey skates north this weekend to renew its most heated rivalry.

The Buckeyes (15-8-3, 8-6-2-0 Big Ten) travel to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan (10-11-3, 5-72-1) in a two-game series Friday and Saturday.

“I don’t think I need to say

too much to our guys about The Team Up North,” Ohio State head coach Steve Rholik said. “The rivalry — I think that’s one of the big reasons we come to Ohio State, to enjoy the greatest rivalry in sports, and we’re part of that.

We’re just really excited about getting up there playing a really good hockey team.”

After dropping two games against the Gophers this past weekend, Rohlik is picking his

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“Nobody wants to get swept at home or on the road; we lost two games to a good hockey team,” Rohlik said. “The learning experience is that we don’t want that to happen again, and how do you do that? You do that by coming back to work on Monday and getJOHN HUETHER | FOR THE LANTERN ting a good practice in giving that Ohio State junior goaltender Tommy Nappier (37) blocks the puck against Omaha.

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averaging 80.9 points per game, and it’s not just one or two players accounting for the output, either.

Five players average double-digit points per game.

Ohio State will look to slow the pace of the Terrapin offense by limiting it in transition.

“They hurt us in transition last time,” Ohio State head coach Kevin McGuff said. “We also need to take care of the ball, which would hopefully slow down their scoring.”

The Terrapins also allow the third-fewest points per game, holding their opponents to 56.8 points. They have the largest scoring margin in the conference at plus-24.2 points.

Maryland is led by Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year senior guard Kaila Charles, who puts up 14.3 points per game. She had a 28-point scoring outburst in the team’s Jan. 6 matchup against Ohio State.

“She’s really versatile,” McGuff said. “She can score around the basket and shoots the ball well.”

Ohio State is looking to secure its fourth ranked win this season and creep into a winning record in conference.

It may be tough to secure, since the Buckeyes are returning from a weeklong hiatus following a 7768 loss to Iowa.

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effort in.”

Ohio State beat Michigan Nov. 1 and 2, when the two schools met earlier this season.

“We’ve really been working hard in practice this week –– making some adjustments after a pretty tough weekend,” senior forward Carson Meyer said. “But at the same time refocusing and getting ready for how we’re supposed to play against Michigan.”

This game will put the Buckeyes on the road for their third

pace with conference-leading Iowa, which it trails in the standings by one game.

Ohio State sophomore forward Dorka Juhasz, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, is flying high after a 22-point, 16-rebound performance in the Iowa loss.

Ohio State has seen excellent production off its bench, with Bell at 10.6 points per game.

Sophomore guard Janai Crooms and freshman forward Rebeka Mikulasikova both add 7.3 points per game off the pine.

The Buckeyes will look to protect the ball against Maryland, as they strugTheir press really shook gled with the us a little bit. If we can Te r r a p i n s’ just get past their press a g g r e s s i ve press defense and execute on offense, last time we’ll be in a really good the teams position. played, finMEGHAN CARROLL | FORMER LANTERN REPORTER ishing the Ohio State sophomore forward Dorka Juhasz (14) puts pressure on Ohio University redshirt game with JANAI CROOMS sophomore guard Erica Johnson (4) Nov. 17. Ohio State lost 68-74.

25 turnovers.

Ohio State sophomore guard “Their we knew we had to get in the gym cently scored a huge 70-61 win The press really on our own,” Ohio State freshman against No. 22 Northwestern, Terrapins may be without their shook us a little bit,” Crooms said. guard Kierstan Bell said. led by senior forward Stephanie second leading scorer in sopho- “If we can just get past their press Maryland is riding a five-game Jones and sophomore guard Tay- more forward Shakira Austin, as and execute on offense, we’ll be winning streak, which doesn’t lor Mikesell, who each had 14 she went down with a left ankle in a really good position.” help matters. The Terrapins re- points. injury in the game against NorthOhio State and Maryland tip western. Her status for the game off at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the tomorrow is still unknown.

Schottenstein Center.

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and fourth consecutive games.

“It’s definitely a little bit tiresome mentally and physically traveling a bunch,” Meyer said.

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“Coach gave us some rest here and there so we’ll be recharged and ready for the weekend.”

The Buckeyes dropped out of

the top 10, but Rohlik said he isn’t concerned with that number.

“From the beginning of the year, it doesn’t matter to me where we are at until the end,” Rohlik said. “I’m just concerned about getting better today and getting better tomorrow. If we can do those things, at the end of the year, then we’ll take care of where we need to be.”

Ohio State senior forward Ronnie Hein is focused on getting business done in his home state.

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The Wolverines are coming off a 4-1 exhibition loss against the United States National Development Program Under-18 team this past weekend, but they’ve gone 4-1-1 in the six previous games.

Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, followed by an 8:30 p.m. start Saturday.

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honest –– there’s a zation in Dayton, couple guys hanging Ohio.

Lake Erie College on,” Ratliff said.

This past seaWith a roster of 10 son, Ratliff said Ohio natives, nine the Albany PaUniversity of of whom played coltroons had former University of lege basketball in Cleveland CavaFindlay Youngstown Akron the Buckeye state, lier and NBA dunk State many have made contest participant Ashland University College of money playing in Jamario Moon on University of University Wooster other countries. its roster.

Northwestern Ohio Six-foot-6 forThe erratic, ward Randon Dyer AAU travel style played on the Harof the upcoming lem Globetrotters schedule is excitfrom 2011 to ’15 ing as well, Miller Wright between overseas said. The Condors State stints. He’s also played seven of University played professionaltheir first eight ly in Brazil. games on the road, The Condors have traveling to places practiced for two such as Indianapmonths, and former olis, New York Wooster point guard and Virginia.

Trey Miller is glad Ratliff said the to compete against Condors have skilled teams across been in discusIt’s a step below the the country.

International Basketball Fedsions to acquire a “I love basketball,” Miller said. “It’s fun eration so scouts around the G-League. Obviously former Ohio State to get up and down, but just to have that world can evaluate what play- there’s not the money player to lace drive to do something and get back at it.” ers are doing. like the G-League, but up for the team, TBL boasts 12 teams that play a fourHis involvement with the though the player month schedule, during which players can Condors stems from his part- there’s guys that are remains unnamed make up to $2,000 per month, Ratliff said. nership with team owner Dar- bouncing back and as of now.

“It’s a step below the G-league. Ob- rell Miller –– an Ohio State forth, and it’s also a “ O u r viously there’s not the money like the alumnus who co-owned the main focus G-League, but there’s guys that are bounc- USA Sports Academy athletic league that’s trying to needs to be ing back and forth, and it’s also a league facility in Columbus with for- send guys overseas. on getting that’s trying to send guys overseas,” Rat- mer NBA coach George Karl stops, getliff said. “After Ohio State, I spent like for five years. Ratliff helped JIMMY RATLIFF ting turnseven years overseas.”

Miller run the facility for four Former Ohio State forward overs, to After his tenure with the Buckeyes, Rat- years before Karl sold it. create tranliff spent time playing in England, ArgenOpposing teams are based across the sition chances for offense,” former tina, Australia, Luxembourg and Spain. country, with organizations in Texas, New University of Northwestern Ohio He said TBL’s statistics are hooked to the York and Florida, along with an organi- forward Devonte Beatty said.

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Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said that since the Buckeyes have last matched with Bemidji State, their shot confidence has increased. Ohio State averages 33.8 shots per game and 3.2 goals per game.

“Our second and third unit really has been bringing it,” Muzer-

The Otterbein University Rike Center, which seats 3,100, will host the Condors’ 11 home games on tap for the first season.

Former Youngstown State guard Jaylen Benton is confident in the team’s ability to compete with proven opponents and create a dynamic atmosphere as the newest organization in TBL. “We’re trying to put on a show,” Benton said. “We’re going to put on a show.”

Ratliff said the league held a combine this past week for teams to scout talent and draft players, but the Condors were the lone club with mostly local players comprising its roster. While other teams have to provide housing for players, many Condors don’t have to travel far.

“Usually you can’t field a team of just a city. It’s hard to find big guys, small guys, but Darrell’s done a really good job,” Ratliff said.

Columbus’ newest team will open its season Friday in New York against the Jamestown Jackals.

Tickets can be purchased online through the Condors’ team website, and games can be viewed through a livestream on TBL’s website and SportsCastr.

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all said. “They know what to do, and we’ve had a lot of goals from multiple players. Now what’s interesting for the opponent is they have to shut down all three of our lines now.”

The Beavers hosted conference opponent Minnesota State in their previous series, tying the first game 1-1 before a 3-1 victory in

Game 2.

Bemidji State junior forward Clair DeGeorge came up big, scoring two goals 11 seconds apart in the Beavers’ win.

“We know she’s a player that we’ll have to continue to watch,” Muzerall said. “Our [defense] is used to that speed. They’re very strong and have such great skat-

ing. If we’re playing positionally well, we’ll be able to shut her down.”

The series will commence at 6:07 p.m. Friday and close out starting at 3:07 p.m. Saturday.

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Ohio State junior forward Emma Maltais (17) moves the puck down the ice against Minnesota Nov. 15. Ohio State won 3-1.

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Ohio State women’s basketball enters its game Thursday as an underdog, but it wouldn’t be the first time it pulled an upset on its home floor.

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Ohio State (11-8, 4-4 Big Ten) looks to avenge its 72-62 early January loss to No. 17 Maryland (16-4, 7-2) in College Park –– a game the Buckeyes led at halftime.

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No. 5 Bucks battle Beavers

lege players.

Jimmy Ratliff, a former Ohio State forward who won two Big Ten Championships from 1990 to ’94, is the head of basketball operations for the Condors. He said he is excited to see the energy and growth of the team in its inaugural season.

“This is either for guys that have been overseas, come back, take a year off, young guys straight out of college, or I’ll be

Winners of six of its last seven, Ohio State women’s hockey will play two more games at home before hitting the road for a fourgame stint.

Bemidji State (14-12-2, 8-9-10 WCHA) comes to Columbus, Ohio, for a two-game set with No. 5 Ohio State (16-6-4, 9-4-3) Friday and Saturday.

While the Beavers’ record hovers around .500, they’re one of two teams to beat reigning national champion No. 1 Wisconsin this season.

“Bemidji is always a hard team to play,” junior goaltender Lynsey Wallace said. “They’re always working hard for every single puck, and we know we can’t take a single shift off against them.”

Ohio State is coming off backto-back wins over Quinnipiac, against which Buckeye underclassmen accounted for four of the five series goals. With the victories, the Buckeyes have accumulated four sweeps this season.

The Buckeyes won both games against Bemidji State in a Nov. 1 and 2 series, the first game requiring a regulation comeback and game-winning overtime goal.

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The Columbus Condors is the newest addition to The Basketball League. Former Ohio State forward Jimmy Ratliff is the team’s head of basketball operations.

Former Buckeye backs new semi-pro team featuring local talent

GABE BURGGRAF For The Lantern burggraf.34@osu.edu Not every basketball player can make it to the NBA, but that doesn’t mean their hoop dreams were all for naught.

The Columbus Condors, the newest addition to The Basketball League –– a semi-pro league run by former NBA player Dave Magley –– open play Friday with a slew of former Ohio area col-