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Lawsuit and lock changes: Campus bar caught in dispute LILY MASLIA Outreach & Engagement Editor maslia.2@osu.edu A dispute over ownership and management of a popular

off-campus bar has led to a fight over its liquor permit, a lawsuit and a claim of theft.

Court documents and a police report show that Gregory Knoob, who bought Bullwinkles in April,

claims that the bar’s former manager, Ted Lawson, entered the bar on Sept. 23, changed the locks, disabled the security cameras and took $100,000.

Records show that the next day,

Lawson’s lawyer sent Knoob a notice that they were terminating an agreement in which Knoob would manage the bar until its liquor permit was transferred.

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records states Knoob encouraged the presence of underage guests at Bullwinkles and that the Ohio Department of Public Safety is investigating eight violations of underage drinking that occurred from July through September.

The process of buying a bar typically can go on for months due to the time it takes to transfer a state liquor permit from the old owner to the new one. During this time, buyers and sellers essentially have “joint custody” of the bar under a management agreement they both sign, according to court records.

Knoob paid $300,000 in April to purchase Bullwinkles from 1774, a corporation owned by Melissa Kampman and managed

by Lawson, according to a copy of the agreement in court records.

Attorneys for Knoob and Lawson declined to comment. Lawson did not return phone calls. Knoob did not respond to messages.

Kampman could not be reached.

Knoob filed suit in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 26 and claimed actions done by Kampman and Lawson caused “irreparable harm” to his reputation. Knoob is seeking an injunction and unspecified compensation.

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Ohio House bill could let Strauss victims sue Ohio State JOE MATTS Lantern reporter matts.2@osu.edu Survivors of former university physician Richard Strauss will be able to sue Ohio State if a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives is passed.

“These victims were molested for years and many reported the abuse, and no one at OSU stopped Dr. Strauss. In fact, they kept feeding him more victims for 20 years.”

BRETT HILLYER Ohio House representative

The survivors are currently barred from taking action against Ohio State by the statute of limitations — a time limit for filing lawsuits — for this type of civil case. Proposed by Ohio State Rep. Brett Hillyer, a Republican

representing Tuscarawas County and part of Holmes County, House Bill 249 is intended to give victims an opportunity for compensation by lifting the statute of limitations for Strauss victims.

“These victims were molested for years and many reported the abuse and no one at OSU stopped Dr. Strauss. In fact, they kept feeding him more victims for 20 years. It’s a unique and disgusting case that shows the power of Dr. Strauss and all those who let it happen,” Hillyer said in an email.

An independent investigation conducted by Perkins Coie, LLP, released in May, found that Ohio State failed to stop Strauss from abusing at least 177 students during his career. Ohio State’s latest count, according to a university press release, includes nearly 1,500 instances of Strauss-related abuse. These reports include instances of rape and fondling.

Strauss died by suicide in 2005.

The bill is currently in the Civil Justice Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives and has had five hearings. Representatives have heard from supporters and opponents of the bill, including Strauss victims and political organizations.

Hillyer said the bill is modeled after similar legislation in Michigan that lifted the statute of lim-

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House Bill 249 is currently in the Civil Justice Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives and has had five hearings.

itations in the case of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar. According to Michigan State’s 2019 Annual Crime Report, on- and off-campus crimes related to Nassar reported in 2018 total 987 counts of rape and 150 counts of fondling.

The current statute of limita-

tions in this case is two years, according to the Ohio Legislative Service Commission’s analysis of the bill. Hillyer said the bill is necessary because although many of the victims reported the abuse to Ohio State, no one did anything to stop it while it was happening.

“Sadly the challenges are that

OSU isn’t accepting responsibility but rather using a legal loophole to stop these cases from moving forward. If they would agree to mediate in good faith we wouldn’t need this legislation,” Hillyer said.

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$5 million grant advances Alzheimer’s, cancer research BRANDY FAIRFAX Lantern reporter fairfax.5@osu.edu New research at Ohio State and Vanderbilt University is investigating pain in patients with Alzheimer’s disease or cancer.

“This continues to show that untreated pain is a significant public health concern.”

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Todd Monroe, College of Nursing professor and principal investigator of the study, was awarded a $5-million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to advance research for patients’ pain sensitivity.

Monroe said in an email he’s found in previous research that people with Alzheimer’s disease have altered responses to pain while having a greater risk for undertreatment, and genders can experience things differently.

“This continues to show that untreated pain is a significant public health concern,” Monroe said.

The study is in collaboration

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A new grant funds research aimed towards advancing research for Alzheimer’s and cancer patients’ pain sensitivity.

Monroe said they then ask participants to tell them when they feel the pain through a scale of 0-10.

The cancer portion of the grant will look at female breast and male prostate cancers because they are common in older adults, Monroe said. To qualify for the study, patients must have mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease or stage 4 cancer.

The population of older adults is continuing to grow, and this means the percentage of the population with these diseases and painful conditions will continue to grow, Monroe said.

Mary Beth Happ, associate dean for research and innovation at the College of Nursing, said Monroe’s work to provide information and evidence on pain is exciting and cutting-edge.

Happ said collaborations with other locations, such as Vanderbilt University, help enhance the research process.

“Those collaborations provide multi-site research so that you can engage a larger pool of participants, a more diverse pool of participants, and take advantage of specialty knowledge and expertise that doesn’t have boundaries of the institution,” Happ said.

with Ronald Cowan, psychiatry and behavioral science and radiology and radiological science professor at Vanderbilt University, who will act as principal investigator at Vanderbilt.

“It’s our hope this work will benefit this growing population of people at greater risk for suffering

from pain that may go undetected,” Monroe said.

Monroe, an American Academy of Nursing fellow, said the team is examining the response to thermal and pressure responses in patients with these diseases. The devices will test pain sensitivity and will present thermal and

pressure stimuli through a simple device with a rubber tip that can be applied to a fingernail or palm, Monroe said.

“All stimuli begin at a neutral level of no pain, and we can control the rate at which the thermal or pressure stimulus slowly increases,” Monroe said.

brief,” and the bill should be expanded to all cases of abuse.

“House Bill 249 is one of many bills over the years that has sought to remedy a particular factual situation. Unfortunately, lawmakers cannot predict every avenue an abuser will use to avoid accountability, no more than they can fully approach a problem by legislating exceptions for specific groups of survivors,” Crary said.

tions and the dangers of removing it in a specific case.

Shimp said during his testimony that the purpose of a time limit in these cases is to create certainty in legal matters and protect the right of an individual or organization to defend itself. These limits make sure evidence and witnesses are still available, he said.

“Reviving time-barred claims is also detrimental to Ohio employers because they can no longer rely on a statute of limitation ending potential liability,” Shimp said. “Without the certainty created by a statute of limitation, these employers will face higher costs and will be operating in a business climate with less predictability.”

The Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice did not respond to a request for further comment.

Hillyer said it is possible the bill will be passed by the legislature. The Civil Justice Committee may recommend the bill to the House for a full chamber vote following further hearings.

“I feel confident we can get this through the legislature. We’ve already had 5 hearings and I expect more,” Hillyer said.

A proposed bill would allow Strauss victims to sue Ohio State for compensation.

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person Ben Johnson said in an email that the university has been covering the cost of counseling services for anyone affected by Strauss’ abuse and reimbursing people for related counseling they have already received.

“The university is actively participating in good faith in the mediation process directed by the federal court,” Johnson said.

Johnson said Ohio State has worked to investigate Strauss’ sexual misconduct through an independent investigation, asking for assistance from former students, listening to the testimony of survivors and keeping the community informed.

“Ohio State has implemented multiple additional safeguards in the 20 years since Strauss left the university and is committed to appropriately addressing Strauss’ abuse from decades ago. Richard Strauss’ actions are reprehensible, and we remain deeply concerned for all those who have been affected by Strauss,” Johnson said.

Camille Crary, director of legal services and policy at Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and a proponent of the bill, said in an email that the statute of limitations on civil suits for sexual abuse cases is “inconceivably

“I feel confident we can get this through the legislature. We’ve already had five hearings, and I expect more.”

BRETT HILLYER Ohio House representative

The only opposing testimony came from Kevin Shimp of the Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice Sept. 10, who spoke about the importance of a statute of limita-

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Bullwinkles, located on North High Street across from the Ohio Union, is involved in a legal dispute over ownership.

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has “consistently interfered” in Knoob’s operations, starting a few months after he began managing the bar. According to the complaint, Lawson entered the nightclub in July, changed the locks and demanded Knoob pay an additional $150,000 towards the purchase of the bar.

Knoob claims he paid that $150,000 under an amended agreement that allowed him to continue managing Bullwinkles, according to court documents.

A police report was also filed on Knoob’s behalf with the Columbus Division of Police Sept. 25 regarding the theft claim. The report’s narrative states that Lawson took

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$100,000 from the bar Sept. 23.

The lawsuit provides more details on the incident, stating that after Lawson entered the bar and disabled the cameras, he “used a crowbar to open the interior office” and changed the credit card processing to his name in addition to taking the $100,000.

A hearing date is yet to be scheduled in Franklin County Court. Without comment or information in court documents, it is not clear who is now managing the bar, which is still open.

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An assault was reported to the Ohio State Department of Police as having occurred at 9:51 p.m.

Tuesday at Harding Hospital.

A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday at an unknown location.

A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at 4:31 p.m. Wednesday at an unknown location.

A motor vehicle theft was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred between 11 p.m. Sept. 30 and 5:30 a.m. Oct. 1 on North Fourth Street near 17th Avenue. According to the online police log, the victim’s motorcycle was stolen from his apartment building parking lot.

A theft was reported to University Police as having occurred between 11:17 p.m. Thursday and 3:57 a.m. Friday at Blackburn House.

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2 a.m. Friday at Bullwinkles. According to the online police log, the two victims were treated at Riverside Hospital for minor injuries.

An assault was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 11 p.m. Friday on North High Street near Third Avenue. According to the online police log, the suspect grabbed the victim’s hair and pulled her off of a barstool and began punching and kicking her. The victim narrative states that the victim knew the suspect from high school.

A motor vehicle theft was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred between 10:10 p.m. Saturday and 11:10 p.m.

Sunday on East Oakland and Indianola avenues. According to the online police log, an unknown person took the vehicle from the listed location.

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s the temperatures drop and midterms come into full swing, one thing is for sure: Fall is finally here, and with it comes fall break — the first chance for students to step back and take a breath.

For those staying in town for fall break, the quiet campus can mean a long, boring weekend, but there are plenty of festive fall events and spooky October activities going on. Here are just a few options.

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If bored students aren’t feeling up to pumpkin patches or scary encounters, the Columbus Italian Festival is also this weekend at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. The festival will host musical performances, a parade, a bocce ball tournament, cooking demonstrations and — of course — delicious Italian food. Come hungry for hearty pasta and a rich cultural experience.

The festival will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m.

Sunday at 720 Hamlet St. Admission is $5.

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For thrill-seekers who can’t wait for Oct. 31st, 13th Floor Columbus promises to scratch that Halloween itch. The attraction has been recognized by USA Today, Travel Channel and America Haunts as one of the top haunted houses in the country. This year, 13th Floor Columbus includes two spooky attractions — Clown and Rise of the Dead — in addition to mini escape games and axe-throwing for an additional charge.

13th Floor Haunted House, located at 2605 Northland Plaza Drive, is open 7-10 p.m. Thursday and Sunday, 7-11 p.m. Friday, and 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Admission is $24.99 on Thursday and $27.99 Friday through Sunday. Prices and hours will rise through the end of the month.

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Those who prefer to get their scares sitting down will be pleased to know various movie theaters in the area host scary movie screenings throughout the month. Thursday through Saturday, Crosswoods Cinema at 200 Hutchinson Ave. will show “Friday the 13th” for $13.13. Gateway Film Center will crank up the suspense with daily screenings of Alfred Hitchcock’s crime thriller masterpieces. “Dial M for Murder” will run Thursday through Saturday, and “Strangers on a Train” will run from Sunday to Tuesday, each for $12.

Most notably, Drexel Theatre at 2254 E. Main St. will be hosting the 11th annual Shock Around the Clock 24-hour horror movie marathon from noon Saturday to noon Sunday.

The event will be highlighted by a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Michael Gornick, director of photography for classic George A. Romero horror films such as “Creepshow” and “Dawn of the Dead.” Guests may also participate in a costume contest with a $100 grand prize. Admission is $45 in advance or $50 day of show.

Lynd Fruit Farm’s annual corn maze boasts all the necessities for the autumnal afternoon every Instagram influencer dreams about. Visitors can expect wagon rides, an inflatable obstacle course and other outdoor activities, in addition to the maze. The whole affair is only half a mile down the road from the Market on Morse, Lynd’s produce and gift store, which stocks a wide variety of pumpkins and squash, homemade cider, fresh pastries and more.

Lynd Fruit Farm hosts the Apple-Mania Maze at 9851 Morse Road SW, Pataskala, Ohio, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 30.

Admission to the corn maze is $11.

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The story behind support line created by students, for students MICAHIAH BROWN-DAVIS Lantern reporter brown-davis.3@osu.edu Carmen Greiner and Emily Kearney were disappointed in the state of mental health resources on campus during their second year of college. They didn’t let that frustration go to waste.

Greiner, now a fourth-year in English, and Kearney, now a fourth-year in neuroscience, created Buckeye Peer Access Line, known as Buckeye PAL, a nonemergency talk line to provide students with a space for engaging in brief conversations to gain support and learn about campus resources.

“It was really difficult to see people at Ohio State struggling and to know that we are such a prestigious university in so many other aspects, but it was frustrating to see us lacking in mental health resources,” Greiner said.

Buckeye PAL, which launched in September, is run by Ohio State student volunteers who give peer-to-peer assistance on week-

nights, Greiner and Kearney said.

Students who call Buckeye PAL can discuss topics such as adjusting to college, balancing stress, managing relationships and navigating personal and social identities, according to the Student Wellness Center’s website.

As they were looking for solutions, Kearney said her mom told her about a student access line she had while attending University at Albany – State University of New York.

Greiner and Kearney said that while doing research, they learned students are more comfortable speaking with other students when compared with professionals.

Kearney said she checked out peer access lines at other universities. With the help of Greiner, she said they emailed the information to Javaune Adams-Gaston, former co-chair of the university’s Suicide and Mental Health Task Force and senior vice president of student life.

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Goose on the Loose Comedy Festival emphasizes community SAM MARKEL Lantern reporter markel.43@osu.edu WHILE IMPROV IS usually seen as fun and games, it also can bring a community together.

The Goose on the Loose Comedy Festival combines improv shows and workshops with professionals and aspiring improv performers around Columbus, Ohio, Barbara Allen, festival organizer, said. The festival starts Thursday and is a partnership between Sassy Do, an all-female improv group in Columbus, and Wild Goose Creative, a nonprofit arts organization and gallery.

“Our idea was to take improv and to take it into our communities just to [show] how powerful storytelling is and improvisations for building community, building relationships,” Allen said.

Allen said Sassy Do has done improv festivals six times in the past, in partnership with Wild Goose Creative.

The event is split into different parts. Allen said there will be collaborations, workshops and performances at Wild Goose Creative, as well as additional workshops at the Reeb Avenue Center on the south side of Columbus.

Allen said they revamped the festival to focus on community building and received a grant from the Ohio Arts Council for the festival. They also partnered with United Way at the Reeb Av-

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Hitch*Cocktails improvises an Alfred Hitchcock-inspired performance in 2019. Hitch*Cocktails will perform on Oct. 12. at Wild Goose Creative.

enue Center, an organization that offers support to the community in the way of education, job training and more.

“The whole idea of the festival is to have the merger of where comedy and community collide, what kind of power there is in story and in play, and then just being present with other people,

what happens to you as a person, as a leader, as a performer, as a human. So that’s really where we see that intersection,” Allen said.

While the festival will feature workshops for aspiring improv performers and those interested in comedy, it also will feature performances from both professional and amateur improv groups from

Columbus and the Midwest.

Hitch*Cocktails, a group from Chicago that has been performing for more than seven years, will help run the festival and perform its signature show, which is “an improvised thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock,” Bruce Phillips, member of Hitch*Cocktails, said.

Hitch*Cocktails is a longform improv show in which the members “get a suggestion of a fear from the audience” and use that to inspire a 1950s-style thriller, Phillips said. The group improvises its way through the story in 90 minutes.

Phillips said the workshops are great not only for improving a person’s improv skills, but also for improving their public speaking and communication skills.

“I think what we try to communicate when we teach improv is that your ideas are correct, your ideas are always right, and we’re gonna create an environment where you can feel supported in the choices that you make, and it’s amazing,” Phillips said. “It’s a wonderful experience to have to be able to make decisions and make choices and have everybody in the room make you feel like a rock star at it.”

McKenzie Fleischer, a member of Sassy Do and two Ohio State improv groups — Fishbowl Improv and Circular Reasoning Improv — and a fourth-year in theater, said she attended a workshop with Hitch*Cocktails in 2015.

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Fleischer said.

Fleischer said the festival is a great opportunity to meet other people in the world of comedy.

The festival kicks off Thursday with Sassy Do’s annual “Spooky Do,” a Halloween performance at Wild Goose Creative, with $5 admission. Fishbowl Improv and Circular Reasoning Improv will perform starting at 7 p.m. Friday.

Hitch*Cocktails’ workshop takes place 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, with registration for $20, followed by a Hitch*Cocktails performance at 8 p.m. for $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The event will wrap up Sunday with a 10 a.m. workshop and a 7 p.m. performance.

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“When I sent that email, I was honestly not expecting a reply, but the next day she responded and asked to set up a meeting,” Kearney said.

Greiner and Kearney said they presented their idea to the task force, and in February they began implementation with the help of Counseling and Consultation Services and the wellness center.

Greiner said they received input in the naming process from students in organizations they were involved in.

Greiner said they sent out volunteer applications in spring 2019 to several student group chats and by word of mouth, which led to 16 student volunteers willing to work two-hour shifts and attend biweekly training. Kearney said each volunteer has received training from CCS, the wellness center, the Student Advocacy Center and Title XII. “Knowing that there is another Buckeye on the line is super helpful for students,” Kearney said.

Greiner said Buckeye PAL is different from other resources on campus because it operates during evening hours and connects students to several resources on campus through a phone conversation.

“At Ohio State, there are thousands of resources for personal and academic life,

and it’s more than any one student can know about,” Greiner said. “So, we really want to be a place where students can call and find out what resource will best help them.”

Greiner and Kearney said they released volunteer applications for spring 2020 in hopes to receive more volunteers and extend operation hours.

“As a student, I’ve had moments of anxiety and needing someone to talk to, and I didn’t have that,” Kearney said. “Especially for freshmen on campus, knowing someone is on the line, open to talking to you, I would’ve used it.”

Students can reach the Buckeye PAL access line from 8 p.m. to midnight by calling 614-514-3333 and through the website buckeyepal.osu.edu.

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Around the block JOHN ACHKAR For The Lantern achkar.5@osu.edu At 13 years old, Gabby Gonzales and Reilly MacNeill stood in a gym during their first club volleyball practice in Marietta, Georgia.

They looked around to see if they knew anybody, but were too shy to talk to anyone.

The two went on to become friends whilst winning four state titles and a national championship in high school. Both were recognized as Under Armour All-Americans.

They may not have intended to continue their playing career together, but now side-by-side in Columbus, Gonzales and MacNeill’s relationship has deepened as impact freshmen on the court at Ohio State.

“We never really planned for it to happen,” Gonzales said. “We came on some visits, then she committed and I was like, ‘Oh my God, we are going to be together for the next four years.’”

The two played their seventhand eighth-grade seasons on the same club team and were soon

recruited by Division I schools.

Miami and Georgia brought them both in for visits. More offers started to flow as schools took notice of their talent.

“We came on some visits, then she committed and I was like, ‘Oh my God, we are going to be together for the next four year.”

GABBY GONZALES Ohio State freshman outside hitter

In eighth grade, Gonzales’ family moved into a different school district, but that wouldn’t keep them apart for long. They played club together that offseason, and

MacNeill’s family moved into the district for her freshman year of high school.

That same school year, Gonzales visited Ohio State and immediately committed. She knew from the start that Ohio State was the school for her.

“As soon as I came here and saw it, I didn’t want to talk to anyone else. This is my place. This is where I feel at home,” she said.

MacNeill kept her recruiting options open and was interested in a southern school that year.

Less than a year later, she visited Ohio State.

“Once I seriously started talking to Ohio State, I knew it was the school for me,” she said.

Coach Geoff Carlston said the coaching staff didn’t originally plan to recruit both of them, and he built separate relationships with them during the recruiting process.

Carlston said that plan changed once he realized he had a shot at getting them both to travel up north to Columbus.

“The intent initially wasn’t to have them both come here,” he said. “Once we started to feel that

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Gabby Gonzales they are very serious about Ohio State, in separate conversations, well you’re like, ‘Hey, we’d love to have you both.’”

Gonzales and MacNeill are both looking to make an immediate impact at Ohio State through the chemistry they’ve been developing for the past five years.

Gonzales, a 6-foot-3 outside hitter, is off to a strong start, ranking third on the team with 85 kills, and fourth with 93.5 points

through the first 16 games of the season.

MacNeill, a 6-foot-2 middle blocker, has been out due to injury since her fifth set of the season.

“I think they are both going to have great careers,” Carlston said. “Gabby is starting now, and Reilly has already made a difference, and she’s getting better every day in the gym. I think they’re going to be huge impacts on our program.”

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57. Curtsy’s cousin 11. “Begone!”

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Browning blitzed untouched from the edge and earholed Lewerke to force another punt.

“It’s an energy after plays like that. You just want to turn around and celebrate with your teammates.”

BARON BROWNING Ohio State junior linebacker

“I was just trying to get home,” Browning said. “I saw the tackle bite down. I knew I was gonna

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come free.”

Michigan State took over down 34-10 with one final chance to climb back into the contest after Fields fumbled at his own 34-yard-line.

One last time, the defense came through for a big play, a pass tipped by Browning intercepted by senior safety Jordan Fuller to ice the game. He returned it for a touchdown, but it was called back for an illegal blindside block.

“Just have to live with the results,” Fuller said. “I’m just happy Baron was able to tip it up to me.”

Big plays and turnovers could assist Ohio State at Northwestern following its bye. The Wildcats have given the ball away 12 times in 2019, tied with Nevada for 11th-most in the nation.

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eyes, and Ohio State once again appeared like a top-four dynamo.

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The 34-10 score may not indicate it, but Ohio State’s performance was less than Teflon Saturday –– particularly early.

The first quarter saw the Buckeyes up just 3-0, netting zero yards on the Spartans No. 4 ranked rush defense and 16 yards total.

“We just started out rough,” Fields said. “The offense, we were kind of killing ourselves.”

Fields, widely lauded for having not thrown a pick entering the game, broke that streak Saturday and added another turnover on a strip-sack fumble.

Fields had more than one errant throw, missing a wide-open Farrell on the Buckeyes’ first possession, and took an 18-yard sack the very next play.

Even after two turnovers caused by the Buckeye defense in the opening quarter, Fields and the Ohio State offense mustered just three points despite receiving the ball on the Michigan State 27and 23-yard lines on back-to-back possessions.

Throwing 17-for-25, those eight incompletions are the second most of his season. Without the prolific second quarter, Fields threw for just 73 yards in the other three combined.

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COURTESY OF OHIO STATE ATHLETICS

Freshman guard Kierstan Bell (24) participates in an offseason work out.

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high standards for her freshman year in Columbus, she said.

Davis knows Bell still has challenges ahead of her.

“Kierstan has not reached her potential. She still has a lot of room for growth, and she’s in a great system with coach McGuff,” Davis said.

Team comes first for Bell. She said her No. 1 goal is for the Buckeyes to win games, and with one of the highest-ranked freshman classes in school history, Ohio State’s groundwork is laid.

However, Bell is keeping an eye on personal achievements as well.

“For myself, I want to become a better all-around player. [Big Ten] Freshman of the Year — that’s another goal I had in mind,” Bell said.

She and her freshman teammates are already developing chemistry, seeking to help the Buckeyes rebound from a disappointing 14-15 record a season ago.

“We all clicked really well,” Bell said. “We came to Ohio State for one thing and that’s to win.

Everybody has the same mindset; everybody wants the same thing and that’s to win national championships, Big Ten championships.”

McGuff agrees. He said he knows Bell’s goals are bigger than just herself and said her skills combined with her teamfirst mindset create a special player.

“She really loves being around her teammates, and I think when you do that –– she’s more worried about that, and us winning than anything,” McGuff said.

As for the inevitable comparisons to James, Bell is more than OK with them.

“We’re pretty similar,” Bell said. “He could shoot. I can shoot.

We’re good passers, very unselfish. He wants to make his teammates better, and that’s the only thing I want for my teammates.”

When all is said and done, Davis said Bell’s time at Ohio State will be just as special as her historic high school career.

“She’s going to bring a lot to the table,” Davis said. “You’re going to see her in OSU record books.”

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TURNOVERS TORCH SPARTANS’ SAILS

The Ohio State defense set a blistering pace for itself two games ago when it turned Nebraska sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez over three times in the first half.

The Buckeyes made even quicker work of Michigan State Saturday.

On two of their first four offensive plays, the Spartans fell victim to forced fumbles, both of which were recovered by Ohio State inside the Michigan State 30-yard-line.

Redshirt senior cornerback Damon Arnette continued a season of stellar play by stripping the ball from the hands of Michigan State junior wide receiver Cody White on the second snap of the game.

Senior linebacker Malik Harrison scooped it up for his second fumble recovery of the past three games.

“We just started out rough. The offense, we were kind of killing ourselves.”

JUSTIN FIELDS Ohio State sophomore quarterback

Lightning struck again on the next possession as redshirt freshman running back Elijah Collins mishandled a backward pitch for a fumble that was picked up by redshirt senior defensive tackle Davon Hamilton.

The Buckeye offense scored just three points off the initial two turnovers, but the defense wasn’t done. Senior safety Jordan Fuller picked off Michigan State senior quarterback Brian Lewerke in the fourth quarter for his second interception of the past two games.

Creating six turnovers in the past two games, Ohio State’s 13 on the season are now No. 7 in the country.

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RUNNING WITH RAGE

Michigan State gave up 56.4 rushing yards per game to its first five opponents entering the matchup with Ohio State –– good for No. 4 in the country.

After allowing none in the first quarter, the Spartans were more than maintaining that pace.

The Buckeyes would finish with 323 by the end of the game, more than all of Michigan State’s previous opponents combined.

Now rushing for 289 per game, Ohio State has the No. 2 ground attack in the nation, most of which is provided by Dobbins, who leads the Big Ten and is second in the country with 826 yards.

He ran for 172 of those on 24 carries against Michigan State, including a 67-yarder that began to blow the game open for the Buckeyes.

Redshirt freshman running back Master Teague continued to impress in the backup position, rushing for 90 yards on 6.4 per carry, bringing his season total to 416.

Fields rushed for his eighth touchdown of the season, and he’s run for at least one score in each game this year.

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PENALTIES POSE CONCERN

Ohio State more than doubled its 4.4-penalties-per-game average Saturday, with 10 for 85 yards.

Flags led to missed opportunities early for the Buckeyes.

Arnette’s forced fumble on the opening Michigan State drive gave the Buckeye offense the ball back deep in Spartan territory, redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Wyatt Davis was called for a false start that helped to sputter the potential drive.

“I feel like with all the pressure, you got people jumping because they’re anxious,” redshirt senior wide receiver K.J. Hill said. “They’re coming off the ball hard.”

Rather than punching in a score, a missed field goal left the Buckeyes with no points.

In the fourth quarter, Fuller returned an interception 86 yards to the end zone in what would’ve been his first career touchdown.

However, the score was negated by an illegal block on junior linebacker Baron Browning.

The Buckeyes persisted to score 34 despite the self-inflicted wounds, but the frequency of their flags held them back from approaching their nation’s fourthbest 49.3 points per game.

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Ohio State redshirt senior wide receiver K.J. Hill (14) runs the ball down the field during the first half of the game against Michigan State on Oct. 5. Ohio State won 34-10.

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Big-play defense spurns Sparty ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu Holding the nation’s No. 25 team to 10 points appears on paper as a dominant performance.

Hidden beneath the scoring tally the Buckeyes allowed, however, are seven Spartan drives that crossed into Ohio State territory Saturday. Michigan State gained the most yards of any team against Ohio State this season — even if it was the fewest the Spartans have accumulated all year.

Despite a few sustained Michigan State drives, the Buckeye defense made enough big plays in key situations against the Spartans to hold their offense at bay and boost momentum.

“It’s like a momentum changer,” junior linebacker Baron Browning said. “It’s an energy after plays like that. You just want to turn around and celebrate with your teammates.”

On Michigan State’s first drive, junior wide receiver Cody White snagged a slant and went to the ground with a 10-yard gain and a first down to midfield.

The problem is, he didn’t go to the ground with the football.

Redshirt senior cornerback Damon Arnette had stripped the ball, which Ohio State recovered to halt Michigan State’s progress.

It took two more defensive plays before the Buckeyes recovered a second.

Junior defensive end Chase Young said all three sections of

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Ohio State junior defensive end Chase Young (2) makes a tackle in the first half of the game against Michigan State on Oct. 5. Ohio State won 34-10.

Ohio State’s defense, from the defensive line to the secondary, are playing at a high level.

“If you’re watching film, we’re definitely playing pretty complete,” Young said. “Obviously we still have much we can improve on.”

Michigan State senior quarterback Brian Lewerke strung together an 11-yard run and a 13yard pass to drive back to Ohio State territory in the Spartans’

next possession. After redshirt senior defensive tackle Jashon Cornell shook a blocker to stop a first-down run for no gain, junior cornerback Jeff Okudah smothered Lewerke’s next third-down target and forced a punt.

The stop helped usher Ohio State to a 27-10 halftime lead, and both teams missed opportunities to capitalize early in the third quarter. Michigan State whiffed on a 27-yard field goal, and Ohio

State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields threw his first career interception on first-and-10 from the Spartans’ 29-yard-line.

More big plays kept Michigan State from narrowing the deficit as the quarter neared its end. The Spartans again drove into Ohio State territory, but redshirt junior linebacker Tuf Borland forced them into second-and-long after a tackle for loss.

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Five takeaways from Week 6 GRIFFIN STROM Sports Editor strom.25@osu.edu Then-No. 4 Ohio State took on then-No. 25 Michigan State Saturday for the Buckeyes’ first ranked matchup of the season.

For 15 minutes, it appeared Ohio State might have a four-quarter war on its hands, but a powder-keg second quarter lifted the Buckeyes past the Spartans for a 34-10 finish. Here are five things The Lantern took away from the game:

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STAT-STUFFED SECOND QUARTER

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Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs the ball downfield in the second half of the Ohio State-Michigan State game on Oct. 5. Ohio State won 34-10.

Ohio State entered Saturday outscoring opponents 110-10 in the second quarter of its first five games.

In case that didn’t convince you that the second 15 minutes is the Buckeyes’ favorite quarter, they hammered the point home against Michigan State.

Ohio State exploded for 296 yards and 23 points in the second quarter, scoring on all four

drives and flipping a slim 3-0 lead with 16 total yards in the first to a sixth-straight 24-plus points blowout.

Senior wide receiver Binjimen Victor kicked off the scoring barrage with a 60-yard catch-andrun after the threat of Fields’ legs drew the attention of two Spartan defenders to leave Victor uncovered downfield.

Junior running back J.K. Dobbins had been mostly bottled up by the vaunted Spartan rush defense into the second quarter, going for just 42 yards on 12 carries before breaking off a 67-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 24-10.

“That was a home run hit right there that I think really changed the game,” head coach Ryan Day said. “But up to that point we started to get it going a little bit but that kind of shifted and turned it into I think almost a 300-yard quarter.”

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As one of the all-time most decorated high school women’s basketball prospects from Ohio, Kierstan Bell is familiar with pressure.

Ranked as a top 10 prospect in the country by ESPN, Bell is a 6-foot-1 guard from Canton McKinley High School. Coming off a high school career that ended at No. 4 on Ohio’s all-time scoring list, Bell faces high expectations as an Ohio State freshman.

“I think [Bell] should have a really big impact for us this year,” head coach Kevin McGuff said.

“She’s got the talent and skill, and she’s working really hard, being a great teammate.”

Bell is the second player ever to win Ohio’s top high school basketball award three years in a row: Ohio Ms. Basketball as a sophomore, junior and senior. LeBron James is the other, winning Ohio

“She’s going to bring a lot to the table.You’re going to see her in OSU record books.”

PAMELA DAVIS Canton McKinley High School head basketball coach

Mr. Basketball 2001-2003.

Pamela Davis, Bell’s high school coach, said she knew Bell would be special when she saw her playing in middle school.

Davis said Bell valued the game above the accolades and attention it garnered her.

“She really didn’t talk about herself. I thought she was a really humble kid,” Davis said. “She never missed a practice in her four years at McKinley.”

McGuff and Davis agreed that Bell brings a level of versatility to the court that most players her size don’t possess.

“I can do a lot of things,” Bell said. “I can play one through four.

Just being able to handle the ball, running both sides of the floor, being a good defender.”

Bell noted that a lot of people don’t know who she is now that she’s in a new place. She’s ready for the pressure that comes with a new season and holds herself to BELL CONTINUES ON 7