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The national award winning OSU EcoCAR team is currently working on a modified 2016 Chevrolet Camaro as part of a four-year project.

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Senior guard Ameryst Alston has surpassed the 2,000-point milestone and is the fourth highest scoring women’s basketball player in OSU history.

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Facing adversity throughout his life, Jesse Owens never lost sight of his goal to be the fastest man on the planet. Fighting through discrimination, “The Buckeye Bullet” ultimately won four Olympic gold medals in Berlin in 1936, breaking down barriers of race years before the Civil Rights movement.

To honor the late Owens, Ohio State held a special advanced screening of the biographic movie “Race” in the Mershon Auditorium on Monday at 7 p.m. The red carpet preview screening included appearances from the film’s star, Stephan James, Owens’ daughters and OSU President Michael Drake, who delivered a pre-movie speech.

“It’s been nearly 80 years since he burst onto the Olympic stage and did that in breathtaking fashion with memories of his legacy that live on, even ‘til this day,” Drake said. “There were very few African-Americans in the day that could compete on equal footing and compete on merit. The country was segregated in so many ways that, in fact, when Jesse was a student here at Ohio State University, he couldn’t live in the dorms or eat in restaurants on High Street. But he persevered through those times and through his great talents really set an example for the world.”

James, who plays Owens in the film, said portraying the track and field legend was an honor.

“Everything, it means everything,” James said. “For me to be

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eyes to what her father had to deal with.

“They’re going to learn a lot of the things that happened,” Owens Hemphill said. “They will see what he sacrificed for and how he accomplished what he did with what he had to put up with. I think a lot of people don’t know that. And when they see the things that hap-

The Ohio State Undergraduate Student Government released an internal demographic report Monday after students expressed concern that USG is not accurately representative of minority groups at Ohio State.

During a rally in November called #OSU2Mizzou, black students and allies marched and held a sit-in to show solidarity with protesters at the University of Missouri who were pushing for the removal of their university president after racially targeted events. OSU student organizers held a sit-in at the Ohio Union and would not leave until a list of demands were negotiated with administration and USG. The demands called for acknowledgement of anti-black racism on OSU’s campus, along with a statement that students wanted an internal demographic report of USG. USG publicly agreed to create the report in a press release and tweet.

“Us students were very aware of the fact that USG is not a representative space,” Maryam Abidi, one of the five #OSU2Mizzou organizers and a third-year in women’s studies, gender and sexuality studies and strategic communication,

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(Clockwise from top) (1) OSU Director of Athletics and Vice President Gene Smith and actor Stephan James, who plays Jesse Owens in the movie “Race,” at the Feb. 15 showing at the Mershon Auditorium. (2) Gloria Owens Hemphill (left) and Marlene Owens Rankin (center), Jesse Owens’ daughters, and actor Stephan James (right). (3) Marlene Owens Rankin (left) and Gloria Owens Hemphill (right), Jesse Owens’ daughters. charged with the responsibility of reinvigorating his life and his legacy to people, I think that’s very, very special. It’s special that we don’t let heroes like him die or be forgotten. I feel very, very lucky to be the one who gets to retell his story 80 years later.”

Owens daughters, Gloria Owens Hemphill and Marlene Owens Rankin, said their father lived his

life as a fair, loyal and kind man, who always was considerate of others — regardless of who they were, what they did or what race they were.

Owens Rankin said she was excited to have the film screening at OSU, as her father would have been proud to have the showing at the university to which he was so loyal.

She said the film will open viewers’

Ohio State athletics sets aside aid for Flint, Michigan ELIZABETH SUAREZ For The Lantern suarez.78@osu.edu The Ohio State Department of Athletics is hosting a bottled-water drive until Thursday evening to provide clean drinking water for the community of Flint, Michigan, in response to their public water crisis.

The idea for the drive began when Joy Cheek, assistant coach of the women’s basketball team, reached out to Caleb Clark, assistant director of fan experience and promotions for OSU athletics, after the women’s team played in Ann Arbor on Jan. 21.

“She asked if it would be possible to do something like this and donate some water to Flint,” Cheek said.

The collection effort kicked off at the men’s hockey game against Minnesota on Friday, and it will continue throughout the week.

Fans can donate bottled water at the men’s basketball game against Michigan on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. outside the Schottenstein Center at the Northwest Rotunda.

The final night of the drive will take place on Thursday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. when the women’s basketball team takes on Nebraska.

Asia Doss, sophomore guard on the OSU women’s basketball

team and a native of Detroit, said she visited Flint throughout high school for away games during her basketball career and has many friends who are from there.

“All that time we did absolutely nothing, that’s what shocks me the most,” Doss said, reflecting on her initial reaction upon learning that the water in Flint was contaminated with lead.

Doss, whose sister, Erica, is a social worker in the Detroit area and was placed on the water-crisis team for Flint, said that larger bottles of water are important donations, too.

“Big jugs of water will help because the children have to bathe,” she said.

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A crew works to secure donations for placement in the truck at the end of night one of the water drive for Flint, Michigan.

Pete Hanson, coach of the OSU men’s volleyball team, is a native of Flint and grew up there. He said he has fond memories of playing sports there as a child and that the current situation is sad.

“When you turn on your tap water, you expect good water to be

flowing and not harmful to your family,” Hanson said. “It’s just a disappointing situation, and I think I would react that way to any city across the country, whether I was a native of that town or not. That shouldn’t happen in this day in age, FLINT CONTINUES ON 3

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Fisher Tax Clinic assists those in need EcoCAR

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JAY PANANDIKER Engagement Editor panandiker.1@osu.edu Between now and April 18, millions of Americans will file their tax returns with the IRS. In fiscal year 2014, the government received more than 147 million tax returns and collected more than $1.6 trillion in federal income taxes, according to data from the IRS. The average tax refund was $2,843.

The Fisher Tax Clinic provides tax preparation services to lowerand middle-income earners in Columbus and helps clients maximize their tax refunds. The clinic, now in its 13th year, has more than 60 volunteers who are undergraduate and graduate students in accounting at the Fisher College of Business.

The organization is funded by the United Way of Greater Columbus and is one of several volunteer income-tax assistance sites around Columbus, clinic director Stephanie Lewis said. The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program provides tax-preparation assistance to people earning less than $54,000 a year.

“These people are using their incomes to fund their everyday living expenses — their rent, food and clothes for their children,” Lewis said. “I would say a very high percentage of refunds are going right back into the community.”

The tax clinic is run out of Godman Guild, a community center near downtown, and clients are typically people from the nearby neighborhood. Lewis said most clients get assistance with federal and state individual tax returns, as well as filing for the earned-income tax

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Students at the Fisher Tax Clinic work with clients to prepare their taxes and maximize their tax refund. credit.

Carrie Almasi, the director of Tax Time, the Central Ohio United Way’s network of VITA sites, said tax refunds and credits can often lead to the largest paycheck of the year for many clients. She said almost 47 percent of Ohioans use a paid tax preparer, which reduces the amount of money they receive.

Lewis added that the U.S. tax code is complicated, and people often need help to ensure they are aware of all relevant tax credits and are maximizing their refund.

“It just keeps getting more complex, so it’s difficult for someone without an accounting degree or an understanding of tax to determine what forms to fill out,” Lewis said.

Lewis said most of the clinic’s clients will get a tax refund, and in any given year, the clinic generates

The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program provides taxpreparation assistance to people earning less than $54,000 a year. more than $400,000 in total tax refunds. Clients schedule appointments through United Way, Lewis said, and meet with a pair of students when they come to the clinic.

The students will look through the client’s tax documents and discuss information that may be relevant to each client’s tax return. The students will then file the return after it is reviewed by another team of students. Within a couple weeks, clients will receive their tax refunds.

Lewis stressed the importance of the refund to the people who get their taxes prepared at VITA sites.

Almasi said the income received from a client’s tax return is often used on one-time unexpected expenses, like car repairs. She said even a few hundred dollars can provide an important financial cushion.

“The money we help clients claim can make the difference between keeping a job or a home or not, and that is a huge benefit not only to the people served but to our entire community,” she said.

Volunteers go through both ethical and technical training with the IRS, Lewis said. Additionally, students are taught how to use software. Lewis said students get an opportunity to see what they learn FISHER CONTINUES ON 6

Two Ohio State sisters are reinventing the wheel with a modified 2016 Chevrolet Camaro as a project for the the national award winning OSU EcoCAR team, which continues to pave the road for advanced hybrid vehicles.

M.J. Yatsko, the EcoCAR engineering-team leader and a graduate student in mechanical engineering, joined the EcoCAR team in her first year at OSU. Now her younger sister, Katie Yatsko, a first-year in pre-mechanical engineering, is working alongside her to re-engineer a Chevy Camaro into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

“I’ve known about EcoCAR for a long time because of my sister, and I had the opportunity as a highschool student to intern over the summer with the EcoCAR team,” Katie Yatsko said.

Their objective is to make the Camaro a hybrid vehicle while maintaining performance, MJ Yatsko said.

EcoCAR is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors, and it is managed by Argonne National Laboratory. M.J. Yatsko said that this partnership is really beneficial for the teams.

“They donated the (Camaro) to us, and each team is given a mentor

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Campus area crime map: Feb. 9-15 JAY PANANDIKER Engagement Editor panandiker.1@osu.edu

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was no sign of entry. The incident took place between 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday.

5. A breaking and entering reportedly took place on Friday at 8 p.m. at the University Flower Shop.

6. An individual was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at the James Cancer Hospital just before 2 p.m. on Friday.

7. A group of people reported an incident of criminal trespassing at the McDonald’s at 1972 N. High St. just after 3 a.m. on Feb. 8. The suspect acknowledged the group and was cited for turbulent behavior and being heavily intoxicated.

8. Officers found a person drinking from an open container of beer in the 1300 block of North High Street just after 6 p.m. on Saturday. When addressed by police, the suspect spit on the sidewalk multiple times before being cited.

1. An assault was reported in the 1100 block of North High Street just after 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. Two people struck each other, claiming each assaulted the other. Neither required medical attention nor cooperated with police. (Not pictured on map.)

2. An assault incident was reported just after 3 a.m. on Sunday at the Blackwell Inn. A man was arrested for his involvement in the incident. Also at the Blackwell, an incident of drug tampering was reported just after 3 a.m. The incident is still under investigation.

3. A victim reported her purse, credit cards, cash and birth certificate stolen on Feb. 8 just after midnight. The victim believes that an unknown person may have drugged her beverage at Bullwinkles on North High Street before taking the prop- Note: Crimes featured on the map do not erty. She was notified later by her bank represent the full extent of criminal activabout suspicious account activity. ity in the campus area.

4. The owner of Hamptons on King at @JayPanandiker 234 King Ave. reported that a person used a red brick to break a glass window and door. The owner believes the person was scared away by an alarm because there

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said. “It is primarily white. It is primarily Greek. It is white students who are in fraternities and sororities, which is a very small percentage of Ohio State’s actual campus.”

The demographic report contains comparative data of different identities of USG members in relation to OSU’s student population as a whole.

According to the report, while 30.57 percent of USG members are members of a sorority or fraternity, 11 percent of OSU’s entire student body are reported to be members of Greek organizations. The report also shows data of overrepresentation of white students by about 8 percent, and Asian-American students were overrepresented by 6 percent. Representation of black and Latino students were underrepresented by 2.54 and 1.61 percent, respectively.

Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students are not represented in USG while they make up 0.06 percent of the student population. The international student population of USG is not listed in the report.

The report also stated 6.35 percent of USG members identified as gay, 1.06 percent as lesbian, 3.7 percent as bisexual, 1.06 percent asexual, 1.06 percent questioning,

.53 as other and 1.59 preferring not to state preference. 51.32 percent of USG identified as male and 47.09 identified as female, with 1.59 not stating.

Data regarding gender identities, sexual orientations and religious affiliations of OSU students was unavailable from the university and was not included in the report for comparison.

USG Vice President Abby Waidelich, a fourth-year in biological engineering, said she found out about students’ more recent request for the demographic report after reading tweets to her personal account from students, with the hashtag “#GiveUsTheReportUSG.” “One thing to realize is that we’ve had students work on this report and this survey tireless hours over the last three months.

The report actually took three months to get out. The first two months were compiling what questions we’d have in the survey,” Waidelich said. “We worked with the Center for (the) Study of Student Life in ensuring that our survey was encompassing and also that it met all laws on getting information from students … then the second week we were back from winter break, we released

the survey.”

Waidelich also said that it took an additional month to get USG’s survey reports back because of the number of total members. Of all USG members, the survey received 192 responses, giving it a 95.05 percent response rate.

Other areas of underrepresentation in USG’s internal demographic report are in students who are federal Pell grant recipients and first-generation college students.

Overrepresentation is reported in students majoring in public affairs, business or in arts and sciences.

Abidi said that the Twitter hashtag “#GiveUsTheReportUSG” was started after she and fellow organizer, Sarah Mamo, a third-year in African-American and African studies and political science, said she felt too much time had passed since they and other #OSU2Mizzou participants initially requested the report four months earlier.

Abidi said with no recent mention or updates given regarding the report, that it was “imperative that we follow through.”

“The reason we took to Twitter was we know, as people who have organized before, that nothing gets done if you don’t do

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who is an engineer at GM,” she said. “A lot of times we get the question, ‘Why is GM involved?’ It is really because of the students. A lot of the students are involved in this program so they can go work for one of the companies involved.”

The EcoCAR experience provided Katie Yatsko with a career opportunity. She accepted an internship with Cummins, a diesel company based in Columbus, Indiana. She said that the reason it showed interest in her was her involvement with EcoCar. “I can’t even begin to think of what opportunities I’m going to get because of EcoCAR,” she said. “You get guidance not only in the mechanical aspects, but other students who have gone through engineering can help me with what classes to take and what I need to be doing other than EcoCAR to be successful while I’m here.”

Nick Tomczak, a third-year in industrial and systems engineering, also accepted an internship with Amazon as an operations leader with the help of his EcoCAR experience.

“As a leader at EcoCAR, it pushed me to stand out in a unique program,” Tomczak said.

M.J. Yatsko said the ultimate goal of EcoCAR is to give students “a hands-on learning experience and to encourage them to find out what areas are most interesting to them.”

“It is not limited, by any means, to engineering. We’ve had communications people, business people. There is a finance major, and an information systems major,” Tomczak said.

The current OSU team consists of roughly 40 members ranging from first-year students to graduate students.

“People think they don’t have enough experience to join the team, but the awesome thing is that everybody here started from not knowing anything (about the team), and (the instructional members) are really happy to teach you and make sure you are up to speed,” Katie Yatsko said.

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it publicly,” Abidi said. “I have personally been caught in (USG’s) meeting runaround where they’re like, ‘Meet with us in person,’ and it never really goes anywhere. You get caught in bureaucratic mess.”

Waidelich said that a task force will be created this semester to increase diversity in USG, but Abidi said she is doubtful it will be successful. Abidi cited the No Place for Hate task force as a failure, among other task forces implemented at OSU. She said demands made by alumni who had protested in the events that led to the No Place For Hate task force in 2012 have demands that have still not been met.

“USG is not perfect, we’re students … we want to hear the concerns that students have, and we’ll take them seriously. We have such great repertoires with administrators that we are the best avenues for students to get things done,” Waidelich said. “If you’re a minority group that isn’t represented in USG, let us know. Work with us. If you don’t want to release it on a public forum, or if you do, do that so we can know.”

M.J. Yatsko said she remembered her first project, in which she helped design a mount for an air box in a vehicle.

“That little project is important,” she said.

“I try to help (members) understand that every project on the car counts.”

The OSU team won first place in year one of the Camaro competition, beating out Virginia Tech and the University of Waterloo, in Canada, in 2015 after presenting its Camaro design to the judges. The team also took first place in 2014 with its re-engineered Hybrid Chevrolet Malibu, receiving a total of $32,000 in award money, according to the EcoCAR website.

Currently the team is in the second year of a four-year competition, working with the Camaro.

Its workshop, the Center for Automotive Research, is just a mile away from campus.

It is the home to the 2016 Camaro and other OSU automotive projects, such as the Buckeye Bullet, an alternative-fuel race car.

Inside, members spend six to eight hours a week between two meetings, Katie Yatsko said.

“Engineering is pretty hard and theoretical, so being able to connect it back to something you are passionate about is pretty cool. We have team leaders who are willing to take the time to teach the students,” M.J. Yatsko said. “If their goal is to work in the automotive industry, there really is no better way to work on a project like this.”

in the country that we’re in and the resources and technology that we have.”

Fans who donated at Friday night’s game shared similar thoughts.

“A bottled water case costs less than ($5) in most places, so I think it’s a great contribution,” said Jay Wells, who, along with his three sons, brought water to donate at Friday night’s hockey game.

Ken Blair, president of Circle Express Inc., usually drives his OSU football truck during the season when it is filled with the team’s equipment. But on Friday, he will instead drive the truck carrying the water collected at the three games to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, one of three organizations in the area that is accepting water.

Clark said he hopes that after the collection is over, Blair will be delivering 20 palettes of water bottles, which is the most that the truck can carry.

Asim Hussain, a fourth-year in pharmacy, said that when people are in need, it transcends rivalries and competition.

“These are just people that need help, and we’re doing all that we can to provide basic need, that is water, to them,” he said.

Dana Stuckey of New Albany also shared Hussain’s sentiments on rivalries.

“We don’t give a damn about the whole state of Michigan, except for Flint,” she said.

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J Salon opens after a leap of faith KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Assistant Sports Editor stankiewicz.16@osu.edu Sometime last year, Julie Sintic had grown unhappy with her stylist job at a salon in Dublin, Ohio.

“I was waking up just dreading going to work,” she said.

Moving to another salon wasn’t an option, she said. Neither was staying put. She still wanted to be a stylist, which really left her with a single choice: opening her own place.

“I thought, ‘I’m just going to go for it,’” Sintic said.

So she went.

In April, with the support of her family, Sintic took a risk. She quit her job to begin working toward opening her own place.

“I always wanted a small salon,” she said. “I just never knew when in my life it would happen.”

Five strenuous months of renovation, planning and anticipation later, it happened.

In September, along with her friend and fellow stylist Lauren Shelton, Sintic’s dream finally materialized when J Salon opened just off Ohio State’s campus.

Nestled between Plaza Mexican Grill and apartments at 12

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J Salon, located at 12 Chittenden Ave., offers a range of services including haircuts, colors, manicures and pedicures.

Chittenden Ave., the business has The 5-month-old parlor is filling seen consistent growth in the five that void, Shelton said. months since opening, Sintic said.

“I think there was definitely a The two-floor space used to be a need for it,” she said. “Most people Chinese restaurant, Sintic said. Her say that when they come in, too.” father, a contractor, was contactExtensive work went into crafted by the company who owns the ing the space to adequately accomproperty to see if he was interested modate the needs of a salon, Sintic in it. As it turns out, by extension, said. he was.

From altering the staircase’s loSintic signed on for the space, cation to putting gray-tinted tile and the redesign commenced in the over top of the original yet unsalspring. vageable exposed brick, the area Sintic, who went to cosmetology was completely transformed to fit school at Aveda in The Gateway, Sintic’s vision. was aware that very few salons are And that vision generated a dislocated near campus. tinctive, boutique-like salon.

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The interior of J Salon, located at 12 Chittenden Ave., was renovated from an old restaurant.

Hair dryers dangle from the ceiling above the stylist’s chairs, like a microphone suspended above a boxing ring. In front of the chairs are impossible-to-miss floor-length mirrors.

All the furniture has a sleek, boxy appearance. Pieces of art with subliminal local ties are mounted on the walls.

The color scheme is predicated on light tones, with occasional color pops, to maximize the available space, Sintic said.

“I looked at a lot of things on Pinterest,” she said, chuckling. “It helped a lot with the inspiration.”

The new-aged interior design was purposely done with the likely clientele in mind, Sintic said.

She estimated that 90 percent of J Salon’s customers are college students.

Not only does the modern atmosphere cater to the desires of its base, the service menu does too, Sintic said.

J Salon “pretty much does everything” except perms and relaxers, said Shelton, who was a co-worker with Sintic at the old parlor. She left in August to join J Salon, and is currently Sintic’s only employee.

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Graduate students display arc of hard work COURTESY OF HOPKINS HALL

MARIA FERNANDEZ Lantern reporter fernandez.198@osu.edu From traditional ceramics and paintings to art and technology, students can see a diverse display of art projects from graduate students of the Department of Arts.

First-year graduate students will be displaying art projects they worked on during their first semester, while third-year graduate students will be displaying art projects that they have been researching and working for the past three years, according to Professor Rebecca Harvey, chair of the Ohio State Department of Art. “They represent some of the best and brightest talent out in the world today,” Harvey said in an email.

“When the graduate students arrive here, they are already highly accomplished artists, and the depth of their commitment and their willingness to risk and experiment are hallmarks of the program.”

OSU’s graduate program of fine arts ranks among some of the top programs in the country, according to the department’s website. It consists of seven areas of study: ceramics, painting and drawing, glass, printmaking, art and technology, sculpture and photography.

Ian Honoré, a graduate student specializing in art and technology, said that he was drawn to the department’s heavy emphasis on research and the advanced 3-D and computer programs.

According to Harvey, students

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Pictured from left to right: Alicia Little’s “To slowly unravel, it did, and then it didn’t,” Max Fletcher’s “Stack,” Niko Dimitrijevic’s “Call” and “Response.”

Pictured from left to right: Catelyn Mailloux’s “My Dad Was Swallowed by a Whale” and Morteza Khakshoor’s “3 Posters for 3 Nonexistent Motion Pictures.”

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At the first-year MFA Exhibition, various works of artist Ian Honoré sit on display. already come with incredibly strong backgrounds in their areas of emphasis. During their research, they work to stretch and expand the boundaries of both their medium and field.

“The art world is ever-changing,” Harvey said. “It is a cultural catalyst, ideas mesh and gel. New ideas come forward.”

Harvey explained that the firstyear exhibition is a bit more unpredictable and experimental than the third-year exhibition, as it consists of just one semester of research.

Because of time constraints, students are just beginning to poke at the parameters of their field. They usually focus on just one single project or single group of ideas.

Honoré worked on his project

about 15 to 20 hours weekly last fall semester. It encompasses several different aspects of art, including images, a soundscape and a 3-D game space. The entire exhibit deals with the language of coding.

“I’ve had the themes for my project for about two years. But it was only once I learned new things and programs from school here, such as 3-D game spaces that allowed me to fully implement those themes,” Honoré said.

Third-year students have had three years to experiment and understand their final projects. Their projects can be massive, ranging from a wall of paintings to roomsize installations. Both exhibitions are possible only because of countless studio hours, and lots of trial

and error, according to Harvey.

Harvey encourages non-art students to see the exhibition as well.

“It’s not just art reflecting on art,” she said. “It’s art reflecting on the world. So much of what we do is thinking about something in a different way. And isn’t that partly what going to a university is all about?”

The first-year exhibit will be on display until Feb. 23 in Hopkins Hall Gallery. The third-year exhibit will be open from Tuesday until

March 19 at the Urban Arts Space located at 50 W. Town St. There will also be a reception for the third-year exhibit at the Urban Arts Space on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Kanye West’s album rolls out … slowly SAM KAYUHA Lantern reporter kayuha.2@osu.edu I was there for the spectacle that was Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 debut … by proxy at least. I was there at one of the theaters where it was being streamed. The clothes were post-apocalyptic, the models emotionless, but what I, and probably most people, were there for was the music. A new Kanye album is always an event, but the fact that he sold out Madison Square Garden in 10 minutes to premiere it along with his fashion show seems like a new beast entirely.

“30 Hours” by Kanye West The rollout for West’s seventh solo record, whatever it has been called, has been equal parts entertaining and excruciating, especially for fans who followed every update West gave during the twoplus years in which he teased the follow-up to “Yeezus.”

Even the album’s premiere at Madison Square Garden on Thursday was not the end of West’s wild ride. Since the event, the number of tracks increased from 10 to 18, and the final version was dropped but then pulled after his performance on Saturday Night Live. As of this writing, “The Life of Pablo” is available to stream on Tidal, but not for sale.

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Rapper Kanye West’s new album, “The Life of Pablo,” was released on Feb. 11.

West from rebooting G.O.O.D. Fridays, which last Friday brought the release of “30 Hours.” It harkens back to West’s lyrically strong, soulful days, reminiscent of songs like “White Dress,” a modern take on the style from early albums, particularly “Late Registration.”

Production comes courtesy of Karriem Riggins, while West leaves behind the themes of anger from “Yeezus” for hardened resiliency in the face of his recent success outside of music.

However much actual rap-

ping West does nowadays, it’s not enough. Tracks like “30 Hours” make you forget about the cringe-worthy lines on some of his more production-focused songs. “The Life of Pablo” features a healthy mix of both the experimental and lyrical sides of his work.

“Consideration” by Rihanna featuring SZA Rihanna’s “Anti” was another eagerly-anticipated, extremely-delayed album. In the era of surprise releases, plenty of attempts are bungled, and this one dropped with a whimper because of a Tidal system malfunction. But even with the annoyances that come with album delays, once the music is out, it’s out, and usually all is forgiven.

“Consideration” is the album opener with minimal production and layers of vocals between Rihanna and SZA. It might not be the best song on the album, but it is a refreshing step away from pop maximalism. It is beautiful, catchy and a songwriting achievement to take such few ingredients — a couple vocalists, a bass and drum machine — and make so much.

“Modern Soul” by James Blake Blake was one of the pioneers of the warped, electronic R&B sound that blew up a few years back. He has been teasing a new album, “Radio Silence,” his third, for a while, as well as collaborations with West and Bon Iver.

“Modern Soul” is that first single, a song where it’s just nice to see Blake’s name in the new music section. It’s layered, emotional and most definitely music for the dead of winter. Hopefully the new album is out soon, because before long it will be too warm to fully appreciate him.

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R&B artist Rihanna recently released her newest album, “Anti,” on Jan. 28.

Cuts — for both men and women — and color are among popular services, as are manicures and pedicures. The salon recently began offering lip and eyebrow waxing, too. A haircut and style at J Salon is $35, and a manicure is $30.

“When people look at our service menu, they often say, ‘Oh my gosh, your prices are great.’ And it’s good quality. I mean, I think we’re good stylists,” Sintic said with a laugh.

Although she’s continuing to get more comfortable owning her own salon, Sintic said new lessons come daily, mostly as it pertains to the financial aspects.

“The hair side I got,” she said.

“The business side I’m always learning.”

Directly above J Salon’s door, past the suspended, black metal roof, near the top of the building’s aging-brick facade, two words can be spotted.

Written with slightly protruding brick, like architectural braille, is the phrase, “The Feerless.”

The root word, “feer,” is a historic, alternative spelling for fear. It, perhaps, is appropriate that such words would be displayed above Sintic’s salon, an establishment that wouldn’t be open had she not been fearless in pursuing it.

“She was taking a much bigger risk than me,” Shelton said of Sintic leaving her old job behind.

The risk, Sintic said, has paid off.

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pened that could have stopped him from achieving the goal, they’ll understand how important it is if you have a goal, and (if you) really want to achieve it, you can.”

For James, preparing for the role began almost immediately, as he had to be in optimal cardiovascular shape. He said that he linked up with a track coach at Georgia Tech and began running every day. He then studied Owens’ mannerisms as a runner, including his stride and his facial expressions.

James said that he hopes his performance in the film will provide inspiration for viewers the same way that Owens did in real life.

“There (are) so many people who I’ve met that have been inspired by that,” James said. “In turn, they are able to inspire other people. It trickles down, it has such a rippling effect that it’s so important that we keep his story alive and his legacy alive. I’ve personally spoken to guys like Justin Gatlin and Usain Bolt who told me that they’ve been directly affected by him. So, that to me is so telling because now those guys have the responsibility of continuing to inspire people the same way they were inspired by him. It’s very important that we keep legends like him from being forgotten.”

James said he wants viewers to take not only the story of Owens’ plight with them after seeing the movie, but to draw motivation for themselves that they too can achieve their goals.

“Just go see it to be inspired,” James said. “Inspired by a man who did extraordinary things during an extraordinary time. He

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stared in the face of adversity, not only here in America, but also in Berlin, Germany in 1936. People really have to look at Jesse and think if he could do what he did at a time and a place and under the circumstances in which he did it, then there really is no excuse for

“He is a role model that all of us want to aspire to be like,” Hightower said. “He set the bar and the standard for perseverance and nobody else has ever set that bar higher.”

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me not to be great, myself.”

The Mershon Auditorium, located inside the Wexner Center for the Arts at OSU, was at full capacity for the screening, a total of 2,200 seats, including 250 of OSU’s student athletes. Stephanie Hightower, president of USA Track and Field, was in attendance, and said she looked up to Owens as a fellow Buckeye and Columbus native.

“He is a role model that all of us want to aspire to be like,” Hightower said. “He set the bar and the standard for perseverance and nobody else has ever set that bar higher.”

Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president of student life at OSU, was also in attendance and said that Owens’ legacy lives on as a

message to OSU’s current students.

“His legacy is one of excellence, he was an outstanding individual and an outstanding team member,” she said. “So, learning how to be part of a team that makes a difference and changes the world – that’s what this is really all about – that our students can be world changers, too.”

Drake said the university has a collection of artifacts of Owens’ from the 1936 Berlin games, including four replica gold medals, his Olympic diary and his personal camera. The display can be seen through Feb. 23 on the ground floor of the Thompson Library.

“Race” will partially portray Owens’ time at OSU and training with his real-life coach Larry Snyder, who is played by Jason Sudeikis, culminating with Owens’ moment of triumph in the 100-meter, 200-meter, long jump and 400-meter relay. At the time, Owens’ performances set three world records and tied a fourth, according to OSU library records.

His biggest triumph, however, came in disproving Adolph Hitler’s theories of Aryan supremacy.

“Race” is set to release in theaters nationally on Friday, and Owens Rankin said moviegoers should see the film to learn more about history, in order to appreciate the way things are today.

“Take a page out of history, understand what it was like then,” she said. “To know that it was a difficult time for a lot of people. Learn your history, so that it doesn’t repeat itself.”

in their tax courses in action. Additionally, she said the clinic allows students to give back to the community and learn client-relationship skills.

“They get practice answering questions to someone who isn’t as knowledgeable as them,” Lewis said. “They get to work with people with different backgrounds and educational experiences and get a perspective of other people’s experiences.”

“The money we help clients claim can make the difference between keeping a job or a home or not, and that is a huge benefit not only to the people served but to our entire community.”

returns that make a substantial difference in their household budgets,” Williams said.

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raised without a father. Smith was without a mother, as well, and had his grandmother bring him up.

After his career ended with OSU, Hall became serious about taking their stories to mentor communities and youth. In Hall’s rookie year in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts, he took the values instilled in him by his mother and Tressel and talked to Colts stars Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne about the benefit of using their NFL-player platforms to lift communities and inspire a better life for others.

In spring 2008, Driven Foundation was founded by Hall and Smith who used their personal experiences for personal outreach to serve at-risk communities.

“We promote perseverance and we try to foster hope through our food outreaches, mentorship programs, specializing in some motivational speaking,” Hall said.

“Everything we do is surrounding or pushing the ‘never give up’ mentality.”

Now going on its seventh year, Driven Foundation has spiraled into a versatile outreach organization present in multiple areas around Ohio. Numerous people it has served now wish to be servers to the community, which Hall said are unequivocally the highs in this experience.

“Those are the stories that you may not read about or may not hear about but keep you motivated,” he said.

As one of its main projects, the Driven Foundation has served about 500,000 pounds of free food to more than 4,200 Ohio families since 2008, according to the foundation’s website.

The organization strengthens various age groups and communities, and most of the effort is directed toward the younger generation.

Hall has constructed three mentorship programs at an elementary school and two middle schools.

formance in Saturday’s win at Rutgers.

“We need Marc to play really good basketball. Sometimes when shots aren’t going in, just go rebound,” Matta said. “Find another way, if the shots aren’t falling.”

That team up north Michigan has not been spectacular all season long, but it has done what it has needed to do to get by.

Its plus-2.1 point differential per game is just middle of the pack in the conference, as neither its offense nor defense has been anything worth writing home about.

Still, with victories over No. 6 Maryland and, most recently, No. 17 Purdue to their name, the Wolverines have proven themselves as a team capable of being very dangerous.

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Former OSU wide receiver Roy Hall (8) tries to secure a pass during a game against Indiana on Oct. 23, 2004.

Once a week he speaks at a high sive assistance in resolving issues school, and he aims to launch a new “Everything we do is within a community. program every three months. surrounding or pushing “These guys that hang up their One of those programs, SUITS, (college) uniforms actually can do is in conjunction with Marion the ‘never give up’ much more than just those four Franklin High School, where Driv- mentality.” years on the football field,” Hall en provides free, custom-tailored Roy Hall said. “Every athlete should make suits to help teach students life Former OSU wide receiver the effort to give back to the comlessons on how to be college- and munity not because it’s a good PR interview-ready. directed the emotionally troubled move but because no one made it to “Our mentorship program is di- Jeremiah toward Hall. the level they are at by themselves.” rected toward maximizing their poRecalling having tears in her eyes Though Hall endures strenuous tential and having them go to the when Jeremiah told Hall, “he sim- hours involved in Driven, it is nothnext level, so to speak,” Hall said. ply couldn’t do it anymore,” Lutz ing with which he is unfamiliar. As “A lot of the things we do is very said she was alarmed hearing that a kid in his modest home outside of purposeful.” from a child not yet in his teens.

Cleveland, his mother would wake Denise Lutz, the principal at The principal said Hall sat down him and his sister up early in the Holt Crossing Intermediate School with Jeremiah, inculcating life morning for school, head to her in Grove City, Ohio, oversees a pre- lessons learned from his own past job until 6 or 6:30 p.m., help with teen student population that lacks mentors.

Hall’s homework, cook dinner, iron counselors and role models. First “Hall is great because he’s very their clothes and then do it all over encountering Hall at Hannah Ash- upfront with his experiences as again. ton Middle School, Lutz said she a youth,” Lutz said. “His pres“I believe my entire life, the knew Hall could be a positive role ence with the kids, he doesn’t beat Driven Foundation was embedded model for her students because he around the bush.” into who I was and my character,” “drives right into experience.”

Hall dedicates much of his time Hall said. “Just having challenges A student Lutz referred to as to creating a culture for young peo- growing up and watching what my “Jeremiah” appeared sad, almost ple to learn the ways of cultivating mother was willing to sacrifice is depressed to the point it appeared an unselfish way of living. He said where it started.” he did not have self-worth. Lutz he believes athletes can be of mas-

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rebuilding the program, and she has certainly been that.”

In McGuff’s first year as coach, Alston had a remarkable sophomore campaign, receiving a first-team All-Big Ten selection by coaches and the media. She scored 19 points per game and also led the team with 112 total assists.

Coming into her junior year, the Buckeyes were able to pick up a couple of premier recruits and transfers, including McDonald’s All-American and the nation’s leading high school scorer in 2014-15, Kelsey Mitchell.

The influx of improving talent might have created a feeling of anxiety for a player who wanted to be the face of a program. For Alston, this was not so.

“She was our main scorer and our go-to person our sophomore year, and then last year we had a bunch of young talent come in, and that never really bothered her,” Craft said. “It wasn’t just all on her anymore. There were other people to help her, but she took it in stride and she understood that was what was best for the team.”

As a junior, Alston finished the year with 694 points, averaging 19.8 points per game and earning another All-Big Ten selection. She helped the Buckeyes become runner-ups in the Big Ten tournament before leading them to the second round of the NCAA tournament, where OSU would eventually fall to North Carolina by one basket.

Now Alston, who is one of the two seniors on the team, has progressively become a vocal leader, as well as a leader by example, which she said is something she grew into over her

“I knew she could be a big piece of (OSU) kind of rebuilding the program, and she has certainly been that.”

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OSU senior guard Ameryst Alston (14) dribbles the ball during a game against Northwestern on Jan. 28 at the Schottenstein Center. four years in Columbus.

“Being vocal is not something that I came in here with,” Alston said. “Now, I’m just trying to help give direction.”

OSU is currently 21-4 and 13-1 in conference play, and it is in the midst of a nine-game winning streak. Even with all the success the Buckeyes are having and scoring her 2,000th point, there are still goals that Alston and her squad have with four games left in the regular season.

And those start with cashing in on the promising postseason future OSU looks to have.

“We are just taking it one game at a time,” Alston said. “The goal is to win every game and to hopefully get a Big Ten championship.”

As Alston continues to be one of the Buckeyes’ go-to scorers this season, she will continue to rise on the all-time scoring list in OSU basketball history. With 2,032 points and counting to her name, only three players are above her.

Of the trio, Jessica Davenport’s third-place position with 2,303 points is the only one in jeopardy.

Even so, the humble Alston never truly had a passion to score 2,000 points in her collegiate career. Her prerogative was always staying focused on her mission of the team winning games. “(Scoring 2,000 points is) actually not something I think about … It just kind of comes with it,” Alston said. “This year has been very special in terms of our success as a team. It’s always great, and fun, when you’re winning.”

The next chance for Alston and her team to keep winning is set for Thursday, as OSU is scheduled to take on Nebraska at 6 p.m. at the Schottenstein Center.

“We’ve shown glimpses of us playing good basketball, and, at the same time, sometimes we do the opposite of that.”

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Matta chalked that up to their rampant 3-point shooting, which, when falling, he said can be almost impossible to deal with.

“I think matchup-wise, the most alarming thing is how many 3-pointers they shoot,” Matta said.

“We’re not going to stop them from shooting them, but we have to make them as difficult as possible.”

A boost for the Wolverines came in their previous game on Saturday, when they got senior guard Caris LeVert back after an 11-game absence from a leg injury.

Though he did not score on Saturday, the Pickerington, Ohio, native, who averages 16.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, represents a go-to playmaker for coach John Beilein.

Raising it up Fans hoping to see a performance by “Red Panda” or “Quick Change” at halftime of Tuesday’s game might be disappointed, but the intermission event is already planned.

Former OSU guard Evan Turner, who played 101 games in scarlet and gray from 2007-2010, will be honored at halftime of the game, complete with his No. 21 jersey being raised to the Schottenstein Center rafters.

Turner, the 2009-10 national player of the year, averaged 15.0 points per game over his three years in Columbus. In his third and final season, he registered 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists per contest.

“Evan represents what hard work and commitment means to being a player,” Matta said. “Another thing is, he represents somebody that had a great appreciation for this university and his teammates.”

Up next The Buckeyes’ next contest after the Wolverines is scheduled to come on the road in Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on the Cornhuskers.

The game against Nebraska is set to begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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Ms. 2,000 NATHAN RUBINSTEIN Lantern reporter rubinstein.24@osu.edu As the sunset fell on the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina in November 2012, the rays radiating into the faces of the Ohio State and Notre Dame women’s basketball players during the Carrier Classic, then-freshman guard Ameryst Alston lined up on the charity stripe for the first time in her collegiate career.

After a couple of warmup dribbles to get a feel of the leather ball, Alston hit nothing but nylon to score her first point sporting the scarlet and gray.

The first-year player would finish the game only scoring three points in the 21 minutes that she played, but, as the season progressed, Alston created a name for herself in the Buckeye rotation. Eventually, she would become one of the more pivotal players in the program’s history.

Fast forward three years, 12 weeks and three days, and there was just under 1:30 to play in the third quarter in the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. The No. 7 ranked Buckeyes were leading the Iowa Hawkeyes at their home gym, 76-59.

As the clock ticked down, Alston, now a senior, made a stutter-step move from the right wing toward the basket, dribbling to the opposite side of the cylinder, where she pulled up and connected on a short jumper.

Usually, a late-game score to put a team up 19 points like Alston’s would be nothing but a trifling tally on a box score. Except that pull-up jumper was not usual — it was his-

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Former OSU wide receiver Roy Hall (8) runs with the ball during a game against Michigan on Nov. 18, 2006.

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OSU senior guard Ameryst Alston (14) drives to the hoop during a game against Northwestern on Jan. 28 at the Schottenstein Center.

Ameryst Alston of Ohio State women’s basketball solidifying place in program history toric.

With the make, Alston surpassed the 2,000-point scoring mark, making her only the sixth OSU women’s basketball player to achieve the milestone.

Instead of cracking an immediate smile and having play stop to send the ball over to the bench to celebrate an archival moment of her career, Alston did what she had done after scoring all the other 1,998 points over the past four years: hustle down to the other end of the court to play defense.

That is just who Alston is: a self-

less player who is obsessed with earning team accomplishments instead of impressive individual accolades.

“I’m really close with her, and I didn’t even know she was close to 2,000 points,” senior guard and four-year teammate Cait Craft said.

“She never spoke about it, and even when she scored her 1,000th, I had no idea it was coming.”

Alston was solely a role player when she came onto the scene in Columbus. It wasn’t necessarily her fault, though, as it was just because of all the talent that the Buckeyes

had at the time, including Tayler Hill (who Alston just passed on the scoring list) and Amber Stokes, both of whom would go on to sign professional contracts.

At the time, Jim Foster was at the helm of the OSU program, but he would be relieved from the position for a lack of postseason victories.

The program then turned to former Washington coach Kevin McGuff in April 2013 for guidance.

Upon arrival in Ohio’s capital city, McGuff said he was comforted by the fact that he was inheriting a talent like Alston, who was only going to be heading into her sophomore year.

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Time running out for Ohio State RYAN COOPER Sports Editor cooper.487@osu.edu The clock is continuing to tick closer and closer to midnight for the Ohio State men’s basketball team.

Just five games remain on the schedule for OSU (16-10, 8-5), and it has not become any easier to figure out where the group stands as a team.

The 8-5 conference record puts the Buckeyes in decent shape for 10 conference wins, which is typically a magic number for an NCAA tournament bid for a conference like the Big Ten. But with OSU only having one win in eight tries against teams ranked in the top 50 of the RPI, it likely will need a lot more work than two wins to grab an at-large bid.

Therefore, its brutal remaining schedule can be seen as both fortunate and not so much. It needs those signature wins to improve on its 1-7 record against top 50 teams, but, at the same time, it has been almost completely unable to grab those thus far.

“We’ve shown glimpses of us playing good basketball, and, at the same time, sometimes we do the opposite of that,” said redshirt sophomore guard Kam Williams.

“I think if we capitalize on when we do play good basketball, it will give us the momentum we need to push through the final half of the season.”

Four of the final five games on the team’s schedule are against teams currently ranked in the top 50 of the RPI, beginning with Tuesday night at home against No. 50 Michigan (19-7, 9-4).

“I think that you’re getting into

late February, and obviously all games are vitally important,” said sophomore forward Jae’Sean Tate.

“You look where they are, where we are, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out there are some implications to this game.”

Still, OSU coach Thad Matta said he is not in a position to concern himself with the standings or his team’s postseason chances. He is simply concerned with seeing his young players grow from night to night.

One of those players, the elder statesman of the rotation players, junior forward Marc Loving, has been limping through an extended period of poor play. The last time Loving shot over 50 percent in a game was Jan. 10 against Indiana, and he has been held in single-digit scoring five times in the last eight games, including a zero-point perBASKETBALL CONTINUES ON 7

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OSU sophomore Keita Bates-Diop (33) goes up for a shot during a game against Maryland on Jan. 31 at the Schottenstein Center.

JACOB MYERS Lantern reporter myers.1669@osu.edu Before ever donning an Ohio State uniform, and prior to hearing his name called by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft, Roy Hall was a sixth grader with size 14 shoes looking to acquire the new Penny Hardaway’s all his friends were sporting. Except his mother could not afford to grant that wish.

Working 10 to 12 hours a day, five to six days a week, new basketball shoes were not in her tight budget. Raising two kids on her own, she could not even afford new shoes for herself, wearing the same pair of boots for seven or eight years.

Seeing his friends playing basketball in those new kicks, it did not register with Hall why he could not possess those shoes. It wasn’t until later in life he understood the predicament his mom was dealt raising him and his sister by herself.

“You can see how strong an individual can be if they make their life about someone else,” Hall said. “My mom dedicated her life to making sure we had necessities growing up.”

Growing up without a father in his life, Hall never really had a mentor of his own until his friends, family and coaches began to notice the potential he had in athletics.

When Hall arrived on campus as a freshman at OSU in 2003, the Buckeyes were coming off a national championship, and Hall could not have been more excited to continue his maturation as a football player and a human being under former coach Jim Tressel.

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