The Lantern – Feb. 20, 2020

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Dylan Simkins with his family at his white coat ceremony for the College of Medicine in August 2019.

SAM RAUDINS Campus Editor raudins.3@osu.edu For Dylan Simkins, a first-year medical student, dinner is a special time. Not because the day full of classes and studying is done, but because when he gets home,

his two young children rush to the door to give him a warm welcome.

Simkins, a medical student who is father to 3-year-old Livia and 10-month-old Gabe, and husband to Natalee, said assuming each role brings a day-to-day “game of balancing.”

“Every day is a little bit different between what gets priority.

Some days, it’s gonna be medical school. Some days it’s my family. Some days it’s my wife. And so it’s been a learning journey of learning how to balance life, but it definitely can be done,” Simkins said.

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According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, exact figures regarding how many babies are born to graduate students during their school years are “elusive,” and Ohio State’s College of Medicine does not track how many of its students are parents while in school, Marti Leitch, spokesperson for the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State, said in an email.

But according to the University of California, 634 of its graduate students out of more than 5,000 respondents self-reported being parents in response to its 2016 Graduate Wellbeing Survey.

Ryan Bradbury, a third-year medical student, husband and father of three with a baby on the way, said there is a misconception about having a family while being in school.

“I think that people view having a family in medical school as being a lot harder and scarier than it actually is,” Bradbury said.

The college offers accommodations such as maternity and paternity leave, university child care, lactation rooms and excused absences for parenting needs on a case-by-case basis, Leitch said.

Bradbury said medical school and college is not geared toward students who are parents.

“For instance, they may hold meetings in the evening at say 7 p.m., and it’s like, well, that doesn’t really work for someone who’s married and has kids,” Bradbury said.

Simkins said his experience as a father makes his experience as a medical student different than other students because he treats school as a job with set hours.

“You need to learn how to be more effective in studying than perhaps your classmates because you just have less time,” Simkins

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Balancing medical school and family life said.

After his “work hours” are over, Simkins said playing with his kids is a great release from the stress of his responsibilities, which also include working part time to provide for his family. Bradbury said parents in situations like his should stop doing schoolwork after dinner and on the weekends to spend time building relationships with loved ones.

Simkins said his family acts as a constant reminder of one of the reasons he decided to go into medicine: to be able to provide for them one day.

“You need something that takes your mind off of studying, and for me, when my kids run up and give me a hug and want me to be a horse and want to do a puzzle with me and play with me, instantly med school is gone,” Simkins said.

Natalee Simkins stays home with the children, which Dylan said she finds lonely. But finding balance among his priorities has led to a stronger relationship be-

tween them, he said.

“We’ve realized how dependent we are on each other, and realizing that dependence has made us appreciate each other more, has made us love each other more,”

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Think about your future. What’s going to be most important to you when you’re an old geezer?

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Dylan Simkins said.

Bradbury said being in medical school has allowed him and his wife Caitlin to face challenges as a unit.

Simkins said he recommends that people in similar situations

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Ohio State College of Medicine offers accommodations such as maternity and paternity leave, university child care and lactation rooms for students with children.

find a good support network for their spouse — like friends whose spouses also attend medical school — especially when far away from family members.

At Ohio State, Simkins said his family takes advantage of movie nights at the Ohio Union, family time at the recreational facilities on Saturdays, including swimming at the RPAC, and family-friendly activities put on by graduate and professional students. Bradbury said his family also takes advantage of the RPAC’s child care service for the occasional date night.

Simkins said his family has provided him with a greater sense of empathy, like when a mother and her sick child came in for care or when a man received a diagnosis that made him unable to continue working.

“I would say that the experiences I’ve had as a father has helped me relate to patients on a very different level that I don’t know that I would have had otherwise,” Simkins said.

Bradbury said he advises students in a similar situation to think about life down the road when setting priorities.

“Think about your future.

What’s going to be most important to you when you’re an old geezer? Well, are you going to remember how much time you spent studying and the grades you got? Are you going to remember all the times you got to read the kids in the evening, or make dinner with your wife or the date nights you went on?” Bradbury said. “No one ever gets toward the end of their life and says, ‘I wish I spent more time on my schooling.’”

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The graduate school gap year:

Is a break the right move?

LILY MASLIA Oureach & Engagement Editor maslia.2@osu.edu What once was stereotyped as a means to procrastinate further education can now be a creative way to boost a resume.

Gap years, which can consist of anything from service work to research, can act as buffer periods in between graduating and starting school that can cement decisions and save money. According to the National Gap Year Association, 89 percent of students who took gap years reported having positive experiences in 2015.

Emily Hildreth, an Ohio State 2018 alumna, majored in history and economics and took a year off to be a substitute teacher before starting graduate school.

“It’s a perfect gap year opportunity,” Hildreth said. “It allowed me to make my own schedule, and I did a lot of high school social studies.”

Now at Syracuse University College of Law, Hildreth said her gap year helped her save money by living at home and gave her time to discover what she really wanted after college.

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Some students take a gap year after graduation to pursue outside work, save money and study.

“I was pretty sure I was going to law school, but I needed a year to make sure because it is just such a big investment when you go to grad school,” Hildreth said.

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gap year made her feel extremely confident in her decision to attend law school.

“I like law school better than undergrad, and I am much happier in my life,” Hildreth said.

“I feel like it’s finally clicked for me.”

Alyssa Szu-Tu, a career coach in the College of Arts and Sciences, said gap years are a great way to save money before graduate school and allow students to decide with more certainty what they want in their career.

“If students are really wavering between what program is right for them or what career next step is right for them, it’s an awesome way to get experience before commiting to a graduate program,” Szu-Tu said.

Szu-Tu said that although work experience in a student’s chosen field is popular, another way to spend a gap year is by doing service-oriented work.

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“There’s the one route, which is the Americorps, Peace Corps and Teach for America, where they can give back to their communities in various ways, whether it’s through education or programming or working with underserved populations,” Szu-Tu said.

Emily Dilloway, an Ohio State 2018 alumna, is currently using her gap year to work at a corporate law firm in Columbus and study for the LSAT. “I graduated a semester earlier than I had intended,” Dilloway said. “I wasn’t completely sold on the idea of law school, so I wanted to take some time and gain real law experience before making the jump.”

Though she hasn’t settled on which law school she will attend, Dilloway used her gap year to apply to law schools and pay off her student loan debt, she said.

Dilloway said one of the perks of working at a law firm before

attending law school is having a better chance of returning as a summer associate later on.

However, gap years are not just for future law students.

Pauline Keselman, a fourthyear in biology, is wrapping up her final semester at Ohio State and said she hopes to attend medical school in fall 2021.

“I talked to a lot of people that were on the same path as me,” Keselman said. “The general feedback I got was that those who took a gap year were generally more happy with their decision and felt that it benefited them both in their application and in their success in medical school.”

Keselman is currently training to be an emergency medical technician, interning at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State and planning to continue both during her gap year.

“I’m planning on working part time as an EMT and full time either as a medical scribe or as a clinical research assistant and then volunteering at the hospital once a week,” Keselman said.

Keselman said her motivations behind a gap year are to gain more experiences, make her a more competitive applicant and save money.

The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a gap year career fair March 24 to help students figure out if a gap year is right for them and what they can do during a gap year. Szu-Tu said 30 different companies attend, looking to recruit students interested in a gap year.

Students can register for the gap year fair at https://app.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/13449.

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Grad school fast-track:

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About 10 students are enrolled in the combined program for computer science and engineering, housed in Dreese Laboratories.

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Combined degree programs offered at Ohio State OWEN MILNES Lantern reporter milnes.12@osu.edu Ohio State has a solution for students who are interested in graduate school but hesitant to sit in a classroom for any longer than they already have.

Undergraduate students are eligible to apply for combined programs once they have completed 90 hours of undergraduate coursework and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5, Samuel Jordan, registration services director and college secretary for the Ohio State Graduate School, said in an email. But there’s a catch — students will pay the higher graduate school tuition

and fees instead of undergraduate prices beginning their first semester of the combined program.

Eight colleges at Ohio State offer combined programs in which students can earn undergraduate and graduate degrees simultaneously: agriculture, arts and sciences, business, engineering, environment and natural resources, health and rehabilitation sciences, nursing and public health, Jordan said.

“Once a student is admitted to [a] combined degree program, they are able to double count courses toward the completion of both degrees,” Jordan said.

“While each college determines their own limit on the number of COMBINED CONTINUES ON 6

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combined credit hours that they will count, the range is typically between six and 15 credit hours.”

When a student begins the combined program, they are charged graduate-level fees that cover the cost of both degrees, Jordan said.

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THE LANTERN According to the University Registrar, current tuition and fees for incoming undergraduate students is $11,083.80 per year for in-state residents, and out-ofstate residents pay $32,060.80 per year. Incoming in-state graduate students pay $12,424.80, and incoming out-of-state graduate students pay $36,008.80 per year.

Even if a student is registered

as an undergraduate for courses that can count toward both degrees, they will be charged graduate-level tuition and fees instead of undergraduate tuition and fees, Nikki Strader, manager and academic adviser in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, said in an email.

“For most students, there are no drawbacks beyond the extra cost, which is usually made up with the increased salaries master’s degree holders tend to make,” Strader said.

One benefit of the program includes shortening the time a master’s degree takes due to the undergraduate and graduate overlap, Dan Kieffer, assistant director of specialized graduate recruiting and admissions at Fisher College of Business, said in an email.

“It can also lead to beginning your career sooner than other stu-

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For most students, there are no drawbacks beyond the extra cost, which is usually made up with the increased salaries master’s degree holders tend to make.

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NIKKI STRADER Manager and academic adviser in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

dents,” Kieffer said.

For example, Strader said the combined bachelor’s and master’s in computer science and engineering allows for students to finish their graduate degree a semester or two ahead of time. The program allows students to have a total of 12 hours of approved coursework for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

There are currently about 10 students enrolled in the combined program for computer science and engineering, Strader said.

Similar to computer science and engineering, Fisher students are able to complete the college’s program within four years, Kieffer said.

“These students receive two separate diplomas. The fourth year in the program is spent exclusively as a graduate student,” Kieffer said.

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The college has seen increased interest in its combined program for a Bachelor of Science in business administration and a Master of Accounting in recent years, but Kieffer said 10 to 20 students is typical for the program.

Tuition and fees for the Master of Accounting program are $32,842.80 a year for in-state students, while out-of-state students pay $56,426.40 a year, according to the University Registrar.

To apply for a combined program in Fisher or the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, students must submit a full graduate school application, including GRE graduate school entry exam scores and other materials by the required deadline, Strader and Kieffer said.

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First-year dental students in the College of Dentistry CARE program, the second class to go through the program.

MACKENZIE SHANKLIN Lantern reporter shanklin.32@osu.edu Ohio has 149 locations designated as in need for dental health care practitioners, and in order to remove that designation, 299 more dental practitioners are needed, according to 2019 data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Ohio State College of Dentistry program is working to prepare students to work in those underserved communities.

Commitment to Access Resources and Education is a program that offers scholarships and an extended curriculum to Ohio State dental students who seek extra classes to better prepare for assisting underserved communities, Patrick Lloyd, dean of the College of Dentistry, said. With new admission spots added this past August, the College of Dentistry now offers 10 more scholarships worth $10,000 each for graduate dental students.

“This is catered to Ohio communities that are dentally underserved,” Pamella Shaw, assistant dean of admissions for the college, said. “There are not enough dental professionals to serve those communities properly.”

According to the Dentagraphics web-

site, which provides dental demographic reports of areas of interest, Ohio has 3,909 general dental practices, with an average of 2,995 residents per general dental practice — higher than the United States average of 2,616. Bo Bauserman, a first-year dental student, said the underserved communities resonated most with him.

Shaw said that during application, students are asked to provide two letters: one of support from a local dentist who can attest to their passion for the profession, and one of recommendation from a community leader to demonstrate how students are improving the health of their community.

Then, students are asked to come in for an interview.

Students are also required to write a letter of intent, explaining why they want to be in the program and what they expect to gain from it, as well as how they plan to benefit the community and start a practice in an underserved area, Shaw said.

The college receives about 1,200 applications from students pursuing a doctoral degree in dental surgery each year, and once the 120 students are admitted into the program, they are able to apply to CARE, Shaw said. Once students are selected for CARE, they are offered a $10,000 reduction in tuition every year, totaling $40,000

for four years of graduate schooling.

Shaw said to receive the fund, students are required to keep a 3.4 or higher GPA in the program. However, if a student falls below the requirement, they have a semester to get their grades up before losing their funding.

CARE’s expanded curriculum allows students to attend sessions with different professionals and partake in service projects that include spending time in local practices, Shaw said. Guest speakers who visit the program talk about subjects including paying off student loans and loan programs that would help medical professionals serving in underserved regions, Bauserman said.

“We had a few speakers from the [Ohio Dental Association] come and talk to us about the demographics and counties, and they talked about the ratio of people per dentist and that put some estimates, some

numbers from my base, it just really impressed me,” Bauserman said.

During CARE’s first project during the 2019 winter break, students passed out hygiene kits and talked about good oral care techniques, Bauserman said. Bauserman had the opportunity to go to Family Tree Dental in Marietta, Ohio, and interact with both the dentists and patients, he said.

“The hands-on, going out and going into a practice and doing some projects your first year in dental school, I think it’s a great thing,” he said.

Shaw said the main objective of the program is to be community oriented.

“The goal is to have [the students] be ambassadors of understanding how it is to work in the community and go back into the communities, not only to provide the service, but to help the community understand how to serve the population,” Shaw said.

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WINE FESTIVAL

Upcoming event brings wine fest to winter.

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Black History Month ends with African American Heritage Festival NAOMI EYASSU For the Lantern eyassu.3@osu.edu

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his weekend, the Student Life Multicultural Center will continue a celebration of culture going strong for over four decades.

The 42nd annual African American Heritage Festival at Ohio State will kick off Saturday and run through Feb. 29 at various locations across campus. The MCC program will feature events intended to contemplate and celebrate the African American experience, such as live performances, open discussion panels and a gala.

“The purpose of these events is to impact, educate and promote cultural awareness across campus and the community,” Ari Horton, a third-year in communication and overall co-chair of the African American Heritage Festival committee, said.

The committee — part of the Multicultural Center — has chosen “Surpassing the Standards” as a yearlong theme, according to the website, and the heritage festival is no exception. The events

will center around the Swahili word “kupita,” which means “transcend.”

The public festivities begin Saturday with “Kick Off: Light Up In the Dark,” a celebration where guests can enjoy cultural vendors, activities, catered food and music, according to the website.

Throughout the week, the festival committee will also host a gospel and worship experience, interactive dialogue, variety show and poetry and spoken word showcase, according to the website.

The nine-day event brings Ohio State students and the Columbus, Ohio, community together to celebrate years of triumph in the face of adversity for the African American community, Kidest Beyene, a fourth-year in African American and African studies and overall co-chair of the festival committee, said.

Beyene added that the Gospel Fest is a staple of the festival and draws the most off-campus attention. This year, the Gospel Fest will be held Sunday in the Ohio Union’s Archie Griffin Ballroom and feature various artists

Performers from the 2019 African American Heritage Festival.

and groups from Ohio State and across the city.

The week concludes with the “Mahogany Moments Gala,” a formal event with a red carpet entrance, live gospel music and a masquerade theme, according to the website.

The festival was founded in the 1970s as a one-day event called the “Block Party” to celebrate the end of the academic year, according to the website. Due to the majority of attendees being African American, it has evolved into a week of recognition and inspiration in the African American community in the past 40 years.

In addition to the festivities,

Beyene said the event will serve as a forum for discussion.

“These discussions will be run by a team of panelists whose goals are to inspire the youth on a variety of topics that are ongoing issues in the community,” Beyene said.

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eyene cited “Word on the Street: Transcending Boundaries,” a panel focusing on colorism, or discrimination within a racial group based on specific skin tone; texturism, or the idea that certain natural hair textures are more beautiful or desirable; and Pan-Africanism, a movement advocating solidarity

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among all groups of African descent.

Despite the specific racial and religious themes of the festival, Horton said the event is inclusive and open to all.

“Everyone is welcome to come.

This week is a great place to find yourself, whether that be through gospel, poetry or just kicking it with your friends. There’s a place for everyone,” Horton said.

More information about the specific times and locations of events can be found on the African American Heritage Festival website. Beginning Saturday, all events are free and open to the public.

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COLUMBUS

Glass Half Full:

Wine festival coming to Brewmaster's Gate HOLLY SOUTHER Lantern reporter souther.4@osu.edu

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hether it’s red or white, guests can expect a chilly glass of vino at the Columbus Winter Wine Festival.

The first Columbus Winter Wine Festival, hosted by event management firm MGN and alternative rock station CD102.5 FM, will showcase a variety of wines from across the country and abroad next week.

The festival will feature tastings, music, food and art Feb. 29 at Brewmaster’s Gate.

“It’s going to be a celebration of wine for people that come and sample and discover new — and their new favorite wines,” Randy Malloy, the owner, president and general manager of 102.5 FM, said.

Individuals aged 21 and older who purchase a ticket to the event will receive 10 wine sample tickets and a commemorative wine sampling glass, according to the

event’s Facebook page. Money from ticket purchases will go toward CD102.5 For the Kids, the radio station’s fundraising arm, which donates to causes such as the Special Olympics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Ronald McDonald House, Mallow said.

Wines from 15 to 20 brands will be supplied through Heidelberg Distributing, but a final list of brands and varieties is forthcoming.

The festival complements its summer counterpart, which is entering its third year and focuses more on local wines, Malloy said.

Malloy said 19 local artists are painting 4-by-4 wine-inspired panels for the festival in collaboration with Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art, a campaign that emphasizes cooperation in the Columbus, Ohio, community.

Malloy said artist participation is important because wine is a typical component of the high-brow museum and gallery

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Wine is accessible to everybody... of every culture, every race, and it’s something that you can enjoy with meals, having a conversation, discussing world events.

culture, and he wants to make the beverage more accessible to people who might not regularly attend those types of events.

Todd Steiner, a research associate in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State who studies winemaking, said the beverage has long been a staple of European culture, but wineries have more recently become a destination for Americans as well.

The festival aims to bring upscale and everyday wine culture together, Malloy said.

“We wanted to make you aware of it. It doesn't need to be thought that way,” he said. “Wine is accessible to everybody, and — of legal age, of course — that's accessible to everybody of every culture, every race, and it's something that you can enjoy with meals, having a conversation, discussing world events.”

The Winter Wine Festival is broken into two sessions: noon to 4 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.

Feb. 29 at Brewmaster's Gate, located at 495 S. Front St. Tickets are $30 online and $35 at the gate.

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Students compete in the Mental Health Game Night hosted by BGC in the esports arena in Lincoln Tower Nov. 22, 2019.

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alentine’s Day might be over, but the Buckeye Gaming Collective will keep the love going with a festive gaming social this week.

BGC’s game night will be held Friday night in Lincoln Tower’s esports arena and consist of casual video game play, gaming-themed valentine cards and candies, Alison Dang, a second-year in sociology and philosophy and the club’s director of community management, said. The event will also raffle off prizes such as mouse pads, gaming headsets and gaming apparel.

BGC is a student organization dedicated to fostering community among Ohio State gamers and generating interest in esports at the university, according to the group’s

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Dang said the goal of the event is to offer an in-person event for students to complement BGC’s primarily online activities.

“We want to help people get to know each other in person,” Dang said. “We basically just want to help people talk, bond and make friends with other people from different communities.”

Although the event is Valentine’s Day themed, Dang said the focus of the event is tailored to cultivating friendships.

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Warfare, League of Legends and Rocket League. The arena also provides gaming consoles such as Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 4 Pro and Microsoft Xbox One S, according to the esports arena website.

The organization aims to host at least one in-person event per month and plans to host two more events throughout the semester, including a holistic well-being focused game night, Dang said.

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he BGC is no stranger to working with the official esports department at Ohio State and often hosts its events in the gaming arena, Kenneth Kresina, a second-year in astronomy and astrophysics and the club’s director of public relations, said.

“It’s super great getting to work with the people over at the official esports department at Lincoln. They’ve been completely supportive of trying to encourage esports and gaming on campus as a whole,” Kresina said. “Without their support we wouldn’t be able to hold events like this using the university space. That relationship has been very strong. We’re looking

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forward to working for them in the future.”

The game night will be hosted from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday in the esports arena on the second floor of Lincoln Tower. The event is free to attend and open to all Ohio State students.

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We basically just want to help people talk, bond and make friends with other people from different communities.

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Emma Maltais put up six points with four goals and two assists, while junior forward Tatum Skaggs put away two goals and two assists.

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St. Cloud has phenomenal goaltending and they had a big upset last weekend, so you just never know.

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Ohio State redshirt senior defenseman Jincy Dunne (33) prepares to take a shot during the Ohio State-Bemidji State game Jan. 31. Ohio State won 7-2.

While the Buckeyes haven’t lost to St. Cloud State in 11 straight meetings — holding a six-game win streak against the

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Huskies that dates back to a tie Dec. 2, 2017 — that doesn’t mean St. Cloud State isn’t capable of pulling off an unexpected victory.

This past Saturday, St. Cloud State upset Bemidji State in a shutout win 1-0. It was its first win in nearly a month.

“We talked about not taking any team for granted in our league,” Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said. “As we know, St. Cloud has phenomenal goaltending and they had a big upset last weekend, so you just never know.”

With this series, the Buckeyes will return to home ice after a two-week hiatus.

Ohio State sophomore goaltender Andrea Braendli is coming off a series against No. 2 Wisconsin in which she set the new WCHA record with 74 total saves. The Buckeyes won 3-1 this past Fri-

day but dropped a shootout following a tie in the second game.

In light of the opening game’s upset, the Buckeyes worked their way back to No. 5 in the national standings, and sophomore forward Gabby Rosenthal and Braendli’s on-ice efforts were recognized with WCHA Player of the Week honors.

“You have to keep the momentum from the weekend and keep pushing,” Muzerall said. “We have the No. 1 toughest schedule in the country, playing 12 times against teams that are in the top seven or eight, which is also a reason why our conference is so strong — winning 17 of the last 20 national championships.”

Ohio State’s quest for a national championship continues with a 6:07 p.m. puck drop against St. Cloud State Friday, and a 3:07 p.m. start Saturday.

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Big Ten standings, Ohio State will need to break down the brick wall formed by Michigan State senior goaltender John Lethemon. Lethemon ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten — and No. 4 in the country — with a .935 save percentage on the season. His 2.12 goals against average is second in the conference.

In front of Lethemon is a defense anchored by redshirt senior defenseman Jerad Rosburg and junior defenseman Tommy Miller, who have blocked 66 and 59 shots, respectively.

“They’re very talented.

They’ve got some difference-makers and their goaltenders have been very good all year,” Rohlik said. “They play hard and they defend and we understand that and every time we MACKENZIE SHANKLIN | LANTERN REPORTER play Michigan State, it seems to Ohio State junior forward Emma Maltais (17) zones in on the movement of the puck during the Ohio State-Bemidji State game Jan. 31. Ohio State won 7-2. be a tight game.”

While Michigan State’s defense allows the third fewest goals in the Big Ten, its offense play fast and quick, and I think if we play ranks last in the conference for points, our systems and get the puck in deep, play goals and shooting percentage. simple — we’ll do pretty well,” Singleton When the Spartans do find success, it said. typicalOhio State and Michily comes gan State met once earlithrough er this season for a twos e n i o r game series in Columbus forward Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The P a t r i c k Michigan State’s one of the Buckeyes swept the SparKhodoren- best teams in our league tans with 3-1 and 2-0 vicko. His 31 tories. points rank and I think we’ve all seen Ohio State senior deNo. 5 in that. And everybody is fenseman Gordi Myer the Big Ten surprised that they’re at the said it will be important this season. to sweep the weekend No other top of the league, except for again.

M i c h i g a n myself and the rest of the “You see how close the State play- coaches. standings are. You can be er has more in first place or basically than 20 last place in the matter of STEVE ROHLIK points. one weekend,” Myer said.

Ohio State men’s hockey head coach O h i o “I think it’s really importState freshant to try and get all six man forpoints honestly.” ward Tate Singleton said Michigan State’s The Spartans are coming off a 4-1 and low offensive production has to do with its 5-1 series loss against the Michigan Wolpace of play. verines this past weekend.

“Hard team to play against. They kind Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friof slow the game down, and we like to day and Saturday.

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Regular season finale approaches KAYLA HARVEY Lantern reporter harvey.586@osu.edu The final battle of the regular season for Ohio State women’s hockey will take place against the conference’s worst team.

No. 5 Ohio State (18-8-6, 116-5 WCHA) hosts St. Cloud State (6-21-4, 2-19-1) this weekend for the last regular season series before the WCHA Tournament begins.

The Buckeyes have moved up three spots in the national poll since they met the Huskies Oct. 4 and 5, but Ohio State isn’t getting caught up in metrics.

“We’re trying not to look at the numbers too much,” senior forward Olivia Soares said. “Just taking care of our business and focusing on the little things one game at a time.”

In the Oct. 4 matchup, Ohio State put up 38 shots on St. Cloud State senior goaltender Janine Alder, who saved 33 Buckeye attempts. Alder was on the Switzerland bronze medal-winning Olympic team in 2014, but has appeared in just three games since the first matchup with the Buckeyes.

Ohio State swept the Huskies by scores of 5-2 and 6-2.

Ohio State junior forward

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he’s been even better since league play began.

“I’ve been saying a lot of great things about him this year –– he’s having a fantastic year. Someone who’s playing with just as much energy, going out there and doing what he’s doing, is fun,” Young said. “As a competitor, you want to play against the best guys. So seeing what kind of year he’s having, we’re excited to go in there and play them.”

Garza is scoring 25.8 points per game in his past 13 contests, including 20 or more in 11 straight games. The Hawkeye big man is shooting 42.3 percent from 3 in the past five games, and boasts five 30-point performances this year, including a 44-point outburst against Michigan.

By contrast, no Buckeye has scored 30 in a game this season, and only junior forward Kaleb Wesson has scored 20-plus in more than one game.

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Wesson has already b e e n I think being a year through the ring- older has helped him er with – that doesn’t always defensive – but it’s clear he put assignm e n t s in tremendous work on elite in the offseason with Big Ten his conditioning, his big men such as fitness, his shooting.

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Ohio State won 68-52. ward Jalen Smith, but Garza may be his stiffest challenge yet.

Garza wasn’t the only player to Ahrens had 29 points against Ahrens said he had a feeling have an anomalous outing in the Iowa during his freshman season he was due for a big performance most recent matchup between the –– 17 more than he’s had in any ahead of the game a year ago, Buckeyes and Hawkeyes. other game as a Buckeye. and Holtmann said the Versailles,

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“Coach tells me to be confident when I get in. If I get a good look, take it,” Ahrens said. “He’s gonna be mad at me if I don’t.”

The 6-foot-5 forward has done little to betray the trust of his head coach as of late. Ahrens has shot 66.7 percent from 3 in his past six games, a stretch in which he has hit a triple in all but one contest.

The Buckeyes enter Thursday as the hotter team, having won five of six while Iowa is .500 in its past six matchups.

But Ohio State is just 3-6 away from Columbus this season, and Iowa hasn’t lost at home since Nov. 11.

Ohio State will have to overcome one of the Big Ten’s most hostile environments — and maybe its best player — when it tips off against Iowa at 7 p.m. Thursday in Iowa City.

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Fight for fourth place

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BRIDGET SARPONG Lantern reporter sarpong.14@osu.edu The Ohio State men’s hockey team will hit the road for the final time in the regular season, playing for a shot at a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten.

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Former Ohio State defensive tackle Tracy Sprinke plays for the XFL’s D.C. Defenders.

The league initially ran for one time at Ohio State, but he and season in 2001, but failed due to Grant have a history together financial loss and poor ratings. from high school, Jones said.

Now the league has a chance to Jones and Grant’s respective renew itself, as do its players. high schools, Cleveland’s GlenThe three former Buckeyes ville High School and Akron’s have all seized the opportunity St. Vincent-St. Mary’s, are 45 offered by the XFL to continue miles apart. Jones said they were fostering their love of football. in the same grade, played in the The only three Ohio State alum- same All-Star game and did meni in the league, Grant, Jones and dia events together before they Sprinkle, were reunited on the got to Ohio State.

D.C. Defenders.

The Northeast Ohio connec“It speaks to the strength of tion strengthened when Sprinkle Ohio State’s program,” Sprinkle, came to Ohio State, Jones said. an Ohio State defensive tackle “Just being from Northeast from 2013 to’17, said. “The eval- Ohio –– Elyria area –– me and uators in him kind D.C., they of gravobviously itated to wanted to each other,” have some Jones said.

At first I wasn’t gonna do Buckeyes T h e i r on their it and then I thought of it, s h a r e d team.

I like man, I put a lot of work b a c k think they ground, as in over the years — why made a well as the smart de- not come out here and still success they cision.” experienced compete?

Jones on the 2014 said he National DORAN GRANT loves the Former Ohio State cornerback Championfa m i l i a rship team, ity in the comfor ts locker room. His relationship them, Sprinkle said. with Sprinkle dates back to their “Our coach always told us the

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State head coach Steve Rohlik said. “And everybody is surprised that they’re at the top of the league, except for myself and the rest of the coaches.”

This past week, the Buckeyes were on a break for their bye week. Rohlik said he isn’t worried about his team growing

rusty, however.

“Our guys understand what time of the year it is and where it’s at, and I think it’s showing in our week off here, in our practice and our prep,” Rohlik said. “I like where our guys are right now.”

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They’re very talented.

They’ve got some difference-makers and their goaltenders have been very good all year.

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No. 12 Ohio State (16-10-4, 9-8-3 Big Ten) meets with Michigan State (14-15-1, 10-9-1) in East Lansing, Michigan, for a two-game series. The two teams are tied in the conference standings.

“Michigan State’s one of the best teams in our league and I think we’ve all seen that,” Ohio

relationships you build in college you’re gonna have forever,” Sprinkle said. “We built those relationships — especially that long national championship run we had together, that holds close to all of our hearts. So we all share that special bond with each other.”

This bond has carried over to the XFL, which promises to focus 100 percent on football, but with different rules for kickoffs, points after touchdown, special teams and a 25-second play clock.

“I think it’s exciting. It’s qual-

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Ohio State senior forward Tanner Laczynski (9) shoots a fast puck toward the goal during the second period of Ohio State-Omaha. Ohio State lost 2-1.

ity football players. It’s a quality product,” Grant said. “The opportunity to play, the differences with the cameras, how the fans seem to be a little more in depth with the teams.”

Jones was the first player assigned to the Defenders prior to the 2019 XFL Draft in October, and in the first XFL game in 19 years, he led them to a 31-19 victory against the Seattle Dragons, drawing an average of 3.3 million viewers.

According to an ESPN public relations tweet, Ohio was a major

market for the game. Cleveland was the second-largest national viewer of the game after Seattle.

Columbus was third.

“I’m Ohio born and bred, and to see Cleveland, Ohio, being the second most in America to support myself, Cardale Jones, Doran Grant, who’s all from that area — I just want to express extreme gratitude for that,” Sprinkle said.

Audi Field is not Ohio Stadium, but with three former Buckeyes playing there, it might just be the next best thing until August.

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Three Buckeyes reunite in relaunched XFL OWEN MILNES Lantern reporter milnes.12@osu.edu Three young men from Northeast Ohio who contributed to Ohio State’s 2014 National Championship all found themselves in the NFL’s doghouse at the start of the 2019 season.

Tracy Sprinkle, Doran Grant and Cardale Jones — the backup quarterback who took the reins after Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett went down with injuries and rallied the Buckeyes to a National Championship — were all destined for NFL glory.

Or so they hoped.

All three bounced from team to team in the NFL, struggling to

make it past the practice squads to which they were relegated.

Enter the XFL, an alternative football league with a few rule modifications that is played in the spring following the Super Bowl. The relaunched league offers football players another route to professional football and serves as a second chance for both the players and the league itself.

“At first I wasn’t gonna do it and then I thought of it, like man, I put a lot of work in over the years — why not come out here and still compete?” Grant, an Ohio State cornerback from 2011 to ‘14, said. “So, I have to say it’s a great opportunity at the end of the day.”

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Former Ohio State players Cardale Jones (left) and Doran Grant (right) play together for the XFL’s D.C. Defenders.

Guarding Garza

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Iowa then-freshman forward Luka Garza (55) shoots a free throw during the first half against Minnesota at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Feb. 21, 2018.

Justin Ahrens and Kyle Young took a moment, looked at each other, then shook their heads.

They couldn’t think of a name to toss out as the toughest player Ohio State men’s basketball has had to guard this season.

“I can’t think of anybody specific,” Young said.

The sophomore and junior forwards might not have to rack their

brains quite as hard to think of an answer Thursday night when No. 25 Ohio State (17-8, 7-7 Big Ten) takes on No. 20 Iowa (18-8, 9-6) and junior forward Luka Garza at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

“I think he’s in incredible condition for a guy as big as he is,” Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann said. “He’s got tremendous touch. I think being a year older has helped him –– that doesn’t always –– but it’s clear he put in tremendous work in the offseason with his conditioning, his fitness,

his shooting. And then he’s obviously incredibly physical.”

Garza, who stands at 6-foot-11, 260 pounds, didn’t do much in the teams’ past meeting, scoring just six points in a 20-point blowout loss to the Buckeyes this past February.

But as noted by Holtmann, Garza has put not only the Big Ten, but college basketball as a whole, on notice with a bountiful leap over his play and production from years past.

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