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The Tate Martell Saga Going from doubtless to doubtful at Ohio State WYATT CROSHER Assistant Sports Editor crosher.1@osu.edu “Why would I leave for someone who hasn’t put in a single second into this program?”

These were the words Ohio State redshirt freshman quarterback Tate Martell said on Dec. 30 when news surfaced that Georgia freshman quarterback Justin Fields was thinking of transferring to the Buckeyes.

Now, not even a month later, Martell has left.

On Wednesday, Martell announced he will be transferring from Ohio State to play for the University of Miami.

The announcement came as only Martell could do it: out of the blue and in dramatic fashion, with a photoshopped Twitter picture of him and his two former high school teammates in Hurricanes uniforms, 14 minutes past midnight.

“To just run away from somebody who hasn’t put a single second into workouts anything like that and doesn’t know what the program is all about, there’s not a chance.”

In 17 days, Martell went from extreme confidence in his position to someone ready to jump

“To just run away from somebody who hasn’t put a single second into workouts anything like that and doesn’t know what the program is all about, there’s not a chance.”

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Former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell (18) looks to the sideline during the game against Michigan State on Nov. 10. Ohio State won 26-6.

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On Jan. 10, he put his name in the transfer portal, allowing other teams to contact him about joining their programs.

The next day, Martell took “The Ohio State University” out of his Twitter bio, leaving “Quarterback at…” in its place.

As he has done since high school, when he decommitted from two schools before choosing the

Buckeyes, Martell made much ado about his future, posting Instagram stories in his stops at West Virginia and Miami, retweeting an old Rutgers highlight video and liking team-specific tweets before ultimately selecting the Hurricanes.

“I just don’t want [Fields] to make a bad decision, because he’s trying to go somewhere he’s about to play, when you transfer, you’re going to play, and by all means, I’ll be cool … It’s gonna be a lot more

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Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty said students should not worry about financial aid during the government shutdown.

financial aid.

“The ongoing government shutdown does not have a direct effect on federally subsidized higher education loans and grants, and students will still be able to apply for grants and fill out their FAFSA,” Beatty said.

Although students are still able to apply for FAFSA, many have experienced delays. Some were not able to pull their tax information directly into the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, where they are

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Chinese American Student Association to host annual Lunar New Year Show OLIVIA COLLIGNON Lantern reporter collignon.2@osu.edu

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How does a government shutdown affect campus?

The partial shutdown of the United States government will reach its fourth week this weekend, if not reopened by Saturday.

The standoff between President Donald Trump and House Democrats over funding for a border wall has lasted since Dec. 22, and though many public institutions such as Ohio State have remained open, others have been closed and many employers have not received payment.

For Ohio State students, there have been delays for applying for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), though the university has allowed for flexible due dates on fees. Meanwhile, the university itself has had to pay $3 million out of pocket to fund research that had been paid by outside institutions.

Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio’s 3rd Congressional District encompassing campus said students should not worry about

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required to submit an IRS tax return transcript for the application, Chris Davey, Ohio State spokesman, said. This service has been unavailable during the shutdown.

“Ohio State has been flexible on verification due dates and waived late fees to reduce the effect on students,” Davey said.

Though students have continued to receive financial aid, researchers at Ohio State have not been able to receive money from some of the university’s

top funders. Davey said agencies including the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA and others “experiencing full or partial shutdowns account for about $100 million of Ohio State’s federal research funding per year.”

“As of Jan. 14, Ohio State had about $3 million in accumulated expenditures that would normally be billed to these sponsors,” Davey said. “For the time being, Ohio State can temporarily cover the costs of these unbilled expenditures.”

While Beatty addressed concern for student financial aid, she said her main focus is to be there for her constituents.

“Right now, some 800,000 workers in Ohio and across the country, their families, loved ones, and nearly all Americans are worried. My constituents are worried about mounting bills, their mortgage payments and their dwindling finances,” she said. “This is not fair. That is why during the government shutdown SHUTDOWN CONTINUES ON 3

In one of the largest Chinese New Year events at Ohio State, the Chinese American Student Association will raise awareness and celebrate Asian-American culture at its annual Lunar New Year Show, “Journey to the New Year 2019,” on Friday.

The show celebrates the Lunar New Year, also known as spring festival in China, marking the beginning of a new year, which is officially on Feb. 5.

Aimee Ho, a fourth-year in English and CASA president, said the group tries to bring the same energy to CASA’s Lunar New Year Show as China Central Television does with its New Year’s Gala Show.

“We want to emulate that celebrative atmosphere,” Ho said.

“There will be many different performances such as dancing, singing, and martial arts from both other Asian student organizations and international Chinese student organizations on campus.”

“CASA is a way for everyone to celebrate the Chinese culture in a fun, inclusive educational environment.”

JASMINE HUANG Second-year in industrial and systems engineering

Aside from performances, there will be giveaways, including an instant camera, two Google Home minis and a bluetooth speaker, at the event.

Ho said approximately 400 people attend the Lunar New Year Show every year, making it one of CASA’s most popular events.

Michelle Li, a third-year in accounting and vice president of CASA, said events like the Lunar New Year Show are great ways to CHINESE CONTINUES ON 3

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Shutdown causes delays for two OSU students DEBORAH ESHUN Lantern reporter eshun.8@osu.edu Instead of spending the first day of class on campus, Aurora Song and Xuan Zhao spent the day stuck in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, over 1,000 miles away.

They were among the countless travelers who have experienced delays as a result of the partial government shutdown that is in day 27 at the time of publication.

Large amounts of Transportation and Security Administration workers have started to call off work — according to news sources — and many who are still working are doing so without compensation due to the lack of federal funding.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration website, the delays can range from 15 minutes to over two hours for travelers.

With TSA workers unavailable to process travelers entering the United States from Mexico, the passengers on Song and Zhao’s flight were not able to leave the plane for 30 minutes after landing.

“I didn’t think too much [about the delay] but people around me were really mad because I think their flights were earlier than mine,” Song, a fourth-year in journalism, said. “I still had an hour so I thought I would be able to catch it.”

Waiting on the plane and for customs officials caused Song and Zhao to miss their connecting flight back to Columbus.

“It made trouble though because the second day, flights to Columbus were sold out

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The government shutdown has left the TSA understaffed at some airports.

so we had to switch our flight to Cleveland just to come back on time. That was a bit annoying,” Song said.

Song and Zhao did not incur a fee to change their flight destination but did have to split the $130 hotel cost to stay in Fort Lauderdale overnight.

“The flight company gave us a discount [for the hotel], but obviously everyone missed their flight, so the hotels were full,”

Zhao, a fourth-year in mathematics, said.

“We finally paid the full payment for a Holiday Inn.” Song and Zhao had to rely on a friend to make the four-hour round trip from Columbus to Cleveland the night of Jan. 8.

This costly and time-consuming delay contributed to Song and Zhao missing two days of classes.

Song said she was not prepared for the

shutdown to impact her travel back to Columbus.

“I did read about the government shutdown in the news,” Song said. “But I didn’t know how it would take effect anywhere until I was actually in the airport and saw how things work.”

North and South Sudanese Association discusses protests in Sudan DEBORAH ESHUN Lantern reporter eshun.8@osu.edu The North and South Sudanese Association, an organization aiming to increase awareness about issues regarding Sudan and South Sudan, hosted a meeting Friday to discuss the current unrest in Sudan.

A screening of the documentary “Sudan: History of a Broken Land,” a film that unpacked the complicated history of the two countries, was followed by a discussion about the protests against the government.

NSSA President Mustafa Abubakr addressed the need of having a meeting for Ohio State students, especially those of Sudanese descent.

“We hosted this meeting because the protests started over winter break, when we were all on vacation,” Abubakr said. “We have been posting on our NSSA social media, but a lot of people have been really confused about what is going on and don’t really understand it.”

This meeting was a response to the protests that have been happening for weeks in several cities across Sudan. These protests aim to overthrow the current president, Omar al-Bashir, who has been in power for 30 years.

Roaya Higazi, second-year in city and regional planning major

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The North and South Sudanese Association meets to discuss issues in Sudan and South Sudan.

and NSSA outreach and engagement chair, said there are many factors contributing to the start of

“Different country but it’s the same mission at the end of the day. It’s important as college students to stand in solidarity with other college students.”

Roaya Higazi Second-year in city and regional planning major

the protests, including dissatisfaction with Sudan’s inflation rate, the prices of bread, fuel, medicine and gas, and a lack of access to savings.

Higazi said the violent government response to demonstrations has left dozens of protesters dead.

Abubakr said the lack of awareness of the protests stems from the little media attention they are receiving.

“It’s not getting any foreign media coverage. It’s rarely seen on Al Jazeera, maybe something on BBC, but I have not seen anything about it on any American news media,” Abubakr said. “If

it is [covered], it is always called the ‘bread protest,’ which really belittles the actual protest.”

People who want to stay informed often have to rely on social media accounts from people in Sudan, Higazi said.

“The type of coverage we want to see is for it to be acknowledged that what’s happening to protesters is a violation of human rights,” Higazi said. “We know people have been protesting but we don’t know what is happening to protesters.”

The lack of coverage creates a space for larger problems to continue, Amna Rustom, a sec-

ond-year in strategic communication, said.

“There is no higher level of accountability because no one is talking about it. They are violating human rights but no one is talking about it so they can continue to do it without any consequences from any foreign entities,” Rustom said.

Abubakr acknowledged the strengths and setbacks of being a Sudanese American living in the United States at the time of the protests, saying it’s frustrating being in a distant position.

“I know we have the power to do stuff but I still feel powerless because everything we do we feel like it’s not big enough to change the tides of what’s going on over there,” he said.

Still, members of the group are hopeful their efforts will make a difference through the organization and see the traction of social media as a positive sign for the future.

Higazi said social change happens at the university level and many people who have passed away during the protests are college students.

“They’re doing the same things we’re trying to do here,” Higazi said. “Different country but it’s the same mission at the end of the day. It’s important as college students to stand in solidarity with other college students.”

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OSU professor wins Japan Prize for soil research ZACH VARDA Campus Editor varda.6@osu.edu An Ohio State professor who has been pushing the boundaries of his field is being recognized for his work on an international level.

The Japan Prize Foundation announced on Wednesday that Rattan Lal, a professor in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, would be one of two award winners. Yoshio Okamoto, professor emeritus at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, was the other recipient.

The Japan Prize — awarded to two recipients each year regardless of nationality — recognizes all sciences but picks two disciplines to focus on each year. This year’s disciplines were “Materials and Production” and “Biological Production, Ecology,” the latter of which Lal’s work falls

under.

“Lal globally documented and promoted the concept of soil organic carbon management and sequestration as critical to achieving food and nutritional security, and adaptation and mitigation of climate change,” the announcement from the foundation said.

The Japan Prize winners are picked from a “highly competitive” field of 15,000 applications that are submitted by February of each year and then considered by the foundation from March to November.

Lal’s work, which began in the 1970s, pioneered no-tillage agriculture and methods to sequester carbon, and has focused on feeding a growing world and combating climate change.

Lal’s no-tillage approach helps fight against degradation of soil to create more sustainable farming in areas with fragile soil and harsh climates

— such as sub-Saharan Africa where his work began.

“He integrated these options with diverse methods of land clearance and promoted the adoption of these technologies throughout the tropics and globally with the objectives of developing sustainable systems which save land and reduce the need for tropical deforestation,” the announcement said.

His work in carbon sequestration — which is the longterm storage of carbon in the atmosphere — looks into how plants can be used to capture carbon that is escaping into the atmosphere.

“The soil management approach proposed by Prof. Lal of sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide using crops has numerous co-benefits, such as improved water quality and renewability, increased soil biodiversity, reduced risks of soil degradation and land desertifi-

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cation, and increased use-efficiency of agricultural inputs,” Wednesday’s announcement said.

Lal will officially receive the award — a certificate and commemorative gold coin — on April 8 in Tokyo. In addition, he will receive a cash award of 50 million Japanese yen, which is approximately $450,000.

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raise awareness and promote diversity across campus.

“Stereotypes and such are so hard to break down, but normalizing cultural events and pushing them into the public eye is a way to naturally integrate diversity,” Li said.

Li said CASA is excited about more than Chinese New Year; it has many events throughout the year.

“We have many other lovely events, showcasing community, cultural celebration, and most importantly, food, all year round,” Shirley Wu, third-year in linguistics and CASA treasurer, said.

Wu said CASA’s other events include Shanghai Night, a collaboration with the Hong Kong Student Association and the Mid-Autumn Festival, a collaboration with other Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American-centered organizations at Ohio State.

The Lunar New Year Show and CASA itself isn’t just for Asian-Americans — all are welcome.

“CASA is a way for everyone to celebrate the Chinese culture in a fun, inclusive educational environment,” Jasmine Huang, second-year in industrial and systems engineering and CASA club member, said.

The event is free and will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in the Ohio Union Performance Hall.

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I am working to help my constituents negatively impacted.”

Beatty has helped create a hotline with other Central Ohio representatives — Republicans Steve Stivers and Troy Balderson — for Central Ohio workers impacted by the shutdown.

“By dialing 1-833-876-0937, constituents of the 3rd, 12th, and 15th Congressional Districts will be connected to the office of their respective representative if they are encountering issues with their employing federal agencies, such as obtaining approval to file for unemployment or seek outside employment,” a press release announcing the hotline said. “The OFIS [Ohio Federal Employees Impacted

by Shutdown] Hotline can also provide information on certain publicly available resources for those affected by the shutdown, such as accommodations offered by major community banks.”

Beatty is also aware of how the shutdown is affecting students.

“Students everywhere often tell me they are frustrated, disappointed and dismayed that Washington doesn’t ever seem to be

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working [for] or listening to them,” she said.

Mike Carrell, Ohio State assistant provost and director of the Office of Military and Veterans Services, said that funding from the GI Bill — a federal program that helps service members, veterans and their dependents afford a college education — will not be affected by the shutdown.

“The GI Bill funds military students for the fiscal year and was signed on Oct. 1, 2018, and will last until September of this year,” Carrell said. “However, if the shutdown were to last until September then there is a chance military pay will be affected.”

To avoid that situation, John Harden, an Ohio State professor of political psychology, said the wall will need to be addressed.

“With [Trump] being elected largely on the emphasis of building the wall as far as policy issues, by not getting the funding for it, this can be seen as a loss,” Harden said. “He can maybe accept this loss if maybe someone convinces him that they’ll eventually get funding.”

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‘Hamilton’ lottery provides opportunity to win $10 tickets JULIANNE KERVER For the Lantern kerver.3@osu.edu

If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing “Hamilton,” but the high price tag discouraged you, don’t throw away your shot.

The Columbus Association for Performing Arts is hosting a digital lottery in which 40 tickets for each of the 25 Columbus showings of “Hamilton” at the Ohio Theatre will be sold to winners for $10 apiece. The lottery begins with the performance on Jan. 29, and ends with the final showing of the blockbuster musical on Feb. 17.

“Hamilton” is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rap, jazz, R&B and blues-filled acclaimed musical about one of America’s Founding Fathers and has quickly become a mainstream staple of Broadway and musical-theater culture since its 2015 debut.

Such high demand results in an even higher ticket price. Remaining tickets at the box office range from as low as $115 for balcony seats and $1,219 for floor seats, while resale tickets on Ticketmaster vary between $152 for the balcony and $3,332 for the floor. Dropping

ticket prices to $10, the lottery will make attending the show much more affordable. The section for the lottery seats has not been announced.

“The lottery is something the show itself is doing nationally through its app,” Lisa Minken, marketing manager for Broadway in Columbus, said. “Hamilton feels that it gives a chance for as many people as possible to have low-cost access to see the blockbuster production.”

Winners can purchase up to two tickets for the show. If not claimed by 4 p.m. the day prior, the tickets are forfeited.

Minken also said that while the lottery for discounted tickets isn’t unique to “Hamilton,” it’s the first to use its very own app versus a strictly online system.

The first lottery opens up on Jan. 27 at 11 a.m., with the remaining lotteries starting two days before each show. To enter, fans can download the official “Hamilton” app or visit hamiltonmusical.com/lottery. Notifications for winners and nonwinners alike will be sent via COURTESY OF COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS email and text message at 11 a.m. the day beFor its 25-show run starting later this month, “Hamilton” will hold a lottery for fore the performance. $10 tickets at all of its Columbus shows.

Exhibit displays blend of sports and fashion NAOMI BAKER Lantern reporter baker.2517@osu.edu The relationship between sports and fashion is often overlooked, but the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection at Ohio State is seeking to show students that fashion isn’t exclusive to the runway.

Located in the Gladys Keller Snowden Galleries on the second floor of Campbell Hall, the “Sports and Fashion” exhibit features sports and activewear from the 19th to 21st centuries.

Exhibitgoers will see pieces dating back to 1895 that showcase how fashion and sports have intersected. From changing hem lengths to the transition from wool to nylon, the exhibit will show how the function of sport influenced how athletes and spectators dressed over time.

In planning for the exhibit, the Historic Costume and

“I think people tend to think of fashion as just being the high-end designer kind of thing, but it’s influenced so much by so many different factors and sports, especially in American history, [that] have been so influential affecting how some of our clothes look.”

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Textiles Collection team pulled inspiration from the Department of Human Sciences.

“The inspiration was pretty much the makeup of our department,” curator Gayle Strege said. “In the Department of Human Sciences, there’s the fashion and retail studies program, but there’s also kinesiology and physical education and activities programs so we thought to do something for the exhibit that combines all of these programs.”

Featuring authentic pieces from Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren and several other designers, the exhibit shows that fashion is not limited to suits, gowns and eve-

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Mannequins lined up for the reopening of the Sports and Fashion exhibit in Campbell Hall on Jan. 15.

ning wear but sportswear as well.

“I think people tend to think of fashion as just being the high-end designer kind of thing, but it’s influenced so much by so many different factors and sports, especially in American history, [that] have been so influential affecting how some of our clothes look,” Strege said.

Brianna Watson, a fourth-year in fashion and retail studies, said the exhibit helps fashion students visualize and interact with the concepts they are studying.

“These collections add a lot of value to the fashion program because students get to see how fashion has played a big impact on the world,” Watson said.

Watson said the exhibit brings a piece of Ohio State into the collection.

“It was really cool seeing the vintage OSU sweater in the exhibit. I thought it was appropriate with Ohio State being a big sports school,” Watson said.

While the goal of the collection is to expose viewers to historic fashions, Strege said she hopes exhibitors realize the educational value in the exhibit.

“I’m hoping [people] learn how much crossover there is between sports and fashion,” Strege said. “The whole idea that sports and motion and mobility and function play into how clothes are designed and they’re made is something I think you can get out of this exhibit.”

The Sports and Fashion collection will be showcased until Apr. 26. For more information on the exhibit, visit https://ehe.osu.edu/events/sports-and-fashion-exhibit/.

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Indian Student Association’s Harvest Festival celebrates South Indian culture KIERAN DUHL Lantern reporter duhl.12@osu.edu Despite the bitter winter weather, Ohio State’s Indian Student Association is bringing pieces of its culture to students through Fresher’s 2.0: The Harvest Festival celebration Friday at Curl Market.

The celebration will include a variety of traditional Indian festivals including Pongal and Sankranti — both of which are celebrated in the southern region of India.

“This event is two-faceted — not only to welcome in the new year and make new friends, but to learn about a new culture that you may have not been aware of.”

MAHEK SHAH President of Indian Student Association

“Basically, this is a celebration of having a wonderful harvest season,” Megha Bhagavan, a fourth-year in psychology and the outreach chair of ISA, said.

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Students in the Indian Student Association make decorations at the 2018 Harvest Festival.

fifth-year in information systems and economics, said southern Indian culture differs greatly from northern Indian culture and often does not get as much mainstream exposure.

Harvest Festival culture includes kite-flying, singing, dancing, food and traditional Indian clothing. ISA has re-created these traditions through a kite-decorating activ-

ity; a performance by Ohio State’s South Asian a capella group, Dhadkan; and customary Indian food.

Bhagavan said the intention of the festival is to expose a larger audience to Indian culture.

“We want [students] to understand that our mission is to bridge the gap between India and the United States,” Bhagavan

said. “We want them to feel at home.”

The Harvest Festival also has a philanthropic agenda. Admission for the event is a $5 donation, three canned food items or an item from the donation list for the nonprofit Sakhi for South Asian Women.

Sakhi for South Asian Women exists to end violence against women, especially those of South-Asian descent. Its donation list comprises winter gear for women and children, but also includes toiletries and hygiene products. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the charity.

ISA has been successful in its efforts toward philanthropy, raising more than $3,000 last semester. Shah said ISA hopes to continue its charitable efforts into the future.

“This event is two-faceted — not only to welcome in the new year and make new friends, but to learn about a new culture that you may have not been aware of,” Shah said.

While this event is fairly new, the success of the 2018 celebration has inspired ISA to continue the tradition. The second annual ISA Harvest Festival is Friday in Curl Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is based on donation.

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No. 11 Ohio State hopes to regain momentum at home CALEB EWING Lantern reporter ewing.279@osu.edu The No. 11 Ohio State men’s volleyball team hopes to end its two-match skid this weekend when it takes on George Mason (3-1) and Erskine (0-4) at St. John Arena.

The Buckeyes return to Columbus following tough road losses against then-No. 5 BYU and thenNo.11 Stanford.

Ohio State played close matches, with each of those seven sets won by five points or fewer.

Head coach Pete Hanson said that looking at these matches as only losses is missing the point.

“Yeah, two losses, but two losses in January against two teams that are legitimately top 10 teams are not anything to panic about,” Hanson said. “We played them close, we played in hostile environments and we’ve got young guys.”

Redshirt senior middle blocker Blake Leeson is still adapting to his leadership role among the young middle blockers, this being the first year he’s the oldest in the

On Friday, the Buckeyes will face a George Mason team coming off a four-set loss to No. 3 UC Irvine.

“Two losses in January against two teams that are legitimately top 10 teams are not anything to panic about. We played them close, we played in hostile environments.”

PETE HANSON Ohio State head men’s volleyball coach

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Then-redshirt sophomore middle blocker Blake Leeson (left) celebrates a point with his teammates in the 2017 NCAA tournament.

position.

“I feel more responsibility in terms of making sure all the guys are on the same page and living out the set of expectations that the

guys before me did,” Leeson said.

“I try to provide that support, letting them know it’s a long season and one or two games isn’t going to dictate this whole season.”

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interest from the head coach was there.

Baldwin matched the attributes Day wanted to see from his starting quarterback.

“Our philosophy in that area is competitive toughness, leadership, decision-making skills.

Those are all the things that we look for in a quarterback,” Day said. “Not necessarily in there is how tall they are, how well they throw the ball. That’s obviously a part of it, but it’s more about all those things and the intangibles.”

Day saw this from Baldwin throughout the 2018 season, saying he did an excellent job in the meeting room, taking advantage of getting “mental reps” when he is on the field.

As Haskins took the starting quarterback job in Barrett’s place and ran with it, finishing No. 3 in the 2018 Heisman vote and earning the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award, Baldwin continued to emulate Haskins’ confidence.

“You can’t be tentative. You can’t second-guess yourself,” Baldwin said. “You just got to go because if you do that, you get left behind, if you get all tentative and worrying about if you aren’t doing things right. You just have to go.”

Baldwin has not played a snap for Ohio State. However, with Fields’ eligibility for the 2019 season in question, he could enter the season as the Buckeyes’ starter.

He would be the player Day would want behind center. It would be his quarterback.

“In terms of throwing them out there to the fire, he’s still not quite ready for that,” Day said. “But this spring he’ll have that opportunity.”

difficult than it seems like just walking in, and there’s the job.”

The man responsible for Martell’s departure is Fields, who announced his transfer to Ohio State on Jan. 4.

Martell entered his name into the transfer portal six days later, and left six days after that.

Fields was a five-star dual-threat quarterback prospect out of high school, and one of the highest rated in history.

The former Georgia quarterback is still waiting to see if he will be allowed to play in 2019, and, if he gains eligibility, he would take the reins as the runaway favorite to win the starting job.

Martell is not waiting. He is gone.

“I will [be the starting quarterback]. I am 100 percent sure on that.”

Something between Dec. 30 and Jan. 10 clearly changed in Martell’s outlook on his future.

Maybe it was during the men’s basketball game between the Buckeyes and Michigan State on Jan. 5, where Fields sat by Haskins and former head coach Urban Meyer.

During that game, Martell posted an Instagram story sitting somewhere in the upper deck. Haskins, Fields and Meyer sat courtside.

Martell deleted that story before the game ended. Fields took to Instagram to follow not his then-teammate, but instead Martell’s sister, Rylee, the same day.

In 2018, Martell was confident he had done enough to prove himself as the guy who can “go out there and put on a show” if redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins officially decided to leave the program.

Fields joined the team on Jan. 4, but Martell was ready to fight for the position he thought was rightfully his.

Haskins left, as expected, on Jan. 7. But three days later, Martell got ready to do the same.

“I wanted to win a game for you, that’s all I wanted to do.”

Meyer and Martell have always had a strong relationship, with the former head coach calling him an “elite competitor” throughout the season, constantly looking for ways to get him into the game.

Martell, a four-star prospect out of Las Vegas who went undefeated in his high-school career, switched from Washington to Texas A&M to Ohio State, thanks to Meyer and for-

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The Patriots are led by junior opposite hitter Hayden Wagner, who leads the team with 63 kills and 4.50 kills per set. Wagner brings the distinction of Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Offensive Player of the Week into the matchup against the Buckeyes.

On Saturday, the Buckeyes will take on Erskine, who’s still searching for its first win this season through four matches.

If Ohio State wants to get back in the win column this weekend, they’ll have to do so with a different starting lineup.

Junior outside hitter Reese Devilbiss is expected to sit out this weekend due to a concussion sustained during practice this week. He will be replaced in the starting lineup by sophomore outside hitter Kyle Skinner.

Skinner, who replaced Devilbiss in the third set of the match against Stanford, said he’s ready to step up whenever his team needs him.

“Whenever I get in, it’s an opportunity for me to perform and show the coaches what I can do,” Skinner said. “Being on the court a lot more this weekend will give me a chance to show not only that I can come in and make a difference, but that I can stay in the game and make a difference throughout the entire match.”

Ohio State takes on George Mason at 7 p.m. on Friday and Erskine at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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Urban Meyer speaks to former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell (18) in the fourth quarter of the game against Michigan State on Nov. 10. Ohio State won 26-6.

mer wide receivers coach Zach Smith.

Now, with Meyer’s retirement from head coaching, there was no longer going to be anybody left on the sidelines who made Martell join the Buckeyes in the first place.

Martell said following the Rose Bowl win he was very emotional when he found out Meyer was leaving, saying he was “the only guy that was really on the offensive side that was still here” from when he was recruited.

With Day at the helm, who arrived after Martell had committed, maybe the offense was moving in a direction that left Martell out of the big picture, recruiting pro-style quarterback Matthew Baldwin in 2018.

“I feel like it’s my turn to go out there and do my thing. I feel like I’ve earned that. I’ve worked extremely hard to get to the point where I am and each year, I keep climbing and getting better. At this point, I know I am very comfortable with where I am at and what I can go out and do.”

At that time, it was clear Martell was confident in his abilities to take over a playbook he thought was far too difficult for someone to learn in a single offseason.

Martell said it would have been “an absolute s**t show” if he started as soon as he came to Ohio State due to the complexities of Ohio State’s playbook.

But between his boastings about his talents and his entry in the transfer portal 11 days lat-

er, what Martell said on Dec. 30 can explain his reason for leaving.

It is Martell’s turn, and that turn was not a likely option if he chose to stay another year at Ohio State.

Fields and Martell could have duked it out in the spring game and over the summer, but Martell didn’t want to take the chances of losing the job.

Just like in 2018, when Haskins all but sealed the race and Joe Burrow transferred to LSU. Martell knows his time is now, like Burrow knew when he left for the Tigers. Martell’s time to prove his potential is at Miami.

But with his departure, he leaves a dream.

A dream of strong promises of what he would have done in 2019 when he got his chance.

Martell leaves with unfinished goals and unfulfilled aspirations not just from his comments on Dec. 30, but from his childhood.

“I want to play for Ohio State. It’s been my dream since I was born to play for Ohio State.

I am not just going to walk away from something that I have put so much time into and there is not a chance that I won’t go out there and compete for that.”

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Matthew Baldwin secures 2019 role with Martell transfer COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu Ryan Day was a quarterbacks coach first.

His priority for the first two seasons with the Buckeyes has been the quarterback room, helping mold J.T. Barrett and Dwayne Haskins, players he inherited from the previous recruiting classes, into what he expects from his offense.

But Day seems to want his quarterback, a player he recruited to come to Ohio State, behind center when the 2019 season begins against Florida Atlantic on Aug. 31.

After former head coach Urban Meyer announced his retirement following the Rose Bowl on Dec. 4, Georgia freshman quarterback Justin Fields placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal, allowing other programs, such as Ohio State, to recruit him.

But waiting in the wings was Day’s first quarterback: Matthew Baldwin.

Baldwin is a quarterback who, if both Fields and redshirt freshman Tate Martell remained on the roster, would remain in the role he held during the 2018 season, a third-string spot with no clear path to the Ohio State starting job.

But with Martell announcing his transfer to the University of Miami Wednesday, Baldwin’s career with the Buckeyes seemed to clear up a bit, apparently placing him as the No. 2 quarterback on Day’s depth chart behind Fields heading into the 2019 season.

This was not the freshman’s focus during the 2018 season. His focus was to absorb everything he could by watching Haskins

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Now-Ohio State freshman quarterback Matthew Baldwin looks to throw while playing at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas.

“In terms of throwing them out there to the fire, he’s still not quite ready for that. But this spring he’ll have that opportunity.”

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and Martell.

“Mentally, that’s probably been the biggest part of the season, just getting the playbook down, getting everything we want to do here down,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin was sidelined from the moment he arrived at Ohio State in January 2018.

After leading Lake Travis High School to the 2017 state title game, he tore his ACL on the first play. He spent the majority of the off-season — the time when a quarterback was supposed to be learning the ropes — rehabbing and healing.

Up to the title game, Baldwin had left a big impression on the field, completing 71.8 percent of his passes for 3,842 yards with 44 touchdowns and six interceptions in his senior season, according to MaxPreps. This came off a junior season in which he threw 10 touchdowns and zero interceptions in 93 pass attempts.

Despite not being known as a mobile quarterback, comparing his style of play to that of Haskins, Baldwin averaged 5.2 yards per carry in his high school career with Lake Travis, recording 11 rushing touchdowns despite averaging 17.9 yards per game.

But for Day, Baldwin’s health left a big question mark as to where he will be heading into the spring practice of his redshirt freshman season.

Day said the knee injury still lingers with Baldwin, and while it has improved, “he hasn’t been able to really do much with the knee.”

“This spring will be obviously a huge kind of bar on where he is in his development,” Day said.

This was something Baldwin said he was worried about after the Big Ten Championship. He said he felt behind after not being able to compete in the first practices of fall camp, but instead turned his focus to season preparation for the players ahead of him on the depth chart.

However, when Day tells the story of how he found and eventually secured the commitment from 2019 five-star wide receiver and former Lake Travis teammate Garrett Wilson, he said it started because he was there to watch Baldwin throw. The BALDWIN CONTINUES ON 7

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

No. 5 Ohio State looks for sweep against Minnesota Duluth GRIFFIN STROM Lantern reporter strom.25@osu.edu Coming off a split series against No. 1 Wisconsin, the No. 5 Ohio State women’s hockey team (15-7, 9-5 WCHA) travels to Minnesota Duluth (8-10-2, 5-7-2 WCHA) this weekend, where the Bulldogs will look to avoid a season sweep.

The Buckeyes face off against a Minnesota Duluth team that they previously defeated 3-1 and 4-1 at home Nov. 16–17.

Despite the Buckeyes’ prior success against the Bulldogs and an upcoming matchup with No. 2 Minnesota, Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said her team cannot afford to look past Minnesota Duluth.

“The second you don’t respect your opponent, you get yourself in a lot of trouble,” Muzerall said. “When we did win, they weren’t easy wins.”

The Bulldogs have dropped only one game at home on the season, which matches up favorably against an Ohio State team that is .500 on the road, despite being 10-2 at home.

Muzerall said she expects a tougher matchup in the Bulldogs’ backyard.

“It’s a tough place to play,” she said. “We have a young team and we try to remind them that these games all matter. Now we’re in a fight to win all these games on the road.”

One of Muzerall’s young stars is sophomore forward Emma Maltais, who has 11 more points than any other Buckeye this

Buckeyes, Maltais said team intensity is at a season high.

“Playing Wisconsin is always exciting,” Maltais said. “I think it’s about continuing that hype towards this weekend. Muzzy’s trying to drill it into us that these games are so crucial for where we end up in the season.”

“The second you don’t respect your opponent, you get yourself in a lot of trouble.”

NADINE MUZERALL Ohio State head women’s hockey coach

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The Ohio State women’s hockey team lines up prior to the start of the game against Minnesota on Jan. 19, 2018. Ohio State won 3-2.

season. She said despite the Bulldogs’ losing record, they aren’t to be taken lightly.

“We know Duluth’s a really good team,” Maltais said. “We like to take every weekend the same.”

Ohio State dominated the Bulldogs offensively in its last series, with a shot discrepancy of 75-50 and a hat trick in the second game by sophomore forward Tatum Skaggs.

Muzerall said a high volume of shots is key to getting pucks past Minnesota Duluth’s Olympic gold medal-winning redshirt

junior goalie, Maddie Rooney.

“They’ve got a gold medalist starting goalie and you know you’re going to have to get a lot of shots on net,” Muzerall said.

“Our girls are going to go in with the confidence that we put six or seven past her last time we played them.”

The Buckeyes ascended two spots in the national rankings after upsetting a topranked Wisconsin team Friday that had won 11 straight.

Though the Badgers avenged the loss the next day with a 5-2 dismantling of the

The Bulldogs and Buckeyes shared the No. 7 ranking when they previously met on the ice, but a five-game losing skid that saw Minnesota Duluth go winless in November knocked the Bulldogs out of the national poll.

After a roller coaster season that has seen them go from preseason No. 9 to a record of 2-9 on the road, Minnesota Duluth has won two of its past three games, with wins against Minnesota State and Bemidji State.

The Bulldogs will try and make it four out of five with a revenge win against the WCHA rival Buckeyes this weekend.

The puck drops in Duluth, Minnesota, at 8:07 p.m. on Friday, and again at 5:07 p.m.

Saturday.