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Ohio State researcher urges younger generation to be educated about HIV.

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Fishbowl Improv brings two-night comedy festival to Ohio Union this weekend.

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A student walks across The Oval braving the frigid temperatures while classes were canceled on Wednesday, Jan. 30.

EDWARD SUTELAN Editor-in-Chief sutelan.1@osu.edu Ohio State’s campus was nearly empty Wednesday, with classes being canceled due to weather for just the 14th time since 1978.

While there will not be a 15th day of canceled classes in the near future, students will still be able to sleep in a little longer on Thursday.

The university announced Wednesday afternoon that campus will reopen at 7 a.m.

Thursday, but classes before 11 a.m. will be canceled.

A release sent out by the university said all

staff should report to work according to their normal schedule.

“The health, safety and well-being of our students, faculty and staff continues to be our top priority,” the release said. “The university takes very seriously our obligation to provide the full measure of instruction to tuition-paying students, and for that reason, we try to remain open. In consultation with medical experts and our public safety professionals, the university has determined we can do so safely.”

Andy Hatzos, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio, said the high on Thursday will be 11 degrees in the afternoon and the low will be minus 8 in the

morning. However, factoring in wind chill, there will be a high of zero in the afternoon and a low of minus 22 in the morning.

Hatzos said there will be steady winds around 10 mph throughout the day, and the weather Thursday morning will be similar to the conditions Wednesday afternoon.

While it will gradually warm up, Hatzos warned that frostbite can still occur in 20 to 30 minutes if skin is exposed.

All student life services, including dining facilities and recreational facilities, will return to normal operation Thursday morning.

Wexner Medical Center locations and Student Health Services will also remain open.

Columbus Police looking for missing woman ZACH VARDA Campus Editor varda.6@osu.edu Columbus Police investigators are asking the community for help in locating a missing woman described as high-risk and distraught.

Police identified the woman as Amber Evans, a light-skinned black female with dark curly hair.

Evans, 28, is an Ohio State alumna and former Lantern reporter.

Her car was located at the Scioto Mile and she was last seen wearing a white parka and black leggings.

Police said she went missing following a domestic dispute, but her father, Brian Peters, has since posted on Facebook and said that there was no domestic violence involved.

“I want to make clear there was no domestic violence,” the post said. “Her boyfriend is a good man.”

Police have deployed a drone and infrared camera in the area, but are yet to find anything.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Columbus Police at 614-645-4280 or email Detective Jason Brammer at jbrammer@columbuspolice. org.

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The director of Ohio State’s Counseling and Consultation Services office was ordered to undergo sexual misconduct training last year after a university investigation found sufficient evidence of misconduct.

Micky Sharma, who oversees the university’s main mental health resource for students, was accused of sexism and inappropriate touching, according to an anonymous complaint filed in January 2018.

“Ohio State does not tolerate sexual misconduct of any kind, and these misconduct complaints were thoroughly investigated,” Ben Johnson, Ohio State spokesman, said in a statement. “In accordance with Ohio State’s sexual misconduct policy and the findings of the investigation, the university issued formal corrective action.”

The Office of Student Life sent Sharma an official reprimand July 9, informing him he had violated sexual misconduct policy, that he would be required to attend sexual misconduct training in person at Ohio State, take “Leadership Blind Spots” training online, and that any further transgressions would result in further punishment, including up to termination.

“I regret that my actions made anyone uncomfortable, and I have done much reflection on accountability and respect and how I can advance these values in all areas of my life now and in the future,” Sharma said in a statement to The Lantern.

In a July 31 letter to Student Life, Sharma wrote that he disagreed with the findings and called them the result of an “unethical, one-sided, culturally insensitive process.”

Public records obtained by The Lantern included statements from two unnamed female employees who said Sharma inappropriately touched them, sent them suggestive text messages and made flirtatious comments.

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New research provides insights for HIV treatment LYDIA WEYRICH Lantern reporter weyrich.4@osu.edu An Ohio State researcher who has made groundbreaking discoveries in HIV treatment wants to remind the younger generation that HIV is not a curable disease, and the danger is still real.

Dr. Susan Koletar, director of Ohio State’s Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine, has been studying HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, for the past 30 years.

In Koletar’s study, the START trial, she researched the benefits and consequences associated with starting treatment at different stages of HIV once a person knows they have contracted the infection.

She said that in the past, doctors were hesitant to start treatment right away because of the problematic side effects of the medications.

Koletar remembered a patient from the 1990s who said, “I would just rather die than take these medicines.”

According to Koletar, despite the fact that an HIV treatment with minimal side effects has been invented, there was little research on when to start treatment.

Koletar’s research sought the an-

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Susan Koletar has been researching HIV for the past 30 years and has made groundbreaking discoveries in treatment.

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In her START study, Koletar ran trials with thousands of participants to learn the best time to start treatment.

Koletar said most people are aware of HIV, but many people do not see it as a serious condition.

While there is a successful treatment for HIV, it does not come without burdens.

“It is not necessarily devastating news when people of [the

“In some ways we become victims of our own success ... [Our young patients] don’t really understand how devastating HIV can be.”

CARLOS MALVESTUTTO Infectious disease doctor Wexner Medical Center

younger] generation get infected because they think ‘Oh I’ll just take a pill,’ well [they’re] taking a pill for the rest of [their] life,” Koletar said. “There are probably things that we don’t know.”

She said that the success of the treatment should not encourage people to engage in risky behavior such as unprotected sex and intravenous drug use.

“The danger is complacency,” Koletar said. “We’ve been so suc-

cessful with [HIV treatment].”

Carlos Malvestutto, an infectious disease doctor at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, shares Koletar’s opinion when it comes to the dangers of complacency and HIV. Malvestutto said that generally the millennial generation does not know anyone who has died from AIDS, let alone anyone who has HIV to begin with. While that is a positive outcome of HIV prevention, it has resulted in a misunderstanding of the disease among the younger generation.

The issue is that younger people no longer see the urgency of the illness firsthand, which results in a lot of naive behavior, Malvestutto said. He has had young patients come for treatment when the virus had already escalated to AIDS, attributing the delay to the current widespread misconception of HIV. “In some ways we become victims of our own success,” Malvestutto said. “[Our young patients] don’t really understand how devastating HIV can be.”

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Unwanted physical contact In 2012, a woman listed as “Witness 2” in the report, said that during a car ride, Sharma made unwanted contact with her by placing his hand on her upper thigh.

The woman told investigators that during a drive to Otterbein University for a conference/talk Sharma pointed to printed directions on her lap and then let his hand rest on her upper thigh.

The woman told investigators she found the contact “somewhat” sexual in nature, but would not describe it as groping. She believed it was meant to intimidate her

“I regret that my actions made anyone uncomfortable, and I have done much reflection on accountability and respect and how I can advance these values in all areas of my life now and in the future.”

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and assert Sharma’s power. She was, at the time, a fellow applying for a senior staff position and refused to ride in cars with Sharma after the incident, according to the report.

Sharma denied ever touching the upper thigh of an employee in his interview with investigators.

Another woman listed as “Witness 1” said she experienced unwanted, prolonged physical contact by Sharma in February 2015 while attending a Big Ten conference in Nebraska with CCS staff.

The woman told investigators that during a walk to dinner that was estimated to be more than 15 minutes, Sharma put his arms around her in a way that she described was like trying to protect her from the cold.

Sharma never removed his arm, but he did not try to make any further contact. She was a trainee at the time.

The woman said she didn’t think the contact was sexual in nature, but that it made her feel strange and uncomfortable, and that Sharma did it to show the power differential between them.

In addition to their specific incidents, both Witness 1 and 2 described interactions with Sharma where he squeezed their shoulders.

Sharma acknowledged giving consensual hugs and high fives, and said that he would occasionally pat employees on the arm or back as a way of encouragement.

Flirting and messaging Witnesses 1 and 2 both told investigators that Sharma would frequently send them text messages outside of work about nonwork matters.

Witness 1 said that in October 2016 she received a text message from Sharma that she believes was not intended for her, but implied that he was trying to set her up with someone else romantically. Sharma had previously asked her in June 2016 if she was single, according to documents.

When Sharma was made aware of this situation, he said that the message was not about the employee, but rather that of a friend whose daughter has the same first name and that he was not trying to set up a female employee.

Witness 1 told investigators about another specific instance that made her uncomfortable in which Sharma sent her pictures of high heels with the message, “You need these shoes. They are the type you like.”

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The witness perceived the text to be flirtatious, and another witness who was aware of the text told investigators it was inappropriate.

Sharma told investigators he had commented on her shoes because she had a hurt ankle and that he did not remember sending the picture. Witness 1 did not mention an injured ankle in the report.

Witness 1 said Sharma would message her on and off, beginning while she was a fellow, but the texting was so frequent that other employees made comments about it.

She said they were never sexual in nature, but she perceived them as flirtatious.

The woman said the number of text messages sent to her felt inappropriate, but she felt she had to respond because he was her boss.

Five of the other witnesses were aware of Sharma texting Witness 1, with one of the other witnesses saying the behavior was odd and inappropriate.

Describing the behavior as weird, Witness 2 said Sharma would text her frequently, beginning when she was a fellow.

Witness 2 told investigators that Sharma on multiple occasions would send her pictures of blonde women at sporting events that were clearly not her with the message, “Are you having fun at the game?”

When made aware of these allegations Sharma said he had never sent messages of this nature and that he never sent messages to trainees.

Sharma also said that he does engage in banter and jokes with employees and, SHARMA CONTINUES ON 3

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due to the size of the office, with some employees more than others. He said he did not know if it was perceived as flirtatious.

Two other witnesses said they believe Sharma has a lack of awareness regarding his behavior and the perception it creates. The witnesses said they had discussed the behavior among themselves but not with Sharma. One of them explicitly stated they had witnessed behavior they perceived as flirting with an employee.

Comments in the workplace In addition to the comments about her shoes, Witness 1 said that Sharma would make comments about how she was dressed or her appearance. While she said they were not sexual in nature, the woman said that Sharma’s comments caused her to begin to think about how she was dressed and her appearance prior to coming to work.

Witness 2 said that after she returned from maternity leave, Sharma made comments about her body approximately five to 10 times. In one instance, Sharma made a comment about her body in a meeting that caused the meeting to stop and for attendees to look at her.

Sharma told investigators that he does not make comments about the bodies of employees. When made aware of the specific claim of Witness 2, he said if he did make the comment, it would’ve been intended as a compliment.

Both witnesses 1 and 2 said they never observed Sharma making comments about the appearances of male employees.

In addition to comments about her appearance, Witness 2 said Sharma made sexist remarks to her when she asked about a salary review. The woman said that when she brought up the raise of another employee and asked if it was possible for her to get a higher salary, Sharma called her a “spoiled brat” and said other Big Ten offices would feel the same way about her.

Sharma told investigators that he told Witness 2 that those in her profession — specializing in eating disorders — were perceived as spoiled brats but that he never called the employee herself a spoiled brat.

The other 14 witnesses said they did not recall any sexist remarks by Sharma, but that they believed Sharma calling one female employee “bossypants” could be perceived as sexist. The witness who was called “bossypants” said she did not find it sexist. Sharma said he stopped calling the employee “bossypants” to avoid the perception of sexism.

Criticism of investigation In Sharma’s letter to Senior Vice President for Student Life Javaune Adams-Gaston following his reprimand, he said that he “vehemently disagreed” with the findings of the investigation and raised concerns with the process.

Sharma said that the investigation was approached with a presumption of guilt and that while interviews followed up on items raised by witnesses, they never followed up on ones he raised.

He said the investigation was biased against him. When asked about stereo-

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Public records provided to The Lantern included a certificate from Micky Sharma’s completion of “Understanding of Sexual Misconduct Policy” training date Aug. 28, 2018.

Sharma was required to complete the training after an investigation found he violated university sexual misconduct policy.

types against white women, Sharma said he had none. He asked investigators if the witnesses were asked about stereotypes against Indian men, and they told him no.

Sharma said that an accurate set of findings could not be reported without looking into the question of stereotypes of Indian men and asked if the findings would be the same if he were white.

Sharma also questioned the length and finality of the findings. He said that the five-month investigation took far too long and was disrespectful to him and his staff.

He also said that not allowing for an appeals process was unfair, especially since one of the witnesses interviewed was someone with which he had an unresolved disagreement years ago.

Finally, Sharma said that the investigators did not respect his work or that of his staff. He raised concerns that one witness was interviewed the same week that they were interviewing for a pay raise. He also raised concerns that investigators contacted him to schedule a second interview while he was helping coordinate a crisis response for a university tragedy.

Corrective Action Public records indicate that Sharma completed both his in-person and online training that was required by the Office of Student Life.

Public records provided to The Lantern included a certificate from Sharma’s completion of “Understanding of Sexual Misconduct Policy” training date Aug. 28, 2018.

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Fishbowl Improv to have its sixth annual Tides Comedy Festival KIERAN DUHL Lantern reporter duhl.12@osu.edu Fishbowl Improv, one of Ohio State’s student comedy groups, is hosting its sixth annual Tides Comedy Festival on Friday and Saturday.

The two-night comedy festival will feature Ohio State groups such as Fishbowl, 8th Floor Improv and Women of OSU Comedy. There will also be comedy groups from various universities around the Midwest, professional improv teams and comedians from across the country.

The festival is a great opportunity for those who are not well-acquainted with comedy to have a great experience, and it provides the collegiate comedians a way to network and improve their skills, said Jackson Donaldson, a fourth-year in electrical engineering and president of Fishbowl Improv.

“All of the performers get to do workshops with the pros the next day,” he said.

Some of the professional comedians in attendance will be Hannah Boone, who got her start at the famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood, and Jenn Sny-

der, who began at a comedy club in Columbia, South Carolina.

Collegiate comedy groups will be visiting from Michigan State, Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and more. The groups will be performing a combination of stand-up, sketch and improv comedy skits. In previous years, the festival has been dedicated specifically to stand-up comedy.

Fishbowl Improv hosts smaller comedy shows every other month, but hopes the magnitude of this festival will help spread laughs and appreciation for comedy.

“I’m excited to share my passion for comedy with the other comedians who are coming, and I’m excited to just experience the marathon of comedy,” said Sam Bloch, a second-year in logistics management and aviation management and a performing member of Fishbowl Improv. “It’s really fun to sit and watch and sort of lose yourself in the foolishness that’s going on on stage.”

The Tides 6 Comedy Festival will be taking place Feb. 1 and 2 in the U.S. Bank Conference Theatre in the Ohio Union from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Admission is free.

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Students from Fishbowl Improv prepare for their two-day comedy festival, Tides 6 Comedy Festival.

Magnolia Thunderpussy intends to stay a premier vinyl shop in Columbus CEIONÉ PAFFORD Lantern reporter pafford.5@osu.edu When looking for vinyl from artists — past or present — there’s one place in Columbus that’s been an option since 1970: Magnolia Thunderpussy.

Located on North High Street, Magnolia is home to a wide variety of musical genres ranging from classical to hip-hop and in the forms of CDs and vinyl.

“When we opened up, it was only one or two other record stores.” owner Chuck Kubat said.

Kubat said the store’s origin began at Michigan State and was so successful, they decided to come to Columbus.

Kubat said the ultimate goal was to get a shop in the “top 10 or 13 universities” at the time. Two years after opening the store, however, the partnership dissolved. Kubat decided to keep his location open while the East Lansing location eventually closed down.

The store is small but has a very large collection of some of the most critically acclaimed albums of all-time, as well as today’s newest releases in a large vinyl and CD selection.

“It’s all intrinsic, every bit of it” Kubat said.

Kubat said the resurgence of vinyl is due to both the social aspect of visiting a vinyl shop and its newfound novelty.

“I think the reason it’s selling is because, for one thing, it makes your life more social,” Kubat said. “Whereas with the digital thing, you’ve got your headphones on and walking around, it’s not really a social thing. With vinyl, you go out and buy a record, then you take it home, call your friends and tell them to come to check it out.”

With bigger corporations like Amazon broadening their stock to include a plethora of items, Magnolia is willing to grow and compete. They were one of the first vinyl shops in Ohio to have an online presence with their own website and app that allows customers to make online purchases from the store.

The store is soon approaching its 50th anniversary and looks to stay as one of the essential record shops in Columbus.

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Magnolia Thunderpussy has had a prescence in the Columbus community for nearly 50 years.

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Charles Kubat, founder of Magnolia Thunderpussy, and his daughter, Charlotte KubatVishak, take a break from operating the store for a picture.

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Ohio State dance students prepare for Winter Concert NAOMI BAKER Lantern reporter baker.25@osu.edu

Cue lights, cue sound, cue dancers; it’s showtime for the Ohio State dance department as it hosts its annual Winter Concert this weekend in the Barnett Theatre.

On the third floor of Sullivant Hall, this student-run production gives dance majors the chance to showcase to the public the work they do in the classroom. From running lights to choreographing a piece, students take on any role they want in producing the show.

“To me, this performance is a visual gathering and kind of like a resume,” Alexandra Cassidy, a third-year in dance and a choreographer of the show, said. “When I graduate, I’m going to have to use some of the performances to show what I’ve done as a dancer and choreographer.”

While having complete control over the show, the students had the guidance of David Covey, their professor and production manager.

“It’s so satisfying. It’s a brand new experience [for the students],” Covey said. “They’ve never done this before, but once they get through the first tech rehearsal, they feel super empowered and they take ownership of it.”

With no overarching theme in the production, students had creative freedom when putting together their pieces.

“I wanted my piece to look how it feels, so hopefully my piece feels very dreamy and imaginative through the use of ripples and currents,” student choreographer Jacqueleen Bordjadze, a third-year in dance, said.

Dancer and choreographer Sutton Coffey, a third-year in dance, had a different take for his routine.

“The music for my piece is very repetitive and sectional, almost choppy, so my movements will reflect that,” Coffey said.

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Ohio State dance department will hold its annual Winter Concert in Sullivant Hall this weekend.

After all of the time and hard work put in, the payoff in the end for the dancers and crew is their growth. Bordjadze said it is fun to see the growth and development of the students into artists during their time.

While Covey sees it every day in classes and rehearsals, the concert allows the public to see the talent of the dance program.

“I’m always excited to share with the community what

amazing work our students do,” Covey said. “They are extremely talented, hard-working, motivated kids.”

General admission is $15 and can be purchased at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office and online on Ticketmaster. Ohio State faculty, staff, students, and Alumni Association members; senior citizens; non-Ohio State students; children; and military veterans may purchase tickets for $10.

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TIDES 6 COMEDY FESTIVAL 6 p.m. | Ohio Union Fishbowl Improv’s annual two-day comedy festival will return for its sixth year this weekend. The show will feature professional and collegiate comedians from across the country, including 8th Floor Improv Comedy group, Jenn Snyder, Hannah Boone and The No Parking Players from Carnegie Mellon University, just to name a few. Admission is free.

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COLUMBUS ROYAL PRINCESS BALL 9 a.m. | Doubletree by Hilton Columbus-Worthington This weekend, Cinderella, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and many more will be in Columbus. The Royal Princess Ball will feature stage performances, dancing and picture opportunities, in addition to princess games, story time, sing-alongs and many more activities. Tickets begin at $32 plus fees via Eventbrite.

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Ohio State’s Korean Student Association is bringing back its largest annual event this weekend. The show will feature traditional and modern performances and activities for attendees. Admission is free for all.

The event will feature 25-minute “tastes” of fitness from various studios and health and wellness experience “stations” such as yoga, high intensity interval training and guided meditation.

Attendees are encouraged to take as many classes as possible.

Tickets begin at $30 plus fees via Ticketmaster.

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Momentum-driven Ohio State attempts to stall struggling Illinois

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Ohio State redshirt senior guard Carmen Grande (1) attempts to put up a layup in the second half of the game against Indiana on Jan 10. Ohio State won 55-50.

BRIAN NELSON Lantern reporter nelson.1302@osu.edu With two straight losses and only one road win — an overtime win against Penn State — to its name, the odds were not in the Ohio State women’s basketball team’s favor as it headed up to Minneapolis to face off against Minnesota.

Throughout most of the game, the odds

seemed to be correct as Minnesota maintained a steady lead against the Buckeyes.

But a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter was all Ohio State needed to get a victory against the Golden Gophers, 65-55 on Monday.

The Buckeyes did this all without the help of freshman forward Dorka Juhasz, who missed the past two games with a sprained ankle injury she suffered against Michigan on Jan. 20.

Instead, freshman forward Aaliyah Patty scored 20 points to lead the way for Ohio State in her second start of the season.

Now, the Buckeyes will try and build off the road win as they head back to Columbus to take on Illinois.

Momentum is on Ohio State’s side heading into this game. Illinois is currently riding a six-game losing streak and is last in the Big Ten with a 1-8 record in conference play.

However, Illinois is not a team to be taken lightly as veteran players like Beasley and Wittinger will pose a tough threat for the Buckeyes. Both players have scored more than 1,000 points in their career and will continue to add to their totals on Thursday.

With each game, Ohio State has been getting more consistent on both sides of the court. After a dismal 2-5 record in December, the Buckeyes have turned things around in January with wins over two ranked opponents in Indiana and Michigan State and a 4-3 record.

This has been helped by both veteran and new presences on the court. Santoro, Waterman and Grande have been consistent on all sides of the ball, racking up points, assists, rebounds and forcing turnovers to propel Ohio State forward.

Crooms has scored 10 points in five of her past seven games and averaged a total of 13 points per game over that stretch.

Ohio State will take on Illinois at the Schottenstein Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

PROJECTED STARTERS Ohio State G - Carly Santoro - Redshirt senior 11.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.3 apg

G - Carmen Grande - Redshirt senior 7.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 5.1 apg

G - Janai Crooms - Freshman 7.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.5 apg

F - Aaliyah Patty - Freshman 6.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 0.1 apg

F - Makayla Waterman - Redshirt senior 7.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.7 apg

Illinois G - Brandi Beasley - Junior 11.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 5.2 apg

G - Cierra Rice - Senior 8.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.6 apg

G - Courtney Joens - Sophomore 6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.3 apg

F - Alex Wittinger - Freshman 15.1 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.2 apg

F - Ali Andrews - Junior 6.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 apg

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Answer Key for Jan. 29: Across 1. Abba 5. IBM 8. Ozark 13. Goes 14. Esau 15. Popin 16. Ales 17. Malt 18. Torme 19. Rotini 21. Desi 23. SSW 24. Gang

26. Dice 28. Ringer 30. Tatas 33. Dan 34. Snoop 37. Lamps 39. Ands 41. Tunes 43. Lois 44. Build 46. Poach 48. Rls 49. Pairs 51. Crewel

53. Marm 55. Euro 56. Aid 59. Fail 61. Parade 65. Drift 67. Dell 69. Slap 70. Movie 71. Ante 72. Earp 73. Snare 74. Sad 75. Nits

Down 1. Agar 2. Bolo 3. Beet 4. Assign 5. Isa 6. Bald 7. Muted 8. Optical 9. Zoo 10. Aprs 11. Rims 12. Knew 14. Eminent

20. Nags 22. Sit 25. Group 27. Etal 28. Ranup 29. India 31. Amore 32. Spill 33. Dab 35. Ono 36. Peace 38. SSS 40. Slim 42. Scruple

45. Draftee 47. Hera 50. Sra 52. Worsen 54. Midas 56. Adms 57. Iron 58. Diva 60. Lena 62. Alai 63. Dart 64. Epps 66. Fir 68. Ltd

Across

1. D-H connectors 4. Designer Kenneth 8. Grace finale 12. Boring 14. Massive 15. Grotto 16. Part of Indonesia 17. Escape detection 18. Changed the color 19. Schoolchildren’s needs 21. Suburban train 23. Obedience school students 24. 100 years 25. Youth development 27. Puts down roots 31. Trigger’s tidbit 32. In front 34. Book club lady 36. Sedan

38. Title holder 40. Respectful title 41. Leg joints 43. Old Ford 45. Baseball ____ 46. Overdue debts 48. Shot in the dark 50. Raised railways 51. Purposes 52. “Third time’s the ____” 55. Embraced 58. Large amount 59. Jimmy of the “Daily Planet” 61. Airline to the Mideast (2 wds.)

63. Auditorium 64. Some tides 65. Jane Austen novel 66. Attaches 67. Car damage 68. James Bond, e.g.

Down

1. Wane 2. Tent opening 3. Actor Gordon 4. Honeycomb units 5. “Just the Two ___” (2 wds.)

6. Inc., to a Brit 7. Lacin locale 8. “Back in Black” band 9. Poet Angelou 10. Daredevil Knievel 11. “Simpsons” character Flanders 13. Inhabitant if India, often 14. Seven Dwarfs’ worksong (hyph.)

20. Mrs. Dithers 22. Informed about 24. Surrenders territory 25. Animal life 26. Playful swimmer 27. Smooths wood 28. Vinyl records (abbr.)

29. Idle and Clapton 30. FDR’s mother et al.

31. Acorn, later 33. Pitchers 35. With it 37. Above, to a bard 39. Areas 42. Observer 44. Sugar quantity 47. Nut often found in chocolate bars 49. First name in cosmetics 51. Expert 52. Garbed 53. Clasped 54. Cobblers’ tools 55. “... ____ elephant’s eye” (2 wds.)

56. Shade sources 57. Humid 58. ____ Na Na 60. Grant’s foe 62. Install carpeting

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No. 4 Ohio State to host No. 11 Notre Dame in defensive battle MICHAEL BENZINGER Lantern reporter benzinger.3@osu.edu The No. 4 Ohio State men’s hockey team (15-5-4, 8-3-3 Big Ten) will face No. 11 Notre Dame (14-8-3, 7-6-2 Big Ten) at home this weekend following a bye week.

The stakes are high: The Buckeyes have managed to keep their No. 1 ranking in the Big Ten, but the Fighting Irish are trailing just four points behind at No. 2.

With six points on the line in the upcoming series against Notre Dame, redshirt junior defenseman Wyatt Ege understands the pressure coming in the matchup.

“Over the last few years, every time we play them it seems like it’s a one-goal game; a very tight game, and I don’t expect anything different this weekend.”

STEVE ROHLIK Ohio State head men’s hockey coach

“You’re never too safe in the Big Ten,” Ege said. “With us being a top-end team, we can’t give up any room.”

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Ohio State then-junior forward Mason Jobst (26) and then-redshirt sophomore defenseman Wyatt Ege (7) fight for possession of the puck in the first period of the game against Wisconsin on Feb. 23, 2018 in the Schottenstein Center.

The Fighting Irish are led by a pair of seniors in forward Dylan Malmquist and defenseman Bobby Nardella. Both players average a point per game with 25 apiece, while junior forward Cal Burke leads the team with nine goals.

Expect a war of attrition in these upcoming matches: Both teams have allowed fewer goals than any other team during conference play, with Notre Dame allowing 42 and Ohio State allowing 29.

Strong defense won the day the last time these two teams met in South Bend, Indiana, seeing Ohio State win 1-0 in the first game and Notre Dame win 2-1 the following night.

Notre Dame runs through junior goalie Cale Morris, who was voted Big Ten Player of the Year a season ago.

Morris has a .927 goals against average and a 2.40 goals against average, which are No. 11 and No. 28 in the NCAA, respec-

tively.

Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik said he is prepared for the defensive capabilities of the Fighting Irish.

“I think our guys know we have to be at our best to beat them,” Rohlik said. “Over the last few years, every time we play them it seems like it’s a one-goal game; a very tight game, and I don’t expect anything different this weekend.”

While Notre Dame has one of the strongest defenses in the Big Ten, it also has the lowest number of goals scored in Big Ten games, having scored 39 times as opposed to Ohio State’s 49.

Both teams are currently riding a wave of momentum, with the Buckeyes having won their past three games and Notre Dame on a four-game winning streak.

Senior forward Brendon Kearney said a matchup with Notre Dame brings plenty of excitement and a great atmosphere.

“I think when we get out there, we know we’re going to have a good crowd,” Kearney said. “Buckeye Nation always seems to come out and support us in the Big Ten games, especially with Notre Dame. I think just being out there and hearing the support from them will really help us.”

Ohio State and Notre Dame will play at the Schottenstein Center, with the first game against Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on Friday, and the second game at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

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Ohio State sophomore goalie Amanda Zeglen (31) defends the goal in the women’s hockey game against Minnesota on Jan 26.

Ohio State lost 7-1.

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Ohio State head women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff signals to the team in a game against Indiana on Jan. 10. Ohio State won 55-50.

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trail. In their two seasons together, Mitchell and Mavunga, both former five-star recruits, with Mavunga transferring to Ohio State from North Carolina prior to the 2016-17 season, the Buckeyes entered the NCAA Tournament as a five- and three-seed respectively, going as far as the Sweet 16 in the 2017 Tournament.

However, with the loss of both Mitchell and Mavunga after last season, McGuff did not have high-profile recruits to replace them.

That was going to come in the 2019 recruiting class, bringing in four five-star players, all of which were in the ESPN Top 100, including guard Kierstan Bell, who, from McKinley High School in

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Ohio State head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann puts his hands up in the air shortly before getting a technical foul in the first half of the game against Purdue on Jan. 23. Ohio State lost 79-67.

Canton, was named as a two-time Ms. Ohio Basketball.

Until then, McGuff had to play a roster primarily filled with the two extremes — freshmen or graduate transfers.

And the Buckeyes struggled at points, going through a five-game losing streak of their own from Dec. 20 to Jan. 5.

Ohio State has three players in Big Ten play that average double-digit scoring in redshirt senior guard Carly Santoro, freshman guard Janai Crooms and freshman forward Dorka Juhasz. The Buckeyes are also getting outrebounded in conference play 37.3 to 34.4 while shooting 40.5 percent from the field and 36.5 percent from 3.

“I think it just shows when we

are doing the things that makes us good, we are being stingy defensively, we are being aggressive on the boards, we are taking care of the basketball, we can compete with anybody,” McGuff said.

“We just have to be able to do that for longer stretches of period in a game for us to finish those games out and win.”

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In her freshman season, Polusny set single-season Huskies records with four shutouts and a 2.20 goals-against average to go along with a top 10 NCAA save percentage at .934.

Despite having given up eight more goals than Alder in two fewer games this year, Polusny’s play has yielded better team results.

Her 5-7-1 season record is favorable to Alder’s, which, at 3-11-1, gives her the lowest winning percentage in the WCHA. St. Cloud State jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Ohio State in their Nov. 2 matchup, before a pair of goals from Field and another from sophomore forward Emma Maltais gave the Buckeyes the ultimate edge. However, overcoming early deficits has not been Ohio State’s strong suit of late, having allowed single periods of four, five and six goals during its losing skid.

Despite a 5-7 away record this season, Field said the Buckeyes enjoy playing on the road at St. Cloud State.

“We do like playing on that Olympic-sized sheet,” Field said.

“I think we can play that to our advantage. We can use our speed.”

Ohio State junior forward Olivia Soares said the veterans are largely responsible for displaying a heightened intensity and sense of urgency at this late stage in the season.

“For our newcomers, we’re trying to implement for them to understand that every weekend’s a playoff from now on,” Soares said. “It’s an important time to shift.”

Game One begins at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with a 4:07 p.m. puck drop on Friday.

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Ohio State men’s and women’s basketball on similar path during 2018-19 season

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COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu Chris Holtmann and Kevin McGuff had different paths to the head coaching job for Ohio State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Both have brought Ohio State success in their tenures, each leading their respective teams to appearances in the respective NCAA tournaments. Both have seen their share of star athletes make the transition to the professional level, with guard Kelsey Mitchell and forward Stephanie Mavunga for McGuff and forward Keita Bates-Diop for Holtmann.

But both have seen their fair share of struggles during the 2018-19 season, with postseason expectations dwindling with each loss the two teams take.

And both programs seem to

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have s i g nificant plans for the future, each bringing in a recruiting class for the 2019-20 season that has the potential to return each coach to the success that brought them to Ohio State initially.

Men’s Basketball Holtmann knew he was not going to have the depth he had a season ago. At the beginning of the season, it did not matter. Ohio State won 10 of its 11 nonconference games to start the year.

But without the size it once had, losing center Micah Potter via transfer before the season and sophomore forward Kyle Young due to injury during the season,

the Buckeyes, according to Holtmann, developed a misunderstanding of how difficult Big Ten play would be.

Ohio State recorded five straight losses in its return to Big Ten play on Jan. 5, ending its streak on Jan. 26 with a 70-60 win on the road against Nebraska. But the schedule didn’t get easier for the Buckeyes, losing Tuesday to No. 5 Michigan 65-49, their worst loss of the season.

“You guys have heard me for the last month and a half; I’ve been saying that there are concerns I have about us, and we just have to keep working to address it.”

CHRIS HOLTMANN Ohio State head men’s basketball coach

“You guys have heard me for the last month and a half; I’ve been saying that there are concerns I have about us, and we just have to keep working to address it,” Holtmann said.

With the foul trouble of the team’s leading scorer — sophomore forward Kaleb Wesson, who has fouled out of three of his past five games — Ohio State has struggled with offensive consistency. The Buckeyes are averaging 67 points per game, while shooting 42.3 percent from the field in Big Ten play.

Defensively, Ohio State is allowing opponents to shoot 43.3 percent from the field and 36 percent from 3 in conference play.

Despite the Buckeyes’ start outside of conference play, they are one of two teams in the Big Ten this season without a win against an AP Top 25 opponent.

But the future for Ohio State seems bright.

In his first full recruiting period since taking the job prior to the 2017-18 season, Holtmann has secured commits from three four-

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star players — guard DJ Carton, the No. 1 player from Iowa, forward Alonzo Gaffney, the No. 2 player from New Hampshire, and E.J. Liddell, the No. 1 player from Illinois.

Heading into the 2019-20 season, Ohio State will have No. 1 recruiting class in the Big Ten, according to the 247Sports rankings, and the No. 10 class in the country.

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No. 9 Ohio State tries to snap streak against St. Cloud State GRIFFIN STROM Lantern reporter strom.25@osu.edu The Ohio State women’s hockey team will travel to St. Cloud State this weekend where it hopes to snap a five-game losing streak and regain NCAA tournament positioning with a season sweep against the Huskies.

Despite being in last place in the WCHA, St. Cloud State (818-2, 3-14 WCHA) lost by only one goal in its two previous 3-2 losses against the No. 9 Buckeyes (15-11, 9-9 WCHA) in Columbus on Nov. 2 and 3.

“They have the two most superior goaltenders in the country,” Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said. “[Janine] Alder’s their backbone to their team.”

St. Cloud State junior goalie Janine Alder has the highest save percentage in the WCHA at .940 and played for the Swiss national team in the past two Winter Olympics, receiving a bronze medal for her contributions in 2014.

The Buckeyes have been outscored 30-10 during their fivegame drought, putting them at odds against a goalie in Alder, who is coming off a season-high 50 saves against No. 1 Wisconsin.

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Ohio State freshman forward Sara Saekkinen (25) drives the puck down the ice in the game against Minnesota on Jan 26. Ohio State lost 7-1.

“We know that these two games are extremely important for us. I’m not talking about it too much now because I think they know, and the pressure’s already weighing in on them.”

NADINE MUZERALL Ohio State head women’s hockey coach

“We’ve been struggling to get the puck in the net,” Ohio State senior forward Madison Field said. “We don’t need to focus too much on their goalie. We know she’s a good goalie; our whole league has good goalies.”

Only the top eight teams qualify for the NCAA tournament, which is often decided through the Pairwise rankings.

Ohio State currently is tied for No. 8 in the league, which means it has the potential to be on the outside looking in, but Muzerall said she isn’t harping on it to her players.

“We know that these two games are extremely important for us,” Muzerall said. “I’m not talking about it too much now because I think they know, and the pressure’s already weighing in on them.”

Ohio State boasts a Swiss Olympic goalie of its own in freshman Andrea Braendli, who played alongside Alder in 2018, but has also given up 14 goals in her past seven periods.

Muzerall said Braendli is expected to get back in the rhythm against a St. Cloud State offense that has put up just 1.93 goals per game on the season, tied for 11th fewest in the NCAA. “Hopefully that motivates Andrea that she’s going to be competing against her Swiss nemesis, as they are No. 1 and No. 2 in Switzerland,” Muzerall said.

St. Cloud State sophomore goalie Emma Polusny has split games with Alder all year, with 13 starts on the season to Alder’s 15.

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