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AMANDA ETCHISON Senior Lantern reporter etchison.4@osu.edu

Left: MARK BATKE / Photo editor, Right: RACHEL MEERT / Indiana Daily Student

Left: OSU sophomore defensive lineman Joey Bosa reacts after a sack against Minnesota on Nov. 15 in Minneapolis. OSU won, 31-24. Right: Indiana junior running back Tevin Coleman carries the ball against North Texas on Oct. 4 in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana won, 49-24.

OSU staying focused on Indiana

JAMES GREGA, JR. Asst. sports editor grega.9@osu.edu A Heisman candidate, a Lombardi Award finalist and a jump in the College Football Playoff rankings are all topics surrounding the Ohio State football team.

Coach Urban Meyer, however, is only focused on one thing.

“I’m just worried about Indiana,” Meyer said Monday.

The Hoosiers (3-7, 0-6) are scheduled to enter Columbus on Saturday as the only team in the Big Ten without a conference win, despite boasting the third-best rushing attack in the league.

Leading the way for Indiana is junior running back Tevin Coleman, who has rushed for 1,678 yards and 12 scores in just 10 games for the Hoosiers.

Coleman, a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, did not play last year against the

Buckeyes due to injury as OSU cruised to a 42-14 win.

Despite the easy victory, Meyer said Coleman is a “ridiculous” running back and compared him to other skilled running backs in the Big Ten. “The game he just played, (he had) 300 yards. You give him a crack, he has great acceleration, (he is) big, a little bit like the kid from Wisconsin. Just a big back,” Meyer said, referencing Wisconsin redshirt-junior running back Melvin Gordon in comparison to Coleman.

“Those are all outstanding backs that will be playing on Sundays and this kid is one of those too.”

Junior defensive lineman Adolphus Washington, who has started all but one game this season said it would not be acceptable to give up a big game to Coleman, even if the Buckeyes win.

“Our goal is to keep him under 100 yards,” Washington said Wednesday.

“That’s our goal and we are going to do that and still get the win.”

Coleman’s carries are likely because of the season-ending injury suffered by Indiana junior quarterback Nate Sudfeld, who was averaging 191.8 passing yards per game before suffering the shoulder injury in a 45-29 loss to Iowa.

Indiana has not won a game since Sudfeld’s injury and his replacement, freshman Zander Diamont, has thrown for just 282 yards in the four games he’s played.

With a rush heavy offense, Washington said getting off blocks has been stressed in practice this week in order to shut down the Indiana rushing attack.

“We know that these guys can run through arm tackles, so we have to work on getting off blocks every play,” he said.

“Not trying to walk away from blocks and that kind of stuff because these backs are pretty good.”

Sophomore Joey Bosa, who was named a finalist for the Lombardi Award

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Some miffed that parking garage roofs were closed after snowfall LOGAN HICKMAN AND DANIEL BENDTSEN Campus editor and Asst. arts editor hickman.201@osu.edu and bendtsen.1@osu.edu The first snowfall of the year can bring hazardous driving conditions and slow commutes, but this year, it also led to some irate CampusParc customers.

Some Ohio State employees with parking passes that allow for garage access became flustered after CampusParc closed off rooftop parking earlier this week because of wintery conditions.

“You can’t just close three or four floors and still expect everyone to still be able to find parking. There’s just not enough,” said Ken Sigler, associate director for admissions for the College of Dentistry.

Sigler — who owns an “A” permit that allows for garage access during the day — said he was given a citation by CampusParc after he had parked in an area toward the top of the Neil Avenue Garage that had been blocked off.

He said CampusParc barricades had been pushed aside and about 15-20 cars were parked in the once-protected area.

“I assumed that CampusParc had moved them and they had taken care of any issues with the ice and that I was able to park there,” he said.

But CampusParc maintains that it closed the rooftops

MARK BATKE / Photo editor

CampusParc barricudes block access to the roof level of the Tuttle Park Place Garage on OSU’s campus on Nov. 19. because it cannot use salt to melt the ice because the garages are made of concrete — and excessive salt use would result in damage to the structure and need repairs. It also maintains it didn’t move the barricades.

David Hoover, a spokesman for CampusParc, said people who push barricades aside to park on sectioned-off rooftops are only making matters worse.

“This prevents us from being able to effectively remove the snow and ice during the day. Once the temperatures drop to a certain point (such as those we have experienced the last few days), rubber blades, which are required on snowplows in garages, become ineffective and will not remove the hardened ice piles,” he said in an email.

Still, Hoover said CampusParc

University officials are looking into finding a possible alternative to Carmen.

A committee made up of more than 50 faculty and student members is set to meet early next year to discuss the possibility of switching to a new system other than Carmen.

The committee will present its findings in May, Mike Hofherr, vice president and chief information officer, said at a University Senate meeting on Thursday afternoon.

“We have an evaluation committee that is slated to kick off in January,” he said. “They will have five months to decide what other products (besides Carmen) are out there.”

But a complete changeover would not be instantaneous. If the committee recommends adopting a new product, the process could take anywhere from 14 to 24 months, Hofherr said.

Carmen, which is used for file sharing, quizzes and grade postings between professors and students, is Ohio State’s rebranded version of Brightspace, a data-driven integrated learning platform created by international technology company Desire2Learn.

The discussion of Carmen at the meeting was in direct response to a recent outage of the website, said Tim Gerber, secretary of University Senate and professor in the School of Music. He did say, however, that the committee was set to look at alternatives before the outage.

The website was taken offline Nov. 9 after a routine expansion of storage space on the website encountered an error. The website remained offline for six days — causing many professors to reschedule course deadlines — and interrupted students’ studies.

The database — which stores a significant amount of course materials, including grades, quizzes, announcements and discussions — was not affected by the outage, but the file server that stores all uploaded files was.

The ODEE website said that files uploaded before Nov. 3 were recovered, however, files uploaded in Carmen’s dropbox, content, news or discussions between Nov. 3-8 might be missing.

Hofherr said he and his team decided to make the update to Carmen that ultimately caused the error after realizing that the amount of data stored was reaching the critical storage limit of the website.

isn’t sitting idle when winter weather strikes.

“Four contractors have been hired to plow all surface lots and garages. But no amount of planning allows us to deal with snow and ice on garage rooftops any more effectively or quickly than we are currently doing,” he said.

Hoover said garage roofs are similar to bridges in that they are elevated and get icy very quickly, but unlike bridges, they don’t get the speed, friction and high volume of cars repeatedly driving over them that helps snow and ice melt and then evaporate.

Garage rooftops were closed when commuters arrived Monday morning. They reopened at 6 a.m.

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Close to home: What it’s like to be a victim of off-campus crime CHELSEA SPEARS Multimedia editor spears.116@osu.edu From the beginning of the school year to Thursday, University Police have recorded a total of 923 crime reports at both on- and off-campus locations, according to University Police’s daily log.

Those reports included everything from public urination and underage drinking to burglaries, sexual assaults and disorderly conduct.

And those crimes don’t even include the reports that Columbus Division of Police officers also took in off-campus areas.

The Lantern spoke to some of those victims about what it felt like to be the target of a crime, and about what they want other people in the OSU community to know.

Armed robbery It was cold outside.

That’s one of the details a fourth-year female student remembered about the night she was held at gunpoint and robbed on an off-campus street.

“He had his hood up, hands in his pockets, but so did I,” she said. “It was cold that night.”

She said she had just left her house on East Woodruff Avenue and was walking with her roommate to a friend’s house on Frambes Avenue.

They should have only been outside for 3 minutes.

But then they ran into a man.

The fourth-year thought the man, whom she described as a white male

standing about 5-feet-9-inches tall, was just trying to keep warm. She had no idea the man walking toward her was actually hiding a gun in his pocket.

Before she knew it, he had the gun pulled out and pointed right at the two women.

“It was just very fast. It happened so quickly,” she said.

The robber told them to “give him everything they had,” she said.

So she threw her wristlet — which contained the keys to her apartment, her credit card, debit card, ID and about $2 in cash — at the man.

The man sprinted away before taking anything from her roommate.

The women immediately ran in the opposite direction and stopped outside of PJ’s Grill, where they felt safe enough to call police.

The student said she felt like she did everything right that night.

She wasn’t walking alone — she was walking with a friend. She wasn’t distracted — in fact, she was aware the man was headed toward her.

“Maybe I thought it was fine because this guy wasn’t a threatening size, but that doesn’t matter if someone has a weapon,” she said.

“You think if something like that happens, you’d realize it before it happened and get out of the situation. You imagine yourself responding very rationally and thinking through what you’re doing.”

But that’s not what it was like for her.

“The whole thing is very short

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campus connection to the robbery, said Columbus Police Commander Christopher Bowling.

Crime from 1A and what you do is just what you’re going to do,” she said.

The student has since canceled her cards and replaced the locks to her apartment. A Columbus Division of Police web report states the suspect took an estimated $30 worth of items, but she said that’s not what bothers her.

“My wristlet — it was like a Coach wristlet — but it wasn’t worth anything,” she said. “All that stuff’s been replaced. It’s easy to replace those things. It’s just the principle.”

Even though she didn’t do anything wrong that night, she said the incident was a wake-up call.

“I’ve been here for four years.

I’m not new to campus. I’ve been around and I’ve been around for a few years. I’m aware that crime happens off-campus,” she said.

“But you kind of think you’re safe. I think everyone thinks they’ll be fine.

You don’t think this stuff is going to happen.”

And now that she’s gone through it, she said she hopes other people will be more careful.

“Especially if (where you’re headed is) so close, you think you’ll be fine. ‘It’s only a few doors down’ — but it could still happen,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re walking somewhere that’s two minutes away, if you’re walking somewhere that’s 15 minutes away, it doesn’t matter if you’re with someone — just, maybe you shouldn’t walk at night.”

No one was arrested in

Public indecency When Melanie Rose, a third-year in sport industry, tells the story of the time she heard a knock on her basement window, it sounds a little like déjà vu.

“Me and my roommates were sitting here (on a) Wednesday night watching ‘American Horror Story’ in our apartment. Lights on. The blinds were open, so it was nighttime outside,” Rose said.

Then came the knock.

“I didn’t really know what was going on and thought, ‘Oh, it’s my mind just playing tricks on me,’” Rose said.

But then she realized it wasn’t just her imagination. It was a man standing outside her off-campus apartment window in the nude and masturbating while staring at the girls.

“My one roommate kind of denied it and was like, ‘Oh Melanie, that didn’t happen.’ But I was like — I saw it,” Rose said.

Rose and her roommates live on East 14th Avenue. They didn’t report the incident to police, but two other groups of girls called police for similar incidents just the week before.

The first group of girls live on East Lane Avenue and called Columbus Police on Oct. 9. The second group of girls, who live on East Woodruff Avenue, called officers on Oct. 12.

Rose said it happened to her on Oct. 18.

Bowling said it’s possible the

Parking from 1A on Thursday, a CampusParc representative said.

Hoover said it is unclear how many parking spots were made unavailable because of the closures. He did say, however, that there are approximately 36,000 parking spaces on campus, which includes 16 garages with about 13,000 spaces.

But Kayla Luttrell, associate director of development in the College of Public Health, said she doesn’t buy CampusParc’s comparison to bridges.

She said unlike OSU’s parking garages, two days later, bridges aren’t still closed.

first two instances are related because of similar suspect descriptions and the nature of the incidents.

In each case, the suspect knocked on the basement window to get the women’s attention. It always happened at night, when the perpetrator could more easily see into the apartment, but when the women couldn’t see him that well.

Each incident happened east of High Street, and all occurred within a week and a half of each other.

Now, Rose and her roommates are taking extra precautions. She said they always keep their blinds closed — even in broad daylight.

“When I first moved in, if it was the day, I would crack (the windows) open just to get some sunlight.

Now, whether I’m consciously doing it or whatever, I just don’t open them anymore just because you don’t know what’s going to be in the window,” Rose said.

For her, it’s just another added comfort.

“I definitely have been prepared and think of the idea that something else could happen like that,” she said. “Just off-campus life — you never know what’s going to happen.”

No one’s been arrested in connection to these incidents, but Bowling said they’ve collected evidence from one of the crime scenes that could help them identify a suspect in the future.

Vandalism Mikala Shimmel’s off-campus house is her home away from home.

So when she woke up one

“Our state and city governments take the tax money we pay to provide services to make sure that their ‘product’ remains operational during those times (i.e. salt).

With the absurd amount of money we all pay to park in your garages, you are failing at your mission to provide ‘high-quality parking services’ if you can’t even keep your ‘product’ operational,” she said in an email to the parking company that she forwarded to The Lantern.

The issue was also brought up in Thursday’s University Senate session when optometry professor Dr. Donald Mutti told the group CampusParc was not fulfilling its obligations from their concession

Sunday morning to the news that someone had vandalized her house, she was scared.

“I imagined stupid stuff would happen,” said Shimmel, a fourthyear in pre-respiratory therapy, about off-campus living. “Yeah, it’s campus — it’s a higher risk, but it freaks you out when you stop and think someone was on your front porch with bad intentions.”

At some point between the late night hours of Nov. 1 and the early morning hours of Nov. 2, someone had climbed onto her front porch and spray painted “666,” a swastika and a Star of David on her front door.

The suspect or suspects had used red spray paint to vandalize the property — and to Shimmel, it looked like blood.

“It was kind of freaky,” Shimmel said. “It was scary to look at and we were the only house on our block that had it.”

agreement regarding the snowfall on Monday.

“The concession agreement clearly calls for, in anticipation of bad weather, plowing the rooftop parking spaces. That wasn’t done. There wasn’t the clearing of snow until Wednesday,” Mutti said during the meeting.

Hoover said this isn’t the first year for such practices, though.

“Garage rooftops have been closed in wintry weather whenever deemed necessary to protect customer safety since 1996, well before CampusParc began parking operations at Ohio State. That included last winter, which was particularly harsh here in Ohio,” he said in a follow-up email.

Shimmel and her roommates live at Summit Street and East 18th Avenue.

At first, the women thought it was just “someone being drunk and stupid,” but then they worried it might be more serious.

“We were kind of scared because in the last year, I’ve heard some houses in the community have been spray painted and it’s been a target for gang initiation,” Shimmel said. “A part of us was stressed that it could be a gang initiation.”

Shimmel reported the incident to Columbus Police right away. She also called her landlord, who’s since covered up the symbols with a fresh layer of paint.

And — as usual — Shimmel always makes sure to lock her doors.

Bowling said no one has been arrested for committing the crime.

Two years ago, OSU leased its parking operations to Australian private investment firm QIC Global Infrastructure in a 50-year, $483 million deal. CampusParc, the company that runs the day-to-day parking services, was created as part of the contract.

Hoover said all citation rates are predetermined and have been approved by the university and can be found on CampusParc’s website. All closure information can be found there as well, he said.

Amanda Etchison contributed to this story.

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Senate from 1A “We ate up more (storage space) than we estimated,” he said. “That storage tripped a capacity limit. We should have known what the cap was. There was a hidden cap of 16 terabytes. So we were going over that cap of 16 terabytes.”

At the time of the update, Carmen had 18.6 terabytes of stored data, Hofherr said.

The limited storage capacity of Carmen is something the committee will consider when looking at alternative products, Hofherr added.

The website hosts approximately 6,700 active courses and more than 22 million files are stored in the Carmen system.

“Storage is a problem. The size of Carmen is a problem and it is something that we all need to start to address,” Hofherr said. “If this continues, at some point Carmen is going to be

28 terabytes (or) 50 terabytes and if this happens again, then the backup will take longer.”

Joseph Steinmetz, executive vice president and provost, also spoke at the University Senate meeting about the future of Carmen.

“These are all things that I think we need to look at,” he said. “How we deliver instruction, how we handle storage and the larger issues like, ‘Is Carmen for the future?’”

Hofherr said while the team has assembled a potential “roadmap” that details steps to enhance the Carmen’s infrastructure and reliability, switching to a new system will be further discussed following the review committee’s report in May. “All of this has been on our roadmap because we bought Carmen about 7 or 8 years ago,” he said. “It is about time that we re-evaluate the marketplace.”

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Records from 1A on Thursday, added that it is not just Coleman, but the Hoosier offense as a whole that he is worried about.

“Definitely (Coleman) and (the Hoosiers) are very fastpaced zone team,” Bosa said Wednesday. “They will be going side-to-side a lot and really up-tempo so just have to get in good shape this week.”

Bosa, who enters Saturday’s game with a Big Ten best 11.5 sacks, said he has adjusted his personal goals from the beginning of the season because of his recent success.

“I was actually going for 12, but now I am trying to beat the record,” he said. “(It would mean) a lot. As a sophomore, I think that would be something great to accomplish.”

The current school record is 14 sacks held

by Vernon Gholston, who set the mark during the 2007-08 season.

Bosa’s single game high in sacks in his short Buckeye career is 2.5 in games against Penn State this season and against Illinois in 2013.

If breaking the school record wasn’t incentive enough, Bosa said beating Indiana and getting a spot in the 2014 Big Ten Championship game should be.

“That’s enough motivation right there, clinch the Big Ten (Championship game),” he said. “Every game is a big game obviously.

We go in with the same mindset so there is just another step.”

On the offensive side of the ball, the Buckeyes have a chance to break a few records of their own.

Redshirt-freshman J.T. Barrett is just two passing touchdowns away from breaking former OSU quarterback Troy Smith’s school record of passing scores in a single season.

In addition, sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott has the opportunity to become the second player ever under Meyer to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, something Elliott said he doesn’t take for granted.

“It means a lot. It’s something you dream of when you are a kid, being a football player at a Division I college,” Elliott said Wednesday.

“Being able to rush for 1,000 yards, that’s just a great accomplishment.”

Elliott currently sits at 954 yards rushing on the season, averaging 95.4 per game.

Despite his rushing yards, Elliott said he believes he can do more

than just run the football effectively.

“I think I am just a versatile back. I can do a lot of things,” he said. “I take a lot of pride in my blocking, catching the ball out of the backfield, I can run it inside and outside.”

Meyer said earlier in the week that he thought the Big Ten had some of the best running backs in the country and added “I’ve got to throw my guy in there,” when discussing including Elliott in that mix.

Being mentioned by Meyer in such a light was motivating, Elliott said.

“You just have to be thankful, thankful to God for the opportunities,” Elliott said. “Just have to go out there and keep grinding and get better every week.”

Meyer also endorsed Barrett, whom Meyer said now belongs in the Heisman discussion heading into the Buckeyes’ matchup with Indiana.

“I don’t know if my endorsement matters, but I (have) been fortunate to coach some guys that have been in New York, and he’s a Heisman candidate,” Meyer said Monday.

Barrett acknowledged that the added attention has been “crazy” but said his focus is on one thing.

“Being 1-0 at the end of the week, making sure that is the main focus,” Barrett said. “Not thinking about the Big Ten Championship Game, not thinking about that team up north, but just beat Indiana. That is the objective this week.”

The Buckeyes and Hoosiers are scheduled to go head-to-head Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon.

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opinion OSU alumnus imprisoned in Egypt deserves more help Letter to the editor:

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Mohamed Soltan will die soon. If no one with actual power moves to help him, he will die as a result of the last-ditch hunger strike he began in January. Soltan will starve to death, the victim of one government that has lost all respect for humanity, fair laws and justice, and another government that does not care to help one of its sons.

Why is no one doing anything? Mohamed Soltan is an American citizen. Where is his country? He’s an OSU alumnus. Why aren’t other Buckeyes speaking up?

In September, President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. He was in a rush to reach his real priority — ISIS and other terrorist groups — and so he seems to have briefly brought up the plight of Soltan and then moved on. Also in September, the Department of Homeland Security visited the Noor Islamic Cultural Center of Dublin, Ohio. It, too, was interested in talking about the radicalization of American youth and about ISIS. This is all very telling. The only Muslim worth discussing, according to Obama and the folks at Homeland Security, is a terrorist Muslim rampaging through Syria and Iraq, or a Muslim at risk of being “radicalized” — i.e. who might be a threat.

As for the hundreds who were massacred by the Egyptian regime’s security forces — nothing but a few ineffectual mutters.

As for Mohamed Soltan, no reaction. The few feeble remonstrations from the State Department and the embassy’s visits are worse than nothing; they are transparent hypocrisy, an insult to the victims of Sisi’s brave new Egypt. Set them against Secretary of State John Kerry’s sickening praise of Sisi as a “restorer of democracy,” against the ongoing military aid, the sales of military hardware such as Apache helicopters, and so on — set them against all that, and they are reduced to nothing. The aid Soltan has received from his country might as well be non-existent.

At any rate: Obama is concerned about ISIS. So is American media. So is the American public. The alarm is rising from all corners — all the way from the tin-foil conspiracy theorists who believe ISIS is an Israeli-American creation and only beheads in front of a green screen, on down to the Hannitys and O’Reillys of punditry. All around, the images of turbaned lunatics

with rocket-propelled grenades slung over their shoulders and one finger pointing to the sky dominate the debate. Everyone wants to know how the problem of ISIS will be solved.

And yet no one wants to know why ISIS exists. They seem to think this problem can be solved without basic knowledge. They seem to think that throwing yet more bombs and weapons at the region will solve it all.

Wonder of wonders: there is a reason for ISIS, and it is not a religion, nor an inherent violent tendencyof Arabs. It is corrupt dictatorial regimes that thrive under the aegis of American foreign policy. Terrorist groups always have been and always will be shaped by political factors and motivated by political goals. As long as the Egyptian regime and regimes like it are free to murder, imprison and repress, ISIS will be free to kill, rape and pillage. As long as Mohamed Soltan and those like him are sacrificed for the expedience of a sham “war on terror,” terrorist groups will thrive and multiply. As long as the ballot does no good, the bullet will be the loudest voice in the debate.

Soltan thought that he could make a change by helping build his country, by participating in a free and fair democratic process. For his troubles, he was shot, pursued like a hardened criminal and imprisoned for more than a year without proper charges, much less a fair trial. Now he has been on hunger strike for about 300 days. He has been tortured. He has lived in squalid conditions not fit for human beings.

Soltan is not a young man in trouble in a far-away country for being in the wrong place in the wrong time. He is a symbol of a generation of young American Muslims who dreamed of a bright future in which the countries of their fathers could be like the countries where they were brought and in which they had hoped to raise their sons and daughters. Soltan is someone who wanted to build up his country, as opposed to hurting others. What message will American Muslim youth receive when they see one of their best and brightest trampled for a misguided and cynical political strategy?

Something can be done. The Egyptian regime is not like the regimes of North Korea or Iran, already under sanctions and beyond reasoning. It is routinely given handouts by America and the Gulf states.

Instead of being censored, it is routinely praised (and in distastefully fawning terms

Courtesy of Free Soltan campaign

Mohamed Soltan appeared in court on May 11 and gave a speech defending his right to a fair trial and decision to protest through a hunger strike. In this photo, Soltan was on day 105 of his hunger strike and had lost 99 pounds from his original weight. He was on about day 300 of the strike as of Nov. 21.

in the case of Kerry) as a partner. Sisi’s regime is not an ally, it is a liability. If Obama is serious about addressing ISIS, he must rely on a true coalition of the willing, as opposed to a few tyrants whose rule will prove ephemeral.

The last true hope for a just and lasting solution to terrorism is to not support terrorist acts committed by so-called allies.

The United States should end its support of the regime of Sisi. It should end its condescending and two-faced attitude toward Arab peoples. A coup is a coup, and a military dictator is only as benevolent to his captive people as a rancher is to the fatted calf. Last week, U.S. director of national intelligence James Clapper visited North Korea and effected the release of the last two Americans who had been held by that supposedly inveterate foe. Why can’t he extend to Mohamed Soltan of Columbus, Ohio, the same effort that he gave to Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood, Washington, and Matthew Miller of Bakersfield, California?

If the government is so keen on stopping ISIS, it could start by helping American citizens like Mohamed Soltan.

For those who want to help: make sure that the word gets out. Follow the Free Soltan team on Facebook and Twitter.

Speak about this with your friends. More importantly, contact your representatives and senators. Call their offices again and again until you get a real reply. Write letter after letter. Use the form provided by the Council on American-Islamic Relations to contact the White House. Contact governmental agencies like the Department of State through their public communication division and their online forms. Get into contact with the Egyptian embassy in Washington, D.C. Remind these politicians and bureaucrats that Soltan is still alive and still deserving of basic human rights.

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TIM MOODY Sports editor moody.178@osu.edu “Beat Indiana.”

Those are the first words Urban Meyer spoke when the topic of the College Football Playoff rankings came up Wednesday evening, but the Ohio State coach recognized that everyone knows the Buckeyes have moved up to No. 6 in the poll.

Meyer said he addresses the national landscape with his team on Sundays, but stressed that continued preparation for the next opponent is of the utmost importance.

“I haven’t talked to ‘em since I guess it came out Tuesday night,” he said. “You’ve just got to take care of business and play hard and practice well.”

OSU’s rise in the rankings — the team was No. 14 two weeks ago — comes on the heels of consecutive road game wins against then-No. 8 Michigan State and No. 25 Minnesota. Meyer said those two wins were key to the Buckeyes’ rise, and the College Football Playoff panel took notice.

“Back-to-back road wins against top-25 teams,” he said. “That’s significant.”

Senior tight end Jeff Heuerman agreed with his coach that the ranking is important, saying “it’s big” that OSU has worked its way back into the national picture.

“There’s probably six, seven teams who really are still in it,” Heuerman said Wednesday. “Still have a legitimate shot at making that top four. That’s what you worked all offseason for, so you’re right in the heat of it right now. So it’s special.”

But with two regular season games remaining on the schedule, and a potential shot at a Big Ten Championship on their minds, the Buckeyes have work to do to put themselves in the top four. Either an OSU win or a Michigan State loss would book the Buckeyes a ticket to the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, but a loss against Indiana, Michigan or in the title game would likely remove OSU from any national championship conversation.

Heuerman said the rankings don’t mean anything if the team can’t continue its winning ways.

“Obviously we gotta finish out the season strong,” he said.

“Otherwise it doesn’t matter. So you gotta take care of business these next two games and hopefully a third game and go from there.”

Meyer has stressed throughout the season that OSU’s main goal is to “compete for championships in November,” and the team will have that chance if it can win just one more game.

With their goal just a step away, junior defensive lineman Adolphus Washington said the Buckeyes have to keep up the intensity as the season winds down, not only to compete for a conference championship, but to insert themselves into the first-ever College Football Playoff.

“We all have a goal and that’s to get to that Big Ten title game and get into the top four,” Washington said Wednesday. “Right now, we’re No. 6 so you can’t slow down, you gotta keep going.”

While those on the team have kept their confidence, OSU’s early season loss to Virginia Tech at home put a dent in its playoff hopes.

Since then, the Buckeyes have slowly worked their way into the conversation for the top four, but debuted at just No. 16 in the first playoff poll three weeks ago.

The Buckeyes then moved up to No. 14 after a 55-14 win against Illinois on Nov. 1, and rocketed up eight more spots after topping the Spartans and Golden Gophers in consecutive weeks.

JAMES GREGA, JR. AND TIM MOODY Asst. sports editor and Sports editor grega.9@osu.edu and moody.178@osu.edu The Ohio State football team has two games left on its schedule, but the Buckeyes know a win — or a Michigan State loss — will give them a third.

OSU (9-1, 6-0) is set for a shot to seal a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game against Indiana on Saturday at Ohio Stadium, but when it comes time for the noon kickoff, nothing will be a given.

The Lantern sports editors picked five key questions needing answers as the Buckeyes look to book their ticket to Indianapolis and the Hoosiers try to delay their trip.

1. Will sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott become coach Urban Meyer’s second 1,000-yard rusher?

Chances are Elliott — who has accumulated

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Sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) hugs redshirt-freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett after OSU’s 31-24 win against Minnesota on Nov. 15 in Minneapolis.

Heuerman said the rise in the rankings — starting before the Michigan State matchup — has helped the Buckeyes settle into what he said they call “the new normal.” He said the mindset of the team has changed, and everyone has raised up the intensity to do what they can to make reach their goals.

“You’re back in the conversation,” Heuerman said. “Before that Michigan State game you really weren’t, so that week of preparation and execution that weekend, it kind of put us back into things.

“So when it kind of put us back into things, we kinda had to amp everything back up and really get this thing going. And make sure we finish where we want to finish.”

Redshirt-freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett — who has moved into the Heisman Trophy conversation as the Buckeyes have climbed the rankings — said OSU has been able to do the main things needed to move back into the national picture.

“It’s about getting better each and every week and winning games,” Barrett said Wednesday. “And I feel like we’re doing that at Ohio State.”

With two games currently on the schedule and a No. 6 ranking in tow, sophomore defensive lineman Joey Bosa said Wednesday that the Buckeyes recognize what their standing means going forward.

“That we’re two steps away from being in it all,” Bosa said.

OSU’s next step toward a potential playoff appearance is set to come on Saturday against Indiana at Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for noon.

Milestone man Sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott needs just 46 yards to become coach Urban Meyer’s second-ever 1,000-yard rusher, and second in as many seasons.

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people watching,” Fritz said. “It doesn’t take much for them to notice you.”

Still, Fritz acknowledged there’s a chance he won’t receive additional NHL attention, in which case he might make use his connections in the business to earn a tryout.

While NCAA athletes are not permitted to have agents, many have family advisers to assist their career decision-making. Fritz, however, does not have one.

He’s a lone rider in limbo, but said he’s not nervous for the future.

Ohio State men’s hockey senior forward Tanner Fritz stood outside the locker room with his hands tangled inside his shirt. The more he spoke about plans for the future, the more his voice softened.

Minutes later, a smile broke across the face of his teammate, junior defenseman Sam Jardine.

The Chicago Blackhawks’ draft pick spoke proudly about his draft day, but as he discussed his NHL status, his tone changed from selfconfident to self-precautionary: he’s still working toward a contract.

As Jardine spoke, Chad Niddery sauntered down the hallway that leads to the OSU locker room. Upon hearing he’d been requested for an interview, the Buckeyes’ senior forward halfjokingly declined his requirement to speak. Why would anyone want to talk to him?

Moments later, Niddery, the guy that unsuccessfully suppressed his disdain for interviews, couldn’t mask excitement for the next stage in his hockey career, a stage that will likely earn him another stamp on his passport.

Three guys. Three different situations.

Three entirely different perspectives on the future.

On its roster, OSU has two players who were selected in the NHL Entry Draft and four who were invited to 2014 NHL development camps but have not been drafted.

Below is a comparison of three Buckeyes who share the same locker room, but belong to different categories with regards to their future.

Senior forward Tanner Fritz NHL Status: Undrafted, Attended Chicago Blackhawks Development Camp last July After graduation, Fritz wants to play professional hockey, and if he can have it his way, he’ll play in North America.

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Junior defenseman Sam Jardine (21), senior forward Chad Niddery (19) and senior forward Tanner Fritz (16).

Fritz’s invite to the 2014 Blackhawks development camp was his first indication his future might lead to the NHL. The OSU captain has 92 points in 117 games played. He caught the eye of NHL scouts last season when Blackhawks representatives, who were at an OSU–Michigan game to watch Jardine, approached Fritz after the game, he said.

Chicago’s representatives believed Fritz fit the Blackhawks’ style of play and wanted to introduce him to the organization, he said.

“It’s a pretty humbling experience,” Fritz said of attending the development camp.

“Just seeing how fortunate and lucky (the Blackhawks) are … it’s every kid’s dream to be in that position.”

Chicago instructed Fritz to make better use of his speed and shot, he said.

In his final season, Fritz is working to improve his play with the knowledge that scouts are always in attendance and that small plays can make a big impact.

“You know there’s always going to be

Junior defenseman Sam Jardine NHL Status: Selected by Chicago Blackhawks in 2011 NHL Entry Draft (169th overall) Jardine had just arrived home when the Blackhawks officially claimed his rights in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Before his selection, he had become uneasy about falling to the sixth round and left his house to calm himself.

By the time he had returned, Chicago’s chief amateur scout Bruce Franklin, who recognized Jardine when he was playing for the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, called Jardine to relay the good news: The then-future Buckeye was NHL property.

In his third season with OSU, Jardine has 25 points in 74 games played, often logging time on the Buckeyes’ top defensive pairing.

With his foot in the door, Jardine is now working toward earning a contract from the Blackhawks when he’s finished at OSU. Unlike Fritz, he has a family adviser.

“Everyone always tells you that as soon as draft day comes, you’re right back into the pool with everyone else again,” Jardine said.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself.”

The Blackhawks are keeping tabs on Jardine. Representatives from Chicago attended multiple games last season and Blackhawks’ development coach Mark Eaton was in Columbus for the OSU–University of Nebraska-Omaha series earlier this year.

Jardine will have contact with Chicago throughout the year, but any comments the Blackhawks make are general, as they are

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sports 5 questions from 9A 954 rushing yards on 167 carries this season — will break the 1,000-yard barrier this season. But if the Buckeyes establish the run game early, he could do it in the first quarter against Indiana.

There’s no guarantee, but Elliott’s strong play in recent weeks has been key to OSU’s offensive attack. As he closes in on a career milestone, there’s no reason for the coaching staff to go away from him if he’s playing well from the start.

Former Buckeye Carlos Hyde became Meyer’s first-ever 1,000-yard rusher last season, against Indiana, and Elliott — especially in recent weeks — has compared favorably to Hyde’s play.

If he doesn’t pick up the necessary 46 yards, OSU won’t be guaranteed a loss. But a big win for the Buckeyes could come behind a big day from Elliott.

2. Will playing at home help the Buckeyes eliminate mistakes?

OSU is coming off of consecutive road wins against teams ranked in the top 25 of the College Football Playoff standings, but that doesn’t mean the team was flawless against Michigan State and Minnesota.

First-half turnovers against Michigan State allowed the Spartans to take a 21-14 lead early on, but the OSU offense found a

way to make up for it to take a 28-21 lead into the half. Against Minnesota, a pair of lost fumbles and an interception allowed the Golden Gophers to stay within three at halftime and eventually keep the game within seven when the clock ran out.

Both games were played on the road — and the Minnesota game was played in below-20-degree temperatures — but many of the mistakes were still avoidable.

Redshirt-freshman H-back Jalin Marshall’s two fumbles lost against the Golden Gophers almost single-handedly kept the game close, while the Buckeyes’ offensive explosion helped overcome some big plays given up after turnovers against Michigan State.

Returning to Ohio Stadium might be the perfect remedy for OSU’s turnover issues, and if that’s the case, the Buckeyes could be in for a commanding win.

3. How many yards will Indiana junior running back Tevin Coleman gain?

Meyer said it best during Tuesday’s Big Ten teleconference: Coleman is “ridiculous.”

The Hoosier running back is the focal point of the offense, and has carried the load with 214 carries totaling 1,678 yards so far this season. He’s also got 12 touchdowns on the ground, and is coming off a 307-yard performance in a loss to Rutgers last week.

It’s hard to say how Indiana managed to lose a game when its running back put up that many yards on the ground, but Coleman getting rolling is one of the few things likely to keep Indiana in the game against OSU. 4. Can Indiana freshman quarterback Zander Diamont step up in the Horseshoe?

The Hoosiers entered the season with an experienced junior quarterback under center, but since junior Nate Sudfeld went down with a season-ending shoulder injury after playing in six games, Diamont has gotten the call.

Sudfeld threw for 1,151 yards and six touchdowns to just three interceptions before getting hurt, and Diamont hasn’t come close to replicating those numbers.

In the first two games of his collegiate career — consecutive losses to Michigan State and Michigan by a combined 63 points — Diamont completed a grand total of 10 passes on 23 attempts. Those 10 completions totaled just 35 yards and no touchdowns.

He didn’t throw his first touchdown until his fourth game, and has completed just 46.9 percent of his passes as a Hoosier.

Diamont starting wasn’t in Indiana’s this season, and having him start against the No. 6 Buckeyes could be too tall of a task. If he struggles from the start, expect the OSU

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wary of infringing on the instruction of Buckeye coach Steve Rohlik, Jardine said.

“You put in the work so that you’re performing for the team here, for Ohio State,” Jardine said. “The extra benefit of that is preparing yourself for the NHL.” Senior forward Chad Niddery NHL Status: Undrafted, not invited to a 2014 NHL Development Camp The Buckeyes’ addition of freshman defenseman Janik Möser might have done as much for the team’s blue line as it has for its fourth-year forward applying for dual-citizenship in Germany.

“I’ve always dreamed of going overseas,” Niddery said. “I’d love to go to Germany or Sweden or Switzerland and play over there.”

Niddery, whose grandmother is German, will often get language

defense to bring pressure early and often and force at least a few mistakes from the freshman signal caller.

5. Can the J.T. Barrett and Joey Bosa combination continue to impress?

The 2013 recruiting classmates have arguably been the top two players not only on the OSU team, but in the Big Ten as well.

Thursday afternoon, Bosa was named a finalist for the Lombardi Award, which is given to the best lineman or linebacker in the country, while Barrett has the third-best odds to win the Heisman Trophy (15/1 as of Thursday evening) according to Bovada.com, an online gambling site.

Both are coming off big games individually as Bosa recorded a season-high seven tackles in a 31-24 win over Minnesota and Barrett broke three school records including longest rush by a quarterback (86), most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback (189) and touchdowns responsible for in a season (38).

Bosa will need to play one of his better games in order to shut down Coleman, as he said Wednesday that the goal of the defense is to hold the Indiana back under 100 yards.

If Barrett can continue to play like he has since the loss to Virginia Tech, there is a very good chance he could be on a flight to New York City for the Heisman Trophy ceremony in early December.

lessons from Möser, who grew up in Mannheim, Germany.

Knowing basic German is a requirement for citizenship and something Niddery seems to have his heart set on learning before he attempts to play overseas.

During a five-minute discussion of his hockey future, Niddery mentioned the prospect of playing professional hockey in North America only in passing.

At 24, Niddery said he doesn’t consider the idea of starting in the lower tiers of American or Canadian professional leagues as enticing as his preferred option.

He plans to follow the path of two members of the OSU hockey staff.

Buckeye director of hockey operations Layne LeBel and associate coach Brett Larson each played professional hockey in Germany.

The connections will be key for Niddery, the senior said. European recruiting is mostly done via word of mouth.

“I’m at the age where I have buddies that (play) over there now,” Niddery said. “Basically you just have to network as much as you can just to get that one opportunity.”

Niddery’s optimism comes during what might be his career-best season.

He’s logged one goal and three assists through 11 games, four points shy of last year’s career-best point total for a season.

Any nerves for the future are hidden by his electric excitement.

“Get paid to play hockey overseas? Man, that’s living the dream,” Niddery said. “That’s how I look at it.”

As the three teammates ponder their professional futures, the Buckeyes are just one game into Big Ten play. OSU fell to Michigan State, 3-1, Thursday night at the Schottenstein Center to start off its conference season.

Someone is Looking for You! There IS a superior intelligence “out there” – and a loving one too. Your creator greatly desires for you to acknowledge Him, and to come to know Him and His ways. Don’t be deceived by evolutionism. All creation screams of intelligent design! The mathematical odds alone of DNA evolving are virtually nil. Evolutionism is the only “science” that violates the laws of thermodynamics right from the start, and is not based on any observation. God exists, and the Bible is His Word. What is unique about the Bible? For one thing, it is the only book with fulfilled prophecy (Isaiah 46:9-10).

Check it out yourself! For starters, try (current situation) Psalm 83 and Zechariah 12; (reformation of Israel after nearly 1900 years) Isaiah 11:11-12, Isaiah 43:5-6, Isaiah 66:8, Jeremiah 16:14-15, Jeremiah 31:7-10, Amos 9:9-15, Ezekiel 34:12-31, Ezekiel 36, and Ezekiel 37:21-22; (suffering/crucifixion of Christ) Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53; (future situation) Zechariah 13:7 – 14:21; (timing of the 2nd Coming of Christ) 2 Peter 3:8/Hosea 5:14 – 6:2. “Too hard to read and understand” you say? Try the KJV/Amplified parallel bible (book) or KJV/Amplified/Complete Jewish parallel bible (biblegateway.com), and for a strict literal translation try Young’s Literal. “It’s all in how you interpret it” you say?

The Bible, despite numerous transcribers over hundreds of years, is remarkably consistent, and interprets itself.

Our creator is the actual author (2Peter 1:16-21). Beware of modern, liberal translations from “the higher critics” which seriously distort the Word! Finally, if there is a God, why is there so much evil? We have rejected God, and now see what it is like to live in a world where God has permitted us (temporarily) to rule ourselves. Give up your lusts, and come to God and follow His ways (Jude 1:18-25). All that this world has to offer is as nothing compared to what He has in store for those who love Him (1Corinthians 2:9, John 14:15)!

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It doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter what cultural social norms surround the world you were brought into, and it sure as hell holds no regard to any inter-personal experiences you — or anyone else — might have: Rich kids are useless brats, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. It’s embodied in the apparently invincible Rich Kids of Instagram/Rich Kids of Tehran phenomenon.

Acting less upon thought and more influenced by daddy’s Bugatti, selfies with gigantic bottles of champagne and the private jet out back, this clan of spoiled children is obviously better to be self-exiled to its own narcissism-smeared reality — where even on a cloudy day, it rains Rosé and gold watches to appease the faux-royalty fledglings.

Nonetheless, thousands upon thousands of us peons still seem to give a s---. Therein, I suppose I ought to do my part and feed the fire, in the name of the Average Kids of Real Life.

The U.S.-based Rich Kids of Instagram account appeared on Instagram more than two years ago and has picked up more 84,000 followers on its braggadocio-style content. Later on, several spin-offs of the account appeared, with the more recent and

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Rich kids flash fortune on social media with little concern, extreme egocentricity

Whichever meets your choice flavor, you can pretty much do it — if you’re in the United States, that is.

This is where mass media outlets and socio-political debates arise: Rich Kids of Tehran is basically breaking Iranian law in the strict, conservative state every time it mimics the original Rich Kids of Instagram account.

Many of the women in the Tehran account have their hair fully visible, the subjects are indulging in alcohol (prohibited in Iran since 1979) and there are bikinis and flashy outfits next to the lavish high-rise swimming pool vantage point where the majority of Tehran’s population below appears as ants.

We now boast a group of young rich pricks attesting to a truly altruistic social service in their photos of decadent wealthiness.

notable — and controversial — being Rich Kids of Tehran (Iran).

The Tehran account began in September, amassing about 300 posts and landing an eventual 100,000-and-counting followers — all before being shut down amid pressure from the Iranian government in October.

A new account recently appeared.

Followers of the original Rich Kids of Instagram get to see the beautiful girls climbing out of infinity pools to be met with expensive wine poured directly into their mouths. Or maybe you’d rather gape at the snapshot of Johnny Slickster Cool-Guy pouring multiple bottles of champagne into a bathtub for a quick rinse. Or perhaps you prefer the scantily clad girl passed out in the passenger seat of a Ferrari.

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According to a 2011 article by The Washington Post, the children of those “ants” below are increasingly working instead of attending school while “legal kidney sales — along with a recent price drop (in kidney transactions), from $10,000 to $2,000, because so many people are selling their organs for cash — give people the clear idea that they are sliding into poverty.” More than 60 million of Iran’s 70 million are receiving $40 handouts each month, according to the same article.

Of course, the state’s situation deserves a face to step up and guide the rest of the world into understanding, and that’s where Rich Kids of Tehran had previously set out, got shut down and now have returned to do apparently.

For the people!

In one post, the anonymous runner of the account wrote: “We have changed the way the world looks at us … We wanted to show the luxurious side of Tehran to the world. Only thing we did was to post some pictures on Instagram. We love our country and like any other country we have rich and we have less fortunate people. Some rich people in Iran come from wealthy families who have been rich for generations. Others simply made their wealth by working hard.”

See? We have completely misunderstood these poor kids. Attempting to alter peoples’ idea of Tehran and the Middle East which “is always on TV receiving negative attention,” these privileged babies are only showing that “Tehran is not like that.”

And now you really get it, everything’s all peaches on the mountain top so everyone else is totally cool and better-off than you thought.

As these types of situations — such as this rich kids Instagram fiasco — will naturally get political, I have no interest — or valuable insight — in touching on any of that.

What I am blown away by is the fact that we’ve just now managed to hit the gold(covered-s---) age of social network society.

People are evidently so blinded by the selfie-induced narcissism of social network, that we now boast a group of young rich pricks attesting to a truly altruistic social service in their photos of decadent wealthiness.

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Snapcash not immune to its own ‘Snappening’ Clayton Eberly Lantern reporter eberly.72@osu.edu Snapchat: A popular social media app used for sending pictures, videos, and … money?

On Monday, Snapchat released its latest update, known as “Snapcash.” Through its partnership with Square, a mobile payment service, you can now exchange money with your Snapchat friends with the touch of a button.

All you have to do is link the app to your debit card and … wait a minute.

This app used to be for sending pictures. Let’s back up a little bit.

When Snapchat was first released in 2011, its only function was to privately send pictures to friends.

Since then, updates have been made including the addition of videos and the “My Story” which is basically the equivalent of a Facebook status and lets people know what you’re doing via pictures and videos.

But this new update doesn’t make much sense.

There has already been concern since Snapchat’s creation because it has been used as a medium for “sexting.”

It doesn’t seem like the smartest idea to combine a picture-sharing, sexting-prone app with a mobile-payment system. That’s getting awfully close to paying for pornographic images and videos.

While you have to be at least 18 years old to set up a bank account with Snapcash, that won’t stop people from taking pictures of others who might not be of age.

So why would Snapchat even add this new feature?

Perhaps they are trying to keep up with the other emerging moneytransferring apps, like Venmo.

Venmo, a newly popular app, allows people to link to their bank accounts and transfer money to one another, and that is its only purpose.

It also lets you password protect the app completely, ensuring that only you can access the app.

Snapchat is not a password-protected app because it’s never had a reason to be. It’s for photo sharing!

Anyone with access to your phone could open up the app.

Not only does this update seem unnecessary, but it makes me weary because of Snapchat’s unreliability with privacy.

In December 2013, Snapchat was hacked, and millions of usernames and phone numbers were released.

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Snapchat co-creators Bobby Murphy (left) and Evan Spiegel are seen through a window at the company’s offices in May 2013 in Venice, Calif.

As if that wasn’t enough, the company was allegedly hacked again in October 2014.

This incident has become known as the “Snappening.” It was reported that hackers had released thousands of actual pictures that people had privately sent to others.

If Snapchat can’t protect our pictures and videos, how can they expect to keep our money safe?

As a Snapchat user myself, I don’t feel safe trusting the app with my money and refuse to use this new feature.

“We set out to make payments faster and more fun,” wrote Snapchat in one of their recent blog posts about Snapcash.

This unlikely combination might make transferring money easier, but at what cost? It’s an easy app for someone to take advantage of if they have another person’s phone. It allows people to exchange money for naked pictures. The app is already prone to hacks and leaks, so it’s only natural to expect more of the same.

The risks are piling up and severely outweighing the benefits for this unexpected update.

As much as Snapchat might want to stay relevant in the world of social media, I think they tried a little too hard this time, and they could be in for some serious trouble.

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Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band is set to perform Nov. 21 at the Wexner Center Performance Space.

Ryan Cooper Lantern reporter cooper.487@osu.edu A band coming to Columbus on Friday looks to break the concert mold.

“We don’t actually do a show,” said Chris Forsyth, guitarist and composer for Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band. “The set list changes every night. It’s a living, breathing thing.”

Forsyth said the amount of material available from two full albums as well as solo material from the other three members of the band allows them to change it up every night.

However, the band is not limited to its pre-existing material.

“Sometimes we literally just make things up on the spot,” Forsyth said. “There are things that aren’t rehearsed at all.”

The band is set to play as part of the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Next@Wex series, a concert series that features artists and musicians who are under the radar but on their way up, said Erik Pepple, spokesman for the Wexner Center. The artists are sought out and recruited by the Wexner Center’s performing arts director, Chuck Helm.

The series has brought in bands or artists including Vampire Weekend and St. Vincent in the past.

Pepple said Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band is in line with what the Wexner Center looks for.

“They are very much a fit for our series — great, innovative work,” Pepple said.

Helm said finding the band did not take too much digging.

“I pay attention to trends within the indie rock scene,” Helm said. “Chris is getting press all over the world, and we always have our ears out for buzz in the music world.”

Helm said he felt the band would make for an exciting performance.

“They are a dynamic band live,” Helm said. “They stretch out on songs, have a really exploratory sound. I want to see where they’re going to go.”

Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band is a Philadelphia-based band formed after the release of Forsyth’s album “Solar Motel (Paradise of Bachelors).” Forsyth said he recorded the album with an ad-hoc studio band, but then sought to assemble a band for a tour.

“I knew I had to put together a band to tour, so I linked up with people I knew from the Philadelphia music scene,” Forsyth said. “It just clicked. It was just like meeting new friends. We met and the relationship worked.”

Other members of the band include bassist Peter Kerlin, drummer Steven Urgo — formerly of The War on Drugs – and guitarist Paul Sukeena.

The stop in Columbus is part of an 11-day, nightly performance tour going as north as Minneapolis and as south as Louisville, Ky., Forsyth said.

Pepple said fans of great guitar work and experimental rock would find the show appealing. He compared the band to bands such as Television, The War on Drugs and the Grateful Dead.

However, Forsyth said a much broader audience would enjoy his work.

“This would appeal to fans of good music,” Forsyth said. “Music created by people playing together creatively and spontaneously.”

Forsyth said what makes his performances unusual in many eyes is actually what is normal in the history of music.

“This is more traditional than what people are accustomed to seeing at a concert,” Forsyth said.

“We’re actually making music. That’s what’s been going on since the dawn of time.”

The concert is the final one for the Next@ Wex series in 2014. The 2015 lineup is set to be announced in December.

Tickets for the concert are $15. The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Wexner Center Performance Space.

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