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Ticket sales tumble Student football season ticket sales down by more than 6,500

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Ohio Stadium filled with Ohio State and Cincinnati fans during the game, featuring the Goodyear blimp on Sept. 7. Ohio State won 42-0.

ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu Ohio State is getting sacked in student football ticket sales this season. Whether due to financial reasons, a preferred game day experience or a move from paper to digital tickets, a Lantern analysis

of Ohio State football season ticket sales data shows that more than 6,500 fewer season student ticket packages were sold for the 2019 season than in 2018. The drop reflects a broader trend within the program, with a 4.3-percent decline in nonstudent season ticket packages for Ohio Stadium. Fewer fans are attending sporting events in general in the

United States, with the NFL at its lowest attendance in 2018 since 2010, and the MLB at its lowest since 2003, according to attendance data from both leagues. Diana Sabau, deputy director of Ohio State Athletics, attributes the decrease to the tickets’ change in medium and the lack of a certain game on the schedule. “[Students] have asked us for

probably a year to two years that, ‘How can we not wait in line to pick up our tickets when we get back to school?” Sabau said. “I think having a mobile ticket achieved that. I think that, for whatever reason, that combination and not having Michigan at home give us a little bit larger decline.” After selling 28,392 total student ticket packages in 2018, sales have dropped to 21,716 for the 2019 campaign. That’s a decline of nearly 24 percent. It’s the fewest the athletic department’s ticket office has sold in at least a decade, and the only time since 2011 fewer than 25,000 packages have been sold. In 2011, sales likely dropped due to the team’s quality. Multiple key Ohio State players were suspended due to NCAA violations, an interim head coach took over after the resignation of former head coach Jim Tressel, and the team responded by going 6-7 with a Gator Bowl loss. Even then, the ticket office sold 22,804 packages. While the athletics department feels that the switch to mobile tickets may cause a temporary dip in sales, Nick Signore, a third-

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Social Change sends ‘GEM’s to central Ohio JESSICA KLEIN Lantern reporter klein.641@osu.edu The nearest grocery store to Trevitt Elementary School is an hour walk away. Because of this, Ohio State students want to mentor neighborhood children by starting a community garden and teaching them the importance of planting seeds. This is just one example of the work the group does with multiple central Ohio elementary and middle schools — and has been doing since 2014 — to encourage interactive learning.

“Working with the same kids for so long, you become a part of their life in a sense and you build a connection with them.” SUHAIB ABUDULWAHED Social Change ambassador

Ohio State refused ‘The’ trademark by US Patent and Trademark Office KAYLEE HARTER Editor-in-Chief harter.830@osu.edu It turns out you can spell “Ohio State” without “The” — at least for now. Ohio State’s request to trademark the word “The” was denied Tuesday by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the grounds that there was already a similar application filed and that it was “merely ornamental.” Ohio State submitted its original application Aug. 8, which stated that the trademark would apply to “The” when attached to “Ohio State University” on “clothing, namely, T-shirts, baseball caps and hats.” The denial states that size, location and dominance are all relevant factors and the submitted materials include shirts with “THE” in the upper frontal area of the shirt and that dominates the

Ohio States takes on first Big Ten game of the season away from home.

Students in Social Change Ohio State, a department within Student Life, have participated in Grow, Explore and Mentor, mentoring young students so they can improve reading skills and be introduced to the sciences through hands-on learning. Charity Martin-King, director of Social Change, said the program is tailored to the specific needs of the community it serves.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office denied Ohio State’s request to trademark “The” on Sept. 11.

appearance. “Consumers would view the applied-for mark as a decorative or ornamental feature of the

goods, rather than as a trademark to indicate the source of applicant’s goods and to distinguish them from others,” the patent of-

fice said in the refusal. High-end fashion brand Marc Jacobs also filed an application

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Study shows disclosing goals to high-status people has positive impact JESSICA OROZCO For The Lantern orozco.55@osu.edu When people took part in an Ohio State study, research showed its participants did not want to disappoint. Howard Klein, Ohio State professor in management and human resources, determined through a recent four-study series that sharing goals with successful people can positively impact someone’s achievements. Klein said the purpose of the study was to understand when and why sharing one’s goals helps attain one’s objectives and whether the status of a listener has an effect on how committed one is to his or her goal.

“People should have specific goals. They should have a longterm and a shortterm goal. The way they can apply our findings is by writing down their goals and telling someone about them.” BRYCE J. LINFORD Ph.D. student in organizational behavior

The study found that sharing a goal with someone viewed as having lower status had similar results to keeping the goal to

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Bryce J. Linford, a Ph.D. student in organizational behavior, assisted with a study that shows those who share goals with successful people will see more positive results.

oneself. People tended to perform better in attaining their goals when they shared their objectives with someone they viewed as having higher status than themselves, Klein said. “The reason goal commitment increased is because of increased evaluation apprehension,” Klein said. Bryce J. Linford, a Ph.D. student in organizational behavior who assisted with the research, said when people feel more pressure due to someone respectable knowing their goal and being able to hold them accountable, they are more likely to succeed. “I had done some earlier work that suggested if you shared your goals, it helped you to be more committed,” Klein said.

However, Klein said other studies, one of which influenced a TEDTalk by entrepreneur Derek Sivers, indicated that sharing goals had an overall negative impact on the outcome. “[Our] study was really designed to try and tease apart why those different results were found, and we actually didn’t find any case where sharing a goal hurt goal attainment,” Klein said. The first study was an online survey that evaluated working adults, Klein said. The participants were asked to share a career goal and whether they had shared it with anyone else. If they had, they were asked with whom it was shared. They found that the majority of the participants had shared

their goal and were more likely to share goals with people they viewed as having higher status, Klein said. These people seemed to be more likely to succeed than those who shared with people of lower status.

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THE LANTERN However, the finding with higher-status listeners could be due to the fact that the sharers were previously committed to success, Klein said. “That answered some questions, but not the critical questions,” Klein said.

Klein said he and his team then designed two lab studies to further test the theory by having people share their goals with someone of their choosing. To test if higher status had an impact, a Ph.D. student who said he was an expert on the topic dressed in a suit and had people share their goals regarding the test they took. To test the effects of sharing with a low-status person, the same student wore jeans and a T-shirt and introduced himself as a community college student who was there to help and hear their goals. Klein said a third group did the same task without sharing their goals to serve as a control group. They found that people performed better on the test when they shared their goal with the Ph.D. student who was viewed as an expert on the topic, Klein said. Researchers repeated the study again with additional measures, finding that the defining factor was the feeling of evaluation apprehension, Klein said. People did not want to disappoint. Linford said the results of this study could benefit anyone. “People should have specific goals. They should have a longterm and a short-term goal. The way they can apply our findings is by writing down their goals and telling someone about them,” Linford said. Both Linford and Klein said they are interested in pursuing the idea of whether sharing multiple goals with higher-status people changes the results, as well as whether sharing one goal with multiple people has an influence on the outcome.

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Social Change Ohio State serves as mentors to an underserved school through the Grow, Explore and Mentor program.

community and is making an impact on students in underserved neighborhoods in the area. “It allows us to be role models and provide after-school programs that will benefit kids, instead of them going home to a place that may not be beneficial,” Abudulwahed said. Abudulwahed said he has worked with the program for four years and has had the opportunity to see the continuous impact of his efforts with the program. “Working with the same kids for so long, you become a part of their life in a sense and you build a connection with them,” Abudulwahed said. “You see them grow and see the difference you are making.” Martin-King said in the coming years she is hoping to continue bridging the gap in sciences and literacy and expand the program as much as possible. “I would love to see our volunteer base grow, our donor base

grow and our income resources grow,” Martin-King said. While working for this student group, students are making connections that improve the lives of children and also aid in their growth at school, Martin-King said. “The learning at Ohio State is not just what is happening in the classroom,” Martin-King said. The Engaged Scholars logo accompanies stories that feature and examine research and teaching partnerships formed between The Ohio State University and the community (local, state, national and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources. These stories spring from a partnership with Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. The Lantern retains sole editorial control over the selection, writing and editing of these stories.

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for “The,” and the patent office said in the refusal that if this application is approved, this could create confusion between the two marks. However, it’s not the end for “The” Ohio State yet. The patent office said in the refusal that Ohio State could overcome the denial in several ways, including submitting a different sample that shows “proper trademark” and “non-ornamental” use on clothing such as hang tags and labels inside the clothing.

mark Office, which is not unusual. We are reviewing our options,” he said. Ohio State has filed for several other trademarks directly related to university names in the past, according to previous reporting by The Lantern.

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www.thelantern.com been discussing a sculpture for Ohio State’s campus for years. “We hope it’s set to engage students for many years to come,” Cowart said. The chair positions were funded by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation with a $6 million gift to the university. An endowed chair is a faculty position paid for by the rev-

enue from a fund from an outside donor. The gift came in 2017, with the search for professors concluding in the spring of 2019. Jody Patterson was named the first Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Chair of Art History on Sept. 9. According to the College of Arts and Sciences website, Patterson was previously an associate professor and head of the art history department at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom before joining the Department of History

of Art as an associate professor in August. The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Chair of Studio Art was announced in July 2018, and will be held by Carmen Winant, a Columbus-based visual artist. According to Ohio State News, Winant was previously an assistant professor of history of art and visual culture at the Columbus College of Art & Design. Lichtenstein, known for his influential pop art paintings, created the initial version of “Modern Head”

in 1969. It was not until 1989 that the sculpture was fabricated out of metal and erected at its current size. Lichtenstein’s art has a presence in museums around the globe, spanning from the Smithsonian American Art Museum to the Institute of Contemporary Arts in the U.K. Other versions of “Modern Head” can be found in Jerusalem, at Yale University and in Washington, D.C.

Columbus Caribbean Festival returns to Scioto Mile EMMA SCOTT MORAN Lantern reporter scottmoran.1@osu.edu As summer comes to a close, Columbus will get a taste of the tropics thanks to the third annual Columbus Caribbean Festival this weekend. The festival, located along the Scioto Mile, will feature family-friendly activities, live music, carnival dancers and food vendors, Trish Wright, founder of the festival, said. Abba Blade, co-founder, said that while the event has a lot to offer, festivalgoers should try the selection of Caribbean cuisine, as it will leave a lasting impression. “The food will leave a nice taste days after you’ve had it,” Blade said. Dave Cunningham, owner of Dave’s Caribbean Food and one of the festival vendors, said his food truck will offer a selection of Caribbean favorites, such as curry chicken, fried plantains and sweet potato pies. Cunningham said the jerk chicken and oxtail are his most popular items. Cunningham said the seasoning and flavor is what distinguishes Caribbean food from other cuisine and contributes to the central role food has in Caribbean culture. “Food is very important,” Cunningham said. “Because you can’t get it nowhere other else than the Caribbean islands or Jamaica — the season, the taste, flavor.”

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justice to the Caribbean culture. “The music has to spread,” Winchester said. “I want them to see how welcoming we are.” Likewise, Blade said he would like to unite and educate people about the Carribean through the festival. “The Caribbean all and all is just like a hidden treasure,” Blade said. “Just come together as one and learn about the culture.” The Columbus Caribbean Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and continue on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. along the Scioto Mile. Admission to the festival is free.

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Festivalgoers wave a Jamaican flag as The All Star Jammerz perform at the first annual Columbus Caribbean Festival Sept. 9, 2017, at Genoa Park in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

The festival also will feature a lineup of bands and musicians from a number of genres. Blade said Caribbean music is unique in its massive variety across the region. “You got dancehall, you got reggae, you also got soca, you got calypso,” Blade said. “So it’s just different — the genre of music — but it all come together as one.” The Flex Crew, a local reggae band, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Troy Jones, drummer and background singer of the band, said it brings a “reggae gumbo” to the stage through R&B, funk, hip-hop and rock influences. Jones said The Flex Crew is fortunate to have tapped into the

city’s large Caribbean community, which brings regular crowds to the band’s weekly Sunday evening performances at Skully’s Music-Diner. Jones said the community contains a variety of nationalities, including Jamaican, Bahamian, Anguillian and Virgin Islander. He said he wants to see a wide representation of these nationalities at the festival. “I always tell people, when you come to the Columbus Caribbean Festival, ‘Rep your country, bring your flag,’” Jones said. Taking the stage at 8:30 p.m. Saturday is soca artist Shurwayne Winchester. Soca is an up-tempo, fast-paced genre that is full of en-

ergy, Blade said. “In Trinidad, they deal with soca, so that’s a different beat, that’s a different tempo, that’s a different style,” Blade said. “You’ve got to keep moving, dancing, whining.” The infectious, interactive soca music conveys the “unwritten rhythm” that is naturally present in the Caribbean, Winchester said. “The music is in our DNA. If you take the music away from the Caribbean folks, there is nothing left,” Winchester said. “The music makes you feel whole.” Winchester said that while he enjoys playing for his home audience in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, he feels he is not doing

bba Blade, co-founder of the festival, said a goal of the festival is to give back to the community. The Columbus Caribbean Festival will benefit the Wright’s Way Foundation, a nonprofit that gives back to local and Carribean communities through school drives, care packages and giveaways. This year, proceeds will also aid Caribbean communities impacted by Hurricane Dorian, Trish Wright, founder, said. “We’re going to accept donation at the festival, and we’re also accepting donation at our office,” Blade said. “We’re gonna play our part to give back to the Bahamas’ people.” The Wright Foundation office is located at 6100 Channingway Blvd., Suite 300.

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Hot new festival from OUAB ASHLEY KIMMEL Assistant Arts&Life Editor kimmel.103@osu.edu Students can let their worries float away at Siebert Lawn this weekend thanks to a new festival from the Ohio Union Activities Board. The OUABalloon Festival will include hot air balloon rides, carnival and lawn games, a caricature and balloon artist and food provided by campus food truck Thyme & Change, Brynna Maxey, director of special events and a fourth-year in neuroscience, said. “I think it provides a really unique opportunity, especially if given the chance to go up in the hot air balloon — something that they might not normally have been able to do elsewhere,” Maxey said. OUAB is partnering with Real Adventure Hot Air Balloon Co. for the event. Tim Hampton, an adjunct instructor in the Department of Human Sciences and founder of the company, will pilot the hot air balloon. Maxey said there will be priz-

es for some of the games, such as reusable utensils made from bamboo, a limited supply of hammocks or blankets, stickers and candy. Students will be given an $8 food voucher at event check-in to spend on a menu of pulled pork,

“I think it provides a really unique opportunity, especially if given the chance to go up in the hot air balloon.” BRYNNA MAXEY OUAB director of special events

grilled cheese and chicken and waffles from Thyme & Change, Maxey said. The hot air balloon rides are first come, first served and contingent on weather conditions, Maxey said. The balloon will rise 25 to 50 feet above Siebert Lawn while tethered to the ground, and — though every ride is different — Maxey said each ride will last

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no longer than 10 minutes. She added that the rides depend on weight distribution, but normally hold two to four people per ride. OUAB has not offered a hot air balloon ride in several years, which led them to want to reintroduce it to a new group of students, Sarah Locaputo, a member of special events committee and a fourth-year in industrial and systems engineering, said. “That was kind of our new, like, once-in-a-lifetime-type event we were trying to bring here because that’s not an opportunity that many people just happen across,” Locaputo said. Though OUAB hosts many of their events at the Union, Locaputo said she is excited for the change in scenery and thinks Siebert Lawn is an ideal location for students across campus to interact. The OUABalloon Festival will take place from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Siebert Lawn. Admission is free with a valid BuckID. JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Ohio Union Activities Board hosts the OUABalloon Festival with hot air balloons on Siebert Lawn on Sept. 15.

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year in accounting, said he actually finds the new mobile method more convenient. Signore purchased a package in 2018, but said he didn’t in 2019 because most of the games during 2018 were blowouts that weren’t worth the cost of a season package. He said buying single-game tickets is cost-effective, and easier now since the release of the Ohio State student ticket exchange app TicketBay in January. Many of his friends didn’t purchase season tickets either. “[My friends] said that they’d rather tailgate before the game than actually go to the game and I’m kind of with them,” Signore said. “I have more fun tailgating before the game, and I can just watch it on TV, than actually going to the football game.”

“I have more fun tailgating before the game, and I can just watch it on TV, than actually going to the football game.” Nick Signore Third-year in accounting

Students have the option of purchasing one of four season ticket

packages prior to the season. North and South Block “O” packages, which place the rowdiest students together directly behind the north or south end zones, cost $272 in 2019. A full season in the student reserve section, which places students just outside the Block “O” sections on either end, cost $252. Purchasing a season ticket package in the Student Reserve section exclusively for conference games cost $144. The athletics department collects feedback from students in Block “O” on how to improve the stadium environment following every season, Sabau said. Block “O” members were given a special entrance to improve “ease of access.” “[We’ve] tried to plus up that experience for that group,” Sabau said. “Now we need to look at it collectively.” The Lantern made several attempts to contact Block “O,” but did not receive a response. University renovations removed 2,164 seats from Ohio Stadium ahead of 2019. However, this did not affect the number of tickets available to students. Student population on the Columbus campus has risen every year from 2009 to 2018, with the exception of a dip from 56,867 in 2011 to 56,387 in 2012. It hit 61,170 in 2018. Data from 2019 is not yet available. There’s likely more students to

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Ohio State fans hold up their shoes for a chant to support the Buckeyes in the first half of the game against Cincinnati on Sept. 7. Ohio State won 42-0.

buy tickets, and the same amount available, but despite that and the fact that Ohio State plays three nationally ranked Big Ten opponents at home, student ticket sales are at their lowest since at least the mid-2000s. “Historically, football has always been a printed ticket, and if they still want a printed ticket, they can certainly have one,” Sabau said. “We were just trying to make a mobile ticketing concept easier for our students.” Despite the decrease in season ticket sales, Ohio Stadium announced an attendance of

104,089 fans at its Week 2 game against Cincinnati Saturday. Perhaps more students and fans alike are switching to single-game ticket options. “We’re really proud of Buckeye Nation. We’re very thankful for how they have shown up for the first two games, Florida Atlantic and Cincinnati,” Sabau said. “Our student section is fantastic, and we just need to continue that support for our student-athletes.” Students can purchase single-game tickets or season packages through the Ohio State athletics website, under “tickets.”

Even with Big Ten matches in their sights, the Buckeyes maintain a short-term perspective and are optimistic about their performance in Bowling Green. “[We] definitely [want] to come out 3-0. I feel like that’s the expectation you’ve got to have going into a tournament,” Sandbothe said. “Being prepared to fight, and every team’s good that we’ll play against, so just being prepared to play our best match and hope for the best.” This weekend’s games are especially challenging because of the high-caliber teams in the Buckeyes’ nonconference schedule. All Buckeye opponents for the weekend had a winning record in their 2018 seasons, which provides a unique challenge for the Buckeyes. Western Kentucky, in particular, presents a substantial obstacle to Ohio State’s goal of coming out of this weekend with three wins.

“It’s 80 percent focus on us and 20 percent on the game plan. If we take care of our side of the ball we’re going to win.” GEOFF CARLSTON Ohio State women’s volleyball head coach

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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day prepares to lead the Buckeyes out of the tunnel before the game against Florida Atlantic on Aug. 31. Ohio State won 45-21.

“Western Kentucky is a top-25 team almost every year,” Carlston said. “There’s teams we’ll play where we’ll know a decent amount about because of their style. They’re pretty difficult to play because of their style.” In addition, all three teams are composed mostly of veteran players: Tulane’s 18-person roster has 14 returning, Western Kentucky’s 14-person roster has nine returning and Bowling Green’s 18-person roster has 14 returning. With a quick turnaround in preparation, Ohio State has dedicated two practice days to working on skills needed to play these specific opponents. Yet Carlston stressed that keeping the focus internal and staying present in each match is more pressing than what their opponent could potentially bring to the table. “It’s 80 percent focus on us and 20 percent on the game plan,” Carlston said. “If we take care of our side of the ball we’re going to win.”

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“They got the same system, but they got a lot in the system –– lot of different looks, coverages, pressures,” Day said. “As you get into year two, year three into a system, you can start to get more intricate. That’s where they are right now.” Indiana operates in the system of head coach Tom Allen, who current Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson hired as

his defensive coordinator when he was the Hoosiers’ head coach in 2016. Allen was promoted to head coach when Wilson resigned before the final game of that year. Leading Allen’s defense is redshirt junior defensive back Marcelino Ball, a hybrid player in a position similar to that of Ohio State’s bullet. Ball was an honorable mention All-Big Ten performer in 2018, when he was

top three on the team in tackles, sacks, tackles for loss, interceptions and forced fumbles. “They have some guys in there. Obviously Ball is really good at what he does,” Day said. “He does a lot of things for them. Their secondary is really, really strong.” Despite dominating Cincinnati 42-0, Ohio State dropped a spot in the AP Poll and is only a 14-point

favorite against Indiana. The odds are one thing, but the Buckeyes present a steep incline in quality of opponent for the Hoosiers this week. That being said, when the game kicks off at noon Saturday, it will be Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields’ first time starting a game on the road, and his first test against a Big Ten rival.