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parts. The first part, Dark Matter, will allow presenters to adapt visuals to audience responses in real time, flying viewers around the universe on a path dictated not by a script, but by group interest, Schlingman said. “Fundamentally, [the software] allows us to do storytelling differently,” Schlingman said. “It opens up a whole new realm of learning how to convey information and the communication and the stories that we can tell.”
“It opens up a whole new realm of learning how to convey information and the communication and the stories that we can tell.” WAYNE SCHLINGMAN Planetarium director AMAL SAEED | PHOTO EDITOR
The Arne Slettebak Planetarium, located on the fifth floor of Smith Lab, will undergo changes with a new software installment in November.
Planetarium to receive high-tech update
JACKIE APPEL For The Lantern appel.67@osu.edu Starting in January, Ohio State students will be able to better experience what John Glenn did
without leaving the comfort of the campus. The Arne Slettebak Planetarium, located on the fifth floor of Smith Laboratory, is getting a new software package in November that will allow for the creation
of more varied and entertaining shows to help improve astronomical understanding and wider community outreach. With the current computer system beginning to show its age and being occasionally unreliable, the planetarium
is using the necessary upgrade to install equipment far beyond its current capabilities at Ohio State, Wayne Schlingman, planetarium director, said. The new software — known as Sky-Skan — comes in two distinct
Updated databases will allow visuals to include things such as the inside of the International Space Station, far-away galaxies and the entire exoplanet catalog containing every planet discovered outside our solar system, giving audiences a better idea of the scale and complexity of our PLANETARIUM CONTINUES ON 2
Starting a conversation Ohio State program, student organization promote suicide prevention discussion MADDIE GEHRING For The Lantern gehring.80@osu.edu September is National Suicide Awareness Month, but two Ohio State programs are looking to promote prevention all year long. The Ohio State University Suicide Prevention Program and Buckeye Campaign Against Suicide both seek to provide resources about suicide prevention at a broad and student level. OSUSPP is an education program for students, staff and faculty to seek help and learn about methods that help prevent potential suicides through more than 70 campus partnerships, funded by the Office of Student Life and the College of Education and Human Ecology. OSUSPP works with members of REACH, a prevention program, and RUOK? Buckeyes, a screening program, to help graduate and undergraduate students as well as veterans, according to an Ohio State suicide prevention
program chart. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 34. Laura Lewis, assistant director of OSUSPP, said she wants to limit these numbers by “getting in the trenches together,” with a goal to break the stigma around discussing suicide. “Everybody has some level of responsibility to each other by just being human. Everybody can make a difference; everyone can reach out,” Lewis said. Lewis said to look at suicide awareness as a three-step program: prevention, intervention and postvention. OSUSPP falls under prevention, Lewis said. Education is important because it provides people with ways to address the issues that are causing them distress, Lewis said. “People don’t want to die,” Lewis said. “They just don’t want to keep going the way they currently are.” PREVENTION CONTINUES ON 2
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Ohio State vision and cognitive neuroscience lab researches distraction BRANDY FAIRFAX Lantern reporter fairfax.5@osu.edu Don’t look now, but university researchers are studying the implications of distractions. Ohio State Vision and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab researchers collaborated with the cognitive control lab to find that when distractions are present, they pull people’s attention away from what they were supposed to be focused on, all the while convincing participants they weren’t distracted at all, Julie Golomb, senior author and associate professor of
“We live in this world that’s full of distractions, and we have so much information to process at times.” JIAGENG CHEN Graduate student
psychology and director of the neuroscience lab, said. “We live in this world that’s
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full of distractions, and we have so much information to process at times,” Jiageng Chen, lead author and graduate student researcher at the neuroscience lab, said. Twenty-six participants came
to the lab and took a computerized test, where they were given four different colored squares, Golomb said. The target color had a white thick outline and the distraction color had dots around it.
The participants were asked to select the target color seconds after seeing the options, Golomb said. Golomb said they did hundreds of trials and found that partici-
pants erred by picking the distraction color about 20 to 30 percent of the time. When there was no distractor, there were very few errors. Chen said the errors found were interesting because the participants were unaware when they were picking the wrong color. “We noticed the participants would pick the exact distractor color, or in some cases, we noticed they shifted a little away from the target color, which could mean they were trying to avoid being sidetracked,” Chen said. Chen said participants rated how confident they felt in picking the distraction color, with most selecting “highly confident.” Golomb said there wasn’t always a distractor present, but when there was, people’s attention was drawn almost immediately to it. “This wasn’t really testing memory,” Golomb said. “We think these were more perceptual errors when looking at these target and distractor colors.” Both labs were awarded a National Science Foundation grant to conduct more research on how distractions affect people in real-world scenarios, and Golomb said this is just the beginning.
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Lewis said she wants Ohio State community to know that this conversation surrounding suicide needs to happen every month, not just September. “It’s everyone’s business to promote that suicide is preventable,” she said. While Ohio State provides programming on a broader scale, students have also taken initiative to bring awareness at the student level.
“Everybody has some level of responsibility to each other by just being human. Everybody can make a difference; everyone can reach out.” LAURA LEWIS Assistant director of OSUSPP
BCAS is a student organization created to help reach campus on a more intimate level, Jenna Leventhal, BCAS president and third-year in psychology, said. The student organization helps students become more comfortable discussing suicide with one another, she said. In an effort to raise awareness
for suicide prevention, BCAS will be hosting an event Oct. 2 on the Oval known as Project Semicolon, where the organization will be handing out press-on tattoos for students to wear. “Someone could have chosen to end the sentence, but instead they kept going,” Leventhal said. “Instead of it being an author of a sentence, it’s a person and their life.” Following incidents of students falling off the parking garages, BCAS put up posters on all levels of parking garages, Leventhal said. Leventhal said she understands the importance of having a student organization focused on such a heavy subject. Young people are more likely to reach out to other young people when they are struggling, Leventhal said. The importance is so great that Ohio State’s Mansfield campus created its own BCAS, Leventhal said. Community involvement is a major protection factor against suicide, Lewis said. Seeking help, she said, should be destigmatized and discussed in the same way any other preventative healthcare would be. “What it means to be a Buckeye is that you reach out and connect. You care about the people around you,” Lewis said. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255.
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The Arne Slettebak Planetarium Director Wayne Schlingman believes the new software being installed will change storytelling. PLANETARIUM FROM 1
universe, Schlingman said. “Upgrading this system brings us into the future and allows us to access so much that was not quite accessible [with the current system],” Nikki Justice, a fourth-year in astronomy and astrophysics and undergraduate planetarium presenter, said. The second part of the package uses a program called MilkDrop to synchronize dramatic visuals to music and create music- and
light-based shows to draw crowds that may not be as interested in astronomy, Schlingman said. “[We will be able to] put a group of people in here and surround them with music. Live music,” Schlingman said. “Not a jazz band you watch, but a jazz band sitting around you. Totally different.” Schlingman said there are plans to use the music shows as a training tool for new presenters, in
hopes of helping a wider variety of people feel comfortable delivering longer, more scripted astronomy-oriented shows. Though the planetarium will close in November for the upgrades, the staff hope to re-open in January for spring semester classes and debut the new software to the public with a musical show for Ohio State’s 150th-anniversary celebration on March 22.
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An incident of criminal damaging and endangerment was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on Eighth Avenue near Indianola Avenue between 7:30 p.m Sept. 14 and 1:30 a.m. Sept. 15. According to the online police log, an unknown suspect entered the victim’s residence and urinated in the victim’s underwear drawer. An incident of motor vehicle theft was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on North High Street near Maynard Avenue between 8 p.m. Sept. 17 and 12 p.m. Sept. 18. According to the online police log, the vehicle was left in the listed parking lot and the owner returned to it missing. An incident of public indecency was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 5:22 p.m. Thursday on Northwood Avenue near North High Street. According to the online police log, the suspect exposed his genitals to the victim after peering through the victim’s window. A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at an unknown location at 5:24 p.m. Thursday. A burglary was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on Tompkins Street near Neil Avenue between 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday. According to the online police log, an unknown suspect forced entry into the residence and stole a laptop listed at a $1,400 value.
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A homicide was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on West 10th Avenue near Wexner Medical Center at 8:32 p.m. Thursday. According to the online police log, the suspect stabbed the victim and was later taken into custody. An assault was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on Indianola Avenue near 18th Avenue at 12:45 a.m. Friday. According to the online police log, the victim was attending a concert when the suspect began elbowing and pushing past her. The victim told the suspect to stop, and the suspect el-
bowed her upward and downward before punching her in the face. A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at an unknown residence hall at 7:29 a.m. Friday. An incident of motor vehicle theft was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred on 18th Avenue near Fourth Street between 5 and 8 a.m. Saturday. According to the online police log, the victim’s motorcycle was stolen from the side of the victim’s house. A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at Drackett Tower between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
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es technique to the dancers. “Since I am a student, I can kind of see the real view that it is helpful to have the technique of African dance,” Kounta said. “You have your technique to fall back on, so at the end of the day, you can go into any style and pursue it.” Thiossane admits members to the company in a different manner than most dance companies, Bradford Kounta said. She added that the institute practices the tradition of emphasizing the importance of family. Many of the members start at the institute at a young age and grow up with the other members, like family. While younger members of organizations are traditionally seen as less experienced or novice, Jackson said Thiossane appreciates what the dancers have to offer at all ages and stages of skill. “We are talking about family and community,” Jackson said. “It’s about knowing your place in society, but still knowing that you don’t have to be in charge or the oldest to know what you know.” Bradford Kounta said the immersion of West African dance culture is a new and exciting experience for the Ohio State community. Not only will the three performances offer distinct cultural perspectives, but she said they will add to the awareness and inclusion of these different cultures in the curriculum. “We are really excited because we know it hasn’t been done in the dance department, and we promised that the presentation will be educational; it will be fun and it will be interactive, and hopefully the appreciation for this artform grows,” Bradford Kounta said. The first performance begins at 8 p.m. Thursday in Barnett Theatre in Sullivant Hall. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for Ohio State faculty, staff, students, alumni, senior citizens, non-Ohio State students, children and military veterans by contacting the theater’s ticket office or online through the Department of Dance website.
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Thursday will begin with a series of lectures, followed by a reception event at 4 p.m. allowing attendees to embrace the comic community in Columbus as well as those who are traveling for the event, Sweeney said. Although workshops are typically held for children K-12, Sweeney said in its fifth year, Sõl-Con will implement a series of workshops so college students and attendees can have a more hands-on experience. Sõl-Con will wrap up on campus Friday with an all-day comic expo that will display 28 ethnically diverse artists, according to the website of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which is involved in carrying out the event. Attendees will also receive a free 52-page comic anthology at the expo that displays a range of works from finished professional pieces to works-in-progress created by students, Aldama said. For Aldama, comics are more than just a form of entertainment. “I moved from Mexico when I was 5, and I’ll be honest; comics taught me English better and faster than my classrooms,” Aldama said. He said comics made the pro-
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Artist Albert Morales speaks to student at Sõl-Con, displaying works that explore race and ethnicity.
Comic expo illustrates diverse perspectives TAYLOR SMITH Lantern reporter smith.11164@osu.edu Artists of color from across the United States will be zooming to Ohio State this week for Sõl-Con: The Brown and Black Comix Expo. The event will bring artists of color out of the margins and into the forefront, showcasing comics and discussions that explore the topics of race, gender, sexuality and ethnicity, Frederick Aldama, Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and founder of the event, said. “We are here. We are all here, and we exist in this country. We exist in this world. We are Americans … So why would we not have the same amount of reach and the same amount of influence and the same amount of privilege to tell our stories, to show our work, to show our cultures?” JM Hunter, a featured artist of SõlCon and an event organizer, said. Sõl-Con is a three-day, on-campus event that will include lectures, workshops and a comic expo to welcome individuals to the comic world in a way that is “as laid-back as possible,” Katlin
Sweeney, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of English and organizer of the event, said. Sõl-Con artists will then exhibit at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Saturday and Sunday, after the on-campus event. The event will kick off Wednesday with the first-ever student symposium, a series of 15-minute presentations given by both undergraduate and graduate students, with the intention of easing those who aren’t comic scholars into the conversation with the comfort of their peers, Sweeney said. Sweeney also created a series of “thought nuggets” in her “Extra Credit Guide to Sõl-Con” to help newcomers develop questions and thought topics throughout the event in order for them to be comfortable being involved. The student-led discussions will be followed by panels of professional scholars, including Qiana Whitted of University of South Carolina, Christopher González of Texas A&M University and other professionals in the field from all over the country to gain insight of the scholarship behind comics, Aldama said. SÕL-CON CONTINUES ON 3
Farmers market brings local produce to campus ANNA RIPKEN Copy Chief ripken.2@osu.edu Students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to experience local and fresh produce when Undergraduate Student Government brings a farmers market to the South Oval Thursday. OSU Farmers Market 2019 will include local vendors, campus resources and giveaway items. The event is being spearheaded by Jacob Kenneally, a second-year in computer science and engineering and a member of the USG student affairs committee, in conjunction with the USG sustainability committee. Kenneally is working with other members of USG to educate students on a healthy lifestyle and make local and fresh food options more accessible. The main goal of the farmers market is to expose the campus community to local foods, farms and agriculture in a “vibrant experiential marketplace,” Kenneally said. Kenneally said he is anticipating more than 20 vendors at the farmers market, ranging from artisans to farmers, with the purpose of supporting local businesses. Some of the vendors will include Bailey’s Drive Inn Donuts, Haven Herbs and Global Gifts — a locally owned nonprofit organization that sells handmade items from jewelry to home goods. Amy Phillips-Gary, store manager of Global Gifts, said she is
honored to be invited and excited to bring handcrafts made by artisans from across the world to the farmers market. “We have some really unique things that people can feel really good about buying because every purchase means an economic opportunity that helps an artisan, a farmer, producer improve their lives, educate their children,” Phillips-Gary said. Phillips-Gary said she expects to feature some Global Gifts accessories, jewelry and woolens. Staff herbalist Lily Kunning of Haven Herbs — a business that specializes in homemade remedies and body care — said it will
“When you work at a farmers market week after week, you really get to know all the other vendors and there’s a camaraderie there.” Lily Kunning Staff herbalist
be contributing to the local aspect of the farmers market, given that everyone who works and owns Haven Herbs lives in Columbus and sources botanicals from Ohio farms. The business frequents farmers markets across the city. “It’s really lovely, actually,” Kunning said. “That’s how I’m able to get so much local sourcing of botanicals because when you work at a farmers market week MARKET CONTINUES ON 5
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Yellowbird Foodshed, an organization that delivers local and fresh produce to customers through a weekly delivery service, will be a produce vendor at Thursday’s OSU Farmers Market 2019 on the South Oval.
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after week, you really get to know all the other vendors and there’s a camaraderie there. And just talking to them about what I would need for my formulas, it’s created a whole new market for farms.” Yellowbird Foodshed, an organization that delivers local and fresh produce to its customers through a weekly subscription and delivery service, will be among the event’s produce vendors. Kenneally shares a personal relationship with the business, as his family moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio — where Yellowbird’s farm is located — and started taking advantage of the produce available. Kenneally said his family lived minutes from the farm, and they got to know Yellowbird’s owners and ordered produce weekly. Kenneally said his dedication to local and fresh food stems from an interest in healthy eating that developed when his mother was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid does not produce enough thyroid hormone to combat health problems such as obesity, joint pain or heart disease. “She didn’t want to take medications for the rest of her life, so she did her own research and started hearing these stories of
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people who use diet and lifestyle changes to kind of heal and put it into remission, so that’s what she did,” Kenneally said. “I kind of jumped on board with her, and we started just completely radically changing our whole diets and just relearning everything we thought we knew about food and health.” His family’s interest extends to the very root of where food comes from, Kenneally said. While sharing his story through the farmers market is a goal of Kenneally’s, he will also be communicating a similar message when he gives a TED Talk in the Ohio Union Thursday as part of the TEDx series, a program that brings local communities together to share insight in an informal setting. The TED event, called “Vital,” will feature talks surrounding college students and health care, he said. Kenneally has been working with a speech coach over the course of six weeks for the TED Talk, in addition to working with USG and local vendors to make the farmers market possible. OSU Farmers Market 2019 is 3-6 p.m. Thursday on the South Oval, followed by Kenneally’s TED Talk at 6 p.m. in the Ohio Union.
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West African dance institute demonstrating culture on campus ASHLEE LEHR Lantern reporter lehr.71@osu.edu The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be Thiossane’s first at the university. Thiossane (pronounced chasahn) is a traditional West African dance organization comprised of dancers of all ages that focuses on sharing the traditional values and culture of West Africa through dance and performance, Suzan Bradford Kounta, co-founder and artistic director of Thiossane, said. This is the first year the institute is performing at Ohio State in collaboration with the Department of Dance. Bradford Kounta said she has worked with Susan Hadley, dance department chair, to incorporate West African dance culture into the Ohio State curriculum. “The departments are seeing that they have to begin to insert what the students are requesting and how to have their experience be a well-rounded experience in dance,” Bradford Kounta said. “So that includes West African dance and music.” Bradford Kounta said the
Thiossane Institute began in 2000, under the direction of her and her late husband Abdou Kounta. “He [Abdou] was a member of the National Ballet of Senegal, and because we had already had a foundation in African dance, music and culture, our marriage was not just a marriage of just man and wife. It was a marriage of cultures and our possibilities and our purposes,” Bradford Kounta said. Over the past 20 years, Thiossane Institute has expanded throughout Ohio and is beginning to branch out and tour throughout the United States, Bradford Kounta said. Jesse Jackson III, a member of the company and a musician in the dance department, said he relates the importance of West African dance to the history of most modern dance culture. “Before you can have ballet, jazz, modern hip-hop, etc., you have to understand where those things come from, and they come from African music, African dance in some shape or fashion,” Jackson said. Ami Kounta, Bradford Kounta’s 20-year-old daughter, is both a student and an instructor for the institute’s apprentice program, made up of 14 dancers between the ages of 7 and 17. While balancing her own dance aspirations, she also choreographs and teach-
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A group of Thiossane dancers perform traditional West African music on stage at their May 2019 concert, Happiness of the Children, at the Lincoln Theatre.
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Five takeaways from Week 4 GRIFFIN STROM Sports Editor strom.25@osu.edu In its final nonconference matchup against Miami (Ohio) Saturday, Ohio State turned out its fourth consecutive blowout victory with a 76-5 drubbing of the Redhawks. The 71-point win was Ohio State’s widest margin of victory since it beat Florida A&M in 2013. Despite the landslide result, there was still plenty to learn about the Buckeyes. Here’s five takeaways from the dominant performance:
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With 54 touchdowns in 2018, Dwayne Haskins was a touchdown machine. On pace to score 12 more than Haskins this season, sophomore quarterback Justin Fields is a touchdown factory. With four through the air and two on the ground in the second quarter alone Saturday, Fields’ 19 touchdowns this season trail only Washington State redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Gordon, who threw nine on Saturday.
Fields set a new career-high with a 53-yard bomb to redshirt senior wide receiver K.J. Hill, added a 30-yard strike to senior wide receiver Binjimen Victor and tossed a pair of scores to sophomore wide receiver Chris Olave. Averaging nearly five touchdowns a game against unranked, non-Power Five opponents is one thing, but starting next weekend, Ohio State enters a Big Ten gauntlet that includes four ranked opponents. Haskins dominated nonconference opponents as well, but added three more six-touchdown performances against stiffer Big Ten competition. Fields passed the preliminaries with flying colors, but the true test lies ahead.
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Jeffrey Okudah is a projected high first-round NFL draft pick as one of the nation’s top cornerbacks, but entering Saturday, there was one glaring omission on the junior’s career stat line: An interception. Okudah said prior to the season
that he wouldn’t leave Ohio State without one, and after his pick of Miami sophomore quarterback Brett Gabbert in the second quarter Saturday, he won’t have to. “I’m feeling pretty good about that, just to kind of get a monkey off my back so to say,” Okudah said. More than an empty stat, the turnover gave the Buckeyes possession at the Miami 41-yard-line, setting up a Fields touchdown scamper just three plays later. Finally adding a pick to his resume, Okudah is one step closer to attaining his preseason goal of 3-6 interceptions in what will likely be his final season in Columbus.
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It may not be why they came to Ohio State, but head coach Ryan Day said the best players in the program will play on special teams. That precedent is paying off in spades, as the Buckeyes have blocked a punt in each of the past two games and blocked a field goal one game prior. Sophomore cornerback Sevyn
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Ohio State junior cornerback Jeffrey Okudah (1) breaks up a Redhawk pass in the first half of the game against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 21. Ohio State won 76-5.
Banks supplied the big play Saturday, coming off the corner to stuff a punt attempt to give Ohio State possession in Miami territory. The Buckeyes would go up
42-5 on a touchdown grab by Victor just four plays later. “We had the blocked punt and the interception by Jeff, and TAKEAWAYS CONTINUES ON 7
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1. Witch’s spell 4. They make hits 8. ____ Downs 13. Moises of baseball 15. “Let’s ____” (2 wds.) 16. Far Eastern country 17. Managed-care gps. 18. Singing voice 19. Metric unit 20. Casual greeting 22. Soprano’s song 24. Jazz instrument, for short 25. Slant 27. Weak 29. Oglers 31. Loss’s opposite 35. Holsterly 36. Less green 39. Ex-veep Agnew 40. Loving 42. Staff symbol (2 wds.)
44. Director Kazan 45. Squirrels’ homes 47. Apart 49. Aka “acid” (abbr.) 50. Genoa sausage 52. Billies’ better halves 54. Lover boys 57. Fleming & Richardson 58. Where military planes land (abbr.) 61. Rowing tools 62. Banned insecticide (abbr.) 63. Cloth fold 65. “Hamlet” start (2 wds.) 67. Red-coated cheese 71. “Honeymooner” Kramden 72. Cutty ____ 73. Use shears 74. Breaks sharply 75. Pennsylvania port 76. Capone & Unser
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32. Substitute (2 wds.) 33. Van Gogh flowers 1. Cry of scorn 34. Frogs’ cousins 2. Common street name 37. Overhead trains 3. Possible tic-tac-toe row 38. Equestrian’s “brakes” 4. Personal calendar abbr. 5. Internet access provider (abbr.) 41. Letter opening 43. Drug-regulating gp. 6. Influential person 46. Polishes 7. Shopping place 48. Author Bagnold 8. Cream-filled pastries 51. “____ Loser” (2 wds) 9. Frat letters 53. Archibald & Thurmond of the 10. Perches NBA 11. Draft status (hyph.) 55. Wipe clean 12. Karl of communism 56. Gouchy Muppet 14. Broadway worker 58. Tax times (abbr.) 21. Wide-mouthed pitcher 59. Custard dessert 23. Naughty child 25. Married Spanish woman’s title 60. Lugosi of films 62. Sight on Dutch coast 26. Doghouse 64. Angry Birds, on your phone 27. Humane gp. 66. Start for cycle 28. Handle 68. “CSI” evidence 29. Elevators, to Brits 69. Be unwell 30. Temporarily fix 70. AWOL pursuers
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Juhász ready for expanded role
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you’re playing with a short field, makes all the difference in the world,” Day said. Banks isn’t a starter, but one of Fields’ top targets in Olave swung the momentum against Indiana with his punt block, and junior defensive end Chase Young deflected a Cincinnati field goal the week prior. Under the tutelage of first-year special teams coordinator Matt Barnes, the precedent has been set for potential game-changing special team plays at any juncture.
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Ohio State then-freshman guard Dorka Juhasz (14) attempts a layup in the first half of the game against Indiana on Jan. 10. Ohio State won 55-50.
MEGHAN CARROLL Lantern reporter carroll.677@osu.edu Dorka Juhász emerged as Ohio State’s standout star in her freshman season, pacing the women’s basketball team in points and rebounds. As a sophomore, the forward from Hungary is expected to step into a leadership role after her noteworthy play this past season for the Buckeyes. Head coach Kevin McGuff said she’s already on her way. “She takes what she does here very seriously in terms of her work ethic,” McGuff said. “She sets a great example. I think she’s always there for the young players as they get acclimated and get used to what they’re doing.” Juhász’s 2018-19 season was one to watch with a conference fourth-best 12 double-doubles, and a team-leading average of 11.7 points and 9 rebounds per game. She was also No. 2 on the team, behind former guard Carmen Grande, with 33 steals. The former No. 12 international recruit of the 2018 class said her freshman year was a great start to her Ohio State career, but with
seven new players on the Buckeye roster this year, she knows that her role must expand beyond stuffing the stat sheet. “[Freshman year] gave me a lot of confidence,” Juhász said. “And it showed me that this year I have to be more of a leader and put my team on my back since there are a lot of freshmen.”
“She sets a great example. I think she’s always there for the young players as they get acclimated and get used to what they’re doing.” KEVIN MCGUFF Ohio State women’s basketball head coach
Two freshmen she recognizes from her time playing in Hungary are forwards Aixa Wone Aranaz of Spain and Rebeka Mikulášiková of Slovakia. The two played against Juhász in their European leagues. All three previously played for European national teams against one anoth-
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Team A, the first seed of the upper bracket. Harrisburg had not lost a game until the quarterfinals, making it the favorite to win the series, if not the entire tournament. OSULoL won the first game after a strong start. It led by a wide margin in the second game but lost due to a lack of synergy, Helgason said. After dropping Game 3, its tournament run was over. Ma said the team was coming off a loss in Game 3 so it did not select its champions wisely in the game. “I think a few of us just choked in that game,” Helgason said. “Afterward I heard that Harrisburg had to pull out their secret strategy for Game 3 because they could not risk saving it for finals.” In the finals, Maryville A won against Harrisburg A in a 2-0 sweep. Throughout the entire
“It’s not easy to be top four. For such a new school that we didn’t expect coming into this tournament to do so well, the players should be super proud of themselves.” ALEX CHU Harrisburg head coach
er before becoming Ohio State teammates. “I thought it would be weird because we were playing against each other,” Juhász said. “But we became great friends in such a short period of time, so I’m really excited to play with them.” Sophomore guard Janai Crooms said she and Juhász are trying to step into similar guiding roles this season, working off inspiration from the past season’s upperclassmen. She added that her connection with Juhász off the court has helped their chemistry on it. “I think we play really well together,” Crooms said. “Since we hang out so much off the court, it just comes into play on the court.” As the season approaches, Juhász said she is excited to play with the young team because of its potential and the opportunity to play multiple years with one another. She said it is exciting to build something special with their talent and chemistry. Juhász still has more than a month to grow into the role that she and McGuff have for the 6-foot-4 forward, as Ohio State’s opening exhibition game against Urbana doesn’t tip off until Nov. 3. tournament, Maryville did not lose a single game. “To see [Ohio State] again and to take us to game three, we were like, ‘Holy crap. We barely won,’” Alex “Xpecial” Chu, head coach of both Harrisburg teams and former professional “League of Legends” player, said. Astin “Riverell” Lin achieved the most kills in Ohio State’s eight matches with 86. As for kill assists, Kyle “Cleveland” Kasper and Helgason were No. 1 and No. 2 at 123 and 106, respectively. Despite the semifinals loss, Chu said he is happy with his team’s performance. “It’s not easy to be top four. For such a new school that we didn’t expect coming into this tournament to do so well, the players should be super proud of themselves,” Chu said.
SCINTILLATING SECOND QUARTER
The second quarter has been a gold mine for Ohio State in backto-back weeks. After scoring 23 in 11 minutes against Indiana, the Buckeyes outdid themselves Saturday with a 42-point quarter, a program-high since at least 1960. “Just the way we reacted, I think that was kind of the first time we hit a little bit of adversity this year,” Fields said. “So just seeing that bounce-back, that was great.” For the first time this season, Ohio State trailed in the first quarter, down 5-0 to Miami after a strip-sack safety and a field goal. The Buckeyes were outgained 113-70 in opening quarter yardage, before six touchdowns, three turnovers and a blocked punt briskly removed any semblance of wind from the Redhawks’ sails. Slow starts the past two weeks have seemed like afterthoughts in the wake of landslide blowouts, but the upcoming conference schedule may not be as forgiving to early gaffes.
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BACKUPS IMPRESS
Somewhere between the fourth and seventh Ohio State touchdowns of the first half, it became evident that the Buckeye starters would receive little to no action in the second half. Unfortunately for Miami, the onslaught didn’t stop there. The Ohio State backups continued to dominate, leading the Buckeyes to a 27-0 second half thanks to a couple of key performances. Redshirt senior quarterback Chris Chugunov continued to prove that he deserves the No. 2 spot on the depth chart, going 6-of-7 for 86 yards and two touchdowns in the third quarter. Five-star prospect and freshman wide receiver Garrett Wilson made his second highlight-reel touchdown catch of the past three games, hauling in a Chugunov 38-yard 50-50 ball with a defender draped all over him. Wilson’s counterpart, freshman wide receiver Jameson Williams, found the end zone for the first time as a Buckeye with a 61-yard catch-and-run. Williams’ 74 receiving yards were second only to Hill, who had 78. “Both of those guys have practiced harder,” Day said. “I thought their approach to the game has been better and their attitude has been better. And lo and behold, here we go. Now we start to see some things happening.” The second and third-string defense also shined for Ohio State, giving up just 24 second half yards to the Redhawks.
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Ohio State freshman wide receiver Jameson Williams (6) runs the ball in for a touchdown during the second half of the game against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 21. Ohio State won 76-5.
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Ohio State redshirt freshman Jordan Silkowitz (18) kicks the ball down the field during the game against Ohio University on Sept. 15. Ohio State won 3-1.
Buckeye goalies work to fill big shoes JACOB BENGE For The Lantern benge.30@osu.edu
Devon Kerr’s impact on the Ohio State women’s soccer team will be felt for years to come.
The 2018 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year completed eight shutouts in the regular season a year
ago, five of those coming in Big Ten games. She notched 71 total saves on the season, in which she started all 19 matches. This season, redshirt freshman Jordan Silkowitz and junior Bailey Kolinski are looking to use what they learned from practicing and training with Kerr to replace not only what she provided statistically, but also her leadership and grit. “She brought a calmness to our backline and to our forwards that Jordan and I are both attempting to replicate,” Kolinski said. Silkowitz said Kerr’s tough style of play is something she and Kolinski have been practicing when faced with adversity. “I think our goalkeeper unit was really solid [last year], and we pushed [Kerr] to get her to be the best she could be, and she challenged us in different ways,” Silkowitz said. “Just how she handled different situations and now seeing this year where things got hard and seeing how we can put that into how we handle them.” Although Silkowitz did not play in a game for the Buckeyes prior to the 2019 season, her experience and practice time have been invaluable. As a redshirt freshman, she still has time to continue to learn and grow as a goalkeeper. “She is super dominant in the air, which is one of her greatest qualities,” head coach Lori Walker-Hock said. “Her kicking game is very comfortable. She can use either foot.” Walker-Hock said Silkowitz is
one of the most athletic goalies she’s had in terms of shot-stopping ability, but after starting the first five games in goal, the Buckeyes were 0-4-1 with 10 goals given up. Kolinski made her first appearance for the Buckeyes during their 2-3 loss to TCU. Since then, she and Silkowitz have split time in each game, but Kolinski has allowed just one goal and is credited with a 2-0 record, including wins over Miami (Ohio) and Ohio. Heading into conference play, Silkowitz and Kolinski said they believe they have a clean slate, and the Buckeyes got a win over a 7-1 Michigan State team Thursday. The win came with Silkowitz and Kolinski each playing a full half and neither allowing a goal. Replacing a star is hard enough, but the pair of goalkeepers must also contend with competing against each other for playing time. The team appears to be benefitting from the split time, however, as it has gone 3-2 since Kolinski’s integration in the lineup. It will require the lessons they’ve learned from Kerr in order to continue succeeding in a tough Big Ten conference, but Kolinski said her relationship with Silkowitz will push them to play at optimum capacity. “We are just going to go out and do our best, really challenge each other and look for the best of each other,” Kolinski said. STAY CONNECTED ON TWITTER
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OSULoL takes fourth place at Invitational
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Ohio State sent its “League of Legends” team to the Harrisburg University Esports Invitational on Sept. 20-21 and won fourth place out of 64 collegiate teams.
AARON LIEN For The Lantern lien.47@osu.edu With no jerseys, scholarships or prior practice as a team, Ohio State League of Legends was the
underdog heading into its semifinal match against Harrisburg University Team A. “We are definitely underprepared when it comes to the rest of the teams here,” mid-lane player Kevin “Peridot” Zhao said.
Each game in the series was a drawn-out endeavor between both teams, but eventually Maryville ended Ohio State’s tournament run by taking two of three games. The average game time during the series was 43 minutes and 25 sec-
onds, compared to one 23-minute win against Kent State. Ohio State’s team earned a fourth-place $3,125 prize. “League of Legends” is a multiplayer online battle arena game where two teams of five players compete to destroy each other’s base. Each player has a different role to fulfill for the team, choosing characters from a pool of 145 unique “champions.” Ohio State sent its LoL team to the Harrisburg University Esports Invitational Friday and Saturday. Harrisburg invited 64 collegiate teams that represented 35 colleges across the country. The Ohio State Esports program has yet to hold tryouts for its official teams, so the teams were made up of Buckeye Gaming Collective members. When practicing together as a group of five, one player always had to be subbed out due to sudden sickness or schoolwork, Zhao said. Despite its lack of experience playing as a full team, OSULoL’s only losses during pool play were to both of the Harrisburg teams. Ohio State advanced to the top 16 bracket as the No. 12 seed. Matches in the top 16 were in best-of-three format. OSULoL’s first match in the up-
per bracket was against Maryville Team B. Maryville was one of the favorites in the tournament to win, with its A team winning the entire collegiate league earlier in spring 2019. Many of Maryville’s players were among the highest-ranked at the tournament, and some have tried to play professionally. “I had heard a lot about Maryville being one of the most stacked teams, and on paper they should have wiped the floor with us,” jungle player Daniel “Icelandic Hero” Helgason said. Ohio State swept Maryville 2-0, using irregular fighting tactics that relied on kills to secure objectives. “Once we won the first game, we got a lot of confidence that we could win the next one,” top laner William “Ayylmaozedong” Ma said. Robert Morris met the Buckeyes in the quarterfinals for an affair that stretched to a decisive third game. Ohio State won the contest 2-1. Winning the quarterfinals meant that OSULoL was guaranteed a share of the $25,000 prize pool. Its semifinals would be against Harrisburg University ESPORTS CONTINUES ON 7