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Investigation and departure Former senior staff member violated sexual misconduct policy SAM RAUDINS Campus Editor raudins.3@osu.edu The former chief financial officer of the Ohio State office in charge of alumni relations and fundraising left the university in September following an investigation into sexual harassment claims.

According to a March 22 case report obtained by The Lantern, the investigation found “sufficient evidence” that Mark Beebe, former CFO of the Office of Advancement, violated Ohio State’s Sexual Misconduct Policy and the Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity & Non-discrimination/Harassment policy, and concluded that the Office of Advancement must take “appropriate action.”

University spokesperson Ben Johnson said in an email that Beebe’s last day in office was July 17, and his last day of employment was Sept. 3.

Beebe said in a statement that although he disputed the report findings, he offered an apology to

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Mark Beebe, former chief financial officer of Ohio State’s Office of Advancement, is found in violation of the Sexual Misconduct Policy and the Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity & Non-discrimination/Harassment policy.

his former co-workers.

“I disagree with the representation of the situations described in the report; however, I regret that anyone felt uncomfortable in the workplace, and I chose to leave the university on my own accord.

I only wish the best to all of my former colleagues and the university,” Beebe said in a statement.

Johnson said the CFO of University Advancement is a senior staff position that supervises four people, and Ohio State does not

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tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination under any circumstances. According to its website, the Office of Advancement works in alumni engagement, fundraising, strategy and administration and marketing.

According to the case report, Beebe and 30 witnesses were interviewed after the Office of Human Resources received a complaint Dec. 13, 2018.

Eleven witnesses reported that Beebe made comments to female employees regarding their appearance or outfits, and some witnesses reported that Beebe “looked them up and down” and stared at their breasts during conversations.

The witnesses noted that other males at Beebe’s level did not make comments on the appearance or dress of female co-workers.

Beebe was interviewed as part of the investigation on Feb. 22, when he said he tried to keep a “lighthearted and relaxed environment.” Beebe denied any sexual connotation to his comments and did not remember making such comments, but “was not going to say anyone was a liar about him making those comments.”

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Psych chair raises mental health service concerns KAYLEE HARTER Editor-in-Chief harter.830@osu.edu The chair of Ohio State’s Department of Psychology called Ohio State’s policy for dealing with urgent mental health care needs “shocking” and “embarrassing” in a recent letter to members of the university’s Suicide and Mental Health Task Force.

Charles Emery wrote to the task force, including University President Michael V. Drake, in October after he said a firstyear student expressed suicidal thoughts to a doctoral trainee in the psychology department. After referring the student to Counseling and Consultation Services, the doctoral trainee was told CCS “will not see students who need urgent care,” the letter reads.

“OSU can — and should — do a better job of serving the mental health care needs of our students.

I am writing to urge you to do everything possible to make this a reality,” Emery wrote.

CCS is a free psychological service available to Ohio State students. The Suicide and Mental Health Task Force was formed in April 2018, following incidents of

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Charles Emery, chair of Ohio State’s Department of Psychology, questions Counseling and Consultation Services’ policy regarding students who need urgent care.

two students falling from parking garages within days of each other. It is aimed at developing suggestions and implementing improvements for improving mental health resources on campus.

But Emery said there’s still work to be done.

“I was really shocked when I was told that the counseling center on campus would not see any walk-in students,” he said in an interview. “It hadn’t even occurred to me for a moment that that would not be a possibility.”

Instead, students who may be

in danger of harming themselves or others should be referred to an emergency department, Katie Hull, chief of staff in the Office of the President, said in an email response to Emery.

“Your letter highlights the need for us to better communicate this

to the broader campus community, and we appreciate your willingness to offer this feedback,” she said.

Micky Sharma, director of CCS, said it is set up to prioritize the most distressed students.

Sharma said students who need urgent attention can call CCS and will be deemed high priority. If there is not a clinician available at that time, a clinician will call the student back within 24 hours.

Then, they will conduct a screening and connect the student to the appropriate mental health resources. However, he said if the student cannot wait 24 hours to speak to a clinician, they should go to the emergency department.

If the student is calling after-hours, they will be connected to a live third-party counselor who will send CCS a report of the call at 8 a.m. the next business day.

“We are very fortunate on our campus that there is a walk-in service available 24 hours a day on our campus for all students through the emergency department. Not every campus has that,” he said.

Emery said he remains con-

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USG faces internal accusations of fund misuse OWEN CONN Lantern reporter conn.131@osu.edu The Undergraduate Student Government is dealing with an internal dispute between leadership and members over how it spends its money.

Nat Crowley, a third-year in philosophy and economics, and Roshan Chandrakumar, a thirdyear in political science, accused USG of inappropriately using part of its budget on a leadership development retreat and jackets.

However, USG leaders said the use of the money is permitted under USG’s rules.

According to the 2019 USG first-quarter budget, the retreat — which took place from Aug. 23 to Aug. 25 at Hocking Hills — cost $3,715. The apparel, which consisted of jackets for USG senior staff and directors, cost $2,200.

The two items totaled $5,915, which is 6.7 percent of the 2019 USG first-quarter budget. In comparison, USG allotted $20,000 for student organization funding in the first quarter.

“That’s $6,000 you’re not spending on something else. They could spend it on putting on an event for students.”

NAT CROWLEY Third-year in philosophy and economics

The issue was first raised during Wednesday’s General Assembly meeting after Crowley, deputy director of the Academic Affairs Committee, and Chandrakumar, membership coordinator in internal operations, voiced their concerns during public forum.

“I have spent the past two-anda-half years dedicating my time and energy in this organization to serving students, and it would be unethical for me to be aware of this clearly irresponsible abuse of power that is occurring and not say something about it,” Crowley said in a statement to the General Assembly.

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make up 1.9 percent of USG’s estimated $305,000 budget for the 2019-20 school year.

USG’s funding comes from two places.

First, USG receives 5.85 percent of the roughly $4.6 million student activity fee each year, Julia Dennen, USG vice president and fourth-year in public affairs, and Hanna said. According to the Office of Student Life website, the student activity fee is $40 per student per semester.

Second, USG receives grants from Coca-Cola. In the first quarter of 2019, USG received $30,916 in Coke grant money, which Dennen said is reserved “for our student government to further invest in leadership development initiatives” and “to supplement any additional funds for our programs.”

Hanna said each source of money is kept in separate university accounts, and Dennen said funds require several levels of oversight to be spent.

“All of our budgets are approved by the CFO, the Allocations Committee, General Assembly and Student Life,” Dennen said in a statement. “Requests for funding (from both sources) must also be processed and approved

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leadership team was for leadership development, and the clothing USG purchased was funded entirely by Coke grant money, according to the USG budget.

Despite the use of Coke funds being within the parameters of what USG considers appropriate, Crowley said they could have been used elsewhere.

“There’s no difference between them spending $6,000 of Coke grant money as opposed to student activity fee money,” Crowley said in an interview. “That’s $6,000 you’re not spending on something else. They could spend

it on putting on an event for students.”

Crowley also said USG is “hypocritical” for using Coke grant money on clothing and an internal event when, according to USG funding guidelines, USG will not fund “T-shirts and other event and/or organization-specific apparel” or “internal events for student orgs such as awards banquets, etc.” for other student organizations.

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Additionally, it was reported that Beebe had commented to a witness and other females, “Look at you guys, sitting around, eating bonbons,” when he encountered them talking, according to the case report.

Beebe was also reported as treating females differently than males in the workplace. Ten witnesses described Beebe “talking down to females, cutting them off/ interrupting while they are speaking and rolling his eyes while females are speaking,” according to the report.

“Beebe did not believe he has treated males and females differently, and he was surprised to hear that was reported,” the report states. According to the report, Beebe said that is not how

he would describe himself, but “if he is viewed that way, it is important.”

In a follow-up interview on Feb. 25, Beebe said he promoted two women on his team in the past year-and-a-half.

In the report, some witnesses stated they received “warnings” about Beebe when they were hired regarding “suggestive comments” and Beebe being “creepy.”

The initial complaint also stated that Beebe’s behavior was a “fairly open secret,” and one witness said the Office of Advancement’s human resources department was aware because she discussed the behavior with the department.

According to his LinkedIn page, Beebe is now self-employed as a business consultant.

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Nov. 4 - Nov. 10 LILY MASLIA Outreach & Engagement Editor maslia.2@osu.edu An incident of voyeurism was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred at 11:10 a.m. Nov. 4 on West Maynard Avenue near Neil Avenue.

According to the online police log, the suspect was standing outside the south-facing bedroom window with his genitalia exposed to the victim and then fled.

An incident of stalking was reported to University Police as having occurred at 9:14 a.m. Tuesday at Smith-Steeb Hall.

An accidental shooting was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 9:07 p.m. Thursday on North Fourth Street and East 17th Avenue. According to the online police log, the victim was transported to the OhioHealth Grant Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries and stated he did not know anything about the suspect, then later admitted he accidentally shot himself.

An incident of menacing by stalking — to knowingly cause the fear of physical harm or cause mental distress — was reported to University Police as having occurred Saturday between 1:59 and 2:25 a.m. at Morrill Tower.

A burglary was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 5:30 a.m.

Sunday on Indiana Avenue near East Oakland Avenue. According to the online police log, about $470 of property was stolen, including video game accessories and assorted cash. The suspect was arrested for the offense.

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cerned, and it’s a disservice to students to routinely send them to the emergency department.

“I’ve actually supervised cases where a student was sent to the emergency room and that then became an additional trauma for the student to deal with,” he said. “You know you’re put in a room somewhere and you’re isolated, and it can be intimidating and stigmatizing and traumatizing.”

“Obviously I’m really concerned. It’s surprising, embarrassing, to me that this is the way things are set up.”

CHARLES EMERY Chair of Ohio State’s Department of Psychology

Staff at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State have a “trauma-informed mindset,” and they often encounter people who have survived suicide attempts, Dr. David Kasick, a psychiatrist at the medical center who supports the emergency department, said.

“I think it’s a common fear that people have, and sometimes a fear that may keep them from seeking treatment,” he said.

“But we want to make sure we’re doing everything we can do to engage with them and to help them feel safe and cared for so that the crisis can resolve.”

Emery said the cost of trips to emergency departments can also be a concern for some students.

In this particular case, the student was seen urgently by CCS, and CCS does have

protocols to respond to urgent situations, Hull’s email said.

However, Emery said part of the problem is how CCS services are advertised.

“It’s ironic, right, because we’ve got all over campus now and on all the parking decks, the signs that say, ‘You matter.’ And then, ‘If you’re in distress, call this number.’ And yet we don’t say, ‘You matter. If you’re in distress, come and see us,’” he said.

The letter cites UCLA and Michigan as comparable schools that offer walk-in services. Emery said it is embarrassing to see Ohio State “lagging behind.”

Both UCLA and Michigan advertise walk-in hours during the week for students who are in crisis, according to each school’s website.

Kasick and Cassie Griffiths, a University Police detective, said students should also feel comfortable calling 911 if they are in crisis.

“We stress that people give the police department a call because we talk to people in crisis all the time, and we’re a good resource to point them in the direction of where they need to go,” Griffiths said.

All members of University Police go through a 40-hour crisis intervention training, and although police can be an added stressor at times, they do their best to de-escalate the situation while maintaining the student’s privacy, she said.

Emery said he thinks CCS does important work and works hard to manage a large volume of students, but there are problems with the current system and messaging.

“Obviously I’m really concerned,” Emery said. “It’s surprising, embarrassing, to me that this is the way things are set up, but I also would want to give the administration and the counseling center every opportunity to address the problem.”

Emery said he is set to meet with Sharma and others later this week.

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Wexner Center for the Arts turns 30 TREVOR SIMPSON Lantern reporter simpson.728@osu.edu When the Wexner Center for the Arts opened in November 1989, it was the only cultural institution of its kind affiliated with a major research university, representing a public venue for contemporary art in all forms, according to its website. Three decades later, its significance has only grown, becoming a staple of Ohio State’s campus.

The Wexner Center celebrates the 30th anniversary of its opening this November. Les Wexner, chairman and founder of the Wexner Center and Ohio State alumnus, worked with the university throughout the 1980s to spark its creation, culminating in the center’s opening in 1989, Melissa Starker, public relations manager for the Wexner Center, said.

“The original intent was to create a space that could not only present world class art — visual, performing, film — and create engaging programs that would not only be a resource for Ohio State, but it would build a bridge between the campus and the greater Columbus community,” Starker said.

The Wexner Center has attracted acclaimed artists over the years, such as Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz and John Waters, Starker said.

Of the landmark events that have occurred at the Wexner Cen-

ter, Starker said an onstage conversation between director Martin Scorsese and film critic Roger Ebert in 1997, when Scorsese received the Wexner Prize, is one frequently mentioned.

“It’s kind of like in the local music scene there’s a, ‘I saw Nirvana at this tiny little club in North Campus in the early ’90s.’

The Scorsese event is sort of the film equivalent to that in Columbus,” Starker said.

Starker said the 30-year-old Wexner Center hasn’t undergone much change over the decades other than some small-scale expansion and broadening the number of programs presented each year.

Chris Stults, associate curator of film/video who has worked at the Wexner Center for 17 years, said both Columbus, Ohio, and the art world have evolved drastically since the beginning of his tenure.

“One of the exciting things about being at a contemporary arts center is how you reflect change with your programming,” Stults said. “Part of our job as the programming team here is to remain open and curious and engaged with the interests in the community and the culture and to stay plugged into that.”

Starker said the Wexner Center has been a useful resource to Ohio State, bringing in visiting artists and filmmakers to engage with students, and is a learning center at heart.

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The Wexner Center will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this November.

“One of the exciting things about being at a contemporary arts center is how you reflect change with your programming. Part of our job as the programming team here is to remain open and curious and engaged with the interests in the community and the culture and to stay plugged into that.”

Chris Stults Associate curator

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The Wexner Center for the Arts has become a staple of Ohio State’s campus since it first opened three decades ago.

“We’re really just creating opportunities for students to see really amazing things and to hear from really relevant people across disciplines to sort of expand what they would get in a classroom situation,” Starker said.

The center’s impact has been broader than Ohio State’s campus, however. Starker said there’s been a notable influence on the city of Columbus as well.

“Aside from the great variety of programming that people can experience here, the Wex has helped Columbus recognize and establish its identity as a home to art and artists,” Starker said. “I feel like we’ve made a good impression, and it’s impacted the arts community as a whole.”

While the anniversary of the Wexner Center’s opening provides an opportunity to reflect on its history, it also allows people to look toward the future.

Perhaps the biggest change to the Wexner Center occurred in March, when Johanna Burton took over as director, a role previously held by Sherri Geldin for 25 years. Starker said Burton has the perfect background for the job due to her past in curation and academia.

“Just watching her get acclimated to the Wex and get familiar with all that we’re doing, it’s re-

ally exciting to see the ideas that she’s coming up with in terms of how we can make our connections to the university even stronger and how we can make connections with the arts leaders in the city even stronger,” Starker said.

While future plans for the Wexner Center aren’t entirely clear due to the ever-changing contemporary art scene, Stults said it’s an exciting thought to ponder.

“I don’t really know in five years or 10 years what things will look like because culture and art is changing so much,” Stults said.

“It’s not even things we’re guiding ourselves, it’s more responding to where the world is going.”

As the art world changes, so does the Wexner Center’s audience, Starker said. Its impact, however, remains constant.

“The fact that every year we get a new crop of students, that gives us new life every year. I see good things ahead,” Starker said.

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Theater department brings Shakespeare to life SAM MARKEL Lantern reporter markel.43@osu.edu The Department of Theatre is pulling from one of the greats this week, presenting a young perspective on an old play for a production that is almost entirely run by students.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare will premiere Friday at the Drake Performance and Event Center.

The play is directed by Kevin McClatchy, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre.

“It’s one of his famous comedies. It follows three stories: one of four lovers who fall in love with each other, one of handymen who decide to put on a show for these weddings and the story of the duke and duchess of this realm who are having their own love problems,” Kylie Logan, a second-year graduate student in theater and Peter Quince in the show, said.

She said the five-act show will have two sections and an intermission and will last roughly two hours.

Erin Parsons, a graduate student in theater, is playing Puck — a mischievous fairy who wreaks havoc throughout the show.

Parsons said the play will present Shakespeare in a way all students can appreciate.

“It is Shakespeare, of course, so we are using classic text, but we are bringing it to life in a really colorful, imaginative way,” Parsons said. “I think in the theater,

“It’s an opportunity for all of us to sort of dive into that high language in a really hysterical way, so I’m excited to see what everybody is capable of.”

Kylie Logan Second-year graduate student in theater

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Members of the cast and crew of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” work on the set of the show during rehearsal.

or in art specifically, a lot of the times we dig deep into stuff inside of us that is important and scary and vulnerable, which is amazing and wonderful, but this is an escape from your everyday life — you just see like a really playful bright fun world that we create.”

Parsons added that the intricate, hand-painted set will help the world of the play come to life.

There will be magical and realistic Athenian sets used throughout the play, she said.

Logan said the show’s set is one of the most impressive she’s

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Jacob Oommen Athyal as Oberon, Erin Parsons as Puck, and Rina Hajra as Titania in the Ohio State Department of Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

ever seen and was completely designed and built by master’s and undergraduate students, respectively. She said that in addition to the student-run set design and production, the entire cast and most of the production crew are graduate and undergraduate students.

“It shows what students are capable of on this campus, and people are gonna go out into the real world trying to do this kind of thing,” Logan said.

Parsons said some of the undergraduate students are enrolled in

classes taught by their graduate student peers in the play, leading to collaboration and learning in and out of the classroom.

Putting on Shakespeare is no easy task, but Logan said having master’s students — as well as a director — who specialize in Shakespeare helps.

“It’s an opportunity for all of us to sort of dive into that high language in a really hysterical way, so I’m excited to see what everybody is capable of, if that makes sense. I’m excited to see us rise to the occasion,” Logan said.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will run Friday through Nov. 22 at the Drake Performance and Event Center’s Thurber Theater. Tickets can be purchased at the Drake’s box office or by calling 614-2922295. They will also be available online through Ticketmaster.

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Multicultural Center celebrates native history LIZZY LEVINE For the Lantern levine.1778@osu.edu In 2019, the university’s enrollment report counted only 53 American Indian or Alaska Native students and 36 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders across all campuses and levels.

This month, the Multicultural Center has big plans for this small group on campus.

Each month, the Multicultural Center celebrates a different heritage or awareness event. November celebrates Native American heritage with events commemorating the culture of the nation’s 573 nations and tribes, according to the center’s website.

Melissa Beard-Jacob, an intercultural specialist in American Indian and indigenous student initiatives, is of Anishinaabe heritage and helped plan many of the events for the month.

Beard-Jacob is hosting “150th Sesquicentennial Celebration: The History of Native OSU” Wednesday in the Ohio Union, where she will teach students about the history of Native American student activism and culture, as well as the historical and contemporary Native American presence on campus.

“I wanted to do something on the history of native folks here at Ohio State,” Beard-Jacob said.

“I’m really going to look back into thinking about who was here before the university was built [and] who were these lands traditionally home to.”

Beard-Jacob said she appreciates that there is a recognized month to bring visibility to such a small group.

“I love the agency that it gives them and feeling a power that they have as native students to showcase some of the things they’re doing,” Beard-Jacob said.

Beard-Jacob advises two student organizations on campus: the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Cohort and the American Indian Science and

Engineering Society, which aims to promote greater inclusion of Native Americans, Hawaiians and Alaskans in STEM. These organizations have helped Beard-Jacob plan events for Native American Heritage Month.

Nicole Doran, a fourth-year in biology and president of both organizations, said being part of these organizations has connected her to the Native American community.

“I didn’t think I knew any native people growing up,” Doran said. “Since coming to college, it’s been a journey of reclamation and learning more about my culture myself.”

Doran said some of the events the organizations host are the first and only time nonnative students have experienced native culture.

She said the events are important for educating nonnative students as well as building community for native students.

“The stereotype that always gets thrown at us is that Native Americans are in the past, and we’re not capable of being modern and being in colonial institutions like academia,” Doran said. “[It’s] just asserting that we’re here and that we’re still a thriving community.”

Beard-Jacob said she has also been subject to stereotypes and

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Native American dancers Lydia Green and Wolfgrass Irwin perform a traditional indigenous-style dance at the Multicultural Center’s “Alternative Thanksgiving” event at the Ohio Union Performance Hall on Nov. 5. The event kicked off Native American Heritage Month.

questioned about her authenticity as a Native American because she has blue eyes. She said she hopes the events teach nonnative students that Native Americans are still around and impacting their communities.

“In their mind, they have the stereotype of what a native person is. For me, a big thing is education and giving them the opportunity to come out and engage with the culture,” Beard-Jacob said.

Upcoming Native American Heritage Month events include a star quilt workshop Tuesday in the Multicultural Center, a firstyear success series workshop on navigating Native American indigenous student support services Thursday in the Ohio Union and a presentation on indigenous rock ’n’ roll Nov. 22 in the Multicultural Center. The month’s programming will end Nov. 25 with a screening of the movie “Fire Song” in the Multicultural Center in collaboration with LGBTQ Student Initiatives.

“150th Sesquicentennial Celebration: The History of Native OSU” will take place at 1 p.m.

Wednesday in the Rosa M. Ailabouni Room in the Ohio Union.

More details on Native American Heritage Month can be found on the Multicultural Center’s website.

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Dublin quartet teams up for Buckeyes ERIC AMERINE Lantern reporter amerine.21@osu.edu Many young athletes dream of playing at a higher level with their friends –– backyard floodlights painting a backdrop that makes a pickup game feel like a professional contest.

Such dreams became a reality for four Ohio State men’s soccer players from Dublin, Ohio.

Jack Holland, Matt and Luke Kiley and Brennon Davis grew up playing soccer together, supporting one another’s desires to be Buckeyes.

“Being from Dublin and having that Ohio State influence as a kid made this decision easy,” senior midfielder Holland said. “To go through this with them is something that I will cherish for the rest of my life.”

The Dublin squad hung out often after school. They also all played for the Blast FC Soccer Academy — a premier soccer club for boys and girls located in Columbus, Ohio — from ages 6 to 16. They then played for Ohio Premier Soccer Club, a nonprofit that prepares athletes for collegiate soccer careers.

Redshirt sophomore defender Matt Kiley, sophomore forward Luke Kiley and senior midfielder

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The Ohio State men’s soccer team comes together before the Ohio State-Michigan game on Oct. 2. Ohio State lost 2-0.

Holland played two years together for Dublin Coffman High School.

There, Luke Kiley set the school’s all-time record with 84 goals and was named Mr. Soccer Ohio as a senior. Two seasons earlier, Holland was named first team All-State, and Matt Kiley received second team honors the following year.

While Holland and the Kiley

brothers were at Coffman, senior goalkeeper Davis played for Dublin Jerome High School.

“We first knew each other in kindergarten and have been friends ever since. Soccer has helped us maintain a relationship,” Davis said.

This year’s Buckeye team saw nine new additions from a season ago, but regardless of the new

faces, the relationship among the Dublin players helped in bring the roster closer together off the bat.

“You can just see that family-tight feel to those guys, and it helps the locker room. It brings everyone else in, which is really neat,” head coach Brian Maisonneuve said.

One new addition was Luke Kiley, who spent his first season of college soccer at Georgetown in 2018 before transferring to Ohio State to reunite with his brother and former teammates.

He said his ties to several Buckeyes assisted his transition to the program.

“They helped me out a ton, talking me up and getting me on campus and stuff,” Luke Kiley said.

They have also influenced other central Ohio players to stay local, such as freshman midfielder Brayden Durbin — from Pickerington, Ohio — who also played for Ohio Premier.

“We were the first class, Jack and I, to graduate through OP,” Davis said. “It’s really cool following Ohio Premier and having an influence on guys and helping them come to Ohio State.”

Six current Buckeyes, including freshman defender Owen Sullivan of Dublin, Ohio, played for Ohio Premier.

For Holland and Davis, the dream of playing at Ohio State with their Dublin comrades has come to an end, as the Buckeyes were ousted from the Big Ten Tournament by top-seed Indiana Sunday.

Holland’s final season was his best, his 18 points and eight assists leading the team. As an offensive playmaker, he’ll pass the torch to Luke Kiley, as he did in high school. Kiley scored two points in his first year in the program, and he played in each game, indicating future opportunities may await.

Losing seven of its final eight games, Ohio State’s season had a disappointing end, but with seven wins, the Buckeyes had seven times more than they had the year prior.

The relationships Matt Kiley formed with his childhood friends and teammates was a glue that helped hold the team together for the turnaround.

“Last year was tough because we had lost a lot, but because we knew each other and were able to motivate each other, we were able to get through to this season,” Matt Kiley said. “It’s hard to come out to training knowing every day we are not doing well, so being there for each other was a big factor.”

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Fencing Federation came into further conflict.

Anthony described the country’s program as being “in turmoil” under the leadership of President Jorge Castro Rea. “There are many people inside the federation, both on his board and other provinces, that have a serious problem with his leadership,” Anthony said. “Because of that, they are in confrontation, and there’s a lot of wrangling, internal legal suits, etc., etc., etc.”

When Toledo and Anthony interacted in Wuxi, they were already familiar with each other.

Toledo said she heard positive feedback about the Ohio State team from Mexican teammate and sabre fencer Hector Florencia.

Anthony’s roles on the international scene allowed him to witness Toledo’s talent firsthand.

“I’ve had the good fortune, or sometimes the bad fortune, of seeing her compete against the U.S. when the Mexican team was extremely strong,” Anthony said.

“They came out on top a lot of times, so I know the level of competitor that she is.”

Toledo said that apart from adjusting to class lectures delivered in English, her transition into the fencing program was smooth because her teammates welcomed her with open arms. She said she’s also been friends with Ohio State senior foil fencer Gabriela Cecchini for five years.

The two met at the World Fencing Junior Championships in

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Julieta Toledo was recruited for Ohio State’s fencing team in high school but did not join the team until several years later.

2014 and would eat meals together or hang out in their hotel during competitions, Cecchini said.

“She’s very extroverted, and I’m very introverted,” Cecchini said. “Because we are very different, we are able to sum our strengths, and we work together very well.”

Cecchini, who is from Brazil, helped Toledo apply to Ohio State from a foreign country.

“It’s very stressful, especially for an international student. You

don’t know how the system here works,” Cecchini said. “Because I was in her shoes a couple years ago, I tried to give her some advice.”

Cecchini added that she’s impressed with Toledo’s adaptability and how well she’s transitioned to Ohio State.

Anthony said that as a 22-yearold freshman, Toledo brings experience to the team. Merza added that she helps keep her teammates level-headed.

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sionals in this,” Wilson said.

With a receiving corps consisting of three seniors and one sophomore in K.J. Hill, Binjimen Victor, Austin Mack, and Chris Olave, respectively, Wilson has shown he can be trusted with meaningful minutes in the receiver rotation. Wilson’s four touchdown grabs are third on the team, and his 18 catches and 216 yards are fourth.

The last time a true freshman wideout had more than four scores in a season for Ohio State was in 1996 — David Boston caught eight that year.

It ultimately requires experience for players to reach their full potential. Even with Wilson’s rapid ascension, Day said Wilson hasn’t yet approached his high ceiling.

“I think it’s very hard to step in as a true freshman and make an impact right off the bat. I think it takes a little time,”

Day said. “You learn about the system, you learn about how to practice, you learn about all those things, and so I think as the season has gone on, he’s gotten better.”

A key to Wilson’s quick transition to the college game has been the relationship built between Wilson and Fields.

With this season being both players’ firsts in Columbus, Fields and Wilson kicked things off in January, when Fields transferred from Georgia and Wilson arrived as an early enrollee.

“We came here together, and that helps out the relationship for sure,” Wilson said. “That’s one of my best friends on the team now, ever since I got here. Day One, I remember he was sitting in the car with my family, and we’ve been building the relationship up. That’s an awesome dude and great player –– can’t wait for a future with him.”

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Ohio State freshman wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) fights off Maryland defenders in the first half of the game against Maryland on Nov. 9. Ohio State won 73-14.

Toledo’s experience started at age 11 in Tijuana, training for sports such as swimming, basketball and soccer.

Her father, Juan Carlos Toledo, was a tae kwon do instructor. Toledo came home from a summer camp and told him she wanted to fence.

“He was super mad at me because I was about to be a black belt, and I decided to go to fencing,” Toledo said. “I went to this summer camp with many sports,

and that’s when they invited me to go to fencing. I liked fencing more, but my dad was like, ‘OK, but if you stay in fencing, you’re not gonna quit.’”

It appears Toledo made the right choice. Anthony said she’s exceptionally talented.

“She has good control of the weapon, which means she can actually execute things that she thinks about doing,” Anthony said. “Sabre requires that you’re extremely mobile, because it’s the fastest of the three weapons, and she’s got extremely strong, powerful, well-trained legs.”

Merza said Toledo is helping her fine-tune the details of her fencing, improving little things that will help the captain excel in future competitions.

“When I fence her, I learn the little things that I’m doing wrong,” Merza said. “I know she’s very smart — there’s a lot of people that I’m gonna fence in the future that are gonna be able to catch the same things that she does.”

Mexico’s program will not try to qualify a women’s sabre team for the 2020 Olympics. The national team is attempting to qualify a single individual at-large, and Toledo is battling to be that individual.

For now, Toledo said she’s grateful that Anthony heard her dilemma in Wuxi.

“I’m really thankful that he listened to me and he helped me to get in [at Ohio State],” Toledo said.

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Holy Toledo: Olympics to Ohio State ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu Three years had passed since Julieta Toledo considered attending Ohio State.

Since that time, the sabre fencer from Tijuana, Mexico, had competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and earned a bronze medal at the 2017 World Junior Fencing Championships with the Mexican National Team.

““As soon as they said, ‘Julieta is coming,’ I was like, ‘Ahhh! Finally.’”

SARAH MERZA Ohio State senior sabre fencer

Then her situation became, in her words, “complicated.” Mexico’s fencing program entered a state of disarray, the college of her choice in the country didn’t offer any degrees for which she held a passion, and soon it became clear she’d have to choose between the two.

“It was either go to university in Mexico and quit fencing or find another option,” Toledo said. “I tried to stay in Spain, but it was really hard to apply to a university there.”

Toledo was preparing to com-

pete at the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China, where she knew Donald Anthony Jr., USA Fencing president and International Fencing Federation vice president, would be in attendance.

Anthony is also Ohio State fencing’s head coach. Toledo approached him and said she was interested in attending Ohio State, so she could pursue both fencing and her education.

“In some ways, I did not recruit her. She recruited me because she had already been recruited,” Anthony said. “It was a little bit different than that normal path.”

Turmoil took the Olympian and 2019 Mexican national champion from her planned path to Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics to a stop in Columbus, Ohio. Now that she’s at Ohio State, Toledo and her teammates are teeming with excitement about the future.

“As soon as they said, ‘Julieta is coming,’ I was like, ‘Ahhh! Finally,’” senior sabre fencer Sarah Merza said. “We were never super, super close, but I knew who she was, and I knew she was a strong fencer, so I was like, ‘Yes, finally. I’m gonna make her love Ohio State. I’m gonna make her so comfortable.’”

Former Ohio State head coach Vladimir Nazlymov began recruiting Toledo while she attended high school in Mexico.

Toledo told her coach she wanted to seize the opportunity with the Buckeyes. He informed her that if she did, her chances of staying on the squad would be

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Ohio State freshman sabre fencer Julieta Toledo competed at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the 2017 World Junior Fencing Championships with the Mexican National Team.

slim due to the collegiate schedule.

“I was young, and it was not my first interest to go to university just yet,” Toledo said.

Toledo declined the Ohio State offer and focused on Olympic training.

Two results could keep Toledo’s Mexican National Sabre Team from Rio at the final qualifying event, the 2016 Sint Niklaas World Cup: South Korea winning the competition or China finishing higher than fifth.

“We were like, ‘OK, that’s not

gonna happen,’” Toledo said.

“Then we saw Korea was going the best way to get into the final, and then we fenced China, so it was a stressful day.”

Mexico defeated China 45-44 during the round of 16 to end one threat, and South Korea fenced Japan during the same stage.

Japan had never beaten South Korea, but that day it broke through for a 45-44 victory of its own, Toledo said.

“In that moment, we were like, ‘OK, this is real? Is this actually real?’ And I remember everyone

hugging each other, and we started crying, but not like tearing — we were trying to control our emotions because it was super exciting,” Toledo said.

Toledo competed on a team of three fencers in Rio. The trio finished No. 7 in the team women’s sabre event, and Toledo finished No. 34 individually.

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Garrett gets going KHALID HASHI Assistant Sports Director hashi.20@osu.edu

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Ohio State freshman wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) runs the ball down the field during the first half of the game against Maryland on Nov. 9. Ohio State won 73-14.

It’s not often that a wide receiver comes to Ohio State and becomes a difference-maker in their true freshman season.

Nine games in, Texas product Garrett Wilson has not only lived up to his five-star ranking, but gained the trust of his teammates and coaches.

“Garrett’s still real young, but certainly his talent is off the charts,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said. “And so I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves with Garrett. But we think he obviously has a tremendous ceiling, and he’s growing every week. He’s understanding how to practice. He’s understanding how to play within the offense.”

Despite delivering highlight-reel touchdown catches for the Buckeyes since the 2019 Spring Game, Ohio State’s 73-14 rout over Maryland Saturday was a breakout game for Wilson.

He was Ohio State’s leading receiver for the first time, hauling in

82 yards on four catches, including a 14-yard touchdown grab from redshirt senior quarterback Chris Chugunov –– his fourth of the year.

Wilson would’ve had another, as he changed course midroute to get under a 46-yard deep-ball in the end zone late in the third quarter, but it was erased by a holding penalty on freshman offensive tackle Dawand Jones.

Chugunov and Wilson connected on a 35-yarder earlier in the quarter.

“When I’m out there, I’m in the zone. I look at it as just doing my job. If I’m not making that play I’m upset with myself,” Wilson said.

Wilson didn’t wait until late in the blowout to make an impact on the game.

Sophomore quarterback Justin Fields hooked up with the speedy wideout on a 27-yard toss to the sideline on the Buckeyes’ third drive of the game, setting up the offense on the Maryland 4-yardline before another score made it 21-0 in the opening quarter.

Though Wilson has demon-

strated his talent as a wide receiver, he’s also excelled on special teams as a punt returner.

“I think when you look at what he’s done and the last few returns, he’s making a strong move to be the starter,” Day said ahead of the Maryland game.

Wilson got the nod ahead of redshirt junior running back Demario McCall Saturday, who held down the spot in all eight previous games.

In his first punt return of the season against Miami (Ohio) Sept. 21, Wilson chewed up 52 yards.

Wilson headlined Ohio State’s 2019 recruiting class with fellow five-star prospect and freshman defensive end Zach Harrison.

Both have made an immediate impact. Harrison has 2.5 sacks on the season through nine games, and Wilson said their success shouldn’t come as a surprise.

“I feel like we came in, and a lot of people expected that of us.

Coaches expect that of us. This is our job now, and we’re looking at this like we’re trying to be profesWILSON CONTINUES ON 7