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Pushy petitioners try to prevent referendum JOE MATTS Lantern reporter matts.2@osu.edu
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Following students wearing headphones down 18th Avenue, cornering them at Thompson Library and ambushing them while eating at the Ohio Union are all tactics aggressive petitioners who swarmed campus have used on students in the last several weeks in an attempt to prevent a referendum on a nuclear bailout from being put on the ballot. House Bill 6, signed into law July 23, will provide a subgroup of Akron-based energy provider First Energy Corporation called First Energy Solutions with around $1 billion over seven years to keep two nuclear power plants in Northern Ohio from shutting their doors. Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts — a political action group opposed to HB 6 — began gathering signatures to put a referendum on the 2020 ballot that would repeal
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Petitioners can be spotted around campus asking students for signatures in opposition of a referendum effort.
the law. In response, a campaign against the referendum includes a petition and especially assertive on-campus petitioners from political group Ohioans for Energy Security that asks state lawmakers to prevent foreign ownership of Ohio power plants. Gene Pierce, a spokesperson
for Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts, said in an email that the initiative is trying to sabotage the organization’s referendum efforts. “It’s meant to confuse people into thinking they’ve signed our petitions, and to drain the spot labor market from a vast pool of people who would otherwise be
available to work for us,” Pierce. The petition against the referendum is paid for by Ohioans for Energy Security, which says that overturning HB 6 would allow China “control over Ohio” as well as give signers’ personal information to the Chinese government, according to their website and
Open for business State lawmakers receptive to discussion on payment for players JOHNNY AMUNDSON Lantern reporter amundson.15@osu.edu Ohio State’s athletics generates hundreds of millions of dollars annually, but players cannot earn compensation from their name, image and likeness under NCAA rules. In the wake of California’s “Fair Pay for Play Act,” which allows student athletes to receive compensation from transactions such as jersey sales, autographs and endorsements without compromising their eligibility, Ohio State campus-area state lawmakers weighed in on the possibility of allowing them to generate revenue of their own. Two state representatives and two state senators represent Ohio State’s campus area. State Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Powell, said there should be a stipend of some sort, and he would consider legislation if it came forward. State Rep. Kristin Boggs, D-Columbus, said she’s looking forward to a robust discussion on the issue. The California law is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. “[State laws] would put some schools at a disadvantage in other states unfairly, so I think that if something needs to be done, it’s probably at the national level,”
their name, image and likeness.” These lawmakers’ decisions have a large impact on how Ohio State conducts its business. Ohio State has one of the largest athletic programs in the country; in 2018, revenue from the athletic department topped $205 million, according to the NCAA Financial Report.
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Ohio State campus-area lawmakers are willing to discuss allowing athletes to be paid for their name, image and likeness.
Brenner said. “But, looking at it, I think if a student is given an athletic scholarship, it doesn’t give them enough money to be able to go, you know, on a date or go home for the holidays.” State Rep. David Leland, D-Columbus and State Sen. Hearcel Craig, D-Columbus, who also represent the campus area, did not respond to requests for comment. U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, who represents Northeast Ohio and played wide receiv-
er for the Ohio State football team from 2003-06 said in an email that, in principle, student-athletes should be able to profit off their name, image and likeness. He said the issue should be handled at the federal level. “The current California law is not workable due to its state-bystate approach,” Gonzalez said. “We need one national solution that provides safeguards for student-athletes while ensuring they are able to receive income off of
“We need one national solution that provides safeguards for student athletes while ensuring they are able to receive income off their name, image and likeness.” ANTHONY GONZALEZ U.S. Representative
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video campaigns. “Warning! Don’t give your personal information to the Chinese Government” a banner at the top of the site reads. “China is quietly invading our Energy Grid and coming for our Ohio jobs.” Pierce said these statements are false. “It’s a totally bogus claim. Foreign entities can invest in American companies, but when it comes to our energy grid they can not control a part of our grid. The U.S. Dept of the Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) strictly monitors those investments,” Pierce said. Ohioans for Energy Security could not be reached for comment by the time of publication, and two petitioners approached by The Lantern declined to comment. Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science, said a nonbinding petition — which is what PETITIONS CONTINUES ON 3
Gateway hosts Democratic debate watch party TREVOR SIMPSON Lantern reporter simpson.728@osu.edu Political junkies have a lot to watch for in the upcoming Democratic debate, and what better way to scope out every detail than on the silver screen? Gateway Film Center has partnered with media group Columbus Underground to air the fourth Democratic debate at the theater Tuesday, offering a group setting for viewing. The debate will be hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University beginning at 8 p.m. The primary debate will feature 12 candidates, all vying to represent the Democratic Party in next year’s presidential election. Walker Evans, co-founder of Columbus Underground, said the overall purpose of the watch party is to provide an opportunity for the Columbus, Ohio, community to become more informed on the candidates’ policies and ideas and foster discussion both on national DEBATE CONTINUES ON 6
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Plan ahead for Parent and Family Weekend SAM RAUDINS Campus Editor raudins.3@osu.edu Move over Homecoming, it’s time for Parent and Family Weekend. Parent and Family Weekend Friday and Saturday will offer organized on-campus activities, game day fanfare, distinguished faculty talks and off-campus experiences for students and their families, according to the Parent and Family Relations website. Parent and Family Weekend will begin Friday with registration — which families only have to do once over the course of the weekend — followed by lunch and a tour of the Faculty Club, offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ryan Lovell, senior director of parent and family relations, said the university values its connection with students’ families. “Our driver behind family weekend is to really provide families with a snapshot into the lives of their student, so that they can better understand their student’s experience, which then will help them support that experience while they’re at Ohio State,” Lovell said. Students and their families will have the opportunity to visit the Off-Campus Living Expo from
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Ohio State’s Parent and Family Weekend hosts multiple events to show families what students experience. This year Parent and Family Weekend will be held Oct. 18 and 19.
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday in the Ohio Union. Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, families can visit exhibits at the Wexner Center for the Arts and tour Ohio Stadium. Although Ohio State will play at Northwestern Friday night, Parent and Family Weekend will feature a pregame pep rally and a game-watch tailgate at the Ohio Union. “Hopefully, we have the fun of a
win over Northwestern on Friday evening, where families can kind of really experience that Buckeye spirit that exudes in everything that we do, but oftentimes is really driven when the football team is beating Northwestern,” Lovell said. Women’s field hockey is also an option for families, as the team plays at 3 p.m. Friday at Buckeye Varsity Field, and Ohio State men’s hockey takes the ice at 7:30
p.m. at the Schottenstein Center. Lovell said Saturday’s programming has a more educational tone. Saturday’s events will kick off with a university leadership breakfast and conversation with college deans and faculty in the RPAC. After breakfast, families can break off into distinguished faculty talks from 11:15 a.m. to noon, followed by family photos with Brutus. Lunch will have three options: A legacy meal to celebrate families with generations of Buckeye graduates, a meal for out-of-state families and a “culinary creations” lunch. Reservations are required for all, and space is limited. “Our legacy event and our outof-state event really allow those special populations of students whose families went here, or who are from distant Buckeyes, to feel a better connection to the university through their experience,” Lovell said. The afternoon will offer out-ofclassroom Ohio State experiences — all of which have already reached capacity — and life-outside-of-the-classroom events, including information about maximizing careers; making the most of your first year; Greek life over-
view and house tour; Ohio State’s alternative break program, BuckI-Serv; what parents should know about moving and living off-campus; and study abroad.
“We try to diversify the programming to hit all of those different aspects of the student’s experience at the university.” RYAN LOVELL Senior director of parent and family relations
Other athletic events to wrap up the weekend include men’s hockey at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Schottenstein Center and women’s volleyball at 7 p.m. at the Covelli Center. Lovell said the events cover a wide range of topics to provide families with a window into their student’s lives. “We try to diversify the programming to hit all of those different aspects of the student’s experience at the university,” Lovell said.
Parent weekends from the past LYDIA WEYRICH Assistant Campus Editor weyrich.4@osu.edu From Dad’s Day to a weekend full of programming, Ohio State’s Parent and Family Weekend has grown from a handful activities to 38 packed into one weekend on campus. Parents visiting their Ohio State students this Friday and Saturday for the 2019 Parent and Family Weekend have the opportunity to participate in more than 38 activities, ranging from Ohio Stadium tours and planetarium visits to Editor in Chief Kaylee Harter Managing Editor for Content Abhigyaan Bararia Managing Editor for Design Kelly Meaden Managing Editor for Multimedia Casey Cascaldo Copy Chief Anna Ripken Campus Editor Sam Raudins Assistant Campus Editor Lydia Weyrich LTV Campus Director Akayla Gardner Sports Editor Griffin Strom Assistant Sports Editor Andy Anders LTV Sports Director Brian Nelson Assistant Sports Director Khalid Hashi Arts & Life Editor Nicholas Youngblood Assistant Arts & Life Editor Ashley Kimmel LTV Arts & Life Director Oliver Boch Photo Editor Amal Saeed Assistant Photo Editor Cori Wade
glass-blowing demos, according to Ohio State’s Parent and Family Relations website.
“The goal of Parents Weekend is to give parents the chance to get involved with their child.” BILL WAHL Former director of the Ohio State Parents Association
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Twenty-five years ago, the weekend featured 12 activities, according to a 1994 Ohio State press release. However, Ryan Lovell, senior director of parent and family relations, said the university has valued its relationship with families since the early 1900s. “When you had a Franklin County Mom’s Club, and they would come and do events on campus, and then that relationship has evolved over the years, from Mom or Dad’s Day at football games to the more comprehensive programming that we
have now that tries to encompass kind of the entire student experience,” Lovell said. An early turn toward a cohesive parents’ weekend came in the 1960s, according to previous reporting by The Lantern. “Over the years, Dads’ Day has developed into a kind of parent’s weekend,” William C. Johannes, chairman of the Dads’ Day committee at the time, said to The Lantern in an article published Nov. 4, 1966. In 1969, “Festival of Parents” was the weekend’s theme, and
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TAYLOR SMITH Lantern reporter smith.11164@osu.edu Seventy-six-year-old Douglas Whaley has followed his lifelong interest out of the classroom and into the theater with an original play. Whaley, an Ohio State law professor, will debut “The Turkey Men” Wednesday at Columbus Performing Arts Center. He said his play was inspired by a 2011 story in the Columbus Dispatch called “Civil War prisoner, guard became lifelong friends,” by John Switzer. In his article, Switzer chronicles the true, 57-year friendship of two Civil War soldiers on opposite sides of the war who ran a turkey farm in Sterling, Ohio, after the surrender of the South. Whaley said he imagined the relationship differently “I got to thinking what it would have been like in 1865 and the next 57 years to be a gay couple and running a turkey farm,” Whaley said. “The Turkey Men” explores the possibility that these unlikely friends were actually a lifelong, gay couple while adding a supernatural twist. Whaley said the play is set in 2016 and features the two historical figures as ghosts, working to help a 16-year-old lesbian who is being forced into conversion
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therapy. It takes place on the old turkey farm, where they lived together for 57 years until their deaths in 1922 and 1923. A co-founder of Stonewall Columbus and member of the LGBTQ+ community, Whaley said conversion therapy “never works, and the cruelty of it — it’s just cruelty — it makes me furious.” He added that he tried to display the perspective from those in favor of the therapy as
Ross Shirley (left), Sophia Friend (center), and James Harper (right) play the main characters in “The Turkey Men,” an original play written by law professor Douglas Whaley.
well as his own views within the play. David Vargo, Whaley’s husband and director of the play, said Whaley described it to him as “a modern fairy tale except she has two fairy godmothers.” Vargo said he has professional experience in theater, having both acted and directed extensively in Florida before moving to Ohio. Although Whaley said Vargo was reluctant at first, Vargo agreed to
direct after being the first to hear the script. “It had more than just the common elements of a good play,” Vargo said, commenting on the “dramatic action” and characters that he believes are necessary to a successful production. Vargo said “The Turkey Men” has universal appeal. “It’s heartwarming, it’s charming, it’s romantic, it’s funny,” he said.
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Vargo said Whaley was handsoff during the production of the piece and didn’t even attend the casting, which Vargo said is 80 percent of a successful play. Instead, Vargo brought any questions he had about the script home to his husband. Although Whaley said he has always been involved in theater, he saw a clearer path for his life in law. He began teaching law when he was 26 years old. While he is celebrating the debut of his first play, he is also celebrating his 50th anniversary as a teacher. “As soon as I found the classroom, it was duck discovers water,” Whaley said. Now retired, Whaley still teaches one or two law classes each semester at Ohio State. Whaley said he began writing his piece in 2015 but set it down for almost a year after writing just three pages. Once he began again in September 2016, Whaley said he finished the play in five days. “It is one of the greatest thrills of my life,” Whaley said. “It’s one thing to see it on paper, but it’s another thing to see it on stage.” “The Turkey Men” will run Oct. 16-26 at the Columbus Performing Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased at evolutiontheatre. org or at the box office.
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Theater company brings new angles to old shows SAM MARKEL Lantern reporter markel.43@osu.edu Most theatergoers take home a program as a memento of the productions they see. Theater company THE TRIP leaves its audiences with a new perspective on performance and, in some cases, a tattoo. Tom Dugdale, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre, and Joshua Brody met at the University of California, San Diego and founded THE TRIP as co-artistic directors in 2012. Brody said they were both interested in theater and wanted to make shows nobody else was making, so they founded their own theater company. “[THE TRIP tries] to take classic texts and experiment with them, reimagine them in some sort of contemporary way,” Dugdale said. Brody said the process for making one of their shows can happen in a number of ways, but it usually comes from Dugdale, who finds a fresh angle to take on an old piece to make it new. “A lot of the work we’re trying to make is about — without it being about audience participation — we really like sort of investigating the boundaries between audience and artists and how we’re interacting,” Brody said. Dugdale said THE TRIP performs shows in a variety of unconventional venues.
“You can modify the performance space. You can sort of bring an audience into the space,” Dugdale said. “You can sort of blur the lines between spectators and performance, so there are things I’ve been able to bring from THE TRIP into more traditional environments, and that’s about the way I’m able to do it here at OSU.” Brody said that while members of THE TRIP are all leading separate lives, he hopes they always
“We really like sort of investigating the boundaries between audience and artists and how we’re interacting.” COURTESY OF JIM CARMODY
Joshua Brody Co-artistic director
Dugdale (front right) and Brody (back right) perform “MacBeth” in the NTC Liberty Station in San Diego in 2014.
“I think what we try to do is figure out what in the play itself might kind of connect to some sort of outside space,” Dugdale said. The company’s performance, “Three Plays in a Tattoo Parlor,” conceptualized by Brody, was set in a San Diego tattoo parlor and performed after hours with the staff, while an audience member got a tattoo in the background.
THE TRIP’s performance of “Macbeth” was set in a former military barracks that was converted for commercial use. Dugdale said the military elements related directly to “Macbeth,” with the reverberant concrete creating a cold, haunting atmosphere that supported the themes of the production. Dugdale said shows in different locations provide opportunities to
meet a new group of people as the audience each time. Dugdale said he focuses mainly on traditional shows and settings in his role at Ohio State. He said it is important for students to learn the more traditional ways of theater. However, Dugdale said his work with THE TRIP has definitely had some influence on his work with the Ohio State theater department.
have THE TRIP to come back to. “And that way, we keep growing, we keep pushing each other and ourselves to make work that no one else is letting us make, that a theater doesn’t want to pay me to make a certain kind of show so I’m able to make that kind of work with my company instead,” Brody said. “And for it to be like a true artistic and free artistic home I think is always going to be my goal.”
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and local issues. He said group watch parties are beneficial because there’s more respect for those with differing views in a public setting than on social media behind a screen. “So much of our [political] conversation takes place in hostile environments like Facebook, where you get in angry fights with random strangers online, and no one is out to persuade or anything. It always devolves into an insult war,” Evans said. “Once you get together in person with someone, you’re less likely to be hostile and mean like it’s easy to be online.” Ricky Madrid, a fourth-year in political science and economics,
is the president of the Alexander Hamilton Society — an independent, nonpartisan student organization dedicated to promoting constructive debate, according to the club’s constitution. Madrid said it’s “extremely important” to value the thoughts and opinions of others while discussing politics. “The key to constructive conversation is to be willing to think about other options different from the ones you’ve already thought about,” Madrid said. “Being willing to change your views, that’s key.” Evans said the partnership between Gateway and Columbus Underground was a “no-brainer”
given both organizations’ commitment to reaching a wider audience and engaging civically. Local civic engagement can lead to a tangible difference in the community, Evans said. “You could watch [the debate] at home by yourself, but being in a room where you can take part with other people and discuss different ideas, debate amongst yourselves about different things — there’s value in getting outside of your own scope and communicating with others,” Evans said. Tickets to the Democratic debate watch party at Gateway Film Center are free and available at the ticket counter. Entrance to the event will begin at 7 p.m.
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ed compensation for name, image and likeness could allow schools with richer alumni bases to gain a large competitive edge by attracting better recruits. In his hypothetical example, he referenced Cameo, a service that allows people to pay celebrities for a shoutout. “Say [Ohio State associate athletic director] Jerry Emig is my star linebacker, and he’s on Cameo. What is it, $150, $200 or something like that for him to do a shoutout to your best friend? All 550,000 Buckeyes across this country, you need to make sure you hook up with Jerry and do a cameo and pay him $150,” Smith
said. Ramogi Huma, a former UCLA football player and founder of the National College Players Association, a non-profit advocacy group, said he doesn’t believe allowing student-athletes to be compensated would create a more unlevel playing field than what already exists. “There is no level playing field. And, matter of fact, multiple court rulings have also stated that the NCAA’s current rules do not bring forth competitive equity, a level playing field,” Huma said. “So why use it as a reason to deny equal rights and freedoms to college athletes?”
During an Oct. 1 briefing, athletic director Gene Smith said he would not schedule games against schools in California or in any other state that had different laws than Ohio and the NCAA. It is unclear how Ohio State would proceed if Ohio’s laws differed from NCAA regulations. Smith is part of an NCAA working group that is examining the issue of student-athlete compensation for name, image and likeness, and the group will present a report to the Board of Governors on Oct. 29. Smith said one of his concerns is that laws that allow unrestrict-
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Huma said some Division I schools, such as Ivy League universities, don’t offer athletic scholarships, while a five-year scholarship at Stanford can be valued at more than $300,000. Huma said the differences in how schools offer scholarships, stipends and health care already show a lack of equity. Right now, Huma said he thinks Congress may do more harm than good for student-athletes. “States are in a position to be an honest broker for the interests of their athletes, whereas the NCAA and its colleges have a conflict of interest,” Huma said. “And we see now, very visibly, what that con-
flict of interest leads to. It leads to players being robbed of equal rights and economic freedoms.”
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They both are super athletic,” Carlston said. “But they’re very different people, different personalities, different motivations; you have to coach them differently.” Moving forward, Carlston is looking for Elle Sandbothe to keep growing, leading and assuming her place as a senior on
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Elle Sandbothe’s goals largely reflect the wisdom her sister imparted on her before she came to Ohio State. Though she is attending the same university as Taylor, Elle is committed to leaving her own impact.
“I think my biggest advice to her was, ‘How do you want to remember your senior year, how do you want to create the end of your collegiate journey?’ Because that’s all that really matters at this point,” Taylor Sandbothe said.
“I was standing in the crowd, and the first moment I saw her, and she was wearing the jersey, and I honestly cried like a baby.” TAYLOR SANDBOTHE Former Ohio State women’s volleyball player
the Buckeyes. He said her legacy at Ohio State will be showing the younger players on the team how to play in high-pressure moments. “It’s been hard to focus individually when I’ve been so focused on our goal of making the tournament as a team,” Elle Sandbothe said. “Now that I’ve finally been able to get back into the groove of things and feel like myself again on the court again, I just want to focus on consistency and making sure I can continue to benefit my team execution-wise.”
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Ohio State senior middle blocker Elle Sandbothe (19) hits the ball over the net during the game against Michigan on Oct. 6. Ohio State lost 0-3.
At Ohio State, Miller is joining seven freshmen as new additions to the team this season. She said she was nervous about transferring because teams often already know each other, but with so many incoming recruits, she won’t be alone. “It was really great because we were all kind of new, so we could all form new friendships and relationships based on having so many new people,” Miller said. “It worked out really well for me, and it just so happened that we all really like each other and enjoy each other’s company.” Sophomore forward Aaliyah Patty said she appreciates the experience Miller brings to the young team. Patty said Miller can tell the team what to expect from other teams or coaches because of her knowledge of playing at the college level. “She knows how teams play; she knows what to expect,” Patty said. “I feel like she’s a leader in a big way, whether it’s talking or scoring.” It’s still up in the air whether Miller will be granted immediate eligibility as a transfer. McGuff said they won’t know about her eligibility for a while, but is hopeful about her contribution to the team. “She’s a very talented player,” McGuff said. “She’s got two years of high-level college experience, which is really beneficial because we have so many new people that haven’t really gone through the rigors of a college basketball season.”
With the season starting in a couple of weeks, Miller said Ohio State is full of both young and experienced talent, and she will be another leader to guide the team in the collegiate level.
“We are all so individually great, and I feel like if we just put all the pieces together in the right way I think it could be absolutely amazing.” BRAXTIN MILLER Ohio State junior guard
“I’m excited for my teammates. We have so much talent,” Miller said. “We are all so individually great, and I feel like if we just put all the pieces together in the right way I think it could be absolutely amazing.”
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Sandbothe sisters share Buckeye bond ALLY WILLIAMS Lantern reporter williams.6177@osu.edu When senior middle hitter Elle Sandbothe decided she needed a fresh start for her final year of collegiate volleyball, the decision to attend Ohio State was a no-brainer because of a connection that ran deeper than the sport. Her older sister, Taylor Sandbothe, played for the Buckeyes from 2013-16 under head coach Geoff Carlston and said she was excited to learn her younger sister would finish her collegiate experience at her alma mater. “Throughout my whole volleyball experience, my sister has been someone who I looked up to and who’s advised me on the game and in life in general, so coming here and wearing her colors of scarlet and gray was crazy for her to see. It was special for all of us,” Elle Sandbothe said. Starting at Kansas State, Elle Sandbothe fine-tuned her skills and grew as a player, yet as she neared her last year of collegiate eligibility, she said she needed a change of scenery and a new place to advance her play. Carlston has known Elle Sandbothe since she was 14 years old because of Taylor, who put her former coach in contact with Elle when she was looking to transfer. “The reality was we were looking for someone just like her,” Carlston said. “A senior with experience, more depth in the middle, so it was actually a really good fit.” In addition, Elle Sandbothe said her decision was largely influenced by the fact that she was already familiar with Columbus, Carlston and Ohio State in general. That familiarity helped with the transition. “When she went through that process of wanting to transfer and even when she was just considering Ohio State I was completely
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Ohio State senior middle blocker Elle Sandbothe (19) prepares to block the ball during the game against Michigan on Oct. 6. Ohio State lost 0-3.
ecstatic,” Taylor Sandbothe said. Though having that initial knowledge of the team and Carlston helped with her transition, Elle Sandbothe said she still had to put in the time and effort to smooth the transition. “The group at Kansas State, I had been playing with them for a long time so there was trust and now coming here with a new group of girls I obviously had to create trust, create new relationships,” Elle Sandbothe said. “It
came down to finding a level of comfort with a whole new group of girls on and off the court.” This was something Carlston encouraged Elle Sandbothe to do as a part of her transition process. He wanted her to make new connections with the team and focus on fitting in with team chemistry without changing too much of the style and technique she learned at Kansas State — which she did easily, Carlston said. “She fits in great with our team.
It didn’t take her long to build that trust,” Carlston said. Not only was team chemistry one of Carlston’s priorities, but it was one of Elle Sandbothe’s. She said she knew that in order to create trust, she needed to create a bond with the team on an individual basis. “I like to create my own specific relationship with each girl on the team so we have this special thing that creates our relationship, our bond on the court,” Elle
Sandbothe said. “Focusing on the little things that create our big team.” Elle Sandbothe said she is thankful for this transition because the challenge of reinventing her game with a new team has challenged her as a leader and player. As of Oct. 12, she has played in 53 sets and collected 107 kills and five blocks on the season. Taylor Sandbothe said this experience has been special for her as well. She returned to Ohio State Sept. 19 for the alumni game to surprise her sister and was emotional at the sight of Elle in the same colors she once wore. “I was standing in the crowd, and the first moment I saw her, and she was wearing the jersey, and I honestly cried like a baby,” Taylor Sandbothe said. “It was unreal to see her in that environment and to see her alongside girls that I used to play with and to see her next to Geoff and representing the school, yet still making it her own.” Now that they have this additional connection through Ohio State, both Sandbothes said it adds a deeper bond to their relationship. Taylor Sandbothe enjoys being able to relate to her sister and provide first-hand support given that she has had many of the same experiences that Elle is having now. “She could be playing anywhere, and our bond would still be strong, and it would still be her and I against the world like it’s always been,” Taylor Sandbothe said. Carlston, who has now coached both girls at the same position, has had to adjust to coaching Elle Sandbothe and said he is committed to giving her a unique experience at Ohio State. “They both play with a lot of fire. They both play the game. They’re both very competitive. SANDBOTHE CONTINUES ON 7
OSU to OSU: Braxtin Miller’s Homecoming MEGHAN CARROLL Lantern reporter carroll.677@osu.edu Braxtin Miller is turning heads for Ohio State athletics, but don’t adjust your television set, this isn’t 2011. After leading Oklahoma State in steals and assists in the 201819 basketball season, the junior guard decided it was time to return to her home state and join the Buckeyes. “The style of play wasn’t as fitting to me as a player,” Miller said. “It was my time to go, and I knew that I wanted to definitely come back closer to home, and so Ohio State was a great fit for me.” Miller averaged 16.1 points as a senior at Alter High School, leading the team to three consec-
utive state titles, earned All-Ohio honors and was named the Southwest District Player of the Year. Through her play, she earned offers from several schools in power conferences, including Oklahoma and Minnesota. Growing up in Dayton, Miller said she was surrounded by Ohio State culture, and since Ohio State was her first offer, everyone expected her to choose the Buckeyes. Miller said people around her were shocked when she chose to go farther away for school. She said she originally chose Oklahoma State over Ohio State because she wanted to experience being farther away from home. In two years at Oklahoma State, she averaged 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 105 three-pointers — which landed
her ninth in Oklahoma State history — and two All-Big 12 honorable mentions. Miller said Oklahoma State helped her get to know the style of college-level play. “It really helped me mature and build myself as a player and understand what it takes to be at this level,” Miller said. “I got a lot of lifelong friends from it too.” Ohio State head coach Kevin McGuff said the coaching staff didn’t need to do a lot of background research on Miller, as they recruited her out of high school. When they found out she was leaving Oklahoma State, McGuff said they reached out to Miller and her mother to tell them they wanted her to join their program. MILLER CONTINUES ON 7
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Braxtin Miller, a transfer student-athlete from Oklahoma State University, participates in practice at Ohio State for the upcoming season.