November 18 2015

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A doctoral candidate in American politics pens a letter about why the next president matters but not for the reasons many might think.

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Members of Columbus-based band The Worn Flints are trying to build their fanbase in Ohio ON PAGE 4

Check out “This Week in Wellness” to learn about how coloring can relieve stress.

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USG launches off-campus safety packs AUBREY CORNWELL Lantern reporter cornwell.68@osu.edu Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government has teamed up with the Office of Student Life and other OSU entities to create a student safety pack to improve student safety in the off-campus housing area.

The safety pack, which will be distributed free of charge, will contain window and door alarms, smoke alarm fans, safety timers, safety brochures and other various safety and wellness items.

“By gathering these resources

and putting them in one place and directly giving it to students in the off-campus area, I think that’s the best chance students have to access the information, use the products and hopefully prevent crime,” said Sunder Sai, the deputy director of USG’s Health and Safety Committee and a second-year in neuroscience.

Sai said he has been working on this project since the start of the school year after he was mugged and assaulted in the off-campus area in July. He said he wants to ensure that students feel safe in and around their homes off campus.

“Ever since that happened, I took

on this role of deputy director of this committee, and I’ve been trying to make sure that this happens to no one else ever again,” Sai said.

Aside from items to keep homes protected, the student safety pack will also include brochures with safety information, a banner pen with different safety phone numbers and stress sticks.

Sai said that Student Legal Services, Student Advocacy Center, Department of Public Safety and Off-Campus and Commuter Student Services were all contributors to the safety pack project.

David Isaacs, the communications and media relations manager

of the Office of Student Life, said that Student Life fully supports USG and their efforts to improve student safety awareness.

“The safety of our students and all members of the Ohio State community is our top priority,” he said.

“We are pleased that Undergraduate Student Government is also focused safety, and the Office of Student Life is very happy to contribute items and information for their latest initiative.”

Caroline Koenig, a second-year in nursing, said she looks forward to getting the student safety pack and installing the door and window SAFETY PACKS CONTINUES ON 3

Students honor lives lost in terrorist attacks across the globe

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“These candles serve to honor those whose lives were lost,” were words spoken during the Syrian Student Union-led candlelight vigil for the victims of Syria, Paris and Beirut at the Browning Amphitheater on Nov. 17.

Hackathon challenges students to ‘build something awesome’ INAKI DE GUZMAN Lantern reporter deguzman.5@osu.edu The Ohio State College of Engineering hosted the third annual OHI/O Hackathon this past weekend, a 24-hour event where students and faculty from all over the Midwest work together to code and create software that are designed to address an ongoing issue in today’s society.

At the event, participants work independently or in groups to de-

sign and create new software by manipulating existing technology and ideas.

There were over 500 participants that attended over the weekend, dwarfing the first and second OHI/O Hackathons in 2013 and 2014, said Matt Faluotico, a fourthyear in computer science and engineering who was one of the organizers of the event.

“2014 to 2015 was a big jump.

100 percent growth is cool, but we settled for a little bit more,” Faluotico said. “We went from 200

people to 500 people. If you count everybody involved in planning the hackathon, we had a 300 percent growth. That’s pretty insane.”

Faluotico said that there were 20 people in charge of this year’s planning committee; last year, there were four.

There were over 100 teams coding and designing at this year’s hackathon, 50 mentors to help students when they ran into technical problems and 60 judges to decide the top ten teams.

Josh Keuhn, a second-year in

computer science and engineering and an event organizer, said the participants were being judged on creativity, real world application and how technically challenging the project was.

Prizes for the top ten ranged from cash to GoPro cameras to Apple Watches. These were given out by various sponsors of the event, such as the Wexner Medical Center, Transitional Data Analytics, Esri and Fuse.

One of the top ten teams had an idea related to using quick response

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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a press conference for his new book on Nov. 3.

Trump set to come to Columbus JOELY FRIEDMAN Lantern reporter friedman.143@osu.edu Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is coming to Columbus on Monday. He is slated to speak at the Greater Columbus Convention Center at 7 p.m., the communications manager of the Convention Center confirmed to The Lantern.

Donald Trump’s communication department also confirmed the visit via email.

As one of the current frontrunners in the Republican field, Trump is known for making headlines by speaking his mind and not holding back.

Most recently, when Trump spoke in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday night, he told the crowd that if he were president he would “bomb the s--- out of them,” when referring to the Islamic State.

“You’re talking about sneaky, dirty, underhanded people that want to kill our civilians, they want to go after our civilians, they want to kill — not only our civilians, all over the world — and it’s going to be stopped. What would I do?

I’m going to bomb the s--- out of them,” Trump said at the Knoxville event. “They’ve gotta be stopped.

And they should have been stopped a long time ago.”

Levi Cramer, the communications director for the OSU College Republicans and a third-year in political science, said he believes that while Trump can be extreme in his comments, he brings up good points about how important national security is and how President Barack Obama and his administration are not taking these threats seriously.

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Researcher talks plant intelligence FRANCIS PELLICCIARO Assistant Multimedia Editor pellicciaro.1@osu.edu In Africa in the 1980s, 3,000 kudu antelopes unexpectedly died over the course of a few weeks in an enclosed area. They were not killed by hunters or disease — they were killed by trees. Acacia trees from which the antelopes were eating leaves deliberately increased the amount of the poison tannin in their leaves until the concentration of poison was lethal.

Plant physiologist Stefano Mancuso sees this as evidence for intelligence among plants. The trees released ethylene into the air in order to warn others of danger.

Mancuso, a professor at the University of Florence and head of the International Laboratory on Plant Neurobiology, gave a lecture on plant intelligence at Ohio State on Sunday. Held in the Ohio Union’s U.S. Bank Conference Center, the lecture drew roughly 300 people.

“We realized that plants were highly underestimated in science,” Mancuso said. “One of my preferred definitions is, ‘intelligence is the ability to solve problems.’”

He said that plant intelligence is evidenced by plants’ responses to their environment, such as growing around objects and responding to rising water levels, changes in acidity and increased salinity in the soil.

Mancuso said that plants cannot run away from danger like humans and animals; they must be able to adapt in order to survive.

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Plant physiologist Stefano Mancuso gives a lecture on plant intelligence at Ohio State on Nov. 15. “(Plants) need to perceive that something is changing in the environment as early as possible,” Mancuso said. “From this point of view, plants are conscious organisms because they are aware of the environment and aware of other plants.”

Mancuso said that he is often asked if plants can feel pain, but from an evolutionary point of view, he said he would be surprised if they did.

However, plants do respond to attack, he said. The smell of cut grass is a chemical distress signal that grass plants send to warn other grass plants when their leaves are wounded. Grass plants can respond to these signals by making themselves indigestible to certain insects.

Mancuso said that in “Brilliant Green,” a book on plant intelligence he co-authored, he tries to explain in a simple way the studies

of plant intelligence that he and his colleagues have conducted in the last 10 years.

In one such study conducted

by Mancuso and his colleagues, mimosa plants appeared to learn how to differentiate non dangerous stimuli from harmful stimuli.

The leaves of this plant fold inward when touched or shaken, so Mancuso had them dropped as well as touched. The mimosa plants stopped folding their leaves when dropped when dropping was found to be harmless, but continued to fold them when they were touched.

Forty days later, the mimosa plants continued to respond that way.

Mancuso said that there are about half as many people studying plants now as there were 30 years ago, adding that people think of them as boring and scientists think that they are less likely to earn Nobel prizes for research with them.

“It is not so well understood that we humans are completely dependent on plants,” Mancuso said.

“Plants will be the subjects of the next years.”

He said that issues of climate change and food safety are issues greatly concerning plant life.

“We are lacking the ability to understand that we are depending (on) plants,” Mancuso said.

Zach Beris, a graduate student studying evolution, ecology and organismal biology, attended the lecture and said that his next project is going to focus on plant communication of perceived danger.

“As a plant ecologist, it definitely makes you more aware of the kind of responses you measure in plants,” Beris said.

One of the members of the crowd asked Mancuso if it was true that he could talk to plants.

To this Mancuso replied, “I give them a lot of love, but sometimes they die.”

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Adult coloring books can relieve stress JENNA LEINASARS For The Lantern leinasars.2@osu.edu For Shari Savage, it was an effective way to connect with her daughter, who thrives in the stressful world of investment marketing.

The two sat down together on the couch one night, with “The Voice.”

But the contestants singing on television soon turned to background noise, as another form of art took center stage.

Their minds were lost in the creative process, focusing on filling in the intricate details of the pictures, taking breaks to catch the other up about their lives and sharpen their colored pencils.

Her daughter, a recent college grad, found the activity to be calming and enjoyable, a break from her anxiety-filled career, if only for a few moments of time.

Adult coloring books seem to be the latest trend to hit society, with publications popping up at Walmart, Barnes & Noble and CVS nationwide.

Coloring might appear to be an old concept, something from childhood. But now, the activity is being used by adults as a stress reliever and for relaxation purposes.

“The biggest point of positive feedback that we hear is, people tell us all the time how relaxing it is to color, how great it feels to just turn off your brain for a few minutes a day and do something that’s creative,” said Amanda Guest, social media manager for Dover Publications, a company that has been producing adult coloring books since 1970.

Guest said that Dover’s coloring books have appealed to a wide variety of audiences, including artists, trauma victims, businesspeople, the elderly, parents and even students.

“We’re starting to hear more and more from college students that are focusing on coloring during finals time because it’s a very stressful time of year,” she said. “Coloring kind of helps you take a quick, little mental break and recharge your energy.”

Savage, an assistant professor in arts administration, education and policy, said college students can benefit by using these coloring books as way to separate themselves from the world of wires and headphones.

“I think it would certainly be a great way to sort of check out of computers and laptops and your

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The use of coloring books among adults is a growing trend, used to help relax and relieve stress.

iPhone or smartphone,” she said.

“To just kind of walk away from that and spend time in your own head, kind of doing something that calms your mind, would be really beneficial.”

Savage attributes the coloring book trend to a growth in other expressions of creativity that have also been gaining popularity, correlated with a rise in technology usage.

“I think people are looking for creative outlets and that’s evident

in the rise of like wine and paint parties, Clay Café or places where you go and paint ceramics,” Savage said. “People come together in groups or go on their own and make something creative in a space like that.”

Savage said there is a need for students to be in touch with their creative side in order to make them more marketable to potential employers.

“We’re seeing and hearing more and more about companies saying,

‘We need out-of-the-box thinkers.

We need people who can look at this problem in a way that we’re not looking at it,’” Savage said. “Especially if you’re dealing with very analytical, linear-brained people, you need those creative thinkers who are able to look beyond that and think about: ‘What if?’”

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2 OSU research teams complete tech program LAUREN HOLLEY Lantern reporter holley.93@osu.edu Two Ohio State research teams have successfully completed the seven-week I-Corps@Ohio program, making them just one step closer to commercializing their new technology that was developed on campus.

The program is designed to help the teams figure out if their research can be commercialized and useful outside of the lab, said Michael Camp, the program coordinator for I-Corps.

“Any program is better than no program,” Camp said. “I think the I-Corps program is uniquely special in that it forces the teams to focus on the critical questions by getting them out of the building, talking directly to customers.”

This is a statewide, competitive program to help faculty and graduate students find validation in their research, Camp said. The idea of the program is to get researchers to talk with customers and manufacturers before they write up a business plan or try to start a business, in order to be sure that their product will be successful.

“They have to actually go out and contact potential customers,” Camp said. “They do somewhere near 100 interviews in five weeks.”

Glenn Daehn, a Fontana Professor of materials science and engineering, and Anupam Vivek, senior research associate, led one of the teams that completed the program.

Their research team developed a high-impact welding technique using high-strength metals that will be used in lightweight automobiles, Vivek said.

Vivek said the I-Corps program helped them direct their research in a more confident and relevant manner.

“This program was transformational for

us,” Vivek said. “We talk to people that are day in and day out working in the auto industry that can tell us what the real problems are and the process for implementing a new technology, how difficult it can be.”

Vivek said they focus a lot on the product market and what the customer wants.

“If there’s no product market, then there’s no point in going any further into the research,” he said.

“This program was transformational for us. We talk to people ... that can tell us what the real problems are and the process for implementing a new technology, how difficult it can be.”

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The other team from OSU that completed the program is led by Renukaradhya Gourapura, an associate professor of veterinary preventive medicine in the Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster.

Gourapura developed a swine influenza vaccine for pigs that could help reduce the $3–10 in losses absorbed by pork producers per pig every year.

Gourapura said his research team went to the I-Corps program to find out its customers’ needs.

“I-Corps gave us the opportunity to interact with the people who are actually using these kinds of vaccines in the field and get the firsthand information about the current SAFETY PACKS FROM 1

alarms after having her house broken into earlier this academic year.

“I’m glad that they’ve made these resources easily available and are looking out for the safety of the students that don’t live on campus,” Koenig said.

Students will have to sign a waiver form that will be attached to the student safety pack to release liability of USG and OSU and its entities that contributed. More details of how exactly the safety packs can be found on USG’s website. Delivery dates provided on the online order form run through Sunday.

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to national security,” Levi said.

Mircea Lazar, the communications director for the OSU College Democrats and a third-year in international relations and economics, does not see Trump as a politician.

“He is not really a real politician; he just says what he thinks will fire people up, and unfortunately, sometimes it works,” Mircea said. “College Democrats are not going to roll out the red carpet for him, he can do as he pleases but we won’t have anything to do with him.”

Levi also said that the College Republicans are always happy to see a Republican candidate in the capital of Ohio.

“We are glad any time a republican candidate understands the importance of Ohio,” Levi said. “I think there are going to be people from campus who are either going to love that he is here or hate that he is here, few will be indifferent.”

situation of the swine flu vaccine,” Gourapura said.

The program is funded by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Currently six schools of higher education have implemented I-Corps, Camp said.

The program accepted only eight teams this season, as it is still getting used to setting it up and seeing how it works, though it hopes to eventually accept 20 teams per season, Camp said.

“We got proposals from schools like Youngstown State, Wright State, Kent State and Case Western,” Camp said. “There were about 11 schools this time around who submitted proposals.”

Camp said when selecting which teams to accept, they look for team dynamic, passion for the program and whether the student has the energy and determination to use the program well.

“Both the engineering and food-animal team had strong teams all the way around,” Camp said. “They had good mentors, they were very committed and the student entrepreneur leads were very strong.”

Camp said the primary purpose of I-Corps is to start companies and see the technology being used commercially.

“We want to see more of these technologies inside universities get out into the commercial market and deliver the products and services that benefit society,” Camp said.

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codes to fill out hospital forms. Another team created a game similar to “Missile Command” to teach people about how the body fights off viruses and disease.

The team that won, however, created an app called Valet, an event-based parking system where users can rent parking spaces from other people. Ritvik Vasudevan, a fourth-year in engineering physics and one of the app’s creators, described it as “Airbnb meets parking.”

“It’s not just about building an app that connects people. It’s about doing it in a way that makes people trust the service and trust each other,” Vasudevan said.

People’s parents might need a parking spot for the next home football game, and Vasudevan said he can offer his spot if it is not being occupied for that time.

Vasudevan and his team received an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone and a Samsung Gear VR head-mounted display for first place.

They won an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6 and a Samsung Gear VR. Kuehn said he was satisfied with this year’s event.

“Some of the presentations get a little bit long, and they get little bit technical,” Kuehn said. “(But) it’s really fantastic for people to say, ‘Whoa, I had no idea that somebody was doing that. That’s really cool.’”

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Square up in a love triangle OGONNA ONONYE Senior Lantern reporter ononye.5@osu.edu Have a problem with love or life in general? Send Ogonna your questions at askogonna@gmail. com and get them answered here in her column. You can also tweet her at @askogonna or ask her at Ask. fm/askogonna Reader: I’ve found myself in that ugly part of a love triangle where my crush likes my friend who might like her back, but no one is saying how he or she really feels. The two of them aren’t official, but it just sucks to see them always flirting in front of me.

Ogonna: The classic love triangle, a bittersweet shape created when three people have some type of relationship to one another and at least two parties have romantic feelings toward another. If you realize that you are that angle of the triangle that is left pining after your friend’s crush, you need to do everything you can to get out of that position. It’s so hard to see that things might not work out in your favor, especially if the three of you are all friends, but this will only cause the heartbreak to last longer than needed.

I don’t know why it is so hard for us to admit that we are hurt, even if it’s just admitting it to ourselves.

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Worn Flints bring nostalgia of the ‘60s REGINA FOX Lantern reporter fox.1001@osu.edu In an attempt to shine light on local music, The Lantern’s “Columbus’ Own” is a weekly series that will profile a new Columbus band each week.

A defunct lighter during a smoke break sparked the name of the blues and psychedelic rock band from Columbus: The Worn Flints.

The quartet’s sound is reminiscent of Joe Cocker and other ‘60s psychedelic rock bands with its ballads and hard-hitting instrumental interludes.

“Multiple years ago, I reached out via Facebook in need of someone to help record some music ideas I had,” said Kenny Stiegele, who does guitar, piano and vocals.

He said bassist Steve Trabulsi was the first to answer the call and sugCOURTESY OF BEN GOLDFARB gested Jake Smith to be the drum- Kenny Stiegele of The Worn Flints plays guitar during a performance.

WORN FLINTS CD102.5 FM LOCAL SHOWCASE point where we can simply live off of the most recent album ‘Seccomfortably off of the art that we ond Sun,’” Swysgood said. “It hits Brew Brothers make,” Trabulsi said. “If we could a different vein from typical Worn Where: Scioto Downs Racino write an album, go on tour, then Flints sound, but really showcases Thursday, Nov. 19 come back home and do it again, the band, not just our musical abiliWhen: 9 p.m. while not having to wait tables just ty but our passion and our ability to to get by, I think we’d be pretty sat- express it through the music.” mer. isfied with that. Who wouldn’t?”

The band has played in A&R The three guys played together The Worn Flint’s first album, Music Bar, Skully’s Music Diner for a while but wanted to diversify “If I Stay Awake,” was made in a and in the Big Room Bar. But its their vocals. That’s when vocalist friend’s basement without a label. biggest show to date was opening Emma Swysgood was brought on. Its newest album, “Second Sun,” for Alabama Shakes at the LifeAs a newer collective, the music was also independently financed, styles Community Pavilion back in careers of the four artists are sup- but recorded in Relay Studios. Both September. ported financially by jobs in the are available on Spotify, iTunes and “Supporting local music is exservice industry. Stiegele said each Bandcamp. tremely important,” Trabulsi said. band member works in a restaurant.

“One song that I’ve been revis- “I mean, we’ve never even toured “I think the goal is to get to a iting a lot recently is ‘Wide Eyes’ outside of Ohio, and we were for-

tunate enough to play in front of thousands of people as the opener for Alabama Shakes. That kind of opportunity doesn’t come without the support that we’ve received from the people of Columbus.”

The Worn Flints is the first band Swysgood has been involved in, and she said it took her some time to get acclimated.

“I had a bout of serious stage fright in the beginning of my time with the Flints, like to the point of almost backing out of the opportunity to play with them,” she said.

“But now live shows are my absolute favorite thing.”

Trabulsi said live shows are an exhilarating experience.

“Getting that roar from the crowd is the absolute best high I could imagine, and you don’t get that roar without working for it,” Trabulsi said.

The members of the Worn Flints aren’t sure where they see themselves in the future but said they have faith in their sound.

“The ‘Dreamland’ response would be the cover of Rolling Stone, selling out stadiums, but reality is we don’t know,” Stiegele said. “We could change our name and leave the country next year.

Just know that whatever name we’re under or wherever we are at, we will be playing good music.”

The Worn Flints will be performing at Brew Brothers at Scioto Downs Racino this Thursday for a CD102.5 FM local showcase at 9 p.m.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEKEND Wednesday, Nov. 18

Julian Lage Trio starts at 8 p.m. at the Wexner Center for the Arts. 1871 N. High St. Jazz guitarist Julian Lage will be accompanied by Orlando le Fleming on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums. Admission is $19 for members, $22 for general and $13 for students.

Thursday, Nov. 19

Machine Head doors open at 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall. 1722 N. High St. Tickets are $27.60 through Ticketmaster, fees included.

COTA’s Line #2 runs on High St. until midnight* * Mon-Sat, until 10pm on Sundays

Friday, Nov. 20 Color Me Scarlet and Gray 5K registration starts at 3 p.m., the run starts at 6 p.m. at the Ohio Expo Center. 717 E. 17th Ave. Event features a 5K run and an after party.

A portion of the proceeds will go to Make-A-Wish of Central Ohio.

Registration is $45.

The Peanuts Movie starts at 3:30 p.m. at the Wexner Center of the Arts. 1871 N. High St. Ohio State graduate Steve Martino brings his animated feature, which is based on Charles Schulz’s comic strip. Admission is free for students with a Buck ID.

Saturday, Nov. 21

Sunday, Nov. 22

Thanksgiving Day Parade Celebration 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Macy’s at Tuttle Crossing. 5033 Tuttle Crossing Blvd. This event offers a celebration for the 89th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring live characters, holiday activities and other entertainment.

Wildlights 5 to 10 p.m. at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. 4850 W. Powell Rd. The event features millions of LED lights, three animated musical light shows and other holiday festivities. Tickets are $16.99, fees included, and can be purchased on the zoo’s website.

Swipe your Buck ID for unlimited rides throughout Columbus

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The Ohio-State-themed buckeye truffles, each with a different flavor added into the ganache.

MASON SWIRES Lantern reporter swires.4@osu.edu There is definitely something comforting about eating a piece of well-made chocolate.

There is also comfort in nursing a cocktail of your choosing. Luckily for the city of Columbus, Le Chocoholique has been blending these two together for the past five years.

The little corner where Le Chocoholique resides is at the foot of the Short North, right before the awkward transition into the downtown area. But it is surely placed there because the Short North saved one of the best places for last.

The store, located at 601 N. High St., specializes in handmade truffles. Truffles are made of a hard chocolate shell and are filled with ganache, which usually has flavors like raspberry, cherry or a darker chocolate.

They’re in every Valentine’s Day gift box, the hallmark of holidays and last minute, buy-a-box-of-candy gifts that accompany many a forgotten anniversary. But Le Chocoholique’s truffles are some of the most diverse and oddly satisfying combinations.

Craving a chocolate filled with a sweet white chocolate and peanut butter, but mixed with ghost chili and Satan’s blood pepper juices? Then the Dante’s Inferno truffle is for you.

Filled with school spirit? Try the trapezoidal, hard-shelled buckeye truffle that is painted to look like a helmet from our very own Buckeye football team and is filled with

the traditional buckeye ingredients.

“Every single truffle here is handmade and hand-painted, except for maybe like five,” said employee Andrea Hong. “We have so many unique tastes, all of which come from the ganache. Like the blue cheese truffle, which is basically focused on the inside with just a thin chocolate shell.”

Although a favorite, Le Chocoholique doesn’t just serve truffles.

“We serve desserts for after dinner, coffee, wines, cocktails and beer. But truffles are just like our thing,” Hong said. “People come in here to try different truffles, and they pick mostly based on the painting outside because it’s shiny and pretty, or they like the different fruits we put in or the use of peanut butter and nuts. Some even have alcohol inside them so you have to eat it in one bite, like our OYO Bourbon or Gypsy Apple Pie Mead truffle.”

The atmosphere in Le Chocoholique is one of dim relaxation. The marble-topped tables and rustic looking chairs are, like the rest of the color scheme, a monochromatic black and white, which is strangely refreshing. It really makes the vibrancy of the painted truffles stand out and makes the place aesthetically appealing and balanced.

All in all, chocolate by itself is a motivation to come to an establishment and partake in the rich indulgence that exists between chocolate and chocolate lover. But add the variation of truffle flavors and couple it with a glass of deep red wine, and you have yourself a place to call dessert heaven.

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emotions, so why not own up to them and let it ride out?

Let yourself have a broken heart, but just for a little while. Even if the involved parties, meaning your friend and your crush, don’t realize they affected your feelings or intentionally meant to, you still feel hurt. That is okay. You deserve the right to your own emotions, and you have a right to be upset when you get hurt. Of course, you shouldn’t be upset with your friends for their emotions and liking each other, but you can be upset that you got hurt in the crossfire and that things didn’t work out in your favor.

Minimalize the time you spend with the two of your friends together so that you don’t have to feel jealous watching them flirt.

You can even play it off as wanting the two of them to have more alone time so they are forced to confront their feelings. Make sure to take time for yourself, too. While allowing sadness is a go-to for sore hearts, perhaps you should switch out ice cream and sad movies with ice cream and happy movies. Don’t be too down on yourself if things don’t work out.

The best way to avoid a love triangle is to

avoid putting yourself in a position to compete with others in general. What I mean by this is, when you first start to develop feelings for another person, you have to understand the position you are getting into. Is this person available? Are you available? What are the other parties that you know of that might also have a stake in this? If you find that you’re put in a position where you have to fight for your crush’s attention and reciprocated feelings, you have to decide whether it’s worth the fight or not. The best determining factor of this, however, is whether or not your crush is willing to fight for you back.

This might sound cheesy, but I think the best way to cope with a broken heart from a love triangle is by appreciating the little things you do have to make your heart whole again. Doing something as simple as redecorating your room for the holiday season with friends could be just what you need. By surrounding yourself with friends and loved ones outside of this triangle, you realize how happy you can be with those who love you for who you are right here, right now.

When Netflix announced its planned revival of the 2000s fan favorite “Gilmore Girls,” the Internet reacted with seemingly unanimous adulation. “Us Magazine” proclaimed “Gilmore Girls Netflix revival is the best gift ever,” while Kevin Porter of the oft-stoic NPR declared he “wept immediately” in response to the news.

The reboot of the beloved show will take place in four 90-minute episodes. Each episode will reportedly be set in a different season, reuniting the audience with the quirky citizens of Stars Hollow, all ramping up to the conclusion creator Amy Sherman-Palladino never got to write.

However, this won’t, and can’t, be the miracle it’s cracked up to be.

It’s been eight long years since we waved farewell to the hyper-literate Rory as she boarded a press bus to start her journalism career. Nearly a decade has passed since Lorelai and Luke presumably sailed off into the sunset together. These characters aren’t the same people as when we last met them — and neither are we.

Will the revival recapture the fast-paced repartee the show became known for? Yes. Will we be permitted to sneak a peek into the lives of the characters we’ve so deeply missed? Yes. This reboot may be as heartfelt and clever as original recipe “Gilmore Girls.” But no matter how many cast members, writers and directors return, there’s no making up for lost time.

The original run of “Gilmore Girls” concluded in 2007, leaving nearly a decade of untold stories and missing pieces in our per-

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ception of the mother-daughter duo. Luke and Lorelai have most likely fought through eight years of monogamy. Rory has been launched fully into her career, and almost certainly overcame more than a few obstacles. Emily must have cycled through a million maids since. And with the passing of actor Edward Herrmann last year, we have also lost the beloved Gilmore patriarch, Richard.

In rebooting series like “Arrested Development” and “Wet Hot American Summer,” Netflix is effectively trying to recapture our youth, to reintroduce us to the themes and characters of time past.

But when these shows re-emerge, they invariably disappoint. Not necessarily because of a decline in quality — though that is often the case — but because with the passing of time, their inherent personality changes. Instead of rejoicing in what we’ve regained, we are reminded of what we lost.

The “Gilmore Girls” revival might be wonderful, and I hope it is. But though Netflix can take us back to Stars Hollow, it can’t bring us back to 2007.

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Supporting those less fortunate The last thing a college student with compiling debts wants to think about is donating to those asking for money around campus.

We seem to group them in with those handing out flyers as an inconvenience as we try to get from point A to point B every day in our busy lives. I distinctly remember Twitter blowing up with the GIF after Braxton Miller’s infamous spin move against Virginia Tech with taglines such as “When someone on High Street asks for money.”

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For all those persons concerned “clown” Donald Trump or “wacko” Ted Cruz or “liar” Hillary Clinton will be our next president, I am here to calm your nerves and tell you it really doesn’t matter — at least not in the ways you think. Less than a year from now on Nov. 8, no matter who our country elects to be its next president, that person will be severely constrained.

Notwithstanding the results of the presidential race, Congress is likely to remain divided — and polarized. Barring some catastrophic change in the ideological makeup of the country, a realigning world event or political implosion, entrenched by their massive gains in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are likely to maintain at least a marginal majority in the House of Representatives after the 2016 election. On the opposite side of the United States Capitol, in the Senate, either party will probably hold only a 51-49 or 52-48 seat majority after the 2016 election. Based upon the allocation of Senate seats up for election in 2016, and because turnout in presidential elections seems to benefit Democrats overall, Democrats are much more poised to make pickups than Republicans.

While the House of Representatives is a majority-focused institution, which only requires a simple majority vote to advance legislation, the Senate is a minority-focused institution. In the Senate, in almost all instances, a simple majority is not enough to advance legislation. In the Senate, to break a filibuster and advance legislation, a threefifths or 60-vote threshold must be crossed.

This means that even if one party holds a 52-48 or 51-49 seat majority in the Senate, without a truly bipartisan agreement, the minority party can still stymie legislative progress.

If Clinton is elected president — the most likely Democrat at this point — a Republican majority in the House of Representatives and/or Republican minority in the Senate

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I expect very little fruitful interaction between the next president and the next Congress. The next president will be going it alone. will be able to restrain her, thereby keeping a check on her left-leaning policy ambitions.

If Trump or Ben Carson are elected president — the highest-polling Republicans at this point — a Democratic majority or minority in the Senate will be able to constrain them, thereby keeping a check on their right-leaning policy ambitions. No matter which party controls the White House, and no matter which party has a majority in the House of Representatives, unless either party has a filibuster-proof Senate majority, the Senate minority can severely restrain far-left or farright legislation, thereby moderating a president of the opposing party. Because of this, little significant legislation is likely. Though Republicans currently hold a 54-46 Senate majority, due to the constraints mentioned earlier, in the 2016 election at least, it is nearly impossible for them to pick up the six Senate seats necessary for a filibuster-proof majority. For much of the same reasons, it is nearly impossible for Democrats to pick up the 14 Senate seats necessary to have their own filibuster-proof majority. And this dynamic isn’t likely to change soon.

While the next president will be severely limited on the legislative front due to institutional constraints and partisan polarization, another avenue is wide open to pursue — executive orders, judicial appointments and bureaucratic rulemaking. While the Constitution tasks Congress with creating laws, Congress is not large enough or specialized enough to implement legislation.

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The intricate details are left to bureaucratic agencies, such as the Department of Energy or Department of Agriculture, whose jurisdiction falls under the executive branch. As head of the executive branch, the president has the “real” authority to direct the creation and modification of rules and regulations.

My prediction is that this avenue is likely to be utilized frequently by the next president because of Congress’ lack of productivity as of late. For the current president, this is already the case. Noticing Congress’ near-total paralysis on immigration reform, President Barack Obama directed certain federal departments to limit or modify the enforcement of federal law, among other things. The president has also issued orders concerning refinancing student loans, raising the minimum wage for federal contractors and reforming sentencing guidelines for nonviolent offenders, justifying his need for unilateral action by noting Congress’ lack of action.

Therefore, when voting for our next president, don’t be concerned with their legislative prowess, or lack thereof. I expect very little fruitful interaction between the next president and the next Congress. The next president will be going it alone. Be more concerned with what unilateral actions the next president will take, who he or she will appoint to the federal judiciary and executive departments and which federal agencies he or she will direct to do what. That is where the next president’s real power lies, most of the public just hasn’t noticed it yet.

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I understand that some may have an attitude that those begging for money had their chance and lost it. This could not be further from the truth. To these people, this is their job. These people, regardless of their pasts, are trying to earn an honest living while telling their stories along the way. If you pick up a copy of this paper, you will see for yourself what this paper means to these people and the importance that it has had on their lives. The ability to earn money from their own work, along with having an outlet to save them from demons such as loneliness and depression, has had more of an impact on their lives than one can even fathom.

This paper continues to have an impact on our city as well. The Columbus City Attorney and Street Speech just marked their one year anniversary of a partnership. This partnership has the goal of “helping educate the public about the criminal justice system, highlighting resources available to assist victims of crime, and bringing offenders with arrest warrants to justice,” according to an Oct. 2015 Street Speech article.

No one is asking you to donate on a daily or weekly basis; I know that I have no such ritual. However, when I have that dollar of change from Chipotle or a few quarters after picking up a coffee from Starbucks on the way to class, I know that it is much more gratifying to help these vendors trying to turn their lives around than to lose the change in the washer a few days later. Whether you are gearing up with holiday spirit, or want to pay it forward, Street Speech is a cause worth supporting.

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Scouting Michigan State KEVIN STANKIEWICZ Assistant Sports Editor stankiewicz.16@osu.edu The 10-game warmup for No. 3 Ohio State has come to an end.

Now begins the most important, and difficult, two weeks of the regular season for the Buckeyes, starting with Michigan State on Saturday.

The forthcoming game has been circled on the schedules of college football fans since the season began in August when both teams were ranked in the top five of the AP poll.

Anticipation hit its peak during Weeks 4 and 5, as the Buckeyes and Spartans occupied the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the AP poll, respectively. The matchup began to lose some of its luster ever since, especially on Nov. 7 when the Spartans fell to Nebraska 39-38 on the road.

Even though it is no longer a meeting of unbeatens, there is still a lot of hype about a game between two top-10 teams with major implications on who advances to the Big Ten Championship Game.

Here is a look at the 2015 Spartans.

Can Connor still cook?

Redshirt senior quarterback Connor Cook is an integral part of Michigan State’s success, but unfortunately for coach Mark Dantonio and his team, there are questions surrounding Cook coming into Saturday’s contest.

Cook did not play in the second half of the Spartans’ 24-7 win over Maryland because of an apparent shoulder injury. The Hinckley, Ohio, native took two major hits in the first quarter. On the second one, Cook was slow to get up and visibly favored his right shoulder.

He stayed in the game but his arm strength was clearly diminished.

The decision to trade his helmet for a headset in the second half was more a precautionary one, Cook said after the game.

Both Dantonio and Cook downplayed concerns about the redshirt senior’s availability against OSU, but there is reason to wonder how effective he will be able to be.

For a quarterback, an injury to the shoulder is about the worst place, besides maybe to the hand,

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Michigan State then-junior quarterback Connor Cook (18) hands the ball off to then-senior running back Jeremy Langford (33) during a game against OSU on Nov. 8, 2014, at Ohio Stadium. defense re-emerged against Maryland.

The Spartans, who are led by redshirt junior linebacker Riley to be ailing.

Reviving the old recipe Bullough, limited the Terrapins to It’s highly likely that Cook suits The old recipe for Spartan suc- 289 yards total offense, about 100 up — on Monday, multiple OSU cess was typical smash-mouth fewer than OSU allowed. They players said they are preparing as football: a strong run game to set also forced five turnovers: three inif Cook will play — but questions up nothing more than an effec- terceptions and two fumbles. of whether he can he still be the tive passing game, complemented The latter statistic — turnovers same guy who ranks 28th national- by an imposing defense to win — will be an area where the Michly in passing yards and has a 32-4 low-scoring affairs. igan State defense will need to record as a starter are legitimate.

This has worked incredibly well repeat its success against OSU, Everything Michigan State does for Dantonio and Michigan State especially because the Buckeyes offensively revolves around Cook’s since he took the helm in 2007. have been slightly turnover prone ability to distribute the football However, the past two years have this season. so efficiently. Cook has talent on seen the program veer slightly The Scarlet and Gray have the outside, namely senior wide away from this formula to a more turned the ball over in each of their receivers Macgarrett Kings Jr. wide-open offense spearheaded past three games, including twice and Aaron Burbridge, who have by Cook with really good, but not last week against Illinois. For combined for well over half of great, defenses — especially this Michigan State to have a real shot the Spartans’ receiving yards, but season. at upsetting OSU, the Spartans’ if his arm isn’t able to deliver the The Spartans’ defense has not defense will need to be able to football with the same zip to these been the feared unit it has in the generate turnovers, and the offense players, the offense is vulnerable. past yet this season. It can partly will have to capitalize on the extra The Spartans’ rushing attack has be attributed to injuries in the sec- possessions. taken steps backward this season ondary, but even so, the defense’s Beyond the Buckeyes with the loss of Jeremy Langford performance against Maryland Following Saturday’s tilt against to the NFL, as it ranks 92nd na- might be what it needed to regain OSU, Michigan State is scheduled tionally. its old mojo. to return to East Lansing, MichiSo, if Cook cannot be his normal The Spartans have held oppo- gan, for its final game of the regself, meaning a larger reliance on nents below 20 points just twice: ular season against Penn State. the run game, the Spartans could the Terrapins last week (24-7) and Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. struggle mightily to put up points Central Michigan in Week 4 (30against the vaunted OSU defense.

10).

However, the old, dominating

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with a 2-11 conference record.

“Especially if we’re kicking and scratching with our health, it’s a tough match,” Carlston said of the upcoming tilt against the Hawkeyes. “They run a very fast offense (and) they’ve given a lot of teams problems.”

Iowa picked up its only two conference wins recently against Rutgers on Oct. 31 and Indiana on Nov. 4. Then, on Nov. 7, the Hawkeyes took then-No. 16 Purdue to five sets before falling.

Campbell said she believes OSU will have its work cut out for it in defending the quick-paced attack of Iowa.

“They have a pretty distributed, fast offense, so just being ready defensively in our blocking game to be up fast and challenge their tempos,” she said.

The Hawkeyes currently rank third in the conference in service aces per set with 1.20. To combat that strength and bring home the win, Campbell said the Buckeyes are prepared to be “challenging the passing lanes” all match long.

What’s next?

A big rematch is set to be on tap for OSU on Saturday, when it is set to travel to Madison looking to complete another season sweep against Wisconsin. Back on Sept.

27, the Buckeyes defeated the Badgers in Columbus in five sets. The first serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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has in the players behind it makes a huge difference.

“We trust all our linebackers to make open-field tackles one-onone, so we’re never worried they won’t make the play,” Bosa said.

What the linebacker unit lacks in playmakers, it makes up for in steady, consistent play, with players staying in the right spots and making the tackles they need to.

Secondary In contrast to the linebackers, OSU’s secondary is filled with playmakers.

OSU’s safeties, junior Vonn Bell and redshirt junior Tyvis Powell, have two interceptions apiece, and the starting cornerbacks, redshirt sophomores Eli Apple and Gareon Conley, have seemingly gotten better each week.

“It’s just experience, going through games and learning, watching each other on film, we’re always very critical of our performances and we like to critique ourselves very closely,” Apple said on the improvement of the unit.

McMillan said the faith that the front seven has in the secondary has allowed it to play closer to the line, creating more havoc for the offensive line.

“Eli and Gareon do a great job locking down receivers, so that’s just one less thing we have to worry about,” McMillan said. “We know that if we go man coverage, that those receivers are going to be taken out of the play. Their level of competitiveness really raises the level of competitiveness of the whole defense.”

The Achilles’ heel of the OSU defense has been the depth of the secondary, which took hits from its already-thin availability when sophomore Erick Smith and junior Cam Burrows were lost for the season with injuries.

However, some relief came in the form of sophomore cornerback Damon Webb, who returned to the team two games ago after a six-game absence for undisclosed reasons.

Apple said Webb, who often is used as a nickel corner in passing situations, has presented important relief.

“We’re very comfortable with Damon,” Apple said. “Damon’s a guy, since Day One he’s been here, he’s always had great coverage, he’s always had great technique, and he’s somebody that we’re very confident that he’s going to play well for sure.”

While OSU has struggled at times against mobile quarterbacks who can leave the pocket, it has shown to be lockdown against pocket passers. In games against immobile quarterbacks such as Hawaii’s Max Wittek and Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg, OSU limited the opponent to just 85 and 120 passing yards, respectively.

The three units have been the difference for OSU this season, and will need to keep that up in the meat of OSU’s season. The Buckeyes’ final two regular-season games — plus any postseason games — feature some of the better teams in the nation.

That slate is set to begin with a game against Michigan State on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium.

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OSU looks to bounce back at Iowa MATT WILKES Lantern reporter wilkes.22@osu.edu Injuries and illness have taken a toll on the Ohio State women’s volleyball team as the season has worn on, as it has lost five of its last eight matches.

This week has been no different for coach Geoff Carlston’s team, as an illness has made its way around the roster. Nonetheless, the No. 16 Buckeyes (21-7, 10-6) will try to get back on track when they travel west to battle with Iowa (12-17, 2-14) on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

“We’ve been trying to back off a lot,” Carlston said. “It’s hard to sharpen the blade when you can’t do it. As a staff, we’re trying to find a balance between trying to keep us healthy, but it hasn’t seemed to work.”

Freshman setter Taylor Hughes has been in and out of the lineup since suffering an elbow injury on Oct. 21, while senior outside hitter Katie Mitchell has missed the last two games with an illness.

To rediscover its form on the court after an ugly loss to Michigan on Saturday, Carlston said OSU just needs to get back to believing in itself.

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(Top) OSU defensive players chase down Illinois freshman running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn (5) during a game on Nov. 14 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

(Middle) OSU senior linebacker Joshua Perry (37) attempts to tackle Illinois wide receiver Desmond Cain (86).

(Lower) OSU defensive players tackle Minnesota freshman tailback Shannon Brooks (27) during a game on Nov. 7 at Ohio Stadium.

RYAN COOPER Sports Editor cooper.487@osu.edu While Ohio State carries several playmakers on offense, the bread and butter of the defending champions has been its defense.

Only one team — Big Ten foe Wisconsin — has allowed fewer than the 13.8 points the 10-0 Buckeyes have allowed per game.

“I think our personnel is very good,” OSU coach Urban Meyer said. “I think the coordination between the front seven and back seven is exceptional right now, and that’s not easy to do.”

As Meyer alluded to, the three major units of the defense — defensive line, linebacker corps and secondary — have each been clicking in recent weeks. That includes holding its past two opponents to a combined rushing total of 53 yards. Those two performances helped elevate the Buckeyes’ rushing defense to 24th in the nation, joining the eighth-ranked pass defense.

“I think overall defensively, all 11 guys and even some of the backups are playing at a very high level,” said co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Chris Ash. Against Illinois on Saturday, all 11 starters on the defense graded out as “champions” postgame, along with two backups.

Ash said it has been a full-squad effort in recent weeks, with each unit carrying the other.

Defensive line The Buckeyes’ defense is anchored by the front four, which

has excelled both at pressuring the quarterback and stuffing the run in recent weeks.

“I think every defensive coach out there, if you’re going to build a defense, you’re going to build it from the inside out with the defensive line being first,” Ash said.

“Fortunately in my two years here, we’ve had a pretty decent defensive line, and it’s getting better.”

Junior defensive end Joey Bosa has been a force this season, even if the numbers don’t necessarily show it. His four sacks are well off the pace of the 13.5 he registered a season ago, but the constant double teams — and, in recent weeks, triple teams — he attracts have been huge for the rest of the line.

“It obviously says a lot about what I’m doing, which is nice, any time they’ve got to scheme to put two or more guys on me,” Bosa said. “But more importantly, it’s opening up opportunities for other guys on the defense to make plays, so that’s always good.”

the nation,” McMillan said. “A few weeks ago I said ‘one of the best,’ but I really think he’s the best player in the nation. A guy that attracts triple teams on plays, double teams on every play, and a guy you just have to account for on every play on offense.”

Splitting time to the right of Bosa have been redshirt sopho“I think the more Tyquan Lewis and redshirt coordination between freshman Sam Hubbard. The two have combined for 11 sacks, with the front seven Lewis’ 6.5 leading the team and and back seven is Hubbard’s 4.5 coming in second.

Sandwiched between the two exceptional right now, defensive end spots are seniors and that’s not easy to Adolphus Washington and Tommy do.”

Schutt, who have six and five tackles for loss, respectively.

Urban Meyer Football coach “You see the front getting better every week as we move forward Sophomore linebacker Raekwon through the season. You see a front McMillan took his praise of Bosa that’s developing more and more to the highest level. depth, also,” Ash said. “That’s very “I think he’s the best player in critical to our success as we go

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“We just need to get back to our fundamentals, stay focused.”

Kylie Randall Junior outside hitter

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down the stretch here, but they are disruptive, they’re making plays both in the run and pass game, and that makes everyone’s job easier.”

Linebackers OSU’s three starting linebackers — McMillan, senior Joshua Perry and redshirt sophomore Darron Lee — have played as well as any linebacker corps in the nation.

The three have combined for 215 total tackles, with McMillan’s 97 putting him in the nation’s top 20.

“He’s a completely different player (from last year),” Ash said of McMillan. “Much more confident player, a faster player, understands our defense a lot more, getting to the ball a lot quicker, so to compare him to last year, it’s not even the same kid.”

The linebacking unit has played a big role in stopping both the rushing and passing games. Bosa said the faith the defensive line

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“I think we just have to remind ourselves that we’re a pretty good team and we’ve had a really good journey so far,” Carlston said.

Much of the Buckeyes’ early-season success was fueled by the team playing with a chip on its shoulder. Senior outside hitter Elizabeth Campbell said “getting back to that underdog mentality” is crucial to get back to the winning ways.

“We just need to get back to our fundamentals, stay focused,” junior outside hitter Kylie Randall said.

“We still have a lot of games left … we still definitely have a chance to improve.”

In the first meeting of the season between OSU and Iowa, the Buckeyes came out victorious in four sets, marking their 13th straight victory against the Hawkeyes.

After posting a 10-3 record in nonconference play and garnering national attention in the form of votes in the coaches poll, the going started to get tough for Iowa in conference play, winning just two games against Big Ten foes.

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