PARENTS EDITION Parent and Family Weekend returns, welcomes loved ones to campus AUBREY WRIGHT Senior Lantern Reporter wright.2257@osu.edu
Everyone better be on their best behavior this weekend, as parents will be roaming the campus. After last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic, Ohio State’s annual Parent and Family Weekend will take place Friday and Saturday. Those attending university programs this weekend can register for free at the Ohio Union, Ryan Lovell, associate dean of students with the Office of Student Life, said. “We often say to our families as they’re coming through orientation that now that they’ve got a student enrolled at Ohio State, whether they went here or whether they’re from Ohio, they’re now part of our Buckeye family,” Lovell said. “We view families as being an essential part of a student’s success.” Parent and Family Weekend, held by Parent and Family Relations within the Office of Student Life, is for parents, families and any supporters of students, Lovell said. Students have a chance to highlight their time on campus for their loved ones. University spokesperson Dave Isaacs said in an email the university enjoys hosting the event for students and their families. “It’s great that they see Ohio State through their student’s eyes and get a better understanding of their life on campus,” Isaacs said. “Many of our
families are alumni themselves, and are often comparing notes with their students about what has changed and what has stayed the same at the university since they graduated.” Anyone attending an on-campus Parent and Family Weekend event will be expected to follow university COVID-19 guidelines, Lovell said. Unvaccinated individuals must wear a mask at all times, and vaccinated people must wear a mask indoors. Lovell said programming and events are flexible, so students and their families can attend any at their convenience. He said families only have to check in once at the Ohio Union to ensure they have access to all university facilities and events held for the weekend. The self-guided Ohio Stadium tours, one of the most popular events, will take place Friday from 3-7 p.m. Families can tour the stadium, go down onto the field and access private areas such as the press boxes, the Yassenoff Recruit Center and the Steinbrenner Band Center. During the tour, Brutus Buckeye and some members of the spirit squad will be available for pictures, Lovell said. A Graeter’s ice cream truck will also be near the Ohio Stadium Friday beginning at 4 p.m. “Families are kind of on their own so they can explore the different spaces in the stadium,” Lovell said. “It’s really just a great opportunity for families to get into the stadium and really experience what PARENTS CONTINUES ON 3
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for a lot of folks is the enthusiasm for Ohio State.” Students and their families can also attend a free men’s soccer game against Penn State Friday at 7 p.m. at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, according to the event schedule. Lovell said Saturday morning events will consist of educational programming at the Ohio Union, covering first-year experiences, fraternity and sorority life, the service-learning alternative break program Buck-I-SERV and more. These events will also be livestreamed via Zoom and recorded for families and students who are unable to attend in person. The recordings and streaming links can be found on the Parent and Family Weekend website. The School of Music will hold a free concert in the Hughes Hall auditorium from 4-5:30 p.m. Families interested in attending the concert are encouraged to
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“It’s really just a great opportunity for families to get into the stadium and really experience what for a lot of folks is the enthusiasm for Ohio State.” RYAN LOVELL
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complete the School of Music’s online pre-registration form to secure a seat. Outside of scheduled campus events, Lovell said students may take their loved ones around Columbus to locations such as the Easton Town Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, a nice restaurant or any other part of the city they may enjoy. The online event schedule lists many professional sports games, seasonal events and popular attractions. “For a lot of students, Family Weekend is, ‘I want to go to a restaurant. I want you to take me shopping. I want to go to Easton. Come visit me, we’re going to spend some time on campus, but I also want to go to these other things in the city,’ ” Lovell said. “We try to structure Family Weekend in a similar way so that there are some events you can do, but also opportunities for free time to go do other things you may want to do.”
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New looks, same heart: Ohio State weathers change LAUREN VAN NIEL Lantern reporter vanniel.6@osu.edu
Ohio State is an evolving giant — and alumni who return to campus may notice some differences both on and off campus. Tamar Chute, university archivist and head of archives, said the university has undergone physical changes in the last few decades with the expansion of the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State and rebuilding of the Ohio Union. Much of what alumni may remember about the area has changed and places where past students would lounge and hang out with friends have vanished, David Staley, an associate history professor and 1993 alumnus, said in an email. “Being both an alum and a professor at Ohio State has given me a unique perspective on the campus,” Staley said. “I sense both the dramatic changes to the campus and campus life, but I am also appreciative of the continuities.”
Chute said while the Columbus campus hasn’t expanded much since 2001, the relationship between the university and the surrounding area has grown. “There was, for a long time, sort of this feeling that campus ended at High Street and we took care of what was internal,” Chute said. “In the last 20 years, there has been an understanding that campus really affects the surrounding neighborhoods. There’s sort of this relationship between the two areas that if we don’t care about what happens outside of the official borders, then that is not good for anybody.” Chute said former University President E. Gordon Gee started Campus Partners, a nonprofit redevelopment organization which helped revitalize the University District, while he was president due to the overcrowding and danger of High Street. With this came the removal of some alumni favorites. “What I miss most is Bernie’s and The Distillery. I heard a lot of good music there and ate great bagels,” Staley said. “When
that was torn down and replaced, a lot of character was lost on High Street.” The original Ohio Union was torn down in 2007 and was a major change to the university, Chute said. The Union was dedicated on Nov. 17, 1951, and was seen as a “model for the country,” according to the Office of Student Life’s website. Staley said he enjoyed spending his time in the old Union with his friends when he was a student. “The new Union is a fine building, with many amenities, but it does not strike me as the kind of place you go to hang out or lounge around between classes, as my friends and I used to do,” Staley said. Staley said while the population of the campus has grown considerably since his time at the university, the campus used to feel larger. “On a warm spring day, the Oval would be packed with students, thousands of students,” Staley said. “I cannot remember the last time I saw the Oval that full of students.”
Despite building renovations and changing presidents, Chute said the “base and heart” of the university has remained the same. “There’s something about walking on the Oval that I don’t think changes, no matter what time you come here or what year you come here,” Chute said. “There’s something about the energy about students walking around, just seeing classes happening from outside.” STAY CONNECTED WITH
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PAIGE CIRTWILL Senior Lantern Reporter cirtwill.1@osu.edu Football culture is a core part of the heart and soul of campus life at Ohio State, and for some students, the family memories associated with the games are a key reason they decided to attend the university. Both transfer students to the university, Brennan Shanesy and Murphy Horning said their fathers are alumni, they grew up going to football games and for their families, Ohio State is a tradition. Horning, a third-year in political science, said his grandmother worked for dining services at the Fawcett Center serving meals to the football teams for over two decades from around 1980 to the early 2000s. When Horning’s father was a child, he volunteered as an usher at Ohio Stadium with the Boy Scouts and went on to attend Ohio State himself, Horning said. After coming to Ohio State, Horning said he worked for dining services at Curl Market. He said it has been fun exchanging
stories with his father and grandmother about their shared work experiences on campus, along with connecting through Ohio State football. “We watch all the football games,” Horning said. “My dad, he won’t allow us to schedule our weddings on football Saturdays.” Horning currently works for Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio covering games, which he said is also a topic he bonds over with his father, sometimes over breakfast on Sunday mornings following a game day. Shanesy, a fourth-year in communication, said his father and two of his cousins attended the university. When watching Ohio State games at home, Shanesy said his father hangs a Block “O” flag in front of their garage, and before the Michigan game, he “blares the OSU fight song throughout the house.” “My first football game was against [University of Southern California] in 2009,” Shanesy said. “My dad showed me around campus, he showed me where his classes were when he went to Ohio State.” OHIO STATE GAMES CONTINUES ON 6
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Shanesy said his favorite game was the Ohio State-Michigan match in 2016, when the Buckeyes beat the Wolverines in double overtime, leading to an “electric” atmosphere in the stadium. “It was definitely the loudest game I’ve ever been to,” Shanesy said. “I just knew I wanted to go to OSU after that.” Beyond football, Shanesy said his dad would show him around campus when he was young, which made campus feel like home and inspired him to come to Ohio State. “After high school, a lot of kids schedule campus tours,” Shanesy said. “I didn’t need to because my dad was my tour guide, and I already knew the campus inside and out.” Shanesy said he started at the Lima campus but worked hard to transfer for his second year to the Columbus branch because he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. Horning has a similar story. He said he went to Capital University for a year, thinking he would prefer a smaller school, but transferred his second year to Ohio State to take advantage of the communication
program — and due to some familial influence. “The family definitely played a part in me wanting to go to Ohio State,” Horning said. “When I first told my dad about transferring, he’s like, ‘Yeah, you should go.’ ” Shanesy said shared experiences have brought him closer to his father and he’s glad he came to Ohio State. “With the amount of football games my dad and I have always gone to, we kind of created a special bond between us,” Shanesy said. “It was always my dream to come to Ohio State, just like my dad did.”
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Football to food robots: social media brings students together
The Grubhub and Yandex food rovers were introduced to Ohio State’s campus this fall and can be seen on @osufoodrobots Instagram page.
ATHENA MARKOWSKI Social Media Editor markowski.19@osu.edu KATHLEEN JONES Lantern Reporter jones.6245@osu.edu Freshmen, transfer students and those who are inexperienced with campus life due to COVID-19 all have one thing in common: trying to figure out the culture at Ohio State. Social media accounts geared specifically toward creating a common space for students at Ohio State, such as Barstool, Infringed OSU and OSU Food Robots, do just that. Barstool OSU, a branch of the national Barstool Sports
brand, posts submission-based content ranging from game day shenanigans to fundraising for students affected by crime. With over 117,000 followers on Instagram, 94,800 on Twitter and 43,000 on TikTok, its outreach can be seen all over campus, Caleb Griffin, a graduate student and manager of the accounts, said. “We are students, we’re a part of this campus and what we really have to offer is we can connect people with people on campus,” he said. “Following social media pages like ours is just a completely more realistic connection to what goes on.” Griffin, who works alongside five team members, said Barstool OSU’s main goal is to provide a
lighthearted, inside look at Ohio State. Jackson Haskins, a fourthyear in biomedical engineering and manager of Barstool OSU, said their content is especially helpful for incoming freshmen who are able to get a glimpse of campus culture. “The sheer size of social media is important for any school, but I know OSU attracts a lot of people, and that can be very intimidating for some people, especially freshmen coming in,” Haskins said. “It does show you kind of a peek at the culture of the school, more than just what the university wants to show you. You get to really see what goes on.” Kallyn Buckenmyer, a fourthyear in classics and hospitality management, is the person behind
the Instagram account Infringed OSU, a student-specific page that posts Ohio State-related memes, fundraisers for students and news from the university. The account boasts just over 2,200 followers. Buckenmyer said she was inspired to start the Ohio State-centered social media account by what she saw as a lack of informational student communities online that were supportive of their audience. “In terms of making things funny and more lighthearted, we didn’t really have that,” Buckenmyer said. “We had the Black Sheep and Barstool, but it was more just, like, making fun of things.” Buckenmyer said it was important to her to create an
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account that was a safe space for all students. “It’s very inclusive and welcome for all people,” Buckenmyer said. “I don’t want anyone to come to my page and be like, ‘Oh, they posted this. I don’t feel very safe or comfortable here anymore.’ ” Allex Smith, a second-year in city and regional planning, said she and her roommate, Amber Warthman, a second-year in speech and hearing sciences, started the OSU Food Robots account when students returned to Ohio State in August and found themselves face to face with actual robots throughout campus. Since then, the account has gained nearly 7,000 followers. SOCIAL CONTINUES ON 8
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Smith said the account, which features photos and videos of the food robots roaming campus, facing off with one another and sometimes even driving themselves over the edge of stairs, was originally started as a joke to bring some humor to students’ lives. Smith said the robots were a common ground among students that lent well to a new, humorous social media account. “Students from different majors, different clubs, student-athletes –– students from all over campus are somehow connected through these little food robots,” Smith said. One thing Smith said she likes about social media accounts is their ability to unify those who otherwise would probably not interact. “I think that they’re just such a
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The show must go on(line): Theater department adapts to pandemic KAYLA BUSH Lantern Reporter bush.530@osu.edu In stark contrast to actors in the past who have stepped onstage wearing comedy and tragedy theater masks, performers at Ohio State now find themselves reaching for the surgical variety. As COVID-19 made its way across the globe and caused the university to shut down, the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts faced an uncertain future. Connor Graham, a lecturer in the department, said he and a group of students were deep into the process of creating a new show when the pandemic first
struck. The show, “Once Upon The Oval,” never made it to the stage. “We were unsure at the time what the fall was going to look like,” Graham said. “We all took a moment of pause to reflect on how we were going to move forward.” Graham said he had been involved in creating a piece of devised theater about the opioid epidemic when the university began to shut down. However, his students refused to accept defeat. Graham’s students worked around the limitations of the pandemic, creating a “theater-film hybrid” piece, he said. Instead of inviting a live audience to a
the students published it online. “We were really able to expand our notion of what the work could be and what theater could mean in this moment,” Graham said. Isabelle Johnston, a secondyear in dance and former student of Graham’s, said her experience taking an acting class online was much harder than she expected. “The hardest part was probably getting in the zone,” she said. “Because we were on a computer screen, it was really hard to feel invested in it.” Johnston, who is also a musical theatre minor, said she was already nervous to take classes related to the field, but the SHOW CONTINUES ON 9
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the pandemic brought out unforeseen complications, such as performing for an online audience and having to act at home while living with a roommate. “No one feels confident when they are going into this field because they know it’s so temperamental and fragile, and it’s just difficult,” Johnston said, “But in this pandemic, not even being a professional yet, just taking a class, it was just so hard to want to keep doing it and to feel safe doing it.” Even with the return of in-person classes, Graham said theater students are still facing challenges. The mask mandate requires students and faculty to wear masks during classes, so students have had to deal with the additional challenge of acting without relying on facial expressions. “Actors now are learning how to still tell the story with their full body and voice, even while wearing masks,” Graham said. “Students are learning that although facial expression is important, acting is about action and internal responses, and we can do that on stage even while wearing masks.” Despite the changes brought on by the pandemic, Graham said the department and
its students learned some valuable lessons, turning hardship into growth. “I think one of the biggest lessons that we as a department learned from this experience was learning to lean into what is possible,” Graham said. “How can we tell stories even if we’re not using the traditional tools that theater provides? How can we still be effective and use those skills that we have trained at Ohio State to be able to tell those stories?” Graham said upcoming in-person shows include “The Seagull,” by Anton Chekhov; “DigiEYE,” curated by Janet Parrott; and “In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play),” by Sarah Ruhl. More information about the department can be found on their website.
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get either awareness out there or that representation, especially being a drag queen.” Copeland said his vision for the future of Plenty O’Cookies includes spreading happiness and positivity from baking, as well as introducing more people to the art of cookie decorating and drag. “It’s awesome because sometimes there are people who have never seen a drag queen, and I tell them I am comfortable answering questions about baking, cookies or drag,” Copeland said. Copeland said he advocates for the LGBTQ+ community in multiple ways, especially by supporting other LGBTQowned businesses, including Queerencia, an apparel company owned by his friend, Ty Collier. Collier said he grew up in the small town of Piqua, Ohio, where his exposure to queer history and queer culture was limited, inspiring him to spread awareness through the platform of apparel. “All of our designs are based around queer history and culture and creating more inclusive spaces and just spreading love and equality,” Collier said. “It’s very simple and easy to get a message across using creative designs.” Collier said giving back to the LGBTQ+ community has become one of the most important parts of his life, and he gives 20 percent of his proceeds to LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations to keep money in the community. With profits made through Queerencia, Collier is able to donate to Kaleidoscope Youth Center, a nonprofit geared toward LGBTQ+ youth; Equitas Health, a nonprofit health center that focuses on care for the queer community; and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, a nonprofit that supports black transgender women. “As a Black, gay man, being a doubleminority and not having access to many things that others are more fortunate to have, it means everything to me to be able to use my platform for growth and to show that it is possible for someone like me to make an impact and use their voice,” Collier said.
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Bereznyak brings professional experience, competitive fire to Columbus PATRICK ENGELS Lantern Reporter engels.12@osu.edu In August 2019, Ohio State women’s tennis assistant coach Adam Cohen traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, to watch a potential recruit practice at the Israeli National Tennis Center. While Cohen entered the facility with intentions of persuading the recruit to play for Ohio State, a player who was not on his recruiting radar caught his eye. “She was intense, she was into it,” Cohen said. “Just the way she went about her business in practice, it looked like she was taking tennis seriously and she would be somebody who is probably not going to be easy to play against.” Although Cohen’s initial recruit decided to play for the Miami Hurricanes, that 19-year-old player who captivated him with her competitive fire has made her way to Columbus for the 2021-22 season — where she is competing for the Ohio State women’s tennis team as a 21-year-old freshman. Growing up an only child in the coastal city of Bat Yam, Israel, Shelly Bereznyak immersed herself in the world of tennis throughout her childhood to keep busy — starting her tennis career at just 5 years old. “I kind of focused on [tennis] my entire life, I had school and tennis every day,” Bereznyak said. “It was good for me because I don’t have siblings, and if I didn’t do anything, I would become bored.” As she grew, Bereznyak quickly realized that tennis may be her calling, prompting her to take the sport more seriously and start competitive play in Israel at 8 years old. “When I was 8 or 10, I knew that I would compete and not do it only for fun,” Bereznyak said. “So, I took it very seriously and practiced every day.” Bereznyak’s early commitment to the game allowed her tennis career to ascend even further. At age 14, she began playing in international tournaments for her country’s junior national team. While the tennis phenom spent five years competing for her home country and elevating her play on the international stage, her priorities shifted after graduating
high school. As part of an Israeli conscription law that requires all citizens over the age of 18 to enlist in the military for a minimum of two years, Bereznyak joined the Israeli army in January 2019, working in the intelligence force. Bereznyak said her military commitments prevented her from playing consistently in tournaments. While serving her country and receiving limited tournament chances could have slowed down her tennis career, Bereznyak said her career reached new heights during her service — winning the Israeli Singles National Championship in December 2019 and earning a perfect individual record in the 2020 Fed Cup. Bereznyak said the 2019 championship victory is the proudest moment of her already decorated tennis career, which features a 790th singles ranking and a 650th doubles ranking in the Women’s Tennis Association — the highest professional league in women’s tennis. “It was a very important thing for me and I actually cried after I won the match. It was very exciting,” Bereznyak said. “Before the tournament started, I didn’t think I could win it, and when the tournament went forward and I realized I won it, it was a shock that I actually did it. It’s a title that you like because it’s nice to be an Israeli champion.” With her military service now behind her, Bereznyak is poised to bring her professional experience and competitive fire to the Ohio State women’s tennis team during her first season with the Buckeyes. The 21-year-old freshman — who enters the week with a 5-2 singles record in three tournaments — has already impressed her teammates with her polished and versatile play. “From my experience, playing Shelly is really hard because she is like a wall,” junior Lucia Marzal said. “She doesn’t miss and has a really good backhand, so that’s going to be a nightmare for other teams when they are going to have to play her.” Being 6,000 miles away from home, Bereznyak said she felt a mixture of culture shock and homesickness when she first arrived on campus in August.
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However, with four international players currently on the Buckeyes roster, Bereznyak has received some advice on how to make the cultural adjustment. “I know how she’s feeling. I know that travelling so far away from your country to study and play tennis is hard,” Marzal, a native of Valencia, Spain, said. “So I’ve been trying to be there for her and introduce her to some of my friends, just being there as a friend and a teammate.” Entering her third month in the United
States, Bereznyak said Marzal and her teammates’ guidance allowed her to find a second home in Columbus and develop lifelong friendships with her teammates and coaches. “I know that the girls and coaches will have my back,” Bereznyak said. “That makes it easier because I am far away from my family, but I still feel like it is kind of my family here.”
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‘Didn’t skip a beat’: Buckeyes O-line describes stepping up in Studrawa’s absence in September JACOB BENGE Assistant Sports Editor benge.30@osu.edu Lying in the recovery room Sept. 18 after back surgery just two days prior, Buckeyes offensive line coach Greg Studrawa agonizingly watched as then-No. 9 Ohio State battled Tulsa. Studrawa has roamed the sidelines at Ohio State since 2016, guiding the Buckeyes’ offensive line and making sure they carry out the game plan of protecting the quarterback and blocking up front. Not coaching during a regular-season Ohio State contest was not part of Studrawa’s game plan in Week 3. “You have no idea. I was bleeding out of my back, I’m throwing the phone, I was calling cell phones — I know they didn’t even have them,” Studrawa said. “I’m trying to get ahold of somebody on the sideline. I mean, it was torture.” The sixth-year Buckeyes coach said he injured a disc in his back after getting hurt on the sidelines against Minnesota in Week 1. He said he flew home the next morning with a shooting pain down his left leg, but pushed through the discomfort for several days. One week later, after taking medicine and undergoing treatment, Studrawa said the pain grew unbearable — he needed surgery. “There was no choice,” Studrawa said. “It had to get done or I wouldn’t be able to walk.” While he likely preferred carrying out his duty of acting as the offensive line coach and assisting head coach Ryan Day, Studrawa had others step up in his absence. Graduate assistant Kennedy Cook took over a share of responsibilities and offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson —
Ohio State offensive line coach Greg Studrawa talks with the offensive line during the first preseason practice Aug. 4.
who has nearly a decade as an offensive line coach himself — stepped in. Junior offensive lineman Dawand Jones said he didn’t notice much of a difference during the game, saying he could hear Studrawa’s coaching voice in his head throughout all four quarters. “I think it’s an important factor of our O-line,” Jones said. “I think it’s good for everybody just knowing that if one person goes down, the next person is up. The coaches, next coach up, just the same way.” Graduate offensive lineman and captain Thayer Munford said he felt the need for
the offensive line room to step up and hold firm in order to not let Studrawa down. “Even though sometimes we’ll be like, ‘Ugh, we got coach Stud,’ at the same time, we know he’s like the heart and soul of this offensive line unit,” Munford said. “Without him, we couldn’t be like one strong unit.” The Buckeyes ran all over the Golden Hurricane for 323 yards as freshman running back TreVeyon Henderson carried the load for 277 yards of his own, breaking former two-time Heisman winner Archie Griffin’s single-game freshman record that
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stood for 49 years. Studrawa said Cook, Wilson and the Buckeyes’ offensive line “didn’t skip a beat” while he was gone for the game. He’s since returned to his familiar post on the field. He said his back is slowly recovering, but Studrawa’s presence among the Buckeyes on the sideline is as normal as it ever was. “Getting better. Not 100 percent yet. It’s a tough deal,” Studrawa said. “Don’t ever have it. Anybody that wants to have it, don’t ever do it, but it had to be done.”