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Former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with Ohio State students in Sloopy’s Diner at the Ohio Union on Monday.

Joe Biden visits campus while campaigning for Richard Cordray EDWARD SUTELAN Editor-in-Chief sutelan.1@osu.edu There normally isn’t a ton of pressure in making a milkshake.

Sure, it’s important to make sure the order is correct and the instructions are followed, but college students won’t often complain about the quality.

However, on Monday, the patrons were different. Instead of a student donning scarlet and gray, it was a 75-year-old man in a white dress shirt with rolled-up sleeves, black pants held up by an American flag-covered belt and purple tie. Accompanying him, another man with a navy blue suit, red tie and blue shirt.

The pair — former Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Richard Cordray — wanted milk-

shakes.

“I was literally saying to Harley, ‘I hope he likes my milkshake. I made it with all my love,’” fourth-year Lee Cormany said while with co-worker Harley Hamilton.

On a surprise campaign stop at Ohio State to support his fellow Democrat, Biden entered through the conference room attached to the back of Sloopy’s and made his way around to everyone.

The former vice president talked to everyone in the diner: students grabbing lunch, cooks, dishwashers, managers, cashiers.

Everything seemed to halt as he made his rounds, with Tapingo orders piling up and guests waiting for a seat either standing or sitting out on the stools and in red and white striped booths.

“It was wild. He was so nice,” Hamilton, a fourth-year in biol-

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“I hope he likes my milkshake. I made it with all my love.”

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ogy, said. “He was much more personable and touchy than I was expecting, but I appreciated it.”

Biden and Cordray claimed their milkshakes — black and white for Biden, chocolate for

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Cordray — and returned to the middle of the campus diner, with Biden sitting on a stool by the counter and Cordray standing feet behind.

For the next 15 minutes, the pair fielded questions from the half-circle of students, encouraging people to vote for the Democratic candidate for governor, though not directly addressing Cordray’s Republican opponent, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. According to a recent poll, Cordray, who was director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under former President Barack Obama, is ahead of DeWine 46-40 with a margin of error of 4.4.

DeWine’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

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MICHAEL LEE Outreach and Engagement Editor lee.7240@osu.edu University President Michael Drake released a statement Monday expressing his condolences to the families and friends of those who died Saturday in the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings.

Along with offering his sympathies, Drake stated there will be a vigil hosted by Ohio State University Hillel — located at 46 E. 16th Ave. — at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

“This kind of hate and violence must not be tolerated — here at Ohio State, on our nation’s campuses or anywhere in our country,” Drake said in the statement.

“At times such as these, and they have become far too common, we must recommit ourselves to the values we hold dear. These include compassion, tolerance and a fundamental dedication to inclusive excellence that uplifts our society.”

On Saturday, a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing 11 people and injuring six others.

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Professor lands NASA grant aimed at Mars ADREYN YATES Lantern reporter yates.242@osu.edu An Ohio State professor has received a grant from NASA to help humankind travel farther than it ever has before.

Ran Dai, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, received a $600,000 grant to research and develop a spacecraft that could help put a human footprint on Mars.

Dai is one of 11 university faculty researchers in the United States to receive the Early Career Faculty for Space Technology Research Grant from NASA to investigate precision planetary landing.

“At this time, we have only transported a small robot up to Mars,” Dai said. “Now, our mission is we want to send several human beings to Mars.”

Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, said in a statement that Early Career Faculty awards are one of NASA’s favorite ways to use “innovative minds in academia to help solve our high-priority technology challenges.”

Spacecrafts exit Earth and enter Mars’ atmosphere at very high speeds. Dai’s goal is to use

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Ran Dai, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is leading precision planetary landing research in efforts to send astronauts to Mars and benefit the space exploration mission for NASA.

aerodynamic forces upon the spacecraft’s descent to reduce the speed, while also using and carrying minimal fuel.

Dai said she wants to develop mathematical models and algorithms to help optimize fuel use.

Her project, “Optimized Entry

and Powered Descent Guidance for Precision Planetary Landing,” will build on her previous experience of developing techniques to advance the understanding and applications of space vehicles.

“My objective is to build a good mathematical model that

will precisely match the real operation of the spacecraft and also develop optimization techniques that will maneuver the spacecraft so that it will use minimal fuel to decelerate,” Dai said.

The grant will allow Dai to research powered descent, which is

a planetary landing approach that uses reverse-direction rockets to ease the descent and stabilize the spacecraft by protecting it from horizontal winds. She will also be able to develop guidance methods for efficient fuel usage and precise landing to solve some of the challenges engineers face, such as flight trajectory control and fuel optimization.

Powered descent was first used

by NASA when landing the Mars Research Laboratory rover on Mars in November 2011.

Dai said she will test these models and algorithms by using virtual simulations and experimental verification.

“Previously, we thought it’s not possible to transport a group of astronauts to Mars,” Dai said.

“Now with these designs and planning, we can make it possible.”

Dai said she feels lucky to have received this grant because it provides her with the opportunity to help contribute to space exploration.

“With this grant, I can focus on real-world applications and use my research to solve some challenging problems that will benefit the space exploration mission,” Dai said.

New House bill stirs debate over nurse-physician collaboration JOSEPHINE BIRDSELL Lantern reporter birdsell.7@osu.edu A new Ohio House bill could change the way nurses and physicians interact.

Currently, prescribing nurses must enter a collaboration agreement with a physician to provide patient care, according to the Ohio Administrative Code. Republican state Rep. Theresa Gavarone’s new bill aims to eliminate that agreement. The Bowling Green representative said the idea behind the bill is to make access to care more widely available.

The current agreement aims to ensure collaboration between medical professionals by requiring physicians to review nurses’ charts and be accessible for questions, among other provisions.

However, Gavarone said she thinks the current agreement might be a barrier to accessible health care.

“There are health care provider shortage areas across the state,” Gavarone said. “The idea is that if nurses can provide direct access [to care] then they can help fill in gaps where needed.”

Sean McCreary, a nurse practitioner at Boundless Behavioral Health — a Franklin County-based health care provider focused on those with developmental disabilities — also finds

the agreement limiting. He said if prescribing nurses want to practice in underserved communities, they have to find a collaborating physician.

“A lot of [physicians’] fees are monetarily infeasible,” McCreary said. “It can be difficult to find a collaborator who is willing to enter the agreement.”

Candy Rinehart, executive director of advanced practice at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, also finds the agreement limiting, citing location as a factor. Rinehart said finding a collaborating physician in a rural setting can be especially difficult.

“That piece of paper keeps us from being able to go out and provide the care that we want to give,” Rinehart said in regard to the agreement.

Gavarone, McCreary and Rinehart all separately stated the current agreement does not guarantee collaboration and often little collaboration between physicians and nurses actually occurs.

The Ohio State Medical Association believes the current agreement is effective and makes sure patients are receiving care from someone with the proper qualifications, spokesperson Reginald Fields said.

Fields said if the agreement is eliminated, “patient(s) could potentially be under the care of someone who does not have

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A bill in the Ohio House of Representatives seeks to change the relationship between nurses and physicians.

enough training and education and experience to properly care for them.”

While the Ohio State Medical Association is not open to completely eliminating the agreement, Fields said his organization

would be open to modifying the agreement.

McCreary and Gavarone said they would be open to modifying the existing agreement as well, but Rinehart said she is not open to modifying the agreement as

she finds the requirement to collaborate limiting.

The bill is now awaiting committee delegation. The House will not be back in session until after the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

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Campus Area Crime Map Oct. 22-28 BY: MICHAEL LEE 1.

An assault was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred at 3:06 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Target on North High Street near East 16th Avenue. According to the online police log, the victim said she was exiting Target when the suspect walked toward her on the sidewalk and punched her in the face.

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An incidence of tampering with a dangerous drug was reported to University Police as having occurred at 4:09 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Doan Hall.

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An assault was reported to University Police as having occurred at 8:04 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the Women’s Field House.

door window of the victim’s car and stole $2,500 of medical equipment.

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A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred between 3 and 4 a.m. on Sunday at Torres House.

A rape of a female was reported to the Columbus Police as having occurred at 3 a.m. on Sunday in the 44th police cruiser district. The 44th cruiser district spans west to east from North High Street to the train tracks east of North Fourth Street and north to south from East Northwood Avenue and East Lane Avenue to East 11th Avenue (Crime not depicted on map).

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A theft from a motor vehicle was reported to the Columbus Police as having occurred between 9 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday near an East 15th Avenue residence near Summit Street. According to the online police log, someone broke into the rear passenger side

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Biden said his three kids — all of whom have gone to both private universities and then on to graduate school — left with significant student debt, ranging between $96,000 and $140,000.

It is because of this, he said, he’s passionate about reducing student loans.

He provided a pair of recommendations for how to reduce, if not altogether eliminate, student debt: Lowering interest rates on student loans so they are as low as possible and giving students free tuition at a state university if their family income is under $100,000.

There are also several tax loopholes Biden said could be eliminated to save the government money that instead could be invested in free tuition for students,

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adding that the cost of community college for every qualified student in America would cost just $6 billion a year. One loophole he

“Nurses are badly needed, and by the way, for a guy who’s spent seven months in the hospital and lost a son who spent a year in the hospital, if there’s any angels in heaven, they’re all nurses.”

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cited would reduce government spending by $17 billion per year.

“You buy $100,000 in stock and sell it for [$200,000], you pay capital gains on [$100,000].

But if God forbid you get hit by a truck on the way to selling them, you leave it to your daughter or son, you pay nothing,” Biden said. “It’s not an inheritance tax, it’s a tax owed 12 seconds earlier. If you just eliminated that one loophole, you could pay for every single solitary student in America to go to community college free, cut in half the cost of their four years of college and increase productivity by two-tenths of 1 percent a year.”

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Cordray said he hopes to implement wraparound services — mental health treatment that focuses on getting to know the families and patients in particular and develop individualized plans — in all states, something that has begun to be established in Cincinnati and Cuyahoga County.

Biden then bridged the discussions on mental health and tuition costs, saying that he and Cordray discussed post-traumatic stress disorder training for nurses at universities and community colleges to help veterans with treatment.

“Nurses are badly needed, and by the way, for a guy who’s spent seven months in the hospital and lost a son who spent a year in the hospital, if there’s any angels in heaven, they’re all nurses,” Biden said. “They’re incredible. Most incredible, underrated profession in the world.”

Asked about the difference between Cordray and DeWine, Biden said he likes DeWine, but doesn’t believe the Republican candidate will take a firm stance against his GOP colleagues or President Donald Trump even if he disagrees with their position.

“I think there’s a need for my Republican friends in Congress and the Republican governors around the country to stand up and begin to speak out on some of the things that I can’t believe they think the president is doing that makes sense,” Biden said.

Of course, Biden was again asked to address his 2020 plans, when the Democrats will be

seeking a presidential nominee.

He has been considered among the potential frontrunners for the nomination should he run in 2020, but has yet to confirm his plans one way or another.

“I know I have to make up my mind at the beginning of the year,” Biden said. “I will do it then and it will be a family decision. We’re trying to put things back together after the loss of my son.”

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Student spotlight: RPAC’s head personal trainer sets SMART goals and maximizes results KAYCIE GOLIC Lantern reporter golic.3@osu.edu For some people, it takes a lifetime to discover their passion.

For Alex Janis, a fourth-year in exercise science, not only did he find his a long time ago, he’s practically perfected it.

While considered to be an expert on all things fitness among his peers, Janis said his job as head personal trainer at the RPAC isn’t just about what he knows, but how he uses his knowledge to help people succeed.

“Helping people achieve [their] dreams is rewarding on both sides,” Janis said. “You get to see them improve and I never thought I would be a part of something that does that, and I really feel like I’m helping people.”

Janis maintains a 6 percent body-fat percentage year-round, one of the reasons his clients and co-workers say he’s a walking poster-child for fitness.

“If you look at him, it’s very obvious he’s passionate about what he does just by his physique itself,” said Ian Li, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in consumer sciences. Li has been meeting with Janis four times a week for almost two years and said Janis is the best at what he does.

Growing up, the people in Janis’ life have all made physical fitness a priority in one way or another. His father was very passionate about weightlifting and set the tone in the household at an early age. Janis played sports throughout school and attributes his love of fitness as coming from his athletic friends at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland.

“At orientation, one of the speakers was a personal trainer and when I heard her talk about it, that’s when I found out I could even do it, and I knew that’s something I was interested in,” Janis said.

To become a personal trainer at Ohio State, students take a semester-long personal training prep course. After passing, students take the American Council on Exercise exam to receive a national certification before being eligible for hire by the RPAC. After three years in the program, Janis believes the most difficult part of the job is being able to think on his feet.

“You have to be a problem solver,” Janis said. “If you go in the gym and all of the equipment is taken or your client has physical issues, you need to have the knowledge that will allow you to be innovative and come up with new ideas.”

Rashelle Ghanem, a fourthyear graduate student in public health and a personal trainer at the RPAC, has been a part of Janis’ journey from Day 1 and has admired his progress.

“At first, he wasn’t the strongest personality [but] now he is a very prominent figure,” Ghanem said. “He’s very professional, his knowledge has exponentially grown over the years and I feel like I can go to him for anything.”

Janis said he encourages his clients to set a SMART goal, a fitness plan that is specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. “[Your SMART goal] shouldn’t be too lofty and should be smaller goals you can achieve within the month or the week,” Janis said.

In addition to setting SMART goals for clients, he strives to separate fact from fiction. Janis said he found over the years the biggest myth among clients is how long a workout should be.

“You don’t have to train long to have a good workout,” Janis said.

“Best workouts come from 45 to 60 minute sessions. Anything after that is really becoming a depleted workout.”

Janis will graduate from Ohio State in the spring with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a personal trainer certifica-

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RPAC head personal trainer Alex Janis training a client on banded pull-apart technique. tion. He plans to go to graduate school for physical therapy and

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13th Floor puts on a show for Halloween SAMANTHA WILSON Lantern reporter wilson.3552@osu.edu

Standing in line for Columbus’ newest haunted house 13th Floor, I saw three girls in front of me being taunted by a zombie with milky eyes and misshapen sharp teeth. He turned away from the girls and approached me, leaning in.

“You recognize me?” he asks, and I politely smiled and made a noncommittal gesture because no, I didn’t remember him.

He elaborated. “We talked earlier.”

It took a couple minutes after he left to remember his name is Daeshawn Bates — one of the actors at 13th Floor. I interviewed him less than two hours prior to entering the haunted house. He had since transformed into a ghoulish zombie. His posture and voice had changed. He was unrecognizable.

“It does take a certain type of person to be a haunter.

If you’re not putting blood, sweat and tears into it, you’re doing it wrong.”

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Bates is one of many actors at 13th Floor that take their job providing scares very seriously.

“It does take a certain type of person to be a haunter,” Davron Pierce, one of the actors at 13th Floor said. “If you’re not put-

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The actors at 13th Floor Haunted House preparing to go to their stations before customers enter the attraction. ting blood, sweat and tears into it, you’re by 13th Floor. Pierce and Shilling, for ex- mannerisms, devising the best way to scare doing it wrong.” ample, have worked at haunted houses for customers.

13th Floor operates under Thirteenth seven years.

After watching the actors talk and joke Floor Entertainment Group, and has other Two hours before the attraction opens to with each other, it’s easy to tell some of popular 13th Floor haunted house itera- the public, the employee-only area of 13th them have known each other for years. tions in cities such as Denver, Jacksonville, Floor looks much like the backstage area While haunted houses might not be the Phoenix and San Antonio. The Columbus of a theater. first thing that springs to mind when thinklocation opened in September and closes Employees arrive in street clothes and ing about where an actor might find work, Saturday night. find out where they’ve been stationed via it’s not too different from what an audience Ashley Shilling, the general manager of the large whiteboard in the corner. From might see on a stage.

13th Floor, said many of the people who there they head to wardrobe, where they “You can’t scare every person, but you haunt the attractions are paid actors. Some get their costumes. Once that’s done they can entertain every person,” said Bates, are theater students at local universities, head into the makeup room, where a team stunt manager for 13th Floor. while others are professional actors in be- of makeup artists airbrush them into zomFrom the perspective of the 13th Floor tween gigs. bies, demons and ghouls. actors, the customers pay good money for a Many of the actors have been working at After they’ve finished being trans- scary experience, so it’s their role as enterhaunted houses for years, and some worked formed, the actors sit and talk with each tainers to provide that.

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Haunted Fest gave EDM fans a spooky night to remember SYDNEY RIDDLE Assistant Arts & Life Editor riddle.136@osu.edu One of Columbus’ largest Halloween parties descended upon the city to give Ohio State students a reason to dress up, dance and enjoy some of the top EDM artists in the music industry, on Friday.

Presented by Prime Social Group, a festival and concert promotion company that organizes college-based events such as Breakaway Music Festival, Haunted Fest returned to Columbus for its fifth consecutive year.

Haunted Fest has a history of bringing EDM artists to the Ohio Expo Center over the years, such as Zeds Dead, Martin Garrix, Kaskade and Marshmello.

The 2018 lineup was no different with headlining acts such as Alan Walker, Tchami and Porter Robinson.

The festival was held at the Lausche Building, which boasts a total of 52,000 square feet of floor space. Despite the spacious venue, Haunted Fest was packed

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Haunted Fest is one of Columbus’ largest Halloween parties and has returned for its fifthconsecutive year. to the brim. The line stretched outside the building, around the corner and down the road with wait times as long as an hour — a testament to the popularity of the event.

Once inside, festivalgoers were able to hang their jackets at the coat check station, buy $10 water bottles at the bar and visit the

small but entertaining silent disco.

Farther inside the festival, dancers dressed in gas masks and bunny ears performed on a small elevated stage, and the transitions between musical acts were a soundtrack of recorded screams — details that added to the creepy atmosphere Prime Social Group

wanted to emote.

Tchami took the stage before Robinson and performed his signature future-house music. The French DJ’s electronic beats and upbeat sound moved the sea of people in a way that made it hard to breathe. He transformed the room into a Gothic cathedral in 16th-century France for the en-

tirety of his set. The song that gave Tchami widespread recognition, his remix of “Go Deep” by Janet Jackson, was definitely the highlight of his performance.

Robinson took the stage at 11:40 p.m. and hypnotized the crowd with his awe-inspiring performance. Playing an array of original songs, remixes and recent music released under the name of his alter ego, Virtual Self, Robinson kept the audience on its toes with a mix of the old and new Robinson. The middle of his set was filled with experimental-bass music set at an intensely high number of beats-per-minute. He closed the show with two of his top songs, “Shelter” and “Language.” The audience sang along with him to the very end.

As the night came to a close at 1 a.m., festivalgoers shuffled out of the Lausche Building exhausted, drenched in sweat and smiling — the top three indicators of a quality EDM show. Haunted Fest did not disappoint.

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“At the end of the day, you’re putting on a show for people,” said Jessica Olle, actor and assistant to the general manager.

“There’s a set and costumes and an audience.”

Experience in acting and performing is one of the biggest advantages a new employee can bring to the table. Scaring customers can be exhausting and rough on the vocal cords, and customers sometimes make it difficult to stay in character.

“Everyone is out of their comfort zone,” Olle said. “The customers and the actors.”

13th Floor keeps a medic on staff to help make sure that the actors and customers alike are safe and healthy.

Even with the negative aspects of a haunting house, the actors said they love their work. Some have been horror fans all their lives, and some are just fans of the haunted house experience.

“When I’m having a bad day and I scare someone, it’s therapeutic,” Wicks said.

“It’s a rush, like ‘Yeah, I scared that person!’”

For Wicks, working at a haunted house is a marriage between her love for theater and horror — so much so that she’s been working in haunted houses for the past five years.

Creating quality sets for the haunted house is just as important as finding qual-

ity actors. Planning the layout and details of 13th Floor’s attractions began back in January, Shilling said.

The haunted orphanage attraction makes use of 3-D glasses to create disorienting visuals. Sections of the attraction have walls painted in psychedelic colors that seem to reach out of the walls when viewed through the 3-D glasses.

There are other impressive visuals and props included to enhance the experience for customers, including actual cars. The zombie attraction also has a “laser swamp,” which is a room filled with mist and lasers shining through the top so it looks like patrons are wading through chest-deep waters.

The theatrics are not limited to the visuals, however. The experience also relies heavily on sound and smell to bring customers a specific mental image. There are many small details that have been carefully planned to improve the haunted house as a whole.

“Some people were here the opening weekend two or three weeks ago. They SAMANTHA WILSON | LANTERN REPORTER come back now and they’re like, ‘EveryThe actors at 13th Floor Haunted House hyping themselves up before the thing is so different. You’ve changed evnight begins. erything,’” Shilling said. “But it’s just one FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM or two things that changed their entire ex- haunted house experience is a theatrical @thelanternosu perience.” performance put on again and again for At the end of the day, or night, the entire each customer who walks through the door.

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No retirement plans for Meyer COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu Urban Meyer seems to wear his emotions on his sleeve.

Standing in his normal stance — feet spread apart with hands on his knees — the Ohio State head coach looked visibly defeated on the sideline watching his team fall to Purdue 49-20 on Saturday.

Over the course of his coaching career, through stops at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State, one of the main characteristics of Meyer is he puts everything into his job, even while working through mental health and medical issues on the sidelines.

But Meyer said Monday that he will not be done any time soon.

When asked directly if retirement was an option after the season was over, Meyer was extremely brief.

“I plan on coaching.”

He then quickly affirmed his intention to stay on as Ohio State’s head coach for the 2019 season, seemingly trying to move on from the subject of himself as quickly as possible, something he has done countless times before when asked about topics such as his health or the investigation regarding his knowledge of domestic violence allegations made against former wide receivers coach Zach Smith.

Meyer knows fans have been worried about him, especially with the report of the head coach suffering through the effects of a surgically repaired cyst, including a headache that dropped the head coach to his knees on the sideline during Ohio State’s win over Indiana on Oct. 6.

He wants the fan base to know he’s fine.

“I want Ohio State to be successful in the worst way, working extremely hard to make sure that’s happening,” Meyer said. “I love Ohio State. I love our players, so the issue — I don’t want

a national scale. After the loss to Purdue, there is a sense of panic and urgency around Ohio State, a feeling with which the head coach is familiar.

“We’re not playing well, and, you know, I’m one of those guys that I want to help fix the issue, and like all coaches do. So I’m not sure what anguish means. Like pissed or upset, and you know when you see some things that we’re doing, it’s really uncharacteristic of our teams.”

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people to worry about me. I want to make sure we’re getting some things right around here, and that is what the effort is. That is 100 percent of what my focus is on.”

But what Meyer does not realize is that he is the face of Ohio State football.

Meyer said his reactions on the sideline, the reactions people might describe as anguished or pained, are nothing new for him — that he has had the same enthusiasm for the past 30 years.

But what’s causing these reac-

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said. “So I’m not sure what anguish means. Like pissed or upset, and you know when you see some things that we’re doing, it’s really uncharacteristic of our teams. So that might be what it looks like.”

This is a mentality Meyer has integrated through the bye week and into a game week as Ohio State prepares for a Nov. 3 matchup with Nebraska.

Meyer has been here before.

He knows, from previous years at Ohio State and his time at Florida, the expectation of his team on

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tions is something Meyer is not used to: leading a team with areas of needed improvement that Ohio State is usually very secure in, such as the running game or secondary play.

With that, Meyer wants to do what he always does — fix the problem for good and put the pressure to solve the issues on his shoulders.

“We’re not playing well, and, you know, I’m one of those guys that I want to help fix the issue, and like all coaches do,” Meyer

“We understand November.

We understand where we’re at.

We understand what’s at stake, and we understand our shortcomings,” Meyer said. “So urgency is probably the key word around here.”

Instead of saying blatantly he and his team are living in this pressure to perform, that one more loss could cost Ohio State a chance at a Big Ten title and a playoff appearance, Meyer said what he always says.

“Just get to Monday practice,” Meyer said. “Got to stay away from all that.”

With Meyer as the face of Ohio State, the coach who will be on the sideline in the same stance he always has, feet spread apart with hands on his knees, that’s his focus. No matter what Meyer’s future is at Ohio State or even as a head coach, it’s simple.

“Just get to Monday practice.”

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Franklin and Bukilic bring cultures to the court MIRANDA LIPTON Lantern reporter lipton.18@osu.edu Ana Beatriz Franklin and Vanja Bukilic traveled long distances to play volleyball at Ohio State.

Franklin’s Brazilian and Bukilic’s Serbian influences have merged their cultures and volleyball techniques among them and their teammates. From the way they drink their coffee to the way they behave on the court, the players had some adjustments to make upon joining Ohio State’s team.

Both Franklin, a junior outside hitter, and Bukilic, a freshman opposite hitter, came from countries that do not offer college volleyball opportunities. It’s volleyball or education. This did not satisfy the desires of the two then-high school students.

“It was really important to me to get a good education,” Franklin said. “I knew I wanted to keep playing volleyball at a really high level and I wanted to get my degree and go to college so coming here to play in the Big Ten was a win-win.”

It was a win-win for the team as well. Franklin leads the team in service aces with 23 this season.

Bukilic leads the team in kills with 240.

Both girls had a similar decision to make when it came to leaving their home countries and moving to the United States. It

“Geoff went to Brazil to recruit me and he met my family which meant a lot and once I got here to campus, I just knew.”

Carlston was the only volleyball coach from the United States who went to Brazil during the recruitment process.

“Once I met the girls and the coaching staff, I knew it was the right place for me.”

ANA BEATRIZ FRANKLIN Ohio State junior outside hitter

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Ohio State freshman opposite hitter Vanja Buklic (13) spikes the ball while the team watches on Sunday, Oct. 14 at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State beat Michigan State in 3 sets.

was the same aspect of the team that drew them to this program rather than any other team they were being recruited for: team chemistry.

“I decided to come here right when I visited,” Bukilic said.

“There was always a good atmosphere. We were all just hanging out and it was fun being with

them. The chemistry and coaches are the main reason I came.”

Head coach Geoff Carlston traveled internationally to welcome both girls to the team and ease their nerves about leaving home to come to Ohio State.

“Once I met the girls and the coaching staff, I knew it was the right place for me,” Franklin said.

FloVolleyball, an international volleyball news organization, ranked Brazil as the No. 1 volleyball country, with the United States ranked No. 2.

Styles of volleyball vary across the world. The basic rules, positions and terminology are consistent, but everything else was an adjustment for Franklin and Bukilic.

“First when I came, it was hard because there is a completely different system for everything,” Bukilic said. “The style of playing is different, it is a faster game here and a lot of substitutions with the front and back row. It was hard at the beginning, but now I just got used to it.”

Franklin noticed a difference in

other ways.

“Here, it’s a lot more physical, but at home, it’s a lot more technical,” she said. “I think it made me a better player, having to adapt a lot and change to fit the game here.”

Culturally, Ohio was a whole new world. Aside from the stereotypical cornfields and cows that everyone expects when moving to the Midwest, the girls faced cultural adjustments that took more time getting used to.

“People always bring coffee with them here,” Bukilic said. “At home you sit down, have a cup of coffee, talk with friends; but it’s busy life here and everything is so fast. I like it but sometimes I need to just sit and enjoy the moment.”

Without visas, Bukilic’s family is not able to come to the United States to watch her in action.

She mentioned YouTube as a goto site for her family to watch her play.

Bukilic plans to return to Serbia to play professional volleyball after graduation. Franklin is less certain of her future, both with volleyball and life.

“I really try to stay in the moment and take one day at a time,” Franklin said. “There are a lot of great opportunities here and I would love to stay involved with OSU after graduation, but it’s hard to know. I still have two years left and there’s a lot of water to go under the bridge.”

Michael Jordan searching for path Price and Elflein left WYATT CROSHER Assistant Sports Editor crosher.1@osu.edu Moving a veteran guard to center has been an Ohio State staple over the past three seasons.

Pat Elflein did it in 2016, Billy Price followed in 2017 and now, junior Michael Jordan has done the same when he was announced as the team’s starting center before the 2018 season began.

Elflein and Price found success in their final years, winning the Rimington Trophy for best center in the country in back-toback seasons, both being selected in the NFL Draft as centers.

Jordan has not found that same level of success.

A first-team All-Big Ten member in 2017, Jordan has struggled adapting to the center role at points this season, as has the rest of the offensive line, which head coach Urban Meyer said was a group of the five best linemen he had, regardless of position.

In Monday’s press conference, though, Meyer said it might not have been the best five players, but the five healthiest players, who started the season for Ohio State on the offensive line.

“You’ve got to get your five best on the field. But when [Brandon] Bowen got hurt, that was an issue, and then obviously Brady Taylor had that injury,” Meyer said.

“To get the best five on the line and playing, that’s what you have to do.”

For Meyer, that best five were Jordan, senior right tackle Isaiah Prince, redshirt senior right guard Demetrius Knox, redshirt senior left guard Malcolm Pridgeon and sophomore left tackle Thayer Munford.

He said the move of Jordan to center has created a need for adjustment through the first eight games this season.

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Ohio State junior center Michael Jordan (73) prepares to snap the ball in the third quarter of the game against Penn State on Sept. 29. Ohio State won 27-26.

“At times outstanding, and other times it has not been great,” Meyer said. “He’s been playing pretty good. But there is a little bit of a ripple effect.”

“At times outstanding, and other times it has not been great. He’s been playing pretty good. But there is a little bit of a ripple effect.”

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That effect has been an offensive line ranked in the bottom half in the NCAA in rush offense, rushing for 4.36 yards per carry on the season and fewer than 100

yards in the past two games.

Before the loss to Purdue, offensive line coach Greg Studrawa said the change in quarterback styles from J.T. Barrett to redshirt sophomore Dwayne Haskins might be the cause of some of the adjustment problems.

“You see what Dwayne is doing. He’s throwing more, J.T. was gonna run it more, handle it more, run it himself, so now they were concerned about J.T.,” Studrawa said.

“Dwayne’s not a run threat. He’s a threat to throw it, so it’s much different for us and the things and the looks that we’re seeing and how they are trying to stop the pass game with certain blitzes, it opens up more [run-pass options] than it had before.”

The defensive strategy for many opponents this season has been to stack the box, limiting Ohio State from getting the run

game going. While this has had success slowing down both sophomore running back J.K. Dobbins and redshirt junior running back Mike Weber, Haskins has taken advantage, throwing for more than 400 yards in three straight games.

Studrawa said the line has to make plays happen when the box isn’t stacked.

“There’s times that it’s not stacked, but it goes back to what you said. They want to stop Mike and J.K. from gutting them and getting them worn out,” Studrawa said.

“They’ll say, ‘Hey, you know what? Maybe they’re off in the throwing game or some of those things,’ but we have to do a great job when it’s not stacked — when the box is in our favor to run the football.”

Meyer did not confirm the status of Taylor and Bowen for Saturday’s matchup against Nebraska. He said, “They’re both getting pretty close.”

For now, a line that was said to have the “five best” players at once has shown difficulties adapting to a new player at center.

Jordan will not have the Rimington-winning season that Price and Elflein did in their transition seasons, but he can make a difference in Ohio State’s run at a conference title.

Whether he can effectively make that jump, Studrawa said, could depend on the offensive line’s ability to avoid slip-ups in key moments, an area that has plagued them all season.

“There’s been times where it’s one breakdown, not the whole thing. It’s a guy breaking down in a critical time and not doing his job,” Studrawa said. “That’s the consistency that I’m talking about. That’s what bothers me. I want it to be more consistent.”

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