Running on empty: Food insecurity at Ohio State and beyond
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“It’s something that can follow you into adulthood,” Bair, also a second-year in computer science and engineering, said. “It doesn’t matter how much money you could be making or how much you can plan; you’ll always be worried about where your next meal is coming from, and you feel that you need to ration things or save things.”
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Attorneys discuss Lawrence Tower mold lawsuit
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“I feel like if everyone took the time out of their day, even if it’s just a small part, to help another individual, that could change another individual’s life,” Bair said. “Sometimes, people are so caught up in their own world and their own things that maybe if everybody just took a little bit of time to help somebody else, you could change everything.”
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ARTS&LIFE
For the full list of top 20 albums of the 2020s, visit
Arts & Life sta ’s picks for best albums of the 2020s so far
TBy Samantha Harden Arts & Life Editor
ing period of uncertainty and introspection.
From the lingering aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic to thedecade have left an indelible mark on global culture, and music is no exception.
Now that 2025 has arrived, The Lantern Arts & Life desk has highlighted 20 of the best album releases from recent years — records that not as mirrors to its complexities.
Please note the featured albums are listed in chronological order, starting with the earliest release date and ending with the most recent.
Mac Miller, “Circles” (Jan. 17, 2020) | picked by Samantha Harden, Arts & Life Editor
Two years after Miller’s accidental overdose, his sixth studio album, released posthumously, served as a reminder of the rapper’s everlasting talent.
“Circles,” much like Miller’s 2018 release “Swimming,” is a slower-paced rap album that delves into themes of anxiety and depression. However, the imagery in “Circles” — likening spring cleaning to decluttering the mind and of fame — gives the album a sense of completeness, bringing Miller’s discography full circle.
Dua Lipa, “Future Nostalgia” (March 27, 2020) | picked by Samantha Harden, Arts & Life Editor
There was no 2017 pop release that had the staying power that Lipa’s self-titled debut had, and three years later, the pop sensation’s second studio album, “Future Nostalgia,” delivered a fresh and equally electrifying lineup of tracks.
Building on a passion for ‘80s pop and ‘90s club culture, Lipa, alongside a team of veteran producers like Stephen “Koz” Kozmeniuk, Ian Kirkpatrick,
further into the retro-pop revival, de -
that feature samples from iconic tracks like Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and Stevie Nicks’ “Stand Back.”
The album lives up to its name, blending familiar retro sounds with modern production techniques, ultimately creating a timeless yet forward-thinking sound that showcases the direction pop music was heading.
Bob Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (June 19, 2020) | picked by Raghav Raj, Senior Lantern Reporter
At the crux of a historical turning
point, America’s greatest poet looked backwards at another. When 79-yearold Bob Dylan released his sprawling, 16-minute-long “Murder Most Foul” in March 2020, with COVID-19 lockdowns spreading worldwide, it felt like another one of his breathtaking anachronisms — an elegy to John F. Kennedy delivered almost 60 years too late.
The album that followed in June 2020, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” remains one of the decade’s greatest miracles: a new, spellbinding, sumptuous record from America’s greatest songwriter — one as haunting, poetic and catalog.
His voice is gravelly, weathered by age to make a piercing, mesmerizingstated, ghostly instrumentation.
On the penultimate song, “Key West,” Dylan sets out to sea, anchored by choirs, organs and pedal steel. In
the beat poets and rock-and-rollers of his youth who were born on the wrong side of the tracks. He is searching for an immortality he fears he’s already found.
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points and London Symphony Orchestra: “Promises” (March 26, 2021) | picked by Raghav Raj, Senior Lantern Reporter -
ers’ horn promised salvation. The late saxophonist — whether working with titans like Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, John and Alice Coltrane, or on his brilliant stretch of records on the Impulse! label and beyond — felt boundless in sound, and forceful and lyrical in equal measure.
When Sanders heard the 2015 album “Elaenia” by Sam Shepherd — the electronic musician who makes cerebral, propulsive synthesizer music as Floating Points — he sparked the fortuitous connection explored on the band’s brilliant “Promises,” recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s an album that marries Sanders’ rich tone with Shepherd’s beautiful minimalist electronics, projecting it into the astral plane, where it’s repetitive to the point of meditation, playing with structure, sound and scale for 47 beautiful minutes. In the wake of Sanders’ passing in 2022, it becameenly departure into the stars.
Faye Webster, “I Know I’m Funny haha” (June 25, 2021) | picked by Raghav Raj, Senior Lantern Reporter
Webster’s greatest gift is her ability to sound so defeated, even when she’s in love. The titular moment on her breathtaking third album comes in between drunk arguments, landlord disputes and rockstar phases. She makes her lover’s sisters laugh at dinner; they
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say she’s funny, but she already knows.
That misanthropic, lovelorn, detached bent animates the Atlanta singer-songwriter’s 2021 record, one of the truly great indie-rock records of the past decade. It’s certainly one of the prettiest — warm and soulful, with featherlight guitar and deep, meandering basslines, drenched in gorgeous pedal steel.
The steel, courtesy of Matt Stoes-
Funny haha” with indelible pockets of heartbreak, sliding in tender country-adjacent numbers like “Better Distractions” and the splendorously somber “A Stranger.”
And, on “A Dream With a Baseball Player,” it warbles with the sort of misery only a ridiculous crush could evoke, toying with a horn section as Webster asks a question she already knows the answer to: “How did I fall in love with someone I don’t know?”
Ethel Cain, “Preacher’s Daughter” (May 12, 2022) | picked by Lena Henicle, Arts & Life Video Producer
Gothic, horrifying and deeply romantic, “Preacher’s Daughter” marked Hayden Anhedönia’s — known under stage name Ethel Cain — debut into the indie music scene.
The album centers around themes of religious trauma, generational curses and the impossibility of being a woman. “American Teenager” masterfully captures the anxieties and trauma left behind for today’s youth, making it an instant anthem. Anhedönia captures the despair of this album’s narrative through haunting synths, grunge guitar and gospel-like hymns in songs like “Sun Bleached Flies” and “Strangers.”
“Preacher’s Daughter” invokes a much darker side of indie and folk music. Macabre lyrics and the album’s Southern gothic aesthetics build a nightmarish atmosphere for listeners to disappear in. Anhedönia’s masterful storytelling creates a musical narrative that will have listeners sick from unease.
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The Smile, “A Light for Attracting Attention” (May 13, 2022) | picked by Samantha Harden, Arts & Life Editor
When “A Light for Attracting Attention” was released in 2022, almost a year after Radiohead’s Thom Yorke introduced the band in May 2021, it so -
just a pandemic pastime for Yorke and his songwriting counterpart Jonny Greenwood.
The album bridges Radiohead’s signature experimental sound with fresh ideas, showcasing Yorke and Greenwood’s ability to evolve musically while still maintaining their unique identities. Their collaboration with drummer Tom Skinner of Sons of Kemet adds a dynamic jazz and rhythmic complexity to the band’s sound that sets it apart from Radiohead’s iconic sound.
With its introspective lyrics, exploration of societal and existential themes — like alienation, climate anxiety and political disillusionment —
— blending elements of post-punk, electronic jazz and orchestral arrangements — the album captures the unpredictable climate of the 2020s.
Harry Styles, “Harry’s House” (May 20, 2022) | picked by Nick DeSantis, Asst. Arts & Life Editor
Following the December 2019 release of the phenomenal pop album “Fine Line,” Harry Styles prepared to embark on a new world tour, titled “Love on Tour,” until the pandemic struck and hijacked his plans. Instead
of taking what could’ve been a relaxinging on a new album.
When “Harry’s House” was released in 2022, listeners could tell almost instantly they were in for a treat. The album showcases Styles at his most experimental, his most introspective and arguably his most creative.
Tracks like “Music For a Sushi Restaurant,” “Late Night Talking” and “Cinema” display Styles’ ability to with hints of funk and Japanese city pop. Other notable tracks like “Matilda,” “Satellite” and “Love of My Life” display his vulnerability, as he tackles nuanced subjects ranging from the complexities of growing up to toxic masculinity in relationships.
After listening, fans of Styles likely came to the same conclusion — nothing is the same as it was.
Daphni, “Cherry” (Oct. 7, 2022) | picked by Raghav Raj, Senior Lantern Reporter
When talking about “Mona,” a standout from his 2022 album “Cherry,” in a 2022 interview with Apple Music, composer and musician Dan Snaith said it usually ends up running twice as long as when he plays it during his DJ sets.
Snaith has toyed with splendorous, Beach Boys-adjacent pop music, ramshackle folk and brittle electronica under his Caribou alias for over two decades. As Daphni, he makes punchy house music that exists to be mixed and melded into deep pockets within disco, techno, and Afrobeat genres.
On “Cherry,” his 2022 opus,ter-disco sound of “Take Two” to the hip-shaking, bass-heavy thump of “Amber.” The little moments are magagain, especially the delicate piano interplay within “Cloudy,” the album’s title track.row,” which opens the record in a deep, soulful and propulsive manner. The hi-hats skitter and pulse and the rumbling bass underneath slowly pulls in
and out of focus, the whole thing glimmering like a disco ball.
The 1975, “Being Funny In A Foreign Language” (Oct. 14, 2022) | picked by Nick DeSantis, Asst. Arts & Life Editor
“I’m sorry if you’re living and you’re 17.”
This phrase echoes throughoutbum, “Being Funny in a Foreign Language,” evoking a sense of weariness for the future. This sentiment carries on throughout the 11-track album as the band deals with serious issues like love, happiness and living in a postmodern world, all while staying remarkably witty.
Though the writing — led by lead singer Matty Healy and drummer George Daniel — is exceptional, the standout aspect of this album is the production, spearheaded by arguably the greatest producer of our gener-bines luscious ‘80s style guitars with booming drums, vibrant poppy synths and orchestral strings and saxophones to create powerful tracks such as the beautifully crafted, penultimate track “About You.”
Other standouts help build the created together, including the wonderfully self-aware track “Part of the Band,” the groovy “Oh Caroline,” the pop-rock Christmas hit “Wintering” You.”
SZA, “SOS” (Dec. 9, 2022) | picked by Lena Henicle, Arts & Life Video Producer
Most 20-year-olds remember the their early teens. After the sensational debut of her 2017 album “Ctrl,” fans
When she released the hit single “Good Days” at the end of 2020, it clued the rest of the world into what was to be
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expected from her and the rest of pop music throughout the rest of the decade.
Two years later and at the closing of critically acclaimed album, “SOS.” The release was an instant Billboard suca trend, blending pop and R&B music
This record’s cultural and musical impact will stand the test of time. Not only did it reach a high level of critical
and heartache that many people were feeling post-pandemic.
Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” (Aug. 25, 2023) | picked by Nick DeSantis, Asst. Arts & Life Editor
There’s nothing quite like venturing into the soulful, country-folk world of
Bryan came to fame with his 2020 triple album “American Heartbreak,” but his self-titled 2023 release elevates his music to a whole new level. Though the album’s production is stunning — with bluesy guitars, soulful harmonicas and grand pianos that all blend together to create a roaring modern blend of Americana-folk rock music — it’s Bryan’s writing that remains the standout aspect of the album.
Tracks such as “I Remember Everything,” “Ticking” and “East Side of Sorrow” highlight the raw authenticity of his writing, as Bryan vividly describes places, people and stories in strikingly stark detail.
Bryan’s ability to skillfully display his fears, joys and ambitions remains some of the best songwriting seen in the country/folk sphere this decade, making him a gateway artist for those
Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” (Sept. 22, 2023) | picked by Lena Henicle, Arts & Life Video Producer
There is no denying that Chappell Roan captured many people’s hearts
in 2024, despite her debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” being released nearly a year prior.
With anthems like “Pink Pony Club” and “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl,” Roan captured the essence of coming into a queer identity through pop ballads and catchy dance numbers, truly reviving the pop music industry.
Roan also showed the world that pop can be fun and expressive. “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” not only validates the queer experience, but also normalizes pop music as being versatile and adventurous.
Roan stepped outside of the bounds of pop music on this album by incorporating her stunning vocals and vexing lyricism to create something truly distinct; what’s more, she created a strong voice for a group that often does not get the credit it deserves within pop music.
Charli XCX, “BRAT” (June 7, 2024) | picked by Lena Henicle, Arts & Life Video Producer
“BRAT” proved to be an undeniable phenomenon within popular music. Not only did this album become a viral sensation, but it likewise expanded the future of the pop genre, marking the pop album of this decade.
Compared to her previous release “Crash” in 2022, “BRAT” marked acal music style. Inspired by her youth spent in London’s club scene, Charli and styles of club music into her most
personal album yet.
“Girl, so confusing” and “Sympathy is a knife” tackle real issues that women — especially those in the entertainment industry — face, all while still being upbeat and easy to dance to. In fact, it is this feature of “BRAT” that of pop music.
Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet” (Aug. 23, 2024) | picked by Nick DeSantis, Asst. Arts & Life Editor
Last year was ruled by female pop stars who released iconic album after iconic album. It feels wrong, however, to not include the iconic 5-foot, blondehaired Sabrina Carpenter and her sixth studio album “Short n’ Sweet” on this list.
The album showcases Carpenter’s ability to write about her struggles with relationships, love and heartbreak with a sense of humor and self-awareness as she jokes, laughs and taunts her former lovers with nothing but charm. Similar to other artists on this list, Carpenter expertly blends genres together into a 12-track masterclass in pop production.
Smashing tracks like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Taste” have become some of the most-listened-to songs from 2024, but it’s the deep cuts in which Carpenter — and her vocal range — truly shine. “Coincidence” and “Slim Pickins” combine her signature pop sounds with folk and country elements. In addition, rock elements are featured on “Bed Chem” and “Juno,”
and album closer “Don’t Smile” is the perfect R&B outro.
Though “BRAT” may be the most or maybe even the album of the year, “Short n’ Sweet” is still the best pure pop album of 2024.
Kendrick Lamar, “GNX” (Nov. 22, 2024) | picked by Samantha Harden, Arts & Life Editor
With its surprise release strategy and seamless blend of modern and
album launches and music marketing. After an intense, feud-fueled backand-forth with rapper Drake, many fans anticipated Lamar would release an album cementing his victory lap. Instead, he delivered a work rooted in pure artistic authenticity.
Departing from his typically intri-
concise and accessible collection of 12 tracks, exploring themes of pride, annew West Coast sounds with tributes to hip-hop legends like 2Pac, Biggie and Nas, solidifying Lamar’s place as a
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FOOTBALL
Urban Meyer inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
Urban Meyer is awarded the Leishman Trophy trophy following the Rose Bowl Game featuring Ohio State and Washington in Pasadena, California, Jan. 1, 2019. Ohio State won 28-23.
By Sam Cipriani Asst. Sport Editor
AnotherOhio State coaching legend will have their legacy forever cemented in college football history.
Urban Meyer, a Toledo, Ohio, native, was inducted into the National Football Foundation’ College Football Hall of Fame Wednesday afternoon, the National Football Foundation announced
At Ohio State, Meyer helped the program earn a 83-9 record during his seven-season tenure from 2012-18.
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Beat man coverage
Notre Dame is largely known for playing man-to-man press coverage with a single high safety.
This strategy has certainly worked for the Fighting Irish up until this point. Notre Dame is ranked No. 2 in the nation for pass yards allowed per game, only falling behind Ohio State’s pass defense.
But the Irish haven’t faced a receiving trio quite like the Buckeyes’, which features freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith, along with Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate.
Ohio State has found success beating man coverage in 2024, in part due to quarterback Will Howard’s trust in his weapons to make plays.
If Ohio State’s receivers can force Notre Dame’s defense to scramble by beating the Irish in man-to-man coverage early on, it might set up for an explosive evening for the Buckeyes offense.
Dominate on defense
With how impressive the Buckeyes
Ohio State’s defensive line has also dominated its opposition.
Buckeyes combined for 16 sacks. To put this into perspective, Ohio State’s defense failed to record a sack in its losses to both Oregon and Michigan.
The Buckeyes’ front seven aren’t only reaching the quarterback. They have also notched 11 pass breakups at the
Against the run, Ohio State’s defense has held opposing rushing attacks to only 187 yards across three games, allowing just 62 rush yards per game. Between sacks, pass breakups and rush yards allowed, the Buckeyes’ defensive line — and defense as a whole — has successfully shut down rival against Notre Dame.
A fast start for Ohio State isn’t a strict necessity, but it would certainly help in a big way.
Buckeyes have outscored their opalone.
Still, Notre Dame possesses a top-tier running back in Jeremiyah Love, who averages 7.1 yards per carry this season.
son as head coach in 2012 and held a perfect 7-0 record against rival Michigan.
Meyer becomes the eighth Ohio State coach to be inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame, joining Howard Jones, John Wilce, Francis Schmidt, Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce, John Cooper and Jim Tressel.
In his 17 seasons as a head coach, Meyer accumulated a 187-32 record, good enough for a 85.4% winning percentage that remains the third-highest in FBS history.
In total, Meyer won seven conference championships (three-time Big Ten, two-time Southeastern and two-time Mountain West) and was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion, twice with Florida and once with Ohio State.
the 2014-15 season. He also led the Buckeyes to an unde-
Tennessee, Oregon and Texas, the
That said, if Ohio State can force Irish quarterback Riley Leonard and the entirety of Notre Dame to play from behind early on, the Buckeyes are more likely to secure a favorable outcome.
No. 8 Ohio State vs No. 7 Notre Dame
January 20, 2025, 7:30 p.m. ET Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
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SPORTS
Former Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
THREE DOWN, ONE TO GO
Ohio State’s keys to victory against Notre Dame in National Championship
By Noah Weiskopf Sports Editor
It’s all come down to this.
The Buckeyes will visit Atlanta to battle Notre Dame in the College Foot-
Monday, looking to earn their ninth national title in program history.
Anticipation is buzzing across the
country, and if fans want to see the game in person, they will have to dig deep into their pockets. In fact, the average ticket price for the game has now climbed to $2,269, according to Vivid Seats.
Notably, the betting spread favors the Buckeyes by nearly 10 points, according to most major sportsbooks.
Though both Ohio State and Notre
Dame have won all three of their play-
be peaking at the perfect time. In fact, Ohio State has never trailed to an opponent throughout 180 total minutes in this year’s CFP.
Maybe Ohio State just wins in new formats. The Buckeyes’ last national title came in January 2015, when Ohio State defeated Oregon 42-20 in the
out another national championship victory. If the Buckeyes want to win Monday night, here are three crucial factors the team must pay attention to.
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Notre Dame defensive front during then-No. 2 Ohio State’s 21-10 win against then-No. 5 Notre Dame at Ohio Stadium Sept. 3, 2022.