The Lantern - September 21, 2023

ANGELA DIAZ

Bad news, Buckeyes.

With popular Instagram accounts posting compromising videos of students recently, those nonconsensually posted have little recourse when it comes to getting them taken down, according to legal and communication experts.

The Instagram pages @ohiostatechicks, @ohiostatebarstool and @infringedosu have posted videos of intoxicated students

engaging in public sexual acts and at campus-area bars and parties since August. The pages have around 195,000 followers combined.

Chad Painter, chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Dayton, said the act of posting a video taken in a public space itself may be lawful, but many of the students in the videos are intoxicated, meaning they cannot consent to being filmed or posted, raising ethical concerns of privacy.

“What is the public service aspect of this?” Painter said. “My guess is that

Barstool wouldn’t be able to answer that question, and if you can’t answer that question, you are at best on really shaky ethical grounds. Actually, you’re not on any ethical grounds, but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt.”

Although Barstool’s Affiliate Program Agreement states it is the company’s goal to uphold the “highest possible ethical standards,” Amy Schmitz, a professor at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, said she doesn’t believe the account fulfills that obligation.

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alum Kortney Morrow breaks

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Founded in 2003 by internet sensation David Portnoy, Barstool Sports began as a print publication and has since moved entirely online.

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“As a company, that would be absolutely horrible,” Schmitz said. “[Barstool] can then get sued along with other actions that might happen, especially if they’re violating consumer protections, and especially if it’s a minor. There can be a lot of issues here and that’s why Barstool has very strict obligations of the affiliate.”

Schmitz said she recommends reporting the post to Instagram as a violation of community guidelines and asking the affiliate page to remove it. If the affiliate doesn’t remove it, a complaint can be filed directly to Barstool, which would lead to an investigation of the account according to the Affiliate Program Agreement.

Despite Schmitz’s guidance,

Dining goes green, to-go boxes introduced in dining halls

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@ohiostatechicks does not seem willing to work with anyone who is uncomfortable seeing themselves on the account. On Aug. 22, it posted on its story that it would not take such posts down.

“REMINDER: we do not have to take content down, even if it wasn’t submitted by you. [B]efore you do some dumb or embarrassing sh*t in public just remember

that almost everyone around you owns a cell phone and will probably record it,” the post stated.

For more information on online rights, Schmitz recommends visiting the cybercivilrights.org and withoutmyconsent.org.

Ohio State climbs in ranking, now 43rd among national universities

MOLLY PETRINA

Ohio State is sixth on the football field and now 43rd in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.

According to the 2024 rankings, Ohio State moved up six spots from 2023 and is now 43rd among national universities and 17th among public universities. It was evaluated alongside 1,500 other colleges

and universities, and the rankings are based on 24 measures of academic quality and the status of the school as either public or private.

According to U.S. News & World Report, Ohio State’s College of Nursing is ranked first among public universities and fourth among national universities, moving up one spot in both catergories.

“We have high aspirations for our students as health care professionals and have expanded some of our clinical experiences in addition to emphasizing a unique curricular framework,” Phil Saken, senior director of marketing and communications in the College of Nursing, said.

Saken said the undergraduate nursing program at Ohio State excels because of the college’s exceptional faculty and the program’s effort to put students at the center of the experience.

“The faculty are focused on the integration of evidence-based practice and wellness, for which we are recognized nationally and internationally,” Saken said.

Ohio State’s College of Engineering ranked 14th among public universities and 25th among all American universities, according to U.S. News & World Report.

cording to U.S. News & World Report. Ayanna Howard, dean of the College of Engineering, said the college makes sure its students are career-ready by collaborating with other disciplines at Ohio State and encouraging faculty to take classes that teach them how to best support their students.

“Students are going to see how engineering applies to the real world from the very be-

ginning of their education,” Howard said.

The Fisher College of Business was also ranked seventh among public universities and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering was ranked 16th, according to U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, Ohio State was ranked 17th among public institutions for its support of military and military-connected students.

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Ohio State comes in at No. 43 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.

Lantern reporter petrina.3@osu.edu

Dining halls switch to reusable to-go boxes

TRISTEN GULASA Lantern reporter gulasa.2@osu.edu

Ohio State students looking to take food on the go now have a greener option, in all senses of the word.

Dining Services eliminated the disposable to-go boxes at all three Traditions dining halls and replaced them with green, reusable plastic containers in an effort to reduce waste this semester. Dave Isaacs, spokesperson for the Office of Student Life, said Ohio State has been planning this shift to sustainability for a few years after testing them on a smaller scale last semester.

With the introduction of reusable boxes, Isaacs said Ohio State has eliminated the need for 15,000 single-use containers and prevented more than 1,500 pounds of waste from entering landfills.

The system relies on Grubhub to assign each student a QR code, which coordinates with a box the student will then pick up from the dining hall to pack their food.

Once students finish their food, they must return the box to a designated return spot on campus. If the student does not return the box within three days, they will then be charged an $8 late fee on their student accounts, according to Dining Services.

Hanna Greer-Brown, communications manager of the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, said they applaud schools and businesses for prioritizing sustainability.

“It just takes a really long time for things to decompose and break down [in landfills], and so if we can just avoid sending stuff to the landfill in the first place, that’s a big win for our community,” Greer-Brown said.

Isaacs said that they hope to expand the reusable container program and spread to more dining locations. If students have issues, they can contact Dining Services at dining.osu.edu.

“That’s how we learn to make the system

better -- is when we hear concerns,” Isaacs said.

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To-go containers sit and wait to be used outside of Kennedy Commons dining hall as a green alternative to the disposable boxes.

“We’ve always been at the forefront of sustainability, and we do both as a university and in Dining Services a great deal in this area,” Isaacs said.

“We plan to upcycle our retired containers when they break or have outlived their use on campus.”

ARTS&LIFE

Meet Kortney Morrow, Ohio State alum and 2023 Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant recipient

Ohioana Book Awards turns 82, convenes prizewinning authors Thursday at Ohio Statehouse

LUCY LAWLER Arts & Life Editor lawler.129@osu.edu

The Ohioana Book Awards’ 82nd chapter, scheduled for 6-9 p.m., Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse, is shaping up to be a real page-turner.

Since 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards have been presented annually to outstanding Ohio authors, according to the Ohioana Library’s website. Two of this year’s notable winners include Celeste Ng and John Scalzi, the website states; additionally, Ohio State alum Kortney Morrow will take home the prestigious Walter Rumsey

Marvin Grant for up-and-coming writers.

Ng said she always contextualized the world via stories but did not pursue professional authorship until attending graduate school at the University of Michigan.

“It kept tapping me on the shoulder like it was something that I needed to try,” Ng said. “So I gave myself some time to work on it and said, ‘This is how long I can afford to try and do this writing thing.’”

Having penned the bestselling novels “Everything I Never Told You” and “Little Fires Everywhere” — both of which are set in Ohio — Ng has effectively transformed

her “writing thing” into a prominent literary career within the last decade. She said her latest work, titled “Our Missing Hearts,” published in October 2022, has merited the 2023 Ohioana Book Award for Fiction.

“Our Missing Hearts” follows a 12-yearold boy named Bird as he endeavors to find his long-lost mother, Ng said. Equal parts mysterious and moving, the dystopian novel reflects Ng’s feelings of maternal uncertainty throughout COVID-19, she said.

“It wasn’t until the pandemic started, actually, that this book felt really urgent to write,” Ng said. “I realized a lot of what

I was thinking about were questions about parenting: How do you raise a child in a world that feels like it is falling apart, and everything is dangerous and everyone is isolated from each other?”

Similar to Ng, Scalzi discovered his passion for storytelling young. While taking an English composition class at age 14, Scalzi said he was the only student who received an ‘A’ on a fiction writing assignment, despite rushing to complete it the night before.

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COURTESY OF KATHRYN POWERS

(Left to right) Ross Gay, Celeste Ng, Saeed Jones, Kelcey Ervick, Jasmine Warga, Marcy Campbell and John Scalzi are all Ohioana Book Award-winning authors for 2023.

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drafted, he recognizes its value as a playful escape from reality.

“Basically, I think people read it, and it was like, ‘This is light, and it was funny and it made me feel OK about myself and my place in the world,’” Scalzi said. “Sometimes you just get lucky, and I think this is one of those lucky books.”

Morrow, who earned her Master of Fine Arts in poetry from Ohio State in 2022, said she submitted multiple essays to the Ohioana Book Awards for jury evaluation.

Ultimately, Morrow views the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant award as an incredible stop on her ongoing journey to write and inspire meaningful stories, she said.

Scalzi said he was both surprised and unsurprised upon learning his novel “The Kaiju Preservation Society” won the 2023 Readers’ Choice Award. Published March 2022, the science fiction story features Godzilla-type monsters and a pop-song-esque feel, he said.

Though Scalzi said “The Kaiju Preservation Society” is not the most introspective book he’s ever

Scalzi is unable to attend Thursday’s ceremony due to scheduling conflicts but said his wife Kristine and daughter Athena are going in his place.

“I’m really sad I can’t be there,” Scalzi said. “But as I tell people, they’ve actually got the two better Scalzis.”

For Morrow, earning the 2023 Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant has been an immensely joyful experience.

“I developed my essay skills while at Ohio State, so it was really a proud moment not only to just be honored in that way but to be honored for my essays,” Morrow said. “It was like an affirmation that I needed.”

Morrow’s winning entry is an updated re-imagining of the American Girl doll brand’s wellknown guide for preteens, called “The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls,” she said.

“I kind of was thinking through what would happen if we were able to receive multiple books like that, not just at this pivotal moment of adolescence, but also in your 20s and your 30s,” Morrow said.

“I always think of a little version of myself, and them being able to pull a book down from a shelf and feel seen, and feel excited and feel propelled to tell their own stories,” Morrow said. “I think people have an idea of what kind of stories they want from historically marginalized populations, and I want to just continue to disrupt people’s notions of what Blackness is and keep expanding the possibilities for what types of stories we can all be sharing.”

More information about the Ohioana Book Awards, including 2023’s full list of winners, can be found on the Ohioana Library’s website.

Ohio State alum Kortney Morrow breaks barriers in the creative world, earns Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant

LOGAN NOWLIN

Lantern Reporter

nowlin.40@osu.edu

For Kortney Morrow, imagination was an ever-present friend throughout her childhood.

Her flair for storytelling emerged when she was a small child creating stories with dolls in her bedroom, and now her creativity has landed her one of Ohio’s most prominent awards for young writers.

Morrow, an Ohio State alum who graduated in 2022 with her Master of Fine Arts, is the winner of the 2023 Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, an award given to young and promising writers that recognizes compelling writing, literary merit and skillful storytelling, Ohioana Library’s executive director David Weaver said.

If achieving one of the Ohioana Library Association’s most prestigious awards wasn’t enough, Weaver said Morrow garnered a vast majority of first-place votes on her route to victory in this year’s competition.

“It is remarkable how often the judges’ top picks are all very closely the same, as was this year with Kortney Morrow,” Weaver said.

Considering Morrow’s professional success, it may come as a surprise that becoming a writer was not always in her plans for the future.

“I wanted to be a pop star,” Morrow said. “I wanted to be Britney Spears or Mariah Carey. I did not think about becoming a writer or writing books.”

Morrow said she always excelled in her

English classes while growing up in the Shaker Heights City School District in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area, but was often disinterested in her assigned classwork.

“I didn’t really enjoy reading the books my teachers told me to read,” Morrow said. “My love of reading just included ‘Gossip Girl.’”

Morrow credits two key life events for her sustained love of writing and the English language, the first being when she was studying abroad in Rome as a part of her undergraduate program at DePaul University, she said.

“I tried to capture everything that I was seeing while I was in Italy through writing, and I kept filling up all of my notebooks,” Morrow said. “That’s really when I realized I love processing the world through writing, and I am going to continue to pro-

cess the world through writing for the rest of my life.”

Morrow said she also credits her journey at Ohio State to pursue her master’s degree.

“I had an epiphany,” Scalzi said. “I was like, ‘Writing is easy for me, and literally everything else is hard. Therefore, I should become a writer.’”

“It meant a lot to be able to develop my path with a suite of incredible writers and instructors who guided me to develop and trust my own intuition,” Morrow said.

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During her time at Ohio State, Morrow worked for 826 New Orleans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering and amplifying the voices of young writers. Morrow said this is where she would cross paths with Brooke Pickett, a New Orleans-based visual artist.

“Very early on, it was apparent that we worked very well together,” Pickett said. “Our skills complement each other really well, and we have a lot in common when it comes to how we see the world.”

Over the span of two years, Pickett said she and Morrow were able to double 826 New Orleans’ budget and staff by being creative and thinking big.

While the duo was able to accomplish great things together at 826 New Orleans, Pickett said they both knew it was time for something new, ultimately deciding to part ways with the nonprofit in 2022.

“We were having conversations about what we can do next,” Pickett said. “How do we take the skill sets we currently have and do it on a larger scale?”

Both Pickett and Morrow spend 20 hours per week working with Studio Reciprocity clients and 20 hours honing their respective artistic crafts, Morrow said.

“That’s how we protect our artistic sensibility and artistic practice while still making an impact using these amazing skills that we’ve developed over the course of both of our careers,” Morrow said.

For Morrow, the time split has come with huge success, as her writings have garnered high praise. Weaver said that the judges’ comments speak to such success, articulating

the distinct skills she possesses as a writer.

“Her work has staying power,” one judge of the Ohioana Awards commented on Morrow’s submission. “It is memorable. She is adept with imagery and a powerful forceful voice.”

Though Morrow is incredibly honored to receive such an esteemed award, she is simply happy to be able to write partially for a living, she said.

“Every day that [my words] show up on that page is an incredible

accomplishment,” Morrow said. “I’m ready to keep taking things to the next level with my writing. I’m very ambitious, and I have accomplished a lot, but I’m not done.”

Morrow will be honored during the Ohioana Awards Ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium 6 p.m., Thursday, and her winning work will be published in the upcoming fall edition of the Ohioana Quarterly.

More information about Morrow can be found on her personal website.

COURTESY OF KORTNEY MORROW

Ohio State alum Kortney Morrow is the winner of the 2023 Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant.

From these aspirations, Studio Reciprocity — an organization that works alongside artists, nonprofits and organizations to help re-imagine their impact and funding — was born, Morrow said.

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Yosemite National Park. His trip marked a new goal: visit every national park in the U.S.

“It was like a four-hour drive,” Caden Davis said. “I was like, ‘I don’t care, I want to go out there.’ We got there — coolest thing I’ve ever seen, best place I’ve ever been to.”

He worked his way across the country — camera in hand — until football began in June.

From a five-day road trip out west to driving to and from Florida — twice — in as many weeks, then traveling through a brutal snowstorm in Michigan, Caden Davis is taking a break from the gas station Slim Jim’s and KitKat’s during football season.

But over the summer, he took advantage of the photographic opportunities in Columbus. He still can’t be caught without a vintage digital camera hiding in his jean pocket.

“I don’t know if it’s one of mine from when I was in college, or if he found it at a thrift store,” Brad Davis said. “[He] documents what he’s doing, who he’s been with and what he’s seen.”

Caden Davis said after practice he’s wanted to attend other sporting events and shoot photos, but once he takes off the cleats he’s ready for bed. He does hope to get involved with Ohio State Athletics’ digital team while in school.

But once football season comes to a close, it is game on.

He said he plans to drive through North Dakota, meet up with some friends in Seattle and take the ferry to Alaska. After this he will have one state left to visit: Hawaii, which he hopes to visit for his 21st birthday.

After he completes his goal of reaching all 50 states before 21, in which he takes a Polaroid of himself in front of the “Welcome To” sign, his post-college dream is to hit every state in one long road trip.

Caden Davis said he has a 1980 map of the U.S. hung up in his office at home, where he pins the places he’s been and has a red string outlining his 50-state road trip.

“I can appreciate that,” Brad Davis said. “Most people don’t do that [hit 50 states] in a lifetime.”

As for what comes next, Caden Davis said he doesn’t know. He does, however, have a life goal of visiting as many countries as possible. He said he wants to be able to tell his future children that he “did it all.”

Brad Davis said what he loves most about his son is his self-confidence, especially with his growing social media presence on Instagram and TikTok.

Caden Davis posts his journeys, life and photos for all to see. Whatever career brings the opportunity to photograph the world, that’s where he’s aiming.

“The end goal is being able to do what I want with photography,” Caden Davis said.

But for right now, Caden Davis can be found with his hand in the ground at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

Women’s volleyball: Ohio State takes on Nebraska

RYAN MATHEWS Lantern Reporter mathews.475@osu.edu

The Ohio State women’s volleyball team (3-6, 0-0 Big Ten) will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, Friday to compete in its Big Ten opener against No. 2 Nebraska (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten).

Both teams have had a back-and-forth affair in recent years during their matchups.

However, since 2018, the Buckeyes have been on the losing end as the Huskers have taken the 5-3 series edge.

Ohio State will look to even the score at Devaney Center.

Last season, the Buckeyes defeated the Huskers in four sets at home. Ohio State won three of the sets, with some of them going into overtime. They led with 66 kills, 101 digs and 64 assists against the Huskers with Emily Londot, Kylie Murr, Mac Podraza, and Gabby Gonzales leading them to this victory.

In 2022, after the Elite Eight game, five Ohio State players entered the transfer pool. All-American setter Podraza,

All-American libero Murr, outside hitters Gonzales and Jenaisya Moore as well as Adria Powell left the team.

With nearly half of the seniors gone, it will be up to Londot and this new, young team of freshmen to take on the powerhouse of Nebraska.

Husker volleyball has received a lot of publicity over the last month, especially when 92,000 fans filled the football stadium for a women’s volleyball game — setting a world record for attendance of a women’s sporting event.

With eight players returning to the team, they will be very familiar with the Buckeyes’ playing style. The Huskers have also added five dominant players, including a new freshman outside hitter, Harper Murray.

According to Huskers.com, Murray was named Gatorade Player of the Year, Michigan’s Player of the Year, and was the No.1 recruit for the 2023 high school class. She is known for her consistency in the back row, and is a go-to in the front row as a powerful hitter.

The first set begins at 8 p.m.

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Sarah Sue Morbitzer bumps the ball in Ohio State’s 3-1 win against Nebraska Nov. 13, 2022.

COURTESY OF CADEN DAVIS

Caden Davis poses for a photo in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Ohio State women’s volleyball gears up for Big Ten opener against No. 2 Nebraska

Behind the player: Caden Davis

LAURYN LUDERMAN Sports Editor luderman.4@osu.edu

Caden Davis put 54,000 miles on his car in three years as he photographed 47 states.

Only three more states to go before his 21st birthday.

The freshman defensive end has greater aspirations than making it to the NFL.

“I have Alaska, Hawaii and North Dakota [left] — the most random states,” Davis said.

While first being handed a camera around eighth grade and getting his license in 2020, the Mason, Ohio, native was either on the road, shooting photos or both. And from time to time, he could be found on the football field.

His true passion has always been looking through the lens.

“I started off with my mom’s camera, kind of using it here and there,” Davis said. “She was getting annoyed with me always taking it and using it, so she’s like, ‘Alright, we’re just gonna figure you out something.’”

For Christmas in 2019, Davis’ parents, Brad and Jennifer, got him his own camera.

In the beginning, Caden Davis spent a lot of his time taking photos of nature, his family, friends and sporting events. He said things picked up his sophomore year in high school.

“I was like, ‘Alright, I need to probably lock in on this,’” Caden Davis said. “I did sports, portraits, picked up weddings. Anything you can imagine, I was doing.”

Nearly 30 senior portraits and many other gigs later, his camera was paid off and he started buying new equipment. He shot a wedding on his own, something he said was “cool, but a hassle.”

Next came the road trips.

“As soon as he got his license, I mean, he was basically gone,” Brad Davis said. “All over the place.”

Caden Davis had a knack for road-tripping since he was eight years old, when he and his dad would do summer weekend trips for travel baseball. The two hit the road more when going from university to university for college football recruitment, Brad Davis said.

On these trips Brad Davis said his son would venture out and photograph whatever he could find.

Caden Davis took those younger days and created something bigger. He began traveling state to state in his car he nicknamed Beth, sometimes alone and other times with friends on board, like Carson Crowe.

Crowe, Caden Davis’ cousin, said he’d only been on nine or 10 of these road trips with him. He said one of their best trips together was visiting the Tennessee mountains, but he remembers him taking photos from a younger age.

Caden Davis takes a photo of himself while visiting Yosemite National Park.

“He was always doing something on his phone growing up, and on his camera, and if we went anywhere he always brought the camera with him and took pictures,” Crowe said. “Everywhere.”

Caden Davis’ brand began to grow as he found his style.

He started marketing himself and expanding his social media presence, bringing

his two passions together: travel and photography.

Next thing he knew he was being flown out to California by a swimwear brand to take photos on the beach.

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COURTESY OF CADEN DAVIS