#instagrampage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #instagrampage, aggregated by home.social.
-
The Lantern’s 2026 Ins and Outs List - Antonia Campbell #ArtsLife #Campus #Entertainment #Features #FineArts #fooddrink #InstagramPage #Movies #News #Opinion #Popculture #SpringBacktoSchool #2026 #2026insandoutslist #campusinsandouts #clintonvillecafes #CupOJoe #dunkindonutsclosureosucampus #dunkindonuts #electricscooters #kafekerouac #localcafesoldnorth #localcafesshortnorth #localspotscolumbus #michiganathleticsscandal #movietheaters #newyear #newyearsresolutions #offcampuscafes #ohiostate #osunationalchampionshiploss #petpeeves #slowwalkers #socialactivities #taylortowerosuflooded #TheLantern #TheLanternsinsandouts #thelittlebardemolishment #twosunderhighreopening -
Letter to the Editor: Jews for Justice in Palestine responds to recent vigils and protest - Alex Kempler [🖼 (Left) Pranav Jani addresses the crowd during a Sept. 10 vigil, hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine. Credit: Reilly Ackermann | Asst. Campus Editor (Right) Attendees listen to speakers at the vigil hosted by OSU Hillel Sep. 3. Credit: Sandra Fu | Photo Editor](Left) Pranav Jani addresses the crowd during a Sept. 10 vigil, hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine. Credit: Reilly Ackermann | Asst. Campus Editor (Right) Attendees listen to speakers at the vigil hosted by OSU Hillel Sep. 3. Credit: Sandra Fu | Photo Editor
Tal Shutkin, a second-year in the Department of Geography’s doctoral program, and Alex Kempler, a sixth-year in the Department of Sociology’s doctoral program, are members of Jews for Justice in Palestine, an Ohio State student organization on behalf of whom this letter was written.
We, Jews for Justice in Palestine, write this letter in response to the Sept. 4 Lantern article on the vigil organized by OSU Hillel and JewishColumbus on the Oval. As Jewish, Palestinian and allied Ohio State students, we share in the broader Jewish community’s grief for the hostages who were killed two weeks ago. Like our peers mentioned on the Sept. 4 vigil, some of us share connections to Hersh Goldberg-Polin. At the same time, we have relatives in Gaza and the West Bank who are also weathering “the worst possible hell.”
As The Lantern accurately reports, the Israeli campaign in Gaza, which is now spreading across the occupied territories, has murdered over 40,000 innocents. These 40,000 are people, too — children even — and like Hersh, each had their own dreams and “a whole life ahead” of them.
But this is not about counting the dead. Our Jewish tradition teaches that in every life, there exists an entire universe, and to end a life is to extinguish a world. We must be able to see a world in every life lost. It is people’s ability to put themselves in an Israeli’s shoes, but not in a Palestinian’s that makes so many deaths possible.
While this harms Palestinians most acutely, in the end, it hurts us all. The devaluation some Jewish students have reported in their grief over the loss of Israeli lives is real. As Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel wrote in the aftermath of Oct. 7, “that devaluation [of Jewish grief] is itself a hallmark of the cycle of the diminishing value of human life.”
Under the reality of occupation and apartheid, all humanity suffers.
As the first-century sage Rabbi Hillel — yes, the same Hillel who the organizing student group is named for — teaches, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I?” Jews have repeated this lesson about solidarity and community care for 2,000 years, yet it seems to be missing when needed most in the rhetoric of our most vocal institutions. We don’t need to close ourselves off because “non-Jews don’t understand.” This sort of self-isolation can only feed the dehumanization we see today in Gaza.
Instead, we urge readers to practice seeing humanity in others. After all, for the world to recognize its full humanity, including the human right to self-determination, is all the Palestinian movement has been asking for.
A week after the vigil organized by OSU Hillel and JewishColumbus, Ohio State’s Students for Justice in Palestine, also known as SJP, held its own vigil on the Oval Wednesday. The community gathered in remembrance of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Medo Halimy and Mohammad Zeubeidi, along with the countless martyrs throughout all of Palestine.
Though the Ohio State Office of Student Life granted OSU Hillel permission to hold its Sept. 4 event on short notice, SJP’s event was met with a police surveillance tower erected on the Oval, reflecting the general hostility of university administrators toward Palestinian students.
Two days later on Friday, the community returned for a National Day of Action, marching to demand the university’s divestment from companies aiding in this genocidal campaign. While the horror continues, the hunger for Palestinian liberation and the end to the normalization of Palestinian blood grows.
-
OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café now accepts BuckID swipes, aims to expand kosher dining options for Jewish students - Kyrie Thomas [🖼 The order counter at OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café, which is located at 46 E. 16th Ave. Credit: Kyrie Thomas | Campus LTV Producer]
The order counter at OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café, which is located at 46 E. 16th Ave. Credit: Kyrie Thomas | Campus LTV Producer
OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café — located at 46 E. 16th Ave. — now accepts BuckID swipes as part of a general movement to increase kosher, on-campus dining options for students.
Students who live on campus must select an Ohio State dining plan, according to Dining Services’ website. With on-campus living being a requirement for first-year students, having access to food that meets their dietary restrictions is a critical component of the college experience.
“I got approved to use one of the off-campus dining plans since there weren’t kosher options on campus,” said Talia Sukienik, a Kosher-keeping student and a second-year in biomedical engineering.
Dave Issacs, a university spokesperson, said in an email the university has utilized the same Kosher kitchen as Bagel Café uses to provide food served in Union Marketplace on campus.
Swipes allow students to swipe into the three Traditions Dining Halls on campus with their BuckID for both to-go and self-service options, while BuckID cash can be used like a debit card at on-campus and off-campus locations, according to the Dining Services’ website.
Aaron Portman, campus rabbi and senior Jewish educator at OSU Hillel, said Bagel Café previously only accepted BuckID cash as payment. Letting the eatery allow swipes aligns with OSU Hillel’s goal of bringing more convenience to the university’s Jewish community, he said.
“This is a really transformative thing, especially for students who are living in the dorms and on a meal plan,” Portman said. “They can have their meals at our kosher café three times a day if they want to, which is exciting.”
The act of “keeping kosher” relates to dietary restrictions and religious laws surrounding a kosher diet, Portman said. Not mixing meat and milk and ensuring food is certified kosher are the diet’s main two regulations.
“There’s different levels of keeping kosher,” Portman said. “Kind of like organic or vegan, you can trust that the food is made a particular way, and for people who keep kosher, it falls within their observance level.”
Supervised by Buckeye Kosher — a local establishment that supervises all of Columbus’ kosher institutions — Bagel Café strictly follows the aforementioned guidelines, Portman said.
The café will rotate its options weekly, Portman said. A dairy-based menu will be offered Monday through Wednesday, Thursdays will offer a meat-based menu and Fridays will feature a Shabbat dinner for anyone within Ohio State’s community.
“We are one of the few kosher establishments where people can come here and buy food, but we really would love anyone that’s interested in kosher food or learning more about the Jewish community on campus to come to our Hillel building,” Portman said.
Though adding Bagel Café to the list of kosher-friendly options covered by Ohio State’s dining plans is a form of progress, Sukienik said there is always room for improvement.
“It’d be awesome if we could have more kosher dining hall food where all the food is prepared with the laws of kosher, because there are certain restrictions in place,” Sukienik said. “Then, [Jewish students] could feel more included because anyone could come and they could eat together with their Jewish and non-Jewish friends.”
Providing a variety of convenient kosher options allows students to enjoy food without the added stress of confirming if it adheres to their religious restrictions, Portman said. Moreover, he said accommodating the kosher diet on a wider scale is a way the university can demonstrate its care for its diverse range of students.
“We really do hope in the next few years we can use this as a point to show Jewish students from across the country that Ohio State is a place that can really accommodate their religious needs,” Portman said.
-
OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café now accepts BuckID swipes, aims to expand kosher dining options for Jewish students - Kyrie Thomas [🖼 The order counter at OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café, which is located at 46 E. 16th Ave. Credit: Kyrie Thomas | Campus LTV Producer]The order counter at OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café, which is located at 46 E. 16th Ave. Credit: Kyrie Thomas | Campus LTV Producer
OSU Hillel’s Bagel Café — located at 46 E. 16th Ave. — now accepts BuckID swipes as part of a general movement to increase kosher, on-campus dining options for students.
Students who live on campus must select an Ohio State dining plan, according to Dining Services’ website. With on-campus living being a requirement for first-year students, having access to food that meets their dietary restrictions is a critical component of the college experience.
“I got approved to use one of the off-campus dining plans since there weren’t kosher options on campus,” said Talia Sukienik, a Kosher-keeping student and a second-year in biomedical engineering.
Dave Issacs, a university spokesperson, said in an email the university has utilized the same Kosher kitchen as Bagel Café uses to provide food served in Union Marketplace on campus.
Swipes allow students to swipe into the three Traditions Dining Halls on campus with their BuckID for both to-go and self-service options, while BuckID cash can be used like a debit card at on-campus and off-campus locations, according to the Dining Services’ website.
Aaron Portman, campus rabbi and senior Jewish educator at OSU Hillel, said Bagel Café previously only accepted BuckID cash as payment. Letting the eatery allow swipes aligns with OSU Hillel’s goal of bringing more convenience to the university’s Jewish community, he said.
“This is a really transformative thing, especially for students who are living in the dorms and on a meal plan,” Portman said. “They can have their meals at our kosher café three times a day if they want to, which is exciting.”
The act of “keeping kosher” relates to dietary restrictions and religious laws surrounding a kosher diet, Portman said. Not mixing meat and milk and ensuring food is certified kosher are the diet’s main two regulations.
“There’s different levels of keeping kosher,” Portman said. “Kind of like organic or vegan, you can trust that the food is made a particular way, and for people who keep kosher, it falls within their observance level.”
Supervised by Buckeye Kosher — a local establishment that supervises all of Columbus’ kosher institutions — Bagel Café strictly follows the aforementioned guidelines, Portman said.
The café will rotate its options weekly, Portman said. A dairy-based menu will be offered Monday through Wednesday, Thursdays will offer a meat-based menu and Fridays will feature a Shabbat dinner for anyone within Ohio State’s community.
“We are one of the few kosher establishments where people can come here and buy food, but we really would love anyone that’s interested in kosher food or learning more about the Jewish community on campus to come to our Hillel building,” Portman said.
Though adding Bagel Café to the list of kosher-friendly options covered by Ohio State’s dining plans is a form of progress, Sukienik said there is always room for improvement.
“It’d be awesome if we could have more kosher dining hall food where all the food is prepared with the laws of kosher, because there are certain restrictions in place,” Sukienik said. “Then, [Jewish students] could feel more included because anyone could come and they could eat together with their Jewish and non-Jewish friends.”
Providing a variety of convenient kosher options allows students to enjoy food without the added stress of confirming if it adheres to their religious restrictions, Portman said. Moreover, he said accommodating the kosher diet on a wider scale is a way the university can demonstrate its care for its diverse range of students.
“We really do hope in the next few years we can use this as a point to show Jewish students from across the country that Ohio State is a place that can really accommodate their religious needs,” Portman said.
-
Football: ‘Improvement week’ upDAYtes - Noah Weiskopf [🖼 Head coach Ryan Day at the press conference following Ohio State's 56-0 victory over Western Michigan Saturday. Credit: Carly Damon | Asst. Photo Editor]
Head coach Ryan Day at the press conference following Ohio State’s 56-0 victory over Western Michigan Saturday. Credit: Carly Damon | Asst. Photo Editor
The Buckeyes are headed into their first of two bye weeks in 2024.
Ohio State won its first two games against Mid-American Conference opponents, collectively outscoring Akron and Western Michigan 108-6. But the Buckeyes know bigger challenges lie ahead.
That’s why head coach Ryan Day said Ohio State is reframing its first bye week as an “improvement week.”
Instead of taking a week to relax, the Buckeyes will go to work on the practice field Wednesday and Thursday, taking some time off Friday and Saturday.
Here are the three biggest takeaways from Day’s Tuesday press conference at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
How the Buckeyes will approach their “improvement week”
Day said the Buckeyes’ 2024 schedule differs from previous years, with no games against Power Five non-conference opponents. This change gives younger players more chances to gain game experience, which will help the Buckeyes further down the road.
“It has allowed us a little bit of an opportunity with some of the newer guys to get them going and look to get their feet underneath them,” Day said. “As we grow, we know that we got a long way to go on this thing, and it’s just been a little bit different.”
With the bye week arriving after Ohio State’s second game, Day said the team would rather reassess and continue to build skill than just sit back and relax.
Day said a full season of college football isn’t a marathon — like many people claim — but rather 12 straight sprints.
“Everybody else in the country is playing this week for the most part, so we have to as well,” Day said. “We’ve got to get each other better.”
This week, Day said every player will be given a different focus area to improve upon from their respective positional coach.
“That’s the No. 1 thing this week: We gotta stay in a rhythm,” Day said. “We gotta have a good week of practice and think of it like a game week.”
Seth McLaughlin and the offensive line
When graduate center Seth McLaughlin transferred to Ohio State from Alabama, the Buckeyes knew they were getting a seasoned veteran.
Day said having a pro like McLaughlin around has been an immense help to the players and coaches alike.
“If Coach Frye or myself are barking at him, like we will, he just has a calming presence like, ‘We got it, we’ll get this straightened out,’” Day said. “And that’s what you want to hear as a coach.”
The offensive line has been impressive thus far in 2024, despite being without Donovan Jackson, a two-time First-team All-Big Ten senior left guard. Jackson is currently dealing with an undisclosed lower-body injury.
The Buckeyes’ offensive line as a whole has improved from its first to second game, as proved by the rushing attack. Day said he’s seen a lot of good plays and effort from the line, but he knows it still needs to improve for tougher tests later in the season.
“Things were cleaner, but it’s just a start,” Day said. “Bigger challenges ahead.”
Without Jackson, and in a lopsided second half against Western Michigan, Ohio State was able to rotate in more depth linemen, allowing them to gain live experience in a game setting. Day said there’s encouragement in that aspect of the offensive line.
“I did think that the guys who came in in the second half on the O-line was a group that — Was it perfect? No — but I did feel like coming out of this game, it was better than it was in the last couple years,” Day said. “We were finishing at the end of games, guys were competing.”
Former Buckeye quarterbacks excelling elsewhere
Former Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord is off to a phenomenal start in his first season away from Columbus.
McCord has led the Syracuse Orange to two straight victories out of the gate, tallying a combined 735 pass yards and eight touchdowns, with only one interception.
Day said he’s happy to see McCord find success in New York.
“I’ve only seen a few highlights; it looks like [he’s] doing a great job,” Day said. “It looks like the first couple games, he’s got a good rhythm.”
But McCord isn’t the only former Buckeye quarterback to begin 2024 on a strong note.
University of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has led the Longhorns to a 2-0 winning streak, most recently securing a top-10 win on the road in Ann Arbor, Michigan against the Wolverines 31-12.
Day said he uses examples like McCord’s and Ewers’ as key selling points to players who are considering committing to Ohio State.
“When you come to Ohio State, you’re going to get developed at a high level at every position,” Day said. “But at quarterback, I take a lot of pride in that, in the fact that we develop guys at a high level. And that even if you were to leave — we don’t want you to leave — but even if you were to leave, it’s time well spent and invested.”
