For all former Lantern contributors and supporters
You're invited to the first in-person Lantern Reunion on Sept. 23! Please join us with fellow Lantern contributors for a day of networking and panel discussions.
Topics will include:
- Then and Now: Editors Over the Years
- Where They Are Now? How The Lantern Changed My Life
- Pulitzer Prize Winners: Their Stories
- The Future of Journalism
This all-day event will include a continental breakfast, lunch and a networking happy hour.
- Registration – $40
- Recent Graduate (<5 years post-graduation) – $20
Sandy Hermanoff ’65 — Co-chair
Jay Smith ’71 — Co-chair
John “Derf” Backderf ’83
Roger Bolton ’72
Walt Bogdanich ’76
Chris Davey ’94, ’03
Jocelyn Dorsey ’72
Leonard Downie ’64, ’65
David Gollust ’69
Shelley Gollust ’69
Sheryl Harris ’82
Kaylee Harter ’20
Lou Heldman ’72
Jasmine Hilton ’21
Jeffrey Kamin ’72
Linda Kass ’78
Kurt Leib ’96
Patricia Boyer Miller ’72
Stephen Ohlemacher ’89
John Oller ’79
Samantha Raudins ’21
Zinie Chen Sampson ’90
Jim Schaefer ’88
Trevor Thompkins ’16
Bruce Vilanch ’70
The Lantern newsroom will be open starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 for anyone who’d like to see their current facilities. Editors will be on hand throughout the day to greet guests. Starting at 3 p.m. guest will be able to tour the new spaces the newsroom will moving into, those will open at 3 p.m. Finally, at 5 p.m., the weekly editors meeting will be taking place and all are welcome to sit in for that. The Lantern is located in the Journalism Building, 242 W. 18th Ave. Columbus OH, 43210.
Lantern Cartoonists Open House at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Thursday, September 22, 3-5 p.m.
1813 N. High Street – Sullivant Hall, north side – Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) welcomes attendees to view a display of original art by former Lantern cartoonists and Ohio State alum in our Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room. BICLM is the world’s largest collection of comics and cartoon art, and one of the gems of Ohio State’s campus. Our museum on the 2nd floor will also be open, featuring our current exhibits STILL… Racism in America: A Retrospective in Cartoons by Brumsic Brandon Jr. and Barbara Brandon-Croft and Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts.
At 4pm, a book sale and signing will take place in our lobby with Derf Backderf (My Friend Dahmer, Trashed, The City), and Brian Basset (Red and Rover).
Free. For more details on BICLM visit cartoons.osu.edu.
If you’re coming in from out of town, please note that this takes place on a home game weekend. If you need travel and hotel accommodations, we recommend you start planning soon.
