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UC debates marijuana legalization leading up to Issue 3 vote CAROLINE CORY & JUSTIN REUTTER | STAFF REPORTERS
University of Cincinnati students and community members assessed the benefits and risks concerning Issue 3 Tuesday during the ResponsibleOhio Community Forum and panel discussion, sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). The forum, hosted by SSDP President Zefron Vesel, began with the animated video “War on Drugo,”which focused upon a fictitious dragon named Drugo and the people of a kingdom society. In the video community members often wanted to hang out with Drugo, sometimes for long periods of time. The king began to criminalize Drugo and started charging people to spend time with the dragon, which caused death, poverty and destruction. Dungeons became crowded with people who illegally spent time with Drugo and the people were then jailed for nonviolent crimes. Realizing the dragon’s innocence, the kingdom decided to give Drugo a second chance 200 years later by living and working with Drugo in their society.
Vesel believed the theme in the video reflected the goals and objectives of SSDP. “This video is everything that SSDP stands for,”Vesel said. Supporters of Issue 3 made their claims of how passing the issue would be timely, while supporters of Issue 2 shared their opinions on how Issue 3 would monopolize the legalization of marijuana. Proposed by the group ResponsibleOhio, Issue 3 will legalize medical and recreational marijuana by creating
10 growing sites if the amendment is passed. It also allows the state to authorize more growing sites or revoke licenses if the existing sites do not meet consumer demand. In response to Issue 3, state lawmakers proposed Issue 2. If passed, the amendment will prohibit groups from using a ballot initiative in order to allow a monopoly, oligopoly or exclusive tax benefit under the Ohio Constitution. Amy Wolfinbarger, Hamilton County captain of the Ohio Rights Group, said Issue 3 seemed biased at first, but the lives saved by medical marijuana would be worth the unfairness. “Initially when ResponsibleOhio came out, I was not for the amendment,” Wolfinbarger said. “I felt it was very biased.” However, Wolfinbarger said elected officials are failing those they represent. “Lives could be saved by medical marijuana,” she said. According to Chris Stock, lawyer at Markovitz, Stock and DeMarco and author of ResponsibleOhio, the SEE MARIJUANA PG 2
Law students LOUISVILLE CARDINALS SCANDAL work to free wrongfully convicted ALLEGATIONS OF PROSTITUTES BEING USED FOR RECRUITING
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In coincidence with the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, the University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday presented a collaborative effort between UC’s College of Law and the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP). The international day of recognition Oct. 2 acknowledged the lives of those who have been adversely impacted by wrongful conviction and educates the public on those issues. Founded out of UC’s College of Law and a branch of the national Innocence Network, the OIP has freed over 23 Ohioans wrongly sentenced for crimes. OIP-u was launched as the primary component of UC law schools’ Rosenthal Institute for Justice OIP-u was created by Richard Rosenthal, UC chairman and co-founder of the Rosenthal Institute for Justice, to give undergraduate and graduate students in the state a way to become involved and free the wrongfully incarcerated people of Ohio. “You have a jewel here,” Rosenthal said. “In organizing, planning, supporting and the superlative work, I have no words.” Innocence project initiatives have become worldwide and the U.S. has freed over 250 inmates to date, said Mark Godsey, UC professor of law and OIP cofounder. Godsey said the program sustains SEE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PG 2
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Dean Gillispie emphasizes the importance of the Ohio Innocence Project Wednesday morning during the UC Board of Trustees meeting.
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino late in the second half of a 74-69 loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament.
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BASKETBALL COACH DENIES INVOLVEMENT dancers to have sex with recruits. A former player confirmed this allegation, saying Outside the Lines, an ESPN TV show that examines McGee gave him money to tip the dancers and paid one issues in sports, accused the University of Louisville’s of them to have sex with him. basketball program of using strippers to help sway Prostitution deals did not happen between McGee and recruits to come to their university. Powell until the second party. When In a report published Tuesday, given the opportunity, some dancers five anonymous former Louisville were up to get the extra money. To avoid potential damage basketball players and recruits Powell allowed two of her reported going to parties from 2010 set forth by the NCAA, the daughters to be paid to have sex through 2014 where strippers were with former Louisville stars Russ University of Louisville present. Smith and Montrezl Harrell. Both of could choose self-imposed Louisville’s former graduate the daughters told Outside the Lines assistant coach Andre McGee sanctions to limit the they were paid around $100. is reported to have paid for the When questioned by the Houston fallout from the scandal. strippers. Chronicle, Harrell denied knowing One recruit who ended up not about the parties. Smith declined to SAM DRAUT attending Louisville told Outside the comment. Lines it was as if he were in a strip Louisville’s head basketball coach club. Rick Pitino also said he did not know about the parties. This report comes after Katina Powell’s novel “I don’t know if any of this is true or not,” Pitino told “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort ESPN’s Dana O’Neil and Yahoo! Sports in a conference Queen,” which was published earlier in October. The call Tuesday. “There’s only one person who knows the book details various stripping and sex parties that took truth and he needs to come out and tell the truth to his place inside of Billy Minardi Hall, Louisville’s onteammates, to the University of Louisville, to his fans campus athletic dormitory. and to his coaches that have taught him to do the right Powell said McGee arranged the parties and paid her $10,000 for supplying dancers during a four-year period. SEE SCANDAL PG 3 She added McGee supplied cash for side deals for DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
Opinion: In falling market, Playboy puts clothes on RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS EDITOR
After years of declining readership, Playboy announced in September it would be eliminating nude photographs from its pages in an attempt to expand its dwindling audience, acknowledging that soft-core pornography is hardly difficult to come by these days. But is eliminating pornography enough to make Playboy relevant again? In 2015, Playboy circulated 800,000 copies. In November of 1972, that number was seven million. Playboy Chief Executive Scott Flanders made a solid point when he told The New York Times they are pushing no boundaries with nude models, since people are only a click away from sexual content.
Rather than a decision to tone the magazine down, the publication simply does not see soft-core pornography as an asset to gaining readers that are overwhelmed by the porn industry. It is possible the decision could allow for more advertising opportunities and a chance to rebrand as a less pornographycentered publication. While the magazine is known worldwide for its centerfolds and Playboy Bunnies, it has also published fiction from incredible literary icons such as Kurt Vonnegut, Joyce Carol Oates and Tim O’Brien. Playboy was even responsible for serializing Ray Bradbury’s monumental “Fahrenheit 451” in 1954. The magazine could also focus on past
levels of in-depth reporting, big-name interviews and risqué material, possibly putting it in the market to compete with media outlets like Vice, which has dominated the 18 to 40-year-old demographics Playboy is aiming for. Currently, Playboy is dabbling in things like Buzzfeed-style lists, gaming, liquor, drugs and of course, sex. Although Playboy has taken stabs at outlets like Vice – Flanders told The New York Times that unlike Vice, his publication is targeted at young men with jobs – it has a long way to go before competing with Vice’s 1.2 million readership of 2013 and huge online presence. SEE PLAYBOY PG 5
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Seminar talks stop-and-frisk, issues with justifiable homicide SOPHIA GAINES | CONTRIBUTOR
We have to become color brave, rather than color blind. We do not live in a color-blind society. It simply doesn’t exist RASHAWN RAY
Sociologist Rashawn Ray of the University of Maryland discussed race, public perception and solutions to racial bias through a seminar on justifiable homicide of black males in the U.S. Sponsored by President Ono’s Seed Grant and the Black Professional Student Association (BPSA), the seminar occurred Oct. 13 in Tangeman University Center’s MainStreet Cinema and was presented by BPSA President Patrice DeLeon, University of Cincinnati’s Chief Diversity Officer Bleuzette Marshall and BPSA member Shameka Neely. “We have to understand the historical, structural and societal implications of things that exist and permeate throughout the year,” Marshall said regarding systemic inequalities. Angelica Hardee, vice president of BPSA, gave a brief mission and history of BGPSA — an interdisciplinary student
organization established in 2007, “dedicated to facilitating academic, personal and professional success of graduate students of African descent at UC.” Ray presented the causes behind the justifiable homicide of black males from two of his research papers. “We are at a critical juncture, not just here at the University of Cincinnati, but also nationwide,” Ray said. Ray discussed how social class has little to do with police killings by referring to the 1960s civil rights movement, a time in which there was a similar spike in justifiable homicide. Most of the people killed during this time were, “affluent, college educated, middle class blacks” with resources to mobilize, Ray said. Ray went into biases associated with the public perception of blacks. Saying that discrimination can often be rooted in how someone dresses. Ray connected this to the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin trials when he said the hoodie Martin wore was seen as a factor in Zimmerman’s choice to shoot him. During the seminars’ Q&A, Ghangis Carter, of Indiana University, pointed out the concern with Trayvon Martin’s hoodie was the hood being up around his head rather than down and showing his face. Carter asked Ray how he believes black
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Death by Legal Intervention: Policing Behaviors and “Justifiable Homicides” of Black Males in the U.S. is a presentation created by Rashad Ray, took place Tuesday evening in TUC Cinema.
men are supposed to interact with law enforcement, after sharing he was taught to almost dumb himself down, keep his hands on the steering wheel, address the officer as “sir” and not make rash movements. “If you make these rash moves, is that the possibility of your last move?” Carter said. “Are some of these rash movements complicit in some of these actions?” Ray said in black households, conversations of correct and appropriate interactions with law enforcement occur more often than any other conversation. “Let’s take the Sam DuBose situation,” Ray said. “He had his hands on the steering wheel. Then he was like, ‘Why are you coming at me that way?’ which is a valid response when people are pushing up on you.” Ray explained policies such as Stand Your Ground, and Stop and Frisk in some states. He likened the Stand Your Ground law to justifying actions based on fear, and reported Stop and Frisk has only a 2 percent success rate. The point of Stop and Frisk is, “to catch people and make them pay through court costs,” Ray said. Ray gave an anecdote of a professor in Arizona caught jaywalking and thrown to the ground to be arrested. He described jaywalking as, “one of those laws that people don’t really implement unless you look a particular way, or you’re in a particular space where you stand out.” Ray noted the concepts of blackness and maleness to certain people become synonymous with criminality. He said black or Latino groups may also be perceived as intimidating. In reference to school tours, Ray said, “sometimes universities actually try to limit the number of black and Latino students who are together at one time.” Ray gave suggestions on ways to move toward being racially inclusive. “We have to become color brave, rather than color blind. We do not live in a colorblind society. It simply doesn’t exist,” Ray said. He also encouraged people to have candid racial conversations using accurate data. “All conversation you have about race isn’t racist,” Ray said. “When white people talk about race it doesn’t mean that they’re racist. It actually means that we’re having a conversation that we need to build together. We transform victimization into empowerment, take the view of the other and focus on racism experience or racialized identity, and a social process that shapes institutional conditions.”
Week educates students on asexuality ALEX STONE | CONTRIBUTOR
As the ongoing struggle to raise awareness for the asexual community continues, Asexual Awareness Week returns Monday through Friday. The international campaign seeks to educate about asexual experiences and create informational materials accessible to the community and its allies around the world. The main problem concerning asexuality is the lack of education about the subject. With the nation unfamiliar with this identity, the fight for legitimacy is slow. Demographical data and scientific research of asexuality has been sparse due to reasons ranging from little government interest, to the lack of asexual volunteers during sexual studies. An asexual person is an individual who does not experience sexual attraction to any gender. However, the degrees in which this takes place vary. The spectrum of sexual orientation, in its simplest form, can be viewed with asexuality and sexuality as two opposite extremes. In between are varying degrees of sexuality that includes demisexuality and grey-asexuality. While grey-asexuality can be understood as an umbrella term for any area between the two extremes, demisexuality is directly in the middle of the spectrum. This middle space is reserved for those who identify as someone who can feel sexual attraction only after a strong emotional bond with another person is made. Aside from sexual orientation, the person’s romantic orientation can also be declared. The romantic orientation of an individual is based on the gender of those who the individual finds romantically attractive.
A few examples of the subsets included in romantic orientation are aromantics, who do not experience romantic attraction to anyone; biromantics, who feel romantic attraction to males and females; heteromantics, or those romantically attracted to individuals of a different gender; homoromanatic, or those who experience attraction to those of the same gender; and grey-romantics, or those who do not feel romantic attraction until a close bond is made. Although the sexual orientation and the romantic orientation of someone can match, it is not always the case. For example, a person can identify as biromantic and asexual. Alfred Kinsey was first to discover asexuality in humans with his scale in which measured sexual orientation in 1948. The Kinsey Scale measured sexual orientation on a scale from zero to six. Zero represented those who are exclusively heterosexual and six were those who are exclusively homosexual. An ‘X’ was placed on the scale due to the number of individuals who had “no sociosexual contact.” Kinsey discovered that 1.5 percent of adult males were placed into the ‘X’ group. Another researcher, Anthony Bogaert, led a sexuality-based census in the United Kingdom in 2004. He found the percentage of asexuals living in the U.K. was about one percent. This has become the most quoted statistic in asexual studies. The asexual community is also affected by the lack of a physical community, which a few organizations strive for. The first organization to spread the word about asexuality was the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). The network encourages members to
regularly engage in “visibility projects,” used to educate asexuals and the general public about asexuality. The projects include arranging local meet-ups, forming workshops and spreading the word through informational pamphlets. The majority of asexual social justice takes place on websites like Asexuality.org and Tumblr.com. These websites can be used to connect and share experiences in order to better understand asexuality. Cities spanning North America have been inspired by the efforts of AVEN and created their own groups including Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Boston. The University of Cincinnati’s LGBTQ Center also spreads asexual activism and education. Jo Teut, activist, researcher and community member, said the Center’s mission is to spread awareness around campus. “We want people to know that asexuality is an identity, not a disorder,” ze said. Teut said their efforts have helped the lives of asexual students at UC. However, some issues are out of the control of asexuals, with the main issue this community facing being discrimination. Henry Watts, a Xavier University student who identifies as an aromantic asexual, said he experienced ridicule after coming out at age 17. “We’ve all grown up in a sex-obsessed society and we’ve been taught that it’s the norm, and for most people it is, but for us it isn’t,”Watts said. “I felt trapped in a reality that I didn’t belong in”. Watts said his parents thought it was a phase and never recognized his identity. “They sent me to see a therapist after I didn’t grow out of it,”Watts said. “I still haven’t.”
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passing of Issue 3 is favorable for the benefits marajuana legalization would reap, despite monopolization. “Monopoly or not, this will create 35,000 jobs and create $550 million in revenue,” Stock said. “The state of Ohio spends $525 million on the war on drugs.” John Sheil said the economy would be successful with the passing of Issue 3, but only for 10 people, as only 10 licenses would be distributed in the state of Ohio. “I don’t believe Issue 3 is about economic inclusion,” Sheil said. “If there is a demand the people in charge might let you buy a license for something like $50,000, maybe.” If Issue 3 is passed, there will be over 1,100 home grow licenses available, which can be purchased for $50, according to ResponsibleOhio’s official website. Home grow licenses are for personal use only, with legal penalties for commercial use. “We have a Congress that is listening,” Sheil said. “Elect a Congressman who will listen we are at a tipping point as a country even if it hasn’t worked before.” Howard Rahtz, author of “The Drug War” and former Cincinnati Police Department Captain, said the numbers matter less when compared to the issue of class. “I hate this class warfare stuff,” Rahtz said. “I don’t care that the rich are getting richer. I do care about marijuana legalization. When this passes, we’re going to quit arresting poor people for marijuana.” Although the legal age for consumption of marijuana will be 21 if legalized, Scott Weaver, president of Citizens Against ResponsibleOhio, said this could pose a risk for anyone under 21 years old. “If one 20-year-old passes a joint to another 20-year-old, the first one could be tried for child endangerment,” Weaver said. Weaver added adjusting Issue 3 from 10 licenses to a free market would be a good improvement to the amendment, and the medical benefits of ResponsibleOhio should be emphasized more. Morris Williams, associate coalition director of Neighborhoods, cited freedom and politics as reason enough to vote for Issue 2. “This is democracy,” Williams said. “This is freedom. Don’t let rich folks take it from you.”
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a collegiate network of innocence advocates within a university level. “Even law students can tackle this problem, and that’s our goal,” Godsey said. “The University of Cincinnati is at the forefront of this issue.” Six Ohioans were released from prison last November through March due to the workings of this program. Three of the six served time on Death Row, said Katie Lucas, an OIP-u official and UC law student. “Becoming a lawyer means becoming an advocate,” Lucas said. Dean Gillespie, who was freed by OIP after 20 years in the system, said the amount of people OIP represents is greater than the amount actually seen. “These people are actually saving lives, and I don’t think you can do anything better than that in your life,” Gillepsie said. Gillepsie’s case was different than other cases OIP has taken on, due to proving his innocence without the use of DNA evidence — a major testing factor in the program that proves wrongful court sentences. The national Innocence Network has been established as a check and balance within the court system, after court rulings have already been established. Rosenthal added the universities’ OIP-u program still needs additional funding and should require more detective work for law student engagement. OIP-u was instituted to increase the number of law students on campus and give them a hands-on learning approach. UC has seen a 38 percent boost in the College of Law’s first-year enrollments since the 2014-15 academic year, according to Godsey. “Not many people know that the University of Cincinnati, in terms of ranking and placement, we are within the top of our country,” said President Santa Ono at the meeting. “You can put us against anyone and we can complete on an institutional level.”
SG discusses classes, creation of napping spots HUY NGUYEN | CHIEF REPORTER
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Anita Ingram, chief risk officer, speaks to student government Wednesday evening.
Students were told to take “salad courses” and meet with advisors more often at Student Government Wednesday, when Director of Student Retention Initiatives Carol Tonge Mack came in to discuss student advocacy and retention. “I advocate for students who are at risk — so students who are below a 2.0 GPA,” Mack said. Tutoring, academic coaching and utilizing the Academic Writing Center are some of her most recommended solutions to low GPA situations. Mack’s role does not only extend to low GPA situations, but also to maintaining healthy GPA and graduation tracks. Many students close to their graduation dates run into the problem of missing one or two requirement classes, Mack said. “If you saw your academic advisor every semester, there’s no way that would happen,” Mack said. Mack suggested all students to occasionally take easier coursework. “To me, Organic Chemistry is a steak,” Mack said. “I encourage my students to take salad courses.” Some example “salad courses” included Piano for NonMajors, Music of the Beatles and Stress Reduction.
In addition, Mack encouraged contacting her department when any negotiations and support is needed for a class. “Access without support is no real opportunity,” Mack said. “If you don’t support me, did you really give me an opportunity?” Student napping stations on campus are currently in discussion, said SG Speaker of Senate Olutobi Akomolede. Meetings to talk about establishing napping areas are scheduled for next week. UC’s NightRide application is beginning its second beta phase Monday after a brief pause, and is scheduled for official release Jan. 5, said SG Vice President Andrew Griggs. The Make Your Mark mural design contest developed by SG and the DAAP Tribunal was announced for Nov. 2 through Nov. 20. The contest will be a beautification effort on the staircase off Calhoun Street and behind Siddall Hall. “When you look at it, it looks kind of dungeon-y or whatever, but if you look at it from a nice architectural way it kind of looks like a blank canvas of sorts,” said SG Treasurer Mitchell Phelps, who had been pitching the project since his sophomore year. The mural design contest information can be found on the SG website. A $250 UC Bookstore gift card will be given to the contest winner.
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Bearcats look to take down UConn Huskies DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
Yet to lose consecutive games, the University of Cincinnati football team will look to beat the University of Connecticut Huskies after a 38-24 loss to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Friday. Coming off the Bearcat loss, UC head coach Tommy Tuberville said he would like the team to work on playing all four quarters of the game. “Our fourth quarter play is weak,” Tuberville said.“We cannot play as a three quarter team.” The Bearcats were leading going into the fourth quarter against BYU, but were outscored 21-0 in the final quarter. Tuberville said he is implementing fourminute drills into practice to teach the team how to keep momentum and to not collapse under pressure, no matter the situation. One of Tuberville’s biggest decisions going into the game Saturday will be UC’s starting quarterback on the field. The Bearcat’s head coach said the starting position is an open battle each week between junior quarterback Gunner Kiel and freshman quarterback Hayden Moore. Many believed Kiel would be the team’s starter for the whole season, but after Moore succeeded in replacing an injured Kiel, the two are now competing for the starting position. “It is hard,”Tuberville said.“You have one player who is more experienced, but on the
other hand you have another player that is more athletic.” Tuberville said having two guys fighting for a position leaves the player on the bench ready for future games. So far this season, Kiel has passed for 868 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions while Moore has passed for 1,280 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions. Despite Moore’s success this year, he struggled against BYU by throwing no touchdowns and being sacked eight times. UC will announce the starter after the week’s practices. The Bearcats have lost three defensive starters to injury thus far in the season, which has caused the team’s defense to struggle, with a national ranking of No. 78 and allowing 406 yards per game. UC defense looks to find success Saturday against the Huskie’s stagnant offense, which is ranked No. 99 in the nation and averages under 20 points per game. When the two teams met in East Hartford Connecticut during the 2014-15 season, UC blew out the Huskies 41-0. Kiel found succeeded against the opponent by throwing for three touchdowns. UConn has not beaten the Bearcats since 2008, when the team triumphed UC 40-16. These two American Athletic Conference foes will meet at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Nippert Stadium, the game will be aired on the CBS Sports Network.
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Baxter wins first tournament of UC golf career DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
The University of Cincinnati men’s golf team’s sophomore Davis Baxter came out of the Mountaineer Intercollegiate tournament Tuesday as the competition’s sole winner. Baxter shot 3-under par in his final round at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia, which propelled his final 5-under par score and his first tournament win as a collegiate player. Marking the first Bearcat to win an event since Baxter Reeves won the 2014 Bearcat Invitational, Baxter is also the youngest UC player to win since Emerson Newsome claimed medalist honors at the 2013 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship. Baxter began the tournament Monday with a 2-under par first round score and FROM SCANDAL PG 1
thing for years and allowed him to be part of something special here.” McGee declined comment on the issue, but is currently an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and no longer works for Louisville. The University of Louisville is withholding comment until they are finished reviewing the case, but the university’s athletic director Tom Jurich said he believes Pitino was not involved. Powell said she finds it hard to believe Pitino was unaware of the situation. The allegations are currently under investigation by Louisville’s compliance department, campus police and the NCAA. Gentry Estes, sports planning editor for Louisville’s Courier-Journal, spoke to The News Record about the issue. “Right now they are doing all they can do through the compliance office,” Estes said. “The school is investigating it and they will probably then self-report themselves, that is the best way to go about it.” Sam Draut, sports editor for the university’s independent student-ran newspaper, The Louisville Cardinal, agreed self-reporting themselves is probably the best route for the university to go. “To avoid potential damage set forth by the NCAA, the University of Louisville could choose self-imposed sanctions to limit the fallout from the scandal,” Draut said. “If the scandal continues to worsen, it isn’t unreasonable to expect the removal of Pitino and forfeiting of the 2012 Final Four and 2013 National Championship…A self-imposed postseason ban would be a slap on the wrist for the University of Louisville as more of the truth is uncovered, so self-imposed sanctions may be the best choice for the program with the thought that Pitino and the 2013 National Championship could be kept.” With the Cardinals being in the same conference as the Bearcats up until the 2014 season, students around UC’s campus have their own opinions on the issue. “I would say I’m not too surprised, given Pitino’s history and the focus on athletics at big schools like Louisville, but using prostitutes to recruit is still pretty shocking,” said Chris Pierce, a fourth-year criminal justice student. First-year health sciences student Vince Dindia said he is disappointed with the program. “I think it’s a shame that something like this actually happens within such a well-renowned program,” Dindia said. “I hope that it doesn’t cost Rick Pitino his job, because he claimed to know nothing about it.” UC President Santa Ono declined to comment on the issue. Athletic director Mike Bohn and UC head basketball coach Mick Cronin did not respond to The News Record’s inquiries for an interview.
was tied for second place with Bowling Green State University’s player Otto Black and a Marshall University athlete Clark Robinson. UC head golf coach Doug Martin spoke highly of Baxter after the first round. “I’m really proud of Davis,” Martin said. “He played with a lot of confidence today. He’s getting more and more comfortable off the tee. He drove the ball very well today and played a great round.” After having three other players placing
Basketball team unveils new uniforms CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER
In light of the University of Cincinnati’s new sports apparel deal with Under Armour, the UC men’s basketball team recently unveiled their new jerseys for the upcoming season. The basketball jerseys, in similarity to the new football jerseys for the homecoming game Saturday, feature the iconic triangle design inspired by Richard E. Lindner Center ― UC’s home of all sports departments and centralized support services. “It’s always interesting to see new designs, especially after switching from Adidas to Under Armour and seeing what the new design brings,” said Joe Nagle, a third-year criminal justice student. For both the away and home jerseys, the triangle design was placed around the waistband, collar and bottom of shorts. “It reminds me of the University, honestly,” Nagel said. “It starts with the athletic building, with the triangles, and if you look at all of the uniforms across the athletic department, I feel like they all have that design on there.” “I feel like that is just Under Armour’s symbol they gave UC and it’s on all the uniforms, so I definitely like it. When you look at that design, you think of UC, especially if you go here, because you know what building that is — that is distinctly Cincinnati.” Each jersey was designed with solid colors and a simplistic design scheme, which gives the team a more professional feel. “I like the design,” said Joe Pieper, a thirdyear marketing student. “I think with the Adidas jerseys that Adidas was trying to do too much, maybe trying to make them look cool. I think with Under Armour, they kept it nice, a little simpler, and I think it’s just better because it’s easier to look at.” The new basketball jerseys feature Under Armour’s proprietary basketball jersey technology ArmourVent. Under Armour states ArmourVent is meant to “handle the worst heat” by being tougher, drying faster and providing “true breathability.” Under Armour and UC agreed to a multi-year deal, which will have the partner producing footwear, apparel and equipment for training and game day uniforms. This deal included each of UC’s 19 varsity and athletic teams and spans over both men and women’s sports. The Bearcats begin the basketball season 7 p.m. Nov. 3 in an exhibition match against Grand Valley State University at Fifth Third Arena.
top-50 at the conclusion of round one, the Bearcats ended the tournament with one other athlete in the top-50 rankings. Newsome was tied for 28th place Monday by shooting 4-over par, but finished the tournament tied for 43rd place with a final score of 10-over par. At the conclusion of the first round, the Bearcats were tied with Bowling Green for fourth place out of 14 teams. Martin was pleased with his team’s 11-over par performance to conclude Monday. “We’re not very far away from taking the next step,” Martin said. “We’ve got to play with a little more confidence or
swagger. Even though our top player didn’t have his best round today, others stepped up and kept us in contention. That’s a positive sign for us.” UC did not keep up its steady play Tuesday, as the team finished the tournament in ninth place and shot 28-over par. The Penn State University Nittany Lions, the No. 11 ranked team in the nation, won the tournament by shooting 9-over par, after ranking Monday as the leading team. UC will play in their last event of the fall season Sunday through Tuesday, when they compete in the Intercollegiate at the Grove tournament in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Bearcats will begin the spring season March 7 at the Colleton River Collegiate tournament in Bluffton, South Carolina.
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Muggle Quidditch team flies through campus LAUREN JACOBSON | CONTRIBUTOR
While the University of Cincinnati differs from J.K. Rowling’s fictional school of magic, one thing remains the same: a love for the flying-broom sport of Quidditch. The team sport is based off of the Harry Potter series and unites a club of nearly 160 students to compete in the infamous wizard sport. According to UC’s official Quidditch Facebook page, the group’s purpose is to allow an open forum for Harry Potter fans to express their passion and enthusiasm over the series emotionally, intellectually and physically. Kristopher Richmond, a fifth-year biology student and president of UC’s Quidditch league, has been involved with the club since his first year at the university. “I actually became involved because one of my friends was the snitch and convinced me to join,” Richmond said. The co-ed sport challenges two competing teams of seven players to use a combination of four balls to score on six goals, all while chasing the golden snitch and riding on brooms. In the UC Quidditch League, the snitch is a student who runs all over campus avoiding being caught by the catchers, Richmond said.
The rules of the sport are brief and simple. No tree climbing, no running inside buildings and being in constant movement. “Quidditch is not just for Harry Potter fans, we’ve actually had some athletes,” Richmond said. “We had a baseball player who was really great at throwing the bludger. Football, baseball, rugby people — anyone can do it.”
The UC Quidditch League is composed of four teams, each representing a different Hogwarts house. Two teams clad in their traditional house colors and compete each week in Sigma Sigma Commons. The unique sport can provide students with a sense of community, along with a place to share their passion of Harry Potter from the books and into the physical world. “It’s really stress relieving,” Richmond said. “It sounds geeky but it actually gets pretty rough. It’s definitely a contact sport.” Richmond, who has read the entire Harry Potter series, says his future goals for the club are to simply continue the fun and magic of the experience and maybe gain a few more members along the way. Club meetings alternate between Tuesday and Wednesday in order to include the majority of the available students. There are over 300 Quidditch teams spanning 20 countries around the world and even an international world cup for the sport, which is hosted annually for the avid Harry Potter fan base. Traditionally the league has only been open in the fall, but in order to expand notoriety and participation this year the club will extend the league to include a spring season.
Event sparks talk on sexual complexity CHRISTINA DROBNEY | STAFF REPORTER
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Robyn Ochs, a bisexual activist and author, speaks to students Tuesday evening at the African American Cultural & Resource Center.
Testing personal sexual orientation in a group meeting is not the norm for most University of Cincinnati students. But Robyn Ochs, a LGBTQ community activist and writer, challenged this idea by bringing light to student’s landscape of sexual orientation. As a part of LGBTQ history month, Ochs came to UC’s African American Cultural and Resource Center (AACRC) to hold an open discussion. The discussion, hosted by the LGBTQ Center, the Women’s Center and UC’s Racial Awareness Program, explored the complex nature of human sexuality that has recently challenged ideas of gender and sexuality binaries in the modern world. In her discussion, Ochs introduced three of the former models to measure sexual orientation and the flaws stemming from them. The models include the Kinsey scale, Klein’s grid and Storms’ model, all of which attempted to map sexual orientation. These models are some of the best solutions to mapping sexual identity with the information available at the time, however Ochs offered the idea of students helping improve earlier research. “When you do not fit neatly into someone else’s frame, the problem is with the frame, not you,” Ochs said. Ochs continued by discussing the nature of human beings and the complexity of our own sexuality. “I like to think of us as variations on a theme,” Ochs said. “We’re similar, yet different.” To help demonstrate the concept of fluid sexual orientation, each person at the event filled out an anonymous questionnaire in regards to their personal sexual orientations. Once the anonymous reflections were turned in, each participant received another student’s response. In this exercise students moved to various parts of the room, labeled one through seven depending on their
sexual orientation, and were asked to shuffle around the room depending on answers off the questionnaire. Some participants stayed in one spot the entire time, which demonstrated their sexual identity preference towards one specific gender. The movement remained powerful, as some who originally stayed in the same spot throughout the activity began to move around the room and demonstrated the fluidity and spectrum of sexual orientation. “I’ve always known that sexuality was a fluid concept,” said Danielle Hamden, a second-year psychology student. “Seeing it visually was confirming.” Hamden said she expected facts and research, but did not expect to feel a part of the research itself visually. “You tend to question things but when you see people, everyone is so different,” Hamden said. “The one thing that everyone has in common is that we’re all different.” Molly Bernfeld, a third-year communication student, said the exercise helped validate orientation as something unfixable. “People need to know that sexuality is not a binary,” Bernfeld said. “They need to know it’s all valid.” Ochs stressed the difference between sex and gender throughout the event, explaining sex is assigned at birth where as gender is self-identified. In addition to sexual orientation and identities, Ochs said attraction is more complex than what many people traditionally think. “Each of us has our own recipe of attraction as to what we’re attracted to,” Ochs said. The event welcomed a safe environment for open discussion and challenged students to make fluidity and complexity in human sexuality more of a conversation. “When you tell someone something personal, that’s big. It’s a gift,” Ochs said. “If you care about them, ask what it means to them. The label doesn’t tell you much, but the conversation does.”
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Missy Cates stands with fellow fundraisers as they prepare to release doves during the opening ceremonies as part of the 2015 Out of the Darkness walk to raise awareness for suicide prevention Sunday evening at Sawyer Point.
Out of the Darkness walk raises suicide awareness MATT NICHOLS | COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR
In support of depression awareness and suicide prevention, thousands of Cincinnati locals bestowed with colorful Mardi Gras necklaces and team shirts found themselves walking Sunday in the Cincinnati Out of the Darkness community walk. The 12th annual community walk in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention invited community members to Sawyer Point Park to spread awareness and provide support for the countless lives affected by suicide or depression. Running from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the community walk provided a space for Cincinnatians to share stories, visit informative health booths and remember lost loved ones in a two mile walk through Downtown. The walk was then followed by a candlelit vigil. Joe Lynch, board member of the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, gave an opening speech to people in attendance at the walk. “This is my fifth walk and every year I am overwhelmed by the number of people, and the love that’s felt in this place,” Lynch said. “We all walk for many reasons. We walk to honor the loved ones we’ve had and we walk, not for how they died, but for how they lived and who they were.” Lynch shared with the crowd he had lost two people close to him, a son and a close friend, and expressed how the journey challenged him to where he is today. “As many of you know, and many of you have been through it, it’s quite a journey,” Lynch said. “This walk has absolutely been impactful for me, impactful enough that we decided to volunteer and get involved with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.” The involvement of individuals like Lynch helped the foundation to significantly surpass their initial goal
of $100,000, by raising over $117,000 for research and preventative measures against suicide. Attendees were provided with free Mardi Gras necklaces in various colors to represent the nine or more ways depression and suicide have affected them individually, along with craft tents to create luminaries in memory of suicide victims, displayed along the edges of the venue. To begin the walk, volunteers from Cincydoves.com were called to the stage and released nine doves to display remembrance and respect for the nine ways suicide can affect an individual. This gesture was followed by a parade of Cincinnati locals conquering Downtown’s streets. Nick Redilla, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student, walked through Sawyer Point in remembrance of a high school friend. “Losing a friend to suicide is never easy,” Redilla said. “But I think having all these people here to support the same cause helps makes that burden easier to handle.” Following the walk, patrons were invited to light a complimentary candle in unison to form a vigil and memorial service for the thousands being remembered through the community-wide event. “It’s not easy to think about someone you lost to suicide,” Redilla said. “For a lot of people, there’s still a lot of pain there.” Redilla found some peace in the serenity of the darkened Sawyer Point Park, where thousands of candles representing an individual journey with suicide illuminated the evening sky. “I think it’s unlikely that we’ll end suicide completely,” Redilla said. “But this event showed me that people care enough to make something like this happen, and that’s really what it’s all about.”
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Review: ‘Suffragette’ sheds light on women’s movement RUSSEL HAUSFELD | ARTS EDITOR
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Rhineghiest releases Cidergeist, two craft ciders for the fall season, a dry hopped and semi-dry option.
Brewcats: Rhinegeist’s craft ciders STEPHANIE L. SMITH | STAFF REPORTER
Craft ciders are quickly taking place among grocery store shelves and bar room taps. While Cincinnati is somewhat late to the scene, Rhinegeist hopes to make up for lost time with its introduction of Cidergeist. The semi-dry version is a traditional cider, focusing on apple, whereas its dryhopped counterpart has more of a beer emphasis due to its citrusy Centennial hops. Both are made with apples sourced from the Pacific Northwest and weigh in at 6.2 percent ABV, giving it a bit more of a kick compared to Angry Orchard’s and Woodchuck’s core line of ciders. Cidergeist Dry-Hopped: Rhinegeist loves playing little tricks with their beverages. When pouring this cider into a glass, one is hit with a strong apple aroma, setting the taste buds up to expect a sweet tasting hard cider. But as it settles, whiffs of hops and citrus mingle with the apple. The hops bring the beer flavor of this cider to the forefront with the apple flavor as a compliment. Neither taste overpowers the other. It ends with a dry, slightly bitter finish. This is an excellent cider for those who love their beer too much to give it up and drink something else. Cidergeist Semi-Dry: If this cider was an apple, it would be Honeycrisp. The faint fragrance of fresh fruit swirl in the glass, but much like taking the first bite into a real Honeycrisp, one does not experience the pleasant sweetness of this drink until the first sip. Tricks are played here, too. The semi-dry is a classic cider with its apple essence, yet it tastes like a blend of apple cider and champagne with its light, bubbly carbonation. The two ciders are available year round and have been on the brewery’s tap since July. The 12-ounce cans were released in the tri-state area earlier this October, with new cider flavors developing from public demand.
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In fact, online presence seems to have been one of Playboy’s biggest struggles. In 2010, the company finally shifted to a safe-for-work website model in an attempt to make it more accessible. It then launched a disappointing web app in 2011 aimed at iPad users, which was only available to Playboy subscribers. The main reason the publication originally bypassed the Apple and Android app stores in favor of a web app was because of content restrictions. However, Playboy garnered a little more success when it hit the app stores this year with their safe-for-work app Playboy Now. Playboy Now was downloaded over 100,000 times and users gave it an average rating of four stars. All 25 of the top circulated magazines in the US, except for Ladies Home Journal, have apps on iOS or Android. Even AARP’s magazine has gotten with the technological times and created a legitimate free app. It is good to see Playboy catching up with its peers. Regardless of how Playboy tries to spin the image of its post-nudity brand, at least it did not take the route of its old competitor, Penthouse, by delving deeper into the world of pornography. Back in 1998, Penthouse shifted from a soft-core pornography and urban journalism focus to hardcore pornography, essentially isolating itself from mainstream advertising and gaining almost no big leaps in readership. Penthouse now sits around a circulation of 350,000, never really recovering from its jump to hardcore porn, despite switching back to publishing soft-core images. After struggling to find its place somewhere between the sex and journalism industries for years, the company finally went bankrupt in 2013. Penthouse is now trying to make some money off of a line of spirits called Libido Libations. While not the case for Penthouse, sex still sells. With a booming modern-sex industry, Playboy could find a new and innovative way to explore, talk about and report on the subject without the use of the visuals it has historically used. Since Playboy seems serious about ditching the nudes, they had better figure out what their new selling point is going to be — preferably something they have excelled at in the past, like investigative work and fiction. As of right now, Playboy is not offering anything readers could not find better version of at other media outlets.
The often-overlooked issue of Great Britain’s women’s suffrage movement is tackled in director, Sarah Gavron’s “Suffragette,” which comes out Friday in select theaters. “Suffragette” stars Carey Mulligan (“The Great Gatsby”) as Maud Watts, an average woman turned into a militant activist in early 1900 London. The film takes a look into the past to highlight this relatively unknown point in British history. “I remember not learning much about the suffragette movement,” said screenwriter Abi Morgan. “I remember coloring in a sheet that a teacher gave me when I was thirteen and coloring in a hat. But, other than that, that’s it.” The production team said during their schooling, the whole movement was quickly brushed over. Producer Alison Owen (“Shaun of the Dead”) said the movement was touched upon briefly but never emphasized with much significance during her school years. “We did learn about it in school,” Owen said. “I was kind of upset that the whole movement was reduced to a slightly cartoonish, upperclass version in people’s perceptions, pretty much represented by Mrs. Banks in ‘Mary Poppins.’” “Suffragette” takes a much grittier look at the movement and the working-class women who participated in it. Instead of portraying the stories of the posh, tote-wearing organizers, the film chooses to focus on a group of underpaid lower-class women in London who are pushed to their limits by the society in which they live. Besides the movie’s star Carey Mulligan, “Suffragette” also features Helena Bonham Carter (“Sweeney Todd”) as the leader of the small gang of female rebels, and Natalie Press (“Five Daughters”) as Emily Davidson, who was a real suffragette. The film also uses its male characters to examine the different attitudes men historically had towards the suffrage movement. “We were very keen to reflect the different shades of men at the time,” Gavron said. ”Obviously they weren’t, by any means, all villains. There were lots of different perspectives.” Sonny (Ben Wishaw), the husband of Mulligan’s character, gives the most convincing portrayal of how a man might have acted at the time, reluctantly kicking his wife out after she is arrested several times for rebelling against the law and attempting to raise their son by himself. “Sonny was a very important character because you have to create a character that has some agency and I don’t think you want to create an extreme monster,”
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Natalie Press (left) stars as Emily Wilding Davison and Care Mulligan (right) stars as Maud Watts in director Sarah Gavron’s “SUFFRAGETTE”, a Focus Features release.
Morgan said. “I’d worked with Ben Wishaw before in ‘The Hour,’ so I knew the complexity that he could give a role. I think we all wanted a complex man who was sort of born out of his time.” In order to accurately depict the characters and feelings involved in and surrounding this movement, the production team spent time researching in the British Library and the Women’s Library. They also reached out to families with connections to the movement and read old diaries of women from the time. The production team also went through archived videos surrounding the movement, as film in the news industry had just taken off during the time. To be even more historically accurate, the team was given permission to shoot at the British House of Parliament — a feat which had never been done before in film. “We were the first movie ever to film in the House of Parliament — not only to shoot in the House of Parliament, but to create an antigovernment riot with horses and dung and police,” said producer Faye Ward. “Shooting in the
House of Parliament, you really felt like the government was acknowledging this moment in history that not many people know. It was very powerful.” The film attempts to highlight the struggles of all the women who took part in London’s fight for equality, while attempting to relate to more universal issues and activist movements in the present. “I think all drama is about trying to extract the universal from the specific, and certainly this movie that is supposed to do that on two levels,” Owen said. “It’s about those events themselves, but it’s also a metaphorical statement of #BlackLivesMatter, of the Arab Spring, of anything else that you want to apply to it. It’s the same struggle, and that’s what we’re talking about.” “Suffragette” will be screening Nov. 10. at The Esquire on Ludlow Avenue. Focus Features production company flew The News Record’s arts editor to New York City for a press screening and conference of “Suffragette.”
Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ premiers, celebrates Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday KRANTHI PAMARTHI | CONTRIBUTOR
Just in time for Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC) introduced the playwriter’s masterpiece, “Death of a Salesman.” The show continues through Nov. 7 and is directed by Brian Issac Philips, the producing artistic director of CSC. The two-act play is set in the aftermath of World War II when the U.S. started building up its economy around the idea of the American Dream. It was a time of mad rush into the industrial sector with the greatest generation working to make a selfsufficient country, and the baby boomers stepping up to do things their own way. “Death of a Salesman” captures this idea of times of friction during transition periods in a spectacular fashion. Set in a Brooklyn apartment, it utilizes a limited
stage to make a simple compact set. The story of Willy Loman is easily relatable to any time period in history, making it a classic. Willy is lost in a world in which values and ideals of his generation were forgotten. His business expertise is ridiculed because of his age, and his pride makes it difficult to let go of delusions. Willy’s love for his eldest son, alongside the fear of wronging him, pushes his mind to a limit. Time seems to run away faster than usual and restlessness takes over Willy’s thoughts, making him do things he would not do otherwise — a textbook example of a lost man. Bruce Cromer plays an exhausted figure as present Willy, but switches into an energetic hopeful man in scenes of the past. It is remarkable because the script does not offer much reprieve for the role to transition. Willy’s mental ailments take the play
through time with remarkable ease and, keeping up with that pace, Cromer electrified the stage. Linda, Willy’s wife played by Annie Fitzpatrick, holds the family together in an obedient, old-fashioned, yet beautiful way. Her expressions speak more than her words throughout the play. “Death of a Salesman” captures the dilemma of aging in a profound way. Willy constantly yearns for love throughout his life and at the same time rebukes it, convincing himself it is not what he truly wants. There is negligence towards loyal women, misunderstandings between a father and a son and a whole bunch of lies over which a thin fabric of hope rests, forever threatening to fall. “Death of a Salesman” evokes questions about the treatment of all people and equality.
The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company presents “Death of a Salesman” in honor of the play write, Arthur Miller’s birthday October 17th.
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Joey Bada$$ dominates Bogart’s stage, performs unreleased track KARLY WILLIAMS | CONTRIBUTOR
Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$’s World Domination tour brought Bogart’s alive Saturday with debut album “B4. DA.$$,” delivering a touching performance to dedicated Cincinnati fans. Bishop Nehru, Joey’s first supporting act, presented a hip-hop collaboration with legend MF Doom. Unfortunately, the crowd was mostly unenthusiastic and unfamiliar with Nehru. Denzel Curry, the second opener for Joey, exemplified energy during his performance. Curry’s bass-heavy tracks from his horror-influenced discography and vicious flow created a hype that lasted through the night. After much anticipation and chanting from the audience, Bada$$’s set opened with his ever popular track “Paper Trail$.” Bada$$ looked chic as he tore up the stage sporting a poncho-style windbreaker. The beginning of his set featured more popular tracks like “Christ Conscious,”“No. 99” and “Like Me.” Selections from his 2012 mixtape, “1999” pleased his dedicated fans. Bada$$’s performance of his verse on A$AP Rocky’s, “1Train” blew away the audience as they spit out every lyric. Each movement during his performance fell perfectly in
synch with the light show. Although the show was not sold out, the venue was exploding with energetic dancing and jumping. Bada$$ continually showed his love for the crowd when he invited all the ladies near the barrier to dance on the stage with him during “Teach Me.” Allison Rodriguez, a Wright State student, was one of the lucky fans who got to hug and kiss the rapper on the cheek. “I was nervous, but it was a once in a lifetime experience,” Rodriguez said. “If you get the chance, don’t be afraid to go on stage, it’s a completely different world up there.” Near the end of the set, the crowd was asked to hold a moment of silence for any lost loved ones. The floor was dead silent and still until the silence was broken with Bada$$’s gratitude. Rodriguez said the moment of silence Bada$$ asked of the crowd was touching. At just 20 years old, Joey Bada$$ knows the pain of loss too well. His long-time friend and fellow founder of hiphop collective Pro Era, Capital Steez committed suicide in late 2012. The intimate performance left fans touched with chants for an encore. Bada$$’s set was closed with an unreleased track, leaving the crowd eager for new music.
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Brooklyn-based rapper Joey Bada$$ visited Bogart’s during his 2015 World Domination tour for his debut album ‘B4.DA.$$.’
Weekly Catskeller trivia game stimulates student competition EMILY HETTERSCHEIDT | CONTRIBUTOR
For Catskeller regulars, the dimly lit lower half of Tangeman University Center can be an oasis for cold beers and bar food on campus. Monday evening trivia nights help sustain this environment. Louie Torres, a fifth-year engineering student, has been hosting trivia nights at Catskeller every Monday at 7 p.m. since the beginning of September. As a Catskeller regular and former employee for Last Call Trivia, a citywide trivia league, Torres was thrilled when he learned that the campus pub was trying to kick-start this event and jumped at the opportunity. “Published in 1850, which of Charles Dickens’ novels is viewed as the most autobiographical?”Torres asked the competitive audience before playing a Jeopardy-sounding tune that acted as a countdown for his weekly event. Once time was up and the competitors had handed in their answers, Torres revealed the answer — David Copperfield. The trivia night holds six rounds with three questions per round, four bonus questions mixed throughout, a halftime question and a final question, Torres said. Each team must wager a certain amount of points for each question answered, but the final round is the only round in which teams can lose points for their wager. Teams are asked to buzz in, instead of shouting out answers, to minimize confusion. Since Torres has the microphone, he determines who will
answer first. Asador Demoz, a fourth-year astrophysics student, said he comes to the event every week, explaining the fun atmosphere and chance to win prizes are the things bringing him back. “I go on their website because they have hints every week,” said Chris Pierce, a fourth-year criminal justice student. “One hint is one question per week, so I get at least one right a week.” Pierce said the night is a great way to test his knowledge on random subjects, have a couple beers and hang out with friends. UC students were not the only in attendance to show off their knowledge, as many members of a group called Cincinnati New in Town 20s/30s joined the trivia night to meet new people in the Cincinnati area. The group, according to the official website, is for anyone between the ages of 20 and 30 who is new to Cincinnati and want to connect with people in the area. “Some of the people really like beer, and we all like trivia,” said Keith Heard, member of the Cincinnati New in Town 20s/30s. Heard said he enjoyed the lively bar scene and appreciated the welcoming atmosphere of the campus pub. For those competitors who feel compelled to go beyond the Catskeller’s event night, Last Call Trivia has a citywide, 12-week league open for new competitors, with a cash prize and an additional chance to win door prizes and gift cards. Catskeller’s trivia nights will continue through the end of the semester.
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Louie Torres, 5th-year engineering student, has been the host of trivia night in Catskellar on Monday nights since September.
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