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UC’s eight highest paid employees
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI STOPS UNDEFEATED TEAM
BEARCATS CALM HURRICANES
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Documents provided by the University of Cincinnati show the highest paid employees are composed of mostly white males holding dean, administrative, coaching and medical faculty positions. In 2014, the top 80 earners made over $200,000 in pay, according to public university records. Males made up 77 percent of the top paid employees and 73 percent of the top 80 being white. The average pay for an UC employee is $62,317 plus bonuses. Male athletic coaches are often the highest paid employees at universities across the nation. In 2014, football coach Tommy Tuberville made nearly double UC President Santa Ono’s salary. Tuberville’s base salary was $300,000, but the coach made an additional $600,000 in bonuses. Head basketball coach Mick Cronin also received a $90,000 bonus, earning $490,000 in 2014. In 2013, Cronin’s salary was $300,000 with a $30,000 bonus at the end of the year. The large gap between Ono and Tuberville’s salary was made larger after Ono’s rejection of a $100,000 bonus. In 2015, Ono rejected a bonus for the third time. UC paid its coaches and athletic staff $19.9 million, which account for 36 percent of the $55.4 million athletic budget in 2014. Over $1,000 of a full-time student’s tuition goes to athletics per semester. SEE TOP PAID PG 2
Bearcats stand in solidarity for mental health HUY NGUYEN | CHIER REPORTER
The Cincinnati Bearcats versus Miami Hurricanes football game Thursday concluded Mental Health Awareness Week with the student section standing together in solidarity. It was 7:52 a.m. at Nippert Stadium and the Bearcats were winning 14-3 with nine minutes left for the first quarter when the football public announcer called for University of Cincinnati students to stand together for the 20,000 Bearcats campaign. Nearly every student was waving a bright yellow flyer that said, “I stand up for 20,000 Bearcats living with mental illnesses.” “It wasn’t really about teaching, it was just more about these people are here, let’s start the conversation out,” said Hannah Kenny, Student Government executive director of Mental Health Services. “I think it was really cool, it was good to know that everyone was in there for the same purpose,” said second-year biology student Maria Munoz, who was at the football game. During the stand, UC President Santa Ono walked onto the field to commend SG President Andrew Naab for SG’s work on improving mental health awareness and student services. SG had previously increased funding for UC Counseling and Psychological Services by $400,000 to increase staff, give students five free individual counseling sessions per semester and decrease the cost of additional sessions from $60 to $25. The 20,000 Bearcats campaign comes after recent studies have found that about half of all university students suffer from some form of mental illness, meaning that over 20,000 UC students must suffer from mental illness. SEE MENTAL HEALTH PG 2
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UPPER RIGHT Max Morrison (25) sheds a tackle during the Bearcat’s game against the Miami Hurricanes, catching five passes and running for 61 yards during Thursday night’s game. UPPER LEFT: Zach Edwards pumps up the crowd at Nippert Stadium by running 106 yards with eight completed passes. BOTTOM: Hayden Moore led the Bearcats to their third victory of the season against the undefeated Miami Hurricanes.
UC WINS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1947 CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER
Defending their home turf in front of a record-setting Nippert Stadium crowd, the University of Cincinnati’s football team calmed the University of Miami Hurricanes in a 34-23 victory. UC marked its first victory against the Hurricanes since 1947 by holding the Hurricanes to only one field goal in the second half. The field goal came late in the fourth quarter and was answered by UC with a touchdown with just under seven minutes left, ensuring the Bearcat victory. “Huge win for our football team and a huge win for our American Athletic Conference,” said UC head coach Tommy Tuberville. “When you play out of conference, you want to play well and show up well. I thought our football team and our coaching did a heck of a job tonight. Two pretty evenly matched teams.” The game had a defensive shift in the second half with both teams adjusting well to their opponent’s offense. “[Miami] did an excellent job in the first half running the football and making us miss,”Tuberville said. “We probably had around 12 missed tackles. We got the defense together
and told them to just slow down. We try to play too fast sometimes, we get out of control, and we were just missing tackles. In the second half, our guys settled down on defense and didn’t panic. We gave up one long pass and we had a heck of a goal-line stand. It takes a team effort.”
Huge win for our football team and a huge win for our American Athletic Conference. When you play out of conference, you want to play well and show up well. I thought our football team and our coaching did a heck of a job tonight.
and set the precedent,”Tuberville said. “We went three-and-out twice and then we made one first down, but then we had to punt. That was huge for them. They were trying to get the ball back, but we won the game on defense. Our defense grew up a little bit tonight.” A few key-offensive plays in the game ended up making the difference for the Bearcats. SEE FOOTBALL PG 5
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The Bearcats and the Hurricanes combined 11 punts for over 500 yards. Cincinnati only managed to gain five total yards in the third quarter, but never gave up the lead during the second half. “[Miami] came out in the third quarter
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The Bearcats gained 446 yards against the Miami Hurricanes Thursday night at Nippert Stadium.
College of Law’s film screening, panel discussion addresses hateful race crimes MALIA PITTS | CONTRIBUTOR
Local and national experts discussed the roots of racial tension in the United States and its effect on communities during a film screening and panel discussion of “Hate Crimes in the Heartland.” Wednesday’s event was held in the College of Law room 114 and hosted by The Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice and sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, College of Law and TriHealth Fitness Center (YWCA). The documentary by Rachel Lyon sparked conversations about diversity,
inclusion and justice around the country. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while shooting Panelists at the forum included Lyon, pedestrians and residents. Three people U.S. District Court were killed and two left judge for the injured. Southern District The “Good Friday Racism is everywhere, and of Ohio Susan Dlott Murders” are considered I feel it’s in our DNA as a and historian Dan a hate crime due to both Hurley. country. It doesn’t matter if shooters being white “Hate Crimes in the and harming only black you live in the South, West Heartland” details victims. Coast, up North — there is a 2012 shooting “After watching this spree in which two film, I became angry,” a Trayvon Martin in every men drove around said Cincinnati Police state. predominantly-black Department officer ALEXUS WIMBISH neighborhoods Alisha Stevenson.
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“Angry because racism still exists and is still a problem in our society today. As a black CPD officer, I always wonder what I can do to fix this.” “Hate Crimes in the Heartland” takes the 2012 crime into context of the 1921 race riots in Tulsa, where a group of while people burned down black community neighborhoods — killing over 300 black citizens and leaving 10,000 homeless. “I was also angry sitting here watching the film, because it amazes me how these two events are 90 years apart and still so similar,” said David Singleton, executive SEE HATE CRIME PG 2
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Boehner boned: Far-right insurgency on Republicans, Planned Parenthood STEVE BEYNON | COPY EDITOR
After disagreements on tactics with the Tea Party, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester) will leave a void in his home district after stepping away from his seat later this month. The far-right threatened a coup against the Ohio representative if federal funding was not stripped from Planned Parenthood. Some Republicans were frustrated Boehner was not willing to shut down the government. Boehner stepping down has been an idea circling Washington for years. The speaker said he intended to leave the House at the end of 2014, but changed his mind after Tea Partyer Rep. Dave Brat (RVI) defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his reelection campaign, making it the first time a sitting house majority leader lost an election. “Oddly shocking and inevitable, like an ending of a Hollywood thriller,” said David Niven, political sciences assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. “No one walks away from power, no one gives it up, but no one in modern politics has had a more frustrating and difficult job than him running the House.” Boehner said during a press conference Sept. 25 he decided to leave after having
his morning cup of coffee that same day. “I thought today is the day I’m going to do this, as simple as that,” Boehner said. The rise of the Tea Party pushing the Republicans further to the right has split the GOP, causing stagnation and a fight for the identity of the party. Partisan politics have always stressed leaders and halted legislation, but the Tea Party’s anti-establishment tactics have created political gridlock and tensions within the GOP. Public approval of Congress was at an all-time low in 2014, with only 14 percent national approval, according to a Gallup poll. Congressional approval has only been below 20 percent twice in the past, 1979 and 1992. “I don’t often agree with Speaker Boehner on the issues,” said Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld in a press release. “But, at least he was adult enough to know that compromise isn’t a dirty word.” Boehner had a virtually perfect conservative record, receiving a 100 percent score from the American Conservative Union. “What the right of the party doesn’t like is he didn’t stand up to Obama on every little
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John Boehner, the 53rd Speaker of the House, has announced he will be leaving his congressional seat by the end of October due to disagreements with the far-right on political tactics.
thing,” said Brad Johnson, president of UC College Republicans. Boehner’s disapproval within the right wing is not due to a lack of conservative values, but because he wanted to protect the establishment. That did not match many aspects of the far-right’s agenda. “It shows another example of how the Republican Party is deeply divided,” said Stephen Mockabee, graduate program director for political science. “Going center-right to a party that got really extreme right-wing, that seems to have unrealistic expectations. Shutting down the government doesn’t work and is bad policy.” Politicians like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) led a government shutdown over Obamacare in 2013, resulting in $24 billion economic loss and reduced the projected-GDP growth from 3 percent to 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter, according to the financial ratings agency Standard & Poor. Republicans are now threatening a shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding, opposing the $500 million they receive annually. Much of the GOP base believes the government funds abortions. According to current law, federal funds cannot be used for elective abortions. The government only funds abortions when the mother’s health is at risk or in cases of rape and incest. Only three percent of Planned Parenthood’s procedures in 2014 were abortions, according to the organization’s reports. Congress temporarily averted a shutdown last Wednesday, passing a spending bill that will keep federal agencies operating through Dec.11. “We’ve been down this road before,” said Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “All a government shutdown does is cost the country a lot of money and disrupts people’s lives.” Boehner said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is his preferred successor. Politico reported Friday Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), House Oversight and Government Affairs Chairman, is planning to challenge McCarthy. The date to vote on a new House Speaker has not been set.
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director of the Ohio and Justice Policy Center. “That’s saying it’s still hate in our country and it won’t ever leave unless us as individuals change. It’s a very thin line between being angry and hateful.” Stevenson said the problem starts in educational systems. “I went to Walnut Hills High School, the No. 1 high school in the state,” Stevenson said. “They never taught us about slavery or racism like they should have. I didn’t take a class or learn this stuff until college; I should not be learning about the hurtful history of our country in college.” Stevenson said if students were more aware of these problems in elementary school, they would learn to not partake in racism. “Racism is everywhere, and I feel it’s in our DNA as a country,” said Yvette Simpson, Cincinnati City Council member and UC College of Law alumna. “It doesn’t matter if you live in the South, West Coast, up North — there is a Trayvon Martin in every state.”
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Though mental illness might have a negative stigma on campus, common issues like depression, anxiety, eating disorders and sleep disorders are considered mental illness. “[Mental illness] interrupts your daily life, and when it interrupts your daily life then you know it’s a mental health issue,” said third-year biology student Marilou Narciso. “I would not be surprised if it were more than [20,000], to be honest.” Only two events were scheduled for the week – the football game Thursday and a “Thriving with Stress” talk Sept. 28 that explained to students how to deal with college stress and anxiety. “We decided to pair it down, not have a bunch of events people felt obligated to go to but make it more about raising awareness, getting the buttons out there, starting the conversation and social media of course,” Kenny said. Throughout the week, various flyers about mental health misconceptions and truths were displayed, and “20,000 Bearcats” buttons will continue to be handed out to students during the school year. “This is the push, and then hopefully for the rest of the year we’ll be able to do more sporadic programming related to mental health,” Kenny said.
SG launches app aimed at helping students find housing, roomates HUY NGUYEN | CHIEF REPORTER
In response to student consensus of inadequate housing at the University of Cincinnati, Student Government released a new online off-campus housing service Thursday to help students find the best offcampus housing options. Before being passed down to the NaabGriggs SG administration, the service had been in development since the 2014 fall semester under the Beer-Shaw SG administration and the UC Student Wellness Center. The site provides roommate searches, sublet listings, roommate agreements, furniture sales, safety checklists, example lease contracts and a resource directory for all off-campus student needs. “Students are now being forced off campus by the lack of on campus housing, and that was evident with myself,” said Michael Arnold, SG director of off-campus housing. Arnold said he tried to stay on campus but could not sign a lease though the fall and spring semesters because he was working a co-op in Chicago one of those semesters. “We found a need that we really needed to give students the opportunity to find other housing options because we’re having issues of finding housing here at UC,” Arnold said. President Andrew Naab said students felt
unsatisfied with their housing situations and landlords. SG has no data to support the claim. “We know those exist whether the students voice them, because we know a lot of the properties in the Clifton area are old properties,” Naab said. One of these bad experiences came from Tyler Papania, a fourth-year organizational leadership student, who lived on Ohio Avenue during the 2014-15 academic year. “A week or so in we discovered things such as moldy cabinets and poorly taken care of windows,” Papania said. “We also had a major roach problem.” While Papania’s furnishings were later taken care of, the landowners never solved the cockroach problem. Additionally, when Papania received only 60 percent of his deposit back, the landlord never answered his phone calls or emails that questioned why. “We asked them to show us proof that the house was left a mess – no answer,” Papania said. Arnold said the service aims to create some level of accountability for landlords, so students looking for housing know the story behind a certain property or landlord. To develop the website, the Student Wellness Center and UC Information Technologies teamed up with Off Campus Partners, a specialized business based in
Charlottesville, Virginia focused on making real estate services friendly for students, parents and faculty. “They’ve been the one that has been reaching out to your Uptown properties, your Gaslight properties, different landlords and property owners within the area,” Naab said. Off Campus Partners started at the University of Virginia in 2000, and has worked on off-campus housing services with more than 85 universities. Though Off Campus Partners operates almost entirely from Charlottesville, representatives have been working with SG and the Student Wellness Center over the duration of summer. SG students were in the direct process of website building and have been actively involved with testing the service at each stage of development, Naab said. “Along with me and Erica Forrest from the Wellness Center, we’ve been just really gathering information and ensuring that, from a university standpoint, they have everything they need to give us a good housing portal, and then we can translate what they want, and market it,” Arnold said. To be a part of the property listings for the off-campus housing service, businesses and landlords have to subscribe and pay a fee proportional to the amount of properties owned, allowing affordability
within both small and large landowners. The website has been ready for launch since August, but had been delayed until more landowners were able to join the site. Over 60 properties are subscribed to the service so far. SG’s student IT team is currently working on a landlord-rating resource to be launched this spring. “So we’re creating a similar portal-like “Rate-My-Professor” that you’ll be able to rate your landlord and provide reviews for your experience with that landlord tenant,” Naab said. Arnold said he hopes the service will be the “Yelp of housing,” or a simple, five-star type of rating. Naab guaranteed the rating system will be implemented before he and SG Vice President Andrew Griggs leave office. Off-campus housing services for UC Clermont and Blue Ash are still under discussion, since living conditions at regional campuses are different, Naab said. “We know that students are going to move off campus, we might as well try to make sure that it’s a safe and fair process for all students, whereas right now we know that there are problems and issues that students run into with various different landlords,” Naab said. The housing website is: OffCampusHousing.uc.edu
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Ono divided up his $100,000 bonus among five campus groups in 2014. This year, he divided his $200,000 bonus among scholarships, charities and fallen Cincinnati Police Department officer Sonny Kim’s family. Most of UC’s employees did not decline bonuses or raises. Between 2013 and 2014, College of Business Dean David Szymanski received an 83 percent raise and $88,400 in bonuses. Ohio has some of the most expensive universities in the country. Gov. John Kasich met with several presidents of Ohio schools in February and threatened to axe state funding if the schools failed to keep tuitions prices under control and cut costs, according to The Columbus Dispatch. “Tuition has actually been frozen two out of the three years of my presidency,” Ono said in a private message on Twitter addressing salary questions. “It will also be frozen next year.” Gov. Kasich included a two-year tuition increase freeze at public universities, in exchange for added state support. UC’s Board of Trustees voted to not increase student’s tuition this year. According to UC, the average UC graduate leaves the university with $23,000 in debt. According to the U.S. Department of Education, UC ranks as the 15th-highest net cost public school in the nation. Miami University is the most expensive. Student debt currently exceeds credit card debt at $1.2 trillion nationally, and the government is projected to make $127 billion in profit off of the interest rates over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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* Note: All salary and bonus figures come from data provided by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
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Conference builds students’ leadership skills CHRISTINA DROBNEY | STAFF REPORTER
I’m a firm believer that our potential in this country is unlimited, but opportunity is not. This is where we all come in, the higher educated. Your education has to be defined by who mattered enough to you. WES MOORE
In light of a day of networking and keynote speeches, University of Cincinnati student leaders took on Tangeman University Center Saturday for the 30th annual Student Leadership Conference. TUC boasted the one-day conference hosted by the Student Activities and Leadership Development (SALD) on Oct. 3., with a focus for students to build their own leadership skills and connections. “This event made me learn that anybody can be a leader,” said Ellana Sell, a firstyear computer science student. “You just need to have the right skill set.” The event opened with encouraging remarks from Student Government President Andrew Naab and Vice President Andrew Griggs, inviting students to become involved and embrace their individual abilities. Following was keynote speaker Malcolm London, an internationally recognized poet, activist and educator, who spoke to rising student leaders about his path to success and definition of leadership. “Leadership looks like taking a step back and understanding that when you have power, you should not take advantage of it and other people who may not have that
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Malcom London, an internationally recognized poet, activist and educator speaks to students at the 30th Student Leadership Conference Saturday morning in TUC’s Great Hall about finding causes they are passionate about.
power,” London said. London’s keynote addressed many issues, including diversity and the differences between many common U.S. cultures. “It’s okay that you’re different than me,” London said in his speech. “In our complex history, that’s real. Shying away from that will only get us into an even more complex history. We need to have an honest conversation.” Following the keynote presentation, students were given three hours to attend various breakout sessions held throughout the day at different locations within TUC.
The sessions provided necessary tools for student to master leadership skills, including event planning and organization. Alberta Negri, a first-year chemistry student, attended the Ethics, Morality and Diversity in Leadership breakout session and said she learned how to be a wellrounded, effective leader through group activities. “You don’t have to have a title to be a leader,” Negri said. “You can be a leader to your best friend, or the little kid across the street.” Negri was one of hundreds to attend
a breakout session and learn specific leadership skills from experienced educators. “It’s interesting because [the sessions] expand on how leaders are not managers,” Negri said. “They tied together more subtle parts of leadership, such as vulnerability, that I never considered.” A speech from Tamaya Dennard, the political campaign director for Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfield’s U.S. Senate campaign, highlighted her involvement with politics and discussed women leadership roles. “Leadership made me start thinking about the fireflies in my life,” Dennard said. “Fireflies are students, women who do not make as much money as their male counter parts for the same job.” Dennard’s session addressed issues with traditional gender roles, especially in the workplace, limiting the potential for women leadership positions and discouraging any change to the system. After the final breakout session, Wes Moore, author of “The Other Wes Moore,” delivered the closing keynote speech. While Moore was unable to attend inperson due to Hurricane Joaquin, he still managed to join the conference via an online meeting platform called WebEx, to encourage UC’s growing student leaders. “I’m a firm believer that our potential in this country is unlimited, but opportunity is not,” Moore said to his crowd. “This is where we all come in, the higher educated. Your education has to be defined by who mattered enough to you.” The annual leadership conference left students with the simple idea of it being up to them to make the most out of their educations. “We are products of our expectations, not environments,” Moore said. “We are selffulfilling prophecies.”
Review: The Corinthian’s hidden gem MATT NICHOLS | COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR
Thirty years ago, restauranteurs Fay and Nick Katsaounis settled in an abandoned car garage just off the University of Cincinnati’s main campus to open a traditional Greek restaurant. With a unique Greek menu and a bustling location near campus, the couple opened The Corinthian in 1985 as a specialty Greek restaurant, providing a haven for college socials and family meals. The restaurant currently stands in the edge of Jefferson Avenue and Ruther Avenue, but retains little of the former social status it once had. From the outside, The Corinthian shows no sign of being Greek, with a neon sign reading “Pizza Man” sitting at the main entrance. Instead, the restaurant advertises their in-house pizza deal — buy one carryout, get one free. The food, however, speaks more volume than the plain white walls and neon sign outside ever could. The Corinthian Shrimp ($11) takes the namesake of the restaurant, and is known as one of its most popular dishes. It consists of crispy shrimp sautéed in a savory garlic butter and wine sauce blend, complimented with dried tomatoes, mushrooms, feta cheese and complimented with rice. The garlic sauce provides a spicy tone to the dish, which is strong but not overpowering. Another in-house specialty is the moussaka and dolmades ($10), a traditional Greek dish containing baked layers of eggplant, potatoes and ground beef slathered in a creamy cheese sauce. The classic Greek dish was served with two meat patties wrapped entirely in eggplant, which offered a strong herbal taste within the meat that blended well with the rich cheese sauce on top of the moussaka. Katsaounis recommended a myriad of other popular Greek dishes. The selection of over 40 Greek-themed entrées made the choosing process overwhelming, but delightful. The opposite side of the menu hides pizza selections, including the advertised in-house pan pizza ($20, small). The price is certainly the first drawback of this dish, especially for its size. While this is slightly more of a deal when doing carry out (buy one, get one free), the oddly-priced pizza has little to offer in creativity and even less in taste. With competitive pizza prices elsewhere and an unfamiliar corner of the market, the classic hand-tossed pizza may just be Katsaounis’ diverse effort to rekindle the business. Nonetheless, The Corinthian’s pizza is made with quality ingredients. The Katsaounis take pride in their fresh selection, boasting they are one of the few Greek restaurants in the area to import their cheese directly from Europe. While the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Ruther Avenue is a section of campus commonly overlooked, The Corinthian makes a strong argument subject for change. As long as customers avoid the pizza, the classic Greek restaurant is a hidden gem in Clifton certainly worth visiting for authentic Greek food with a quiet family atmosphere. Address: 3253 Jefferson Ave.
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The Walk to End Alzheimer’s brought over 5,000 Cincinnati locals to Sawyer Point Saturday morning, raising over $500,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Cincinnatians raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease Ferguson walked alongside thousands in “We do a lot of different volunteering support of Alzheimer’s awareness, helping experiences, mostly either races or walks,” Wearing raincoats and ponchos, over the organization raise over $500,000 Belt said. “We try to help raise awareness 5,000 Cincinnati locals braved the chilly for support, care and and just try to help out with whatever we autumn weather research. can.” Saturday at Sawyer “Fundraising is Belt said he was also honoring the life of Alzheimer’s doesn’t stop Point to support the obviously one of the best his grandmother, who died of Alzheimer’s for a little bit of cold or a largest Alzheimer’s aspects, but it brings disease. walk in the Tri-State little bit of rain, and that’s awareness to the issue “Cincinnati has a great sense of area. as well,” Ferguson said. community,” Belt said. “I’ve met with other why people are here,” “Alzheimer’s “All of the people that people I know here that have also lost doesn’t stop for a Powers said. “We can are out here today, all of family members to Alzheimer’s, so it helps little bit of cold or a them have been affected knowing I’m not alone.” weather it for a couple of little bit of rain, and in some way, or care In spite of the chilly fall weather, hours in honor and tribute that’s why people about finding some way Belt said he was glad to come out and are here,” said Krista of those folks.” to maybe eradicate this participate in the walk. Powers, fundraiser disease.” “I think people really do want to come KRISTA POWERS coordinator for the Jacob Belt, a fourthout here and just do their part,” Belt said. walk. “We can weather it for a couple of year finance student, attended the “It definitely affects anyone, regardless of hours in honor and tribute of those folks.” Saturday morning event because of his the weather.” The Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to involvement wit UC’s club Cats for Cause. End Alzheimer’s challenged businesses, organizations and individuals in Cincinnati to a three-mile walk around the scenic Sawyer Point riverside. The walk raised funds and awareness for the nation’s sixth-highest cause of death. “We really try to make it a full mission, so we get people involved in our advocacy and in our trial-match efforts,” Powers said. “Every year we just keep beating records, and I believe that more and more people are stepping forward to be a part of it because they really care about this cause.” The annual Cincinnati event united local organizations like UC Health, Assisting Hands home care and additional care providers, Powers said. To portray ys in which Alzheimer’s affect individuals, event sponsors provided promise colored pinwheel flowers to represent caregivers, people affected by Alzheimer or those who have lost people to the disease. Andrew Ferguson, University of Cincinnati’s varsity hockey assistant coach, attended the event with his dog Jax and said was happy to support the initiative. “We got a group together at work, a lot ALEXANDRA TAYLOR | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER The Walk to End Alzheimer’s brings over 5,000 Cincinnati locals to Sawyer Point Saturday morning of us have had family members affected for the largest walk in the tri-state area, raising over $500,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. by Alzheimer’s and we’re just out here to support the cause,” Ferguson said. MATT NICHOLS | COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR
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Kodaline performed at Bogart’s Friday night on tour for their second studio album, “Coming Up For Air.” Lead singer Steve Garrigan induced girlish squeals with his Irish accent and boyish good looks between sets buzzing with good vibes.
Kodaline makes Bogart’s crowd ‘Come Alive’ RICHA KAVALEKAR | CONTRIBUTOR
Irish-rock band Kodaline put on a stirring and intimate show Friday at Bogart’s, while on the first leg of international tour for their album “Coming Up For Air.” Good Old War, the show’s opening act, was scheduled to start at 7 p.m., but the band did not come on stage until 8 p.m. The young, indie rock band from Philadelphia did a great job of getting their crowd to their feet with upbeat tracks and a quirky personality. Good Old War played some of their most popular songs, including “Coney Island” and “Amazing Eyes,” getting the audience to join them through different sing-alongs. Good Old War’s guitarist Dan Schwartz switched between an electric and 12-string acoustic guitar throughout the show, making the songs alternate between pop-techno and folk. The crowd was getting visibly impatient during the sound check for Kodaline. As soon as the Irish-rock quartet stepped on stage, however, the wait was forgiven. Kodaline members were all smiles as they set up to perform, making the crowd go wild every time they boasted “Cincinnati” in their charming Irish accents. Devastatingly handsome lead singer Steve Garrigan induced plenty of fan-girling from the crowd with his boyish looks.
Kodaline aptly opened with “Coming Alive,” by the end of which the small venue was already buzzing with good vibes. With only a few strobe lights and a smoke machine, it was clear the band held the audience solely with their gripping stage presence and immaculate sound. The second Garrigan put on his hands-free harmonica headgear, Bogart’s trembled in anticipation for “Love Like This.” Kodaline’s sound is regularly compared to that of Coldplay, with their breathtaking lyrics and intense live performances. Constantly switching between belting the lyrics for one fast-paced track and simultaneously killing it on the harmonica and eight-string ukulele, it is evident Garrigan takes inspiration from Coldplay’s multitalented Chris Martin. Before playing “The One,” the band asked the crowd to turn on phone flashlights and hold it up to create a magical atmosphere. In a little anecdote, the band explained this track was written as a wedding gift to their close friend. “Honest,” the first single off “Coming Up for Air,” was undoubtedly the most intense performance of the night. It started off slow and, after the goose bump-inducing crescendo drop had the air thick with tension, “Honest”
progressively built up through its chorus. Something in Garrigan’s voice left listener’s wondering whether this song was written from personal experience, especially when his voice cracks on “Is it in you to be honest?” Bassist Jason Boland seemed to have the most fun on stage, posing and smiling cheekily every time someone pointed phones his way. Towards the end of the night, Garrigan pulled out his phone and pointed the camera at the audience, asking them to sing “Happy Birthday” to his friend Diana, to which the crowd responded gleefully. Ending on “Love Will Set You Free,” it was obvious the crowd was getting tense and restless for Kodaline had not played the popular “All I Want” yet. “All I Want” is responsible for boosting the Irish-rock band into fame. After the single was initially featured on an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2012 and 2014, “All I Want” was on the soundtrack of best-selling novel, turned movie “The Fault in Our Stars.” Kodaline did not disappoint, though — “All I Want” was played during the band’s encore. The beautiful melody and heart-rending lyrics evoked stillness in the crowd lasting long after the band left the stage, giving fans exactly what they expected from Kodaline.
Indie music star Ryan Adams ‘Sex with Strangers’ fails sucessfully reproduces ‘1989’ to reach satisfying climax
Blood,” he still turned the song into an incredible folk hit. Adams kept the Indie rock icon Ryan Adams has chorus and cadence the same, giving it a successfully conquered the unthinkable very relatable feel to the original work. — covering Taylor Swift’s recently “Wildest Dreams” brings forth the indie released “1989” album in its entirety and drones Adams is well known for. It drags arguably doing a better job than Swift, the listener in and makes them want herself. to sing along. Adams speeds up when The first song “Welcome to New York” he hits the bridge and it makes for a has a Bruce Springsteen-esque vibe to different and — dare it be said — better it. It is a total change from the original song than Swift’s original. chant-y version Swift originally put out. Late into the album, “I Know Places” Adams then reworked the smash hit comes in with a groovy swing. Adams “Blank Space” took the most into a slow, folk liberty with this song that makes song, drastically listeners sway. The changing it from quiet strumming the original. of the guitar and The notes and airy melody gives riffs are totally the song a whole different, with a new meaning. drawn out melody “Style” is by far made into a song one of the best with hit-worthy songs on Adams’ potential — cover of “1989.” It though totally is reminiscent of diverse to Swift’s ’80s alternative first release. music — the riffs There were he plays makes many rumors listeners want to speculating the bob their heads cover album, and sing along to but most did not the chorus. believe it would PROVIDED “Shake It actually come into Ryan Adams cover of Taylor Swift’s “1989” Off” becomes fruition until Taylor album creates an innovative alternative reone of the more Swift live tweeted examination of Swift’s hit pop songs. innovative covers, the release’s cover as it incorporates album. clapping and drums from Swift’s orginial Throughout the album, Adams changes work, but tones down the beloved single musical techniques over and over, into a raspy, alternative hit. cementing the idea that he is completely Even though Adam’s cover did not recreating another artist’s songs and include the Kendrik Lamar rap in “Bad making new art for listeners. CARLY SMITH | CONTRIBUTOR
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In a failed attempt to address a number of topics about art and society through the interaction of a single couple, Playhouse in the Park’s “Sex With Strangers” does not quite stick the landing. Featuring Nancy Lemenger as Olivia and Nicholas Carriere as Ethan, the two-act, two-character performance bonds these stars through their shared struggles as writers. Olivia is a jaded teacher who supposedly wrote an ingenious book years prior, but never received recognition for it. Ethan, a younger writer who published the bestselling book “Sex with Strangers,” which vividly describes his weekly escapades, feels trapped, desperate to write something of value. In the first act, the audience learns Ethan has an avid respect for Olivia’s work. He then convinces her re-release the book online, taking advantage of the technological realm and giving the world a second chance to appreciate her book. The story revolves around Olivia’s introduction to the modern realm of the written word and her relationship with Ethan — both professional and personal. Despite the promising subject matter, this play left its audience with a lot to be desired. While jokes and dry one-liners triggered ready laughter from the audience, both acts required momentum before the actors’ dialogue became engrossing. Banter and flirting can read beautifully on stage, but the script was riddled with long tangents not organically executed. Adding in arbitrary exposition, the dialogue skirts around the plot. The story of Ethan’s rise to fame as an Internet sensation is over-complicated and far from sexy. Contrary to what the title may have you believe, there is very little coquettishness or sensuality overall. All sexual tension is satisfied long before it has time to really develop and become something palpable. Stories told completely through the dialogue of two characters can be spectacular and intense. Yet, it was clear the actors were overexerting themselves
to work off of one another, making the communication unbalanced and unnatural. This became more apparent in the second act, which focused less on humor and flirtation and more on publishing jargon and serious discussions of the writer’s integrity, versus loyalty to their readers. While these exchanges were arguably the most endearing part of the play, it was not convincingly acted. Rather than animated discussion, it became one character reciting social criticism to the other, back and forth for the near-two hours of play. As the play drew closer to its climax, the impassioned arguments illustrated the performers’ strong talents, but the topic was no longer interesting enough for there to be any real suspense. The most interesting conflicts had been bantered away 20 minutes ago, and now the characters were reduced to domestic relationship arguments. The play’s script was deliberate in developing the characters as writers. However, once those conflicts were resolved, the characters were not explored enough to become two halves of a romantic relationship. If condensed, there were at least 30 minutes of backstory, banter and melodramatic confessions for shock value unnecessary to the plot and character growth. The most unfortunate aspect of this production is how much potential “Sex with Strangers” had at its beginning. “Sex with Strangers” is a play that tackles extremely relevant topics of writing in the modern world and calls to question the definition of success and artistic value. The actors have palpable energy on stage and there are moments of true wit and charm throughout the piece. Nonetheless, the potential is not met due to constant overdoing. The play’s imbalance can be defined by its sudden and ambiguous ending, which seems to directly contradict the running plot idea of taking control of one’s own future.
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Women’s soccer deflects South Florida Bulls win JASON SZELEST | CONTRIBUTOR
History was made in Gettler Stadium Friday afternoon when the University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team defeated a ranked opponent for the first time since 2010. The Bearcats upended the No. 18 University of South Florida Bulls 1-0, giving the team its second loss of the year and first loss in American Athletic Conference play. Despite rain, chilling winds and a significant drop in temperature, UC was able to stay loose and energized throughout the duration of the game. The Bearcats came out firing all cylinders during the first half by dominating possession of the ball and maintaining position. “That has been the game plan all year,” said UC head coach Neil Stafford. “We try to go out and press teams, get them to cough up the ball.” UC executed its game plan well, as South Florida was unable to maintain ball control and spent the opening 45 minutes without progress. Despite the Bearcats’ solid execution, the team allowed the Bulls to stay in the game by failing to equate ball possession control into legitimate goal opportunities. With time winding down in late first half, Jaycie Brown took matter into her own hands when she dashed down the field and cut to the right side of the penalty box. Brown seized the opportunity by chipping a shot over the keeper’s head and into the upper left corner of the net,
giving UC a 1-0 lead in the 45th minute. South Florida came out with improved game strategy in the second half, but failed at their relentless attack to even up the score. The Bull’s best chance at an equalizer came in the 59th minute, as senior midfielder Olivia Chance broke free with the ball at her feet. UC’s junior goalie Natalie Smith found herself caught in a one-on-one situation with one of the best scorers in the AAC, but the Bearcats’ keeper was able to come up big by deflecting the shot. “I just knew to run back out, I knew she was going to take the shot,” Smith said. Following the shot, Chance was able to track down the deflection and send a cross into the box as she found a teammate who fired another shot on goal. Smith kept her composure and again met the ball with a diving save, allowing UC to stay ahead. South Florida had several other flurries of attacks throughout the second half, but Smith thwarted every shot on goal, giving her a total of 10 saves in Friday’s game. Following the game, Stafford had mixed feelings about the result. He said he was happy with the victory, but a little disappointed with the way his team let up on the attack in the second half. “Sometimes it’s just as long as you win, you just need to get that win,” Stafford said. The win brought the Bearcats up to a 7-2-4 record on the season and 2-0-1 in the American Athletic Conference, with seven more games until the AAC tournament begins Nov. 3.
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Miami started it off when sophomore kicker Michael Badgley kicked a 41-yard field goal to take an early lead. The Hurricanes would then relinquish lead shortly after, when UC senior running back Hosey Williams broke a group tackle for a 29-yard touchdown run. After making one goal, Badgley missed two field goals that went wide from 51 and 53 yards. On the opposite side, UC’s sophomore kicker Andrew Gantz was two-for-two on the night with field goals from 51 yards and 26 yards. With four seconds left in the first half, the 26-yarder from Gantz gave Cincinnati a touchdown lead at 27-20. UC’s offense kept their turnovers to a minimum against the Hurricanes after struggling in this category previously this season. Redshirt freshman quarterback Hayden Moore, who made his first career start in place of injured junior quarterback Gunner Kiel, threw only one interception in
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Bailey Wilson (21) knocks the ball away from a Bulls’ defender during Friday’s game at Gettler Stadium.
the first quarter. Moore had thrown two interceptions during both of his previous two games in relief of Kiel, while also losing two fumbles against Miami University of Ohio. “That first game was my first game, so there were probably some jitters,” Moore said. “I had some pretty dumb mistakes in the first Miami (OH) game. My nerves were definitely better against Memphis. We came out more prepared.” UC’s senior wide receiver Shaq Washington had eight receptions for over 100 yards for the second game in a row Thursday night. “We always knew [Moore’s] turn would come eventually, it just came a little sooner than we all expected,” Washington said. “There’s no drop off at all, that’s what’s amazing about our offense, we have a lot of depth. We all had 100 percent confidence in him, and we knew that we still would have a starting quarterback.” Moore would finish the night with 279 yards and two touchdowns, with one going to wide receiver Mekale McKay and the other to tight end Tyler Cogswell.
McKay also went for a 52-yard pass from Moore midway through the fourth quarter to set up Cogswell’s leadextending touchdown. With the score being 34-23, the Hurricanes had to begin aggressive play on offense, throwing eight passes on the next drive. Five of Miami’s eight passes fell incomplete, including one on fourth down when Cincinnati got the ball back with four minutes and 41 seconds left of play. Cincinnati would run with junior running back Tion Green seven straight times, and ran out the clock to finish the game. The Bearcat win left the student section — RUCkus — rushing on Nippert Stadium’s turf to celebrate the school’s victory. Cincinnati now rises to 3-2 on the season and goes into the bye week to recover from injuries and prepare for their next game against Brigham Young University. The game against BYU will be played 8 p.m. Oct. 16 in Provo, Utah and will be aired on ESPN.
UC soccer ends in draw with Tulsa JEFF O’REAR | STAFF REPORTER
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Adrien Broner, triple division world-champion, celebrates winning his fourth world title after defeating Khabib “The Hawk” Allakhverdiev by way of technical knockout in the final round of the fight Saturday night at U.S. Bank Arena.
Adrien Broner wins fourth world title with TKO DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
Local boxer Adrien Broner made Cincinnati proud Saturday at U.S. Bank Arena when he won the Super Lightweight world boxing title in a technical knockout. Broner beat the Russian fighter Khabib Allakhverdiev in the 12th and final round, when a series of powerful punches forced the referee to end the fight in a TKO. After feeling Allakhverdiev out in the first three rounds, Broner was in attack mode for the duration of the fight and outperformed the Russian by a large margin. Allakhverdiev began to look exhausted and defeated at the seventh round, with bumps and bruises to prove his loss. The Cincinnati boxer refused to lose when he stopped mid-round, yelling towards fans his opponent could not touch him and dancing in celebration before the fight’s end after round 10. This hometown win for Broner came after
two losses in his last five fights, starting his professional career 27-0. Broner lost his last fight June 20 against Shawn Porter. “Honestly, a young guy like me and they just threw me a lot of cash at a young age,”
I’m still AB, but this next half of my career I’m going to be about boxing and about billions. ADRIEN BRONER
Broner said. “It was hard to adjust to the fame, to the lights. After my last fight I said I wasn’t putting my all into it.” At 26 years old, Saturday’s win gained Broner a fourth world boxing title. “I’m still AB, but this next half of my career I’m going to be about boxing and about billions,” Broner said. Jose Pedraza and Edner Cherry also
boxed for the International Boxing Federation Junior Lightweight world title. Two of three judges picked Pedraza as the winner. This came as a surprise, since Cherry threw 364 more total punches than his opponent, while connecting on 243 punches compared to Pedraza’s 187 punches. “It was a good fight,” Cherry said. “I just left it to the judges’ hands. If I knocked him out it wouldn’t be up to the judges. It’s them, that’s the judges. That’s what happens when you leave it to the judges.” Pedraza is now 21-0 in his career. “I won the fight,” Pedraza said. “It was a very tight fight and very hard fight, but I definitely won the fight.” Cherry said he would love to have a rematch against Pedraza. “If he wants a rematch we’ll give it to him, but he has to wait,” Pedraza said. “I’m the champion, so he has to wait.”
The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes’ men’s soccer team forced University of Cincinnati’s sophomore goalie Pedro Diaz to keep the Bearcats in the game Saturday. Tulsa had 21 total shots on goal and eight corner kicks, but Diaz emerged with six saves, only allowing one goal and finalizing a tied 1-1 game. “[Diaz] was good tonight,” said UC head coach Hylton Dayes. “He’s very competitive, he doesn’t get too high or too low. I think he played really solid for us.” Tulsa dominated the first half in terms of possession and chances in the box, which lead to the Golden Hurricane’s lone goal. UC’s opponent got on the board with their first and only point of the night when sophomore Geoffrey Dee fired a rocket from about 30 yards out to give his team the 1-0 lead 13 minutes in. After allowing Dee to score, Diaz settled in with help from his defensive back four. Diaz answered four shots Tulsa fired his way during the first half of the play. “Tulsa put a lot of pressure on us,” Dayes said. “That’s what we expect from our goalkeeper. He’s shown that he’s up to the task, he’s just been playing well. Our back four also played pretty solid tonight. You take away the goal, which was a wonder goal [for Tulsa], and I thought outside of that, our guys defended pretty well.” An energized tone was set early in the second half, as sophomore midfielder Christian Hay scored on a free kick from an assist by freshman midfielder Adam Wilson just outside the box, leveling the score 1-1. The Bearcats came close to scoring the go-ahead goal numerous times in the last 12 minutes of regulation. Senior midfielder Stefan Bangsund kicked a screamer directly toward Tulsa’s sophomore goalie Brandon Hanat, but Hanat blocked it away in the 78th minute. UC also had three consecutive corner kicks within about two minutes. The third kick resulted in a header from Hay inches above the crossbar. With neither team scoring another goal in regulation, the game went into two overtimes with Tulsa controlling both periods. The Golden Hurricanes got off seven shots, one being on goal, but could not find the back of the net and the game ended in 1-1 draw. Hayes was not pleased with the amount of Bearcat fouls called during the game, with a totaled 26 fouls and three yellow cards, comparing it to Tulsa’s mere 19 fouls and no cards. The Bearcats are now two games into American Athletic Conference play. Dayes said he likes where the team is headed. “This group is a fighting group,” he said. “They are resilient. There’s a belief on this team that we can beat any team on our schedule.” The Bearcats will travel to Storrs, Connecticut for their next game against the University of Connecticut Huskies at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Monthly event connects African-American students NICK RIDDICK | STAFF REPORTER
Derived from the Swahili term meaning joy and happiness, free Papa John’s pizza and live music from DJ 5.0 welcomed African-American students to the University of Cincinnati’s first ever Furaha Friday event. As a hybrid series of social and educational events taking place the first Friday of each month, the African American Cultural and Resource Center (AACRC) held the event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., allowing African American students to connect with National Panhellenic Coucil (NPHC) members. “Because we study on a predominantly white campus, it’s difficult to hear talk about NPHC in public,” said Lavonne Heisser, a third-year member of the Habari Gani Ambassadors (HGA), who put on the event. “It’s nice when programs like this bring everybody out into one building to show how active they are.” Douglass Ealy, program coordinator for the AACRC and advisor of HGA, explained how important it was to market events like Furaha Friday to a variety of campus students. “You have activists who like to organize things and change the climate on campus, you have people who are new to Cincinnati and want to learn about UC who are literally using us as a resource, and then there are people who just come here to study,” Ealy said. “There are so many different uses and users that we have to give back by offering this place as a relaxing spot to just have some food, listen to some music and kick it.” Ealy said the lure pulling in most students is having a place at UC to surround themselves with people who share their identity — a breakaway from the typical experience of being the only person of color in a room. “If you look around campus, everybody’s white,” said Deshae Nelson, a third-year communication student and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Nelson expressed her frustration after attending a class where she was the only person of color in attendance. “It’s kind of weird to think that you’re walking around a community as a minority without a place to call home or a place to be yourself,” Nelson said. “It’s nice to not feel that way here.” Some students in attendance were already established within the AACRC and saw Furaha Friday as a way to re-
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Students gathered Friday evening at the African-American Culture & Resource Center during the Friday’s Furaha Friday to eat, drink and socialize.
immerse themselves in all events provided by the center. “I’ve always been involved with the center, but it’s not as easy to find opportunities to stop by now that I’m no longer a BASE mentor,” said T’Keyah Grier, a third-year food and nutrition student. “But when [HGA] does stuff like this, I can come out and see a lot of familiar faces.” The next theme for Furaha Friday is yet to be determined, but HGA looks forward to an increasingly positive reception and a more focused concentration on education in the upcoming meetings. “The idea was essentially what’s going to happen if we center something routine around both education and fun,”
Heisser said. “And it’ll be interesting to see, as good as the turnout was today, how that’s going to be affected once we really introduce the educational component.” While the processing for this particular episode was a tad rushed, HGA plans to further articulate its yearly goals through a sequel. “It looks like we’ve got about 50-75 students, which is impressive for putting this together in less than two weeks,” Ealy said. “But if we’re going to do something along these lines in the future, it needs to have a wider scale to it, with more people and higher energy. We’ve got a solid start, with healthy room to grow.”
Review: ‘Pentecost’ grips audience PATRICK MURPHY | NEWS EDITOR
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The College Conservatory of Music opens their season with “Pentecost,” a complex and compelling production that asks questions about the ethics of art history and the value of human life.
Combatting the bitter mist sweeping through Cincinnati, I sought shelter in the Patricia Corbett Theater for the CollegeConservatory of Music’s performance of David Edgar’s “Pentecost,” unaware of how important the theme of shelter actually meant until I experienced the show. I say the word “experienced” intentionally — the engagement of this work was essential to its success. Scenic designer Mark Halpin’s extension of the stage physically brought the audience into the church where the play is set. Sound designer Jake Jobes and lighting designer Nick Saiki recreated the socially unstable background of an unnamed Eastern European country in 1993 phenomenally, with helicopter lights shining through the church windows and sounds appropriate to the region. The action of the play itself starts simply — art historians Oliver Davenport (Bartley Booz) and Gabriella Pecs (Alison Sluiter) examine a fresco hidden within an abandoned church. The find, if Pecs is correct, could predate Giotto di Bondone’s “The Lamentation,” a painting in the Late Medieval era that incorporated three dimensions and individualized emotions — traits later defining the Renaissance movement. This painting is thrown into the central conflict as disputes spiral around several arguments, including whether to keep painting in the church or place it in a museum, if it is actually a copy of Giotto’s work and whether the painting could serve the interests of local tourists. As the plot’s density increased I found the importance of understanding each character’s lines augmented with it, with some actors having difficulty speaking their accents before hitting their stride later on. Characters showcased a variety of Russian, German, Arabic, Polish, Bulgarian, Tamil, Turkish and English accents. The challenge was performed surprisingly well under the guidance of D’Arcy Smith, voice and dialect coach for the piece. The refugees who later storm and hold the church hostage are visually beautiful. Costume research and design by Heather Merchant, props designer Katelyn Budke and wig and make-up designer Danae Jimenez deserve considerable credit for this. In terms of overall production value, Director Richard Hess created a true amalgamation of the arts, building a great
scene illustrated by excellent actors. Among these actors is Landon Hawkins, playing the American art historian Leo Katz. Hawkins performed and spoke with force and clarity, with particular note to his subtle vocal inflections. Booz’s performance as Davenport was natural and driving, allowing the audience to feel the intensity of life-threatening circumstances. Additional praise to Booz’s ability to mask mistakes or unplanned moments and turn them into authentic moments for the character. Sluiter’s portrayal was explosive and, while I was slightly turned off by Edgar’s dialogue emphasizing an exaggerated foreignness for Pecs, Sluiter was able to push beyond the text to deliver a very real and heart-breaking performance. Acknowledgement is due to James Egbert, portraying Eastern Orthodox Father Bojovic and Owen Alderson, portraying Catholic Father Karolyi. Egbert’s accent was remarkable as every gesture and movement contributed to a wellconstructed character. Alderson brought a natural, charitable quality to Father Karolyi, a definitive character-driven moment being a prayer he silently says before entering the church, stripped of any clothing save his cross. The highest praise belongs to every refugee who took to the stage. Every character was an individual, bringing the message of their voice and culture to the forefront. Additional praise to Nicholas Heffelfinger’s sleazy and dangerous portrayal as Mikhail Czaba and Spencer Lackey’s dominating and heart-felt portrayal as Alexander Jedlikov. What “Pentecost” presents us on the surface is the difficulty in the cohesion of humanity and the nationalistic appropriation of ideas, cultures and identities. However, under the surface of what culture brings out in clothing, language and stories is the nakedness we all share. The painting, as discovered by Davenport, is the work and inspiration of a multitude of cultures — the same painting demolished by commandos to rescue the hostages. As Lackey’s character Jedlikov laments the deaths of refugees and Davenport caught in the confusion of the final raid, he remarks on the essence of humanity’s struggle to cooperate and thrive together, and the fragility of it all,“It is, apparently, the weakest wall.”
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