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Relay raises over $90,000 JUSTIN REUTTER | SENIOR REPORTER

Over the weekend, Bearcats helped raise more than 60 percent of the University of Cincinnati’s goal for the annual Relay for Life, an event that benefits the American Cancer Society.

The event, which happened from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m.

Saturday in McMicken Commons, pushed this year’s funds raised to over $94,000 by Sunday morning. The University of Cincinnati has a $125,000 goal.

According to Relay for Life’s official website, fundraising continues through August.

“As you will be exhausted and drained tomorrow, so is a cancer survivor after treatment,” said Rachel Thrun, vice president of the group Colleges Against Cancer (CAC).

The ACS is the only nonprofit that funds research and provides free patient services for all types of cancer. It is the top non-governmental funder of cancer research,

according to Ryan Gaffney, president of CAC. ACS also sponsored 47 scientists in cancer research who became Nobel Prize winners.

Gaffney started dedicating his life to the fight against cancer when doctors gave his mother a terminal diagnosis.

“As she battled through chemotherapy and radiation, I saw what cancer does to a person, and when I visited my mother in the hospital, I made a promise to her: if you keep fighting cancer, I will keep fighting with you,” said Gaffney. “Through countless surgeries and hospital visits, my mother has recovered and is still alive and kicking, and most importantly, still fighting.”

While there was no actual relay race, the event included a variety of games, food and activities designed for fundraising.

In one contest, 20 people raced to finish a burrito. Sam Mangold-Lerrot, a second-year English literature student, won the contest as well as one year of free Currito burritos.

According to the event’s official website, 110 teams and over 1,000 participants were involved.

A variety of student groups participated, including other campus Greek Life chapters.

“We are a new fraternity on campus and we wanted to make an immediate positive impact,” said James Brimk, the recruitment chairman of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Theta, led by team leader Christopher Magarian, raised the most funds at $6,783 with 84 team members, according to UC Relay for Life’s official website.

Other groups have been members since the event’s inception.

“We have done it every year. We see it as a good way to give back,” said Bree Srocker, vice president of community service at Kappa Delta.

The event featured a luminaria ceremony, where a candle is lit inside a paper bag. Glow sticks were used for safety.

Luminarias were placed along the McMicken Commons path, each with the name of a person who is fighting or has died from cancer.

TIFFANY WALKER | CONTRIBUTOR

Tents and fundraising stands pack McMicken Commons for the 13th annual Relay for Life anti-cancer fundraiser, Saturday, April 1, 2016. The event raised over $94,000 by Sunday morning. All funds go to the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Students ‘Clean up Cincy’ SAMANTHA HALL | COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Over 1,000 students came together early Saturday, April 2, 2016 to Clean Up Cincy at Sigma Sigma Commons.

Over 1,000 students woke early Saturday morning and volunteered to give Cincinnati a makeover.

Clean Up Cincy had the main goal of bringing the community together through beautifying the city. They stand by the motto “encourage, engage and unify,” for creating a clean environment in Cincinnati.

The organization started out with only 350 students, and has doubled in size over the course of two semesters.

“It’s about sending students to the community and city beautification,” said Bradley Walther, a first-year biomedical engineering student.

Students divided into eight different groups, each assigned a different area or neighborhood of Cincinnati.

The areas explored by the beautifying teams included Over-the-Rhine, Vine, Ravine, Avondale, Walnut Hills, Martin Luther King and North Avondale.

“Our bus actually left without us,” said Matt Kiel, a first-year mechanical engineering student and group leader.

Kiel’s group originally planned to travel to the Lower Price Hill historic district but had to improvise and take a walk through campus instead.

Despite the group of 20 being left behind, they still had plans to clean up the campus since the

students as a whole share “a love of keeping the community clean,” said Kiel.

Students can do more to help than just joining a cleaning team, with volunteer positions available ranging from checking in students to handing out snacks and water.

“I’m on the operations team, just doing behind the scenes stuff. It’s nice because this counts for my Cincinnatus scholarship,” said Allyson Hummel, a first-year chemical engineering student.

The Cincinnatus scholarship holds a focus on community service for enrolled student, requiring 15 hours of service to be completed each semester, five of which can be covered by helping with Clean Up Cincy.

The group gathers once each semester, this being their third semester working on the project, according to Kiel.

Each student team was assigned different duties to clean the city, going beyond just picking up trash with involvement including a painting team, one of the more popular groups to join.

Fortunately for the organization, each neighborhood and area team was filled this semester for the Saturday event, leaving behind a full and successful clean up party.

The group plans to continue their tradition, posting updates at their online pages for the next clean up outing.

DAVID GIFREDA | CONTRIBUTOR

Two participants of the celebration of Holi, Saturday, April 2, 2016, dole out colorful powder at Sigma Sigma Commons.

Colors mix with wind at Holi fest SAMANTHA HALL | COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

With colors parading the sky from rainbow dyes and powders, nearly 500 students celebrated the festival of love Saturday.

Students danced, shouted and sprinted through the grassy Sigma Sigma Commons field in celebration, getting the full experience of Holi, a festival traditionally held in India.

Holi is a two-day festival on the Hindu calendar, and usually takes place at the end of February or beginning of March.

The most famous celebration of Holi is the festival in Nepal, where nearly the entire country gathers at the city’s heart with liquid paints and powders.

In Nepal, the Holi celebration lasts an entire week, rather than UC’s four-hour celebration.

The festival of colors comes from an Indian legend in which a demon king burns alive his sister Holika, who was trying to protect the target of the demon king’s rage, according to Kriti Gaba, an information systems graduate student from India.

Gaba said the bonfire that happens on the first day represents the burning of Holika and the colored powders of the second day represent her ashes, which people apply to their foreheads.

People celebrate Holi to remember the triumph of good over evil, said Gaba.

Students love Holi because it’s a place for kids and adults to splash colors, have fun and feel happy, said Ritesh Kalbande, a graduate environmental engineering student.

“It’s just another form of love, I’d say,” said Kalbande.

Holi allowed students to prance through clouds of color with their closest friends while a DJ played fun, loud music.

The Asian American Association (AAA) provided free Indian food. However, the food, plates and silverware were blown away by the massive gusts of wind.

Despite the food destruction during the festivities, the wild wind only energized students more, bringing on more laughter and screams of joy.

Students also enjoyed traditional dance performances from the Indian community.

Known as the celebration of colors, the festival is also considered as a form of cleansing for the soul, said Ayusman Vikramjeet, a graduate information systems student from India.

“It signifies that your sins are burned,” said Vikramjeet.

Students from AAA especially love Holi for the opportunity to enjoy a holiday from their home country, said Kalbande.

“I’m from India! I love Holi, who wouldn’t?” said Kalbande.

AAA has hosted Holi for the last six years to celebrate the coming of spring.

By the end of the color carnival, students were stained from head to toe in bright pigments, showing off the entire rainbow on their hair and clothes.

DAVID GIFREDA | CONTRIBUTOR

Asian American Association Internal Vice-President Claire James throws powder during the Holi Celebration Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Sigma Sigma Commons.

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UC professor IDs tree disease

Be Well UC promotes being stress free Be Well UC’s Stress Free for 2016 had a successful turnout with over 200 people showing up to the monthly challenge.

Prizes including $25 UC Bookstore gift cards were awarded to four different students. Students completed a survey regarding how to improve other challenges in the future.

The next challenge for April is Get Moving UC, which encourages tracking fitness and other physical activities. Get Moving UC runs until April 29 and students can participate as individuals or in groups when they register online.

University of Cincinnati biological sciences professor Theresa Culley identified a disease and helped save a particular type of pear tree.

Culley helped cure the Callery pear tree of Fire Blight disease, which changes the color of tree parts from its natural seasonchanging colors to black.

Through DNA research, scientists cloned one version of the tree and then genetically copied it to understand the disease and its effects on the Callery pear tree.

High winds knock out power Around 14,000 people are still without power in the Cincinnati area as of Sunday after high winds made for a blustery weekend.

Local power companies worked throughout the weekend to restore electricity. One segment of Interstate 75 was closed Saturday afternoon due to phone fiber line cables being in the highway.

Although campus itself was not directly affected, many other nearby neighborhoods reported accidents, such as a building collapse in Woodlawn and a large tree downed in Washington Park.

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Theresa Culley, biological sciences professor, helps identify a disease that causes blackening of tree segments in Callery pear trees through her DNA research and discoveries.

Weather Monday will be windy with a high of 54 and a low of 30.

Tuesday will be sunny with a high of 51 and a low of 36.

Wednesday will be a high of 62 and a low of 41 with wind and showers possible in the evening.

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UC College Democrats, Republicans and YAL Cincinnati host The Great Debate, Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Swift 500.

Fiery talk highlights debate LAUREN MORETTO | CHIEF REPORTER

A fiery, nuanced debate over the most important topics of our time — including minimum wage, criminal justice, the environment and privacy — broke out between divergent political groups on the University of Cincinnati campus Thursday night.

The students of UC Republicans, UC Democrats and Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) faced off in a rousing discussion in Swift Hall.

The debate covered an array of topics including minimum wage, criminal justice, college tuition, environmental sustainability and privacy.

A particularly enflamed discussion sparked when the topic of police brutality was brought to the floor.

“You cannot expect to assault a police officer and not end up on the wrong side of it,” said Brad Johnson, a third-year political science student and president of UC Republicans.

The notion that cops are targeting young black men is misleading, according to Johnson, who says cops are simply “following the bread trail.”

“To be successful in criminal justice you follow where the trail leads you. You don’t just go out where nothing is going to happen,” said Johnson.

The UC Democrat’s called for the system that trains police officers to be held accountable.

“A lot of people don’t realize the implicit racial bias they have, including our police force,” said Lillian Ashworth, a first-year chemical engineering student of UC Democrats. “There needs to be an institutional effort to reverse that bias.”

Libertarians were concerned with the militarization of the police.

“We’re not holding them accountable for their actions,” said Drake Lundstrom, a third-year mechanical engineering student and president of YAL. “The police are almost waging war on US citizens.”

To combat police brutality and stray away from militarization, they suggested equipping police

officers with non-lethal weapons.

“We’re a country of innovation, can we really not think of one non-lethal way to stop someone from committing a crime?” said Lundstrom.

When it came to college tuition, each side agreed a solution was needed.

Republicans called for a system that doesn’t incentivize financial institutions to hand out loans to people who may not be able to pay them back, as well as the removal of financial “safety nets” promoting reckless spending by universities.

The funds put towards sports by schools far outweigh those put towards education, according to Johnson.

“If you were to take away that safety net these universities would be forced to spend their money wisely,” said Johnson.

On the other hand, the UC Democrats said some solutions are being ignored, including providing the first two years of higher education for free and increased access to Pell Grants.

“There’s a demand to continue your education after high school and there’s not a fulfillment for that demand,” said Parker Smith, UC Democrat and third-year liberal arts student.

Libertarians called to do away with preconceived notions that individuals must take the step from high school to college.

Some students in attendance thought the debaters undermined the credibility of their arguments.

“They made a lot of claims and they cited a lot of things that were not backed up,” said Matthew Owen, a second-year masters mechanical engineering student. “I find it very frustrating.”

Students attended for a multitude of reasons.

“I came because I know some friends in YAL and I go to their meetings sometimes,” said Sarah Decamp, a first-year mechanical engineering student.

Those in attendance were asked to direct their questions or comments to Twitter using the #TheGreatDebate2.

Students form diversity council CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER

Students at the University of Cincinnati formed an independent council under the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to maintain diversity as a priority.

The Student Diversity and Inclusion Council had their second meeting Friday, led by third-year neuroscience student Akshayaa Venkatakrishnan, who recently ran with Tobi Akomolede for student government.

Venkatakrishnan is one of three members on the Steering Committee, along with Sam Blizzard and Rachel Motley, although neither attended Friday’s meeting.

The council will remain independent from Student Government and answer directly to UC Chief Diversity Officer Bleuzette Marshall, who reports directly to President Santa Ono as a part of the President’s Cabinet.

The group takes aim at recent social issues through the representation of points raised by various students, using innovative approaches to spark discussion in the name of progress.

“This has kind of been a work in progress since last year,”Venkatakrishnan said.

“I know a group of students that came together to form it and it just kind of fell

JEAN PLEITEZ | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Board members of the Student Diversity and Inclusion Council discuss innovative approaches to furthering progress within the student body Friday, April 1, 2016 in TUC.

by the wayside.”

Venkatakrishnan said there is a need to keep these issues relevant at UC students because they deserve attention and are not currently receiving enough.

“It started in student government. There were several students who wanted to get something together and eventually it became this,” said Venkatakrishnan. “[Being independent] allows us to distinguish ourselves and gives us the freedom to figure out what our priorities are.”

Marshall has been helpful in getting the initiative off the ground and defining what capacity it will have to help students, according to Venkatakrishnan.

The meeting focused on finding out how the group’s presence should be felt throughout the campus and where their focus should be when it comes to applying information to better support the various backgrounds that exist on the campus.

A big talking point during the meeting was engaging high school students, either on their visits to campus or working directly with the New Student Orientation office to help younger students who may not be used to engaging with individuals different than themselves.

“I’ve noticed how diverse the city is, so you lose out on a lot of potential students and interest if you’re not promoting the values of the entire community or if your university isn’t being inclusive, so reaching out to high school students before they come to college shows them that,” said second-year international affairs student Anthony Johnson.

The mission statement of the group is still a work in progress, but Venkatakrishnan believes a singular statement will not define the council.

“We’re all coming from different perspectives,”Venkatakrishnan said.

“We all have our own individual mission statements that bring us to the table and why we want to be a part of this conversation and create this action. We’re melding it all together to create something bigger and better.”

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Tate Snyder wins Best Student Entry for her rendition of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” in the 14th annual International Edible Book Festival Held in Langsam Library on Friday April 1, 2016.

Event turns books edible JAMES DOLLARD | STAFF REPORTER

University of Cincinnati students, faculty and community members gathered for knowledge in cake form at the 14th annual Edible Book Festival in Langsam Library Friday, where competition was fierce for top awards.

The event required participants to make a dish inspired by a piece of literature, be it ancient scripture or contemporary novels.

Judges evaluated and ate the cakes.

Participants competed in 15 categories, ranging from Most Beautiful to the coveted Best Overall awards.

The internationally recognized festival embraces the dichotomy between literature and food, a tradition author Judith Hoffberg and author/artist Beatrice Coron started to celebrate the birthday of late Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

Savarin wrote “The Physiology of Taste,” a book that details a pseudo-philosophical perspective on gastronomy and humans.

There were 15 dishes total. One was a line of cupcakes, colored red and green, to resemble the titular caterpillar of the famous children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”

Another entry was a miniature statue of crisped rice resembling Winnie the Pooh.

Debbie Weinstein, business administrator of student affairs and winner of multiple Best Overall awards was piecing together her entry in the final minutes before judging.

Weinstein’s project was an igloo cake

with little edible penguins stationed all over the domed habitat, based off of the children’s book “If You Were a Penguin” by Wendell Minor.

“I’m trying to fix the igloo and get the penguins on, but the frosting is too cold and won’t squeeze out,” said Weinstein who has been going to the event since its beginnings. “At first it was only open to faculty, but it was so fun I told them they had to open it up to the public.”

Weinstein ended up taking home yet another Best Overall award.

“No one is in it for the prize, everyone is in it for the fun,” she said.

The festival was initially exclusive to library faculty. After it started gaining attention, student, faculty and community members joined in.

Melissa Cox-Norris, director of library relations, has been involved with the project for 12 years. She moderated and participated in this year’s event.

“This is a very popular event for students to come, as when we’re finished judging the dishes, we eat them,” Norris said. “We would always enjoy more participants, but we always have students coming to enjoy the food.”

First-time judge Michelle McKinney methodically selected the winners of each category.

“We took our jobs very seriously,” she said. “We tried to make sure we represented each category as accurately as possible.”

Author recounts learning about her family’s horrible Nazi secret CAROLINE CORY | NEWS EDITOR

Imagine going back in time and meeting your late relatives, but with one setback: your maternal grandfather would intentionally attempt to take your life based on the color of your skin.

This is in part what Jennifer Teege mentions in her biography/memoir “My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me.” Teege spoke to University of Cincinnati students Thursday and discussed the connections – or lack thereof – that can be found in identity and family past. In Teege’s case, she discovered as an adult that her grandfather was a sadistic Nazi commander who killed an innumerable amount of Jewish people at concentration camps.

The event, which took place in the Max Cade Center in Old Chemistry, was an interview format between second-year doctoral student Michelle Dietz and the author, with an open forum following.

Teege has a German mother and a Nigerian father but also an unknown

family secret that she discovered at 38.

“The title was “I Have to Love My Father, Don’t I?,”Teege said, describing her experience of leisurely browsing the shelves of the Central Library in Hamburg when a book caught her attention. “So I was somehow drawn to this book and I took the book out of the shelf, and the color of the cover was red, and was also something that made me grab the book.”

Teege continued to describe the features of the book cover, including a small photograph of a woman, who turned out to be her mother. Teege’s mother placed her in a Catholic orphanage at four months, before she was turned over to foster cage at 3. At 7, a German family with whom she still communicates adopted her.

“I didn’t recognize the woman but something in her eyes was very intriguing,” Teege said. “Then, in the inside cover, was another picture. It was a picture of a man with a rifle in his hands.”

After checking out the book, Teege researched and found that the man

holding the rifle was the sadistic Nazi commander Amon Goeth, who was Teege’s late grandfather.

Goeth, who is depicted as one of the main character in Steven Spielberg’s 1993

NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Author Jennifer Teege participates in an open Q&A forum about her internationally best-selling book “My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me,” Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Kade Center in Old Chem.

film “Schindler’s List,” was executed in Poland in 1946, according to Sharon Stern, director of Cincinnati Hillel.

“I think how she found out is one in a million,” said Matthew Owen, a secondyear master’s engineering student. “How she dealt with it is interesting, her entire experience is extremely unique.”

Students noted that Teege’s situation is a distinctive one, citing her connections to the war and her ethnicity.

“Because we’re in the German studies program, we knew about the Afro-German series, but this is the first speaker with a World War II connection,” said Alex Hogue, fifth-year German studies student.

The event was sponsored by UC German Studies, UC Judaic Studies, the Taft Research Center, UC Africana Studies and off-campus organizations Cincinnati Hillel and the Mayerson JCC. “It is simply a fact that I found out but it is a long journey that I had to go through,” said Teege.

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Fair takes vinyl for a spin ALEX BARHORST | STAFF REPORTER

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Presbyterian Church hosts the Northside Record Fair, Saturday, April 2, 2016. The fair offers CDs, cassettes and t-shirts from 40 vendors.

Vinyl record enthusiasts of all backgrounds crowded into the Northside Presbyterian Church Saturday to find deals on records, CDs, cassettes and T-shirts at the bi-annual Northside Record Fair.

There was a large selection to choose from featuring more than 40 vendors displaying their merchandise. Throughout the event, Kevin Frey spun some minimalsynth, coldwave, post-punk and other eclectic genres of music to get people in the mood to find new music.

Being the gatekeeper of the event, Dustin Binganan oversaw the admissions table at the entrance to the Church.

While collecting money from festival attendees at his table, Binganan spoke optimistically of his thoughts on the music industry’s recent vinyl record resurgence.

“Overall it’s a great time to collect vinyl.

Hunting for the records you want has gotten easier as more people are buying,” Binganan said. “So, those who have the records are more willing to give away their collections.”

He has noticed that over the years — as vinyl regains popularity — there are a few downsides for collectors.

“Dealing with supply and demand, record sellers are increasing their prices as people

want their records more,” Binganan said.

“I suppose that’s the price to pay with the current record sales numbers.”

Not far from the admissions booth, Jon Lorenz — who was in charge of planning and overseeing the record fair — watched as customers wandered around the tables.

“This is the fourth year we’ve held this event here at this church and people seem to like it,” Lorenz said. “As a vinyl record fan I never saw any events here in Cincinnati that focused on just vinyl records and seeing the void in it’s absence I came up with one myself.”

A number of University of Cincinnati students showed up to catch the deals, such as fifth-year business student Erica Guthridge from UC Blue Ash. She claimed to have hundreds of records at her house.

“I love the current boom in vinyl record sales and personally I don’t think vinyl records should have ever went down in popularity,” Guthridge said. “I’m a big collector and really like buying new releases of current albums on vinyl.”

The Northridge Record Fair was a big hit this year judging by the sheer amount of people crowded in the small church.

Lorenz is aiming to have the second Northside Record Fair of the year in the middle of November.

Spring brings new theater options Daredevil stays dark RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS EDITOR

The Aronoff Center just closed their final showing of the hugely popular “Book of Mormon” Sunday — which returned to Cincinnati for the second year in a row — leaving many theatre geeks craving more performances and on-stage action.

After seasons full of wellknown plays and musicals, the theatres around the city are taking a more small-scale and niche approach to their upcoming performances.

The Aronoff Center With seasons consisting of Broadway hits and popular, well-known performances, the Aronoff Center takes some time to share the stage with a smaller, local act for their next event.

On April 19, the Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative (CPI) is presenting Cincinnati-based Fred Rothzeid’s “Enemy of the Good” on the Aronoff stage. CPI is a grassroots organization comprised of local playwrights, directors, actors and theatre supporters devoted to bringing new plays by local artists to the stage.

Ensemble Theatre Now until April 10, Sharr White’s drama “Annapurna” is premiering at Ensemble Theatre.

The play revolves around a woman named Emma who walked out on her husband years before, and tracks him down after hearing that he is in a bad place emotionally and financially.

The play teeters on the edge of comedy and drama as the couple reunites, full of anger, passion and a twinge of comedy.

Know Theatre Now that Know Theatre has transformed back into a theatre — as opposed to the town hall of “Beertown” — it brings Lauren Gunderson’s “Silent Sky” to the stage April 15 through May 14.

The performance takes audiences through the true

story of Henrietta Leavitt, a 19th century astronomer.

Concepts of love, feminism and the beginnings of modern astronomy are explored through her story and the stories of a group of other women with historically significant careers in science.

The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC) has presented a season full of rulers and tyrants, from the insufferable De Guiche in “Cyrano de Bergerac” to Henry IV in their rendition of the classic historical drama.

Now, another powerful ruler comes to their stage from April 8 to May 7 with the CSC’s production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.”

Playhouse in the Park “Mothers and Sons,” the ironically titled play about two men raising their son, will play at the Playhouse in the Park Thompson Shelter House through April 17. The story is a gripping tale of two men whose seemingly perfect life with their son is rattled when one of their ex wives comes back to town and shakes up their happy family dynamics.

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Season two of Netflix’s “Daredevil” is every bit as dark, gritty and realistic as season one, introducing new characters and even more well-choreographed fighting.

Jon Bernthal’s portrayal of Frank Castle — The Punisher — is this season’s obvious standout.

Much like Bernthal’s Walking Dead character, Shane Walsh, The Punisher is played with a slight streak of insanity, yet still very human. This charismatic, unhinged anti-hero makes up for the reduction of Wilson Fisk’s role in this season due to his imprisonment at the end of season one.

The Punisher acts as a foil to Daredevil, as he is a ruthless hunter who has no problem killing criminals, which Daredevil refuses to do. He tells Daredevil that “you are only one bad day from being me” — a line that is eerily reminiscent of the Joker in Alan Moore’s “the Killing Joke.”

However, he displays a humanizing soft side and at times, showing protectiveness and even affection toward Karen (Deborah Ann Woll) and a dog he saved from the Irish mob, even coming back to save Daredevil in a time of need.

Daredevil has another new fan favorite in Élodie Yung’s Elektra Natchios, a former college flame of Matt Murdock.

Elektra acts as Karen’s foil. While Karen pulls Matt towards a normal life and away from the brutality and darkness of life as a vigilante, Elektra pulls Matt towards chaos and attempts to make him break his rule of not killing anyone.

Elektra even seems to enjoy killing and seems almost aroused

by Daredevil beating someone up, while Daredevil views violence as nothing more than a necessity.

Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) proves himself talented, capable and brave, valiantly defending

Frank Castle in a trial that is impossible to win. He even manages to talk down two motorcycle gangsters from fighting in the hospital.

Daredevil, and the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, also do a wonderful job of writing female characters with their own agency, wants and ability to go toe to toe with powerful male characters.

Karen displays this by personally hunting down the truth about what happened to Frank, and in season one, takes it mostly upon herself to expose Wilson Fisk as corrupt and up to no good.

Jerri Hogarth makes an appearance this season, and Foggy’s ex, Marcy, name drops Jessica Jones, hinting at the buildup to the coming “Defenders” series.

The fight choreography is amazingly detailed, organic and serves to highlight qualities of each character. Elektra fights differently than Daredevil, who fights differently than The Punisher. The stairway sequence where daredevil fights his way through the Dogs of Hell and Punisher’s cell block sequence are both impressive, visually stunning pieces.

However, Daredevil is sorely lacking a new interesting villain like Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk in season one.

Fisk was charismatic, relatable and above all, human, while Peter Shinkoda’s Nobu Yashioka is one dimensional, uninteresting and caricatured.

His appearance as the leader of the Hand — another Ninja cult — felt like more like an elevated subplot than a legitimate danger to Daredevil and Elektra.

This makes Fisk’s brief midseason appearance and interaction with The Punisher feel like a breath of fresh air.

Overall, the show is still a must watch for any superhero fans and leaves us drooling in apprehension for whatever Marvel and Netflix collaborate on next.

Tim Lee color illustration of comedy theater mask holding concession snacks next to tragedy mask with none.

Longtime tattoo artist keeps old school approach ERIN COUCH | STAFF REPORTER

Tattooing is a classic art form that Dana Brunson — the owner of Designs by Dana, Northside’s tattoo and piercing shop — has been preserving within the Cincinnati area since 1986.

Owned and operated by the Brunson family, Designs by Dana has all the makings of a classic American tattoo shop. The vintage tattoo memorabilia and designs that cover the walls create an atmosphere of authenticity, which is an essential component to the tattoo experience, according to Brunson.

During his 45 years of tattooing experience, Brunson said he has honed an old-school appreciation for the skill, especially after tattoo culture and the industry escalated into extreme popularity during the ’90s.

Brunson conveys his appreciation for classic tattoo design in his work. For him, authenticity goes beyond the style of the tattoo.

Living a life around tattoos is about much more than just art, he said.

“There’s a lot more to it than the type of artist you are,” Brunson said. “It’s about the types of cool people you meet.”

Brunson said that tattoo culture has become undesirably mainstream since he began his career, which is why he attempts to preserve classic tattoo culture with his expertise in more traditional Americana and Japanese designs.

The employees pride themselves on their hard work to convey originality, and it is paying off. The shop has received the Best Tattoo Shop in Cincinnati award from CityBeat 15 times.

The accolades for the shop are taken with gratitude from Brunson, but for him the most important part of running the shop is, first and foremost, customer satisfaction.

The two locations of Designs by Dana — Northside and Covington — have 12 artists between them, including Brunson’s wife, Dot, and son, Jason.

Jason Brunson said he grew up around tattooing, and he ended

up taking up the skill himself to join the family business alongside Dot and Dana.

“We try to run a reputable shop,” Brunson said. “We try to treat people decent.”

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4 / OPINION MONDAY, APR. 4, 2016

Cost of college begins long before freshman year JEFF LEVLINE | OPINION EDITOR

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in a debate moderated by Univision and the Washington Post at Miami-Dade College Kendall Campus on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Miami.

Indebtedness is one characteristic common throughout the entire country. Our federal government is nearly $20 trillion in debt, which is hard to fathom. Many state governments also strain under heavy burdens: California’s state debt, for example, is more than $200 billion.

Beyond the absurd scale of our sovereign debt, American citizens are keenly aware of personal debts.

Mortgages and car loans pile high, and credit card debt alone stood at $733 billion as of December 2015 according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Since most are deep in the red, it should be no surprise that politicians try to court our votes with promises of reform. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have made strong pitches to younger voters by addressing college affordability and student loan debt, which currently amounts to an astounding $1.3 trillion, according to Bloomberg.

The crux of their respective plans is to increase accessibility by reducing cost. For Sanders, this means eliminating personal expense altogether by making tuition free at public colleges and universities.

Clinton intends to make college tuition “debt-free” through a combination of grants, work requirements, and family contributions. Both candidates also propose significant interest rate reductions on current and future student loans.

As someone about to graduate with student loan debt, I find both candidates’ plans very appealing. But self-interest aside, I think breaking down barriers to education is good for its own sake.

Either plan is certainly more appealing than those of

the Republicans, for whom the only serious issue in education is the lack of charter schools. I admit this is a step up from their ancestor’s blubbering about the lack of school prayer.

But after we congratulate ourselves for shedding the yoke of excessive student debt, we must face the fact there is something to the Republican concerns about schools. It is all well and good to eliminate financial obstacles to college, but education starts well before then.

If we are serious about reform, we must recognize that the real roadblocks to education appear before one starts filling out the FAFSA. The problems begin in primary and secondary schools.

They are underfunded and understaffed, and that’s saying nothing about poor results from students. The No Child Left Behind act, the largest recent federal program, has failed to achieve its own goals, as was a wrongheaded approach from the start.

A way forward could be extending the policies that Clinton and Sanders are suggesting for college affordability to primary and secondary education.

Currently, the responsibilities for school funding falls predominantly on states and localities rather than the federal government. If federal grants were to match or exceed state funding in the way that the Democratic candidates intend to fund college reform, there could actually be some progress made.

With their legislatures dominated by Republicans, it will be a challenge to get states to comply with new federal programs; just look at their struggle against Obamacare. But if the goal is to create a more equitable education system, the fight will have to be had.

Convention gun petition not the right way to ensure safety CAROLINE CORY | NEWS EDITOR

Over the last week, a petition proposing to allow guns at the Republican National Convention has been shooting around the Internet, causing controversy for many Americans. It has garnered more than 53,000 signatures.

The Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland will hold the convention from July 18-21.

An estimated 50,000 people will attend, of which roughly 2,400 are delegates.

Weapons are banned from the facility, but with enough online traction the building’s owners may be pressured into changing this policy. The Secret Service responded to the petition, announcing guns will not be allowed into the arena.

Blogger Hypernationalist wrote the petition, basing part of its argument on the Second Amendment.

“We must take a stand. We cannot allow the national nominating convention of the party of Lincoln and Reagan to be hijacked by weakness and political correctness,” the document reads. “The policies of the Quicken Loans Arena do not supersede the rights given to us by our Creator in the U.S. Constitution.”

The GOP has a long history of favoring

guns as well as turning down gun control legislation. For instance, the Manchin-Toomey Amendment would have strengthened gun control laws by enhancing background checks. The Senate rejected it.

America has more gun-related violence among civilians than any other country.

Some of this is due to weak background checks and some is due to mental illnesses.

The petition, however, warns of other threats: “This doesn’t even begin to factor in the possibility of an ISIS terrorist attack on the arena during the convention. Without the right to protect themselves, those at the Quicken Loans Arena will be sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers, criminals or others who wish to threaten the American way of life.”

Either way, a convention where many of the nation’s leaders are gathering and bringing their firearms is not a safe convention. Any convention that permits weapons is not serving the best interest of its people – unless it is a weapons convention – and is promoting an unsafe environment.

Numerous shootings have occurred in

public places, especially in recent years, such as the 2012 shootings in the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado or the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Even more recent is the shooting of Samuel DuBose, who was killed by former UCPD officer Ray Tensing last July. The trial is set for October.

I am not saying that Ohio, or even the other states, should outlaw guns

completely. My question is this: If guns are already banned in areas like movie theaters and schools and these are the consequences, how much worse could they be if an entire arena with tens of thousands of people allows guns?

I would encourage those attending the convention to be safe and leave their guns at home. The more firearms are involved, the more likely it is that people will get hurt.

RED HUBER | ORLANDO SENTINEL | MCT

Shirley Hedge, a member of Pennbrook Pistoleros gun club, takes target practice on April 10, 2013, at ‘The Gun Shop’ Gun Range in Leesburg, Florida. Hedge, known as ‘Shotgun Shirley’ in the gun club is using a Smith Wesson, 22-caliber handgun.

PUZZLE Mar. 31 puzzle’s answer:

Across 1 “That was close!”

5 Fictional whale hunter 9 Dying-out sound 13 Affectionate email closing 14 Farmer’s place, in song 15 Cuisinart setting 16 Ready to admit customers 19 Al __: firm, as pasta 20 “Splish Splash”

singer Bobby 21 Inexact no.

22 Baseball card figs.

24 Skillful 26 Blot up the moisture on 29 Like a perfect game 32 Cinderella’s horses, after midnight 35 “I __ you one” 36 Like wolves 37 Springsteen’s “Born in the __” 38 Outfit for the slopes

40 TV program breaks 41 Cocktail party bite 43 Envoy’s bldg.

44 Thicken, as cream 45 Many-headed monster 46 Potato or rice, e.g.

48 Gulf of Aden republic 50 False name 53 Texter’s “Hang on a minute” 55 Super-fun party 58 Planet attacked in

some sci-fi films 60 It more or less coincides with 2016 on Chinese calendars ... and a hint to this puzzle’s circles 63 Fortune-teller’s deck 64 Coke, e.g.

65 Like a 2-2 game 66 “What __ is new?”

67 Wait on the phone 68 Memo starter

Down 1 Walk with difficulty 2 Crosses one’s fingers 3 The World Series, e.g.

4 Came unglued 5 Hue and cry 6 Buffalo group 7 “Dark Angel” actress Jessica 8 Movie disk format 9 “I used to be a banker but I lost interest,” e.g.

10 Seller’s come-on 11 Come clean, with “up” 12 Dry run

15 Pesto ingredient 17 Brine-cured Greek cheese 18 Vicious of the Sex Pistols 23 Tend, as a fire 25 Dad 27 SADD focus 28 Put back to zero 30 Bring to ruin 31 Hornet’s home 32 “__ obliged!”

33 Words to an old chap 34 Snickers and Milky Way 36 Sign of many an October baby 38 Program that sends unsolicited

messages 39 Thurman of “The Producers” 42 “__ you nuts?”

44 Wine in a strawwrapped bottle 46 Grab 47 1963 Liz Taylor role 49 Helper for Santa 51 “Argo” actor Alan 52 T-bone source 53 Computer memory unit 54 Genuine 56 “Beat it!”

57 Be a snitch 59 Jekyll’s alter ego 61 Lobster eggs 62 Fuming

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SAB awards students, groups for involvement ZACH EDWARDS | CONTRIBUTOR

The University of Cincinnati’s Student Activity Board celebrated student achievement at the 10th annual Celebration of Student Involvement Thursday.

The meticulously planned ceremony gave students the opportunity to apply for both individual and organizational awards.

“What we really look for is their mission statement, the purpose they serve on campus, as well as them showing what makes them deserving of the award they apply for and how they have grown as an organization,” said Kyle LaVine, an allied-health student and member of the Student Activities Board.

Ric Sweeney, an associate marketing professor, talked about how he tries to get students involved on campus in his speech. He encouraged students to speak out to peers and be activists for their own organizations.

The award ceremony handed out three $200 individual student athlete awards, including the Emerging Leader,

Outstanding Scholar Athlete and Clubs Team Leader awards.

The men’s rugby team and their coach, Nick Lauterbach, received the Club Sports of the Year and the Coach of the Year awards. Lauterbach gave the team all the credit for his Coach of the Year award.

“They show up every single day, being motivated and working as hard as they possibly can,” he said. “It makes my job easier knowing that they want to succeed, so really I give all my thanks to them.”

Brandi Elliot and Priscilla Ayala received the Advisor of the Year award.

Elliot is the director and co-advisor of the Office of Ethnic Programs and Services. Ayala became the co-advisor for Latinos en Acción in September.

“Our students are awesome,” said Ayala.

“It was the students coming to me with so much energy, and me organizing it.”

Elliot and Ayala encouraged Latino students to make sure their voices are heard and to raise awareness through several support services on campus.

Their students have been approaching

Latino high school students around Cincinnati and encouraging them to create groups of their own to expand the Latino population at UC. SAB awarded UC Hyperloop the Rookie of the Year award, which recognizes a new organization. Sid Thatham, a chemical engineering graduate student from India spoke on behalf of UC Hyperloop.

“We started with about five or six students and now we’ve grown to about 62 students and we’re still growing,” said Thatham. “There are people who have lost their sleep over this; studying full time, and working on this as well. This is an international project where we are competing with the likes of MIT, UCLA and others.”

JEAN PLEITEZ | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Student Activity Board acknowledges the men’s rugby team as Club Sport of the Year, Thursday March 31, 2016, in the Great Hall of TUC.

Diversity conference tackles many issues JEN HAM | CONTRIBUTOR

JEN HAM | CONTRIBUTOR

The Diversity and Inclusion Conference, held Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in the Great Hall of TUC, covered race, individual workshops, cultural competence “\\Filipino.”

Bananas, coconuts, Oreos: are they food, are they people?

According to Michael Eric Dyson, keynote speaker of the University of Cincinnati’s Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2016, they are the same.

Dyson spoke on the intentionality of inclusion, making a plethora of pop culture references, points on the “whitening” of racial minorities and being “colored on the outside but white on the inside.”

The Wednesday conference covered more than race.

Individual workshops presented a wide range from cultural competence in HIV clinics to defining ethnicity.

The conference took place on the fourth floor of TUC from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event consisted of four sessions including breaks and a lunchtime buffet.

“Inclusion to me means not just everyone having a seat at the table but actively engaging and participating as a voice and not being overlooked,” said Adam Winget, a fourth-year sports administration student with focus in Latin American studies and president of Latinos en Acción.

Diversity and inclusion goes beyond races and ethnicities, and reaches to the point of each and every value or identity being represented equally, according to Anthony Johnson, a thirdyear international affairs student as well as member of the Student Diversity and Inclusion Council.

“I learned that not only is diversity important at UC, but also inclusion,” said Camilla Gilbert, a social work graduate

Earn transfer credit this summer

student. “Inclusion is the feeling of belonging and being respected within an organization such as UC. We all have different values and views on diverse topics on campus and we deserve to feel supported among our peers, professors, and administrators.”

Henrietta Ofori-Sampong, graduate of the UC’s Master of Science Program, said learning from different cultures can only serve to enlighten a person.

“Involving everyone and accepting them having a different point of view because of what they do or how they are is not in line with what you do or who you are,” Ofori-Sampong said.

The attendees expressed their ideas on inclusion through a wide range of opinions, though what the word signified to UC surfaced through the conference’s last session activity.

The conference culminated in an activity focused on intersectionality. Attendees were asked to complete a survey, sorting themselves into one of four different personality categories represented by the colors red, green, blue and yellow.

After identifying their color, attendees were ushered into TUC’s Great Hall where a multitude of tables were set up, each clothed in one of the four colors.

Attendees then sat at the tables corresponding with their personality colors. Through a series of interactive questions and open dialogue about diversity and inclusion it soon became apparent that across race, gender, sexual orientation, and other such diverse identifications, certain elements of humanity, like inherent personalities, embrace all people.

Ladies get in formation for Bey EMILY HETTERSCHEIDT | STAFF REPORTER

Single or not, the ladies and students at the University of Cincinnati now have the chance to flawlessly strut and surfboard their way through a Beyoncé themed dance class.

The Campus Recreational Center offers “Evolution of Bey” once a week in 12week sessions.

While students pay a fee to take the class, the unique nature of it gives them the opportunity to do something other than the usual yoga or Zumba.

“It’s just a fun class. It’s different from the other ones here,” said Marika Huelskamp, a third-year communications student and one of the eight girls that attends the class.

Endya Riley, CRC employee and Beyoncé fan, leads the class. She began teaching it after a CRC program coordinator suggested the idea.

This is the class’ third six-week term, and Riley says that it is going great.

“It’s very fun and it’s so great to get the feedback that I’ve been getting from all of the girls,” she said.

Students enjoy the class for being simple enough for an inexperienced dancer, but challenging enough for a good workout.

“I used to dance when I was in high school and I kind of wanted something to keep that going,” said Elizabeth Wiecek, a first-year interior design student.

Wiecek said she had never tried the type of dancing taught in Evolution of Bey, but that she really enjoyed it.

“It’s really fun. It helps you get your self confidence up. It’s just fun to dance like Beyoncé,” she said.

While Wiecek believed that her background in dance gave her a good foundation for the class, she also said that anyone would be able to take it.

The class began with a warm-up session to popular Beyoncé songs, including “Halo,” and then continued with Riley teaching the attendees the always popular “Single Ladies” routine.

Though the workout seemed challenging, Riley kept the girls up by constantly motivating them throughout the class.

Beyoncé’s recent “Formation” controversies have not deterred Riley’s love for the performer or her desire to teach the class.

“She’s just a great performer. She’s a great artist overall,” said Riley, “She’s speaking her mind, you know, everyone else does, and she’s doing it in the most humble way, which is music.”

If you’ll be in Columbus for the summer, consider taking classes as a transient/guest student at Columbus State.

It’s the ideal way to keep moving toward your degree while you’re home.

Take a required class, a prerequisite, or a make-up course at Columbus State, then transfer your credits seamlessly back to your home college in the fall.

Columbus State’s classes are small, with flexible schedules and hundreds of online offerings. Best of all, our tuition is the lowest in the region by far!

Visit cscc.edu/summerguest to apply as a transient/guest student.

Summer semester runs May 31 through August 12.

ALEXANDRA TAYLOR | PHOTO EDITOR

Endya Riley, instructor for Evolution of Bey dance class, teaches students the dance sequence of “Single Ladies”, March 30, 2016. Classes take place in the Rec Center on Wednesdays at 6:30-7:15 p.m.

6 / SPORTS MONDAY, APR. 4, 2016

Villanova’s Football emerges for spring game defense will win the title CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER

DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR OPINION

In late January I wrote an opinion piece stating the Villanova University Wildcats were the best college basketball team in the nation, selecting them over the likes of the University of Oklahoma, the University of Kansas and the University of North Carolina.

When I filled out my bracket on Selection Sunday, I chose to go away from my statement, selecting Kansas to go all the way.

After Villanova’s 95-51 rout of Oklahoma Saturday, I will not doubt the Wildcats again.

Villanova was No. 11 in the country this season in points allowed per game ― allowing a little over 60 points per game ― and their defense seemed to improve more and more throughout the tournament.

They held arguably the best player in the nation, senior guard Buddy Hield, to only 9 points Saturday. Hield averaged 25 points per game this season and nearly 30 points in his other tournament games to that point.

The Wildcats forced him into four turnovers, while Oklahoma as a whole committed 17. The Sooners’ 51 points were 24 under their season average of 75 per game.

Villanova’s stellar defensive performance came after they held Kansas, one of the nation’s top offensive teams, to only 59 points and forced them to commit 16 turnovers during the Elite Eight.

They figured out how to slow down their best player as well, holding senior forward Perry Ellis to only 4 points on 1-of-5 shooting.

Villanova’s rough and tough defense will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the National Championship game Monday, as the Tar Heels are coming off an 83-66 win over their conference rival, Syracuse University, in their Final Four matchup Saturday.

North Carolina has dominated their way to the title game, winning every tournament game by double digits to get there.

This will be no easy challenge for the Wildcats as they are facing, again, one of the top offensive teams in the country.

Led by senior forward Brice Johnson, the Tar Heels averaged 88 points this season.

Johnson averaged 17 of them.

Villanova’s defense focused their game plan around Oklahoma’s Hield and Kansas’ Ellis in their past two games. They will be unable to solely focus on Johnson as the Tar Heels have multiple veteran leaders who can, and will, step up.

Despite dominant outings, North Carolina’s offense has one glaring weakness, which Villanova could exploit — the Tar Heels’ 3-point shooting is one of the worst in the country.

For the season, the Tar Heels shot 31 percent beyond the arc, according to the Daily Press’ official site, and they went an atrocious 23.5 percent from deep against Syracuse.

This could play out perfectly for Villanova, as Oklahoma shot 22.2 percent from 3-point range and Kansas was only 27 percent from downtown in their matchups against the Wildcats.

North Carolina has the coaching edge over Villanova.

Despite Villanova’s Jay Wright winning the Naismith College Coach of the Year this season, North Carolina’s Roy Williams has had a tremendous amount more success throughout his career.

Williams has won two national championships, compared to Wright’s zero.

When William’s 2009 North Carolina team won the title, they beat Wright’s Villanova team by double digits in the Final Four.

Despite history being on North Carolina’s side, I don’t see that playing a role in the game and think Villanova’s defense will lead them to their second National Championship in school history.

The two teams will tip-off at 9:19 p.m.

Monday. The game will be aired on TBS.

The University of Cincinnati football team hosted their traditional annual spring game Saturday.

It was the first time the team hit the field in front of the fans since their 42-7 loss in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl to San Diego State University. In Hawaii, Hayden Moore started at quarterback, replacing junior Gunner Kiel who was absent for personal reasons.

Kiel did not play the spring game either, although this time it was due to a lingering shoulder injury.

While meeting with the media Thursday, head coach Tommy Tuberville said he would play it safe and keep Kiel out of the scrimmage. “[Kiel] has had those problems,”Tuberville said. “But we can’t fix that and he has to fix that himself. This is a totally different injury than what he’s had. This is a shoulder injury, a muscle in his back, not anything to do with the bone, so he should be fine, but he’s got a hard road and some guys in front of him that are going to get more reps through spring than him and we’ll just see what happens.”

Fellow quarterbacks Moore, redshirt freshman Ross Trail and true freshman Jake Sopko took snaps in Kiel’s place, but the majority of them went to Moore and Trail.

“These guys deserve a little time off,”Tuberville said. “But I’m not going to give them a whole lot. Ross Trail is probably the most natural guy we’ve got out here at quarterback. He releases the ball well, he’s got a quick release. He’s very accurate. It was hard for both quarterbacks today, really, to throw into the wind, but Trail has a lot of ability.”

Tuberville hesitated to name a starting quarterback and instead pointed toward summer when the quarterback competition is expected to heat up.

“We’ll just see what happens in the next four or five months,” Tuberville said. “It’s up for grabs. I don’t care who is our quarterback, we’re going to play the guy who’s going to be the best one.”

This scrimmage served as the first game-like scenario for new offense coordinator and quarterback’s coach Zac Taylor, who took over for Eddie Gran, who left in December, becoming the University’s of Kentucky’s offensive coordinator.

“The biggest change is that we’re going to run the ball and the running backs are featured in the offense a lot more,” said senior

running back Tion Green. “We’re going to feature the running backs more this year and make it more of a balanced offense, instead of just pass, pass, pass.”

The Bearcats open the 2016 season Sept. 1 at Nippert Stadium, the University of Tennessee at Martin.

NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior Safety Zach Edwards (4) points to the sky during the Alma Mater following the UC Spring Football Game Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Sheakley Athletics Center.

UC men, women both win track meet ADAM KING | STAFF REPORTER DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati men’s and women’s track and field teams hosted the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational Friday and Saturday, where both squads were able to pull out wins.

The women’s team blew out the rest of the field, grabbing a win with 276 points ― trailed

by Ohio State University with a distant 111 points. The men’s team had a closer battle, but was able to get the win with 153 points over the runner-up Tiffin University’s 135 points.

The women set 23 new personal bests and won in 10 different events. The men had 12 personal bests and won five events.

“We did have some really good marks from our newer kids,” said UC head coach Susan Seaton. “Overall, really good looks from everyone; some people had personal bests, some had season bests.

We’re really happy with how the team is headed.”

A few Bearcats who won their events were: senior Kenya Woodall in the women’s 100- and 200-meter dash; sophomore Meg Westerheide in the women’s 1500-meter run; sophomore Aliya Barnes in the women’s 100-meter hurdles; sophomore Alex Bloom in the men’s high jump and senior Colt Robinson in the men’s pole vault.

Despite not winning an event, sophomore Kelvin Williams also had a good day finishing third in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, 10th in the 200-meter dash and 11th in the 100-meter dash.

“Aliya Barnes and Kelvin

Williams looked good in their races,” Seaton said. “Josh Province threw a nice personal best in the discus. Some of our athletes really took advantage and got something done.”

Senior Josh Province finished sixth in discus on a 48.33-meter throw and fourth in the men’s hammer throw.

Both team’s won a pair of relays on that day as the women won their 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays and

the men won their 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays.

Saturday weather became a factor as cold winds and rain began towards the end of the invitational.

“We got a chance to toughen up little bit.” Seaton said. “It was a little tough today with the wind and the rain.”

Seaton was impressed with how the school’s jumpers combated the weather.

“All the jumpers today didn’t

worry about the conditions today and competed well,” Seaton said. “There was all kinds of stuff we were proud of.

Some of our athletes were able to take advantage of today.”

The Bearcats’ next competition will take place all day Saturday at the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abrahmson Invite in Charlottesville, Virginia.

NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Bearcats sweep both team titles in the 2016 Oliver Nikoloff Invitational Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Gettler Stadium.

Bearcats baseball battles elements in win over South Florida ETHAN RUDD | CONTRIBUTOR

Windy conditions made Saturday’s baseball matchup between the University of Cincinnati and the University of South Florida anything but a breeze, yet the Bearcats still secured a 3-2 victory.

Sustained winds and strong gusts helped change the

DANIEL WALTON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Manny Rodriguez (2) jumps over USF player as he throws towards first base to complete a double play, Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Marge Schott Stadium.

complexion of the game, affecting pitching, hitting and fielding.

Bearcat pitchers J.T. Perez and Jarod Yoakam battled the elements from the mound.

Perez threw a career-high nine strikeouts over six innings, allowing only one run, earning the win.

“There were a couple times where I was taking my stride and I could literally feel the wind blowing me off the mound,” Perez said.

The weather even effected what pitches Perez delivered.

“We did throw inside with J.T. a little more than we normally do,” said baseball head coach Ty Neal.

Pitching inside forced right-handed batters to hit balls towards left field, against the wind.

“Luckily J.T. is a guy that can pitch inside,” Neal said.

“Not a lot of pitchers are comfortable pitching inside.”

Yoakam pitched the last three innings and earned the save.

“I kept feeling off-balance when I was pitching, so the wind was actually a big factor,”Yoakam said.

The adverse conditions also impacted how both teams’ outfielders played — the left and right fielders played shallow and the centerfielders played low to compensate for balls that travelled high, but not far.

“It was definitely a challenge,” said centerfielder Treg Haberkorn. “I would say the hardest thing was right off the bat you have no idea where it’s going… It’s like trying to catch water.”

Haberkorn misjudged a fly ball to centerfield in the third inning. He backpedaled initially and then attempted to adjust to the ball and failed to field it correctly, but bounced back by making a correct adjustment on the next play to secure an out.

“Off the bat, you’d think it would be hit real far, then it would just land at your feet,” Haberkorn said.

Cincinnati scored their first two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Sophomore shortstop Manny Rodriguez hit a triple to centerfield that skipped over the infielder and drove in senior catcher Woody Wallace and sophomore Ryan Noda.

Two costly errors made by USF allowed UC to keep the inning alive long enough to score both runs.

Cincinnati scored its final run in the fifth inning off a double by redshirt sophomore infielder Connor McVey that drove in sophomore infielder Kyle Mottice.

Mottice singled to lead off the inning and got himself into scoring position by stealing second base.

The Bearcats entered the ninth inning protecting a 3-1 lead. With a runner already on base, Yoakam hit two batters on back-to-back pitches, loading the bases with just one out. USF scored on a groundout, but Yoakam remained composed and pitched two groundouts, fielding the last out himself, to wrap up the game.

The Bearcats improved to 13-13 overall on the year and 1-1 in conference play. They play Wright State University in their next game 6 p.m. Tuesday.