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by Jacqueline E. Mathews

TNR staff question of the week:

What was your nickname growing up? Where did it come from?

Junior year of high school, for whatever odd Scooter, Shae-scoot, Shae-bird, Bird, Bird girl, Birdie, Shaz, Shazalyn, Shazer, Shae bae bae, but you can call me Sassy - Shae Combs, Photo Editor Er-Bear, not because it rhymed and was cute, but because I have the rage and sheer bloodthirsty qualities of a North American grizzly.

-Erin Couch, Copy Editor My nickname growing up was, and still is, Poochie because when I was a baby, my Grandma Z said I looked like a poochie dog... whatever that is.

- Noelle Zeilinski, Life & Arts Editor

ACROSS 1 “__ Dad” 6 Jed Clampett’s discovery 9 Former students, for short 10 “Star Trek: Deep __ Nine” 12 Sound of a water balloon hitting the pavement 13 Actor/director Lee and others 14 Series for George Eads 15 “Quantum __” 16 “Kate & __” 19 Actor Richard 23 Betty of old cartoons 24 Series about a Southern soccer mom 25 “Superior __” 28 “I’ve Got a __” 30 Landed; touched down 31 Series set in Korea 32 Tidy 33 Actress Burke 34 Sher of “The Middle” 36 “Semi-__”; Will Ferrell movie 39 Actor Beatty 42 “Dr. Quinn, Medicine __” 44 Wipe away Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle

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45 Ridiculous 46 Susan of “L.A. Law” 47 “__ of New York”; film for Leonardo DiCaprio DOWN 1 Gender: abbr.

2 Setting for “Heidi” 3 “American Housewife” actress 4 Tumor suffix 5 Q-U connection 6 Furniture wood 7 “__ Age: Collision Course”; animated film sequel 8 “__ Miserables” 10 Bath with seats 11 “Orange Is the New Black” role 13 “Now You __ Me”; Jesse Eisenberg movie 15 Cold sore site 17 “A __ Like Love”; film for Amanda Peet 18 “NCIS: __ Angeles” 20 “Hogan’s Heroes” setting: abbr.

21 Rebecca’s husband on “Return to Amish” 22 __ King Cole 25 Role on “Roseanne” 26 Vaudevillian __ Olsen 27 Long or Peeples 28 Actor Mineo 29 Suffix for strong or long 31 “__ Behaving Badly” 33 Lion’s lair 35 Billy __ Williams 37 “You __?”; Lurch’s line on “The Addams Family” 38 “The Crazy __”; sitcom for Robin Williams 39 Marry 40 “Who Do You Think You __?”

41 Charles or Romano 42 Head topper 43 “Cat __ Hot Tin Roof”

Lonewolf; because I never had any friends and was hairier than the average man.

-Jason Szelest, Sports Editor

reason, I earned the nickname “Step-On-Me” by my friend Caryn. Any notes I’d get from her, it would always have “Step-On-Me” written in purple ink. Any time she’d see me in the hall, she’d always shout “Step-On-Me.” A mutual friend of ours knew I hated it, and that I didn’t want to hurt her feelings by telling her. He got fed up and called her out on it, and told her to stop.

– Stephanie Smith, Online Editor Flava Dave because I have the flavor and my name is Dave -David Wysong, Editor-in-Chief D1 because I was a try hard when my friends and I played basketball.

- Parker Malatesta, News Editor

My nickname in high school was Ducky.

Coined by Cody Beck (RIP) who was a lot more popular than I was, said that when I walked it looked like I waddled. Dude literally called me that through middle school and high school.

-Claude Thompson, Managing Editor

Things to do this week: • • • • •

Midpoint Music Fest Sept. 22-24 .

Ohio Renaissance Festival 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. every Sat & Sun Haunted trails & house open (Dent School House, Land of Illusion, etc) Old West Fest 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat & Sun Wicked the Musical Sept. 13 - Oct. 15 at Aronoff

Things to do this month:

• Thursday September 28: “Visit with the mermaids at Newport Aquarium as they swim around with sea creatures and take some time on land for meet and greets with guests” • “Distant Horizons” Exhibit at the Carl Solway Gallery • Loveland’s Farmer Market from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesdays • Clifton Cultural Arts Center Ugly//Healing Exhibit • Kenner and the Building of an Empire Exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center • Timing is Everything Exhibit at the Eisele Gallery

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Portrait of UC ‘Dreamer’ part II JACOB FISHER | CHIEF REPORTER

When When Isabel Johnston turned 16, she aspired to get a driver’s license, find a job and apply for colleges alongside her peers.

Her undocumented status rendered her dreams nigh impossible.

Johnston, a graduate student at UC’s College of Law, was born in Lima, Peru. At age 6, she immigrated to the U.S. with her family to pursue economic opportunity and personal freedom.

Her father arrived first and quickly found work. Eight months later, Johnston and her immediate family entered the country to reunite with him.

“He was working nonstop,” Johnston said of her father. “He slept like two hours a day, because he was working three jobs at different warehouses.”

After their tourist visas expired, Johnston’s family remained in the country illegally, unaware of alternatives to stay.

“There wasn’t a lot of education … on our end,” she said. “We didn’t really know how it all worked.”

Her parents have paid taxes throughout the duration of their stay, and held tax identification numbers well before their work eligibility was authorized, Johnston said.

“The government knew we were here the entire time,” she said. “We don’t see any of that money coming back … paying to social

security and all that stuff, we are never going to see that money.”

Johnston discovered her undocumented status at age 15, effectively placing her dreams on hold. When the Obama administration implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in 2012, Johnston saw a glimmer of hope.

“As soon as it happened … we put in our application,” she said. “We were then able to work and drive, and I opened a bank account, and I got a social security number.”

Since the policy’s establishment, Johnston’s opportunities have flourished. In May 2017, she received her bachelor’s degree from Transylvania University, and began pursuing higher education at UC’s Law College this fall.

“I went to college and … took full advantage of having that protection and the opportunity to work,” she said.

Johnston was in class when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the abolishment of the DACA program. Her father messaged her family to break the news.

“He was just like, ‘Don’t freak out,’ like, ‘It’s okay, we’ll figure this out,’” she said. “The rest of the day was spent crying in the bathroom and looking through my Twitter feed to see what everything meant.”

Johnston received a flood of support from close friends and family. For now, she’s trying

to avoid grappling with the possibility of deportation.

“I’m just trying to tell myself that there’s no way that Congress is going to let all these people lose their jobs,” she said. “If we had to leave, we might not go back to Peru, and try to go somewhere else where we would have good opportunities.”

Still, she fears for DACAprotected immigrants who have been unable to take advantage of the policy’s opportunities, citing high schoolers, incoming college students and financially struggling families.

“I fear for those people and how they are going through this, because that’s even more terrifying,” said Johnston. “There are so many [people] who are part of their communities, and it would be absolutely stupid to … not have those people be part of their communities anymore.”

This story is the second part of our series documenting the lives of UC “Dreamers” following President Donald Trump’s DACA announcement.

Visit newsrecord.org for the first installment

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Isabel Johnston poses for a photo Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

UC professor nominated to EPA by Trump’s administration AUSTIN GABLE | CONTRIBUTOR

On July 17, an environmental health professor at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine was nominated to lead

and cleanup regulations should be of great concern to everyone.”

Second-year finance student Charlie Heintel, however, doesn’t strictly oppose the move.

“I’m happy to see anyone appointed to the EPA who will roll back regulations that inhibit the freedom of companies and consumers,” Heintel said. “It is true that this nominee might be biased toward companies who have funded him in the past.

However, many people neglect that when academics are funded by the government, they have an incentive to reach conclusions the government finds favorable, including support for climate change. In other words, funding from government comes with a conflict of interest.”

If confirmed by the Senate, Dourson would be joining an already scrutinized EPA. Scott Pruitt, the head of the EPA, was confirmed despite many concerns about his work as an attorney — working cases against the EPA — and his positions on deregulation. Since his appointment, Pruitt has been at the center of several controversial decisions that further implement the administration’s focus on deregulation.

Dourson’s confirmation hearing in front of the U.S. Senate will be today at 10 a.m.

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of Medicine’s department of environmental health and boasting a focus similar to TERA. Some scientists and industry groups have lauded Dourson’s nomination because of his experience in the EPA, TERA and now the RSC. Despite this, Dourson’s nomination has been considered controversial by some due to his alleged connections to the chemical and tobacco industries.

Critics cite a considerable amount of funding that TERA received from private, for-profit sources and opportunities for bias allegedly found in TERA’s peer-review system due to its sponsored risk assessment value database. TERA received 43 percent of its funding from for-profit sources in its final year of independent operation.

Co-coordinator of Fossil Free UC and environmental engineering student Sarah Baryluk is skeptical about the move.

“This is yet another concerning decision on behalf of President Trump regarding who has ownership over our science and whose interests are truly being represented by the Trump EPA,” Baryluk said. “One would hope that Dr. Dourson will leave any connections to the chemical industry at the door once beginning work at the EPA, as industry influence over environmental risk

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the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the current presidential administration.

Dr. Michael Dourson earned his Ph.D. in toxicology from UC in 1980. He then served in several positions at the EPA from 1980-94, spanning the latter end of the Carter administration’s stay in the White House, the entire Reagan and H.W. Bush administrations and the beginning of the Clinton administration.

In 1995, Dourson founded a Cincinnatibased nonprofit by the name of Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA).

According to its website, TERA was created to “support the protection of public health by developing, reviewing and communicating risk assessment values and analyses; improving risk methods through research; and educating risk assessors, managers and the public on risk assessment issues.”

In addition to focusing on research, TERA founded a database for risk assessment values to help circulate and record approved, peer-reviewed work.

For 20 years, TERA continued to offer its services as an independent organization until its staff joined UC in 2015, forming the Risk Science Center (RSC) in the College

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On Sept. 15, the Cassini spacecraft ended its 20 years in space, and its 13year mission around Saturn by incinerating itself into the planet’s atmosphere.

Cassini’s origins came after the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 flew through Saturn’s system in 1980 and 1981 respectively.

Discoveries made on those missions only raised more questions to astronomers and astrophysicists.

The European Space Agency (E.S.A.) and NASA decided to collaborate on a new Saturn mission where a probe would be launched toward the planet with a lander attached to explore Titan. NASA built the probe and named it Cassini, then ESA commissioned the probe, Huygens, from French aerospace manufacturer Aerospatiale.

Cassini and Huygens were paired together and launched on Oct. 15, 1997.

It took until 2004 for the spacecraft to reach the target, nearly one billion miles from Earth. Once in Titan’s orbit, Huygens detached from Cassini and landed on the moon’s surface — the first time a human vessel reached an alien moon.

There, it discovered

methane rivers, lakes, rain and even water, albeit frozen at a temperature of minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cassini passed through these plumes several times, and while its sensors picked up numerous molecules, they were unequipped to pick up signs of life.

Its journey has fascinated scientists and casual observers alike.

UC geo-physics professor Colin Bischoff was mesmerized by the project for some time. “[I have] been amazed over the years by the beautiful and detailed images sent back by Cassini,” Bischoff said. “[The] idea that we can send a bus-sized instrument along a six-year trajectory, then accomplish 13 years of scientific observations — all with limited communication and no opportunities to fix problems — is almost unbelievable.”

He noted few probes had been sent beyond Earth’s orbit.

“Even the Voyager probes, which have traveled further than any other humanmade objects, have only just made it to the edge of our solar system,” Bischoff said.

Shiyuan Zhou, a member of the UC astronomy club, also finds the project quite

special.

“For me personally, I’m very intrigued by the Huygens and its landing on Titan,” Zhou said. “Because before it, we only have surface images and data from a handful of celestial bodies (Earth, Moon, Venus, and Mars).”

After 13 years, Cassini finally ended its mission. To avoid contaminating Saturn or any of its satellites, Cassini raced across Saturn’s atmosphere to destroy itself in a blaze.

If anyone could see the sky on Saturn, it would look like any other meteor.

Although various space agencies have future missions planned for Mercury, Venus, Mars, moons of Jupiter and even the Sun, it is unclear when or if Saturn will be returned to.

Yet, there are still questions that remain. Does Enceladus have an ocean of saltwater like Earth?

Can any of Saturn’s moon support life? Scientists can make educated guesses, but the answers will have to wait for now.

“Astrophysics is an opportunistic science,” Bischoff said. “We can’t build stars and galaxies in the lab, so we have to make due with what nature gives us.”

One of the promises of the streetcar was to bring money to Cincinnati businesses.

One such business being Taft’s Ale House, which is directly between two of the connectors stops.

Anna Schuh, a hostess who has been with Taft’s since it originally opened, said that while the streetcar has brought some success to the brewery, it hasn’t made much of a difference overall. “[The streetcar] has helped business, but the effect of it has been very slight,” Schuh said. “[It might make sense to] ALEXANDRA TAYLOR | TNR DESIGNER expand it to places like Clifton, though [I] Cincinnati Bell Connector slithers through Cincinnati providing wasn’t sure if the cost was worth it.” convenient transportation from OTR to the Banks. Alex Taylor | Other businesses weren’t sure how to TNR Designer perceive the effect of the streetcar on their business, or if there even was one.

DARIUS DUDLEY | CONTRIBUTOR Eli Sieman, team manager at Graeter’s in Over-the-Rhine, has been with the company The Cincinnati Bell Connector, the city’s for eight years. Sieman says that sales have embattled streetcar project, was long in been increasing for several years and that the making. After persisting through many he believes the streetcar has a hand in their setbacks and budget cuts, nine years and uptick in business. $148 million later, the streetcar opened in “[I] think that the increase in sales this year September of last year. is due to the streetcar, so much as it does It had been promised to increase business with the overall development of the area,” downtown and help job commuters in a city Sieman said. “[I am] a frequent user of public lacking in public transportation. For some transportation and [am] all for an extension time, the streetcar itself has been the subject of the route,” Sieman said. of controversy, some believing that it was an Meanwhile, on UC’s campus, opinion about investment essential to the revival of the city, extending the route is divided while others believed that is was simply a Some students believed the cost wouldn’t swirling hole of debt. be much of a burden. Second-year business Regardless of the controversy, the student Blake Schemine said the expansion Cincinnati Bell Connector has been would be useful in spite of the cost. operational for a year and there is talk of “Investing in a new route would be extending the route uptown. Former project financially viable and worth the investment,” executive John Deatrick believes that an Schemine said “The time interval was extension is vital. extended greatly, but marginal cost jumped “The system has got to be extended. It only a fraction of the original.” would really make a dramatic difference On the other hand, some students thought [and] help achieve the commuter ridership,” it to be a waste of time and resources. Anna Deatrick told the Cincinnati Business Thomas, a first-year marketing student, Courier. thought it was not worth the investment, and The route was originally meant to connect is not practical.

Cincinnati’s uptown and downtown, but in “It seems more touristy than an actual 2011, Governor John Kasich cut the funding mode of public transportation, the Metro for the project, and the uptown route never seems much more reasonable.”Thomas came to fruition. said. “Maybe I would use [the streetcar] for So, as it stands now, a year later, Cincinnati nightlife, but not during the day.” looks back at its year of operation and considers if an extension of the route into uptown is truly worth its cost.

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UC ranked No. 133 among national universities

JUSTIN REUTTER | NEWS EDITOR

UC is now ranked No. 133 among national universities, according to the 2018 US News and World Report, in a tie with the University of Kentucky.

Cincinnati’s local competition includes Miami University, ranked No. 78, and Ohio State University, ranked No. 54 in a tie with the University of Georgia.

The report is an annual assessment of more than 1,600 of the country’s four-year colleges and universities and had Cincinnati ranked No. 198 last year, a gain of 65 positions. It is a highly esteemed guide for prospective students.

The schools were ranked on 15 academic measures, such as average first-year retention rate, graduation rates, class sizes, ACT/SAT scores, number of freshman freshmen in the top of their high school class, acceptance rates and average alumni contribution.

The national universities category is made up of 311 public, private and for-profit universities that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as graduate and doctoral degrees.

Graduation and retention rates are important indicators of how well a school supports its students both academically and

financially, wrote Brian Kelly, Editor-inChief content officer of U.S. News, in a news release.

This opinion is shared by several students across campus.

“I think the rating that UC received is pretty good, considering we’re being rated along with 1,600 universities and colleges,” firstyear CCM acting student Jason Pavlovich said. ”UC is an amazing university [when] compared to other schools that are way more expensive.”

UC was also ranked among the top twenty schools with “outstanding examples of academic programs” for internships.

“UC is good for internships because when people see that you went to or are currently going to UC, they understand that you are knowledgeable in your designated field,” Pavlovich said. “In general, UC prepares you on how to enter your desired field and prosper in it.”

UC and Miami both admitted the largest classes in their school’s history, admitting 45,300 and 16,981 respectively. Miami’s freshman class is also the most diverse in the school’s history.

“16.7 percent of [Miami] students are multicultural, versus 15.3 percent last year,”

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Students walk on Main Street Monday, August 21, 2017.

according to a Miami University news release in May that profiled the incoming class. “The number of confirmed firstgeneration students has also risen, increasing to 15.1 percent, compared to 14.8 percent at this time last yea. International student enrollment is also up, at 365 vs. 337 at this date last year.”

Miami’s Farmer School of Business ranked No. 45 in the nation, moving up three spots from last year. UC’s Lindner School of Business also made the top 100, moving up almost 20 spots to a ranking of No. 91.

Xavier, UC and UK were also on the list of “A+ schools for B students,” a category for “students with less than stellar test scores or a so-so GPA.” UC is rated “more selective,”

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with a total acceptance rate of 76 percent.

To be on this list, schools had to admit a “meaningful proportion of applicants whose test scores and class standing put them in non-A territory,” according to the report.

Northern Kentucky University is also on the rise, ranking No. 73 among regional universities in the South, jumping up about 10 spots from last year.

However, as a regional college, NKU is not ranked nationally, but rather against its peer group in one of four regions — the North, Midwest, West, and in NKU’s case, the South.

It is one of 659 regional colleges ranked in the U.S. No local schools ranked among the best nationally for value, innovation, ethnic or economic diversity.

Deaconess Hospital to be redeveloped into student housing

Deaconess on Straight St. September 19, 2017.

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studies student McKayla Anderson said she was especially excited about the bedroom-tobathroom ratio.

“I live in a house with five other girls, and we only have two bathrooms,” Anderson said.

“That sucks.”

Furnished units will include amenities such as in-unit washers and dryers and built-in Internet. The building will also include a pool, outdoor space with grilling stations and a 22,000 square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, study rooms, a computer lounge and large-screen TVs. The project is supposed to be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) silver certified.

“The existing hospital building will remain in place and be redeveloped over the next several years,” Bennett said. “The next phase[s] will be a mixed-use project anticipated to include retail, restaurants, hotel, office spaces and other commercial uses.”

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of our Bearcats community.”

The first phase of the project will involve creating a 351-unit housing structure around the existing Deaconess Hospital parking garage. The structure would house 1,029 beds, catering towards university students and those who live and work around campus.

The first phase of development is projected to cost $108 million, said Bennett.

First-year criminal justice student Brendan Springfield hopes that the new complex will be affordable to students.

“So, I’m out of the military, and I get money for housing. If I can find affordable housing closer to campus and still get the money ...

I pocket the money — whatever I don’t pay for housing. So, the closer it is to campus, the better,” said Springfield. “I don’t live in the dorms, ‘cause it’s [expletive] ridiculous.”

The complex will have a one-to-one ratio of bathrooms to bedrooms, meaning the larger units will have a corresponding number of bathrooms. Second-year environmental

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Real estate developer Trinitas Ventures plans to redevelop Deaconess Hospital into more than 1,000 beds of student housing.

The Indianapolis-based company has the hospital campus under contract for purchase.

Construction is slated to be completed in August 2019, Trinitas CEO Brad Bennett said to The News Record.

“We’ve had our eye on Cincinnati for 4-5 years,” Bennett said. “We are attracted by the University of Cincinnati and its continued enrollment growth and investment on and around campus. Not only is the site steps away from the front door to campus, it is also walkable to the bars, restaurants and shops on Calhoun and McMillan streets.”

The University of Cincinnati has had record admittance for the past few years, admitting 45,300 students this semester with more coming every year.

“We are pleased to be working with Trinitas to ensure that our real estate will continue to serve as a valuable asset to the community and satisfy a special purpose and need for quality housing for University of Cincinnati students,”Tony Woods, Chairman of Deaconess Associations, Inc., said. “Trinitas has developed premier student communities near college campuses in Indiana and ten other states, including The Annex at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. We are confident their presence in Cincinnati will enhance the Clifton community.”

As such, UC Housing would consider an overflow deal with the development should the need arise, director of housing Carl Dieso said.

“The exciting part of this development is more about how it impacts our students rather than UC Housing,” Dieso said. “We welcome new facilities to the Uptown area as they bring modern amenities, improve safety and security, and support the overall success

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Chipolte queso, be wary of hype NOELLE ZIELINSKI | LIFE AND ARTS EDITOR

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‘Mother’ excites, despite confusing plot GABE ATKINS | CONTRIBUTOR

warfare, religious rituals, indulgence and hellish scenarios.

Lawrence did a great job showing the torment placed on her as “Mother Earth.”

At times she seemed to be the only stable force; while Bardem playing a form of God managed to remain calm and loving at all times. The actors did seem convincing in their roles, despite the allegorical references which made it difficult to connect to them at times. IMBD has given the film a rating of sixand-a-half out of 10.

Overall, this movie was exciting to watch, although confusing as all the pieces began to add up to a disturbing plot, much like Aronofsky’s previous films like “Black Swan” and “Requiem for a Dream.”This movie offers a cinematic experience that will vary depending on each person’s own interpretation of it. Full of suspense and madness, this movie encourages the expansion and creation of questions about man’s creation.

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The introduction of queso to Chipotle’s menu draws customers Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Stephen Vonderwish | Contributor

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This psychological horror film — written and directed

by Darren Aronofsky — was an odd commodity. In fact, none of the characters in the film had a name, and the whole movie embodied a metaphorical interpretation largely parallel to Genesis, the beginning of Creation.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence as Mother and Javier Bardem as Him, Aronofsky went on to capture the precarious relationship between creator and creation. The film also features Ed Harris as Man and Michelle Pfeiffer as Woman.

Most of the movie took place in an isolated, large and eerie white house that was once burned to the ground. The house seemed as alive, as Mother promised a climax just looming in the background.

“Mother!” started out with Lawrence and her husband, Him, both living peacefully in their home much like the start of the world in the garden of Eden. The character Him also contained a special crystal — similar to the tree

of Life — that he didn’t want anyone to mess with. Him was supposedly a masterful poet, currently suffering from writer’s block and struggling to write his next piece of work, until one day a man showed up played by Ed Harris. The man was a doctor who mistook the couple’s home as a bed and breakfast.

Him is overjoyed upon the guest’s arrival, while Mother remains cautious at the stranger staying in their home. The next day the man’s wife — played as Woman by Michelle Pfeiffer —showed up and chaos ensued. It did not take long before Bardem’s crystal shattered, and Mother’s patience wore out, as they extended their welcome to the guests.

The film carried on much like a horrifying home invasion, as each more and more commotion, destruction and uproar followed. Him is constantly offering forgiveness to the guests, while Mother is left to try to clean up each and every mess until it becomes too much.

Act II of the movie promises an all-too-familiar depiction of human nature in all of its

Chipotle started serving queso nationwide Tuesday. In July, Chipotle started serving the queso in its test kitchen in Manhattan. In August, they served it at roughly 350 restaurants in California and Colorado.

The reviews have been mixed so far. Some people love the new addition to the menu, while others do not. Some have complained of a gritty texture to the dip saying it is comparable to sand. Others have said that it is the taste that is most concerning.

“I mean, it definitely isn’t the best queso I’ve ever had. I’d give it a 4/10,” second-year aerospace engineering major Matt Castele said.

Some people, however, think that it is perfectly fine and that it is a step in the right direction for Chipotle.

“Queso is a great and safe addition to Chipotle, especially in light of their bad publicity recently,” second-year marketing student Grant Major said. “I definitely plan on getting it more in the future”.

Upon testing the queso last week, when it first launched in Chipotle, it came off as woefully underwhelming. The texture was gritty, and it tasted closer to nacho cheese than a traditional queso dip. It was by no means a bad queso dip; it simply did not meet its high expectations, especially considering the hype surrounding it.

Another somewhat

controversial subject about the queso is the price.

Adding guacamole to any dish costs $1.95 extra, while the price of adding the new queso is $1.25.

However, to get queso and chips on the side, it costs $3.35 as opposed to chips and guacamole costing $3.25.

Also, a regular side of guacamole also costs $1.95, the same price as adding it to a burrito or bowl, but a regular side of queso costs $2.05 — a difference of 80 cents. Essentially, the price comparisons do not match up and seem a bit odd. Customers can also get a large order of queso and chips — which, according to Chipotle’s website, serves up to three people— for $5.25.

According to Business Insider’s website, the Chipotle test kitchen has been experimenting with other items to add to the menu, such as non-alcoholic classic and strawberry margaritas, and an avocado vinaigrette dressing.

As far as the queso, Business Insider’s website says, “At the end of the day, the queso is the big draw. If you want the classic, cheese-pull dip that is the jewel in the crown of Tex-Mex cuisine, look elsewhere. But if your usual burrito order needs a little something extra, perhaps paying the extra $1.25 is worth the trip.”

Overall, the matter of whether the queso is worth it or not is a personal preference that people will have to try and determine for themselves, but be wary of the hype.

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‘American

Horror Story’ continues to stir up controversy NOELLE ZIELINSKI | LIFE AND ARTS EDITOR

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complains that CNN didn’t precede the election results with a trigger warning.”

Evan Peters plays the role of a Trump supporter named Kai Anderson, who is portrayed as radical and temperamental.

He is strong-willed and has an aggressive nature, as shown when he throws coffee at Ally and her wife, Ivy, played by Alison Pill.

Due to these depictions of characters, some viewers and critics are failing to see the actual horror in the show and curious to see how Murphy and Falchuk are planning on coherently intertwining these three strands — the 2016 election, clowns and a “cult” — together.

“But unlike other seasons, “Cult” has opened with such strident unpleasantness — poking the same nerves that are already worked raw by actual current events — and adding little entertainment value or meaningful insight, that it’s difficult to even invest in its story in the first place,” Chery Eddy, a writer from Gizmodo, said.

Though the season has picked up viewers due to the intrigue of the topic, other controversies have come up that may compromise the rest of the season.

“American Horror Story” was a show created to provoke discomfort and horror in viewers and bring attention to controversial topics — a tradition that the current season continues.

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Since its 2011 debut, “American Horror Story” (“AHS”), has covered several controversial and unsettling topics. In the previous six seasons, viewers have been confronted with a murder house, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a killer clown named “Twisty,” a vampire-breeding hotel and a dramatization of a reality television show about the horrors of Roanoke.

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the creators of the show, went back and forth with the new season’s topic, but they finally settled on focusing it around the 2016 election. When the idea was announced, people were confused as to how Murphy and Falchuk were going to make this season truly horrific.

When trailers for the new season, “American Horror Story: Cult,” came out, people were confused. Though the trailer portrays several scenes of the 2016 presidential election, horrifying clowns and an evident recurring theme of phobias, viewers failed to see how the title “Cult” has any relevance.

Season seven will also be the first season without any supernatural element to it.

This means that it is based on more reallife fears, such as serious phobias and the feelings and emotions some individuals may have felt during the election.

Since the start of the new season, there have been many mixed opinions of the theme and the portrayal of some characters. People have also complained that the show has triggered their trypophobia — a proposed phobia of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps — and coulrophobia — a proposed phobia of clowns. One of the main charcters, Ally Mayfair-Richards, played by Sarah Paulson, suffers from both of these phobias, which are both worsened after the election.

Some are also noticing the blatant stereotypes as to how liberals and Trump supporters are portrayed.

“The liberals are stereotyped as privileged, self-dramatizing and pretentious. When Ally has a panic attack in her car, that car is naturally a Prius,” New York Times writer James Poniewozik said in a review. “Another character

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Local big band Squeeze Play perform traditional German music at Oktoberfest Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. Squeeze Play has played at every Oktoberfest since ’92.

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Each year, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati attracts people of all ages with its exceptional German food, beer music and entertainment. The event is a three-day celebration of all things German held in Downtown Cincinnati, and is the second-largest Oktoberfest festival in the world.

The event was held for its 41st consecutive year this past weekend, and judging by the grandeur of the festival, it is not surprising that it has stood the test of time.

From the huge crowds, to the wacky entertainment events, to the outlandish yet delicious cuisine, it is safe to say there is nothing generic about Oktoberfest Zinzinnati.

Many attendees showed off their German spirit through their clothing choice, dressing in full lederhosen and suspenders. Others contributed to the energy of the celebration by openly embracing the culture that surrounded them.

Second-year UC student Michael Palte was particularly impressed by the passion and enthusiasm possessed by the attendees.

“The crowd here has been amazing. Everyone is so lively and energetic; it really makes everything more

enjoyable when the crowd is into it,” Palte said.

The crowd was readily willing to participate in many of the somewhat bizarre events of Oktoberfest such as a dachshund race — fittingly titled, “The Running of the Weiners” — and the Gemuetlichkeit Games. Though these might sound odd at first, the spirit and enthusiasm of those participating made it hard not to become invested in them.

Perhaps one of the most bizarre events is the World’s Largest Chicken Dance. It is exactly what it sounds like: thousands of people gathering together to do the Chicken Dance. It is a unique tradition that started in 1994 when participants broke the world record for the largest Chicken Dance.

The live music is also a staple of Oktoberfest, and this year impressively featured over 60 musical acts. Children and adults alike clapped and danced without care as traditional German melodies echoed through downtown Cincinnati.

While all of this may sound like a bit much for Oktoberfest newcomers, there is enough to do and see that everyone can enjoy.

As first-time Oktoberfest participant Karleigh Smith found out, simply being

in the environment of the festival is enough to stay entertained.

“I was a little hesitant to come at first, but I’ve honestly had so much fun listening to all of the music and watching all of the people with my friends,” Smith said. “The beer was just a bonus.”

Oktoberfest might be best known for the incredible German foods and beers that it offers. Sauerkraut balls, potato pancakes, cream puffs, bratwursts, metts and strudels were just a few of the crowd favorites that were abundant throughout the festival. There was also no shortage of craft beers to choose from including Weihenstephaner, Great Lakes and Cincinnati favorite Rhinegeist.

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is a beloved Cincinnati tradition and brings in more than 500,000 attendees each year.

Cincinnati native Nick Ewan, a loyal Oktoberfest fan, expressed his admiration for the festival this year.

“The first time I came was when I was 16 and I haven’t missed one since,” Ewan said. “I think everyone needs to experience it at least once.”

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Giant cream puffs line shelves at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati Friday Sept. 15, 2017.

Oktoberfest celebrates Zinzinnati’s German heritage

Sports

USWNT lights up Nippert JASON SZELEST | SPORTS EDITOR

While the Bengals and Reds have been a disappointment to many this season, one sport is not so quietly making its move to the forefront of athletics in Cincinnati: soccer.

Professional soccer team FC Cincinnati, who came to the Queen City only a year ago, has been making headlines throughout 2017 for their tournament runs and attendance records.

On Saturday, in the club’s final regular season home game of the season, a United Soccer League record 30,417 fans showed up to support Cincinnati’s newest sporting attraction. They ended up breaking their own record, a showing of 30,187 on Oct. 2, 2016.

Just three days after Cincinnati showed up in groves to support their local team, they were awarded with an international treat.

The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT), ranked No. 1 in the world, came to Nippert Stadium to faceoff against New Zealand in an international friendly match.

For soccer fan and UC alumni Grace Samyn, the USWNT provides yet another opportunity to showcase what this city has to offer.

“Well obviously a national team is playing in our city; that’s a huge deal,” Samyn said. “I think Cincy is in a renovation period. Getting events and different business brought to us, it is showing everyone else how great we are.”

For this particular event, Samyn believes the city has FC

Cincinnati to thank for making the event happen.

“FC has been proving to other teams and places that they are a team to be afraid of,” Samyn said. “I think their growth and the city’s support has definitely contributed to this happening.”

FC Cincinnati fan and lifetime Cincinnati resident Emily Steins shares that sentiment, saying the club has officially put soccer on the map in the city.

“We have FC Cincinnati to thank for putting our city on the map as a soccer city,” Steins said. “We have had Crystal Palace here, and now the women’s national team.

I can’t wait to see what else it brings. Proud TY WESSELKAMPER| STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER of our city doing big things.”

USWNT defender Julie Ertz (8) races down the field during the match against the New Zealand Women’s While Samyn is hesitant to say the National Team Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. women’s national team’s appearance will help FC in their quest to make it to Major League Soccer, she admits that the added attention cannot hurt.

“We are definitely a sport-centered city,” Steins said. “It “I’m not sure if this helps FC much since brings all sorts of folks together for a common interest.” they are not playing, but it’s a big deal that they have a For a recap of the USWNT vs. New Zealand match, visit national team playing at their arena,” Samyn said. newsrecord.org.

For Steins, the biggest asset this game provides is the unification of Americans in a sports-driven city.

Women’s soccer program reaching new heights under Stafford JASON SZELEST | SPORTS EDITOR

In case you missed it, the University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team is ranked in multiple national media polls.

This comes after the team got off to its best start in program history, going 6-1-1 with wins over B1G powers Northwestern University and Purdue University, as well as Atlantic Coast Conference adversary the University of Miami.

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new level of notoriety, making sure the team focuses on each upcoming game rather than the grand picture of what they are accomplishing.

“I think it is important to protect the players from the noise,” Stafford said. “That is something that we want to do because we have not had a whole lot of experience with that noise. How you handle that noise is really important.”

In common form of a coach searching for excellence, Stafford always looks for more and was disappointed in his team’s performance in a 1-0 loss — their first of the season — to a highly regarded LSU squad in Baton Rouge last Thursday.

“I think we took our foot off the gas a little at LSU over the course of 90 minutes, and the players do not want to let that happen again,” Stafford said.

Brown reiterated Stafford’s sentiment about not wanting to experience another loss, but felt that they learned a lot from the defeat, and our now focused on implementing their lessons as they go into conference play.

Ultimately, Brown thinks this team, who has never gone farther than the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament, can go down as one of the best squads in team history.

“I think we can go very far as long as we keep working hard and keep moving on with our goals,” Brown said.

Next up for the Bearcats is a matchup against the University of Central Florida, another nationallyranked team, at Gettler Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday, as the Bearcats open up play in the American Athletic Conference.

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For senior midfielder Jaysie Brown, the recognition is nice, but she takes the accolades with a grain of salt as she looks at the bigger picture.

“I think it is really important for us,” Brown said. “It means a lot to us knowing that we are actually getting recognized for once, but I think we are not really looking too much into it. We are just going with our schedule right now, going game-by-game. We are not really looking at the national level, we just want to win every game and go from there.”

Since head coach Neil Stafford arrived on campus, the Bearcats soccer program has steadily risen.

The team finished 5-13-1 in 2012 — the year before Stafford came in — and has increased their winning percentage every season since their new leader took charge.

Freshman goalkeeper Jane Sensibaugh, a player Stafford hopes will contribute to the continuation of the team’s accent, feels that the team’s efforts are starting to pay off.

“Everything we have been working for the past couple years since Neil got here is starting to come together,” Sensibaugh said. “The culture of excellence that he has built is really starting to take shape.

I think this is a really good path that our team is taking. It is really cool to be a part of [it].”

Stafford is intent on keeping his team grounded as they experience a

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SMU receiver Courtland Sutton (16) lays out to get extra yardage after catching a second-quarter pass as Navy cornerback Jarid Ryan (9) defends at Ford Stadium in Dallas on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. Sutton is back at SMU this season. (Louis DeLuca/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

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DAVID WYSONG | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After facing non-conference opponents in their first three games, the University of Cincinnati’s football team will play their first American Athletic Conference game this weekend.

The Bearcats are traveling to Maryland to take on the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy Saturday. This game follows an intense 21-17 rivalry game win over Miami University.

“I have a 19-year, 20-year coaching career,” UC head coach Luke Fickell said in his press conference Tuesday. “I have had some overtime victories, some obviously some really big games and some wins, and some exciting ones, but never one where — I’d guess you’d say if you really look back at it and ESPN — would tell you you got a 1.7 percent chance of winning in the fourth quarter.”

In the fourth quarter against the RedHawks, Cincinnati was down 17-6 with less than five minutes in the fourth quarter. An eight-play touchdown drive and a pick-six with 1:07 remaining gave UC the improbable lead, which ultimately turned into their 12th straight win over Miami.

Emotions were at an all-time high after the win, but the team must shift focus, now preparing for Navy.

“We have to focus on ourselves,” Fickell said. “We’re still new and young and growing as a program — offensively, defensively and special teams — that our focus is so much on ourselves that I think, hopefully, we’re not always worried about the highs and the lows because we continue each and every week to have consistency with what we’re doing.”

One key to focus on for Cincinnati when matching up against the Midshipmen is defending their triple option, a scheme used by few teams, which utilizes as

many as three potential rushers in any play.

“They are unique,” Fickell said. “The triple option is not something you see every single day. The more unique thing about Navy is that it is so disciplined in what they’re doing.”

Last season, Navy went 9-5 and appeared in the American Athletic Conference Championship game.

Quarterback Will Worth found success on the ground throughout the season, running for nearly 1,200 yards and 25 touchdowns. Zach Abey has now taken the reins of the intricate offense and has rushed for 343 yards and two touchdowns in two games against Florida Atlantic and Tulane.

“I like to look at Navy as an opportunity for us to say, ‘Defensively this gives us an opportunity to focus on fundamentals and the things we do,’” Fickell said. “No, we won’t see the triple option probably the rest of the year, but it will make us a better defensive football team by being fundamentally sound.”

Offensively, UC is looking for more consistency from their wide receivers, as there have been crucial drops costing them would-be touchdowns on multiple instances this season.

“They know we got confidence in them, we know they can catch the football,” Fickell said. “Now it’s — again — them also believing in those things and relaxing a little bit so they can play their best.”

Cincinnati will begin action at 3:30 p.m. in Annapolis. The game will be aired on CBS Sports Network.

After starting the 2017 NFL season 0-2 and failing to score a touchdown since week 17 last season, the Cincinnati Bengals have decided to part ways with second-year offensive coordinator, Ben Zampese.

Zampese previously served as the quarterback’s coach for the Bengals from 2003 and transitioned to the offensive coordinator position in 2016 after the departure of Hue Jackson, who accepted the head coaching position with the Cleveland Browns.

In two home games — against the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens — Zampese’s offense only managed nine points, including the first shutout loss since week 7 of the 2014 season at Indianapolis.

The shutout was only the second season-opener shutout loss in Bengals history and the first-ever shutout loss in a home opener.

“I only go to the games to get drunk,” said second-year engineering student Courtney Mallaley. “But, I think the offensive coordinator was trash and [hopefully] we are headed to victory.”

Under Zampese, quarterback Andy Dalton saw his highest sacks per game total, which correlates with his drop in win percentage from 0.6833 percent under Jackson to 0.3611 percent. It’s no coincidence that the increased sacks go hand-in-hand with Dalton’s highest pass attempts per game in his career.

In 18 games under Zampese, Dalton only threw 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Four of those interceptions came against the Ravens this year.

Zampese will be replaced by Bill Lazor, who was brought on as the new quarterbacks coach in 2016 after being fired as offensive coordinator in Miami.

Lazor being tabbed to replace Zampese will undoubtedly take a waitand-see approach in regards to how long he stays in the OC role, but fans are still questioning whether the move was the right one.

“Bill Lazor seemed to underutilize Lamar Miller in Miami,” said fourthyear engineering student Jacob Bollman. “I worry that the Bengals offensive philosophy will shift away from its talented backfield and rely too heavily on the arm of Andy Dalton.”

Dalton’s struggles, the coaching changes and the losses seem to point to a closing window for the Bengals.

“I think the Bengals are headed toward a rebuilding period,” Bollman said. “The team has lost a lot of talent in free agency the last two years and may need to improve the team through the draft before we can see them get back to the level of competition they were at two years ago. I think that begins by improving the offensive line and the defensive secondary. Andy Dalton has always played poorly when pressured and this move probably won’t do anything to improve the offensive line play.”

The Bengals lost offensive linemen Andrew Whitworth and Kevin Zeitler to free agency in the past offseason.

Cincinnati will face its next NFL contest on Sunday when they travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin to face the Packers.

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We have waited long enough for this moment: Chipotle now offers queso. When it came out, queso-lovers around the country jumped on the opportunity to try one of America’s most popular restaurant’s take on the fabulous dip. My friend brought it home after a trip to Chipotle, and as a queso aficionado, I absolutely had to try it.

Part of the charm of queso is the satisfaction of dipping your chip in to the thin film of denatured whey proteins on the top of the dip and seeing how far it can stretch. The stretchier, the better. Chipotle’s queso somehow did not provide me with this molecular satisfaction, leaving me incredibly disappointed. I like how they made their own flavor and spice, though.

It complimented their chips very well. Even though it is meh, it’s worth a try.

I’m definitely guilty of drinking my coldpressed orange juice at brunch from a cute little jar whose original purpose was to preserve food when a fridge isn’t handy. Our rural counterparts use them because they actually need to preserve their homemade jam that they sell for a living; we use them because they’re aesthetic.

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DAVID WYSONG | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JASON SZELEST | SPORTS EDITOR

While many in the Cincinnati area have been focusing on the zoo’s newest attraction, the nearly 500-pound baby hippopotamus Fiona, we can’t seem to forget about something and someone.

The love affair for Fiona has been a blatant public relations diversion by the Cincinnati Zoo to forget about the untimely death of the beloved gorilla, Harambe, who was a beacon of hope for the Queen City.

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of a diversion is an attack or feint that draws the attention and force of an enemy from the point of the principal operation: We are the enemy, and the seeking of retribution for Harambe’s death is the operation.

The day was May 28, 2016, and all was well in the world. David had just gotten married the day prior, and Jason was celebrating the birthday of his adored mother. Just like in life, things changed in a matter of seconds.

Due to the irresponsible behavior of a parent, a child aimlessly wandered into the wrong place at the wrong time

— into the home of Harambe.

Despite the fact that the child was trespassing and Harambe was minding his own business, the Cincinnati Zoo chose to take unwarranted action, shooting the innocent gorilla dead inside his own home.

Following the incident, the zoo received a great deal of backlash in regard to how they handled the situation, leading to the deletion of their Twitter account. Since then the Cincinnati Zoo has launched a flurry of PR stunts, with hopes of everyone forgetting about epic failure in handling the Harambe situation.

The first diversion came in a partnership with the University of Cincinnati as they attempted to erase Harambe’s name from Bearcat students. The UC Intramural Sports department refused to honor team names that even uttered the mere memory of Harambe.

Then came Fiona, the baby whose publicity was blown out of proportion to a larger size than the hippo herself.

In addition to spamming their re-launched Twitter account with a

plethora of Fiona posts, the blubbery sea-pug now has her own beer — a New England style IPA — and television show, giving her a sense of undeserved publicity rivaled only by that of the Kardashians.

So, the biggest questions we ask now: Why did our main gorilla, our favorite zoo animal, Harambe, never get his own adult beverage? Why was he not publicized to the extent of being awarded his own TV show? Why is the zoo failing to honor the memory of their fallen hero?

What we don’t know is whether these questions will ever be answered. What we do know is that Harambe’s spirit will continue to live on through all of us.

Rest in peace Harambe; May 27, 1999-May 28, 2016

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Not gonna lie, I jam to Florida Georgia Line sometimes. It isn’t my favorite type of music, and Johnny Cash would probably be insulted by what we call country today. These songs essentially boasts about trucks and how much alcohol we can drink, but my goodness are they catchy! “Makes you wanna build a 10 percent down white picket fence house on this dirt!” I hope none of my band mates are reading this.

Sorry, boys.

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Whether you got the audiobook coupon code from your favorite YouTuber or you just need to read and don’t like to, audio books are becoming increasingly popular among my generation. Sometimes, the authors read their own books to you on their audio book, so you can close your eyes and imagine that Eddie Izzard is in the room being hilarious and reading his book to you.

Cool, right? But not as soothing as a podcast, because you have no excuse to dose off, and it’s tough to use a book as white noise (am I the only one that uses podcasts as white noise?

I don’t know). If you’re using an audio book for a class, how exactly are you going to cite those quotes? We don’t know page numbers and rewinding the track to find that information is a frustrating process. Hey, at least you’re (kinda) into books.

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One of the remaining gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo sits in it the enclosure Sunday, September 3, 2017.

Opinion

The new face of malnutrition is obesity, not starvation MOUNIR LYNCH | OPINION EDITOR

We are now faced with a shocking fact: around the world, there are more obese people than underweight people.

Any type of unhealthy body weight is due to malnutrition, which is incredibly dangerous to the health of global citizens.

People living in poverty almost always are food insecure, which means that they do not have a reliable source of food or lack funds to purchase food from the closest food source.

In a study on obesity led by scientists from Imperial College of London, body mass index (BMI) data was collected from over 20 million adults in 186 countries around the world from 1975 until 2014. The study concluded that global obesity rates

tripled among women and doubled among men. In Mali, the obesity rate was 15 times higher at the end of the study. Dozens of developing countries saw their obesity rates increase by at least five times from their rates at the beginning of the study. Over the years, corporations have been able to succeed through moving to developing countries and killing their citizens.

Across media, the face of the poor, malnourished individual is the face of a starving, sickly child struggling to stay alive. The problem of starvation and food insecurity worldwide is extremely severe, but we often do not think of obese people as malnourished.

The world sees obese individuals as those who have an infinite source of food, constantly buying

more and more sugary and fatty foods to fill them up and help them gain more and more weight. This is not the case.

In Brazil, India, Nigeria, Ghana, Thailand and many, many more, large western fast food and processed food corporations like McDonald’s and Nestlé are increasing their marketing and production. People that didn’t have access to fresh food in Brazil now have door-to-door Nestlé salespeople to deliver packaged cakes, cookies and candy to Brazilians living in slums. Asian and African communities that are plagued with starvation and minimal access to clean water can at least rely on the fact that there is a McDonald’s nearby to feed them cheaply.

If you do not analyze the situation, it is easy to

see why people in lowincome communities flock to unhealthy fast food. When people are hungry, they eat. When they can finally afford to eat large quantities of food, you bet they will take advantage of that. As a consequence, communities that Americans view as the most impoverished and starving are now being crippled with obesity, and rates of obesity-related diseases, such as diabetes and heart failure, are rising.

This isn’t unfamiliar to America, though. In Cincinnati, parts of of Avondale, Over-the-Rhine, Bond Hill and Northside all meet the U.S Department of Agricultures definition of a “food desert,” an area that has little to no access to affordable and nutritious foods, mostly located in

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access to affordable, highquality food. protection — and a clear pathway to citizenship for them — should now be paramount.

Are fantasy sports games and betting ruining sports fandom?

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MOUNIR LYNCH | OPINION EDITOR

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KC Chiefs rookie running back Kareem Hunt had more yards from scrimmage than any player in a debut in the 98-year history of the NFL.

Fantasy sports came from humble beginnings. Super fans of football and baseball kept track of stats of their favorite players throughout the 20th century and imagined what their perfect team would be like. Betting took place on how these top players would perform and the fantasy sports movement was born.

From the 2000s until today, the Internet plays a huge role in the evolution and expansion of fantasy football from mere fun and petty gambling to a multibilliondollar franchise across all sports. From NFL football to NHL hockey to the Spanish soccer leagues, sports fans (myself included) are making money or simply earning bragging rights from having the best fantasy teams.

It is a lot of fun and plenty of people have made a ton of money from it, but I think we are starting to take fantasy sports a little too far. If we keep becoming more and more fascinated with fantasy sports, the charm in watching the games we love goes away.

“David Johnson out two [or] three months with a wrist injury? My fantasy team is screwed! I’ll never win the league and the cash!” said a friend of mine in a fantasy football group chat we share. Do you see the problem with these words?

Although we don’t personally know David Johnson, and many of us who don’t have him on our team aren’t truly fans of his, we have totally disregarded the fact that a great player will not be able to play due to injury solely due to the fact that is decreases our chances of winning money.

I was never really in to NFL football before I made a fantasy team with friends.

Sure, fantasy has me very interested in the NFL and the way it works, but would I have been a fan if it weren’t for fantasy?

More importantly, what kind of fan would I be if I didn’t have a fantasy team?

If we continue to let fantasy and betting dominate the way we watch and follow sports that we love, I think we will ruin fandom across sports.

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