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Phelps, Duncan take SG election CHRISTINA DROBNEY | STAFF REPORTER

The Phelps-Duncan ticket was elected as the University of Cincinnati’s 2016 student body president and vice president on Friday, after two weeks of campaigning against two other platforms.

Over 100 students, from the campaign teams to Student Government to non-affiliated students, packed the atrium of the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) to see who would lead the undergraduate student body.

As soon as the winner was announced, the room erupted into cheers, while the remaining candidates all approached Phelps and Duncan and congratulated them, and each other, for a competitive election.

“I am at loss for words — I’m very excited to get started with Brooke and to bring OneUC to fruition,” presidentelect and thirdyear marketing and international business student Mitchell Phelps said.

“My hat goes off to both slates — they did such a great job in a competitive race.”

Phelps started in student government’s first-year leadership program and interned with 2013 Student Body President Joe Blizzard. After his first year, he was elected At-Large Senator and then Treasurer.

“I’m overwhelmed and very excited — once we got into it, Mitchell and I got to know each other and developed our platforms,” vice president-elect and fourth-year urban planning student Brooke Duncan said. “We both knew no matter what, UC would be in a good place.”

Duncan started as a member in UC’s Student Activities Board her freshman year. She later became Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Philanthropy chair and was elected At-Large

Senator.

“Everyone campaigned very strongly, but not everyone had achievable platforms,” Madison Filzer, a second-year women’s gender and sexuality studies student said. “I think it needs to be realistic and simple for what they are running for.”

Kyle Brown, a first-year political science student, thought the election went well and that the candidates made their presence known. ”A good platform involves transparency and a liaison between student government and the student body — that’s the biggest thing that stands out to me,” Brown said.

Phelps and Duncan plan to build scholarships for students who are past their first year of education and to expand mental health treatment by bringing student ambassadors from Counseling and Psychological Services to each college.

Duncan said she wants to start evaluating the structure of student government, requiring each member go through training including Trans*101, Safe Zone 101 and additional training out of the Racial Awareness Program (RAPP) office to “start off on the right foot.”

“I’ve always done things for service. When I get a project, I really go head first and get things done,” Duncan said.

“We want to challenge each other and bring great results.”

Over 7,000 students voted for both presidential slates and senator slates. Phelps said that election time is “an electric time to UC” and the votes proved.

“Thank you for believing in us — I’m honored the university saw the leadership that we bring,” Duncan said.

“We’re ready to get the ball rolling.”

ALEXANDRA TAYLOR | PHOTO EDITOR

Terry Cole, part owner with brother Bob Cole, opened Plaid Room Records in Feb. 14, 2015. Plaid Room is also home to Colemine Records, a record label specializing in soul and funk music.

ALEXANDRA TAYLOR | PHOTO EDITOR

Guests peruse the vast section of used and new records at Plaid Room Records in Loveland, Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27, 2016.

Plaid Room Records sells, Football team welcomes makes music PHOTO BY NICK BROWN

new faces at spring practice DAVID WYSONG| SPORTS EDITOR

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Oliver Luck, father of NFL quarterback Andrew Luck, discusses challenges the NCAA faces at the Society of Sports Leaders’ Symposium in the West Pavilion at Nippert Stadium Friday Feb. 26, 2016.

Luck highlights symposium of sports leaders at UC DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati’s Society of Sport Leaders held their 2016 symposium Friday featuring keynote speaker Oliver Luck.

Luck is the former West Virginia University director of athletics and is the current NCAA executive vice president for regulatory affairs. He is also the father of Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback Andrew Luck.

While speaking to the students at the symposium, Luck said the challenges the NCAA faces are timeless.

“We have similar issues in 1929 that we do today,” Luck said. “I think it’s important for students to understand that the issues you deal with are not necessarily brand new.

They were plaguing, perplexing administrators years ago.”

While the challenges stay the same through time, Luck said the NCAA has adapted and will continue to do so.

“Cost of attendance was a key change, guaranteeing scholarships was an important change, deregulating nutrition was an important change,” Luck said. “I think there’s some more things we are going to look at in terms of insurance…health insurance after a student leaves… But I think there’s a number of things in that space that can be done and I think those are some things students can benefit from.”

In addition to Luck’s presentation, the symposium included a career fair, a panel on women in sport, presentations from various sports administration executives and an alumni panel.

“I think we had the best group of speakers this year that we’ve ever hosted,” said SSL director of public relations Logan Grapenthien. “They were all extremely passionate and interactive with the audience members. The Women in Sport Panel was a new addition this year and it was a huge success…Obviously hosting a keynote speaker as high profile as Oliver Luck was also a great experience.”

This was the fourth symposium held by SSL and Grapenthien said it was their biggest yet with about 100 people in attendance.

“It’s crazy to think that the first SSL symposium four years ago was held in Annie Laws Room in Teachers College and now we’re in Nippert stadium hosting over 100 people,” Grapentien said.

The University of Cincinnati football team began spring practice Thursday with new faces getting to work.

In January, the team introduced offensive coordinator Zac Taylor, offensive line coach J.B. Grimes and running backs coach Jim Turner.

“I like them, I love them,” said third-year running back Mike Boone. “I like their offense and everything they bring to the table.”

Boone was in the same offensive system the previous two seasons under former offensive coordinator Eddie Gran, who left the team to take on the same role at the University of Kentucky.

“We got new coaches and it’s kind of like learning a whole new offense all over, but I just take what I learned in previous years and tried to apply it when I came out,” Boone said.

The Bearcats had high expectations last season but fell to a 7-6 record ― including a 42-7 blowout loss in the Hawai’i Bowl to San Diego State University.

Turnovers were a big reason for the team’s six losses. Boone said that is what the offense is working on this spring. “[We’re working on] ball security, protecting the ball, no turnovers and being efficient,” Boone said.

Despite the turnovers, UC was one of the top offensive powerhouses in the country last season, scoring 36 points per

game. The defense, on the other hand, cost the team a lot of games giving up 30 points per game ― good for 88th in the nation.

Safety Zach Edwards is going into his fourth and final season as a Bearcat and is excited to get back on the field with his teammates.

“It feels good, it’s been a long time coming, short turn around but it feels like it’s been forever,” Edwards said. “It feels good to be out here, as a team, gelling together, getting together as both offense and defense.”

Missed tackles was one of the defense’s biggest concerned last season – a big reason why the Bearcats gave up 30 points per game last season.

“We had a lot of missed tackles last year,” Edwards said. “That’s something we don’t want to do anymore and to be a great defense…we have to be able to tackle.”

Two men primarily took snaps at the quarterback position last year ― Gunner Kiel and Hayden Moore ― and with their being a possible competition for the starting spot they both have to come out sharp.

“The quarterbacks are great,” Edwards said. “They always are great, it’s always a competition and they always push each other.

They’re like brothers, they’re a big group of brothers.”

The first game of the 2016 season is Sept. 1 at Nippert Stadium against the University of Tennessee-Martin.

SAM SENCE | CONTRIBUTOR

Though its face may not be entirely visible to those on the road, the sounds of Loveland’s newest — and only — record shop, Plaid Room Records, can be heard throughout the small town. Word about this shop-doubling-as-recording-studio is spreading throughout the rest of the Cincinnati area, too.

When the entrance into Plaid Room is found, right off of the Loveland bike trail, you enter a different dimension — one coated in the emotionally rich vocals and smooth bass lines of ’60s funk and soul.

But, the groove-inducing tunes heard through the crackling of vinyl are not vintage presses from 50 years ago.

Much of the music is brand new, and many times the songs playing in the store are from one of over 20 funk and soul bands signed to Colemine Records.

The label just happens to be owned and operated out of Plaid Room by Terry Cole, one of the two brothers who opened the vinyl shop back in February 2015.

Having just celebrated Plaid Room’s first birthday on Feb. 13, co-owners and brothers Terry and Bob Cole said business is going well. “F***ing insane” is actually how Terry Cole put it, with a sigh that reflects the long hours that come with running a small business.

“When we first opened, we had maybe a thousand new records,”Terry Cole said.

“That number has since gone up to five thousand. Not to mention the loads of used Dylan and Sinatra records that come in on a daily basis.”

Though there is a hint of sarcasm in his tone, he explains that they actually do receive multiple offers a day from collectors wanting the most out of their prized possessions.

“At the end of the day, we still have to pay rent and other things to keep the shop going, but we are as honest as possible with customers when they sell to us and I think the community notices that,” Bob Cole said. “Like, we had that ten-thousand record buy earlier this year and took eighty-percent of that and set it in boxes outside the shop, free for anyone passing by. We could’ve gone through all of them, and we probably missed some gems, but it was a good way for the community to get to know us not only as a business, but also as people.”

To really get to know this shop and its owners a little better, it is necessary to understand why they opened up a record store in the heart of a small town in the first place.

NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Football players Mike Boone (Left) and Zach Edwards (Right) discuss the new coaches and future outlook of the Bearcats after practice in the Bubble Friday, Feb 26, 2016.

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Fall schedule now on Catalyst

Students can now use Catalyst to search for fall semester courses and find financial aid information.

Registration for the fall 2016 semester will start March 28 on the new student portal.

Functionality will be added as the fall semester approaches to streamline student registration and services.

The final Catalyst product will have many improved features, such as an online shopping cart for registration, instead of copying course numbers.

Other features include displaying the variable credits of certain courses and additional search options.

Cincinnati representative to cosponsor paid leave bill

Ohio Rep. Christie Bryant Kuhns (D-Cincinnati) and Rep. Janine Boyd (D-Cleveland Heights), want to give

Ohioans 12 weeks of paid family or medical leave.

Currently, employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid maternity or medical leave. However, not every family can afford that, Kuhns said to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati and Dayton already offered paid parental leave for public employees, making headlines nationwide.

Kuhns’ proposal would apply to all employees who want leave, up to $1,000 per week.

The U.S. is the only developed country without paid leave, according to the International Labour Organization.

Kuhns and Boyd plan to introduce a bill to Ohio legislature in March.

Women’s basketball finishes regular season

Women’s basketball finishes the regular season 8 p.m. Monday against Tulane University in New Orleans. The game will be aired on ESPN3.

Medicine professor wins award

Dr. Eric Warm, the Richard W. and Sue P. Vilter Professor of Medicine, and program director for the Internal Medicine residency program, has received the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award Friday.

The award was given to Warm and nine other program directors that have fostered innovation and improvement in their residency programs and served as role models for their residents.

Worldfest begins Thursday

The UC Worldfest kicks off Thursday in the Tangeman University Center Great Hall at 5 p.m.

Worldfest Week celebrates diversity with cultural live performances, ethnic foods, cultural exhibitions and more.

There will be continued events through March 13, including a Friday kite festival, the Midwest Dhamaka Dance Competition Saturday and the World of Women Fair March 8.

Hillary humbles Sanders for second straight win

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won nearly three out of four votes in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday.

Clinton trounced her rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) by 73.5 percent to 26 percent of the vote in the Palmetto state.

Clinton’s overall success was highlighted by her overwhelming support with the black vote, winning 87 percent to Sanders’ 13 percent.

Weather

Monday will be warm and clear with a high of 56 and a low of 34.

Tuesday will be stormy with a high of 56 and a low of 27.

Wednesday will be cloudy and cooler with a high of 40 and a low of 25.

UCPD shake up part of ongoing reforms JUSTIN REUTTER | SENIOR REPORTER

SHAE COMBS | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UC Vice President of Safety and Reform, Robin Engel, discusses the new “Perceptions of Policing Survey”, Feb. 25, 2016 in University Pavilion.

The resignation of University of Cincinnati Police Department Chief Jason Goodrich and Major Tim Thornton came Friday in the wake of ongoing reform in practice and policy.

The development comes 25 days after the regulatory consultant firm Exiger began their independent review of UCPD practice and policy. Interviews with UCPD personnel and discussions with key leaders regarding the leadership led to the resignations and appointment of UC Public Safety Director James Whalen as interim chief.

UC recently released a Perceptions of Policing survey to evaluate how UC students feel about UCPD. There was special interest in how the views of the campus community towards UCPD was affected by the 2015 killing of Sam Dubose, 43, by then-UC police officer Ray Tensing after a traffic stop for a missing front license plate.

The poll was administered by the UC Institute for Policy Research. The results of the survey are currently unavailable to Safety and Reform, and will be published

sometime after the Wednesday completion deadline.

The survey will provide a start for further reform efforts, according to Robin Engel, vice president of UC’s Department of Safety and Reform.

The student body is being polled nearly six months after the shooting because building a comprehensive survey is a “massive undertaking”, according to Engel.

“In the interim, we’ve been working with multiple student groups, we’ve held meetings on-campus, off campus, we’ve met with community groups, and so we have done a whole host of different forums so we can continue to get feedback,” she said.

UC has attempted to improve relations with the University’s black community by holding meetings with the Irate8 and the United Black Student Organization.

Tobi Akomolede, a fourth-year computer science student, stated that UC has not taken enough of an active role in the effort to reform, and that he feels threatened by UCPD on campus.

“I don’t have a front license plate on my car,” said Akomolede. “It could have

happened to me.”

Engel expressed that student engagement was crucial towards making meaningful change.

“We are hopeful that our campus community will want to be engaged in this survey,” said Engel. “If we truly want to be a model for urban campus policing, we have to have engagement from students, faculty and staff.”

“While many of UCPD’s reform efforts will be guided by the recommendations of Exiger, this survey is critical because the only way UCPD can build trust is to understand where UCPD may have lost that trust.”

Some students felt that UCPD is doing a good job.

“I’m not on campus a lot, but when I am, I always see a lot of officers on campus — I think they are doing a pretty good job,” said Nathan Cole, a fourth-year sports administration student.

Selena Powell, a second-year communication student, said she is optimistic about UCPD’s future.

“I don’t know if they have done enough, but they are making progress,” Powell said.

Leaders discuss race, higher education Possible religion CAROLINE CORY | CHIEF REPORTER SYDNEY ARMSTRONG | STAFF REPORTER

With eyes set for change, Mitchell Phelps, Student Government president-elect, and Rob Richardson Jr., Board of Trustee chair, moderated a discussion panel focused on race and higher education.

The Thursday event kicked off Innovate for Change, a series of events to engage members of the University of Cincinnati community in the ongoing discussion about diversity, inclusion and social and economic justice.

February being Black History Month meant celebrating the milestones made by African Americans.

Faculty panelists included Emily Houh and Verna Williams. Student speakers were Ashley Nkadi, fourthyear neuroscience student, president of United Black Student Associations and Irate8 member; and Jackie Mulay, third-year journalism student and reelected atlarge senator.

Nkadi brought up the idea of students from rural areas coming to UC and experiencing a culture shock after arriving on campus.

“They get here and they’re in their protective bubble and they don’t know what to do,” Nkadi said.

Williams believes UC should diversify faculty members and the curriculum by challenging core classes to incorporate more inclusion.

“We need to be educating people that way and organizing that way,”Williams said. “The way things are going are not going to be sustainable for much longer,” Houh agreed by requesting all people be accountable for their actions, regardless of educational status.

“It’s not about credentials,” Houh said. “Everyone has to be taking responsibility, students and faculty.”

The July 19, 2015, shooting of Samuel DuBose by thenUCPD Officer Ray Tensing in Mount Auburn was also brought up in terms of public safety and policing.

“I know a couple things that UCPD and public safety have been doing first-person simulation trainings and the Exiger review and the fact that we are reacting to this problem is great to me. But what I want to see is more proactive,” Mulay said. “We have to be proactive or we are never going to fix any issues because we’re never going to grow and keep that growth stable.”

Richardson provided a short update on what the Board of Trustees is doing in attempt to prevent similar incidents from happening with a focus on accountability.

“We’re not only asking questions, we’re putting systemic reforms in place to make sure there’s accountability,” Richardson said. “The other way to make sure you have accountability is to make sure you have systemic reform that prevents things from happening again that have been mistakes.”

Nkadi feels the Board of Trustees having majority say in police reform is not just since the board members were less impacted than community members.

“Students, faculty and administration have a lot of opinions like, ‘We should do this, we should do that,’ but it was the community that was affected so it should be the community being asked what they want to see happen about police reform,” Nkadi said.

Students do not have the say they deserve in making changes to the police reform and there is a value system to determining who has the largest say especially varying by departments, according to Houh.

“I feel that some parts of the university are really open and honestly want to have those important conversations and change but I feel that there are other parts that are really not into hearing from certain people and I feel that some voices are valued over other voices,” Houh said.

During a question and answer conversation with attendees, a diversity plan to encourage inclusion and

diversity at UC that is being considered was mentioned, noting how the plan serves as a guide for students to meet their goals.

“It will say what we’re hoping to do and here are some of the strategies or recommendations that, if you do them, should get you to this particular outcome,” said Bleuzette Marshall, interim chief diversity officer. “In order to help our students, we have to know our students. We have to understand their backgrounds.”

Police reform was also mentioned, with panelists saying professionalism pays off when dealing with safety.

“We’re going to approach policing in today’s world in a multicultural society, in a professional kind of way.”

Williams said.

Mulay provided insight into how students have mixed feelings about UCPD’s efforts toward keeping campus safe.

“Some say, ‘I think UCPD is the best at policing students and is the best for students,’ and I’ve had other students who say ‘they aren’t and after this, they’ve proved it,’” Mulay said. “It’s really hard to have one side that wants them here and one side that doesn’t want UCPD.” Richardson also noted the importance of education in America, since the U.S has the highest incarceration rate in the world.

“We spend a lot more money locking people up than educating them,” Richardson said. “We have the highest incarcerated population in the world, even higher than China.”

The event was sponsored by Build 513, The Irate8, UC’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, UC Black Law Students Association, the Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice and the African American Cultural and Resource Center.

“You can never totally fix mistakes, Richardson said.

“But, you can create organizational habits and structures in order to encourage cultural inclusion.”

Innovate for Change is ending their series with a competition April 5 at UC’s Tangeman University Center.

Representatives from student organizations are welcomed to present their ideas to a group of panelists who will judge on the criteria of diversity, inclusion, social justice, and cultural and structural changes to UC’s campus and the community. The top three ideas will receive awards: first place prize of $2,500, $1,000 for second place and $500 for third place.

JEAN PLEITEZ | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Emily Houh, speaking at the Innovate for Change discussion, a panel focused on race and higher education, in Russel C Myers Alumni Center Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.

bill stirs debate among students AMIR SAMARGHANDI | NEWS EDITOR

The debate swirling around possibly holding the ideas of Darwinian evolution and scriptural belief as equally valid within a scientific classroom continues on the University of Cincinnati campus.

House Bill 425, known as the Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2016, passed the Ohio Legislature last week and drew a multitude of responses, from campus ministers to anthropology professors to UC’s Secular Student Alliance.

The bill would alter the current law that limits religious expression to non-instructional periods and would allow a student to engage in religious expression “before, during, and after school hours … to the same extent that a student is permitted to engage in secular activities.”

While the bill largely addresses the issue of religious expression at public schools, one section of the bill prohibits a school from penalizing or rewarding a student’s religious expression when completing homework or other assignments — meaning that creationist answers could be treated with the same validity as evolutionary ones.

Although the impact of the bill would be limited to education below UC’s, most people who responded to the bill noted its implication would be felt across all institutes of higher learning, including UC. Jamie Noyd, campus staff member at InterVarsity Christian ministries, said she knows several devoutly religious students who choose not to profess their faith publicly because they fear negative repercussions.

Noyd and other campus ministry officials said students expressed to them similar trepidation in outwardly commenting on their belief, specifically in academic matters.

“I would mark that student wrong for that answer,” said Brittany Lowe, a fifth-year biological medicine student about how she would deal with creationism within an evolution class. “Why are you even in the class if you don’t believe in what’s being taught? In any science or biology class, it’s not about what you believe, it’s about the facts and I think that keeps everyone on the same page.”

Other students wondered if the idea of religious liberty would in fact be a detriment to the academic experience of religious students themselves.

“It’s a misinterpretation of the religious principle. To purposely limit your exposure to the world to one single religious interpretation is very reductive and limits your scope. Learning is about incorporating all these different principles and figuring out their meaning,” said Garek Bushnell, a first-year exploratory student considering a scientific field.

Some did not see harm in the bill necessarily, but see how the bill could have negative implications for others.

“It doesn’t bother me but I could see why it would bother someone who isn’t religious. I could see why it would be a problem if it was coming from the instructor, that might bother people, like it’s an endorsement,” said Kaila Yamamoto, a second-year biology student about the idea of creationism within a scientific classroom.

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Business panel gives internship advice MADISON ASHLEY | STAFF REPORTER

A panel of professionals from The Cincinnati Reds and Luxottica networked with students Thursday at the University Pavilion.

The UC Career Development Center hosted the panel to give students an opportunity to meet with Fortune 500 companies and discover ways to set themselves apart when applying for internships.

Arthur Walton, internship coordinator for the Career

JEAN PLEITEZ | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A speaker informs what future interns need to accomplish to receive an internship at an panel hosted by UC Career Development Center on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.

Centestarted the panel with a Q&A session. He invited students to collaborate with the panelists, Janelle Stewart of Luxottica and Phylicia McCorkle of the Cincinnati Reds.

Janelle Stewart, a UC alumnus, is the president of the African American Employee Resource Group. During graduate school, she interned with Luxottica and was offered a position there.

Phylicia McCorkle, a Bowling Green University alumnus, interned with the Cincinnati Reds and is now the Employee Diversity Relations Coordinator.

“Think of an internship as your practice environment, go into your internship like a sponge, be willing to learn new things.”

Stewart said.

Arthur Walton and the Career Development Center offer paid internships to students. The internship does not count for credit, however “it is a chance for off campus employment and a raw internship experience,” said Walton.

Walton questioned the panelists on topics such as attire, how to compile your resume and career fair tactics.

McCorkle stressed the importance of looking the part.

“You have 15 seconds to make a lasting impression. I want to see a student who looks professional and I want to hear an elevator speech,” she said.

Molly Bernfeld, a third-year communications student, asked what she could adjust on her resume to make it stand out amongst other students with the same qualifications.

McCorkle said to cater your resume to the job you want.

“The two minutes you take to cater your resume to the job you’re applying for will get you to the nest round, as opposed to someone who didn’t switch anything,” said McCorkle.

Bernfeld said the panel helped her gain new information.

“I am currently doing an unpaid internship, I think the experience is payment enough, but I am happy to see there are opportunities for paid internships,” said Bernfeld.

Walton asked the panelists what they would most like to tell students.

“It is all about networking and following up. You have to try to be in the right place at the right time,” said McCorkle.

Walton invited the students to come talk to the panelists after the event ended. Students from all majors dropped off resumes and picked up business cards from the panelists.

Luxottica and the Cincinnati Reds are accepting internships through the summer and fall semesters.

The opportunity to network with students is beneficial to both the companies and the aspiring interns, according to McCorkle and Stewart.

UC faculty participate in singing contest KATARINA KNEHANS | CONTRIBUTOR

Faculty of the University of Cincinnati held a sing-off competition at the TUC Cinema in sponsorship of ArtsWave, a local arts agency from the Greater Cincinnati region.

The event started off with a speech given by President Ono, where he discussed ArtsWave, its benefits and where donations would go after the sing off competition.

ArtsWave raises money for groups involved with the music and arts in Cincinnati from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to students learning to play instruments, Ono said.

“It’s really one of the reasons why we have such a vibrant art scene and cultural scene in Cincinnati and I’m proud of the fact that the University of Cincinnati supports it every year,” Ono said.

The competition began after the speech. The Harmony Cats performed a ‘80s mash-up, featuring songs by David Bowie and Fleetwood Mac. There were two final entries by performing groups, UC ENT, who performed Irish ballads and the Healing Harmonies, who performed a take on Anna Kendrick’s Cup Song.

Ultimately, the winners were The Harmony Cats, featuring members Mark Kirschner, Judy Marsala, Nicole Kirchner, Dennis Murphy, Kristin Suess, and Josh Shal.

Mark Kirschner, application developer with Business Core Systems, said he competed “to support ArtsWave and also to meet other employees who enjoy singing and to just have a fun time.”

“It was an out of body experience to win. I just think it was a nice

way for the whole university to come together and do something nice to support the arts,” said Kirschner.

“We just got together as a group because we wanted to have some fun, wanted to meet some new people, and we made it work, and we rock, we wrote and arranged our own item and we did our own video, so it feels great to win, I didn’t know if we’d win, but it’s wonderful, we’re happy,” said Judy Marsala, accountant of the Bursar Staff for UC. The final note from the winning Harmony Cats came from Kristin Suess, director of Career Services and Talent.

“We just wanted to do something fun, we’re big supporters of Arts Wave, and it’s been great to get to know some different people, because we didn’t start out knowing everyone in the room, so it’s been fun to form a team around the concept and go from there,” said Suess.

Ono stayed to host and judge the entire competition.

“I loved it. This is the second time I’ve done it and there’s so much talent at the university. It’s a great cause to support ArtsWave,” Ono said.

Ono discussed the financial goal the University of Cincinnati has for all of its ArtsWave projects during his opening speech.

“You received an email to make a pledge, that I hope you’ll seriously consider making a donation to support the arts in our great city of Cincinnati, if you have not done so please do so, our UC campaign runs through mid march and our shared goal is ninety thousand dollars,” Ono said.

TAYLOR WESSELKAMPER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Jive Cats perform American Idol–style songs at the Sing off Competition Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in TUC Cinema.

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Keynote speaker, Valentino Zullo (he, him, his), from the Western Reserve University, presents his presentation Clinic of the Soul’: The Place of Literature in the Public Library at the University of Cincinnati’s 2016 Queercon, Friday Feb. 26, 2016, in TUC.

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Callie Wright’s (she, her, hers) presentation of Gaytheism is part of the Gaytheist Manifesto at the University of Cincinnati’s 2016 Queercon, Friday Feb. 26 in TUC.

LGBTQ students come together at QueerCon JEN HAM | CONTRIBUTOR

ZACH EDWARDS | CONTRIBUTOR

Jonathan Freeman, a communication and public relations certificate student (Left) and David Collins-White, a criminal justice student, promote the University of Cincinnati Student Body of Christ Weekend Revival, which was held on Feb. 26-27, 2016, in TUC’s Great Hall.

Revival features raucous services EMILY HETTERSCHEIDT | STAFF REPORTER

With praise and worship loud enough to shake the ground in Tangeman University Center, the University of Cincinnati Student Body of Christ held their annual Weekend Revival.

The Revival took place in TUC’s Great Hall Friday and Saturday, bringing out many people to worship.

The theme for this year’s event was the bible verse II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

The Revival included several events throughout the week to prepare for the weekend, but the main focus was on Friday’s guest speaker and worship and Saturday’s concert.

The members of the Student Body of Christ had tables set up on Main Street throughout the week to spread the word about the revival, play music and have fun with interested students.

This was just a precursor to the main event Friday and Saturday.

Friday night began with an introduction by Antoine Taylor, who graduated from UC in 2007 and is now a bible study leader in the Student Body of Christ.

“God is going to meet you in this place,”Taylor said while getting the audience ready for the upcoming worship leaders.

Taylor welcomed Zadok Ministries from Columbus to the stage. The singing group and band were lead by Jerod Grant, who spent the first half of the night singing and dancing in praise.

“Worship is not what you do after you get free, worship is what you do to get free,” Grant said on stage.

The energy in the room was high during the near three hours of worship. While about a third of the seats in the Great Hall were full, the audience’s singing and dancing made it sound like a full house.

This was just as true while the revival’s guest speaker, Pastor Brian Williams from Hope City House of Prayer in Columbus, gave his sermon.

While Williams did not sing or dance as much as Grant, music was present the entire time and he seemed to command the room with his words.

During both men’s time on stage, members of the audience were dancing, yelling, running around the room and even crying at some points.

Williams explained that it is important to him to go to college campuses for these events because it is shaping future leaders.

“I think it’s always good to drive home the importance of faith and god so that when [college students] get into positions of influence they have character and morality and a compass,” he said.

However, it was not only college students that attended the event. Many families and other members of the community were present as well.

Hannah Begashaw, one of those members of the community, appreciated the energy and the change in the room during the worship.

“You just felt the holy spirit inside of you,” she said.

How does Spiderman offer a ‘clinic for the soul?’ In what ways do African prisons fight bigotry? What do Atheism and transgenderism have in common?

Though these questions appear strange, they fit together under the pretense of one event: the University of Cincinnati’s 2016 QueerCon. UC hosted QueerCon, a series of workshops and lectures for “social justice warriors,” Friday in the Tangeman University Center.

The event focused on issues concerning the LGBTQ community.

“It’s important that there’s LGBTQ events on UC’s campus. It’s a space where I can not only learn by my own volition but it’s also a safe space where I can enjoy being queer and commiserate with other LGBTQ students,” said Vince Donovan, a second-year social work student.

Many of the presenters and attendees identified as LGBTQ, promoting a keen sense of diversity and acceptance.

“To be totally honest I didn’t really know what to expect…. I’m a first year, so I’ve never heard of anything like this, and I’ve never really been to any other conventions,” said TJ Sweet, a first-year criminal justice student. “This event was really cool and seemed really educational.

I’m a recently out gay person, so it’s nice to learn a little more about my community I’m entering into.”

Sweet was not alone in his quest for self-discovery. Jessica Price first-year exploratory at student, yet her major is not the only thing she is discovering.

Price first identified as asexual in her sophomore year of high school and is still realizing just what the identity involves.

“I saw there was going to be a panel about asexuality and then I looked into the other panels and thought it would be an interesting thing to check out,” said Price. “I didn’t know much about the trans community, but I do now. I think I was looking for a space where people could discuss these topics and get different viewpoints and learn in general.”

This desire to learn more about one’s own identity was addressed by Valentino Zullo, the keynote speaker of the conference.

Zullo talked about the idea behind the program he co-leads with librarians Amy Dawson and Jean Collins. He co-founded a comic book club/seminar program in the Cleveland Public Library in what he calls ‘the people’s university.’

He was awarded the 2016 Ohio Center for the Book Scholar Residency.

Under the advising of Vera Camden, Zullo was able to form a unique specialization of literature and comics with a foundation of social work.

Since 2014, the group has been meeting every other week for discussion on themes found in comics, with guest lecturers once a month to touch on subjects in more detail or with new insight.

Zullo claims comics, in particular, are more interactive and demand a certain kind of connectivity or “imaginative knowledge” that is absent from other visual literature such as films.

“The imagination of a more just world allows us to begin participating in a more just world,” Zullo said. “Through events such as Queercon, one can learn more freely about LGBTQ issues and this spawns introspective and progressive imagination.”

Some consider LGBTQ right as some of the last remaining rights to be realized.

QueerCon hoped to offer education about social justice and how it can be enacted in real life.

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Oscar snubs should not be at forefront for African Americans MACK DAVIS | STAFF REPORTER

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Campaigns need to chill RYAN HOLBROOK | STAFF REPORTER

Things are heating up in the Democratic race for president and advocates for both sides are lobbing insults.

With Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina in the books, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are turning their attention to Super Tuesday, with 13 states holding contests.

In an effort to court a diverse group of voters, Bernie Sanders recently met with the Rev. Al Sharpton. Clinton has visited Flint, Michigan, a city with a majority black population, to rail against Gov. Rick Snyder for doing nothing to prevent the contamination in the city’s water.

While the candidates are doing everything in their power to attract these voters, advocates for the two of them are driving voters away.

Shortly before the New Hampshire primary, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright used a phrase she has been using for years: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,” she said at a Clinton rally.

Most likely intended to be humorous, the comment nevertheless gives a tinge of resentment for the young women who are choosing to support Sanders over Clinton.

And Gloria Steinem, a feminist icon, recently said that young women were flocking to Sanders because “that’s where the boys are.”

I have a feeling this attitude is going to foster some resentment, because nobody likes to be lectured, especially when it comes to voting.

A similar phenomenon is happening with other high-profile Clinton supporters, including Congressman John Lewis of Georgia.

Lewis, a civil rights hero who marched with Martin Luther King and participated in multiple civil rights demonstrations, said he “never saw” Bernie Sanders when he was involved with the movement. The comment came off as Lewis dismissing Sanders’ civil rights work.

It is well-documented that as a student at the University of Chicago, Bernie Sanders staged sit-ins in protest against the segregated dorms and was even arrested.

That is not to say that Sanders advocates are doing anything less than those in Clinton’s camp to scare potential voters away.

There is a certain pretentiousness and intensity that characterizes some of Sanders’ supporters. The New York Times has dubbed this as “Bernie-splaining,” which I think is accurate. It is essentially a phenomenon of his supporters feel the need to tell people, recently black voters, that voting against Sanders is voting against your interests.

I have encountered this a couple times when people are talking about Sanders’ lack of support in the black community.

“Don’t they realize that a $15 minimum wage is good for them?”Talking down like that is not going to garner any votes.

There also seems to be a deep hatred of Hillary Clinton in the Sanders camp that you would only expect from the GOP. While criticisms are obviously expected and needed in a campaign, some of the comments I hear range from disparaging to downright nasty.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a Sanders supporter call Hillary Clinton a hag or a witch, I would have enough money to be in Bernie’s “one tenth of 1 percent” class.

While this just describes what I hear from friends and other people my age, I think it is likely that these attitudes extend across the country and could potentially make people think twice about associating themselves with the campaign.

The one job that advocates and supporters have is to make their favored candidate more attractive to potential voters, not shoo them away with lazy rhetoric or hateful remarks.

Hopefully the campaign will turn towards a more positive and issues-based one in the near future.

The 88th annual Academy Awards took place Sunday, but not without a little bit of controversy.

The 2016 Academy Awards received backlash due to the lack of representation from African Americans in the nominations, in particular Will Smith’s “Concussion” and the N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton.”

Jada Pinkett Smith voiced her displeasure the loudest, with a co-sign from her husband Smith. They even went as far to call for all African Americans to boycott the entire ceremony.

The idea to boycott the Oscars put an unexpected amount of pressure on the African Americans involved with the show, from host Chris Rock, to Cheryl Boone Issacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

I stand with a great deal of other African Americans in saying there are far more important things we should focus on.

With a great deal of African Americans without clean water in Flint, Michigan, do we really have time to launch a crusade over the Academy Awards?

With the police killing and brutalizing African Americans at alarming rates, should we drop all that and boycott the Oscars?

African Americans make up less than 20 percent of the U.S. population but almost 80 percent of the prison population. Should we give a hoot if Smith gets his coveted Academy Award?

African Americans in the film industry should seek recognition for the work they do, but them not receiving an award for a film pales in comparison to the issues less fortunate African Americans face on a daily basis.

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have done exceptionally well for themselves over the years, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Very few people can deny the clear fact there is a lack of African American Academy Award winners in the 88-year history of the award.

All of the minorities involved in the film industry have a legitimate reason to be upset with the way the Academy chooses its nominations and winners.

But for the people on the bottom end of the social scale there are far greater issues to deal with.

Hopefully the day comes when social issues like poverty and systemic racism are a non-issue. Until then there just is not enough time in the day to be concerned with who wins an Oscar.

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The Faux Frenchmen spread love for gypsy jazz RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS EDITOR

Two acoustic guitars, an acoustic bass and a violin make up the Cincinnati-based band, The Faux Frenchmen. The band has been plucking, strumming and fiddling their way around Cincinnati for the last two decades, making a name for themselves and introducing the area to the genre of gypsy jazz.

The band is composed of Brian Lovely (guitar), George Cunningham (guitar), Don Aren (bass) and Paul Patterson (violin). Cunningham spoke to The News Record about gypsy jazz, his musical history, the band’s unrecorded fifth album and their 2016 plans.

The News Record: What characterizes gypsy jazz music? Most would say it started with Django Reinhardt, right?

George Cunningham: It was really the first great European jazz musicians, starting around 1934. There were a lot of Americans who had gone to Paris and had success, and records coming across the ocean introduced people to jazz. This is kind of setting the grounds for Europeans to start making jazz themselves.

The audience was just suddenly there. So, the fact that Django was a guitar player, and most of the guys he played with were string players, that made their take on jazz different, simply because there were no saxophones, no pianos, no drums, no singer.

TNR: How did you end up in a gypsy jazz band?

GC: I had heard Django Reinhardt records when I was like 20 and thought, not only would this be a good way to make some money — because it’s just such likable music — but it would also be a challenge to play it. So, I saw it as a way to grow as a musician.

I had that idea in the back of my mind for I don’t know how many years, and then finally got the opportunity to do it. I got a Monday night gig at a place called Tinks, which is now the restaurant — Harvest — that just changed over from La Poste.

We were there every Monday for seven years and what started out as just a Monday night gig turned into a band. We started rehearsing, writing to the style. We had to learn the style from scratch. Then we started writing to it and recording, and we started getting asked to do national festivals and stuff like that. The crowd response was just so good. People just ate it up and it sure was fun to do.

TNR: Do you feel like audiences respond well to your music around Cincinnati?

GC: It’s why I moved here. People here expect musicians to give them something, because they do.

There are really good players here. So, after having been in the best band in Toledo for three years, there’s nothing else to do there. So, I came some place where I knew there was a better scene both in terms of players and audiences.

TNR: Is most of what you are playing original compositions?

GC: It depends what the night is. If you see us in concert, yes, probably 60 percent. And, I think from this point, recording, it will all be our own. Our next album is written, we just haven’t recorded it. It’s been written for two years.

TNR: Do you record independently or do you go to a studio around here?

GC: Both. We have done our basic tracks at a place

called Group Effort, a studio in Kentucky. The cool thing about that is, we record to two-inch tape, because digital recording just sounds ping-y to me. You can really hear the warmth and the breadth of the analogue tape. That’s what we’ve done the past two records. Then, we all have home studios. So, we might do some of the solos there.

TNR: I’ve seen you guys play at Urban Artifact in Northside, where else around Cincinnati do you play?

GC: That was a good show. We had just done the Chamber orchestra gig, and we had just done a festival in Cleveland, so we were on a roll. We were playing really good.

We just played at the Esquire Theatre on Ludlow. The building that was once La Poste — it just changed names to Harvest — we play there about once a month. That room has been a constant for us.

TNR: Does the band have any exciting plans for 2016?

GC: Here’s what we got. We’re doing various concerts around town, of course. In September, we are doing the Allegheny Jazz Festival in Cleveland, which we’ve done for the last 11 years or so.

Then we go to south east Iowa where we are going to play with the Iowa Chamber Orchestra, and that is based on them hearing about our success with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra last September.

TNR: Would you talk a little about working with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra?

GC: Each of us writes and each of us had one of our original compositions arranged for chamber orchestra last fall. Took up the better part of our year to get those arrangements together. But, it was worth it. It translated really well.

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The Cincinnati-based band, Faux Frenchmen, performs at Esquire Theater Wednesday night, Feb. 24, 2016. Faux Frenchmen has been introducing the area to the genre of gypsy jazz for the last 20-years and consists of George Cunningham; acoustic guitar (left), Brian Lovely; acoustic guitar, Don Aren; double bass and substitute member Joe Lukasik; clarinet. Faux Frenchmen.

‘The Witch’ unsettling, not scary

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Terry Cole laughed about the origins of his affair with vinyl and recording, saying it stems from an elective class his senior year of college as a zoology major. That’s right, the long-haired and laid-back guy behind the record shop counter could have been your highschool science teacher at one point.

“Well I was taking a music composition class at the time and I was in a band and just thought it would be cool to weave my own personal projects into the class and ended up creating Colemine Records as a way to represent me and the band,”Terry Cole said, sifting through the seemingly endless rows of albums in front of him.

“Colemine Records began to attract other bands and continued to take up more of my time, to the point that I decided to invest in a space that could help grow the label.”

And thus, Plaid Room was born as a place to sell good music and record new artists under Colemine’s label.

Since its conception in early 2015, Plaid Room has grown from a small shop with a few shelves of records, to a friendly spot

where anyone — from someone just listening to vinyl for the first time, to someone rebuilding their collection — can go to find the music they love, or discover something new, the brothers said.

With events like in-shop live shows with local bands and food trucks, the brothers hope to continue to support local artists and those signed with their record label, which continues growing more rapidly than anticipated.

“If things keep in the direction that they’re going in right now, I could see us expanding the shop one day,”Terry Cole said. “But, I don’t see us moving away from Loveland any time soon.

We’ve become a part of the community at this point and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”

Whether it is the latest Beach House album, or a new, funky Colemine Records release, the brothers Cole just want to help anyone find what they need in a place that is not just about getting the right music, but getting those good, soulful vibes from the guys who know it best.

ERIN COUCH | CONTRIBUTOR REVIEW

While generally advertised as a horror film, “The Witch” is not quite horrifying.

Chances are you will sleep somewhat soundly after the 92 minutes spent in the theater. That is not to say that you will not leave the movie feeling disturbingly unsettled in the best possible way.

“The Witch: A New England Folktale” depicts a 17thcentury Puritan family that has been excommunicated from their settlement due to the patriarch’s crime of

heresy.

Shortly after relocating into the stark wilderness of New England, the infant son mysteriously disappears at the hands of the rarely seen titular witch. This is just the beginning of the family slowly descending into madness from an intangible force: evil.

The witch herself is rarely shown, but the traces of evil she leaves on the family are succinctly portrayed through the unhinging of religion among the characters.

Puritans are a denomination of Christianity who set out to purify religion, and seeing evil up close and reflected in them is anything but ideal. As the audience, we see evil consume them, and we suffer through every deliciously tense moment.

In his Sundance-winning directorial debut, newbie writer-director Robert Eggers effectively utilizes old school suspense techniques that keep the audience on their toes without resorting to cheap jump-scare tactics.

The film breathes like “The Shining” with intense furlongs of suspenseful insanity followed by punctuated bursts of supernatural violence in the spirit of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic.

Much like the iconic Kubrick film, what makes “The Witch” so unique in the context of the 21st century is its maintenance of hyperrealism without tired conventions like first person camerawork and excessive CGI, which old school horror lovers and bored audiences of these “homemade” horror flicks will both appreciate.

What really drives the theme of evil home to the audience is how these devout Puritans can play a hypocritical “Crucible”-esque game of “Which Witch?” against each other, blatantly disregarding the sinfulness they work so hard to separate themselves from.

The irreversible fear and accusations of evil in this supposedly sinless family begs the question: how much evil is inside each of us?

Eggers effectively explores this notion through the hysteria encountered by the family, what lengths they are willing to go to in order to assign the evil to something tangible, and ultimately how their obsession with evil transforms them.

“The Witch” may not make you jump or scream, but it will make you think about the capacity for evil in a way you never hoped you would, and that is the effect that real horror can have.

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Bunbury lineup takes big leap from last year RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS EDITOR

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PromoWest productions released the 2016 lineup for their Bunbury Music Festival Thursday, foreshadowing a weekend of funk, rock and electronica that seems like quite a leap from last year’s lineup.

The festival will once again take place over three days — June 3-5 — at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove, where it has been held the past four years.

The Headliners: Last year’s headliners included the alt-rock phenomenon The Black Keys, festival-staple The Avett Brothers and the legendary Snoop Dogg. This year, PromoWest has secured a totally different set of headlining acts.

The Killers — the alt-rock band that blew up the early 2000s and continues to rock into the present day — will take the stage at the end of the first night. Florence and the Machine will headline the second night, which should be a huge, explosion of a performance. And then Mudcrutch will headline the final day.

Mudcrutch is Tom Petty’s band that actually formed in 1970.

The addition of this headliner might be PromoWest’s attempt to attract a different generation to the festival. Many online have also speculated that this might be PromoWest’s attempt at reducing noise complaints after the festival ends on Sunday,

because the crowd was pretty rowdy after Snoop Dogg closed out last year’s festival.

Bands to look out for: Other than the three headliners, Bunbury will be full of just as eclectic a lineup as last year.

Grimes, the pop project of Claire Elise Boucher, will fill the jumping, electronic spot that Lindsey Stirling filled last year. Big Grams — the collaboration between Big Boi and Phantogram — should also bring some waves of EDM to Sawyer Point.

G. Love and Special Sauce should bring the funk to the festival.

Hopefully they put G. Love on the River Stage where bands like Shakey Graves and The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band played last year. This stage lends a beautiful setting to more funky and folky sets next to the river and under the bridge between Cincinnati and Newport.

Ice Cube will also be making an appearance which should be interesting, at least. It is a little disappointing, after introducing hip-hop to the festival last year and having wildly successful acts like Buggs the Rocka, Lil’ Dicky and Snoop Dogg, that there are not more hip-hop acts on this year’s lineup.

Overall, Bunbury looks like it should provide three days of solid entertainment to a range of demographics around Cincinnati.

6 / SPORTS MONDAY, FEB. 29, 2016

Men’s basketball holds off ECU CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER

PAUL PAN | CONTRIBUTOR

Alyesha Lovett , No. 12, drives through a Tulsa defender Saturday Feb. 27, 2016 at Fifth Third Arena.

UC women fall to Tulsa ADAM KING | STAFF REPORTER DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team was unable to get their seniors one final win in Fifth Third Arena, falling 76-63 to the University of Tulsa Saturday, the last home game of the season.

After trailing by 3 points at halftime, multiple second half runs

by Tulsa anchored their 13-point win.

Tulsa began the game up 7-3 and ended the quarter on a 9-6 run to claim a 16-9 advantage over the Bearcats.

Cincinnati’s deficit increased to nine early in the second period but three-consecutive 3-pointers from senior guard Jasmine Whitfield tied the game at 18-18.

The two teams traded a couple of runs in the quarter, but Tulsa claimed a 32-29 lead headed into halftime.

Cincinnati came out in the second half and grabbed an early lead, which allowed them to control much of the third quarter. Tulsa then came out of a timeout with 4:35 left in the third period and went on an 11-0 to take a 7-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Tulsa continued to put the game out of reach in the fourth. They began the period on a 7-0 run to stretch their lead to 14 points and were up by as much as 18 points twice.

The Bearcats ended the game on a 7-2 run, but still fell 13 points short.

“Hats off to Tulsa,” said head coach Jamelle Elliott. “But I’m really happy with the play we played at

home, the best we played at home for a long time.”

Despite coming up short, a couple of seniors had a soilid game in their last go-round at Fifth Third Arena.

Senior guard Jasmine Whitfied put up 18 points, as well as two assists, and redshirt senior guard Alyesha Lovett scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

“Today was that game where I wanted the seniors to be the ones that win the game for us,” Elliott said. “They’ve been here for four years, Lovett five years, so they have the experience and today was their day.

Sophomore guard Ana Owens led the Bearcats in scoring with 19 points but was outshined by Tulsa’s senior guard Ashley Clark’s game high 27 points along with eight rebounds and five assists.

Shooting was a big factor in the Bearcats’ loss as they shot 45 percent from the field and 31 percent from the 3-point line ― compared to Tulsa’s 50 percent from the field and 40 percent on 3-pointers.

The Golden Hurricane also led the Bearcats in bench points, rebounds, assists, steals, points off turnovers and fast break points.

UC is now in ninth place in the American Athletic Conference with an 8-20 over record and a 4-13 conference record.

The Bearcats finish the regular season 8 p.m. Monday in New Orleans against the Tulane University Green Wave. The AAC tournament will begin March 4 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The game against Tulane will be aired on ESPN3.

The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team overcame a torrent of 3-pointers from East Carolina University to win 6556, their 21st win of the season and 11th conference win.

The Bearcats benefitted from career-high points from junior guard Troy Caupain with 27 and freshman forward Jacob Evans with 18. The team was also supported by another doubledouble from senior forward Octavius Ellis – his sixth of the season and third in his last five games.

“Troy and Jacob obviously stepped up big time to put the ball in the basket,” said head coach Mick Cronin. “Octavius continues to play great on the defensive end with 14 rebounds.”

Cincinnati opened up scoring quickly by going 4-for-4 to open the game including three 3-pointers. But East Carolina stormed back with hail of 3-pointers of their own.

For the game, ECU made 6-of13 3-pointers ― the first time in three games that the Pirates shot under 50 percent from the 3-point line.

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the physicality of Division I basketball at our level and now you’re seeing his talent come out which is not a surprise.”

Despite the win, Cronin mentioned where the team continues to struggle.

“We get up 13 and we miss layups, wide open shots,” Cronin said. “It’s like we pull ourselves up at times…You can’t stop playing and to Troy and Jacobs credit they didn’t, they kept putting the ball in the basket, which is why we won.”

The Bearcats are 21-8 on the season and 11-5 in American Athletic Conference play.

They remain one game behind Temple University, who is 12-4 in conference play and in first place. They also trail the University of Tulsa and Southern Methodist University.

UC has two regular season games remaining against the University of Houston and SMU. They play Houston on the road 9 p.m. Thursday and SMU on Senior Day at noon Sunday in Fifth Third Arena.

The Houston game will be aired on CBS Sports Network and the game against SMU will be aired on CBS.

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did today, as far as getting all the way to the basket and continually throwing it out to shoot 3s, since Kenyon Martin played at Cincinnati,” Cronin said. “I remember Tom Crean screaming ‘Pass it out!’…I haven’t seen that since that game at the ‘Shoe back in the day.”

ECU was led in points by senior guard Prince Williams with 18, but the Pirates struggled in the paint against the Bearcats’ defense. East Carolina shot under 40 percent and were 7-for24 inside the 3-point line.

It was the fourth time in five games Cincinnati held an opponent to under 40 percent field goal percentage.

The Bearcats were without starters Shaq Thomas and Farad Cobb, who both missed the game due to injuries. Evans started in place of Thomas and had a career day as he continues to be a crucial addition to the starting lineup ― scoring an average of 15 points in his last four games.

“For Jacob, like any freshman, the game was so physical,” Cronin said. “The intensity of the game was so different.

He’s adjusted now as far as

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