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Student government members debate levy renewal After heated discussion, close vote, SG supports renewal of Cincinnati Public Schools levy CASSIE MERINO | CHIEF REPORTER

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Beer believes it is important for SG to support the community.

After much debate, the University of Cincinnati’s Student Government voted to support the renewal of an existing levy for Cincinnati Public Schools, which has passed for five years and has generated $65.1 million annually for the district.

The vote caused a great debate within student government and left members wondering how far they should get involved in city politics.

“This is a very interesting conversation because there are pros and cons both ways,” said Cristina Beer, student body president. “I think it is important as a governing body to look at some opportunities within the community.”

Tobi Akomolede, chair of the student governmental affairs committee, stressed the need to support the renewal levy, saying CPS affects UC in various ways.

“Even though it may feel as though we are in a bubble, UC is very much engaged in the outside community of Cincinnati,” Akomolede said. “Bearcat Buddies is just one example.”

Along with Bearcat Buddies, a youth-tutoring program, CPS’s Hughes High School is a part of the UC community due to its location and the UC student tutors who volunteer there. Akomolede is hopeful this renewal levy will help improve UC students’ quality of life, including a decrease in crime.

“It is well documented that education impacts surrounding areas in relation to crime, quality of life and the economic activity as well,” Akomolede said.

Those in opposition to the bill said it was overreaching student government members’ political beliefs. and that they felt forced to support it.

“I am not afraid of the backlash this would have because I don’t think there are that many people that would care, but I am worried about what it would do to our body,” said Matt Goldenberg, chair of the student body academic issues committee. “I don’t think this is an important issue that we need to take a stance ... I think that we should not be trying to push opinions in that manner upon members of this body.”

After a close vote, the bill passed, declaring student body government to be in support of the levy. Beer and Akomolede are working to support CPS not just financially, but are also into hosting supply drives, Beer SEE SG PG 3

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UC football official fired after sexual assault arrest in KY THE NEWS RECORD

University of Cincinnati football official Antrione Archer was fired Tuesday after the university was informed that Archer was arrested earlier this year in Kenton County, Kentucky, according to a statement released from UC Athletic Director Mike Bohn. Hired in the summer of 2011, Archer served as the director of player welfare. According to Kenton County Detention Center records, Archer was arrested for third degree sexual abuse. He was booked on June 16 at 3:26 p.m. and released at 3:57 p.m. after posting a $2,500 cash bond. Classified as a Class B misdemeanor, third degree sexual abuse is defined by section 510.130 of Kentucky Legislature as subjecting another person to sexual contact without the person’s consent.

Bohn said the university will cooperate with authorities regarding the incident. Within hours of learning of his arrest, Archer was placed on administrative leave Sept. 26, Bohn said in the statement.

“UC Athletics is fully committed to upholding the highest level of professionalism and conduct for our staff, coaches and student-athletes,” Bohn said.

Archer is scheduled to appear in court for a pretrial conference Oct. 6 and a jury trial Oct. 15 at the Kentucky Court of Justice.

Dr. Judith Feinberg, a UC professor of medicine and researcher, is determined to reduce the harm of hepatitis C and HIV in Ohio.

UC researchers hope to stop spread of hepatitis C in southern Ohio ELYSSE WINGET | STAFF REPORTER

As drugs spread from city centers to the suburbs of southern Ohio, medical professionals are looking at innovative ways to help steep the flow of diseases passed through drug needles.

University of Cincinnati professor of internal medicine, Dr. Judith Feinberg, received a three-year grant for $900,000 earlier this month from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This grant will be used to prevent hepatitis C from spreading throughout rural and suburban areas in southern Ohio — areas that have been plagued with drug

abuse and its negative side effects.

The project is called StOPHeP — Southern Ohio Prevents Hepatitis Project.

“The overall goal for the three years is harm reduction,” Feinberg said, “And to understand much more, such as how individuals are affected, what made them start injecting and giving them the resources to receive treatment.”

Focusing on 18 to 30-year-olds who inject drugs and have contracted or are at the risk of contracting hepatitis C, the project’s goal is to treat enough people in an effort to reduce the spread of the disease, Feinberg said.

Though hepatitis C is treatable and can be cured it still “destroys lives and causes illness as well as overdoses,” Feinberg said.

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The grant money will go toward hiring peer navigators and outreach workers that will connect with individuals who are using drugs, or who have used drugs in the past, who have a higher possibility of contracting hepatitis C or HIV. “It is an immense problem,” Feinberg said. “This is a compelling thing to do.”

Feinberg, who works for UC Medical Center, has witnessed the effects of this epidemic, which prompted her to take action. Working at the hospital, she saw many patients being diagnosed with hepatitis C. “We did a big retrospective study to see patterns over the span of 10 years from 1999 to 2009,” Feinberg said. “We found that there was a two-fold increase SEE HEALTH PG 3

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On Tuesday, the University of Cincinnati released a safety advisory that a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted on the sixth floor of the Steger Student Life Center. The student said she had just met her assaulter who called himself Mark. She was walking with the suspect when he took her into a room in Steger and sexually assaulted her. The student described the suspect as a white male, age 23 to 25. She said he had SEE ASSAULT PG 3

3CDC funds, organizes $5.45M in projects to build apartments in OTR Over-the-Rhine sees large increase in new buildings, renovations as desire for housing grows TAYLOR RHOTEN | STAFF REPORTER

Abandoned. Vacant. Crime-ridden.

These are words that were often used to describe the neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine in the past, according to Anastasia Mileham, the vice president of communications for 3CDC — the company leading the charge to revamp OTR. By the 21st century, OTR had a poverty rate of 58 percent, and an unemployment rate of 25 percent with a median annual household income of below $10,000, according to 3CDC’s website.

After years of neglect, a group of influential citizens from various downtown corporations, city employees and other financial backers realized that something must be done about OTR’s problem.

They decided to create the Cincinnati New Market Fund, a $50 million investment program designed to purchase the abandoned buildings in the OTR neighborhood. Soon after the program was created, the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation, or 3CDC, was given the responsibilities for the fund.

3CDC, a non-profit organization that now resides in OTR, is on a mission to, “Revitalize the OTR and downtown Cincinnati area,” Mileham said.

Since the start of the initiatives, 3CDC has commissioned the renovation of 117 buildings that are now used as commercial or residential spaces. The OTR renovations have cost a total of $335 million, according to Mileham.

To meet the increasing demand for housing as more people flood OTR’s neighborhood, 3CDC started

developing and renovating the neighborhood. Recently, it has been working on four commercial and residential spaces. The developments include Parksite, a more than $3.6 million project that will add eight condos along Race Street across from Washington Park.

According to Mileham, OTR was one of the most dangerous and criminally active neighborhoods in the entire country. Before 3CDC purchased anything in the area, 90 percent of the buildings were vacant. After the purchase of $27 million worth of OTR properties, the crime rate dropped by 50 percent, Mileham said.

“One of the goals of 3CDC is to make the entire area a safe, walk-able place,” she said.

This attitude is the basis for Plan Cincinnati, a group that aligns with 3CDC. Plan Cincinnati, adopted by the Cincinnati City Council in November of 2012, is the official plan for the re-urbanization of the downtown and surrounding neighborhood commercial and residential spaces.

It plans to create a Cincinnati in which all areas, especially OTR, are livable for a variety of different people. They work to make sure Cincinnati small businesses and corporations will be profitable and attractive to people from inside and outside of the city.

The new OTR apartments will start at around $1,100 per month. The upcoming renovations include several multi-million-dollar projects, according to the 3CDC website.

Mercer III townhomes are going on nearly three acres of property between Vine Street, Walnut Street, and 13th and 14th streets. The first two phases of building this property are already complete. The third phase will yield 12 residential units, including eight three-bedroom townhomes and four two-bedroom condominium flats.

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The Mercer property is still under construction, though it is reaching its final stages.

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Study Abroad Fair travels down MainStreet Booths set up shop to provide details about university, outside programs FERNANDA CRESCENTE | STAFF REPORTER

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Jerry Springer gave unique anecdotes during his humorous presentation.

Former news anchor Springer talks ethics, technology HANNAH BUSSELL | CONTRIBUTOR

Infamous reality television host Jerry Springer began an on-campus speech Wednesday morning by stating his hope that students never appear on his show, on which guests have included an adult baby, a man who married his horse and a grandma who is also a pimp.

Springer gave a lecture on ethical journalism and the influence of technology at the CollegeConservatory of Music — his third appearance at the University of Cincinnati.

Although he specifically spoke to an electronic media ethics class, the presentation was open to the entire UC community.

Though most widely recognized as host of “The Jerry Springer Show,” Springer formerly served as Cincinnati mayor and a WLWT news anchor.

He worked as an anchor for 10 years and, although he didn’t lie, he said he didn’t necessarily report the truth.

“Journalists are honest,” Springer said in his speech. “They don’t lie, but they certainly don’t tell the truth, because they don’t know the truth.”

Springer, however, embraced the controversy surrounding his giving lectures on ethics. He said his wellknown, outrageous reality show is “stupid and pointless, but very entertaining,” and each of his guests chooses to appear on the show.

Springer said has always fought against censoring the show, but he won’t televise anything too serious or life changing, like having guests take pregnancy tests.

“Go to the doctors for that, not my show,” he said.

He doled out a few personal anecdotes from his time on “The Jerry Springer Show,” like the fact that his favorite guest is a man who married his horse.

He also gave some surprising truths, including how he learns about his guests at the same time as the audience, so his reactions and questions are all real and unscripted. He urged students to go to Connecticut to watch live recordings, saying doing so is “an experience you will remember your whole life. It is a circus.”

One subject Springer was keen to accentuate was the ways in which technology has changed journalism.

He argued that everyone is able to be a reporter with access to phones and social media.

“His discussion about where we fit in this new age of technology was so insightful,” said Katerina Dominis, a second-year psychology student. “I’ve left with a new outlook on reporting.

I can be a journalist simply because I have a phone.”

Springer pointed to current news stories to back up his argument, saying that ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) conflict could have been like another Holocaust, but “The power of democracy via technology is our defense.”

Audience members were eager to learn why Springer hasn’t before or isn’t currently applying for Senator, with lots of voiced approval when the question was finally asked. Springer joked that his age was the main reason it wasn’t going to happen, but added “Politics is my religion. I want to keep it separate from my work. I’m happy right now and I’m not needed.”

Springer spoke for more than an hour and was never fazed, even when severe weather test sirens rang out in the Werner Recital Hall, prompting him to say the alarm “must be a rightwinger!”

His strong sense of humor weaved between light and heavy topics, and his presentation was well received by audience members and prompted numerous questions from them.

“Some people feel like his show is successful because it takes complete advantage of people,” said Jennifer Moss, a third-year music student.

“But you shouldn’t hold the show against him. He is a successful journalist and has held public office.

Everything he has to say about ethics was completely valid and I appreciated his honesty about the show.”

Flags from various countries decorated MainStreet Wednesday as hundreds of students attended the 2014 Study Abroad Fair.

The event brought awareness to the different study abroad opportunities available at the University of Cincinnati, as well as encouraged undergraduates to experience different cultures and learn new languages. Fifty tables were set up for the fair, according to Jill Reister, education abroad adviser for UC International Programs.

UC sends about 1,300 students abroad every year, and hopes to raise the number to 1,700 by 2019, said Brittney Smith, assistant director for faculty-led study abroad programs and incoming exchange students.

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Smith spoke about how life-changing her experience abroad was, and highlighted how important it is to get students to visit other countries.

“It just unlocked an area of my mind that I never thought possible,” Smith said. “ I think study abroad has a way of stretching people beyond their comfort zones. I think it has a way of stretching you in terms of how you interact with people, how you think about relationships, culture and things of that nature.”

The fair was set up so that students could hop from one stand to the next, talk to representatives and find out what countries and programs sparked their interests the most.

UC offers 91 faculty-led study abroad programs, but the fair also included external program providers that put together long-term study abroad experiences. Reister said programs are offered on six continents and more than 50 countries.

“To be immersed in a place that is not familiar helps you think better,” said Kristopher Holland, assistant professor

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Hundreds of students walked up and down MainStreet Wednesday to learn more about dozens of study abroad programs offered by the university. About 1,300 students travel through UC annually.

at the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.

Holland was at the fair to advertise a study abroad trip to Germany. The trip is planned for the summer of 2015 and will include a track for those who do not have prior art experience and a studio track for DAAP majors.

The students that opt for the studio track will also have an international exhibition in Berlin that features what they have worked on during the summer.

“Berlin is a site where you need to know about as an artist,” Holland said. “For the non-art majors, it is a way to understand art — how it’s made, where it’s sold, and how it is a part of a sort of a broader conversation of culture that we don’t normally get in the United States.”

Sarah Jackson, assistant professor at UC’s department of archeology, also participated in the fair to promote a faculty-led program to Belize. The students who decide to participate will excavate and investigate a Maya site, getting hands-on experience and

learning about how field research is conducted.

“I think traveling helps people globalize,” said Kearstin O’Mara, a firstyear construction management student.

“Because in careers and in life, you are going be working with people of all different nationalities, from all over the world, and if you don’t know how to communicate with them it is going to be very difficult to actually succeed in the work force.”

O’Mara traveled and lived in Germany for a month during her high school years, and has also been to England. When asked about her favorite part about traveling, she mentioned different foods and learning about new cultures.

“It makes you stand out from other people that don’t know foreign languages or are not comfortable with traveling,” O’Mara said.

“It makes it very easy for companies to send you places where they need you to go, because they know you already have experiences with traveling.”

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UC alumna Rema Rizek, right, returned to campus Tuesday afternoon to attend the Muslim Student Association’s welcome event.

Muslim Student Welcome teaches, unites Campus organization hosts event to bring peers of all backgrounds together CASSIE LIPP | STAFF REPORTER

A Muslim Student Welcome event held Tuesday afternoon had one purpose: To bring University of Cincinnati students of all religions and backgrounds together in a fostering environment to spread acceptance and knowledge.

“The sole purpose of this body is to spread love, remove hatred and bring people together,” said Syed Murtuza Abbas, a faculty adviser of UC’s Muslim Student Association (UCMSA), which organized Tuesday’s event.

About 20 students and four faculty members met in the African American Cultural & Resource Center to introduce themselves, see performances by hip-hop artists Michael X and HaasSpitta and eat free food.

For many of the students, it was their first time attending a UCMSA event.

Abbas, in his fifth year being involved

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Amina Darwish, chaplain of the MSA, shakes hands with Eric Abercrombie, AACRC director.

with the UCMSA, said he hopes other organizations will host similar welcome events.

“The idea is to bring together people, not separate people,” Abbas said.

Abbas said another goal of the organization is to remove the negativity associated with being Muslim so that all students, especially those who are Muslim, feel comfortable and safe on campus.

Interacting with other students is a vital part of the college experience, so UCMSA aims to equip students with the skills to do that, he added.

“There are a lot of Muslims and no single body that connects them — except Islam,” Abbas said. “UCMSA is there to bring those students closer to their peers and highlight the commonalities between them rather than their differences.”

Amina Darwish, UCMSA chaplain and UC graduate student, told students they are very lucky to be a part of a college community when she spoke before the event’s introductions.

“We are a university campus, and what that means is we are so privileged that we can take time out of our lives,” Darwish told students. “We have the financial stability to literally take years out of our lives to study and do nothing but learn.”

The most repeated word in the Quran, after Allah, is knowledge, she said.

“I really just want you to appreciate the honor of knowledge in general,” Darwish added.

Student body president Christina Beer and vice president Shivam Shah were among attendees.

“I don’t know much about the religion you practice,” Beer told the students. “I am here to learn myself, but then I am also here to share some of the knowledge

I have with you guys, specifically about UC and how to get involved. I’m here for you as much as I will learn from you.”

Daycia Harley, a fourth-year neurobiology student, attended the event to support the Muslim community.

“I’m actually not affiliated with any religion, but I enjoy learning about religions,” Harley said. “I understand that the Muslim community has some issues with oppression and I want to help support them.”

The UCMSA also holds “Jummah,” or prayer, every Friday at 1:20 p.m. in TUC room 427.

The weekly events they hold from 5 to 7 p.m. are: movie night on the first Friday of each month; Friday night chat on the second Friday of each month; Quran study on the third Thursday of each month; and a social outing on the fourth Friday of each month. The events are open to all students.

UCMSA will also host a Fast-a-thon Nov. 20 and the Islamic Society of North America Central Zone Conference Nov. 21 to 23.

Stefanie Ornelas, a third-year biology student, attended Tuesday’s event to support her closest friend, Momina Qureshi, a third-year neuropsychology student and member of the UCMSA board. “[Islam] is not my personal religion, but I am always interested to learn more,” Ornelas said.

Ornelas is involved with the campus organization Latinos En Accion, Qureshi said. Qureshi attends their events to support Ornelas, even though she sometimes does not know what is going on when they are speaking Spanish.

“We are both in minority groups, so for us it is important to keep up with and help support the groups,” Qureshi said.

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New information officer seeks student dialogue Student Safety Board sees consistently low student turnout to meetings CASSIE MERINO | CHIEF REPORTER

After this year’s first Student Safety Board meeting failed to draw any students on Monday, the board hopes to rebrand itself to encourage more involvement.

The Student Safety Board is a branch of the University of Cincinnati’s Student Government dedicated to improving campus security through initiatives and student participation.

In the past, students have not shown a significant presence at the safety board meetings. Board members are now calling on students to be more interactive and to voice their concerns with the state of safety at UC. Before each weekly safety board meeting — typically held Mondays at 7 p.m. in Tangeman University Center in room 425 — students are able to ask questions and voice their opinions directly to the board.

“We took a look at our meetings and how we want to be more of a resource for students 24/7, and that people know they can come to us with any safety questions and concerns,” said Olivia Dulle, a third-year marketing and operations management student and president of the Student Safety Board. “We want them to know we are here and that they can come directly to us. It’s something informal that we just started and want to continue throughout the year.”

Despite the meeting’s poor attendance, Dulle is still hopeful.

“We are not expecting people to come

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New UCPD public information officer Michele Ralston meets with the Student Safety Board .

out every week. We just want people to know it’s there and just an opportunity,” Dulle said.

Michelle Ralston, the recently hired public information officer for the UC public safety department, is the Student Safety Board’s new adviser.

Ralston, who joined UC in June, said she is excited to join the board and help them fulfill their safety initiatives.

The Student Safety Board has started planning Safety Week, which it hopes to hold before spring break. The board’s goal is to get students to attend and learn valuable tips for staying safe as they travel over spring break.

The board hopes to focus on a wide range of safety-related topics in the future, including alcohol awareness and drunk driving.

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in heart disease, a four-fold increase in hepatitis C and a six-fold increase in the use of opiates.”

Feinberg and her colleagues have found that hepatitis C and HIV are prominent in rural and suburban areas because there were previously pill mills — where people make opium — in southern Ohio.

“After they shut down and made the opiates harder to inject, we believe drug trafficking may have become an epidemic as well,” Feinberg said. “People see a market that’s thriving and go for it.”

But Feinberg said that she believes it was not always this way.

“Pills got harder to find and people liked injecting more than swallowing, so pills turned into shooting up,” Feinberg said.

Feinberg is the principal investigator of the project, working alongside coinvestigator Dr. Erin Winstanley, an assistant professor of health outcomes in the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy.

Feinberg is the medical director for

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Erin Winstanley, assistant professor of health outcomes in the college of pharmacy, was coinvestigator alongside Feinberg.

the Cincinnati Exchange Project, a local advocacy organization that promotes education about the harmful effects of drugs, whose office is located at 65 E. Hollister Street. It is open every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“We are here,” Feinberg said. “We want you all alive and healthy.”

said. Currently, UC has no official stance on the renewal levy, Greg Vehr, vice president of government relations and university communications, told Akomolede.

Student government is also teaming up with ROAR, a group of campus tour guides, to get students out into the Cincinnati community. ROAR asked student government to fund $891 of tour expenses. ROAR plans to give tour guides of three different Cincinnati neighborhoods on Oct. 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ROAR’s target audience is freshmen who are not originally from the Cincinnati area. Beer said the thought this event came from a concerned parent wanting their child to get outside of the university community. ROAR tried out a similar event for the first time four years ago but was not successful because it interfered with Welcome Week.

“I think this is a great way for people to feel welcomed into the community,” said Jessica Gearhart, at-large senator.

ROAR hopes that since this year’s event is later in the semester more

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The $5.45 million project is financed entirely by the Cincinnati Equity Fund II. Another renovation at 15th and Pleasant streets will be located one block north of Washington Park. Three buildings will be converted into 11 condominiums and a 917 square-foot commercial space.

Additionally, the project will fund the conversion of a vacant lot into a common courtyard for the three buildings. The project, expected to reach completion in August 2015, has a budget of $3.59 million — $2.5 million funded by the Cincinnati Equity Fund, and $1.09 million paid for by 3CDC. A $1.9 million, five-condo building with 830 square feet of retail space will also be added at 1408 Elm St. In total, the projects represent a more than $14.5 million investment, according to the 3CDC website.

The financial backing comes from a number of different sources such as private investors, federal tax credits, the City of Cincinnati, and partner companies such as Grandin Properties.Peg Wyant, the owner of Grandin Properties, purchased her first property in OTR more than 20 years ago and has long been a believer in the renovations to the area. For Wyant it was a “no-brainer” to partner with 3CDC after first hearing about the project.

“Their expertise, thorough knowledge of the inner workings of downtown, and their ability to provide financial help, made them great partners,”Wyant said.

3CDC is able to subsidize the property renovations for companies like Grandin Properties, paving the way for retail companies to partner with the non-profit in development projects.

“In the next 10 years,”Wyant said,“I see the entire OTR neighborhood either completely finished or close to being finished with the remaining construction committed to.” students will come out to tour Cincinnati.

Student government also passed a bill to donate $2,500 to sponsor diversity and inclusion training and a sexual assault prevention workshop. Student Safety Board president, Olivia Dulle, endorsed the initiative.The diversity and inclusion training is open to student government members and will take place on Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. in Tangeman University Center.

The general student body will be able to participate in this outreach program with the Sex Positivity and Sexual Violence Prevention Workshop on Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. in McMicken Room 127. This will be an extension of #ConsentCulture campaign.

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green eyes, dirty blonde hair and a welltrimmed beard. He was also described as being approximately 5-foot-9, around 180 to 190 pounds.

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Thom Yorke’s latest solo release doesn’t redefine music, has its moments NATALIE COLEMAN | NEWS EDITOR

In a surprise release, which Radiohead perfected long before the big, secret Beyoncé album, Thom Yorke gives us “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes.”

The album — exclusively sold on BitTorrent for $6 — contains eight songs, a video, and evokes the kind of songs that we usually only hear on a Radiohead B-side.

The album isn’t bursting through any unbroken barriers in the music world, but we can’t expect Yorke to do this every time, can we? It feels like a happy addition to his first solo album, 2006’s “The Eraser,” and Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs” in 2011.

The songs almost sound like a group of bonus tracks — not as melodic, not as memorable, but those are sometimes the gems of an album anyway.

“A Brain in a Bottle,” the first track (which accompanies the album with a video as well) has a strong melodic similarity to “King of Limbs,” which equally disappoints and intrigues me.

“Interference,” the third track on the album, is like nothing I’ve heard Yorke create before. The words are almost fully enunciated and the vibrational, pixelated tones behind the vocals are like a soundtrack for a depressing “Legend of Zelda” game.

Devolving and distorted pianos play a large role in the album.

Yorke’s high-pitched vocals become one with the piano, which combines with the almost-melodic computerized vocals on “Pink Section.”

This song, almost completely wordless, gives the impression of a tape that melted a bit in the sun — backbeats lasting but vocals melding into the mix and becoming nothing.

I can’t shake the feeling that this album is one meant to be listened to while speedwalking 50 blocks through a big city, jumping steaming potholes and dodging rude taxis.

The problem here is that it fades into the back of your skull — not quite surprising enough as a musical piece to command your attention at all. But it will keep your pace up.

Some listeners may be disappointed that this album doesn’t explode their brains with awe-inspiring loops that seem to morph into a grand symphony of vocals and pianos and computers, like Yorke usually does.

In the video for “A Brain in a Bottle,” Yorke’s pallid visage is pressed nearly against the camera lens itself, like a persistent fly crawling in the way of the viewfinder.

Footage of his twitching, bug eyes command the screen as the video plays through, then the camera focuses on Yorke with red boxing gloves appearing to punch himself with each jumping frame.

The video is stupidly similar to the video for “Lotus Flower” on “King of Limbs” — Yorke, twitching and dancing in a grey room, now just very, very close-up.

Yorke seems to use the unconventional format of downloading the album — an annoying process for someone who had no idea what a torrent was and had to download a new application to her already-filled-to-the-brim computer — and the title of the album to make a statement about online music sales.

This is a who-cares battle at this point in the game when software like Spotify exists to shower us with free rein of nearly any song we want for $10 a month, or $5 for students.

Though I will always feel a deep-seeded dedication to all that Yorke and Radiohead create — together and apart — I feel that this album does not hold up against the standard of great solo work that Yorke created with the “Eraser.”

I don’t ache for the loss of $6 in my checking account, but I can’t shake the feeling that this album isn’t finished.

The tracks feel complete, full and intriguing but the album could have used a couple more tracks.

The newest album is all in all, not that impressive for Yorke’s career, but still enjoyable.

For those who are not familiar with Thom Yorke’s production style of loops and repetition of tones, this album could become your new go-to study music or maybe a new yoga mix.

New thriller ‘The Equalizer’ doesn’t add up TONY JOHNSON | CONTRIBUTOR

If you have a serious itch to see two, good action scenes thrust into a hulking, convoluted story instead of a tasteful, yet preposterous premise, then this is the movie for you.

Long, unapologetically slow and bizarre in a bad way, “The Equalizer” is — in an unfortunately ironic turn of events — a relentlessly unequal and unbalanced “film.”

It is loaded with time-wasting subplots that take up a huge chunk of the film’s gratuitous 131-minute runtime.

Rather than see protagonist McCall (played by Denzel Washington) constantly take it to the Russian mobsters, we yawn through poorly (if at all) calculated sidestories.

McCall helps his overweight co-worker get into shape for a security guard exam, which sounds like it belongs more in a Hallmark card than an action movie.

Seriously, we came to see Denzel Washington blow bad guys’ heads off, and now I’m watching him share fortunecookie wisdom (“progress, not perfection,” he says) with this useless guy that I don’t care about. Get me out of this theater.

Based on an ’80s Reagan-era TV show of the same name, the amount of clichés in “The Equalizer” are unintentionally comical. We get a prostitute with a heart of gold (surprise, she dreams of being a famous singer), corrupt Boston police officers, criminally run factories exclusively filled with Asians, an Irish vs.

Russian mob undertone, and did I mention that the main bad guys are freaking Russian?

I half-expected Al-Qaeda to be revealed as the masterminds behind the prostitution ring that McCall attacks, but it’s just some rich tattooed dude in Moscow, who apparently refuses to hire anyone that isn’t an incompetent bum for security.

Despite the movie’s obvious, irritating and plentiful flaws in storytelling, we still get enough blood splattered on our faces to keep us from leaving the theater. The violence is surprisingly and rewardingly graphic — who knew corkscrews could do that?

But even the action scenes serve to disappoint viewers because they take up such a tiny sliver of the film’s obnoxiously lengthy two-plus hours.

And why do we have to sit through a minute of slow-motion McCall close-ups as a cue that he’s going to do something violent?

If the runtime had been trimmed to 90 minutes and we were constantly assaulted with gunfights and brawls, this review would be glowing.

Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the film is that it may have turned out to be a solid action if director Antoine Fuqua had decided whether the story was a linear plot about a man protecting a helpless girl, or a series of vignettes about a guy who absolutely wrecks anyone who wrongs his down-and-out pal.

“The Equalizer” is so lazily written that it raises some questions. I have done my best to provide answers.

How many times are we shown fly-over shots of Boston? Too often.

Why did McCall kill everyone involved with Chloe Grace-Moertz except for the

guy that sparked the whole conflict by hitting her in the first place? Can’t answer that one.

How many expendable characters are obviously inserted just to move the plot along? Too many — I’d have to watch it again for an exact count, but hopefully that day never arrives.

How many characters obviously have nothing to do with the plot in any way? All of them that don’t qualify as answers to the previous question, other than McCall and his Russian adversary.

How many fake sequel titles can I make up for this movie? Here are five. 1) The Divider. 2) The Multiplier. 3) The UnEqualizer. 4) The Re-Equalizer. 5) The McCallizer. Yes, there are sequel talks, God help us all.

How bad is this movie?

Well, it’s low on action (only two memorable sequences), remarkably low on the hero’s body count (I think we witness less than 15 of his kills), it irritates your eardrums with a score that belongs in a “Call of Duty” game, and director Fuqua seems determined to overwhelm us with occasionally Michael Bay-esque crackpot camerawork.

In conclusion, “The Equalizer” is uninteresting, forgettable and irrelevant.

Wait until it hits Redbox, keep any expectations firmly at bay, and be sure to brace yourself for nothing particularly exciting save for the first and final action sequences.

At best, “The Equalizer” serves as a solid ironic viewing if you’re feeling particularly cynical. If you’re looking for a legitimate action flick, run for your life.

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Alt-J post-Sainsbury still delivers unique sound RUSSELL HAUSFELD | STAFF REPORTER

Alt-J, described as everything from folk to blues to pop (more realistically, a combination of them all: folk-pop-blues), has released their second album titled “This is All Yours.”The album came out on Sept. 22 and immediately rocketed to the number-one spot in the UK’s music charts and not without good reason. Fans of their debut album, “An Awesome Wave,” will be delighted to hear an extension of the highly unique style that Alt-J pioneered in 2011.

Once having been a quartette, Alt-J returns as a trio in “This is All Yours.” Joe Newman remains the guitarist and lead vocalist, with Gus Unger-Hamilton on keyboard and Thom Green playing the drums. These are all the original members of the band, except for the absence of bass player Gwil Sainsbury.

The divorce of Sainsbury from the band was not dramatic—the band still claims he is one of their best friends—but it was frightening because Sainsbury and Newman were the two initial minds behind the band.

Luckily, the sound of Alt-J did not perish with the loss of Sainsbury. “This is All Yours” affirms the band’s confidence in their own sound, a hypnotic and smooth affair between incredibly close-up vocals and crisp, well-paced instrumentals.

Opening the album are two songs almost completely void of lyrics, showcasing a wide array of instruments and melodies seems to say, “Hey, make sure you’re paying attention to the instruments too.”

A great deal of time is devoted to instruments in Alt-J’s music. The song “Arrival in Nara” waits up to a minute and fifty seconds before even introducing a voice. The way they blend electric, acoustic and vocal noise into experimental beats with unique song structures is practically incomparable to anyone that has come before them.

Somehow, Alt-J manages to perform songs with such complexity and layering that they are able to switch their pacing and add new sounds multiple times per song without causing any kind of detriment to the flow of their music.

The band completely shifts style to show us something we have never seen from Alt-J before in their new hit, “Left Hand Free.”The tone shifts to a bluesy guitar-fueled piece with a catchy chorus that is reminiscent of a band like Cage the Elephant. And, as if to calm you down after this rocking blues number, there is a 1:08 long flute solo complete with birds chirping in the background titled “Garden of England.”

Sure to impress, “Warm Foothills” is possibly the most notable song on the album. It splices the voices of Newman with other artists Conor Oberst, Lianne La Havas, Marika Hackman and Sivu.

The combination amounts to a playful folk song of a male and female voice literally sharing the lyrics of the songs, finishing each other’s lines. This, along with stunningly soft instruments in the background, make for an incredibly tranquil piece of music.

“Hunger of the Pine”— another song

that splices in a line from a different artist--begins with the slow cadence of Newman’s voice and shifts into something more electronic sampling the line “I’m a female rebel” from Miley Cyrus’ 2013 song “4x4.”

“This is All Yours” continues to define the band’s unique genre-bending style. While Alt-J’s songs stand alone just fine, they are one of those bands that you appreciate exponentially more after listening to the full album. All the songs flow together beautifully and it is almost guaranteed that if you liked the sound of one track, you will like the sound of the next.

Alt-J is a band that really knows who they are and has continued to give listeners exactly what they loved and wanted more of from the first album, with a little taste of something new.

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Building memory in CAC’s season-opening exhibit ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR

The Contemporary Arts Center’s new exhibit is mesmerizing evidence that memory itself is an art.

The text accompanying “Memory Palace,” the CAC’s first exhibit curated by Steven Matijcio, tells us that the origins of a memory palace come from a Greco-Roman mnemonic practice.

This practice consists of creating a cerebral home for your own memories — architecting certain rooms for mental intangibilities — which helps establish a form of long-term memory and the ability to easily revisit memories. This concept is the foundation for “Memory

Palace,” an exhibit that has collected various works from famous artists that have a broad range in medium and year of creation. The exhibit ultimately reveals the intricate art of memory making, cataloguing and forgetting, and how creating a distinct visual blueprint affects an individual’s past.

In Mike Womack’s “Hypnosis Drawing,” No. 10 and No. 12 shed light on the significance of forgetting. While visiting a neuroscientist in order to revisit dark memories, Womack sketched the remembrances on a piece of paper with charcoal. Then, without looking at the images, he concealed them between two slabs of concrete. The arresting result is a physical manifestation of the psychological act of

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blocking memories, but also the inevitability that memories can never be permanently erased.

Another ambiguous project commissioned by the CAC is Nina Katchadourian’s installation “Sorting Books: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati,” which displays books collected from the museum’s “unofficial libraries” amassed through its 75-year history. The work achieves a kind of methodical harmony from the chaotic state they were found in.

Another installation, Dennis Oppenheim’s “2-Stage Transfer Drawing (Advancing to a Future State),” features two projections depicting a soundless video that follows the artist and his son in a mental experiment.

One projection shows the artist drawing a map-like image on his son’s back as his son simultaneously attempts to recreate the drawing on the wall.

The other projection shows the son drawing on Oppenheim’s back as the artist tries to replicate the image on the wall. The work symbolizes the physical and mental synchronization between father and son, and also creates a corporeal representation of the cortex, revealing how memories can be edited in the process of remembering.

Stills from Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s underwater film and memorial project “Happy New Year: Memorial Project Vietnam II” illustrate the roots of identity within Vietnam through a dreamlike realism with explosive beauty. In this, men wrestle with a traditional New Year’s dragon puppet in the ocean — a symbol of the infamous Tet Offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War. Another highlight of the exhibit is the late Mike Kelley’s aluminum and steel sculpture that hangs from the museum’s ceiling, “Repressed Spatial Relationships Rendered as Fluid, No. 1: Martian School (Work Site).”

The sculpture represents a layout of a school Kelley was enrolled in as a child. Kelley — renowned for his social commentary, cathartic utilizations and self-introspection — refuses to be specific with the piece, the brushed metal cubes materializing the ambiguity of his subconscious.

The exhibit, which opens the CAC’s 2014-15 season, is a visual and psychological marvel, full of discovery and personal depth.

Visit it, and then store the memories made in a room within your newly built memory palace.

6 / SPORTS Blackout fake out: UC student-athlete excels off court FCC ‘sacks’ old rule THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

ELLEN HADLEY | SPORTS EDITOR

It turns out the unanimous 5-0 vote Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission to eliminate its sports blackout is not as “eliminating” as it seems.

The NFL is still able to negotiate its rules privately with cable and satellite providers — it just doesn’t have the backing of the federal government.

With the help of the FCC chairman, the committee decided to back away slowly from the NFL, kind of like everyone else linked to the NFL in the past couple of months (Thanks Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, Adrian Peterson, and even Roger Goodell himself).

“We at the FCC shouldn’t be complicit in preventing sports fans from watching their favorite teams on TV,” said Chairman Tom Wheeler, according to Fox 19.“It’s time to sack the sports blackout rule.”

It’s good to see someone is thinking about the fans.

The response by the NFL to the vote is simply to not change its plans in regards to regulating game blackouts.

“NFL teams have made significant efforts in recent years to minimize blackouts,” the NFL responded in a statement Tuesday, according to ESPN.“The NFL is the only sports league that televises every one of its games on free, over-the-air television.

The FCC’s decision will not change that commitment for the foreseeable future.”

The 1976 rule established by the FCC was created to prevent cable and satellite providers from airing sporting events that were blacked out on local TV stations and — to no surprise — to push ticket sales by the NFL. Over the past 40 years, the NFL has seen an increase in blackouts lifted. The percent of lifted blackouts sat at 69 percent in the ‘90s and jumped to 92 percent during the 21st century, according the ESPN. In 2013, the NFL set a record with a 99 percent sellout rate at games, with only two of the 256 games blacked out in 2013.

The two games blacked out were the Cincinnati Bengals at the San Diego Chargers Dec.1 and the Miami Dolphins at the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 22. Poor AFC. In order to further push efforts against the money-motivated NFL, a bill called the FANS Act is making its way through Washington. This bill would “remove the league’s antitrust exemptions if it allows blackouts during disputes between its broadcast and cable partners,” according to Politico.

The bill is sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) and looks to change the current rules established by the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act, allowing NFL teams to jointly negotiate broadcasting rights without violating antitrust law, according to Politico.

In addition to the FANS Act, some members of Congress want to scrap the NFL league office’s tax break. The office is organized as a 501(c)6 tax-exempt organization, allowing it to avoid paying taxes on certain activities, according to Politico.

The league office is in charge of negotiating with the players unions, organizing broadcast rights and paying NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell his reported $35 million salary.

Like the NFL needs to worry about ticket sales and losing profit.

The average NFL team’s value is up 23% this year from 2013, according to Forbes, with the Dallas Cowboys worth a whopping $3.2 billion, making it the first NFL team to reach that assessment with the 32 teams worth an estimated combined $45 billion.

Tickets for the 2015 Super Bowl start at $2,218.75 on StubHub. The NFL has no need to worry about losing money as a result of the changes to the blackout regulations. Dedicated fans will still buy tickets and attend the games.

This will be a drop in the bucket for the organization and it can simply adapt by changing its agreements with cable and satellite outlets. Not to mention, NFL teams already see most revenue from TV. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has been a supporter of seeing the rule ended and was excited to see the change.

“While this policy may have once made sense, the NFL now generates nearly $9.5 billion in revenue. The FCC is right to eliminate this taxpayer funded backstop and I urge the NFL to pursue a similar fan-focused policy by lifting remaining league enforced blackout policies,” Brown said in a statement following the decision made Monday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

The next step is to eliminate the broadcast antitrust exemption if — and when — the NFL continues to black out games.

One Bearcat finds balance in school, studies with hopes of pursuing medical degree EMILY WITT | STAFF REPORTER

Hannah Wille is relentless.

The University of Cincinnati junior tennis player from St. Louis, Missouri, works long hours to put her best foot forward, both on the court and in the classroom.

“I wake up and I generally do a couple hours of work,”Wille said. “Then I go to classes and then straight from class to practice.

“I’ll bring my rackets to class. After practice, if I don’t have a night class, I’ll just come home and relax for an hour and at least get another hour or two [of work] in.”

Wille, a biology/pre-med student, recently took her MCAT for entrance into medical school with the aspiration of attending either Saint Louis University or Washington University in Saint Louis.

She finds out her scores on the exam next week after two months of studying and about $1,000, including the $300 test price.

Wille’s hard work and dedication don’t go unnoticed.

“She studies 24/7,” teammate and classmate Kelly Poggensee-Wei said.

“She definitely has a lot of work ethic for academics.”

Wille and Poggensee-Wei are not only the recently elected co-captains of UC’s predominantly freshmen tennis team — they’re also roommates.

“We came in together, we live together, we did it all together,”Wille said. “We’re the oldest on the team so it’s good because we can help things with the freshmen.”

UC tennis head coach Angela Farely Wilson said Wille’s teammates are nothing but supportive.

“We all encourage one another in what’s going on,” Farely Wilson said. “That’s what’s

great about being on a team — when you’re here and trying to meander all the stuff that’s going on both on and off the court to try and help each other out.”

As of May 7, the women’s tennis team is among the top 10 percent in the country recognized for academic progress. In part because of the team’s academic success, the NCAA has recognized the UC athletic department for four consecutive years.

“Academics is the top priority for women’s tennis, and you can see if you go back and look at the GPAs for the past few years,” Farely Wilson said. “We’ve either been the top sport in men’s and women’s or second or third … Part of that has come from the players from the past that have brought that mentality and culture to the team. Once you start that culture, it tends to carry on its own.”

“You get used to living that fast-paced lifestyle. Sometimes I wonder if things slowed down if I would still have my work ethic, because I’m used to constantly having to do something.”

Hannah Wille, women’s tennis player

Farley Wilson said she implements a roleplaying strategy where the girls personally approach their professors before traveling for games. She believes that this allows for the professor to get to know the person behind the athlete and also understand their very demanding schedule.

“We talk about not just classroom stuff but the things you can do extra as far as talking to your professor,” Farley Wilson said. “They start to make a connection with their professor, which I think is really important, and helps them be more successful.”

Wille said she owes part of her academic success to the rigorous lifestyle of being a student athlete.

“You get used to living that fast-paced lifestyle,”Wille said. “Sometimes I wonder if things slowed down if I would still have my work ethic, because I’m used to constantly having to do something.”

Farely Wilson believes that Wille and Poggensee-Wei will continue to build on the high academic culture as the team’s co-captains.

“It’s lead by example,” Farley Wilson said. “The other girls really look up to them not only on the tennis court and leading by example, but with what they do in the classroom too.”

The coach is also adamant in shaping the girls for lives after their tennis careers, including resume building, interviewing and summer jobs.

“Whenever we’re in a van or a bus, we’re able to talk a lot about what’s going on academically and work-wise and how they can better themselves as far as prepare themselves to get jobs once they leave,” Farley Wilson said. “At the end of the day, a student athlete is going to be pro in some area.

Wille said her best advice for any student-athlete is to take advantage of traveling time.

“You need to try to study on the road as much as you can,”Wille said. “I think that’s where a lot of athletes go wrong. We’re all really tired and we just want to sleep on the bus but I’ll bring my light and read my textbook.”

Last weekend, the Bearcats traveled to Bowling Green State University for the BGSU Invitational where Wille earned championship honors after going 3-0 in the fifth singles flight.

Wille will continue to work hard through her junior year both in an effort to make her family, her team and — most importantly — herself proud.

Basketball sets TV broadcast schedule JAELYNNE JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER

FOX Sports Ohio announced that it will broadcast five Bearcats’ nonconference basketball games this season, finalizing the game and television air times for the 2014-15 University of Cincinnati men’s basketball season.

FOX Sports Ohio will regionally televise the Bearcats’ games against Morehead State University, airing Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.

ET; Eastern Illinois University airing Nov. 23 at 5 p.m.; the match against North Carolina Central University airing live Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.; the game against Stony Brook University airing Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.; and the match against Wagner University airing Dec. 23 at 7 p.m.

The games also will be available on ESPN3 outside the FOX Sports Ohio viewing area.

Televised games are beneficial for players like 6-foot-5, 210 pound returning senior forward, Jermaine Sanders, from Far Rockaway, NY. “The majority of the games, [my family] back in New York will watch them on television,” Sanders said.“They do attend the games that are closer to home but I am glad that they are also able to watch the games on TV since we do not have that many games in that area.”

Redshirt junior Shaquille Thomas, also a returning forward, agrees with his teammate and foresees positive outcomes for the televised games.

“I think that this is a good look for the program. If anything, this will improve our performance knowing that we have fans that are watching and supporting us,”Thomas said.

The Bearcats have two exhibition games: one against Bellarmine University Nov. 3 with tip-off at 7 p.m. and another against Fairmont State Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. Both matches will be streamed live on BearcatsTV with Tommy Gelehrter.

The Bearcats officially open the season against the St. Francis University Red Flash Nov. 14 at Fifth Third Arena. Tip-off time is set for 8 p.m. and will air on ESPN3.

In the meantime, viewers can catch the men’s and women’s basketball teams when they join forces and celebrate the start of the 2014-15 seasons with the Basketball at the Banks presented by Skyline Chili event Saturday on an outdoor court at the banks of the Ohio River.

The outdoor basketball court was manufactured by Pete Delois’ Recreations Outlet in Milford, Ohio.

The event is free and open to the public.

It will take place at Freedom Way and Joe Nuxhall Way in downtown Cincinnati. It is set to start at 5 p.m. — just two hours before the UC football team (2-1) begins conference play against Memphis University at Paul Brown Stadium.

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Jermaine Sanders (15) and Ge’Lawn Guyn (14) reach to defend the hoop during a conference game Jan. 14.

The Basketball at the Banks event is similar to last year’s Midday Madness event, which was held in mid-October at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati.

“Being a Cincinnati native, I’m happy to be able to get our basketball team out in the community,” men’s basketball head coach Mick Cronin told GoBEARCATS.com.“Our Midday Madness event last year had a great turnout and we are hoping for more of the

same this year.”

Basketball at the Banks will include coach and player introductions, team shoot-around sessions, and autograph signing. Fans who attend will also have a chance to win a pair of season tickets for both UC men’s and women’s basketball.

For the fans that aren’t lucky enough to win, season tickets are available for purchase at GoBEARCATS.com/tickets.

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