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UC football official requests appeal of his termination Antrione Archer was mentor for Bearcat football players; fired after alleged sexual assault in Kroger KATIE COBURN | NEWS EDITOR

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Archer, hired in the summer of 2011, was a liason for players.

Police make arrest in case of missing university professor

A University of Cincinnati football official is scheduled to appear in a pretrial conference Monday at the Kentucky Court of Justice for a charge of sexual abuse in the third degree — an incident that has attracted national attention, including features in ESPN and USA TODAY. Antrione Archer, former director of player welfare and development for UC Bearcats football team, was terminated Sept. 30 after the university was informed of his arrest June 10 in Kenton County, Kentucky.

Archer was arrested at 3:26 p.m. June 14 following his confession June 10 to Fort Mitchell police. Archer admitted to exposing his penis multiple times and at several locations inside the Fort Mitchell Kroger store May 27, according to Fort Mitchell Detective Ron Wietholter, lead investigator on the case.

Archer was released at 3:57 p.m. later that day after posting a $2,500 cash bond, according to Kenton County Detention Center.

Greg Vehr, vice president of university communications, said that a Fort Mitchell detective

contacted the UC police department Sept. 26 regarding Archer’s arrest. Up until then, the university had no prior knowledge of Archer’s legal situation, Vehr said.

UCPD contacted Vehr who then contacted Ryan Hays, the vice provost for faculty development and deputy to the provost. Hays contacted the athletics director, Mike Bohn, who talked with UC’s football coach, Tommy Tuberville.

Archer — who was in Columbus with the football team preparing for the Bearcat’s game scheduled for Sept. 27 against the Ohio State University — was sent back to Cincinnati and subsequently placed on administrative leave and later fired, Vehr said.

“Archer’s ongoing employment was considered by [football officials] not to be in the best interest of the team,”Vehr said.

Bohn said in a statement released Sept. 30. that the university is cooperating with authorities.

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

Archer also admitted to rubbing his penis against the buttocks of a 73-year-old female Kroger employee that was helping him locate vitamins, Wietholter said.

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NEW CHIEF BROADENS FOCUS TO COMMUNITY SAFETY

UC HIRES POLICE CHIEF NATALIE COLEMAN | NEWS EDITOR

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An arrest has been made in connection to the case of a missing University of Cincinnati professor. Randal Russ, a parttime computer sciences professor at UC, went missing along with his vehicle, and was last seen Aug. 19.

The Kentucky State Police, who are leading the investigation into Russ’ disappearance, arrested Charles Black, 50, Thursday, nearly two months after Russ was last seen.

According to the arrest report, Black admitted to helping bury, and burn, Russ’ body. Black told KSP that he worked to bury the body with another man, 37-yearold Kevin L. Howard, who has not yet been taken into custody.

Black said they stole Russ’ car and used it to take his body to an area near Ringo Grange City Road in Hillsboro, Kentucky, where they dug a shallow grave for the body and burned the remains, according to the arrest report.

Black led police to the remains, but they have not been able to identify the body.

Black also admitted to burning a mattress from Russ’ residence and using Russ’ ATM card to withdraw $200.

Black was charged with murder, automobile theft and two counts of tampering with physical evidence.

Kentucky police are looking for Howard and are requesting anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to contact KSP at Morehead by calling 606-784-4127.

Women-to-Women eases transition between campuses CHRISTINA DROBNEY | CONTRIBUTOR

University of Cincinnati Clermont College launched “Women-to-Women: Leadership and Mentoring” this past spring semester after receiving a grant from the American Association of University Women to establish the program on campus. “[The American Association of University Women] wanted us to respond to the needs of women students found in a recent study they carried out, such as the need for information, encouragement, support, and sense of community to help women students set academic goals and work toward further SEE WOMEN PG 3

After almost 15 months of searching, the University of Cincinnati announced Thursday that it hired Jason Goodrich as the university’s new chief of police and director of public safety.

UCPD has been functioning without a permanent police chief since July 2013 when Mike Cureton resigned amid controversy and numerous complaints against him alleging contract violations. The university conducted a highly selective, national search to find someone with a background in tackling off and on-campus crime, as well as focusing on improving the ways universities handle sexual assault.

“I challenged the university’s search committee to find someone with a strong criminal justice and campus-policing background who values community input and can continue the positive momentum we are experiencing to overcome the safety challenges facing not only our campus, but urban campuses across the country,” said Robert Ambach, senior vice president of administration and finance for UC. Goodrich — who will join the University of Cincinnati Police Department on Nov. 3 — worked as chief of police for Lamar University in Texas, where he supervised daily operations like parking services, emergency operations and compliance with the Clery Act. He was also a captain for the Vanderbilt University Police Department in Tennessee from 2007 to 2011.

At VU, Goodrich managed special units including K9 units, traffic, victim services, criminal investigations and field training.He received an award from the Vanderbilt women’s center for his work teaching about bystander intervention, which encourages those who witness abuse and assault to step in. He also co-chaired a bystander intervention committee.

“I was very fortunate to be chosen that year because of the work we did for those issues,” Goodrich said. “We worked to raise awareness in that if you see domestic violence or if you know about sexual assault, there are things you can do to engage to help lower the chances of people experiencing that. You don’t just have to stand by. There are strategies you can use to intervene if you see these situations unfolding.”

Many college campuses are struggling with the way they handle allegations of sexual assault, such as Columbia University in NY where a female student

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Jason Goodrich, newly hired chief of UCPD, wants police to look at the on and off campus community as a whole when focusing on safety.

has carried the mattress on which she was allegedly raped to all of her classes in an effort to make a statement on the inability of her university to punish her alleged rapist. Goodrich said he hopes to improve UC’s processes in helping victims report assault.

“As a police chief, one of the first things I want to make sure of is that we have the best investigators to handle if a student wants to go to the police and make a report that they’re properly informed, that their process is victimcentered, that we do not victim-blame and that they have the best training and ability to conduct those investigations in the best most professional manner possible,” Goodrich said.

Goodrich said he focuses his efforts on protecting students who live off campus at Lamar University, something he plans to translate directly to the students at UC. “Historically, campus law enforcement is hung up on boundaries — this is on campus, this is off campus. Really,

we’ve got to change that conversation,” Goodrich said. “I don’t want to talk about campus safety, I want to talk about community safety. Geography shouldn’t be the main consideration. We need to go out into the community and help our students where they’re at.”

Though the crime rate on and around UC’s campus has dropped steadily —a whopping 42.9 percent decrease in homicides, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, thefts and forcible rapes in the first eight months of 2014 — students still worry about their safety on the streets off-campus.

“The fear-of-crime issue, that’s where we have to get the community engaged,” Goodrich said. “When we talk about community safety instead of campus safety, that helps us. It’s not just the police department’s job. We have to get everybody involved. We want everybody to be eyes and ears. We want them to utilize all of the resources available.”

Goodrich believes that if the UCPD has a higher visibility to students, the fear of crime will decrease.

“Just being out and being visible as much as possible, that encourages the community to feel safe and it displaces crime because the bad guys don’t want to go where the cops are,” Goodrich said.

“You get this dual effect when you attack both actual crime and then you couple that with the high visibility approach, then you usually see your crime rates go down and then continue to go down, and that’s where we’re going to start.”

Goodrich believes UC is headed in the right direction to combat crime, with the implementation of NightRide and new safety applications.

“I think everything that’s in place that I’ve heard about I’m impressed with,” Goodrich said. “The LiveSafe [app] I’m a huge fan of. I’m excited that you guys have that product. We want to make it as effective as possible because it’s a really great tool when used effectively.”

University officials weighed in on the importance of the UC community maintaining a stable police chief.

“The role of the director of public safety and chief of police is a central one in continuing our successful efforts to enhance the safety of our campus community,” UC President Santa Ono said in a prepared statement. “The new chief will be expected to continue to work with the President’s Campus Safety Committee to continue our strategic initiatives and make safety the highest priority.”

Greek life raises money for Freestore Foodbank with watermelons COULTER LOEB | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Members of the University of Cincinnati’s Greek life assembled on McMicken Commons Sunday and smothered each other with over 150 watermelons during Lambda Chi Alpha’s 2014 Watermelon Bash.

Organizers raised $1,500, perfectly reaching their philanthropic goal which will enable the Freestore Foodbank to provide 4,500 meals to needy Cincinnatians.

The chilly air did not deter sorority and fraternity members from competing in events.

“It’s really freezing cold, but it’s for a good cause, and there are random watermelons everywhere,” said Jamie Tullis, a first-year exploratory studies student, as she wrung out her shirt soaked in watermelon juice.

“Its a little odd to destroy food when you’re trying to raise money to give people food, but for whatever reason it’s always just been a Lambda Chi Alpha tradition,” said Tommy Rybert, event organizer, fourthyear physical therapy student and member of Lambda Chi Alpha. “It’s a fun event that

brings us together as a community, plus it raises awareness for the cause.”

This was the second time Lambda Chi Alpha has hosted the event at UC, but not for a number of years.

“We basically just restarted it and were able to get eight teams to sign up,” Rybert said.

Each team was made up of a number of fraternity and sorority members, including Chi Omega, Phi Sigma Rho, Theta Phi Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta.

“Its pretty much just Greek life here. We considered opening it up to outside groups but we got on it too late”, said Jack Liska, president of the UC chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. “We like holding events, and if we can benefit some local or national cause then everyone is even more for it. It’s just for the love of philanthropy.”

The Freestore Foodbank, a partner of the Feeding America network, has been working to feed the less-fortunate across 20 counties in the Tri-State area.

The organization can be found just down the hill from UC at 1141 Central Parkway.

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Students from fraternities and sororities at UC gobbled watermelon in the name of philanthropy.

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Gage Odom, right, and Alex Bosse, left, do their parts Friday afternoon during #UCWheels, an event during which students experienced what it is like to navigate through campus in wheelchairs.

Groups roll out wheelchairs to address accessibility Alliance for Abilities, Pi Kappa Phi host #UCWheels, giving able-bodied students new perspectives SARAH URMSTON | CONTRIBUTOR

Hannah Kenny expected that traveling in a wheelchair around campus would be challenging.

“I knew going up MainStreet would be difficult, but going down was even harder,” she said.

Kenny was one of many University of Cincinnati students to participate Friday in #UCWheels, an event sponsored by student group Alliance for Abilities in partnership with fraternity Pi Kappa Phi. Students volunteered to use manual wheelchairs to navigate their ways through campus, exploring the university’s accessibility firsthand.

Although the event was free, participants were encouraged to make donations, with proceeds benefitting Sara Spins, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and necessary funds for students with disabilities to provide them with a more accessible way to pursue traditional higher education. Since Sara Spins began in 2012, it has raised over $20,000 for students with disabilities.

Anyone who made donations were eligible to pick up a

free #UCWheels T-shirt.

About 500 T-shirts were picked up by students, and a total of 27 wheelchairs were used throughout the day.

After checking out a wheelchair, students went on with their regular day-to-day schedules around campus while facing the challenges of accessibility. Participants documented their experiences throughout the day using the Twitter hashtag #UCWheels.

According to event participant Sean Glenson, UC’s hilly campus posed a big challenge, and it was made even more difficult when some of those hills were made of cobblestone. #UCWheels also partnered with Sara Spins, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and necessary funds for students with disabilities to provide them with a more accessible way to pursue traditional higher education.

Since Sara Spins began in 2012, it has raised over $20,000 for students with disabilities.

Sara Whitestone, a third-year communications and biology student, created the organization after her own disabilities affected her accessibility on campus as a freshman. Whitestone has Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a neurological condition that causes chronic fatigue.

As one of only five UC students who needed a

wheelchair for accessibility, Whitestone was driven to encourage other students with disabilities to come to the university. She said #UCWheels is a step toward her mission.

“People don’t think about it until they have to, and seeing wheelchairs on campus gets them thinking,” Whitestone said. “We want to see people who are ablebodied step out of their comfort zone.”

After spending four years in a wheelchair, Whitestone is now back on her feet. She found relief from ME after attending a Dallas treatment center in May. With newfound health, Whitestone is ready to continue making a difference on campus.

Participants met in front of Tangeman University Center at noon for a group photo, cheering and holding letter cutouts that spelled “thank you” in appreciation of all the students, administration and donors who contributed to making #UCWheels possible.

An open forum Monday from 4-6 p.m. in TUC 427 will address students’ experiences during the event, as the Alliance for Abilities group discusses its initiatives for UC’s campus.

“We’re not doing this to feel sorry for people,” said Zach Wiles, Pi Kappa Phi member. “We’re doing it to see the challenges they face and celebrate the abilities they do have.”

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LECTURE BY ISAAC CAMPOS 12:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8; MCMICKEN 53 During this Hispanic Heritage Month event, UC Latin American history professor Isaac Campos presents “Mexican Immigrants and the Spread of Marijuana Use in the early 20th Century United States.”

WARRIOR RUN: THE RACE FOR LIFE 5:15 P.M. ONE-MILE WALK, 5:30 P.M. 5K SATURDAY, OCT. 11; START AND FINISH AT DOGWOOD PARK’S BELL TOWER, MARIEMONT The mission of this one-mile walk and 5K is to raise awareness of mental health among youth. This year’s race is held in memory of UC student Brogan Dulle.

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Stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress stops

by UC for a show presented by the Programs & Activities Council. Buress has appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Awkward Comedy Show” and more, and is a former writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock.”

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“My favorite parts of this experience has been all of the support I have received from other students and faculty, the leadership skills that have been developed in me and the networking opportunities this program has provided,” Sowders said.“I have had the privilege of meeting so many amazing women through this program.”

Throughout the duration of the program, mentors and mentees acquire various responsibilities, Dietz said. They are expected to attend monthly meetings in order to build a sense of community amongst participants and conduct leadership training. Mentors and mentees will also be trained in their respective roles during the meetings.

“Mentors and mentees will be paired and will meet and work together on their own schedules, setting their own goals and agendas,” Dietz said.

Meetings may have guest speakers in attendance along with faculty and students.

Former graduates and Provost Beverly Davenport spoke during last spring’s program meetings, Dietz said.

“We had a roundtable discussion with [Davenport], and it was an incredible experience,” Sowders said.“The wisdom and leadership that she exuded is something that I’ll carry with me through my college and professional career.”

Sowders said she always leaves the meetings feeling empowered and encouraged.

In addition to attending the meetings, mentors and mentees will develop relationships of support. “[Mentors and mentees] are expected to have the interaction of at least two hours a week between mentor and mentee, but it can be adjusted depending on their needs and availability,”Appatova said.

To participate in the program, there is an application process and certain qualifications mentors and mentees must meet, which include but are not limited to GPA and availability.

Mentors must be at least second-year students at UC Clermont, have already transitioned to the Uptown campus or have graduated and furthered their careers. If still in school, mentors have to maintain a 2.5 GPA and have completed 30 credit hours. The program is also targeting faculty

academic achievement and career pathways,” said Dr. Bernadette Dietz, professor of sociology at UC Clermont.

The program focuses on female students on UC’s Clermont campus who anticipate a transition to a four-year program of study at UC’s Uptown campus or another four-year institution. The program helps those women gain the skills and development needed to ease the transition with the help of student mentees mostly from UC’s Uptown campus, Dietz said.

Sabrina Sowders, a third-year social work student, said the program helps the transition from UC’s Clermont to Uptown campus seem less intimidating.

“Having a mentor show you around, explain how they’ve succeeded at the campus and be there through the whole process helps a lot,” Sowders said.

“Transition is tough. Having someone there to support you, encourage you and help you in any way they can makes the transition a lot easier.”

Though UC Clermont’s faculty facilitates the program, it is ultimately geared toward the development of female leadership and mentoring in several areas.

“We decided to start a peer mentoring program for our female undergraduate students, pairing them with students who already transferred to main campus or other four-year institutions, helping them to decide on their careers, helping them get more information, just providing a supportive environment for them,” said Victoria Appatova, associate professor of English.

Students have experienced an overall positive experience as they work with each other and from the lessons they learn throughout the duration of the program.

“The benefits to those who attend will be numerous and lifelong,” said Barbara Bodnarik, second-year nursing student.

“The knowledge gained through others’ life experiences and lessons is genuine, because the knowledge is real and cannot be taught from text. The experiences shared are heartfelt and honest information that someone can use to make beneficial changes in their own lives.”

Sowders said the program has positively impacted her college experience.

members to serve as mentors, Appatova said.

“For mentees, it’s very open,”Appatova said.“Mentees can be any at any point of their academic career in Clermont. We have several non-traditional aged students contacting us or women who have returned to school after being away for many years for family reasons or changing jobs.”

Although participants do not get paid or receive formal credit hours, the program has received positive feedback and has been rewarding for students and faculty involved.

“Last year’s program was very well received by the students involved as both mentors and mentees,” Dietz said.“They generally felt a greater sense of support, set academic goals, learned a lot about their disciplines and transfer processes and increased their social network,” Dietz said.

Participants, mentors and mentees establish personal goals that help aid them in a direction for positive development and growth.

“For all the participants, we expect to extend that sense of community, supportive community, creating relationships with other students and faculty members, getting the leadership skills, assertiveness, and communications skills,”Appatova said.

“For mentees, it’s the opportunity to gain information about career development and personal development, broadening their horizons for professional development, giving them the opportunity to try something new or something they haven’t considered before, both on the professional and personal level. For mentors, it’s the opportunity to provide assistance to somebody who needs assistance the same as they may have needed when they were starting in college.”

The transitioning process is different for everyone. Through the Women-to-Women: Leadership and Mentoring program, students gain a new insight and sense of empowerment to help change themselves and their environment.

“This program really helps women feel empowered,” Sowders said.“We can make a difference. We will make a difference. We are agents of change, everywhere we go. This program helps us to learn and develop skills and tools that we can carry with us through our entire lives.”

Ebola ruled out in D.C. case; officials checking Dallas MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON — Medical officials in the nation’s capital have ruled out the possibility that a patient who had traveled to Nigeria was infected with the Ebola virus.The likelihood that a second case of the deadly disease had surfaced at the Howard University Hospital, and beyond Dallas, where the only confirmed instance of Ebola has so far been found, set off alarm bells yesterday among local and national health officials. In a statement Saturday, hospital spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said: “In keeping with infection control protocols and in an abundance of caution, our medical team remains ever vigilant and takes proactive steps to quickly identify, isolate and screen any individual who presents with signs or symptoms of communicable diseases.”

Meanwhile, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that health officials had assessed 114 possible contacts with the Ebola patient in Dallas, Thomas Eric

Duncan, and narrowed those down to nine people who are “definite contacts” at high risk of contracting the virus.

These include Duncan’s family members and health care workers who treated him. Forty-six other possible contacts with Duncan are also being monitored. They include patients who may have been in the ambulance after it brought him to the hospital. So far, none of the high-risk individuals and 45 of the 46 possible contacts have shown symptoms of Ebola infection, said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC. In a conference call with the news media, Frieden said that health officials were unable to reach one of the individuals, but that all will be monitored for 21 days by local health officials. The Dallas situation has heightened awareness of the importance for caregivers to check the travel history of patients who show signs of Ebola.

Frieden said.

The CDC has fielded more more than 100 inquiries about possible Ebola patients, but only Duncan has tested positive thus far.

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sexual abuse is defined by section 510.130 of Kentucky Legislature as subjecting another person to sexual contact without the person’s consent. In a statement released Oct. 1., James Noll, Archer’s attorney, said the university acted prematurely in its decision to terminate Archer before the issue has been resolved.

“The alleged incident, which was recorded by Kroger security cameras, shows Mr. Archer and a Kroger employee having consensual dancing of a rhythmic nature,” Noll said.

Wietholter said that for Noll to describe the incident as consensual was “totally absurd.”

“The act is not consensual in any way whatsoever,” Wietholter said. “To think that a 73-year-old woman simply doing her job working in the vitamin aisle would subject herself to this. She was victimized.”

Noll re-victimizes the Kroger employee by falsely portraying the act as consensual and providing misleading statements to the media, Wietholter said.

The Kroger employee was not able to identify her assaulter when the incident occurred May 27.

Authorities were not able to identify Archer until June 10 after he returned to the store and authorities were able to obtain his vehicular information with the help of Kroger personnel, Wietholter said.

Wietholter then interviewed Archer June 10, questioning him about the acts recorded by the security camera. “[Archer] answered questions freely,” Noll said. “He was never given his Miranda Warnings of his right to have an attorney present during questioning.

When charged, he voluntarily turned himself in and posted bond.”

Archer is appealing his termination and requesting up to a 60-day leave from his position to resolve the issues pending in Kenton County District Court, Noll said.

Archer submitted an offer of a deferred prosecution on condition of counseling and community service.

Archer served as a liaison between the players and coaching staff and assisted players with life skills components, such as overseeing the players’ community service and working with the players’ academic advisers.

Archer assisted players with postcollege life, ultimately trying to make the players better people, said Ryan Koslen, assistant director of athletics.

“He’s no longer an employee of UC, and we’ll stick by our statement Monday,” Koslen said.

Wietholter said more information should be revealed during the pretrial hearing, which is a time for the judge, defense attorney and prosecutor to address all the details.

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

“The truth will come out on Oct. 15,” Wietholter said.

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Asian American Association holds third-annual event to recognize religious holiday with dance, music, more FERNANDA CRESCENTE | STAFF REPORTER

John McCane is not your typical undergraduate student.

Born and raised in a Christian family, McCane’s main career goal was to attend medical school and become a doctor. But after four years of pursuing that goal, McCane decided to take a different path. He switched his life around to pursue a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, all while moving back and forth between India and the United States.

McCane’s connection to India goes back to World War II. His grandfather, who lived there at the time, was one of McCane’s biggest inspirations when planning a trip to India. He wanted to see the places his grandfather had visited, and deepen his knowledge of the culture he had heard so much about.

After falling in love with the country and constantly visiting, he found an older couple who offered him their lineage, which enabled McCane to study the Vedas, India’s ancient manuscripts. He learned about their philosophy, rituals and, after completing the proper training, was authorized by the Indian government to be a Hindu priest.

It’s no surprise then that McCane attended the University of Cincinnati’s third-annual Raas Garba celebration Friday, organized by UC’s Asian American Association. The Indian holiday happens during nine

days of the lunar calendar and celebrates the nine forms of Durga, an Indian goddess believed to be the eternal mother.

“So often we are celebrating male forms of God,” McCane said. “This is the big time of the year that we celebrate the goddess. We are celebrating the mother of the universe, but at the same time every female.”

The religious event is celebrated through a traditional dance, in which performers move in circles while wielding colorful, decorated wooden rods called Dandiya sticks. Although most of the students who attended were Indian, the celebration was open to everyone.

“I feel like everyone should learn about different cultures. Indian culture is really interesting. Everyone has something special about their own culture that should be shared.”

Puja Kedia, Asian American Association president

“I feel like everyone should learn about different cultures,” said Puja Kedia, president of the AAA and fourth-year neurobiology student. “Indian culture is really interesting. Everyone has something special about their own culture that should be shared.”

The Raas Garba included many other attractions.

Several students wore colorful, intricate Indian attire.

Traditional dishes were served, such as rice, a type of curry called chola, and carrot halwa, a traditional dessert.

“For me, it really brings me a lot of joy, because especially the new students that are here, it gives them a little bit of a taste of home,” McCane said. “UC is an absolutely wonderful environment, but there are small things that, you know, just little whispers of home that they need.”

The Naasha Dance Group, a non-competitive group founded in 2011 that focuses on Bollywood and other fusion dances, also participated by dancing to a Bollywood mix featuring Indian film music.

“We all find dance is a very de-stressing, just a fun thing to do. It is really nice to have that break from your schoolwork and everything,” said Mahima Venkatesh, a first-year public health student and member of the Naasha Dance group. “Performing is just really exciting, and wearing the outfits and everything is really fun.”

The AAA counted on the help of UC’s Indian Student Association to make the event happen. Graduate students worked as volunteers and were excited to have roles in the event.

Tushar Gupta, a first-year accounting graduate student who was born and raised in India, talked about how Raas Garba is such a significant event in India, and how people wait for it come around throughout the entire year.

“Since we are far away from home at this point, it brings all the Indian people together and the culture together as well,” Gupta said.

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Let’s talk about the whale in the room.

Season 17 of the Know Theatre will feature a stage adaptation of Herman Melville’s mid-19th century masterpiece, “Moby Dick.”

Opening Oct. 10 and running through Nov. 8, artistic director and set designer Andrew Hungerford will co-direct Julian Rad’s adaptation along with Michael Burnham, who just last year retired from the College-Conservatory of Music’s drama department after 30 years.

“Moby Dick” is by far not the easiest American novel to adapt to the stage.

Nearly a thousand pages long, the odyssey chronicles the obsessive adventure of a small crew as they descend to madness while hunting a white whale. When Hungerford realized a shortage of “Moby Dick” stage productions, he decided to do one himself. After some research, he found Rad’s existing script, which saw only a short run in New York City.

After contacting Rad, who has revised the script for the Know’s production, Hungerford reached out to Burnham to co-direct. Burnham is no stranger to the process of dramatizing a modernist epic, having directed James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 2012. But condensing the 200,000-plus words of the novel into a digestible two-act play is an endeavor itself.

“There are huge chunks of it [the original “Moby Dick”] that are already script,” Burnham said. “But of course, then there are also huge chunks of it that are travelogue and textbook on how you butcher a whale. And then there are huge chunks of it that Melville just made up because no one knew about it at the time.”

But the play aims to still contain the overarching tone and mood of the source.

“It preserves a lot of Melville’s original language while still getting to the essence of the story that is coupled with the metaphor,” Hungerford said.

“Not everything Julian wrote could get in the play,” Burnham said. “We found ways of making the staging so that these little moments happen. They’ll be in your subliminal consciousness, they’ll be part of the texture of the story for you.”

This “texture” is very fine-tuned. Instead of trying to create an elaborate set that tries to capture the specifics of Melville’s meticulous atmosphere inside the Know’s modest blackbox space, the adaptation is going to be minimalistic, breaking everything up into their natural elements.

“The set is fairly bare-bones,” Hungerford said. “Upstage there’s a backdrop and large pieces of sheet metal we can use as a visual element and a sound element to create the sound of waves and thunder. The rest of our set is basically a handful of planks and things like shipping crates.”

This decision will take Melville’s primal themes and emotions that concern obsession and desire — eternally relevant subjects — and make them even more intrinsic.

“It’s an exciting adaptation because it’s very physicalized,” said Sam Ray, who is

portraying Ishmael, the story’s narrator, in the play. “We’re doing a lot with very little.

It’s going to allow the audience to see lots of different versions of the show based on their own perspective.”

The directors hope that the instinctual humanity of theater will help translate the often-daunting quality of the text.

“The human body and breath become part of it,” Burnham said, discussing how the move from sprawling novel to stage effects the way the story is told.

But why not opt to see the array of screen adaptations instead? There are a variety of both film and television versions, but barely any for theater, besides a loose and improvisational adaptation Orson Welles did called “Moby Dick—Rehearsed,” a meta-play produced in the early ’50s that had a short run in London.

“If it was the movies, they would have to make everything real,” Burnham said, explaining why a theatrical interpretation is so unique. “In theater, we don’t have to make everything real because your imagination comes with you. So in a way we’re a lot closer to the book than the movies would be. The movies show you a story, in the theater we tell you a story.”

Another reason the original fable of “Moby Dick” might be more suited for the stage is that it’s inherently theatrical itself.

Although the work began as another one of Melville’s plot-driven adventure tales, a gift of Shakespeare’s complete works in 1849 changed his entire scope of the novel, which became a tour de force within the American Romanticism movement.

“One of the interesting things about revisiting the novel is that much of it is written in stage format, and there are a number of soliloquies that are very Shakespearean,” Hungerford said.

“There are people who think that Melville’s text was the result of Shakespeare using a Ouija board,” Burnham said. But that doesn’t mean the text isn’t incredibly relevant today.

Although originally criticized, within the last 100 years it has repeatedly been called ahead of its time – a modernist work created before the modernist era of literature. Hungerford compares Melville to novelist David Foster Wallace, but that “Melville’s got whaling instead of tennis.” He went on to note the rambling digressions and depressing themes with an “element of survival” as other similarities between the two groundbreaking authors.

The performance seems to be something still highly enjoyable for both people who don’t normally visit the theater or who didn’t particularly love “Moby Dick” in high school (important note: the hundreds of pages about the whaling industry will be omitted in the adaptation).

Because Rad has worked with the directors on updating the script and revising it for the cast, the show on Oct. 10 will be the first time the version has been performed to an audience.

“It’s not like anything you’ve seen before,” Ray said. “You get to use your imagination in ways you don’t normally get to.”

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Laura McCarthy as Macbeth delivered a riveting, thought-provoking performance in the production. To prepare for the role, McCarthy changed her diet and started an extensive workout regimen.

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Darkness and drama fell onto campus this week as the College-Conservatory of Music put on an impressive version of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” This 17th Century play, the bard’s shortest tragedy, was superbly rendered by faculty director Brant Russell, with notable successes

by Thomas C. Umfrid in scenic design, CJ Mellides in lighting, along with a fantastic aesthetical combination of Crysta Menefee in wig/make-up and Risa Alecci in costume. Exceptional note belongs to a quorum of highly skilled actresses and actors, but I’ll leave the best for last.

Umfrid’s dynamic stage — a simple declining plane with one boulder on the downstage right corner to cover a lighting fixture — was seamlessly transformed, with minimal props, from the fields of Forres, to within Macbeth’s castle of Inverness, and onward to Malcolm’s Church in England through Mellides’ manipulation of light and shadow reminiscent of Adolphe Appia. Umfrid’s stage, while plain in appearance, was transformed with mechanical fixtures to include a raised table from the stage itself for Macbeth’s infamous dinner scene, along with a trap door embedded with lighting and smoke to function as the three weird sisters’ cauldron.

Crysta Menefee and Risa Alecci made complete transformations of their actresses and actors with relatively timely costume choices and gruesome, twisted makeup designs. The witches and supporting members of the cast doubled as soldiers, and it was personally on my second viewing of the show that I could distinguish them from their former selves. Highly notable in their

transformations were King Duncan and The Doctor — both abstractly cruel and intensely interesting.

Now to the rough sections of the production; Kevin Semancik, sound designer, incorporated an interesting preliminary piece of eerie violin screeches and heart thumps before the play began. Thunder marked the end of many scenes, the sounds of nature filled the Birnam wood, and a very effective dying heartbeat carried on after Macbeth’s death. These were all effective to the entire performance, but at times the sound blocked out the actor’s projection and words, killing the tension of critical moments. Whether this was a failure on the actors or the sound is up to their own enterprises.

K. Jenny Jones’s fight choreography was also either poorly planned or poorly executed. Granted, sword choreo can get highly cumbersome — especially with Macduff’s long sword — and thus slow precise movements must be taken to avoid any unforeseen injuries, but the sluggishness of it took away from the intensity it sought to produce.

The fight choreo picked up however when Macduff and Macbeth struggled on the floor, as Macduff pushed his thumbs into Macbeth’s eyes.

Now to the actresses and actors — to their credit much is owed. While the bloody business of the play plagued much of the stage, light was cautiously found in King Duncan (played by Spencer House) who seemed on the very edge of falling over if not for his son Donalbain (played by Annie Grove) to give both support and napkins to collect the profuse amounts of turkey the sluggish king engulfed onstage. His diction, heavy breathing and

neglectfulness of the son who supported him created a beautiful comedic relationship. This was matched only by the Porter (played by Andrew Iannaci), whose interaction with the audience was exquisitely performed. A true drunk onstage; not a word was missed in his barbaric slurs and gestures.

At the heart of the drama was Laura McCarthy as Macbeth, Anna Stapleton as Lady Macbeth, and Nathan Wallace as Macduff. These three executed their parts with such intensity that not a moment of emotion was lost.

You grieved with Macduff’s plea to feel the death of his family “as a man” as you pondered Macbeth’s insistence that he, or she, “dare do all that may become a man.”

Anna Stapleton’s insanity was equally as powerful as her peers. Additional note goes Bartley Booz’s Malcolm, Trey Wright’s Rosse, A.C. Horton’s Banquo, Connor Lawrence’s Lenox and Katie McDonald’s Angus.

Most notable about the performance was director Brant Russell’s casting of Laura McCarthy as Macbeth. Watching the performance, I found myself switching between two perspectives and judged their success. It could either be that we suspend our disbelief and agree that McCarthy is a female but in the play a male, pushing McCarthy to her acting limits, or else advancing Macbeth the character to transgender statues in the play, thus adding depths to the lines that revolved around the character. I chose the latter suggestion, but applaud McCarthy’s for her efforts in both possible pursuits.

She may have dared to do all that may become a man, but she did more than any to become the most intriguing “Macbeth” I have ever seen.

Review: Weezer’s new album, ‘Everything Will Be Alright in the End’ RUSSELL HAUSFELD | STAFF REPORTER

Weezer, the ’90s alt-nerd band that you either love or hate, has released its ninth album, “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.” It features Rivers Cuomo on guitar and lead vocals, Patrick Wilson on the drums, Scott Schriner on bass and Brian Bell as a jack of all trades on keyboard, guitar and backup vocals.

The album is a direct message to Weezer’s fans, who have been critical of the newer, more experimental work.

The band took this criticism to heart and is reaching for the sound that originally won them their fame.

Aside from making some strange choices in a few songs, Weezer has made a solid album that reflects on and embraces its career as a whole.

The biggest mistake on the album is the very first song, “Ain’t Got Nobody” — an overdramatic pop song with lyrics almost offensively simple. The song feels like a rough draft, with lines like, “I’m livin’ all alone/Nobody at home/It’s hard to fall asleep/I really start to freak.”The whole song is really just a bunch of unimpressive rhymes, with Cuomo shouting that he “ain’t got nobody.”

It is hard to stay optimistic after hearing what the band thought would be a good song to begin the record with, but the second song is where the album truly kicks off. In “Back To the Shack,” Cuomo brings back a punk-rock tone similar to that of his previous hit “Beverly Hills.”The song has angsty lyrics —“Let’s turn up the radio/Turn off those stupid singing shows” — and provides relief to any listener scared by the first track on the album.

The third track, “Eulogy For a Rock Band,” is actually a touching rock anthem. The song references the entirety of Weezer’s career, with melancholy nostalgia (“Adios rock band that we loved the most/ This is a toast to what you did/And all that you were fighting for”). The song also makes reference to the band’s future plans (“We will sing of melodies that you did long ago”). Holding true to that promise, the band truly reels itself back to its original energy and sound for the rest of the album.

Weezer has some real gems hidden on the album that are easy to overlook when skimming through tracks.

“The British Are Coming” and “Cleopatra” give listeners some historically themed lyrics rich with Weezer’s light, intellectual humor (“Punk-ass redcoats trying to run the show”). The use of historical language such as “Lady pharoah, the jewel of the Nile” and “We’re not the coins in the coffer of old King George” are reminiscent of The Decemberists’ complex and history-based content. More than one listen may be necessary to fully digest these tracks.

For some reason, the lyrics in “Foolish Father” feel like they could easily be misinterpreted. The chorus of the song is “Forgive your foolish father/He did the best that he could do/You are his daughter/He’d do anything for you.”

In the best light, this is just a song about fathers having flaws and trying to make daughters aware of this.

But the song is very vague about what this father did to the daughter, and for some reason she “hates him with all her heart.”

So, it seems slightly disturbing if Weezer is asking a daughter to forgive her father of some hate-worthy abuse.

In the last three tracks of “Everything Will Be Alright in the End,” it’s all about the guitar.

Two tracks, “The Waste Land” and “Return to Ithaka,” have no lyrics and instead focus on spark-flying, faceshredding guitar solos.

You can tell that the band had a ton of fun rocking out these tracks, and they end the album on a charged and upbeat note.

“Everything Will Be Alright in the End” is a retrospective piece focusing on Weezer’s entire musical journey.

A few songs may have missed the mark, but Weezer has taken the criticism seriously and provided a successful rediscovery of its sound.

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Ricco’s, a Spanish cuisine food truck, participated in the Washington Park’s Food Truck Festival on Saturday evening.

Festival highlights local food trucks KYLEY FREDRICK | CONTRIBUTOR

As the sun went down and temperatures reached a low of 36 degrees, young adults, families and locals of Over-the-Rhine pulled their winter jackets and hats out of storage to enjoy a night out sampling food.

Cincinnati’s Food Truck Association lined the perimeter of Washington Park to hold the first CFTA Food Festival from 4-10 p.m. Saturday.

The CFTA mission is to foster a market where food trucks, vendors, trailers and patrons can work together in an effort to better the food industry. The association is focused on innovation in hospitality and high-quality food.

In a business where cooks are kept primarily in the back of a kitchen, the CFTA Food Festival creates a setting in which consumers receive original food directly from the hands of the cook.

This was the case at Remi J’s Barbecue, where owner Remus Jones sells primarily rib tips and pulled-pork sandwiches. Jones sat at the small window of his food truck Saturday, politely asking people passing by if they would like some hot chocolate, capitalizing on the chilly autumn weather.

“I like to cook, and BBQ is one of the things that I’m good at, so I decided to open a BBQ truck,” Jones said. “I wanted to keep it small and to give people a good product.

At some point I’ll open a restaurant, but right now I want to establish myself. I just joined CFTA last week. It means consistent business, a support system, and you have advocacy being a part of the association.”

The event attracted people from all over Cincinnati, and Rebecca Mathews, a 24-year-old from out of town, attended the event to catch up with old friends.

“I am in town for the weekend from California and I was looking online to see what Washington Park had to offer,” Matthews said. “I saw this and I mentioned it to my friends, and they said they were already thinking of going.

I went to the Falafel Mobile truck and had a wrap that had hummus, which was made into a patty and then fried.”

Twenty of the members from the CFTA participated in the event, which featured beer, music and versatile food that ranged from empanadas – a South American favorite – to waffle-wrapped sandwiches.

Red Sesame Korean BBQ is a popular food truck that uses social media to announce the times and locations at which it opens for business. The truck features Korean tacos and quesadillas made with a signature red sauce.

The owner, B.J. Kim, also participated in Sunday’s Asian Food Festival in Washington Park.

“When I came here to Cincinnati from New York City, I was looking for something unique,” Kim said. “That’s how I came up with this idea for a food truck business, and it’s the first time I’ve done something like this. Cincinnati needs more diverse ethnic food.”

Although many new customers were trying this niche

market for the first time, the festival was also attended by fans of specific trucks.

John Schmitt of Western Hills has gone out of his way to satisfy cravings from Red Sesame. Standing outside of the truck, he ushered onlookers to try Kim’s tacos.

“I heard about B.J. from Taste of Cincinnati and I’ve been addicted ever since,” Schmitt said. “For a taco shack to cause you to drive 40 miles from the west side to north of Mason, just to get a taco, you know it has to be good.

I get my taco with extra red sauce – that’s the sauce he makes himself – and he marinates his meat for over 24 hours, which also makes it very good.”

Among the humming vans was local celebrity Jim Tarbell. He used this event to pass out his life-size cut outs, which promote his write-in candidacy for Hamilton County Commissioner. As a previous owner of Arnold’s Bar and Grill, Tarbell has a zest for food and its growing environment in Cincinnati.

“This is my neighborhood, so when I heard there was going to be this first food truck extravaganza, there was no question about being here and seeing how it played out,”Tarbell said, adding, “I’m on my way to eat a fried green tomato BLT from Roll With It Café.”

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A customer at the festival tries a BLT from Roll With it Café.

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The University of Cincinnati failed to record its first American Athletic Conference win of the season on Saturday, falling to the University of Memphis Tigers, 41-14.

The Bearcats looked poised to take command of the game right from the start, as quarterback Gunner Kiel connected with wide receiver Mekale McKay on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play. It was the first time UC scored off a first play since George Winn scored on a 58-yard run against Pittsburgh Sept. 6, 2012. That quick strike only took 17 seconds off of the clock and brought the 25,000 Bearcat fans in attendance to their feet in excitement.

That quick start, however, turned out to be just a flash in the pan as Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch led his team down the field in only two minutes to tie the game at seven points with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Tigers wide receiver Tevin Jones.

The tie game did not seem like a problem for the red-hot Bearcats offense until Kiel was intercepted on the very next drive

by Bakari Hollier, setting up Memphis at the Cincinnati 33-yard line. Lynch then connected with Adrian Henderson for 29 yards and scored to give Memphis a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.

Cincinnati turned the ball over three times in the first quarter alone, adding a turnover on downs and a fumble by Kiel, allowing Memphis to score two field goals and one more touchdown within the first 15 minutes.

Coming into this game, the Bearcats had turned over the ball only one other time this season.

Kiel completed less than 50 percent of his passes on the night, completing 11 of 27 for 216 yards. Kiel suffered a rib injury on the final play of the first half and did not return to finish the game.

Munchie Legaux took his place under center and finished the game, orchestrating the team’s only other touchdown drive.

Legaux will get the start at quarterback in games moving forward if Kiel is unable to play due to the injury.

“It doesn’t look good,” said head coach Tommy Tuberville.“[Gunner Kiel] got hit underneath the arm, in-between the pads and we’ll have to wait and see tomorrow.”

Kiel was one of three injury losses for the Bearcats as running back Hosey Williams, who injured his knee, and linebacker Leviticus Payne, who injured his upper extremity, also exited the game and did not return.

While the offense may not have done the team any favors as a whole, the defense continued its current trend of poor outings as they once again surrendered over 600 yards of offense – 299 of which were rushing yards. The UC defense also allowed 40-plus points for the second game in a row, a feat of defensive ineptitude not reached since 2009.

The defense struggled to contain the running game and lost pursuit several times, allowing multiple big gains on the ground.

That kind of ball control helped Memphis keep possession for 40 minutes and 55 seconds, which is more than twice as long as Cincinnati had the ball.

“We tried everything. We’ve done it all,” Tuberville said.“We’re not very good in run support on the outside and we’re obviously soft in the middle. They did a good job tonight. They cracked us real hard and brought guys back inside to block us hard and get to the outside.

“Bottom line is: We didn’t play very well on first down. We’re getting blown off the ball and giving up too much yardage.”

The Cincinnati Bearcats now sit at 2-and-2 and will try to regroup as they head to Miami, Ohio, to face off against the University of Miami Hurricanes at 12 p.m.

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Bearcats wide receiver Alex Chisum leads the team onto the field during UC’s 41-14 loss to Memphis Saturday night. Chisum had 25 receiving yards for the Bearcats.

Bearcats volleyball fell to Southern Methodist University Friday in a 3-1 conference match-up at Fifth-Third Arena.

SMU was favored to win the American Athletic Conference in the preseason coaches’ poll and also was favored this weekend against UC. The Mustangs, who entered the weekend 1-1 in conference games and 12-2 overall, looked like they would roll right over the Bearcats after winning the first two sets easily.

UC was 2-0 in conference matches and 10-4 for the season before the 17-25, 15-25, 25-19, 25-19 loss against the Mustangs.

Junior right-side hitter Emma Roberson scored the first point for the Bearcats in the beginning of the first set with an assist from redshirt junior setter Caitlin Ogletree who recorded 25 assists for the night, but the Mustangs retaliated quickly, returning the point.

The set was back and forth until the Bearcats tied it up at 6-6 with a kill by senior middle blocker and outside hitter Me’Ashah Nicholson.

SMU then pulled ahead, with five unanswered points to make the score 6-11.

“I thought Me’Ashah did great tonight,” UC head coach Molly Alvey said.“Me’Ashah’s stepped up to that role as far as being a leader and a senior and has really just done a fantastic job for us. She just makes plays front row and back row.”

The Bearcats made small mistakes, with a number of blocked kills rebounding back onto their side of the net, missed passes and failed blocks.

The Mustangs maintained their lead, winning the first set, 25-17.

The second set was not much better, as things continued to go wrong for the Bearcats.

SMU scored the first three points of the set and the Bearcats were not able to rally back.

The Mustangs maintained a strong lead, surging ahead by nine points to 20-11 before winning the second set, 25-15.

After heading into the locker room between the second and third sets, the Bearcats fought to win the third set.

The Mustangs scored first, but the Bearcats came back with five unanswered points including kills by Emma Roberson and sophomore outside hitter Ciara Hill to take UC’s first lead of the set at 12-10.

“Ciara struggled a little bit swinging,”Alvey said.“She’s been swinging really well all season, so I think it’s just an off day, and everybody has an off day. I think she will be fine come Sunday.”

The Bearcats gained momentum following two back-toback blocks by Nicholson, Hill and senior setter Madi Lang.

They extended their lead even further to 21-16 before the Bearcats took the third set, 25-19.

The fourth and final set looked like it might be close when it was tied 5-5, but the Mustangs scored five straight points and maintained the lead throughout the remainder of the game.

The Mustangs were up 24-19 before the match ended, following a serve by Ogletree that hit the net, ending the match 25-19.

The 24 combined failed serves between UC and SMU were characteristic of the game and was one of the things Alvey mentioned as an issue after the game.

Senior defensive specialist Jamie Netisingha is confident looking forward.

“I think we just got to keep our heads up and move on to the next match,” Netisingha said.“They’re a good team, but we’re a good team, too. I think we just battle ourselves back in, go back to the basics and just stay confident and stay together as a team.”

The Bearcats redeemed themselves Sunday with a 3-0 victory over the University of Tulsa, upping UC to 3-1 in conference play.

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The Bearcats held their second annual inter-squad meet in preparation for the crosstown classic meet.

The University of Cincinnati hosts Xavier University in two weeks for its first official meet of the 2014 schedule — the sixth straight season the Bearcats have opened their season against the Musketeers.

The Red & Black meet poses as a marker to help the team see where it stands going into the season.

UC started preparation for Friday’s Red & Black meet from the first week of school, ramping up the squads training and conditioning and getting the athletes back into shape for competition.

“Where we’re at right now is really impressive,” first-year head coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle said.

Last week the team practiced with more inter-squad competition than normal in preparation for Friday’s meet where the competitiveness between the two teams yielded promising results for the ensuing season.

Amongst the competition was a unity in cheering, chanting and support regardless of the swim cap color.

“I think it’s a very important part of our culture and it really is a part of who they are, I think, as people,” Commons-

DiSalle said.“I think it’s something that I want to continually try to stress and develop but the foundation is there.

“Having that supportive environment — really a family — in and out of the pool is really critical to their success overall.”

The 32-event slate lasted about two-and-a-half hours with the Black squad defeating the Red squad 316 to 259.

Team captain Nathan Anderson, a junior who competed in the men’s 200- and 100-yard Butterfly events, was satisfied with his performances for the day for how young the season is.

“It kind of lets me know where I’m at … I’m really excited to get two more weeks of training in and really step up for when Xavier come here in two weeks,”Anderson said.

Anderson said that the team “has practiced a ton” after five weeks of training and is working well under the new leadership of Commons-DiSalle.

“The team as a whole is really growing,”Anderson said.

“Our depth in the pool is getting significantly better. How we’ve been training up to here is a great indication of where we’re headed in the next few weeks.”

The Bearcats plan to continue to work hard and focus on minor things like turns and kicks off of the wall before Xavier.