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UC officials request fundraising ideas from university community MATT NICHOLS | STAFF REPORTER

MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR

University President Santa Ono and UC Foundation President Rodney Grabowski speak to the UC community to gather input on philanthropic fundraising events Friday at a town hall meeting.

Through conducting several town hall meetings, University of Cincinnati leaders are requesting input from all members of the university community to generate ideas for fueling future philanthropic fundraising events.

Speaking primarily to faculty and staff in Kresge Auditorium Friday, UC President Santa Ono and UC Foundation President Rodney M. Grabowski led a discussion about UC’s investment priorities in the coming years leading up to the university’s bicentennial.

“We want to make sure we get feedback from everyone: the individual, the student, the faculty or staff member,” Grabowski said during the discussion.

“You are closest to the ground; you interact with students daily, you’re the ones in the lab doing research, really delivering the mission of UC, and so we want to make sure we get your feedback on what you think should be priorities in this campaign.”

In coordination with the university’s

bicentennial anniversary campaign, Creating Our Third Century, the university would like to focus on five main categories: investing in faculty, bolstering research, remodeling the student experience, expanding e-learning and upgrading the current resource base.

Because federal funding is often difficult to secure, the campaign is largely focused on raising philanthropic dollars from investors in the community, which annually brings in roughly $200 to $250 million for the university. In an effort to expand on these donations, UC is asking faculty and staff to talk to donors directly and express their ideas in person.

“I want my faculty to be part of the fundraising process,” Grabowski said.

“You don’t have to ask for gifts, but what we do need you to do is we need you to articulate the impact of that gift on your program, because you can tell the story best.”

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STUDENTS TREK TO CAMPUS TO MEET POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS Student Government candidates outline SPRING CAREER FAIRS WITHSTAND WINTER agendas, platforms CASSIE LIPP | CHIEF REPORTER

As temperatures drop and snow piles up around the University of Cincinnati’s campus, campaigns for Student Government president and vice president elections are heating up.

This year’s campaign includes three teams of candidates for president and vice president: Jennifer St. John, current SG external holdover senator, and Iman Said, senate secretary; Andrew Naab, at-large senator and Andrew Griggs, speaker of the senate; and Sara Whitestone, a third-year biology and communications student, and Jeremy Morall, student safety board senator.

Voting begins 8 a.m. Wednesday and ends 5 p.m. Friday. All UC undergraduate students are eligible to vote and can do so through their Canopy account.

Despite the recent snow days that closed UC Monday through Thursday, the candidates have worked hard to connect to students. Campaign teams have been interacting with students around campus and through social media. Twitter has served as a popular campaign platform, as each team has a Twitter account, and each has followed over 1,000 UC students.

Each of the candidates has his or her own motivation for running for SG president or vice president.

“I am running for student body president because I recognize how impactful the university experience can be on individual students,” St. John said.

St. John said her UC experience has influenced her, and now she has the opportunity to pay it forward and do the same for other students.

“I have an immeasurable passion for the University of Cincinnati and the welfare of the entire student body, and the opportunity to have a positive impact on all students was one too good to pass up,” St. John said.

St. John’s campaign partner Said has seen the inner workings of the senate and cabinet in her two years as secretary.

“What I’ve seen is incredible growth and change from both the University of Cincinnati and student government as both entities experience record enrollment, increasing national attention and significant changes in how we interact with students,” Said explained.

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MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR

Despite campus closing Wednesday due to weather, Laura Schneider, a first-year MBA student, hikes through the cold and snow to attend the 2015 Spring Career Fair. Over a hundred companies set up booths to talk to and recruit students for potential job and internship opportunities.

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Despite the crippling wind chill and hazardous ice and snow accumulating on the roads, over 1,400 University of Cincinnati students trekked to the Campus Recreational Center Wednesday and Thursday to meet representatives from 140 companies in hopes of making a good first impression and securing a job.

The career fairs, part of UC Spring Career Week 2015, were co-hosted by the Career Development Center and Linder College of Business Career Services.

Bellarmine University and Eastern Kentucky University graduate school students also attended the Professional Career Fair Wednesday.

While the Professional Career Fair targeted employers looking to hire students for non-technical internship and full-time positions, the Technical Career Fair targeted employers looking to hire students of technical majors —

engineering, engineering technology, information technology and operations — for internship, co-op and full-time positions.

Some employers said they came to the Professional Career Fair Wednesday and Technical Career Fair Thursday because they believe UC students are the best students they can find.

“We’ve always gotten a booth here at UC every job fair or opportunity we have,” said Danielle Wilder, human resources manager of Legion Logistics.

“We keep coming back because the students are quality. They’re usually very well prepared when they meet employers.”

Legion Logistics offers sales internships to students, as well as full-time and entry-level positions for graduates, Wilder said.

“There are some schools we go to and they sort of fumble around — they don’t know what questions to ask, they don’t seem confident in themselves — and

usually at UC that’s not an issue,” Wilder said.

Marcus Bethay, client strategies manager at the Cincinnati Enquirer, said UC has some of the best talent that can be found.

“We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic students that have some quality experience, that can help take the Enquirer media brand to the next level,” Bethay said. “We’re a local company, so if we have a chance to connect with local students, we definitely want to do that.”

While Kevin Bell, loan officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, was at the fair with his boss looking for students to work summer internships, he said he noticed UC students stand out because they are well rounded and have diverse backgrounds. They also have a better idea of what they want to do, while students from other universities have SEE CAREER FAIR PG 3

UC researchers examine relationship between asthma, mental health RUSSELL HAUSFELD | STAFF REPORTER

The Health and Anxiety Psychopathology Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati, which studies the connections between mental and physical health, is conducting ongoing research focused on individuals with asthma and how anxiety or depression can affect the condition.

“The purpose of the study is to observe the way mental health factors, like anxiety, affect asthma,” said Kristen Kraemer, a clinical psychology graduate student in charge of the asthma research study.

The study is based on previous research that found it is common for people with asthma to also suffer from conditions such as panic attacks or depression, which could affect the way they handle their asthmatic symptoms.

According to Alison McLeish, associate professor of psychology and faculty adviser to the research, factors such as anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance could play a big part in an individual’s experience with asthma.

“Someone with asthma who is high in anxiety sensitivity is going to become much more afraid when experiencing asthma symptoms,” McLeish said. “This increased anxiety and fear can make their asthma symptoms worse, which increases anxiety, and it becomes a vicious cycle.”

Difficult-to-control asthma accounts for a large number of asthma-related incidents that require hospitalization or lead to death. But little is known of the role anxiety plays in worsening the results of an asthma attack, McLeish said.

“Efforts to understand these underlying mechanisms would not only fill an important gap within the empirical literature, but would also provide specific targets for intervention efforts that could improve asthma control,” McLeish said.

Kraemer said their research will be based on a series of questionnaires and two tests.

Because the study is ongoing, she was unable to give the specifics of each test, but provided a brief explanation of each.

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MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR

Kristin Kraemer, a clinical psychology graduate student, is in charge of a research study within UC’s Health and Anxiety Psychopathology Laboratory that examines how anxiety affects an individual’s asthma.

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‘Liquid Light’ is made up of about a dozen pieces made within the last 15 years that reflect a changing purpose in painting. Each acrylic painting is created with a special drip technique on linen canvas.

DAAP’s ‘Liquid Light’ redefines painting, colors, light Renowned artist Joseph Marioni questions world with minimalist art ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR

The latest exhibit featured by the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning’s Reed Gallery actualizes a concept stated by French artist Henri Matisse: “It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.”

Upon entering “Joseph Marioni: Liquid Light,” you are confronted with a particular silence that each painting harnesses.

Although Marioni graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s architecture program, the paintings featured in “Liquid Light” position the artist as more of an anti-architect, one who deconstructs — rather than constructs — paintings and colors.

Every piece in the exhibit is given the name of a color, each canvas a single hue — or so it seems at first glance.

When examining each painting closer, the many layers become apparent; drips and “flaws” in the painting reveal that these

works are not monochromatic, but the result of a careful drip method the artist has been perfecting for decades.

Despite his long career, Marioni’s “Liquid Light” displays pieces created in the 21st century.

Without context, some viewers might find the exhibit artless, or worse: a resistance to art. But this is conceptual art.

Marioni, a self-described “radical painter,” defines, in his artist statement, his paintings as “membranes of divided light.”

This will mean different things to different visitors. For some, the paintings might resemble physical memory or words; for others, the luminosity might trigger some sort of emotional resonance.

Matisse — who, along with abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, is an artist Marioni seems to be in dialogue with — also referred to color as “liberation.”The freedom Marioni’s paintings offer in their discrete but vibrant imagery reflects this definition.

Like many other minimalists, Marioni is interested in exposing the objectivity of painting. This is a complicated thing to comprehend with the color portraits exhibited.

A visual aporia is rooted in Marioni’s concept: how can the paintings be objective when their colors and “dematerialized light” mean something different to everyone? This is not a flaw in the exhibit, but simply something to consider. Marioni’s art deals in the bracing paradoxes intrinsic to the art world.

The densely vivid canvases titled “Red Painting” and “Ochre Painting” portray deeply immersive imagery that tempts long stares and multiple visits (it is recommended that you pay each painting more than one look, which the circular Reed Gallery so easily invites).

It is interesting to view the paintings as portraits or landscapes to see how changed they appear.

Marioni is extremely conscious of painting’s state as a medium in the present world, and his pieces are a response to the problematic mimetic art that was prevalent well into the 20th century. Consequently, Marioni is more concerned with the private and arguably sacred experience art has to offer viewers than the empty outcome of producing a replica of an image.

But in a way, this poses a contradiction,

as the paintings are themselves representations of colors. The titles are curious in that they do not always align entirely with their subject; a painting titled “Yellow Painting” is in fact a brilliant shade of chartreuse, a yellow layer of acrylic barely visible on the edges of its linen canvas.

The intentional seams Marioni allows to be shown reveal an imperfect process, perhaps suggesting that his membranes of light cannot ever truly be divided.

The paintings in “Liquid Light” are surprisingly conversational, each pigment like a window through which to view personal contemplation.

The history of art that echoes throughout the exhibit given the conceptual context Marioni frames the paintings in make this an incredibly rewarding experience.

And — though one might not expect it from the description — they’re pretty to look at, too.

“Joseph Marioni: Liquid Light” is on display at DAAP’s Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed Jr. Gallery through April 12. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Father John Misty deals with love’s complexities CHRISTOPHER STROHOFER | STAFF REPORTER

In his recent album “I Love You, Honeybear,” love is no simple concept for Josh Tillman. Rather, it’s a convoluted mess of unmet expectations, jealousy, societal complications, unbridled bliss, fear and so much more.

This release details a swirling array of emotions and concerns that all come back to one thing: love.

Tillman is a singer-songwriter who released a number of solo albums before joining indie-folk superstars Fleet Foxes.

After leaving Fleet Foxes in 2012, he got to work on some new music under the moniker Father John Misty.

In his second album as Father John Misty, Tillman borrows sound from various genres of the past 50 years. Whether he’s indulging soulful vocals or recreating classic rock ballads, each borrowed genre affectation serves as an interesting juxtaposition with Tillman’s clever lyricism.

This trademark style of his is clearly evident in “The Night Josh Tillman Came to our Apartment,” with its gorgeous orchestration reminiscent of a traditional love song, but with lyrics devoted to the things Tillman finds irritating about his significant other.

The strangest song on the record, “True Affection,” finds Tillman sporting synths and modulated vocals. Initially it’s more confusing than pleasant, but shortly settles back into Tillman’s strengths as a lyricist.

This track is a danceable statement on how we interact in relationships with technology as opposed to face to face.

“When can we talk / with the face / instead of using all these strange devices?” he sings in a distant voice.

The standout track on the album focuses just slightly less on love and more on the current state of living in the U.S. with the song “Bored in the U.S.A.” A clear parody on Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” listeners get the sense that Tillman is less than smitten with the current state of affairs in America. “They gave me useless education / and a subprime loan on a craftsman home / keep my prescriptions filled / and now I can’t get off but I can kind of deal.”

He sings all this as a laugh track flares up after each line, in a sense undercutting his poignant message and serving to make the track that much more tragic.

This album is a reminder of how effective talented singer-songwriters can be at providing poignant social commentary.

Tillman doesn’t use this talent to preach, but rather to explore the social and personal complications he’s experienced in his relationship.

In the final track, “I Went to the Store” — a story about how Tillman met his future wife while shopping — you almost have to chuckle at the lines, “For love to find / us of all people / I never thought it’d be so simple.” After 41 minutes of critically analyzing traditional relationship roles and societal expectations, simplicity is the last thing you’d expect Tillman to equate to love.

But in all the tragedy found on “I Love You, Honeybear,” it ends on an optimistic note: In all its complexity, love simply makes all these difficult topics worth surviving.

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In ‘Two Days, One Night,’ Sandra (played by Marion Cotillard) goes door to door in an effort to keep her job while also struggling with severe depression.

Cotillard stars in modern parable of empathy ‘Two Days, One Night’ visits humanity’s fragility, strength MONROE TROMBLY | STAFF REPORTER

Shot in a stark but and beautiful style, the Belgian-French film “Two Days, One Night” is a triumph of modest and effective filmmaking. It is a film that holds your attention with the sheer emotion of the subject matter at hand, because that’s all that is needed to make this film work — that and the execution of the plot of course, thanks to the incredible acting of Marion Cotillard.

Cotillard plays Sandra, an employee of a small solar-panel factory who learns there was a vote for her to be laid off, a vote between the loss of a bonus or her termination.

To give context, the bonus, 1,000 euros, amounts to about a year’s worth of gas and electric bills.

Sandra and her friend Juliette, played

by Catherine Salée, persuade their boss to hold another vote, a secret ballot, in order to give the coworkers more time to think about the decision.

The themes of economic tension are there of course, but there is also the theme of the age-old dilemma between the two black-and-white ideologies of looking at the world: survival of the fittest versus lending a helping hand.

Sandra learns that foreman Jean-Marc, played by Olivier Gourmet, spread fearmongering rumors that more people, and not just Sandra, would be laid off if they didn’t accept their annual bonus.

Sandra spends the weekend going from coworker to coworker, trying to persuade them to give up the bonus, in order for her to keep her job.

Played beautifully by Cotillard, Sandra is a fragile woman. Easily deflated, disenchanted and disheartened, she’s frightened at the prospect of facing her coworkers. Who wouldn’t be when you’ve got a house, a husband and two kids?

The film opens with a shot of Sandra sleeping. She’s in a deep sleep with wisps of brown hair over her face, and she looks exhausted before the film even starts rolling. Recovering from a recent episode of depression, the news sends her reeling back toward the same emotions, and she knocks back a few anti-depressants.

Her husband Manu, played by Fabrizio Rongione, is the catalyst behind Sandra’s momentum, as he begs her to fight the decision and fight for her right to the job, even though Jean-Marc believes Sandra isn’t fit for work after her temporary leave. The first vote was 14 out of 16 in favor of the bonus, and Sandra’s boss agrees that he’ll let her stay if she can get a simple majority to favor her.

“Two Days” is a film about one woman’s plight, but it also sheds light onto the economic fragility of Europe. For the coworkers Sandra meets with, it’s as much their decision as it is for their husbands, wives and families, as Sandra encounters at least one family member in order to find her coworker.

You can see it in their faces: the humility and humanity they hold but

choose to forsake in order to get by.

Most are in the same position as Sandra is, where 1,000 euros can make or break their house, their children’s education or their standard of living.

The camera never strays from Sandra’s face; every facial expression, emotion and feeling is captured and shown to the audience in moving realism.

The Dardenne brothers (Luc and JeanPierre), the film’s directors and writers, deliberately make this an objective story.

The film makes no judgments and holds no predispositions toward Sandra or her coworkers’ decisions — “Two Days” is a blank slate for the audience to decide what we think about the situation.

It’s an objective piece capturing the social, marital and economic hardship of 21st-century Europe.

When the film was shown at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Cotillard received a 15-minute standing ovation.

It’s a straightforward film with direct, day-to-day dialogue and simple filming with Cotillard and her surroundings closely cropped together in the frame and a lack of music which altogether drives the film even more so.

There is also commentary on male dominance in the household. Some coworker’s households have a very strong patriarchal dynamic to them, while others show women with more control over their lives.

This film helps people to question what decision they would make in a situation like this, and how one decision is paramount in determining the course of someone’s future.

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IN BRIEF Trial set for former UC staffer Former University of Cincinnati football staffer Antrione Archer, who was accused of rubbing his genitals on a worker in a Northern Kentucky Kroger, will go to trial April 2 in Kenton County, according to WCPO. Police say Archer confessed June 10 to exposing his penis multiple times inside the Fort Mitchell Kroger store May 27.

He was arrested June 14.

Archer’s defense team claims their client was consensually dancing with the worker, a 73-yearold woman, in a “rhythmic nature,” following a close conversation he had with her.

Archer was fired from the UC Oct. 15. He worked as the director of player welfare and development, which focuses on helping freshmen athletes adjust to college life.

Two armed robberies Friday An armed robbery occurred in the 2000 block of Ohio Avenue around 2 a.m. Friday, according to university police.

A suspect reportedly held a University of Cincinnati student at gunpoint and stole the victim’s wallet. The suspect is described as a 20-year-old black male wearing black clothing and a black mask.

Police said the suspect was last seen running west on Parker Street.

A second armed robbery occurred on Clemmer Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Friday.

Police said a UC student was held at gunpoint by a black male wearing a dark-colored jacket. The suspect stole the victim’s wallet and cell phone.

Anyone with information about either of these incidents can call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040 anonymously.

Anyone with information about any of the above incidents can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 513-352-3040.

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Through previous fundraising efforts, UC has raised over $1.1 billion to help fund a multitude of projects on campus.

Now, the university is setting its sights on the future to prepare UC for its third century, starting with investing in its faculty and staff.

“We feel that it is essential to invest in the faculty and staff of the university more than anything,” Ono said during the discussion.“Great faculty and well-supported faculty and staff are what attracts the best and brightest students to each of our colleges.”

One main concern that was brought up by faculty members was the lack of funding and faculty hires on UC’s medical campus, with some departments not seeing hires in five to 10 years. This campaign seeks to weed out these issues so that the university can prioritize future funding where it is needed.

Another concern addressed is the lack of funding for student internships on medical campus, which has impeded progress in research labs and lessened paid internship opportunities for students.

“I think sometimes the faculty feels like they’re not engaged because they have to relay these things up through the department chairs and their deans,” said Ken Greis, associate professor of cancer and cell biology at UC’s medical campus.“It’s fantastic when you have the leadership of the university coming out and asking directly from the faculty. President Ono does a nice job of making people very comfortable so they’re willing to open up and talk.”

The next town hall meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Muntz Auditorium on UC Blue Ash Campus from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Students swarm UC’s Campus Recreation Center Thursday at the Technical Career Fair, a part of UC’s 2015 Spring Career Fair, to speak with company representatives in efforts to secure a job.

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more unrealistic goals, he said.

“I think every school has their differences,” Bell said.

“UC has a lot of people that have that engineering backgrounds that maybe also want to do some other things, like a sales position or some other type of operations position. There’s a lot of things going for UC. It’s interesting.”

Bell, a University of Dayton graduate, added that UC’s location makes the university more diverse. “[UC] is part of a big city, so you have people that interact with more different types of people,” Bell said.

“UC gives you that perspective that you don’t get at other schools. It’s pretty cool in that regard.”

Bell said the key things employers look for in students are confidence and the desire to learn more.

“You can have a GPA of 3.0 or 2.0, but it doesn’t matter as long as you are a person that can talk or learn,” Bell said. “It all depends on the type of person you are. Be a sponge. That’s the biggest thing you can do, in my opinion. If you’re a sponge, you can go anywhere.”

Andrew Mojzer, program coordinator-marketing manager for Contingent Network Services, said he was pleasantly surprised by UC students’ curiosity and desire to learn more.

“The really cool thing I’ve noticed today is that we’re not that big of a company just yet, but the cool thing

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“One test simulates asthmatic breathing by having subjects breath through a straw, and one test examines people’s anxiety levels during certain tasks,” Kraemer said.

Spencer Dorhout, a third-year political science major, said there was a relationship between stress and asthma in his life, but it is not a significant one.

“Knowing I have asthma does cause me some anxiety, but not on a regular basis,” Dorhout said.

Dorhout does not consider his asthma to be difficult to control, but he said that he has had some bad asthma attacks.

“For the most part, I am able to control it fairly quickly, but there are times when I am unable to, and that does cause

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places, and I am running to make sure all students dictate where that place is.”

But Griggs said he and Naab think SG is not getting enough done.

“During elections each year, we’ve seen a lot of cool ideas, but very little follow-through,” Griggs said. “Naab and I are going to change that. Our platform is full of tangible ideas, research and plans for moving forward. We are promising results, not just ideas.”

Naab added that SG is no longer an effective vehicle for change because it is out of touch with students.

“It’s not engaging the student body outside of the already involved students, and it doesn’t ask the hard questions for fear of angering someone,” Naab said. “Andrew [Griggs] and I are committed to results.”

Whitestone said she and Morall are running because they want to lead SG to better serve all UC students.

“We are also challenging the process of campaigning and how we interact with our peers in intentional ways,” Whitestone said.

St. John and Said explained that they are committed to empowering students to make their own changes and increasing student connectivity.

“I believe that we need to increase the social justice learnings that our first-year students partake in so that our community will become more inclusive and collaborative,” St. John said. “Our students have such a wealth of backgrounds and experiences, and we need to do more to connect them.”

St. John said she will focus on listening to students and understanding what they want out of their experiences at UC. “UC has seen such rapid change over the last few years, and I want to make sure that we don’t lose the student voice as we push forward,” St. John said. “Students have been loud about the need for a better student union experience, and I think this is a great place to start.”

we’ve seen from the students who have come by so far is that they’re curious,” Mojzer said. “They come asking questions and want to know what we’re all about and what we’re looking for.”

“It’s impossible to ignore the sheer numbers of qualified people that come out of UC,” Mojzer added.

Priscilla Palackdharry, UC alum and Contingent marketing communications associate, said the workforce preparation at UC is great. She said she could really see a positive difference comparing UC students to students she had met at other universities’ career fairs.

Although first-year student Quincy Hoppmann has not yet chosen a major, he said attending the career fair has helped guide him.

“I gained confidence in talking to employers and a better understanding of the internships and co-ops that are available,” Hoppmann said.

Daniel Ruwe, a second-year operations management student, said he attended the career fair to look at potential employers, meet their human resources people and have a better understanding of what kind of companies they are.

Ruwe said he is interested in logistics and sustainability because he wants to help companies maximize efficiency.

“I talked to about four or five companies I’m really interested in,” Ruwe said. “I’m going to go home, do some more research and hopefully land a co-op.” panic,” Dorhout said.

At the conclusion of the study, results will be presented at international conferences, and it could lead to better ways to treat asthma in certain people, McLeish said.

“We hope ultimately that this research can help us develop treatments for individuals with asthma who have high levels of anxiety,” McLeish said.

McLeish said UC students who want to serve as research participants are encouraged and needed. Participants should be non-smoking adults between 18 and 65 years old who have been diagnosed with asthma.

The study is ongoing and pays participants $25 for a twohour research session. If interested, contact the Health and Anxiety Psychopathology Lab at 513-556-5127.

Said added that listening to students is not only inspiring, but it also reminds her that the biggest issue on campus is empowering students.

“Students have the power to act on issues that are important to them,” she said. “It’s time for Student Government to give them the resources to do so.”

Nabb said he and Griggs plan to focus on both the apparent and less obvious issues that affect students.

“We want to address core issues that affect most students, such as affordability, but we also want to focus on the invisible issues that go unheard, which is student homelessness,” Naab said.

To combat student homelessness, Naab and Griggs plan to set up a response team that supplies students struggling to make ends meet with temporary affordable housing, meal vouchers and coaching to help plan finances.

“For an institution as large as UC, we need to ensure we are supporting all students,” Naab said.

Griggs added that he and Naab will implement a program called “Textbooks R Us.” “Students will be able to check in books at the end of the semester for points and use those points the following semester to check out books that other students put in,” Griggs said. “It saves students money by cutting out the middle-man.”

Whitestone said she and Morall plan to redistribute power within SG to ensure there is equal and diverse representation.

“The president and vice president appoint their cabinet after elections, and repeatedly we’ve seen the winning campaigns’ team move into these positions instead of empowering underrepresented students,” Whitestone said. “I would hope that SG can become more of an actual accessible network for students, and we can use our many resources to assist their initiatives. If elected, we promise that campaign season won’t be the only time students feel engaged and empowered.”

Election results will be revealed 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Cincinnati Faculty Club in the Richard E. Lindner Center.

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Social Media Week to bring e-etiquette, ideas to campus MICHELLE FLANAGAN | STAFF REPORTER

A series of events that explore social media responsibility and innovation is coming to campus this week, and students will get the chance to learn how to go beyond Facebook status updates.

Alana Frew, a fourth-year journalism and environmental studies student, came up with the idea to bring Social Media Week to the University of Cincinnati during the UC Invents competition in 2014.

Frew, who also works as a community manager for UC’s University Communications Office, placed seventh in the competition. She said she knew she wanted to expand the idea to be even more inclusive of faculty, staff and students and encompass many different social media platforms.

Frew was inspired by the global Social Media Week, a conference focusing on technology that coincides with UC’s events.

Part of Frew’s job at UC is to run the social media account for the university. She said the position has taught her a lot about professional networking and has connected her with graphic designers and public relations professionals who helped turn her idea into reality.

“I’ve grown so much from it, and I’ve learned a ton of information that has really benefitted me in general,” Frew said.

Frew landed the job through Twitter, when she messaged the university about finding a position on

campus. She eventually got a tweet back from University Communications and started working for their office.

This one of many reasons Frew believes Social Media Week is so important for students. If used correctly, social media platforms can open opportunities that may not be available otherwise.

Frew’s positive experiences with social media inspired her to enable other students to use it beneficially. With the help of her boss and coworkers, she brainstormed ways to incorporate different aspects and platforms.

Panel topics, Frew said, are largely based around whom organizers wanted to feature as speakers.

“The speakers for the panel, we really tried to get people that had done a lot of different things around the area or that had done different things with social media or their business,” Frew explained.

Frew and Jeremy Martin, director of digital communications for the University Communications Office, made it a point to open the panels to people outside of the university. By opening up the events to others, Frew and Martin hope the event will become even bigger in subsequent years.

The week’s panel discussions focus on the effect of social media in the sports industry, the news cycle, the influence of public figures and as leverage for businesses. The panels will feature professors at UC as well as Cincinnati City Council members, reporters, marketing managers for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and the Cincinnati Reds, and even UC president Santa Ono.

Additional hands-on activities and events will be hosted throughout the week.

The idea for one of these events, Social Media Activism for Students, was proposed by the Office of the Provost. The office wanted to get involved with Social Media Week and felt it was an important topic to cover, especially since Twitter protests have become a more common occurrence among students.

Social Media Activism for Students will focus specifically on the #UCItsOnUs campaign, a nationwide effort to prevent sexual assault for both men and women. The event will happen at 3 p.m. Monday.

Other events throughout the week deal with various issues and social media platforms.

The Campus Instawalk event gives participants a chance to tour campus with a ROAR guide at 10:30 a.m. Monday, focusing specifically on architecture. On Wednesday, an artist’s reception will be held, and the winner of the Instagram contest will be announced.

Social Networking Your Career will be held by the UC Career Development Center at 11 a.m. Tuesday to help students understand professional presence on social media.

“Some people might not need three platforms, but for my major, or any writing, PR-based major, it’s great to know how to use this stuff because it looks really good on your resume,” Frew said.“I really want people to find something that can benefit them in the long run and make their lives better.”

OPINION: Wanderlust takes student abroad ANH TRAN | CONTRIBUTOR

I arrived in the U.S. four years ago from Vietnam, and I told myself: “Boy, did I travel a long way to get here!”

I started living abroad since I was 14 years old. I attended high school in Singapore for three years, and decided to apply to college in the U.S. for a change in scenery and culture. Plus, the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning does have one of the best architecture programs in the country.

Little did I know it was not going to be the last time I studied abroad.

Just last semester, I did an exchange program in Paris, France, and spent four months attempting to speak French and traveling to different parts of Europe. In other words, I studied abroad while studying abroad, and that changed my life in so many ways.

People say my Zodiac sign — Sagittarius — has something to do with the fact that I could not stop moving. They might be right, or wrong, I don’t know. I only know that I am fascinated by strange and foreign environments.

Due to the nature of the co-op program at UC, I have lived in four different cities every four months since I moved to the U.S.: Cincinnati, Maui, Chicago and Boston. Each time I moved, I felt liberated and excited, ready to adapt to a new city and meet new people.

It is certainly frightening at times, but I enjoy challenges.

When I found out during freshman year I could potentially live in Paris for a semester for school, I made it one of my top goals and planned my Eurotrip experience. With help from UC International, the University Honors Program, DAAP and UC in general, I managed to make one of my dreams into a reality. I moved again, to a different continent.

As four months passed by I learned that life in Europe was not all a fairytale. It opened up my eyes and mind to realities — that pictures can only tell you so much about a place, and that in order to understand it, you have to live there.

Cultural shocks, language barriers, jet-lag, homesickness — I experienced them all over again (and I thought I had already mastered the art of studying abroad).

Nevertheless, life in Europe was one of the best experiences I have had in my entire life. I got to travel on my own, make my own plans, walk around at my own pace, meet new people, eat local food, take pictures, draw and make memories.

My eyes saw a lot more. My hands would not stop sketching and taking photos. I constantly wore a smile on my face. Each and every day abroad, I learned so much and have since grown into a different person.

After four months, I managed to travel to eight countries and more than 15 cities in Europe. And yet, I have not traveled enough.

I remember taking the four-hour Megabus from Cincinnati to Chicago, then a direct, nine-hour flight from Chicago to Paris. I remember leaving Charles de Gaulle airport in that one-hour long Metro to central Paris, in the August rain.

The concept of time became blurry: my four years of waiting for that moment to happen since the start of freshman year; my three years of high school on the other side of the world to prepare for my journey in the U.S.; my 13 years of life in a completely different culture that helped shape me into the person I am today, just 22 years later.

A second, a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year: all those time indications tell me to get the most out of the moment, because time flies.

LIZ FRYLING | CONTRIBUTOR

Scandal Thursdays gather students interested in the ABC political thriller television series ‘Scandal’ to reflect on their lives and have Bible studies.

Inspired by TV show, AACRC students talk real scandals REBECCA COOMBS | CONTRIBUTOR

Most students have probably heard of “Scandal,” the popular ABC political thriller television series starring Kerry Washington.

But for a group University of Cincinnati students who meet every Thursday at the African American Cultural and Resource Center, the “Scandal” episodes mean something greater.

“We’re finding ways for … students throughout the campus to kind of look through the lens of their soul and [have] some serious conversation about how they can change the world from the inside out,” said Peter Matthews, a pastor who founded the Scandal Thursdays at UC. Scandal Thursdays started last semester at the Wesley House on Clifton Avenue to create an opportunity for students to have a conversation that is tangible and reachable as opposed to simply quoting scriptures.

Matthews commences each meeting with a discussion of the events occurring in students’ everyday lives. They use pizza, Bible verses and a live viewing of “Scandal” to create an open forum for discussion about the scandals, both interpersonal and communal, in their daily lives, the community and the world in an attempt to find solutions. “[The event] keeps me in touch with myself and the show,” said Nana Afrifah, a first year pre-pharmacy student who has been attending Scandal Thursdays since it started last semester. “It’s just a nice little bit of knowledge that I like to have. It’s really useful.”

Students volunteer personal stories relevant to the night’s topic and offer support to other members of their group.

Matthews described the event as a way to talk about what is relevant.

“Each time we get that opportunity, it’s powerful,” Matthews said. “You can see by the lively conversation tonight that people are having a good time, so we invite everybody from the entire campus to come.”

The group’s most recent meeting on Feb.

12 opened with the story of King David from the Bible. Matthews described how David, a man of great power, impregnated the wife of his best general, Uriah, and intentionally sent Uriah in harm’s way, and he was killed in the front lines.

Matthews argued that if a man such as David can commit so much wrong and then take it upon himself to become a better person, so can UC students. This discussion mainly focused on the students’ abilities to reach their own potential.

One student described how his lack of motivation earned him a less than stellar report card last semester. He commented on how he had to reevaluate himself before he could improve his grades. Simply passing would not satisfy him anymore.

“[The event is] really good because it’s like you learn a life lesson, you get free food, you get to watch ‘Scandal,’ ” said Jade Collins, a third-year public promotions and exercise and fitness student. “But you also get to work with a fellowship … and think about everyday situations that you go through.”

Matthews said he wanted to create a place where students are committed to improving the world around them by first improving themselves. They are part of a community within their group who work toward the same goal by supporting and encouraging one and another.

“We want to kind of keep our spirituality on the ground with our eyes open and our feet moving,” Matthews said.

LIZ FRYLING | CONTRIBUTOR

Peter Matthews, founder of Scandal Thursdays, talks to students about everyday-life scandals.

SPORTS / 5 Men’s basketball bounces back against Houston MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

JAELYNNE JOHNSON | SPORTS EDITOR

Bearcats rally conference win after losing 82nd Crosstown Shootout against Xavier Cincinnati lost three games in a row — including one against inner-city rival Xavier University — before they were able to get a win against the University of Houston 63-53 Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion. The win was the men’s basketball program’s 1,700th win in its history.

Senior forward Jermaine Sanders talked to freshman Gary Clark following UC’s 59-57 loss to Xavier in the 82nd Crosstown Shootout Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 13,176.

Clark fouled freshman Trevon Bluiett with 11.5 seconds remaining in the game, which led to the two free throws that won the game for XU. “That was [Sanders’] last XavierCincinnati game, so for me to make a play like that to kind of finish the game, I feel like I let him down a lot,” Clark said Friday as the Bearcats gathered for the media prior to boarding a flight to Houston.

With the exception of the foul, Clark played an astounding game against the Musketeers; he led the Bearcats with 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.

His performance marked Clark’s first double-figure scoring game since he scored 12 points against the University of Connecticut on Jan. 29.

The Bearcats tried to make a comeback after being down 36-24 going into halftime.

They shot 60.9 percent in the second half, but the effort was not enough to bring down the Musketeers.

The game plan for Cincinnati to come out with the win against the Houston Cougars was to put the loss against XU behind them, bring their own energy and be ready to play.

One of the main concerns for associate head coach Larry Davis was the mental state of his players.

“As a coach you worry about that,” Davis said at a press conference following the game against XU. “Are they tough enough mentally to sustain their focus in practice, their focus in games, and know that if you maintain that mental toughness, eventually it turns?”

The starting lineup was different for the Bearcats Saturday night against Houston.

Forward Shaq Thomas had his first start since Jan. 15 in place of Sanders, and Farad Cobb started in place of Kevin Johnson.

Despite the changes, Cincinnati got off to another terrible start offensively and fell behind 22-12 in the first half.

To add to that, center Octavius Ellis was

called for a flagrant two foul when the officials decided he was overly aggressive in trying to stop Cougar Devonta Pollard from landing a dunk.

Although the foul ejected Ellis from the game, Cincinnati was able to outscore Houston 13-6 to get within three points at the half.

The Bearcats increased their full-court pressure to start the second half. This translated into two quick steals and four points to capture the lead less than a minute into the second half.

Thomas led the Bearcats with a careerhigh 18 points, two assists and one block.

Johnson was able to score 12 points and grab five rebounds. Sanders made a crucial 3-point shot for UC in the second half, and Clark had a big game with 11 points and 14 rebounds for his third career double-double — a valuable team effort from Cincinnati.

This win put the Bearcats at an 18-9 overall record, 9-5 in the American Athletic Conference. This was Houston’s fifth straight loss and put them at a 9-17 overall record, 1-13 in the AAC. Freshman forward Quadri Moore missed UC’s last two games due to suspension but is back in good standing with the program.

Redshirt freshman guard Deshaun Morman, however, has taken his place on the suspended list, Davis said after the game.

“Right now we have a great tradition at Cincinnati,” Davis said. “The Bearcats do the right things on and off the floor. They pull for their teammates. That’s how we built this program and Deshaun’s not fulfilling that right at the moment, so he will not be with us as a result of that.”

Davis said the tradition is the foundation for the entire program and cannot be compromised “because we want to teach guys how to be the right kind of people as well as a good player.”

“Just like Moore, Morman did some things that caused him to be suspended from the team for a while,” Davis explained.

“Deshaun will have the same chance. We’ll see what happens. We have to preserve the culture in our program because the culture is the most important thing. That’s why we’ve been to four straight NCAA tournaments.”

Morman was averaging 3.6 points while playing 10 minutes per game after being injured last year with a broken foot.

The Bearcats return home to Fifth Third Arena Wednesday as they continue conference play against the University of Central Florida. Tip off time is set for 7:30 p.m. and will broadcast on CBS Sports Network and a play-by-by will air on 700 WLW radio station.

DANIEL SULLIVAN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Octavius Ellis assists Gary Clark after UC draws a penalty from Xavier, allowing a chance for the Bearcats to take the lead. Bearcats lost to the Musketeers 59-57.

Men’s soccer adds 7 to roster, begins training; spring schedule released

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Junior forward John Manga returns to the men’s soccer program this season after finishing the 2014-15 season with 10 goals and two assists.

JAELYNNE JOHNSON | SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s soccer program has started spring conditioning to prepare for the 2015-16 season after finishing with a 5-10-3 overall record and 2-5-1 American Athletic Conference record last season.

“We spend a lot of time on strength and conditioning, six out of eight hours, just trying to become better athletes,” said head coach Hylton Dayes. “Then we’ll spend two hours with the ball, doing a lot

of functional and technical work. This is an important time for us.”

Academics are also an important aspect of the soccer program. Last fall, the team finished with a 3.19 overall grade point average. Midfielder Jonathan Cottrell finished with a 4.0.

John Manga, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, had a successful 2014-15 campaign, finishing with 10 goals, two assists and 22 shots.

Manga was named First Team All-

American Athletic Conference, second team All-Ohio and American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 22 after scoring three goals in two matches. He was also named to the AAC honor roll Oct. 6 after scoring twice at the University of Tulsa.

The player has big goals for next season and wants to build upon his successful career.

“I want to come back and do the same thing I did last season, if not better,” said Manga.

In addition to conditioning, Dayes has announced the addition of seven players to the men’s soccer program.

“I think our staff has done a really good job with the commitments that we have,” Dayes said. “We did lose six seniors, and I think we’ve done a great job at replacing them. I feel good about the class. It’s a talented class, very diverse, and at the end of the day, they all fit the profile of a Bearcat and a University of Cincinnati student athlete. ” Dylan Biggerstaff, Jahmeil Curwen, Mohamed Elmardi, JJ Iroh, Ryan Melink, Peyton Mowery and Adam Wilson will join the Bearcats roster this fall.

This makes a total of eight new Bearcats, including the addition of juniortransfer Nick Melville from Iowa Western Community College. Melville is already on campus and training with the team.

Biggerstaff is a native of Hickory, North Carolina. He was the starting goalkeeper for four years with the Charlotte Soccer Academy (USSDA). He spent one year with the Fred T. Foard High School team in Newton, North Carolina, allowing no goals in six games played.

Curwen Played at Starrs Mill High School in Peachtree City, Georgia, where he played varsity as a freshman and sophomore. He led the team in goals and assists his freshman season.

Elmardi is a Cincinnati native and a

product of Lakota East High School. He missed his junior season because of a knee injury, but returned as a senior and was named Cincinnati Enquirer Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

Iroh of William Mason High School helped Mason to a 22-0-1 mark and state championship as a junior, scoring nine goals and adding five assists. He scored three goals in his senior season.

Melink ranked fourth in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference with 10 goals as a junior, earning second team all-league honors. He led the ECC in goals and assists as a senior, earning first team allconference, first team all-city and second team all-state accolades. He is also a Cincinnati native and attends Loveland High School.

Mowery played two years at Troy before focusing on playing with the Columbus Crew Academy. He was named All-Great Western Ohio Conference as a sophomore, as well as team most valuable player. He also helped Troy High School to conference championship.

Rounding out the Bearcats is Wilson of Dollar Academy in Dollar, Scotland.

He played with the Glasgow Rangers FC Academy in Glasgow, Scotland, where he had a top-scoring season of 25 goals and 11 assists.

The Bearcats will open spring play March 7 against Ohio State University, followed by the Toronto Soccer Academies visiting March 14, both of which will be played at Sheakley Athletics Center.

Bowling Green State University will visit Gettler Stadium March 29 before the Bearcats travel to face the University of Kentucky April 4.

The University of Rio Grande will come to play at Gettler Stadium on April 10.

The spring schedule concludes April 16, when the Bearcats face the University of Dayton.

Women’s tennis program has successful back-to-back weekends JAELYNNE JOHNSON | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis team followed a Valentine’s Day win against Bowling Green State University with the team’s second conference win against Temple University on Saturday. The Bearcats won both games with a 6-1 score.

The Bearcats traveled to the Perrysburg Tennis Center Feb. 14, where they were able to pull out a sweep in doubles competition to claim the first point of the match.

In the first game, Kelly PoggenseeWei and Lauren Bellinger fought off Bowling Green’s Megan Miller and Harley Hutchinson, earning a score of 7-5.

In court two, Cincinnati was propelled by its respected opponents and dominated 12-1 overall.

Sophomore Katya Bure and freshman Ali Miller claimed the sweep, taking down Leeah Floyd and Emily Witt 6-0 while

teammates Natalia Abdalla and Hannah Wille had a nearly identical 6-1 victory against Antonina Farrar and Sydney Seeley.

Cincinnati’s momentum carried over into the singles match.

Poggensee-Wei was able to extend her singles-win streak to five after her match against Hutchinson.

The junior took control of the game from the start by winning her first set 6-0 and brought the energy into the second flight to earn a 6-2 win.

Miller had a strong performance as well, taking down Witt with scores of 6-4 and 6-1. Miller has yet to drop a singles match in her career, upping her mark to 5-0 so far in the season.

Bellinger was able to bounce back from her loss against Toledo on Feb. 13; she showcased a sweep of her own in the first set 6-0 and was almost able to duplicate it during the second set, winning 6-1.

Wille took down Floyd in straight sets

6-0, 6-0. With the win, she raised her record to the .500 mark, holding a 3-3 mark in the season.

Abdalla was able to continue the wins for the Bearcats and cleaned up Seeley in the first set 6-0. Abdalla followed that with a 6-2 victory in the second set.

Cincinnati returned to the Western Tennis Fitness Club Saturday, where they faced Temple University.

The Bearcats began the contest with a strong showing in doubles contest, where they were able to pick up the first point of the match.

Bellinger and Poggensee-Wei defeated opponents Alina Abdurakhimova and Yana Khon by a score of 8-2.

Bure and Miller followed behind their teammates and gave the Bearcats their first point of the match, winning 8-4.

“We are all very excited to earn another American Conference win tonight,” said head coach Eric Toth. “We played a really complete match from start to finish.”

Poggensee-Wei garnered her sixthstraight singles win of the year as she took down Rebecca Breland by a score of 6-4, 6-1.

Bure earned her first singles victory as she posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Khon.

Bure’s win gave the Bearcats the fourth point of the match to claim the victory over the Owls.

Miller continued her undefeated singles play, winning her seventh in a row by a score of 6-1, 6-2.

Bellinger was able to win her match against Anais Nussaume with a score of 6-2, 6-4. The Dublin, Ohio native has a 4-3 season singles record this season.

Abdalla was able to earn her second career singles win, defeating Mariana Bedon 6-3, 6-4 — closing out the competition for the Bearcats.

Cincinnati will not play for another two weeks until they face Marshall University at the Western Tennis Fitness Club March 6 at 4 p.m.

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