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Provost launches search for new dean McMicken College looks for new leadership, calls on committee to find best candidate after long wait KATIE COBURN | NEWS EDITOR

In an email sent to University of Cincinnati students Monday, Provost Beverly Davenport announced the launch of an internal search for a new dean of McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.

Kristi Nelson, senior vice provost for academic planning and professor of art history, was appointed as interim dean of the college following former dean Ronald Jackson’s resignation. Jackson resigned suddenly in November 2013. In a letter to A&S faculty members and published by The News Record, Jackson cited “the largest budget deficit the college has ever seen,” along with “racist cartoons and public mischaracterizations” that circulated campus.

“I think people are ready and anxious,” Davenport said. “We have great faculty in that college and great leadership, and I look forward to finding the right person.”

During Wednesday’s student government meeting, student body president Christina Beer said one of the

reasons for the delay in hiring a new dean was because of the other hires made during the summer.

“We were in a time of huge hiring this summer,” Beer said. “Maybe not a good reason, but one reason why it was delayed.”

McMicken is the largest college at the University of Cincinnati with 22 departments and programs. The new dean will have responsibilities to match the college’s complexity, Davenport said.

The new dean must have leadership, financial acumen, strong academic vision and the ability to work across departments and colleges to build relations, Davenport added.

“In an effort to find the appropriate person to take on this leadership, I want somebody who has familiarity with not only this specific college, but with our university,” Davenport said.

Davenport hopes that conducting an internal search will help speed along the process of restructuring the college because the person will already have an understanding of the breadth of the college’s disciplines.

“We are interested in candidates who can be good administrators and understand the core academic SEE DEAN PG 3

COULTER LOEB | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students walk to and from classes during the first week of the fall term.

party at NEW RENOVATIONS Dance Shell gas station

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MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR Robert Ambach, senior vice president of administration and finances, discusses the costs of renovating Scioto and two buildings on UC’s east medical campus.

Multiple-building renovation project makes room for growing student body CASSIE MERINO | CHIEF REPORTER

A push to reconstruct Scioto Hall was influenced by this fall’s overwhelming freshman class size.

The University of Cincinnati community will see major constructive improvements this school year with the Board of Trustees approval to reconstruct several buildings on UC’s west and east campuses Tuesday.

“It will be very similar to what was done to Morgens,” said Beth McGraw, UC architect. “It will be a twin but not an exact twin.”

The renovation will cost about $35 million.

“Construction will begin as soon as this fall,” said Robert Ambach, senior vice president of administration and finances.

“Since they are using a very similar design as they used for Morgens it will move quickly.”

Ambach also added they plan to have it opened for Fall 2016.

With the renovation of Scioto will come the removal of the sand volleyball court that was put in last year. Christina Beer, student body president, is working to obtain another place for student activity.

“Students have very much enjoyed that space,” said Beer.

Along with Scioto, Morgens and Scioto’s sister, Sawyer Hall, which was demolished after unforeseen complication in 2006, will be reconstructed into a midrise to accommodate food services, housing, and office space.

“There’s pressure for meals at specific times of the day, especially lunch and dinner,” McGrew said. “Adding an additional food service in the midrise will provide another opportunity for food

service with some housing.”

Ambach said the construction for the midrise will begin in two to three years.

“That third building will really round out our campus,” said Thomas Humes, board of trustee chairperson.

The medical campus will also soon see construction improvements.

A new academic building will be taking the place of Wherry Hall, which is connected to the Health Professions Building and is used for the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. Its destruction will cause the Radiation Safety Building to be demolished and relocated.

In 2011, a water pipe break caused damage to the second and third floor of the building.

Wherry Hall was designed in 1959.

“Its infrastructure is in danger of failing as we speak,” McGrew said.

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New Blackboard interface gets mixed reviews Canopy becomes new online portal for students and professors to communicate COURTNEY STANLEY | ONLINE EDITOR

In an effort to enhance technology across campus, the University of Cincinnati has introduced Canopy, an eLearning portal for students that houses an updated Blackboard, among other new features.

Canopy is described as a “virtual umbrella” for all of the components that make up eLearning — from student services like Blackboard to teaching strategies for professors.

The update is part of a mission from UC’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning aimed at improving the use of technology across campus.

“Early on it was just an idea — just a way to have a conversation about eLearning,” said Christopher Edwards, UC’s Information Technology Vice President of eLearning. “The portal is the idea becoming physical.”

Canopy houses familiar resources like Blackboard and Lynda.com, but the portal also features new and updated resources like a shuttle tracker, student

email and Kaltura — a platform for students and professors to post and create videos.

“I think our biggest challenge with Canopy so far has been communication — helping people understand this shift,” Edwards said.

Some students have echoed this sentiment.

“Things are harder to find,” said Meg Groat, a fourth-year studying secondary education. “I feel like there should have been a tutorial sent to us to explain the benefits. It doesn’t seem worth it. Tell us why it’s worth it.”

Students who are new to UC this year with no experience on the old system were more inclined to speak positively about Canopy.

“It’s pretty well organized, but I couldn’t figure out how to order my books,” said Adam Slenker, a first-year exploratory student.

“We’ve had to overcome the confusion that Canopy is not just the new name for Blackboard,” Edwards said. “I understand why people are confused, but I think as we connect more of the dots and move toward this true portal experience it’ll start to click for a lot of people.”

David Kelley, an assistant professor in the sport administration program,

has been nominated as an eLearning Champion by his peers for his use of the Kaltura feature in Canopy.

Kelley uses the program to make his classes more interactive outside the classroom. He is able to record his mouse movements on his screen along with audio to show students how to work through complicated programs.

“Now I can actually take what I talked about in class and put a video up on Blackboard so they can review the concepts,” Kelley said. “I can literally walk them through complex problems.”

His students have responded positively to the videos. He also has students in his online course create introductory videos with their webcams to get to know each other over the web.

Kelley is confident in UC’s resources aimed at assisting students and professors who aren’t comfortable working with the features in Canopy.

“Personally I have received a lot of support,” Kelley said. “There are supports available in case professors don’t understand the new technologies. There are also tutorials for students who may be a little lost.”

Byron Hutchins, an eLearning Champion and a fifth-year history SEE CANOPY PG 3

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What appeared to be an impromptu dance party in the lot of a Shell gas station at 205 Calhoun St. in the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 17, took a serious turn when multiple gunshots were fired nearby.

Though the gas station is located across the street from University of Cincinnati’s main campus, most students may have been unaware of the incident, as there was no public safety alert sent by the UC Public Safety.

A user video of the incident shows a group of people dancing between the gas station pumps around 3 a.m. Seconds later, multiple gunshots are heard. The person filming then flees the scene, and the recording ends.

As of Wednesday evening, the video, which was posted on Aug. 17, had been shared on Facebook over 11,000 times.

UC Public Safety typically sends campus safety messages, including crime alerts and weather updates, via email to students. An alert was not sent following the incident at Shell, UC Public Safety said, because there was no apparent threat.

“We issue crime alerts according to the Clery Act requirements,” Jeff Corcoran, UCPD interim police chief, said in an email.

The Clery Act, signed into law in 1990, requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. The law requires a timely warning when there are specific crimes reported that present an ongoing threat to the campus community.

“I feel like they tell us about everything else. I don’t know why they wouldn’t tell us about this,” said Anna Barhourst, a third-year nursing major.“I don’t know if crime just isn’t happening or they’re just not telling us.”

When officers arrived on the scene at Shell, they found no victim and no evidence of any crime having been committed, Corcoran said.

“There was no timely warning notice sent out, as there was neither a crime identified nor any indication of an ongoing threat,” Corcoran said.

The manager of the Shell station declined to comment.

If you have any information on this incident, please contact Cincinnati District 4 Police at 513-765-1212 or Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

CRIME BLOTTER 8/27 Two students robbed at gunpoint.

Two UC students were approached on the 3200 block of Jefferson Ave. by a suspect who demanded their property at gunpoint at 1 a.m. The suspect is described as male, black, approximately 20 years old, dressed in dark clothing with a tan hat, riding a dark colored, smaller bicycle.

8/21 Aggravated burglary of two students inside their home.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., two suspects entered an apartment through a window, which was accessed from the fire escape. The suspects confronted two students at gunpoint and took personal property.

8/20 Robbery on Flora Avenue Two UC students were robbed at gunpoint around 11 p.m. Two suspects approached the students walking on the 2300 block of Flora and asked them for change for $20. One suspect displayed a handgun. The suspects took cash and a cell phone.

If you have any information about these incidents, please contact Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

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student, thinks Canopy’s Lync feature has many possibilities for collaboration and group projects. Lync allows students to message each other and hold group video chats.

“Canopy gives us more tools to collaborate, more resources in one place,” Hutchins said.

Hutchins would like to see Canopy go even further with student collaboration by creating an interactive calendar and a new directory.

According to Edwards, Canopy is in its early stages, but it will change dramatically over the next six to 18 months. Edwards said Canopy will bring all student resources under a central log in.

“It will have analytics about how you’re doing in your courses and upcoming deadlines specific to your program so that your Canopy experience becomes unique to you,” Edwards said.

UC is also implementing a new student information system called Catalyst, which will replace One Stop.

“Catalyst will be under Canopy so that when you log into Canopy you’ll have access to your schedule, to your class registration and to your grades,” Edwards said.

University labeled with ‘Infectious Disease’ Google maps connects the University of Cincinnati with the terms ‘infectious disease’ when searched COURTNEY STANLEY | ONLINE EDITOR

President Santa Ono, and the UC Alumni Association were tagged in a tweet with the News Record that contained a screenshot of the University of Cincinnati on Google Maps with the unfortunately chosen descriptive words: “infectious disease” and “alumni.”

There has been a lot of chatter recently about UC’s achievements: its inclusion on the Princeton Review list of best colleges, the Rec Center’s placement at the top of the Best College Reviews’ best recreation centers list and Canopy’s development to progress eLearning possibilities. However, it appears that even more is being said about infectious diseases.

A Google search of “University of Cincinnati” and “infectious disease” produces plenty of results, but nothing unexpected: UC College of Medicine’s Infectious Diseases division and fellowship, UC’s Infectious Disease Center at University Hospital, UC Health’s information page on infectious diseases and a plethora of searches for doctors specializing in infectious disease.

Google Maps introduced their algorithm that would produce these key phrases to describe businesses in a blog post from 2011.

“These phrases come from sources all across the web, such as reviews, web pages and other online references, and they can help people quickly identify the characteristics that make a particular place unique,” according to the post.

It is apparent that UC has purely fallen victim to an unlucky algorithm choice.

UC Alumni tweeted that they will be contacting their fellow alumni at Google to arrange a new search keyword.

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The new building will cost about $46$50 million and will be primarily utilized for Allied Health Science. Construction for the building will begin in the summer of 2017.

Another change happening on east campus will be the reconstruction of the Health Professionals Building, which was built in 1916. The building still has a solid structure and had one floor renovated to test how well it could be utilized.

HPB is the only remaining original building of the College of Medicine and is still occupied by the medical and pharmacy school.

Dr. Christian Holmes, dean of the college of medicine, raised $255,000 to reconstruct the building. Additional to the funds raised, more than $27 million will be needed to renovate the 100 year old building—$8 million of which coming from state capital funding.

“Nothing is ever permanent at the University of Cincinnati but change,” McGrew said.

COULTER LOEB | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arts & Sciences students attend classes in McMicken Hall. The college has increased enrollment numbers and retention rates for 2014, Davenport said.

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mission of A&S,” said Teik Lim, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and chair of the search.

It is important that the new dean is able to earn the trust and support of the faculty, staff, students, alumni

and other stakeholders Lim added.

Once appointed, the new A&S dean will work closely with the provost’s office to update McMicken College’s structure, Davenport said.

A new dean will be appointed no later than the beginning of January, Davenport said, adding that she hopes to appoint a new dean before the semester is

over.

Lim is responsible for ensuring that the committee is timely, fair and takes into account the voice of faculty, students and administrators.

“I know he will run a very tight search and get it done,” Davenport said. “I have a great amount of confidence in him.”

The search committee will consist of seven to nine members, said Richard Miller, interim vice provost for academic planning.

Miller is facilitating the search through his position as the provost office’s point of contact.

One faculty member from each of the college’s three divisions — natural sciences, social sciences and humanities — will be elected by the A&S senate according to the senate’s rules.

Davenport will then appoint two more A&S faculty members along with one A&S undergraduate student and one graduate student.

Davenport will also have two more open appointments that she can use at her discretion. The appointments must be affiliated with A&S. The committee will present candidates to Davenport who will then choose one candidate.

The UC Board of Trustees will make the final decision. Michael Woeste, a communications professor, said the college needs to be restructured and that the process of re-envisioning McMicken will not be easy.

“It’s going to take real committed effort on everyone’s part to make this work,” Woeste said.

“I think the more involvement we get from the faculty, staff and students, the better our chances of success in identifying excellent candidates for the position,” Lim said. “We need everyone in A&S to participate and contribute to this search.”

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Brendan Gleeson plays Father James, the rugged, ethical priest who struggles to cope in a morally ambiguous world. The film also opens a dialogue addressing relevant flaws with the Catholic Church.

‘Calvary’ a portrait of faith in wake of controversy Irish director’s latest thriller is testament to vanishing morality in corrupt world MONROE TROMBLY | STAFF REPORTER

Starring Brendan Gleeson in his second collaboration with Irish director John Michael McDonagh, “Calvary” proves that the two are a dynamite combination.

Gleeson stars as Father James, head priest of a small parish in a modest Irish town. He spends his days praying, reading scripture and playing the role of town peacemaker and mediator, going from house to house to sort out his parishioners’ moral dilemmas.

A humble and dedicated priest, James is well known for his honesty, wit and scrupulous intellect, especially when dealing with questions regarding faith, spirituality and morality. Most of the dialogue in the movie revolves around those three ideas, and how they are mostly up for interpretation based on the person in question.

Father James is a good man, yet he seems weary with mankind, and his optimism carries a bit of weight and cynicism along with it.

When James receives a surprising threat on his life during a confession, he is compelled to contemplate his faith as a whole. He analyzes and meditates on both his personal faith and the broader, widespread doctrine of the Catholic Church.

The man who wants to take Father James’ life reveals he was sexually abused for five years during his childhood. The man reasons it would be no good killing a bad priest, but that killing a good priest would throw order and stability in the Catholic Church to the wind.

The film opens with sprawling overhead shots of the Irish countryside that evoke the feeling that we, the audience, are God, witness to mankind’s actions and choices.

An evocative score heightens tension and pensiveness, staying mostly in the background and only arising in pivotal moments of the film.

Upon receiving the threat on his life, Father James feels obligated not to seek out the police or law enforcement because the man confessed he was going to commit a sin, not that he had already committed one.

James feels that in the spiritual

context of confession, he should not seek preventative action against a conflicted, troubled and tormented man. The man, confessing on a Sunday, gives Father James a week to “sort out his affairs” before he is to kill him on the beach the parish overlooks.

“Calvary” is a brilliant examination of a good, genuine priest in both the setting of a small Irish town, and in the broader context of the 21st century.

The film is not so much a commentary on religion in the modern world, but rather it is a meditation on the current state of religion.

It focuses on a single man that is innocent amidst a fairly recent, global firestorm of sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church.

The film is filled with references to the course of the Church, as the town’s citizens contemplate what it is to have religion and faith in the contemporary world, and perhaps the relevance of having them at all.

Meanwhile, Father James is a man who has seen and heard it all: cyclical transgressions, doubts of faith and dilemmas of decency and morality. Yet he strives on and on, his sanguinity overcoming most of the predicaments

and quandaries he comes across.

There is only so much one man can do, but his faith, above all, is unyielding.

With the uncovering of the Catholic Church’s history of sexual abuse scandals, the tendency to pigeonhole and generalize men of the faith is stronger than ever. Yet that is precisely what director John Michael McDonagh wanted to refute with “Calvary,” dispelling the notions that all priests are guilty of crimes that most have never committed.

The psychological torment of being sexually abused as a child is definitely explored in “Calvary,” yet McDonagh does this through the perspective of a guiltless, virtuous Father James, played by an impeccable Gleeson.

Although he is clearly a representative of the Catholic Church, the end of the film reminds us that he is, above all, human, just like everyone else. He is no better in status or worse in decency or morality.

Religion has and probably will be around for centuries to come. “Calvary” excels in examining the condition of faith and what values and morals we may reflect on having in a remarkably present light.

Band of UC alums to open at annual Red and Black Bash

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Clockwise: One Day Steady’s first album, “Cinematic;” the crowd from 2013’s Red and Black Bash; the band, from left to right: Ryan Peters, Trucker Stremming, Garrett Skirvin and Garrett Zimmerman.

An inside look at One Day Steady, openers for Smash Mouth Friday JACKIE MULAY | CONTRIBUTOR

One Day Steady, a Cincinnati band, will open for ‘90s throwback Smash Mouth for the University of Cincinnati’s Red and Black Bash at Sigma Sigma Commons on Friday.

The band, whose name originates from a misheard song lyric, got its start when group members Ryan Peters and Tucker Stremming began collaborating in 2008.

The group as it’s known today formed in 2011 and has been performing since then.

The band mostly consists of UC graduates. Drummer and fifth-year Garrett Skirvin is still pursuing a degree in political science.

The band’s genre is best described as “ ‘90s influenced Alternative Rock/ Indie,” Skirvin said. But Peters, the band’s vocalist, said the band tries not to stay in one genre.

It’s easy to see what Peters means when watching the music video for “Break Down,” available on YouTube. In the video, band members pretend to play instruments from the interactive videogame Guitar Hero in which players mimic songs on a guitar-shaped controller.

The sound of One Day Steady forms a

sturdy bridge between pop and grunge, and the outcome is extremely catchy, but with an edge.

“We don’t really try to play to a sound,” Peters said. “We really try not to pigeonhole ourselves into one genre.”

Skirvin added that they “just kind of write songs, and if we like the sound of it, we play it.”

One Day Steady recently released its first full album entitled “Cinematic” this past spring. It can now be heard on Spotify’s online music streaming service.

“Cinematic” is the product of over a year spent in the studio and marks a turn in the maturity of the band’s song writing, according to Skirvin.

“The new album is a lot more developed and professional,” Skirvin said. “I think there’s an underlying theme of darkness.

The music sounds upbeat and happy, but it’s actually kind of a dark record.”

Two songs from the album to look out for during Friday’s performance are “Stand Next to a Ghost” and “Drifting Away”, band members’ Skirvin’s and Peters’ respective favorites.

One Day Steady will take the stage at 8 p.m. on Friday night on Sigma Sigma Commons. Their set will consist of 10 songs and have a run time of 45 minutes.

Cincinnati band Daniel in Stereo is also scheduled to open for Smash Mouth, who is expected to follow at 9:15 p.m.

Twin Peaks’ latest LP showcases rising band’s unique style Chicago’s indie rockers avoid sophomore slump with raw, untamed ‘Wild Onion’ ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR

Like the ‘90s miniseries it takes its name from, the band Twin Peaks draws from many influences to create its own distinct style, never afraid of adding an element of surprise.

Back with “Wild Onion.” an electrifying sophomore album fueled by psychedelia and thunderous, jangly hooks, the band has proven once again that it’s here to stay.

Their sheer adrenaline makes it hard not to trust Twin Peaks when bassistvocalist Jack Dolan guttur-

ally sings, “I found a new way/to open up the day/all you gotta do is follow me through/and I know that you’ll be ok,” from their new album’s opener, “I Found a New Way.” Following their 2013 debut “Sunken,” the quartet is back with a blistering second effort that delivers 16 succinct songs drenched in feedback.

You can spot the influences. The band’s style sounds like a diverse mixture of The Kinks, Syd Barrett, Weezer, The Beach Boys, The Black Keys, Sonic Youth and The Velvet Underground ¬– all run through a few cheap pedals and a fuzzbox to map out an ethereal soundscape.

Dolan’s vocals are versatile, from dissonant

yelps to smooth crooning in album highlight “Ordinary People,” a melancholy lullaby that stands apart from most tracks on the album.

It’s no easy task to successfully create a hybrid of lo-fi indie and accessible, catchy pop, but Twin Peaks does just that on “Wild Onion,” successfully balancing the history of rock on their early 20-somethingyear-old shoulders.

Twin Peaks has repeatedly been called a garage-pop band, but their sound seems to disregard genre many times in “Wild Onion.”The minute-long “Stranger World” even dissents into a jazzy interlude with a distorted sax soloing aimlessly, easily recalling the ghostly tenor from Pink Floyd’s “Us and

Them.”

With the album’s average song length at 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the album drifts by as psychedelic tumbleweed of sonic power chords and hummable riffs.

Unlike so many gritty indie bands that move on to processed pop, Twin Peaks is refreshing because they’re not trying to market themselves to everyone. They’re not trying to be the next big thing.

They’re not trying to change the world with their lyrics – which either reference hazy, Midwestern afternoons or take the form of hallucinatory love poems. They’re just doing what they do best, something all bands should strive for.

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Hundreds join DAAP Cares campaign promoting healthy sexual relationships BECKY BUTTS | MANAGING EDITOR

Design students at the University of Cincinnati are using their craft to combat sexual assault and prove that art is for more than just aesthetics.

Students enrolled in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning founded DAAP Cares in fall 2013 to provide design services to the general public.

After planning last year and over the summer, the group launched the Consent Culture Campaign Monday.

The epicenter of the campaign, which emphasizes the importance of sexual consent between partners, can be found in front of the Tangeman University Center. Students are encouraged to sign a large chalkboard and pledge to keep UC safe by promoting a culture of consent.

The campaign hopes to spread the message that consent must be: sober, verbal and ongoing. The booth closes on Friday, but those involved hope the conversation won’t end there.

“A lot of us are practicing good and meaningful and enthusiastic consent, but we just aren’t talking about it,” said Ashley Rouster, a UC sexual assault survivor advocate. “What we are not doing a good job about is challenging the social conversation.”

Students are encouraged to grab a #consentculture button or a business card designed by DAAP Cares cofounders Heather Kereluik and Jacklyn Crofts.

The custom-designed buttons and business cards are decorated with phrases like, “I don’t want any blurred lines, can we shag?”

The Consent Culture Campaign is the product of an alliance between DAAP Cares students, the UC Women’s Center and Reclaim peer advocates.

It is partially sponsored by Student Government.

“As designers, we want to solve [social justice] problems, but it takes time,” said Kereluik, a fourth-year graphic design student and DAAP Cares president.

“DAAP Cares believes in locality and trying to better your community through design.”

Crofts added that she joined DAAP Cares with “a specific goal aimed at social justice.”

Crofts invited Ashley Rouster, UC’s sexual assault survivor advocate, to a DAAP Cares meeting last year where Rouster spoke to the group about sexual assault.

That meeting sparked a dialogue that eventually grew into the Consent Culture Campaign.

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Students add their names to hundreds of colorful signatures promising to promote a culture of sexual consent on campus. The board is a significant aspect of the Consent Culture Campaign, launched by student group DAAP Cares on Monday and continuing through the end of the week.

campus. The group provided information and statistics to DAAP Cares, while the designers branded the campaign to appeal to students.

As of Wednesday, 300 students had signed the chalkboard in front of TUC, pledging to promote sexual consent. The campaign receives about 100 signatures a day, according to Kereluik.

“DAAP Cares has all of this knowledge in how to brand a campaign and make it successful,” Rouster said. “Reclaim advocates know how to make sure we do a campaign that is sensitive and inclusive of the survivors on campus and engages everyone in the conversation.”

During the student organization fair on Sunday, a survivor of sexual assault approached Kereluik.

Kereluik said the woman expressed gratitude toward DAAP Cares for promoting such an important issue and then revealed that she was a sexual assault survivor. Kereluik was caught off guard by her frankness.

“I didn’t want to act like this is a casual thing; she stated it very matter-of-fact, but I also didn’t want to show pity, which can be insulting to some survivors,” Kereluik said.

Rouster’s goal is to transform UC into a campus where sexual assault survivors can feel safe to come forward and seek help.

“Sexual assault is something we don’t talk about. It’s something that is surrounded by silence and stigma,”

Rouster said.

The Consent Culture Campaign is a step toward attaining this goal. DAAP Cares will hand over the campaign to Reclaim peer advocates and the Women’s Center, which will continue with their own initiatives for the rest of the year.

“This is a piece in what we see as being a large movement on campus,” Rouster said.

All incoming students were required to take an online program called “Think About It” before classes began. The online course was designed to help participants understand the risks associated with drugs and alcohol, and the role these substances play in regard to sexual assault. It was created in response to the Campus Save Act, which is geared toward preventing sexual violence and empowering students to engage in healthy relationships, Rouster said.

A report released by the White House in January titled “Rape and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call to Action” stated that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have experienced rape or attempted rape in their lifetimes.

It went on to report that the majority of sexual assault survivors are between 16 and 24 years old.

College students are at high risk, with 1 in 5 women having been sexually assaulted while in school, according to the report.

The UC Women’s Center and Reclaim advocates hope to continue a campus-

wide discussion about sexual assault in an attempt to lower these statistics.

After the Consent Culture Campaign, Reclaim will host an open house in the Women’s Center on Sept. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m.

There, students can meet Reclaim advocates in person and sign up for the consent culture program, an interactive educational awareness initiative.

“That’s really where we really take this information that our community has gotten through ‘Think About It’ and the Consent Culture Campaign, and really dig in deep,” Rouster said. “We have this definition of consent, but what does that really look like, and how do we practice that?”

The open house will launch these initiatives for the rest of the year, aiming to prolong the dialogue surrounding sexual assault.

“We hope that students participating in these programs will be able to go out and have these conversations with other people as well,” Rouster said.

“We want the go-to thought to be, ‘This is our home, this is where we live, these are the people that we care about, and it is absolutely unacceptable to commit sexual violence against someone.’”

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DAAP Cares’ co-founders created these and other business cards to illustrate the discussion spurred by the Consent Culture Campaign.

Word on the Street: Is drug-detecting polish effective?

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“People who wear nail polish aren’t the only ones who get assaulted,” said T. N. Vaught, LGBTQ Center program coordinator. “It’s framing the issue in a way that’s problematic.”

WHAT IT IS:

A popular cosmetic has received a momentous makeover, transforming it into a tool to potentially prevent sexual assault.

A team of undergraduate students from North Carolina State University has created a nail polish capable of detecting date rape drugs.

The prototype, called Undercover Color, works by changing color when it comes into contact with the substances.

The nail polish reacts with date rape drugs Rohypnol and Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid, or GHB. To determine whether or not a drink has been contaminated, wearers simply need to dip a finger in it.

Hear from more students at newsrecord.org.

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“I haven’t seen it in action, so as far as effectiveness, I wouldn’t completely understand how it works,” said Eric Payne, a fifth-year aerospace engineering student.

“All the sudden it changes color, and what do you do from that point?” he added. “Do you punch the guy, just walk out, call the police, or what? At that point, if you’re by yourself at the bar with a dude, you’re kind of screwed as it is. I don’t really know if it’s the best choice. But it’s interesting that someone’s managed to biologically or chemically figure out the process of doing that.”

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“What are the different health issues with putting fingers in drinks?” said Nicole Lasky, a fourth-year PhD criminal justice student. She has discussed the polish with her work group focusing on active druggers and their victims. “There’s nothing really that goes into those sorts of details, like what kind of color does it change from or to? Is it noticeable? How long does it take to go into effect?

“On the one hand, that’s really great that we’re raising awareness. But on the other hand, one more prevention measure that targets women and puts the ownice of stopping sexual assault on women as opposed to the people who are actually provoking sexual assault.”

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

Volleyball aims for better season

Rowers new and old hit the Little Miami

ELLEN HADLEY | SPORTS EDITOR

As the University of Cincinnati women’s volleyball team prepares for its season opener against Duquesne Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in Fifth Third Arena, the team welcomes nine new faces to the roster to compliment the existing seven.

From Aug. 17-20, the team took a trip to Hueston Woods State Park, about five miles northeast of Oxford, Ohio, to work on building better communication skills and teamwork. The team worked out on the beach and spent quality time bonding.

This trip hopefully will push the team in the right direction after finishing last season with a 3-29 record overall and 3-15 in the conference. The squad won only one match at home last season. The team’s first win came after 22 losses.

Adding depth to the roster this season are freshmen Cortnee Bowser, Christine Chandler, Corie Flood, Maya Muldrow, Macie Pifer and Parker Shepherd.

Three transfers join the Bearcats this year, including sophomore Lindsey Dinkelacker, juniors Caitlin Ogletree and Emma Roberson.

Ogletree took a redshirt for the 2013 season due to transfer rules after having played in 43 sets and making four starts at the University of Houston, finishing second-best on the team with 85 total assists.

In her freshman season at Houston, Ogletree was a four-time Conference USA Setter of the Week and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. She also visited Colorado Springs last spring to participate in the Olympic trials.

“I’m so excited to see success on and off the court,” Ogletree said. “I think we have a very talented group who understand the game of volleyball and who is hungry for competition. I truly believe that this group is learning to think like a champion and act like a champion so I can’t wait to see how we perform on and off of the court.”

Ogletree saw the visit to Hueston Woods State Park as a success for the program.

“Team bonding was awesome,” Ogletree said. “A lot of us were forced to break out of our comfort zones. I think it helped us grow as teammates because we learned that there’s trust within this team. It will help us mature as not only athletes, but people as well.”

Having so many new players could easily backfire for the Bearcats, though, even though head coach Molly Alvey is confident in the freshmen’s volleyball abilities.

“The bottom line in evaluating and recruiting these players is just experience” said head coach Molly Alvey in a press release. “All of them bring a high level of experience. The transfers obviously already have college experience and I think our freshman class is a strong class with a high volleyball IQ.” Ogletree agrees and is excited about the freshman class.

“The freshmen have kept great composure so far,” Ogletree said.

“Preseason can be mentally draining and I have to say I’m impressed with the way they’ve stayed focused. With that being said, they’re constantly pushing us upper classmen by their talent and their drive.”

Alvey will depend on the leadership skills of her veterans to lead the new additions to the roster to a winning season, a feat these athletes should have no problem with.

The returning players account for a combined totally of 71 percent of the total kills last season, also making up 61 percent of the blocks. Fifty-eight percent of service aces and 55 percent of digs belonged to the group, as well.

Me’Ashah Nicholson was a clear leader for the team last year, leading the team last season in blocks and was a top three leader in kills, having accepted the leadership role Alvey placed on her shoulders both on and off of the court.

“Me’Ashah (Alvey)has grown so much over the past two semesters,” Ogletree said. “She is one of the players who goes in the gym and works hard every day. Not only does she lead by example, but her voice has also helped her become a strong leader.

“She’s done a great job setting team standards on the court and really help molding the freshmen. I’ve gained so much respect from her just because she goes out there and performs every day.”

Hopefully she will resume such a strong role this season with a schedule that includes both new and less new opponents.

“In non-conference scheduling it’s more about choosing the right teams for the fit of your team,” Alvey said in a press release. “Really, scheduling is a complete art in itself. As far as frequency of playing teams, I am not concerned about that at all. I think this schedule is a great one and for this particular team it presents some great opportunities and some great challenges. The plan is that the nonconference schedule will get us tuned up and ready to go for conference play.”

UC will host new foes University of California Irvine and Charleston Southern in Fifth Third Arena as well as play Appalachian State and the New Jersey Institute of Technology at neutral sites.

Cincinnati starts its season with the inaugural Queen City Classic Aug. 29 and 30 with the help of Xavier University. UC will host matches against Duquesne and UC Irvine over that weekend tournament before playing the Musketeers at Xavier to round out the weekend.

The Bearcats will host the 2014 alumnae weekend Sept.19-20 with UC’s homecoming festivities. This weekend marks the volleyball teams’s UC Invitational held in Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m. as well as the UC homecoming football game against Miami (Ohio) at Paul Brown Stadium Sept. 20 at a time that is yet to be determined.

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The 2013 novice rowing team practices in the Little Miami River on a foggy afternoon October 30. Below: Varsity rowers wear lighting gear while practicing on the Little Miami. as early as 5 a.m.

Growing numbers give high hopes to university’s semi-varsity club team ELLEN HADLEY | SPORTS EDITOR

Around 50 students met in Tangeman University Center on Tuesday to learn about one of the University of Cincinnati’s only top-tier semi-varsity men’s club teams: the year-round Rowing Club.

To be a top-tier semi-varsity club team means the club is a top level competitor.

The Rowing Club is one of only three out of 41 UC club teams considered semivarsity. The Equestrian team and the Ice Hockey team make up the other two.

Head Coach Rolf Linder, who rowed for Purdue University, is leading both the men’s and women’s rowing teams until a women’s coach is found.

Zach Tucker starts his fourth season on the team this fall as captain, having moved through the ranks from secretary his freshman year to treasurer his sophomore

year and then to president his junior year.

With no prior rowing experience before joining the club his freshman year, Tucker is a testament as to what hard work and dedication can yield.

And Tucker isn’t alone. Almost 90 percent of the students who sign up to be on the team did not row in high school, Tucker said.

The rowing club is a huge commitment, both physically and in the amount of time the sport demands. The club no longer holds tryouts because the first two weeks of practices determine who is willing to stay and commit to the team.

“Anyone who can stick it out through winter training is more than welcome to stay with us. Winter training is pretty rigorous,”Tucker said. “It’s an incredibly difficult, strenuous sport.”

Practice and regattas, or races, run year round with distance competitions in the winter and sprints competitions in the spring.

The first race for the novice group — which only rows against novice groups from other teams — is Sept. 27 at the Head of the Hidden Dragon, a 5000M course that starts in the eastern part of Harsha Lake at East Fork State Park in Cincinnati. This is a novice-only regatta after only four weeks of learning the sport to reach a competitive skill level.

There is a novice group comprised solely of first-year rowers. After the first year, rowers graduate to the varsity squad.

The team uses a training facility under the Montgomery Inn, where large tanks filled with water are held for them to simulate rowing on the water use during winter training. They also use ergs, a stationary machine that simulates the rowing motion.

The team has 10 ergs in the club sports room located in the Campus Recreation Center and an additional 15 ergs at the training facility.

Sept. 1 marks the team’s first practice on the water at their shelter-coved marina that feeds directly into the Ohio River where the team does most of its practicing.

Ohio State hosts UC’s first regatta, the

Speakmon Memorial in Columbus Oct. 11 as a kind of warm-up regatta for the varsity team.

“I don’t think we’ve ever lost at Speakmon — at least not in my recent memory,”Tucker said.

The team focused on recruiting more this year than in the past, hoping to draw in more, quality athletes to the roster.

“I think we have over 500 emails [of people interested in joining the club], both men’s and women’s. Plus we were out during convocation handing out fliers,” Tucker said. “So we’re pretty optimistic for this year, for the turnout. We’re expecting more people this year than in years past just based on the initial response by people.”

Tucker’s ideal roster would include 24 men. He is hoping to get to at least 16 this season.

Varsity will travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the Head of the Hooch regatta held during the last weekend of October. This is the team’s biggest regatta of the winter season, according to Tucker.

Vanderbilt University and West Point of the United States Military Academy are UC’s two biggest rivalries.

“Those two crews are pretty close to us and we really enjoy friendly competition with them,”Tucker said. “We go down to Vanderbilt this year to duel them then we see West Point in the spring.”

Rowing has the some of the highest dues of the club sports. The varsity dues are $575 per year to help cover the costs of the facilities, equipment, travel and staff expenses.

One eight-man racing shell costs $20,000 with a new set of eight oars costing an additional $4,000.

Because of these costly expenses, the team accepts donations and also fundraises with “Rent our Rower” for menial tasks including lawn mowing services, painting and roofing usually accounting for $14,00016,000 of the team’s budget.

After the meeting, roughly 40 attendants signed up to join the novice squad.

Tucker expects a third of this group to make it through the season without quitting.

Women’s goalkeeper confident in year ahead UC student-athlete happy to stay local and be part of growing sports program ELLEN HADLEY | SPORTS EDITOR

When she started looking at which university to attend, Natalie Smith wanted to get as far away from her Cincinnati hometown as possible. But now, three years later, she happily calls herself a University of Cincinnati Bearcat.

A 2012 Saint Ursula Academy graduate, Smith has played soccer and been a goalkeeper for as long as she can remember.

“When I was first being recruited I wanted to go as far away as possible for whatever reason, but now I’m glad that I am home,” Smith said.

“I guess I didn’t really think how important it [family] was in high school versus college, but I have definitely gotten closer to my family too — living in Cincinnati but not living at home. I think that was a very unique experience that I’m really happy to have.”

Smith played for a number of club teams throughout her career including the Miami Township Soccer Club and Cincinnati Soccer Alliance.

In her freshmen and sophomore years of high school, former UC head coach Michelle Salmon recruited Smith. She took a break from high school ball her sophomore year, only playing clubs, but returned to the team as a starting keeper during her junior and senior seasons.

Smith said she visited a number of universities, including Purdue but none of them felt quite right. Although she didn’t want to go to school in her hometown, she said she found herself constantly comparing other towns to Cincinnati.

UC’s campus also impacted her decision to attend the university, noting the modern design and diversity among buildings.

She also liked the fact that UC had a city feel, but was not located in the heart of downtown like some of the others she visited on the east coast.

After some serious consideration, Smith decided to stay close to home and attend UC. Redshirted her freshman year, Smith is a junior by credit hours, but is considered a sophomore on the field.

During the 2013 season, Smith started 15 matches, with two shutouts going 7-7-1 overall and 4-3-1 in conference play. She

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The University of Cincinnati men’s and women’s soccer teams practice on the field of Gettler Stadium located near the Calhoun side of Varsity Village.

was selected All-Ohio and American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team, honors.

Smith played one season under the coaching staff that recruited her before a complete clean-sweep of the staff replaced the head coach, two assistants and volunteer coaches.

“It was a hard transition because the coaching staffs are so different,” Smith said. “But I’m really glad the transition happened, not just for myself but for the program. I think the program is headed to a better place and people seem a lot happier.”

Her favorite part about the new staff is having a coach dedicated strictly to the goalkeepers. Because of this, she has noticed little changes in her game and in her confidence on the field.

So far, Smith is 3-for-3 in starts this year, taking all 90 minutes of UC’s preseason game against Valpraiso, allowing one goal in the 4-1 victory. She then traveled with the team to Samford and Mississippi State, making a combined seven saves and allowing one goal.

Smith also believes she has an upper hand living so close to campus when it comes to summer training because she can come and go between home, her offcampus housing and the training facilities on campus.

“I wouldn’t be able to do those workouts

that I need to do by myself at home,” Smith said. “I like being here because it helps keep me focused to go do the workout like, ‘Alright, this is go time and I’m in here. I’m in the weight room with the Bearcat colors and I need to be super focused and do the best I can.’ ” With the ensuing mandatory fitness testing for the entire team going into preseason, summer is an important component in preparation for the ensuing weeks of two-a-day training sessions. The strength trainers and coaches provide workouts and a schedule for the athletes to help them stay on track and in shape over the summer months.

With the team establishing both personal and team goals, Smith feels more secure going into this year than she did last year, both as a goalkeeper and as a team. She hopes to finish strong in conference play and in the ensuing tournament.

In addition to the changes she wants to make to her own game, Smith would like to lead her team to 10 shutout games this season.

With confidence comes comfort, and Smith has no intentions of leaving UC anytime soon. She plans to graduate with a degree in communications, which she is pursuing in order to travel during her postundergraduate life.