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Stuart Gilchrist started a social media campaign for his wife, Chelsea Gilchrist, to meet Taylor Swift. PROVIDED | STUART GILCHRIST
KEELY BROWN | NEWS EDITOR
Off the shores of Sardinia, UC classics professor Steven Ellis and his team are excavating the Punic-Roman city of Tharros. PROVIDED | STEVEN ELLIS
Classics professor excavates Italy DAVID REES | FEATURES EDITOR A University of Cincinnati associate professor of classics is leading an archaeological project in the ancient Punic-Roman city of Tharros, located on the western shores of Sardinia. Originally from Australia, Steven Ellis moved to the U.S. to work at the University of Michigan before
coming to Cincinnati in 2007. Now, Ellis researches Roman urbanism, organization and ancient cities and has been directing excavations at Pompeii. His latest excavation in Tharros began this year and has been recognized in World Archaeology magazine. “We’re trying to ask new questions about how to dig up a city,” Ellis said. “How we can develop new ideas, This Story Continued on Page 4
Two months ago, two University of Cincinnati alumni traveled home after witnessing the infamous defeat of the Bearcats football team at Ohio State University. The married couple — both self-described “die-hard” UC fans — went to bed around midnight, thinking the worst had passed. They were wrong. Stuart Gilchrist woke up around 5 a.m. to his wife, Chelsea, choking
on her vomit. He sprang into action, rolled Chelsea Gilchrist to her side to prevent asphyxiation, and called 911. When EMT arrived, she wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse. “They did CPR on her, was able to get her heartbeat going again and suctioned out whatever vomit she had,” Stuart Gilchrist said. “She was breathing again. They think she wasn’t breathing for probably about 5 to 7 This Story Continued on Page 2
NEWS
October 23, 2019
Two men shot in possible home invasion QUINLAN BENTLEY | STAFF REPORTER Only 200 yards from the University of Cincinnati’s Uptown campus, a shooting at a Clifton residence left two men fleeing the scene wounded. Cincinnati Police responded in the afternoon Tuesday, Oct. 15 around 1 p.m. to a shooting at a Clifton home located on the 600 block of Probasco Street and Marshall Avenue. A resident of the home fired shots and two suspects fled on foot away from campus, according to UCPD. No one involved in the incident has yet been connected to UC. The shooting is thought to have happened in response to an attempted home invasion, WLWT reported. The two suspects, described as young men in their 20s, reportedly tried to break into the Clifton home when they were shot by one of its residents. Two men fitting this description appeared at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center shortly after the incident and sought treatment for gunshot wounds, according to WLWT. Grant King, a UC graduate student and Clifton resident, said on Twitter that he had been reading a book outside on his porch when he heard six gunshots. King said he originally mistook the sound of gunfire for construction equipment. When he went to investigate, King said,
he found Cincinnati Police had already taped off the entire street. “I hoped it was a nail gun, but then I heard a man yelling,” King said. “I guess my reaction was concerned, but unfortunately it’s not a sound unfamiliar to the area.” The incident is still being investigated by Cincinnati Police. UC Public Safety urges anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers at (513) 352-3040. Public Safety issued an alert via Twitter but did not send students any email or text notifications. Since the incident was not considered an ongoing threat to campus, it did not meet Public Safety’s qualifications for email or text notifications said Kelly Cantwell, associate public information officer for Public Safety, in an email statement to The News Record. Instead, these types of incidents are filed on Public Safety’s website under “Local Information,” Cantwell said. The university is required by federal law to send emergency notifications of ongoing crimes or dangerous situations occurring on or near campus. “Local Information posts are created when events of significant local interest occur that may be of concern to the UC community, but are not a continuing threat to campus,” Cantwell said. “These are posted to the webpage, and Twitter.”
Cincinnati Police responded in the afternoon Tuesday, Oct. 15 around 1 p.m. to a shooting at a Clifton home aon the 600 block of Probasco Street and Marshall Avenue. PROVIDED | GRANT KING
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Community campaigns for Taylor Swift to visit hopitalized alumna
Stuart Gilchrist began social media campaigns to rally for Taylor Swift to visit his wife Chelsea. DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGES FOR MTV/TNS
This Story Continued from Page 1 minutes total.” Chelsea Gilchrist was rushed to OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus that night. She spent nearly two weeks in the Buckeye City before moving to another hospital in Cincinnati. While in the hospital, Stuart Gilchrist recalled when he first met his future wife. The first question she ever asked him was, ‘Are you a Taylor Swift fan?’ he said. Chelsea Gilchrist has rheumatoid arthritis and other medical conditions, he explained, and the pop artist’s music had a major impact on how she dealt with these illnesses. “Taylor Swift’s music really got her through some of the hard times that she’s had with those diseases,” Stuart Gilchrist said. Knowing how much Swift’s music meant to his wife, Stuart Gilchrist began social media campaigns on both Twitter and Instagram, using the hashtag #ChelseaMeetsTaylor,
hoping to arrange a meeting between the two. The campaign quickly took off, he said. “It actually blew up more than we would ever think,” he said. “We had people overseas re-tweeting it; some pretty big Taylor Swift Fan accounts with over 200,000 followers [retweeted] it.” Meeting Swift is one of Chelsea Gilchrist’s biggest dreams — even a 10 second video from the famous singer would help raise her spirits on the road to recovery, said Stuart Gilchrist. “That would probably be the single greatest thing that ever happened to Chelsea in her life,” he said. “She probably would say that was bigger than our wedding day to be honest. [It] would mean the world to Chelsea.” Stuart Gilchrist regularly posts to the Twitter hashtag updating followers on Chelsea Gilchrist’s status — around two to three times a week, he said, and shows her the words of support coming from their Bearcat family and Taylor Swift fans across
the world. “We’ve had students, we’ve had faculty, we’ve had even some Xavier fans — just the whole city of Cincinnati — really come to support us,” Stuart Gilchrist said. “Once I showed her how many different people the hashtag reached, she was just so appreciative of all the thoughts, prayers and kind words. It’s really gone a long way and helping her push to get back to 100%.” Although the couple haven’t heard from Swift or her management as of yet, support from the community strengthened Chelsea Gilchrist’s resolve. Her determination paid off — in the past weeks, she has made a remarkable recovery and is now on her way home. “Chelsea will be discharged back home tomorrow!” wrote Stuart Gilchrist in a tweet posted Oct. 22. “She will still be getting outpatient physical and speech therapy over the next six weeks but, we are finally going home.”
NEWS
October 23, 2019
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Cincinnati Zoo, UC introduce baby Bearcat mascot MITCHELL PARTON | MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR
Cincinnati Zoo’s future real-life Bearcat mascot was born at the Nashville Zoo last month. PROVIDED | UC ATHLETICS
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in partnership with UC Athletics, welcomed a baby bearcat Oct. 18 who will serve as the real-life UC mascot at games and other university events. The one-month-old female bearcat born at the Nashville Zoo arrived Friday to the zoo’s Animal Ambassador Center to replace Lucy the Bearcat, who retired in August. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden via Facebook “Our students and fans loved Lucy and were sad to see her retire from being the school’s live mascot earlier this year,” said Mike Bohn, director of athletics, in a news release. “We’re thrilled that the Association of Zoos and Aquariums was able to identify a young bearcat from the zoo population that is well suited to continue the live mascot program that UC and the zoo started 35 years ago.” The baby will receive care and training in the zoo’s ambassador center ahead of her Fifth Third Arena debut, planned for the second half of this year’s basketball season, according to Amanda Chambers, associate curator of interpretive animals for the zoo. Chambers said that in the meantime, zoo staff will work on getting the baby bearcat acclimated to the sights and sounds she’ll encounter at events and has already been exposed to black and red. The 2.2-pound bearcat is a subspecies known as a
Palawan Binturong, which is native to the Palawan island in the Philippines. UC and the zoo will accept fan suggestions for the new bearcat’s name via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag “#namethebearcat” through Oct. 31. Two names will be chosen for fans to vote on online Nov 4-7, and the name will be selected Nov. 9 at the homecoming football game versus University of Connecticut.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Lucy the Bearcat is retiring. CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN | FACEBOOK
Neuroscience Institute receives $3.8 million donation QUINLAN BENTLEY | STAFF REPORTER The University of Cincinnati’s Gardner Neuroscience Institute has received a $3.8 million gift to fund a study that aims to change the way neurologists and clinicians think about neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. The 5,000-patient study is the first to analyze biomarkers — substances found in organisms that indicate the presence of disease — in an effort to treat patient’s molecular abnormalities individually rather than treating them together as symptoms of a larger disease. This “biomarker profiling” is meant to allow neurologists and clinicians a way to diagnose patients early and offer more preventative treatments. The donation was provided by the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation, which shares its namesake with the institute. This is the third major donation given to UC by the foundation. The Gardners were Cincinnati philanthropists and benefactors of UC’s research into neurodegenerative diseases. Joan Gardner lived with Parkinson’s disease for years before passing away last September at the age of 86. Her husband, James Gardner, served as vice president and general manager at the Cintas Corporation. He died in 2007. “My father wanted to eradicate this
The 114,000-square-foot UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute is home to 125 physicians who specialize in neuroscience. PROVIDED | MARK HERBOTH
disease for my mother,” said Peggy Johns, daughter of James and Joan Gardner in a press release. “We hope that findings from this study will shed light on the many causes of neurodegenerative diseases and bring us light-years forward in finding a cure or cures.” Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are the two most common types of neurodegenerative diseases, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Nearly 5.4 million Americans were afflicted with
Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, and it’s estimated that roughly 930,000 people could be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by 2020. “It’s time we completely rethink what we do and that’s essentially what this study is about,” said Dr. Alberto Espay, director of UC’s Gardner Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. “We are moving the direction of research in a manner that’s in fact reverse to that which we have used for decades.” The field of neurology should be
challenging its underlying assumptions about how these diseases are diagnosed and treated, according to Espay. Biologically, Parkinson’s is not one but many diseases, he explained. “We will never cure Parkinson’s, we will never cure Alzheimer’s, but we can begin to cure smaller, well-defined, better characterized molecular subtypes of these diseases,” said Espay, citing the field of oncology as a model of success in breaking down the treatment of sophisticated diseases to the molecular level. Researchers plan to make the study representative of Cincinnati’s population by analyzing 4,000 patients with neurodegenerative diseases while using 1,000 healthy, similarly aged subjects as a control group. The study will be a collaboration of experts from UC and elsewhere. Espay, who laid the foundation for this project in early 2015, said the $3.8 million donation was critical to complete the funding to get the entire program off the ground. Although the program will require much more money eventually, Espay said he is confident more funds will roll in once the project takes off. “I think that this is going to keep us occupied for the rest of our professional lives, but we welcome the challenge and know that this is what we have to do,” he said.
October 23, 2019
FEATURES
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Living Openly: Dean’s quest for knowledge leads to self-acceptance DAVID REES | FEATURES EDITOR A native of Miami, Florida, Juan Guardia, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students, grew up in a Catholic-Latino household with Cuban parents. As an elementary student, Guardia knew he was gay, but would never bring it up. “I’m thinking of one friend in particular, we knew he was gay. Not to be stereotypical, but where I was more reserved, this friend of mine was a lot more flamboyant,” Guardia said. “Regardless, we would still get teased. I could tell you the times we were called ‘sissy’ or ‘f--.’ When someone doesn’t understand you, what the best thing they do is hurt you.” Guardia grew up to earn an Associate of Arts in Broadcasting from Miami Dade College and a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Florida State University. Having formative mentors as an undergraduate student, Guardia was encouraged to go into the field of higher education. Guardia later earned his Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from Florida State University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Higher Education Administration from Iowa State University. Guardia has worked as the Director of the Center for Multicultural Affairs at Florida State University, an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University Chicago and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at Northeastern Illinois University. Throughout most of his career and a previous marriage with a woman, Guardia stayed silent about his sexuality and did not come out until he was 39. “It was two things. One, it was personal because I had to accept this for myself, and secondly, what
would my family think,” Guardia said. “Yeah, I waited, but I have a philosophy of no regrets, and everything is a learned experience. For example, yes, I came out later. I was married at one point in my life. I have no regrets on that.” Since then, Guardia has learned to live as his authentic true self. While his mother knew, coming out was an adjustment for his father. Today, Guardia has the support of his family, the community around him and his partner, Jose. Nearly five years ago, Guardia found his partner when in Miami for Thanksgiving. They met on the dating app OkCupid and immediately started texting, which led to conversations on Facetime. Guardia was living in Chicago while Jose lived in New Jersey. In January 2015, they knew it was time they actually meet. They immediately had chemistry — still living through long distance, Guardia and his partner dedicate to seeing each other once a month. Supportive all the way in New Jersey, Guardia recalled the night he interviewed for his position at UC. Doing a job search in 2016, Guardia came across the position and knew it would be right up his alley. The responsibilities of the job would allow him to grow and the opportunity to supervise in new avenues. Guardia said he advocates for all students and works for the safety and welfare of both undergraduate and graduate students. “I’m not just going to be pinpointing the multiple dimensions of my identity,” Guardia said. “I’m not going to be Latino man who only shows up to Latino programs or gay programs. No, I’m showing up to all programs, regardless of the background, because I want folks to know that I’m here to assist any students.”
Juan Guardia, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students, has been at UC since 2016. PROVIDED | JUAN GUARDIA
Classics professor to continue archaeolgical journey This Story Continued from Page 1
Off the shores of Sardinia, UC Professor Steven Ellis and his team are excavating the Punic-Roman city of Tharros. PROVIDED | STEVEN ELLIS
new methodologies, new approaches to understanding how communities came together.” Ellis has traveled back and forth to Sardinia for the past couple of years to properly organize the excavation, working with the Italian government, the local community and the local town council. With a group of about 20, Ellis and his team will excavate the city for several years. Their first excavation season occurred this past summer, and the team will continue to explore within the coming summers while they research year-round. As of now, the city of Tharros is a mystery — its history, growth and development remain unknown. “Fundamentally, we want to understand how the city developed over time,” Ellis said. “We want to try to understand episodic growth spurts of a city, and we want to try to identify them and understand how they relate to broader Mediterranean history.” In addition, Ellis and his team are trying to uncover the social and structural making of a Roman city —
meaning how social structures worked and how people and their economies were organized. The team does this by examining the kinds of food they were consuming, their diet and how it changed over time, homes and retail landscapes like shops. They look at the city’s infrastructure, street systems and drainage systems to understand how they worked in an ancient Roman world. With many more excavating seasons to go, the team has already uncovered a different layout of a redesigned city under the most recent city. Currently, Ellis and his team have a permit to dig for three years. With much work to be done, the permit will be extended after that to continue to excavate the city. “I’m very lucky to be at a place like Cincinnati which is incomparable in terms of the support that it gives an archaeologist to be able to do these projects,” Ellis said. “It’s a real honor to be able to work side by side with so many amazing people, all of them with this passion for the past who try to understand what archaeology can do for the study of ancient people, communities and networks.”
October 23, 2019
FEATURES
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Student organization rallies to end menstrual tax DAVID REES | FEATURES EDITOR The University of Cincinnati chapter of Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE) hosted the Cincinnati Period Rally downtown at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in support of National Period Day Oct. 19. Created by Period Menstrual Movement — a national organization that aims to end period stigma through service, education, and advocacy — Period Day and the National Period Rally draws awareness to end the tax on tampons and to support making period products more accessible. To ensure there would be rallies across all 50 states, the Period Movement reached out to UC URGE to set up a rally in Cincinnati. UC URGE is aimed at providing a safe and inclusive space on campus to support sexuality, marginalized communities and reproductive rights. A relatively new group on campus, this is its second semester at UC. “This is just the first phase of [the Period Movement’s] initiative to lobby for these changes,” said Mia Slone, president of UC URGE. “Overall, we’re trying to break the stigma that goes along with periods.” Having planned the Period Rally since
Participants of the 2019 Period Day Rally gather for a photo at the rally on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. MARY LEBUS | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
August, UC URGE spoke to local high schools and their period awareness groups and organized for speakers to attend — such as Ohio Rep. Brigid Kelly, Congressional Candidate Kate Schroder, and former UC student government senator-at-large Caroline Lembright, who led the undergraduate student government’s menstrual products initiative. On campus, from fundraising to tabling on campus, UC URGE works to include all types of individuals through
outreach and raising funds for people such as women who would wish to get an abortion or for individuals who want to get top surgery. To tackle the various topics across its broad categories of activism, UC URGE has four different leaders to ensure each group is represented: the LGBTQ chair, racial justice chair, reproductive rights chair and the sexual assault awareness chair. “URGE has done a lot for me, my life has changed a lot between last
year and this year, and I attribute that to URGE.” said Anthony Lombardi, vice-president of UC URGE. “I always cared, but I guess I was an arm-chair activist; I never really get out and did anything and so to be able to have this opportunity to do that and be out there has been amazing.” Moving forward, Slone and Lombardi hope to continue and grow their outreach throughout Greater Cincinnati, especially in low income areas. They would also like to focus on outreach for men and on allyship. In addition, the national URGE organization puts on “The Sex Drive,” a sex education program for people who never got the opportunity in middle school or high school — UC URGE wants to bring that to Cincinnati and the surrounding areas. “Just from speaking with a few members that I have become closer with — and are now becoming part of our executive board — they have been telling me, since coming to UC, with such a big campus and not knowing as many people, being involved with URGE was one of the first things they started doing outside of class that had really made them feel welcomed and like they had a place,” Slone said. UC URGE meets every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the UC Women’s Center, 571 Steger Student Life Center.
Biology student brings new vision to female workout group DAVID REES | FEATURES EDITOR As a first-year biology student at the University of Cincinnati, Beatrice Balderas was quiet and nervous to make new friends. She never imagined by her fourth year, she would become president of the student organization UC CHAARG, which stands for Changing Health, Attitudes, and Actions to Recreate Girls. CHAARG is a national organization that can be found at 69 universities across the United States, with a chapter at UC since 2013. CHAARG is a group of motivated and outgoing women who are dedicated to their health and have a passion for fitness. The group aims to show women fitness can be fun by trying new workouts each week, through various social events and by surrounding oneself with a positive and uplifting community. Balderas got her start in CHAARG through her older sister who was already involved in the group when she first came to UC. Walking into her very first CHAARG event, Balderas
The 2019-2020 executive team for the University of Cincinnati chapter of CHAARG. PROVIDED | UC CHAARG
remembers being welcomed by president at the time, Sarah Jankowski. As president, Balderas still carries the mark every girl before her has left on the chapter, and she hopes to continue to lead in their footsteps. “I wanted to become president of UC CHAARG because I’ve made so many memories and friendships through this organization and hope to share
my passion to the rest of the chapter,” Balderas said. “Looking back at most of the friendships I’ve made at UC, they have all been made because of that one carpool to a workout, or someone I recognized at the library from previous events, or even the friendships I’ve made from being on team CHAARG and the executive team the past two years.”
Balderas said she believes every girl deserves to try CHAARG, regardless of fitness level, age or schedule. The group offers programming through weekly studio spotlights, small groups and chapter retreats. CHAARG meets on campus or visits nearby studios each Monday night and brings local instructors from throughout the region to lead workouts. As president, Balderas has a new vision for CHAARG at UC, which she has seen realized so far through the organization’s first fundraiser for Cincinnati Children’s Oncology patients and families Sept. 30. Members came out to Ault Park to try different workouts and make donations to the hospital. “This event was so important for me to put on because I work on that unit and have seen so much hardship and hope these kids have and I knew CHAARG had the numbers and passion to help,” Balderas said. “Hosting an event like this really showed me how much of an impact CHAARG has on people.”
October 23, 2019
LIFE & ARTS
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Seven questions with Bailee Endebrock of CCM’s musical ‘42nd Street’ ANNE SIMENDINGER | LIFE AND ARTS EDITOR
Senior musical theatre major, Bailee Endebrock will tap her way into audiences’ hearts as Peggy Sawyer in the classic Broadway musical “42nd Street” at the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music’s Corbett Auditorium Oct. 24-27. We talked to Endebrock about her character, what the rehearsal process has been like and how her training is paying off. Simendinger: You are playing such an iconic Broadway leading lady, Peggy Sawyer. For those who don’t know, can you tell us a little bit about Peggy and her journey through the show? Endebrock: Peggy Sawyer is a young woman who arrives in New York from Allentown, Pennsylvania, with big dreams and a lot of natural talent. She has some good luck and lands a really big job
dancing in Julian Marsh’s next Broadway musical. After the star, Dorothy Brock cannot continue performing her role and Peggy steps in to save the show.
Simendinger: Being a senior and getting ready to step into the “real world” of theater, much like Peggy in the beginning of the musical, have you noticed some similarities between the two of you? Endebrock: Absolutely — Peggy is so eager and has such big dreams when she arrives in New York, and I see a lot of that in myself. I’ve been performing since I was a little girl and now, as a senior, finally making that move to New York is such a huge step in my life. I absolutely can relate to what Peggy is feeling, and I share many of her big dreams. Simendinger: How has the rehearsal process been working on a big, traditional Broadway musical like 42nd Street? What’s been the highlight? Any difficulties? Endebrock: Working on a big, classic Broadway musical such as 42nd Street is so much fun for us as students. It’s our bread and butter, and to feel like we understand this genre of the industry is so important to many of us. So many alums make a career for themselves in this type of classic musical theater. The challenge of working on a show such as this in an educational setting is to learn to portray characters from such a specific time period. Working to be stylistically correct and finding that style amongst a group of 20-year-olds in 2019 is a fun challenge. The highlight of working on big, traditional musicals at CCM is that we are so fortunate to have a team in all areas that are on the top of their game. The shows always look and sound stunning. So many of these classic musicals are about the big production numbers and extravagant sets and costumes and orchestrations, etc., which I think the team has done so brilliantly with this production. Simendinger: How have you found your training from these past 3.5 years at CCM to be helpful and showcased in this show? Endebrock: My tap training has really been put to the test in this show. I am grateful to have received really amazing tap training in my time at CCM, and I would never have been able to do these dance numbers when I first arrived here at school. I think overall, my training has led me to be unapologetic, to be bold and not to be fearless — but to have courage in the face of fear. I’ve grown so much as an artist, but also as a person, which has given me the confidence to put my all into this show. Simendinger: Do you have a favorite number or scene in the show? Endebrock: My favorite number is the ballet at the end of act two. It’s roughly 10 minutes of tap dancing, and it’s so astounding to watch. It is a thrill to dance the remarkable choreography of Gower Champion and Randy Skinner, and it’s hard not to feel amazing in that blue sequined dress. Simendinger: A slightly more fun question. If you had be thrown into the lead role of any Broadway show with less than two days of rehearsal, who would it be and why? Endebrock: I would love to be thrown into “Waitress.” It would be so hard learning all the pie-ography, but it would be fun to jump into that show and sing that score.
Top: Bailee Endebrocke will star as Peggy Sawyer in the CCM production of “42nd Street.” PROVIDED | BAILEE ENDEBROCKE Bottom: The classic Broadway musical “42nd Street” will play at CCM’s Corbett Auditorium Oct. 24-27. PROVIDED | CCM
Simendinger: What do you hope the audience takes away from 42nd Street? Endebrock: I hope the audience takes away a little bit of Broadway magic and a catchy tune to hum the rest of the evening.
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LIFE & ARTS
October 23, 2019
Get Out And Do Something: Oct. 25 to Oct. 27
EMMA BALCOM | STAFF REPORTER
FRIDAY, OCT. 25 Night Circus: A night of enchantment is coming to you this Friday, full of whimsical acts of magic, tarot card readings and fervid entertainment, including aerial performers and skilled dancers. This Halloween show aims to captivate you with its witchy-themed circus acts and endless tricks of extravagance. 8p.m. Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St. Girls Rock Does Halloween: Get your costumes on the ready for a night of dancing and snacking at the American Sign Museum. This party is being thrown to fundraise Girls Rock Cincinnati, an organization assisting girls and trans youth around the area, and dressing up is mandatory to join in on the fun. Presenting music from bands such as Marjorie Lee, Tweens and Aziza Love, there’ll be something to enjoy for anyone of any age. 7-11p.m. American Sign Museum, 1330 Monmouth Ave.
SATURDAY, OCT. 26 Music of Cream: Celebrating 50 years since the enormous success of its first album, Ludlow Garage is honoring the music of Cream, a British rock band
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from the ‘60s. Highly regarded as the “world’s first supergroup” due to the expertise of its members, the group’s music went viral across the globe. Now, relatives of the original members are gathering in Cincinnati to perform the songs that were once raved about and electrify an audience with the legacy of Cream. 8:30p.m. Ludlow Garage, 342 Ludlow Ave.
Family Festival: Unmuseum Opening: The Contemporary Arts Center welcomes the art of Terence Hammonds to its galleries. “The Funk Within You” centers on themes of music, dance and culture, and invites viewers to interact with the installation. Activities will be going on around the floor, allowing you to create your own artwork influenced by the exhibit. And the creator himself will be stopping by to speak about his works to all who attend. 12-3p.m. Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E 6th St.
SUNDAY, OCT. 27 Drag Brunch: Halloqueen: You’ve never been to a brunch like this. Wake up bright and early to get up, dress up, and make your way down for food and fun with drag queens from the local Cincinnati area. You’ll be served an array of delicious foods to choose from and enjoy a fabulous performance while you eat. Get your friends together to
The American Sign Museum will host Girls Rock Does Halloween Friday, Oct. 25 from 7-11 p.m. THE WOODWARD THEATER VIA FACEBOOK
book a table and take advantage of this extravagant event. 11:30a.m.-2p.m. Metropole, 609 Walnut St. Fall Fest Weekend: Washington Park is holding a festival with something to offer everyone. Bundle up for the cold and survey the park’s array of vendors looking to sell their homemade crafts and foods with Cincinnatians. Enjoy the
upbeat tunes of an excellent lineup of entertainment playing all throughout the day, and leave with some terrific goods, knowing you’ve done a part in supporting local business around the area. 12-6p.m. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St.
DAAP co-hosts annual thrift shop fashion show JOI DEAN | CONTRIBUTOR
The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) partnered with St. Vincent De Paul to hold a fashion show up-cycling thrifted clothes. ESSAYE TEKIA | PHOTO CONTRIBUTOR
The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) partnered with St. Vincent De Paul to host a fashion show of pieces created from objects found in thrift stores. The 17th annual RetroFittings event Thursday at Cincinnati Music Hall showcased the work of second-year DAAP designers on a runway stage. Each collection, comprised of two student designs, had a $50 budget to shop at St. Vincent De Paul thrift stores. The models who wore the sustainable clothing were DAAP students, friends of the DAAP designers or people who just wanted to model for fun. Many of the DAAP students who chose to participate were not majoring in fashion design — many were communication design and industrial design students. “I wasn’t always the best at drawing, so I wanted to do something with computer graphics,” said Callie Spears, a secondyear communication design student. “I’ve also always been interested in marketing because I like the psychology
of how design works. My collection is called ‘Versus’ because I was inspired by the left brain versus the right brain. One side of the brain is organized, and the other side is super creative.” Proceeds of the event benefitted St. Vincent De Paul, an organization that provides services for local residents, such as food drives and thrift stores. “There are a lot of folks in our community who are living paycheck to paycheck, and if their car breaks down, have a medical emergency, or if there’s a fire, this can throw them in a downward spiral, or into homelessness,” said Mike Dunn, executive director of St. Vincent De Paul. “When they’re in that crisis and they need help with their rent, utilities or food, St. Vincent De Paul is there to support those basic needs so they can stay in their homes.” Dunn said the long-standing collaboration with DAAP has been a success. “[RetroFittings] has grown substantially over the years,” he said. “It’s become an annual tradition that a lot of people look forward to.”
SPORTS
October 23, 2019
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McNeal brings veteran leadership to UC basketball
Chris McNeal goes for a layup during ‘Bearcats Madness’ at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati Saturday, Oct. 5. ALEX MARTIN | PHOTO EDITOR
SPENCER SCHULTZ | SPORTS EDITOR Transferring schools has become a staple in college basketball, but one newcomer to the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team has more experience with it than others. Since beginning college in 2015, graduate transfer Chris McNeal has been on a journey that has taken him across the country each year. UC is McNeal’s fifth school in the past five years
after stops at Western Kentucky (2015-16), Indian Hill Community College (2016-17), University of New Mexico (2017-18) and Tennessee Tech University (201819). When deciding which school to play for in his final year of eligibility, McNeal’s opportunity to grow onand-off the court is what stood out at Cincinnati. “Throughout the conversations [with UC head coach John Brannen] and his vision for the team and myself, I just trusted it,” McNeal said during media day Oct. 15. “His attention to detail is at a high level and one of the best I’ve been around. On my visit we watched film and drew up plays, and I knew this is a situation I want to be around … I feel he had a high IQ, and this is a place where if I’m around him every day, I can really grow as an individual. That’s what led me to come here.” Like McNeal, Brannen has experience with transferring while playing in college. After two years at Morehead State from 1992-94, Brannen transferred to Marshall University for his final two years. “I take the perspective of things I didn’t like as a player,” Brannen said. “I hate it when coaches mess with you say you missed the line [in sprints] when you actually hit the line. We don’t do any of that stuff. I don’t mess with the guys. I want to be up front and tell them the truth.” That truth isn’t necessarily needed in order to motivate McNeal, who has gone all summer without missing a workout — winning conditioning workouts and pushing himself on sprints around the track at Gettler Stadium. The 6-foot-1 guard has done the dirty work throughout
his career, as well as score at the collegiate level. He finished his senior year of high school with more than 300 rebounds and 200 steals. On top of that, McNeal has an ability to find the open man, as he finished second in assists (93) at New Mexico (5.3 per game) and accumulated 134 assists at WKU — the most by a freshman in school history. His highest points per game in a season at the Division I level was 9.5 at New Mexico. “I’m just an everyday type of dude,” McNeal said. “I’ve always been motivated my whole career. All my experiences molded me into the player I am right now. It starts with how I approach the game. Everything I’ve been through has allowed me [to succeed] in being prepared with whatever it is we have to do. I enjoy coming to practice and the summer workouts and everything that leads into the season. I come in here ready to work.” Brannen took note of McNeal’s commitment level toward everything that has been asked of him, as UC prepares for the season to begin. “Chris has brought a mental toughness level,” Brannen said. “He works out three times a day. He never misses a rep. I don’t know if you get that from bouncing around [schools], but if you do, I’ll take it. It’s great for us.” McNeal will be competing with a number of teammates for a starting spot in the backcourt. The Bearcats host Thomas More in an exhibition game Oct. 31 before beginning the regular season Nov. 6 at Ohio State.
Opinion: Recovered Gerrid Doaks deserves increased role
SPENCER SCHULTZ | SPORTS EDITOR
Comeback stories are inevitable in sports, especially for the running back position in football when you are tasked with rushing through holes, getting tackled and blocking linebackers as they force their way to the quarterback. University of Cincinnati junior Gerrid Doaks has been on the comeback trail the past year and a half, missing all of last season with a groin injury that left more questions than answers for many, including head coach Luke Fickell. Nonetheless, Doaks is back this season, but his role hasn’t been what it should be. The 230-pound running back finally had the breakout game he was looking for last week, scoring three touchdowns and finishing with 119 all-purpose yards. Doaks averaged six rushing attempts over his four previous appearances this year, which is quite frankly unacceptable. Doaks’s performance is no surprise, as he was a starting running back two seasons ago. One could argue it was because Fickell was in his first year at UC and hadn’t had a chance to recruit yet, but winning a starting gig is saying something no matter what state your team is in. He had at least one reception in each game in 2017 (four for at least 20 yards) and a 149-rushing yard game
UC running back Gerrid Doaks (23) rushes it in for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of the American Athletic Conference game against Tulsa Saturday, Oct. 19 at Nippert Stadium. ALEX MARTIN | PHOTO EDITOR
against Tulane. Doaks has shown he remains committed to the Bearcats even through junior Michael Warren II has taken most of the spotlight. Warren has earned
it, breaking the single-season rushing touchdowns record (19), accumulating 1,329 rushing yards and being a second team all-American Athletic Conference honoree. He deserves praise, but that
kind of workload also makes me believe Doaks should have an increased role. Warren’s body has shown fatigue, as he was replaced by Doaks on two separate occasions in Saturday’s win due to minor injuries. It hasn’t been the only time this season Doaks has briefly replaced him, as he did during the UCLA and UCF wins. Warren had been projected to take a smaller workload compared to last year with fellow running backs Tavion Thomas, Charles McClellend and Ryan Montgomery getting playing time. Thomas is expected to redshirt the rest of the season and McClelland has a torn ACL, while Montgomery is used primarily on special teams. Doaks can put up similar numbers as Warren, and he showed it with the three touchdowns Saturday. It’s time Fickell makes the two-man backfield a reality. The position was arguably the deepest on the depth chart in fall camp with five players, but it’s down to two. If you use Doaks effectively, it takes the weight off Warren and keeps opposing defenses on its toes. Doaks couldn’t take the smile off his face postgame and neither could Fickell, saying how proud he was of him. It’s time to keep feeding Doaks.
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Five former Bearcats begin professional season
just eight months removed from his final game at UC. Broome spent two seasons as the Bearcats’ point guard, averaging 8.3 points and 2.3 assists per game last year. St. John’s went 28-27 last season, making the playoffs after finishing as the No. 2 seed behind the London Lightening. The organization is still growing, as it was founded in 2017.
SPENCER SCHULTZ | SPORTS EDITOR
As professional basketball teams begin the 2019 season, numerous former University of Cincinnati men’s basketball players are as well. Much like UC’s team, a few alums were on the move over the off-season. Here are this year’s former Bearcats at the professional level: Gary Clark (2014-18) — Houston Rockets “The Problem” is back for his second season in the NBA after a productive rookie season in Houston. Clark has developed his three-point shot since his days as a Bearcat, making 41 three-pointers in 12.6 minutes per game last season. Clark only played six minutes in the Rockets playoff run and is projected to see more minutes this season. The two-time American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year is projected to back up P.J. Tucker at the power forward position, who is also a defensive minded player. Clark is going to have to shoot better (33.1% field goal and 29.7% from three-point range in 2018) if he’s going to earn the trust of head coach Mike D’Antoni’s. Jacob Evans III (2015-18) — Golden State Warriors The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native is signed to a standard contract with Golden State this year after splitting time with the Warriors and Santa Cruz Warriors
Former UC guard Jacob Evans plays for the Golden State Warriors. @J.N.E.III | INSTAGRAM
(G-League affiliate) on a two-way contract last season. The 6-foot-5 guard is one of the only familiar faces, as the Warriors went through an overhaul with its roster. Evans played point guard behind Stephen Curry in the preseason and is projected to back up Curry and the recently acquired D’Angelo Russell. Evans averaged 1.3 points and 6.8 minutes last year, but you can expect more playing time for the 22-year-old this season. Cane Broome (2017-19) — St. John’s Edge Broome signed his first professional contract with the Edge (National Basketball League of Canada) Oct.11,
Justin Jenifer (2015-19) — Texas Legends Along with Broome, Jenifer signed his first professional contract Monday with the Legends, the Dallas Mavericks G-League affiliate. Jenifer had his best season as a senior last year, averaging a career high in points (8.6), assists (2.9), rebounds (1.7) and three-point field goal percentage (44.4%). Jenifer also finished fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio in all of college basketball last season. Lance Stephenson (2009-10) — Liaoning Flying Leopards The shooting guard who has become known for his air guitar celebrations has put a hold on his nineyear NBA career, signing a one-year, $4 million dollar contract with the Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. Stephenson had stints with the Indiana Pacers (twice), Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers. He recorded 7.2 points per game in 68 games for the Lakers last season.
Takeaways from UC football’s defensive dominance against Tulsa SPENCER SCHULTZ | SPORTS EDITOR For the second straight week, the No. 18 University of Cincinnati football team let its opponent hang around until the fourth quarter, but ultimately clinched its sixth win of the season on an interception from junior safety Darrick Forrest with four minutes to play. It was an eventful afternoon at Nippert Stadium, as the 2009 Bearcats football team was honored, former head coach Brian Kelly returned and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (2009-12) was an honorary captain while wearing a throwback Kenyon Martin basketball jersey. All in all, UC won its 11th straight game at home in front of 33,012 fans — a season low at Nippert. Below are a few takeaways the 24-13 win: Forcing turnovers has become a ritual: UC linebacker Jarell White said he knew the defense could be just as good as last year’s on opening night against UCLA Aug. 29, and they’ve shown that to be true. The Bearcats have forced 14 turnovers the past three weeks, including five against the Golden Hurricane.
UC safety Ja’von Hicks (3) intercepts a Tulsa pass in the second quarter of the American Athletic Conference game Oct. 19 at Nippert Stadium. ALEX MARTIN | PHOTO EDITOR
It’s taken a whole defensive effort with the defensive line and linebackers applying pressure on opposing quarterbacks and safeties Ja’von Hicks and Forrest patrolling the passing game. Hicks has forced five turnovers by himself the past three games, helping the defense total 19 takeaways through seven games. UC has ended the game with a turnover the past two weeks with Forrest’s
interception and Perry Young’s tipped interception for a touchdown last week against Houston. Gerrid Doaks still has big play potential: Junior running back Gerrid Doaks hasn’t had the season he’s wanted, but that hasn’t stopped him from being ready to contribute behind Michael
Warren II. Missing all of last season with a groin injury, Doaks scored his first touchdown since September 2017 on a 4-yard rush after replacing an injured Warren in the first quarter. He displayed his pass catching ability later in the game on a 28-yard passing touchdown, breaking two tackles and diving for the end zone in the third quarter. Doaks added another touchdown on a 27-yard rush to give him 119 allpurpose yards and three touchdowns on the game. Prior to Saturday, he only accumulated 123 total yards in four games. Fickell said postgame there’s no one he was more proud of than Doaks, so look for him to get more than the six rushing attempts he’s averaged per game this season going forward. Bowl eligible again: With the win, UC is now bowl eligible for the second straight season. The Bearcats moved from No. 21 to No. 18 in the Associated Press Top 25, and if they continue to win, could find themselves in the mid-teens with teams in bigger conferences constantly playing each other.
OPINION
October 23, 2019
Opinion: Should laundry be free in campus residence halls? SAMUEL SCHELL-OLSEN | OPINION EDITOR NOELLE ZIELINSKI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sam: Free laundry, while nice, isn’t a necessity. If there is an option to have it included into your tuition with an extra fee, I’m open to that. But otherwise, I’m against it. Laundry isn’t hard. It takes about two hours of your time a week, at max. It takes forty minutes to wash, fifty minutes to dry and thirty minutes to dry for me. While one can argue the soap along with the additional costs of laundry machines can eat your wallet, having a free laundry service would as well. Having something for free is always taken at face value. You don’t have to pay for that service or item, its free, so well, why not? I admit, on face value having something for free over paying for it, is appealing. However, in order to receive free laundry, presumably additional fees would be implanted into tuition. So, it’s not really free laundry if you have to pay for it, it’s just someone else doing your laundry with “free” slapped next to it. If you are busy, then I can see the appeal of a laundry service. However, I believe most college students have at least two hours to do laundry. I don’t believe most college students know how to do laundry. According to WNDU, 60% of college students were unprepared for transition. How would
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having a free laundry service help? This would just postpone the problem until post-college. This is why I believe laundry shouldn’t be free in college. Noelle: If I’m paying thousands of dollars a year to live on campus, laundry should be free. Why am I having to pay upwards of $3-$4 per load to wash and dry my clothes? And god forbid I have two loads of laundry or want to also wash my sheets one week. If the university is requiring first-year students to live on campus and have an unlimited meal plan, it can at least provide free laundry for them to relieve some of the costs. University Park Apartments (UPA) offers free laundry to its residents and having lived there for two years, I can say it is so convenient not having to worry about having quarters on hand or forgetting change in my room. Being a full-time student, I shouldn’t have to worry about scrambling up money for laundry while trying to balance classwork. If I had to pay an extra $50 a semester to have free laundry at my disposal, I would absolutely pay it. It’s worth it and it provides an incentive to actually do your laundry. All in all, there’s really no excuse as to why laundry isn’t free in all residence halls. If it’s free in some of them, it should be free in all of them.
UC charges students living in some residence halls to do laundry. PIXABAY | STEVEPB
George Orwell, author of “1984.” PHOTO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Opinion: Post-apocalyptic, dystopian are best genres SAMUEL SCHELL-OLSEN | OPINION EDITOR
When one reads fiction, the reader is supposed to be immersed into a new world, whether it’s realistic or fantasy. The best forms of writing have been fiction, from William Shakespeare to John Steinbeck. I believe the best genre has been the dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction genres. One might read that and say “Well, that’s depressing,” or “No positive imagination at all? None?”Which I would reply, that’s your interpretation. But there is something compelling about dystopian and postapocalyptic fiction other fiction that doesn’t grasp. To me, it’s the analysis many of these genres often dive into. Dystopian fiction, according to bookseriesrecaps.com, defines the genre as “the creation of an utterly horrible or degraded futuristic society that is generally headed to an irreversible oblivion, or dystopia. They are often metaphors for the different directions humanity can take in its choices.” Dystopian fiction connects with readers like me largely because it gives a vision for future, by the means of showing the outcomes of the elimination or growth of certain social and political norms. Two books that always have fascinated me are “1984” by George Orwell and “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. With “1984,” Orwell gives a warning from the year 1949 on what an authoritarian government could possibly look like in 1984. Obviously, Great Britain and other countries never fell to become authoritarian superstates, but Orwell’s vision for the future is very much a reality in some countries. In North Korea, Kim Jong-un rules the country in the same way the Party does in “1984”. Historical revisionism, torture and mass propaganda is very much a reality in North Korea. While the reality Orwell proposed largely never came to pass (the exception being mass surveillance), it still did in some areas, and should give a warn
to those who believe freedom of speech and thought aren’t valuable. I assume most of us have had to read “The Giver” in middle school. But that book really did give me a wake-up call. Would it be nice if pain went away? World peace? Most would go, “Of course!” But the reality is, when everyone is as special as everyone else, when there is no pain to differentiate pleasure and love, it shows how important emotions and individualism are, and that no society can be perfect. Post-apocalyptic fiction according to The Hub, “…can be set in the current day or the far off future. Additionally, the story can take place right after the cataclysmic event or years after the event.” It’s different from dystopian fiction because dystopian fiction doesn’t need a doomsday event to make its universe happen, with post-apocalyptic fiction, it does, whether man-made or not. While post-apocalyptic fiction novels are compelling, it’s actually television and video games that catches my eye. In particular, The Walking Dead series and the video game series Fallout. With The Walking Dead, society must adjust after the zombie apocalypse, and it shows the struggles of how humans would adjust. What makes it interesting is that humans largely become their own worst enemy later in the series. Even when threatened by the undead, humans can’t put their differences aside to survive. With the video game series Fallout, the setting takes place after an atomic war kills most of the world’s population in the year 2077. Throughout the series, the player can observe the ruins of great cities such as Washington D.C., and it’s rather amazing to see landmarks in decay or rubble. To explore what an atomic war could do the landscape and the overall population of people has always been interesting to me. Dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction is relatable, technically possible and compelling. This is why I believe dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction are the best genres.
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Sudoku is played on a grid of 9 x 9 spaces. Within the rows and columns are 9 “squares” (made up of 3 x 3 spaces). Each row, column and square (9 spaces each) needs to be filled out with the numbers 1-9, without repeating any numbers within the row, column or square. Does it sound complicated? Each Sudoku grid comes with a few spaces already filled in; the more spaces filled in, the easier the game – the more difficult Sudoku puzzles have very few spaces that are already filled in.
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