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Celebrating Clifton’s eccentric music ISABELLA JANSEN | STAFF REPORTER
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Lagniappe highlights the diversity of Clifton’s music scene with Cajun tunes at CliftonFest, Saturday, Oct. 8 2016.
The Clifton neighborhood is home to a variety of individuals stemming from a very diverse background and culture. On Friday and Saturday, the community celebrated its diversity through Clifton Fest, a family-friendly event that brings together many genres of music on Ludlow Avenue. “We do our best to represent a wide variety of genres, and all different styles of music,” said Liz Wu, the woman behind booking the bands for the festival. Genres included jazz, Brazilian, Cajun, MiddleEastern fusion, funk styles
and many more. The festivities kicked off Friday night on Clifton Plaza with wine tasting and jazz music that featured Rags to Riches — a rag-time band — and Jump n’ Jive, a 17-piece swing band. On Saturday, the bands performed on stage near the intersection of Ludlow and Middleton until 11 p.m. Phil DeGreg and Trio Brasileiro, Lagniappe, Soul Refugees, Rumbon, Keshvar Project and The Almighty Get Down all performed. Each band represented a different genre of music, and performed for an hour and a half. There was something for everyone to enjoy. The band, Soul
Refugees, a soul and rhythm-and-blues group has a band member that is actually a resident of the Clifton neighborhood. Wu described the Clifton music scene as being “extremely eclectic.” “Clifton is a neighborhood where all different backgrounds come together and the music represents that,” said Wu. Between all of the performances on Saturday, there were many forms of entertainment on Clifton Plaza. Saturday’s events started at 9 a.m. with a 5-km run that began at Trailside Nature Center in Burnet Woods. The Fest also included a pet parade that
ended on the main stage at Ludlow with judging of best costumes. There was also a Kids Zone that included an inflatable slide, carnival games, balloon art and live performances that included puppets and magicians. If all of this wasn’t enough, Ludlow was closed to traffic allowing vendors and booths to fill up the street. There was even activities with storefront businesses and local restaurant specials. The entire event was free and open to the public, welcoming all ages to come and celebrate art, culture and the diverse Clifton community.
Huggins not in favor of Big 12 Ex UC basketball coach gives input on the big move DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
Many experts have given their input on the possible expansion of the Big 12 Conference; now it has reached one of the most successful basketball coaches that have ever donned the Bearcat red and black ― Bob Huggins. One of the most substantial reasons for the conference to expand is to enhance the football landscape. In order to add a football conference championship game, the Big 12 needs 12 teams ―as they currently only have 10. Adding a championship game helps their chances of putting one of their teams in the four spots of the College Football Playoff. But increasing to 12 could hurt the conference’s basketball league, according to Huggins. Right now, Big 12 basketball teams play each other twice a year, once at each school’s home court, but that would no longer be possible if the conference was to expand. “If they joined the league, I don’t think it would be guaranteed that we would come back [to Cincinnati] once
a year. That happens now because there’s 10 teams and it’s a round robin, if you add a couple teams then you can no longer play round robin,” Huggins said
in an interview with The News Record. Due to the chance of the conference
no longer having a round-robin setup during league play, Huggins is not in favor of expansion. “I kind of like the league the way it is,” Huggins said. “We have really the only true champion, the true league champion. You look at the [Southeastern Conference], the [Atlantic Coast Conference], they don’t play some teams. A lot of it has to do with who you play at home, as opposed to who you play on the road. With us it’s that we play everybody twice.” Huggins, now currently the head coach of West Virginia University, coached the Bearcat basketball team from 1989-2005, posting a record of 398 wins and 128 losses. He took the school to one Final Four, three Elite Eights and four trips to the Sweet 16. Huggins also led the 1999-00 Bearcat team to a 29-4 record, where they were ranked No. 1 in the country for 12 weeks of the season. The team ultimately fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament after their leading scorer, and No. 1 pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, Kenyon Martin broke his leg in the conference tournament.
The 86 Club Coffee Bar displays tattoo artistry JEN HAM | STAFF REPORTER
Peeking out from under the rolled sleeves of a weathered flannel is arguably the world’s most functional portfolio. Tattoo artist Jaimie C. Filer wears his heart, or rather his artwork, on his sleeve. From 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, the 86 Club Coffee Bar and Concert Venue hosted their October art feature. Since 2008, Filer and Anthony Mansfield, or just Tank as he is more commonly known, have perused Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati breweries, cafes and art galleries creating live art, motivated by their backdrops and day’s experience. “We are like a two-man band,” said Tank. The two-man band disclosed their humble beginnings to The News Record while they collaboratively worked on an octopus wrapping its arms around a coffee cup in hues of felt-tipped markers. Filer began dabbling in the arts at a young age when his father, an artist himself, discovered that handing his son paper and a pen was a good distraction from his enthusiastic love of kicking things. Tank also got into art at a young age. “I am an only child so I had to entertain myself,” he said. “My grandparents owned a company that dealt in fire trucks and their office
was attached to the back of their house and they would have papers that someone would mess up on with the copier and so they would throw it out but if there was a blank space on the back they would give it to me and I would draw on it.” Filer describes his current style as more tattoo-y, even with pieces that are not explicitly tattoos, while Tank creates more illustrative work, paying homage to the ink pen. Both artists shared their experience with how art extends beyond its medium. “If you get a big tattoo you’re going to hang out with that person a lot. This weekend, I’m going Saturday night to hang
out with two of my clients that I only met through tattooing them. I formed that friendship from spending hours tattooing this couple,” said Filer. Filer went on to say that the first person he ever tattooed was his mixedmartial-arts instructor. Tank shared that he has gotten multiple tattoos by Filer including his favorite Homer tattoo, along with his apple and paintbrush tattoos. As an art teacher for several years, Tank viewed art as a way of engaging young adults, building a connection with them and helping influence them to be good people. For the rest of October, Filer’s pieces will grace
the walls of the 86 Club, showcasing his play with pop culture and traditional Japanese tattoo technique. “Cincinnati has a lot of really killer artists but not a lot of places to show stuff,” said Tank. Filer and Tank agree that getting work shown is a combination of traveling venues and talking with other artists. “The 86 Club saw a Cincinnati piece I did online and they contacted me about hanging my stuff here,” said Filer. Now with social media the whole world can view any given art piece, but there is still no denying that showcasing pieces live offers a more intimate connection.
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Jaimie Filer shares artistic background and inspirations with viewers at the 86 Club Coffee Bar, Thursday, October 6, 2016.
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Danny O’Conner discusses Next Lives Here Summit coming to campus Oct. 20.
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The University of Cincinnati will host the Cincinnati Next Lives Here Summit — a showcase of startups, innovators and experts in the community — on Oct. 20 at 12-6 p.m. The one-day event will start with a food truck festival on McMicken Commons followed by presentations from speakers on partnerships, innovations and “what it means to be a disruptor,” according to the event page NextLivesHere.com. Disruptors affect change by thinking outside the box, according to Wyzerr CEO Natasia Malaihollo. “A disruptor to me is someone that changes behavior by introducing a new methodology, idea, process or technology that makes things much easier or cheaper for everyone,” Malaihollo said. “Disruptors are almost always breaking some kind of rule or rigid standard, but they move mankind forward by doing so.” Malaihollo will be a speaker at the event along with other startup founders such as Dotloop CEO Austin Allison and LISNR CEO Rodney Williams. UC officials like Interim President Beverly Davenport and other figures from the community will also speak at the event. The day will include a competition called “idea pitch,” where 12 UC student teams “test their brainchild against some of the best and brightest in the industry” according to the website. The top three teams will move on to the “final pitch,” where they will work to solve a real world problem. Danny O’Connor, the media communications lead for the conference, said he hopes students take away a need for connection
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and collaboration. “There is already an incredible amount of innovation in different silos throughout campus,” said O’Connor. “If we bring people together from around Cincinnati, we could create the next big thing.” Likewise, Williams said that he would like to see Cincinnati become the most diverse, inclusive and viable city to start a company in the Midwest. “We have a lot of untapped marketing and branding talent here,” said Williams. “We have lots energetic talent coming from our local universities. We also have some of the best regional food in America.” Cincinnati can play a role in terms of innovation in startups on a global level, according to Williams. “We’re getting there, but we can always move more quickly,” he said. Specific innovations in the region might include the expansion of UberEats, according to Malaihollo. “It’s super convenient for startup founders who can’t really just leave the office to travel across town to get something to eat.” On campus, UC could create innovation centers or spaces for people to work and collaborate. Some Ivy League schools already use these, according to O’Connor. “We are certainly moving in that direction already, but we need to really take a look at what that will actually look like,” said O’Connor. Partners of Next Lives Here include big names such as Macy’s and Procter & Gamble Co., as well as a number of startups like the aforementioned Wyzerr and LISNR. O’Connor hopes the Next Lives Here Summit will become an inaugural event.
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2 / NEWS Negative effects of wage theft reach Bearcats MONDAY, OCT. 10, 2016
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It’s not uncommon for students at the University of Cincinnati to take classes while also working a part-time or full-time job in order to make ends meet — but they may not be getting paid fairly for the hours they put in. On Feb. 3, Cincinnati became the first city in Ohio to pass a wage theft ordinance, with the purpose of improving the enforcement of existing wage laws. If the city or another agency determines a company has committed wage theft, city officials are able to have the money returned and the company barred from doing business
with the city, according to the ordinance. Despite this, it seems wage theft, or the illegal withholding of wages or benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee, may be occurring not far from UC’s campus, according to some students and alumni. “I’ve worked overtime off the clock before,” said Holly Atkins, a first-year prepharmacy student. “You’re not supposed to do that, it’s not like it was encouraged or anything, but I have just because of [the employer’s] expectations.” Kassi Crawford, a fourthyear chemical engineering student, experienced wage theft during a co-op. Although she was working a certain amount
of hours each week, Crawford said the company she worked for was more focused on the work getting finished. Despite being an hourly worker, Crawford said everyone expected her to work to the same capacity as an employee paid on salary. “I was required to get a certain amount of work done for my company, so I had to stay after without getting paid,” said Crawford. Victoria Bower, a UC alumna, worked at Moerlein Lager House in downtown Cincinnati and noticed some questionable decisions made by management during her more than three-year
tenure with the company. “When the laws were passed that companies must provide health insurance, we had a staff meeting where the general manager basically told us we couldn’t work 40 hours a week,” Bower said. “He said that if people really needed health insurance, we could talk to management and that a select few could get it. It was odd.” As of Jan. 1, 2015, employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees are required to provide health coverage to full-time employees or else pay a tax penalty, according to Zane Benefits, an employee benefits company. The morale of
employees was affected by management’s lack of consideration toward their workers, according to Bower. “Servers get paid less than minimum wage anyway, so it seemed like corporate was being greedy by denying benefits or the option of overtime,” Bower said. As far as other UC students being affected by wage theft, Atkins believes it’s likely. “There are a lot of minimum wage jobs that have those same expectations where you have to get everything done or else you’ll get blamed for it later,” Atkins said. “I’m sure anyone with a job has experienced that.”
AACRC celebrates 25 years of helping UC students ZACHARY PERRIN | STAFF REPORTER
Decades of multiple student movements pushed for the creation of the University of Cincinnati African-American Cultural and Resource Center (AARC) — and this month, the center celebrated its 25th anniversary. The idea for the center began as part of a list of 30 demands by a group of student protestors in 1968, but it wasn’t until the late ’80s that plans for the creation of the center began. The AARC officially opened Sept. 2, 1991. Today, programs aimed at fostering leadership qualities and connecting black students is just part of what the center does to assist students in their college experience. “What we offer in terms of programming is second to none,” said Ewaniki Moore-Hawkins, director of the AACRC. “We have universities and colleges that call us, email us, come
and visit, shadow our programs to see, how do you do what you do and how can we do that at our institutions?” Programs and resources through the AARC include a choir and groups that connect students to other peers and faculty. “We want students to be wellrounded, holistic and we want to help them grow into leaders,” said Tamar Kinebrew, a program director at the AACRC. “We do create a family, I would say.” Cultural celebrations at the center, such as Kuamka, have come to define the center and have become traditions students consistently look forward to, according to Moore-Hawkins. “You can’t experience those things anywhere else,” MooreHawkins. Over the years the role of the center has evolved to fulfill its purpose in new ways. At the moment, the center is focusing discussion on the murder trial of Ray Tensing, a former UC
Police Department officer involved in the shooting-death of Samuel DuBose in July 2015, according to Moore-Hawkins. Police violence toward black citizens is also a topic of conversation in the center. The AACRC plans to continue improving racial and social justice programs and keep a pulse check on students so they can address other things that come up, according to Moore-Hawkins. Social media has become a big factor in how the AACRC reaches students. If the center is holding an event and know of a student who has only come in once or who they haven’t seen in awhile, they make a point to engage them on social media by tagging them in a photo or sending them a direct invitation, according to Carver Ealy, a program director for the AACRC. In addition, the center has recently begun reaching out to graduate and transfer students in an effort to serve as many students
as possible. Because the center is available for event reservations, it prevents students who frequent the center from using the space during events. To help alleviate this issue and address others, an expansion is currently underway and set to be finished by the spring semester to give students more space to gather, study and provide more space for programs.
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Early rendering of new UC Linder College of Business building.
Lindner family donates
$11 million to UC ASHLEIGH PIERCE | CHIEF REPORTER
A new facility for the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business is underway, and the expansive project just received an $11 million donation — the largest in the college’s 110-year history. The Lindner family was responsible for the Oct. 5 donation, as well as Cincinnati-based holding firm American Financial Group, of which Carl H. Lindner III is Co-CEO. Lawrence Bisig, a fourthyear marketing student at UC’s College of Business, thinks the support from the Lindner family will encourage other donors and fundraising efforts. “The Lindners usually are the biggest donors [at] UC to begin with,” said Bisig. “They’re always donating to different things, so I feel like if they are behind it — and they’re usually always right in the things they get behind — other people will follow them, too.” UC released preliminary renderings in August for the expected $120 million project. Early designs for the 225,000-square-foot space feature a four-story building with glass facades, a grand atrium and lobby, open workspaces, a courtyard, a large café, lecture spaces, a teaching lab and more. Internationally renowned Henning Larsen Architects and Cincinnati-based KZF Design are behind the design of the project, according to a UC press release. The new facility is necessary to accommodate the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Business. More than one-third of business classes are now taught outside Lindner Hall, according to the press
release. Lotty Vathananonh, a third-year marketing student, said the majority of her classes this semester are outside Lindner Hall, so she realizes the need for a new facility with more space. “I think it will be nice because the classes will be more centralized,” said Vathananonh. “For me, I wouldn’t have to be walking back and forth, and you’d be around more [business students].” Matthew Murphy, a fifth-year industrial management student, agrees, noting one of his favorite things being that students won’t have to go all over campus just to take classes anymore. Murphy said it will be nice to have more space, more computer labs and more offices for faculty, as he said many faculty have doubled-up on offices or do not have office space at all. Murphy also mentioned there are a number of clubs that would like to be able to have office space. With enrollment in undergraduate and graduate business degrees having both increased, up 50 percent and 200 percent respectively since 2010, according to the UC press release, the new facility will be able to accommodate for the increasing needs. “I think in terms of our reputation, Lindner keeps growing, and in order to keep up with that, we’re going to have to be able to attract and retain students, and I think the [new] building will be perfect for that,” said Katie Smith, a fifth-year accounting student. The new facility will occupy the current site of the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center and Faculty Club building. It is expected to be complete by fall 2019.
In front of Cincinnati’s last remaining abortion clinic, they donned signs that read, “Abortion kills children,” and “Pray to end abortion.” The rally of around 50 or so people was hosted by 40 Days for Life, a communitybased campaign that travels around the nation to speak at various anti-abortion events. The campaign has a primarily religious basis, mimicking the Christian biblical history of prayer, fasting and constant vigil in periods of 40 days. Speakers included various church leaders, representatives from Cincinnati’s Pregnancy Center West, Students for Life of America, Heartbeat International and 40 Days for Life’s North American Campaign Director, Steve Karlen. “Saint John Paul the Great said that a nation who kills it’s own children is a nation without hope,” said Karlen during the rally Thursday. Karlen’s campaign speeches at rallies around the country primarily focus on the mission of 40 Days for Life. The group works “to put into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion,” according to the campaign’s website. Although the campaign does not endorse specific candidates, Karlen did encourage rally attendees to vote anti-abortion in the upcoming election. “Every one of us here tonight has an obligation and responsibility to do the research ourselves and get educated and show up in the polls next month to support candidates who stand for life in the womb,” Karlen said. Brenna Lewis, a regional coordinator at Students for Life of America (SFLA), spoke to attendees about millennial efforts within the anti-abortion movement. SFLA is one of the nations largest
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anti-abortion organizations, according to Lewis. “We are the pro-life majority,” Lewis said. “Over half of millennials believe that abortion should be illegal in all or most circumstances.” However, a recent poll by Gallup discovered that over half of Americans identify in support of pro-abortion rights, surpassing the 44 percent who identify as anti-abortion. Poll results also demonstrate that a pro-abortion rights position has a statistically significant lead in the nation’s abortion views since a primarily antiabortion position in 2008. The survey was conducted via telephone, randomly sampling 1,024 adults living in all 50 U.S. states, and with a margin of four percent error. Among detailing the anti-abortion work of both SFLA and 40 Days for Life, speakers also spoke critically of the actions of Planned Parenthood (PP). “They have been forced to close abortion facilities, and have been caught in shady tissue-procurement practices,” Lewis said. “We need to keep educating women about the alternatives and how the abortion industry betrays the very women that they claim to protect.” Victoria Bower, a University of Cincinnati graduate, local activist and beneficiary of the Mt. Auburn PP disagrees with the campaign’s choice to rally in front of the clinic. “Even though they can’t come onto the property, it is honestly chilling — to turn into the driveway and have them walk up to the car and peer into the widow,” Bower said. “If [these protestors] really wanted to stop abortion, they would spend their time trying to make sure people have access to sexual education and birth control, which is exactly what PP does.”
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A pro-life rally congregates in front of Mt. Auborn Plan Parenthood in protest of abortion.
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Owners and companions march during Clifton Fest
Brewcats: Skeleton root adds to Cincy’s list of alcohol producers RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR
Cincinnati is a thriving market for alcohol production. There are swaths of craft-beer brewers like Rhinegeist, Woodburn, MadTree and Urban Artificact. There is a cider division of Moerlein Brewery that just made its debut at Taste of Cincinnati: OverThe-Rhine Cider Co. And, now the city has a new winery for those with a more affluent pallet — The Skeleton Root. Skeleton Root is a winery and wine bar serving their own house-made wines. Kate MacDonald and her fiancee, Josh Jackson, are behind this venture. And, MacDonald is continuing the trend of engineers getting into alcohol production in Cincinnati. Like Kenny McNutt and Jeff Hunt from MadTree, like Scott LaFollette from Blank Slate and like Scott Hand and Bret KollmanBaker from Urban Artifact, MacDonald is an engineer by trade. “I think it just gives you the tool set you need to create a manufacturing facility which, at the end of the day, that’s what brewing is,” Urban Artifact’s KollmanBaker told The News Record about engineers becoming brewers. “Not only does it give you those tools to create a plant, it also teaches you how to solve problems. As a business owner, that’s really what you do on any given day is solve problems. Being able to have those skills developed through
college, I think that’s why a lot of engineer-type people wind up in this industry,” said KollmanBaker. Skeleton Root draws inspiration from Cincinnati’s rich alcoholic history, specifically Nicholas Longworth’s sprawling vineyards throughout the hills of Cincinnati. Longworth’s vineyards made Cincinnati the largest grape and wineproducing region in the country during the mid1800s. “With well-chosen grapes, clean casks, and dedicated hands, we chose to honor Longworth’s dream of making Cincinnati one of the greatest wineproducing regions by bringing discovery to fruition, respecting the grape and bringing wine making back to its roots in urban industry,” Skeleton Root’s website reads. GO: The Skeleton Root Wine Makers, 38 West McMicken Ave., 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Friday 2 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.
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Dogs of all breeds gather for the costume Pet Parade in part of CliftonFest, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
Beginning at the Clifton United Methodist Church, owners paraded through Ludlow Avenue with their pets and brought a cute and cuddly start to the Saturday festivities. The street of Ludlow was closed off from the corner of Clifton Avenue and Ludlow down the entire strip of shops. Attendees were able to display their interests with their pet best friend, showing off swagger of fandoms from book characters, movies and spooky costumes, celebrating the dress-up fun of Halloween while participating in the parade. Owners frequently matched their pooches in costume theme, with decorative outfits ranging from wicked witch toy dogs, to Pac-Man canines and its ghosts enemies, to Ghost Busters mutt gear, to elegant ballerina puppies. The owner-pet duos
strutted down Ludlow, with dogs ranging from every size, color and breed. At the end of the parade stood a panel of judges on the festivals main stage, where pooches were scored for best costume, wildest wag, most mysterious heritage and pet-owner look-alikes. Prizes were allocated to the winners of each category. Howell Avenue Pet Hospital and Petey’s Pet Shop sponsored the furryfriend event. The parade began at 12:30 p.m. and went on through 1 p.m., leaving the rest of the day open for CliftonFest food, art viewing and creating and live music. Festivities of the fifth annual CliftonFest began Friday and went on through Saturday night, where the main bulk of events took place. The street of Ludlow was littered of hundreds of attendees both days of the arts and musical festival. Other events that occurred during the weekend festival
included a TriHealth 5K, a twelve hour-long display of art vendor booths, local business activities, beer sales, street artists and a full line-up of live music performers. Also offered was a Kids Zone, which had carnival games, chalk art, inflatable play areas, a puppet show, magician show and arts and crafts. The Kids Zone was set up in Burnet Woods. Cincinnati native restaurants and businesses, including Skyline Chili, Graeter’s Ice Cream, Gaslight Property and a dozen other businesses sponsored the entire weekend event. Sponsored artists at the event came from Cincinnati groups and companies to feature their art, including street art and chalk work of Kelsey Adams, sponsored by Lentz & Company, Chad Turner, by the Esquire Theatre, Zoe Koszake, by Cincinnati Eye Care and many more throughout the entire day.
You should be shopping at Clifton Natural Foods KARLY WILLIAMS | STAFF REPORTER
Tucked between Telford Street and Bohemian Hookah Café, in Clifton’s charming gaslight district, lies a quaint gem. Clifton Natural Foods, boasting an earthy green sign as a compliment to its mission, offers a variety of local, organic and natural food products to the community. Founded in 1985 by Aline Kuhl and originally named Nature’s Treasures, the healthy grocery has blossomed from a struggling one-employee market into a locally loved and appreciated business. Despite its developments and growth, the store remains true to its goal of promoting sustainable products and offering a warm and inviting atmosphere to shoppers, something rare in the sometimespretentious market of health foods and products.
Locally stocked items include breads from Sixteen Bricks, an artisan bake house located on Paddock Road, fresh cheeses from My Artisano Foods out of Sharonville and Seven Hills and La Terza fair trade coffee. All produce is completely organic and comes 10 percent off on Thursdays. Humanely raised, grassfed meats from local farms are available as well. For those with special diets, Clifton Natural Foods is brimming with endless vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and soy-free options. Eating healthy and wholesome on the go is easy with grab-and-go options, including sandwiches and salads and veganbaked goods that are around the same price of any chain restaurant carry out. The easiest way to get the most out of your dollar amid the sometimes
pricey selections is to buy in bulk from a wide array of bulk grains, nuts, seeds and herbs located in dispensers in the very back of the store. Incense and white sage are also available for all spiritual cleansing and autumn séance needs. Going above and beyond internal care of the body, the shop also makes natural and organic household, beauty and supplement products a priority. Chemical-free, scent-free laundry detergent, bathroom and kitchen cleaners are abundant. And so are cruelty-free skin care and makeup products, aluminum-free deodorant and organic pads and tampons free of irritating rayon and cotton grown with pesticides. GO: Clifton Natural Foods, 336 Ludlow Ave, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. MondaySaturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays.
4 / SPORTS Men’s basketball team begins their campaign against Bellarmine MONDAY, OCT. 10, 2016
OPINION There are high expectations for UC this season so our sports experts David, Amir, Jason and Claude ― who regularly appear on the On the Record Sports Podcast ― give their record predictions for the UC basketball team.
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File art of Ana Owens (3) driving to the basket against St. Francis Red Flashes.
Women’s basketball begins season with fairly young roster DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team has posted a losing record every season since the last Presidential election, and their opportunity to start a winning term begins Nov. 11. The challenge could be difficult, as the Bearcats look to implement seven new players on their roster; six freshmen and one transfer from a junior college. UC head coach Jamelle Elliott is excited about the additions of the new players, as well as the season that is about to see its beginning. “The first thing that comes to my mind is excitement,” Elliott said. “The excitement of the newness of those guys wanting to learn and have an impact on our program, while at the same time having some great leaders that are here that’s going to be upperclassmen.” With 13 overall spots allocated on the team, the majority of the players this year were not Bearcats last season. However, Cincinnati will have two of their top-five scorers from last season returning, including their leading-scorer and the team-leader in assists, junior guard Ana Owens, who averaged 13.1 points per game and tallied 86 total assists last season. They will also have two seniors leading the team this year, guards Bianca Quisenberry and Brandey Tarver. Quisenberry was fourth in scoring with 7.6 points per game and Tarver was third on the team in total blocks with 10. “I’m really looking
forward to [the returners] really building off the production they had last year,” Elliott said. “I think everybody is eager to get better and do better than they did last year, it’s showing in the first couple days of practice that we have, and our freshman have to contribute because they are the majority of our team.” The team’s style of play this year will be fast-paced, according to Elliott. “We’re going to continue to play a high-paced brand of basketball, something that we did last year, I think we’re going to do it at a higher level,” Eliott said. “At the end of the day, we’re going to play hard, we’re going to play fast and we’re going play together, so I’m looking forward to that.” Cincinnati was 5-10 at Fifth Third Arena last season and have not had a winning record at home since they went 8-7 during 2011-12. With the arena’s renovation set at the end of this year’s basketball season and into the next season, Elliott said the team is ready for another round in their home stadium. “We’re excited to be playing at Fifth Third, our last go-around before all the major changes that happen,” Eliott said. “So we’re looking forward to having a winning season, a successful season, at Fifth Third and everyone is just excited to get going.” The Bearcats play an exhibition against Kentucky Wesleyan College 7 p.m. Nov. 3 and they will open their regular season in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, against Southeast Missouri State University 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11.
UC head coach Mick Cronin said this team will start and end with point guard Troy Caupain this year, comparing his upcoming senior season to that of Bearcat-great Sean Kilpatrick. If Caupain is the focal point of Cincinnati this season, the Bearcats will be oh-so fun to watch. UC has struggled in the past when they didn’t have a go-to man on their roster, selecting Caupain as the man to give the ball to in clutch situations could make this team lethal. It also will not hurt bringing back forwards Gary Clark and Jacob Evans as good complimentary pieces for Caupain. I look for those guys to be Cincinnati’s big-three, and potentially add a fourth with highly-touted freshman guard Jarron Cumberland. The Bearcats play some marquee games against Xavier University, Butler University, Iowa State University and a possible matchup with Duke University, but I think this team will actually win big, close games ― unlike last season.
Amir Samarghandi | Managing Editor: 20-11
Do I think clutch playmaker Caupain will have an electric, exciting season? I do. Having Clark and Evans back will be equally important as well. I also believe the hype around Cumberland and think the freshman guard’s voluminous scoring will be a boon to UC’s offense. But I see the same perpetual struggles from this team. As if coached by the recently fired Les Miles, the Bearcats are consistently tough, athletic, defensively stout yet offensively inept. I worry that Cronin will rely far too heavily on Caupain in tight situations, and the tendency for the ball to be stuck in one player’s hands for the majority of a possession will continue. Will we finally see ball movement, off-ball screens and fluid passing? I doubt it. Expect more ugly, lowscoring games against lesser competition and big struggles for points against top-tier opponents.
Jason Szelest | Staff Reporter: 25-6
After the departures of Farad Cobb, Octavius Ellis and Coreontae DeBerry, size and shooting are the big question marks for the Bearcats. Those questions will be answered by 6-foot-9-inch North Carolina State University transfer Kyle Washington and incoming freshman, high-volume scorer Jarron Cumberland. The Bearcats defense will once again smother opponents, as they have
perennially found themselves towards the top-ten in defensive efficiency during the Cronin era. Offensively, they should be in good shape with a core of returning starters in Evans, Clark and Caupain. Combine what the Bearcats return this season with a fairly easy schedule, and 25 wins seems perfectly reasonable.
Claude Thompson | Staff Reporter: 26-5
The men’s basketball team has to represent this university in the way that is expected of the marquee sport on campus. I predict, optimistically, a 26-5 record. Their only losses that I see on the schedule will be a loss to Duke or Penn State University in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament, two losses to the University of Connecticut, a loss to Iowa State and a loss to Butler. Yes, I think this team will beat Xavier University, don’t come after me on Twitter I think Cronin was legitimately disappointed in his team’s performance last year, specifically in the American Athletic Conference tournament and in the NCAA tournament. I think he’ll shore up the weaknesses and win in the schedule ahead of him, as well as maybe give the students and fans something to get excited about. At least we’ll stop hearing about Hayden Moore for a while.
NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
File art of Troy Caupain (10) discussing with head coach Mick Cronin during a timeout.
NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
File art of Gary Clark (11) and Coreontae DeBerry (22) driving to the basket against USF, Feb. 4, 2016.
NICK BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
File art of Kevin Johnson (25) soaring to the basket against USF Feb. 4, 2016.
Cincinnati Football: a program that’s going the wrong way JASON SZELEST | STAFF REPORTER
DAN SULLIVAN | SENIOR EDITOR
File art of Chris Moore flipping through the air after getting hit in the open field against Temple Owls.
With the Cincinnati Bearcat football team’s 20-9 loss to the University of Connecticut, the team dropped to 0-3 in American Athletic Conference play. The last time the Bearcats lost their first three conference games to start a season was 1999 ― 17 years ago. That season Cincinnati finished with an overall record of 3-8, failing to win a single conference game. During a press conference following Cincinnati’s loss to the University of South Florida Oct.1, head coach Tommy Tuberville said they don’t want to regain the reputation of Cincinnati Bearcat football from 20 years ago, when the team was a perennial loser ― the winless conference record is surely a trend in the wrong direction. Holding Cincinnati to nine points on three field goals, Connecticut became the third team to keep the Bearcats out of the end zone since 2005, joining Rutgers University and West Virginia University “Red Zone penetration, you’ve got to get the ball in the end-zone,”Tuberville said. “We just could not get it to go our way.”
The Bearcats appeared to have a touchdown when senior wide receiver Nate Cole caught a pass along the sideline, but replay overturned that call, ruling that Cole did not control the football to the ground. This was also the first time the Bearcats have lost to Connecticut since Nov. 27, 2010, when the Huskies won 38-17. Cincinnati finished that season 4-8. UC had won the previous five matchups over the Huskies by an average margin of 25 points. It was only Connecticut’s third win in the history of the series against Cincinnati. A big reason for the Bearcats struggles was there ineffectiveness in the running game, where they toted the rock 22 times for a grand total of two yards. It was their lowest rushing total since Sept. 16, 2006, when the Bearcats rushed 22 times for a net loss of four yards against the Ohio State University. “If you can’t run the ball, if you’re one dimensional, if you are counting on your quarterback to throw for 500 yards a game, then you’re not going to win,” Tuberville said. What seemed most relatable to the Bearcats teams of 20 years ago
was not simply being outplayed and outcoached, as Tuberville claimed his team was, but rather Cincinnati’s inability to complete the simplest of tasks. On several occasions, including a fourth down on the Bearcats’ first possession, wide receivers dropped passes where they were wide open. Then there was the punt by Sam Geraci late in the fourth quarter. With the Bearcats down by a touchdown and a two-point conversion, Geraci appeared to pin the Huskies at their own oneyard-line. However, despite having multiple players there to cover the punt, it bounced out the hands of two Bearcats and was ultimately knocked into the end-zone for a touchback. No amount of coaching and game planning can fix those mistakes. There were times Saturday when the Bearcats bore no resemblance to a Division I college football team, as was the case 20 years ago. From 1951-1997 Cincinnati failed to make a bowl game, and they appear to be headed towards that path again.