Oct. 24, 2016

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Brian Garry runs for City Council

An interview with Democratic Socialist Brian Garry about his positions

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Women’s Volleyball

Jade Tinglehoff impresses spectators with her performance on the court

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MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2016

$5M donated to Lindner facility ASHLEIGH PIERCE | CHIEF REPORTER

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Students dine at the tables of Center Court, Sunday, October 23, 2016.

Anti-Aramark food campaign Students are concerned over humane campus food

LAUREN MORETTO | NEWS EDITOR

A campaign called for the University of Cincinnati to cut ties with food service provider Aramark Co., which they allege to be “deeply entrenched in an animal cruelty scandal.”

UC has employed Aramark as a food service provider since 2000 and re-contracted with the company in 2010.

The Humane League (THL), who is responsible for the campaign, began their campaign on UC’s campus Sept. 27. They issued a video targeted at UC titled “University of Cincinnati: Contracting with Animal Cruelty.”

“Students count on their schools to provide healthy and safe meals, to eliminate the worry of food from their already busy and often stressful time studying,” said Taylor Ford, corporate campaigns manager at THL, who oversees the Aramark campaign.

“Universities should be able to trust major food service providers like Aramark to have responsible sourcing practices in place.”

The campaign claims Aramark sources its chickens from industrial farming operations where the animals are subject to overcrowding, genetic manipulation to make

them grow at a rate that ultimately cripples them and are subject to a slaughter process in which they are shackled upside down, electric-shocked and have their throats cut.

It’s not Aramark’s treatment of chickens; it’s their treatment at the hands of producers where Aramark buys those chickens from, according to Todd Duncan, UC’s assistant vice president of housing.

“It’s the same people that Kroger buys their chicken

There are only three companies large enough to handle a university the size of UC, according to Duncan, who said the financial aspect of Aramark’s services allowed them to continue to move UC’s meal plan rates “down the ladder.”

“We know that Aramark does have and has publicly committed to some goals as it relates to the food products,” said John Hautz, UC’s director of food services.

Aramark vowed to work

Are we concerned about the ethical? Sure, but our first thing is that we’re getting safe food products onto our campus and in the volume that we need them on a daily basis TODD DUNCAN

from,” said Duncan.

“Are we concerned about the ethical? Sure, but our first thing is that we’re getting safe food products onto our campus and in the volume that we need them on a daily basis,” Duncan said.

While the campaign urges UC to cut ties with Aramark in the event they do not address these concerns, administrators say the process is not as simple.

with their suppliers to address animal welfare issues associated with genetic selection for fast growth in broiler chickens and support eliminating slaughtering systems that use shackling, according to their Animal Welfare Principles and Policy released May 2016.

Hautz said he was struck by the lack of indication the campaign assigned to Aramark’s efforts, and shared that though cage

free eggs were not in UC’s contract with the provider, they were introduced on campus.

If any university food provider were to source their chicken from industrial farms where the animals live in overcrowded conditions, as THL alleges of Aramark, some students take concern not only with the cruelty to animals, but with possible health implications as well.

“If they’re stuffed in one place it can cause a lot of disease and other things like that,” said Leon Pereira, a third-year biology student.

“There are a lot of people who eat meat — but of course keeping the animal in a good condition before serving them or slaughtering them at least would be much better.”

Though Pereira is willing to trade paying more for ethical food in the dining halls, they believe it is the university’s responsibility to provide it to their students.

An “email the president” prompt on the campaign site allows individuals to send a message from THL to UC Interim President Beverly Davenport.

Currently, THL is unable to provide an estimate for how many individuals have utilized the email function.

Funding for a new, topof-the-line facility for the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business is underway, and the project is coming closer to reaching its estimated $120 million goal after receiving a $5 million gift Thursday.

The donation comes from Tim Johnson, founder of Cincinnati-based Johnson Investment Counsel and finance professor at UC. Johnson’s donation is to establish a named institute and interactive investment lab within the new building for the College of Business, according to a UC press release.

“I am pleased to establish the Johnson Investment Counsel Institute and Johnson Investment Counsel Investment Lab at the Lindner College of Business and look forward to seeing the impact on UC students — our next business leaders,” Johnson said in the press release.

“Equipping the new building with experiencebased, leading-edge tools helps position the college and university for even greater success,” Johnson said.

The newly named Johnson Investment Counsel Institute will feature top-notch facilities, distinguished faculty, collaboration with industry partners and strong student involvement, according to the press release.

The donation will also support a director for the institute and undergraduate and graduate scholarships.

A main feature of the new institute is a state-of-theart Johnson Investment Counsel Investment Lab, which will be equipped with a simulated “trading floor” where students can hone their skills to innovative hardware and software systems, according to the press release.

The gift also supports a manager to oversee the interactive lab, which will

feature about 30 computer workstations.

“The Johnson Investment Counsel Institute and Johnson Investment Counsel Investment Lab will be leading-edge and serve as critical experiential learning tools to educate and train future business leaders for Cincinnati and beyond,” said David Szymanski, dean of the Lindner College of Business, in the press release.

Christian Vining, a thirdyear finance student in the Lindner College of Business, believes the new facility will have a positive affect on students’ learning experience.

“The new computer labs being installed are a huge plus in the overall development of the College of Business,”Vining said.

“Hopefully the new facility will attract students from other colleges [and universities].”

Fundraising for the new Lindner building has been underway since August 2015, and more than $20 million has been raised for the project, according to the press release.

The family of Carl H. Lindner Jr. and American Financial Group donated $11 million toward the new project in early October.

The new facility will occupy the current site of the Russell C. Meyers Alumni Center and Faculty Club building. Temporary and permanent locations are being considered for the Alumni Association, according to the press release.

October reports suggest UC may potentially use the historic YMCA building on the southern edge of West Campus as the new house for the Alumni Association.

“The new facility should be nothing but a success, as the Lindner College of Business is always trying to improve,”Vining said.

The project is expected to be complete by fall 2019.

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Kiel’s start hurts Tuberville’s job security DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

OPINION

N.C. BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Gunner Kiel (11) runs on to the field for UC’s homecoming game against Eastern Carolina University, Saturday, October 22, 2016. This is Kiel’s first start at quarterback for UC since the 2015 season.

Fans ignited a fire for Cincinnati Bearcat head football coach Tommy Tuberville to lose his job after the team’s 0-3 start in conference play quarterback Gunner Kiel added fuel to it.

In a season where it looked as if Kiel would never get the chance he deserved, he finally did on Saturday as the former five-star recruit took full advantage of his opportunity.

All season long, Tuberville said that he and offensive coordinator Zac Taylor would choose the best quarterback out of three to start for the team sophomore Hayden Moore and redshirt freshman Ross Trail being the other two.

“I know everybody is going to say I told you so, and I’ll take that,”Tuberville said. “I would like for [Kiel] to win the next five [games] so everybody can point at me and say, ‘Why didn’t you play him the first six

games?’ I would love for that to happen.”

The statistics show that it is hard to believe Kiel was never the best on the roster.

In his first start Saturday against East Carolina University, Kiel finished 23 of 40 with 348 passing yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions.

His stat line is head and shoulders better than what the other two quarterbacks has posted this season.

Moore’s best game was against a bad Purdue University team, as he finished 19 of 32 passing with 250 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions. These are still lesser numbers than Kiel.

Putting that game aside, Moore has thrown for only four touchdowns and four interceptions in his three other starts this season.

Taking a look at Trail’s statistics, there is no clear best game for him, as his play has been next to atrocious. He has made two starts, and in those games he threw only one touchdown and five interceptions.

When looking at the Bearcat offense as a whole, they had their best game of the season with Kiel under center.

On the year, Cincinnati is averaging 23 points per game; they beat that mark by eight on Saturday.

A better quarterback also improved the running game.

Prior to Saturday, Cincinnati averaged 157 rushing yards per game. In addition, they are coming off running for only two total yards against the University of Connecticut in their previous game.

Against ECU, Cincinnati ran for 173 yards and both running backs looked dangerous, in comparison to the rest of the season when it has been hard to get them both going at once junior running back Mike Boone finished with 88 yards on 14 carries and fifth-year senior Tion Green had 71 yards on 15 carries.

So now all the questions go back to Tuberville. Why did Kiel not start until the seventh game of the season and if he had, would the team’s record be better than

THE STUDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

4-3?

According to Tuberville, questions about the quarterback situation should be aimed towards Taylor, not him.

“It’s [Taylor’s] offense, he knows what he wants out of it, and his decision was to go with Hayden. Then it was his decision to go with Ross,”Tuberville said in a press conference earlier this month.

However, he does know that fingers will be pointed at him if Kiel continues to find success like they should be since he is the head coach and all.

It is no question Tuberville has handled this situation horribly, as he has directed accountability away from himself and has kept, what looks like now, the best quarterback on the bench all season.

If Kiel does in fact win the next five games, Tuberville’s lack of composure during this quarterback controversy will be highlighted and it will be hard for athletic director Mike to not show Tuberville the door.

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The evolution of whales over time KINSLEY SLIFE | NEWS EDITOR

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The University of Cincinnati hosted Professor Philip Gingerich, a prominent evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan, to speak on the origin of whales in a lecture series.

The lecture, held in McMicken Hall, educated listeners on the way that new fossil discovery links land-mammal ancestors to fully aquatic modern whales, with the discovery that whales did at one point have fully functioning legs.

Gingerich, a professor emeritus of anthropology, environmental sciences, ecology and evolutionary biology, focuses his studies on the rates of evolution, primarily in whales and primates.

Because of a dense and continuous fossil record, mammals are ideal for evolutionary studies,

according to Gingerich.

“I’m interested in understanding how evolution as a process acting on generationto-generation scales of time yields the micro evolutionary and macro evolutionary patterns we observe on longer historical and geological scales of time, ” said Gingerich.

The Wednesday evening lecture was hosted in connection with the UC and Cincinnati Museum Center partnership, which brings semi-permanent museum exhibits to campus. Gingrich’s lecture serves as a precursor to both the upcoming Big Bone Lick and Cincinnati Under the Sea exhibitions.

Gingerich’s field work in Pakistan, Egypt and India led him to the evolutionary understanding of the early Eocene akicetids Himalayacetus and

Pakicetus, or whales living 48 million years ago that lacked specializations for hearing under water; a major topic of discussion during the lecture.

The middle evolutionary stage of whales, or Eocene protocetids Rodhocetus, Artiocetus and Maiacetus, were semiaquatic whales that used legs to propel themselves through water and travel onto land to give birth, according to Gingerich.

These early evolutionary stages then led to the late Eocene basilosaurids Dorudon and Basilosaurus which were fully aquatic whales using their fin to propel through water, eventually leading the biological rise of the modern whale.

Although the evolutionary theory that whales once had legs may not be common knowledge, Nick Waits, a second-year

aerospace engineering student, believes that the information is pertinent to understanding evolution as a whole.

“Up until recently, I hadn’t heard about this particular study though I have been looking over the study of evolution for some time,” said Waits. “I think the value of learning all the different theories about the past is very important.”

Prior to Gingerich’s lecture, Waits had been unaware of the biological evolution of whales.

“I can’t say that I’m terribly surprised though I do have to say it is a different spin on usual evolutionary studies,” said Waits. “There is no definitive answer to explain how everything around us came to be so to be able to learn all views and decide for yourself is invaluable.”

EnableUC prints 3D prosthetic hand for children EMILY STOLTZ | CONTRIBUTOR

A student group at the University of Cincinnati is using 3D printers to create assistive devices for patients in need.

The devices created

by EnableUC are free to patients thanks to a grant from the College of Engineering Alumni Association, which funded the 3D printer and the cost of creating the devices.

Over the last year, EnableUC has gifted 32 devices to patients in the area.

“There’s a need that’s unaddressed and 3D printing can fill that need,” said Jacob Knorr, president of EnableUC and a fifth-year biomedical engineering student.

While the group is looking to expand to address other medical needs, they began their initiative with the primary goal of creating prosthetic hands for pediatric patients in the area.

“Children don’t get prosthetics because they’re too expensive and they grow out of them too quickly,” said Knorr.

While partnering with local physicians and other universities helps to increase the group’s connection with patients in need, word of mouth has played a large role in connecting the group with patients.

This was the case with EnableUC’s secretary, who was integral in connecting the group with T.J. McGinnis, her younger brother’s schoolmate at Rock Hill Middle School and the group’s most recent beneficiary.

When taking a guided

tour of campus with EnableUC’s secretary, McGinnis was particularly interested in the engineering facilities and 3D printer, and was even able to assemble his

assistive device himself.

Convincing insurance companies to cover the cost of prosthetics can prove challenging, creating a need for more affordable alternatives.

“3D printing allows us to do something patient specific but also very cost effective. We can provide a functional hand to a child for less than twenty dollars, whereas the alternative

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EnableUC utilizes 3D printing technologies to create assistive devices for free to patients thanks to a grant from the College of Engineering Alumni Association.

to that would be tens of thousands of dollars,” said Knorr.

In addition, the group has created assistive devices that help patients suffering from arthritis or the effects of traumatic brain injuries.

These devices aim to assist in everyday tasks that some may take for granted, such as holding the phone or drinking independently.

This expansion is due in part to their collaboration with physicians in the area as well as other universities’ occupational therapy programs.

Although they are dedicated to serving those in the Cincinnati area, EnableUC hopes to strengthen ties with more medical institutions in hopes of having an impact on global health, according to Knorr.

The group recognizes that there are areas such as Guatemala or Palestine that are largely medically undeserved, and where 3D printing assistive devices can benefit the community on a larger scale.

Having recently celebrated their one-year anniversary as a student organization, EnableUC has seen a large amount of growth in student participation since its inception.

“Everybody is really passionate about what they do,” said Knorr.

The group is not limited to only biomedical engineering or science related fields of study, but is welcoming to all students of all fields and interests.

“There is always an area in our organization for any student,” says Knorr.

Democratic Socialist Brian Garry runs for Cincy City Council JUSTIN RUETTER | SENIOR REPORTER

Disclaimer: profile not an endorsement.

A self-described Democratic Socialist is running for Cincinnati City Council, and his name is Brian Garry.

Having helped block the creation of two jails in the Cincinnati area, Garry favors the abolition of prisons, as he believes that they do not work to provide people with the tools to break away from criminality, which he views as largely as an outgrowth of poverty.

“The goal of prison is to rehabilitate someone,” said Garry, “And our recidivism rate is not working.”

Recidivism is the rate at which criminals are arrested and returned to prison within five years of being released.

About 77 percent of over 400,000 prisoners released in 2005 were arrested for a new crime within five years, according to a 2014 study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

The data referenced prisoners released from 30 states.

The U.S. needs to reform its system to be more like Norway, according to Garry. Norway currently has a 20 percent rate of recidivism, as well as a much lower rate of incarceration than the U.S.

The Norwegian system helps to provide tools to succeed in the outside world, and people don’t come back, according to Garry.

Garry believes that everyone should be able to be rehabilitated and be able to go back into society, even disgraced former University of Cincinnati Police Department officer Ray Tensing, who was indicted for the shooting of Sam Dubose on July 19, 2015.

“Of course he should be convicted,” said Garry.

“But Ray Tensing was a

product of his environment, like a fish that takes on characteristics of its tank.

This hate some people have is counterproductive. We must be compassionate, not just to Dubose and his family, but also to the perpetrator.”

Garry is also an opponent of a punitive approach to the Ohio Heroin epidemic.

“You can’t just arrest addicts and throw them in jail and expect them to somehow be cured of their disease,” said Garry.

Instead, he favors a treatment-based approach, since addiction is classified

as a mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. When Garry was younger, he had a drug problem himself, and being put in treatment was the spark that he needed to get clean.

“If you are going to get clean, you have to want it.

And not everyone wants it. But it may help them get clean later … I wasn’t ready, I didn’t get clean for a year and a half after [going to treatment],” said Garry.

“But it planted a seed in me. So I ended up a strong

advocate for treatment. Put them in treatment, if they don’t get clean now, they might later.”

Garry was briefly exposed to incarceration when he was arrested for protesting the Iraq War while former President George W. Bush spoke in its support at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Check out the full interview of Brian Garry in On the Record Politics, available for free on YouTube and Soundcloud.

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LIFE & ARTS / 3 CAM explores Van Gogh’s processes, inspirations MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2016

Brewcats: Streetside Brewery tap takeover RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

Cincinnati’s newest brewery, Streetside Brewery, is taking over the taps of Market Wines at Findlay Market with three of their original beers this Thursday.

Featured beers will include Streetside’s Raspberry Beret, Alpha IPA and Super Simple Pale Ale. The Raspberry Beret is a Berliner Weisse brewed with raspberries, which Streetside says can be enjoyed by beer drinkers, cider lovers and wine aficionados alike.

The Alpha IPA is a citrus-y brew with hints of tart Jolly Rancher throughout. Made with Citra and El Dorado Hops, this is an IPA for all the ambitious hop lovers around Cincinnati.

And, the Super Simple Pale Ale is created with Columbus, Centennial and Cascade hops for a floral aroma and flavor, with hints of caramel and malt to even it out.

Streetside Brewery opened in ColumbiaTusculum at the beginning of October, and along with the three brews featured at the Market Wines tap takeover, the brewery has a total of six original craft beers on tap at their storefront: the three previously mentioned, plus an English-style amber Alms Apricot ale, the Imp imperial porter and a honey green tea blonde ale called Tea Bags.

This brewery is a family affair. After graduating from Brewlab in England and Labrewtory in Oregon as well as local Rivertown Brewing

Company, Cincinnatinative Garrett Hickey founded Streetside with his parents, Kathie and Brian. Garrett Hickey and his father have been brewing craft beers in their garage for years and Kathie Hickey is the president of the Columbia-Tusculum Community Council.

“The Hickey family, Streetside Brewery founders and residents of Columbia-Tusculum, strives to provide a downto-earth experience with a selection of exceptional craft beer that’s as diverse, and original, as the community they serve,” according to Streetside’s website.

The Hickey family plans on rolling out a variety of new beers each season and hopes to feature guest breweries on their taps to support Cincinnati’s craft beer scene.

GO: Streetside Brewery Tap Takeover at Marker Wines, 128 W. Elder St., 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday.

GO: Streetside Brewery, 4003 Eastern Ave., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Closed Tuesdays. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sundays.

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Cincinnati’s newest brewery, Streetside Brewery, will be taking over the taps of Market Wines at Findlay Market Oct. 26

RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

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The Cincinnati Art Museum is pairing Van Gogh pieces with postimpressionist masterpieces

The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) is breaking out the big guns from its collection for an exhibit entitled “Van Gogh: Into the Underbrush.”

As the name would suggest, the exhibit is based around Vincent van Gogh’s post-impressionist masterpiece “Underbrush with Two Figures,” in which a man and a woman stand amidst a woodland landscape of thick brush strokes — exemplifying the style of post-impressionism.

The exhibit explores the works of Vincent van Gogh and artists Théodore Rousseau, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin. All of these masterworks are borrowed from around the world from collections at museums in Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Japan. This impressive

collection of celebrated paintings will not be touring, either. So, it can only be seen at CAM. Many of the paintings represent themes of nature, which post-impressionists created as a reaction to the expanding industrialization and urbanization of society.

The exhibit allows viewers to observe Van Gogh’s artwork compared to his contemporaries and inspirations for a wellrounded view of the artist’s mind and process.

Visitors will be able to interactively explore “Underbrush with Two Figures” using Google technology to observe the thick brushstrokes and textures in enlarged detail.

“Visiting this exhibition is like taking a walk in the woods with Van Gogh and fellow artists,” Julie Aronson, Curator of American Painting and Sculpture said in a press release.

“Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Undergrowth with Two Figures’ is widely recognized as one of the great masterpieces of Van Gogh’s late career. It is also a visitor favorite — often the favorite — among the many extraordinary works in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s galleries. This exhibition is a revelation that puts this significant work in the context of the art of its time.”

A display of French Impressionist and PostImpressionist prints from the Cincinnati Art Museum’s collection, including works from Van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and more will also be displayed.

GO: “Van Gogh: Into the Underbrush,” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, through Jan. 11 a.m.5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. $10.

Japp’s hosts Victorian Masquerade RUSSELL HAUSFELD | ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a tight fitting, calf-length waistcoat, some trousers and a doublebreasted vest collecting dust in your closet. Sure, maybe you put it on with your favorite ascot and pose in the mirror sometimes, but now you actually have an excuse to wear it out in public.

Japp’s — arguably the swankiest joint in town — is hosting a Victorian Masquerade Soirée this coming Wednesday.

Not only is everyone going to be decked out in tailcoats, masks and corsets, the spectacular Hollis Bulleit — promoter of Bulleit Bourbon from over the river in Kentucky — will be hanging out in her finest clothes and accoutrements. And, if

you’ve never seen Bulleit before, saying that clothing and accoutrements are kind of her specialty would be a total understatement.

“Hollis is a character; a human cartoon per se. She is quirky, quacky and kind.

Her laugh boomerangs throughout the room. She dresses like a peacock, sometimes literally. She has a penchant for embellished top hats. Needless to say, if she is in your vicinity, you will find her. She is proud to be your spirit animal,” quoth Bulliet’s website.

A menu featuring unique recipes by Bulliet Bourbonslinging “cocktailists” will fuel this ornate extravaganza. And, if you get there early enough (6 p.m. sharp), there will be an “Adult Trick-or-Treat” session featuring bourbon and chocolate pairings led by Bulliet and Japp’s

charismatic owner — who will surely be dressed up, as well — Molly Wellman.

As if the inside of Japp’s wasn’t already perfect for a Victorian masquerade, the incredibly talented ladies at Queen City Vignette will be setting up all of the decor for the evening.

Queen City Vignette is a rental company created by Emma Durham and Amber Zaragoza that specializing in vintage furniture, accessories and oddities.

“Cincinnati Refined” describes them as a “oneof-a-kind, everything-butthe-kitchen-sink furnishing experience that transforms to fit your needs.”

If that isn’t enough, there will also be free tarot readings and fortune telling, complimentary culinary selections from Bottle & Basket and “spooky” tunes.

GO: Japp’s Victorian Soirée with Hollis Bulleit, Japp’s 1879, 1136 Main St., 5 p.m.-9p.m. Wednesday.

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Japp’s is hosting a Victorian Masquerade party Oct. 27, where guests are expected to dress up, wear masks and taste bourbon provided

by Bulliet Bourbon.

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Warriors won’t live up to the hype AMIR SAMARGHANDI | MANAGING EDITOR

OPINION

N.C. BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving (2) attempts to block a shot by Washington point guard John Wall (2) at Value City Arena, Tuesday, October 18, 2016.

If you live by the jump shot, you die by the jump shot.

That’s the axiom among NBA circles for many decades now. But the platitude will get the most rigorous testing it has ever gotten this year from the Golden State Warriors.

The Bay Area-located Warriors went an unprecedented 73-9 last regular season, built largely on the backs of their hawkeyed backcourt of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.

The “Splash Bros.” duo added a lankier, nearly-7foot-tall triplet in superstar Kevin Durant, who is also known for his long-rang marksmanship.

It seems inevitable the association will now succumb to the implacable force of this three-point shooting barrage, but some clichés die hard.

The “Dubs,” as their nickname-for-a-nickname

goes, lifted the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2015 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but a Finals rematch in ’16 went the way of northeastern Ohio.

LeBron James was short two of his top wingmen in Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving in ’15. With a full team in ’16, King James dominated and led the Cavs to an epic, dramatic, Game 7 Finals victory over the vaunted Warriors.

The Warriors had the best record in basketball and lost three consecutive games to win two-straight titles last year. This offseason, they added one of the most talented offensive players in league history, so they should obviously be better, right?

Wrong, actually. The Warriors sacrificed the balanced chemistry that buttressed their supreme shooting in order to break the NBA’s will with their three-balls.

In adding Kevin Durant, they dumped their only registered centers, Andrew

Bogut and Festus Ezeli, making this Warriors team very one dimensional.

There’s never been a truly make-or-miss juggernaut like this.

The mercurial and lowblow-prone Draymond Green will not have his favored “stretch four” position available with Durant assuming the role, so more center for the badly undersized Green will mean teams have easier times getting to the bucket on Golden State.

And let’s remember that other than the ’08 Celtics, no super-team has ever won in their maiden journey, and I wouldn’t even expect the Warriors to emerge from the Western Conference.

Instead, the San Antonio Spurs, led by master tactician Gregg Popovich, will out-scheme and outhustle these over-hyped Warriors and get out of the Western Conference.

In the Eastern Conference, the Cavs should still be cruising,

although the conference has improved.

The New York Knicks added Derek Rose and Joakim Noah, veterans with playoff savvy and toughness. Along with the dynamic Kristaps Porzingis, I’d expect the Knicks to crack the top four out East and perhaps make some playoff noise.

The Indiana Pacers added length and smarts in Al Jefferson, and with star Paul George finally recovered from a gruesome injury, the Pacers will be feisty and earn a three seed.

Al Horford was the second-best free agent available, and his secondbest status will fit perfectly with the bridesmaid-bound Boston Celtics.

Playoff Prediction: The Spurs will take out the Warriors in a Western Conference war that goes seven. Cleveland downs Boston in five before losing to the Spurs in an epic finals that sees LeBron end up 1-3 versus Pop’s Spurs.

Questions for the Bearcats DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

After being eliminated in the second round of the NCAA tournament last year, the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team returns with high expectations.

The squad is ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, their first preseason top-25 ranking since 2012.

The team held their annual Bearcat Madness Red-Black Scrimmage Saturday at Fifth Third Arena, so let’s now take a look at a few questions that will determine whether this team can live up to their billing.

1. Can Troy Caupain lead the offense?

Part of the Bearcats earlyseason struggles on offense last year were caused by a lack of an offensive identity.

Every game, someone different was taking over the scoring role for the team.

That changed later on in the season when guard Troy Caupain stepped up and became the team’s biggest scoring threat.

He averaged 13.0 points per game last year, but averaged nearly 16 during the last 15 games of the year.

Now a senior, he will need to maintain his aggressiveness on offense while becoming more of a leader.

Transfer guard Cain Broome, who will not play this season due to transfer rules, believes Caupain is up to the task.

“He is a great leader on the floor,” Broome said. “He helps everybody else out and I think I can learn a lot from him.”

difference from last year,” Cronin said. “We had multiple guys out there getting assists, not just Troy Caupain.”

3. Who helps Clark down low?

UC lost both of their centers from a year ago, as Octavius Ellis and Coreontae DeBerry graduated.

Junior forward and leading rebounder Gary Clark returns, but will need some help from a new face.

6-foot-9 junior Kyle Washington will step into the starting lineup after sitting out a year following a transfer from North Carolina State University.

Washington averaged 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds his final season in Raleigh, but led all scorers in the RedBlack Scrimmage with 24.

“I just need to keep working hard, and want to be there for my teammates, especially on defense. I need to be solid defensively,”Washington said.

4. What can we expect out of Jarron Cumberland?

This is easily the most hyped player on campus.

Cumberland, the No. 55 player in ESPN’s recruiting rankings, is the highest rated recruit to come to UC since Jermaine Lawrence in 2013.

Despite not playing in the scrimmage, Cronin still

had a lot to say about the freshman guard.

“Jarron can make shots, and he is leading us in fewest turnovers. He is a smart player for a guy his age and he doesn’t try to do too much,” Cronin said.

“He is going to contribute.

Right now, he is probably our best stand-still shooter when he is open.”

5. How deep is this team?

The Bearcats return three starters in Caupain, Clark and sophomore forward Jacob Evans.

However, senior guard Kevin Johnson is the only other returning player who logged over ten minutes per game last year.

After those four, the Bearcats bench will be solely composed of players who have yet to play big minutes in big games.

Cronin believes the bench depth starts with sophomore point guard Justin Jennifer.

“Justin Jennifer, to me, is our most improved player,” Cronin said. “He is really going to help us this year. His understanding of the game is better, his conditioning is better and his defense is exponentially better.”

Cumberland, as well as fellow freshmen Tre Scott and Nysier Brooks and junior Quadri Moore, also factor into the rotation.

2. Can they continue to spread the floor?

Cincinnati jumped from 62 points per game in 201415 to 73 last year.

A big reason for that was the fact that their assists went up from 12 to 15.5 per game.

Both stats were the highest for a Bearcats team under Mick Cronin.

“Our passing was much improved. I think that will probably be the biggest

N.C. BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

UC forward Kyle Washington (24) scores a team high 24 points during the annual Red and Black Scrimmage at Fifth Third Arena, Saturday, October 22, 2016. This will be the first season Washington plays for UC as he transferred N.C. State last season.

N.C. BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Jade Tingelhoff (9) sets the ball against Furman at Fifth Third Arena, Saturday, September 17, 2016.

Tinglehoff sets expectations for other volleyball setters ETHAN RUDD | STAFF REPORTER

In volleyball, few positions are more important than the setter.

Setters touch the ball more than any other player because they are responsible for distributing the ball.

But a setter must also block, serve and play defense because they play the front and back rows on the court. The position is part quarterback and part point guard.

University of Cincinnati head volleyball coach Molly Alvey said a lot of things go into playing the position.

Alvey said a setter who is technically sound has the type of speed and footwork to rally to the ball and change direction.

Intangibly, the position also demands communication and leadership skills because they act as liaisons to their coaches in order to direct a team’s offense.

Cincinnati’s setter is sophomore Jade Tingelhoff, and she displays the traits Alvey describes.

“I tell her she has to be my voice out on the court,” Alvey said. “I can be her eyes on the sidelines, so I can tell her things that open up adjustments that the opponents are making that you can’t always see as a setter.”

Tingelhoff has found success of late, as she was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll Oct. 17.

“Coach always says that I’m the coach out there so I have to take what she gives me and relay it to my team,”Tingelhoff said.

The ability to take risks separates Tingelhoff from other setters.

“I have to find the hot hitter and if the

ball is not in the spot to give the hot hitter the ball then I have to reverse it or do anything I can to get them open,” Tingelhoff said.

Tingelhoff has paced the Bearcats offense this season by averaging 10.31 assists per match set and compiling 701 total assists so far this season.

Those statistics are an indication of Tingelhoff’s skillset.

“Jade has set for so long that her distribution is so clean,” Alvey said. “She has very fast hands and she can set those pretty fast to the pins and she sets a really nice ball — a ball that is easy to hit” However, those same numbers are also indicative of the chemistry Tingelhoff has built with her teammates.

“A good setter gets their players in the right positon. Like today, Jade got me so many splits in the block and that makes it a lot easier because you see more of the court that’s open,” said sophomore hitter Jordan Thompson on Friday after setting a career-high in kills with 29 against the University of Connecticut.

Thompson and Tingelhoff enjoy what they describe as an “extra one-up” because they play on the same club team.

However, Tingelhoff delivers balls to all of her other teammates with just as much ease.

Against Connecticut, Tingelhoff floated balls up behind Thompson as well as other hitters like Ciara Hill and Carly Nolan who loop, curl or charge to meet the ball.

In addition, Tingelhoff even jumped in on block attempts.

High-level plays like that are not the exception for a setter, they are expected.

Washington travels an unusual road to the Bearcats’ ring of honor ETHAN RUDD | STAFF REPORTER

Maybe first impressions can be misleading.

That was certainly the case when University of Cincinnati head football coach Tommy Tuberville met former UC wide receiver Shaq Washington for the first time.

“I met each player and they came in and I introduced myself. He said, ‘Coach, I’m Shaq Washington, can you help me transfer?’ I said ‘Well, son, are you any good?”

Tuberville said.

Tuberville was just beginning his career as a coach at Cincinnati, and Washington was thinking about ending his career at Cincinnati after playing

two seasons in which he caught just six passes total.

That lack of production was frustrating for Washington, who went 24-3 in high school and was a two-time Cleveland Plain Dealer Offensive Player of the Year for Maple Heights.

In Washington, Tuberville recognized an underutilized player.

“We want you to play,” Tuberville told Washington.

“I want to see what you can do.”

The rest is history: Washington would go on to become UC’s all-time career receptions leader by hauling in 240 passes.

He was inducted into the Ring of Honor during the team’s homecoming game

Saturday against East Carolina University.

“He’d catch it every time you threw it. He’d make all of us look like a good quarterback,”Tuberville said.

Against ECU in 2015, Washington set UC’s single-game record for receptions with 15.

The volume of passes Washington caught in his final two seasons as a Bearcat is unparalleled in the 129-year history of UC football.

Washington only dropped three passes on 92 catchable targets his senior year — a season he totaled 88 receptions, according to Pro Football Focus.

At 5-feet-9-inches he

almost exclusively played in the slot, and found success running quick screens and fast routes.

“I can’t believe he’s not playing at the next level.

He hurt his hamstring — kind of slowed him down. He’ll get a shot whether its Canadian ball or professional football,” Tuberville said.

Washington did have a rookie mini-camp tryout with the San Diego Chargers this spring, but failed to make the team.

When Tuberville thinks of Washington he remembers a player who put his head down and committed to a program, even though he was uncertain of his future.

As a result, Washington

eventually became one of the team’s all-time leaders.

Now, Tuberville seems fond of recalling memories of his sure-handed receiver.

“He’s one of the type of

guys we’re missing this year — an older receiver that has leadership qualities on the sideline,” Tuberville said.

AARON DORSTEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Shaq Washington receives the honor of being added to the Ring of Honor at Nippert Stadium during UC’s homecoming game against East Carolina University, Saturday, October 22, 2016. Last season Washington broke the record for the most receptions in UC’s history.