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‘Anne Frank’ comes to life
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Bearcats look to bounce back after consecutive losses
THE NEWS RECORD / UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 2016
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UC above national average for binge drinking LAUREN MORETTO | NEWS EDITOR
A survey into the drinking habits of University of Cincinnati students shows a 27 percent higher bingedrinking rate than the national average. The News Record conducted a non-scientific survey over social media to get a look at the drinking habits of 73 students on campus. Around 60.2 percent said they drink up to twice a week. Nationally, the level of binge drinking among college students in 2015 was 32 percent, according to Monitoring the Future, a national survey result on drug use released in July. In comparison, 58.9 percent of the UC students said they engage in binge drinking. Binge drinking can be described as consuming excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time — this typically occurs after 4 drinks for females and 5 drinks for men in a SEE DRINKING PG 2
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Clifton crime down by 47 percent
UCPD data says part I crime at its lowest since 2001 KINSLEY SLIFE | NEWS EDITOR
Crime in Clifton Heights is at its lowest since 2001, with crime down by 47 percent. The nearly 50 percent reduction is in regards to part 1 crimes, which include criminal homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, auto theft and arson. In order to examine trends in Clifton crime statistics, the University of Cincinnati Police Department categorized part 1 crimes as either violent crimes or property crimes, showing the most drastic reduction in violent part 1 crimes with a drop of 62.2 percent. UCPD actively patrols the 1.5-mile circumference around campus, using only reports from this region in their compiled crime statistics. In the last five years, UC Public Safety has heightened
its efforts to increase safety in the Clifton Heights area. Public Safety has taken a holistic approach to enhancing safety around campus by focusing on lighting, tree trimming, the institution of surveillance cameras and safety awareness education, according to James Whalen, director of Public Safety. “We also have as many as 10 to 14 officers on duty patrolling at once during the busy hours,” Whalen said. He attributes much of the reduction in part I crimes to these increased holistic efforts. “A few years ago, we were averaging a robbery in our halfmile perimeter around campus, almost one every other day,” Whalen said. “Now, we’ve gone entire 30 day periods without a robbery in our circumference around campus.”
Whalen says that UCPD’s focus is on crime prevention efforts, which stems from studying trends in crime spikes. “We see every year that we get a little spike because the students came back, and so the crime increases,” he said. “It goes down when students go away for the summer.” Students are also feeling increasingly safer on campus. Michael Slater, a second-year business finance student, has noticed an increase in patrols around Clifton and feels completely safe in and around his residence off of Clifton Ave. “When I first moved down here, I was totally skeptical about danger in Clifton but after three months in my house without any scares, I think it’s very safe,” Slater said. Slater and his peers feel comfortable enough to walk alone
at night if they have to, but still take safety precautions such as walking without headphones and staying off of their cell phones. Other students admit to feeling unsafe in Clifton alone, but feel entirely safe in large groups. On the other hand, feeling safe in urban environments may even be partially attributed to a student’s prior living circumstances. Elijah King is a first-year musical theatre student from Washington D.C. and said he feels generally safe in the Queen City because of his prior urban experience. “I think the students that are used to environments like this feel more comfortable here,” said King. “But if you come from an area where you haven’t experienced crime or an area that isn’t very urban, you’re probably more afraid of Clifton.”
Bearcats offense, rush improves vs. Purdue;
upcoming game with Houston a test DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR
N.C. BROWN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Bearcats take down the Purdue Boilermakers 38-20 at Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday September 10, 2016. UC will take on No. 6 Houston at Nippert Stadium this upcoming Thursday September 15, 2016.
The Cincinnati Bearcat men’s football team displayed a better running game as part of an overall improved offense in their 38-20 victory over the Purdue University Boilermakers Saturday. UC’s overall performance was better than their prior game when they defeated the University of Tennessee at Martin 28-7. So where did the Bearcats improve? Cincinnati’s offense was better in nearly every facet of their game. One of their key improvement was their running game, an area they plan to focus on this season. Against UT Martin, the Bearcats ran for 140 yards; they nearly doubled that on Saturday running for 262 total yards. UC head coach Tommy Tuberville attributed the improvement in the running game to the stellar play of the offensive line. “I’m proud of the offensive line, when you rush for 200 yards against a Big 10
defensive front, that says something to me,”Tuberville said. Cincinnati’s running yardage was distributed evenly among four different guys. Junior running back Mike Boone ran for 78 yards on 18 carries, redshirt senior running back Tion Green ran for 54 yards on 16 carries, sophomore quarterback Hayden Moore had 62 yards on eight carries and sophomore wide receiver Kahlil Lewis had 79 yards on one rush alone. Another area the Bearcat offense improved was turnovers. In their previous game Cincinnati had three turnovers two fumbles from Green and Moore and an interception from Moore. Against Purdue the Bearcats did not turn the ball over once. UC’s defense also excelled in the turnover department. They forced the Boilermakers’ sophomore quarterback David Blough into five interceptions.
This was compared to only forcing three the week prior. “We created turnovers, which was a huge key,” Tuberville said. “Five turnovers to no turnovers. We were in the plus five [turnover] column, which we’re going to need to be to continue to have success.” In addition to his lack of turnovers, Moore had better overall play at the quarterback position. Despite having 10 less yards and his completion percentage being down two percent, Moore scored five overall touchdowns on the Boilermakers ― three passing and two rushing ― compared to only two passing scores last week. “He managed the offense, he threw it to the right person,”Tuberville said. “He threw the ball well, I thought the protection was well. It was just a fun game to watch him because he managed it, he managed the clock and got us in the right place. Sometimes we would run a play call, he would check it off, threw
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an out route and completed that. He’s growing up, he’s getting better and better.” Looking forward, Cincinnati has arguably their biggest game of the season Thursday. They play conference rival and the No. 6 team in the nation, the University of Houston Cougars. The Cougars beat the No. 3 Oklahoma University Sooners in their first game 33-23 and defeated Lamar University Saturday 42-0. “We got a top four or five team coming in that’s on a roll and they got us last year at their place,”Tuberville said. “It’ll be home field advantage for us, we’ll have a great game plan that we’ve been working on ever since the summer.” Cincinnati lost to Houston 33-30 last season as they allowed Cougars quarterback Greg Ward Jr. to run for 119 yards on 16 carries. The Bearcats and Cougars kickoff is in Nippert Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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