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wednesday , april 28, 2010 delbert williams Blues player fuels his music with raw, personal emotions. page 3
war versus peace Aid for ROTC students raises question of aid for peacemakers. page 4
crosstown hardball Xavier takes game one 10-4, rematch set for Wednesday night. page 6
Darwinist defends atheist educators gin a. ando the news record
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heretic of heretics Michael Ruse hopes to somehow reconcile faith and science — which has both sides incensed.
In more than 40 years of writing books on evolution, Darwinist Michael Ruse has ruffled some feathers. Ruse, who is currently a professor of history and philosophy at Florida State University, made a stop at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday, April 27, to explain his unique view about atheism, evolution and religion — something that puts him in the crosshairs of both creationists and evolutionists alike. Ruse’s presentation, “Biology in the classroom: Should atheists be allowed to teach?” laid out his ideal situation: a
separation of science and faith. If achieved, it would not only rid some hostilities among influential scientists and religious figures. “I believe it is possible to reconcile religion with Darwinism,” Ruse said. “I’m not saying you should be Darwinian and I’m certainly not saying you should be Christian.” Although Ruse is an outspoken “skeptic” when it comes to religion, Richard Dawkins — a University of Oxford professor and poster child of publicly professed atheism — claimed Ruse’s outlook makes him comparable to Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who signed a treaty with Adolf Hitler in an effort to avoid conflict.
Science and faith in themselves have been lumped together to the point in which both are classified as a religion — which undermines what science does, Ruse said. “What I find fascinating is either side’s unwillingness to look [at each other’s arguments] for five minutes,” he said. “I don’t think the conflict between science and religion is a God-given thing.” Ruse also explained how the Scopes Trial, which gained fame for its implications on the origin of humankind, was more so about the social strata in the South as opposed to whether or not creationism, intelligent design or evolution should be taught to students. see atheist | page 2
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briefs the greek divide when:
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MainStreet Cinema
The first in a two-part series hosted by the United Black Student Association. A panel of black Greek members will answer questions and address concerns from the student body regarding the history, direction and future of black Greeks. For more information, call Anjylla Foster at 513-556-1177 or through e-mail at fosteray@mail.uc.edu.
pac spring concert featuring ludacris when:
8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 1
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Fifth Third Arena
Platinum recording artist Ludacris brings his southernflavored rhymes to Cincinnati as the headliner for PAC’s annual spring concert. Students must have a ticket and student ID to enter the show. Opening the show will be Warped Tour veteran and Canadian hip-hop group Down with Webster.
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rounding turn three The Seventh Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race took place on Sunday, April 26. The race took its “drivers” down Cliff Drive behind the Krohn Conservatory at Eden Park.
Streetcar benefits scrutinized
texas hold ’em tournament when:
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, April 30
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Tangeman University Center Catskeller
Local businesses unsure about economic boom chelsey billock the news record
Adjust your visors, flip down your sunglasses and put on your best poker face as UC’s finest gamblers square off in a Texas Hold ’Em poker tournament. Entry to the tournament is free, and prizes are awarded to the top finishers. For more information contact Ebahi Ejerekhile at 513-556-6115 or e-mail ejerekem@mail.uc.edu. anna bentley | the News Record
give me another David Rinderle, general manager at Mac’s, is ambivalent toward the streetcar.
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“It can help or hurt,” said Travis Brinkman, owner of Chicago Gyro. “It can take people that are usually here downtown, or it can take people from downtown here.” Brinkman is hoping for the latter — that it brings individuals living downtown to Clifton. John-Michael Boggs, a manager at Christy’s Bier Garten on West McMillan Street, feels the location of the streetcar stop will play a large role in the amount of patrons it receives. “Quite possibly the closer you are to the stop the more of an advantage you have,” Boggs said. see streetcar | page 2
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With proponents of the streetcar hailing the start of construction as an economic boost, local businesses are seeing it as both a blessing and a curse. A vote by Cincinnati’s city council Monday, April 19, allotted the project $2.6 million and allowed planners to tack 2020 as a year in which the system will be largely complete. The proprietors of Clifton Heights businesses Mac’s Pizza Pub, Chicago Gyro and Christy’s and Lenhardt’s are undecided on how it will affect them.
“I believe it will definitely help,” said David Rinderle, general manager of Mac’s. “Whether or not it helps Mac’s directly is unknown.” The majority of patrons to Mac’s are University of Cincinnati students that might find other places to go because of the streetcar, Rinderle said. “I think it will negatively affect us because they can go other places, including downtown, and be able to drink because they do not have to drive,” Rinderle said. Those same patrons, however, might also bring others to Clifton to what local fair it has to offer, Rinderle said. Other local business owners share these ideas.
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Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, analyzed the current state of U.S.-Israeli relations to University of Cincinnati students Tuesday, April 27. Hoffman attempted to shed light on the behind the scenes thought processes and decision making of the major players in present-day relations between the long time allies. Hoffman, who grew up in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University, now lives in Israel and focuses on internal Israeli politics. He said he is optimistic about the current state of the country. “Israelis are more united than I’ve seen in a while,” he said. He gave some credit for these sentiments to current Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for leading and maintaining a broad coalition within the Israeli political world, shepherding a group that includes all parties except those on the extremes of the far left and the far right wings. Though Hoffman praised Netanyahu for unifying Israelis, he said Netanyahu, who was also Prime Minister in the late ’90s before losing power to Ehud Barak, has a messiah complex. “He believes he came back to power to save the Jewish people,” Hoffman said. Netanyahu is limited in his broad view of policy and relations, and that he only views success and failure and optimism and pessimism, through the prism of Iran, Hoffman said. Despite mild sanctions and immense international pressure to stop its march towards acquiring nuclear weapons, Iran’s leader, Mahmoud
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Ahmadinejad has not slowed its nuclear development efforts. President Barack Obama’s CIA director, Leon Panetta, visited with Netanyahu a few months into the administration and said that Iran was not a “major priority” for the United States. Netanyahu was troubled by this and immediately pushed Obama for a deadline and managed to get the United States to “reassess” its position on Iran, Hoffman said. The move resulted in the United States veering from a carrot on a stick policy with the Iranian government and deepened a rift between Obama and Netanyahu, despite Israel having a good relationship with the United States. “The dispute between the two of them is not shallow,” Hoffman said. “Both think the other is making huge mistakes.” see Hoffman | page 2
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mediator between nations Gil Hoffman, a journalist working in Gaza, speaks with the UC community.
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In the sixth grade, his father gave him a guitar and Williams taught himself how to play “Batman.” “The girls stood around, their eyes lit up and they were amazed, so that started me being like ‘Hey, this works,’” Williams said. After high school, Williams spent two years in Los Angeles trying to make it on the R&B circuit, but realized he was a small fish in a big sea due to the competitive industry. Williams plays the piano, bass, drums, guitar and French horn. As a one-man show, he uses a “loop station” — a device letting him play over music he recorded at home, allowing him to ad-lib a lead, sing a solo or add unique parts to performances. He created a Christmas CD for promotional work, but currently has
new material ready to be recorded for a new compilation. The people around him can feel his dedication to music. “He’s a very warm and passionate individual,” Croley said. “He’s very positive also, he just plays for the love of the music, and there are a lot of musicians who do it for the money.” “I don’t wanna be a star or anything, that’s for the young folks. I’m happy. I’m at peace. I say life has a plan for every man, for every person,” Williams said. “The blues is a twosided coin: you can have the blues but not live the blues. I can wake up every day and think of something bluesy, but my mama said, ‘Everybody’s gonna have the blues sometime, but it’s how you handle it.’”
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Hoffman emphasized that, despite these conflicts, this is not a dispute between the people of Israel and the United States and that the vast majority of Israelis want Obama to succeed. Hoffman believes the prime minister, and suggested that the U.S. may have been looking for a fight, something a 45-minute phone call between Netanyahu and an angry Secretary of State Hilary Clinton lends credibility to. There was another surprise for Netanyahu and this time it was the Americans making an unexpected move. Obama unexpectedly reversed certain American stances on Israeli settlements long held by both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. This was a testament to Obama’s viewpoint and outlook on the world. “Obama divides the world up differently than Bush or Clinton,” Hoffman said. Where Bush drew clear lines between good and bad (the “axis of evil”), Obama draws vague and occasionally transitioning
lines between victims and victimizers and Hoffman believes Obama places Israel in the victimizer category. Obama wants peace and security for Israel but he has been making decisions in the best interest of America, including making a conscious effort to reach out and set a new tone with the Islamic Middle East at the expense of a certain degree of trust with Israel, Hoffman said. Hoffman contends that this has created an interesting and unique situation in Middle East politics. The Palestinians have taken a step back from the peace process because they see opportunities for Israeli concessions; the Americans have taken a step back because they have other priorities but the Israelis have been going “full-speed” ahead. Hoffman also puts a lot of blame on Russia and China for complicating the process and not supporting serious sanctions against Iran, but that he and others hope for progress. “Some Israelis believe this time is the right recipe for peace,” he said.
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ahead of some hitters and wasn’t able to finish them off.” “We’ve pitched it pretty well most of the season, today obviously wasn’t out best effort. We weren’t able to stop the bleeding.” The Musketeers went on to score four more runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a two-RBI triple from Drew Schmidt. Junior centerfielder John McCambridge had a perfect day at the plate, going
5 for 5 with one RBI, two runs and two stolen bases. The Bearcats return home Wednesday, April 28, where they will close out their home-and-home series at 6:30 p.m., at Marge Schott Stadium. “The Xavier series is important,” Cleary said. “It’s important to our program, it’s important to our university and it’s important to our fans. We have to find a way to get a split.”
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In a classroom environment, Darwinism might be being misconstrued. Darwinism has been and still is being used as a metaphor for social issues, Ruse said. “I don’t think Darwinism implies atheism,” he said. “We’ve got a historical conflict.”
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One of the proposed streetcar stops will be at the intersection of Calhoun and Vine streets, four blocks from Christy’s, according to city plans. “It would give us an advantage because it is in walking distance from the stop,” Boggs said. People will be less likely to walk to the Gaslight district from that stop and more likely to stay in Clifton Heights, Rinderle said. “It would definitely help [Mac’s] compared to Arlin’s Bar and Restaurant on Ludlow,” Rinderle said. While unsure the streetcar
will help their business, the proprietors say it will energize downtown. “It will help downtown,” Rinderle said. “Main Street might come up again, especially with the new casino being built.” Despite the businesses facing problems with the economy, they are hoping not to raise their prices to follow suit with the economic times. “By the time the streetcar gets into place, say in 10 years, I hope that other things will have changed and we aren’t still waiting for the streetcar to save us,” Brinkman said.
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Note from the editor: Staff ed typo alters meaning of op-ed piece There’s been interesting response to last week’s staff editorial “Marginalizing fellow students uncalled for.” Comments on the online version of the editorial are on both sides of the fence – some say good riddance to the Center for Access and Transition, one former CAT student is thankful the program was there when they needed it. It was brought my attention, Tuesday, April 27, that the last sentence of the editorial left several students feeling disappointed or unsure of The News Record’s intentions. The sentence reads: “To ignore their contributions and to
marginalize any student does make us Proudly Cincinnati.” The sentence should have stated that marginalizing any student does not make us Proudly Cincinnati. I hope the overall sentiment of the article was not lost on the typo. We have already corrected the online version and will allow this note to serve as a printed correction. The News Record regrets the error. Taylor Dungjen Editor-in-Chief
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here’s “blues” and then there’s the blues. Blues come when it starts raining. The blues come when an entire ocean starts pouring down on your head. Carly Tamborski the news record
Delbert Williams has the blues. Using previous heartbreaks, uncertain financial times and periods of struggle as fuel, he creates soulful performances when he croons late at night in The Blue Wisp Jazz Club. He’s reminiscent of the southern blues players of yester-year, acting out songs emotionally. His deep, raspy voice belts out a line, he grabs the microphone, rocks back and forth and sways his head from side to side to the beat of “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding. He cradles his guitar, plucking each string with emphasis, grabs his heart with his head tilted to the ceiling, eyes closed. The 54-year-old Walnut Hills native performs full-time since retiring from General Electric and was invited to play at the club when the owner discovered him playing in Findlay Market a few months ago. Williams says blues has always been in his blood and wasn’t something that could be taught. “I guess you could say it was my lifestyle. The spirit of the blues was all around me, because I lived a little bit of it — you know what I’m saying,” Williams said. “You find yourself with low education and mediocre jobs, and the level of what you’re livin’ in is kinda bluesy, but it’s wonderful when it’s expressed.” In Williams’ experience, the blues start between a man and a woman. “One time, I can remember a woman sayin’, ‘You don’t have enough money for me,’” Williams said. “Imagine that. That’s the blues. You know, there’s nothing wrong with women wanting to be taken care of, but later in life I found myself sayin’, ‘How come you don’t care about me?’ It’s wonderful to just look somebody in the eye and say, ‘I just love you, you know … you.’ ” The blues can also stem from unavoidable financial troubles. “Another thing is when you want that automobile — or you want some of the things to be taken care of in your life like the home — the finances start comin’ into play and you start seein’ the romance dies a little bit,” Williams said. “You’d be surprised how much of a headache a transmission goin’ out in a car would be in a relationship. That’s the blues.” The Blue Wisp, a historic establishment, has been operating for more than 30 years and is one of the premier jazz clubs in the country. It’s also branched out to incorporate Latin music, big band, karaoke and blues — which people come from across the city to hear. “People like to feel other peoples’ pain when they don’t really know how to express it themselves,” Williams said. “But they like
to hear other people express their feelings for them, you know.” “I think the owner likes to have a little variety,” said Phil DeGreg, CollegeConservatory of Music professor of jazz studies who plays at The Blue Wisp. “I like Delbert, I think he’s a good musician. Blues is a very soulful, earthy, music. It’s one of the important roots of jazz, and the primary root of all rock and roll — there’d be no rock music if it weren’t for the blues. The soulful nature of blues music gives it a universal appeal.” Williams is dapper in a black suit, bowling ball hat with feathers on the side, black, shined shoes tapping and an American flag pin. Williams adds local flavor to classic songs. Delbert McClinton’s “Going Back to Louisiana” became “Back to Cincinnati” with lyrics like: “They say she stayed in Newport, but then she moved. Someone said they saw her by the … Cincinnati Zoo. I’m gonna look “People like to feel other her up, if you know peoples’ pain when what I mean, if I they don’t know how to have to go as far as … well, I hope she express it themselves.” ain’t on Vine Street —delbert williams you see.” He’s still in search of that Cincinnati girl. “His music is very sincere,” said Brittany Croley, a Blue Wisp employee and jazz enthusiast. “He definitely connects with the audience, and a lot of musicians nowadays forget that. He feeds off their energy and his music is very raw and real. He’s a great singer and player.” Beads of sweat dotting his face reveal his passion. It’s 2 a.m., and the audience has dwindled, but he still performs for a full house, inviting an audience member to play the harmonica with him. Williams has a connection to the history of blues. “Blues … boy … blues started in the South, from black folks really; but the original product comes from out of New Orleans and Delta,” Williams said. “It came from people like Son House, who was a minister but survived a little by making a few coins playing his guitar, and he turned out being one of the No. 1 bluesmen. The blues is a poor man’s way of expressing himself on an instrument.” Growing up, Williams listened to pop music with his father and R&B music with his mother, “the R&B lady.” see delbert | page 2
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Reality check: writing my own citation My friends, please forgive me, for I have sinned. Consider this my confession. One week ago, thanks to my friend Jillian Strunk, a third-year international affairs student, I became the proud owner of a pad of fashion citations. The citations list 25 “don’ts” and one blank to assign your own faux pas. Among the listed crimes against fashion are grievances I would never dream of committing — excessive denim, leather issues, socks with sandals and camel toe. There are, though, times I have faltered. Knee socks with skirts: This happened once. It was Halloween. I was Pippie Longstockings. I have the pictures to prove it. (Since I’m purging myself of my fashion sins, I might as well do it right. Want to see the picture? Check out the online version of this article on newsrecord.org. Sigh.) High-waisted pants: I used to have a pair of high-waisted jeans I wore on a pretty regular basis. I’m not sure I’m convinced — despite their appearance on the list — that I was in the wrong. They were not pants that I wore Steve Urkel-style, but they were at least one inch above my belly button. Did I miss a memo somewhere down the line or are my pants still OK? Holiday sweater: Is this only all right when you know it’s tacky and ugly? Or does that make it worse? I’ve gone out of my way a few times to find and wear ugly holiday — namely Christmas — sweaters. I guess it’s time to pack them up and ship them out. (Minus the kind of cute and quirky green polar bear sweatshirt I bought for $1 at a thrift store. My mom already took the liberty of tossing that out while I was in Oregon this summer. My boyfriend Richie applauded her. I’m still not over it.) Pattern on pattern: This goes against almost everything I’ve believed in. I mean, I just wrote a column about mixing patterns for Lee Magazine. Sure, there’s a right way, a wrong way and the “Oh dear God, no!” way. I hope I’ve never slipped into the lowest rung of pattern mixing. Stains and/or wrinkles: It pains and embarrasses me to relive this. I thought Richie would be the only person to ever know about it, but, I must be 100 percent honest and tell all. During spring break, Richie and I went on a very informal visit to a weekly newspaper in a small town on the Ohio River. Richie goes to the University of Akron and was in class that day so, once he was finished, he and I hit the highway — but not before making a pit stop at Wendy’s. It was hot. A Frosty sounded really, really good. Somewhere along southbound 77 the Frosty fell off my spoon and right on to my new white T-shirt. When we got to the newsroom, the operations manager said, “I wore my good tie for you guys!” I said, “I wore this Frosty on my T-shirt for you guys.” (His wife was also joining us for the talks and dinner.) He didn’t respond. I tell myself he didn’t hear me. Richie was the only one who openly acknowledged the stain or the comment. Later that week, en route to another job interview, I didn’t stop for a Frosty. Suntan pantyhose: Sigh. I’ll blame my mom for this one. When I first started to have to wear pantyhose for work, Mom suggested I wear suntan pantyhose. Why? Because with nude hose, you can tell just how pale my legs really are. That, in itself, isn’t something I’m ashamed of or worried about, but when I’m outside and the sun hits my legs, they literally glow. So I guess I’ll write myself a citation. But, that’s only two of about 50 gone from the pack. (I gave one to former news editor Amanda Woodruff for wearing leggings as pants.) You might just be next. Know someone who might be in need of a fashion citation? Think you might deserve one for yourself? Let Taylor know by sending an e-mail to thefashiondungjen@gmail.com.
ROTC admirable, but what about training, resources for peace? maria bergh
They lounge in the halls of McMicken. They stroll out of the garage at Dennis Street. They swarm the track and the sidewalk, jogging in loose formation. They are not just students. They are, on one level, uniforms. On another level, they are very real people. They are students and soldiers. They are too busy to change out of uniform, or just proud of their position. They are grateful for the opportunity and desperate for the financial aid. They are just like you and me. They are the University of Cincinnati ROTC. The Reserve Officer Training Corps has an incredible ethic: “I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.” The military connotations aside, imagine if everyone in our society lived by this code. Consider rephrasing it for the rest of us: “I strive to accomplish my dreams, never accepting the possibility of failure or the temptation to do so at the cost of someone else’s future.” Just think of all the things that would exclude: extractive mining, torture, sweatshops, abuse of immigrants, abortion, unfair labor practices and war. Yes, war. What is war but putting our ideological mission above the personal mission that everyone
has to survive? What is war but refusing to accept the partial defeat of compromise, refusing to see the horror and quit? What is war but seeing a fallen comrade and walking away because their uniform (and thus, their right to life) doesn’t match ours? Students enter the military and ROTC for any number of reasons. Most of them are incredibly honorable. They have such a desire to serve the country, to get an education, to challenge themselves; it makes all the sense in the world to pursue this opportunity. I applaud them in their discipline, in their courage, in their strength. They are, and will become, the citizens that this country will not be able to survive without. But as I sit waiting for a class, seeing uniformed soldiers pass me, or as I walk to my gate in an airport passing groups of soldiers (or a lone officer) back to the mission, I shiver just a little bit. As I run in the Recreation Center and hear the echoes and reechoes of chanting that goes with parts of the ROTC workout, I am chilled. Not by the enthusiasm and awe I have for the discipline and honor of these students, but instead for the militaristic mentality that takes many voices and makes them one, unquestioning force at the disposal of our collective ego. These are friendly troops; in some cases, outright friends that happen to be troops. But they are also an occupying force. I can’t imagine the terror if,
instead of occupying my campus as students, they occupied another country, among the people as a sign of outside power with the authority to enforce their security with the lives of neighbors. Certainly there are strikes we make and strikes we don’t, as a highly trained and intelligent military power. But the ultimate mission is the same: to ensure our rights and privileges at the cost of another’s, more often on their home soil than ours. Can we not find solutions that honor our comrades better? Can we not give students scholarships that support all those other branches of the government that need more help, like MediCare or MedicAid, Social Security, HUD, USDA or maybe even the State Department, pursuing diplomacy? Could we not train students from their earliest college days, grooming them to be community organizers, medics, peacekeepers and Peace Corps members? Could we not concentrate our resources into supporting what we admire and see as promising in other nations, rather than squashing what we find scary or objectionable? Could we give them the opportunity to invent themselves, as we ourselves did? Could we not save some of the billions of dollars of war spending for those struggling with the war on poverty, addiction, debt and illness? Can you imagine a world of peace?
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Smoking opinion smoulders, SG should endorse ban Dear Editor,
Mr. James Sprague argues in the April 21 issue of The News Record that the topic of banning smoking on campus should be put aside due to other “pressing issues” facing the University of Cincinnati. President Williams and I have four children. They never got to know their wonderful grandparents who all died premature and painful deaths from smoking. Now that we know the dangers that everyone faces from smoking and second hand smoke, it is not obvious to this layperson what “bigger issues” Student Government has to “fry” other than creating a smoke-free campus.
correction: In the Monday, April 19, edition of The News Record, the women in the “Pyramid of Champions” photo were inaccurately identified. They are members of the Kappa Delta sorority, not Kappa Kappa Gamma as was originally reported. The Kappa Delta sorority was also misidentified as Kappa Kappa Gamma in the online Greek Week photo slideshow in two different photographs. The News Record regrets the errors. Corrections and clarifications should be submitted to chief.newsrecord@gmail.com
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UC should add, not ax, language programs Dear Editor, The upcoming year is my final year in the German studies department and, before I graduate, I had a goal of taking Portuguese. To my dismay it isn’t being offered, so my chance of a lifetime is no longer possible because the current instructor is leaving to head back to Portugal. It will no longer be a class because of lack of recruitment. The worst thing we, as a university, can do is get rid of languages in our globalized world. As a country we are becoming more and more aware of how important languages are to be
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able to compete internationally. The University of Cincinnati is benefited greatly by its diversity of languages and, in the past, we have lost Swedish and Hindi, which could make our university a second choice for future scholars. One has to wonder what can be done in order to make them more qualified than their colleagues. Many have chosen this university because the education one receives will prepare them for a successful future. A colleague with superb language skills is likely to be a first choice for future employers. Today’s employer is searching for someone who can add to its company globally and Editor-in-Chief taylor dungjen Managing Editor ariel cheung Business & Advertising Manager thomas amberg Director of Student Media Len Penix
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Expansion could leave UC out of BCS
When college football conference realignment happens, the University of Cincinnati could be in deep trouble. We’ll have no one but the Big Ten to thank. The Big Ten wants to add up to five new teams to create the Bigger 16 With Tons and Tons of Money; we’ll just call it the Bigger 16 for short. Among the Big Ten’s target schools are likely Rutgers, Pittsburgh and Syracuse, but Connecticut and Missouri are looking like reasonable candidates as well. And of course, every conference in America would jump at the chance to add Notre Dame, but that probably isn’t going to happen. But going after the previous five schools could be a very serious reality for the Big Ten. Rutgers and Syracuse would put the Bigger 16 in the New York and New Jersey markets, equaling major dollars for the conference. Pitt is already in Big Ten territory and Connecticut’s basketball teams alone are pretty good at generating money. Missouri has already shown interest in joining the Big Ten and the school would be a good way for the conference to expand its boundaries westward, but not too far from home. When the Big Ten comes calling for Rutgers, Pitt, Syracuse and UConn, the schools will have no choice but to jump ship. No athletic director and university president are going to turn down the dollars the Big Ten can afford to offer. The Big Ten Network and the conference’s other television deals pay members nearly triple what the Big East can offer. So what’s the Big East to do? Some say the Fighting Irish could still have a big role to play in all of this, but it would require a risky move on behalf of the Big East. The argument is if the Big East forces Notre Dame — who is in the Big East for all sports except football — out of the conference, the Irish will be left without a home and the Big Ten will be waiting with open arms. The Big East’s hope would be that the Big Ten would then be happy with its one-team expansion and leave the Big East alone. But it’s a dicey move. What if the Big East gives Notre Dame the boot and they join the Big Ten, but the conference wants more? Then they still take Rutgers, Pitt, Syracuse and UConn and the Big East is in even worse shape. So, four members short, what does the Big East do next? Find replacement teams? Give Memphis and Central Florida a call? Ask Villanova and Georgetown to move their football teams up to the DI ranks? Filling the conference with sub-par teams is not the answer. The Big East already gets a bad rap for being a weak conference. Adding new, small schools to fill the gaps left by major players will only make the Big East seem weaker. That’s not what the conference wants and it definitely isn’t what Louisville and West Virginia would want. The Cardinals have a revenue-generating program with first-class facilities and their already existing rivalry with Kentucky would make the Southeastern Conference the perfect destination for Louisville. And West Virginia, with its large fan base and eastern location, would be a perfect candidate for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Those two schools would much rather join the SEC and ACC instead of hanging around in a watered-down Big East. So where does that leave Cincinnati and South Florida? South Florida, I’m sorry, I love you, but no other major conference would even consider picking you up. Skip Holtz, I know you just took the job at USF, but it looks like you could soon be headed back to Conference USA. Cincinnati on the other hand has hope — a small, yet shining, glimmer of hope. Butch Jones, I know it’s your first year on the job, but the university is going to need you to go undefeated this season and sell out all your home games if it wants to remain a BCS program. If the Bearcats can finish inside the top-10 in the final polls this season, sell out all their home games and show the ACC serious plans for the future expansion of Nippert Stadium, the conference might ask Cincinnati to join its party. Otherwise, the Bearcats will find themselves stuck back in Conference USA.
Crosstown beatdown
Eamon Queeney | the news record
Battle of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati baseball team fell below .500 (19-20) after its 10-4 loss to Xavier University Tuesday, April 27.
McCambridge goes 5 for 5, Muskies win home-and-home opener peter marx the news record
Two four-run innings propelled Xavier to a 10–4 win against crosstown rival Cincinnati, Tuesday, April 27, at Hayden Field. The Bearcats (19–20, 5–10 Big East) have lost six of their last seven games and are struggling to put runs on the board. Cincinnati has been outscored 40–20 over that stretch of games. UC head coach Brian Cleary wasn’t pleased with his team’s effort Tuesday and he explained that to them after the game. “I just tried to remind them that it takes a good effort every day,” Cleary said. “I didn’t think in a
enough areas of the game we got a good enough effort from the guys.” Cincinnati scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning, taking a 3-2 lead, but only scored one run the rest of the way. T.J. Jones led off the fourth, doubling to right field and scored XA V IER after Kendal Coleman singled to center. Jimmy Jacquot, who leads the team with seven home runs this CINCY season, hit a two-run blast to left field, which gave Cincinnati its only lead of the game.
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But in the bottom of the fifth inning, Xavier started to pull away. Cincinnati committed an error with only one out remaining in the inning, which led to five-straight Musketeer hits. Xavier scored four runs in the inning and led 6-3. Freshman right-handed pitcher Zach Isler started for the Bearcats and pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up eight hits, two walks and two strikeouts. “I though [Isler’s] mistakes were kind of typical freshman mistakes and I can live with them,” Cleary said. “I do like the way he competes and I thought he did a good job. He got ahead of some see Beatdown | page 2
Big Ten mum on expansion details Teddy greenstein chicago tribune
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Some of Jim Delany’s fellow conference commissioners joked about attending his Wednesday briefing with reporters. They’re eager to find out how the Big Ten’s plans for expansion will affect the landscape of college football. Delany’s message to them: Don’t hold your breath. The Big Ten commissioner, taking a break from his self-imposed “silent phase,” said expansion remains on the deliberate path the conference laid out in December. “Whether it takes six months, 12 months or 18 months, hopefully we’ll do it in a way that feels comfortable,” Delany said. “You’re not
trying to find somebody you want to spend a year with. You’re trying to find out who you are going to be [with] for the next 25-50 years.” Some officials at the Bowl Championship Series meetings remain skeptical of the process taking that long to complete. When asked about being stuck in a holding pattern for the next six months, Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson replied, “The timeline has to be a little quicker than that because everybody has exit and entrance requirements and penalties and whatnot. It’s not going to be the middle of football season, I wouldn’t suspect, unless you’re willing to wait till the [2011-12] season to make the changes.” A Big East school, such as Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Syracuse or Connecticut, would have to give 27-months notice before leaving. The Big 12 also would impose some
Coulter loeb | the news record
BCS no more? The Big Ten’s forthcoming expansion could send the college football world spinning. Big East schools are likely targets for a Big Ten raid, but commissioners from every conference are waiting anxiously for the Big Ten’s next move.
financial penalties if a school such as Missouri or Nebraska bolted for the Big Ten. “It would be negligent not to be concerned,” Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe said. After Beebe joked Tuesday that he would put Delany in a headlock to pry loose some answers, Delany responded, “I’m going to keep him in front of me and rely on my quickness.” As for the vibe in the meetings, Delany said, “There’s not really any tension, but there’s a lot of interest.” But very few answers. Delany agreed that the prevailing sentiment among Big Ten football coaches is to expand because the majority wants to extend the season by creating a conference championship game. But he left open the possibility that the league might remain at 11 teams. “The presidents have been clear,” Delany said. “This may not happen.” And Delany would not say whether it would be advantageous to add one, three or five teams. “Too early,” he said. Delany also claimed that an analysis prepared for the league by the Chicago-based investment firm William Blair and Company did not conclude that any of the five schools analyzed — Missouri, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Rutgers — would add value to the league, as the Tribune reported last month. Delany said that the firm “created some evaluative tools” to help the Big Ten understand the value of its television packages and revenue streams. Those revenue streams are the envy of college football, with the exception of the Southeastern Conference. Even Notre Dame could boost its financial fortunes by joining the Big Ten, though Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick reiterated Wednesday that remaining independent is the school’s first priority.
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Football named city’s biggest story by CSPN
For the third-consecutive year, the Cincinnati Sports Professionals Network named the University of Cincinnati football team the city’s Sports Story of the Year. UC Director of Athletics Mike Thomas was named Sports Executive of the Year at the CSPN Awards Banquet at the Cintas Center, Monday, April 26. In Thomas’ five years at Cincinnati, university sports teams have won four Big East championships, including back-toback football titles in 2008 and ’09. Past Sports Executive of the Year winners include Marvin Lewis, Sean Miller and Chuck Weber, head coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones. The UC football team shared the Sports Story of the Year Award this year with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Six former Bearcats sign free agent deals
In the days following the 2010 NFL Draft, six former University of Cincinnati Bearcats have signed rookie free agent contracts with various NFL clubs. Long snapper Mike Windt will be reunited with former teammate and punter Kevin Huber after signing with the Cincinnati Bengals. Defensive back Brad Jones also landed in the AFC North and will tryout with the Cleveland Browns. Tackle Jeff Linkenbach signed with the Indianapolis Colts, defensive lineman Alex Daniels signed with the Oakland Raiders, safety Aaron Webster signed with the Houston Texans and Craig Carey, who played defensive line and linebacker at UC, signed and will attend rookie minicamp with the Chicago Bears as a tight end.
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Jones names Collaros Cincy’s starting QB
After a stellar spring game showing, Zach Collaros has been named the starting quarterback for the University of Cincinnati football team this fall Collaros completed 18 of 20 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns in Bearcat Bowl IV Saturday, April 24, and head coach Butch Jones said Collaros has an edge over backup Chazz Anderson. Defensive back Reuben Johnson has undergone a successful surgery after sustaining a knee injury. The sophomore’s arthroscopic right knee operation was performed at University of Cincinnati Hospital Monday, April 26, by team surgeon Dr. Angelo Colosimo. It is expected Johnson will be healthy for the start of UC’s fall camp.