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Data shows decrease in crime in area surrounding campus UC and Cincinnati Police crack down on crime in uptown appears to be working, according to report ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

Efforts by the University of Cincinnati and its community partners to combat crime in areas surrounding the university’s main campus appear to be working, according to data.

“As you will see, crimes in this geographic area [surrounding campus] have decreases every year, including robberies,” said Robin Engel, director of the Institute of Crime Science. “In 2013, we had the lowest number of robberies involving students since 2008.”

By tapping into UCPD and CPD data, Engel and her team created a database of crimes committed exclusively in the six identified uptown neighborhoods around UC — Avondale, Clifton, Corryville, CUF, Mt. Auburn and Avondale.

Though violent crimes — homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — in these areas increased by .7 percent from 2012, they also decreased by 10.5 percent relative to the three-year average.

Specifically, rape and robbery crime data reflected a decrease from 2012 with 11.1 percent and 1.3 percent fewer occurrences respectively, and there was no change in the number of homicides relative to 2012, according to data released in December 2013.

Study finds UC not conducive to free speech RICO CAJIGAL CONTRIBUTOR

For the sixth year in a row, the University of Cincinnati kept its reputation for restricting free speech and it isn’t the only university labeled so, according to an annual report released by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

UC fell in the 59 percent of 427 universities that “maintain policies that seriously infringe upon students’ speech rights.”

The problem at UC lies with the university’s definition of sexual harassment, said Samantha Harris, director of policy research at FIRE. “Sexual harassment refers to behavior on the basis of sex, is not welcome, is personally offensive, debilitates morale, and interferes with the work or academic effectiveness of its victims,” Harris said.

“Because of the ‘or’ in this clause, this definition is extraordinarily broad, encompassing any behavior on the basis of sex that another person finds offensive.”

Each of the universities that FIRE analyzed received one of three possible ratings — UC received the worst possible ranking — based on the universities’ policies regarding free speech.

This is not the first time UC’s free speech policies have come under fire.

In 2012, UC’s free speech policy SEE FIRE PG 2

CRIME BLOTTER 1/31 Series of robberies on Bishop Street Police are investigating a series of robberies on Bishop Street that happened though out the past week.

Police say most of the robberies occurred during the daytime when the tenants where not home. Police also believe most of the incidents on the street south of UC main campus were carried out by juveniles.

1/25 Robbery in alley behind Deaconess Hospital Police are still searching for two suspects who robbed four UC students

by Deaconness Hospital. The suspects, one who was armed with a handgun, stole personal property from three students in an alley by the hospital. The fourth student fled the scene.

The data shows a more consistent decrease in the total number of property crimes — burglary, theft from auto, auto theft and “all other theft” — reported in 2013, both as compared to 2012 and the three-year average.

There was 10 percent fewer property offenses in 2013 that 2012 and 15.9 percent fewer of these offenses, according to data.

“However, these overall decreases were countered by increases in the number of burglaries and auto thefts,” according to the December 2013 Monthly Crime Report.

“In particular, burglaries rose by 4.5 percent and auto thefts increased by 6.4 percent from 2012.”

“Other property offenses showed reductions, but the largest reductions observed corresponded to thefts from auto, as there were 36.2 percent fewer of these crimes in 2013 than in 2012 and 38.9 percent fewer than in the previous three years combined.”

Jeff Corcoran, UC interim police chief, said these improvements are the results UC’s expanded partnership with CPD and new partnership with the Institute of Crime Science, which is part of the UC criminal justice program.

“We began a partner car program about four years ago that put a UCPD and CPD officer together in one car to patrol the neighborhoods around the campus in the evening,” Corcoran said.

“This fall we expanded beyond that to put an additional eight to twelve CPD and UCPD officers in the surrounding neighborhoods specifically to address

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street robberies.”

The increased law enforcement patrol began in August 2013 and also increased police coverage in the areas surrounding campus from four days a week to seven.

“Criminals are looking for target-rich environments and if they see our guys, they’re going somewhere else,” said Jeffrey Blackwell, Cincinnati police chief.

UCPD, CPD and the Institute of Crime Science meet every two weeks to evaluate crime patterns that call for these types of patrol changes.

“The partnership between the three groups has allowed us to focus on a more data driven approach to addressing crime both on and off campus,” Corcoran said.

“Besides the extra patrols, some other actions to come out of this partnership include putting over 90 new street lights in the CUF neighborhood, installing five video surveillance cameras, expansion of NightRide, and the Student Safe Housing program to identify offcampus housing that meets certain criteria for safety.”

And while many students are feeling safer on and around campus, prospective students and their parents continue to note crime as a potential problem.

“We get the safety question at most all UC recruiting events,” said Caroline Miller, vice president of enrollment management. “The fact that we can report SEE CRIME PG 2

EARS WIDE OPEN

UC Health CEO reflects on tenure so far, listens to community members BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

These days, Richard Lofgren spends a lot of his time listening.

Lofgren — who took over as CEO of University of Cincinnati Health after the retirement of former CEO James Kingsbury Dec. 2 — has spent the past two months listening to colleagues and analyzing the needs of the institution to improve health care and make it more affordable.

On his first day, he challenged the health system’s clinicians, nurses and staff to “bring their ‘A’ game every day.”

So far, he said he’s been pleased with UC Health’s development in the field of healthcare, but there is much that needs to be done.

“I’ve been doing a lot of listening,” Lofgren said. “This is an organization that has rich tradition, there’s lots of stuff that is going extremely well and I need to understand that, so I’ve probably spent the majority of my time getting to know people within the medical center, people within the university and people within the community itself.”

Formed in 2009, UC Health is one of the top health care providers in the region.

It’s a collaboration of top clinicians and researchers aimed at bettering treatment and innovation in hospitals around greater Cincinnati. It has locations throughout Cincinnati and extends as far as Lexington, Ky. Lofgren said UC Health is the only academic medical center in a community of almost 3 million people.

UC Health is not technically part of the University of Cincinnati, but the two have an ongoing affiliation with UC to serve as the clinical arm of educational research, Lofgren said.

Despite not being an official extension of UC, the non-profit organization is still closely united with UC’s College of Medicine and is even largely comprised of UC professors — the organization consist of more than 700 certified clinicians and surgeons.

“So it’s got this rich tradition building upon this new momentum, which is exciting from my standpoint,” Lofgren said. “And I think it’s exactly the kind of platform that we need to make a big difference.”

Prior to taking the helm of UC Health, Lofgren worked with United Health Care, a consortium comprised of all of the medical academic centers from around the country. According to the United Health Group, UHC has invested nearly $3 billion in research and development in the past five years.

“We’re very, very fortunate to have Rick

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Richard Lofgren took over as president and CEO of UC Health in December. Since coming to UC, he has spent most of his time listening to different stakeholders in order to make more informed decisions about UC Health.

with us,”Thomas Boat, dean of College and Medicine, said in a statement. “He has been a consultant to a lot of academic health centers and he has really been able to see what works and what doesn’t work across the country in these settings.”

Given Lofgren’s extensive experience in improving American healthcare, he said the long-term problems facing UC Health coincide with problems affecting similar institutions nationwide.

“The biggest issue facing the health of the country isn’t necessarily the lack of technology, it’s really a healthcare delivery system that’s clumsy and increasingly not affordable,” Lofgren said. “It’s important that we leave a legacy of a healthcare system that’s sustainable; meaning that it’s accessible, of high quality and oh yeah, affordable.”

Lofgren said building a state of the art clinical delivery system — a procedure is set in place to accurately provide healthcare to the public — is only half of the battle. The other half is advancing academic programs to spur further research and development.

“We need to make a commitment to the entire greater region that regardless of how sick, or how complex a medical problem, they can get world-class care right here in Cincinnati,” Lofgren said.

“That’s what we’re trying to build to.”

Lofgren said he has yet to encounter any surprises or setbacks, which he accredits to the transparency of UC Health. He said given the nationwide concerns about healthcare reforms and lack of funding, Cincinnati is the place to turn that around.

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Drone research could help fight forest fires, save firefighters’ lives UC students using unmanned air crafts to effectively battle wild fires; cost of technology could be an issue SAMIYYAH WILDER CONTRIBUTOR

DAN SULLIVAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Professor Kelly Cohen (left) and graduate student Bryan Brown (right) discuss research that could help predict and monitor wild fires.

Research at the University of Cincinnati could help fight forest fires more effectively, and consequently save firefighters’ lives using drones.

“We started off with the wild fires because it’s a little more open space and you don’t have to worry about people or anything like that,” said Bryan Brown, a thirdyear graduate student.

Brown is the student leader of the UC Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft Team, which deals specifically with research pertaining to the use of unmanned aircrafts in emergency response situations.

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Applied Sciences to find ways to implement drones in emergency responses.

Using a GPS system that runs through Google Earth the drone is able to gather info about the fire without risking a pilot’s life, Cohen said. With that information, officials are able to see how the fire is growing and make predictions on how fast it will grow over time.

“If we know how it is growing than we can make sure that our people won’t be in harms way,” Cohen said.

The technology could be a game changer, especially in light of the recent tragedies including a wild fire in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters in November, Cohen said. The drones could also provide information on how a specific fire started.

However, the high cost of the technology presents a problem for implementing the research in fire departments across the country.

“The firefighters do not have a valid budget for military IV’s,” Cohen said. “They need low cost so we are trying to develop for them low cost solutions.”

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South Sudan looting reflects new nation’s setbacks Government, rebels, residents involved in looting, according to officials MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

MALAKAL, South Sudan — The looters came by the thousands.

They were organized, systematic and took their time.

At two World Food Program warehouses in this dusty South Sudanese town, they opened thousands of USAID cans of vegetable oil and poured the contents into stolen jerry cans.

They ripped open packets of high-nutrition food and took the contents. They stole computers, light fittings, fans and roof tiles, and even cut away the canvas from storage tents.

The food they took — 1,700 tons in all — would have fed more than 100,000 families for a month.

Left scattered in the dust Friday were family ration cards, the empty oil cans — marked “Not to be sold or exchanged” — and a measuring tape used to assess extreme malnutrition in young children.

The debris conveyed the despair over just how much has gone wrong in the world’s newest country and how quickly it all unraveled.

Not only is South Sudan back to square one, but the humanitarian agencies that have pumped billions of dollars in aid into the region over the decades are back there with it.

More than 860,000 South Sudanese fled their homes when violence flared in December between forces loyal to the president and those backing his former vice president, splitting the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and unleashing what human rights observers have described as horrific ethnic killings.

Fighting has continued in Jonglei, Unity and Lakes states, despite a deal signed Jan. 23 to cease hostilities.

Doctors Without Borders said in a statement Friday that thousands of people had been forced to flee in Unity, including 240 members of its local staff, who took several dozen seriously ill people with them into the bush.

The conflict has left about 3.7 million people in need of basic food assistance, setting back the onceambitious plans of aid agencies for the 2-year-old nation.

The World Food Program, the food aid arm of the United Nations, in November proposed moving the

country from emergency assistance to longer-term projects, such as irrigation works, designed to improve food security, officials said.

“Here we are now, just a few months later, talking about looting of warehouses, emergency food projects and empty markets.

It’s just sad,” said Valerie Guarnieri, regional WFP director, who visited Malakal on Friday. “This took days,” she said of the looting, stepping over empty cans amid the stench of spilled oil. “This was systematic.”

Launching the new vision for WFP operations at a board meeting in Rome had been “just this really emotional moment,” she said. “Now it’s back to basics.”

The looting occurred as control of Malakal seesawed between rebels and government troops in mid-to-lateJanuary.

Now the town is in government hands. The governor of Upper Nile state described the looting to Guarnieri and her WFP colleagues.

“They came here to loot,” said Gov. Simon Kun Pouch, who said rebels were responsible for most of the theft.

“We need reconciliation, because it’s one country that’s fighting itself. “What we are saying as a state is that we need your help,” he told Guarnieri. “This disaster has affected people very badly because the looting has gone into their individual houses.”

WFP officials said residents as well as government and rebel soldiers were involved in the looting. There were reports that two drivers for humanitarian agencies also took part.

“There were people with donkey carts loading it up and taking it away. There were women carrying it on their heads,” said a WFP official, who requested anonymity for security reasons. “It was everybody.”

Looting of WFP warehouses has been reported in other states as well. Overall, an estimated 4,300 tons of food has been stolen nationwide.

Nearly 28,000 people in Malakal have taken refuge at a base for U.N. peacekeepers, who have been in the region for years, while others fled to the hospital and churches.

As many as 45,000 people crossed the White Nile on small wooden boats to the village of Wau Shilluk, whose population has doubled.

“There’s no food,” said James Othow Aba, 56, who fled across the river with nine children and his wife. “I went to the clinic, but there’s no medicine.”

On Friday, the WFP made the first delivery of humanitarian aid to Wau Shilluk, flown by helicopter from Juba, the capital.

PROVIDED Civilians from Sudan’s rebel-held Nuba Mountains riding south to the border with South Sudan, where they can move freely in and out of a United Nations-supported refugee camp.

The continued clashes have forced the U.N. agency to resort to airlifting food, an expensive way to deliver aid.

However, efforts are underway to open the border between Sudan and South Sudan, a road corridor closed since this nation formally gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a 22-year war, which ended in 2005.

South Sudan’s short history has been plagued by trouble, including the theft of $4 billion from government coffers — for which President Salva Kiir blames his enemies in the ruling party — and a bitter conflict over oil transit levies with Sudan, which led Kiir to shut down production for more than a year, even though his country depends on oil revenue for 98 percent of its budget.

Kiir’s firing of his Cabinet in July, including prominent ruling party figures who had announced that they planned to run against him for president, was one trigger that led to the current crisis.

After violence broke out in December, he accused 11 of the sacked ministers of launching a coup attempt.

Seven have been released and have flown to Kenya; four remain in custody.

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FROM FIRE PG 1

— which limited demonstrations and protests to 0.1 percent of UC’s main campus, and required coordinators to submit a request 10 business days ahead of an event — was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district judge.

Fei Wang, second-year accounting student and international, feels that international students don’t have an equal voice on campus.

“It feels like anything an international student says would be more powerful if a non international student said it,” Wang said.

Katelyn Wauligman , first-year operations management student, said she believes the problem starts in the classrooms with various professors.

“They like to preach their opinion and aren’t very open to opposition,” Wauligman said. “You learn to write what you know they will [want to] hear.”

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improvement in the stats and events is important, but unfortunately more people react to anecdotes and the latest story than study the data.”

Every student who decides not to go UC costs the university revenue from tuition, which is about $11,000, and potentially, room and board revenue.

“The difficult part of monetizing it is that every student or parent who has a bad experience, or maybe even hears of one, tells at least 10 other people, and that could cause some families not to look at all,” Miller said.

To combat crime on a more personal level, UC leaders are continuing to remind students not to become victims by maintaining situational awareness at all times.

“Criminals do not like victims who are obviously aware of what is going on around them, they make too good of

witnesses,” Corcoran said.

“You also need to then take action based on what you observe. Too many times I have heard victims of a robbery or an assault say that they saw a suspicious person, but they walked right past them anyway. If something doesn’t look right, take action to avoid that situation.”

UCPD is currently organizing a twoto-three-hour personal safety seminar for students scheduled to occur in March.

“The focus of the seminar will be on helping students take steps to present a less attractive image as a target to criminals,” Corcoran said.

“This is not a traditional self-defense class, but rather a personal protection program.”

Corcoran and his team will continue to evaluate UCPD’s other programs including the preventative patrols and adjust them as needed.

The SIERRA team also is working with the Cincinnati Fire Department to try and utilize drones in searches for missing people.

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“I’m not a Cincinnatian, I’ve only really been here for about eight weeks, but I’ve been continually struck by the sincerity of the community, the commitment of the people,” Lofgren said.“It’s just a very genuine community, both within UC Health and in the greater community itself. It really makes it fun to work.”

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Woman falls for creepy jail bird over long weekend; narrative arch cuts corners, loses audiences ALLISH MASTERSON CONTRIBUTOR

Based on the 2009 novel by Joyce Maynard, “Labor Day” is a story of love, loss and growing up — oh boy.

Adele (Kate Winslet) is struggling with anxiety after her divorce and can hardly leave the house anymore. Her 13-year-old son, Henry (Gattlin Griffith), does the best that he can. Even at his age he can tell that his mom is missing the love she used to have in her life.

The Thursday before Labor Day weekend 1987, Henry and his mother make the monthly trip to the store for new clothes and groceries. While there, Henry is approached by a wounded man asking for help and brings him over to his mother. The man, Frank (Josh Brolin), forces Adele to drive him to her house and let him stay the night so he can rest. They soon find out that Frank is an escaped prisoner who was in jail for murder and is now a wanted man.

Frank assures Adele that he won’t be any trouble and that he would even help out around the house. In fear of the safety of her son and herself, Adele allows Frank to stay until the next day. Frank does as he promised by fixing the house and teaches Adele and Henry to bake a peach pie. Henry begins to see a change in his mother

and when it comes time for Frank to leave, he and Adele convince him to stay until his stitches heal.

Over the next few days, more about Frank’s life before jail is revealed and Adele’s life before her divorce through various flashbacks.

With Frank in the picture though, Adele felt everything she’d been longing and Henry had the father figure he always needed. The three planned to move to Canada to avoid the law until the cops get tipped off and come to arrest Frank. Adele’s world went right back as it was, causing Henry to go live with his father. After years in jail, Frank reunites with Adele and they live the life they always wanted.

This movie was everything anyone would expect it to be, forgettable with awkward acting and an unconvincing story line. Who in their right mind would allow a fugitive into their home, putting their child at risk?

It was hard to believe that the majority of the movie happened over a long weekend.

You would have to be pretty desperate to pack up your life and move to Canada with a criminal who you fell in love with in three days.

But anyone who could make a peach pie with so much passion would win any woman’s heart too (insert eye roll).

One would expect veteran actress Kate Winslet’s acting would bring some life to this movie and make it somewhat tolerable, but no. Even she seemed to be brought down

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Even the combined talent of Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin couldn’t save this film. Hopefully the two actors have better roles in their future.

by this role. None of the roles seemed believable at all, in fact, and the whole movie was honestly hard to watch.

When it was finally over, no one in the theatre had anything to say and they just sort of, got up and walked out without a word.

While the effort by all involved was great, the movie failed to deliver and sadly seemed like a Lifetime, madefor-TV movie.

Math-themed musical starts nationwide tour AMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

The Know Theater production of “Calculus: The Musical” does the impossible — it makes calculus interesting.

The musical is a humorous summary of a variety of concepts and history of calculus. The show originated as a way for one of the creators to help his students learn complex calculus information.

Kate Berman and Joshua Nicholson were the only two actors featured during the musical. The duo told the story of a number of calculus theories through playing a variety of roles including those of Isaac Newton, Archimedes and Riemann.

They maintained a surprising humor throughout the show and kept the audience laughing the entire time. The show began with Berman and Nicholson splitting the audience into three groups each waving their arms at different rates to demonstrate a waveform, and from there the show only improved.

Berman and Nicholson were accompanied by a small screen which had numerous items projected onto it throughout the show. The screen showed a variety of videos and a slide show with information that could be found in calculus classes.

“Calculus: The Musical” began with an attention-grabbing song set to the tune of the classic Beatles song “In My Life.”The musical’s song was appropriately named “Five Sizes of Numbers.” It delighted the audience while explaining the different types of numbers used in calculus, including infinity, finite, zero, infinitesimal, infinites. The part of the perfectly delivered lyrics state, “We’ll use all of these numbers in calculus/the numbers, I love the most.”

One of the best things about “Calculus: The Musical” was the wide variety of song genres used to explain the different theories. Another extremely memorable song was set to Eminem’s “Without Me” titled “Without Riemann.”

“And this looks like a job for Rie/mann, add it up to from A to B and/the more slices that you see/can increase your accuracy.”

The seemingly complex concept was instantly simplified and mixed with humor during this song.

The musical was concluded with a variation of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” titled “L’Hopital (I have Calculus in the Heart).”

“Once upon a time I had trouble with math, but now they all think that I’m smart.

There’s nothing I can’t do, I have calculus in the heart.”

This song was a perfect conclusion to the hour long musical.

Other songs include, “The Limit’s Alright” based on the Who’s “The Kids are Alright;” “Differentiabul” set to They Might Be Giants’ song “Istanbul;” and “Maxima and Minima” set to Offenbach’s “Can Can.” “Calculus: The Musical” makes calculus interesting and entertaining for audience members of all ages with a wide range of mathematical backgrounds. The musical took on Saturday, and the performance was free to the public.

Saturday’s performance was one of the last local showings before the musical will start to travel around the country performing. “Calculus: The Musical” has been touring and performing at schools since 2008. For the first time the musical is having performances on both the west and east coasts.

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Fuzz punk band Bummer’s Eve opened up the show Friday evening. This was when the crows was still mildly tame, but as the night went on more people showed up and crowded into this well-decorated room.

DIY bands put on cathartic show Sleeves, Bummers Eve, Subsets send audiences into beer-soaked frenzy MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

There is a house in Clifton Heights that still remarkably stands from the onslaught of raw, human energy that flows in and out through the shattered windows and doors.

“The Outhouse,” has seen the likes of some of Cincinnati’s grungiest and most ferocious bands, ranging everywhere from the likes of metal to post-punk.

This is a place where no institutions, establishments or red tape of any sort exist to restrain the audience from pushing themselves to their limits, whatever the outcome may be come morning. To call

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people that gather together for shows at “The Outhouse” the audience, would be incorrect in some ways, as they are as much participants if not members of the entire experience themselves.

The fact that there is no barrier of any kind between the performers and the crowd is testament to how different and exceptional DIY concerts are.

The show on Friday was the last show to ever be hosted at “The Outhouse.” Three bands, Bummers Eve, Subsets, and Sleeves provided the night’s entertainment, the house growing more and more wild and unruly as the night wore on. The songs played can be described as short and brutal, with three to four chords making up the overlying structure, with drums hammered with increasing intensity and the vocals bellowed with unrestrained ruthlessness.

The crowd, one with the musicians, caterwauled and thrashed about a single room in a frenzy of glee and heightened emotion. But as some people would call the activities above moshing, the packs of jubilant punkers were in no way violent or aggressive in any sort of way. No one looked to purposefully hurt or maim, or get someone back for a good blow from before, no, this experience was wholly different in the sense that people wanted each other to have the best time possible.

The night was filled with well-executed rambunctiousness. Whenever an individual would fall to the ground, often looking as if a bowling ball hit it’s pins, those standing hoisted the fallen back to their feet, then thrust them back into the foray.

The night was unquestionably one to remember. As beer dripped from the walls, and mud settled into the floor, the bands

were the catalyst to the energy, spurning the crowd into a never-ending frenzy of passion and excitement. The songs were approachable and accessible and dealt with universally relatable subjects of human life, such as sex, heartbreak and growing up.

At times lit by a single, makeshift strobe light, bodies pushed against one another in no particular order, as the environment held a strange feeling of haphazard, yet thrilling cohesiveness of emotion.

The night was about unloading the frustration and burden of everyday life, and expressing oneself fully. As Sleeves wrapped up their last song — a cover of “Sliver” by Nirvana — and ended their set, it was clear to see that people were still buzzing about with continuous enthusiasm and fervor.

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‘B-Sides’ encapsulates folk punk band The Gaslight Anthem releases acoustic record, ponders quietly over death HEATHER KING STAFF REPORTER

The folk punk indie rock hybrid known as The Gaslight Anthem is not afraid to perform at its most vulnerable form. The band released an album simply titled, “B-Sides” that delivers everything fans have come to expect, but with a mature and soulful edge.

Released on SideOneDummy, the collection of songs has classic folk punk emotions with lead singer Brian Fallon’s powerful vocals and the band’s minimalistic guitars.

“She loves you” is a great example of The Gaslight Anthem’s simple but skillful blend of strumming guitars and a stompand-clap beats.

Fallon’s vocals are full of emotion and soul as he sings about love, “And if all was well, and your heart could find the words,

would we be for better baby? Would we be for worse? And if there was a way to navigate your seas if tonight my true love dared belong to me.”

The honest and heartfelt song about death, “The ’59 Sound,” is an appropriately haunting song with soft vocals.

The death of a friend is philosophically thought upon, and what that friend experiences in her final moments.

“Well, I wonder which song they’re gonna play when we go. I hope it’s something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow when we float out into the ether into the everlasting arms.

I hope we don’t hear Marley’s chains we forged in life,”The Gaslight Anthem has a unique talent for beautifully turning a phrase to create a striped down and matured sound.

A Pearl Jam cover song, “State of Love and Trust,” is a song the Gaslight boys recorded live. The energy and connection the between band members of the live

recording shows they are a mature, veteran group.

The overall tone of the album shows how the band masterfully plays bare bones acoustic while still creating complex songs.

The acoustic version of “The Queen of Lower Chelsea” is featured on the compilation, and opens with a dark driving sound.

Rhythmic strumming coupled with Fallon’s vocals make a beautifully somber song that is different from the original version’s raging electric guitar sound.

“B-Sides” is a fan pleaser, while giving fans a different side of The Gaslight Anthem.

Echoing and haunting vocals tap into the emotions of listeners and it brings them into the scene set in the songs.

Listeners hearing “B-Sides” for the first time are sure to become true fans of The Gaslight Anthem, and will enjoy both versions of all of the band’s songs.

5 / COLLEGE LIFE Partially blind man exhibits landscape series at DAAP

MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

98-year-old Hal Lasko creates colorful pieces by utilizing Microsoft Paint

Despite losing the ability to view his own creations clearly, Lasko has flourished in his passion for art.

Lasko’s inspiration seems to come from the simple

AMANDA ADKINS STAFF REPORTER

“I can’t wrap my brain around how a partially blind man can manage such brilliant detail and precision with pixels by piecemeal. ”

Despite being partially blind, 98-year-old Hal Lasko has continued to pursue his lifelong passion for art, creating a colorful, flourishing series of landscapes that will be displayed at the University of Cincinnati through March.

The College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning will host an exhibit featuring Hal Lasko: The Pixel Painter at the Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery through March 30. The Pixel Painter is Lasko’s first solo exhibition, according to DAAP. Lasko uses Microsoft Paint to create beautiful pixelated landscapes.

His condition, wet macular degeneration, is a chronic eye disease that causes the center field of vision to deteriorate.

- Kevin Spencer, fourth-year graphic design student

square-shaped pixel that is accustomed to Microsoft Paint’s paint tool, a medium which turns the recognized ‘cubism’ style a remarkable feat.

The ’80s video game-esque artworks are much more than a flashback to an older digital era. They are profoundly moving and very pleasing to the eye.

“I’ve seen pictures of some of [Lasko’s] work. I can’t wrap my brain around how a partially blind man can manage such brilliant detail and precision with pixels by piecemeal,” said Kevin Spencer, a fourth-year graphic design student.

Lasko has been an artist throughout the entirety of his life. He was successful as an artist for many years as a graphic designer. He also drafted maps while working in the military during WWII, according to the artist’s website.

Lasko retired in the ’70s and continued to enjoy life painting at home.

Lasko’s passion for creating art overcame his disability when he discovered MP on the computer, which his family presented to him on his 85th birthday.

He has since created a series of amazing pixelated artworks that come together beautifully.

Exclusive events bring warmth to winter weather AMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

Despite complications spurred by lingering frigidity this semester, the cold weather enables several local events for students to enjoy that are exclusive to the season.

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and the Newport Aquarium both offer a host of opportunities, discounts and experiences that are available at student-friendly prices and are located close to campus.

PENGUIN DAYS

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden recently began a new program called Penguin Days to encourage locals of all ages to brave the winter weather for a chance to see some of their animals in a remarkably new way.

“Penguin Days was first offered as a way to introduce the zoo’s visitors to a side of the zoo a lot of people don’t often see, or think about seeing — the animals in the winter months and how active they are and beautiful the park is,” said Tiffany Barnes, Cincinnati Zoo public relations manager.

Visitors receive 50 percent savings on general admissions during Penguin Days, put in place to encourage more people to visit the zoo.

The zoo offers special encounters every Saturday and Sunday as well as daily animal exhibits and events, the most popular of which is the Penguin Parade, Barnes said.

The parades entail zookeepers trailing the zoo’s penguins as they march up and down weaving trails 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. daily.

“In January and February, the zoo typically sees the least visitors,” Barnes said.

The marches begin at the Wings of the World exhibit in the morning and the Children’s Zoo in the afternoon.

Other exhibits during Penguin Days include Sea Lion Treats, Elephant Fruit Ice Blocks, Snow Monkey Feeding and Polar Bear Fish-Cicles.

In addition to these special outdoor exhibits, zoo guests can enjoy a number of warmer indoor animal exhibits around the zoo including Cat Canyon and the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Manatee Springs.

“Penguin Days allows the zoo to showcase the animals here that truly love the cold winter months, ones who are not often featured in the warmer months in Cincinnati,” Barnes said.

Visitors are able to view animals from cold weather climates, like polar bears, red pandas, sea lions, camels, artic foxes, river otters, Mexican wolves and king penguins.

SARAH MULLINS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Booksellers brings books, café items and coffee drinks together in an intimate environment that provides a relaxing after-school or weekend getaway.

Restaurant serves as booklover’s haven Peaceful downtown nook The Booksellers combines food, shopping, reading SARAH MULLINS STAFF REPORTER

Readers, rejoice: The Booksellers has joined an upheaval of new establishments that have revitalized downtown Cincinnati, bringing together tempting coffee drinks, satisfying café selections and 6,500 square feet of books to browse.

The store is located in Fountain Place, nestled amongst other retailers such as Tiffany & Co., Macy’s and Palomino. With a variety of goods including cards and gifts along with a quaint café spot, The Booksellers effectively captures bookworms and foodies alike.

The café, open for both breakfast and lunch, is an open space within the bookstore, inviting individuals to grab a cup of coffee, relax with a magazine or meet friends for lunch. The menu includes a wide variety of coffee choices, flatbread pizzas, soups of the day, salads, quiches and pastries.

The enticing smell of coffee and freshly bound books wafts to customers as soon as they walk through the door. Peaceful music helps you forget about the hustle and bustle of downtown, allowing you to toss your laptop on a café table and get lost in a book.

If you can tear attention away from tables of books situated near the ordering station, pick up a menu and browse a glass case stuffed with pastries and desserts.

After quite a bit of contemplation, I ordered the roasted vegetable and goat cheese flatbread pizza ($8.75), which came with a side house salad and choice of salad dressing. I also chose a raspberry iced tea ($2.75) and a bag of chips.

At first glance, the presentation of the food was enticing, with goat cheese specking the pizza on top of the veggies. The roasted veggies were evenly distributed on the flatbread with a generous amount of the cheese, which has a combined consistency of feta cheese and cream cheese, but with a unique taste not found in either.

The pizza’s personal size serving is just enough to leave you satisfied. The side salad was simple, with mixed greens, tomatoes and cheese and balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

After clearing my plate, I strolled the bookstore, which is sectioned off traditionally but includes intriguing sections filled with employees’ favorite books and local items, including a Jeff Ruby book and several local magazines.

Cards were aplenty, along with other small gift items including perfumes, stationary and scarves.

The size of the store is small compared to other bookstores in the area, but offers a more intimate environment to enjoy a newly purchased novel or to have a latte with coworkers. The cozy experience is an intriguing destination, either to take a break after school or to recuperate on the weekend.

The Booksellers INFORMATION: 505 Vine St., Cincinnati 45202; 513-258-2038; Monday-Thursday 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m, Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Penguin Days continue through Feb. 28. During this period, the zoo’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and tickets are $7.50 per person.

Science Guy talks evolution at Creation Museum

PENGUIN ENCOUNTERS

Bill Nye joins museum founder Ken Ham to debate teaching creationism

Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium offers a rare opportunity for visitors to interact with penguins up-close while simultaneously escaping the cold.

During Penguin Encounters at the aquarium, visitors are guided into the building’s Penguin House, which contains their African penguins.

The approximately 20-minute encounter allows guests to learn about the aquarium’s individual penguins while the birds play, eat and scramble around participants’ feet.

Visitors are also able to take pictures of the penguins throughout the interaction.

A portion of the sales of each ticket to the Penguin Encounter is donated to the WAVE Foundation for penguin conservation programs.

This special exhibit is available to visitors all year. There are daily encounters at 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

The tickets for the Penguin Encounters are $25 per person.

EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

The beaming, bow tie-donning scientist made famous by his quirky educational television episodes is coming to Greater Cincinnati Tuesday, contributing expertise to a topic that continues to be a substantial topic of controversy for parents and schools across the country.

Bill Nye the Science Guy will join Creation Museum founder and Answers in Genesis CEO Ken Ham for a debate regarding whether or not children should be taught biblical creationism, the idea that the universe was created by a supernatural being.

The event was spurned by a viral video entitled “Bill Nye: Creationism is Not Appropriate for Children” in which Nye details the importance of understanding evolution and the problems he believes surround teaching creationism.

The piece has garnered more than 6 million views since its publication in August 2012.

“Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology,” Nye said in the video regarding the teaching

of creationism. “It’s like, it’s very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates.

You’re just not going to get the right answer.”

A promotional video for the debate features Ham responding to certain aspects of Nye’s piece, including Nye’s reference to biology comprising the foundation of life science.

“The word science means knowledge,” Ham said in the video. “You can divide science into historical science that’s talking about the past or observational science that builds our technology.”

Ham goes on to describe problems surrounding the teaching of evolution, saying in response to Nye’s video that Nye wants to teach children about evolution exclusively rather than addressing the difference between historical science and observational science.

Although tickets to the event sold out within minutes, debatelive.org will feature a live stream of the debate, and a recorded version of the event will be available on YouTube.

The University of Cincinnati Geology Club will also stream the event live beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 201 Braunstein.

PROVIDED

The controversial Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY strives to bring the stories and characters in the Bible to life. The museum features animatronic dinosaurs, theater presentations, 160 exhibits and more.

6 / SPORTS UC basketball, UC outlasts USF for 14th straight win winning any MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

which way it can JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

There’s a special place in sporting lore for the overachiever.

The boxer who takes a beating for 14 rounds and pulls off the knockout in the 15th; the Appalachian States that beat the Michigans of the world; the Rocky Balboas.

A former coach of mine called it being an “Any which way you can guy.” It’s the kid that’s smaller, slower and less athletic that will win because that’s what he does.

Victory by pure, unadulterated refusal to except defeat.

The same principal applies to team sports and, while they aren’t all of those things, the University of Cincinnati basketball team is an “Any which way you can team,” because of its “Any which way you can seniors.”

“I’ve got the best three senior leaders in the country,” said UC head coach Mick Cronin. “They may not be the best three players – Kansas and Kentucky have three lottery picks each – but I wouldn’t trade my guys for the world. I’ve been saying it since the summer.”

Sean Kilpatrick, Justin Jackson and Titus Rubles — the best three senior leaders in the country in Cronin’s eyes, which isn’t too far off. How many good teams have three seniors in today’s college basketball? Kentucky and Kansas routinely have one or less.

Cronin will never accept credit for it, but his seniors are that way because they’re extensions of himself and his tenure at UC has been the definition of “Any which way you can.”

What the UC faithful finally seem to have come to grips with is just how much of a debacle Cronin inherited when he took over at UC in the wake of Bob Huggins versus Nancy Zimpher/Mike Thomas versus Andy Kennedy disaster, which really ended well for Zimpher and no one else.

To put it in perspective, Connor Barwin, the 6’4 suave and debonair reigning, undefeated Most Valuable Hipster of the NFL, played significant minutes at the fives spot during the 2006-07 season. With one scholarship player and an NFL outside linebacker, that team won 11 games and survived the Big East Conference without being utterly embarrassed.

It hasn’t exactly been easy for Cronin to recruit star-studded talent to UC, coming off of a public falling out with a beloved coach. And then there’s the issue of Fifth Third Arena, which is outdated, poorly designed and all-around unappealing to prospective recruits.

He’s won and is winning with players he’s had to develop over time, the overlooked and underrated. There are no finer examples than Kilpatrick and Jackson.

Kilpatrick, a shooting guard from Yonkers, New York, had just three scholarship offers coming out of prep school, came to UC with a hitch in his shooting motion that needed correcting before he could be a legitimate scorer in college.

A red-shirt season and four years later, he’s on pace to finish his career as the second leading scorer in program history.

Considering he will trail only Oscar Robertson, the unquestioned greatest college basketball player of all-time, it’s qute an accomplishment.

“He’s maybe the most underrated great player that’s ever played here,” Cronin said.

“He’s clearly the player of the year in this league 10 games in, with everything that he did for this team.”

Jackson, a whirling dervish with a blatant disregard for his own safety and the safety of any cheerleader, spectator or media member sitting in the first three rows of any given stadium, is considered by anyone that actually watches college basketball as its most improved player in the country this year.

He’s been among the most dominant players in the country this year, in every single aspect of the game.

They’re improvement during their time at UC is as impressive as any college players in recent history.

More so, they’re extensions of Cronin on the court. Sunday was as good an example as ever.

Jackson, who was so dominant in the first half that he merited double teams for the remainder of the game, finished 6-of-8 from the floor. Prior to this year he probably never had a stretch where he was 6-for-8 from anything.

Kilpatrick, who played through an illness, took over the game when UC needed him most, despite shooting very poorly for the game’s first 35 minutes.

And then there’s Rubles, who by most accounts can’t really shoot outside of 10 feet, but he’ll go to war with you for a rebound and he’ll get to the rack and draw a foul when no one else seems to be able to.

They will find a way to win, against any team on any night and they’ve instilled that into UC’s younger players. It usually involves grinding their opponents into oblivion with defense and figuring the rest out when the time comes.

When asked if he would finally be happy with UC receiving national attention this week, when they will assuredly crack the Top-10 in every major poll, Kilpatrick response was simple: “No.” “We’re still going to play with a chip on our shoulder like we’ve been playing,” he said.

“The number next to the name doesn’t mean much. Any given night a team can come and bump you. Me, Jack and Rub have to keep instilling that in our younger guys.”

When you’re the undervalued, the unrecruited, the unwanted, you have to have chip on your shoulder.

They got that chip from Cronin, because he’s got one too. Remember, no UC fans wanted him when he took over the program? But I bet they do now.

Kilpatrick closes out game for UC despite shooting woes, illness JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

It was the same old song and dance for the University of Cincinnati Sunday: play defense, then lean on Sean Kilpatrick and Justin Jackson when it matters most.

With 5 minutes and 28 seconds remaining and UC trailing the University of South Florida 41-40, Jackson squared up, called for the ball and banged in a 10-footer off the class. On the next possession Kilpatrick, who struggled mightily front he field sliced through three defenders and converted a contested layup.

A UC steal and two inevitable Kilpatrick free throws later, and the game was well on its way to over. It was still close, but the Bearcats never trailed again.

USF cut the lead down to 46-44, but Kilpatrick once again spliced through the USF defense to restore UC’s lead to four points. Then, just as he did against Louisville, Kilpatrick finished off the game at the free-throw line.

Kilpatrick, who was notably under the weather after the game, considers it his responsibility to convert at the line when his teammates find a way to get him the ball late in games.

“When it’s late like that [my teammates] find some way to find me,” Kilpatrick said.

“I just go to the foul line and do my job.

Those guys are the ones that get me the fouls.”

Kilpatrick led all scorers with 18 points, despite a 5-for-16 shooting performance.

For the second-consecutive gamer, he was perfect from the free throw line, 6-for-6.

UC finished the game 12-for-13 from the stripe.

Jackson was his usual efficient self, scoring 15 points to go along with six rebounds, three blocks and two steals.

Chris Perry led USF with 13 points.

Despite an overall ugly game, Cronin was happy with the win, against a USF team that presents numerous size and athleticism mismatches for UC. “Ask the 10 ranked teams that lost yesterday, it’s a lot harder than you think to keep winning, especially when you’ve only got nine guys on scholarship playing,” Cronin said. “There’s not too many teams running around on a 14-game winning streak with only nine scholarship guys. That’s a lot of credit to my guys.”

UC jumped all over USF from the tip.

Justin Jackson converted on his first two attempts and UC’s full-court pressed had forced three turnovers in the first four minutes of the game. With the entire team seemingly beaming with confidence on the heels of the Louisville victory, Ge’Lawn Guyn knocked down an NBA range 3-pointer to give the Bearcats a 9-2 lead heading in to he under-16 minute media timeout.

USF went on an 8-0 run coming out of the break, but Jackson, who still had yet to miss at that point, banked home two more baskets to keep the Bearcats ahead, 13-10, with 10:28 remaining in the half.

The Bulls took the lead for the first time, 13-12, minutes later, as Victor Rudd knocked down a fade-away 3-pointer to beat the shot clock. But Jermaine Sander’s 3-pointer on the ensuing possession snatched the lead right back for UC. Kilpatrick, who struggled from the floor in the first half, briefly found his touch with less than four minutes remaining in the first half, knocking down his first 3-pointer of the afternoon after a cross-court assist from Jackson.

Guyn, whose shooting continues to improve as the season goes one, banged in his second 3-pointer two possessions

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University of Cincinnati senior forward Justin Jackson looks to shoot during UC’s 50-45 victory against the University of South Florida Sunday at Fifth Third Arena.

later, as the Bearcats began to distance themselves from USF in the final two minutes of the half.

Guyn’s emergence as a 3-point shooter is key to UC’s success for the remainder of the season, as the Bearcats are playing with just eight scholarship players right now.

“We don’t beat Louisville if he doesn’t make two threes,” Cronin said. “He’s a guy that’s shot the ball well in drills his whole career here and he’s finally comfortable and confident now. I was mad at him that he passed up a few more.”

The Bearcats led 24-18 at the half, which is the fewest points they’ve given up in the first half this season. Their previous low was 20, in Thursday’s 6966 victory at Louisville. Jackson led all scorers with nine points at the break.

Neither team shot particularly well in the first half, both finishing at just 33 percent from the floor. Without Jackson’s 4-for-5 performance, the rest of UC’s team was a lowly 24 percent from the field.

UC started the second half sluggish, with three turnovers and just two points, again from Jackson, in the first four minutes of play.

“We were really rushing and not cutting hard to the ball,” Kilpatrick said. “That’s what happens. It’s just part of the whole game.”

With Kilpatrick continuing to struggle, USF opened the second half with double teams on Jackson in the paint, which were clearly disrupting UC’s offensive

movement. Luckily for UC, USF shooting woes continued, and the Bearcats clung to a 26-22 advantage at the under-16 minute media break.

Jackson finished the game 6-for-8 from the field.

“When he’s making that short bank shot, he’s really hard to guard,” Cronin said. “If they don’t double team him, he was [going to] get 25 points today.”

The Bulls took the lead for a second time, 27-26, after back-to-back UC turnovers gifted them a pair of transition layups with a little more than 14 minutes remaining in the game. USF’s first nine points of the second half came off of UC turnovers.

Kilpatrick, as he did several times against Louisville, calmed the storm for UC, with a highly contested 3-pointer to restore the Bearcats lead, 29-27.

Titus Rubles went on a 5-0 run on his own for UC heading into the under-12 break, but USF — led by freshman Chris Perry — converted on 5-of-6 shot attempts between the 12 and 8-minute marks to take a 39-36 lead with 7:18 to play.

For the Bearcats, the victory extends their winning streak to 14 games, the past 10 of which have come in conference play. Jackson called the win “bigger than the Louisville game,” because of the importance to not slip up after a big win.

The Bearcats will be back in action Thursday against Connecticut.

No. 1 UConn dominates injured Bearcats

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University of Cincinnati senior guard Kayla Cook brings the ball up the court at Fifth Third Arena.

Bearcats no match for Huskies without leading scorer Dayeesha Hollins CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

Look up the word “dominate” in a thesaurus and every word will describe what the University of Connecticut did to the Cincinnati women’s basketball team Saturday.

The top team in the country ran the Bearcats out of their own building with ease this weekend posting an 86-29 victory in front of 1,491 fans.

UConn’s pressure defense smothered the Bearcats for all 40 minutes, creating 22 points off of 24 UC turnovers. UC head coach Jamelle Elliott — who played and

coached for UConn in years previous — had no answer for her former coach, Geno Auriemma.

“They’re an unbelievable defensive team, they are going to press you,” Elliot said.

“They are going to make you play fast. They are going to trap and this is not the first time we had trouble scoring against them -—we played decent at their place but eventually they played the type of basketball that I know they are capable of playing.”

Already without senior Dayeesha Hollins, who’s expected to miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the Bearcats were also without sophomore Alexis Durley meaning true freshman Bianca Quisenberry would be running the point against the number one team in the country.

“Well it makes it unbelievably hard if you look at our roster,” Elliott said.“The guys that played today we had one point guard and she was a freshman. So we were forcing Bianca Quisenberry to handle the ball against a swarming defense that would give any guard in the country trouble.”

While Elliott said she knew what type of pressure UConn was going to bring, the coach said simulating a team like UConn is easier said than done in practices and walkthroughs.

“It’s hard to simulate that type of length in practice because we don’t have those types of players,” Elliott said.“So we did the best we could. We played them already so we knew what we had to face — we were short some guys but we knew exactly what we were facing going into the game.”

The teams traded baskets early on for the first handful of minutes but after senior Jeanise Randolph hit a jumper at the 12:23 mark to cut the Husky lead to 17-9, UConn stomped their foot right on the throats of the Bearcats, never letting up.

UConn went on a 22-0 run that spanned majority of the first half hardly allowing the Bearcats a glance at the basket. UC went without a point for more than 11 minutes and limped into the half down 41-11.

“We were hoping that we could make some shots early and get some confidence but we weren’t making shots early,” Elliott said.“Our defense has been good all year and our defense can only hold for so long when you aren’t making shots.”

The Huskies fired on all cylinders, especially from beyond the arc where UConn shot 12-of-24 for the game and 55 percent from the floor overall. Four Huskies finished in double figures as senior Bria Hartley and junior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis both had 17 to lead all scorers.

Despite the strong shooting performances, Auriemma felt his team should have been more aggressive as the Huskies only shot 6-of-8 from the free throw line.

“When you are a good free throw shooter, you have to go to the free throw line,” Auriemma said.“It is just an attitude. It is making that conscious decision. That’s what I want to do. We are trying to constantly reinforce that.”

Offensively for the Bearcats only five players managed to get on the score sheet as junior Alyesha Lovett scored eight points along with Randolph and sophomore Jasmine Whitfield. Quisenberry tallied four and freshman Brandey Tarver chipped in a lone point herself.

Despite the 57-point defeat on their home court, Randolph tried to find small victories to build off of going forward.

“I feel like what I take away from this game is I still have my confidence and I’m still hungry to play and just because we lost doesn’t mean we can win any more games in our conference,” Randolph said.

While any schedule gets easier after playing the number one team in the country, it doesn’t get much easier for UC as the Bearcats will travel to Rutgers to take on a Scarlet Knights squad this Tuesday which posted a 78-58 win at Fifth Third Arena earlier in the season.

Tipoff for Tuesday is set for 7:30 p.m.