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Anti binge-drinking group circulates posters on campus Posters promote responsible drinking for students; portray dangerous consequences of common habit BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

To combat a binge-drinking rate higher than the national average, the University of Cincinnati has been collaborating with the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati to promote responsible drinking among students.

The “Less Than U Think” campaign was created and launched by a group of communications students at the University of Alabama in fall 2010.

The Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati started promoting the campaign at UC in March.

Mary Haag, president and CEO of the coalition, said they received state funding to be directed toward 18 to 25 year olds.

After researching different campaigns from around the country, they decided to use UA’s platform to approach the dangers of binge drinking within the community; specifically on college campuses.

As defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, binge drinking is when a man consumes

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five or more drinks, or a woman consumes four or more drinks in a two-hour span.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol, and almost half report binge drinking within the past two weeks.

The coalition simultaneously pushed the platform at other universities like Xavier University and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

Upon coming to UC, the coalition teamed up with Eta Sigma Gamma — a student group from the Health Promotion and Education department — to help raise awareness about the “Less Than U Think” campaign.

“We liked it because it had that ‘think’ idea in it, but it was humorous,” Haag said. “It wasn’t just the same old anti-drinking messages and campaigns.”

The campaign promotes responsible drinking rather than anti-drinking with posters portraying intoxicated people and captions that read, “You think u can dance.

And you could. Three drinks ago.”

“It really does take less than you think to do things when you’ve been drinking,” said Regan Johnson, UC Student Wellness Center director.

Johnson said the Student Wellness Center conducts a campus survey every three years as part of the National

College Health Assessment.

According to the spring 2013 survey, more than 50 percent of UC students said they had blacked out in the past 12 months, and 10 percent said alcohol directly impacted them academically, Johnson said.

“A lot of students come into college and look at drinking as a rite of passage and that everybody’s doing it and there are no consequences,” Johnson said. “But we see a lot of consequences of drinking here on campus.”

Paige Hensley, a 21-year-old urban studies student, said binge drinking on and around campus is the cultural norm.

“UC’s drinking culture is as expected,” Hensley said.

“I honestly only think it’s a problem when people are vandalizing with glass bottles, driving drunk and passing out from drinking, but that can happen [anywhere].”

According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, four out of five college students regularly drink alcohol.

“I don’t know if it’s much different from campus to campus, but based on [UC’s] location, alcohol is very accessible to our students,” Johnson said. “We’re in the middle of an urban community so there are a lot of bars around campus and we’re one of the few campuses that actually serve alcohol on its campus.”

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More than six years after funding issues halted possible renovations to Burnet Woods, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley is directing city council to make the park a priority.

Cranley said the park, located north of University of Cincinnati’s main campus between Ludlow Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, could help make the uptown area a destination.

“Burnet Woods is an under-utilized gem in our parks system,” Cranley said in a statement. “It’s nice now, but it could be great. I look at Washington Park for an example of what could happen in Clifton.”

After speaking with Cranley in February, President Santa Ono said the university would work with the mayor to renovate the park.

“This park is a great asset that is used

by UC students and the families who live in the area,” Cranley said. “Providing more amenities and better lighting would benefit everyone who uses the park.”

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Sociology department wins national award for gender equality SARA STAGGS CONTRIBUTOR

The University of Cincinnati’s sociology department was awarded for gender equality among its faculty for the third time, making it one of the few schools nationwide to win the award every year it was offered.

The Sociologists for Women in Society Seal of Excellence recognizes sociology departments that promote gender equality.

“One of our goals is to highlight the departments who have done a great job and to encourage others to follow,” said Heather Laube, a member of the SWS Seal of Excellence selection committee.

The seal is designed to set a precedent for all universities to follow regarding gender equality, Laube said.

“This has been an ongoing effort by a lot of people,” said Steve Carlton, head of UC’s sociology department.

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MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Luke Visconti, keynote speaker for the conference, congratulates UC for this year’s progress in diversity and remarks on the increasing need for consistent economic growth.

Speakers applaud university for efforts to improve diversity, inclusion at UC MELANIE TITANIC-SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER

Though diversity, or lack thereof, at the University of Cincinnati prompted much controversy on campus during the Fall semester, speakers at the annual diversity conference applauded UC for its progress.

Non-negotiable diversity was a theme throughout the Dr. Marian Spencer Diversity Ambassador Awards Luncheon at the sixth annual Diversity Conference in Tangeman University Center’s Great Hall Wednesday.

In a packed room of students, faculty, staff and board of trustee members, Luke Visconti, luncheon keynote speaker, congratulated UC for its progress in diversity and highlighted the need for diversity in order for Cincinnati to grow economically.

“Diversity is much more than simply giving equal opportunity to everyone,” Visconti said. “It raises the economic status of a city.”

Cincinnati’s economy will not grow at the rate it should if more women and members of minority groups don’t hold high positions, he said.

Marian Spencer, the special remarks speaker, stressed the importance of matching the city’s economic progress with UC’s diversity and economic growth.

“The lack of diversity and inclusion in an economically disadvantaged area reduces our overall competitiveness,” Spencer said. “We were statistically 11 out of 12 in racial and ethnic diversity, minority owned businesses, and female owned businesses. We are here today to address this distance, to plan, to prepare our student body to meet the challenge.”

Visconti and Spencer agreed Cincinnati’s public schools must have structured mentoring by diverse mentors to help improve diversity at UC. Diversity and inclusion were hot-button issues at UC during the Fall semester. The resignation of Ronald Jackson — the first black dean in the history of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences — in November sparked a campus-wide dialogue on diversity and inclusion at UC. The university and its newly hired Chief Diversity Officer Bluezette Marshall started meeting with different community members to address concerns with inclusion on campus.

“This isn’t a sprint, but it is a marathon, and the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step,” Marshall said. “So,

we’re taking our first steps and each day we have to get better and better.”

In December, President Santa Ono and Provost Beverly Davenport announced a new $440,000 annual investment in UC’s Diversity Plan. They said the funds will support the Turner, Niehoff Presidential and Yates scholarship programs, all of which benefit underrepresented minority students.

While more work is needed, Marshall said the improvements are impossible to ignore.

“I think that we have made significant progress,” said Marshall. “Sometimes when we stumble or have our challenges, that gets highlighted more than the good work that is happening. Today I am very overjoyed.”

Scott Blake, a third-year engineering student, said he is impressed with UC’s internal work toward ensuring diversity on campus.

“I love the efforts UC is putting forth for diversity, not only for African Americans, but for LGBT and all minorities,” Blake said. “We need to keep up with the rest of the world in growth on all fronts.”

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UC community remembers deceased students, faculty at annual event Administrators, students take time to remember former president, football player, others MELANIE TITANIC-SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Antrione Archer, director of player development, shares experiences about Benjamin Flick, a football player who died in September.

University of Cincinnati students, alumni and faculty commemorated members of the UC community who died in the past year.

“It is by far the most difficult part of being a university president, losing a member of our UC family, especially when that individual is a student,” said UC President Santa Ono. At the candlelit ceremony in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center Thursday, more than a dozen speakers from the UC community gave personal tributes for the recently deceased students, alumni, colleagues and faculty.

“As difficult as it is to grasp, death does not end your relationship with that individual,” Ono said. “It simply forces a new type of relationship, one based not seeing them on a daily basis, not on his or her physical presence, but a relationship of memory, spirit and love.”

The service honored six students who died in the past

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year, including Benjamin Flick, a first-year student and redshirted football player who died in a car crash in September.

Ono spoke about the legacy of UC’s 24th president, Joseph Steger, who held the second-longest presidential term in UC history. Steger passed away in May 2013.

“Steger helped spearhead the university into achieving increasing renown for fiscal responsibility and indicators of academic quality, which increased dramatically in his term,” Ono said.

The university awarded Steger an honorary doctorate of humane studies in 2004.

Debra Merchant, vice president for student affairs, welcomed the speakers and opened the service with words of gratitude for those in attendance.

“Each year we reflect on the sense of loss we feel, but also on the relationships, gifts and time we have shared with students, colleagues and friends,” Merchant said.

“No measure of time nor combination of words can hold all the memories and capture all the love, and pride and respect we have for our co-workers and family members.”

The memorial service ended with a moment of silence while chimes rang 13 times, once for each person remembered.

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PROVIDED The first national champion at UC, Charles Keating, who served time in prison for his role in the savings-and-loan crisis died Monday.

Former UC athlete who led fight against pornography, died Monday at 90 years old JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Charles H. Keating Jr. — the University of Cincinnati’s first national champion who will be remembered for his part in the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s and the four years he served in prison for fraud, racketeering and conspiracy in its aftermath — died Monday at 90 years old.

The cause and place of death have not been released at

this time.

Keating, a Cincinnati native raised in the Avondale and Clifton neighborhoods, was born Dec. 4, 1923, the son of Charles Sr. and Adelle Keating.

He attended St. Xavier High School where he helped build the foundation for the school’s now dominant swimming program. As team captain during his senior season, Keating led St. Xavier to three Greater Catholic League Championships and was an All-Ohio selection in 1941, the year in which he graduated.

St. Xavier has captured 31 swimming state titles since 1970.

Attending UC first in 1941, Keating immediately excelled in swimming and finished sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the 1942 NCAA Championships, but his academic performance wasn’t nearly as illustrious.

Because of poor grades, Keating left UC after just one semester and enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served four years during World War II. He was stationed in the U.S., predominantly at Banana Creek in Florida.

Keating returned to UC in 1945, first enrolling as a liberal arts student before eventually going on to study law.

He once again made an immediate impact athletically, winning the 200-yard breaststroke at the 1945 Ohio Intercollegiate Conference Championships.

The following year, Keating claimed UC’s first national championship. In front of 2,500 spectators at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University, Keating edged out Cornell University’s Paul Murray and Ohio State University’s James Counsilman in a time of 2 minutes and 26.2 seconds.

It was March 30, 1946, exactly one day short of 46 years to the day that he died.

For their efforts, Keating and co-captain Roy Legally were named UC’s first-ever swimming All Americans.

In a 1990 article in the Chicago Tribune titled “Charlie’s Web,” which chronicled Keating’s involvement in the savingsand-loan crisis, said of Keating,“You could tell even then he was going to be very successful. He was very ambitious.

Whatever he did, he did all the way.”

In retrospect, this quote was all too descriptive of Keating’s life after UC, from which he graduated with a law degree in 1948.

Keating married Mary Elaine Fette in 1949 and together they had six children: five daughters, Kathleen, Mary, Maureen, Elaine and Elizabeth and one son, Charles III, who finished fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1976 Olympics.

In 1952, Keating, along with John L. Muething and Keating’s younger brother William Keating — a former UC swimmer, former chairman of the UC Board of Trustees, a recipient of the UC Alumni Distinguished Service Award and the namesake of UC’s Keating Aquatics Center — founded the law firm Keating, Muething & Keating. The firm, originally located in Carew Tower, rose to prominence by representing Carl Lindner Jr. and his American Financial Corporation.

Beginning in 1956, Keating began efforts that eventually led to his status as one of the leading faces in the battle against pornography in America.

He founded Citizens for Decent Literature in 1958, which grew to be the largest anti-pornography group in America, consisting of 300 chapters and 100,000 members.

U.S. President Richard Nixon appointed Keating to the President’s Commission on Obscenity and Pornography.

Although there are questions surrounding his actual involvement in the 1976 prosecution of Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt for obscenity and organized crime in Cincinnati, Keating was portrayed by James Cromwell in the 1996 film,“The People vs. Larry Flynt.”

Although he’d been functioning as Lindner’s right-hand man for more than decade, Keating did not leave his law practice until 1972, when he joined American Financial as executive vice president.

Keating resigned from his post in 1976 amid controversy stemming from several stockholder lawsuits that were filed and an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The case was settled in 1979, with Keating admitting neither guilt nor innocence.

Keating moved to Phoenix in 1976, taking over American Continental Homes as part of his severance package from American Financial. It was here that the groundwork was laid for his part in the financial crisis.

In 1984, by which time American Continental had become a multi-million dollar corporation and Keating had become a major donor to political and charitable organization in Phoenix, he purchased the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association for approximately $50 million.

By 1987, taking advantage of loosened state and federal rules and investing in junk and high-yield bonds, Lincoln Savings’ net worth had soared.

By that time The Federal Home and Loan Bank Board uncovered that Lincoln Savings had $135 million in unreported losses and surpassed the regulated direct investments limit by $600 million.

Keating, however, utilized a group of five U.S. senators now known as The Keating Five — Alan Cranston of California, Donald W. Riegle Jr. of Michigan, John Glenn of Ohio, and Dennis DeConcini and John McCain of Arizona — all of who were beneficiaries of sizeable campaign donations to persuade the FHLBB not to seize Lincoln Savings.

In 1988, the FHLBB awarded Lincoln Savings an unprecedented clean slate and forgiveness for past transgressions. But Lincoln Savings’ demise was already sealed. By late 1988, with regulations continuing to be broken, and Keating scrambling to sell Lincoln Savings, the company neared default and Keating was ordered to stop transferring funds between Lincoln Savings and American Continental.

American Continental went Bankrupt in April 1989 and the FHLBB seized Lincoln Savings. Lincoln Savings was the largest failure of the 1,043 savings and loan associations, costing the U.S. government more than $3 billion and leaving 23,000 Lincoln Savings customers with useless bonds.

Keating was convicted in state and federal courts of fraud, racketeering and conspiracy and served four years in federal prison before the charges were overturned in 1996. In 1999, he plead guilty to lesser counts of wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud and was convicted, but served no additional time.

Bombs outside Cairo University kill police official Jihadist group claims responsibility for deadly blast in Egypt MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

CAIRO — Bomb blasts Wednesday near Cairo University killed a brigadier general and wounded five other people, resurrecting fears that a violent campaign against government forces will grow as Egypt approaches presidential elections.

Ajnad Misr, or Soldiers of Egypt, a relatively new jihadist group that’s carried out a number of attacks on police officials in Cairo, claimed responsibility for the three explosions, one of which claimed the life of Brig. Gen. Tareq elMargawy.

The group, which has Facebook and Twitter pages, calls members of the security forces “criminals” and has said it works to spare civilians.

It largely succeeded Wednesday; most of the wounded were police officers.

According to Interior Ministry statistics, roughly 500 police officers have been killed since July 3, when the country’s military, led by then-Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi,

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Carlton said he could not take credit for the award. Providing a diverse faculty and student body in which women have an equal voice is an effort the sociology department has been recognized for in the past, Carlton said.

“It’s not the number of women that’s so important,” Carlton said. “We want inclusion.”

UC’s sociology department has been hiring women for leadership positions for years, something that until recently was uncommon in most departments, Carlton said.

In the ’60s, the number of women within the field of sociology began increasing, and in 1994 they outnumbered men, Carlton said. UC faculty has been focusing on gender equality within the department since the ’70s.

The Seal of Excellence requires at least 40 percent of the sociology department’s tenured faculty to be comprised of women

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ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

A harsh crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, through which Morsi rose to prominence, has killed thousands of Morsi supporters in the same period.

An estimated 16,000 people accused of sympathizing with the Brotherhood have been jailed.

In a statement posted hours after the attack, Ajnad Misr said it had targeted el-Margawy because of his role in the violent clearing of one of two sit-ins in support of Morsi on Aug. 14, the bloodiest day in the crackdown, when more than 1,100 people were killed. The group’s statement said el-Margawy “was well known for killing innocent people and taking part in Nahda massacre,” a reference to one of the sit-ins. The other, better-known sit-in was in Cairo’s Rabaa district.

The group also said it was angry about the police’s increased arrests and assaults on women and young people.

“We are honored to dedicate the attack to them,” the statement read. “We promise that we will not rest as long as one of you is held.”

The location of two of the bombs — buried in a hole directly in front of a police outpost at Cairo University — suggested

that the government’s grip on security is tenuous at best.

A third bomb wounded no one; Ajnad Misr said that was because its detonation was delayed until civilians had left the area.

The twin bombs at the police outpost were detonated one right after the other at around noon, apparently by remote control.

They left a deep crater in front of the outpost. The third bomb went off about an hour later in front of the university’s main entrance, long after the area had been cleared of passers-by.

The three explosions scattered debris across a wide area, including shards of glass from the police outpost, bits of a damaged car parked in front of the outpost and pieces of a wooden chair.

The explosions reinforced fears that elSissi’s decision to run for president in the May 25-26 election, which he announced last week, would lead to greater violence in this deeply polarized nation. Many hold el-Sissi responsible for Morsi’s demise.

The result has been a tit-fortat battle between insurgents and government forces. The bombings also revealed growing dissatisfaction at the government’s inability to halt the attacks.

and 25 percent of its full-time members to specialize in scholarship about gender and inequality.

With a male-to-female ratio of 57-to-39 tenured faculty members in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences departments, UC’s sociology department boasts a 67 percent female faculty count.

safety purposes.

“I definitely want to see an area where you can take your dog or run or maybe have a pick-up game of soccer,” said Diane King, a third-year communication and marketing student at UC.“It’s nice for parks to be able to accommodate a play area and an area to do whatever.”

Originally purchased in 1872, Burnet Woods is one of the oldest parks in Cincinnati.

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then, the city has helped renovate other areas, including Washington Park in Overthe-Rhine.

As of now, neither the mayor nor council has identified possible costs for the renovations, said Kevin Osborne, director of communications for the mayor. Despite uncertainty over the costs or how those costs will be paid for, Osborne said he expects the renovations to be completed in 2016.

Cranley said he is looking for input from the public on the renovations. Some possible ideas include the creation of streetscape links to the zoo and increased lighting for

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UC community sometimes underestimate the diversity efforts and progress made on campus.

“You can’t see the frame when we’re standing in the picture,” Merchant said.

“When somebody like Mr. Visconti comes in and talks about how impressed he is with what we’re doing as a university to move the dial, that gives us confidence to move forward. We need to stay focused and continue toward our goals.”

SG supports live Twitter feed during commencement ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati graduating students and commencement goers might see more than President Santa Ono’s face on the big screens during this year’s graduation ceremony.

UC Undergraduate Student Government unanimously voted Wednesday to support the idea of displaying a live Twitter feed on two big screens while graduates receive their diplomas at the 2014 commencement ceremony.

“I think this is a great idea,” said Mitchell Phelps, at-large senator. “Something similar was done during the leadership conference I went to. Comments and ideas could be shared and I also got some new followers during that time, so I’m definitely in favor of this.”

The president’s office generated the live feed idea, contacted the student affairs office and reached out to SG to gauge the student body’s opinion.

Shivam Shah, student body vice president, opened the SG discussion and said tweets would be moderated before displayed on screen and collated using an established hashtag for the event.

“When someone is talking, they’ll either pause [the feed], freeze it, turn it off, or turn it to one of the speakers,” Shah said. “It’ll never be on while someone is speaking.”

According to the bill, the feed would “help foster an inclusive feeling to graduate students, parents, faculty, staff and administrators.”

“Once you get your diploma, your adrenaline is rushing and you also have to sit there through all the other names,” Shah said.

That’s where the live feeds would come in.

Though the president’s office is backing the idea, the live feeds have yet to be officially approved.

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Organization puts spin on basketball tournament Sara Spins hosts Ballin’ for Abilities fundraiser, aiming to help disabled students obtain tools, technology KATHERINE NEWMAN STAFF REPORTER

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Participant Jake Counts shoots the ball during Sunday’s Ballin’ for Abilities tournament.

Wheels squealed against the court in Fifth Third Arena Sunday afternoon as basketball players maneuvered the court in wheelchairs, cheered on by a group of students watching from the sidelines.

Energy levels were high as players kicked off the second Ballin’ for Abilities event, hosted by local organization Sara Spins, which strives to provide disabled students with the tools and technology to pursue higher education.

The tournament, open to disabled and non-disabled participants, is a fundraiser designed to help disabled students afford the cost of wheelchairs.

“I’m happy they opened it up to other students,” said Caitlin Ogletree, a third-year communications student.

“If my whole team was here, we would all be out there.”

This year’s goal was specifically tailored to help a Memorial High School graduate paralyzed in a car accident in October 2011 obtain a wheelchair.

“To be able to adapt is important,” said Alex Larimore, 28. Larimore, who has a mental disability, was thrilled to show his support for the event.

Sara Whitestone, second-year biology and communications student, is the face of Sara Spins.

Passionate about the organization’s goals, Whitestone believes “where there is a wheel, there is a way.”

“Able students participating is important for this event,” Whitestone said.

She was not disappointed about the number of tournament participants. There was a consistent game of six-on-six basketball played all afternoon.

DJ Drowsy provided entertainment during the game, performing music from his own playlist and taking requests. Local rapper, Puck, who was born with

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A group of students move down the court during the game, which raised money to help cover the costs of wheelchairs.

muscular dystrophy, gave a particularly memorable performance.

John Kraimer, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash disability services director, also showed his support at the event. Since 1991, Kraimer has been hosting wheelchair football associated with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission.

“You don’t have to have a disability to play. We can provide one for you before the game is over,” Kraimer said. “We need fresh meat.”

Kraimer’s strong sense of humor suggests an aggressive game, but it is just the opposite. He said the wheelchair basketball at Ballin’ for Abilities was more of a contact sport than his football games.

The CRC sponsored Sunday’s event by donating wheelchairs.

Viewers chew over readers’ recipes during Edible Books Fest HEATHER THURMAN CONTRIBUTOR

Literature lovers gave new meaning to the phrase “food for thought” Tuesday, illustrating their favorite books in the form of cupcakes, pie and other sweet concoctions.

Book and dessert admirers came together in Langsam Library to celebrate the annual International Edible Books Festival, which challenges participants to represent books in edible forms.

The room was filled with tables that displayed many creative and intricately crafted desserts.

Participants and onlookers spent time admiring the fun and eccentric desserts.

Many people stood in groups discussing the uniqueness and success of the pieces.

“It is delightful to see everyone’s creativity shine through the books,” said Erma Fritsche, a Langsam Library staff member. “I love seeing the excitement in everyone’s faces.”

Like Fritsche, many people came to the event anticipating the opportunity to view the talent of creators.

More than 20 books were represented at the festival.

Entries were judged and given awards including most memorable, best overall and most original.

“It is delightful to see everyone’s creativity shine through the books. I love seeing the excitement in everyone’s faces.”

- Erma Fritsche, Langsam Library staff member

One dessert depicted the children’s book “Moustache Up!” by Kimberly Ainsworth. The dessert, created by Stephanie Bricking, was deemed the festival’s most memorable creation.

Other books depicted included Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi,” created by Jessica Ebert and Antoine Tran, and David Sedaris’“Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” created by Lauren Mills.

“I’ve done it for several years since I’m on the library staff,” Mills said. “I just love baking.”

Ebert and Antoine’s piece was pegged as most original, while Mills was awarded best overall creation with her owl-shaped cupcakes, giving an ironic twist to the story she was representing.

The winners placed winner cards beside their desserts for everyone to see.

After the awards were received, participants and viewers were allowed to start tasting the variety of desserts.

Guests were able to choose from desserts ranging from “Little Red (Velvet) Riding Hood” cupcakes to a “Life of Pi” pie.

“My favorite edible book idea was the ‘Little Red (Velvet) Riding Hood cupcakes,’” said Holly Harshbarger, a first-year psychology student. “My favorite taste was the ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls’ exhibit.’”

Whether attendees were avid literary fans or were drawn by a love of sweets, the event garnered a substantial crowd and excitable atmosphere.

As the event approached its close, many of the desserts were fully consumed – a nod to the talent of those who created them.

“This was yet another successful year for the International Edible Books Festival,” Mills said.

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Students chased each other across McMicken Commons during Holi, wielding bags of colorful powder that they hurled at other members of the crowd.

Colors rain down during spring celebration Students commemorate traditional Holi Festival with performances, color throw EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

Three, two, one: Hundreds of students raised their arms simultaneously, unleashing a colorful cloud above McMicken Commons. As the colors descended, the crowd was enveloped in a rainbow of powder.

The energetic color throw is a distinctive aspect of the Holi Festival, a holiday celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs.

Traditionally, the festival celebrates renewed relationships and “good over bad.”

University of Cincinnati students celebrated the holiday Sunday, grabbing bags filled with powder to scoop up and throw at the crowd. Within seconds, participants were drenched from head to toe.

“By throwing the colors, everyone’s the same,” said Kishan Patel, a thirdyear neuroscience student and Asian American Association president. “We

remove all the barriers and everyone is equal.”

The Holi Festival has been celebrated at UC for four years, Patel said, and was hosted Sunday by the AAA. In addition to the color throw, the event showcased a variety of performances, including dances such as Bollywood.

“I think people are expecting dances to be traditional,” said Neha Bhatnagar, a first-year biology and psychology student. “We’re hoping to show there’s more to Bollywood than they expect.”

Bhatnagar performed alongside Aanchal Seth, a first-year neurobiology and psychology student. Both students donned long, colorful dresses as they practiced the dance before performing.

“Hopefully people are pumped up and excited for it,” Seth said before the performance.

Bhatnagar and Seth were met with cheers from the audience, who ignored chairs set up on the commons and instead crowded around the stage.

A major goal for the festival was to bridge the gap between graduate and undergraduate students, Patel said. The

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A rainbow of powder coats Alex Shelton’s face during Holi.

AAA strived to create an inclusive event that appealed to the UC community as a whole.

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After an energetic countdown, the crowd simultaneously throws colored powder above their heads. The colors represent the breakdown of social barriers between individuals.

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Pharrell’s ‘GIRL’ woos women respectfully KATIE GRIFFITH MANAGING EDITOR

A “Happy” rejuvenation of popular music, Pharrell’s second studio album “GIRL” includes the simile of the century and forgets the monotonous melting-pot trends that flood the radio.

“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth,” he sings on the hit single led by rhythmic claps and percussion.

The lyrics are proof Pharrell is happy. But are you happy? Does the song do its job, if only for the four-minute duration? Are you depressed and therefore annoyed with the optimistic tune? Have you jumped on the no-time-for-sadness bandwagon? Don’t you want to dance like one of those carefree people in the music video?

Gauging the public’s interest and the song’s No. 1 status on Billboard’s Hot 100, “Happy” is the first song since Daniel Powter’s 2005 “Bad Day” to become such a widespread pick-me-up anthem. And since the Partridge Family isn’t around anymore and no one knows who actually wrote “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” someone had to fill that void soon, right?

The song even has its own 24-hour, interactive music video.Yes, that means “Happy” is on a constant loop in its own virtual world of ecstasy for-ev-ver.

But somewhere in all this jubilant praise, the spotlight was never directed toward the album. Either it’s because too many people were entranced (literally) by the 24/7 “Happy,” or more likely so, the track stood out as a single in “Despicable Me 2” and it was left at that. When compared to the other nine songs on “GIRL,” it seems that’s where it should have stayed.

The truth is, without “Happy” this new album might not have gotten any attention at all, which is probably why it’s there. But that doesn’t make up for the fact that every song on “GIRL” sticks to one theme and “Happy” just interrupts it.

“GIRL” is possibly the most non-derogatory ode to women any mainstream artist has ever attempted. That being said, it’s about as respectful as anyone responsible for “Blurred Lines” (Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell) or “Get Lucky” (Daft Punk feat. Pharrell) can be.

With minimal asses, butts, boobs and babes (there are one or two “babes,” however) Pharrell beckons women far and wide but makes it clear he just “wants a different girl.” Symphonic strings introduce “Marilyn Monroe” and lead the song into a danceable funk in which he confesses dedication to love but proclaims a selective taste: “Not even Marilyn Monroe/Who Cleopatra? Please/Not even Joan of Arc/ That don’t mean nothing to me,” he and featured artist Kelly Osborne sing.

The funky tone of “Marilyn Monroe” echoes throughout the album and combines with R&B and disco influences – something Pharrell apparently enjoys exploring.

N.E.R.D., a hip-hop trio that includes Pharrell, formed in 2001 and (as far as I’m concerned) is where the genius in Pharrell was born. “GIRL” almost mocks the innovative, hip-hop/funk/R&B/alternative style of N.E.R.D., if only more subtly.

Pharrell’s rich career in music, most notably as a producer has clearly impacted this album, which was entirely written, produced and arranged by him. There is absolute clarity in each voice, instrument and beat.

What do not need clarification are the many sexual innuendos and metaphors — good or bad. And no matter how effective or persistent his coax may be, it’s always delicate and hardly offensive. OK, there is the one time he sings “light that ass on fire,” but in all fairness, he asks first.

The only category that this album doesn’t wholly succeed in is lyrical. At times the wording is awkward — still straightforward, but awkward. Daft Punk and Pharrell meet again on “Gust of Wind.” A contribution of robotic vocals from the faceless duo doesn’t make the uncomfortable diction much better: “Like a gust of wind you hit me up sometimes/Like a gust of wind you push me back every once in a while …. When I open the window/I wanna hug you/’Cause you remind me of the air/I said it yeah.”

On the other end of the spectrum, the most creative and convincing cry of female admiration is “Lost Queen” and its unnamed hidden track. A bongo-induced beat with baritone hums creates an African tribal tone as Pharrell’s soft voice complements the charming lyrics. Then the song fades into crashing waves that lead into a spiritual fluctuation of vocals and music.

“You gotta go inward to experience the outer space that was built for you,” Pharrell sings in a high-pitched voice while sensual inhalation and a violin resonate in the background.

It’s about time we saw this rapper/producer/ musician/fashion designer stand alone in his musical venture instead of only seeing his name after “featured artist” or “produced by.”

Although he’s found most of his mainstream success by being an invaluable supporting artist, “GIRL” squashes any doubt that he can do it on his own.

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Noah (Russell Crowe) and Naameh (Jennifer Connelly) are faced with questions of sin and salvation in Aronofsky’s first majorw blockbuster film.

‘Noah’ reinterprets blockbusters Aronofsky expands territory of Hollywood cinema with biblical retelling MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

Ever since the release of “Gladiator,” studios have continually banked on Russell Crowe’s face to anchor a film’s profits.

When first hearing about “Noah,” it was irresistible to think of the film as yet another Crowe feature showcasing that gruff voice, those piercing eyes and that seemingly natural ability to be a leading

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man in any film he stars in.

While the Crowe we all know is definitely back, he is paired in “Noah” with a very unconventional and untraditional director by the name of Darren Aronofsky.

Well known for films like “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan,” which are not considered blockbusters, Aronofsky has reportedly been fascinated with the story of Noah all his life, and he turned to Paramount Pictures to fund and support his vision.

If “Noah” is Aronofsky’s foray into the realm of the blockbuster, he has managed to both uphold the blockbuster ways without sacrificing his artistry and push the boundaries of what defines a blockbuster.

Perhaps the most familiar story ever told, the story of Noah and his ark has many interpretations.

It’s obvious from the opening scenes that this is Aronofsky’s world, a world inspired by the oldest tale known to mankind.

Aronofsky envisions the earth — from the book of Genesis — as a barren wasteland inhabited by Cain and Seth’s descendants and the children of Adam and Eve. While foraging for food one day, Noah witnesses a small miracle — a drop of rain growing instantly into a small bud.

He later receives God’s message through a dream that God will flood the earth.

He then has a second vision, conveying the need to build an ark to save the “innocents,” the animals of the earth.

In Aronofsky’s version of the tale, humans like Tubal-cain have come to believe that when God cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, he cursed man.

Tubal-cain believes every human is alone, and thus they have no need to live under God’s rule; there is no such thing as sin according to Tubal-cain.

There is only survival, will and existence,

however possible.

The main crux of “Noah” is the title character’s emotional and spiritual arc in deciding if man is inherently evil or deserves mercy and ultimately love.

Noah witnesses the sin and carnage of Cain’s descendants as they eat each other to survive in a barren world, and he becomes convinced that mankind is innately and fundamentally full of sin, including himself and his family.

“The wickedness is not just in them, it is in all of us,” he says to his wife as he decides that God has chosen him to end mankind’s sin and inhabitation of the earth.

Noah must decide if man should cease to exist and thus extinguish any possibility of evil, or let man live and let them choose whether to turn to sin or to love.

In “Noah,” God chose to give Noah the decision of whether humans were worthy of salvation.

Aronofsky’s film is certainly a spectacle for the eyes, yet it does feel a bit bloated at times.

The score is heavy on the pump and drama, which grows wearisome. But for the most part, the stunning dream sequences, special effects and reliance on supernatural, psychological drama does more than account for any flaws in the film.

The sequence depicting the seven days of creation is by far one of the most unbelievable cinematic creations to hit the screen, and Aronofsky seems perfectly comfortable with the blockbuster.

Just as Christianity is far from unified in faith and interpretation of the Bible, “Noah” is far from unified in audience support.

Yet the film succeeds in examining the age-old story in a new light, and brings the story of Noah’s ark to the screen with incredible energy, dynamism and vivacity.

Cash copes with addiction in lost album Man in Black’s posthumous release from ’80s emphasizes brighter sound ZACK HATFIELD STAFF REPORTER

Johnny Cash wasn’t doing too well in the ’80s. Although his marriage was, for once, in a decent place, he was constantly in and out of rehabilitation centers for his longtime struggle with drug addiction. The folk legend’s popularity was in decline after a 1968 rebirth, before a later career resurrection in the ’90s with the critically praised “American Recordings.”

This is when his latest released album, “Out Among the Stars” was recorded.

Rediscovered in 2012 by his son John Carter Cash, the recording was thought to be lost forever.

“Out Among the Stars,” released through Legacy Recordings and produced by Billy Sherrill, is surprisingly upbeat and optimistic considering Cash’s personal and career-related problems.

The sober pain beneath most of the Man in Black’s lyrics — as well as the spare style that has propelled him into Americana fame — are for the most part absent from the posthumous release.

Full of joyful tempos and uplifting choruses, “Out Among the Stars” is a different approach for Cash, and even though it doesn’t completely hit the target, it comes close, and ends up being a refreshing and worthwhile listen.

“In childlike faith I gave in and gave him a try/And I came to believe in a power much higher than I,” Cash belts in his trademark baritone voice, brimming with depth and soul.

These lyrics capture the positive mood of the album, but also show Cash’s desperation for recovery and closeness with God in the face of crisis.

The numinous lyrics don’t come off as overly preachy, but rather give insight into Cash’s vulnerabilities and beliefs while maintaining his dark humor.

The best track on the album is the Elvis Costello-remixed “She Used to Love Me a Lot,” which features Pete Drake adding

a haunting texture with steel guitar. As Cash sings “I thought she loved me with a love that wouldn’t die/Looking at her now I can’t believe she said goodbye,” it’s hard not to remember that he and his wife June — who is featured on two tracks on this album — have both been dead for over a decade.

The thought adds a ghostly sentiment to the songs.

Of course an album produced during a low-point in Cash’s career is bound to have a few flaws.

The production is a bit dated and some songs include tacky organ riffs in the

background, or, as with “Tennessee,” make use of a children’s choir in the chorus that could elicit a cringe from listeners.

These decisions are just victims of the ’80s and are easy to ignore.

If anything, it shows that even someone with an outlaw persona like Cash could succumb to the trends of his time.

Though the songs on “Out Among the Stars” aren’t among the best in Cash’s endless discography, the tracks are a valuable addition to the Cash mythos and are enjoyable to country fans and noncountry fans alike.

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After already earning a slew of All-American distinctions this year, University of Cincinnati men’s basketball senior guard Sean Kilpatrick finally received the one he’d been awaiting when he received a first–team place on the Associated Press’ heralded All-American team Monday.

As voted by 65 national writers and broadcasters, Kilpatrick joins Doug McDermott of Creighton, Russ Smith of Louisville, Shabazz Napier of Connecticut and Jabari Parker of Duke on the AP first team, which is considered the true All-American team by most media outlets and fans.

“Being able to represent this university and be a part of this elite group is something that is really amazing, knowing that all of my hard work has paid off,” Kilpatrick said.

Having already earned first-team All-American honors from The Sporting News, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report and NBC Sports, and second-team honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the AP award is the final of many in Kilpatrick’s illustrious career.

After earning Big East Conference all-freshman team honors in 2011 and second-team honors in 2013 and 2014, Kilpatrick was dominant throughout his senior season, averaging an American Athletic Conference high 20.6 points per game. He was a unanimous firstteam AAC selection and, in the opinion of many, was passed over for the conference’s player of the year in favor of UConn’s Shabazz Napier.

A recruit who was redshirted in his first season at UC, Kilpatrick was never expected to reach the heights he did at UC; heights he said he never would’ve reached without UC head coach Mick Cronin.

“SK earned this honor with hard work and dedication to his team and our university,” Cronin said. “We are extremely excited for him and very proud as well.”

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University of Cincinnati senior guard Sean Kilpatrick celebrates after the Bearcats defeated the University of Connecticut Huskies 61-56 at Fifth Third Arena March 2, 2013. Monday, Kilpatrick was announced as a first-team Associated Press All-American.

the country was playing better than Kilpatrick.

“I would ask you guys, is he not a first-team All-American?” Cronin asked.

“Forget player of the year in our league.

I want to know a guard that’s better than him … I’m talking about right now.

Who is better than Sean Kilpatrick? I’m asking. Give me somebody.”

Kilpatrick is the sixth Bearcat named an AP first-team All-American and the first since Steve Logan in 2002. Other UC players to earn the honor include Oscar Robertson (three times from 195860), Ron Bonham (1963), Danny Fortson (1997) and Kenyon Martin (2000).

“Every kid’s dream is to be a part of something when they’re leaving college.

Being able to say that I’m part of the first team … you don’t have a lot of guys that are able to say that they’re a part of that group,” Kilpatrick said. “I’m just blessed to say that I’m a part of it.”

Kilpatrick leaves UC with 2,145 career points, second only to Robertson. In his final game, Kilpatrick tied Deonta

Vaughn for the most 3-pointers made in school history (313) and surpassed school records for games played (140) and career minutes (4,315).

But that final game, a disappointing 61-57 loss to Harvard in the second round of the NCAA tournament, was an unfitting end to an otherwise historic career. Cronin said Kilpatrick achieved everything a college basketball player could with the exception of a Final Four appearance or national championship.

“It stings a lot; I don’t really watch college basketball anymore,” Kilpatrick said. “There’s so much that I’ve learned throughout the past five years that brought me to being a leader this year.

Knowing that everything isn’t going to go your way and that everything you do isn’t always going to get noticed. But we had such a great season, winning 27 games and knowing that we gave it everything we had.”

Kilpatrick flirted with the NBA draft after his junior season but made the decision to return and become the first

member of his family to graduate from college and jokingly, to see Cronin cry on his senior night.

Now, with college basketball behind him, graduation and that same draft are the only things on Kilpatrick’s mind. He will graduate April 26 with a degree in criminal justice. Afterward, he will head to Chicago and train at Priority Sports alongside several other prospective draftees, including McDermot, the national player of the year.

“It’s time to get ready for the draft and I know it’s going to be a hard road,” he said. “The draft isn’t something that comes easy but I’m just ready to get things going. This place prepared me for the draft and I’m ready just to go to battle.”

According to the projections of many draft experts, Kilpatrick isn’t expected to be drafted. But, as he was at UC, Kilpatrick is more than accustomed to proving people wrong.

Happ’s walk-off home run leads UC past Miami Sophomore All-American redeems himself in final plate appearance EMILY WITT STAFF REPORTER

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University of Cincinnati pitcher Grant Walker delivers to the plate during the Bearcats 5-4 loss to Eastern Michigan March 9. Walker pitched 6.1 inning in UC’s victory against Miami Tuesday night.

Tuberville urges students to attend spring game downtown Bearcats look to adapt to life at Paul Brown Stadium for 2014 season THE NEWS RECORD

The University of Cincinnati will host its annual spring football game away from campus for the first time Saturday.

With Nippert Stadium in the opening stages of its ongoing $86-million renovation, which will leave the historic home of UC football out of commission until the 2015 season, the Bearcats are playing their spring game at Paul Brown Stadium.

While UC has played at PBS several times before, most recently in 2011 when UC played both Louisville and West Virginia, PBS will be UC’s full time home field in 2014.

In addition to helping UC’s players and fans adapt to their new confines, UC head coach Tommy Tuberville is also seeking to make the spring game a full-scale event similar to other schools across the nation. In years past, spring games at UC have been very playeddown events.

Tuberville said he is aiming to attract

15,000 fans for Saturday’s game, a benchmark UC won’t meet without help from the student body.

“Our players have worked hard to get here,” he said. “It’s been a great spring and we should cap it off with a great spring game downtown in front of our fans and students at Paul Brown Stadium. Hopefully we will have everyone come out.”

Saturday’s game, which will feature 12-minute quarters instead of the traditional 15-minute quarters, will be officiated by a full American Athletic Conference crew and will feature UC’s first-team offense and second-team defense versus the second-team offense and first-team defense.

Parking for all patrons will cost $5 and will be available in lots D, E and F. Tailgating is permitted with parking lots opening at 10 a.m. Seating is limited to the east side of the stadium.

“Weather wise, it looks pretty good,” Tuberville said. “We need to finish this thing off well. Our fans will be able to see our team for the first time, but also check out their seats, see the stadium, get used to coming downtown to our 2014 home.”

After a lengthy battle Tuesday at Marge Schott Stadium, the University of Cincinnati baseball team powered past the Miami Redhawks 8-7 in the ninth inning with a two-run walk-off home run

by All-American sophomore Ian Happ.

Previously, Happ went 0-4 with two errors in centerfield.

“It was big,” Happ said. “In any game, you try to put those [errors] behind you and focus on the now and the present.

That [homerun] was big for the team. We needed that today.”

The team was down 7-0 going into the sixth before scoring six runs in the frame to cut Miami’s lead to one. Happ had a chance in the seventh to score with runners on first and second and no outs, but failed to produce a run. He found redemption in the ninth with a runner on second and one out.

“You expect something good out of one of your better players,” said UC head coach Ty Neal. “I actually was hoping for that in his previous at-bat in the seventh.

We had runners at first and second with nobody out and I didn’t bunt because I wanted to give him a chance to be a hero.

But we’ll take it in the ninth.”

Miami opened up a cushioned 7-0 lead,

scoring three runs in the first, two in the third and two more in the fifth. After UC’s sixth-inning comeback, both teams faced two scoreless innings until Happ’s walk-off.

“As many runs and extra bases as we gave them in the beginning of the game, they turned around and gave them right back to us with walks and hit by pitches and everything,” Neal said. “We capitalized and we took advantage of it, and that’s what you hope to do.”

Junior Grant Walker pitched 6.1 innings, giving up 10 hits, four earned runs and walking two and striking out three. Freshman Austin Woodby entered to pitch in relief, throwing 2.2 innings with no hits, no walks and no runs allowed.

“I was pleased with what Grant was doing,” Neal said. “He threw a ton of strikes, and that’s all we ask of our guys is to pitch to contact and give us a chance to win [and] Austin Woodby did a great job. He’s been doing that all year for us. He just goes out and pounds the zone and he got some big outs for us there and capped it at seven and gave us a chance to win there.”

After seeing Wednesday night’s contest with Bowling Green cancelled due to inclement weather, UC (10-16) returns to action with a three-game series against Temple in Philadelphia, Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at noon.

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