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Ordinance would restrict future use for old IGA MELANIE TITANIC-SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER

The City of Cincinnati is considering an ordinance that would help ensure the former Keller’s IGA on Ludlow Avenue remain a grocery store in the future.

Interim Development Control, proposed

by Cincinnati Vice-Mayor David Mann and backed by Mayor John Cranley, would protect the property for the next 60 days from any current owner beginning construction.

The Cincinnati Neighborhood and Planning Committee unanimously passed a joint resolution Monday supported by Clifton Town Meeting — the governing Clifton neighborhood body — and the Clifton & Business Professionals Association.

The resolution now heads to the city’s planning commission to be evaluated for feasibility, said John Juech, chief of staff for the vice mayor. There is no timeline for when an actual ordinance could head to full council because of uncertainties in the proposal. For example, Clifton neighborhood has to update its business plan — something it hasn’t done since 1982 — before the IDC could happen.

“It remains a priority, but it’s not going to happen immediately,” Juech said. “It’s not that we’re not committed to it, there’s just a lot of potential hoops for us to jump through.”

Members of city council and CTM said IDCs have proven to work well in preserving historic atmospheres in Cincinnati’s communities.

“IDCs are the most powerful tools the citizens have to leverage the community’s will on the development of private property,” said Ben Pantoja, Clifton Town Meeting president. “Although this is private property, it is still in our neighborhood, so therefore, it affects our way of life and our property values.”

By supporting the IDC, supporters said the community is proving to potential developers that the city favors the idea of a grocery store at this location, and the community’s approval is needed before any developments take place, said Adam Hyland, CTM Trustee.

Hyland is involved with the Clifton Cooperative Group — a corporation hoping to turn the former grocery store into a cooperative-style, full-service market.

Mary Rita Dominic, Clifton resident and founding board member of Clifton Cooperative Group, said she’s seen strong support for a cooperatively owned grocery store in place of the old Keller’s IGA. The group is currently selling $200 SEE IGA PG 2

HEATHER OBRINGER DESIGNER Enrollment at the University of Cincinnati has increased by more than 10,000 students since 2000. As of now, total enrollment in the future is capped at 47,000 students.

New acceptance process getting more selective in response to steady growth NATALIE COLEMAN STAFF REPORTER

With the deadline for student applications past, the University of Cincinnati is once again on track to see record number enrollment in the Fall semester. Although that growth is netting the university more tuition dollars, it’s also leading to implementing methods to slow enrollment numbers that have increased by 10,000 students since 2000.

“If we continue to have a robust and growing applicant pool, what will likely happen is that the university will become even more selective and the quality of students will become even stronger,” said UC President Santa Ono. Applications to the university have increased to 16,427— 5 percent greater than in 2013 — and offers from the university to prospective students has increased 8 percent, said Caroline Miller, associate vice president for enrollment management at UC. Student confirmations have increased 2 percent.

“We’re very fortunate as an institution that we are a hot destination right now,” Ono said.“The University of Cincinnati brand is very strong. This is not the case for other institutions. They’re still seeing significant drops in applications.”

Although growth is a good thing, the

university can only grow so much, Ono said.

Around 43,000 students are currently enrolled at UC. If the university surpasses 47,000 students, more facilities would need to be built so that the quality of the student experience is maintained, Ono said.

“There’s space to grow a little bit but not enormously unless we invest significantly in the campus and expand the facilities,” Ono said.“We are not aiming to grow significantly past that number.”

UC has used block-leased apartments in complexes around campus for the past few years to handle a lack of on-campus housing, but that is just a short-term solution.

“If we have around 5,000 students in residence halls, we probably have the right capacity,” Miller said.“If the pattern changes, with students choosing to live on-campus longer, we probably have some challenges.”

For the 2014-15 academic year, UC will block-lease 400 beds from University Park Apartments — nearly 200 more than what was leased in 2013 — and adding 32 new beds to the student housing Stratford Heights, said Todd Duncan, director of housing and food services.

“That’s been a good arrangement and it’s been good for students because they really are right on campus,” Miller said.“If we have to go further from campus, it brings in other challenges: making sure that students feel a part of the community and making sure that they’re in places that are safe.”

Though finding housing is the biggest space issue for the university, some colleges on campus may be running out of seats for students in classrooms, which could mean bigger class sizes.

The Lindner College of Business has nearly outgrown their building, Miller said, and that the next step for the COB is to look at unconventional ways to teach the curriculum, such as online courses, to help manage space constraints.

Along with space issues, some have raised concerns about the number of fulltime faculty members teaching a growing number of students.

“If you put together what’s been going on with record enrollments and a lower number of full-time faculty, its a recipe for a large class and a lot less personal attention from professors to students,” said Greg Loving, president of the UC chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

The university’s full-time staff of professors has been decreasing.

“There are things the university can’t skimp on to keep up the quality of the education. And hiring professors is something they cant skimp on,” Loving said.

“It would take really aggressive hiring on UC’s part to get to the number of professors we had 10 years ago.”

Aside from bigger classes, an overflow of students could also mean more classes SEE ENROLLMENT PG 2

Student group uses class project to evaluate transportation Group evaluating feedback from diverse group of students; will present results to administration KATIE COBURN STAFF REPORTER

A class project analyzing University of Cincinnati student transportation choices could directly impact policy at the university.

The group of engineering students, known as the Student Transportation Analysis Team, plans to compile the results of a survey evaluating different modes of transportation on and around campus.

Other than the report for their technical writing class, members of the group hope to publicize a report and meet with administrators by the end of the academic year with

a series of suggestions for improvement and integration of services.

“STAT wants to make an impactful change to the student experience,” said Aaron Sykes, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student and former at-large senator. “We are a simple group of students working for other students.”

Possible initiatives include better shuttle stops, lower cost for parking passes and making campus more accessible.

While hoping to make an impact outside of the classroom, STAT chose to focus on transportation because it is one aspect that UC could improve but hasn’t been previously focused on by other student groups, said Lillian Heyob, a third-year biomedical engineering student and member of the group.

Some students noted that there is a lot of room for improving transportation.

Student transportation at UC is rarely looked at as a unified system because different administrators regulate its various parts, said Hannah Kenny, a thirdyear biomedical engineering student and current College of Engineering and Applied Science tribunal senator.

STAT will address this issue by looking at UC student transportation comprehensively.

The group is currently analyzing the effectiveness of each form of transportation and areas for improvement with a student survey.

“I think that having a diverse transportation network allows UC to accommodate students with different interests, which allows UC to appeal to more prospective SEE TRANSPORTATION PG 2

P&G executives talk about doing business in Russia Group wants input on renovations to Burnet Woods

Leaders do not foresee negative impact on business in Russia BECKY BUTTS ONLINE EDITOR

Although tension between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate, the heightened sense of political upheaval hasn’t affected Procter & Gamble’s business in the former Soviet Union motherland.

“Our business has operated outside of these political environments pretty much by and large,” said John Pepper, former P&G CEO and chairman. “We’ve been in Russia many years and we’ve had a lot of ups and downs.”

Pepper was one of three former or current P&G executives who spoke at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday.

The event “Doing Business in Russia: Past, Present and Future” allowed those in attendance in the Lindner College of Business to hear first-hand about doing business in Russia.

Pepper, who travelled to Russia in 1990 with the company to begin business after the collapse of the Soviet Union, recalled people making shampoo out of beer, and using toothpaste made of grit.

“I grew up in an era where the Soviet

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LAUREN MORETTO CONTRIBUTOR P&G executive Lisa Popyk spoke about her experiences in Russia at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday.

Union was our arch enemy,” Pepper said. “I think a number of us were like missionaries. If we could make the slightest contribution by building a business here that would somehow bring societies together, it would be a really good thing.”

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Greg Loving, AAUP UC board approval.

By building a P&G presence in Russia, the company created more jobs and eased access to everyday consumer goods such as shampoo, soap and food for citizens.

Despite losses of $200 million in 1998 and other difficulties brought on by confusion SEE RUSSIA PG 2

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A development group in the uptown area is getting an earful from the public about renovations to Burnet Woods after stating Monday that it planned on forming a committee to gather input.

The Uptown Consortium announced its plans at the Clifton Town Meeting, where community members immediately shared their opinions about the park.

Plans include forming an independent committee to gather input and possibly implement improvements the 90-acre park just north of the University of Cincinnati main campus, said Joyce Rich, CTM board member.

Renovations could include a water or splash park, shelters, a dog park and improved hiking trails.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and UC President Santa Ono endorsed renovating the park after speaking with each other in February. Cranley said he wants Burnet Woods to be the next Washington Park.

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taught by graduate students and parttime professors. These are often ways that schools combat increased enrollment.

“The school is rightly focusing on retention,” Loving said. “It’s cheaper to keep students.”

Students making connections with each other and with their professors is the key to retention, Loving said. “That’s a lot easier to do when you have a stable, fulltime faculty.”

University officials say they are not worried that the university will become too large in the near future. Still, enrollment administrators are using a more focused approach to determine who will be accepted and who won’t make the cut.

To become more selective, university officials like Miller first look at whether students were successful or unsuccessful in their major programs and why. Next, they adjust the admissions criteria for that major to make sure the students accepted are prepared to be successful.

“Every year, we assess where we are, we assess student profiles, we assess student success and then we set the criteria for the next year,” Miller said. “We have assessment tools that help us look at who dropped out and why.”

With a more focused application process, the university needs to ensure it recruits a diverse freshmen class, said Christina Beer, student body president.

“We are not backing off of our commitment to diversity whatsoever,” Miller said. “We very much want to send a message that we believe in student success.”

Increased selectivity does not mean that UC student body will be any less diverse.

“I personally think it’s a cop-out to say that if we raise our admissions criteria we will be less diverse,” Miller said. “We need to think very thoughtfully about what that says when we make that statement.”

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in the former Soviet Union, P&G decided to continue business.

Lisa Popyk, a global employee communications manager at P&G, was a journalist writing for Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company during the early post-Soviet Union period. Popyk lived there during her time reporting.

“Regardless of the differences in cultures, the stark similarities people had were their personal means and hopes,”

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Before uptown begins the project, several residents suggested that they look at and embrace earlier plans that were never executed.

Len Thomas, a senior planner in Planning + Design + Construction at UC and a member of the master plan advisory committee for the Cincinnati Park’s Centennial Plan, suggested the board look at earlier plans for similar parks that would effectively preserve natural resources and address current water problems.

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students, and improves the satisfaction UC students have with their college experience,” said Zach Tucker, a third-year electrical engineering student and group member.

The group received feedback from a mixture of commuter students, individuals that live on campus, and those who live in the surrounding community.

NightRide received positive feedback from the survey’s initial results because

Popyk said. “The ability to get basic commodities such as food, soap, shampoo was extremely difficult.”

She remembered P&G sending an airlift of peanut butter to the children of Chernobyl during the tough times.

“The keen appreciation of the influx of these commodities, like what P&G does in a lot of these developing countries, was really remarkable to me and how that can just change people’s lives,” Popyk said.

The executives agreed that despite current tumultuous relations between

the west and Russia, business is usual, for now. Despite P&G’s western origins, the company doesn’t face hostility in the country because many people see it as a Russian company, as most employees are Russian.

Regardless of tough relations, P&G has maintained a positive brand image, said Luba Osadchy, P&G brand manager, who spent a month in Russia during the 2014 winter Olympics.

“P&G’s purpose is to touch and improve everyday life,” she said.

of environment,”Thomas said. “We can do that, but first we should look at that comprehensive and sensitive master plan that was created in 2007, which would be essential to accommodate human nature and conserve natural resources.”

Burnet Woods has historically been a sanctuary in a very urban area and some residents are concerned about cutting down too many trees and making the appropriate improvements to the water drainage system within the park.

Rich said any new plan must demonstrate the importance of tree preservation — a necessity for migrating birds and proper water flow distribution, Rich said.

More effective water drainage designs —primarily for separating sewage from

storm water — would be a key element in any renovations, Rich said.

Citing the 2007 master plan, the need is especially important with the added burden of water that is contributed from UC to the combined sewer overflow in Burnet Woods, which historically tops out at more than 125 million gallons annually.

“When we have had episodic weather events, Burnet Woods becomes the unfortunate source of raw sewage,”Thomas said.

“The current plan does not take into consideration the underground separation of these waters that was intended to take place as a part of the 2007 master plan, so I encourage you to investigate and endorse this plan that is born out of intelligence, creativity and responsible stewardship.”

of its ease of use and lower wait times, Sykes said. Survey results also show that students are unfamiliar with or have never used ZipCar, the Metro or the MegaBus. Spreading student awareness of UC’s various methods of transportation, such as ZipCar and the Metro, will improve student transportation satisfaction.

Students should not only know about these transportation options, but also use and support them, Tucker said.

Once the final report is complete, STAT intends to meet with administrators

and appropriate parties to receive their feedback, propose solutions, and discuss possible plans of action.

“We intend to work with administrators and not against them,” Sykes said.

“Collaboration is key.”

Although STAT is not directly associated with student government, it has received SG and university staff support, Sykes said.

SG vice president Shivam Shah said SG would help the group spread the information they find.

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shares for part ownership of the store. By purchasing shares, members would have a voice in major issues and also receive discounts.

Steve Goessling, who owns the property, signed with another buyer but the agreement is only tentative and ends in May, Dominic said.

Since the co-op negotiated with and named a price with Goessling before he found another buyer, Dominic said the coop would have to be his next choice if the other deal falls through.

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St. Vincent takes Bogart’s Live show reveals Clark’s inner world MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

From the innocent and highly introverted Annie Clark comes a fully-fledged musician of the highest caliber — an artist in complete confidence and control of herself and her performance.

While on stage, the person known as Annie Clark retreats into the fold. There is only St. Vincent, and St. Vincent alone. With the release of her fourth and self-titled album, St. Vincent has reinvented herself and her public image.

Playing Bogart’s Tuesday night, Clark unleashed the potential of St. Vincent, crafting a show that verges on performance art.

While St. Vincent is known for her twisting, complex arrangements and a diverse array of both acoustic and electric instruments, her fourth album opts for more straightforward, guitar and synth-driven power.

The show opened with “Rattlesnake,” a thumping and personal story of nature, fear and adrenaline all experienced at once.

The crowd, packed together like sardines to get a decent view of Clark, roared with approval.

The set was comprised of both new and old songs, yet each song was unified by the performance that accompanied them.

Clark, clearly influenced by her recent collaboration and resulting tour with Talking Heads front man David Byrne, crafted a theatrical display that enhanced the performance.

Collaborating with creative director Willo Perron and choreographer Annie-B Parson on everything from the album cover to the theatrics on stage, St. Vincent created an aesthetically detail-oriented experience for her “Digital Witness” tour. Whenever Clark isn’t shredding through her complex guitar runs, her features are alive with vivacity.

Clark has hit her stride in her artistic endeavors and undertakings.

The Bogart’s crowd on Tuesday night witnessed an extremely confident artist in control of her ability to enthrall through sheer skill and intelligence.

It’s a testament to her skill that Clark is a woman in the highly maledominated music industry who has set a new standard and redefined what it means to be a female indie artist in the 21st century.

The banter is rehearsed to perfection, the punch lines and meaningful points tastefully executed. Some may question the meticulousness and scripting that goes into the “Digital Witness” show, saying it isn’t completely truthful or improvisational enough.

While that may be true, the concert Tuesday night was an allinclusive dive into the mind of Annie Clark.

The lyrics, although extremely cryptic, are poetic and reflect a particular time in Clark’s life. That’s just what she wants to achieve, and seemingly has achieved with her live, public and very personal performances. With each song she is creating with us a moment in a specific time and space, one that we all emotionally share.

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

St. Vincent underwent a metamorphosis on stage, unleashing through her unimitatable sound a boundless psyche. The singer-songwriter has proved with her music to be a pioneer on Indie’s frontier.

‘The Unknown Known’ challenges concepts of truth Errol Morris’ latest documentary opts to portray eccentricities instead of asking tough questions ZACK HATFIELD STAFF REPORTER

The camera zooms in on its subject, former United States secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, who is talking about Saddam Hussein. “He was the living image of himself,” he says, and a toothy grin breaks slowly across his face as he adds, “which is pretend.”

The camera focuses on him in silence for a disconcerting amount of time, letting viewers weigh his words and inevitably compare both powerful men to each other.

This is what “The Unknown Known,” filmmaker Errol Morris’ latest documentary is all about: separating what our minds think is the truth from the actual truth.

As Rumsfeld says in the film, “There are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know.

We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.

But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”These words have served as Rumsfeld’s adage since he famously used them in a briefing about the Iraq War in 2002.

Yet for someone so concerned with what we know and don’t know, Rumsfeld, who gave Morris over thirty hours of interview time for the project, is deliberately evasive during the film.

When asked about U.S. involvement in Vietnam, he simply says “Some things work, some things don’t.”

When asked if decisions on the War on Terror are justified, he brushes the question off, saying, “I guess time will tell.”

The documentary becomes more about Rumsfeld’s post-hoc rhetoric and obsession with definitions and terminology.

We find that his foremost job is as an architect of mistruths and illusion rather than a defender of his country.

Because Rumsfeld’s responses in the documentary can be summarized with a general shrug of the shoulders, it also becomes more of a portrait of the man and his personality than a careful investigation of 9/11, the specifics of Guantanamo Bay, and countless other major events that Rumsfeld has dealt with during his 30-year career at the White House.

If Rumsfeld isn’t completely ignoring questions, he’s answering them in contradictory koans that end up meaning absolutely nothing.

What proves to be most astounding is Rumsfeld’s apparent lack of a conscience. Whether he’s discussing torture in Guantanamo or casualties of innocents in the Middle East, he’s perfectly fine with saying no mistakes were made.

The realpolitik phrases he repeats to himself like “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence” are obviously mottos he uses to vindicate his own irredeemable errors.

All this from a man who is no stranger to senseless violence and its impact; he was in the Pentagon when it was attacked on 9/11.

Overall, his moral ambiguity concerning wars that could have been avoided is disturbing to say the least.

Although everyone in the theater will be convinced Rumsfeld is an unapologetic war criminal —and rightly so — that doesn’t seem to be Morris’ goal. That’s to give us an intimate and conversational sketch of who was

once among the most powerful men in the world, and his perplexing thought process. Rather than conducting an interrogation, Morris gives him smaller questions that allow Rumsfeld to slowly reveal himself to be the political villain he is.

We’re shown grainy archival footage and audio from the White House, including nitpickings from Rumsfeld’s memos, which he tells us there are “millions” of and refers to as “snowflakes.”These dictations interact with the countless filmic tricks up Morris’ sleeve, which include an array of infographics, three-dimensional maps, beautiful time-lapse footage of traffic in Washington and Baghdad and an exciting score from Danny Elfman.

Morris has an impressive filmography that includes the ambitious adaption of Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time” as well as a poignant documentary about former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, “The Fog of War.” He seems to be fascinated with the elusive, and in this case, his subject proves to be nothing but that. In the end, it is ignorance that is distinctly shown to be Rumsfeld’s sanctuary.

The title appears to suggest that we’ll leave the theater knowing at least something, but that promise isn’t necessarily kept by the time the credits roll. The only thing known is that the unknown is still, and may always be, the unknown.

The most revealing moment of the film is at the very end, when Morris asks his final question from behind the camera, “Why are you doing this? Why are you talking to me?”

I’ll let you guess Rumsfield’s answer.

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Brazilian international students combine with local musicians, combining jazz with traditional rhythms FERNANDA CRESCENTE STAFF REPORTER

Piano keys and a relentless drumbeat echoed down Mary Emery Hall Sunday, emerging from a unique performance that united Brazilian international and local students.

The presentation mixed jazz with typical Brazilian rhythms and genres, such as samba and maracatu.

André Oliveira, Thiago Camargo and Yara Oliveira are the Brazilian performers who organized the event.

They came to the University of Cincinnati for a six-month exchange program after undergoing a test that selected musicians from Unicamp, a Brazilian university, André Oliveira said.

“We thought it would be nice to play music that we like, since it was our choice to make this recital, so we chose songs that we had played before or that we were

working on here,” said Yara Oliveira. “We wanted to get together with local musicians and record video and audio, so that we would be able to take a performance of us here back home.”

The Brazilian and American students played original tunes, popular Brazilian songs and rearranged melodies.

A saxophone, guitar and trumpet were some of the instruments that came to life when played by their performers, filling the room with a ringing sense of joy.

“All the rhythms we ended up playing were already influenced by jazz,” André Oliveira said.

“We took some elements like the improvisation of jazz — this thing that happens when a person improvises and you come along and try to build on it. Samba, originally, is not as instrumental and does not have as much improvisation. It is more about songs, lyrics and drums. This improvisation we got from jazz may be the biggest influence on the things we have done.”

Camargo, who composed one of the original songs and rearranged two of the pre-existing tunes presented,

commented on his experiences at CCM and how his classes influenced the performance.

“Actually, the original song that I played I had already composed in Brazil, a little bit before coming here,” Camargo said.

“The other tunes were interesting because during an advanced improvisation class, we started learning odd meters. I arranged the melody of a famous tune using a time that is not so common, an odd time.”

The students complimented the structure of CCM and how American students are very committed to their work.

At the same time, they expressed how they miss their families and friends and how they have started appreciating their music and culture even more after living in America.

“After being here, we became even more passionate about Brazilian music. Perhaps what we miss the most is sitting around and playing with people that pulse Brazilian music,” André Oliveira said.

New, distinct styles bloom in wake of fashion weeks PALOMA IANES STAFF REPORTER

Fashion enthusiasts shrug off winter coats and envelope a renewed sense of energy as the warm weather rolls in.

In the wake of fashion week shows across the country, plenty of inspiration is available for spring and summer selections.

Floral — a classic spring favorite — took center stage, along with crop tops, fringe, sports-luxe, pastels and sheer.

“Spring is the time to try new things and to explore different apsects of a unique personal style.”

Crop tops are a staple this spring.

From Alexander Wang to Jill Stuart, crop tops were repeatedly seen on the spring 2014 fashion-week runways.

There is no denying the youthful yet edgy feel of a crop top. These playful cutoff shirts can give any outfit an instant springtime boost.

They transcend from daytime to nighttime smoothly and look great paired with high-waist jeans or a midi-skirt.

Crop tops are also a must for music festival attire, and go hand-in-hand with fringes and lace.

Sports-luxe, a mix of sport and luxury attire, has grown in popularity and will be a common look this season.

Bomber jackets, simple jersey shirts, high-top trainers and fabric mesh are all parts of this style.

Sports-luxe is sleek with clean lines becoming essential in the trend.

Typically somewhat androgynous, sports-luxe was given a twist on the runways by embodying a more feminine appeal, as seen in the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear Gucci show.

Sports-luxe has entered the realm of party-wear, both a fashionable and comfortable choice for nights out.

It’s no secret that sports-luxe has brought neon and primary colors into popularity, but charming pastels are predicted to make a huge hit this spring and summer as well.

From mint-green and cream to lilac and powder pink, pastels made their presence known on the runway for this spring.

Pastels bring a unique freshness to any outfit, and are also flattering on any skin tone.

Another trend blowing up is sheer.

The fabric makes for an edgy yet delicate look. Depending on the color and design, can be worn day and at night.

The problem with sheer, however, is that it is sheer.

Unfortunately, we don’t live on a high-fashion runway where being practically naked besides a thin layer of see-through fabric is acceptable.

Luckily, this trend comes with ‘every-day wear’ solutions, such as cute bandeau bras, or wearing a cropped tank under a sheer shirt, which gives room to play with layering and design to customize a personal look.

This spring, there seems to be much more variety in size, pattern, color and general aesthetic of floral.

Dark roses, large pink hibiscus flowers, stylized poppy flowers and even 3D cherry blossoms, as seen in Dolce and Gabbana Spring 2014, are just some of the atypical florals coming into the picture.

This versatility means that florals are able to adapt and compliment other trends in a way never seen before.

Spring is the time to try new things and to explore different aspects of a unique personal style.

These popular trends can be twisted, combined or left untouched to create a desired look.

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Isa Shakir (right), a fifth-year finance and entrepreneurship student and member of the Muslim Student Association, discusses religion and sexuality.

LGBTQ community examined across religions Students, staff discuss perspectives during Queer Spirituality Panel NICK THOMPSON STAFF REPORTER

What is your view on homosexuality?

Students, faculty and members of the community voiced perspectives on that question in regard to their own spirituality or religion in the Women’s Center Wednesday during the Queer Spirituality Panel.

Fueled with food and coffee provided at the event, the discussion began with readings and discussions of selected quotes involving faith and acceptance of others.

The individuals took turns speaking about what the quotes meant and how they spoke to them.

From that point forward, the conversations took off.

There was an atmosphere of community, support and understanding. In this open and respectful discussion were people of different faiths, backgrounds, sexual orientations and identities, all expressing what faith says about homosexuality and how it affects the lives of any individual, regardless of sexual orientation.

Brandy Turnbow, Women’s Center program coordinator, summed up the main idea of the QueerCat Pride Week event.

“What we are doing here is providing a space where people can come together and learn from each other’s experiences,” Turnbow said.

With each story or view that was presented to the group, there was always something to be learned. One individual spoke of how she had dropped out of school at a young age, much to her parents’ distain, but then continued her education a decade later, regaining their pride and acceptance.

Each story seemed to be more enlightening than the last. There were stories about experiences with people who were uncomfortable with homosexuality, stories about overcoming obstacles and even simply religious stories.

The religious stories echoed the Old Testament’s condemnation of homosexual acts, but also spoke of Jesus and his teachings of loving and accepting each other.

Some students who were raised Christian recalled their personal struggles with trying to figure out how to cope with their sexualities and religion.

But Christianity was not the only religion being represented at the event.

Isa Shakir, fifth-year finance and entrepreneurship student, spoke about his religion’s view on homosexuality.

“I’m here to give a better understanding of the Muslim position on certain topics,” Shakir said.

“And even if someone is gay, Christian, atheist, or whatever — they can be a part of the Muslim faith. And it’s about creating compassion in the community.”

The reoccurring point being made by all who were a part of the discussion was

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Jackson, son of the Reverend Alice Connor, leans against his mother’s arm during the event.

the idea and practice of acceptance. This point was also made evident in one of the quotes discussed at the beginning of the event from writer and Catholic priest, Henri Nouwen.

“When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions,” Nouwen said.

In correlation with the theme of faith, the Reverend Alice Connor, head of the Lutheran Campus Ministry, attended the event and provided Christian insight into homosexuality and the concept of acceptance and love.

“I see my mission on campus as telling everyone on campus that God loves them, no matter what,” Connor said.

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Allies and members of UC’s LGBTQ Center pose with the Bearcat during Tuesday’s Ally Picnic.

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The familiar senior trio Sean Kilpatrick, Justin Jackson and Titus Rubles received 10 of the 12 awards handed out at the annual University of Cincinnati men’s basketball banquet Tuesday at the original Montgomery Inn. Together, they led UC to a 27-7 record and a share of the American Athletic Conference, the Bearcats’ first conference title in a decade.

Jackson led all recipients with five total awards. He shares the Most Valuable Player Award with Kilpatrick and Rubles and the Top Defensive Player Award with Rubles. He received the Most Improved Player Award, the Leading Rebounder Award (7.3) and the High Deflections Award (246).

Kilpatrick also received the Leading Assists Award (2.5 per game) and the Three-Point Shooting Award (34.8 percent).

Senior David Nyarsuk was awarded Teammate of the Year and freshman Kevin Johnson earned the Free-throw ShootingPercentage Award (86.7 percent).

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Led by a career-best performance from sophomore Jared Howard, the University of Cincinnati men’s golf team shot an eightunder par 280 Tuesday to finish second behind Mississippi State at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship in West Point, Miss.

Howard dominated the final with a fiveunder par 67, after back-to-back 72s.

“Jared got off to a slow start as we completed the second round in the morning,” said UC head coach Doug Martin.“But he kept playing and went crazy toward the end of the third round, made some putts and moved up the standings.”

With Howard’s finish and a solid seventhplace performance from John Michael O’Toole (70-71-73—214) UC notched its best tournament score of the season: 289-291280—860.

“We should move up the national rankings because of our play here,” Martin said.“If we can go out and perform like we did today over the next few weeks we’ll have a chance to qualify for NCAA regionals. That would be a statement to the work put in by these players.”

University of Cincinnati discus thrower Macklin Tudor, who broke the record the school record with a throw of 190 feet and 11 inches.

UC track set to host All-Ohio meet Bearcat runners look to capitalize on momentum from recent meets ELLEN HADLEY STAFF REPORTER

Coming off of the University of Southern Florida Collegiate meet with 15 top-two finishes, University of Cincinnati’s track and field teams are set to take on 16 opponents Friday and Saturday in the AllOhio Championship.

Men’s track and field head coach Kris Mack believes Akron will be the biggest competition and rival for the men’s team.

The Zips are coming off of a dual-meet sweep against Ashland, Kent State and Youngstown at the Northeast Ohio Quad.

Regardless, Mack has faith his team will excel in a handful of events.

“It’ll be the first week where our steeplechasers get after it, and I think that that will really be our main event,” Mack said. “It’ll be what we’re really looking to succeed in. I think we will fair well at the pole vault. I think we will fair well at the discus. Those are really our strong events.”

Senior Josh Dangel is expected to continue to dominate the pole vault after winning the event with a 17-foot-7-inch clearance at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational March 28-29.

“Josh Dangel has been taking cracks at that 18-foot barrier school record pretty much all year, so hopefully we will continue to see more of that,” Mack said.

Also leading the way for UC is sophomore transfer Macklin Tudor, who broke the 21-year-old discus school record March 22 at the Alabama Relays, hurling the discus 190 feet and 11 inches.

“Macklin Tudor already set that school record, you know, at Alabama so he’s on fire and continuing to improve,” Mack said.

“He even threw four marks over what the old school record would have been through the rain at our last home meet. He’s really come along so it’ll be nice to see what he can do in the nice weather on Saturday.”

Junior Michael Nwankwo — who was named the American Athletic Conference Male Indoor Field Athlete of the Week Jan. 14 — finished first in the men’s high jump at the USF Collegiate meet.

“I was really pleased with Mike Nwankwo’s [personal record] in the high jump in South Florida this past weekend,” Mack said. “He looked like he was pretty close to making 6-10, which would get him to the NCAA first round in that event. He’s also coming back in the triple jump after injuring himself at the indoor conference so he’s doing really well.”

Freshman Tevin-Lloyd Thompson will join Nick Kowaleski and Nathan Jones on the 4x100 relay team this weekend. “[The 4x100] should be better this weekend because Tevin-Lloyd Thompson, our Jamaican, is making his debut,” Mack said. “So it’ll be nice to kind of see him and Nick and Nate and all them kind of get the baton around.”

UC will be entered in about 19 of the 21 events this weekend, Mack said.

“We’re not spreading everybody around and doubling people up like you would at a conference meet … Right now we’re still allowing them to run in their individual events and produce the best marks they can,” Mack said.

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“We’ve had a number of female athletes that have stood out this season,” Seaton said. “Probably leading the way is Kenya Woodall. She had a great start to the season. She’s ranked still at second in the conference right now and ranked in the top 25 in the country so that was really exciting for her. She’s continuing to do well.”

Woodall, a sophomore, broke the 5-year-old 400-meter dash school indoor record at the Armory Collegiate Invitational February 7.

Sophomore Alyssa McBride set a new personal record (13 feet and 8.5 inches) in pole vault Feb. 28, making her the third consecutive indoor pole vault champion (Sarah Rasnick in 2012 and Mackenzie Fields in 2013) with the third best clearance at UC behind Fields (13 feet and 11.25 inches) and Rasnick (13 feet and 10 inches).

“Alyssa McBride had a nice start to the season. She has a little injury right now so we’re going to hold her out of this meet but she looks like she’s going to be doing really well in the pole vault,” Seaton said.

Seaton is pleased with her athletes overall, and listed many potential event winners in both track and field events.

“Across the board people are developing quite nicely and we’re just looking to take the next step with this championship meet to go and compete well against our instate rivals, mainly Akron, Ashland, Findlay, Ohio State on the women’s side,” Seaton said.

One hundred free T-shirts, along with several other prizes throughout the day, will be given out at the home meet that will honor the seniors of the UC track and field team. UC has not yet released a start time for the meet.