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Council members want protesters gone

LANCE LAMBERT | SENIOR REPORTER

As Occupy Cincinnati protesters await a hearing date, Cincinnati City Council members are asking City Manager Milton Dohoney to remove protesters from Piatt Park after the park’s 10 p.m. closing.

Cincinnati police were ordered by a federal judge to temporarily stop ticketing Occupy Cincinnati protesters one day after the group filed a federal lawsuit against the city for banning protesters from residing in Piatt Park after 10 p.m.

Federal District Chief Judge Susan Dlott ordered police to halt the citation of protesters Tuesday at 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday. The protesters’ case against the city is expected to be heard early next week.

Occupy Cincinnati filed a lawsuit Monday against the city of Cincinnati, saying the

Parks Board Rule 21 — which bars gathering in public parks at certain hours — violates Constitutional rights to free speech.

Protesters who have been camping in Piatt Park for more than a week have accumulated more than 200 citations and incurred more than $22,000 in fines for what the lawsuit claims to be peaceful assembly.

“The freedoms of expression and assembly are our most basic rights as both Cincinnatians and Americans, and laws that abridge or restrain those rights strike at the heart of the First Amendment and our democracy and cannot be allowed to stand,”as stated in an Occupy Cincinnati press release Monday.

Robert Linneman — one of four attorneys representing the protestors — said the protesters he is representing have all pleaded “not guilty” to the citations.

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“It is a public forum or it is not; deciding to decline permits is unconstitutional,”Linneman said.“The plaintiffs left the park when warned and sought a permit.”

“It was denied,” he said.

Cincinnati City Council members Leslie Ghiz and Wayne Lippert sent out a memo Tuesday to fellow council members demanding City Manager Milton Dohoney remove protesters from Piatt Park by closing time each night.

If Dohoney refuses, Ghiz and Lippert are recommending city council take a vote of

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GREETINGS AND CITATIONS Citations resumed for those demonstrating in Piatt Park after 10 p.m. Wednesday as a halt by Federal District Chief Judge Susan Dlott expired.

Reynolds lawsuit settled

INDNER’S

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LEARNING TO FLY [left to right] GE executives Jeanie Rosario, David Joyce and Colleen Athans in front of a GE90 jet engine —the largest jet engine in the world.

GE and UC partnering in aviation

LANCE LAMBERT | SENIOR REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati research takes to the skies as it partners with a pioneer in flight.

A new General Electric (GE) Aviation Research Center in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati Research Institute being built in Evendale has received a recommended $5 million investment from Ohio’s Third Frontier (OTF) Commission.

GE is committing more than $45 million for the center, which will focus on next-generation jet engines, and is expected to support 11 GE researchers, six researchers from UC’s research institute, 19 UC graduate and undergraduate students, and the hiring of 20 new GE design engineers, according to the press release by OTF. Created in 2002, the OTF is commitment to create new technology-based products, companies, industries and jobs in Ohio. OTF will provide equipment for the research and development center.

“We will provide a scientific expertise with insight and analysis of jet engines, while our graduate and undergraduate students will be provided the opportunity to learn from the compliance with GE and their expertise in jet engines,” said Carlo Montemagno, dean of UC’s College of Engineering.

This project’s mission is to develop technology to build the next generation of aircraft.

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END OF ERA Carl Lindner, one of the most prominent businessmen in Cincinnati’s history, passed away at 92.

generations to succeed the right way,” Williams said.

One of those efforts was Lindner’s involvement with UC’s College of Business, which was renamed in his honor in June as the Carl H. Lindner College of Business.

Lindner’s death leaves a void at the college, said David Szymanski, dean of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business.

“It’s an extremely tremendous loss,” Szymanski said of Lindner’s death.

Lindner’s impact, however, will continue to thrive at the college, Szymanski said. The college is based in Carl H. Lindner Hall and offers the Carl H. Lindner Award for Outstanding Business Achievement and the Carl H. Lindner-PLUS program — an honors program for business students. “(Lindner’s) legacy will live on at the College of Business,” Szymanski said.

Lindner told UC representatives in August that the naming of the COB in his honor was the consummation of his life’s work.

“I have been blessed in so many ways in my lifetime, in my faith, with a wonderful family and a fulfilling career,” Lindner said in the interview with UC. “I was incredibly surprised and moved when I heard of this great honor. It is indeed the culmination of all those things I’ve loved in my life: business, learning and community.”

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A lawsuit brought against the University of Cincinnati by a former employee alleging both wrongful termination and sexual harassment, has been settled.

The lawsuit, filed in March by former UC executive assistant Sandra Smith, alleged that she was sexually harassed by former UC Executive Vice President Fred Reynolds and then wrongfully terminated by UC President Greg Williams after bringing her complaints to his attention.

Both Williams and Reynolds were dropped as individual defendants in the lawsuit June 20 and Judge Timothy S. Black of the Southern District of Ohio, United States District Court dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice July 1 — a final judgment that forbids Smith from filing another lawsuit against UC, Williams or Reynolds on the same claim.

The suit alleged that Smith was subjected to excessive hugging and was kissed on the forehead by Reynolds after mentioning she had a headache.

The complaint also alleged that, before Reynolds was officially employed at UC, he sent an e-mail to Smith that read, “I already miss you, and I’m not even there yet.”

Smith reported her complaints to Williams and the UC human resources department, but was then terminated “without cause” Aug. 4, 2010, after being promised by Williams that HR would investigate the complaints, according to the lawsuit.

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SCANDAL MEETS END The University of Cincinnati confidentially settled the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Fred Reynolds in March.

Hormone ‘awareness’ up since ’98

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Much as John D. Rockefeller with New York City, Andrew Carnegie with Pittsburgh and Bill Gates with Seattle, Carl Lindner was part of the spirit and identity of Cincinnati.

The city, region and the University of Cincinnati lost some of that spirit Monday night as Lindner died of cardiac arrest at Christ Hospital. Lindner was 92.

Lindner — who grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood — began his business career in 1940 as an employee of his father’s dairy store. The store — which later bloomed into the chain now known as United Dairy Farmers — gave Lindner, a high school dropout, the jumpstart in what would become an entrepreneurial career worth billions.

Lindner at one time or another owned such prominent Cincinnati institutions as Kings Island, the Cincinnati Reds and Provident Bank. He also held interest in companies ranging from Chiquita Brands to Penn Central Transportation Company and was the founder of the American Financial Group, which includes the Great American Insurance Company.

But for as much as Lindner owned in Cincinnati and abroad, he gave back just as much through his philanthropic efforts in the Greater Cincinnati area — including at the University of Cincinnati, where Lindner was awarded an honorary doctor of commercial science degree by former UC President Joseph Steger in 1985, and along with his family was one of the largest donors to the university.

“I just saw Mr. Lindner last Tuesday, and he was as gracious and kind as ever,” said UC President Greg Williams. “Mr. Lindner has been very generous in his support of the University of Cincinnati — as he has been with organizations throughout our community — and that generosity is well known.”

Lindner’s generosity, however, was not the only aspect of his life that should be known, Williams said.

“What more people should know about Mr. Lindner is his inspiring life, and of his efforts to guide

SELF-MADE ENTREPRENEUR Lindner, who never graduated from high school, began work in his father’s dairy store and grew up to own stakes in Chiquita Brands, American Financial Group and a controlling share of the Cincinnati Reds.

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Hormonal treatment for women entering menopause has changed drastically since a 1998 survey.

The survey, conducted for the University of Cincinnati, showed an extreme “lack of awareness” in women when it came to their hormones and menopause.

The 1998 survey showed that 42 percent of women approaching menopause said they would use hormone replacement therapy [HRT] if they were entering menopause, while 41 percent said they would not.

HRT supplements women with estrogen and/or progesterone — which help reduce the symptoms of menopause and prevent osteoporosis — when they enter menopause and stop producing the hormones naturally.

The study also showed that most women approaching menopause had a severe lack

of knowledge about their hormones. Of the women surveyed 44 percent said they didn’t know much about estrogen and 65 percent said they didn’t know much about progesterone.

This lack of knowledge was cited as one of the reasons why women weren’t receiving HRT, which at the time was also thought to prevent cardiovascular disease.

However more recent studies have shown that the benefits and side-effects of HRT are not as cut and dry as indicated by previous studies.

A 2002 study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative was stopped early due to an increased risk of breast cancer in the women receiving HRT. The study also showed that the combination of the hormones actually increased the risk of heart disease and stroke in women. Those findings led to a sharp decrease in the amount of women using HRT.

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“Those studies changed the way everybody practiced medicine,” said Dr. Kellie FloodShaffer, the director of the department of obstetrics and gynecology in the college of medicine at UC. Flood-Shaffer states that since the study doctors have changed the time period in which they prescribe HRT, usually no more than five years after menopause, to reduce the development of breast cancer.

More advanced options in the ways hormones can now be administered have also reduced the health risks because doctors have greater control over the dosing.

Along with the Women’s Health Initiative study, Flood-Shaffer cited widespread access to the internet as reasons for a larger amount of women being aware of treatment options.

“I think that number [of unaware women] is probably the minority now,” said Flood-Shaffer.

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SILVANOMICS ken silva

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Gold and silver way of future In highlighting the uncertainty that world economies are currently facing, the Oct. 15 edition of “The Economist” said it best: “Pity the world’s savers.”

Indeed, daily news of recessions, bankruptcies, bailouts and debt crises can make one want to bury his money under the mattress rather than take the risk of investing it in this economic climate.

However, there is one market that has performed outstandingly over the last decade and is poised to continue its success: the market for precious metals.

Gold and silver prices have risen more than 500 percent over the last decade.

While this precipitous rise has many in the financial industry suspecting that a bubble has formed in the market, a closer look at the factors that gave birth to this rise will show that the end is nowhere in sight for the boom in precious metals.

So why is there a boom in the precious metals market in the first place? The answer is a nasty combination of regime uncertainty, a weakening dollar and government debt.

Many investors simply do not want to invest in conventional markets because of regime uncertainty. How long will the Federal Reserve keep interest rates near zero?

Will taxes and regulation rise or fall? Will there be four more years of President Barack Obama, or will we get leading Republican candidate Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” plan?

All this information is vital if one wants to make smart investments, and the lack thereof is inducing people to get out of financial markets and entering a safer haven — namely, precious metals.

Precious metals are a safe haven because, among other reasons, the dollar index has fallen more than 30 points since 2003. The decreasing value of the dollar has investors parking their money in commodities — such as precious metals and oil — rather than paper-backed assets.

So why should you invest in precious metals rather than oil or other energy commodities? The reason is because energy prices are too tied to the performances of world economies — if the world enters another deep recession, energy prices could plummet and you could lose your lunch.

Regime uncertainty and a weakening dollar may explain why the prices of precious metals are currently rising, but government debt and a weakening dollar explain why prices will continue to rise in the future.

U.S. Treasury bonds are presently considered the safest investment in the world, and for a solid reason: it is inconceivable that the government would ever default on its debt. However, the reason the government will not default on its debt is because it has the power of the printing press, i.e. it will just print money to pay its obligations.

Thus, when masses of long-term U.S. securities start to mature and the federal government starts printing billions of dollars to pay investors — which may not be far away given how much the government has borrowed over the last decade — people will realize that government bonds are no longer the quality investment that they are currently thought to be.

This is when investors will start putting their money in other markets, and this is when precious metals will take another spike in prices. If you can invest in precious metals before this happens, you will be grateful you did.

To sum up the above statements, the prices of precious metals are inversely related to the competence of government. If you think the government will get its act together, then by all means, do not listen to a word in this article. But if you find the arguments above compelling, the best thing to do is to invest in precious metals.

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TCU student point of view DAVID SHAVER

As the unofficial writer of inflammatory sports opinion articles for the Texas Christian University Daily Skiff, I must say that your “TCU: way to waste $5 million” is a shame.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a passionate believer in the power that pageantry and showmanship can have in writing. I have personally called out Gary Patterson, the greatest coach in college football and practically a god to Horned Frogs, and blamed him for TCU football’s attendance woes. I once compared supporting the Frogs to slavery — and I compared people leaving at half time to the Exodus.

Mr. Weinberg, I understand why you feel it is necessary for your writing to have very big, strong rhetoric, but really? Backstabbing traitors? We left a crumbling conference for a conference that pays three times what the Big East would have paid us. If you were offered a job writing a blog for ESPN, wouldn’t you say ‘adios’ to The News Record? The commitment we gave was to a conference with a few decent football schools — a conference with a “stable” BCS bid position.

The loss of Pittsburgh and Syracuse puts that automatic qualifier status at risk. Getting out was a smart move. And while we don’t care that you think our mascot is dumb, we would certainly appreciate your donations to preserve our endangered species of lizard.

The suggestion that TCU and Boise State could become “fierce” rivals is a pretty stupid LETTER TO I don’t think THE EDITOR suggestion. students from either school would be willing to traverse the 1,500 miles between Boise and Fort Worth just to steal the other schools mascot or spray paint their statues or put dog shit in their buses. Those are the behaviors of fierce rivals, and those are behaviors we can now indulge in because we are playing teams near us — whose alumni are our next-door neighbors. That’s rivalry.

Now, you commented that a TCU-University of Texas rivalry would be one-sided, and maybe you’re right. However, Texas Tech’s team-to-beat is Texas A&M, who really couldn’t care less about beating Tech. A&M’s team-to-beat is Texas, who really couldn’t care

less about beating A&M. Not every rivalry has to exemplify Ohio State and Michigan, my friend.

Will we have empty seats? Not a chance in hell. The new stadium’s capacity will be lower.

There are more UT alumni in the Dallas-FortWorth metropolis than there are TCU alumni on the face of the Earth.

I imagine one or two of those Longhorn fans will buy tickets to see a game at TCU, and that should fill the extra space that we’re tearing down (see the flaw in your argument?).

I value opinions, Mr. Weinberg, and I especially value people who value their own opinions enough to make them flashy. However, I don’t broadcast opinions based on subjects that I don’t understand. Your career and your sex life (I mean, “more up and down than a woman on PMS? No one in their right mind would say that!) would benefit from following my lead.

Go Frogs!

David Shaver is a journalism student at Texas Christian University.

Alumnus perturbed by homecoming DAVE WEYHE After reading the string of emails from the University of Cincinnati about the importance of Saturday’s game against Louisville, which concerned being on the national stage and creating a good national image for UC, I feel that an important point is not being made.

Homecoming is supposed to be an event for alumni to return to UC for an experience that brings them back to their days on campus as a Bearcat, and a game downtown in the palace of despair that is Paul Brown Stadium is not in keeping with this tradition.

There are a number of reasons why I believe the university made a grave error in playing the game downtown at Paul Brown, other than the fact that the Bearcats had never won a game there.

Playing the game at Nippert Stadium gives students and alumni a better homecoming event that is centered on UC and Clifton — and not downtown Cincinnati.

In consequence, having the game downtown reduces a lot of walkup attendance for the game and eliminates the ability to experience Clifton’s burgeoning bar and restaurant scene and then simply stroll over to the stadium.

In fact, the decision to hold the games downtown has hurt local business. One local restaurateur said, “I think it’s a shame, after supporting the fans of the program (even before

there was a winning program) that this has happened. The five or six home games were the profits that allowed us to do remodeling and improvements [to our restaurant]. Homecoming and the West Virginia game being downtown is one more blow the administration [not the students or the fans] leveled against the small businesses surrounding campus.”

If UC wants to portray a positive national image, the campus surroundings must be maintained and improved. If businesses can’t make money to improve and stay open, urban blight will wrestle more LETTER TO parts of Clifton away from small businesses and THE EDITOR good empty storefronts will line the streets of Vine, Calhoun and McMillan.

In addition, the image portrayed by hosting the game downtown is an altogether different one than what should be shown. Multiple UC coaches have contended that Nippert is one of the most difficult stadiums to play in. A former coach [he’s up in South Bend] likened the stadium and its intimacy to that of Wrigley Field. Nippert is the fifth-oldest college football stadium, and not hosting integral games at Nippert Stadium is a travesty and does injustice to this great tradition. Nippert is one of the most unique stadiums in all of college football, and UC’s campus has been rated as one of the most beautiful in the world.

Why is the university taking attention

away from campus and move the national eye downtown? A full to the brim, screaming and cheering, Nippert Stadium looks much better on national television than a mostly full NFL stadium.

Furthermore, forcing shots of campus inbetween coverage downtown looks awkward on television and doesn’t reflect an image of cohesion.

It is understandable that the university wants to sell more tickets to the game, and that this money is valuable to UC as we move forward as one of the major universities in the Midwest.

However, it would seem that this bid to sell more tickets and bring more (Louisville?) fans downtown is hurting small business around campus and moving homecoming away from UC. Giving up home field advantage during the homecoming game is indefensible, no matter how much money it makes. Unless UC is planning to use the funds gained from increased ticket sales at PBS to build a second tier of seats at Nippert, we should never play a game downtown again.

It takes the focus of national attention away from the university and puts our Bearcats on the road in what should always be a game where we have home field advantage Dave Weyhe is an alumnus of the University of Cincinnati.

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Homecoming defiled by split locations The smell of hair spray, float exhaust and semi-nauseating perfume, sweat-stained dress shirts and heels that are far too high for any dignified affair. Hmmm, the markings of proper homecoming; the only thing missing: the home.

The largest, most unavoidable fact of the University of Cincinnati’s Homecoming is that it wasn’t anywhere near Nippert.

Hosted 10 minutes away in the downtown area that most UC students never even notice other than for weekend drinking and the occasional music festival, the ‘Keg of Nails’ game was outsourced to the exoskeleton of the worst franchise to have left a skid mark on the NFL in decades.

Let’s back up.

Admittedly, the Friday parade embraced the first half of the “Uptown Friday — Downtown Saturday” premise of this year’s homecoming.

For all intents and purposes, the average student doesn’t care.

With the exception of Greek letter organizations and the de facto obligatory banner waving of UC offices, the campus populace couldn’t care less about a parade.

For most of the Clifton residents, the parade was only a poor excuse for bad traffic and even worse parking than usual.

The glitter and papier-mache show is only foreplay. It’s the game that’s the climax, and for alumni and STAFF students alike, they were EDITORIAL left hanging.

Alumni want to come home for homecoming. They want to see the Bearcats crush Louisville on tribal turf, an earshot from the vibrato of CCM and the hysteria of Calhoun Hall.

People want to relive their (real or imagined) collegian greatness at their alma mater and they want the hills, bars and restaurants of Clifton as their backdrop.

Students and alumni want to eat, drink and be merry in their own Valhalla. They want the

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party in their own backyard, not the Bengals’.

The UC Alumni Association should have made like Carson Palmer and refused to even be seen in that stadium.

“The primary reason for the move was capacity. The meteoric rise of UC’s football program since joining the BIG EAST conference warrants championship level attendance at marquee games such as homecoming,” as stated on the Alumni Association’s website. “This year’s homecoming game … demands a venue surpassing the capacity of Nippert Stadium.”

Though Paul Brown stadium may have facilitated room for the absurd amount of enrolled students, it sucked the spunk out the whole event.

Having the homecoming game downtown felt like a cheap attempt to add some class or validity to the Big East event. But like a pretty girl wearing too much make-up, it was a lame attempt for attention and a damn shame.

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SPORTS

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FULLBACK JASON HOFFMAN

Palmer will get first win as a Raider

Gone forever is southern California’s favorite son, and the Bengals will be better off for it. The Patriots probably ruined the Cowboys’ season by tearing their hearts out with 22 seconds left. Week seven will be mostly remembered for the awful prime time matchups pitting two of the worst teams in the league against two playoff contenders. Have fun watching the bloodbath.

(Home team in CAPS) San Diego (PK) over NEW YORK JETS: The Chargers

are coming off a bye week; and although Norv Turner is a terrible coach, they are traveling to the trash dump of America and should handle the Jets.

Seattle (+3) over CLEVELAND: The

Seahawks knocked off the Giants two weeks ago and had a week to heal up before they travel to the mistake by the lake to take on the underachieving Browns and the biggest biceps in the NFL. Look for the Seahawks to run the ball and win a boring contest.

Atlanta (+3.5) over DETROIT: After a blemish on

their record last week, the Lions are faced with another divisional foe. The Falcons desperately need a win to stay in contention for the playoffs. This should be a high scoring affair and won’t end with another back-slapgate.

CAROLINA (-2.5) over Washington: Mike Shanahan

officially benched the “sex cannon” for the “stormin’ Mormon”, John Beck, which should give the fans in our nation’s capital something to get excited about. Meanwhile, Cam Newton continues his assault on the record book for rookies and should have another explosive performance against one of the worst defensive units in the NFL.

TAMPA BAY (+1) over Chicago: Jay Cutler stayed

mostly upright last week, but that was an outlier. The Buccaneers are coming off their bye week after two sub-par performances and will get back into the win column this week, thanks to Josh Freeman.

MIAMI (-1) over Denver:

Mark this date in history, for the son of God will trot onto the field and throw a few interceptions and grant Tony Sparano’s wish to keep his job.

Houston (-3) over TENNESSEE: Andre Johnson may return this week, but that lone factoid shouldn’t matter much as the Texans will roll through Nashville. Matt Hasselbeck is starting to look more and more like the aging veteran the Seahawks decided to live without. It should be a ground attack heavy game, and the Texans have enough firepower to pull it out.

Bearcats survive No. 23 WKU VOLLEYBALL

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HOME STREAK CONTINUES The Bearcats’ volleyball team won its 43rd consecutive home game at Fifth Third Arena Tuesday — the longest streak in the nation.

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The University of Cincinnati women’s volleyball team extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 43 by beating the No. 23-ranked Western Kentucky University Tuesday night in a back-and-forth battle that had everyone on the edge of their seats at Fifth Third Arena.

The Bearcats began the match by winning the first set 25-21, but lost the second set 25-22 due in part to the Hilltoppers adjusting their strategy at the net.

The Bearcats won the third set 25-21, and then the Hilltoppers came back to win the fourth set 25-13 — the evening’s most lopsided score.

Bearcats’ coach Reed Sunahara said his team lost focus during the set and let the

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UC’s senior running back off to a fast start CATHY HEBERT | SENIOR REPORTER

Isaiah Pead is one talented running back.

He’s currently the reigning Big East Offensive Player of the Week. He’s rushed for more than 100-yards in a game three times this season (eight times in his career), leads the team in all-purpose yards, leads the Big East in average yards per carry (6.8) and is averaging a conference-best nine points per game.

Simply put, the man is a beast.

While he didn’t become the full-time starter until his junior year, he’s been having an impact since he arrived on campus in 2008.

Even though he only played in seven games his freshman season, Pead managed to accumulate 194 yards, average 27.7 yards per game and 6.5 yards per carry.

In his sophomore year, Pead took over the role of the team’s leading rusher. Even though he only started three games, playing in all 13 and rushed 121 times for 806 yards and nine touchdowns.

During his breakout junior season, he battled injuries but still managed to outrush every other rusher on the team by at least 827 yards, and despite his various injuries, Pead finished the year with 1,029 total yards — averaging 6.6 yards per carry and 93.5 yards per game.

“For us to be a successful offense, to score points and do whatever it takes to win football games, we need to have balance between the run and the pass, and Isaiah’s a big part of that,” says UC head coach Butch Jones.

“He needs to

Hilltoppers do whatever they wanted.

“We just weren’t executing or making plays when it mattered,” said Cincinnati middle blocker and right-side hitter Emily Hayden about the fourth set. “[The Hilltoppers] were making great plays and we weren’t coming back with any of our own.”

The fifth and final set, played to a score of 15 instead the usual 25, was a caricature of the match. The Bearcats quickly jumped to an 8-3 lead before WKU rallied to tie the score.

The teams then traded the lead until the Lady Bearcats finally closed out the match, 16-14 on a block by Hayden and right-side hitter Megan Turner.

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continue to make big plays for us, because he is one of our weapons on offense.”

While Pead has proved that he is both tough and talented, he had no intention of being as banged up this year as he was his junior season. To ensure that he stayed healthy enough to have the senior season he intended on having, he posted up in the training room until he was at 100 percent.

“I got healthy then I got in the weight room, got a little bit stronger and did a lot of little things to make myself better,” Pead says.

So far this season, Pead has rushed 92 times for 624 yards and had at least one rushing touchdown in each of UC’s six games.

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ARIZONA (+4.5) over Pittsburgh: The Steelers might

make another run at the Super Bowl, or they could end up going 7-9 — hard to tell. Ken Wisenhunt’s Cardinals need a win, and his former squad could be just the foe to deliver it.

Green Bay (-9) over MINNESOTA: Brett Favre is not

walking through that door. The Packers should win this game by three touchdowns or more.

ST. LOUIS (+14.5) over Dallas: Jerry Jones still has

faith in his quarterback, and he is probably the only one.

The Rams are coming off their bye week and should make this a close game.

NEW ORLEANS (-14) over Indianapolis: The Bengals may have driven the final nail in the Colts’ coffin; and there’s a distinct possibility they’ll get shut out for the first time since Peyton Manning became their quarterback. Jim Caldwell should encourage losing so he can win the Andrew Luck sweepstakes.

Baltimore (-8) over JACKSONVILLE: This game

might be over before the end of the first half, and ESPN’s production crew will have to try and avoid showing the 30,000 empty seats. Best of luck coaching at the college level, Jack Del Rio, because you surely failed in real football.

OAKLAND (-4) over Kansas City: Carson Palmer

will trot into the “black hole” on Sunday and show the Raider fans exactly how great he really is: 12-23 for 128 yds and two interceptions. Have fun with the least mobile quarterback in the NFL. Teams on a bye this week: Bengals, Patriots, Rams, Dolphins, Redskins and Ravens.

Last Week: 9-4-0 Season: 47-38-5

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YOU GOT PEAD ON [top right] University of Cincinnati senior running back Isaiah Pead has rushed for 624 yards and eight touchdows so far this season. [bottom left] Senior running back Isaiah Pead carries the ball down field at Nippert Stadium Sept. 22. [bottom center] Pead rushed for 167 yards and one touchdown againt NC State Sept. 22, at Nippert Stadium. [bottom right]. In UC’s rivalry match against the University of Louisville Cardinals Satruday, Pead rushed for 151 yards and one touchdown, including a 50-yard endzone dash that gave the Bearcats a 20-16 lead against UofL. Pead has rushed for a touchdown in every game so far this season.

UC looks to tame USF Bulls Saturday ALEX BRANTLEY | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

After capturing the Keg of Nails for the fourth-consecutive season against rival Louisville, the Bearcats’ football team must quickly turn their attention to Saturday’s matchup against the University of South Florida at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fla. The Cats (5-1, 1-0 Big East) enter Saturday’s contest a much different team than last year’s squad that lost to the Bulls (4-2, 0-2 Big East) 38-30 at Nippert Stadium. Defensively, the Bearcats are ranked fifth in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision with 19 turnovers — an improvement from last season, in which UC finished the year with just 13.

The improvement can be partially credited to UC’s nine starters returning on defense from the previous season, which is bolstered by the Big East conference’s top returning tackler, senior linebacker J.K. Schaffer; however, UC’s run defense will no doubt be tested this weekend by the Bulls balanced offense.

“It’s the first time this year our defense will face a big running back, going against the six-foot-one-inch 240-pound Darrell Scott,” said UC head coach Butch Jones. “He’s a major piece

in what they like to do offensively.”

Cincy’s improved defense will also be challenged in containing B.J. Daniels — South Florida’s veteran dualthreat — who threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns against Cincinnati last season.

Daniels is also ranked second in the Big East, averaging 243 yards per game.

“Obviously, B.J. Daniels can change the complexion of a game in a hurry, and now he has the experience to go with his athleticism,” Jones said. “[The Bulls] are the most complete team we’ve faced this year so far. They are No. 2 in total offense in the Big East and they play really well at home.”

Entering the game, the Bulls are averaging 53 points per game at home, while limiting opposing squads to just 16.

The Bearcats’ offense will look to start fast and ride the momentum of senior running back Isaiah Pead, who recorded his third 100-yard game of the season by rushing for 151 yards against Louisville.

“He’s one of our playmakers and very important in what we want to do offensively in remaining balanced,” Jones said. “It’s their homecoming game, and starting fast to establish a tempo is going to be big in going down there trying to win the ball game.”

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DUAL-THREAT QUARTERBACK University of South Florida QB B.J. Daniels has thrown for 1,458 yards this season, while rushing for 322 yards and four touchdowns.

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BAND OF BROTHERS The hip-hop group composed of three University of Cincinnati students (two of which are brothers) recently created the Campus Recreation Center’s new “iRec” anthem. The group hopes the two-minute track will increase their following and allow them to continue to make music together.

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The Campus Recreation Center has a catchy new theme song resonating from its home page. If you’re not familiar with the two-minute hip-hop track, “iREC Anthem,” then you might not have heard of IGWE, yet, either.

The group is comprised of members Carlton “CJ da Great” Fowlkes, Udo “Barcode” Nwamu and Oni “Smooth O” Nwamu.You’re not seeing double — the last two members are brothers. Aside from their love for making beats, these young men have a lot more in common. All of them are of Nigerian decent, and by some miraculous coincidence, they’re all communications students at the University of Cincinnati.

IGWE formed the same way most college friendships do — at a series of parties. “We had a good friend of ours that was Nigerian as well,” Oni explains, “and we were a big

group of guys who had fun, partied and [were] just close with each other. It was like a fraternity, almost.”They used to call their friends “Igwe,” which means “king” or “boss” in Nigeria. Soon all of their friends were referring to each other as “Igwe,” and when the three decided to start making music in 2009, it was an obvious choice for a name.

IGWE’s music combines electropop elements with rhythmic rap and infectious R&B choruses. Each member of the group draws from different influences and genres, making for a musical blend almost anyone can get into. Fowlkes has an experienced background in creating hip-hop, while Oni leans toward R&B and Udo’s interest lies in the electronic/pop realm. The group writes and records their own music at their practice space.

“When we came together, we would write different songs, and it made us real versatile to the point where we have an electro beat, kind of like the fist-pump to a

Writing a song about exercising at the hardcore rap,” Udo says. “Where one may campus gym might seem like a random — lack, the other one will pick it up, so it all and daunting — task (how is it possible to comes together.” rap about racquetball without sounding A quick skim through the group’s overwhelmingly cheesy?), but IGWE took mixtape “Previews” reveals bubbling, popon the challenge like they would any other: infused hip-hop. Love songs, party songs and tunes that boast the IGWE message with enthusiasm and creativity. “iREC Anthem” opens with grunts akin to of drive and success comprise the 12-song football players amping up seconds before a release, and the combination of Udo, Oni and game. Then a whistle Fowlkes’ vocals blows, and the track adds a layer of launches into texture to each the chant,“I rec, track. “It’s a Party,” you rec.” The one of IGWE’s first rap proceeds and most popular to take the songs, paints a vivid listener through picture of a typical everything CRC college party, has to offer opening with the — UDO NWAMS OF IGWE (“I make my simple hook, “Hey, way upstairs, everybody it’s a do a little party/Let’s get drunk cardio, then ‘cause it’s gonna be a hell of a night.”

I gotta get my lift on,” etc.).

IGWE’s fun-loving attitude and equally OK, so maybe it’s a little cheesy. engaging sound has caught the attention But IGWE pulled the song off with of Cincinnati hip-hop fans everywhere. A flair, creating something fun, catchy and few months ago, Oni’s boss at CRC found easily identifiable that’ll help to promote out that the group would be performing them every time that uc.edu/reccenter at Fountain Square as part of the Summer loads in a browser.

Slam series. She hadn’t had any idea that The group shot a video for the song as Oni made music, but after hearing IGWE’s well, which is currently being edited by a sound, an idea sparked. videographer. They took an entire week “She just thought it would be a good idea if we could do a song for the rec center; to wake up at 6 a.m. before their classes maybe a short little video or commercial,” and complete all of the workouts at CRC to use for footage.

Oni says. By writing an anthem and “We did all the workouts from the shooting a music video for CRC, everyone wins: Both the rec center and IGWE can Olympic swimming to the rock climbing to lifting, and it was about a seven-day shoot,” promote themselves further.

Udo says. “Yeah, it was extreme.”

Once the video is completed and up on the website, CRC plans to use it as part of its campaign for a National IntramuralRecreational Sports Association award.

The group is looking ahead to further opportunities on the horizon, though.

After Wednesday’s performance with Wale (also Nigerian) at Bogart’s, the group plans to continue to spread their sound.

“It’s not really about trying to retain any money or anything like that. It’s about successfully getting people to see your vision and just enjoy what you’ve made,” Udo says.

It’s not really about trying to retain any money or anything like that. It’s about successfully getting people to see your vision and just enjoy what you’ve made.

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IGWE “RECS” UC The hip-hop group created the new anthem for the Campus Recreation Center. IGWE shot the video for the “iRec Anthem” for a week, waking up at 6 a.m. before their classes each day to shoot footage at the CRC. The group hopes that the easily identifiable track will be an effective way to promote their music. Once the video is posted on the CRC website, it will be included in its campaign for a National Intramural Recreational Sports Association award.

CHECK OUT IGWE: - IGWE’s new album, “The BIG 3,” is due out in November. It will include songs from the mix tape, “Preview,” along with new music.

- Facebook: IGWE Nation - Youtube Channel: igweboyz - Check IGWE’s Facebook and Youtube channel for information on the new album and CRC video release dates.

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FROM PEAD | 3 teammates and winning football games.”

“He’s done a great job for us, our players believe in him — they love blocking for him,” Jones says.

One reason they love blocking for him is because of the sense of camaraderie on this year’s team.

“We’re more of a brotherhood this year.

We take the time to watch extra film with each other and do a lot of things with each other, as opposed to individually,” Pead says.

With both UC and Pead already surpassing last year’s records, there’s really only one goal left for the team to accomplish this season.

“Win. We’ve got to win every game, because we want to get back to a BCS bowl game,” Pead says. “Winning is key. Winning is everything. Winning is what we’re all in it for.”

FROM OCCUPY | 1 “no-confidence” in Dohoney because ignoring current rules opens the city up to future liability when other groups attempt to protest.

If Ghiz and Lippert do not receive word from the other council members by Wednesday night they are threatening to call a special meeting to address the lack of enforcement by the city manager.

Monday night marked the first arrest made at Piatt Park since the protest began.

The man was homeless and not affiliated with the protest. He was most likely there for the free food, said Kristin Brand, an Occupy Cincinnati organizer.

A hearing date for Occupy Cincinnati protesters will take place next week, but an official date and time is yet to be disclosed.

FROM GE | 1 “We are currently in the planning phase and have started segments of the research,” Montemagno said; construction of the facility should start sometime early 2012.

It is more than just research between UC and GE, said GE spokesperson for aviation Rick Kennedy.

“A Cincinnati goal to enhance relationships between the areas largest university and the largest aerospace company,” Kennedy said.

Every year, GE hires a significant number of UC students, which allows the university to be uniquely aligned with such a project, Kennedy said.

“We live in the Aerospace quarter, with Dayton, Wright Patterson, and GE at the center, we would like to have UC apart of this corridor,” Kennedy said.

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FROM VOLLEYBALL | 3 Sunahara said.“We went up 8-4, and then they came back and tied it up, but we settled down and made a couple defensive stops. Western Kentucky is a great team — they have 21 wins for a reason — and this is a great win for us,” Sunahara said.

The Bearcats sit atop the Big East with a conference record of 5-2 and boast a 14-8 record for the season. They will host conference rival Pittsburgh Saturday at 2 p.m.

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FROM LINDNER | 1 That love of community Lindner had will resonate throughout the region for years to come, said Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory.

“Carl Lindner has left a tremendous mark on our region. He understood the impact that his money could have on people and causes in our community, and he took his ability to make positive change seriously,” Mallory said. “But, he also did a lot of things that he never took credit for. His legacy will be felt for a long time … Cincinnati mourns a truly great Cincinnatian.”

The family requests memorial gifts be made to the Kenwood Baptist Church, where Lindner was a member. Memorial services for Lindner have not yet been scheduled as of press time.

Lindner is survived by wife Edyth, sons Craig, Keith and Carl III, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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FROM REYNOLDS | 1 regarded Smith with indifference and, in August, Williams sent a letter informing Smith that she had been terminated, according to the lawsuit.

The suit also alleged that Reynolds told Smith that she had been “imagining all of these incidents because she had a ‘distorted mind’ since her surgery because of the medication she had been taking before and after her surgery.”

Black’s ruling did allow for the lawsuit to be reopened if a settlement between the parties was not consummated within 45 days of the judgment. Representatives for both Smith and UC, however, said a confidential settlement was reached.

“Settled. Confidential. No other comment. Sorry,” said Eric Deters, Smith’s legal representation,

referring to the settlement.

Greg Hand, UC spokesman, echoed Deters’ response.

“One of the terms of the settlement is that the parties are not to discuss it,” Hand said.

Reynolds — who left UC in January and is now a professor of English at the City College of New York — said he was unaware of the details of the settlement.

“The suit charged wrongful termination, actually, with harassment claims thrown in as a salacious tidbit,” Reynolds said.

“But having been notified some time back that President Williams and I had both been dropped from the plaintiff’s complain as individual defendants, I know nothing more.”

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GAME ONE: Cardinals: 3 Rangers: 2

Oct. 20 Rangers at Cardinals (8:05 p.m.)

Oct. 22 Cardinals at Rangers Oct. 23 Cardinals at Rangers Oct. 24* Cardinals at Rangers Oct. 26* Rangers at Cardinals Oct. 27* Rangers at Cardinals

*If necessary Source: Major League Baseball/MCT Campus

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