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Man struck by vehicle on McMillan, sent to hospital Alleged fight leads to man running into traffic, hit by oncoming vehicle, passerby recounts events BEN GOLDSCHMIDT NEWS EDITOR

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A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle outside Waffle House on McMillan Street at 2:45 a.m. Sunday after a verbal fight.

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After an alleged fight near Stop and Go on McMillan Street, a man ran into traffic and was hit by a vehicle around 2:45 a.m.

Police and medical staff were unable to comment about the incident as of press time, but Trevor Bishop, a passerby, got a good look of the incident as he left Stop and Go. “These two guys were having … a scuffle in front of the store,” Bishop said. “I don’t know what happened from there. I went

inside the store and walked out, and it seemed like it had ended … I guess his friend just lost it, I don’t know what was wrong with him, but he just ran into the street into oncoming traffic.”

Bishop said one car almost hit the man, but stopped in time. Another car in a different lane couldn’t stop in time and hit him. The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

The Cincinnati Police Department, Cincinnati Fire department and the University of Cincinnati Police Department couldn’t confirm whether or not alcohol was involved or what happened to the driver of the vehicle.

“It was almost like he wanted it to happen,” Bishop said. “It was a terrible event.”

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A new vice president of development is bringing more than 20 years of experience to the University of Cincinnati Foundation, which focuses on university funding through campaigns and collaborations with outside institutions.

Deborah Robinson, who has worked with nonprofits and other universities, joins the organization Monday and will primarily focus on finding the best fundraising practices and implementing them at UC. “I was particularly looking to find an institution to combine the years of experience I have with the work that is being done,” Robinson said.

Most recently, Robinson served as the vice president for university advancement at Radford University in Virginia.

Robinson’s UC position requires her to oversee different academic fundraising programs and will involve direct interaction with faculty, staff, college deans and campaign teams. The money raised from campaigns will mainly support scholarships; some will provide additional funding to facilities.

Robinson was one of roughly a dozen candidates interviewed by Rodney Grabowski, the new president of the UC Foundation, and members of the Dean’s Advisory Board.

“We all felt she brings to the table the depth and breadth of experience needed for this critical position,” Grabowski said.

After UC President Santa Ono was appointed, Grabowski set out to fill vacant positions in the foundation. The combination of Robinson’s background in strategic leadership and management along with her “thirst for the best processes for a fundraising campaign,” made her the obvious choice for the position, Grabowski said.He stressed the importance of Robinson’s role as the second leader behind a fundraising campaign.

Robinson’s initial goals include having a better understanding of what was successful about the last UC campaign, Proudly Cincinnati, which generated more than a billion dollars for the university.

She will build on those successes to better provide for future needs.

“The first thing is to build strong relationships in a strategic and quick way with faculty, staff, volunteers and the foundation board,” Robinson said.

Working as a team, she said, is the best way to ensure success, maximize efficiency and identify strengths and weaknesses of campaigns.Grabowski foresees Robinson developing a strong training program for everyone the foundation works with.

The training program has been in development for a long time, but it has been unable to get off the ground, Grabowski said. “[The position] provides such a great opportunity to do work at a university like Cincinnati,” Robinson said.

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Tom Bragg, left, of Sunpro Inc., fills his truck with water as Gary Wortman takes off the filler hose from his truck after filling up with water at a Chesapeake Energy Corporation.

Drilling shale replaces tree farming as largest industry in Carroll County; UC researchers monitoring chemical exposure, environmental impact CASSIE LIPP CONTRIBUTOR

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are producing groundbreaking research on one of the leading techniques for extracting natural gas.

Erin Haynes, assistant professor of environmental health at UC, is leading a team investigating fracking in Carroll County in northeastern Ohio, where fracking started about five years ago.

Fracking, also referred to as hydraulic fracturing, releases natural gas by breaking up underground shale with water mixed with sand and chemicals.

It is the concern of many environmental disputes because it could have potentially harmful effects on the environment, despite the fact that the industry can create more jobs and bring an influx of business into rural areas where drilling takes place.

“We want to address the question very rigorously and with an open mind,” Haynes said. “We’re not coming with a conclusion in hand; we actually want to see what the data will reveal. I think that’s important from our perspective because the pendulum swings from industry reporting that [hydraulic fracturing] is very safe to environmental groups saying it’s very unsafe.”

Haynes hopes this research can help fill the gaps between the opposing perspectives about fracking.

The team is investigating Carroll County because the fracking industry is rapidly

growing there and it is the most shaledrilled site in the state, said Paul Feezel, chairman of Carroll Concerned Citizens.

CCC is a nonprofit formed five years ago to educate landowners on the industrialized mineral extraction and how to protect their rights, as some drilling sites are located on private property.

Before fracking, the main industry in the area was the farming of Christmas trees.

“We want to address the question very rigorously and with an open mind. We’re not coming with a conclusion in hand; we actually want to see what the data will reveal.”

Erin Haynes, assistant professor of a environmental health

There are 100 new drilling sites per year in the county — about two to three times more than any other drilling site in Ohio, Feezel said.

“It’s all about education so people can make their own decisions,” Feezel said. “We really try to focus historically on water rights and that is specifically because in Carroll County, 95 percent of the residents rely on private ground water wells.”

The group has been receiving a fair amount of local, state and national press because of its efforts to educate landowners, including attention from National Public Radio, NBC Nightly News and the Wall Street Journal.

Its website has attracted 40,000 visitors in the last three years.

The organization also focuses on water because the fracking process uses so much of it. In one year, fracking removes 4 to 5 million gallons from Ohio’s fresh water

system, Feezel said.

“This [fracking] industry doesn’t just use water,” Feezel said. “It takes that water permanently out of the water system. So, we actually lose every single gallon of water used for shale gas.”

Fracking also poses a risk for air contamination.

Haynes said UC just received funds to conduct a study on air quality.

In the study, Carroll County residents will wear wristbands that can measure their exposure to certain chemicals.

The wristbands can measure the presence of over 1,000 compounds in the air.

The health effects of fracking are still largely unknown because few studies are done on the subject.

The procedure uses highly toxic chemicals so risk is inherent. Haynes said the danger lies in exposure, but if the industry contains all the chemicals there should be no health issues.

There are still 200 to 300 full-time farmers in the area, but if fracking and its waste products are not contained properly, the industry could hurt farmers, Feezel said.

Even if the chemicals are contained, Carroll County residents are already feeling some of the effects.

Aspects of Carroll County that originally attracted residents — such as clean air, water and outdoor activities — are also at risk.

Feezel and his wife moved because of the changes, and he’s seen some secondand-third-generation residents move out.

“There is no doubt [the fracking industry] is changing our community,” he said. “I personally believe that it will take away many of the reasons people have chosen to stay here.”

Lindner College of Business stays prestigious with Princeton Review ranking Students, LCB administration not surprised college stayed one of America’s best business colleges JEIDI MELENDEZ STAFF REPORTER

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The Carl H. Lindner College of Business was recently named one of the best business schools in the country.

Business education is booming at the University of Cincinnati and outstanding awards and accomplishments the university receives attract future students.

The Lindner College of Business was ranked as a Best Business School in the 2014 edition of the Princeton Review, particularly for its master of Business Administration program, said Trent Hershenson, LCB college relations director.

The M.B.A. program is unique because it is a one-year program, whereas most programs take two, said Vivek Choudhury, associate dean for graduate programs.

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However, it’s not uncommon for LCB to find itself on this list.

“We have been on [the list] for a while now and we expect that we’ll hopefully continue to be on it forever,” Choudhury said.

The rankings are made based on 10 categories: best career prospects, best classroom experience and toughest to get into.

While the college didn’t appear in any particular category, LCB students made the choice to attend the college based on a few of them. Cara Ding, a secondyear marketing major, said she chose UC because of the cooperative program and its beautiful campus.

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California transit strike prompts contract vote, delays possible

A BART train heads towards the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California. Labor negotiations are on going.

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Oct. 20 — At least one BART union agreed Saturday to put the transit agency’s contract proposal to a vote, but commuters looking for a quick end to the 2-day-old strike should hold off on the celebrations. Speaking from the entrance of the shuttered Pittsburg BART Station, Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said she expects that vote to result in a “resounding no.”

“BART has left us no choice but to reject

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their final offer,” she said, speaking with a backup chorus of 50 or so union members, many in purple shirts reading, “We make BART work.”

The next move, Bryant said, is up to BART. On Saturday, there were few indications that either BART or its unions will be settling the strike anytime soon.

Even the vote, which transit district officials had demanded, can’t take place until sometime later in the week, Bryant said. A spokeswoman from Service Employees International Union Local 1021, BART’s largest union, declined to say whether that union also would allow a vote on the contract. But sources close to the negotiations said that Tom Radulovich,

president of the BART Board of Directors, and Roxanne Sanchez, head of the SEIU local, met privately Saturday afternoon to discuss ways to get both sides back to the bargaining table.

The two were talking at about 2 p.m. when they learned that two BART workers had been struck by a train and killed near the Walnut Creek BART Station. The labor unions and BART management continued their exhausting finger-pointing routine, giving strap-hangers little hope that trains might be rolling before the Monday commute.

With no negotiations scheduled, both sides said Saturday that they were waiting for the other side to budge, an institutional game of chicken. “BART has orchestrated this commuter nightmare,” the transit workers said in an open letter to commuters.

The contract offer BART wants the unions to put to a vote includes a 12 percent raise over four years, a 4 percent pension contribution by the final year of the contract and a 9.5 percent increase in health care premiums. Train operators and station agents typically make salaries in the mid-$60,000s. Renewed talks aren’t on the to-do list.

“Right now they have not invited us back to the table,” Bryant said. “We are waiting to hear from the mediator.”

BART spokesperson Rick Rice said Saturday that while there has been “some communication between union leadership and the board,” the transit agency “still

needs union leaders to make some changes.”

BART workers walked off the job Friday morning after contract negotiations collapsed over work rules. The transit agency’s 470-page book of rules governs how it runs its trains and treats its workers. BART wants to make changes to some of those rules in order to cut costs.

Union leaders argue that giving BART the power to change those rules could endanger and exploit workers. On Saturday, both sides appeared unwilling to move on the issue.

“We are willing to have conversations,” said Rice. “But we need the work rules.”

Bryant called the requested work-rule changes a “poison pill” that BART sprung at the last minute, killing what she said was a potential deal.

The first day of the strike saw a 26 percent increase in traffic on the Bay Bridge compared with last week, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. More than double the number of people rode the San Francisco Bay Ferry system Friday compared with the week before. BART said the 125 buses it chartered from nine East Bay stations carried 4,400 passengers. BART carries an average of 400,000 riders on an average weekday.

Avi Singh, 31, is a train operator out of the Hayward yard. He hasn’t even been full-time at BART for a year yet. Like his riders, he said, he wants an agreement. “I just want it to get done,” Singh said.

Mexico drug cartel Sen. Boxer’s bill would take debt limit off table proposes bill allowing honcho reportedly Senator president to request debt limit increase killed by gunmen dressed as clowns MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

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MEXICO CITY — Gunmen dressed as clowns burst into a children’s party and shot to death the eldest brother of one of Mexico’s erstwhile largest and feared drug-trafficking families, Mexican officials and press said Saturday.

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was killed in the Baja California city of Cabo San Lucas while attending the party at a local hotel on Friday, the reports said.

Arellano Felix was the oldest of seven brothers who ran the Tijuana drug cartel that once dominated that border city. he group has been largely dismantled over the years, pushed out by the rival Sinaloa cartel and pressured by law enforcement; most of the other brothers have been jailed or killed.

Francisco Arellano served time in a Mexican prison in the 1990s for drug and weapons crimes, arrested after the slaying by traffickers of Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo.

After his sentence there, he returned to Mexico in 2008 and had maintained a low profile since. The state attorney’s office in Baja California confirmed that the dead man was Arellano, 63.

News reports said three men in clown costumes entered a party attended by Arellano and shot him to death. Federal authorities, who have sought to downplay drug-crime violence, declined to comment.

At one time, the Arellano Felix cartel controlled with brutal violence the lion’s share of drugs transiting Mexico to the U.S. via the border with California.

WASHINGTON — After the country flirted with an unprecedented default on its obligations this week for the second time in three years, Sen. Barbara Boxer is pushing a proposal to eliminate the debt limit as a bargaining chip.

A bill by Boxer, a California Democrat, would allow the president to request a debt limit increase, and only a veto-proof majority in both houses of Congress could stop it.

The measure would allow members of Congress to voice their disapproval and tell their constituents they voted against increasing the debt limit.

Boxer’s bill hasn’t attracted any cosponsors yet.

The White House says the authority to raise the debt limit rests with Congress.

But the public is running out of patience.

Congress is about as unpopular as it’s ever been.

Business and world leaders worry that the fiscal fights could send the U.S. and global economies into a tailspin. In an interview, Boxer said her bill is a solution.

“It is the obvious way out,” she said.

“America is so bruised by this.”

Boxer’s bill, the USA AAA Credit Restoration Act, is actually based on a Republican idea: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed it as part of the 2011 Budget Control Act. The Kentucky Republican, usually one of President Barack Obama’s most outspoken critics, helped broker a compromise this week to end a 16-day government shutdown and raise the debt limit.

But the deal only extends the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing authority through early February, and just the possibility that the country could near default again risks U.S. creditworthiness.

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California Sen. Barbara Boxer proposed a bill that would that would allow the president to request a debt limit increase that could only be stopped by a veto-proof majority in the House and Senate. The bill has not attracted a co-sponsor.

helping the nation, just look at the ratings agencies,” Boxer said.

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the U.S. on “rating watch negative,” a step toward a credit downgrade.

The disarray in Congress “dents confidence in the effectiveness of the U.S. government and political institutions, and in the coherence and credibility of economic policy,” Fitch wrote.

Standard & Poor’s took away the country’s coveted Triple-A rating during the last debt-limit crisis. In 2011, the most conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, emboldened by midterm election gains, refused to increase the debt limit unless they got major spending cuts.

They prevailed, and Congress approved the Budget Control Act at the last minute before a default.

This time, the debt-limit deadline coincided with the government running out of funds to operate, with House Republicans demanding changes to

Obama’s health care law, his signature achievement.

Though they didn’t get what they sought, another budget crisis could occur in a few months.

“Some in Congress want to use the debt ceiling to extract ideological wishes,” Boxer said. “The budget process is the way to handle your whole wish list.”

G. William Hoagland, a senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center who participated in several budget deals in the 1980s and 1990s as a Republican Senate aide, said he’d prefer that Congress repeal the debt-limit law.

But since that isn’t likely, he said, Boxer’s plan could work. “I think that makes good sense,” Hoagland said.

“It’s a good way to get it out of the debate.” Boxer said her bill creates a more predictable and expedited process for increasing the debt limit.

“I think it’s fair to all branches,” she said.

“I would hope that it would be embraced.”

Shanghai professor, critical of Chinese government, expelled from school Colleagues vote to oust Xia Yellang, who spoke out against censorship MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

SHANGHAI — One of China’s top universities has notified an economics professor known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government that his colleagues have voted to expel him from the institution.

The move against Xia Yeliang, who teaches at Peking University in Beijing, appears to reflect a crackdown on liberal academics that has become more severe since President Xi Jinping came to power in March. Several well-known universities — including the London School of Economics, Yale University and Cornell University — have partnerships with Peking, though few have taken up Xia’s cause.

Other institutions, including New York University and Duke University, have opened campuses in China recently or are about to amid worries that they’ll sacrifice academic freedom for the sometimeslucrative opportunity to partner with Chinese institutions.

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they are here to help; not to give you a hard time or bad grades,” Ding said. “[They] offer you enough materials to succeed in your classes. If you ask a professor, ‘Do you have a moment to talk about school or life,’ 98 percent of the professors are willing to talk and go have coffee and give you advice; even the dean. They really want you to succeed.”

Ding’s passion for marketing came from her father, who owns a business in

Xia said Friday that administrators at Peking University’s School of Economics had told him that his contract would be terminated at the end of January after the 30-3 vote last week approving his dismissal. Xia, who has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University, was among the first people to sign Charter 08, a petition that called for democratic freedoms and human rights in China.

He’s publicly criticized the Chinese Communist Party for censorship, particularly among academics. He said police had monitored him for years, faced detention and house arrest, and had been encouraged by Peking University to practice restraint with his political views.

Xia said Peking administrators had encouraged him not to publicly link his dismissal to politics.

“I can’t say that it is a political issue,” he said. “I can only say it is an academic issue.” Peking administrators couldn’t be reached for comment.

Xia said he’d continue to teach this term but would start looking for employment elsewhere, perhaps at American universities.

Other faculty members at Peking who had been speaking to foreign news media

about Xia’s circumstance said they also were encouraged to withhold public comment. Peking administrators “called me and told me about this and then told me not to make comments,” said Zhang Qianfan, a law professor at the university, adding that administrators had said Xia’s dismissal was for “academic reasons.”

“I think it is bad news,” Zhang said. “I told the university it might be better if this happened during some other time or to some other person who is not so politically high profile, so people won’t link the two together.”

Chinese academics have long faced repression, but China’s leaders have renewed efforts to toughen ideological control on campuses in recent months after younger academics, particularly those who have studied in the West, began discussing taboo topics in the classroom, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in which Chinese troops opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators.

The state-run Xinhua news agency reported in May that the Education Ministry had ordered universities to enhance “young teachers’ political education” and boost “ideological guidance.”

China.

She was curious about his business, about how to develop the company and how to define the company’s brand.

She chose LCB specifically because branding is her passion.

LCB’s cooperative program also attracted undecided business student Sonali Pradhan.

She took a summer economics class, which gave her access and insight to business leaders in Cincinnati, and inspired her to enroll at LCB.

Stan Nasilevich, a student of finance, said he stayed in Cincinnati because of the college’s reputation.

“One particular thing about the College of Business is how ambitious and driven everyone is; from its undergraduate students, graduate students, MBA to faculty and up to the dean,” Nasilevich said.

“The environment is filled with people pursuing success. I found that feeling invigorating.”

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The same month, officials ordered universities to ban the discussion of seven topics in classrooms, including human rights and free speech.

“The pressure on the freedom of speech is unprecedented recently,” said Zhang Ming, a prominent political science professor at People’s University in Beijing.

“It is severely hurting academic freedom.”

So far, there’s been little outcry from Western universities over Xia’s situation, with the exception of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, which announced a formal partnership with Peking in June.

In September, more than 100 Wellesley faculty members wrote a letter to Peking administrators, criticizing them for targeting Xia. “If he is dismissed, we will encourage Wellesley College to reconsider our institutional partnership,” the letter said.

Freedom of speech and freedom of thought are cornerstones of American concepts of academic freedom, and administrators for New York University, which opened a campus in Shanghai this fall, and Duke University, which is building a campus in Kunshan, outside Shanghai, say they’ve been promised academic freedom.

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Homecoming brings Bearcats together Floats, flags, cars, crowns: Homecoming parade represents all members of UC community EMILY BEGLEY, KATHERINE NEWMAN THE NEWS RECORD

University of Cincinnati spirit shone through a cold and rainy morning as students, faculty and friends gathered for their largest Homecoming parade to date.

“We wanted this to be the most diverse parade that we’ve ever had,” said Andrew Naab, UC Undergraduate Student Government at-large senator. “We wanted it to be representative of the UC community. Our goal was to be

inclusive for all.”

A record number of floats and walking groups stood out against the dreary sky, transforming Clifton Avenue into a colorful celebration. Attendants began shouting the UC chant every few minutes, and the whole street followed suit. Many Greek houses filled their lawns, and members of one house hung over the edge of their balcony cheering for

“We wanted this to be the most diverse parade that we’ve ever had.”

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Priscilla Turner, left, poses with the float she created with her committee.

The float, inspired by the Three Little Pigs, depicts the Bearcat as the Big Bad Wolf blowing the house down on a University of Connecticut husky.

their team while avoiding the rain.

The event incorporated a record of 13 floats and 32 walking groups, Naab said. Floats depicted the fairytale theme “Once Upon a Homecoming.”

Hannah Fisher, third-year psychology student, was one of many individuals who dedicated time to creating a float. Her sorority Theta Phi Alpha worked to get everyone involved.

“We’ve been having pomping [folding sheets of tissue paper to decorate the float] parties all week,” Fisher said.

“Every night … everyone would show up, and we just rolled tissue paper while we socialized.”

Float after float depicted Bearcat pride, rolling past spirited members of the UC community.

Pricilla Turner, second-year nursing student and University of Cincinnati Blue Ash student ambassador, and her float committee depicted their own rendition of the Three Little Pigs, incorporating a life-size Bearcat and putting Homecoming game opponent University of Connecticut (UConn) in the doghouse — literally and figuratively.

The Bearcat took on the role of the Big Bad Wolf, blowing

down the house on a stuffed UConn husky. The unique effect was accomplished by a four-pulley system that manually collapsed walls made of PVC pipe.

“My favorite thing about working on the float would be making new friends and seeing our vision come to life,” Turner said. “The absolute best part of being in the parade was seeing and hearing everyone’s reaction to our float. I was so excited and so proud that we did it; we made this happen. It was seriously one of the best experiences I have ever had.”

The float also donned a banner with the handprints of the float committee and students, exuding the sense of inclusion the parade strived to achieve.

The Homecoming court rode by in horse-drawn carriages, elaborately portraying the fairytale theme. For the first time, a UCBA student was on court, further representing the Homecoming committee’s goal of inclusion for all, Naab said.

UC legend Oscar Robertson acted as the Grand Marshal and was accompanied by his wife Yvonne. Robertson played for the UC basketball team before he graduated with a business degree in 1960. He went on to set several records in the NBA, playing for the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Homecoming parade was a fairytale success, which Naab said would not have been possible without the Homecoming committee that brought the event together.

He particularly credits parade chair Logan Brooks and student alumni council adviser Briana Coggins.

“None of this would have been possible without the two of them,” Naab said.

Naab believes the parade will continue to grow in the future. ““I think [expectations] were met and exceeded,” Naab said. “I think we now have a lot of room for growth next year, and how we’re going to expand the parade and Homecoming in general.”

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The Homecoming parade featured the highest number of floats and walking participants in its history. Students, faculty and alumni lined Clifton Avenue despite the rain, proudly celebrating past, present and future Bearcats.

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Cheers fill Nippert Stadium during halftime as Sarah Clem and Sean Cox accept their crowns for Homecoming queen and king. The Homecoming court rode through the parade in horse-drawn carriages, adding to the fairytale-themed “Once Upon a Homecoming.”

“It really is magical.

It’s something that brings in all types of tradition. You get the alumni at the end, you get men and women from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s; they come back and gather on Clifton Avenue for the Homecoming parade.”

Andrew Naab, UC Undergraduate Student Government at-large senator

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Social media perpetuates rape culture OU sexual assault incident causes national conversation about consent KELSEY KENNEDY CONTRIBUTOR

When a sensitive story goes viral, it’s inevitable that many social media users will throw their two cents in — but that only perpetuates the problem.

Tuesday, BuzzFeed posted graphic screenshots of a sexual assault that were compiled and republished from original social media content in an article titled “Alleged Sexual Assault That Happened On A Sidewalk During Ohio University’s Homecoming Was Live-Tweeted.”

The pictures and videos were taken from OU students’ Instagram and Twitter accounts.

The students witnessed and documented the sexual assault, immediately posting it for their online audience. Many of the tweets disturbingly ended with the hashtag #college — implying that this is typical of OU and colleges across the U.S. This behavior, written off by many to be normal, is anything but. The original content has since been deleted, but not before BuzzFeed captured the screenshots.

Within a couple of hours the post went viral, and over the next couple of days, ignited a massive conversation about rape, sexual assault and how our society responds to it. Communities, media outlets and organizations on the national level have responded to these pictures and videos with many voicing their opinion in the form of a comment.

Definitions of rape and sexual assault vary by state law, but most legal systems define rape as any form of penetration — oral, anal or vaginal — without consent and by force or threat of force.

According to The Ohio Revised Code the

absence of “no” is not a “yes.”When sex is consensual, it means everyone involved has agreed to what they are doing and has given their permission. Non-consensual sex, or sex without someone’s agreement or permission, is rape. In many states, including Ohio, an intoxicated person who is “substantially impaired” cannot legally give consent.

Silence does not imply consent. Past sexual interactions cannot be relied on. Never assume consent. Always be sure to have consent.

Unfortunately, because this case is so widely publicized on social media, anyone can hide behind their computer screen and insert their opinion. No matter how many people post about the victim taking ownership of “her mistake,” the determination of consent is up to no one but the victim.

Rape is a public health epidemic in Ohio.

According to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five women have been the victim of rape in their lifetime, totaling approximately 743,000 adult women in Ohio as survivors of rape.

The fact of the matter is even if this was consensual, the mere publication and distribution of the video by major social media news outlet like BuzzFeed is revictimization, and that’s what the problem is. That in itself is an act of sexual violence, and it’s something we need to discuss. The conversation that we should be having is not just about the way we view and define rape, but the way we view sexual violence and how it’s portrayed through use of social media.

Ashley Rouster, the University of Cincinnati Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate, is also the coordinator for

RECLAIM — a program that provides campus and community advocacy services to victims of sexual assault. Rouster is a passionate advocate and ally to those who have experienced any form of rape or sexual assault, and feels similarly about the negative effect of social media in these kinds of cases.

“When videos or pictures depicting sexual assault are distributed it not only re-victimizes the survivor of that assault, but it can also trigger other direct and indirect survivors in our community,” Rouster said.

“The re-posting, re-blogging and sharing of this material actually serves to spread the violence as opposed to end it.”

This is not the first time Ohio has seen a rape or sexual assault documented on social media. In 2012, the town of Steubenville, Ohio became the center of a national controversy when a young girl’s rape was recorded and distributed without her knowledge.

According to the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, technology plays a huge role in facilitating sexual violence, before, during and after an offense. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter can provide a false sense of trust between offender and victim. For example, the act of friending enhances the feeling of trust. During the act of violence, technology can be used to record non-consensual activity. Threats to distribute this material can be used to further coerce the victim. After either a consensual or nonconsensual activity, offenders — and in this case bystanders — can distribute images to cause further harm to the victim.

These issues are definitely something we need to talk about, especially as a college community. A lot of what we do is based on how we present ourselves on sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

UC President Santa Ono bases a lot of his community outreach on social media, and encourages students to “Engage more, not less.” Hopefully we all recognize the importance and weight of what we post online. More importantly, we should be able to talk about these issues without perpetuating the original crime and violence.

Let’s create proactive conversations and debates without re-traumatizing those who were involved.

“To start, we need to believe survivors and trust them. We need to respect their right to make decisions following their assault and give them back power and control through empowering and supporting them,” Rouster said.

UC students: this is a call to action for you and college students across the country.

Instead of shaming victims through social media, let’s believe they are human beings with valid opinions. Let’s think about how we would feel if it had been one of our friends or family members.

Do we really want to be viewed as a society that witnesses an act of sexual violence and walks away? Or worse, one that spreads the act through use of social media?

Participating in victim blaming can be as easy as sharing a post on Facebook. Let’s take advantage of our position and make a positive change toward ending sexual violence. “[RECLAIM has] the ability to change our culture and ensure that our campus is a safe one for our friends,” Rouster said.“Change starts with us.”

If you have been a victim of sexual violence or would like more information, you can contact an advocate at the RECLAIM 24hour Help Line at 513-218-9531 for free, confidential support.

Oscars: Predictions for upcoming award season MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

BEST PICTURE “GRAVITY” – Alfonso Cuaron: It’s certainly cleaning up the box-office, and it’s hard not to draw comparisons to “Avatar” as “Gravity” is already getting some critics nods at Best Picture, with it’s unprecedented CGI and 3D technology.

“CAPTAIN PHILIPS” – Paul Greengrass: This is a picture that definitely wants to sweep up some awards with Tom Hanks looking to return to his days of awarded glory in the ’90s, and Mr. Greengrass teeing up for another Director nod since “United 93.”With the experience of highoctane “Bourne” movies under the belt, “Captain Philips” has all the momentum and favoritism of a historical “true story” movie to garner awards.

“12 YEARS A SLAVE” – Steve McQueen: The film is 2013’s “Lincoln,” but a bit more difficult to watch. Eyeing not just Best Picture nod but Best Director and Best Actor/Actress and perhaps Supporting Actor,“12 Years a Slave” has blazed the festival circuit in a flame of good tidings.

“THE MONUMENTS MEN” – George Clooney: “Monuments” has Oscar nods written all over it. Directed by George Clooney, starring Clooney not to mention Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett, nobody has seen this thing yet. Coming out Dec.18, the film is based on a book chronicling the story of a real group of allied men who were in charge of protecting cultural items from Hitler during WWII. Again, historicism anyone?

“AMERICAN HUSTLE” – David O. Russell: Russell is on the award prowl yet again hot off the success of 2012’s “Silver Linings Playbook,” which received eight nominations. Based on the trailer, it’s Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence basking in ’60s glow of sex, money and crime. Nobody has seen it yet, but “American Hustle” looks to be a crowd pleaser in both the box-office and among the Academy.

“SAVING MR. BANKS” – John Lee Hancock: I hate to say it, but American audiences are suckers when it comes to Disney’s history and especially Tom Hanks’ charismatic charm. The story deals with the real fable of adapting P.L. Travers’ (played by Emma Thompson) book Mary Poppins, into the 1964 animated feature. A feel-good movie for people of all ages and perfectly timed for release in the holiday season,“Saving Mr. Banks” debuts Dec. 13. It’ll make its North American festival debut Nov. 7, opening the 2013 AFI Film Festival.

“INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS” – Joel & Ethan Coen:

Who doesn’t like the Coen brothers?

Chances are you’ll like just one of their movies for the sake of their original, deadpan yet thrilling idiosyncratic style of filmmaking. The reception from critics at festival screenings has been thundering with positivity, and the Coen brothers are no strangers regarding the Oscars, with films such as “Fargo,”“No Country for Old Men” and most recently,“True Grit.” They are perhaps the most recognizable of filmmakers who retain a fervent arthouse and independent following, as well as consistent mainstream attention.

“NEBRASKA” – Alexander Payne: Complete speculation of an Oscar nod based off festival attention alone, Alexander Payne is no stranger when it comes to Academy Awards.

If not involved with the screenwriting process of “Nebraska,” Payne boasts such titles as “Sideways,” and “The Descendants,” which both received the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The film stars Bruce Dern and Will Forte — Dern won the award for Best Actor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, while Forte is well known for his acting in “30 Rock.”

“BLUE JASMINE” – Woody Allen: If you know Woody Allen movies you know that “Blue Jasmine” is his best work in years, successfully blending the classic Allen touch of “Manhattan” and “Annie Hall” with modern themes and 21st century paranoia and neuroticism. If not for Best Picture, I think Allen will scoop up an award for Best Actress with Cate Blanchett’s stunning performance.

BEST DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuaron (“GRAVITY”): Mr. Cuaron will most certainly get an Oscar nod for Best Director with almost three years spent on making “Gravity.” His long, continuous shots and hardline style of filmmaking attracted attention with “Children of Men.” Cuaron will be looking for some sort of payoff with either Best Director or Best Actress with Sandra Bullock.

Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”):

McQueen is known for making such titles as “Hunger,” and “Shame,” which have been much more experimental and nontraditional in nature. His uncompromising and dark, difficult storytelling is being transferred and sustained in “12 Years a Slave,” but with more of a mainstream and big cast sort of flair.

Joel & Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn Davis”): The Academy simply adores the Coen brothers. With “Inside Llewyn Davis,” audiences are receiving a much more straightforward and less bizarre tale from the brothers, but with the distinctive Coen stamp that will fascinate and enthrall moviegoers across the board.

Spike Jonze (“Her”): Bringing you such titles as “Adaptation” and “Being John Malkovich,” Jonze’s inventiveness and ingenuity in filmmaking is simply spectacular.“Her” just has to receive Best Directing and Best Screenplay in my personal opinion based on Jonze’s past work.

Paul Greengrass (“Captain Philips”): With “United 93” getting him a Best Director nod in 2006, Greengrass hopes to pull a win especially after his disappointing work on 2010’s “Green Zone.”

BEST ACTOR Chiwetel Ejiofer (“12 Years a Slave”): From the overwhelming attention and reception this movie has been receiving it would be impossible to not nominate Ejiofer, who plays the lead as Solomon Northup, a free black man captured and sold into slavery for 12 subsequent years.

Robert Redford (“All is Lost”): Redford is the cast member in J.C. Chandor’s second film after 2011’s “Margin Call,” as a single man lost out at sea.

The movie and Redford’s nearly dialogue-less performance received a standing ovation at the Cannes, and it’s been flying through the festival circuit.

Both Lionsgate and Universal Pictures have picked up the film for distribution.

Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”): Playing a HIV diagnosed man who’s

given 30 days to live, this is another performance that’s received praise after praise on the festival circuit during the summer. McConaughey seems to have had a change of heart in the last three to four years regarding what roles to play and what movies to star in. He seems to be making a successful turn toward more serious acting as films such as “The Lincoln Lawyer,”“Mud” and “The Paperboy” have demonstrated talent unseen before.

Tom Hanks (“Captain Philips”): An obvious but nonetheless important performance to include in the frontrunners, the ever-popular and very talented Hanks looks to return to his former award glory.

Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”): Winning the Best Actor award at Cannes, Dern has appeared in more than 80 feature films over the course of his life, but only to be nominated once for best supporting actor in Hal Ashby’s “Coming Home.” Paired with Alexander Payne’s vision and Bob Nelson’s script Dern could finally get an Academy Award nomination for his role as a father who travels with son from Montana to Nebraska.

BEST ACTRESS Sandra Bullock (“Gravity”): Said to have been strapped in a harness for sometimes 10 hours straight while filming Cuaron’s “Gravity,” Bullock will definitely receive recognition for acting in a film that was entirely made with blue screens, green screens and outstanding CGI technology.

Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”): Streep has popped up once again on the festival radar for her role as a drug-addicted mother with mouth cancer. Adapted from the play with the same name “August: Osage County” stars an ensemble cast with names such as Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Cooper.

Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”): My personal pick, Blanchett in Woody Allen’s latest work was bitterly good. As a delusional, washed-up, narcissistic alcoholic Blanchett has never been better. (Well maybe as Galadriel in the “Lord of the Rings” films.)

Emma Thompson (“Saving Mr. Banks”): Playing P.L. Travers alongside Tom Hanks, Thompson has had a sprawling film career, but John Lee Hancock’s new feature could just be the breakthrough needed for an Oscar nod.

Judi Dench (“Philomena”): I have no idea how the film is going to be received by the Academy but “Philomena” won Best Screenplay at this year’s Venice Film Festival, as well as the runner-up for People’s Choice Award at Toronto. Dench’s performance could be her best yet in a career chock-full of nominations.

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More than just friends view social media pages Advertisers go too far with agressive ad campaigns on personal social outlets ROBERT BREEN STAFF REPORTER

Advertising and social media are in bed together.

Millions of people posting intimate details about their lives is a gold mine for marketers. But how far into our lives should advertisers be allowed to go? Where is the line drawn?

Advertising is everywhere; turn on the television, listen to Internet radio, click on any webpage and there will be ads.

This seems fair, in so much as advertising provides the revenue needed to sustain these entities. However, it has gone one step too far. Online advertising has crossed

the threshold of privacy. The other day, I was searching on Google for a new hat. I found one that interested me and moved on with my day. Later, I logged on to check my Facebook page. The very first thing I came across, planted right in the middle of the page, was an ad for the exact hat I had just looked at.

I wondered how Facebook was able to detect my search so quickly. I became selfconscious and now I am hesitant to shop online. I am aware of the available security options and I use them. But somehow, these invasions into my personal space continue.

This is a direct invasion of privacy.

The thought that someone or a program is monitoring my web searches and tapping in to my personal Facebook page to try to sell me a product is chilling.

Advertising and marketing firms justify

this attack by calling it “market research,” saying social media helps them get to know individual customers’ interests better, allowing for more effective advertising campaigns.

It’s still not right.

Ads planted on our Facebook timeline or our Twitter page geared specifically for our tastes appear more intrusive than a print ad or even a telemarketer.

It may be a simple and cost effective way to get information on the public’s buying preferences, but that doesn’t mean advertisers should do it. Advertisers need to reconsider their bottom line over customer confidentiality approach.

Not only does advertising invade privacy, it can be a real aggravation when trying to engage in social media.

Spotify turns the experience of listening to

music into a social event.

For users with free accounts, there are periodic advertisements. This is understandable, but these ads are especially malicious. Spotify forces users to listen to the ads, and if the volume is turned down too low or muted, the ad will stop playing until the volume is raised.

That is completely unfair.

Advertising is about giving people choices, it’s up to the consumer to choose to pay attention to the ad or ignore it.

No entity has the right to use force to get anybody to do anything. I have stopped using Spotify as a result.

Ipods exist for ad free music listening.Yes, the social aspect is gone, but if Spotify really cared about that, it wouldn’t drive users away with its unethical advertising practices.

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Kay leads Bearcats to homecoming victory

Battered quarterback leads UC to second straight victory, accounts for five touchdowns against struggling UConn team JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati quarterback Brendon Kay barely practiced in the week leading up to his team’s 4116 dismantling of the UConn Huskies.

With nagging injuries to his chest, shoulder and throwing hand, Kay has been playing through a lot of pain, but that didn’t stop him from sending a clear message on the first play of the game Saturday. That message, in the form of a perfectly placed 56-yard bomb to Mekale McKay, is that UC’s offense has found its swagger behind its battling quarterback. “[Kay] played gutsy, playing like an iron man out there,” said UC head coach Tommy Tuberville. “When we needed him, he was out there firing. He only practiced for a day and a half this week.”

Five plays after the game’s emphatic opening, Kay connected with Chris Moore, who calmly controlled the ball out of the air with one hand, in the corner of the end zone from 8 yards out to put the Bearcats up 7-0 with 12 minutes and 20 seconds remaining in the first half.

The completion was Kay’s 18th in a row, dating back to UC’s 38-20 victory against Temple.

“To be honest, it was the first time I’ve thrown [that route] all week because I couldn’t in practice,” Kay said of the deep pass.

Kay finished the game 17-of-24 passing for 300 yards and four passing touchdowns to go along with one score on the ground. His numbers could have been significantly higher, but he was held out for the majority of the second half.

UConn got on the board for the first time on the final drive of the first quarter, settling for a 26-yard Chad Kristen field goal after being turned away at the UC 2-yard line.

Kay briefly went to the locker room, with what appeared to be a hand injury, after striking the helmet of an offense lineman at the end of his throwing motion.

But the fifth-year senior emerged less than a minute later and through his second touchdown of the game, a 41-yard strike to tight end Blake Annen on the first play of UC’s possession. Following a successful Tony Miliano PAT, the Bearcats led 14-3 with 10 minutes and 30 seconds remaining in the half.

Kristen and Miliano traded missed field goals on the next two drives, before an interception by UC’s Deven Drane effectively put the game away from a momentum standpoint.

Drane tipped and intercepted a pass intended for UConn’s Geremy Davis (eight receptions, 140 yards) and returned it all the way to the UConn 2-yard line, setting up Kay’s rushing score “It was a perfect play call, we ran over that play at

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

UC receivers Anthony McClung and Chris Moore celebrate after McClung’s 44-yard touchdown reception during the Bearcats 41-16 route of the Connecticut Huskies Saturday at Nippert Stadium.

least five times in every practice,” Drane said. “When you execute the coaches play call perfectly hopefully good things will happen for you and this time it did.”

UC held a 21-3 advantage with just 1 minute and 31 seconds to go before halftime, but Kay and the offense had work yet to do before the break.

Kay took over after a quick UConn three-and-out, marching the UC offense 55 yards in just three plays and 20 seconds. He connected on a 32-yard touchdown pass with receiver Max Morrison, who found himself all alone behind the Huskies secondary.

The Bearcats pushed their lead even farther coming out of the break, as wild-cat-quarterback Jordan Luallen fooled the entire UConn defense on a 27-yard play-action touchdown pass to Chris Moore, after four straight running plays.

With the Bearcats leading 34-3, the Huskies finally notched their first touchdown of the game, with Max DeLorenzo strolling in unscathed from 12 yards out.

Sandwiched between a pair of turnovers by backup quarterback Bennie Coney, Kay returned to throw his final touchdown of the game, a simple flip pass to Anthony McClung, who did the rest to put UC up 41-10 with 10 minutes remaining.

UConn’s Marquise Vann scored the final touchdown of the game, returning Coney’s fumble 40 yards for a touchdown.

Led by senior defensive tackle Jordan Stepp, UC’s defense notched a season-high eight sacks and three interceptions to stifle UConn freshman quarterback Tim Boyle, who had made controversial remarks about not being afraid of paying at Nippert Stadium earlier in the week.

UC went into the game with the objective of rushing UConn’s passing game more than it had in weeks past.

“We probably blitzed more today than we did in the first six games and we did because that because, number one, you go after a young quarterback and number two, we have to learn to play man coverage and press and make the quarterback throw in time and not just let him sit back there all day.”

The Bearcats racked up 525 yards of total offense, and allowed just 377.

“That was our best performance since I’ve been here,” Tuberville said. “Our defense forced turnovers and our offense made plays and you have to be able to do that down the stretch.”

Men’s soccer notches two dramatic victories

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

University of Cincinnati midfielder Alan Rovira fights for possession against a Belmont defender during UC’s 2-1 victory Saturday at Gettler Stadium.

UC head coach Hylton Dayes earns 200th career victory after Rovira’s late-game heroics CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

In the two most dramatic games of the season, the University of Cincinnati

men’s soccer team picked up two nonconference wins, both by way with lategame winners.

Ben Keane scored the game-winning goal Wednesday against Indiana University-Purdue Universty Indianapolis with one second remaining — a shot so dramatic the team stormed the field in celebration — to give the Bearcats a 2-1 win.

With less than 20 seconds remaining until overtime Will Diebold put in a low cross that was cleared by IUPUI for a corner kick and with only seconds left on the clock, it looked all but certain that the game was headed to overtime.

However, Alan Rovira hustled to the corner flag and sent in one final cross, which found the foot of Keane, who struck the ball confidently into the upper right corner of the net just as the clock struck zero, sending his teammates into a frenzy and IUPUI home in heartbreak.

“You see that happen to other teams but tonight it happened to us,” said UC head coach Hylton Dayes. “I just thought our guys had a resolve tonight and even when IUPUI scored to tie it up we didn’t crumble, our guys regrouped really well and our guys got a really good win.”

Keane, grinning from ear to ear after the game, said he was in the right place at the right time.

“I didn’t think (Rovira) was going to get it off there at the end but he did and it just fell right to me and I just hit a lucky shot,” Keane said. “It came through clean and I just hit it well and it went in. We really needed this to bounce back. We’ve not been on a good streak but I feel this is

going to get us going.”

Dayes said he pushed everyone forward during their last attack to try to end the game in regulation with his team up a man following the ejection of IUPUI’s Ayodele Makinde minutes before the goal.

“They had the red card so we were up a man and that gave us an opportunity to push a little bit and when you’re late in the game like that you’re going to try to put everything you can in the box,” Dayes said. “Alan Rovira made a heads up play to get the corner kick in just before time expired and when you have numbers in the box you’re going to have a chance. It fell perfectly to [Ben] and he just onetimed it in.”

The Bearcats came right back Saturday against Belmont and, while UC didn’t wait quite as long as Wednesday to net the game winner, Alan Rovira was able to put it home in the 80th minute, rifling a shot from about 20 yards away to keep this new found momentum going for UC. The first half was rather uneventful, with neither team testing the goalkeepers until Will Diebold drove straight into the box and beat the keeper an even 30 minutes into the game. Aside from a yellow card to Belmont’s Alfred Edmonds, the first half remained uneventful and the teams went into the half with UC leading 1-0.

The Bruins upped the pressure in the second half, and it paid off in the 64th minute as AJ Arnold found the Belmont equalizer off of a rebound after UC goalkeeper Alex Gill stopped the initial shot from Luca Schioppa.

Rovira’s game winner would come 16

minutes later, securing the 200th win of Dayes’ career.

“We jumped out early in the game and I thought we played a good first half but when you’re only up 1-0 the other team is always going to be in the game. [Belmont] is very dangerous on their long throws and corner kicks,” Dayes said. “But our guys are resilient and Alan scored a

“You see that happen to other teams but tonight it happened to us. I just thought our guys had a resolve tonight and even when IUPUI scored to tie it up we didn’t crubmle, our guys got a really good win.”

HYLTON DAYES, UC HEAD SOCCER COACH

wonderful goal for us to go up 2-1 and we just had to hang on.”

Dayes said these close games have given the team confidence and they can continue winning battles as the season progresses.

“We’re just excited that we can get on a little streak,” Dayes said.

The wins push UC’s record to 5-9-1 but the Bearcats are still looking for that elusive conference win as their conference record stands at 0-5-0.

The opportunity to get that win comes Wednesday as UC hosts Louisville at Gettler Stadium at 7 p.m.

UC baseball hosts annual Red/Black series New head coach looks to get Bearcat baseball program back on track after disappointing stretch EMILY WITT STAFF REPORTER

First-year head baseball coach Ty Neal is ushering in a new era of Bearcat baseball at the University of Cincinnati.

In a series of three exhibition games taking place last Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, Coach Neal gave a quick first glance at his new program.

The exhibition games, titled the Red/ Black series, are a tradition among college baseball for showcasing the team after fall practices. The games give the coaches and players the opportunity to address the current strengths and weaknesses of the team and what they need to focus on for improvement for the spring.

“In my first year, it was good to see who can turn it up a notch and see who still needs to get better,” Neal said. “We want to put a good influence on the competitive spirit and create the winning environment.”

Wednesday’s game drew a win from Red, who won 7-2, the Black team struck

back with an 11-2 victory Friday and Red, winning 9-6 over Black, again stole Sunday’s game to take the series 2-1.

Highlights of the series include a home run that bounced off Fifth Third Arena by sophomore outfielder Ian Happ, a two-run inside the park home run by redshirt freshman Taylor Schimdt and two straight shut-out innings Sunday by junior right handed pitcher Ryan Atkinson.

Neal is highly regarded among college baseball coaches and is most well known for his strong recruitment skills, believing that the heart of every college baseball team lies within their ability to recruit.

“We have some physical positioning guys and we’ve got some team speed also. We need to have more strength in our pitching and defense, and more work in our fundamentals,” Neal said honestly.

“We’ve got some talented guys, but we can’t assume that just because they’re talented, they can do it all right off the bat.”

Senior Justin Glass believes that the new program instigated by Coach Neal has been nothing but positive.

“He’s been great this year,” Glass said.

“Everything is a lot more efficient and a lot more on time. It’s a lot of hard work,

PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR

University of Cincinnati infielder Ian Happ swings at a pitch during UC’s annual Red/Black series Sunday afternoon at Marge Schott Stadium.

but at the end of the day, we’re able to sit there and say, ‘We got better today.’

We’re picking each other up a lot more and we’re closer on the team as a group of guys. Everyone was on board to get

better and improve. We’re becoming better men and better players.”

Winter practice begins January 24, as the Bearcats are set to open their season in February in Florida.

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