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Former city councilman John Cranley defeats Roxanne Qualls in landslide RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

For the first time in eight years, Cincinnati will have a new face leading city hall, albeit a familiar one. Former city councilman John Cranley defeated challenger and vice mayor Roxanne Qualls in a landslide victory with 58 percent of total votes Tuesday.

“We’re going to bring this city together.

We’re going to work on uniting this city and moving it forward in a way that works for all people,” Cranley said. “We want this city to be the best city in America.”

The two candidates spent the past six months in a hotly contested and sometimes bitter race for Cincinnati’s top public office. Cranley’s victory is the largest of the last three elections where the mayor was directly elected separate of city council, according to data from the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Although both Cranley and Qualls identify as Democrats, and largely voted the same during their shared time on council, they have spent a lot of time and money — both raised hundreds of thousands of dollars — differing from one another. At the heart of the argument were the controversial streetcar project and the proposed lease of the city’s parking assets.

Cranley, who served on council for eight years from 2001 to 2009, has been an ardent opponent of the streetcar, which is seen by some as one of the crowning achievements of outgoing mayor Mark Mallory, who is leaving office due to term limits.

While voters have approved the streetcar twice in previous elections, it still remains a contentious issue among residents and Cranley has vowed to end the project.Qualls spent much of her campaign touting the streetcar as a necessary project for further redeveloping the downtown and Over-theRhine areas.

Cranley also vocally opposes the proposed lease of the city’s parking assets, a deal that developed in the midst of budget negotiations during the summer. Qualls supported the lease.

One of the few issues the two candidates agreed on was Issue 4, the proposed amendment that would have overhauled the city’s current pension system. Cranley and Qualls joined together in rejecting the amendment that failed Tuesday.

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After highly contested election, Qualls considers life after Cincinnati civil service Vice mayor loses large in race for mayor, reflects on previous years on Cincinnati City Council ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

After what her campaign manager called an intense election, former city mayor Roxanne Qualls will not return to Cincinnati’s mayoral seat in December.

“The results of this election are not the results we hoped for; they’re not the results I hoped for,” Qualls said.

“This became a race that focused on two wedged issues,” she said. “From my perspective, there was a lot of misinformation, but the voters have spoken.”

Qualls’ campaign focused on creating partnerships and

fostering collaboration to build “a strong economy, great neighborhoods, excellent education and an inclusive community with responsible leadership,” she said.

She supported the Cincinnati streetcar and the parking plan — two issues she said determined the election outcome.

“It is foolish and expensive to repeal the streetcar project,” Qualls said after finding out the election results Tuesday. “Central public transportation is essential if you want to attract and keep millennials. We have to invest in things such as streetcar.”

She also opposed the pension charter amendment.

Qualls told The News Record in a previous interview that her initial steps as mayor would have included aligning her goals with those of the city manager and reconvening the shared services commission — a joint

city-county initiative that determines cost savings opportunities between Cincinnati and other political jurisdictions.

She would have called for a leadership summit on guns and street violence, while focusing on investing in a strong economy; something she worked toward during her run as Cincinnati mayor in the ’90s.

Fifty-nine-year-old Qualls joined Cincinnati City Council in 1991 and served three terms as mayor from 1993 to 1999.

After leaving council because of term limitations she completed a fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she earned a master’s degree in public administration in 2002.

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Voters reject pension altering Issue 4

RESULTS: City council, levies, turnout

Potential amendment to city’s pension system overwhelmingly voted down

PG SITTENFELD 37,484

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Cincinnati voters rejected an amendment to the city’s charter that would have drastically reformed the public pension system for current retirees.

Issue 4 was proposed by the Cincinnati for Pension Reform Committee to help decrease the city’s liability debt, according to the group. The amendment, which more than 78 percent of voters rejected, would have required the city to account for 100 percent of its forecasted pension obligations, which are currently about 60 percent funded, within 10 years either by generating new revenue or by reducing costs by cutting city programs or services.

The current pension plan would have been scrapped and replaced with several

defined alternatives including a 401(k)type retirement plan that would cap the city’s contributions to that of the individual retiree, according to the ballot language.

It may also block city employees from qualifying for Social Security benefits.

The amendment also would have allowed voters to reduce the future benefits.

In a rare instance of unity, all nine members of Cincinnati City Council rejected Issue 4 along with newly elected Mayor John Cranley and fellow mayoral candidate Roxanne Qualls when it first came to attention during the summer.

City officials claimed the amendment would have drastically raised city costs and reduce retiree gains, but amendment supporters argued that Cincinnati’s current retirement benefit plan is contributing to city’s debt and financial problems.

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CHARLIE WINBURN 27,397 DAVID MANN 26,443 YVETTE SIMPSON 25,449 CHRIS SEELBACH 23,738 CHRISTOPHER SMITHERMAN 23,604

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Of the 551,622 registered voters in Hamilton County, 162,508 ballots were cast ZOO LEVY: PASSED LIBRARY LEVY: PASSED WENDELL YOUNG 22,600

KEVIN FLYNN 22,059

AMY MURRAY 21,979

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Voters select three non incumbents to council, majority now anti-streetcar Cincinnati voters chose their nine city council representatives Tuesday, three of which were nonincumbents.

Former councilmembers Amy Murray and David Mann joined first-time member Kevin Flynn as non-incumbent winners, while PG Sittenfeld, Charlie Winburn,Yvette Simpson, Chris Seelbach, Chris Smitherman and Wendell Young were all re-elected.

After becoming the youngest person ever elected to council in 2011, Sittenfeld was the top vote getter — 37,484 votes — by more than 10,000 votes Tuesday.

Following his work at Google and Time Magazine, Sittenfeld returned to Cincinnati to work with the Community Learning Center Institute before pursuing a political career. It was his community involvement that won him such overwhelming support at the polls Tuesday.

“PG’s support comes from his large commitment to the community — one, his understanding of the needs of the community and, two, by making sure he stays in contact with the people,” Myron Rivers of Bond Hill.

Sittenfeld’s ability to connect with young voters,

especially at the University of Cincinnati, proved to be a vital asset in his landslide victory.

“PG does a really good job with our demographic by engaging us with by social media and staying energetic and engaged with students,” said Brooke Smith, a third-year political science student at UC. “We are able to relate to him. He focuses on issues that actually pertain to us and allows young people to become more involved.”

Sittenfeld’s focus during his second term will remain largely about community improvement and the overall stabilization of Cincinnati’s budget.

“I have four years to focus on budget stability, investing in neighborhoods, cultivating the start-up scene, and partnering with schools. Those will be my first initiatives moving forward,” Sittenfeld said.

Both Murray and Mann, who left council to run for, and eventually win, election to the U.S. House of Representatives, return to council after previous stints.

Murray — 21,979 votes — re-joins Winburn — 27,397 votes — as the only two self-identified Republicans on council.

“I feel like this is a comeback for the Republican Party,” Murray said.

Murray’s first order of business is to reform the budget and solve the pension debt, which she claims will be done without raising taxes.

“They elected me because that’s what they expect from me,” she said.

Charlie Winburn, chair of the City Council’s Job Creation Committee, was not present at the Tuesday celebration.

“A lot of people think the GOP is dead,” said Alex Triantafilou, chairman of Hamilton County Republican Party.“They’re wrong.”

David Mann, Cincinnati mayor from 1980-82, returns to council — with 26,443 votes — after an 18-year stint from 1974-92.

“The budget will be my first order of business,” Mann said.“I think we need to get to work very quickly on providing a sustainable budget and to put us on that path. Part of that is dealing with the pension problem, which is very real. Apparently Issue 4 has been shot down, so we have some time to correct it ourselves.”

Flynn, who received 22,059 votes, finished eighth after failing in election attempts in 2011 and 2009.

Flynn is a law professor at UC. “The first order of business is to look at the budget. We need to look at it from top to bottom,” Flynn said.“We have a $1.5 billion annual budget.

We are going to start at day one and look at each department and look at their expenditure with those departments. If it is moving our city forward, we are going to keep it, and if it is not moving our city forward, we are going to cut it.”

Seelbach, who came in ninth place for city council in 2011 as Cincinnati’s first-ever openly gay councilman, finished fifth — with 23,738 votes — in

Tuesday’s election.

“In the first 100 days I plan to introduce transbenefits. Transgender city employees will be able to transition part of their health care,” Seelbach said. He also plans to bring about domestic partner registry.

In his first term he co-sponsored the plan to save police and fire jobs, balanced the budget, helped create Focus52 — a homeowner and active member of Over-the-Rhine — and leader in the effort to improve LGBTQ rights. “[Seelbach’s] experience over the last two years shows that he is a great city council person and deserves a second term,” said Tim Smith, 57, of Mount Lookout.

Pam Thomas, who received 4.75 percent of the final vote, and Laure Quinlivan, who received 5.41, were unsuccessful in their campaigns for re-election.

“If there was only one issue that may have hurt her voter’s support, it was probably her parking meter decision change. She changed her mind for good reason. It is not a flip-flop if you see it different and you see the facts change. She was being flexible. It was the smart thing to do,” said Marty Milligan, of Over-the-Rhine, and a long-time Quinlivan supporter.

This is the first time council candidates will serve four-year terms for Cincinnati.

ELECTION COVERAGE 2013 STAFF REPORTERS JAMIE MAIER, NATALIE COLEMAN, MELANIE TITANIC-SHEFFT, CASSIE MERINO, CASSIE LIPP, COURTNEY STANLEY, LUKE MANSER CONTRIBUTED TO THE INFORMATION GATHERING FOR THIS STORY.

Cincinnati, meet your new city council members AMY MURRAY Murray, a self-identified Republican, previously served on city council for one year before losing an election in 2011.

Republican, previously served on city council for one year before losing re-election in 2011. She said her first order of business is to reform the budget and solve the pension debt without raising taxes.

YVETTE SIMPSON incumbent Simpson was first elected to council in 2011. During her first term in office she supported projects popular among self-identified Democrats, including the streetcar project.

Simpson finished in fourth place receiving 6.5 percent of the vote.

P.G. SITTENFELD incumbent

WENDELL YOUNG incumbent

Following his work at Google and Time magazine, PG Sittenfeld returned to Cincinnati to work with the Community Learning Center Institute before pursuing a political career.

After a successful first term, Sittenfeld will serve another four years as one of the nine members on the city council.

Young, who Qualls selected as vice mayor if she won, is a supporter of the streetcar project. Winburn said we need to do a better job of working with the private sector and other governmental agencies to close the city’s annual budget gap.

DAVID MANN

KEVIN FLYNN

Mann was first elected to council in 1974. After serving on council for 18 years he served one two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mann a self-identified Democrat opposes the streetcar. Mann, who finished in third place, said the city needs to cut non-essential services until the budget is in order.

Flynn won the election after two failed previous attempts.

The University of Cincinnati law professors said the budget must be the top priority. Flynn, a Mt. Airy resident, opposes the streetcar and said the pension system needs a drastic overhaul. To grow revenue, Flynn said we need to grow the tax base, not rates.

CHRIS SMITHERMAN incumbent

CHRIS SEELBACH incumbent

CHARLIE WINBURN incumbent

Smitherman, an independent, often sided with Charlie Winburn during his first term on city council. Smitherman is an ardent opponent of the streetcar and has suggested shrinking the size of city government to help fund police and fire.

Seelbach was elected to his first term in 2011. He is the first openly gay council member and has openly campaigned on behalf of the LGBTQ community. He played a large role in drafting the most recent budget that spared layoffs to fire and police departments.

Charlie Winburn spent the last two years on council as the only self identified Republican.

Winburn has been an open opponent of the streetcar, does not want to repeal Ohio’s ban on same sex marriage and has said he would support a reasonable parking lease deal.

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necessary to reign in the growing unfunded liability that led several credit agencies to downgrade the city’s bond rating in July.

“The city keeps making promises for future benefits, and then the city doesn’t fund them,” said Gary Greenberg one of the original authors of Issue 4, at a city council meeting.

If the amendment would have passed, city employees who are hired beginning in 2014 would have to contribute to individual retirement accounts that employees would manage — a change from the current system in which all pension funds are pooled and managed through a separate board, said Paula Tilsley, director of the Cincinnati retirement system.

Cincinnati’s pension problem was partially addressed in 2011, when council passed reforms for future retirees, but the city’s debt has increased since then. It now amounts to $862 million in unfunded pension liabilities, an increase of $134 million since 2011, according to a 2012 financial report.

The reform committee that proposed the amendment is tied to the Tea Party movement and quickly gained the 7,443 signatures needed to put Issue 4 on the ballot, which some claim was done using paid petitioners outside Cincinnati, according to the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Cincinnati’s current requirement system covers approximately 4,400 retirees and includes 2,900 employees actively paying into the system, according to a 2012 financial report.

Afterward, she came back to Cincinnati, taught public administration at Northern Kentucky University and rejoined city council as a member in 2007, where she served under Mark Mallory as vice mayor since 2010.

During her campaign for mayor in this year’s election, Qualls was supported by traditional Democratic groups, like unions and environmentalists, and the four most Democratic current council members: Yvette Simpson, Laure Quinlivan, Chris Seelbach and Wendell Young.

Young said by not electing Qualls, Cincinnati lost a fantastic opportunity to capitalize on momentum.

“Look at what could’ve been, what should’ve been, Roxanne Qualls,” he said. “We now need to double down, renew our effort and not give up on our city. We will work this new mayor and we will work this new council.”

Qualls said the community’s job now is to ensure city progress continues, work with the new mayor and support him “because his success is our success.”

“We will maintain our vision and maintain our goals in terms of what we think needs to happen,” Qualls said.

“It is for the sake of the city that we will all work and, when necessary, try to educate [Cranley] about what the possibilities are.”

Qualls left her election night party appreciative of her supporters.

“I’m really grateful to all who have volunteered and worked so hard,” she said. “If not as the mayor, I will continue to find ways to serve the community.”

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Roxanne Qualls speaks to her supporters after her loss at Mahogany on the Banks in Cincinnati, Ohio Tuesday.

Former councilman John Cranley celebrates election night landslide win Anti streetcar, parking lease platform proves popular with Cincinnati voters BYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Supporters at John Cranley’s election party Tuesday.

Mayor-elect John Cranley celebrated his largemargin victory over fellow candidate Roxanne Qualls Tuesday as chants of his name rang through Jefferson Social.

The election party for the newly elected mayor was hosted at the Banks and drew a large crowd of constituents and colleagues. Cranley, with his campaign team and supporters, said he is going to make Cincinnati the best it can be.

“We’re going to bring this city together. We’re going to work on uniting this city and moving it forward in a way that works for all people,” he said. “We want this city to be the best city in America.”

Cranley said the first order of business as Cincinnati’s Mayor is to focus on job creation, crime prevention and getting the city’s finances in order. As a result of serving as a chairman of city council finance committee, he said his financial competence is enough to turn the city’s deficit around.

“We’re going to get out of projects like the streetcar, which is too expensive,” Cranley said.

“The streetcar supporters have all the best intentions and their hearts are in the right place,

but we are going to find a less expensive alternative that will create a 24/7 nightlife.”

Cranley openly opposes the streetcar initiative and will make it a point to pull the plug on the project. Rather than the streetcar, Cranley supports the idea of a downtown trackless trolley, referred to as Hop On Cincinnati.

Jay Kincaid, Cranley’s campaign manager,

“When people look back on this campaign they’ll say it’s the streetcar and parking meter issue.”

Jay Kincaid, Cranley campaign manager

said this was his first time managing a mayoral campaign, but he was pleased with its overall progress.

“When people look back on this campaign they’ll say it’s the streetcar and parking meter issue. I don’t disagree with that but I think it’s broader,” Kincaid said. “It’s about focusing on people and listening to those people. I’m hearing people [around Cincinnati] all saying the same thing, which is, ‘we want a government to listen to us.’ And these people are feeling deeply neglected.”

Before the results were announced, Cranley supporters were optimistic and vocal about their

prediction of his victory.

“I think he has the most financial friendly plan for the city while we’re in a transition phase between what we used to be and the city we want to be,” said Chris Watkins, a University of Cincinnati student and volunteer for Cranley’s campaign. “There’s a lot of different cities we’re trying to mimic in their overall success projects and I think John’s focus is there.”

Cranley expressed his interest in UC’s students, giving a brief overview on what he has in store for the university.

“We’re going to be working to build Calhoun and McMillan and keep that momentum going,” he said. “Enhancing the area around UC is really important. I also want to work closely with campus security because I think there have been some major safety issues at UC. I also want to look at ways to enhance the park at Burnet woods.”

Among Cranley’s supporters were State Representative Alicia Reece and Chris Smitherman, city council member. Smitherman supports Cranley on multiple issues.

“We’ve got to listen to the people. The people are speaking right now and I think they’re speaking about the streetcar, saying we can’t afford it. I think they’re saying the parking deal is a terrible deal,” Smitherman said. “Bottom line, this is a message about going back to the fundamentals.”

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Kathleen Hurley, SG speaker of senate, calls a senate meeting to order Wednesday, Oct. 30. Hurley holds several leadership positions on campus and has been an advocate for women’s equality at the university.

Hurley reflects on election loss, leaves legacy of female empowerment at UC KARA DRISCOLL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Kathleen Hurley will run for office again one day.

Despite losing the 2013-14 University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government presidential election to current student body president Joe Blizzard, there’s no doubt in her mind that she’ll embrace leadership in an elected position in the future.

“I know how important it is for women to run,” she said. “Every woman who runs for any office and has lost

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will tell you that they’re probably going to run again.”

Hurley, a fourth-year food and nutrition student and SG speaker of senate, ran for student body president — a position that hasn’t been held by a female student for the past 20 years.

Hurley first joined student government as a freshman through the UC First-Year Experience Program, and was elected as one of the eight at-large senators.

During her second year at UC, she served as the director of women’s affairs and then chief of staff as a junior. Through her current position as speaker, she coordinates legislation, senate activities and runs weekly meetings on Wednesday nights.

While she admits she was deeply disappointed when the results came in, the 2013-14 election was far from a loss for her. In her three-and-a-half years at the university, Hurley has managed to lead by example and set the stage for other women to step up into leadership roles.

“When I became a senator my freshman year, there were three, maybe four, women that were senators,” she said. “Where’s the disconnect there? Where are the women representing other women?”

But with eloquence and intellect, Hurley has represented female students throughout her entire college career.

As she moved from a novice senator to director of women’s affairs, her commitment to advocating for other women stayed consistent. Hurley coordinated a series of seminars aimed at teaching female students how to present themselves appropriately and dress for interviews. She connected in countless ways with the UC Women’s Center, and served as the campus liaison for Elect Her, a program that encourages and trains college women to run for elected positions.

“We know the pipeline of women that are going to run for office is really limited right now,” Hurley said. “Why aren’t women comfortable running? Part of it is they don’t know how or they don’t feel comfortable. The goal of Elect Her is to teach women how to run, why to run, and how to use the resources they have.”

In the past two years, Elect Her brought elected officials like former Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and Cincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson to campus.

After surrounding herself with empowered women who preached the importance of women stepping up into leadership positions, Hurley knew she had to run for student body president.

“I struggled with it for weeks, and I asked people for weeks if I should run,” she said. “But I said to myself, ‘Why couldn’t I do this?’”

Hurley hopes that her courage to run during the election will facilitate a movement of more female students running for elected positions on campus.

“Some of the largest organizations on campus don’t have female presidents either,” she said. “I can tell you all day to run but if you can see someone model it for you, you’re more likely to do it and more likely to understand how to do it.”

Hurley has certainly played her part in getting more women involved on campus, but the support of other female students on campus gave her the edge she needed to step up in leadership positions. From UC Women’s Center Director Barbara Rinto to former SG vice president Maesa Idries, Hurley has been inspired by strong women at UC and the organizations that support them.

“I always looked up to Maesa,” Hurley said. “She, herself, never thought she would run for student government [vice president]. She’s always someone to look up to.”

She considers Idries — who was the first female student body vice president in 17 years at UC — a mentor, and emphasized the importance of other women cultivating mentorships.

“Mentors matter because we need to encourage self confidence,” she said.

Male or female, it’s key to find mentors who will push you to do more and be better, Hurley explained. And it doesn’t always have to be a professor or someone of a significant age difference.

Hurley spends Thursday nights with the women of the Sigma Phi Honorary, an organization created to honor female students at UC “who exemplify honor, dedication and spirit.” She said a network of support for women can lead to more women sitting at the table, and Sigma Phi serves as that entity at the university.

“They’re strong women on campus who do amazing things and they understand what it’s like to be a strong female leader,” Hurley said. “We select women based on their contribution to UC, but also based on their commitment to women’s empowerment. They all understand the ups and downs of [leadership].”

Hurley graduates this year, but hopes that women will be represented equally in all aspects of the university in years to come.

“We can always do more when it comes to diversity and women. We need women representing and standing up,” Hurley said. “I think stepping up can be challenging, but you have to know yourself and know that what you want to do matters regardless of what people think. You just have to go ahead and do it.”

UC Blue Ash dean helps transform campus Short-Thompson strives to continue innovation at branch college EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

When measuring the success of a university, it all comes down to student satisfaction.

Content, enthusiastic students comprise the core of an effective learning environment, and for University of Cincinnati Blue Ash Dean Cady ShortThompson, there’s always room for improvement.

“I love students,” Short-Thompson said. “I center all of my decisions around students and the education of our students, and I can see a real increase of energy around campus.”

Since Short-Thompson acquired her position in July 2010, UCBA has undergone significant renovations including an expanded cafeteria and innovative library. Short-Thompson began planning and program development just one month after arriving at the school.

“We were interested in creating improved space for students to have a better student experience on campus,” Short-Thompson said. “Most of all, we wanted students to have a place to be.”

Short-Thompson particularly saw a need to improve UCBA’s cafeteria; when she arrived, the space offered limited seating and study space for students to take advantage of.

“We can’t really criticize students for not staying here outside of their time in the classroom because we really hadn’t developed a place for them to be,” ShortThompson said.

Now, the school features a new restaurant called Bleecker Street Café, which has greatly expanded upon both seating options and menu selections. Based off of New York’s Greenwich Village, breakfast items, artisan sandwiches and a coffee bar are just some of the selections available.

“I’m hearing a lot of positive feedback about the renovations,” Short-Thompson said.

UCBA’s library also underwent major construction; its collection of texts, magazines and references now covers more than 10,000 square feet. Highlights of the additions are eight study rooms equipped with televisions and DVD players that students can reserve for group projects or studying. Adjacent to the library is an outdoor study area where students can study or take a break between classes.

Renovations aren’t complete yet; UCBA is building a 10,000-square-foot modular unit and is beginning plans for a new 15,000-square-foot building, ShortThompson said. The dean is also focusing time and energy on the Equality Initiative Project, which revolves around student retention.

“We do surveys every year or every other year, and we’re seeing an increase each

year about student engagement and also about how satisfied they are with their learning experience,” Short-Thompson said. “Students are telling us that things are just getting better and better at the college, which is gratifying.”

Short-Thompson is dedicated to staying involved with students and discussing their college experiences. The dean hosts events throughout the year to bring together students, staff, alumni, retirees and community partners.

A major event called “Dish with the Dean” gives students the opportunity to meet Short-Thompson and voice opinions, comments and concerns about the college over lunch. The event, hosted multiple times a year, is an important means of gathering new ideas, Short-Thompson said.

“It’s been a fun way to meet with students in a casual environment,” she said. “I’ve learned each time from the students something I wasn’t aware of. That’s helpful because I need to see things from their vantage points as often as I can.”

Moving forward, Short-Thompson strives to continue acquiring new ideas and innovations. She also encourages students to pursue their academic goals and become engaged in the classroom and through internships, study abroad or leadership opportunities on campus.

“I am thoroughly enjoying my role at UCBA,” she said. “I am hopeful and optimistic about great things to come.”

Engineering professor succeeds in ‘man’s field’ Plevyak explains imbalance in STEM fields, hopes for change in future CASSIE MERINO STAFF REPORTER

When science, technology, engineering and mathematics professor Linda Plevyak was an engineering student at the University of Cincinnati, the number of women compared to men in her 1982 physics class was very small. The imbalance was a prevalent obstacle she faced as a woman in a “man’s field,” she said.

“I remember that one thing I was frustrated with was I tried to get a group of students together to study and I could never get a group of males to agree to work outside of class,” Plevyak said. “I think that when they developed their study groups, they did it based on their comfort levels, which is being around other guys.”

Plevyak’s experience was not uncommon; the male-to-female ratio in the field only recently began to change.

“It’s been a slow road. You certainly didn’t have the same kind of numbers of women in engineering as you did back in the ’60s and ’70s that you do now. I think if you were to look at majors in engineering, science and technology right now, they are pretty comparable to males,” Plevyak said.

As a STEM educator, Plevyak concentrates on project-based learning

and works toward problem solving and problem posing. “[We are] trying to get more of a focus on how we apply STEM learning to real world situations,” she said.

Plevyak coordinates the program of curriculum and instruction, works with students and runs meetings in addition to being a professor in the area of science and environmental education.

There are now more women working in the program than men, she said.

“I would’ve said 20 years ago it would have been the opposite,” Plevyak said.

“I think we have two men in our entire program.”

On the other hand, the men dominate the chemistry and physics department.

“Those are the hard sciences, and it’s been that way for years,” Plevyak said.

She also explains that new faculty isn’t hired often, contributing to the trend.

“There was a huge rush in the late ’60s to hire a lot of faculty, and now most of them are starting to retire. Most of them were men — white men,” said Plevyak.

She said she is starting to see a change, but it’s slow. When it comes to funding and research, however, she believes there is no bias toward men or women.

“When we have peer reviews, our research is reviewed blindly,” she said.

Plevyak is currently working on research she conducted in Bangelore, India. She

spent two years there, and she spent her last six months with an Agastya science center collecting data with teachers of science and math.

She compared traditional styles of teaching, such as giving lectures and demonstrations, to inquiry and problembased learning; then tested whether or not the students retained the information.

She found that students retained more with inquiry and problem based learning; her goal is to apply what she learns to the real world.

“I try to be the best teacher I can be,” Plevyak said. “I’m a real advocate of learning and teaching, so I have spent a lot of time learning about teaching.”

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Linda Plevyak is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics professor at the University of Cincinnati.

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Harrison Ford returns to space with “Ender’s Game.” Ford plays Colonel Graff, the leader of Earth’s army. The film took more than a decade to actually make it into a feature film due to all the grand and complicated scenes in the novel.

‘Ender’s Game’ delivers weightless message Orson Scott Card’s 1985 bestselling novel attempts cinematic adaptation, doesn’t translate MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

“Ender’s Game” is an empty vessel orbiting movie theaters across the nation.

Directed and written by Gavin Hood (“Tsotsi,”“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”), “Ender’s Game” simply put, is a film which chronicles a future war between humanity and the adversarial alien force, known only as the Formics.

Adapted from a book by Orson Scott Card, the war is in fact a mere framework in which the real battle is fought.

Asa Butterfield plays little Ender Wiggin, a brilliant and naturally gifted tactician and strategist who is only 12 years old. More than a century in the future, “Ender’s Game” envisions a day when children will replace military commanders and generals. The argument being that children of small ages will have the advantages of brain plasticity, and subsequently an advanced capacity to learn at high speeds.

This enables them to process complex and continually evolving information.

The blunt Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the battleschool’s psychologist, Major Anderson (Viola Davis) guide Ender to the top.

They recognize his talents from early on, focusing on Ender’s aptitude in his studies, but also on his conflicted emotions and difficult past.

In the beginning while still on Earth, Ender is picked on and forced into a fight. He beats up a classmate, continuing to hit the prone adolescent even after he won.

His reasoning for continuing is that the continued aggression will prevent future attacks.

This thinking and thought-process turns out to be exactly what Graff wants and looks for when picking children to groom as future leaders.

Ender is also separate and distinct from his family, as well as his parents had to obtain special governmental permission to have a third child after having two “genetically perfect” children. Ender is picked on by his oppressive, sadistic brother and ignored by his parents.

He is left with only his sister to offer any type of consolation.

This emotional dissonance in Ender drives him to demonstrate and prove his worth even more and to display his aggression whenever he’s provoked.

“Ender’s Game” is an enjoyable, visually pleasing ride; the best scenes take place in the dome-like zero-G battle room, which is suspended in orbit above Earth.

These scenes show Ender in his happiest state, slowly demonstrating each time his unique skill, cunning quickness and rapid capacity to learn while not following the routines or rules at all.

This talent infuriates his classmates and sometimes his superiors, and one gets the feeling that they’re watching a messy mock-up of “Full-Metal Jacket.”

But where Kubrick’s film dealt with difficult themes and deep implications concerning violence and the psychology of human beings, “Ender’s Game” falls short.

The characters are stunted, archaic, stiff and unnatural, and the dialogue is monotonous.

The film portrays every man to be overly aggressive brutes, and the women as overly emotional, feeble nannies. This archaic, outdated and preposterous characterization is both frustrating and tiresome.

“Ender’s Game” successfully paints its protagonists and antagonists alike as static, one-dimensional pawns that are prisoners to the movie’s own hyped-up melodrama, as Hood pops the bubble of tension and drama each time too soon for any dramatic or emotional

weight to occur.

It’s a common theme of Ender having to choose his own humanity or his talented ruthlessness, but the moral insinuations and discussions that the movie aims to inspire collapse under the film’s lack of characterbuilding and ho-hum drama.

What’s more is that the clunky, self-serious dialogue sounds extremely foolish and over prepared when children speak.

There is an instance in which Petra, (Hailee Steinfeld from “True Grit”) Ender’s closest person to a friend makes the remark, “I’ve got more balls than anyone on this team,” when a bully of a boy comments that she’s the only girl on his team. This dull screenplay does nothing to enhance the entertainment or interest in characters.

As with all screen adaptations of novels, there is always an argument to be had over the accuracy of the film. It’s safe to say that because the two entities are two different forms and mediums of expression entirely, there are bound to be differences.

Overall, it doesn’t help “Ender’s Game” that it has the all too familiar theme that the “chosen one” will save us all. Although Card’s book came out well before J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter, Rowling’s world of gifted children duking it out against evil has just sunk too deeply in our fantasy subconscious for Card’s to be very effective on the screen. Perhaps Harry Potter was more enthralling than Ender, but the fault of “Ender’s Game” lies altogether in the inability to create an absorbing world full of nuanced, intriguing and alluring characters with impactful and thought-provoking messages.

“Ender’s Game” concludes and ends on a contemplative and pensive note with Ender wrestling with a moral dilemma, but the movie falls under it’s own self-serious and over-exaggerated weight.

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Inspired by ‘Ender’s Game’ The Flaming Lips create new EP, only one song featured in film ROBERT BREEN STAFF REPORTER

For the second time in 2013, The Flaming Lips put out

new music for fans.

Following the release of their album “Terror” comes the EP “Peace Sword.”

The entire album was inspired by Orson Scott Card’s science fiction classic “Ender’s Game.”

The title track of the album “Peace Sword (Open Your Heart)” is featured on the “Enders Game” soundtrack.

The remainder of the songs were inspired by book and movie, but were rejected by the movie’s producers.

In a sense, the album is a collection of failed attempts to create a song for the movie.

The inspiration of the book is obvious by some of the track titles such as “Think Like a Machine, Not a Boy” which references the novel’s protagonist Ender Wiggin.

The EP does feels like it could serve as a soundtrack for a science fiction film, “Ender’s Game” or otherwise.

This should encourage the band to try their hand at scoring a film again in the future.

Perhaps they can learn from their mistakes and create a collection of songs that really captivates audiences.

The song “Wolf Children” maintains a futuristic, science-fiction sound, but misses the mark of mainstream appeal.

Midway through, it becomes monotonous and irritating.

“If They Move, Shoot ‘Em” creates imagery of alien landscapes.

Coupled with a steady drumbeat, the listener can almost picture an inevitable space battle.

Sticking to their signature psychedelic style, “Peace Sword” puts listeners in a surreal state of mind.

Many of the songs have a spaced out feel to them.

The song “Is The Black At The End Good” does a good job of creating this mood.

The eerie background rhythms on this track sound like something created by French new-wave artist Jean Michel Jarre. The songs make for good music to listen to when studying.

They are low key and do not distract listeners with attention grabbing effects.

The band’s reliance on synthesizers enables them to create a whole range of interesting beats.

The tracks bare a lot of resemblance to the songs of Moby, which makes sense since because Moby draws upon the Flaming Lips for influence.

The band is very prolific; on top of this EP and their earlier album, they have collaborated with Ke$ha on a record due to release in 2014 and they are working with Tame Impala on a joint EP. “Open your heart to me/Open your heart, you’ll see,” lead singer Wayne Coyne sings on the album’s opening song.

It’s as if the album is speaking to listeners, asking them to give the album a chance.

Coyne’s voice sounds distant and at times distorted, but that only adds to the sci-fi effect.

The album closes out with a 10-minute track that attempts to leave listeners with a long lasting impression of the sci-fi fantasy, but it is simply too long and falls flat. As the song goes, “the dream is ending” and that is exactly what happens with this album.

Knoxville brings classic ‘Jackass’ character to silver screen Toilet humor, making strangers uncomfortable, corrupting youth all in ‘Bad Grandpa’ HEATHER KING STAFF REPORTER

“Bad Grandpa” is the movie every “Jackass” fan wants to love, but some are sure to be a little disappointed with the redundancies of a few of the jokes.

Johnny Knoxville, originally from the MTV series “Jackass,” is back with director Jeff Tremaine in the shock comedy of the year, “Bad Grandpa.”

The recent widower Irving Zisman (Knoxville), along with his 8-year-old grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll), travel across the country to meet Billy’s dad after the boy’s mother goes to prison.

The vulgar and shocking slapstick comedy starts full force.

Definitely not a film for the kids, “Bad Grandpa” is a part hidden camera movie in which Zisman shocks, disgusts and insults unsuspecting victims from a mishap during his wife’s funeral to a romp in a strip club. And yes, there are gratuitous amounts of toilet humor.

While “Bad Grandpa” is full of gut-busting laughs, the movie was just not as funny as it could be.

There are only so many perverted old man jokes that can be pulled off in an hour and a half, and after the first handful the viewers wonder when the movie will move on to something else.

One of the funniest of these jokes, however, is when Zisman wanders into a strip club looking to pick up

women. What he finds isn’t what he expects, but he still tries to make it work by doing his own dance.

Billy pulls his own pranks on passersby every time his one-track-mind grandfather goes off on his own.

The boy wanders from the car and hotel rooms to talk with random people, asking them to be his new father and tells them about his misfortune with his parents.

The worst of all the pranks is the crashing of a beauty pageant, and let’s just say that Billy has his own jawdropping performance at the show.

Needless to say, viewers will never listen to Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” without thinking of this movie.

Tremaine and Knoxville created a movie that did exactly what it intended to do: shock and disgust the audience into uncomfortable laughter.

One audience member in the theater even laughed out loud and said, “I can’t believe they just did that!”

The never-ending misogynistic jokes and pranks on the part of Zisman eventually lose their original tongueand-cheek humor, and the film ends up being a bad joke that won’t end.

Billy adds his own pranks without being vulgar like some would expect, but he uses his innocence to make people uncomfortable and wondering what to say.

The movie changes gears in the end credits where Knoxville reveals himself to the relief and further shock of unsuspecting prank victims.

There is no doubt that many viewers will be offended and disgusted by “Bad Grandpa,” but the die-hard “Jackass” fans will get nostalgic laughs and appreciate a dedication to the late Ryan Dunn.

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In its first week, “Bad Grandpa” dethroned both “Gravity” and “Captain Phillips” to take first place in the box office.

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Veterans to be honored in campus ceremony Extensive resource fair to follow annual event thanking veterans for service EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

The solemn sounds of patriotic marches and vocal performances will echo across McMicken Commons Friday during a commemorative ceremony honoring military veterans.

University of Cincinnati veterans will fill the lawn in front of the McMicken Hall beginning at 10 a.m. amidst a group of students, staff and faculty.

“I believe having these types of events truly benefit our veterans tremendously and verifies the fact that this great university has their best interest at heart, and certainly cares about them while becoming a true veteran-friendly campus,” said Jack Johnson, Veterans Programs & Services program manager and veterans advocate.

UC is home to the second-largest veteran population in Ohio; nearly 2,000 veterans are currently enrolled as opposed to just 400 in 2009, Johnson said. UC has also been a Veteran Friendly School for five years, a distinction held by only 20 percent of colleges, trade schools and universities in the U.S. During the ceremony, the Bearcat Band will perform military songs accompanied

by UC’s Cabaret Singers. Air Force and Army ROTC cadets will be in attendance, and speakers will address audience members with brief remarks about their experience in the military. Speeches will revolve around the theme “Past, Present and Future,” an idea represented by the speakers themselves.

Speakers include Dean Smittle, retired

“The biggest push on [the fair] is that there’s going to be tons and tons of great groups to help with any benefits...

Anything that’s relevant to veterans will be on ground.”

Sgt. Jack Johnson, Veterans Programs & Services program manager, veteran advocate

U.S. Air Force Col., UC alumni and Vietnam War veteran, James Kearney, UC alum and current U.S. Air Force liaison officer to the Army and Susan Stein, UC Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Cadet Commander and fourth-year student in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Johnson will conclude remarks with a speech of his own.

All veterans in attendance will receive a commemorative coin, a visual representation of appreciation for their time served in the military.

“It’s a token of appreciation from the university to veterans,” Johnson said.

“I thought it’d be a great idea for them

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Veterans and University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono celebrate the opening of the Veterans One Stop Center during the 2012 veterans ceremony. UC is home to nearly 2,000 veterans, said Sgt. Jack Johnson, veterans program manager and veterans advocate. The ceremony is held to thank veterans for their service.

to have something to walk out [of the ceremony] with.”

A veteran fair will commence on McMicken Commons after the ceremony’s closing remarks. Local and regional groups will be in attendance to provide information about services for members of the UC community.

“As a veteran myself with multiple tours in combat operations and a college graduate, I can relate to what these men and women are going through,” Johnson said. “I want to make their transition as seamless as possible by creating and instituting different programs and events to ease anxiety and make them as proficient and school ready as possible.”

Omega Delta Sigma, a newly formed veteran fraternity, comprised of both men and women, is one of many groups set to attend.

“The biggest push on [the fair] is that there’s going to be tons and tons of great groups to help with any benefits,” Johnson said.

Two mobile medical units will also be on display, operated by the Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to tour the 40-foot units, which are used to assist veterans with health care services.

“Anything that’s relevant to veterans will be on ground,” Johnson said. “It will all be in one spot at one time. It’s going to be the resource capital of the city.”

Veterans Fair Week Event Calendar 1

Veterans Job Readiness Workshop 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday VetSuccess will host two workshops for veterans seeking employment. Topics covered during the workshops will include resume writing, the components of successful interviews, military to civilian skills translation and more.

Workshops will be held 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. in TUC 400A.

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Screening of “Service: When Women Come Marching Home” 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday A 2011 documentary titled “Service: When Women Come Marching Home” will be screened in TUC 465. The film depicts the experience of women veterans after returning home, in the process of transitioning from active duty to civilian life.

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Veterans Day Ceremony and Veterans Fair 10 a.m. Friday Following an annual ceremony honoring veterans 10 a.m. on McMicken Commons, students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to explore veteran-related resources and services provided by local and regional groups.

Gallery to commemorate late astronaut, UC professor Life of Neil Armstrong remembered through donated artifacts, plaque WILL KENDRICK STAFF REPORTER

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The Steger Student Life Center will unveil an exhibit Thursday honoring Neil Armstrong, who was a University of Cincinnati professor from 1971 to 1979. The exhibit will include donated artifacts from Armstrong’s life.

The Steger Student Life Center will unveil a new gallery titled “Neil Armstrong: The Flight and Life of a Reluctant Hero” Thursday to commemorate the life of Armstrong, the late NASA astronaut and UC professor.

During his time as a NASA astronaut, Armstrong made history in July 1969 by being the first man to walk on the moon.

After retiring from the space program, he became an aerospace professor at the University of Cincinnati from 1971 to 1979. He was also a chair member for several companies later in his life, including Cinergy and Taft Broadcasting Company.

He died in August 2012 due to complications from a cardiovascular procedure.

An invite-only conference Wednesday will feature members of the Armstrong family, specifically his two sons Mark and Rick Armstrong, who will speak about their father.

UC President Santa Ono will also sign a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Ames Research Center that will further a growing relationship between NASA scientists and UC researchers.

“It is very exciting,” said Joe Blizzard, student body president. “This will bring a number of new opportunities to our engineers and researchers.”

A commemorative interactive website dedicated to Armstrong and the upcoming gallery will also be revealed at the conference.

The gallery will feature numerous donated artifacts from Armstrong’s life. A plaque dedicated to his time as

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Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon in July 1969. “Neil Armstrong: The Flight and Life of a Reluctant Hero” will honor the late astronaut and professor, who died in 2012.

an aerospace professor at UC will also be unveiled.

“I think these pieces… illuminate an important part of UC’s history,” Blizzard said.

After the gallery ends, the plaque will be moved to its permanent location in Rhodes Hall.

The gallery will run through Nov. 27.

Next installments in CCM Concert Series promise to continue impressive season Wind Orchestra, Jazz Ensembles to perform romantic pieces, honor American jazz master EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

An impressive season continues to gain momentum at the College-Conservatory of Music, proving to audiences time and time again why it is considered a national and international leader of performing arts and electronic media.

The most recent installment in CCM’s Mainstage Series, classic masterpiece “Singin’ in the Rain,” earned a 4.5 out of five star rating from the League of Cincinnati Theatres. Actors breathed new life into the renowned play, originally based off of the 1952 film directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly.

Thursday, CCM will transition into performances in their CCM Concert Series, offering two unique nights of classical musical and jazz.

The CCM Wind Orchestra will perform Romantic Voyages at 8 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium, entailing a variety of pieces by distinct composers. Highlights of the repertoire include selections from “The Lord of the Rings” composed by Johan de Meij and “Harrison’s Dream,” a quick-tempo and suspenseful score, by Peter Graham.

Although employing different styles, pieces will work together to establish a romantic atmosphere. Pieces will be performed by the CCM Wind Orchestra, which is, “generally regarded as one of America’s finest wind bands, whose members represent the top wind and percussion players in the conservatory,” according to CCM’s website.

The night will be performed under the conduction of Glenn D. Price.

Sunday, CCM will focus its attention on another style of music: jazz. Don’t Git Sassy – The Music of Thad Jones, performed by the CCM Jazz Ensembles, will celebrate the music of late American jazz master Thad Jones with a night of swing and blues beginning at 7 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium. Jones, a bandleader, trumpeter and conductor, incorporated mellow, smooth melodies into his pieces, creating a beautiful and intriguing result.

Jones is one of the composers the Jazz Ensembles place emphasis on; their experiences with Jones’s sound and style promise impressive results. Both performances are expected to follow in the footsteps of the standout performances CCM has repeatedly accomplished.

6 / NATION & WORLD Supreme Court preserves Oklahoma ruling against Senate advances gay rights legislation WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 2013 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

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WASHINGTON — In a surprise victory for defenders of abortion rights, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Oklahoma’s appeal of a state law that would have effectively prevented doctors from prescribing two drugs commonly used to induce abortions in the first nine weeks of a pregnancy.

The court’s one-line order suggests most of the justices are not willing to even consider a state law that goes that far.

The justices could have scheduled the Oklahoma case for argument to decide how far states can go in regulating abortion drugs. Instead, they issued an order saying the appeal petition is “dismissed as improvidently granted.”

Some TSA agents should be armed, union says LOS ANGELES TIMES

LOS ANGELES — The president of the union representing more than 45,000 Transportation Security Administration agents urged Congress and the agency Monday to create a new class of officers that would be armed with weapons.

The request comes in the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport that left one TSA agent killed and two others injured. The suspect in the shooting, 23-year-old Paul Ciancia, was targeting federal security officers, authorities said.

Iranians rally against US on hostage anniversary LOS ANGELES TIMES

TEHRAN — Tens of thousands of protesters chanting “Death to America!” marched outside the former U.S. Embassy on Monday in a staged rally highlighting hard-liners’ wariness about any possible rapprochement with the Islamic Republic’s arch-enemy.

The turnout was the largest in years at what has become an annual event marking the anniversary of the Nov. 4, 1979, takeover of the embassy and the seizure of U.S. hostages. Iran’s official media said millions participated in similar gatherings across the country.

WASHINGTON — The gay rights movement won at least a preliminary victory Monday as the Senate voted to advance a measure that would ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The 61-30 procedural vote does not necessarily predict the final outcome, expected later this week. But statements of support from Republicans ensured that the bill known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act could attract the necessary 60 votes to overcome any additional procedural hurdles.

“This is a momentous day,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said as floor debate began.

Even if the Senate passes the legislation, however, it faces uncertain prospects in the Republican-led House. A spokesman for House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, reiterated Monday that the measure would open small businesses to “frivolous litigation” and hurt the economy.

Congress hasn’t passed major gay rights legislation since 2010, when it voted to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that barred gays from openly serving in the military.

But progress in LGBT rights has come elsewhere.

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court

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CAIRO — The chaotic scenes and defiant shouts that marked the opening of Mohammed Morsi’s trial Monday suggest that Egypt’s military-backed government may face a long struggle to bring the deposed Islamist president and his Muslim Brotherhood to heel.

Emerging from four months in captivity at a secret location — later revealed to have been a military base near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria — Morsi, on trial for inciting murder, faced the judge from inside a specially constructed defendants’ cage, loudly declaring that he did not accept the legitimacy of the court proceedings. The judge adjourned the case until Jan. 8.

The ousted leader, eschewing the white prison-issued garb of his fellow defendants, wore a dark jacket and open-necked shirt instead.

“I am the legitimate president!” he shouted again and again, sometimes drowning out the judge.

The presiding judge, Ahmed Sabry Youssef, twice called recesses when raucous chanting made it impossible to continue.

Opponents of the former leader, including some Egyptian journalists who had been

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54 Democrats to advance the measure. Two other backers _ Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri _ were en route to Washington and missed the vote.

Even as the voting continued on the floor, additional Republican support was secured with intense negotiations in the Senate cloakroom. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the bill’s chief sponsor, said he would support an amendment sought by Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, that would, among other changes, effectively exempt certain faith-based organizations from the bill, calling it a “reasonable adjustment.”

Amid predictions that the measure would die in the House, supporters said they would marshal public pressure to force action.

A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said “all options will be on the table in order to advance this critical legislation in the House.”

“The speaker, of all people, should certainly know what it’s like to go to work every day afraid of being fired,” Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said in a statement.“Instead of letting the far right trample him again, it’s time for Speaker Boehner to stand with the majority of everyday Republican voters and support ENDA.”

Morsi trial in Egypt delayed after chaotic start

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struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and cleared the way for gay marriages in California. In all, same-sex marriage is legal now in 14 states and the District of Columbia.

The Senate bill would prohibit public and private employers, employment agencies and labor unions from using sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for employment, promotion or compensation. Federal law extends such protections based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. Twentyone states and the District of Columbia also protect sexual orientation; fewer do so for gender identity.

A similar bill failed in the Senate in 1996 and had not been taken up on the floor since.

In 2007, the then-Democratic-controlled House passed a version that did not include transgender individuals, but the Senate did not take it up.

“I’m dismayed that so many years have gone by, more than a decade, and this bill still has not become law,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a co-sponsor.

Democrats secured the backing of everyone in the party’s 55-member caucus last week when Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Mark Pryor, D-Ark., announced their support.

Seven Republicans ultimately voted with

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allowed inside with press credentials, shrieked: “Execute him! Execute him!” Morsi could face the death penalty if convicted.

Outside the heavily fortified police academy that housed the makeshift court, Morsi’s supporters gathered in a dusty no-man’s land, prevented by rolls of barbed wire and rows of police from getting too close to the compound’s outer walls.“Down with military rule!” they shouted in voices hoarse with passion. They also yelled denunciations of Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the army chief who brought Morsi down in a coup July 3.

Moving amid a forest of TV trucks, the ex-president’s partisans maneuvered into camera range to flash the four-fingered salute — alluding to the name of the Cairo mosque complex where hundreds of Morsi backers were killed by security forces in August — which has become a signature of the pro-Morsi protest movement.

The trial venue was moved at the eleventh hour to the police academy, whose location on Cairo’s eastern outskirts made it more difficult for demonstrators to reach. Tear gas was fired to break up larger demonstrations elsewhere in the capital, and flashpoints like Tahrir Square were cordoned off by troops in armored personnel carriers. The city’s

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The start of Morsi’s court proceedings marked a strange historic confluence: Two of Egypt’s former presidents are on trial.

Hosni Mubarak, the longtime autocrat who was forced out in a massive popular uprising in 2011, is in the midst of a retrial following his conviction on charges tied to the killings of hundreds of protesters, with intermittent hearings being held at the same court in the police academy compound.

Morsi, along with 14 other senior figures in his Muslim Brotherhood, faces charges stemming from deadly clashes outside the presidential palace last December, midway through his year in office. His lawyers say that violence broke out because police refused to protect the palace.

Morsi’s supporters demand his reinstatement, something the militarybacked government says will never happen.

In the months since Morsi was removed from office by the army, Egyptian authorities have taken a series of harsh measures against his Muslim Brotherhood. The group has been formally banned, and thousands of its supporters are in jail. Human rights groups say the death toll among pro-Morsi protesters since the coup tops 1,200.

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7 / SPORTS UC weary of SMU’s aerial attack ahead of AAC clash

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UC Quarterback Brendon Kay runs the ball during UC’s 41-16 victory against UConn earlier this season.

Tuberville warns of needed improvement with tougher schedule approaching CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

After playing only one game in the past 20 days, the University of Cincinnati football team returns home for a noon matchup against conference foe Southern Methodist University Saturday.

The game features a bit of a clash of the titans matchup as SMU boasts the nation’s fifth-ranked passing offense, while UC counters with the seventh-ranked pass defense in the country.

SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert leads the nation in total offense, individually averaging 408 yards per game — a figure higher than 55 teams in the FBS. UC head coach Tommy Tuberville knows the defense is going to have its hands full slowing down one of the most efficient offensive teams in the nation.

“They’re going to get the ball in space and you have to tackle well,” Tuberville said. “They’re going to get their completions. Last year [Gilbert] completed 53 percent of his passes to this year of 64 percent. And if you go back and look they’ve played TCU, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and two of those were on the road. He’s got a good arm; he’s tall and very deceptive. He doesn’t look like a runner but he can pull the ball down and make something happen with his legs so he’s a double threat.”

SMU’s offense was on full display when the Mustangs fell behind early to Temple 28-7, only to score 45 second-half points for the 59-49 come-from-behind victory.

Gilbert set a school record for passing yards (538) and his 635 total yards is the seventh highest in NCAA single game history.

On the flip side, the Mustangs’ defense is ranked 118th nationally and is allowing an average of 40.8 points per game. With numbers like that, you can expect the Bearcat offense, averaging over 37 points per game in their last three contests, to be firing on all cylinders.

In UC’s last game — a 34-21 win over Memphis — senior quarterback Brendon Kay completed 29-of-37 passes for 329 yards with one touchdown and one interception, picking up the slack of a rushing attack that only put up 108 yards on 41 attempts. Tuberville said he’d like to see his team put together a more complete offensive attack Saturday.

“We want to rush for 150 yards or more per game,”Tuberville said.“Memphis is one of the better defenses we’ve played against. They’ve got a lot of speed and quickness, which forced us to throw the ball. If we can rush for 150 yards or more per game we’ll have some success and we’ll open up the passing game.”

October saw UC square off against struggling teams including South Florida, Temple, Connecticut and Memphis.

Beginning with SMU, UC’s schedule kicks up a notch for the remainder of the season. Tuberville said his team can’t play at the level they’ve been playing to continue winning games.

“The month of November and first week of December are going to be tougher for us,”Tuberville said. “If we shoot ourselves in the foot we won’t win a game. We’ve had way too many penalties that shouldn’t have been there and penalties that we should avoid. We can’t go into this game, have 10 to 12 penalties and expect to win.”

UC has played a bit of an unorthodox schedule, with a Friday game, a bye week and then a game on Wednesday.

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“The month of November and first week of December are going to be tougher for us. If we shoot ourselves in the foot we won’t win a game.”

Tommy Tuberville, UC head football coach

“I didn’t like [the schedule] going into the season but after we had so many guys that were beat up I thought that was the best thing that has happened to us,” Tuberville said. “We’ve been able to get a lot of guys back close to 100 percent, one being Brendon Kay. Brendon was probably 75 to 80 percent going into the game last week but at this point he’s close to where he was at the beginning of the season.”

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Freshman receiver to rehab at UC, spend time with teammates, coaches JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati freshman receiver Mark Barr returned to campus Tuesday, 45 days after being critically injured in a Sept. 21 crash that killed UC freshman offensive lineman Ben Flick.

Barr, who suffered numerous injuries

including a head injury, spent 30 days at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, before his release Oct. 21. He returned to the Lindner Athletic Center shortly before noon Tuesday, receiving a standing ovation from several awaiting UC Athletics staff members.

“This is an exciting day for us. Mark Barr is out of the hospital and in the building, rehabbing with our guys for quite some time,” said UC head coach Tommy Tuberville. “He’s got a lot of

work to do, he’s not on solid food yet, but hopefully by the end of the week, he will be, and have the opportunity to start gaining his weight and strength back.

But he looks good; he looks real good, considering what he’s been through the last eight weeks.”

Although he is back on campus after spending time at a local rehab facility, Barr is still a long way from recovery, and may never be able to fully recover from the effects of the injuries he sustained.

“That isn’t up to us. That’s up to the doctors,”Tuberville said. “Right now we’re glad he is here. But I wouldn’t count it out; he has made a lot quicker recovery to this point. Now he isn’t near close to walking around campus and going to class on his own and all of the little things we take for granted. He is a long way from there. So maybe someday that might be a possibility and if it is we would love it but that would be between him and the doctors.”

UC defense grinds down Southern Polytechnic State Women’s basketball turns in steady performance in final scrimmage, prepares for season opener CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

Offensive fireworks were not on display Monday at Fifth Third Arena, but the University of Cincinnati women’s basketball took care of business at home against the Southern Polytechnic State Hornets, 58-33.

In a game that turned into the defense’s time to shine, the Bearcats slowed SPSU to a halt, showcasing what may prove to be UC’s backbone: hard-nosed, man-to-man defense.

On the offensive end, senior Jeanise Randolph led the way for the Bearcats shooting an impressive 8-of-13 from the field for 17 points to lead all scorers, while also grabbing eight rebounds, six coming on the offensive glass.

UC head coach Jamelle Elliott said that rebounding will continue to be a big part of the team’s success moving forward.

“There was a time in the game where I subbed five guys and I’ve never had the luxury since I’ve been here to sub five guys in for five others.”

Jamelle Elliot, UC head women’s basketball coach

“[Offensive rebounds] are important to us,” Elliott said.

“We have guys now that can be active on the boards.

We’ve got guys that really want a piece of the ball when it goes up. I tell my team all the time, ‘Everybody should think the ball is a miss except the guy shooting it.’”

Other notable performances came from senior Dayeesha Hollins, who scored nine points including a 7-of-8 performance at the free-throw line. Freshman Bianca Quisenberry didn’t blow up the stat sheet, but managed the game like a senior, dishing out four assists against no turnovers and nabbing three steals in 18 minutes of work.

“I was a little nervous at first but once I got out there I remembered it’s just basketball — the same thing I’ve played most of my life, just at a different level,” Quisenberry said.

Neither team scored until nearly four minutes into the

game. Halfway through the first half the score stood at 6-3 in favor of the Bearcats.

“I’m going to cough that [performance] up to first game jitters,” Elliott said. “Once we got relaxed we were a different team. We were moving the ball much better and we looked a lot more confident on the offensive end.

Luckily our defense is way ahead of our offense now. Even though we weren’t scoring in the first five minutes of the game our defense was able to hold them.”

UC clicked as halftime neared and the Bearcats went into the locker room on a 9-0 run, while not allowing the Hornets to score for the final 4 minutes and 2 seconds of the first half, at which point they led 26-13.

The second half ran much smoother for the Bearcats with the offensive emergence of Randolph, who converted 6-of-7 shots in the second half.

Foul trouble and a lack of depth piled up for SPSU, who struggled to execute anything on the offensive end against a smothering UC defense.

“This wasn’t a team we were able to watch film on, so it was like going to a playground for both teams,” Elliott said.“We just had to show up and get a feel for them and I think that showed in that first four or five minutes of the game. Once we settled down we were able to make some adjustments.”

SPSU senior Sarah Ogoke — who averaged 21 points per game in her previous two games — was one of four Hornets in foul trouble for most of the night. Ogoke was limited to six points on 3-of-12 shooting, while only dishing out one assist on the night.

UC’s defense remained dominant all night, forcing SPSU into 22 turnovers and creating 20 points from miscues. When turnovers weren’t the problem, shooting was. The Hornets shot only 28 percent from the field.

“I think we were really active,” Elliott said. “Quisenberry as a freshman played [18] minutes and had 17 deflections.

We dived on the floor for loose balls, we didn’t give up a whole lot of second shots and that’s one of those things we pride ourselves on is really trying to disrupt guys on the defensive end. I think we set the tone by doing that tonight.”

In a program that has had serious issues with depth in recent years, 12 players found the court Monday splitting up playing time nearly equally. Elliott said that was a luxury she hasn’t had in her five years coaching the Bearcats.

“There was a time in the game where I subbed five guys and I’ve never had the luxury since I’ve been here to sub five guys in for five others that are on the floor,”

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UC’s Chelsea Jamison makes a free throw at the UC vs. SPSU game Monday, Nov. 4 at Fifth Third Arena.

Elliott said.

UC’s regular season begins Nov. 9, when the Bearcats travel to Northern Kentucky to take on the Norse — a team UC defeated at home a year ago 49-31. UC’s home opener is slotted for Nov. 13 against Florida state.

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ELECTION NIGHT IN PHOTOS

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Cranley raises his hands in celebration after being elected mayor of Cincinnati.

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Mayor John Cranley greets guests at The Jefferson Social near The Banks during a viewing party in support of his election Tuesday.

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Mayor John Cranley welcomes supporters and Cincinnati voters during an election party Tuesday.

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Cranley talks to news stations around the city before the results come out.

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Cranley and his manager Jay Kincaid watch the poll results live.

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Roxanne Qualls speaks to her supporters after her loss at Mahogany on the Banks in Cincinnati, Ohio Tuesday.

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Past Mayor Mark Mallory watchs Roxanne Qualls speak to her supporters after her loss at Mahogany on the Banks in Cincinnati, Ohio Tuesday.

Mahogany on the Banks in Cincinnati, Ohio filled with Qualls supporters Tuesday.

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