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Public transit system seeking feedback for new goals to improve travel time BROOKE BEERY CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM Cincinnati Metro plans to add more buses and crosstown routes to improve the city’s transit system.

“We’ve conducted a lot of research, surveys, and public meetings to find out exactly what the community wants of their transit system,” said Kevin Mischler, Metro’s senior system planner.

Cincinnati Metro recently released a preliminary plan, which has been in the works since early spring, reflecting both short and long-term improvements requested by the community.

The short-term plan — using existing funds — is expected to start as early as next year. The goals include shorter travel time, adding more busses to busy areas and reducing the amount of downtown transfers by adding more crosstown routes.

The long-term plan — currently unfunded — might take a few years to be implemented. Its primary goal is to meet the unmet demands in the region for transportation. These include improved service on major routes, newer facilities at transfer centers, additional shelters and bus rapid transit (BRT).

BRT would serve heavily trafficked streets such as Reading Road, Vine Street, Hamilton Avenue — and make fewer stops, as well as provide faster service and more amenities.

“A lot of the routes we have now go back to the 1930s and 1940s, so they’re old routes,” said Sallie Hilvers, Metro’s executive director of strategic communications. “Obviously population has changed, where people are going has changed and the Metro, because of the way we’re structured, just didn’t [change].”

While some change is necessary, research conducted by Cincinnati Metro has shown only approximately onethird of the routes require adjustments.

“Our planners found that about two-thirds of our routes are operating perfectly and that people wouldn’t change anything to improve them,” Hilvers said.

Plans for a new Uptown transit district are in the works for 2013.

Transit will be composed of four distinct locations near the university and offer several customer amenities including sheltered boarding areas, real-time information, integration with other employers and UC shuttle services, enhanced streetscape and sidewalk improvements.

“The university is excited about the enhanced connections and transportation options being made available to students,” said Weston Munzel of UC’s planning design and construction department.

The plan’s full details, including maps of route adjustments, can be found online at Metro’s website. Public meetings will be held all week so the community can voice its opinion. A list of times and places for the meetings can also be found on the website.

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SELL OR LEASE Signs went up Wednesday advertising a lease on the building where the oldest operational pizzeria in Clifton closes its doors after 58 years in operation.

PAPA DINO’S CLOSED Eatery closes doors after 58 years in Uptown RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM After 58 years in business, the oldest operating pizzeria in Clifton, Papa Dino’s, has closed its doors.

“It has been a pleasure serving you,” read a sign posted in the restaurant’s window.

“Thank you Cincinnati for the long run.”

Papa Dino’s owner, John Georgitln, had tried to sell the business for more than a year after his wife moved to Denver, Colo. his brother Mike Georgitln said. The business had to close when John Georgitln couldn’t find a buyer.

“He’s been trying to find somebody to buy it, but nobody would,” Mike Georgitln said. “It’s just sad to see it go.”

The recent arrival of several pizzerias in the uptown area — including Toppers Pizza, which opened two doors down from Papa Dino’s in October 2010 — impacted business, Mike Georgitln said.

“You have a corporate pizza chain openup just a couple of doors down and it pushes out the little guy,” Mike Georgitln said.

Owners from other Clifton area pizzerias acknowledged the cutthroat nature of the business.

“Clifton is a very difficult environment to try to run a profitable pizza restaurant because of all the competition,” said Mac Ryan, owner of Mac’s Pizza. “I don’t think Toppers opening up next to them helped in any way. I would be inclined to think that it was the beginning of their demise.”

Toppers Pizza could not be reached as of press time.

Clifton has always been tough for pizza businesses because it’s a college campus, said Tom Erbeck, owner of Adriatico’s Pizza.

“There has always been a lot of competition with pizza in Clifton,” Erbeck said. “If you go back to the ’80s and ’90s there’s no more competition now than then.”

In the past, both Pizza Hut and Little

Caesars Pizza had locations in the Clifton Area. Both are now closed.

“I think Clifton is what you make of it,” Erbeck said.“My business is doing well, so I might have a different view of that.”

The increased competition also made it harder for John Georgitln to sell the business, Mike Georgitln said.

“Everybody moving up here obviously doesn’t help, trying to get a larger piece of the pie, it makes it harder to find a buyer,” Mike Georgitln said.

The recent construction in the Uptown area has also negatively affected many of the local businesses on McMillan and Calhoun streets, Ryan said.

“You’re not going to do very well long term, or even short term, if nobody wants to drive up to your f***ing neighborhood because of goddamn traffic,” Ryan said. “It sucks.”

The building at the corner of Calhoun Street and Clifton Avenue is still owned by Mike and John’s father, Pete Georgitln. So far there have not been any talks of possible renters for the 3,000 square foot space.

“A few people showed interest when John bought [the business] but obviously didn’t want to give up Papa Dino’s,” Mike Georgitln said. “There haven’t been any serious talks [recently], it just kind of actually sprung up last minute.”

Reactions to the closure of the latenight eatery varied between members of the Clifton business and the University of Cincinnati community.

“It’s a shame,” said Tim McLane, owner of Pomodori’s. “They were here before I opened up almost 30 years ago.”

The owner of Adriatico’s Pizza shared McLane’s sentiment.

“I was surprised because they have been around for so long,” Erbeck said.

Members of the UC community shared nostalgia for the restaurant.

“It’s always tough to see a local business close,” said Joe Blizzard, speaker of the undergraduate student senate at UC. “I

know a lot of students and alumni will miss it.”

While some were sorry to hear about the closure, others seemed indifferent.

“I’ve never been to Papa Dino’s, I’ve always gone to Toppers,” said Maxwell Schroeder, a first-year electrical engineering student.

In the current Best of UC poll, conducted

by The News Record, Dewey’s Pizza leads the best pizza category with 278 votes, while Toppers is currently in second with 173 votes. As of press time Papa Dino’s earned eight votes, two votes ahead of Pizza Hut.

Historical events since Papa Dino’s opened:

Color Television Fuel Injection Moon Landing Fall of Soviet Union The Internet 11 US Presidents Civil Rights Two National Championships for UC Basketball War on Drugs 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

City Council approves loan $7-million loan will allow for relocation of Drop Inn Center and YWCA Women’s Shelter in Mount Auburn BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER

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Cincinnati City Council voted to approve a $7 million loan from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to relocate the Drop Inn Center and a YWCA women’s homeless shelter.

The $7 million borrowed completes a $10 million commitment made by city council to Homeless to Homes, according to city council minutes. The YWCA women’s shelter will be moved to Mount Auburn and the Drop Inn Center’s location has yet to be determined.

The loan requires $532,000 to be paid back every year for 20 years, which comes out of the city’s housing budget.

Councilmember Cecil Thomas said the relocation of these shelters will help them better serve the community, particularly those individuals with mental health

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“You get a much better facility, first of all, you’d get a more updated facility,” Thomas said. “Plus what we’re also doing is — the location that you currently have right now, it’s somewhat limited in its ability to serve the population.”

Josh Spring, the executive director for the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, is concerned the money required to pay back the loans from relocation will come out of a budget that could prevent homelessness.

“That means that every year for two decades, when we budget federal dollars meant for housing and job development, that we’d immediately say $532,000 is already spent,” Spring said. “Our main issue with this is that the primary cause of homelessness is that we don’t have enough housing, affordable housing and jobs. So, essentially in this talk of moving shelter, city council is saying that they are willing to take dollars to do it that can be used to

prevent homelessness.” homelessness in the area.

Spring said the process of paying “The drop Inn Center does it best at the back this loan might exacerbate location that they’re at, but again the issue of homelessness. though, they are limited. They “We’d much rather see met a need way back, but now The main the money spent the we’re at a situation where cause of way it should be — on they’re really limited with prevention — so that what they can do at that homelessness there’s not so much facility,”Thomas said. pressure on shelters,” is that we don’t City Gospel Mission, Spring said. although not included have enough The Drop Inn in this specific loan, is Center in Over the housing. moving to Queensgate with Rhine, is being moved -Josh Spring, the help of the Cincinnati to a larger facility because Greater Cincinnati City Center Development the building in its current Homeless Coalition.

Corporation — a private entity — location isn’t able to meet the and city council, Thomas said. needs of the homeless community, Thomas “City gospel mission, we’re working said. with them at a different capacity,” Thomas But Josh Spring contends the Drop Inn said. “We agreed to spend a tremendous Center is one of the most effective shelters amount of additional dollars to renovate in the area — citing an average move-out the building they were planning on moving time of 30- 40 days — and believes to that would better serve their needs.” moving the facility is not going to end

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Search for new provost commences BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM

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WHO’S NEXT? Van Wormer Hall will serve as the next provost’s office.

A search committee to find the University of Cincinnati’s new vice president of academic affairs and provost is being formed.

The University of Cincinnati began assembling a search committee to look for a new provost to replace Santa Ono since he was appointed president.

Larry Johnson is currently the interim senior vice president and university provost, but there is no indication at this time of his intentions to apply for the position permanently, said Richard Miller, chair of the University Faculty.

“President Ono has indicated they will conduct a national search,” Miller said.

A provost search committee is one of the few committees outlined in the university’s administration rules. The rules state who is on the committee, as well as who needs to be elected and appointed from different areas of campus.

Ono has yet to appoint two more faculty members — one from the Provost’s area and one member of the bargaining unit — and could appoint two more for balance, Miller said.

The faculty senate elected Melanie Cushion to represent the east campus, Willard Sunderland to represent the west campus and John McNay to represent the branch campuses Friday. The calendar and examination committee is made up of Chia Chi

Ho and Mary Kaye Scaramucci.

Allison Carr is the graduate student representative, and Zachary Hawke is the undergraduate representative.

The search committee will have to decide whether or not to seek the help of a search firm. Search firms can provide a good service to committees of this type, but could cost the university a lot of money.

“One of the reasons for doing this is, first of all, sometimes they have really good access to candidates … and also too, sometimes given the sensitivity of, if you’re at an institution where you’re at a position where you can apply for a provost job, you kind of don’t want that known until you’ve decided you want to do that,” Miller said. “Sometimes they are more comfortable talking to firms rather than universities.”

One of the first tasks for the committee will be to write up a job description, figure out what they want out of a candidate and ensure compliance with things such as affirmative action and equal employment laws, Miller said.

“Whenever you do a search, you have to justify why you picked the candidate you did,” Miller said.

“I’ve actually been on searches before, and at the end you have to go through and indicate why this person was interviewed or not interviewed, or selected or not selected.”

UC research yields way forward in Leukemia treatment Protein may prove pivotal in halting spread of cancer cells MAX MOLLERAN CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM Researchers from the University of Cincinnati’s Hoxworth Blood Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital discovered a way to prevent Leukemia from spreading.

A research team, lead by Jose Cancelas, an associate professor of pediatrics at UC, discovered a protein called Vav3, which is essential for cancer cells’ survival.

“We tried to understand how some [cases of Leukemia] are induced by the oncogene, [a gene that has the potential to cause cancer],” Cancelas said. “When we remove Vav3 from the Leukemias, the Leukemias die. When we reintroduce Vav3, the Leukemia can come back” Cancelas said.

That shows the protein Vav3 is a necessity for Leukemia.

Nicolas Nassar, another associate professor of pediatrics at UC, collaborated with Cancelas on the research project and said the researchers spent a great deal of time searching for molecules that could reduce Vav3.

“We come up with drugs to inhibit key targets in disease,” Nassar said. “Two of these turned out to be working very well. What they do is kill those cancer cells but not — or to a lesser extent — the normal cells.”

The objective of the research team was to obtain data that acted as the basis for compounds with the potential to knock down Vav3.

“Eventually those [molecules] could be developed into cancer drugs that will treat patients with this disease,” Nassar said. “The treatment is still — I would say — years away, but it’s not like ten years.”

The testing and research occurred in many stages and involved a multitude of people who made contributions both large and small.

“Jose [Cancelas] is very generous with giving people credit where credit is due,” said Susan Dunn, a research assistant at Hoxworth who helped test mice for their genotype before selecting them as subjects for the research. “One of the ways he encourages you is to make sure you are given credit for whatever part you played in the research — even my part, which is important, is still just a small piece.”

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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION UC’s Student Body President Lane Hart listens as senate members propose changes to the budgetary process Wednesday night.

At UC, around state, SG aims to increase student involvement Representatives talk trustee voting rights, reach out to constituents DANI KOKOCHAK & BRIAN SHUPE SENIOR REPORTER, CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM

leaders.

“The focus of the resolution was to encourage the legislators to come together with us to have a conversation about why [the cost of higher education] is impacting us, and how they can make a difference,” Hart said. Those currently testifying on behalf of students to state legislators are administrators from the major universities across Ohio, not students or representatives from student governments, Hart said.

Representatives of the Undergraduate Student Government traveled to Columbus Friday for the Ohio Student Government Association (OSGA) meeting to discuss common issues affecting public institutions of higher education.

Four SGA representatives attended a meeting with Jim Petro, the chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, to talk about education policy, funding and reform, and the current state of the education system, said Lane Hart, UC student body president.

The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government Leaders from Ohio State, Kent State, Wright State and Cleveland addressed budgetary issues and attempted to increase student State Universities gathered to discuss how the OSGA could make more involvement at its meeting Wednesday. of an impact within their respective communities.

SG congregated at the main staircase of the College of Design, Art, “We are really taking an active role in making OSGA more of a Architecture and Planning (DAAP) building rather than power house, as far as being more well respected within the its senate chambers in Tangeman University Center, state and national communities, and making it something claiming the change of scenery would heighten that is beneficial to all the schools,” Hart said.

OSGA held elections to determine new leadership, student awareness and spur more involvement, Several members of and Shy Ruparel, a UC student government member, said Student Body President Lane Hart. was voted vice chairperson.

Student Government “Several members of Student Government OSGA also determined its official position on have said we want to try to expand the reach have said we want to Ohio House Bill 377, which concerned the voting of Student Government and expand awareness rights of student trustees. expand the reach... and about Student Government,” Hart said. “So we Student trustees currently do not have full awareness of Student thought one way to do that might be to get these voting rights or the privilege to enter executive senators out in front of their constituents.” session with the board of trustees. OSGA passed a Government. resolution to support student trustee voting rights.

Hart said SG plans to hold future meetings in -Lane Hart “I think in order to bring attention to the bill, we other high traffic areas on campus. At-large Sen. UC Student Body need to pass resolutions like this, we need to testify Andrew Naab suggested that future meetings could be President before the senate, we need to talk to our state senators and hosted at the African American Cultural Research Center put pressure on them,” Hart said. and Sheakley Athletics Facility, among others.

The bill is currently tabled and waiting on a vote from the Senate, A previous measure to further increase student involvement was to said Jeff Robinson, deputy of communications for the Ohio Board of stream its meetings live, which SG has already done.

Regents.

“The Board of Regents is backing [the bill] because it is permissive,” “We stream the video online and anybody can tune in anywhere, so Robinson said. “That means it would allow for the individual board once they know it’s happening then, even if they’re here in their studio of trustees at each university to decide whether their student trustees in DAAP and we’re [in TUC], they can tune in and know what’s going receive voting rights.” on,” Hart said.

Another resolution OSGA passed came from a discussion about During the meeting, Student Government also passed a motion to college affordability. The resolution advocates increased funding for change the requirements of the finance director in regards to unused higher education from legislators and budget committees. funds. The finance director must report the release of those funds to all A forum between the House and Senate committee on education was called to discuss issues facing college students with Ohio student executive officers, the student senate and any objecting members.

Furthering the Discussion

In Brief: University of Cincinnati crime Assault reported on Ravine Street

Fifth Third Bank on Calhoun Street robbed

Two males were assaulted during an aggravated robbery on Ravine Street at approximately 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Five males between the ages of 18 and 22 approached two males as they walked in the 300 block of Ravine Street.

One of the aggressors produced a handgun and demanded property from

The Fifth Third Bank located on Calhoun Street was robbed Saturday, when a suspect demanded cash from a bank teller at approximately 12:51 p.m.

Cincinnati Police apprehended the suspect and identified him as Terry Williams, 37.

Williams ran westbound on Calhoun Street with an undetermined amount of cash,

the victims.

After obtaining a cell phone from one of the victims, all five suspects fled the scene on foot.

Suspects were last seen running eastbound on Warner Street. The crime is under investigation by Cincinnati Police Department District Five.

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according to police.

A CPD District Five officer recognized the suspect, described as a 30-year-old white male, walking westbound on Martin Luther King Drive shortly after he committed the crime.

CPD took Williams into custody and arrested him on a charge of robbery.

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DISORDERLY CONDUCT

DRUG ABUSE/POSSESSION

THEFT/BREAKING & ENTERING

CRIMINAL DAMAGING

11/12 — TELEPHONE HARRASSMENT 2610 MCMICKEN CIRCLE 7:52 p.m.

11/10 — THEFT 240 CALHOUN St. 12:01 a.m.

11/9 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT* 101 WEST DANIELS St. 11:23 p.m.

11/9 — THEFT FROM BUILDINGS 2820 BEARCAT WAY 2:30 p.m.

11/7 — CRIMINAL DAMAGING* 4 STRAIGHT ST. 8:20 p.m.

11/7 — MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 40 WEST UNIVERSITY Ave. 8:30 a.m.

11/5 — SEXUAL IMPOSITION 230 CALHOUN St. 5:25 p.m.

11/5 — THEFT FROM BUILDINGS 2920 BEARCAT WAY 4:10 p.m.

11/5 — THEFT FROM BUILDINGS 234 GOODMAN St. 4 p.m 11/3 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT 151 GOODMAN Drive. 10:30 p.m.

11/3 — TRESPASSING* 47 CORRY Blvd. 9:45 p.m.

11/3 — BREAKING & ENTERING 47 CORRY Blvd. 9:38 p.m.

11/3 — DRUG ABUSE OF MARIJUANA* 4 CLIFTON Ave. 12:15 a.m.

11/2 — MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 301 GOODMAN St. 8 p.m.

11/2 — THEFT FROM BUILDINGS 234 GOODMAN St. 2 p.m.

11/2 — THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE 206 ALBERT SABIN WAY noon.

ASSAULT/SEXUAL IMPOSITION

OTHER

DENOTES ARRESTS MADE 11/2 — ASSAULT 2901 WOODSIDE Drive 9 a.m.

11/2 — THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE 206 ALBERT SABIN WAY 12 a.m.

11/1 — POSSESSION OF DRUGS* 240 CALHOUN St. 9:30 p.m.

11/1 — OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS 234 GOODMAN St. 1:30 p.m.

11/1 — CRIMINAL DAMAGING* 206 ALBERT SABIN WAY 11:25 a.m.

11/1 — WEAPON UNDER DISABILITY* 234 GOODMAN St. 1 a.m.

11/1 — POSSESION OF DRUGS* 45 WEST DANIELS St. 12:30 a.m.

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‘Choral Fantasy’ in CCM’s Corbett UC men’s and women’s choruses sing old, new compositions Grace Zbiegien Contributor living.NEWSRECORD@gmail.com

The University of Cincinnati men’s and women’s choruses delivered an explosive presentation of Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy” Nov. 7 at Corbett Auditorium at the College Conservatory of Music.

The concert opened with the 73-member women’s chorus performing a delightful arrangement of music. Perhaps most memorable was “Vindo,” a Finnish song which brought a fun rhythm and acted as an instant crowd pleaser. Accompanied by beat boxer Kenny Stavert, also a vocal soloist later in the show, “Vindo” provided a fresh take on Finnish pop.

The 41-member men’s chorus, conducted

by Olga Artemova, performed “Gaudete!”

Arranged by Michael Englehardt, the piece showcased the wide vocal range of the men’s chorus.

Peter Wright, a fourth-year student and president of the UC Choruses, delivered a spine-tingling solo during“Guadete!”to help create a sense of climax. This, along with

six other soloists, made the performance much more memorable. While the men’s chorus doesn’t have a lot of members, it can fill a room just as beautifully as any large ensemble.

The UC cabaret sang next. Perhaps its most beautiful piece was an arrangement of “Hide and Seek” by Grammy Awardwinning artist Imogen Heap. The cabaret singers used the a cappella style to simulate the sound of a synthesizer used in the original song created an inventive and impeccable sound.

Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy” concluded the show. A 34-member chamber orchestra, six vocal soloists, the 75- member Anderson High School mixed chorus and wonderful pianist Sujin Kim joined the men’s and women’s choruses.

The piece focused heavily on instrumentation, with an extremely emotional piano solo. Kim’s fingers flew over the keys — the music she produced on that piano was undeniably the highlight of the show.

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CHORAL CONCERT IN CORBETT UC’s men’s and women’s choruses perform their rendition of Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy” at CCM’s Corbett Auditorium Nov. 7.

‘Lincoln’ legend on full display Day-Lewis plays one of the best roles of his long, storied career

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EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH A group of people watch as numbers begin trickling in at the Hamilton Tuesday night.

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jake scott contributor newsrecordent@gmail.com “Lincoln,” the biographical drama starring Daniel Day Lewis (Abraham Lincoln), focuses on Abraham Lincoln’s final four months in office and the ratification of the 13th amendment — the document that effectively ended slavery.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln” depicts the corruption political leaders of the era felt necessary to do what’s best for the nation’s people, with the US in political turmoil and states threatening to secede.

Day-Lewis’ commanding performance will be remembered as one of the greatest on-screen portrayals of a historical figure.

While Day-Lewis’ resemblance to Lincoln is haunting, it’s his authenticity that steals the show. As the camera zooms in on Lincoln’s austere facial expression, it’s fascinating to relate to a man so often put on a high pedestal.

Alongside Day-Lewis is veteran actress Sally Field (“Forrest Gump”) as Mary Todd Lincoln. It is widely speculated that Mary Todd Lincoln may have suffered from a range of mental illnesses, and Field only enhances her performance by subtly allowing these traits to reveal themselves.

Tommy Lee Jones (“Men in Black”) plays Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican congressional leader.

A fervent abolitionist, Stevens plays an essential role in the passing of the 13th amendment.

Every war drama needs some sort of comic relief in the form of hard-hitting quips, and Jones is the perfect actor to play the part of an old, bitter man that has every insult in the book on the tip of his tongue.

“Lincoln” also addresses the real possibility of the amendment not passing, making it difficult not to contemplate the state America would be in if the war on slavery had taken a different route.

This is a biography, however, and everyone knows the ending. It’s the road to triumph the film glamorizes.

There’s a sense of pride that can be felt as the Republicans walk away with a victory and one of the biggest tragedies to take place on American soil is finally over.

I love Ian Flemming’s most famous work, I really do. Unfortunately, “Skyfall” fails to show appreciation to James Bond, and that is a crying shame.

In all pursuits, it’s generally best to stick with what one excels at — over the past 50 years for Bond that was swilling dirty Martinis, dispatching villains, charming married women and executing the many tasks of espionage with callous efficiency.

Those in charge of the Bond franchise would have done well to stick with the aforementioned tasks, instead of trying to make Daniel Craig’s Bond into something else entirely.

Following a non-stop action sequence opening, Bond becomes conflicted about his relationship with MI-6, and its leading lady — she does, after all, give the order to shoot him, and writes a shoddy obituary of the legendary spy.

Things change however, and Bond comes back into the fold after an attack on MI-6 headquarters that will be discussed later.

Following his return to England, the aging Bond begins to slow as he attempts to regain proper fitness levels and pass all necessary evaluations to return to field work.

While it makes plenty of sense for Bond to age — marked by the white goatee he sports for approximately 20 minutes — it was unnecessary for director Sam

Mendes (“American Beauty” and “Road to Perdition”) to push the aging character in such a way that leaves doubt as to the longevity of the Bond franchise.

Then, there is the lack of a real Bond Girl in “Skyfall.” Arguments can be made that Eve, played by Naomi Harris, is Bond’s love interest, but she is more window dressing and playful sidekick than anything else.

Although the door is left open for her to be Bond’s better half in the future, she’s found lacking when stacked next to the two previous Bond Girls.

In “Skyfall,” Academy-Award-winning actor Javier Bardem comes close to stealing the show as Raoul Silva, the former MI-6 agent turned methodical madman who stays one step ahead of Bond and M in his quest for revenge.

Silva utilizes ultra-sophisticated technology to hack the MI-6 network, wreaking all sorts of havoc at the intelligence agency’s headquarters and underground safe house.

Silva is first introduced after his people capture Bond and short-lived love interest Sévérine, played by Bérénice Lim Marlohe (French TV actress), and bring them to a deserted island fortress. Silva eerily strolls out of an elevator to greet a restrained Bond. What follows is a scene that leaves question about Silva’s — and even Bond’s — sexual orientation.

This scene, as well as another scene minutes later that finds Silva in an isolated cell, shows the depth of depravity and motivation for Silva as the latest in a long

line of complex Bond villains.

The issue is that there isn’t enough time, nor intimate screenwriting, to fully appreciate what really happened to Silva and why he has such a fascination with Bond.

As if it wasn’t enough to leave the audience wanting more of Silva, he dies the most pathetic way I can remember a Bond villain meeting his end — in a church, knife in the back. Of course, that was probably intentional since Mendes betrayed other traits usually found in Bond films.

The character development leaves you wanting to know how many other former “00s” are out there plotting the demise of MI-6, and what the hell else did “Mum” do during her tenure.

In the end, it’s not the aging, deflated human side of Bond, the death of Judi Dench’s “M” character, the playful prodding of Pierce Brosnan, or the lack of a true Bond Girl that makes Skyfall lackluster, it’s the failure of the movie to have a distinct destination.

Mendes and the rest of the behind-thescenes leaders of “Skyfall” would have done a much better job by picking one theme and going with it. That, or make the movie four hours long so the characters can be fully developed.

And for God’s sake, kill off the most evil villain in the 23-movie series more creatively than by throwing a knife at him.

As for the future of the Bond franchise, rumors will run wild for now, but hopefully Craig signs on for a couple more.

‘Young Americans’ protest wars Groups join forces to read names of American dead dani kokochack SENIOR reporter LIVING.newsrecord@gmail.com In collaboration with Libertas Found, an organization dedicated to the study of freedom, the University of Cincinnati’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a national pro-liberty organization, held a peace rally on McMicken Commons Tuesday.

The two groups came together for the first time to educate students on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and advocate to end America’s involvement.

The groups hosted discussions on topics such as a non-intervention foreign policy, said Ian Gulley, president of

UC’s YAL chapter.

Using the slogan “Enough is Enough,” the organizations urged students to stop and think about the effects of the War on Terror.

“I feel like our generation is sick of these wars,” Gulley said. I don’t think we are accomplishing anything over there — we are just spending money and killing defenseless civilians on top of losing service men and women.”

From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., members of YAL read the names of more than 6,600 American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the War on Terror over a microphone.

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Statistics included the number of American troops and Iraqi and Afghani citizens lost since the start of the war.

The ultimate goal of the peace rally was to educate UC students on the meaning of true freedom and its roots in America, said Melissa Boffey, a Libertas Found member.

Educating students on war and freedom is essential because this generation is made up of the politicians and businessmen that will define America’s future in foreign affairs and policies, Boffey said.

“I think it’s nice that, in America, we can still talk. You can have disagreements, and that’s perfectly fine because we are still allowed to talk and express our opinions without fear of reprisal,” Boffey said.

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UC freshman making an early splash, quick impact

JASON

HOFFMAN

S at u rd ay time to give a damn

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats are playing for a chance at Big East supremacy Saturday, and the student body, which came out in hoards earlier this season, is no longer all in — shame on all of you.

Where is the loyalty and borderline frightening intensity for which we praised you earlier this season?

If anyone out there is wondering why the Big 12, SEC, ACC and Big 10 never bothered asking our Bearcats to join their ranks, it’s because UC can’t fill Nippert Stadium, let alone Paul Brown Stadium or any other legitimate sporting venue — meaning the revenue stream doesn’t flow with the same vigor as those in Columbus, Tuscaloosa, Ala., or Pasadena, Calif.

The excuses provided for not showing can vary between the team’s two losses, mediocre quarterback play, and general apathy, but don’t complain when Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma don’t come to Cincinnati to play.

Premier teams in college football aren’t going to come play Cincinnati and risk losing to an unranked opponent, and lose money when they could be playing in primetime on ABC or ESPN. Cincinnati is a mid-major-to-smalllevel media market. The Reds and Bengals both reside near the cellar of their respective professional leagues while cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles have multiple, elite sports franchises that are not only successful on the field, court or diamond, but also lead in revenue.

A good city for comparison would be Pittsburgh. It has three professional sports franchises and an urban university. Heinz Field nearly reaches capacity whenever the Pittsburgh University Panthers play, and they haven’t recently been to the level of the Bearcats circa 2008-9.

The Panthers have less than 29,000 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics — a pretty far cry from the 42,000 we boast here in Clifton.

Despite trailing in enrollment, Pittsburgh still finds a way to put seats in the stands at home — we have a hard time selling out student tickets to a game against a top-25 opponent that could deliver us to a third BCS bowl.

So maybe the play of Munchie Legaux scared some fans off, and playing teams like Miami University and Fordham University doesn’t exactly make you want to get out of bed and stumble to the admission gates, but Rutgers is ranked No. 22 in the country.

Also, for all intents and purposes, whoever wins the Big East this year could be the second-last team from the conference to compete in a BCS Bowl once the new playoff method takes hold in 2014.

It’s time to make one last statement, and support the seniors in their last two home games. Win or lose, you are two games away from not seeing football in Clifton again until next summer.

C’mon Bearcats, we need this.

NFL Pick of the Week: Bengals -3.5 over RAMS The Chiefs is coming off its best game of season Monday night against the Steelers.

That being said, I advise laying the points since Romeo Crennel’s squad left everything it had on the field in the “Steel City” this past week. Andy Daulton is also coming off the best game of his young career, and the Chiefs’ secondary would have a hard time stopping almost anyone outside the AFC West.

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IMMEDIATE IMPACT UC freshman swimmer Jessica Piper practices at the Keating Athletics Center on UC’s Campus.

ANNIE MOORE SENIOR REPORTER SPORTS.NEWSRECORD@GMAIL.COM Of all the freshman athletes beginning their careers at the University of Cincinnati this fall, perhaps none have gotten off to a stronger start than freshman swimmer Jessica Piper.

Piper, an 18-year old freshman is undefeated in three meets as a Bearcat, compiling a perfect 8-0 record. In addition to her perfect individual record, she is 3-1 in relays she’s been a part of.

“Compared to senior year, since I kind of had a mild case of senioritis, my training kind of slacked and so did my competitions,” Piper said. “Since I’ve gotten here, I’ve been putting a lot more effort into swimming, and into everything I guess. I’ve just been focusing more on swimming.”

And her focus has paid off. Piper’s times in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke and breaststroke have not only earned her wins, but the respect of her teammates and coaches.

It was unlikely that Piper — a St. Petersburg, Fla., native — even wound up here in Cincinnati; during the fall of her senior year Piper used all five of her official college visits, on schools other than Cincinnati.

“She had kind of decided to go elsewhere for her official visits,” Said Assistant Swimming Coach Mandi DiSalle. “She

Cincinnati freshman swimmer Jessica Piper is undefeated through her first three collegiate meets, going 8-0 individual races.

contacted us later in the fall because she wasn’t happy with any of the places she had been. None of them seemed to really have the right fit for her.”

Piper and her mother were looking at programs all over the country, when they stumbled upon UC. “I was just having a really hard time choosing between the schools that I was looking at and my mom and I just decided to keep looking because I wasn’t 100% sure.

She looked into it and thought I should look here,” Piper said. “So I just decided to go for it and take a trip and I loved it here.”

The trip was a major personal commitment, because Piper had used all of her official visits, the family had to financially commit to fly here and stay the weekend. But after meeting with coach’s and visiting campus, it was apparent that the visit was worth it — for Piper and UC. “We knew she was good, and we knew she was versatile. We were very happy when she signed.” Said Bearcats Head Coach Monty Hopkins.

Piper committed to UC in the fall of her senior year, and has seen success since joining the team. She attributes much of this success to her teammates.

“Everyone on this team is so determined and just have really good team chemistry,” Piper said. “It’s really easy to want to work hard for the team, and not just for yourself.”

Hopkins believes that Pipers hard work

and impressive start have her on pace to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

“All that she’s done in the first two meets, that’s just the starting place where hopefully she will take that and use that momentum to work harder and achieve bigger and better things, bigger goals,” Hopkins said. “I think she’s got a chance of coming close to NCAA. Piper’s time of 2 minutes and 1 second in the 200-yard backstroke isn’t quite fast enough to qualify for the NCAA Championships, Hopkins said. But if she can shave five seconds off her time, she could find herself in national title contention.

“There’s so much more to do, she’s been 2:01 in the 200 backstroke but she needs to go 1:55 to make NCAA or better,” Hopkins said. “If you can go 2:01 in the fall when you’re working hard, I think she should be able to drop into the 1:55 or 1:56 range. Now the faster you go the harder it gets.”

Piper will look to remain undefeated this weekend at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. Thus far, Piper has shown no signs of slowing down, but making it to NCAA meet is not necessarily her goal. Individual success isn’t her goal at all, she said.

“I’m not good at making goals,” Piper said. “I just know I’m going to put 100% into the competitions and help my team out as much as possible. I hope to be a big contributor to the team.”

UC dominates MVSU 102-60 Bearcats excelling with new up-tempo style JOSHUA A. MILLER SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS.NEWSRECORD@GMAIL.COM The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team improved to 2-0 by defeating Mississippi Valley State University 102-60.

Junior guard Sean Kilpatrick, who was recently named to a list of 50 pre-season players favored to win the 2012-13 Naismith Award, opened the scoring for UC with a 3-pointer. UC’s big man Cheikh Mbodj slammed a transition drunk to give the Bearcats an early 8-2 advantage.

Cincinnati junior Justin Jackson sparked the Bearcats offense with another emphatic transition dunk, after a behind the back assist from Cashmere Wright.

UC lead 21-12 at the 10-minute mark and finished on a 20-5 run to take a 37-17 lead into the final media timeout of the first half.

Wright led the Bearcats with 11 first half points and UC went into the break with a 4323 advantage.

The Bearcats dominated the glass in the first half, out-rebounding the Delta Devils 3216. Justin Jackson led the way with six boards.

Kilpatrick started the second half with a scoring barrage that pushed UC’s lead past the 30-point mark. He finished with a gamehigh 20 points, shooting 9-12 from the field and adding eight rebounds as well.

Kilpatrick credited Wright for his second half scoring spree.

“When you’ve got somebody like Cash, you’ve just got to run your lanes and he’ll find

you,” Kilpatrick said.

UC head coach Mick Cronin took his starters out of the game with 8 minutes remaining and the bearcats leading 79-47.

Jermaine Sanders, Jeremiah Davis, Ge’Lawn Guyn, Shaq Thomas and Kelvin Gaines combined to score UC’s final 23 points, giving the Bearcats a 102-60 victory.

Davis lobbed a long alley-oop to Thomas to give UC its 100th point. The crowd of 5,617 people inside Fifth Third Arena erupted for the Bearcats first 100-point performance since Dec. 21, 2011 against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Gaines pushed UC’s total to 102, capping off the game with a dunk from an assist by Cincinnati Elder high school walkon Alex Eppensteiner.

“I was really happy that we got 45 points off our bench,” said UC head coach Mick Cronin. “My focus tonight was to make sure that we played better the last 10 minutes of the game, assuming that we would have the lead and having the personnel and mismatches. I was happy that our guys off the bench scored 27 points collectively in the last seven minutes of the game.”

Jaquon Parker and Wright joined Kilpatrick in double digits with 13 and 11 points respectively. UC junior forward Titus Rubles continued to impress in his first season as a Bearcat, contributing eight points, seven rebounds and five assists in 20 minutes off the bench.

UC will be back at Fifth Third Arena Sunday against North Carolina A&T.

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UP AND RUNNING University of CIncinnati freshman forward Shawuille Thomas goes up for a layup during UC’s 102-60 win over Mississippi Valley State Tuesday Night. Thomas scored UC’s 100th point on an alley-oop assisted my Jeremiah Davis.

Jones urges students, fans to fill Nippert JOSHUA A. MILLER SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS.NEWSRECORD@GMAIL.COM The University of Cincinnati football team takes on No. 22 Rutgers Saturday, in a battle for the top spot in the Big East Conference.

UC head football coach Butch Jones has urged the UC student body and fan base to make an impact on the game all week long.

“Our students and our fan base bring in energy,” Jones said. “I believe Nippert is one of the best venues in all of college football and its right here and we need to take advantage of it.”

“Our fans dictate a lot and help us win and provide momentum, energy, spark, great home field advantage and when we are playing a team as talented at Rutgers, you need every advantage you can get,” Jones said.

Cincinnati’s impressive 34-10 victory against Temple last weekend, coupled with Louiville’s loss to Syracuse, has put UC in a position to force a three-way tie for first place in the conference with a win against Rutgers, the only Big East team still unbeaten in conference play.

Playing in these types of big time games before sold-out crowds on a regular basis is what Jones believes will be — must be — the future of Cincinnati

football, he said.

“Playing in front of sold out crowds as we continue to grow and elevate this program, that is one of my visions [for UC’s program] and we will get it done,” Jones said. “Every game at some point in our football program will be sold out.

Right now, we are embarking on the greatest era of Cincinnati football and that is what people need to realize” Saturday’s matchup also has significant bowl game implications for UC as well. A victory would put the Bearcats back in the hunt for a third BCS Bowl game appearance in the past five years.

Although, it would likely need Rutgers to beat Louisville next weekend for that to take place.

For Rutgers, a victory over UC would put the Scarlet Knights in control of its own destiny for the rest of the season — if Rutgers wins out, it will represent the Big East in the BCS. “The other thing that people don’t realize, when we show up at 12 o’clock noon on Saturday we have an inordinate amount of bowl representatives there, making judgments about our crowds, fans support, how they interact with our team, how we play,” Jones said. “It is a great opportunity for this community.

Cincinnati and Rutgers will kick off at Noon Saturday at Nippert Stadium.

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CALL TO ARMS UC head football coach Butch Jones addresses the crowd at halftime of UC’s 102-60 victory over Mississippi Valley State University Tuesday night.

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