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UC OUTLAST HOUSTON IN ERROR-FILLED MUD BOWL

BEARCATS SURVIVE

UC BESTS COHEN BROTHERS BUCKEYES

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, EARLY LOOK REVEALS THIN PLOT LINE

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NightRide program expands, addresses inefficiency concerns More vans, employees, technology improve night-time transportation ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

PROVIDED UC’s NightRide program is adding three new vans to its fleet and hiring 30 new student employees to improve services.

UC economics study: Cincinnati Metro system most effective

University of Cincinnati NightRide passengers will notice increased van accessibility and shorter wait times beginning in January, after many students have experienced an incompetent safety ride system.

“We’re going to be much more efficient in what we do with what we have,” said James Vestring, NightRide coordinator and UC police officer.

UC is in the process of expanding its point-to-point, free night hours shuttle service provided to the campus community

to include three additional minivans, improved technology and 30 new employees.

As the service currently operates, NightRide operators miss about two-thirds of calls from students requesting pickup from a location on or around campus and drop off within a one-mile-radius of the university. Students are also experiencing long wait times.

“Either they don’t answer or it’s an hour to an hour-and-a-half wait,” said Jacklyn Hyde, student body vice president.

Bob Ambach, vice president for administration and finance, said during peak hours on Thursday through Saturday nights, NightRide operators receive 100 plus calls per hour and operate a failed system of taking those calls and then calling the van SEE NIGHTRIDE PG 2

TRAGEDY STRIKES Fire leaves UC basketball player’s family homeless

JAMIE MAIER STAFF REPORTER

A study conducted by the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center found Cincinnati’s Metro bus system is most effective when compared to its peer cities.

“The UC Economic Center study highlighted our strength in operational efficiency,” said Metro CEO Terry Garcia Crews. “We’re proud to be good stewards of the tax dollars entrusted to us.”

The study compared Cincinnati to 11 of its peer cities — including Indianapolis; Louisville, Ky.; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland and St. Louis — as defined by Agenda 360, an organization part of the region chamber action plan to transform Cincinnati, and Vision 2015, a Northern Kentucky community improvement organization.

The study ranked Metro at the top when compared to other bus-only cities and the middle of the pack with cities that utilize both buses and either light rail or subway systems, said Michael Jones, director of research at the Economics Center.

“Cincinnati does very well when you just look at bus rider cities,” Jones said.

The study looked at Metro’s performance level in multiple categories — operational efficiency, service level and fiscal impact. With bus-only cities — Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Ky., and Raleigh, N.C. — Metro ranked top in operational efficiency and service provided and fifth in the amount of local and state public funding it receives for its operations.

“Metro riders pay a larger percentage compared to other cities,” Jones said.

Because Metro receives the majority of its operational cost funding from riders’ fares, less tax dollars support the system, increasing its efficiency when compared to peer cities, Jones said.

When looking at service level, the study analyzed factors such as number of trips and passenger miles, Metro ranked seventh overall, implying that while the system is efficient, it is underutilized by the city, Jones said.

As a result of the study and their own research in 2012, Metro will continue to role out its go*Forward transit plan, which includes short-term improvement for 2013 and its long-term vision.

Like its peer cities, Metro is implementing Bus Rapid Transit as a new mode option. BRT involves limited stops at set platforms, time of arrival signs and dedicated lanes. Cincinnati is also exploring commuter light and heavy rail and the streetcar as other mass transit options.

Metro also plans to expand its service level with new cross-town, neighborhood circulators, and connector routes and on-call small bus services. The services will all be connected through new transit SEE METRO PG 2

PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR UC basketball player Jeremiah Davis III’s home in Muncie, Ind. was severally damaged in an electrical fire Tuesday night. Insurance officials have told the family it could take six months to make the house habitable. No one was injured in the fire that left debris and a strong odor throughout the house. UC is currently looking into ways it can aide the family.

UC community searching for ways to help family displaced by house fire RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

After a destructive fire to his childhood home, University of Cincinnati basketball player Jeremiah Davis III and his family won’t be going home for the holidays.

An electrical fire ravaged Davis’ parents’ home in Muncie, Ind. Tuesday night, leaving burnt debris and a strong odor throughout the house, which is uninhabitable.

“It’s Thanksgiving you know and I’m just thankful for my family,” Davis III said.

“They’re what’s most important. Family is the biggest thing.”

His family — father Jeremiah Davis II, mother Maria Davis and his brother Aaron Davis — is currently living in a hotel, but both Davis III and his family are happy nobody was injured in the incident.

If family is most important, his teammates and coaches are a close second.

He said the support he’s received has been invaluable.

“They’ve been very supportive,” Davis said. “They gave me their condolences and have been trying to make me laugh to just get my mind off of that. The coaches have

done a great job. They called my family and made sure everybody was alright.”

Currently, the university is analyzing possible ways it could help the Davis family but the process is not easy, said Mick Cronin, men’s basketball head coach.

Cronin, who went through a similar process when former UC player Mike Williams’ parents’ house burned down, said the process requires coordination with the NCAA to allow the university to raise funds for the family.

“We’re working on it but it’s a process,” Cronin said. “Nothing ever goes quickly with the NCAA.” The Davis family is extremely grateful for the UC community’s support, along with support from community organizations in Muncie.

“To me, it’s been very important,” Davis II said. “When you’re going through a traumatic experience, you need that kind of help and kind of guidance, because you’re mind isn’t where it usually is. It was almost crucial that there was people, individuals, that you could lean back on, that help support you, encourage you, those kinds of things. Very, very important.”

The fire started in the attic around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Aaron, Davis III’s brother, noticed certain lights and appliances were turning on and off.

“I noticed that some electricity was off and some lights were on and some weren’t and there was a bad smell throughout the house,” Aaron Davis said.

Aaron Davis quickly woke up his parents and they called the fire department. Crews had to cut a hole in the roof and the ceiling inside the house during the nearly two-and-a-half hour battle to put out the flames.

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PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR Jeremiah Davis II assesses the damage in his single story home, which was damaged in a fire Tuesday night.

Political opposites find common ground on social issues, individual freedoms Opposing political players discuss tea party, healthcare; agree on some issues MELANIE TITANIC SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER

MELANIE TITANIC SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER TV personality Jerry Springer speaks at UC Thursday.

The University of Cincinnati played host to a rare instance of political agreement between two opposing, local political players Thursday. The discussion focused on the tea party and health care.

“First of all, there are a lot of things that the tea party and I agree on,” said Jerry Springer, former Cincinnati Mayor and talk show host. “If you think about it, the basis of the tea party is individual freedom. Just like them, we want to be free, we want to be able to make our own decisions, and on many issues I agree that the government should not be in our bedrooms, telling us who we can sleep with … so there are many things where we do agree.”

George Brunemann, chairman of the Cincinnati Tea Party, said the tea party’s main focus is fiscal issues and individual liberty.

“The three main principles of the tea party are fiscal responsibility, limited government and free markets,” Brunemann said. “Those are the only things we talk about; they are the only three things we care about. Sticking our noses into social issues is like worrying about the drapes when the house is on fire.”

Springer said he never says anything bad about the tea party because he “gets” the tea party. But when it comes to health care, Springer said his views differ from the tea party’s.

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MELANIE TITANIC SCHEFFT STAFF REPORTER Cincinnati tea party chair George Brunemann at UC.

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UC community encourages students to secure homes, cars Student property becomes criminal target if not secure during holidays MALIA PITTS CONTRIBUTOR

University of Cincinnati students teamed up with Cincinnati Police Saturday to remind students to secure their cars and houses during the holiday season when many students leave town.

“We want to make sure everyone is safe for the holidays,” said Sue Bourke, criminal justice professor. “That includes making sure their doors to their homes and vehicles are locked and that there hiding their items in their vehicles and not walking around alone in unfamiliar areas.”

“Hopefully with this good turnout of volunteers, students will get the message and we all can come together again to promote more safety.”

Lisa Johnson, Cincinnati police officer

More than 45 students and five Cincinnati Police volunteers placed doorhanging flyers on houses in the Clifton, University Heights and Fairview areas.

Lisa Johnson, a CPD officer, works in Clifton and said crime in the neighborhood increases during the holiday season. “[Criminals] mainly go for students,

because at times, students can be careless with their things,” Johnson said. “They leave their home and vehicle doors unlocked at times and they even walk alone at night carrying large bags and walking alone.”

She said that though the door-hanger campaign is somewhat effective, students continue to entice criminals.

“I have patrolled these streets for a while and I always peer through vehicles and see that students have left their $1,500 laptops in their seat and money in their cup holders,” Johnson said.

But turnout for this year’s event was the highest it’s ever been, and Johnson said that might make a difference.

“Hopefully with this good turnout of volunteers, students will get the message and we all can come together again to promote more safety,” Johnson said.

Bourke never thought such a high number of volunteers would show up for the distribution.

“I assumed no one was going to show up in 20-degree weather to hand out flyers,” Bourke said. “Normally it’s two other students and me.”

Bourke organizes many campaigns throughout the year. She oversees specifically door-hanging campaigns four times a year — on holidays when students leave for home and before summer break.

DeNesha Bell, a first-year criminal justice student, has volunteered with

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Adam Reed, a first-year criminal justice major, places door hangers in mailboxes to remind Clifton and uptown residents to prevent theft, particularly over the Thanksgiving break.

Bourke on many occasions and was particularly excited about Saturday’s campaign.

“This campaign was, by far, one of the best,” Bell said. “I’m a student who lives in this community and the crime in this area affects me as well. I hope today, when

Smoke-free campus event draws little support

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Jen Morand, a second-year organizational leadership student, talks to passing students about the dangers of smoking.

UC student group tries to dissuade smokers, gain signatures NATALIE COLEMAN STAFF REPORTER

University of Cincinnati students were encouraged to refrain from smoking and sign a petition that would permanently ban smoking on campus Thursday, but not many people were persuaded to put their butts out.

“The rules UC has against smoking aren’t as focused as they should be,” said Sean Lawson, fourth-year biology and chemistry student. “I think students are mostly supportive of this initiative.”

Students involved in the UC chapter of Colleges Against Cancer organized on McMicken Commons from 10 a.m. to noon

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locations.

To help combat the dropped calls, UC is hiring an additional dispatcher and installing computers or tablets in the new vans.

“We’re going to be much more efficient in the time we take our call and in the time it gets dispatched to a van,”Vestring said.

Vestring said, right now, students wait about 30 to 35 minutes to be picked up, “which is unacceptable,” but with program improvements, the wait time should decrease to 15-20 minutes.

“Let’s face it, even if you call a taxi cab

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Aaron Davis said. “I was just glad everybody got out OK.” The insurance company told the family it would take at least six months until the house — which Davis III lived in from the third grade until he left for college — is habitable. The family and insurance company are currently evaluating which possessions can be salvaged.

While the fire was contained to the attic, the smoke and debris damaged most of the possessions in the house.

for an event called the Great American Smokeout — a nation-wide initiative against tobacco use sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

The group gained about 30 petition signatures and will search for more throughout the year before they submit the petition to the UC student government.

They would need about 50 percent of the student body’s signatures to gain attention, Lawson said.

“The American Cancer Society has made great progress in the fight against tobacco,” said Meghan Cappel, vice president of Colleges Against Cancer and coordinator of the UC event, in a statement.

“We are encouraging students on campus to quit smoking and the Great American Smokeout is a great way to start.”

The petition for a smoking ban

isn’t anything new. The university has been considering a smoking ban since 2011, when the undergraduate student government recommended a ban that was voted down by the graduate students and the faculty.

The current UC smoking policy, enacted in 2006, restricts smoking within 25 feet from all university building entrances, exits, air intakes and operable windows. It is the responsibility of the faculty and student body to enforce the policy.

Jen Morand, a second-year organizational leadership student, is the engagement chair of Colleges Against Cancer. She’s also a cancer survivor.

Morand was diagnosed with thyroid cancer as a high school student, at which time two other members of her family were diagnosed with Leukemia. She has been an engaged member of Colleges Against Cancer since arriving at UC. “I’ll do whatever I can to help this problem,” Morand said.

Mackenzie Richards, a first-year criminal justice and Spanish student, was inspired by the people in her family who have suffered from cancer. She helped gain signatures with the team.

“A lot of people don’t know how they are physically affected by smoking,” Richards said.

While many students are supportive of a smoke-free environment, some think it would be too restricting.

“Outdoor space should be sufficient enough for people to avoid smokers if they want to,” said Liz Brazile, a second-year music education student.

Liz Champrey, a third-year astrophysics major, said wind blows smoke around and smokers can’t help where it goes.

“I don’t like being around smoke,” Champrey said, “but I don’t want to impose on those who do.”

driver, they’re not going to get there in ten minutes,”Vestring said.“Most are 20 to 25 minutes. Really, we’re not that far off now.”

Vestring’s top priority is keeping students safe. He also oversees the expansion of UC’s Campus Watch — a program in which students employed and trained by the UC Police Department help the police patrol campus and escort students to and from various campus locations.

Starting next semester, there will be two teams of two students — currently there is only one team of two students — to help keep student safe on and off campus after dark.

Campus Watch patrols campus from 6

p.m. to 10 p.m. during weekdays and 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends. NightRide vans operate Sunday through Wednesday 8 p.m. to midnight, and Thursday through Saturday 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Vestring is hosting a job fair in Tangeman University Center this week to help find qualified students. He encourages any students interested in the job position to visit the UC jobs website.

“If we get the right employees and get set up things the way I think they could be set up, this could probably be the elite student transportation group in the country,”Vestring said.“And I believe that.”

Davis III said the insurance company promised it would cover nearly all the costs, but he’s not sure how true that is.

They are currently working on entering a program that provides temporary housing to people displaced by disasters.

While the family is trying to stay positive, the possibility of losing everything still weighs on their minds.

“This is all I’ve been thinking about,” Davis II said.

Davis III did not find out about the fire until Wednesday morning, hours before he and his teammates took the court against Campbell University at Firth Third Arena.

Wednesday’s basketball game, which the Bearcats won 81-62, provided a brief but needed escape from Tuesday’s events.

“When you’re playing basketball, you’re in the zone,” Davis III said. “Nothing else matters.”

Since Wednesday, the sophomore guard said he has been calling his family two or three times a day to check up on them — an unusually high amount of phone calls, Davis II said.

“We don’t want him to worry about us,” Davis II said. “We want him to focus in on his studies and focus in on his responsibilities over there. It’s easy to say, but you worry about your parents; you worry about your family. He’s been calling and texting us a little more than normal, so I think it’s on his mind.”

Davis III said the important thing is to stay positive.

“You got to go through trials and tabulations that’s just part of life,” Davis III said. “You have to stay optimistic.”

But Cronin said Davis III has not been the same since the fire.

“He’s still shook up,” Cronin said. “He hasn’t been himself since the fire, and that’s understandable. Our job is to help him get through it and support him.”

The Davis family still doesn’t know what they are going to do for Thanksgiving, but the one thing they do know is that they have plenty to be thankful for.

“The people on TV would say the things don’t matter, it’s the lives that made it out, and now it rings true in my heart,” Davis II said. “The lives are the most important.”

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student see these flyers on their door that they take the time to read them so we all can have a safe holiday this year.”

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Obama urges GOP to act on immigration TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a new effort to pass immigration reform by the end of the year, urging House Republicans to “take a closer look at the polls” and pass the languishing Senate measure.

Speaking to a crowd at the White House, Obama offered GOP lawmakers a little unsolicited advice.

“Good policy is good politics in this instance,” Obama said. Those who are resistant should “take a closer look at the polls.”

Two Americans taken hostage by pirates off the coast of Nigeria TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON — Two Americans were taken hostage by pirates who attacked their ship off the coast of Nigeria, a U.S. official said Thursday.

The captain and chief engineer of the C-Retriever, a U.S.-flagged oil supply ship, were kidnapped in the attack early Wednesday in the Gulf of Guinea, according to news reports.

Woman shot on Capitol Hill thought Obama had her under surveillance TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON — The woman shot to death this month after Washington police chased her car from the White House to Capitol Hill twice told authorities in Connecticut that President Barack Obama had her home under “electronic surveillance,” according to new Stamford, Conn., police records released Thursday.

She also told police that she regularly spoke with the president.

The reports covered several incidents involving Miriam Carey in which police were dispatched to her home, and described how officers often found her angry and combative, neglectful of her infant daughter and sometimes upset that strangers were “stalking” her.

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them when they are sick, and should be entitled to an education,” Springer said.

“And we should all pay for it.”

The health-care debate is a complicated one, Brunemann said, but at the end of the day government cannot make better choices for individuals’ health care than the individual can.

“Government was meant to be more like a referee in football,” Brunemann said.

“They’re not in the plays, they’re not in the huddles, they’re not there trying to move the ball, they are just there to enforce the rules. That was the whole idea behind America, and in the first 200 years, we had growth no one had ever seen before.”

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routes including one in the area surrounding UC. The uptown transit route will open in early 2014. Construction has begun at four major transit areas including University on Jefferson, the medical center, the Clifton Heights business district and on Vine between McMillian Street and Calhoun Street.

“The more service Metro is able to provide the easier it is for people to get to their jobs, hospitals and other social services,” Jones said.

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Performers open up the University of Cincinnati’s first “drag race,” which entertained and raised awareness Friday night in Tangeman University Center. Funds raised benefitted scholarships and advocacy organization Trans Ohio.

Drag show participants obliterate gender roles UC’s first ‘drag race’ raises awareness, funds for scholarships, Trans Ohio KELSEY KENNEDY STAFF REPORTER

Excitement hummed throughout Tangeman University Center Friday as confident, eclectically clad students took

the stage in a competition to become the University of Cincinnati’s next drag star.

The show, which was UC’s first “drag race,” was sponsored by the LGBTQ Center and Colors of Pride and Gender Bloc and co-hosted by Samuel Cook and Jaisha Garnette.

“Tonight is about awareness,” Garnette said. “We play with gender roles, we

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Provost Beverly Davenport and Miami University doctoral student Z Nicolazzo sit on the panel of judges during UC’s “drag race,” in which students competed to become UC’s next drag star.

[mess] it all up,” Garnette said. “We have covered the bathroom signs to provide gender-neutral bathrooms.”

The show’s panel of judges consisted of Z Nicolazzo, a doctoral student at Miami University; Patrice Barnes, Ethnic Programs and Services program coordinator; Brandy Turnbow, UC Women’s Center marketing and communications program coordinator; Sara Whitestone, student government director of disability services and Provost Beverly Davenport. Bleuzette Marshall, UC interim chief diversity officer, also attended.

The show included three themed rounds: To the Office, Out on the Town and Celebrity Look. Contestants were judged on a one-to-10 scale and entertained the crowd with anything from dangerously low splits to spraying the judges with silly-string.

Money tucked into waistlines and thrown on stage benefited book scholarships for queer students of color and Trans Ohio, a transgender advocacy organization.

Aside from a few microphone malfunctions and technical difficulties, the show went off without a hitch.

“It wouldn’t be the hottest drag show in the country without a few hot messes,” Garnette said.

Pure Romance provided a raffle during intermission. Students won a variety of gift baskets and sex toys. Volunteers

dressed in brightly colored tutus handed out free condoms to the audience.

Breakdance group UC Hype also entertained the crowd during intermission. Members of the club wore Chippendale attire and danced to music and a screaming audience.

Turnbow expressed her pride for the student participants.

“I thought this was a wonderful first drag race,”Turnbow said. “I’m very proud of the students who got up; I know it can be nerve-racking doing this for the first time in front of your peers. I’m glad to see the support of our chief diversity office, provost and audience.”

In the end, student Oran Wongpandid as “Miss Bangkok” took the winning title.

After the show, first-year student Lindsay Scribner discussed the importance of having a space for drag shows on campus.

“It shows that we’re all unique and diverse and different and that we can all accept that in one setting on this campus,” Scribner said.

Provost Davenport emphasized UC’s diverse student culture and the inclusivity the show incorporated.

“I thought it was a great celebration of diversity, expression and being one’s self,” Davenport said. “We have to laugh, we have to give people space to be who they are. We are a university that’s inclusive, and I think that’s a good demonstration of that.”

Humorous, enticing poet attracts overflowing crowd the essence of “Blowout,” conveying the book’s prevalent themes of love, loss and the desire to overcome.

“This makes me almost hopeful – and maybe, for a moment, even gives me a way to make sense out of 2008,” Duhamel writes in “Takeout, 2008.” “I am going to keep that fortune, I think, but then promptly, accidentally, I throw it in the trash.”

The poems Duhamel read during the event conveyed a mix of emotions, giving insight into the book’s true depth while exerting the humor she is known for.

Her earliest pieces took a much more serious approach to issues like feminism, Duhamel said.

When she began compiling her newest works, however, she realized that the same humor she used when she spoke could be effectively implemented in her writing.

“She takes a moment in her life and works with it and finds out what it means to her,” said Valerie Chronis Bickett, a local poet who attended the event. “She uses it so directly, and I like that.”

One of the most difficult topics for Duhamel to explore involves an accident her parents had in September 2003. Duhamel has since been inspired to implement the accident, which stemmed from an escalator pile up, into her writing.

“She takes a moment in her life and works with it and finds out what it means to her. She uses it so directly, and I like that.”

Valerie Chronis Bickett, local poet

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Poet Denise Duhamel reads pieces from her most recent books “Ka-Ching” and “Blowout” during the final installment of Fall semester’s Visting Writers Series. Duhamel also read selections from “The Best American Poetry 2013,” which she was a recent guest editor for.

Denise Duhamel concludes Fall semester Visiting Writers Series with discussion on recent books EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

It all began with a fortune cookie.

A silent premonition — poignant and meaningful — gave rise to Denise Duhamel’s telling poem, “Takeout, 2008,” when it was accidentally discarded after a meal of Chinese takeout on New Year’s Eve. The fortune read, “You have to accept loss to win.” And

from that statement, Duhamel’s newest book “Blowout” was compiled.

Duhamel, an American poet and recent guest editor for “The Best American Poetry 2013,” elaborated on the meaning behind the fateful cookie Friday during the last installment of Fall semester’s Visiting Writers Series.

Although the reading focused on “Blowout” and Duhamel’s previous book “Ka-Ching,” Duhamel read selections from “The Best American Poetry 2013” and touched on her life, inspirations and her writing process.

The cookie’s fortune becomes a sort of mantra exuding

“I remember my mother telling my sister and me to braid our hair before riding the Ferris wheel and a story about a girl’s loose curls flying into the gears, being torn out in chunks, her blood, warm red specks, dripping onto the seats below,” Duhamel writes in “Casino.”“And my mother’s hair, also left behind in some gear, her blood soaking the silver escalator steps, the casino carpet.”

The room took on a sullen atmosphere as she read “Casino,” which was rendered as audience members hung on the poem’s simple but powerful words. True to her form, however, Duhamel ended her discussion by reading the satirical “How It Will End,” an ironic and humorous take on love that begins “Blowout.”

Duhamel humbly expressed her appreciation toward the number of people who attended the reading; as chairs filled up in the Elliston Poetry Room, audience members leaned against walls and settled on the floor.

“I am amazed that so many people came out at 4 p.m. on a Friday,” Duhamel said.

4 / ARTS ‘Catching Fire’ keeps heat from previous film

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Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is forced to pretend her and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are actually star-crossed lovers after they found a way to cheat the game as to not kill each other. Panem loves the couples, but not Everdeen.

Next installment of ‘The Hunger Games’ doesn’t kill series, new director emphasizes character’s emotions MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

The rebellion has sparked and the mocking jay has unfurled its wings, engulfed by fire that has become less aesthetic, fashionable and now more literal.

An effective sequel and middle-way of the series to say the least,“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is a welcome improvement from Gary Ross’ first film, as the totalitarian, militaristic nation of Panem ensnares Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) back into the fold.

Fresh off of winning last year’s 74th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta find themselves trying to return and readjust to normal life in District 12, a life like one before they became tributes and eventual champions of the games.

Being champion means winning against all odds and flouting the rules as well at the last possible moment.

The act was unexpected and different from the standard victor of one, and treated at least by Panem’s celebrityobsessed media as “an act of love,” from two “star-crossed” lovers. But others saw it differently than the vapid populace of Panem’s capitol, including President Snow.

The seeds of rebellion have clearly been sown by Katniss and Peeta’s defiance to follow not just the games’, but also the government’s doctrine, denying the regime its tribute of death as punishment for an earlier uprising.

President Snow pays Katniss a visit at home. He informs her that she’ll go on a publicity tour to the remaining districts, and threatens to kill the ones she loves if she steps out of line.

While the earlier movie explored the annual Hunger

Cohen Brothers film lacks cohesive story line, not for everyone PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR

The life of a solo musician is tough, especially when no one wants your music.

For Llewyn Davis, this is just one of his many problems.

The Cohen brothers return after a threeyear directorial hiatus to bring audiences “Inside Llewyn Davis,” a story about a young folk singer living in the Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s. Llewyn, (Oscar Isaac) faces a lifestyle of rejection while he attempts to sell his music. He tries justify his life as he travels around the city — guitar in hand — surfing from couch to couch while his past catches up to him.

“ILD,” like many movies written and directed by the Cohens, is not for everyone.

If you’re looking for a traditional storyarc with character development, action and resolution, you won’t find it here.

“ILD,” instead takes a week out of the life of Llewyn and presents it on a screen for a good hour and forty-five minutes. One could consider this a profile piece, since it is loosely based on folk-singer Dave Van Ronk, but even then audiences might not feel satisfied when the credits roll.

This movie has everything going for it aside from a few exceptions. The cinematography is beautiful with its simple camera movements, wonderfully muted colors and use of lighting. The soundtrack is packed full of folk songs sung by the actors.

And the acting is solid except for Carey Mulligan who dryly recites her lines and yells her curses at Llewyn. The only thing this movie is missing is a solid storyline — if you’re into that kind of thing. The dialogue really saves this movie from becoming boring due to lack of structure. With witty one-liners from oddball characters, audiences might be confused as to where the movie is going but will certainly enjoy the ride. The soundtrack and the full-length performances on screen really draw the audience into the passion that the characters feel for the music they perform. These scenes allow viewers to sit back and melt into the music. Like many other Cohen brother films, “Inside Llewyn Davis” features an eclectic cast including John Goodman, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and a very well-trained cat. Due to hit theaters on December 20,“Inside Llewyn Davis” will most likely receive mixed reviews. Where the average moviegoer will probably pass it off, both folk-music lovers and Cohen Brothers fan-boys will rave about it until it wins all of the awards.

In the end,“ILD” shows a fair and realistic portrayal of a starving artist hunting down his dream no matter the cost.

Games as a tool of celebrity-worship and distraction for the masses, pitting each Tribute and district against each other, “Catching Fire” is much bigger in scale and implication.

The world of Panem has expanded for Katniss, as she navigates the thoughts and notions of being a possible symbol and leading light for a rebellion.

The 75th Hunger Games, tweaked by Snow and new gamemaster Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), feature a pool of all the past victors of the Games.

The ever-enjoyable alcoholic and mentor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), says quite accurately, “Nobody wins the games, period. There are only survivors.”

As a past victor as well, he is raffled from District 12 alongside Peeta, but Peeta obstinately volunteers himself in Abernathy’s place instead.

“Catching Fire” holds much more emotional baggage as well. It’s substantial, expertly handled and crafted by new director Francis Lawrence, known for 2007’s “I Am Legend.”

The direction is coupled with a screenwriting team of Michael Arndt (“Little Miss Sunshine,”“Toy Story 3”), and Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”). Together they have constructed “Catching Fire” as a thrillingly more dark, and unsettling sequel, divergent from the first installment’s lack of impactful moments.

“Catching Fire” is more violent than its predecessor, though rightly so because the violence reflects the suffering and inane premise of hosting gladiatorial tournaments to entertain and pit the masses against each other. The arrows that Katniss lets fly in the arena suggest not just the will to survive, but the need to keep hope alive that postapocalyptic Panem is on the cusp of a turning point.

President Snow holds fast to the belief and notion that giving the plebeians just a smidgen of hope is instrumental in controlling power and dominance over the districts. But

game-master Heavensbee disagrees, persuading Snow that fear, and lots of it, is the best method of control.

The districts become increasingly violent and turbulent as the 75th Hunger Games gets underway, and Snow becomes ever more hell-bent on Heavensby’s promise of Katniss’ death. But he treads lightly, plodding through the best circumstantial way to kill her in the arena, acknowledging the rise of her influence.

While the deciduous, temperate arena of the child’s Hunger Games was enthralling, the domed, tropical arena for the previous victors is a remarkable machine of governmental ingenuity, in the realm of death and destruction. The arena is not just a place to navigate and watch out for fellow tributes anymore; it’s a living, breathing apparatus that forces the combatants to adapt or die.

Sequels often fall and disappoint in artistry, as they slack on creative direction, ingenuity and inventiveness, instead relying on the same tried and true methods to try and elicit the same amount of success.

There is a bit of dullness and incipiences with regards to Katniss’s love triangle, but as far as adapted science fiction and fantasy films go,“Catching Fire” is a welcome exception.

With huge credit to Jennifer Lawrence and the remaining terrific cast,“Catching Fire” doesn’t fall under a huge weight of self-seriousness or melodrama the way some kidsfilled fantasy films go (“Twilight”). Instead,“Catching Fire” demonstrates the right amount of tension, horror, conflict, and raises the appropriate amount of big questions and implications that Suzanne Collin’s intended readers to mull over after visiting the world of Panem.

It’s an excellent installment in the Hunger Games series that leaves audiences wanting a finale and resolve even more than before. But alas, the anticipation will carry for a while with “Mockingjay” being split into two final films.

Plot line outshines music in CCM opera Drawn out scene changes lose audience, while well cast roles hold attention ROBERT BREEN STAFF REPORTER

As “Owen Wingrave” began, music played and a shield adorned with a Lion and the British flag hung over the stage as portraits of revered ancestors of the Wingrave family lit up one by one.

A nearly full house packed the small Patricia Corbett Auditorium for the College-Conservatory of Music’s premiere of the opera.

The production was conducted by CCM alumnus Johannes Müller-Stosch and directed by UC’s own Kenneth Shaw.

Benjamin Britten, the famed English composer who also wrote “Peter Grimes” and “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” originally wrote the opera for television. British writer, Henry James, based “Owen Wingrave” on a novella.

The story examines troubled times in the life of the title character, Owen Wingrave (Edward Nelson). Wingrave is a pacifist living in a family with a rich military history. His peaceful beliefs are met with contempt and disgust. His grandfather, General Sir Phillip Wingrave (Jason Weisinger) is especially disdainful of him.

His family, as well as his friend Lechmere (Stephen Carroll), and his military instructor, Spencer Coyle (Zachary Owen), attempt to change Owen’s mind.

They want to see him carry on the family tradition and bring honor to the family name. Owen Wingrave bravely stands by

his beliefs and endures the onslaught of criticism. As time passes and his family’s pleadings become more incessant, Owen Wingrave is forced to make a choice: give up on his ideals and join the military or face the inevitable familial consequences of his pacifism.

The production stays true to Britten’s original vision. The fact that is was written for television does provide a few complications for a stage adaptation; particularly scene changes. There were a number of scene changes, some of which took a little while to prepare. On television, this is no trouble, but on a live stage, there is an anxious audience waiting.

To keep the crowd’s attention, music played during some of the longer scene changes. During a few scenes, the singing overshadowed the tranquil melodies of the orchestra.

At the start of the second act, a prerecorded track from the Cincinnati Boychoir played during the prologue, creating a neat echo effect.

Throughout the opera, the singers’ voices blended nicely, creating impressive harmony. Scenes in which characters argued and the singing became a cacophony of indistinguishable noise; audiences could turn their attention to either of the two video monitors that displayed the dialogue.

The production was well cast. The performers got into their roles very well and left the audience rapt in attention.

Nelson’s baritone was phenomenal,

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Edward Nelson, first-year artist’s diploma student, plays the title role, Owen Wingrave (left). His pacifist nature juxtaposed with his family is the fulcrum of the opera.

rich and full of commanding energy.

Additionally, Nicole Spoltore, who played Mrs. Coyle, exhibited stunning vocals.

Her soprano nearly shook the roof of the auditorium.

The opera was suspenseful and when it was over, the crowd couldn’t help but want more. As the curtain finally fell, the audience gave a standing ovation.

‘Government Plates’ deems Death Grips untouchable Band synthesizes every music genre on radio, losse record label, starts its own KATIE GRIFFITH MANAGING EDITOR

Death Grips is teen angst music upgraded a generation or two.

Even if the “responcibility” lacking trio has no agenda of its own, the promotion was hard earned. What emerges from their latest album, “Government Plates,” is provocative noise listeners can’t help but decipher. It’s scary, controversial and meaningful – even if we’re never able to fully interpret the harshly-delivered lyrics.

Days before the scheduled physical release of their previous album, “NO LOVE DEEP WEB,” Death Grips leaked the new, 11-track collection in downloadable form on their website and Facebook. Following the controversy of leaking their last album they were dropped from Epic Records, to which the band responded by posting screen shots of private emails from the

label as a big “F**K OFF,” received loud and clear. The band is now a part of its own label, Third Worlds.

“Bootleg (Don’t Need Your Help)” is possibly another message sent to their long lost friends at Epic. Only this time it’s in the form of extraterrestrial screams, a stable beat and stuttering robotic vocals, “No I- No I- No I-/Don’t need your help, help, help, help.” The words become a part of the beat as they fade into the commotion that becomes the rest of the song. If anyone ever sent such a message to me, I’d be flattered by the time taken to perfect it.

It would be unfair to associate Death Grips’ eccentricity with any mainstream artist, so let’s just say hardcore hip hop married experimental rap, who then got together with a retro punk goth for a dirty, violent sexual encounter. The glue of their unstable relationship became the unfortunate offspring, Death Grips, who require a certain amount of attention

they just weren’t getting. Their anger comes from the absence of such negligent parents, while creativity stems from lost minds left to wander.

In what sounds like a portal to higher existence, “Big House” gains momentum in its minute-long, trance-like intro only to unexpectedly fall and plateau to an eerie series of taps, howls and electric samples.

In words it may sound complex, but it’s easily the simplest song out of the lot.

At two minutes and 18 seconds the song transitions to the title track, one that is as audibly stimulating as it is visually.

It’s hard not to slip into reverie, and as the eyes close and mind drifts fluctuating beeps and a deep voiced chant illustrate flashing lights, murderous scenes and visions of complete chaos.

At times “Government Plates” can feel like an angry keyboardist slamming away at a synth, but that’s the beauty of it. Fleeting consistency somehow made cohesive.

5 / COLLEGE LIFE Former Apple employee talks pillars of enchantment MONDAY, NOV. 25, 2013 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

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Guy Kawasaki, author of twelve books and former Apple marketing representative, addressed a University of Cincinnati audience over Skype Thursday about his book “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.�

Previous marketing representative discusses ideas central to best-selling novel CASSIE MERINO STAFF REPORTER

College students are in their prime, said Guy Kawasaki, author and previous marketing representative of Apple. During a discussion Thursday revolving around his best-selling book “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions,�

Kawasaki reflected positively on his days as a student, capitalizing on opportunities presented at that time. “You guys are in the happiest times of your lives,�

Kawasaki said. “I’m looking at you guys and thinking, man, I wish I was just an undergraduate in college again where the biggest problem I had was a midterm and [I was] full of optimism.�

Kawasaki addressed audience members in Lindner Hall via Skype.

Kawaski said the first step toward being likeable is having a great handshake and smile. “You actually want wrinkles around your eyes, that’s the sign of a great smile,� Kawasaki said.

He also warned students about what they put on social media websites. “Add value and not that you’re drunk,â€? Kawasaki said. “I could care less that you’re drunk; the key is you’re adding value and acting as a curator and a creator‌ I want to see evidence of a brain.â€?

Looking back at his college years, he said he wouldn’t change a thing besides taking more engineering courses. He advised students to stretch out their college education as long as they can.

And as for finding a job, Kawasaki advised students to avoid stress as much as possible. “You are at the point of your life where you really cannot make a mistake in your first jobs,� Kawasaki said. “You cannot do wrong; chill out and take it easy.�

“His usual fee is $50,000 for one appearance, so he is Skyping with us,� said Bhavik Modi, Bearcat Launchpad founder and program director and fourth-year finance and entrepreneurship student.

Kawasaki wrote the bestselling book “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions� three years ago. The book focuses on how to influence and

“The core of ‘Enchantment’ is that you’re likeable, trustworthy and competent.�

Guy Kawasaki, author of “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions�

persuade people. “The core of ‘Enchantment’ is that you’re likeable, trustworthy and competent,� Kawasaki said. The book’s lessons can be applied to everyday life, not just entrepreneurship.

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6 / SPORTS Bearcats hang on for ugly victory in Houston MONDAY, NOV. 25, 2013 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

UC improves to 9-2, despite three turnovers, kicking woes, penalty problems JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Thanks to an early 24-7 lead and uncharacteristically dreary Houston weather, the University of Cincinnati football team clung to a 24-17 victory Saturday.

Despite a multitude of penalties and miscues, the Bearcats dominated nearly every facet of the game from a statistical standpoint, outgaining the Houston Cougars 573-278 in total yards and converting 13 more first downs (26-13). But three turnovers, three missed field goals and a slew of holding penalties turned a dominant performance into a close ball game in the end.

“Unfortunately the holding penalties just killed us, but we played consistent on both sides of the ball,” said UC head coach Tommy Tuberville. “Our defense really played well. Our offense actually gave up two touchdowns and it shouldn’t have been a game, winning with our field goal kicker. One of those deals, we just can’t seem to put anybody away, but I’m proud of the whole team.”

The inclement weather and egregious field conditions at BBVA Compass stadium placed a burden on both offensive units, but the Bearcats — who are used to playing in similar conditions in Cincinnati — didn’t deviate form the game plan.

“We looked out on the field, we sat around for about 10 minutes talking as a staff which we always do, just comparing notes of what we think we can do and basically about two minutes before we came out we said, ‘Let’s stick with it. Let’s stick with what we’ve got,”Tuberville said.

“Let’s let these players know we believe in them. We’re going to throw the ball.”

UC did just that. Brendon Kay attempted a career-high 50 passes, completing 29 for 386 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Kay — not fazed by two uncharacteristic interceptions deep inside UC territory — dominated the game with the help of his two favorite targets, Anthony McClung and Shaq Washington.

McClung (nine catches for a game-high 137 yards receiving) and Washington (10 catches for 132 yards) combined to haul in 269 of UC’s 401 passing yards.

“For (Shaq) Washington and (Anthony) McClung to have those type of numbers, whether it was by design or not, those guys continued to make plays in their passing game,” said Houston head coach Tony Levine. “Brendon [Kay] does a nice job on video and today of going through his primary reads to his secondary, and sometimes his third read.”

After a missed field goal attempt from Tony Miliano —

UC cracks USA Today Top-25 for first time in 2013 THE NEWS RECORD

Riding a six-game winning streak, highlighted by a 52-17 demolition of Rutgers University, the University of Cincinnati finds itself ranked in the Top-25 football teams in the nation for the first time under first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville.

After hanging on for a narrow 24-17 victory against the Houston Cougars Saturday, the Bearcats received 47 points in the USA today poll released Sunday, edging Notre Dame and former UC head coach Brian Kelly for the No. 25 spot.

UC also received 27 points in the weekly AP Top-25 pool, good enough for No. 27.

The Bearcats round out the regular season with a Thursday night matchup against the No. 21 Louisville Cardinals.

It will be the last game at Nippert Stadium until 2015.

JUSTIN TIJIERA THE DAILY COUGAR

University of Cincinnati running back Hosey Williams strides into the open field during UC’s 24-17 victory against Houston at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas Saturday.

his first of three on the day — and a failed fourth-and-goal attempt, the Bearcats finally opened the scoring in the first minute of the second quarter.

Kay connected with Chris Moore on a 40-yard touchdown strike down the right sideline.

After Kay’s first interception of the day, sandwiched between a pair of three-and-outs by the UC defense, Miliano’s 21-yard field goal pushed UC’s advantage to 10-0 with 8 minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the second half.

Miliano, who has converted just 5-of-14 field goal attempts this season, would miss two more kicks in the game, including a 24-yarder that would’ve put the game out of reach with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

“That would have put it out of reach for sure,” Kay said.

“It was tough but Tony will bounce back; I’ve got trust in him. He will be out there working the whole next week

and he’ll be ready to go.”

Kay’s second interception, a poorly thrown ball snagged

by Houston linebacker Steven Taylor at UC’s 10-yard line, set up the Cougars first score, a 12-yard strike from freshmen quarterback John O’Korn to Deontay Greenberry.

UC answered with Moore’s second touchdown grab to take a 17-7 lead into halftime.

Kay extended UC’s lead to 24-7 midway through the third quarter, powering his way into the endzone from 14 yards out.

Houston rattled off 10 unanswered to end the third quarter, with Trevon Stewart returning a Kay fumble for a 15-yard touchdown to seize momentum for the Cougars.

But, despite Miliano’s fourth-quarter woes, Houston couldn’t find a game-tying score, with O’Korn unsuccessfully trying to scramble on the final play of the game.

Athletic leadership refreshing at UC Opinion: Tuberville, Cronin, Babcock form special combination at pivotal time JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

For the first time in a decade, The News Record sports staff will likely not spend countless hours on the phone in late December trying to find leads on which head coaching job UC’s football coach would be departing for.

As first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville, who by all accounts appears happy to be at UC, seems to be the first football coach since the not-so-memorable Rick Minter that isn’t here simply as a means of attaining a higher-paying job elsewhere.

Tuberville has made his rounds. He’s won his games, and he’s been national coach of the year. Unlike Butch Jones — who rightfully deserves respect for helping to stabilize UC as a viable program — Tuberville doesn’t look pissed off to be here at all times.

Together with men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin and Director of Athletics Whit Babcock, Tuberville is an integral part of the three-man team that every athletic department in the country is judged on. For the first time in my lifetime, UC has the right man for the job in each position.

Unlike Jones, Brian Kelly and Mark Dantonio before him, Tuberville isn’t here for a stepping-stone. His focus, it seems so anyway, is solely on the betterment of UC. Cronin — although forever in the footsteps of his mentor Bob Huggins in the eyes of some UC fans — has done more with less better than most coaches in the country during his revival of the debacle he inherited after Huggins highly publicized falling out with then-president Nancy Zimpher.

And Babcock’s handling of numerous athletic disasters like the Butch Jones departure, the dismantling of the Big East, his accomplishments — Nippert renovations, somehow persuading Tuberville to leave the Big 12 for UC —

and lack of fear to clean house of underachieving coaches was exactly what UC needed after the tenure of the uninvolved, publicly frightened Mike Brown.

Babcock, who every UC fan should fear being plucked away by a bigger, higherpaying institution, is to thank for uniting this trio. As it was his prior relationship with Tuberville that brought him to UC, and his commitment to making UC a major player — the Nippert Project — that will hopefully keep him here even longer.

For the first time since … well, ever, UC is not only competitive in both football and basketball, but competitive with a pair of coaches that could promise longevity and stability for their programs.

At a time when UC’s athletic department will be asking for more and more private funding and support in search of a better conference and brighter horizons, the public involvement, likeability and seemingly genuine desire to be here shared by its leaders is both refreshing and necessary.

Club hockey team shocks Ohio State in comeback win

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The University of Cincinnati club hockey team charges for the puck during its 6-4 comeback victory against the Ohio State club hockey team at Cincinnati Gardens on Saturday Nov. 23.

Bearcats charge back from three-goal deficit to take down stunned Buckeyes CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

In a game that captain Dominic Locilento called the “win of the season,” the University of Cincinnati club hockey team came back from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 6-4 Saturday at the Cincinnati Gardens.

Damien Luna led the Bearcats with a hat-trick, while UC goalkeeper Seth Tettaton saved 48 shots in the victory.

After losing on the road by a single goal the night before to the University of Kentucky, traveling back to Cincinnati and then preparing for a tough Buckeye

team, the Bearcats had their work cut out for them in a game that nearly went down to the final horn.

The scoring started almost immediately, as Luna got behind the Ohio State defense for a breakaway and beat the OSU goalie with a backhander to give Cincinnati the early momentum.

“Scoring the first goal in any game is a pretty big momentum shifter especially against Ohio State,” Locilento said. “We knew they were going to be a good team and being able to get one early did give us some momentum.”

But that was as good as it would get for UC in the first period as Ohio State University answered a few minutes later, equalizing on a power play opportunity.

Afterward, OSU scored three more in the final eight minutes of the first period to take a commanding 4-1 lead in a game that was looking like it could have easily

gotten out of hand.

“We played at midnight last night against Kentucky,” Locilento said. “I think once our legs started getting moving and we started waking up we just turned it on.”

For the next 40 minutes, Ohio State might as well have been trying to score on a brick wall as Tettaton didn’t allow the Buckeyes anything the final two periods.

“Seth played huge for us,” Locilento said. “With our number one goalie getting hurt Seth stepped in and he’s been huge for us.”

UC began chipping away at the Ohio State lead midway through the second period as the Bearcats found themselves in a 4-on-1 situation. And, after a scramble in front goal, it was Max Hageman who found the back of the net.

Five minutes later, UC scored again after a shot from Tyler Wickiser rebounded onto the stick of Luna, who buried his second goal of the night. After falling behind 4-1 the Bearcats found themselves with all the momentum heading into the final period. “[This season] we’ve been lackadaisical in the second period, so for us to win the second period and score more goals … we knew that once we did that, we only had 20 minutes left. And if we could just do it again we would come out with the victory,” Kangas said.

UC picked up right where they left off in the second period, firing on all cylinders and struck gold again barely four minutes into the third period on a power play goal by Chris Correir, once again off a rebound opportunity to tie the game up at 4-4 with plenty of time to find a game winning goal.

That goal came with 7 minutes and 3 seconds remaining in regulation when Bryce Mason rifled home the fifth goal of the night for UC off of assists from Correir and Brennan Kallmyer, which sent the home crowd into euphoria.

Tettaton, along with the UC defense survived the final seven-minute onslaught from OSU, as the Buckeyes desperately tried to force overtime, but Luna crushed all hopes of a Buckeye comeback with an empty-net goal with 27 seconds remaining.

“I’d call it the win of the season,” Locilento said. “This was a very well earned victory.”

UC’s record now stands at 9-10 on the season. The team now takes a break until Spring semester, when the Bearcats will take on the Toledo Rockets before taking on the same Ohio State squad in Columbus the following day.