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SG discusses image, resignation performing duties as an at-large representative, speaking with News Record photographers about pictures for a proposed SG brochure. Hart gave no reason for Ruparel’s resignation, and The News Record’s attempts to contact Ruparel for comment were unsuccessful. Another hot topic of the meeting was the displeasure of Sen. K.D. Miller and SG’s governmental affairs committee with producers of the television show “Campus PD,” a show on cable television channel G4.
James sprague | NEWS EDITOR The abrupt resignation of a senate member and a dispute with a cable television show was the talk of the University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government Wednesday evening. Senate Speaker Lane Hart announced the resignation of Shy Ruparel, an atlarge representative in the student senate who repeatedly advocated diversity bills during his tenure, at the beginning of Wednesday’s meeting. Last week, Ruparel was still
“It’s not showing UC in a positive light,” Miller said. The show is similar to the police program “Cops,” only differing in that it follows campus police as they enforce laws around universities. UC has been featured on both seasons of the television show thus far. An episode in September showed Cincinnati Police and UC Police Division officers shutting down a keg party off-campus that involved underage drinking. In the episode, a female student at UC argues with the officers about why
the party is being shut down, telling officers that more serious crime was happening down the street and that “I know in your mind, you think [students] are better people than the people living in Over-the-Rhine.” The governmental affairs committee meets with the show’s producer next week to discuss UC’s portrayal on Campus PD. eamon queeney | photo editor
FARE THEE WELL At-large representative Shy Ruparel will no longer sit on the student senate.
EXPLOSION ROCKS ERC Student injured in lab mishap, buildings evacuated
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THROUGH THESE EYES Eva Mozes Kor signs a book detailing her experience in Auschwitz.
Survivor talks of ethics Katrine cieslar | staff REPORTER
The University of Cincinnati’s medical campus hosted a presentation about ethics in human research Wednesday, where a Holocaust survivor spoke about her experiences in Auschwitz. Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, were exposed to Dr. Joseph Mengele’s experiments while imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. When the Mozes Kor family was brought to Auschwitz, Eva and her sister were separated from her parents and two older sisters, whom they never saw again. Mozes Kor explained to the crowd that from that point on, she was seen as a human experiment. Her only goal was to survive. “I told myself, ‘Survive one more day, one more experiment,’ “ Mozes Kor said. Mozes Kor repeated the mantra daily in order to survive the horrific experiments. “We were nothing close to [having a] human existence,” Mozes Kor said. “Just guinea pigs.” When speaking about ethics in human research, Mozes Kor said she believes human rights and human research must be hand in hand. The dignity of all human beings must be respected and preserved at all costs, Mozes Kor added. “Research is done for the sake of mankind, not for the sake of science,” Mozes Kor said. After the lecture, Mozes Kor received a standing ovation and accepted donations to the Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivor Museum. The lecture was sponsored by the Mayfield Clinic and Education and Research Foundation.
Wednesday afternoon brought a series of mishaps and mayhem to the University of Cincinnati Main Mampus and surrounding area. At approximately noon, an explosion in an Engineering Research Center laboratory led to the evacuation of ERC, Rhodes and Baldwin halls. The explosion was caused by a graduate student working inside a chemical fume safety cabinet, said Jeff Corcoran, UC Police Division assistant chief. “They had an unexpected reaction with the chemicals,” Corcoran said. “The glass in the fume hood broke when the chemicals reacted.” The student sustained minor injuries from the shattered glass and was transported to University Hospital. “The fire department and hazardous material team went in,” Corcoran said. “They found no chemicals in the air, although there is obviously some spilled material.” After the explosion, the student pushed a button next to the fume hood to trigger ERC’s emergency ventilation system. The system also triggers the building’s fire alarms, which led to the precautionary evacuation. At approximately 1:30 p.m., UC’s environmental health and safety finished surveying the building, and it was deemed safe for re-entry. Cincinnati Fire Department‘s Ladder 20 left the scene on campus in response to a house
fire on the 3400 block of Brookline Avenue at 1:15 p.m. “When the company showed up on the scene, there was heavy fire coming out of the back of the building,” said CFD district chief Ronald Dexter.“It appears to have started between the second and third floor in the floor space, went up the walls and into the attic.” The fire was originally a twofire alarm, but the incident officer
reduced the alarm due to the manpower, size of the building and amount of smoke, Dexter said. The two-family house was vacant and undergoing renovations, Dexter said. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. “Fortunately, the guys did a fantastic job,” Dexter said. “Got in quick, knocked it down, kept it from spreading any further and obviously
kept it from the exposures.” CFD does not know if the fire was caused by the renovations taking place, Dexter said, but the event will be investigated further.
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A BUSY DAY The Cincinnati Fire Department not only responded to the chemical explosion in UC’s Engineering Research Center, but responded to a structure fire on Ludlow Avenue immediately after.
UC Sustainability gets high marks HOLLY ROUSE | STAFF REPORTER The University of Cincinnati maintained its position as a leader in sustainability among college campuses this year, and earned high marks for its efforts. The College Sustainability Report Card, an independent evaluation of sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices, gave UC an overall grade of B+ for the quality of its sustainability efforts.
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MAINTAINING THE STANDARD UC received a B+ for its sustainability efforts for 2010-11 — the same grade as last year.
“Sustainability signifies meeting the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” said Rebecca Caine, a senior research fellow with the Sustainable Endowments Institute, the publishers of the report card. “With that idea in mind, UC has proven to be one of the country’s most sustainable college campuses over the country in recent years.” Student involvement has been a key in making UC more sustainable, according to Alan Hagerty, chair of the Student Sustainability Coalition. “Heavy marketing was used this year to inform students about ongoing sustainability programs, events and initiatives,” Hagerty said. “A large amount of students were continuously informed and encouraged to participate in UC’s sustainability program over the past year through e-mail and our website.” Another contributing factor to UC’s sustainability success during the past year was the development of a new recycling program, which began in July. “Student Government unanimously passed a comprehensive recycling program, which was approved by the university administration,” said Hagerty, in regards what other ways UC had become a greener campus recently. UC also received an A in “Green Building,”
“Transportation” and “Climate Change and Energy,” which the report card attributed to an increase in student involvement. Some highlights of students’ achievements included improvements in campus recycling, the creation of a farmers market on campus, a bike-sharing program and energy-use reduction competitions. Because of student groups’ advocacy for sustainable food practices at UC, the university now spends 10 percent of its food budget on local products, and fair-trade coffee is now available throughout campus. “Waste reduction at UC has improved significantly over the past year,” said Rebecca Colley, co-president of Students for Ecological Design. “[SED] is also currently petitioning to have recycling programs installed in all campus buildings. Much of this is thanks to the work of students.” Since last year, sustainability committees have worked to hire staff, create endowment funds for sustainability projects, expand recycling to include cell phones and promote local food. “The campus’s efforts have made it a much more green university,” Caine said. “If efforts continue to grow in this manner, the University of Cincinnati will soon become one of the country’s top schools when it comes to sustainability.”
Hikes in tuition spur increase in federal student aid GABRIELLE WALTER | STAFF REPORTER A recently released report shows record federal grant money is easing the burden of college students dealing with increased tuition at universities across the country. In-state tuition increased nearly 8 percent at public four-year colleges and universities in 2010-11, according to an annual report from The College Board, a nonprofit association. Despite the rising tuition, however, the report also states there was also a record-breaking increase in Pell Grants awarded to students. “An economic downturn, tuition increases and stagnant incomes have converged to squeeze both American
families as they try to send children to college and older students who are seeking more education to improve their job opportunities,” said Gaston Caperton, president of The College Board. “The silver lining is that record federal aid in the form of Pell Grants and tax credits is helping to make a college education more affordable.” Students at a public four-year institution pay an average of $7,605 in tuition and fees for 2010-11, while at nonprofit, private fouryear colleges and universities, students pay an average of $27,293, an increase of 4.5 percent from last year. When considering grant aid and tax benefits, however, the net amount students pay for college and university tuition and
fees has increased at a much slower rate. The largest increase in Pell Grant history did take place, according to the report. It led to $28.2 billion in financial aid reaching approximately 7.7 million students in 2009-10. The reports also found that students are continuing to borrow more from federal sources rather than non-federal. Undergraduate and graduate students combined to borrow $11 billion in 2008-09 from non-federal sources, in comparison to the $8.5 billion in 2009-10. “While we’re encouraged by significant increases in financial aid, under the current economic conditions, too many students and families are still struggling to pay for college,” said Sandy Baum, an independent
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The silver lining is that record federal aid in the form of Pell Grants and tax credits is helping to make a college education more affordable. —gaston caperton president of the college board
policy analyst for the College Board. State funds continued to be spent less on higher education, according to the report. In 2008-09, per-student state spending on higher education dropped by nearly 9 percent with federal stimulus funds accounting for 3 percent of state spending.
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Patriots’ new No. 1 fan? Me Randy Moss is stupid and the New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl. How bad does Moss wish he hadn’t acted like a baby in New England and stayed there instead of taking off for Minnesota? Instead, Minnesota is in big trouble, Moss is in Tennessee and the Patriots are right where they want to be: in line for another Super Bowl win. With the Bengals out of hope of making a run and my fantasy team sitting at 2-6, I’m pulling for the Patriots in Super Bowl XLV. Maybe it’s a cop-out pick — an easy pick — since the Patriots have the best record in football. But there are other teams capable of challenging the Patriots. They still have to get out of the East with the Jets in the rear-view mirror at 5-2, already having beating New England in week two. Plus, New England has back-to-back games coming up against the dangerous Steelers at Heinz Field and Colts in Foxborough, Mass. What I like most about the Patriots — and it’s a staple of their organization — is their discipline. It all starts at the top with head coach Bill Belichick. Look at how they handled the Moss situation. As soon as Moss started becoming a distraction, they traded him. Moss should feel like an idiot. New England was, and still is, the best place for him. The whole Moss fallout started after the week-one drubbing of the Cincinnati Bengals in Foxborough. The receiver used his post-game press conference to vent his frustrations about people in the organization he thought didn’t want him there. He didn’t name names, but there’s no way Belichick wanted Moss out. Belichick cares about one thing: winning. If he thinks a player is starting to compromise winning — whether it be for an off-field distraction or just poor play — Belichick will cut him. He’s done it in the past successfully. But aside from how they handled Moss, the Patriots are always disciplined on the field. They showed the Bengals in week one what they do to woefully unprepared and inferior teams: shred them. They went on to torch the Dolphins and handled Minnesota in an embarrassing night for Moss as he faced his old team. But discipline doesn’t show when you blow teams out of the water. Look at what they did in back-to-back weeks against Baltimore and on the road at reeling San Diego. The Patriots trailed by 10 early in the fourth quarter after a Baltimore field goal before Tom Brady went to newly acquired Deion Branch — who replaced Moss — for a touchdown. A New England field goal tied the midway through the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime. Then the defense buckled down and forced threestraight punts after the Ravens began overtime with possession. The Patriots had two punts of their own, but eventually reached field goal range and Stephen Gostkowski won it against a very good Baltimore team. The next week, on the west coast, the Patriots led 20-3 entering the fourth quarter. They bent and surrendered 17 fourth-quarter points, but hung on for another 23-20 win. The Patriots have been one of the NFL’s best teams in the past 10 years and they’ll easily be back in the playoffs this season. Their schedule the rest of the way is easy by their standards. Cleveland and Detroit bookend the Colts and Steelers games, plus the Pats have easily winnable games against Buffalo and Miami. The question is the postseason, but I wouldn’t want anyone else at the helm but Brady and Belichick during a playoff run. It would be really nice if someday the Bengals took a page from the Patriots’ book and learned from their success. Until then, I’m a Pats fan.
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UC awaits DePaul/UConn winner Hunter Tickel | Senior Reporter When the Cincinnati men’s soccer team takes the field Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championships, a win could potentially seal the school’s first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2006. The 48-team national field includes 26 at-large berths. Cincinnati’s current rating percentage index of 36 has the Bearcats poised for an NCAA invite. But first, the Bearcats will meet either DePaul or No. 9 Connecticut at Gettler Stadium with a spot in the Big East semifinals on the line. Cincinnati’s only remaining player from 2006 — the program’s only Big East regular season championship — is goalkeeper Matt Williams, a true freshman redshirt that season. “You look at a team like that, it had leaders everywhere,” Williams said. “I left my ring up in the locker to show guys this is what we can do.” Cincinnati (7-4-6, 5-1-3 Big East) earned a first-round bye in
the league tournament for the first time since ’06. The Bearcats ended the regular season on a five-game unbeaten streak, including a 4-0 win Oct. 30 to clinch a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. “We deserved to be the [No. 2] seed based on how well we have played all year,” said head coach Hylton Dayes. “It’ll give us a chance to rest and a few days off.” The Bearcats have been nearly unbeatable at Gettler Stadium with a 5-1-3 record, with their lone loss coming to No. 1/4 Louisville. Williams’ 0.60 goals-against average this season set a new school record and the senior allowed just five goals at home this season. “This is a tough place to play, we have a great atmosphere here and it’s tough to come in here and win,” Williams said. “It’s always nice to be able sleep in your own bed the night before a game. [The No. 2] seed is huge, this is what we have been working for since we started in August. There is a whole lot of pride here.” Should the Bearcats advance past the quarterfinals, the bracket sets up favorably for Cincinnati, which would meet either
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LEADING THE CHARGE Junior Matt Bahner leads the Bearcats with a team-high seven goals and five assists this season. Cincinnati begins play in the Big East tournament Sunday at Gettler Stadium. Providence or Georgetown in the semis. Regular season champion Louisville and No. 14/19 Notre Dame must emerge from the other side of the bracket. The final two rounds of the tournament will take place Nov. 12-14 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. Cincinnati has found success playing in New Jersey this season,
with road wins against Seton Hall and St. John’s — UC’s first road win against the Red Storm since ’06. “It’s a one-game season for me, it’s exciting,” Williams said. “I came in as a freshman and got eliminated from the NCAA tournament, but now there is a sense of urgency. I want another ring, I want to put another one on the locker.”
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With four regular season games remaining before the Big East tournament, the No. 21 University of Cincinnati volleyball team plans to do what it has done all year — take one game at a time. The Lady Bearcats face road matches against West Virginia Saturday and Pittsburgh Sunday. With Cincinnati having already secured a berth in the conference tournament, the team is only focused on the weekend. “It will be tough,” said Cincinnati head coach Reed Sunahara. “Any time you play on the road it will be tough and hopefully we’ll be ready. We just got to take care of the ball and take care of our side of the court and hopefully that will be good enough.” Cincinnati will travel to Morgantown, W. Va., Saturday to face a struggling Mountaineers squad in the midst of a three-match
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MAKING AN IMPACT Freshman defensive specialist Emily MacIntyre leads the Bearcats with 312 digs this season.
losing streak before meeting the Panthers Sunday in Pittsburgh. Both West Virginia and Pitt have struggled offensively this season, ranking 13th and 11th in the Big East in hitting percentage, respectively. But while the teams struggle offensively, both rank among the top-five in the conference in digs. On the other side of the net, the Bearcats possess the top offense in the Big East, leading the league in kills and assists while ranking second in hitting percentage. “We’ve just got to be consistent,” Sunahara said. “We’ve got to play strong for various reasons.” One reason is to reach the Big East tournament with momentum. The Bearcats enter the weekend riding a five-game winning streak and hope to add four more wins by the tournament. “This group wants to win a Big East championship — that’s their No. 1 goal,” Sunahara said. “It wasn’t about getting to the tournament. If we don’t finish strong, then it hurts our chances in the NCAA tournament.” With a share of the conference’s No. 1 spot, the Bearcats also need wins to keep pace with Louisville — Cincinnati’s only conference loss of the season. “We tell our team that every day they need to get better when they step on the court,” Sunahara said. “We can’t control what [Louisville] does. What we can control is what we do. We can control what we do, and what ever happens with them happens.” Cincinnati’s weekend slate begins at 2 p.m. Saturday against West Virginia in Morgantown.
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ENTER YEAR TWO Head coach Jamelle Elliot enters her second season at the University of Cincinnati. Elliot’s Bearcats finished 12-18 last season and 4-12 in the Big East.
The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team makes its 2010-11 debut Saturday when the Bearcats host Northern Kentucky University at Fifth Third Arena in the team’s lone exhibition before the regular season tips off. “I think it’s a very good tune-up for both us and Northern Kentucky,” said head coach Jamelle Elliot. “They’re a very disciplined team.” The Norse finished 20-10 last season and made a fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament. “They have five guys on the floor at one time who can shoot the three,” Elliot said. “So we have to close out on shooters, but at the same time be ready to guard the drive.” Elliot enters her second year at Cincinnati looking to improve on last season’s 12-18 record and 14th-place finish in the Big East. Saturday’s exhibition will be
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Cincinnati’s first game following the graduation of Kahla Roudebush and Michelle Jones last year. Jones ranks No. 19 in Cincinnati’s scoring record books, while Roudebush finished her career as the school’s 10th-leading scorer. Northern Kentucky returns two starters from last season’s team, including junior guard Casse Mogan, who averaged a team-high 16.7 points per game. The Norse are projected to finish third in the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s East Division this season and begin the year just outside Division II Bulletin’s top-25 rankings. “We’re going to have to be prepared to play defense for all 30 seconds,” Elliot said. “They like to pass the ball around and utilize a lot of the shot clock.” Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky last met during exhibition play prior to the 2008-09 season. The Norse won the game 56-52. Saturday’s exhibition begins at 7 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena.