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UC budget outlook “grim” for 2012

$40M deficit might force tuition hike, salary freeze A new budget report suggests the University of Cincinnati will be “holding steady” for the rest of the 2011 fiscal year but have a $40 million shortfall in the 2012 fiscal year.

The budget for the FY2011 went mostly as planned, despite some changes, wrote Robert Ambach, senior vice president of administration and finance at UC. “To date, budgetary projections

are holding, despite significantly worsening news from the state and significantly better news from enrollment and investments,” he wrote.

The 2012 fiscal year looks much worse, however. Ambach credits the “grim outlook” to changes in politics.

“With a new political landscape unfolding in Columbus and Washington after the November elections, we may need to re-evaluate our projections as more information becomes

available,” Ambach wrote.

The loss of the federal stimulus funds and a cut in state subsidies will also further impact the budget. UC set aside $15 million in the past two fiscal years to prepare for the cut, which is short of the estimated $27 million cut, Ambach wrote.

The budget estimates might bring a tuition hike and salary freezes.

“Our projected shortfall is also cushioned by the assumption that we will increase tuition

by 3.5 percent, and that only contractually obligated salary increases will be awarded,” Ambach wrote.

Gov.-elect John Kasich promised on the campaign trail that he would promote education cuts to fund lower taxes and balance the budget.

Schools should expect a 15 to 20 percent cut in state aid, Sen. Tom Niehaus, a Republican expected to be the next president of the Ohio Senate, told the Columbus Dispatch.

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search for teachers Program seeks to add math, science teachers to schools James Sprague | NEWS EDITOR

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new program at the University of Cincinnati is seeking to add teachers to local high schools by targeting students with backgrounds in math and science.

The Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship Program, in development at UC’s College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services since March, recruits students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to apply for a 15-month master’s degree program to become teachers in the Cincinnati Public Schools.

Upon completion of the master’s degree, students receive their teaching license and fulfill a three-year teaching commitment with CPS. “It’s a great opportunity for UC to invigorate our partnership with CPS,” said Helen Meyer, an associate professor in UC’s CECH and project director for the fellowship program.

It is projected that by 2015, approximately 280,000 new math and science teachers will be needed in public schools throughout the United States, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum.

The program is one of the ways UC is addressing the issue.

“America’s schools of education are being asked to rise to the challenge of preparing

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SCENE OF CRIME A voyeur struck the fourth-floor women’s showers of Dabney Hall.

Voyeur strikes Dabney GERMAN LOPEZ | NEWS EDITOR The last week of classes at the University of Cincinnati not only saw students preparing to leave campus, but a sexual offense report as well.

A UC student reported an act of voyeurism in the women’s shower on the fourth floor of Dabney Hall Nov. 22, according to UC’s Sexual Offense Response Team.

The UC Police Division is now investigating the report. No updates were available at press time, said UCPD Chief Gene Ferrara.

During the 2009-10 academic year, there were 26 rapes reported to UC’s Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. There were also six reports of stalking, two reports involving sexual harassment, five reports of domestic violence and six reports of intimate partner violence, according to SORT. An act of voyeurism in the women’s showers of the Campus Recreation Center was also reported to UCPD Sept. 18. There were witnesses, but a suspect was not identified at the time.

Another sexual offense was reported to SORT in September.

That assault allegedly involved alcohol and occurred on Ohio Avenue in the morning of Sept.

18. The suspect for the Sept. 18 offense was a UC student.

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Two SGA members capture new roles ANNA BENTLEY | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Two familiar faces took on new roles Wednesday at the Student Government meeting.

At-Large Sen. Nick Hertlein was elected at the new internal holdover senator, replacing Sen. Jay Payne, who will be on co-op Winter quarter.

“I just hope I can work to the same standards as internal emeritus Jay Payne,” Hertlein said. “[And] following through with President Smith’s platform as well as promoting the Student Government brand throughout the student body.”

The meeting also included the swearing in of Sen.-elect John

Bruns as College of Business Tribunal representative.

“I’m looking forward to really getting started taking charge with student government projects,” Bruns said. “I want to get a lot of student involvement and I’m really excited to be a part of Student Government.”

SG passed an appropriation bill concerning the funding for a senate social at Catskeller following the final meeting of the quarter.

The bill, which passed with a majority vote, designated $266 — $7 per person — from SG’s operating expenses fund to cover the costs of food and non-alcoholic beverages.

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FLIP THE SCRIPT Two members of UC’s Undergraduate Student Government received new positions at Wednesday night’s meeting.

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HELP WANTED HERE Hughes STEM High School, part of the Cincinnati Public School system, could benefit from the Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship Program by receiving more teachers.

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a new generation of teachers — educators who can teach the most diverse population of students in the nation’s history to meet the highest standards ever demanded by our schools,” said Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. “This Fellowship not only recruits accomplished people to meet that challenge, but also engages the host universities in rethinking how to help them do it.”

Besides attracting new teachers, the program seeks to improve STEM education, increase high school graduation rates and improve the quality of teacher preparation.

If awarded the fellowship, UC students receive a $30,000 stipend and continued mentoring from faculty during the teaching commitment.

“UC has a commitment to prepare excellent math and science teachers,” Meyer said.

Students applying for the 20 fellowships, which will be awarded in May, must possess a bachelor’s degree in the areas of math, science or engineering, demonstrate professionalism and motivation, hold at least a 3.0 grade-point average and want to work in the CPS system.

Urban schools in Cincinnati are not the only ones who need STEM teachers, Meyer said.

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The environmental effects on people from electronic waste is the focus of a new study occurring in China but being led by the University of Cincinnati.

The study, headed by Dr. Aimin Chen, an assistant professor of environmental health at UC, partners UC with China’s Shantou University to examine the developmental effects on humans from exposure to the metal mixture in what is known as electronic waste, or e-waste.

Computers, cell phones, televisions, printers and keyboards are among the items that can make up e-waste. It is estimated that e-waste is growing at an annual rate of 40 million tons per year, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Most of that refuse is disposed of improperly, either through

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WATCH THAT WASTE Aimin Chen, assistant professor of environmental health at UC, is examining electronic waste. improper recycling or burning it in landfills, which could release polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) that are toxic to humans.

Chen’s study, funded by a $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant, seeks to examine

the effects of those toxins on a sample of 600 pregnant women living in recycling and nonrecycling communities in China.

The communities examined have a 15-year history of outdated methods for recycling e-waste.

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The research team believes that the pregnant women and the children they carry are at increased risk for neurotoxicity in these communities.

“Because the brain is in a state of rapid development, the blood-brain barrier in infants and young children is not as effective as in adults, and neurotoxic substances — like heavy metals — can cause developmental damage,”Chen said.

Mothers in the communities examined in China, including the town of Guiyu, will provide blood, hair and urine samples to researchers before the 28-week mark of gestation. They will also provide blood from the umbilical cord to researchers, upon delivery of their children.

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Aging action heroes prove expendable “The Expendables,” a successful movie released this past summer starring ’80s action icons Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and others has got me thinking.

The film was, for all intents and purposes, a reintroduction for a new generation since many of these icons don’t enjoy the clout they did two decades earlier.

So, I’ve begun to wonder with a proposed sequel in the making, at what point such an actor might have outlived his or her stardom?

Stallone became a major star with “Rocky,” which he also wrote. He would use his fame from that film to virtually control all subsequent projects he was involved in, including the “Rocky” sequels. After some time, however, some people would label this as egotism, which I can’t disagree with since many of Stallone’s films seem like mindless fluff in which he plays the same character.

This repetitive nature led to Stallone being dubbed the worst actor of the century by several critics. His lack of range in the acting department also hurt his case — although Stallone has made several comedies, none of them proved particularly comedic.

In other words, Stallone became the antithesis of Clint Eastwood. Both of them gained fame for playing men of few words with lots of guts.

The difference is Eastwood took great pains throughout the years to test himself by experimenting in acting and film in between cinematic rounds as Dirty Harry. As a result, he is now a reputable film director.

As much as it pains me to write this, Harrison Ford is another actor who, like Stallone, seems to have lost the clout he’s previously enjoyed. His reprise as Indy is the main reason I enjoyed “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (although “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is still the my favorite Indy film).

Ford’s last terrific film, “What Lies Beneath,” came out in 2000. All the movies he’s done since have been arguably less than stellar, which makes me view the ’80s and ’90s as his “golden period” in which he virtually could do no wrong when it came to picking his film roles.

Unlike Stallone, however, Ford has never been reputed for having a massive ego and has a great range in both comedies like “Working Girl” and serious dramas like “Presumed Innocent.”

That said, I’m not surprised he’s not connected with the “Expendables” sequel. I’m also hopeful that he can make a comeback. After all, Stallone’s “Expendables” costar Mickey Rourke first reemerged after a string of duds with “Sin City” and “The Wrestler.”

An actor whose situation is more similar to Stallone is Nicholas Cage. He seems to have taken it upon himself to do nothing but action flicks after he won an Oscar for the drama “Leaving Las Vegas.”

Almost all of these, including last summer’s disappointing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” have been nothing special.

The only Cage films I really liked were “The Rock” and “Face/Off,” probably due to strong costars in both films (Sean Connery in “The Rock” and John Travolta in “Face/Off”).

Viewers and critics often comment on how sexist Hollywood is toward women.

I can’t exactly disagree with that. For instance, many actresses in action films are there solely to give the hero a love interest.

But I think that men suffer from mistreatment in that community, too. Lundgren and other “Expendables” stars basically fell victim to typecasting since nobody wanted to see them in anything but films in which they flexed their muscles. As younger actors came onto the scene in new action films, Lundgren and company fell by the wayside, proving that for some, fame does indeed have an expiration date.

Do you agree that typecast action heroes are destined for stereocast doom? E-mail your thoughts and opinions to newsrecordent@gmail.com.

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Concert orchestra plays favorites JESSICA MCCAFFERTY | STAFF REPORTER Annunziata Tomaro conducted the CollegeConservatory of Music’s Concert Orchestra in some of the most popular orchestral repertoire Nov. 23 in Corbett Auditorium.

The evening began with Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8, in B minor. The symphony opened with an oboe and clarinet duet, played by Yoon Kyung Lee and Mark Klein, respectively, which was beautifully shaped and nuanced, as well as perfectly balanced. Written in 1822, the symphony features a first movement with languid, sweeping lines. The memorable melodies are a reason why the work remains a favorite with audiences. The drama of the stormy development added extra depth.

Short interjections by French horn player Austin Larson were also praiseworthy. The second movement featured the strings in more furious moments, and again provided many opportunities for wind soloists.

Next, the orchestra was joined by soprano Meghan Tarkington for “Seven Early Songs” by Alban Berg. Composed a few years after he began studies with Arnold Schoenberg, these

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TAKING THE STAGE The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Concert Orchestra play classic crowd favorites. songs pit a lyrical vocal line ironically against a more spare orchestration. The effect was eerie, as in “Nacht,” but also beautiful as Tarkington displayed a flexible, expressive voice with a free vibrato that adapted to the variety of tones in each of the songs. “Traumgekrönt” was especially enjoyable with verse by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Following intermission, the orchestra finished the evening with the fan favorite,

“Pictures at an Exhibition.” Originally written

by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky for piano, it was adapted by Maurice Ravel for an expanded orchestra in 1922.

Expanded indeed, the stage of Corbett Auditorium nearly overflowed with auxiliary players. Programmatic in nature, the piece begins with the “promenade” theme on the trumpet; recurring between movements, this theme was given different touches by each new orchestration.

A multitude of players deserve special mention for their performances. James Pytko was standout on the bass clarinet in “Gnomus,” as was Carly Hood with a beautifully nuanced solo in “Il vecchio castello,” and Layne Todd on euphonium in “Bydlo.”

“Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques” featured the entire oboe section, which conquered the tongue twister with apparent ease, and “Limoges — Le Marché” was appropriately sprightly. The finale was a loud and declamatory success.

Fall quarter will close with the Christmas music tour-de-force “Feast of Carols,” featuring a plethora of choruses and the CCM Concert Orchestra performing Dec. 4 and 5.

ROSSON CROW: M yth of the A merican M otorcycle

Young artist unveils her biker-inspired paintings NICK GREVER | SENIOR REPORTER

Walking into the Contemporary Arts Center, visitors are greeted by a set of three street-legal motorcycles painted by local artist Dauber.

More bikes are interspersed in the main exhibit upstairs.

The artwork is impeccable, but these marriages of mechanical muscle and grace are accompaniments to the main exhibit: Rosson Crow’s “Myth of the American Motorcyle,” on display Nov. 6 through April 3, 2011.

Crow has made a name for herself in the art world before her 30th birthday, crafting bright, illuminated paintings of masculine environments as seen through the lens of a young woman.

Crow settled her gaze upon biker society for her latest exhibit, spending a year immersed in the culture that lent an air of legitimacy to her work that can’t be faked. That said, her trademark style is still fully intact. Placed over top of the images of everyday biker life — gas stations, dive bars and leather shops — are splashes of bright paint dripping down the canvas with reckless abandon.

Crow’s mixture of color and her sweeping strokes create an illusion of neon lights that pop off of the frame.The ever-present neons of Pabst, Harley Davidson and Marlboro are painted in see MYTH | 2 photos by Devyn Glista | staff photographer

BIKES BECOME ART The brilliantly designed motorcyles on display as part of Crow’s exhibit are more than part of the artwork — they are completely capable of use on the road as well.

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Unlike the Brothers Grimm story that depicts Rapunzel as a helpless girl locked in a tower, the heroine of Disney’s “Tangled” is a feisty, intelligent young woman who spends her time reading, painting, cooking and talking to her beloved pet chameleon.

Unbeknownst to the girl, she was born to a beloved king and queen. Her mother was sick during childbirth, so the villagers searched for a legendary flower with healing powers. An old woman who used the flower’s power to stay young tried to hide the plant, but it was found and used to heal the queen caught in a painful childbirth.

The flower’s power absorbed into Rapunzel’s hair after her birth, so the vain old woman (Donna Murphy) kidnapped the infant and locked her in a tower to raise as her own daughter and keep the power to herself.

Each year on her birthday, the king and

“Tangled” is a flashback to memorable childhood Disney films such as “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” in many ways.

queen release thousands of floating lanterns into the sky in hopes of guiding Rapunzel home. The princess, voiced by Mandy Moore, sees these from her window and develops a strong desire to view them on her 18th birthday outside the constraints of her virtual prison.

This backstory is all summed up within the film’s first few minutes. The majority of the film follows Rapunzel on her quest to finally escape her tower for one day to watch the annual lantern release.

The film gives the tale a refreshingly femaleempowering spin. Instead of a sweet prince coming to rescue Rapunzel from the tower, her savior is a narcissistic, wanted criminal named Eugene (Zachary Levi) who climbs inside her window to hide from court officials. Rapunzel knocks him out with a frying pan and demands that he guide her through the outside world before she agrees to return his stolen loot — a royal crown.

The Disney Animation Studio crafted beautiful scenes depicting the princess’s adventure through the forest into town as she and the thief race across a dam and through woods to escape angry thugs, court officials and a comical renegade horse from the kingdom determined to catch Eugene. The floating lanterns are also

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a beautifully detailed vision, particularly when viewed in 3-D. “Tangled” is a flashback to memorable childhood Disney films such as “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” in many ways. Its memorable characters add depth and comedy to the children’s tale. The relentless horse, captivated by the princess and infuriated with Eugene, goes to outrageous lengths to follow the pair, and Rapunzel’s evil captor portrays a frighteningly verbally abusive mother with a wickedness viewers will love to hate.

The only downside to “Tangled” was its attempted musical numbers. With Mandy Moore as the voice of Rapunzel, one would expect a killer soundtrack, but the songs were short and forgettable, and interrupted fun, action-packed scenes with awkwardly corny verses. Perhaps younger viewers enjoyed the musical numbers, but they seemed incomparable to previous Disney favorites like “A Whole New World” or “Under the Sea.” Despite the mundane musical numbers, the film is an overall feel-good flick in that wholesome Disney sense that brings on childhood nostalgia wrapped in a modern package — complete with artful animation, 3-D glasses and an ass-kicking female.

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bright pinks and light blues, in stark contrast to dingy backdrops. Each work looks like a rainsoaked vista of downtrodden blackness and dripping pigment.

When the works are taken in as a whole, the images look like an acid trip plastered to a wall.

Hunter S. Thompson and his Hell’s Angels would be proud. Color streaks the works, providing layers of detail that veil and overlap one another, only uncovered by closer inspection. Studying each piece draws apart the unifying elements to show off Crow’s heavy strokes and precise color mixes. Each work feels like two separate pieces, one viewed from afar and one up close.

More Dauber-painted motorcycles are displayed on the same floor as Crow’s paintings.

You can sometimes smell traces of oil and gas emanating from the bikes, placing audience minds within Crow’s biker culture. In many ways, the bikes and Crow’s paintings are similar. Both are undeniable pieces of art, each with their own takes on classic aesthetics. But they both also have streaks of rebellion that further identify the pieces. All of the gorgeously decorated bikes are street-ridden.

Crow’s works are celebrations of a culture on the fringe. We see a joyous view of a loner lifestyle, where brotherhoods are forged out of need. In both mediums, we see dichotomies that swirl around one another and enhance the overall work.

Crow pulls us into her representation of a culture that is distinctly American, but still holds mystery. Biker culture still thrives on secrecy and fraternity; it is a credit to Crow that she was able to infiltrate the lifestyle. More importantly, however, it is a credit to her artwork that she was able to place both the brotherhood and her own style within her works.

and now holds an NFL best 106.00 quarterback rating, has thrown only one interception all year and is 7-2 as starter this season.

I bet Nike wished they never stopped sponsoring him now.

FROM WASTE | 1 There are currently no universal restrictions on the disposal of e-waste, Chen said.

“In countries where primitive recycling processes exist, human health — especially children’s health — should drive regulation and management of recycling activities,” Chen said.

“Restricting the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing electronic devices would help prevent exposures.”

FROM TEACHERS | 1 “There are also significant needs in rural areas,” Meyer said.

UC is one of only four universities in Ohio that are participating in the program. John Carroll University, The Ohio State University and the University of Akron are the others. Applications for the fellowship must be submitted by Jan. 12.

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Scrooges: Back off my holiday I don’t understand why everyone hates Christmas.

When I mentioned wanting to write a Christmas column, online editor Sam Greene scoffed.

I started playing Christmas music in The News Record office Tuesday and a couple reporters immediately plugged in their headphones and tuned out. I regularly hear people grumble about everything from snow to family time.

I, for one, love Christmas.

I love the decorations and the traditions. I upload Christmas tunes to my iPod Nov. 1 and listen to them almost exclusively until the new year.

Perhaps it’s because my family has holiday traditions that have been around since before I was born. I grew up in a world that loved Christmas; for me, it really is the most wonderful time of the year.

That’s why I am sick and tired of people saying they hate Christmas. Some claim the holiday is too commercial, while others grouch that the season is too focused on religion. Some don’t enjoy spending time with family, and still others complain that they get too lonely during the holidays.

One of my former roommates touted the “I hate Christmas” declaration like a badge. She forbade Christmas songs within our dorm. She rolled her eyes at my miniature Christmas tree. Sure, I still celebrated the holiday with my usual flair, but a little of the sparkle was rubbed off by her disdain.

It almost seems like hating Christmas is “cool” to college students. With a heavy reliance on sarcasm and apathy, our generation is turning into a gang of Grinches and Scrooges. To them I say, “Bah humbug!”

The holiday season should be the time when we reflect on the good things in our life. It should be the time when we celebrate the things we’ve accomplished and give thanks for the people we love.

Yes, that statement is corny and cliché and cheesy. But that’s OK because this is the one time of the year we should throw sarcasm and indifference out the window and embrace the corny, emotional side we all have deep down.

Think back to when you were young. December was the month for school parties, sugar cookies obnoxiously decorated with gaudy sprinkles and driving around town to admire Christmas lights.

Think back to when you believed in Santa. Back before it was cool to not care and believing in magic was for saps. When you squirmed in your bed at 6 a.m. just waiting for your parents to wake up so you could open presents. When little things like a new action figure or a stuffed animal would change your world for good.

Christmas is the ultimate celebration for the innocent and the pure of heart. And with the strain of college and the stress of entering the adult world, many of us have lost that innocence. But this season — which, after all, comes only once a year — why don’t we try to remember what it was like to love Christmas. Why don’t we let go of the apathy and forget this façade of coolness we college students try so hard to maintain. Sing a carol at the top of your lungs on MainStreet or hand out a few red and green Hershey Kisses to passersby. Let’s bring the holiday spirit to UC and embrace the corniest, mushiest, jolliest time of the year.

No need to mourn Four Loko Alcoholic beverage is banned as DEA outlaws “legal bud” sean peters | chief reporter Ohio is banning Four Loko, the caffeinated malt beverage referred to (mostly by news sources) as “black out in a can.” The FDA claims alcohol and caffeine are a dangerous combination, especially in the overly sweet tasting 23.5 ounce cans.

Store owners in the area claim they will no longer sell the drink once their current stocks are depleted, leaving lovers of the fruity, syrupy 12 percent booze concoction twitching with terror.

On the other side of the getting-messed-up spectrum, herbal incense (also known as legal bud) will no longer be legally available.The Drug Enforcement Agency alleges these products, if smoked, could potentially lead to poisoning, dependency and, in some cases, suicide.

All this hoopla surrounding the sudden illegality of products I already view as dumb led me to a strange and unmemorable experience during which I decided to partake in both Four Loko and legal bud, both purchased within a mile of the University of Cincinnati main campus.

A pretty girl told me her favorite flavor of Four Loko is blue raspberry, so I bought one along with a lemonade flavor at Staggerlee’s on Short Vine. It was cheap, considering how much alcohol I was getting.

These products are sub par. There are much more reasonable alternatives to getting goofy.

I then ambled over to The Smoke Shop on Jefferson Avenue, where I bought one gram of “Orange Krush,” a blend of legal bud. It came in a tiny bottle and looked very much like real marijuana. Its smell, however, was much more orange tinted and perfumed.

After getting home, I rolled a half-gram Orange Krush cigarette. It tasted light and didn’t have the heavy smoke of cannabis, instead evoking an especially inoffensive clove cigarette.

Cracking open the first can of Four Loko,

I was overwhelmed by the sweet smell of the drink. The first sip was something like being force-fed a shot of grain alcohol mixed with cough syrup. I forced back several gulps and went back to the herbal cigarette. Things were already starting to get weird.

After the first cigarette was finished, I was about halfway through the can of blue raspberry Four Loko. Deciding to keep things even, I chugged the rest of the Loko so I could “enjoy” another cigarette with my lemonade flavor.Yikes. I was kind of drunk at that point.

As a veteran wine, beer and whiskey drinker, it usually takes longer for me to feel alcohol’s effects. It’s uncertain whether the caffeine played a very large role, but my recollection past the second can of Four Loko is hazy.

I won’t go into the lurid and degrading details of what followed, but let’s just say I woke up in an unexpected place.

In my opinion, the great state of Ohio is not suffering a major tragedy with the ban of Four Loko and herbal incense. These products are sub par. There are much more reasonable alternatives to getting goofy.

she’s not a quitter, she’s a maverick!

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Service groups find collaboration at CCE Maria bergh | staff reporter There is a mysterious University of Cincinnati van that has been spotted on campus. It has “UC Duplicating Services” printed on the side. While this is in reference to a particular department that specializes in copiers, at face value, it is a harsh statement on the state of the university. UC does duplicate a lot of services.

The most notable duplication is in the area of service. There are many student groups on campus preoccupied with service. From social groups centered on service like Greek Life, to Campus Ministry, to student organizations like the Campus Anti-War Network, Peace Village, Mission Urban Development and Relay for Life, tons of students are going to do service. Many of them are getting signatures on sheets of paper to submit for Cincinnatus hours.

So why talk about duplication?

Particularly when all of the above organizations clearly have different aims and means?

Because when you decide to tutor at Hughes STEM High

While CCE is a small office, it is supposed to be a center. The staff have means to make things happen and bend over backward to connect students to what they want to accomplish.

School, on campus or anywhere else, do you get trained? Maybe.

And if you are trained, it might be through the Center for Community Engagement or through the organization itself. Or just maybe you’ll go through the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services at UC. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it, because who would know more about tutoring than teachers?

This is where the service duplication begins. Because one group might not realize that another group is working to provide the same service.

Case in point: A few years ago, the campus ministry group I am aligned with planned a retreat focusing on social justice and homelessness to occur on the same day as the annual UC shantytown put on by the Peace Village.

Neither event was known to

the other group until very late in the process, at which point I felt two things distinctly: First, that I wanted to be involved in both events and felt that having to choose one was a limitation; and second, that both events signaled that there were shared values between our organizations that might be capitalized on, if only the right bridges were built.

But where to go to start making these connections? How to find like-minded people and spread the word early in the planning stages to avoid conflicts and incorporate other synergistic groups?

Enter the Center for Community Engagement. The e-mail list serve is pretty prevalent, but do you know where the actual office is?

Have you ever thought to contact the office, to ask about something you want to see happen? Have you ever thought to let them know

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about something you’re doing that you need help with, or think is just too cool to keep to yourself?

While CCE is a small office, it is supposed to be a center. The staff have means to make things happen and bend over backward to connect students to what they want to accomplish.

The recently instituted Student Leadership Service Council meets every other Thursday to discuss service in Cincinnati, share ideas and bring the CCE more into the center of campus service activities.

The CCE won’t be a center unless we make it one.

It is difficult at times to track down what you need at UC. It seems like many organizations are housed in Steger Student Life Center, but many important parts of the university are located outside Steger (the CCE is in Stratford).

But if there is something going on in the service community — something to make UC a better place — it can only work if it has people behind it. And the place to find support, expertise and advertisement is in a center.

The Center for Community Engagement, to be exact.

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Stop hating on Michael Vick, please Quick question: What do LeBron James, Tiger Woods and Michael Vick all have in common?

Easy, right? They all messed up, making poor life decisions.

But of the three, which player has atoned for their mistakes and actually deserves a Nike ad restoring their image?

That should be another easy one — Vick.

Many athletes have fallen from stardom into a prison cell, but few have fallen as far as Vick — and few have bounced back and resurrected their career as well as he has.

He has said all the right things and has made all the right moves — on and off the gridiron — to restore his image and career. Yet three years later, he is still taking flack for his crimes.

People, it’s time to forgive and let bygones be bygones. The man has paid for his actions.

As James would say: “What else should he do?”

He admitted he made mistakes — multiple times — and he paid for them by serving 18 months in federal prison. Paid for them by losing sponsors, fans and money. Vick lost more than $100 million and went bankrupt in the process.

Yet after hitting rock bottom, Vick masterfully made all the right moves to dissociate himself from his pre-prison life.

He sought the advice of mentor Tony Dungy. He completely cut all ties with friends who influenced his poor decision making — going so far as to run from them when they sought him out in public.

Seriously, what else should he do? What else can he do?

He’s gone out of his way and taken the time to ensure that people learn from his mistakes.

After leaving prison, Vick sought a partnership with the Humane Society and has given more than 20 speeches to students in urban areas to ensure young children do not fall down the same path he did.

Just a few weeks ago during the Eagles’ bye week, Vick used his few days off to travel to Connecticut to share his story with high-school students.

He didn’t have to do that — or any of the stuff he does with the Humane Society. It’s not court-ordered. He already has a multi-million dollar pay raise coming next year, so he didn’t do it for financial reasons, but he did it anyway.

And according to the Humane Society, awareness of dog fighting has never been higher, all because of Vick.

Because of Vick, 30 new dog-fighting laws have been enacted across the country.

Yet, ignoring everything he has done and all the prices he has paid, the hate keeps flowing his way.

People still protest and boycott the Eagles because they signed Vick. PETA and the SCPCA still hammer him and protest his basic right to even make a living for himself in the NFL. And most recently, it has been the media.

Two weeks ago on Monday Night Football, Vick played one of the best games of his career against division rival Washington, recording 413 all-purpose yards and totaling six touchdowns But three days later, what did the LA Times run? A story about how his game jersey went into the hall of fame?

No, a story about how bad his rescued pit bulls were doing.

I love animals just as much as the next person and even have a part-time job at a pet-care establishment. I will readily admit that the atrocities Vick committed against pit bulls were horrible and disgusting.

But he paid for his crimes and went beyond what the court mandated to right his wrongs.

To still hammer Vick on crimes he committed — and paid for — three years later is absolutely ridiculous.

As Alexander Pope said,“to err is human, to forgive is divine.”

Instead of focusing on the bad, people need to focus on the good. Like how Vick went from a player almost every sports “expert” tagged as a backup at best to a starting quarterback in this season’s MVP race.

Through patience and sheer hard work, Vick got his chance to start in the NFL this year see Vick | 4

Sam Elliott | sports editor Sean Kilpatrick scored a career-high 26 points, made all five of his 3-pointers and four more Bearcats reached double-digit scoring as Cincinnati beat Wright State 77-69 Wednesday at Fifth Third Arena.

“I took a lot of shots earlier in the day,” Kilpatrick said. “I was feeling it.”

The redshirt freshman spent the game’s first six minutes on the bench watching UC’s starting lineup miss four of its first five shots, score just two points and trail the Raiders by six.

Kilpatrick needed fewer than 30 seconds to score his first points. Almost four minutes later, his first 3-pointer pulled the Bearcats within one; his second gave Cincinnati (6-0) its first lead with 6:42 to play to play in the first half.

“Sean Kilpatrick making shots and our full-court pressure were the two differences in the game,” said UC head coach Mick Cronin.

The Raiders (3-4) shot 50 percent overall and from beyond the 3-point arc, but the Bearcats forced 15 turnovers, scoring 26 points off Wright State’s giveaways.

“We did not do a good enough job in preparation for their small, pressing lineup. That really affected our game,” said head coach Billy

River City Rivalry Tom skeen | senior reporter

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ooking to send their seniors out with a victory, the Cincinnati Bearcats welcome the Pittsburgh Panthers to Nippert Stadium Saturday on Senior Day to battle for the River City Rivalry Trophy.

Pitt is led by sophomore quarterback Tino Sunseri, who has thrown 15 touchdowns and seven interceptions while averaging 211 passing yards per game this season.

In his past seven games, Sunseri has completed 67 percent of his passes for 1,629 yards with 11 touchdowns.

“He’s extremely efficient,” said UC head coach Butch Jones.

Donlon. “Their pressure really bothers you and that was really where the game turned.”

Wright State trailed by five at halftime, but Cincinnati used a 17-2 run in the second half to build a 20-point lead with 8:37 to play.

Dion Dixon scored 11 points in the second half while Cashmere Wright, Yancy Gates and Ibrahima Thomas each added 10 points.

“We’re so unselfish,” Dixon said. “Whoever’s got it going, we’re going to them.”

Wright State’s Vaughn Duggins and Troy Tabler led the Raiders with 18 points apiece. Fellow senior guard N’Gai Evans added 17, but the trio was forced into 12 turnovers.

“If we just let them run their offense and spread us out, they’re going to run the clock down and they made shots at the end of the clock,” Cronin said. “They were going to shorten the clock and make it a tough night on us.”

Instead, it was Kilpatrick making Wednesday’s first meeting since 2001 tough on Wright State.

“If he makes shots from the perimeter, he’s really hard to guard because he’s so good attacking the basket,” Cronin said.

Cincinnati continues its season Saturday on the road against Toledo.

“I know everybody’s going to tell me Toledo’s struggling,” Cronin said.“But it’s our first road game.”

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LIGHTS OUT SHOOTING Redshirt freshman Sean Killpatrick scored 26 points Wednesday against Wright State.

Bearcats end season vs. Pitt “He can make all the throws and when you watch him on film, you see him get better week-to-week, you see his confidence level grow as well.”

In the backfield, the Panthers use the two-headed attack of sophomores Ray Graham and Dion Lewis.

Lewis — who broke Tony Dorsett’s freshman rushing record at Pitt with 1,799 yards last season — has just 695 rushing yards and eight touchdowns this year.

His drop in production hasn’t slowed the Panthers’ rushing attack due to the emergence of Ray Graham. Earlier in the season, Graham rushed for 277 yards and three touchdowns against Florida International, the second-highest total in Pitt school history and the highest since 1975.

Graham has 860 rushing yards this season with eight touchdowns, and is averaging 6.3 yards per carry.

“Graham and Lewis are tops in the country and they complement each other as well,” Jones said.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Panthers rank 13th nationally in total defense giving up 307.8 yards per game and are the country’s No. 16 rushing defense allowing 118.2 rushing yards per game.

The Panthers’ leaders on defense are senior defensive end Jabaal Sheard and junior Brandon Lindsey. Sheard has 45 tackles (12.5 for a loss), nine sacks and four forced fumbles on the season.

Lindsey stepped in when 2009 Big East Defensive Player of the Year Greg Romeus injured his knee against Connecticut Nov. 11 and went out for the season. Since taking over at defensive end, Lindsey leads the Big East with 10 sacks, has 41 tackles, 16 for a loss and three forced fumbles.

“Their defensive ends are probably two of the best we’ve faced all year,” Jones said. “If we are in third and long situations Saturday, it’s going to be a long day.”

The Bearcats have lost four of their past five games, but a win on Senior Day against a rival would cap a sour season on a sweet note.

“A win would mean a lot,” senior running back John Goebel said. “ Nobody likes to lose at Nippert, it’s a terrible taste when you see the other team celebrate on your field.”

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POSSIBLE THREE-PEAT The Bearcats have won their past two games against Pitt, but trail the Panthers 7-2 in the overall series.

SENIORS SAY GOODBYE sam elliott | sports EDITOR For Cincinnati’s seniors, Saturday’s season finale against Pittsburgh will be their final game as Bearcats.

Cincinnati has lost four of its past five games and will snap a four-year bowl streak this season, but the senior class will graduate winning at least 37 games and two Big East championships.

“It’s very fitting to send them out with a win,” said head coach Butch Jones. “They’ve done so much for our football program.”

That includes providing stability within a program led by three different head coaches during their careers.

“They’ve been a great part of our tradition here the last couple years of winning,” Jones said. “They’re great people of character and it’s a very small senior class, but they’ve done a great job and I’m very fortunate to have spent a very short period of time with them.”

While this season has capped the seniors’ careers on a sour note, running back John Goebel appreciates what the Bearcats achieved during his time — including a 12-0 regular season in 2009 and back-to-back BCS appearances.

“I’ve got to experience the University of Cincinnati at the highest peak it’s been,” Goebel said. “I’ve been able to be a member of that team and help contribute, so it’s been awesome. I can’t ask for anything more. This season — as hard as it was as a senior to go through it —

looking back, I’m definitely proud of everything we’ve accomplished here.”

In the past four seasons, Goebel has gained 842 yards with 10 touchdowns.

The senior expects an emotional scene prior to kickoff Saturday as Jones welcomes the seniors and their families to Nippert Stadium for one final game.

“When I’m sad, I’ll be sad,” Goebel said.“It’s going to be hard. I’ve prepared my parents and everything.

That’s going to be the hardest part. My mom, I know she’s going to be probably crying.”

SENIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Armon Binns became the seventh wide receiver in Cincinnati history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a single season. In 29 career games, the senior has caught 135 receptions for 1,979 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Kicker Jacob Rogers is the school’s all-time scoring leader with 335 career points.

Wide receiver Marcus Barnett caught 127 receptions for 1,567 career yards and 17 touchdowns. Tight end Ben Guidugli added 70 receptions for 807 yards and seven scores.

Offensive linemen Jason Kelce, Samuel Griffin and C.J. Cobb have each played in at least 30 games, starting all 11 this season. Kelce’s start Saturday will be his 38th as a Bearcat.

Linebackers Obadiah Cheatham, Robby Armstrong and Collin McCafferty have combined to appear in 90 games. McCafferty forced a fumble against Miami in 2009, while Cheatham and Armstrong have each totaled one career sack.

Vidal Hazelton — whose senior season at Cincinnati was marred by a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his Bearcats debut — might play at Nippert Stadium for the first and only time Saturday.

“I don’t want to be an individual who keeps leading everyone on, but he’s going to practice this week and we’ll see how he comes,” Jones said. “If he progresses like he has, he’ll play a little bit in the game. But we’ll determine that more by the end of the week.”

Eamon Queeney | Photo editor

ONE MORE GAME Seniors Ben Guidugli (top right), Armon Binns (top left), John Goebel and their classmates will play their final game as Bearcats Saturday against Big East rival Pittsburgh at Nippert Stadium.

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