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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTION ISSUE

JOE BLIZZARD

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WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS?

Joe Blizzard: I’m a fourth-year chemical engineering student at UC. I’ve been involved with Student Government for the past four years. I started in the first year leadership program and I was elected twice as an at-large senator. Then I was elected internally as the speaker of the senate.

I’ve worked with Lane and Maesa very closely over the past year on their initiatives as well as some of the general happenings of student government.

Jaclyn Hyde: I’m a third-year finance and professional sales student. I started in the first year leadership program and then as a member of cabinet. Outside of Student Government I’ve gotten involved in a number of different organizations.

I’m also in a social sorority and served on the executive board for the vice president of education and I also served as the service chair so I planned all our philanthropy events. I think that Joe’s and my experience together is a good combination of different leadership and passion for the university.

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Blizzard: I think a big one is the landlordaccreditation program. What we want to do is create a partnership between the city of Cincinnati, the university and the landlords in the Clifton area to ensure that all student housing, and all the rental properties are up to code.

We want to work with those groups and the university to educate our students so they know what they need to look for when they’re looking at rental properties, and create a walk through system that is free of charge to the landlords and to the students to make sure that these houses are up to code and that our students are safe.

Hyde: Something that we’re excited about that applies to all students is our e-textbooks. Obviously students spend way too much every year on textbooks, astronomical amounts.

Working with every college in order to encourage more use of e-textbooks is important to us because students shouldn’t need to spend that much, and with the increase of e-textbooks it will definitely decrease the amount students are spending on those.

We are running on the platform of access and we chose that because a big focus of our platform is making sure that all students have access to the best possible services and the best possible opportunities.

Blizzard: One other big one that is going to affect students now and the university in the long run has to do with some of our spirit initiatives.

We want to work with the athletic department and some student spirit groups on campus to hold pep rallies at the beginning of each semester. Providing those opportunities for students will increase the passion for the university as a whole and when students graduate they’re going to be better alumni.

JACLYN HYDE

ANYTHING YOU WOULD CHANGE OR IMPROVE ON?

KATHLEEN HURLEY

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WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS?

Kathleen Hurley: I’m a junior in the food nutrition program in the college of Allied health Sciences. I’m not a Cincinnati native.

I’m from a small town outside of Columbus.

I came to college and joined student government pretty much on day one.

Currently I’m serving as chief of staff where it’s my job to manage all the cabinet members and make sure all their goals and projects are being accomplished and they have the right resources to do that. I’ve also served as an at large senator and served as the director for women’s affairs.

I’m involved in undergraduate research.

I’m part of a social sorority, the honors program and I’ve studied abroad, but back to student government I’ve been involved for a very long time, it’s the group I WHY DO YOU call home.

DESERVE James Avant: I am a Cincinnati STUDENT’S native. I’m a VOTES? second-year Blizzard: I neurobiology and think we have Spanish student. had a wide range Candidates for the Undergraduate I, like Kathleen, have of experiences on Student Government president and vice been involved in campus. Being here president seats introduce themselves student government for almost seven and what they’re all about. since day one. I years between the actually called the two of us, we’ve had director of the firstthe opportunity to year leadership program before I got here. get involved in a lot of different student I really wanted to get my hands dirty and groups and see a lot of different sides of get involved in student government because I campus and we can bring a lot of unique like making a difference and I like to be able perspectives to the position. to have a say in the things that are affecting I’ve had the opportunity to work with me as a student. I’m currently an at-large administrators on different committees senator, and I was in the first-year leadership and I’ve seen how the behind the scenes program my freshman year. things work and that is something were I I’m also involved in undergraduate can jump in right away and be an advocate research. I’m a base mentor out of the African for students but at the same time being American Cultural Research Center and I involved on campus; I think I really embody really love UC. what it means to be a passionate Bearcat.

I guess one of the things that I believe Combining my experiences with that qualifies me is, as Kathleen said, we both come passion really puts me in a good position from very diverse groups on campus. Having to lead the student body and represent that perspective and being able to challenge students on their behalf. each other to think differently, I think that is Hyde: I would say our passion because I come from a family of Bearcats, I’m the very beneficial when your representing 24,000 plus students. youngest of four and we’re all Bearcats and Blizzard: I think something that hasn’t been done as well as it could be, is a continuation of the previous administration’s projects. A lot of the time things are started and we spend some money on them, but when the new administration comes in there is no follow through, and it’s a waste not only of student government’s time but also student’s money.

I think working with [the previous administration] to make sure there is a seamless transition and that we’re following up on the commitments they made is really important to students and to the fiscal responsibility that we would like to see out of student government.

[ ] THE RACE IS ON TO LEAD THE STUDENT BODY

Joe bleeds red and black. We just really really love the university and everything it stands for.

We know we’re in a phenomenal place right now, we know that out passion mixed with the great place we are is going to take us to the next level next year.

I just think we’re ready to take UC on and make every students’ experience the best it can be.

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BIG TICKET ITEMS

Avant: We want to implement a UC “Rate my Professor.”It would take the current course evaluations that students have to fill out and put them to use.

Not all professors use those actively and are able to see them.

We want to make faculty accountable for the work they’re doing in the classroom and we want to encourage students to give good

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reviews.

Hurley: James and I are very focused on the experience. We think if students know what the faculty and graduate students that are teaching them are really like, and students know they can be part of that feedback, that’s a huge process. We hope to utilize that feedback in the tenure process and we think getting more student involvement in the tenure process would be a huge shift to making this an even more student-focused university.

Avant: One of the important things for Kathleen and I is to make sure that our UC brand is everywhere on campus, whether that be a wall skin in a college that tells the history of that college or banners lining Main Street. If we can add some kind of addition to let students know that they are here at UC or even people visiting, we think that is very crucial.

ANYTHING YOU WOULD CHANGE OR IMPROVE ON?

Hurley: Being a member of the executive office and having a say in a lot of things I don’t think there was one thing that Lane and Maesa and I just fought on and didn’t agree with.

Avant: I think in terms of education it’s not that the university may not offer something, it may be more of an issue that students don’t know or they might not be easily accessible. So it would be mine and Kathleen’s job to promote those things, we don’t want to keep reinventing the wheel.

We have over 300 student organizations at this campus and I think that there is something to get your hands dirty in, we don’t have to keep coming up with more groups.

WHY DO YOU DESERVE STUDENT’S VOTES?

Hurley: I know how the processes works and how to make them better for students, but I also have a very diverse background and experience here at the university and I think having that diverse experience make me open to all students experiences and makes it easier to connect with those students.

At the end of the day, we’re the most unique, diverse and experienced candidates.

We’re just different. We’re different from each other physically, mentally and socially. We’re going to be different from other students and we get that. We want to support the unique experiences students are having.

Avant: We’re on a campus with 24,000 plus students, so if our different perspectives can come together and foster a positive environment for students we want to do that. Students come from many different walks of life and the more different perspectives we add to each other and the better we work together with each other, the better we’ll be able to serve students.

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Election Aaron Sykes Candidate A

My name is Aaron Sykes and I am running for Senator-at-Large. I am a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student, am currently the President of the Bearcat Bands and was a former President of the UC Hepcats Swing Dance club. I have a diverse background of leadership

Shivam Shah Candidate D My name is Shivam Shah and I am a freshman majoring in Neuropsychology running for Senator-at-Large. In my time here at UC, I have become involved with the University Funding Board, the First Year Leadership Program, the Asian American Association and research at Children’s Hospital.

I’ll briefly highlight a few parts of my platform and if you are interested, please visit my Facebook group, “Shivam Shah

Dustin Chan Candidate G My name is Dustin Chan and I am an Industrial Design student in addition to a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. When elected to office I will work to improve safety and communication and collaboration between the student body and student government. One of the ways I want to work towards these objectives is by

Jessica Gearhart Candidate I Every campaign season, involvements, platforms, and resume’s are pushed down students such as yourselves throats in the hope that those campaigning can win your support, and subsequently, your vote. But I don’t believe my major or my

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experiences coming from two very different student groups and have learned a lot from my four years here at the University of Cincinnati. During my fifth, I want to represent our student body by building spirit, connecting students, and encouraging transparency by establishing new programs and relationships between faculty, staff and students. You can find out more about my platform at www. facebook.com/GetSyked2013 or on Twitter @GetSyked2013. Get Syked for this year’s Student Government elections!

I’m a first year Computer Science Major in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. I’m running as an At-Large Senator because I feel very passionate about the changes that I’d like to bring about at the University of Cincinnati. As an At-Large Senator, I would work towards promoting mutual understanding, impacting Cincinnati in a meaningful way, and facilitating communication between the different

for Senator at Large.” First off, I would like to have more music throughout UC by putting pianos in the residence halls.

Also, through the First Year Leadership Program, I am interning with Lane Hart, the current student body President.

Working with him, I have gotten the chance to work on some projects that I hope to expand on next year. For example, I hope to make the shuttle system more efficient by adding more shuttles during rush times and get more off campus lighting to work towards making UC safer.

These are just a few parts of my platform; if you would like to know more about it, please visit my page on Facebook. I would really appreciate your support!

My name is Andrew Naab and I am a current At Large Senator running for re-election this year. This past year, with help, I have been able to either start or finish all of the initiatives that I promised last year when I was running for Senate.

This year, I have been able to work with UC Libraries to have extended hours during midterms and finals week, as well as extending the hours of Safe Zone Parking and NightRide to ensure you get to and from campus safely. I had the privilege to meet with over 40 organizations solely to inform them of what Student Government was working on, as well as organize Student Senate meetings in alternate locations across campus to continue to build relationships

having coffee with the senators every month on Main Street. This will be an event where a few representatives from student government will be out on Main Street every month giving out coffee in order to start an open line of discussion with the student body. I also will work to increase directly off-campus lighting and collaborate with the secretary to start a monthly student government newsletter. I believe that there is currently a detrimental lack of communication between student government and the student body and I am determined to change that.

My name is Andrew Pfriem, and I have had the privilege to represent you as an At-Large Senator for the past year.

Because of the experiences from this last year as Senator, I have made the decision to run for re-election! Not only does my experience as Senator make me the best candidate, but my leadership experience in other student organizations (ROAR Tour Guides, Kolodzik Business Scholars, the Sigma Chi Fraternity and Cats2Cats) will help me as well. My platform for the 2013-2014 school year consists of three main themes: Transportation, Safety and Community. The main initiative I will bring to Student Government comes from Transportation. Being from Cleveland and without a car, I realize how much of a

involvements should be the reason that I win your vote. My campaign slogan is “Making the Changes U want to C”, because that’s what I believe student government should be doing. I believe my diverse involvements as an engineering student, greek participant, tour guide and other things have prepared me to facilitate the changes that you as fellow students desire to see, and make them happen. I hope to have your vote, and appreciate the support. Go Bearcats!

My name is Jacob Behringer and I am first-year here at UC running for SenatorAt Large. I am not from Cincinnati but came here because I saw that UC is an excellent school that is on the rise and truly is the #HottestCollegeInAmerica.

I’m running because I want to continue to push UC to its limits and I believe that I am a very qualified candidate to do so.

If elected I want to change the meal plan options to allow students to purchase a

more realistic amount of swipes. Also regarding the meal plans, I will appeal the recent decision to only allow fifteen “guest swipes” to those who purchase meal plans.

Another initiative I have regards the NightRide program that UC provides. I want to boost this program by imitating a similar program that Ohio State offers.

They have more shuttles so that the wait time is much shorter and also pay their drivers so there is never a shortage of people.

I deserve all students votes because I am a very dedicated and hard working individual who is motivated to assist UC in its success and always accessible and open to students and their ideas.

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Throughout college, I have been able to gain a wide variety of experiences, both within college and out in the community.

I feel that these experiences have given me the skills necessary to be the best Senator-at-Large that I can be. The main point of my platform for the coming year is to increase transparency between Student Government and the rest of the student body. There are several ways in which I plan to accomplish this. First of all, I am going to continue the initiative started this year of the Senators-at-Large visiting student organizations on campus.

I feel that, to best serve the student body, we need to understand what the students want and this would be a huge step in the right direction. Another way to increase My name is Filip Jotevski and I am a second-year Marketing/International Business student with a minor in Communication from Columbus, Ohio. My passion for the University of Cincinnati has been heavily fueled by my involvement with numerous student groups such as ROAR Tour Guides, my social Fraternity and Calhoun Hall Government, where I was President.

Being in these groups has not only connected me with close friends I have now and provided me with unforgettable experiences, but it also inspired me to give back to the school and people that made that possible. So, I want to represent you and do my best to increase the impact that Student Government will have on your time here. As well as having initiatives that increase student safety,

Olutobi Akomolede Candidate C student groups on campus. It is my belief that we all stand taller together, so I ask of you to stand taller with me, so that together we can achieve more.

Andrew Nabb Candidate F with more students. If re-elected, I want to work to eliminate the use of Styrofoam in our campus dining halls, as well as create an online, centralized off campus housing portal so you can find affordable housing.

Along with this, I want to finish my banner project I started this year so we can bring new Bearcat spirit to MainStreet and McMicken Circle.

I would really appreciate for vote. I hope I earned it.

Andrew Pfriem Candidate H hassle it is to find a ride home for breaks.

So, I propose that the University of Cincinnati adopts a free busing system for students that would take students from UC to the major cities in Ohio during breaks.

I will be working closely with University Officials as well as other universities that have similar transportation programs.

However, before making you vote next week, be informed by looking at all other platforms! I am proud to serve UC.

Sean Gleason Candidate J transparency is to continue to hold office hours in the Student Government office and send monthly newsletters regarding things that are going on and initiatives that are being worked on by Student Government. My hope is that transparency between Student Government and the student body will be increased and the students will feel that their best interests are being represented.

Filip Jotevski Candidate M campus sustainability, and UC spirit, I also have some unique initiatives such as introducing a business plan for Student Government, expanding recruitment, and forming an analytical committee that would focus on past and present trends of the University. I encourage that you vote for the person who you believe will represent you the best and be the most committed to bettering our University.

And hopefully, after reading through this, I earned your vote!

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UC launches free mobile app

Application includes safety information, shuttle trackers, campus maps GRACE ZBIEGIEN SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM All the benefits of the University of Cincinnati’s website will now be available on two mobile applications for both Apple and Android devices.

UC launched an alumni app and a student and faculty app Tuesday.

Free to download, the UC app — aimed at students and faculty of the university — includes safety information, shuttle trackers, campus maps and Blackboard.

The alumni app includes an alumni directory — which is available only to alumni and can be accessed through a secure login — and a host of other features open to anyone, including news, events and a donation button.

Mark Faulkner, the senior associate vice president for innovation and partnerships with UC’s Office of Information Security, worked closely with the app development team since the project began in October 2012.

The new apps are necessary for the continuing growth of the University of Cincinnati, Faulkner said.

“UC’s needed this,” Faulkner said.

“I mean, it’s something that — we’re a research university — we should be doing.

This is an opportunity for us to not only engage with the broader UC community, but with the community outside of the university.”

In addition to the application launches,

MainStreet is now home to a mobile app “incubator,” which will be in the same space as the Sprint Mobile store.

The incubator is available for anyone in the UC community. It will provide for the collaboration of ideas and creation of future apps.

Free to use, the same staff that developed the UC apps will be on hand to help students and faculty developing apps.

The hope is University of Cincinnati students and faculty will be responsible for innovative apps for the community beyond Cincinnati.

“We believe that the next great idea can be developed in here — that we can enable the 42,000 students that come to school here — to have the opportunity to come in and do great things,” Faulkner said.

Santa Ono, UC president, shared a similar sentiment, insisting the new apps and app development center will be crucial to the university’s success in the future.

“I’m incredibly excited. I think this is the sort of thing that UC should be doing. We should be at the cutting edge of technology,” Ono said. “This will really stimulate collaboration between faculty and students and I think it will promote entrepreneurship, and my vision is that hopefully one day this will result in startup companies coming out of UC.” Faulkner said the new apps have only scratched the surface of the project.

“This is just the beginning. The alumni

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APPS TO GO UC President Santa Ono announces two mobile applications for both Apple and Android devices. One app is tailored toward students and faculty, and includes safety information, shuttle trackers, campus maps and Blackboard resources. The other app was developed for alumni and includes upcoming events and an alumni directory. application — they’ve already got plans in their mind as to what phase two and even what phase three would look like — but they want people to get out there and they want

people to use phase one so that they can get some feedback and some input,” he said.

“We’ve just kind of opened the can of worms here.”

Absurd conversations about serious topics Event focused on forcing discussion of sexuality in black community DANI KOKOCHAK SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM University of Cincinnati students gathered in the African American Cultural Resource Center Tuesday for an “Absurd Conversation on Rainboes and Color,” a conversation focused on serious subjects with a silly setup.

UC’s LGBTQ Center, United Black Student Association, AACRC and Colors of Pride came together to host the event in honor of Black Love Week, which commemorates and celebrates love in the black community.

The conversation revolved around skin color and sexuality, and aimed to make conversations about sexuality more comfortable in the black community.

At the start of the event, students were asked to find a “significant other” for the evening, and to read through a list of rules on the back of a pamphlet riddled with misspellings.

“All of these things are to keep people guessing ... an overwhelming feeling throughout the program of ‘there is something I’m trying to figure out’ keeps an open mind, and people are more willing to give their personal opinions and listen more intently,” said Derell Acon, a secondyear masters student in the CollegeConservatory of Music and mastermind behind the setup. “When [a setting] is absurd, people are much more likely to feel comfortable with their opinions.”

Sitting in scattered chairs, students openly discussed the taboo of identifying as LGBTQ in the black community.

The event also featured a “straight panel” where randomly selected students who identify as heterosexual were asked questions about their thoughts on heterosexuality, and why they identify as heterosexual.

The goal was to challenge heterosexuals to answer similar questions often addressed to LGBTQ identifiers.

Similarly, the event hosted a “queer” panel where the audience asked a panel of students who identify as LGBTQ a series of questions. The panel shared stories and thoughts on their respective sexualities, and spoke about growing up in the black community as an LGBTQ identifier.

“We have certain ideas hammered into our minds, and being a part of the LGBTQ community is not one of them,” said Naloni Scott, a second-year business management student and member of Colors of Pride.

Participants discussed the development of homophobia and the role of sexuality in black culture in relation to Langston Hughes and Amiri Baraka — two famous black poets with two very different approaches to dealing with it. A poem by each poet was performed for the audience.

Students speculated Hughes, who identified as homosexual, revealed a more accepting attitude with use of serene language.

Amiri, who was an openly homophobic figure, was viewed by students as having an angrier attitude based on the harsh language used in the poem.

Students openly discussed the difference between the two poets’ attitudes, and the alignment of those attitudes with

the current ideas in the black community.

“It is like opening your eyes to different aspects of our [black] culture … it’s time to learn about it so you won’t be ignorant to the fact that it is there. We aren’t trying to kick [LGBTQ discussions] under a rug,” said Anthony Bolton, a fourth-year health education student.

Throughout the discussion, “Rainboe Spotlights” were announced over the microphone to describe and honor black people of historical stature who identified as LGBTQ. “The purpose of this is to highlight the achievements that blacks who are gay

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have made in history … it helps us shine a positive light on it, versus negative,” said Mica Thompson, a fourth-year dual major in secondary education and literary and cultural studies, and member of UBSA. “Just because somebody identifies as gay or lesbian or transgender, whatever it may be, they are no different than you and I.” Students recognized the similarity between black stereotypes and LGBTQ stereotypes, discussing how passively those stereotypes are used every day.

Students left the discussion with a number of new ways to think about sexuality in the black community.

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Former UC employee imprisoned Officials unaware of surplus coordinator’s fraud scheme, legal issues benjamin goldschmidt chief Reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com After being sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for wire fraud, a University of Cincinnati employee resigned his university position Feb. 11.

Paul Wolfe, formerly UC’s surplus coordinator, turned himself in to federal authorities in October 2011 for an investment fraud scheme spanning more than five years, according to federal court records.

He began working at UC two months later, in December 2011, said Greg Hand, UC spokesman. Wolfe repurposed or sold unused equipment like computers and

furniture as UC’s surplus coordinator.

“We do a background check on every single employee, even temporary ones,” Hand said. “A background check was done on Mr. Wolfe, but, at the time, nothing was on it.”

Hand said the university did not know about Wolfe’s ongoing court proceedings in Florida until after his sentencing.

“All we knew is that he wasn’t in the office,” Hand said.

Following his December 2012 plea, Wolfe specifically filed a motion to waive employer contact for his pre-sentencing investigation report, which typically involves a probation officer gathering information from relatives, employers and other contacts to assist the judge during sentencing.

He pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

After an FBI investigation, Wolfe was sentenced to 44 months in prison and ordered to pay almost $2.3 million in restitution. Following his imprisonment, Wolfe was also sentenced to serve three years of supervised release, also known as parole.

Seven other counts of wire fraud were dismissed as a condition of the plea agreement.

The indictment against Wolfe alleges he received sums of money between 2005 and 2011 from various individuals and organizations with the intent to invest it and deliver a positive return.

Wolfe admitted he gave false and fraudulent information to 21 investors while operating as an unlicensed investment adviser in Hobe Sound, Fla. Of the $3.1 million Wolfe was given to invest, he only used half of it for actual investments, and the funds he did invest suffered an approximate $700,000 loss, according to court documents.

Wolfe told investors he would be investing in US Treasury securities, but told the court he purposefully misrepresented financial information. His profits came from “[diverting] investor funds, in part, to pay for his personal expenses,” according to the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida.

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First-generation housing expanded Trustees discuss expansion options, applaud Gen-1 program for its success benjamin goldschmidt chief Reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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FIVE YEARS STRONG The Gen-1 program at UC is expanding its housing options after its creation five years ago.

The University of Cincinnati is expanding its Gen-1 Theme House — the first house in the country dedicated to the guidance of first-generation college students.

Gen-1 staff and students spoke to the UC Board of Trustees Tuesday to discuss its expansion and its progress since its creation nearly five years ago.

Of the approximately 110 students who participated in the program, 85 are still enrolled, said Bob Suess, co-director of Gen-1.

“Over those five years, we have established a strong record of academic success,” Suess said. “We’ve caught the attention of several colleges and universities across the nation that have contacted us about exploring similar programs on their own campuses.”

Suess attributes the success to the academic, social and financial support

Gen-1 provides, and the commitment of the Gen-1 students. The house provides an “intrusive” style of counseling, designed to make sure students meet high expectations outlined in contracts between Gen-1 and the students.

The program started with one house with 24 freshmen. Next year it will have two houses with 30 freshman, 20 sophomores and 30 juniors and seniors. About 50 students are projected to participate in the non-residential Gen-1 program during the 2013-14 academic year.

Gen-1 will see its first member graduate this semester.

Suess noted only 11 percent of firstgeneration, low-income students will earn a college degree within six years, but 50 percent of all students graduate.

The Gen-1 freshman retention rate is more than 90 percent, and the average grade point average of a Gen-1 student is between 2.8 and 2.9 while enrolled in 14 to 15 credit hours.

Students living at the Gen-1 Theme House in Stratford Heights told trustees

Tuesday they couldn’t have gotten as far in school without the support Gen-1 offers.

“They helped me to build strong foundations so I was able to excel and succeed my expectations and do things I didn’t think I was capable of,” said Robert Golsby, a fourth-year chemical engineering student.

Judith Mause, Gen-1 Theme House coordinator, took questions from the board and made the case for the program’s continuation.

“Availability, that’s the thing — when the need is there that we have a [group] of young people who can reach out to each other as well as the staff,” Mause said.

UC President Santa Ono said the innovative Gen-1 house drew him to the university.

“From listening to your stories and seeing how you were able to overcome the difficulties — it’s truly inspirational,” Ono said. “That’s why we have this at the university.”

Researchers Kasich outlines budget proposal aid at-risk Higher education discussed in State of the State address citizens alexis obrien staff Reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com University of Cincinnati researchers utilized a $250,000 grant from Pfizer Medical Education Group to research and improve immunization rates among poor citizens of Cincinnati.

The research study is based on the partnership of self-management clinics at the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, where UC faculty volunteers oversee medical students who hold free health screenings for residents.

Three faculty members from the colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy are conducting the research. The researchers have been working since 2008 to promote health and education among vulnerable populations of the community.

Rebecca Lee, a co-investigator and public health clinical nurse specialist, said the first phase of research will focus on why members of at-risk groups do not receive immunizations at the recommended rate.

“We’re going to talk with, first of all, the people affected,” Lee said. “We’re going to find out their attitudes and ask them what promotes or prevents them seeking healthcare.”

The second phase will focus on the development of a quality improvement project to increase immunization rates of those who visit the clinics and have contact with health professionals.

Grace Miller, a second-year medical student, will be talking with researchers to help them understand why community members currently don’t want to get the vaccine.

“We’ll be involved in conversations with visitors and researchers, and we’ll do a lot of recruitment for the study,” Miller said.

The study in expected to conclude in March 2014.

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich made the case for his proposed changes in Medicaid, taxes and education funding during the State of the State address in Lima, Ohio Tuesday.

The plan Kasich offered to the House of Representatives calls for expanding Medicaid, overhauling Ohio’s tax code and restructuring funding for schools and colleges.

If adopted, Ohio will join an increasing number of Republican controlled states that opted to expand Medicaid — a provision of the Affordable Care Act — to those living below 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The expansion is estimated to add close to 275,000 Ohioans to the state’s Medicaid program.

“For those who live in the shadows of life, for those who are the least among us, I will not accept the fact that the most vulnerable in our state should be ignored,” Kasich said, speaking to a crowd of 1,700 at the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic Center.

Kasich’s budget includes an additional $1.2 billion in school funding, though more than 50 percent of Ohio’s school districts would not receive additional money.

The proposal would fundamentally change higher education funding by allocating funds based on completion rates rather than enrollment. The change to higher education funding has the backing of many state university presidents, who originally suggested the reform to the Ohio Board of Regents in November 2011.

A large part of Kasich’s speech, and a key part of his proposed budget, includes major changes to the state’s tax codes. The governor wants to lower the state salestax rate to 5 percent from 5.5 percent, while expanding the amount of services subject to the sales tax — including tickets, haircuts, media advertising and many service jobs, such as lawyers, accountants and lobbyist. The budget proposal also includes an increase to the severance tax on oil companies.

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PROPOSED CHANGES Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressed his proposed changes in the State of the State address Tuesday. The plan called for expanding Medicaid, overhauling Ohio’s tax code and restructuring funding for schools and colleges. Kasich’s proposal calls for a fundamental change in higher education funding based on graduation rates.

With the added revenue from the sales tax, Kasich proposed a 20 percent cut to the income tax rate and a 50 percent cut to small business taxes, which he said would save taxpayers $2.7 billion.

Kasich told the crowd “jobs are the greatest moral purpose” of the state and his proposals will help the state continue to create jobs.

Despite Kasich’s claims, both Ohio Democrats and Republicans have criticized different aspects of the governor’s budget.

Democrats argue Kasich’s plan helps high-income Ohioans, and broadening the sales tax hurts the poorest Ohioans who spend a higher percentage of their income.

“His so-called tax cut is really a tax shift that forces the middle class to pay more so millionaires can pay less,” said Ohio

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Senate Democratic Leader Eric Kearney in a statement.

Republicans — which hold large majorities in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate — have criticized the governor’s decision to expand Medicaid.

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, the 2012 Republican senate candidate, is opposing Kasich’s decision to expand Medicaid, arguing it will add to the national debt.

The federal government could reverse its decision to fund 90 percent of the Medicaid expansion in the near future, leaving the state to pick up the bill, said William Batchelder, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, in a rebuttal of Kasich’s State of the State proposal.

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University of Cincinnati head football coach Tommy Tuberville announced the addition of Vince Suriano to his staff Tuesday. The former Anderson High School head coach will act as the Bearcats’ director of high school and player relations.

Known as one of the Cincinnati area’s most successful football coaches in recent history, Suriano posted a record of 14761 in 20 seasons (1987-2007) as the head coach at Anderson. The Redskins won 12 conference championships and made nine playoff appearances during his tenure.

At UC, Suriano will be responsible for managing the Bearcats’ on-campus recruiting program and for maintaining good rapport with high school programs and coaches in the area. Suriano’s 20 years of experience in the Cincinnati high school coaching ranks should help UC bring in more local recruits.

“We are very fortunate to hire Vince into this role,” Tuberville said. “His vast experience and dedication to the game of football, along with his knowledge of high school football in the local community will be an invaluable resource as we continue to build our recruiting base within a 200-mile radius of UC’s campus.”

Tuberville placed an emphasis on owning the Cincinnati area, from a recruiting standpoint, when he was introduced as Butch Jones’ replacement in December 2012.

With his staff at a significant recruiting disadvantage, arriving at UC with less than two months before national signing day, the Bearcats signed only four local recruits in the class of 2013.

“We probably took more players from away from this area than I would like to in the future,” Tuberville said on national signing day. “We didn’t sign many players from this area just for the fact that we weren’t in on them early enough.”

The addition of Suriano will help restore

many of the local high school connections lost when former UC assistant, and longtime head coach of Colerain High School, Kerry Coombs left UC for Ohio State prior to the 2012 season.

Suriano, who still resides in Anderson Township with his wife Crystal, was inducted into the Anderson High School Hall of Fame in the Spring of 2012 and is set to be inducted into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of fame in June.

Suriano joins UC after a season as the senior offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach at Thomas More College.

Prior to 2012, Suriano was a full-time assistant coach at the College of Mount St. Joseph for five years, which included serving as the associate head coach and offensive coordinator from 2010-11. He also made previous coaching stops at Cadiz High School from 1984-1987 and as an assistant coach at Martins Ferry High School from 1974-1984.

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Duke will win with leadership Krzyzewski, top coaches more influential than ever during down years Annie Moore senior reporter sports.newsrecord@gmail.com

Despite its loss to Maryland Saturday, Duke will still reach the final four in my bracket. Mostly because of one man — head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

With the parity displayed in college basketball this season, many people are quick to count out generally dominant programs like Duke as soon as they lose a game or two — or three.

And yes, the landscape of college basketball this season is distinctly different.

Ever since Duke lost to N.C. State Jan. 12, pundits and fans alike have been questioning the Blue Devils ability to make the kind of postseason impression we’re used to.

Additional losses to Miami and Maryland have seen critics completely dismiss the Blue Devils from the list of teams in contention for the national title.

The loss of senior forward Ryan Kelly to a foot injury early in January hurt Duke, but there is one important piece of the perennial March Madness machine that hasn’t gone anywhere, and that’s Coach K. In 32 seasons with the Blue Devils, Coach K has led Duke to 28 NCAA bids, 79 NCAA tournament victories, 11 final fours and four national championships.

Coach K not only has the most wins in Division I men’s basketball (949), but he also has the most NCAA tournament wins as well.

The fact people doubt Duke’s tournament prospects speaks to the craziness this season has brought us.

It seems upsets happen every week, making us question if they should even be called upsets any more.

The No. 1 spot has changed hands so many times, it seems like no one is safe at the top. In the past six weeks, five teams have held the AP’s No.1 ranking.

The free-for-all mentality in college basketball this season isn’t a time to discount coaches and focus on star players.

This season we will likely see many underdog teams fight their way into the round of 64. With so many teams running so close, what will make the difference?

The coaches.

Experienced leaders like Coach K will march teams through the chaos and hype into the final rounds of the tournament.

Star players and standouts will no doubt help their respective teams, but for teams like Duke, which don’t have the kind of major star-power to lean on, coaches will have to find a way to win — a concept Coach K is familiar with.

So when it comes time to make your brackets in a couple of weeks, don’t count Duke and other major programs out.

There will be flashes in the pan, but good coaching is underrated, and truly separates contenders from champions.

Besides, the Blue Devils won it all in 2010 — with five losses.

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CHANGE IN MOTION The above picture is a rendering of the proposed renovations to Nippert Stadium, which was unveiled in December 2012. The Renovations will add approximately 2,000 seats to the stadium.

Trustees approve funding

Planning phase of Nippert renovation requires $2 million Joshua a. miller sports editor sports.newsrecord@gmail.com

The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees gave the green light to authorize funding for the first phase of the design and cost-estimating services for the Nippert Stadium Expansion Project Tuesday.

The renovation project, which estimates show will approximately double the ticket revenue UC can make at Nippert, will also bolster Cincinnati’s continued attempts to join the Atlantic Coastal Conference.

It is estimated the design team and construction management will cost approximately $2 million.

The renovations will include the addition of 1,200 box seats, 44 loge boxes and 28 private seats. Nippert’s overall seating capacity will increase by approximately 2,000 seats.

In addition to adding luxury-seating options, the renovations will include a

media center, coaches and broadcasting booths, and a game-day operations center.

The total cost of the renovations, which also include improvements to restrooms concessions and the concourse of the stadium’s western side, is estimated to be between $70-75 million.

“There is no question that this is a golden opportunity for the University of Cincinnati, and it needs to be a very special facility,”said Stanley Chesley, member of the board. “Yes it’s going to be remodeled, but it has to be something we are going to look at [and be] proud of.”

A design project team will host a national search for the project’s eventual designer; however, firms from Kentucky, Indiana and Atlanta have already made bids on the project, said Mary Beth McGrew, associate vice president and university architect.

The tentative completion goal for the renovation is August 2015. The first half of the project will be completed before the 2014 season, with the second phase of construction beginning at the

conclusion of the season.

UC plans to fund the project via gift bridging, which means the university will borrow a lump sum to complete the project and pay off its debt, via private donations, as the renovations are completed.

UC is ahead of schedule in terms of attaining enough private support to get the project rolling.

“All I’m comfortable saying is that we’re well ahead of schedule with respect to fundraising,” Ono said. “We’ve been very aggressively interacting with supporters of the intuition and athletic programs, but I’m not comfortable at this point talking about whose donated how much because we’re at different stages of discussion with high networth individuals.”

UC hopes to begin construction as soon as the university has met a predetermined amount of private support, Ono said.

The university will host a press conference once it has accumulated enough private support to break ground on the project.

Bearcats set to face UConn Joshua a. miller sports editor sports.newsrecord@gmail.com

Head coach Mick Cronin and the Univesity of Cincinnati basketball team will look to reach the 20-win plateau for the third time in as many years Thursday night against the University of Connecticut.

More importantly, the Bearcats (19-7, Big East 7-6) will look to avoid a fourth loss in the month of February.

After losing three of its last four games — to Providence, Pittsburgh and No. 15 Georgetown — the Bearcats have fallen out of the AP Top-25 Poll (No.28) and have dropped to ninth in the Big East.

Ranked No. 8 in the nation at one point in December, UC has been nagged by low offensive production and continued shooting woes in its seven losses.

Cincinnati is 18-0 this season when scoring more than 61 points, compared to 1-7 when scoring less than 61.

With its RPI ranking at No. 39 in the country and three victories over teams currently ranked in the AP Top-25 Poll, Cincinnati is still poised to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament without much concern, according to college basketball analyst Joe Lunardi.

Lunardi’s most recent bracket prediction has UC earning a nine seed and facing off against Missouri, with the winner likely to take on No.1 Indiana.

However, UC’s remaining matchups at No. 25 Notre Dame and No. 10 Louisville, make the Bearcats two remaining games against UConn must-win games to stay on track for a guaranteed tournament slot.

The Bearcats and Huskies will tip off at 7 p.m.

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MUST-WIN GAME Sean Kilpatrick looks on with disappointment in the closing seconds of Cincinnati’s 62-55 loss to Georgetown Feb. 15.

KEY TO THE GAME: 3-Point Shooting.

Neither team posses a true scoring big man and both rely heavily on the 3-point shooting of its trio of guards. UC has shot below 23 percent from 3-point range in each of its last three losses, compared to 48 percent in its blow out, 68-50, win against Villanova.

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KEY MATCHUP: UC’s Cashmere Wright vs. UConn’s Shabazz Napier.

The duo are two of the best point guards in the Big East and, more often than not, their performances, good or bad, decide the outcome for their teams. Wright averages 13 points and 3.4 assists per game, compared to Napier’s 16 and 4.7.