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Development faces leasing issues BETHANY CIANCIOLO | STAFF REPORTER

Plans for a redeveloped shopping center in Corryville could take longer than expected.

Anchor Properties, a development company and owner of University Plaza, plans to tear down the Corryville plaza and reconstruct freestanding Kroger and Walgreens stores.

Some, however, believe that leasing issues with other tenants could lead to several years of waiting.

“We’re working with the tenants to make arrangements for them to eventually leave the center,” said Michael Ricke, executive vice president of Anchor Properties. “The project won’t start until they have all left.”

A chiropractic center, furniture store and clothing store remain under lease, and some believe one of the leases will last until 2015.

Emily Schaefer, a customer service employee at the plaza’s Kroger, said most of Kroger’s employees feel like they’re being kept in the dark.

“I know that our new store has been postponed

indefinitely,” Schaefer said. “They wanted to tear down the other stores, but they haven’t really told us.”

Anchor Properties bought University Plaza in 2008, and Ricke said the company has been developing the project for a couple of years.

“The development business in a project like this just takes time,” Ricke said.

Plans for construction on University Square, the area between Calhoun and McMillan streets, is also in the works.

Towne Properties and Al Neyer Inc. are both working to develop the area.

Arn Bortz, a partner with Towne Properties, said the potential development issues of Anchor Properties are nothing out of the ordinary.

“When you’re a developer and you want to start fresh on a project, sometimes you run into tenants who have leases,” Bortz said. “Unless a settlement is negotiated between the tenant and the developer, the developer has to wait until the lease is over.”

Ricke declined to comment on a completion deadline or when the leases will end.

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MATTER OF TIME Anchor Properties, a development company and owner of University Plaza, cannot begin reconstruction on the site until leases expire on a chiropractic center, a furniture store and a clothing store.

Investor’s endowment to help start businesses BEN GOLDSCHMIDT | STAFF REPORTER

The Carl H. Lindner College of Business (LCB) is set to begin a search for a reputable entrepreneur to help bring student ideas for companies to fruition.

A $1 million endowment set up by Elroy Bou r g ra f, founder of the Ferno Group — a manufacturer and distributor of professional e m e r g e n c y, m o r t u a r y SZYMANSKI and health care products — and his wife Elaine will fund the endowed professorship.

While there is no specific timeline in place, the position could be filled by next fall, said David Szymanski, dean of LCB. “The most difficult part is finding the right person for the job,” Szymanski said. “It’s hard to find someone who is successful, passionate and established enough who isn’t happy where they are.”

While the position has been created through the Bourgrafs’ donation, LCB officials have been discussing ideas for this position for a long time, Szymanski said.

“It’s been part of the ongoing discussion of how we can play a more prominent role in innovation and the entrepreneurship part of it, which is thinking about ideas and bringing products to the market,” Szymanski said.

Szymanski also noted job creation is a goal of the endowment.

Someone with a lot of experience and previous success has the foresight to effectively guide student ideas.

If all goes well, those businesses could be successful enough to expand to the point of creating jobs.

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Student group sues UC over free-speech limitation RYAN HOFFMAN AND JAMES SPRAGUE | THE NEWS RECORD Freedom of speech at the University of Cincinnati is surrounded with controversy after a student group filed a lawsuit Feb. 22 against UC for its freedom of speech policies.

The UC chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) — a nationwide college student-based group concerned with constitutional

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EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS The University of Cincinnati has been limiting student protesters — such as those above who spoke out on Feb. 21, 2011, against Senate Bill 5 — to demonstrating only on the northwest corner of McMicken Commons, and might pay a price for it.

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KELSEA DAULTON | STAFF REPORTER As the University of Cincinnati’s Student Government Association wraps up its discussion on a tobacco-free campus, they turn their attention to another issue — trans-fats.

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liberty — is claiming that UC’s freedom of speech policy, outlined in the Use of Facilities Policy Manual, inhibits students’ right to free speech.

The manual states that all requests to use campus space must be filed at least 10 business days before the event. Several other rules restrict certain forms of public interaction to specific areas on campus, such as the free speech zone on the northwest corner of McMicken Commons.

“Students, especially signature gatherers, shouldn’t have to wait at all, and they should be able to go around to open spaces,” said Maurice Thompson, executive director of 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, the law firm representing YAL. The lawsuit — which also names UC President Greg Williams and Conference and Event Services Program Director Corinn Shemak as defendants — claims the university denied a petitioning request for Feb. 9 and informed UC YAL chapter president Chris Morbitzer that if members of the group were seen collecting signatures for the petition that campus authorities — including security — would be notified.

The lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order against the university and its ability to limit the YAL and other student groups to McMicken Commons, and was filed in the Western Division of the Southern District of the United States District Court by the state’s 1851 Center for Constitutional Law and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) on behalf of the UC YAL chapter.

The conflict started after Morbitzer sent an email to campus scheduling Feb. 9, requesting permission to collect petition signatures on campus.

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ON A DIET SG President Alan Hagerty [right] and Vice President Michael Linger are in support of making UC the first trans-fat-free campus.

There was lengthy discussion during Wednesday night’s meeting over a “trans-fat free initiative” presented by SG co-directors of health and fitness, Matthew Strohhacker and Natalia Holmes-Lau. The presentation informed SG senators about trans-fatty acids — artificially created fats made by a process called hydrogenation.

Hydrogenation acts as a preservative, providing for a longer shelf life, but creates what is considered the unhealthiest dietary fat.

Consuming trans-fats increases the risk of many serious health problems, including coronary heart disease, obesity, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, liver dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease, said Holmes-Lau and Strohhacker.

The goal of the presentation was to garner support for the removal of all trans-fats on campus. Any source of food on campus would be subjected to this decision, including vending machines, campus stores, campus

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eateries, concessions, restaurants operating on university property, campus dining halls and all pre-packaged food items.

The proposal only focuses on artificial trans-fats, Holmes-Lau said, as some transfats occur naturally in certain meats. “[Most campus food providers] wouldn’t have to change anything, because they’re already trans-fat free,” Strohhacker said. “It would literally only be the vending machines [and some] packaged foods.”

Chick-fil-A, Papa John’s, Subway and Burger King already cook with trans-fat-free oils.

Strohhacker noted that the university vending machine manager approves of trans-fat-free vending machines, but wants to make sure that it is the students’ decision.

If a ban of trans-fats is successful at UC, it will be the first university in the United States to be 100 percent trans-fat free.

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KEITH BIERYGOLICK

Too much penis, not enough tits

How much penis is too much penis for one film?

That’s what I found myself wondering after watching “Shame,” the acclaimed drama about a sex addict living in New York City, whose life starts falling to pieces after the surprising arrival of his estranged sister.

The film, released near the end of 2011, received the kiss-of-death rating when the Motion Picture Association of America rated it NC-17, for what they termed “some explicit sexual material.”

By “some explicit sexual material,” I’m assuming the MPAA is referring to when actor Michael Fassbender “hangs dong,” as the gang from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” would say.

Yes, for a few brief moments, the aforementioned male organ does make an appearance in “Shame.”

However, the rating says more about the MPAA’s idiocy and bias than it does about the appropriateness of the film.

In order to understand this, one must first try to comprehend the unreliable rating system itself.

What exactly does an NC-17 rating mean, and why do films strive so hard to avoid it?

If a film receives an R rating, then a consumer who is under the age of 17 might still be admitted, as long as they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian.

However, if a film is rated NC-17, then no children under the age of 17 will be admitted, regardless of parental supervision.

That doesn’t sound all that bad, but the rating also means that far fewer people will get to see a film branded with the dreaded NC-17 rating.

Many theaters across the country refuse to carry movies that get that label.

Yes, there is male nudity in “Shame,” but why should that limit its potential audience?

And why is female nudity and violence graded on a different scale?

This is how a truthful explanation from the MPAA about its rating would read: “Too much penis, not enough violence and tits.

Also, the sex club scene made me particularly uncomfortable.”

“Shame” tackles a serious subject matter in sexual addiction and succeeds by treating it with respect and never going over the top.

Sure, there are graphic scenes that can occasionally be hard to watch, but real addiction is hard to watch.

A movie about heroin addiction wouldn’t avoid showing its characters abusing drugs.

In a movie about sexual addiction — surprise — there’s going to be sex.

And it turns out that when two people have sex, the woman isn’t the only one who gets naked — no matter how much Hollywood films would have you believe otherwise.

What troubles me most about the MPAA’s rating, besides the control it threatens to wrench away from the artists, is the hint of homophobia it gives off.

In the movie, Fassbender’s character is completely straight.

He’s a hit with the ladies — stealing girls from his coworkers — and there are no signs of any homosexuality.

Then, near the end of the film, there is a scene where his character is unable to find any release for his habit.

Avoiding phone calls from his troubled sister in need, Fassbender plums the streets and eventually winds up in a seedy gay sex club.

What occurs next isn’t particularly graphic, but it is incredibly hard to watch.

That’s how far his addiction has taken him.

It’s my suspicion that the MPAA members found this scene offensive, and when you factor in the earlier male nudity, the NC-17 rating became an easy — albeit unfair — decision to make.

“Shame” sets up its central character as a normal guy, then shows us how far addiction brings him down — and it does so brilliantly.

Essentially, the MPAA is penalizing the film for being effective and depicting its themes in a realistic manner.

The MPAA did get one thing right with their rating: This is definitely a movie for adults, but isn’t that what an R rating is for?

Celebrate fun, wild debauchery DYLAN MCCARTNEY | SENIOR REPORTER The coming-of-age story is taken to a whole new level of chaos and subsequent entertainment in“Project X,”which hits theaters March 2.

Todd Phillips, who is best known as the mastermind behind the hugely successful “Hangover” franchise, produced the film, and it takes a similar approach in terms of style.

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HIGH SCHOOL INSANITY “Project X” takes “Blood andofFire” the found footage genre film to a whole new “China the Town” level by documenting wild antics of three “Big to River” students determined go out on a high note.

Like “The Hangover,” raunchy humor permeates through almost every moment of the movie.

There is a prodigious amount of drinking and drug use, and most importantly, the ability to shock viewers remains with vividly insane characters, as well as outrageous and unexpected events.

The story operates as a faux- documentary of three socially aloof high school seniors documenting a party they are throwing for Thomas’ birthday, one of the three, while his house is conveniently parent free.

Thomas, played by Thomas Mann, plays the meek but likeable main character, who shares similarities with Michael Cera’s character from “Superbad.”

He allows the party, somewhat against his will, to take place at his house because, big surprise, he thinks it will make him and his two friends, JB and Costas, cool — the ultimate destination for any hormonal high school student.

The true breakout role of the film is Costas, played by Oliver Cooper. He plays the wildly misguided, pompous, debauched, yet incredibly intelligent and outspoken friend, who ultimately convinces Thomas to host the party.

The friends originally planned on keeping the party small, “just enough to be cool,” Thomas says. However, as the night progresses, they come to find out that their party has reached a far wider audience than they anticipated.

Following the start of the party — and for the remainder of the film — wild occurrences dominate the plot, and rest assured, they do not disappoint.

Expect to see a flamethrower, a kicking dwarf, helicopters and so much more.

That’s why the movie works: It’s overthe-top, ballsy in all of the right places, and yet, the film doesn’t seem to be taken all that seriously.

At the end of the day, this is just a story detailing all of the worst, but most exciting, things that could happen at a high school party thrown by upper middle-class students.

One thing to remember, keep it in perspective. The movie, whether intentionally or not, glorifies and romanticizes the idea of high school students destroying their parents’ home for the reward of becoming cool.

That’s not the greatest message, but for fans of “The Hangover” and “Superbad,” “Project x” is a must-see.

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Military men should leave acting to the actors CHRISTIAN GLASS | TNR CONTRIBUTOR Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson called, and he wants his unnecessary “G.I. Joe” sequel back.

As a recruitment video, “Act of Valor” is spot on, as it’s sure to have young men hopped up on testosterone and American pride, running from the theater to the nearest recruiting office.

But as a feature film about the gritty realities of war, it relies on one too many “Hoo-ahs” and family reunion stories to be taken seriously.

A fictionalized version of real Navy SEAL operations, “Act of Valor” follows a close-knit group of SEALs through their missions that take them from rescuing a kidnapped CIA agent to Mexicali, where the marines must stop a terrorist attack planned on major tourist spots in America.

The film’s strong point is exactly what one would expect — the action. Beautifully shot, the movie opens with a breathtaking parajumping sequence and real SEALs using real bullets.

The planning and execution of their special ops is a breath of fresh air when compared to the usual cliché of firing two guns while jumping through the air.

What’s lost between the realistic military maneuvers, however, is the plot.

Every story needs a driving force, a conflict that gives the audience a reason to sit through the next 101 minutes to get to the satisfying end result.

The opening dialogue is a letter written to an unborn child commemorating his dead dad, killing the momentum before you even know the soldier’s name.

The next 99 minutes are spent suffering through clunky acting, tasteless violence and painfully unoriginal villains — a Russian with a menacing eye scar and a confrontation on a yacht filled with bikini models — seriously?

By the final confrontation, gone are the aforementioned planning and execution, and in comes a “Call of Duty” highlight reel, with SEALs jumping on grenades and going down in blaze of glory.

The lead actors are all enlisted SEALs,

making them experts on tactical warfare.

It doesn’t, however, make them the best candidates for developing deep, enriching characters.

Everyone is given a laughably short eHarmony snippet around a beach campfire that is expected to be enough to tug at heartstrings during the heat of battle.

The only positive factor is that the soldiers remain unlisted in the credits to protect their identity, so it’ll be harder to attach them with their terrible performances.

Promising to bring realism and emotion to a group of men and women that deserve nothing less than the highest amount of respect, “Act of Valor” turns into a hollow and colorless marketing ploy that does no one justice.

Cheesy slow motion explosions and a weak central story easily overshadow the heroic deeds.

“Act of Valor” repeats the mantra that marines are the damn few — Include yourself in that category if you can sit all the way through.

CCM shows off its Broadway quality KATIE GRIFFITH | STAFF REPORTER On the opening night of “Into the Woods,” the Patricia A. Corbett Theater was not only filled with high spirits, but also bursts of laughter from both the audience and cast.

Led by a CCM cast that portrayed an assortment of famous fairy tale characters, each with their own tweak of personality and flavor, “Into the Woods” turned out to be a sort of fractured fairy tale.

The entire company displayed amazing, sometimes unbelievable amounts of singing, dancing and acting talent, with exceptional performances by the Wolf (Blaine Krauss), Little Red Ridinghood (Lawson Young), and the Witch (Victoria Cook).

Each character, following the path of its original tale, encounters one another along the way. The stories then intertwine somewhere in the middle of the woods, and they don’t stop there.

The Baker (Chris Blem) and his wife (Michelle Rombola) are in pursuit of four ingredients that must be returned to the

Witch in “three midnight’s time” in order to reverse a curse.

Deciding that there is no other place but the woods to seek these peculiar ingredients, their quest immediately commences.

Into the woods, they ended up finding a lot more than they were looking for.

Besides the characters previously mentioned, Jack (Josh S. Smith), Cinderella (Katie Johannigman), her Prince (John Riddle) and other animated counterparts joined the journey.

They all ironically set out for the woods at the same time, all with different intentions but parallel paths.

Each character in possession of another’s desires, safely wedged inside their own fairy tales, but only for so long.

There is magic everywhere during “Into the Woods.”

Flawless chemistry between each character is effortlessly conveyed, but there is also a more technical kind of magic.

Sparks literally fly when the Witch casts a spell, fiery rain falls upon the village, and

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Bargain bug catching for columnist

It was dark, forest green with tan diamonds and navy-blue checks. Pilly, about three sizes too big and in the men’s section.

But as I beheld the old-man sweater in all its Goodwill glory, I knew I had to have it.

I snatched it up and rushed to the check out. Bonus: All clothes were 50 percent off, which brought my total to $3.50. I was in bargain heaven.

It was the perfect cure to my shopping withdrawal. As tax season approaches, I’ve cut myself off from extraneous spending — McDonald’s has been banned; the mall, off limits.

It’s been working out OK, but after two months of good behavior, I was ready to explode. I needed that feeling that comes with buying something awesome and being stoked about it.

After I purchased the sweater, ran home and put it on, I took a picture and sent it to my mom. She commented that it was a pretty drastic change from J. Crew, where I’d scored on some serious post-Christmas sales. And she had a point; even on sale, I still splurged on the $40 sweater.

And when you compare that sweater to my $3.50 grandpa sweater, it seems pretty amazing that we spend so much on clothes when, clearly, we don’t have to.

And it goes beyond clothes.

Why get the $29 Mexican owl bowl from Urban Outfitters when you can find quirky, unique stuff at Goodwill, resale shops and antique stores for a fraction of the price?

I’ve dabbled in discount hunting for years (my mom is the real pro) — from party costumes to dish ware for my apartment, we’ve found some pretty good bargains. But I haven’t really done much of it in college, and when I think about it, that’s kind of surprising.

As college students, it’s pretty much a rule that we’re broke. So why don’t more of us utilize the brilliance of stores like Goodwill, where we can snag great finds for way cheap?

Cincinnati, in particular, has tons of options for the thrifty shopper. The Goodwill in Oakley is a short drive away for University of Cincinnati students and has some really cool items. While I was there this weekend, I saw J. Crew, a bunch of funny Christmas decorations and some pretty decent leather jackets.

If you’re more of a Hyde Park kind of girl, check out the Snooty Fox, which also has locations in Blue Ash and West Chester. This upscale consignment shop is a little pricier than Goodwill, but it has more brand-name clothing.

While you’re in Hyde Park Plaza, go next door and check out Legacies, which is my new favorite place to window shop.

The consignment shop features some of the coolest furniture, antiques and jewelry I’ve seen in awhile, and when I get a new apartment, it’ll be my first stop.

True, Legacies has some majorly expensive stuff, but some of the niftiest things are really decently priced.

While I was there last weekend, I saw a gorgeous “Casablanca” poster, a Chinese warlord statue, a dainty tea set and giant posters of the Connecticut Avenue and Vermont Avenue property cards from Monopoly.

Of course, I’m not the only one who has discovered the beauty of bargain shopping.

From hipsters to Hollywood, it seems a lot of people are catching the bargain bug.

One of my favorite blogs, www.newdressaday.com, follows a girl on a mission: Create a new dress every day for one year, re-purposed and remade from items she finds for $1 or less.

The dresses she starts with range from unpleasant to heinous, but with a few simple steps, the dresses are transformed into something fashionable and fabulous.

I’m starting to get the hang of bargain shopping, and I have to admit, I love it. The satisfaction of having shiny new things while not emptying my back account is way better than the guilt trip of mall shopping.

I know I’m not at the “New Dress a Day” level by any means, but I’m hoping this oldman sweater is the start of a great new, cheaper way of life for me.

Advice from ‘Women2Women’

EMILY MACINTYRE | STAFF REPORTER

With speakers ranging from vice provosts to vice presidents, the Women2Women series,“The Voices of Female Leaders”, focused on women achieving success.

The Women2Women program, set up by University of Cincinnati athletic life skills coordinator Cassaundra Thorpe, is aimed toward UC female athletes.

Each month, Thorpe invites women of the UC community to speak about different challenges that women will face throughout their lives.

This month focused on powerful female administrators. Speakers included Senior Associate Vice President Caroline Miller, Senior Women Administrator Robin Martin, Executive Vice President Karen Faaborg, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Gigi Escoe and Senior Associate Vice President of Human Resources Sharon Butler.

Each speaker discussed what it takes to

become a female leader and the challenges they faced along the way.

Butler, who was the first to offer advice, spent most of her career in the corporate world.

She explained that she grew up in a world where women weren’t expected to do anything. When she entered the workforce, all of her employees were men, and she was expected to act like them. She commented on FAABORG how different circumstances are in the current business industry.

“Now, the question for you girls isn’t going to be ‘Can I?’ Instead, you will be telling people ‘I can,’ ” Butler said.

Escoe agreed with Butler, explaining that a person must be true to who they are to achieve success.

“Figure out your core values that you want to maintain in your work and in your life,” Escoe

said.“I always make sure I ask myself how every decision affects my students, and, if the answer is not a good one, I don’t take on the act.”

Faaborg, 70, began her career as a teacher. She became an education director for a community arts center in an impoverished area. The decision inspired her to earn a law degree and a master’s degree in theater. Eventually, she became the dean of the College-Conservatory of Music.

“So do you see what happens?” Faaborg asked. “You can get lucky when you seize the opportunities in front of you and take chances.”

The women offered insights into the inspiration behind their successes.

After playing collegiate basketball and earning her undergraduate degree, Martin became the first African American athletic director at Dillard University in New Orleans.

After Hurricane Katrina, she had to fire a large amount of her staff, eventually becoming the coach of almost every sport.

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LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP Vince Fabra speaks to UC students about the importance of leadership.

Students learn how to become leaders TIA GARCIA | TNR CONTRIBUTOR Dozens of students gathered in the Tangeman University Center Saturday, Feb. 25, for the 27th Annual Student Leadership Conference.

The Leadership Conference, which is hosted by Student Activities and Leadership Development, is an all-day event that allows students to learn about different approaches to leadership.

Alan Hagerty, Undergraduate Student Government president, and Mike Linger, Undergraduate Student Government vice president, made the opening remarks at the

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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE Tober and Fabra lead the conference-goers in peer interactions.

event. They were followed by Whit Babcock, Homecoming Queen. She was involved in the director of Athletics.

15 different organizations on campus while After the opening session, presented she went to school.

by Phired Up Productions, students were After Chiang’s speech, students were invited to attend breakout sessions with invited to attend a Q&A session with her. various organizations ranging from The Questions varied from what her wedding United States Marine Corps to the LGBTQ colors will be, to her experience on The Center. Students discussed what makes a Amazing Race. great leader, how to become a leader on Brittany Moore, a fourth-year campus and other aspects of leadership. communications science and disorders Derek Jackson, a first-year philosophy student, attended the Q&A session. student, was one of the students who “I think Cindy is an amazing woman,” attended the event.

Moore said. “She’s very insightful, and I “It was great that you could choose what programs that you could go to,” Jackson SEE LEADERSHIP | 4 said. “They definitely had things that could fit everybody and, if anything, I learned to open up and make deeper connections with people.”

This year’s keynote speaker was Cindy Chiang, a 2004 College of Engineering graduate and the winner of the 19th season of The Amazing Race. Chiang discussed her “$1 Million Lessons from Outside of the Classroom.”

“One thing I would want you guys to take away is to enjoy every minute of [college],” said Chiang. “It goes too fast. Don’t take for granted how much fun college is and how important relationships you build here are.”

PERRY SIMPSON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Chiang was a heavily involved student GETTING PHIRED UP Performance coach at UC, earning the Presidential Leadership Shira Tober speaks to the audience on Saturday.

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Campus ‘Paranormal Activity’ EMILY MACINTYRE | STAFF REPORTER

Students’ belief in the paranormal was tested last week during the 10th Paranormal Activity event.

The University of Cincinnati partnered with Paranormal Investigators of Northern Kentucky, or PINK, to provide an event for students that discussed concepts and evidence of ghosts and paranormal activity.

The Wellness Center hosted the event after organizers realized many students watch supernatural-themed shows and thought it would be interesting to see what ghost hunting efforts take place in Cincinnati.

Mike Palmer, founder and CEO of PINK, has worked with the company since its inception in 2005.

As the lead investigator for the team, it is his job to make sure each customer’s needs are met, he said.

“My whole life has been about learning about the paranormal,” Palmer said. “In 1988, my family moved into to a house that was haunted. It wasn’t until years later that I made the decision to help people deal with the paranormal problems that my family was having.”

Palmer’s goal for the event was to share some of the evidence collected over the past six years with the students and give some insight as to how the business operates on a daily schedule, he said.

One student found Palmer’s presentation of what he described as real audio of ghostlike figures especially intriguing.

“Hearing the audio was scary for me,” said Morgan Cummins, a second-year education student. “It gave me chills. Even so, I found myself wanting to hear more.”

Tiffany Stainfield, a third-year philosophy and pre-medical student, said she was surprised by how realistic the presentation seemed to her.

“The actual data they collect was so interesting. It was nothing like what you see in TV shows,” Stainfield said. “It was so real.

It really proved the hauntings.”

Palmer said he loves when his clients are able to get involved in his presentations.

“The Q&A portion of our presentation is really interactive in the way that some questions lead to others, and sometimes you get a really interesting debate,” Palmer said.

“We try to make sure that we hear from everyone that wants to be heard and to take their concerns as serious as possible.”

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For more information about PINK, visit ParanormalInvestigatorsOfNKY.com

PINK’s mission is to help clients understand and come to terms with their paranormal experiences. Whether it comes from scientific explanations or real-life ghost stories, PINK strives to keep their evidence credible and critically evaluated and offers free presentations to the public.

The registered nonprofit organization has been featured on A&E Biography’s “My Ghost Story,” WCPO and Fox19.

While the event allowed for debate and discussion, the question of whether or not to believe in ghosts remains.

“I would say it definitely got rid of my disbelief,” Stainfield said. “I don’t know if I am completely sure. I will always be a little bit skeptic.”

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From Women | 3 “Katrina taught me that leadership is about serving others,” Martin said. “You all serve each other every day, and that’s a great thing to learn young.

I am honored and blown away by your brilliance every day.”

Miller began by stating she didn’t have a plan in her life. As a collegiate

From trans-fat | 1 swimmer, Miller had to find balance in her life, which is what she continues to focus on; keeping the balance.

“Finding balance helps us emotionally, spiritually,” Miller said.

“Be open to things you may not have though of, and, lastly, please meet with your advisers.”

From ccm | 2 enters the play.

The conclusion of the first act promised a happy ever after for the enchanted village, some argued it could have ended there, but the maority of the audience begged for more.

And more is precisely what developed in the second act: More magic, chaos, laughter and one

last adventure into the woods makes for a life altering journey and a hard lesson learned.

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The donation from the Bourgrafs in particular is intended to create a new executive position as well as fund an endowed professorship for an existing faculty member, Szymanski said.

Besides drawing great talent to the university, these gifts help improve the student-to-professor ratio, Szymanski said.

As this ratio is a major factor in how schools are rated, gifts like these help UC remain a strong competitor in higher education, Szymanski said.

Even with the donations, previous seats created by endowments have gone unfilled.

Oftentimes, the university will not receive the donation money until a search has begun or the seat is filled.

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learned a lot from her speaking about various aspects of life.”

Chiang and her fiancé, Ernie Halversen, are currently working on their own social impact business.

Their business aims to create obstacle courses for kids and the money raised from registration fees will go to underprivileged children in developing countries.

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I’m starting to get the hang of bargain shopping, and I have to admit, I love it. The satisfaction of having shiny new things while not emptying my back account is way better than the guilt trip of mall shopping.

I know I’m not at the “New Dress a Day” level by any means, but I’m hoping this old-man sweater is the start of a great new, cheaper way of life for me.

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trans-fat free campus.

The presentation mentioned Grippo’s brand chips, which produces snack-sized bags containing 2.5 grams of trans-fat. “[The issue is] not about my chips;” said SG Sen. Keenan Maull, who was against the bill. “It’s about my choices.”

Maull was not alone in her objection to the initiative.

“We’re all adults,” said SG Sen. Christian Diederich. “Eliminating items is the wrong way to go about this.”

Other disapproving senators compared the bill to prohibition and accused it of forcing vegetarianism onto the student body.

“The most valuable thing we have is our body and our health,” said SG President Alan Hagerty, who was in favor of the bill. Hagerty commented that

SG’s duty is to secure the student body’s wellbeing.

“This will undoubtedly help our health,” Hagerty said.

SG’s other top executive also approved of the bill.

“It would be a collective decision as a whole [that] we are going to be a healthier campus,” said Vice President Michael Linger. “This would be a great step forward … Let’s keep pushing toward the goal of a trans-fat-free campus.”

Since the initiative is a resolution bill, a majority approval would only demonstrate the support of the Student Government and carry no authority.

The discussion will resume during next week’s meeting Feb. 29.

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YAL was petitioning to get the Ohio Workplace Freedom Amendment — which would give all Ohio employees, public or private, the choice to be in a labor union — placed on the 2012 ballot.

In their responding email, campus scheduling directed Morbitzer to the online scheduling request form.

That same email said, “Per Use of Facilities, you are not permitted to walk around campus. If we are informed that you are, Public Safety will be contacted.”

YAL filed an official request, as recommended by campus scheduling in their email, to petition on the sidewalks and area in front of TUC. In an effort to accommodate the group, campus scheduling approved their request for space, even though YAL didn’t give the required 10-businessday notification. But the group was assigned a spot in the free speech zone on McMicken Commons instead of the high-traffic areas it requested.

YAL was given an hour in the free speech zone, but the group left after being able to approach only six students within the first 20 minutes, Morbitzer said.

“Being limited to an area where we are only allowed to approach maybe 18 students in an hour isn’t acceptable, and it’s not going to allow us to achieve our goal,” Morbitzer said.

Morbitzer’s argument is one of two conflicting complaints about the free speech zone, said Greg Hand, UC spokesperson.

“If you’re assigned to that space, you feel a little bit removed, and those people responding to you think you’re right in the center of campus,” Hand said.

The free speech zone is commonly reserved for special circumstances, especially groups that are not affiliated with the university, Hand said.

The policy manual states that demonstrations, picketing and rallies are restricted to the free speech zone. The manual doesn’t

go into detail on what constitutes a demonstration or a rally.

“The University of Cincinnati is a public, taxpayer-supported institution that brazenly refuses to respect the First Amendment rights of its students,” said Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE. “Herding students who wish to engage in core expressive activity into a tiny free speech zone may make life easier for campus bureaucrats, but it betrays the idea of the university as a true marketplace of ideas.”

The current lawsuit is not the first time FIRE has alleged infringements of free speech against UC, Lukianoff said.

FIRE first learned of the UC free speech zone March 2011, when Gov. John Kasich visited UC and student groups protesting SB5 were relegated to the corner of McMicken Commons. Even students who were not protesting were prohibited from entering or walking in front of Baldwin Hall — where Kasich was meeting with researchers.

Distributing printed materials, including fliers, handbills and announcements, is restricted to the free speech zone, the sidewalk in front of Baldwin and the sidewalk on Sigma Sigma Commons.

Despite these rules, there are often groups, including petitioners like YAL, who are allowed to operate in areas outside the ones designated in the handbook.

As for the question of why YAL’s petitioning was restricted to the free speech zone while similar petitioning is not, neither Hand nor Morbitzer had an answer.

“The way that assignments [for space on campus] are made really gets into the details,” Hand said.

Morbitzer believes that YAL’s placement in the free speech zone is proof of UC’s inconsistency at enforcing their speech regulations.

“I don’t think they were singling us out for our political views,” Morbitzer said. “It may just be that we were a random victim of inconsistency.”

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Realigning brings back rivalries Fresh off of Cincinnati’s two nail-biters against South Florida and Louisville, and with a must-win game against Marquette on tap this Wednesday, it’s official — Conference USA 2.0 has arrived.

Don’t get me wrong; I miss the good ol’ days when Steve Logan and Dwayne Wade squared off, and the 2002-03 season when Louisville edged the Bearcats at Freedom Hall.

Then there was the return trip to the Shoe, when UC dropped 101 points in a 23-point drubbing of the fourth-ranked Cardinals.

The Cats were kingpins of C-USA, as they earned at least a share of the regular season title from the league’s inaugural year in 1995 to 2002.

Memphis, Louisville and Marquette weren’t far behind.

They played each other twice, and those matchups routinely came down to the wire.

Most recently, Memphis was a national runner-up in 2008; Louisville appeared in the Final Four in 2005; and Marquette made it to the national semifinal in 2003.

That’s not too shabby of a rap sheet from a conference that was formed in 1995.

When you go down the list of NBA players from C-USA schools, it’s up there with the likes of the six power conferences; Derrick Rose, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, Wade, Doc Rivers, Steve Novak, Francisco Garcia, Kenyon Martin, Jason Maxiell and Nick Van Exel, to name a few.

That all changed in 2005 when USF, DePaul, UL, UC and MU jumped ship to form a 16-team mega conference that stretched from Tampa Bay to Rhode Island — the Big East.

Those five squads brought the league to a grand total of 20 teams that had filtered in and out of the league. Conference realignment in 2013 will bring the basketball league total to 17 competing teams.

While Houston, Southern Methodist and Central Florida will surely bring the quality of the conference down — UCF is currently a fringe bubble candidate — the addition of Memphis will be invaluable.

Memphis’ switch to the Big East is sure to renew the rivalry developed with Cincy when the pair of teams faced off twice a year at the Pyramid and Shoe.

Memphis will do its part to fill the void left from Syracuse, Pitt and WVU bolting; and with so many mainstays in the league, it won’t be a significant drop.

Look no further than to last year’s NCAA tourney for reassurance, when an unprecedented 11 teams from the Big East made the field — three former C-USA schools — with Marquette and UConn being the lone Big East teams to make it past the first weekend.

It might have been an overall poor showing at the Big Dance for the league, but the Huskies — after a ninth-place league finish — had the last word (or should I say, last act) in Houston, as they cut down the nets as national champs.

Even this year, the league appears to be on a downward spiral, but I guarantee you that you will see at least nine schools from the Big East in your bracket come Selection Sunday.

The biggest loss will be No. 2 Syracuse, which has been the cream of the crop this year, not only in the league, but in the nation, with only one blemish on its record. The Orange, along with Kentucky, are favored to lift the trophy on April 2.

This season, however, has been a year of overachievement for an SU team feeding on a weaker Big East. Let’s not forget that when the Cuse last had a No. 1 seed, Butler ousted them in the Sweet 16 in 2010.

Syracuse will be missed, but is hardly a back-breaker for the conference.

No. 10 Marquette is in elite company, playing second fiddle to the Orange this season.

Following their Sweet 16 run last year, the Golden Eagles have the look of a program poised to compete for league championships and a top-10 ranking on a consistent basis for years to come.

Three teams rich in tradition may soon be defecting from the Big East, but for Cincy, games against former C-USA rivals will now decide who takes up the Big East mantle for these programs.

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SAM WEINBERG | SPORTS EDITOR

Although the University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team lost its Senior Day game Saturday, the Bearcats continued to show that, unlike in years past, they’re not to be taken lightly.

In the team’s best season since the 2005-06 campaign, the Bearcats’ (15-13, 6-9 Big East) four-game winning streak came crashing down, following a 66-62 defeat against the West Virginia Mountaineers (20-8, 10-5), marking just the second loss Cincinnati has taken in its past eight games.

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SENIOR NIGHT SPOILER The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated Cincinnati 66-62 Saturday at UC’s Senior Day.

marked the final game at Fifth Third Arena for UC seniors Bjonee Reaves and Chanel Chisholm, which UC head coach Jamelle Elliott said added an extra layer of emotion to the contest.

“Our emotions were high today, and it had something to do with Senior Day; but I think it had more to do with the fact that we were trying to make a statement today,” Reaves said.

“We wanted teams to know that Cincinnati is here, and we are not a cupcake team anymore; so we knew that this was our chance to prove that, and I think we did to some degree, but a win would have been even better.”

Reaves led the Bearcats with a game-high 22 points, while Chisholm and sophomore Dayeesha Hollins netted 12 and 11 points, respectively. Despite having just one more regular-season game remaining, Elliott said she expects both seniors to be in a Bearcats uniform for at least a few more games.

“We’ve got hopefully more than one game at the Big East Tournament,” Elliott said. “Then we’re keeping our fingers crossed, and it’s looking good that we’re going to be in the [Women’s National Invitation Tournament] after that, so we’ve still got a lot of time with our seniors.”

Like the Bearcats’ season, the game against West Virginia was a tale of two halves.

Cincinnati came out firing on all cylinders to take an early 16-2 lead just seven minutes into the game, but West Virginia responded with a 24-12 run to finish the half trailing just 28-26.

For the majority of the second half, both teams traded baskets and control of the lead, but with 2:11 remaining in the game, West Virginia guard Brooke Hampton sunk a layup and drew the foul — eventually completing the 3-point play from the charity stripe to give the Mountaineers a four-point lead.

The Bearcats responded with their own layup to come within two points, but the Mountaineers’ offense was relentless, as the team would miss just one more shot for the remainder of the game to help secure the victory.

Despite the loss, the majority of the team was happy with how they played, as it showed that the Bearcats are continuing to improve.

“This is a totally different team than my first year here, which was last year,” Reaves said. “I am pretty upset about this loss, but at the same time, I have no complaints about the success of this team this year and the way the program is moving forward.”

The Bearcats will return to action for their final game of the regular season at 8 p.m.

Monday night against DePaul University in Chicago.

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S N R O H E H T T CATS GE Cincy loses defensive battle

PHOTOS COURTESY OF WINNING STREAK SN THE ORACLE APPED South Florida Un iversity snapped the Be three-game winning stre arcats’ ak Sunday with a 46-45 victory in Tampa, Fla.

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The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team traveled to Tampa, Fla., Sunday with plans of bolstering its tournament resume.

Instead, UC left with a loss and the irking knowledge that it let another winnable game slip away.

In a game featuring two of the of the top-five defenses in the Big East — UC at No.4 and South Florida at No. 1 — baskets would prove hard to come by for both teams in a very low-scoring first half.

JaQuon Parker — who is playing through a groin injury which he re-aggravated earlier this week against Louisville — opened scoring for the Bearcats with a deep three-point shot just under the 18-minute mark of the first half.

Poor shooting by both teams, however, led to a score of just 10-14 midway through the half, with South Florida holding the lead for the majority of the first 20 minutes of play.

At the 3:30 mark, Bearcats’ junior guard Cashmere Wright nailed a deep three, from what seemed like 10 feet behind the line, tying the game for the first time since the opening minutes.

A Sean Kilpatrick three-point play on a driving layup finished up a 14-3 run for the Cats and swung momentum to their side, but Anthony Collins drained a runner in the lane just before the buzzer sounded to give the Bulls a 25-23 lead at the break.

The second half dragged on for the first 17 minutes, with both teams remaining within six points of each other throughout.

With 2:25 remaining, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick made two free throws to give South Florida a one-point lead, 42-41.

After one minute with no scoring, Wright knocked down a fade away jumper to once again give the Cats a one-point lead with one minute remaining. With the shot clock winding down, however, UC senior Yancy Gates was whistled for a very questionable reach-in foul on Ron Anderson Jr. Anderson made both free throws to give South Florida the 44-43 lead.

Just like he’s done all season, Wright played his best basketball in the clutch for UC. With nine seconds remaining, he drove the lane, left three defenders in his wake and made a diving layup to put UC up by one-point once again.

Unfortunately for Cincinnati, nine seconds proved to be too much extra time for South Florida to work with.

Collins drove to the lane, and the Bulls, once again, were the beneficiaries of another foul called on the Bearcats.

Collins — who led all scorers with 14 points — netted both free throws to put the game just one-point out of UC’s reach, 46-45.

Kilpatrick led the Bearcats in scoring with 13 points.

The Bearcats will look to get back on track Wednesday at 7 p.m. when they take on No.10 Marquette at Fifth Third Arena for Senior Night.

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Women’s soccer promotes Martin BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team added an associate head coach to its staff Friday — just in time for the team’s upcoming spring training matches.

Bearcats’ head coach Michelle Salmon made the announcement that Amanda Martin, who has served as recruiting coordinator for the past three seasons, would receive a promotion.

“Being our primary recruiting coordinator over the last two years, she’s proven that she’s not only a tremendous asset to the program in terms of coaching, but a fantastic recruiter,” Salmon said. “This is a well-deserved promotion, and I’m excited to continue to build Cincinnati in the Big East with Amanda Martin as our associate head coach.”

Martin is entering her fifth

coaching season with the Bearcats’ women’s soccer team.

Since her third year with the Cats, Martin has managed all recruiting activity and has been responsible for alumni relations, game management and training preparation.

Martin said she is honored for the opportunity to serve as associate head coach.

“This is a program and a university that I believe in wholeheartedly,” she said. “We’re building something great here at Cincinnati, and it’s an exciting time to be here. I’m thankful to Michelle Salmon for continuing to believe in me and constantly pushing me to be the best version of myself.”

Martin will join the Bearcats as they open their spring training schedule March 10 in a match against Tennessee.

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COACHING STAFF SETTLED University of Cincinnati women’s soccer head coach Michelle Salmon announced the promotion of Amanda Martin to associate head coach Friday.

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