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Ono raises provost standards

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Approximately 700 potential candidates vie for top UC position JAKE GRIECO SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono’s previous work as provost raised the standards for the position — making it that much harder to find his replacement.

“The president set the standard that this [provost] be accepted by students,” said Eric Abercrumbie, director of ethnic affairs and provost search committee member.

Members of the committee told the community it is in the “discovery” phase of the process — meaning there are no official candidates, but 700 potential applicants — during an open forum in the Tangeman University Center Monday. The committee hopes to narrow the number of applicants down to eight or 12 by March.

Similar forums will be hosted around UC’s campuses throughout February, with the intention of getting more input from faculty members and students, which proved vital during the last provost search.

“Some of our best moments [of the last search] was when we had students interact with the candidates,” said John McNay, professor at UC Blue Ash and search committee member.

The provost is expected to be accessible to the student body and faculty, as well navigate social media with ease — a trademark of Ono’s tenure from 2010-12. The job description also outlines the need for a sense of humor.

“We’re looking for things beyond the resume,” said Peter Landgren head of the search committee and dean of the College-Conservatory of Music.

“We want somebody who is going to be able to articulate the value and vision of state-funded higher education.”

Abercrumbie also reiterated the need for the provost to be comfortable dealing with all of the cultural differences one will find on a college campus.

“This will be a person challenged all the time with diversity questions,” said Abercrumbie.

The committee will look at diversity audits to see actual results of future candidates work with diversity.

The provost is expected to represent UC in a multitude of ways, but the committee is primarily concerned with how an appointee adjusts to being the face of UC, said Landgren.

The next meeting is scheduled for UC Clermont in Snyder, room 142 Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m.

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REMEMBERING ANTHONY Friends and family reflected on Anthony Tesner’s life. The fourth-year pre-medicine student went into cardiac arrest at the University of Cincinnati Campus Recreation Center Jan. 18. He was transported to the hospital where he died.

A THOUSAND SMILES UC student remembered for his personality, work ethic BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM Anthony Tesner flashed his enormous smile all the time — sometimes for himself, but more often than not he smiled for a friend’s accomplishment. Tesner’s cheery personality is something his friends will always remember, even if they frequently joked about it.

“I just have so many things to be happy about, so why not smile,” Tesner said to his friend, Tamar Wiener, on one of those occasions.

Tesner, a 21-year-old pre-medicine student at the University of Cincinnati, went into cardiac arrest at the Campus Recreation Center Jan. 18. Tesner was transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. His death marks the fourth UC student to lose their life in January.

Tesner ran along the track at the CRC when he unexpectedly collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. The cause of his death is unknown. An autopsy will be completed in five or six weeks, said Melissa Tesner, Anthony’s mother.

Tesner is remembered by friends and family for being patient, caring and, above all else, happy.

“He would put everything aside just to help you with one small task, and it didn’t matter how long it took as long as, in the end, you succeeded or understood whatever

it was,” Weiner said. “Which is why … he would have made a good doctor.”

Only four months away from graduation, Tesner planned to follow in the footsteps of his father, aunt and uncle, who are all doctors, Melissa Tesner said. He wanted to be a surgeon.

Upon hearing of Tesner’s untimely passing, UC President Santa Ono said he saw a lot of himself in Tesner.

“I am particularly moved that like me, he loved biochemistry and was studying immunology,” Ono said in a tweet. “My thoughts are with the family and friends of UC Senior Anthony Tesner. He was a warm person and brilliant person. Rest in peace.”

Melissa Tesner would like Anthony to be remembered for his constant smile and his work as a tutor.

“I was so proud of him. [It’s] impossible that he died at 21 years old, and [had such a] short life,” Melissa Tesner said. “He was a loving [brother] and best friend [to his] sister, Stephanie.”

Tesner received the Cincinnatus scholarship — reserved only for the most promising of incoming freshman — for his work at Olentangy Liberty High School, where he participated in National Honor Society, the In The Know Quiz Team and the Frisbee Club.

Even with his work in pre-medicine at UC, Tesner still found time to be a tutor and supplemental instruction leader for organic chemistry and GOB — the organic biology course for pre-nursing.

“Anthony was always the first person to encourage those around him, whether they were his students, his coworkers, or his friends,” said Jaime Sperandio, program coordinator at the learning assistance center. “In his absence he continues to be an inspiration to everyone at the learning assistance center.”

Whenever a friend of Tesner’s announced good news, he would react like the news happened to him, and sometimes would even get more excited than his friend, Weiner said.

“He would do that with everything, if someone got into medical school or pharmacy school — one guy got a dog and he was like so ecstatic,” Weiner said. “It just felt like when someone else accomplished something, he felt like he also accomplished something. He really kind of lived from seeing other people succeed.”

Tesner loved Ohio State and the Buffalo Bills. Although his friends didn’t know why he rooted for the Bills so intensely, Tesner’s mother said he cherished going to the games in New York with his cousins.

“One year for secret Santa, he got a Bills hat and a Chipotle gift card and acted like he just won the lottery,”Weiner said.

Olentangy Liberty High School is creating a scholarship to honor Tesner, Weiner said. A memorial paintball event has been organized to raise money for the scholarship. The event will take place at Diehard Paintball Feb. 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Leaders address veterans’ struggles Business, education, health service leaders to collaborate on veteran aid RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM

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Community leaders gathered at Union Terminal Tuesday to address how the community can better serve local veterans.

“We have to stem the tide of disconnect by spreading awareness,” said Col. David Sutherland, executive director of the Dixon Center. “This is a Cincinnati initiative.”

Approximately 100 representatives from some of Cincinnati’s largest private business — P&G, Cintas and Fifth Third Bank — sat at tables with representatives from non-profits and local universities and colleges — Xavier University, Gateway Community College and the College of Mount St. Joseph — to collaborate on ways to solve many of the problems facing veterans, active service personnel and their families.

Collaboration and synergy among community leaders were stressed as vital to better serving veterans and easing the bureaucratic strains of government assistance.

“This requires a community-wide and

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a community-specific approach,” said Pam Green, president and CEO of Easter Seals Tristate — a non-profit who co-hosted the event with the Dixon Center.

The conference served as a call to action for those in attendance.

“This is not something where we can say, ‘government will solve it,’ there are just some things that government can’t do,” Sutherland said. “The real question is ‘who’s not at the table right now?’”

While most of the area’s largest institutions were represented at the event, the University of Cincinnati failed to attend.

“We have many offices working with veterans and entities who seek out our veterans for employment,” said Felicia Wallace, program director for academic excellence and supportive services in the student services department.

Neither Wallace nor Debra Merchant, interim vice president for student affairs, attended the conference, but were aware of it. The university is taking steps to better serve veterans, Wallace said. UC will have someone at the second conference May 7.

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SG supports meal plan changes Senators advocate for students, propose more guest meals per semester JAKE GRIECO SENIOR REPORTER newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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MORE MEALS SG members discussed the changes to the meal plans at UC dining halls.

Students elected to Latino board UC students represent nationally at Latino medical association conference alexis o’brien contributor NEWSRECORDnews@gmail.com After returning from the Latino Medical Student Association’s Midwest conference in January, the University of Cincinnati’s chapter of LMSA plans to play a more significant role in Latino patient advocacy.

Ten students from the UC chapter attended LMSA’s 23rd annual conference, held Jan. 19-21 in Chicago.

During the conference, three UC students were elected to the regional board.

Current UC chapter co-president and second-year medical student Alex Cortez was elected regional copresident. The position allows him provide resources to schools within the Midwest region and vote on LMSA’s national level — which means he’s now able to bring his chapter’s primary concerns to the forefront.

“As regional board members, we vote on things and support the individual chapters at regional medical schools.

With us being UC students, UC will now have more influence at the regional level,” Cortez said. “We’ll be able to ... offer more to our school’s chapter.”

Mark Nicolas, a second-year student at UC, was elected vice president of budget and finance, and Michelle Estrada, a second-year student at UC, was elected vice president of networking and communications.

Estrada believes every nationality should have equal representation within the medical community and is passionate about LMSA and her communications role on the board.

“Each group has their own set of issues, so you need individuals to represent and help resolve them,” Estrada said.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ projection, Hispanics will make up at least 16.8 percent of the US population by 2025.

UC’s chapter is working to become more culturally sensitive and competent so it can adapt to these changes. Estrada said this is why heightened roles on the national and regional level are important, because they can lead to greater impact.

“It’s important for us to be able to bridge the language and societal barrier between Latinos and adequate health care,” Estrada said.

The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government supported proposed changes to the 2013-14 residential meal plan.

Food Services proposed the residential meal plans for fall 2013 be limited to two options.

The first option is an unlimited meal plan priced at $2,070 that will provide students with an unlimited amount of personal meals and $150 in Bearcat cash.

The plan will restrict the amount of guest meals to 15 per semester.

The second option is a plus meal plan priced at $2,050 that will provide students with 186 meals without restrictions.

The changes were proposed to keep UC meal plans at a competitive price.

“If [UC] had not looked at restructuring we were looking at 5 to 6 percent increase on all three of our current residential

meal plans,” said Todd Duncan, director of housing and food services. “It is the additional visitors coming in on meal plans that is driving those rates up.”

UC is in the minority when it comes to allowing unlimited guest meals. Most universities only allow three or five per semester, Duncan said.

The original restructuring offered only the unlimited plan with five guest swipes per semester. It was the advocacy of SG that raised the guest meals to 15, Duncan said.

Some senators wanted more changes to better accommodate students.

“I think we students can do better,” said Andrew Naab, senator at-large. “I think we need to go back to the drawing boards.”

Food services urges students who have issues with the meal plan proposal to come talk to them.

“Many times I find the people that are upset just aren’t fully informed,” Duncan said.

Fire engulfs structure near UC Damage from Jefferson Avenue fire estimated at $100,000 KARA DRISCOLL NEWS EDITOR newsrecordnews@gmail.com A fire engulfed a bar near the University of Cincinnati early Wednesday morning.

Cincinnati Police and the Cincinnati Fire Department responded to reports of smoke pouring out of the Upper Room Bar & Grill at approximately 3:30 a.m.

A CPD officer initially arrived on scene and witnessed what was described as an explosion.

The bar, located in the 3200 block of Jefferson Avenue near the UC medical campus, was damaged severely and the fire was classified as a two-alarm.

Fire crews contained the fire at approximately 5:30 a.m., and no one was in the building at the time of the incident, officials said.

Officials said the building was vacant, with no electricity currently turned on.

Damage is estimated at $100,000.

Officials have not released the cause of the fire, but the Cincinnati Fire Investigation Unit advised the cause of the fire is undetermined and still under investigation.

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ON FIRE The Cincinnati Fire Department responded to a fire at the Upper Room Bar.

Kasich releases 2014-15 budget, Governor’s budget changes higher education funding

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HIGHER EDUCATION Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced the 2014-15 budget Monday. benjamin Goldschmidt chief reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his 2014-15 budget Monday, which will completely revamp state funding for higher education.

Kasich’s budget — called Jobs Budget 2.0 — is designed to create jobs across the state, but a primary focus for the plan is filling the needs of Ohio businesses that

cannot find skilled workers, Kasich said in a statement. In an effort to fill those jobs, Kasich made higher education a focal point in his budget.

“Now Ohio won’t just base funding on the number of students colleges can sign up, but put a greater emphasis on whether or not they graduate,” Kasich said. “This approach will help ensure that more Ohioans will have the skills they need to succeed, and that Ohio has a more skilled workforce that can attract more

good jobs to Ohio.”

Along with changing the way schools attain funding, Kasich asked Ohio’s 37 higher education institutions to engage in a “collaborative process to develop a capital funding plan that focused on four strategic areas: public-private partnerships, workforce development, interdisciplinary approaches and long-term maintenance,” according to his budget.

University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono believes Kasich’s plan will help UC as well as all universities across the state.

“I appreciate Governor Kasich’s continued willingness to foster groundbreaking collaboration between higher education and elected officials,” Ono said in a statement. “The bold, new funding formula tagged to degree completion puts our state on track to develop a more competitive workforce that will make Ohio even stronger.”

The Ohio Board of Regents — the appointed governing body that allocates funds to higher education institutions — recommended in the budget all in-state, undergraduate programs not be allowed to raise tuition more than 2 percent from what it charged the previous academic year.

For the 2011-12 academic year, UC increased its tuition 3.5 percent — the previous cap for tuition increases in Ohio.

Alongside reigning in tuition costs, the board wants to see more students enroll in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, and plans to enhance the Choose Ohio First Program to do so, but did not specify how.

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SG supports meal plan changes Senators advocate for students, propose more guest meals per semester JAKE GRIECO SENIOR REPORTER newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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MORE MEALS SG members discussed the changes to the meal plans at UC dining halls.

Students elected to Latino board UC students represent nationally at Latino medical association conference alexis o’brien contributor NEWSRECORDnews@gmail.com After returning from the Latino Medical Student Association’s Midwest conference in January, the University of Cincinnati’s chapter of LMSA plans to play a more significant role in Latino patient advocacy.

Ten students from the UC chapter attended LMSA’s 23rd annual conference, held Jan. 19-21 in Chicago.

During the conference, three UC students were elected to the regional board.

Current UC chapter co-president and second-year medical student Alex Cortez was elected regional copresident. The position allows him provide resources to schools within the Midwest region and vote on LMSA’s national level — which means he’s now able to bring his chapter’s primary concerns to the forefront.

“As regional board members, we vote on things and support the individual chapters at regional medical schools.

With us being UC students, UC will now have more influence at the regional level,” Cortez said. “We’ll be able to ... offer more to our school’s chapter.”

Mark Nicolas, a second-year student at UC, was elected vice president of budget and finance, and Michelle Estrada, a second-year student at UC, was elected vice president of networking and communications.

Estrada believes every nationality should have equal representation within the medical community and is passionate about LMSA and her communications role on the board.

“Each group has their own set of issues, so you need individuals to represent and help resolve them,” Estrada said.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ projection, Hispanics will make up at least 16.8 percent of the US population by 2025.

UC’s chapter is working to become more culturally sensitive and competent so it can adapt to these changes. Estrada said this is why heightened roles on the national and regional level are important, because they can lead to greater impact.

“It’s important for us to be able to bridge the language and societal barrier between Latinos and adequate health care,” Estrada said.

The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government supported proposed changes to the 2013-14 residential meal plan.

Food Services proposed the residential meal plans for fall 2013 be limited to two options.

The first option is an unlimited meal plan priced at $2,070 that will provide students with an unlimited amount of personal meals and $150 in Bearcat cash.

The plan will restrict the amount of guest meals to 15 per semester.

The second option is a plus meal plan priced at $2,050 that will provide students with 186 meals without restrictions.

The changes were proposed to keep UC meal plans at a competitive price.

“If [UC] had not looked at restructuring we were looking at 5 to 6 percent increase on all three of our current residential

meal plans,” said Todd Duncan, director of housing and food services. “It is the additional visitors coming in on meal plans that is driving those rates up.”

UC is in the minority when it comes to allowing unlimited guest meals. Most universities only allow three or five per semester, Duncan said.

The original restructuring offered only the unlimited plan with five guest swipes per semester. It was the advocacy of SG that raised the guest meals to 15, Duncan said.

Some senators wanted more changes to better accommodate students.

“I think we students can do better,” said Andrew Naab, senator at-large. “I think we need to go back to the drawing boards.”

Food services urges students who have issues with the meal plan proposal to come talk to them.

“Many times I find the people that are upset just aren’t fully informed,” Duncan said.

Fire engulfs structure near UC Damage from Jefferson Avenue fire estimated at $100,000 KARA DRISCOLL NEWS EDITOR newsrecordnews@gmail.com A fire engulfed a bar near the University of Cincinnati early Wednesday morning.

Cincinnati Police and the Cincinnati Fire Department responded to reports of smoke pouring out of the Upper Room Bar & Grill at approximately 3:30 a.m.

A CPD officer initially arrived on scene and witnessed what was described as an explosion.

The bar, located in the 3200 block of Jefferson Avenue near the UC medical campus, was damaged severely and the fire was classified as a two-alarm.

Fire crews contained the fire at approximately 5:30 a.m., and no one was in the building at the time of the incident, officials said.

Officials said the building was vacant, with no electricity currently turned on.

Damage is estimated at $100,000.

Officials have not released the cause of the fire, but the Cincinnati Fire Investigation Unit advised the cause of the fire is undetermined and still under investigation.

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ON FIRE The Cincinnati Fire Department responded to a fire at the Upper Room Bar.

Kasich releases 2014-15 budget Governor’s budget changes higher education funding

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HIGHER EDUCATION Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced the 2014-15 budget Monday. benjamin Goldschmidt chief reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his 2014-15 budget Monday, which will completely revamp state funding for higher education.

Kasich’s budget — called Jobs Budget 2.0 — is designed to create jobs across the state, but a primary focus for the plan is filling the needs of Ohio businesses that

cannot find skilled workers, Kasich said in a statement. In an effort to fill those jobs, Kasich made higher education a focal point in his budget.

“Now Ohio won’t just base funding on the number of students colleges can sign up, but put a greater emphasis on whether or not they graduate,” Kasich said. “This approach will help ensure that more Ohioans will have the skills they need to succeed, and that Ohio has a more skilled workforce that can attract more

good jobs to Ohio.”

Along with changing the way schools attain funding, Kasich asked Ohio’s 37 higher education institutions to engage in a “collaborative process to develop a capital funding plan that focused on four strategic areas: public-private partnerships, workforce development, interdisciplinary approaches and long-term maintenance,” according to his budget.

University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono believes Kasich’s plan will help UC as well as all universities across the state.

“I appreciate Governor Kasich’s continued willingness to foster groundbreaking collaboration between higher education and elected officials,” Ono said in a statement. “The bold, new funding formula tagged to degree completion puts our state on track to develop a more competitive workforce that will make Ohio even stronger.”

The Ohio Board of Regents — the appointed governing body that allocates funds to higher education institutions — recommended in the budget all in-state, undergraduate programs not be allowed to raise tuition more than 2 percent from what it charged the previous academic year.

For the 2011-12 academic year, UC increased its tuition 3.5 percent — the previous cap for tuition increases in Ohio.

Alongside reigning in tuition costs, the board wants to see more students enroll in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, and plans to enhance the Choose Ohio First Program to do so, but did not specify how.

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Local Natives deepen indie rock Band’s second album releases intimate, emotional sound BROOKE BERRY CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM Indie rock stars Local Natives’ second studio album, “Hummingbird,” signifies a mature and heavy perspective on life.

Those seeking a repeat of “Gorilla Manor” and its catchy, sunlit harmonies will likely be disappointed with “Hummingbird’s” bleak feel.

With the death of frontman Kelcey Ayer’s mother and the departure of the band’s bassist, the brightness of its first album is noticeably absent.

Several songs address the subject of mortality and the struggle dealing with loss, something Local Native fans are not used to.

In the few instances “Gorilla Manor” confronted mortality, it was with an inspiring and optimistic voice, as heard on “Airplanes,” where Ayer sings, “I bet when I leave/ my body for the sky the wait will/ be worth it.”

The song “Colombia” opens with Ayer’s memory of his mother’s last few breaths and turns into a heartfelt series of soul-searching questions. He sings, “Am I giving enough/ Am I loving enough?”

Even the band’s signature vocal harmonies play a subdued role in the album, which makes the mood more intimate.

But there are remnants of the Local Natives old sound in songs like “You & I” and“Heavy Feet,”where metered rhythms and the band’s signature handclaps keep the pace moving forward.

Ayer masters using his voice as an instrument and sings the listener into a dreamland. Lyrically, “Hummingbird” delves into deep emotions — more so than previous albums, while maintaining intensely personal poetic expression.

“Ceilings” is short and sweet, while “Black Spot” slowly progresses into an epic ending with growing dynamics.

The single, “Breakers” is a textbook indie-pop song that fails to push any boundaries of innovation. At the same time, it embodies the Local Natives’ sound.

If anything, “Hummingbird” is the yin to the yang of the band’s first album — a representation of Local Natives’ many sides of depth and emotion.

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Grimm tale turns dark, bloody

Children’s fairytale reformed into gruesome action movie HEATHER WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORDENT@GMAIL.COM “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” written and directed by Tommy Wirkola, is not the same fairy tale told by The Brothers Grimm. Note to all viewers: do not bring kids to this dark fantasy film.

In the opening scene the father of young Hansel (Cedric Eich) and Gretel (Alea Sophia Boudodimus) leads them into the woods where they are mysteriously left behind.

The frightened children wander through the forest until they come across a house made of gingerbread and candy. Once they begin eating the candy they are beckoned inside to find an evil witch, who tries to cook and devour them. After a violent fight, Hansel and Gretel burn the witch in her own oven.

Now, inexplicably orphaned by their parents, an older Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) travel far and wide to hunt witches.

The brother and sister come to the small German town of Augsburg where children are going missing. The leather-clad duo — along with their heavy artillery and surprising immunity to the magic powers of the witches — must find the children and destroy the grand witch, Muriel (Famke Janssen) and her cohorts before the preparation for a devilish feast is complete.

Throughout the 88-minute actionhorror-fantasy hybrid, Hansel and Gretel

do battle in almost Matrix-style fight scenes with their adversaries.

The elaborate fight scenes with aerial acrobatics bring a level of blood and guts that might not be easily digested by the audience. Not to mention there’s a scene where a troll named Edward mutilates the sheriff and his men who arrest and attack Gretel.

“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”

features different levels of plot for every type of viewer, from violent and bloody battles between good and evil, to a captivating love story, as well as a narrative with a curious twist.

Viewers might want to take advantage of the opportunity to see “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” in 3-D, an aspect that makes the film all the more detailed and entertaining.

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Budden’s new album matured Artist proclaims ‘No Love Lost’ in journey back to success CHRISTIAN WARNER CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORDENT@GMAIL.COM When Joe Budden’s name comes up, most hip-hop fans only think of the song “Pump It Up.” Although the song is catchy and still played in clubs, the 9-year-old tune tends to overshadow Budden’s recent work.

He released the albums “Halfway House,” “Padded Room” and “Escape Route” through his website.

Tuesday marked the final installment of his four-album concept with the release of “No Love Lost.”

Listeners will hear a reformed, matured Budden. With guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Omarion, Lloyd Banks, Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana and Twista, “No Love Lost” is Budden’s most starstudded album to date.

The opener, “Our First Again (Intro)” begins with a choral, angelic-like interlude.

After the chant-like singing, Budden recites the Serenity Prayer.

He finishes with the statement, “Give me the strength to be myself. And with that, we’ll be on top of the world.”

These words smooth the transition to the following track, “On Top Of The World,” which explains the obstacles Budden faced to get to where he is now — a position mirroring the song title.

“NBA (Never Broke Again)” features Wiz Khalifa and French Montana. It is the least lyrically advanced track, but it will most likely become the most commercially successful.

Budden reveals the dark side of success in “Castles,” giving listeners a peek inside his head. He sings, “Everyone feels entitled/ made up their mind they got a right to my peers/

transforming right before my eyes into my rivals/ y’all can have the cars, y’all can have the clothes take all that sh*t that I don’t love/ I’m learning fast that recognition is its own drug.”

Most of the album’s lyrics could be mistaken for Budden’s personal journal.

The theme surrounds the errors in his life and how they made him into the man fans hear on “No Love Lost.”

It’s been quite the journey for Budden.

He tasted the sweet nectar of success and lost his way in the darkest of valleys, but he somehow found himself and took a crucial step in his professional life, making this album what it is — terrific.

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BLOW THE ROOF Joshua Steele, better known as Flux Pavilion, releases his third EP, “Blow the Roof,” but this time ditches the conventions of his previous albums.

Undead rise again ‘Warm Bodies’ reinvents zombie craze JAKE GRIECO SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM February is the month movies are released to die. Ironically, it’s writer/director Jonathan Levine’s zombie movie “Warm Bodies” that gave the month a little life.

“Warm Bodies” is a teenage-zombieromantic-comedy, a description practically begging to be an MTV special.

But this film is refreshing because usually when a movie attempts to appeal to the young-adult crowd its sexual content is excessive.

Due to “Warm Bodies” unique take on zombies, a seemingly insatiable genre, it does not need to rely on scantily crowd prom queens or shirtless quarterbacks to draw its audience in.

In the film, it’s said the power of love can bring zombies back to life.

R (Nicholas Hoult) is an undead nice guy who saves Julie (Teresa Palmer) from a zombie attack — after eating her boyfriend’s brains of course, but in the end that doesn’t matter to either of them.

An unusual thing happens to R when he spends time with Julie. For a quick second, his heart starts to beat.

John Malcovich — the only big name in the film — plays Julie’s father, Grigio.

Grigio is the leader of the surviving humans. He’s a tough man who has put more than a few bullets in zombie heads, making Julie and R’s relationship even more complicated.

The power of Julie’s love brings R back to life, Grigio sees the horror of his tyrannical ways and then zombies and humans live happily ever after.

It happens that fast in the film, as well.

Often scenes just cut ahead a disorienting

amount of time, which became jarring.

The film is an interesting take on the teenage girl cliché “He’s not like anyone I’ve ever met before” because in this case, R is truly one in a million.

The cleverness of “Warm Bodies” gives it a little slack for the rushed plot.

The acting leaves a lot to be desired, especially with the main character only being a grunting zombie. But for the romantic-comedy genre it is a shining effort.

If only Rick and the gang from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” knew the power of young love, their lives would be much easier.

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Peace Corps to visit UC

Cincinnati alumna to bring experiences to students MARISA WHITAKER CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM A two-year Peace Corps member will host one-on-one recruiting sessions for University of Cincinnati students Feb. 25 at the Career Development Center.

From 2 p.m. until 5 p.m., Katherine Sylvester will discuss her Peace Corps experiences and explain the benefits of getting involved with the organization.

A 27-month Zambia, Africa volunteer, Sylvester travels to seven different schools each semester in the Greater Cincinnati area, Dayton and Athens to talk about the Peace Corps.

“I’m honored to talk with people I grew up with to decide if the Peace Corps is something they want to pursue,” Sylvester said.

Sylvester believes the organization provides an opportunity for people to take what they learned in the United States and apply it toward helping developing countries.

She graduated from the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning in 2010 with a masters degree in community planning.

Her volunteer work in Zambia from 2004 to 2006 centered on teaching the community about preventative health care, including malaria, child health, family planning, HIV, AIDS and water sanitation. “[My father] got to meet the people I worked with and took that back to the United States. He got to let everybody know that Peace Corps was a very worthwhile endeavor that I took on,” she said.

Through these experiences, she has a more vested interest in international

relations and feels the Peace Corps helped her open up to different perspectives.

“We all have a responsibility to give back in some way, whether that be domestically or internationally,” Sylvester said. “We all have a responsibility to take care of fellow community members,” She could see she made a difference in people’s lives with the peace corps. “[The Peace Corps] is a great opportunity for students to get international professional experience,” she said. “It broadens perspectives on the global community and it’s a great opportunity for students to use their skills and education to benefit others right out of the gate.”

Sylvester will host an informational session with information on how to apply to the Peace Corps in the Tangeman University Center, room 419 at 6 p.m. Feb. 25.

MADELINE ADAMS CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM My father told me as a child: Find a job you love and you never have to work a day in your life.

After talking to Dawn Helton about her job at the Hoxworth Blood Center at the University of Cincinnati, it sounds like she hasn’t worked a day since she started her employment at Hoxworth.

Every time I walk into into the Central location to donate Helton is there to greet me with a joyous smile.

Her positive and enthusiastic attitude made me think she was a volunteer for Hoxworth.

But when I found she is a Registration Technician, and what that means I could think of no one better for the job.

Helton told me her cheerfulness is a key part of her job because she is the first person donors interact with, whether it is over the phone to make their appointment or when they walk in on the day of their donation.

It is important the donors know they are appreciated and Helton makes sure of that.

One way Helton shows her appreciation is through the canteen, the area where donors go to recover after donation is complete.

She gets to know her donors so she can have their favorite after-donation snack ready when they make their way over to the canteen.

Helton smiled when she recalled how she has gotten to know the regular donors. She started to recognize names, faces and even their favorite type of cookie.

It only takes a couple visits for her to start to match a name with a face.

Regular donors are Helton’s favorite part of the job. She works at a core location, which means the space is permanently reserved for blood donation — unlike blood drives where beds are set up only for a limited amount of time.

Helton told me she is amazed by the amount of regular donors. It is platelet donors that most impresses Helton.

They give up two to three hours every other week. Some of these committed donors set up their appointments more than a year in advance.

With my constant visits, Helton became my “UC Mom.” On one occasion Helton advised me not to leave until “the color returned to my face.”

She sat me down, handed an apple juice and a warm cookie. A few minutes later she complimented me on my rosy red checks and determined I could go home.

One of my favorite parts of donating blood is meeting people who are enthusiastic about the work they do.

Helton is not only enthusiastic about her work, but she makes the people around her excited about what they do as well.

During the month of February Hoxworth is giving back through its Bleed For a Cause program.

Every time you donate you have the opportunity to be double the hero by raising money for one of your favorite non-profits and by donating the gift of life.

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FREEDOM EARNED Erin Meyer talks to Xavier and UC students about human trafficking as part of Xavier’s Freedom Time event in the Gallagher Student Center of Xavier University Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.

Slavery hardships revisted Retellings of tragic, important stories dominate event MOLLY SHOCKEY CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM

In an effort to raise awareness about past and present slavery, descendants of freed slaves spoke to the public Tuesday during “Freedom Time: Touching History Institute.”

Hosted at Xavier University, visitors spoke with the public concerning the institution and legacy of slavery, including Jerry Gore, the great-great-grandson of Addison White, a famous fugitive slave from Kentucky.

Nine of Gore’s family members used the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom.

Gore co-founded the National Underground Railroad Museum in Maysville, Ky. with Peggy Overly, who also spoke during the event. The duo has traveled to 12 states and to Canada to tell their story.

“Our mission is to honor ancestry, to preserve history and to uplift the people of today,” Gore said.

In their presentation, they discussed how the Underground Railroad was used and how slaves used songs as coded instructions to help one another escape to the north.

“The Underground Railroad is a prime example of the goodwill of men and women to defy evil and adhere to the laws of God and nature,” Gore said.

Overly and Gore have acquired 582 artifacts from the slave trade, including the chains that were used aboard slave ships, at their museum.

During the presentation, the duo asked

members of the audience to re-enact how slaves would lay in the bottom of the ships.

Chains were draped across their legs to represent the weight of slavery.

Gore then asked audience members to close their eyes as he described what slaves endured, and many participants were moved to tears.

“There is an African proverb that says, ‘To know where you are going you must know from which you came,’” Overly said.

Gore and Overly work with educators to preserve heritage and inform students.

“Knowledge is power and education is a tool,” Gore said. “We must use history, not to forget, but to remember — to use history to move forward.”

Marian Spencer, a University of Cincinnati graduate and granddaughter of a freed slave, also spoke during the event.

A civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate Coney Island, Spencer was the chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People defense committee and was elected vice mayor of Cincinnati in 1983.

“Every morning [my grandfather] would tell us that it was so important to get an education,” Spencer said.

Neither her grandfather nor her father got a formal education. Spencer and her twin sister were only allowed to attend high school in Ohio because her grandfather filed a suit with the school — they went on to graduate as valedictorians.

When Spencer came to UC in 1938,

black students were not permitted to live on campus or participate in business classes or engineering classes. Through her work, and the work of other activists within Cincinnati, the university changed its policy.

But even at 92 years old, Spencer thinks her work is not finished.

“There are things today which must still be addressed form a perspective of equality,” Spencer said.

The evening concluded with one such example of current human rights violations.

Xavier student Jessica Howenstine performed a play written by Xavier student Brandon Martin called “Voices for Change.”

The piece was a fictional first-person perspective of a girl sold into slavery by human traffickers. Howenstine described the experience would lead to thoughts such as “kill me dear God, please let me die.”

The piece explained the average person is trafficked for $50.

Before the program ended, Rabbi Abie Ingber of XU commented on the work that still needs to be done.

“We are privileged with the land of freedom and we have the privilege to continue to define it as a land of freedom,” Ingber said.

Jillian Altus, a UC literacy student, agreed.

“This event is important to me because even though we learned about slavery in school we never hear real life stories from people who know and give so much. I wanted to hear those stories.”

‘Love to Lead’ campaign kicks off Learning Communities, peer leadership programs benefit students SYRON TOWNSEND CONTRIBUTOR NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM A University of Cincinnati leadership group is working to encourage student involvement on campus.

The Center for First Year Experience and Learning Communities, a group promoting student leadership and engagement, kicked off its “Love to Lead” campaign Tuesday with info sessions about becoming a peer leader.

The campaign, which will grow to encompass the pillars of peer leadership, faculty support and community outreach, coincides with the group’s search for future peer leaders.

Being a peer leader includes leading students within their Learning Communities, connecting them with resources such as advisers or student groups and serving as mentors for others.

“My first year has been kind of a “It’s hard to come to college and feel struggle, but I’ve gotten the hang of it kind of lost,” said Kaitlyn Tyler, a secondespecially through the help of my own LC. I year early childhood education student and want to help out other students in the same seasoned peer leader. “LC is such a support group for freshmen because it just helps sense,” said Kassandra Wipperman, a firstthem understand, ‘It’s OK. College is totally year secondary education English student.

“Coming from high school is completely different, but we’re here for you.’” different. You need someone to be there to This mentorship dynamic can also be help you get a grasp on things.” helpful when dealing with less enthusiastic The benefits of being a peer leader do students. not only fall on mentees, though.

“You get so many students who are just “While mentoring, I’m teaching myself like, ‘Why are we in LC? It’s a waste of my time.’ That is definitely a huge hurdle to new things,” said current peer leader Logan Waterman, a third-year chemical engineering overcome,” Tyler said. “But you really have student. “If I’m telling my students these to build relationships with them and get to things, I know I should probably be following know them and help them to realize you them as well. [The job] kind of keeps you in care about them to the point where they trust you and start to think more positively.” check when you’re moving on from your own These relationships, in addition to freshman year.”

Students cite being a peer leader boosting morale and GPAs, often inspire in helping develope their professional freshmen LC participants to get involved communication and networking skills. with helping their fellow students.

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“In interviews, you’re at an extreme advantage because you’ve been pushed out of your comfort zone,” Waterman said.

“Companies always ask about it.”

In addition to professional growth, the position offers monetary compensation and flexible hours ideal for students with jobs or involved in student groups or have.

“We are looking for people with energy who have proven themselves in the classroom — people who are willing to serve who will really have the ability to impact lives.

They are the glue that holds the whole thing together,” said Jason Brewer, director of the Center for First Year Experience and Learning Communities.

Students seeking more information can attend the second informational session Thursday at 5 p.m. in TUC 417.

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Final days for great conference

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Bearcats land 22 signings Tuberville leads JUCO raid during short recruiting period

After more than three decades of excellence on the court, Big East Basketball nears its unnecessary end JAmes Freeman Columnist

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The Big East can stand a little taller this week with seven men’s basketball teams currently ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll. This has — once again — solidified the Big East as one of the top conferences in college basketball.

It’s a bittersweet feeling for fans, considering the conference is operating on borrowed time.

Six of seven ranked teams — Syracuse, Louisville, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Marquette and Notre Dame — are all planning to leave the Big East by 2015.

The one remaining team? The University of Cincinnati.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh will join the Atlantic Coast Conference next year — with Louisville and Notre Dame soon to follow, while Rutgers is departing for the greener pastures of the Big Ten. Georgetown and Marquette are among the “Catholic Seven” — along with St. John’s, Villanova, Providence, Seton Hall and DePaul — who will form an all-Catholic basketball conference.

This mass exodus leaves Cincinnati, Connecticut and South Florida hoping their phones will soon ring with an invitation to join the big boy table of college athletics once again.

While these three schools appear to be the losers of the most recent wave of conference realignment, the ones who are really being punished are college basketball fans.

With the death of the Big East conference, fans will no longer have Big Monday games to look forward to as they grind through their first day back at work.

Amazing basketball rivalries like Cincinnati-Marquette and SyracuseConnecticut will die, giving fans no reason to eagerly circle their calendars in early October.

Worst of all, the Big East Tournament — a hallmark demonstrating the best of college basketball — will never be the same.

In past years, March rolled around and conference tournaments tipped off, but everyone always kept their eyes glued to Madison Square Garden. It was college basketball at its finest.

Whether it was Kemba Walker leading a bubble-team to a Big East championship — and an eventual national championship — or a sixovertime thriller in the quarterfinals between Syracuse and UConn that looked and felt like a national championship game, the Big East tournament has hosted some of the most exciting basketball games of all time.

Long-time Bearcat fans have been on the wrong side of two buzzer-beater losses in the Big East Tournament — a Da’Sean Butler banked-in three for West Virginia and a miracle three-point runner by Gerry McNamara for Syracuse.

With schools leaving the Big East like rats on a sinking ship, the conference has attempted to remain proactive by adding schools like Boise State and Memphis.

Boise State — a high-profile football program — already rescinded its acceptance to the Big East and will remain in the Mountain West Conference. Memphis adds a strong basketball program, but it doesn’t fill the void Syracuse and Pittsburgh leave behind.

Cincinnati set itself up to be the next program in when it comes to conference realignment. It boasts a tradition-rich basketball program and a football program that won four conference titles in the last five years — winning 10 games in five of the last six years.

Still, that doesn’t ease the blow of being the bridesmaid in the most recent phase of conference realignment.

While Cincinnati, Connecticut and South Florida remain in conference realignment limbo, fans should forget about the uncertainty — at least for the next two months.

Watch Big Monday games, enjoy the end of conference play and skip work to watch the Big East Tournament. Squeeze out every last drop of Big East basketball you possibly can.

This truly is the end of an era for college basketball.

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INTRODUCING NEW FACES University of Cincinnati head football coach Tommy Tuberville announces the 22 neweset members of the UC football team Wednesday, National Signing Day. Joshua A. Miller sports editor sports.newsrecord@gmail.com

University of Cincinnati head football coach Tommy Tuberville announced the first recruiting class of his tenure, with 17 players signing letters of intent Wednesday to join the five student-athletes already enrolled in classes.

With less than two months to focus on recruiting since taking over as UC’s head coach Dec. 8, 2012, Tuberville and his staff didn’t have much time to assemble a competitive class of athletes.

Despite concerns about the continuing deterioration of the Big East conference would hamper UC’s ability to attract quality recruits on such short notice, but Tuberville did not find that an issue.

“We just had to go out and sell ourselves as a new staff, what we were going to do and how we were going to do it,”Tuberville said.

“When you’ve got a good product to sell like the University of Cincinnati and have won as many games and championships and have had the success on the field that’s been here for the last few years, you’ve got a chance. Players want to go and win games.”

The late addition of four-star recruit Travis Johnson (Tampa, Fla. Jesuit), who is ranked as the 162nd best player, and the No. 6 tight end, in country by ESPN. Cincinnati wanted to sign players with tremendous speed, and go after taller and more athletic defensive lineman. UC’s

class adds four defensive lineman, all of whom are at least 6 feet 3 inches tall, including four-star Junior College transfer Jerrell Jordan (Copiah-Lincoln Community College), who is already enrolled at UC. Although one of Tuberville’s goals for the future is to bring in players from the surrounding area, the new staff lagged behind on local talent in this recruiting class. The Bearcats welcome only four players from the Greater Cincinnati area, offensive lineman Ben Flick (Hamilton), linebacker Rasheen Jones (Cincinnati Northwest) and defensive backs Zach Edwards (Middletown) and Kyle Williamson (Madiera).

With a lack of local players still available and the need to fill several roles immediate slots for next season, UC focused heavily on junior colleges, Tuberville said.

“We took seven junior college players, normally we would take four or five but we had to go a little bit deeper in the junior college ranks this year just because of the depth that we have at certain positions,” Tuberville said. “We’ve got a chance to have a good football team next year if we plug in some guys that can play — and play immediately.”

Highlighting Cincinati’s JUCO transfers are Rodriguez Moore (East Mississippi Community College), who is No.1 rated junior college running back in the nation by 247sports.com, and running back Hosey Williams (ASA College), a NJCAA FirstTeam All-American in 2012.

UC could add an additional signing later this week, because there is still one unsigned player scheduled to visit campus.

2013 UC Football Signing Class

NAME Darren Doston

POS.

LAST SCHOOL

DB

Coll. of the Sequoias

Zach Edwards

DB

Middletown

Javon Harrison

ATH

Huber Hts. Wayne

Jerrell Jordan

DL

Copiah-Lincoln

Kyle Williamson

OL

Madiera

Mark Barr

WR

St. Thomas Aquinas

Aaron Barr

DB

Chris Burton

Northwestern

TE

George Washington

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American Heritage

Tyler Cogswell

Korey Cunningham DE/TE

Montevallo

Ben Flick

OL

Terrell Hartsfield

Hamilton

DL

Johnny Holton

Copiah-Lincoln

WR

College of Dupage

Travis Johnson

TE

Jesuit

Tshumbi Johnson

ATH

Immokalee

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Rodriguez Moore

Northwest

RB

Brent Stockstill

E. Mississippi

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Mike Tyson

Siegel

DB

Howard Wilder

Hargrave Military

DB

Hosey Williams

Pierce College

RB

Mark Wilson

ASA College

DL

Phoebus

Rasheen Jones

UC women fall to Syracuse Big East Conference victory continues to elude Bearcats Annie Moore senior reporter sports.newsrecord@gmail.com

The Big East is proving to be a beast the University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team can’t conquer, as the Bearcats dropped to 0-9 in conference play with a 72-48 loss to No. 24/22 Syracuse University Tuesday night.

Junior guard Dayeesha Hollins led the Bearcats with 13 points, but that would not be enough to help combat UC’s turnover problems. The Bearcats struggled with Syracuse’s pressure, which forced 21 turnovers, and the Orange capitalized on it, scoring 24 points off turnovers.

The game remained close throughout the first half, with the Orange leading by just four at the break.

A slow starting game for both teams, Syracuse led just 4-2 after five minutes but the Orange went on a 9-2 run over the next 1:50. UC responded with a 7-2 run

of its own to cut the deficit to 17-13 with 9:31 left in the half.

Baskets continued to fall for the Bearcats, as scores from four different players gave Cincinnati its only lead of the game, 25-23, with 4:05 left before the end of the first half.

Cincinnati out-rebounded Syracuse 18-11 in the first half, but its 12 turnovers helped contribute to the Orange’s 31-27 lead at the half.

“We had a lot of turnovers in the first half, so that just made them keep the pressure on us, so we’ve just got to get better at that.” Hollins said. “We’ve got to learn how to control it and coming to the ball more often.”

Following a 3-pointer from Aleysha Lovett to start the second half, Syracuse went on a 10-0 run to advance its lead to 41-30 with 16:08 left in the game.

Two free throws from Hollins, and a 3-pointer from junior guard Kayla Cook,

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helped put a dent in the Orange’s lead, but Syracuse responded by going on another run — this one a 9-2 stretch that advanced its lead to 50-38.

Fatigue set in for the Bearcats after that, and the game started to slip away, as Syracuse outscored Cincinnati 13-3 in the final 6:47 of the game.

“I’ve been talking to them about small victories,” said head coach Jamelle Elliott. “The best thing that came out of the game today is that our goal was to keep them off of the offensive boards and try to keep the rebounding battle close. They’re No. 2 in the conference and in the country in rebounding and we actually out- rebounded them by one.”

Elliott and the Bearcats will look to build on those small victories as the Bearcats continue to search for an illusive Big East victory. UC takes on Rutgers University Saturday at 6 p.m. in Piscataway, N.J.