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Liability concerns put CPR bill on hold University officials explain potential liability with requiring training, students react BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com Liability concerns are slowing the University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government’s plan to train resident hall advisers in CPR. The Student Safety Board drafted a bill urging UC resident advisers to become CPR certified for SG’s April 3 meeting.

The bill also would require UC to purchase two Automatic External Defibrillators every year for the lobbies of each residence hall.

Joe Blizzard, student body president, said Residence Education and Development asked SG to table the bill due to uncertainty surrounding liability issues.

“Our office has been in the process of researching liability concerns, which includes communication with staff in the Offices of General Counsel and Risk Management,” said Margaret Fogler, assistant director at RED. Fogler declined to comment further because she still has many unanswered questions on the matter.

“We do intend to have further meetings [with RED and General Council], especially because we’re hearing contradictory things from General Council about Ohio state law,” said Joshua Kellam, Student Safety Board senator.

SG honored RED’s request to table the bill, but discussed it. Many student senators are uneasy about entertaining the notion of weighing liability issues against student

safety issues.

Christo Lassiter, UC law professor, said UC could be sued for recklessness if a CPR certified student — as required by the university — made a fatal mistake while attempting to resuscitate another student.

“The requirement of CPR status, in some respects makes liability more likely since UC would then be holding the RA out as a first responder,” Lassiter said. “Generally, mistakes that beget liability must be gross.”

Lassiter noted an RA also could face liability should he or she make a mistake.

However, the RA would “probably win out … unless he or she is criminally negligent,” he said.

One of the concerns surrounding the bill is the possibility of an RA not acting when CPR is needed. Lassiter said the RA’s

“duty of care” keeps him or her liable on the theory of negligence.

Ohio State University, the University of Missouri and Wesley College already require RA’s to be CPR certified, according to their websites.

Central Michigan University requires teacher’s aides to become CPR certified, but does not specify whether or not RA’s are required to be CPR certified, according to its website.

Some UC staff and faculty already are required to be CPR certified, including recreation center staff.

Many students at UC didn’t know their RA was not CPR certified.

“I think they should be [CPR certified] in case of an emergency,” said Holly see cpr | 2

Enrollment growth to help offset deficit College of Medicine accepting more students to reduce deficit benjamin goldschmidt chief reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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TRAINING SIMULATION Third-year cadets from the University of Cincinnati receive combat training in the Joint Field Training Exercise.

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UC ROTC cadets participate in final training before national event TYLER BELL SENIOR REPORTER newsrecordNEWS@gmail.com To prepare for a June test that will determine their futures, Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University and Ohio State University joined forces for a fourday training event in Camp Atterbury, Ind. Thursday.

The four-day Joint Field Training Exercise emphasized basic troop-leading skills cadets will need to succeed at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course, a five-week course the Army uses to evaluate third-year cadets, in June.

The JFTX is designed to get cadets used to working with unfamiliar personnel.

“This is the first time they’re going to work with other battalions,” said Abbey Driskell, a fourth-year cadet and UC ROTC recruitment officer.

At the LDAC, which takes place at Fort Lewis, Wash., cadets’ grades are negatively affected when they fail to effectively work with others.

“So far it’s been a good learning experience,” said Ethan Daugherty, a thirdyear cadet and squad leader. “It really prepares us for this summer when we work

with other schools.”

Cadets spent Friday and Saturday outdoors simulating combat patrols with M16 rifles and blank-fire cartridges.

Every cadet rotated through a leadership role at least once. Their performances were recorded and graded by instructorobservers who counseled the cadets individually.

Cadets will be graded by the same standards at LDAC. “It’s showed me a couple weaknesses I could work on,” Daugherty said.

Points were subtracted for slowness, issuing unclear orders and other mistakes.

Nathan Schoonmaker, a third-year cadet and platoon leader, had points deducted from his final score for exceeding the time limit during the planning phase of the combat simulation.

“It was a little more daunting because of all the moving parts,” Schoonmaker said.

“You spend [one-third] of the time planning and two-thirds of the time letting your subordinates execute.”

The final portion of each patrol was simulated combat with black-shirted fourth-year cadets pretending to be enemy combatants.

“I think [the JFTX] went well,” said Chris

Kapucinski, a fourth-year cadet and UC ROTC battalion commander. “The weather may have hurt morale … but I don’t think it had any adverse effect on training.”

Despite the friendly rivalry between schools, nearly all the cadets proved themselves satisfactory leaders.

“Working with other schools was great,” Schoonmaker said.

Schoonmaker, who received a satisfactory evaluation for his leadership, said he’s ready for LDAC. “I know better what to expect,” he said.

“It won’t be too bad.”

For the first time in its history, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is reaching out to undergraduate students to help eliminate a $4.8 million deficit.

The college is actively taking steps to boost enrollment — with a goal of recruiting 350 more students by 2017 — to combat the projected deficit, said Lori Mackey, senior associate dean of finance and operations.

Despite facing a projected $4.8 million deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30 and losing money three out of the last four years, Mackey said the college’s finances look promising.

After receiving the latest financial update, Mackey is hoping to reduce the projected deficit to $2 million.

The College of Medicine’s expenses are projected to total $234.9 million while total revenue was projected to be $227.7 million, Mackey said.

“There are a lot of pressures facing all the schools at UC,” Mackey said.

The College of Medicine and UC Health account for about half of UC’s $1.1 billion budget, according to the University Current Funds Budget Plan for 2012-13.

A large part of the deficit stems from reduced state funding and endowments, Mackey said.

To reduce its debt, the college is planning to offer a pre-med minor to undergraduate students in 2014, said Anil Menon, molecular genetics professor and director of the minor program.

“When we look at it two-fold it will be great for the College of Medicine because we’ll be training an undergraduate population that knows they want to be doctors and really focus heavily on health sciences,” Mackey said.

The new programs will be taught by existing faculty to help limit costs while bringing in additional revenue, Mackey said. However, the college has not been very involved with undergraduate training thus far.

“We would like to do this well for a couple of years and work out all the bugs in the system, and then develop a major [for undergraduates],” Menon said. see deficit | 2

Provost search continues, three forums remain Second candidate impresses search committee, emphasizes building UC identity Alexis o’brien senior reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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TALK THE TALK Charles Caramello answers questions from UC faculty and staff Friday.

The search for the new provost continued Friday at an open forum.

Charles Caramello, the second University of Cincinnati provost candidate, spoke highly of the university’s values, history and ambitions on his campus visit.

“This urban research university is the kind of institution I can contribute to,” Caramello said.

Caramello is currently the academic affairs vice provost and graduate school dean at the University of Maryland, where he also was the English department chair.

He taught within his department and authored two books on modern American literature.

Caramello is the second of five provost candidates to be interviewed by Santa Ono,

UC president, and the search committee during April.

“He seemed like a very fine and acceptable candidate,” said Richard Miller, UC faculty chair. “However, all of the candidates the search committee has selected are of very high quality. Until we see all of them, it’s difficult to evaluate one individual.”

In the open forum, Caramello answered audience questions and emphasized the creation of a university narrative that will move UC forward.

“If you’re standing still, you’re moving backwards,” Caramello said.

Miller said the candidate responded well to difficult, pointed questions posed by UC faculty.

“He talked about things in abstract terms, which was compelling, but also in concrete details, which I also found admirable,” said

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Jana Braziel, Africana studies professor. “I think he’s a viable candidate.”

The new provost will serve as the chief academic officer and vice president of the university. He or she must be a scholar and leader committed to leading the university in its mission of excellence and diversity, according to the position description.

“This is not a matter of who is excellent, but who is the best out of a number of excellent candidates and, more probably, who is the best fit,” Miller said.

The open forum for the third candidate will be held in Tangeman University Center Tuesday.

The provost hire decision will be announced sometime after commencement in April.

Visit newsrecord.org for coverage of the remaining three open forums.

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UC awards ceremony recognizes excellence More than 85 awards presented to students, staff, faculty for accomplishments ALEXIS O’BRIEN SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM University of Cincinnati students, faculty and staff were recognized for their academic, leadership and personal accomplishments during a recognition ceremony Sunday.

“It’s always a special occasion when we celebrate the accomplishments of the UC [community],” said Bleuzette Marshall, interim chief diversity officer.

The UC student affairs and services department hosted the annual ceremony in Tangeman University Center’s Great Hall. More than 85 individuals, groups and colleges were awarded for significant engagements within UC and Cincinnati.

UC President Santa Ono opened the ceremony by awarding five students with the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence — the most prestigious award a student can receive.

The presidential medals were first presented in 2000 and recognized graduating

UC professor researches free speech Department head raises questions on corporate free speech BROOKE BEERY SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM A University of Cincinnati professor was recently recognized for his research on free speech rights in major corporations across the country.

Jeff Blevins, associate professor and head of the Journalism Department, placed first in the Broadcast Education Association’s history division for his paper, “Historical Amnesia in First Amendment Jurisprudence.”

“I’ve been working on this study for quite a while,” Blevins said. “It kind of grew out of my interest in teaching the media law class, which is a subject I’ve taught for several years.”

Blevins presented his research April 9, at the Broadcast Education Association’s 59th annual national conference in Las Vegas.

Blevins examined eight Supreme Court cases over a 30-year period that defined speech rights for corporations. He suggests in his paper recent Supreme Court decisions strengthened corporations free speech rights.

“Corporations are treated in a very interesting way under the law,” Blevins said. “Corporations, for instance, don’t have privacy rights, they don’t have other constitutional rights like selfincrimination but they have speech rights. And so I was curious about how did that come to be?”

Blevins cited the British Petroleum oil spill in 2010 as an example of questionable corporate speech rights.

“British Petroleum spent an estimated $10,000 a day to Google and Yahoo so that when people did key word searches for oil spill or cleanup, they would be immediately redirected to one of their websites that focuses on British Petroleum’s efforts in cleaning up the spill, not necessarily their cause for creating it,” Blevins said. “BP did nothing illegal under the law, but they seem to be taking up a lot more communication space. This is just one example and I think, as humans, we might want to question that.”

His research outlines three main areas of corporate speech: corporate speech in election campaigns, corporate speech as commercial speech and corporate speech and conflicts among privacy.

“I would like to see the Supreme Court kind of take a pause and rethink how much value we are giving to corporate speech,” Blevins said. “That maybe we need to be a little more skeptical about its value.”

students for excellence in leadership, McIlwain and Nick Shah also received presidential medals. scholarship and service.

Jessica Brown, fourth-year education Mark Schutte, fourth-year student, was named student engineering student, received employee of the year for her one of the five service in the College of presidential medals.

Education, Criminal Justice “I was one of Some of the most and Human Services the two directors office. of sustainability amazing students “I don’t know anyone for student will be leaving us who has won this,” g o v e r n m e n t ,” Brown said. “Just to see Schutte said. shortly. We’ll miss that I meant something “We worked to them. to [UC] means a lot to connect students me.” to the idea of - Santa Ono, Students, faculty s u s t a i n a b i l i t y, UC President members and student helped them make groups nominated connections with individuals to the ceremony others, and built them advising committee in February. to be the best leaders they “I actually can’t believe we’re nearing could be.” the end of the year, and it makes me kind Schutte plans to pursue a master’s degree of sad because some of the most amazing in hydrology at the University of Colorado students will be leaving us shortly.” Ono after graduation. said. “We’ll miss them.”

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PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS Five students were presented with the presidential medal.

Medicaid expansion budget halted Ohio House cuts governor’s plans to grow healthcare LANCE LAMBERT SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM The Republican-controlled Ohio House of Representatives removed Medicaid expansion from its budget; meaning low-income Ohioans might be without healthcare in the near future.

The house unveiled its two-year budget Tuesday, stripping out Gov. John Kasich’s plan to expand Medicaid, cut taxes on small businesses, expand the state sales tax, and education funding plan.

Kasich included Medicaid expansion in his two-year budget proposal, but has since received backlash from conservative organizations and Ohio Republicans in the House and Senate.

If Ohio voted to expand Medicaid, it would join a growing number of Republicancontrolled states to fulfill an option in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover individuals living at, or below, 138 percent of the federal poverty level — approximately $15,000 annually for an

individual and $32,000 for a family of four.

Medicaid currently covers about 2.2 million Ohioans.

Ohio law currently covers adults with dependents at, or below, 90 percent of the federal poverty level and did not cover adults without dependents. A family of four making $20,000 or below would qualify under current guidelines.

House Speaker William Batchelder, R-Medina, said the proposal isn’t necessarily dead, but Republicans are worried about the uncertainty of future federal funding for the expansion.

Tea Party groups and some conservatives argue the plan would expand the national debt and do not want to support anything related to Obamacare.

Kasich had estimated at least 275,000 Ohioans would be eligible for coverage under the expansion.

Forgoing the expansion means Ohio will pass on $400 million in federal funding next year and more than $13 billion in the next seven years.

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MEDICAID EXPANSION The Ohio House removed Medicaid expansion from its newly unveiled budget, affecting low-income Ohioans. Gov. John Kasich planned to expand Medicaid.

“Ohioans will recapture, over the next seven years, $13 billion in our money to help these working poor and those searching for jobs to be able to get healthcare,” Kasich said.

The expansion will save state dollars spent on emergency room visits from patients without healthcare and help rural hospitals.

It is not sustainable for the state to continue to cover emergency rooms and hospital visits for the poort, Kasich said.

Kasich emphasized he is not a supporter of Obamacare, or an individual mandate, but does believe the expansion will help “the working poor.”

The federal government would reimburse 100 percent of the cost of Medicaid expansion for the first three years and then phase down to 90 percent after that.

House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid, though Republican’s control both the Ohio House and Senate. Fifty votes are required to approve legislation in the Ohio House, Republicans control 60 of the 99 seats.

Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled states have the ability to opt in or out of the program, but cannot partially implement the expansion.

“I think it is very likely the federal government could change the reimbursement rates to states,” said Greg Lawson, statehouse liaison and policy analyst at the Buckeye Institute.

The Obama administration already floated around the proposal of cutting the reimbursement rate before the US Supreme Court ruled that states could opt out, Lawson said.

The Congressional Budget Office Monday announced the national debt would reach $23 trillion by 2023, which will likely put more pressure of the federal government to cut spending, Lawson said.

Kasich said Ohio would “reverse this decision” if the federal government changed the reimbursement rates in a way to make the state pay more for expansion.

If the rates do change, the state will likely be unable to reverse its decision because of political problems resulting from future changes in leadership, Lawson said.

FROM DEFICIT | 1 The college plans to hire 79 more doctors in 2014 to provide handson training for undergraduate minor programs, Menon said.

“So the students who come and are admitted in the minor will be actually working with doctors, and will be working with researchers in laboratories and going onto wards — just experiencing it in a very direct way,” Menon said.

The move will expand the college’s traditionally regional reach to increase national — even international — interest, Menon said.

Students will be taught by many of the same doctors featured in Cincinnati Magazine’s best doctors list, allowing students to learn from and network with some of the best doctors in the area at a young age, Menon said.

“Sometimes difficulty spurs innovation,” Menon said. “This is an example of innovation out of necessity. We want kids from California applying to the university because it’s a great place.”

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FROM CPR | 1 Flick, a first-year pre-nursing student.

Others said it is acceptable for resident advisers not to have CPR training, but it would be better if they did.

Guillermo Morales, a first-year exploratory studies student, said there should be a transition in the future toward CPR certification.

“Yes, because if there’s an emergency [an RA] can help right away, but if not [an RA] can get help immediately,” said Josh Darnell, a first-year exploratory studies student.

Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the country, and receiving help via CPR or an Automated External Defibrillator increases the chance of survival by 90

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percent, according to the American Heart Association.

Only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander and only 8 percent live when going into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, according to the American Heart Association. Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home.

Multiple resident advisers declined to comment because it is against policy for them to speak with the media as an RA or representative of RED. It’s uncertain if or when the bill will be passed, Blizzard said. Until RED, UC General Council and SG resolve the possible liability issues the bill will remain tabled.

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FRESH STYLE Kiersten Pfieffer (right) and Sofia Castagna (left) admire their new looks after participating in Wednesday’s clothing swap in the Steger Student Life Center.

A University of Cincinnati graduate student organized a clothing swap Wednesday in an effort to create a series of participatory events in the community.

Corrina Mehiel, 31, a fine arts graduate student, planned the event for her thesis.

Wednesday’s swap, hosted at the Philip M. Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery in UC’s Steger Student Life Center, was the third of the year.

Members of the community were invited to exchange their used, clean clothes and because there were no regulations on the free event, students could bring as little as one or two items in exchange for as many items as they wanted.

The idea of a clothing swap isn’t new for Meihel, however, as she started attending clothing swaps in high school and continued throughout college with friends.

“It was nice because you got a good mix of people — you had some international students who added their personal taste, too,” said Hattie Walden, a first-year finearts student about Wednesday’s swap.

The turnout was interesting to

Meheil as well, she said.

“This [swap] has had way more women than the last two,” she said. “The first two really surprised me. There were a ton of dudes.”

To Meheil, the swap represented more than a way to exchange clothing.

“I don’t really know of any other artists who are thinking of [clothing swaps] as an art practice, so I thought it was worth investigating to see if it could be art,” said Mehiel, who works as a sculptor. “I’m still not sure if it is art.”

Despite that, Mehiel currently has a sculpture located downtown at Cincinnati’s Sycamore Gallery, which features a mound of unwanted clothing from previous swaps.

“I started out in undergrad studying fashion design, and I’ve always been really interested in textiles,” Mehiel said. “So between drawing and sculpture, I always go back to fabric.”

Although no future clothing swaps are planned, Mehiel hopes to expand to Coryville for the first ever off-campus swap.

“I definitely think that this is something I will continue in the future, in my art practice, wherever I live,” Mehiel said.

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POW!!! Carnival starts spring DANI KOKOCHAK SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORDENT@GMAIL.COM

Batman-themed games and activities brought in the spring season at the University of Cincinnati with the 74th annual Sigma Sigma Carnival.

Playing off “The Dark Knight Rises,” the carnival theme, The Carnival Rises, brought students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members together to celebrate alumni weekend superhero style.

The bat signal shone on Crosley Tower to promote the event and create an authentic atmosphere.

Batman, Catwoman and Bain took pictures with carnival guests alongside a replica of the 1966 bat mobile.

Members of Sigma Sigma men’s honorary dressed up as Batman and walked around the carnival selling food, beer and game tickets.

Sigma Sigma men’s honorary — an honorary that selects men based on their contribution to UC — founded the carnival in 1939. A carnival theme has never been repeated.

“We have been very fortunate over the 74 years to generate an event that truly brings together the UC community. It’s not just the students, it’s not just alumni, [and] it’s not just faculty and staff. Everybody gets into it,” said Mike Rodmaker, carnival chair and fifth-year marketing student. “At the end of the year it’s a way for the UC community to have some fun together and really celebrate another great year.”

The cost of the carnival operations are covered through fundraising and by sponsors, such as Uptown Rental Properties, which donates every year.

All proceeds from the sale of food, beer and game tickets are donated back to the university.

Donations from past Sigma Sigma carnivals funded the Bearcat statue and Sigma Sigma Commons, Rodmaker said.

More than 40 booths set up at the carnival featured superhero-themed games and activities. Student groups occupied most of the booths and used the opportunity to promote their organizations.

“Every organization needs funding and recognition and the best way to do it

is with stuff like this where everybody is around,” said Nate Thomas, a third-year electrical engineering student.

The booth spaces are available to student groups for free and are assigned on a first come, first-serve basis.

Each group decided the theme of the individual booths and covered the cost of the own activities and prizes.

“I came here because I am looking for a new UC club to join next year,” said Kayleigh Lavorini, a first-year marketing student. “There are a lot of cool organizations set up here that I didn’t even know about.”

UC clubs and organizations with booths included the mountaineering club, equestrian club, Engineers Without Borders, Proudly Cincinnati, the Student Alumni Council and several fraternities and sororities.

In exchange for tickets, carnival goers participated in activities such as “pie your favorite villain” and water pong.

One booth featured a mechanical bull ride. Participants tested their ability to cling to the mechanical bull with only one hand.

Other activities included an opportunity to put on a sumo-wrestling suit and take on an opponent or receive face paintings of Batman, Cat Woman or Joker masks.

A disc jockey played music at the front of the carnival and people danced and mingled throughout the night.

“This is a nice change of pace and a great way to take a break from studying and doing schoolwork,” said Mary Lodwick, a fifth-year digital design student.

Mio’s Pizzeria set up a booth offering pizza slices in exchange for tickets.

Mr. Hanton’s Handwiches — a New York style hotdog cart specializing in gourmet hotdogs — also served carnival goers.

The Pepsi Company donated soda and water for the event.

Two beer trucks set up shop carnival and served beverages throughout the night, sponsored by Uptown Rental Properties.

“Every student on campus can come to [this carnival] and have a good time,” said Matt Hargrove, a fifth-year accounting student. “No matter what group of kids you hang out with, everyone comes and just has a good time.”

MainStreet Stride shows UC pride BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER NEWSRECORDENT@GMAIL.COM Hundreds of students gathered Friday to watch students, staff and faculty march in the 8th-annual MainStreet Stride.

The parade featured representatives from almost every student group and faculty department at the University of Cincinnati.

Those marching in the parade wore red and black, save for a few individuals who decided on costumes that resembled their organizations.

The UC Marching Band led the parade as participants threw candy, shirts, stress balls and other items to onlookers,

including a panel of judges who later decided which groups were best. “[The parade] represents the pride I feel in this great institution,” said Tom Palmer, a fourth-year secondary education student.

The parade started at University Pavilion and ended at the gymnasium in the Campus Recreation Center.

UC President Santa Ono swore in the next student government administration, and said the previous administration was “One of the best I’ve worked with in the past two decades.”

During the reception in the gymnasium, Ono announced the parade’s seven winners and handed out gnomes as prizes.

Most appreciated gnome: Most spirited student organization: Most spirited university department: Most creative student organization: Most creative university department:

Dr. Terren Frenz, UC Marching Band director Women’s Basketball Human Resources Laboratory Animal Medical Services Enrollment Services

President’s choice, student organization: UC Swimming and Diving

President’s choice, university department: College of Nursing

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‘Pines’ brings originality to theaters Character development creates heart-wrenching experience JAKE GRIECO SENIOR REPORTER NEWSRECORD.LIVING@GMAIL.COM “The Place Beyond The Pines” features fully developed characters that will leave the audience wondering if it was based on a novel.

Rarely is it done successfully, but director Derek Cianfrance (“Blue Valentine”) takes the wide-breadth of human complexity and sculpts it into a 140-minute film.

“The Place Beyond the Pines” is highly ambitious and will polarize moviegoers.

Some might leave the theater in tears of boredom, but most will crave a second viewing.

“The Place Beyond the Pines” has no flat characters. This multi-generational crime drama excels at blurring the moral center of everyone involved.

The tough choices the storyline presents its characters are so realistic and believable that it is emotionally draining to sit through.

Ryan Gosling plays Luke, a motorcycle

stunt rider. This role was made for Gosling.

It fits all the clichés he’s embodied in other films like, “Drive” and “Blue Valentine.”

Charming blue-collar worker, mysterious drifter identity, highly skilled driver and cigarettes — a lot of cigarettes.

Luke is the easiest character to love and not only because it’s Gosling. Luke’s character is unlike the typical moviestereotype of a man who runs from commitment. When he finds out he has a 1-year-old child with former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), he quits his job to stay with her. But there are a few setbacks to his chivalrous plan — he is broke and Romina is taken.

In an attempt to bring his family together and provide for the child he starts robbing banks. Because the audience is aware of both sides of the decisions the characters make, it never feels completely justified in liking or disliking any of them.

Bradley Cooper plays Avery Cross, a recent law school graduate and rookie

police officer. Like Luke, Cross has a 1-yearold son, but he is married and has a steady job. Cross is an OK guy on the surface, but holds dirty secrets within. On the contrary, Luke is covered in tattoos and tries to do the right but makes terrible choices while doing it.

Cianfrance creates an intriguing parallel between the two main characters that audiences will mull over throughout the film and long after.

Luke and Cross meet when Luke is hiding from the police after a bank robbery gone wrong. This is more than a third of the way into the film but it’s the first time Cross appears on screen. At this point, Cross becomes the main character.

The spotlight is handed over once more when both Luke and Cross’s children turn 17.

A three-part multi-generational plot is a radical form of storytelling, which could have easily resulted in a perilous outcome.

Unlike his characters, Cianfrance did not

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With fresh plot dynamics and a gripping, realistic portrayal of human emotion, “The Place Beyond The Pines” sets a high standard for the upcoming Oscar season.

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Harrison and Cincy, a perfect match Despite rivalry & Reputation, Harrison and Bengals need each other JOSHUA A. MILLER SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS.NEWSRECORD@GMAIL.COM

I once broke a TV remote control because of James Harrison — I still owe my grandfather $40 for it. Needless to say, I don’t much care for James Harrison.

Before I decided to take my talents — or lack thereof — to the journalism world, and I was still allowed to openly support teams, the Arizona Cardinals were one of my squads.

In Super Bowl XLIII, Harrison made arguably the greatest play in Super Bowl History, a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown. It was a 14-point swing, which effectively stopped the forever-tormented Cardinals from seizing control of the game before the half. The Cardinals lost the game. Thus, the broken remote and debt.

Because Harrison has sported a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey while roaming football fields and endangering lives for the past eight seasons, I’d assume the majority of the Cincinnati Bengals fan base is less than fond of Mr. Harrison, as well.

Present day — five seasons since the breaking of the aforementioned remote — the Bengals look poised to sign the 2008 AP Defensive Player of the Year.

According to just about every reliable source, it is no longer a matter of if the Bengals will sign Harrison, it’s a matter of when.

All past bias aside, it would be an outstanding signing for both parties.

Love him or hate him, Cincinnati, you need him — and he needs you to.

Cincinnati has two defensive needs: A safety, which the team will likely address in the first round of the NFL draft later this month, and a game-changer.

Signing Harrison would round out Cincinnati’s defense. The Bengals defensive line established itself as one of the best in the NFL last season, amassing 51 sacks. Vontaze Burfict emerged as one of the best undrafted players in the league and Cincinnati’s only effective linebacker. If the Bengals land a decent safety in the draft, the defense will lack only one thing … a game-changer, someone that’s good for two to three broken clavicles per year.

Harrison amassed 23 forced fumbles and 64 sacks in his career, including 16 in 2008. His presence as a pass rusher and ability to drop into coverage will demand attention, which will certainly open up space for an already outstanding pass rush.

Say what you will about Harrison: he’s dirty, he leads with his head and he has a loud mouth. All of which could easily be contrived as true depending on how you view the game of football.

But, it goes without saying, he plays as hard as anyone in the league and he wreaks havoc like very few other players ever have.

The Bengals need an outside linebacker and they could certainly do a whole hell-of-lot worse than Harrison, even if he is 34 years old.

What makes the deal even better for Cincinnati is that Harrison is out of options, and he just so happens to hate every other team in the AFC North.

Harrison has made it clear that he wants to stay in Cincinnati’s conference, likely because he’s an angry person and the chance of taking down the teams that discarded him in the past is enticing.

Because no one in their right mind is camping outside on Black Friday for the chance to play for the Cleveland Browns, Harrison’s two best options as a free agent were Cincinnati and Baltimore. He held talks with both, but the Ravens chose to sign Elvis Dumervil instead. No other teams worth actually playing for seem to want to want him.

He’s out of options and he hates the Steelers for deciding to pay Troy Polamlu instead of him. He hates Baltimore for cutting him at the beginning of his career and he hates the Browns because, well … he hates everyone else anyway. He’s an oldschool football player, playing a few decades too late and whether it’s appropriate to say or not, every team needs one. He’s about to be the Bengal’s As long as his big plays outnumber his helmet-to-helmet penalties, which isn’t always the case, Harrison is a great pick up for Cincinnati at the price they’re going to pay.

Forgive him for his past wrongdoings toward your city, Cincinnatians. He’s going to be your game-changer.

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UP AND OVER University of Cincinnati pole vaulter Chelsea Vaughan clears the bar, as fans watch from above the Calhoun Street garage.

Men’s track third at All-Ohio Portis’ 23 points propels UC women to fourth-place finish JOSHUA A. MILLER SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS.NEWSRECORD@GMAIL.COM

Led by five individual event winners, the University of Cincinnati men’s track and field team finished third at the AllOhio outdoor meet Saturday at Ohio University’s Goldsberry Track in Athens, Ohio.

Josh Dangel, Michael Nwankwo, Terrence Somerville, Darnell Gilbert and Kevin Fink all claimed individual wins for the Bearcats and combined to score 66 of UC’s 174 points.

Dangel started the two-day meet with a victory in the pole vault, which he has dominated so far this season.

Friday was no different, as his vault 16 feet and 7.5 inches was 6 inches higher than Akron’s Joseph Wesley, who finished second.

Nwankwo and, fellow UC teammates Tariq Sanders and Chris Greene took the top three spots in the triple jump.

Nwankwo finished first with a jump of 49 feet; Sanders and Greene took second and third with jumps of 48, 0.75 inches and 47 feet, 3.75 inches, respectively.

UC also swept the 110-meter hurdles.

Somerville took first in a time of 14.25 seconds, barely edging out Dailyn Moore (14.26 seconds) and Bryan Cain (14.55 seconds), who finished second and third.

Gilbert and Somerville took the top two spots in the 200-meter dash, with times of 22.07 and 22.18 seconds, respectively.

Fink claimed UC’s only distance win of the meet, edging out teammate Colin Cotton (14 minutes, 50.8 seconds) to claim first in the 5k run with a time of 14 minutes, 50.74 seconds.

Gilbert also led two UC relay teams to third-place finishes.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Gilbert, Darius Howard, Kevin Girgis and Bryan Maldinger finished third in a time of 43.18 seconds and the 4x400 team of Gilbert, Tony Williamson, Ryan Wynn and Brian Barney finished third in a time of 3 minutes, 22.43 seconds.

Other top-three individual finishers for the men’s team were Jeffrey Griffiths, who finished second in the 1,500-meters in a time of 3 minutes, 58.61 seconds and Jacob Franklin, who finished third in the 10,000-meters with a time of 32 minutes, 22.70 seconds.

Kent State claimed the men’s title with

216 points, 26 points clear of second-place Akron (190).

The UC women’s team claimed fourth place with 96.50 points, 23 of which were earned by senior sprinter Shanay Portis.

Portis’ leap of 19 feet, 4 inches earned her first place in the long jump Friday.

She came back Saturday to add a second-place finish in the 200 meters (24.29) and fourth-place finish in the 100 meters (12.07).

Portis also ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished second in 46.01 seconds.

Frida Akerstrom took second place in the shot put (49 feet, 7.75 inches) as did Mary Bridges in the discuss throw (163 feet, 8.25 inches).

Third place finishers for the women were Erika Hurd in the high jump (5 feet, 8 inches), Javette Lee in 400-meter hurdles ( 1 minute, 2.39 seconds) and Alyssa McBride in the pole vault ( 13 feet, 1.5 inches).

Ohio State took first in the women’s meet with 212 points, followed by Kent State (148), Akron (99) and UC. Both the men’s and women’s teams will compete in the Jesse Owens Invitational Friday afternoon at Ohio State University.

UC drops two at Rutgers Patishall’s first-career win gives Bearcats only victory ANNIE MOORE SPORTS EDITOR

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The University of Cincinnati baseball team dropped two out of three games to Rutgers University this weekend, as the Bearcats continued to struggle in Big East play.

After being rained out Friday night, UC dropped the series opener, 6-1 despite freshman Devin Wenzel producing a career-high two doubles and an RBI. Redshirt freshman right-handed pitcher Connor Walsh took the mound for UC and allowed two runs on four hits with six walks and four strikeouts in six innings.

After two hitless innings to start the game, Rutgers scored in the third when third baseman Matt Tietz doubled to left, followed by a single to right-center from second baseman Nick Favatella to score Tietz and give the Scarlet Knights a 1-0 lead. Rutgers added another run in the bottom of the fifth to push its lead to 2-0.

Cincinnati didn’t get on the board until the eighth, already trailing 4-0. Freshman shortstop Ian Happ led off with a double down the left-field line. Wenzel followed with a double of his own to score Happ.

Rutgers starting pitcher Robert Smorol was replaced after Wenzel’s hit and left-handed reliever Rob Corsi held the Bearcats scoreless for the remainder of the game.

The Scarlet Knights tacked on two more runs to end the game 6-1.

Wenzel and Happ both had two hits in four plate appearances, accounting for four of UC’s eight hits.

RHP Mitch Patishall led the Bearcats to a 3-2 victory Saturday night in the second game of the series. Patishall threw a career-high six and two-thirds innings for the Bearcats, allowing only one run on three hits with two strikeouts to earn his first collegiate win.

Freshmen Ethan McAlpine, Russell Clark and Happ all had multi-hit games, along with junior Ryan Quinn.

The Bearcats offense — which out-hit Rutgers 11-4 — got off to an early start when junior Justin Glass and Happ hit consecutive singles to put runners on the corners with two outs. The duo executed a perfect double-steal, which allowed Glass to steal home and give UC an early FILE ART 1-0 lead.

BALL IN PLAY Cincinnati’s Ethan McAlpine snags the final out of the inning against UC extended its lead in the third, with Louisville earlier this season at Great American Ball Park.

Mcalpine doing most of the legwork. With one out, the freshman outfielder hit an infield single, stole second and scored off RHP Andrew Strenge pitched a perfect on second and third, right-fielder Steve a double from freshman Forrest Perron. ninth inning to pick up his sixth save of Zavala hit a line drive back at McElroy The Bearcats tacked on another run in the season, and secure UC’s 3-2 victory. who snagged it, fired it to shortstop the fourth when junior designated hitter UC dropped the final game of the Happ, who tagged up at second before Brendon Neel led-off with a triple to left series 7-2 Sunday afternoon. throwing to Wenzel at first to put away field and scored after a single from Quinn.

Junior RHP Christian McElroy started the third out. The triple play was UC’s first Pattishall’s shutout attempt was stifled the game for UC and allowed six runs on since May 20, 2005 at the University of by the Scarlet Knights in the sixth when six hits in four and two-thirds innings. South Florida.

RU shortstop John Jennings led off with Quinn went 2-4 to move his reachedMcElroy also walked a career-high base streak to 10 games, and Happ a walk and later scored when Favatella eight batters. hit a one-out triple to right-center. The UC’s defense kept the game close early, extended his hit streak to seven games. But it didn’t matter because UC Knights scored again in the eighth to cut the highlight of which was a triple play in the bottom of the third. With runners fell 7-2.

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