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Renovated crime lab would include UC RYAN HOFFMAN | SENIOR REPORTER

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CRAMPING THEIR STYLE Mike Trimpe shows a cramped storage/ resource room that doubles as a home to one of the GC/MS machines at the Corryville Crime Lab. One proposed plan is to transform the crime lab into a regional office that would work in partnership with UC.

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The Hamilton County crime lab — located in Corryville — might not be up to snuff.

Those are the findings of a report requested

by Hamilton county and conducted by Crime Lab Design — a forensic facility consulting firm.

The report stated the current crime lab is crowded and undersized, making it possible for evidence to be contaminated. The recommended solutions for these problems include expensive renovations and costly increases to the size of the building and its staff.

The recommendations have caused some uncertainty over the future of the current facility, leading some to desire a revamped regional office that could work in partnership with the University of Cincinnati.

The crime lab handles all forensic evidence — including autopsies, narcotic seizures and DNA samples — for Hamilton County.

Local officials are in disagreement about what changes are needed and whether they are financially possible in an era of shrinking budgets.

One proposed idea is to transform the crime lab into a regional office that would work in partnership with UC and have the capability of handling work

outsourced from surrounding communities.

This idea has support from UC and Cincinnati law enforcement officials.

Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig believes a new lab would be necessary and that a regional center involving a partnership between the county, city and UC could offer an answer to the current problem, said Michael Cureton, chief of UC Police Division and director of public safety.

Craig was out of town this past week and unable to comment on the idea.

“He has shared the idea with me, but we have not put in writing what this crime lab would look like,” Cureton said.

Cureton is very much in favor of the idea, but that it hasn’t been pursued by either party.

Public safety at UC does not currently have any open cases involving the crime lab, Cureton said.

While both parties would like to see this idea materialize, there is still the problem of funding.

“My college would love to see a crime lab like that but no one seems to know where the resources and the amount of money that would be needed to create all that would come from,” said Lawrence Johnson, Dean of the College of Education Criminal Justice and SEE LAB | 5

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MAKING PRESENCE KNOWN Members of the University of Cincinnati’s Beyond Coal chapter marched up to the office of President Greg Williams once again to propose cessation of coal use.

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NATALYA DAOUD | STAFF REPORTER Patient’s suffering from Parkinson’s disease might have a new, more effective treatment thanks to University of Cincinnati researchers.

On Thursday, April 26, Dr. Alberto Espay, associate professor of neurology at UC, presented a medical innovation in Pa r k i n s o n ’ s d i s e a s e medication in New ESPAY Orleans at the American Academy of Neurology’s (AAN) 64th annual conference.

The three-month-long trial for the treatments was composed of approximately 71 patients who have had Parkinson’s disease for an average of 11 years and who experienced six and a half hours a day of no relief from conventional medication — referred to as ‘off time.’

The trial resulted in the decrease of the amount of “off” time by two hours per day and the increase in the amount of “on” time by two hours per day.

The drug tested in the trial, levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG), was showcased in the AAN’s Scientific Highlights in Field of Movement Diseases session, detailing the implementation and results of the treatment.

The intestinal gel is administered through a feeding tube instead of being taken orally.

The gel consists of levodopa (the precursor of dopamine) and carbidopa — a drug given to people with Parkinson’s disease, which goes into the upper intestine inserted directly into the first part of the small bowel.

The results of the medication were positive, Espay said.

“The patients have a pragmatic response to the medication,” Espay said. “The time during the day, they were optimized, lengthened significantly above SEE PARKINSON | 5

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Twenty members of the University of Cincinnati Beyond Coal Campaign flooded the office of President Greg Williams Wednesday, and gave one of his secretaries a copious stack of petition signatures, handwritten letters and research, backing their request for Williams to commit to coal-free energy.

A formal letter requesting Williams retire the second coal-fired boiler on East Campus Utilities Plant by 2019 accompanied these signatures and letters.

One of the coal-burning boilers near campus will be retired by 2015, but no plans to close the other have been mentioned by university officials, said Brian Kunkemoeller, co-director of sustainability for Student Government and UC Beyond Coal coordinator.

“We just wanted to deliver everything we’ve collected showing the enormous student support for this,” Kunkemoeller said. “It was very strong and timely — we thought — the way we verbalized this. We’re forcing them to make a decision.”

While the push for a greener campus is clear, the university has already made strides in realation to sustainable energy solutions on campus.

For the past three years, UC’s has been named one of the greenest campuses in the country by the Princeton Review.

In an effort to retain that title and to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, the university hosted a start-up test Thursday, during Earth Week, for the conversion of one of the coal-burning boilers to operate using waste wood chips. The UC Bearcat

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DELIVERING THE NEWS Members of UC Beyond Coal present their findings to one of President Greg Williams’s secretaries. mascot kicked off the event by shoveling chips into the boiler.

An estimated 7 out of 10 college students support the use of clean energy and consider sustainability when choosing a school, Kunkemoeller said.

Many students are concerned that higher tuition will be used to cover the cost of increased efforts to switch to cleaner energy, but Kunkemoeller said the numbers go beyond that. “[The university] has actually wasted about $32 million in the last three years on equipment for both utilities plants,” Kunkemoeller said.

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A group of undergraduates from the Carl H. Lindner College of Business are taking a swing at a worldwide advertising contest — the Google Marketing challenge.

With a $250 budget from Google, Sean Cox, a first-year marketing student; Bhavik Modi, a first-year finance student; Stephanie Neiheisel, a first-year marketing student; Peter Schmidt, a first-year finance student; and Jack Wells, a first-year accounting student — along with adviser Dong-Gil Ko, associate professor of information systems — partnered with local baseballmanagement business Kings Sports, LLC. The contest is a 21-day campaign helping small businesses gain recognition through ads posted on Google Adwords by college students.

“What we were looking for was a place that fits a certain niche and something that was local,” Cox said.

Modi explained the ease of access the team’s project provides consumers.

“Google set it up so that [when] if you search a keyword, that business name pops up in association with that keyword,” Modi said.

The project has three types of ads pertaining to different parts of the region, Neiheisel said.

“One focused on Cincinnati, one focused on the Midwest and one focused on the state of Ohio,” Neiheisel said. “Different ads came up; different wordings like, ‘Want to get involved in baseball in the Midwest, click here.’ It really focused on the three areas.”

When someone views the ad, it is called an “impression”, and when someone clicks on the ad it is called a “success.” The participants at UC had 43,642 impressions, a click rate of 0.3 percent, and the average cost per click was 0.9 percent — very time a person clicks on the ad, Google charges the team members.

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Last week, paleontologists unveiled the discovery of an ancient sea creature.

The Dry Dredgers — an association of amateur paleontologists from the University of Cincinnati — displayed the discovery at the 46th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America Tuesday, in Dayton, Ohio.

Mechanical designer and amateur paleontologist Ron Fine discovered the creature’s remains this past summer.

Fine collected the fossil from its place of discovery near Covington, Ky., cleaned it and brought it to the Dry Dredgers for research.

“I tried to identify what [the fossil] is on the Internet and had no success,” Fine said. “[Even] the other professors are having some trouble.”

The fossil is currently being examined by UC professors of geology David L. Meyers and Carlton E. Brett as well as Benjamin Dattilo of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne’s department of geosciences. “[The research done] is mostly observational, examining the specimen [and] taking measurements,” Brett said. “Benjamin

Dattilo has taken pieces and made slices to view internal structure. We are hoping to do some [work with] the Scanning Electron Microscope to view the surface more clearly.”

Whether the fossil is an animal or plant is still unknown as it doesn’t resemble anything anyone has ever seen, Brett said.

“It’s a mysterious object,” Brett said.

Though the discovery is unprecedented, there are some hypotheses of what it could be, Brett said.

“Our theories [are that it] stood upright, in which it would be 9-feet [tall] or it was like a mat on the sea floor,” Fine said. “It might have been partially floating.”

Meyers postulates the fossil might not have been a creature at all.

“I personally lean towards microbial [rather] than animal — it doesn’t have a more complex structure,” Meyers said. “The third possibility is neither; it may not be produced by living things, [but] physical processes. But we are leaning toward biological because [of] how it looks in structure.”

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WHAT IS IT Amateur paleontologists from UC are still not sure if the fossil they discovered was a living organism.

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Luxuries not needed in housing

As Clifton’s renaissance barrels on, new student apartment complexes are springing up all around — but living in them is going to cost a pretty penny.

Uptown Rental Properties is largely responsible for the growth; this fall, they’ll be adding three complexes to their roster — Jefferson House, Vine St. Flats and Euclid Square, in addition to Ohio Avenue’s 65 West building.

University Edge will also be a new addition to the area, located on Jefferson Avenue.

Meanwhile, Sterling McMillan and University Park Apartments continue to stand strong, along with the University of Cincinnaticontrolled Stratford Heights.

While these furnished, polished apartments are pretty gorgeous and overflowing with perks, I’m not convinced they’re worth the polished price tag.

Of the seven buildings in question, the cheapest two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment comes in at $662.50 per month (Euclid Square). The most expensive, a two-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom apartment in UPA, costs $864 per month.

For a four-bedroom apartment, you’re looking at $587.50 to $745 per month (65 West and Jefferson House, respectively).

True, for the majority of younger UC students, these off-campus complexes seem like a good transition from dorm life to “grown-up” apartments.

I lived in University Park Apartments [UPA] during the 2009-10 academic year and paid $555 per month to share the four-person, two-bedroom apartment.

UPA had resident advisers who mostly kept to themselves, but still offered that voice of authority to comfort anxious parents. The cable and air conditioning included in the rent were also nice, but by the end of the year, we were all ready to move on.

Looking back, I could have saved close to $1,000 by living in a different apartment — one in the many reconstructed houses in Clifton that are chock-full of historic charm. The 100-year-old houses that, for what they lack in flash, more than make up for in character.

And in a world where student debt is climbing faster than Anthony Orozco on a case of Red Bull, do students really need luxuries like a resort-style swimming pool or free tanning beds? Wii gaming rooms and club houses?

The problem is, students are drawn in by the sparkle and the fluff and end up paying through the nose because they don’t realize there are far more affordable options out there. I’ve got a handful of friends living in perfectly nice apartments and paying almost half as much.

I think one of UC’s greatest draws is the unique off-campus housing, the eclectic apartments that grew organically out of the houses that have stood for decades.

So, UC students, before you sign your leases and brace yourself for high-priced rent in exchange for luxury, remember: You are in college.

These are the years where you’re supposed to live in quirky old building with questionable amenities.

You don’t need gaming rooms and fitness centers to enjoy your college experience (You get a free membership to the Campus Recreation Center in your tuition, anyway).

Unless you can afford it, it doesn’t seem like there’s much point in tacking on debt for luxuries.

If you go straight from the dorms to the swanky suites, what will you have to look forward to once you graduate?

While students are more than ready to move on from dorm life after freshman year, it’s important to remember that college life doesn’t need to be deluxe to be an amazing experience.

Save some ducats and buy yourself a second-hand Wii on Craigslist. Swim in the CRC pool.

You’re going to be having a blast either way, so why not choose the one you can actually afford?

After all, you might only be a college student once. That doesn’t mean you have to live up to the “poor college kid” stereotype.

COLLEGE LIVING Celebrating culture through fashion TIA GARCIA | STAFF REPORTER Models strutted their stuff on the runway to celebrate cultural diversity during Worldfest week at the University of Cincinnati Wednesday.

Ethnics Programs and Services hosted an International Fashion Show in the Tangeman University Center Great Hall.

The fashion show was part of Worldfest Week — a week of events celebrating various cultures and ethnicities throughout the world.

Students modeled clothes from countries around the world, including Lebanon, Somalia and India.

Third-year biomedical engineering student Andrew Kordahi participated in the fashion show as a model. He walked the runway while wearing a traditional Palestinian robe.

“I just love seeing all the diversity on the stage,” Kordahi said.

Modeling wasn’t the only thing happening at this fashion show. The show began with a performance by D.Y.D. (Do Your Dance), a hip-hop/rap group based out of Cincinnati. They performed two songs before the modeling took place, and closed the show with another performance.

In addition to a musical performance, the audience was also entertained by a Bollywood dance. Two performers acted out a story line while dancing to songs like“Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO. “Overall, it was a great show,” said Logan Brooks, a second-year biomedical engineering student. “I got to see a

lot of different styles from different countries and cultures which was very interesting.”

Other countries represented in the show included Nigeria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Pakistan, Mexico, China, Vietnam, China, the Philippines and Peru.

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PASSION FOR FASHION The University of Cincinnati Ethics Programs and Services hosted a fashion show celebrating cultural diversity during Worldfest Week 2012.

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NIGHT OF HOPE The University of Cincinnati hosted Relay for Life April 27. The 24-hour event raised money for The American Cancer Society. UC’s Relay for Life events have raised more than $1 million over the past 10 years.

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The University of Cincinnati community celebrated cancer survivors and honored loved ones who lost their lives to the disease throughout the 24-hour Relay for Life event.

UC has hosted Relay for Life annually for more than 10 years. This year, the Relay for Life teams hit a fundraising milestone.

“We have reached $1 million over the past 10 years by raising over $147,000 this year,” said first-year business student Christina Beer, who helped organize the event.

Anh Tran, a first-year architecture student, volunteered at the event and drew caricatures for students throughout the night.

“I really loved how students could be so supportive of the event.” Tran said. “I sold my drawings for $1. The goal was to draw

one caricature per minute, which was fun.

I actually stayed until the morning, despite having Student Orientation Leader training the next day.”

The overnight relay-style event began with a survivors’ lap, which invited survivors to circle the track together. The survivors’ lap is also a time to celebrate those who have cared for cancer patients.

Loved ones lost to cancer were also honored with luminaries.

The candles lit up McMicken Commons throughout the night. Each luminary represented a person touched by cancer.

“I like the luminaries because it reminded me of my father, who had lymphoma,” said Nolan O’Brian, a second-year mechanical engineering student.“I called him right after the ceremony.”

Relay for Life created a family friendly environment for the entire UC community, said

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CELEBRATING THROUGH DANCE A multi-cultural music and dance exhibition was hosted Thursday on McMicken Commons. [Clockwise from top left] Dance member from the African Dance Theatre teaches the crowd to dance. As the crowd joins in and dances, the youngest member of the “Ohio Valley Scottish Society Dancers” performs for the crowd during her “Scottish Flair” routine as the crowd joins in and dances. Naina Prabhaker from the Blue Ash Elementary School entertains the crowd to a Bollywood Dance Routine to an Indian tune, “Barso-re.”

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second-year journalism student Dana Hacker.

“My favorite part was seeing so many booths with so many different things set up,” Hacker said. “There was something for everyone — McMicken Commons was full of booths, and so many different people were there.”

The night concluded with a Fight Back Ceremony. During the final lap of the night, participants were invited to make a personal commitment to fighting cancer. Relay for Life organizers encouraged participants to make the commitment by getting a cancer screening test, quitting smoking or talking to elected officials about cancer.

Despite the terrible weather, every student was committed to honoring those affected by cancer, Tran said.

“Every single one of us put in a lot of effort,” she said. “Even though the weather was bad, it didn’t stop anyone from having fun.”

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HBO ‘Veep’ promises US political satire, jokes “Seinfield” alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays the vice president in HBO’s new television show “Veep.”

In the first episode, a scene unfolds where she is informed the president is experiencing severe chest pains.

With the president in mortal peril, Louis-Dreyfus must be rushed to the West Wing to take over for him if worst comes to worst. Her initial reaction to the alarming news is one that can only be described as … restrained jubilation.

She quickly catches herself and expresses more appropriate concerns for the president’s well-being.

“Veep” promises to be a fantastic entry into the realm of American political satire, which has been dominated by “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.”

Creator of the show, Armando Iannucci, has established himself as a legendary satirist in Britain with television shows such as “The Thick of It,”“I Am Alan Partridge” and the film entitled “In the Loop.”

It can be gathered from his political lampooning that he considers politicians to be rather heartless individuals; however, the extent to which he highlights their depravity is what makes for delicious entertainment and thoughtprovoking insight.

Though most of us are probably quite cynical when it comes to politics, Iannucci wagers our cynicism isn’t nearly enough.

Based on the trailer for the new show it is almost certain that the political figures in “Veep” will be just as vile, selfserving, incompetent, foul mouthed and sociopathic as those in his past works.

There’s also a chance that Iannucci will paint some unflattering portraits of American politicians through caricature.

His past film, “In the Loop,” which was centered on British parliament, also touched on the insidious operations in the White House at the dawn of the Iraq war.

He portrayed a frightening social atmosphere in which top ranked political figures bullied and conspired against those who took the country’s best interest to heart when making political decisions.

In “Veep,” Louis-Dreyfus’s character seems to be the main setup for Iannucci’s analysis.

Because she will be playing an inept vice president, many are already viewing her character as a distortion of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. It will undoubtedly take a few episodes to tell whether this is the case.

In order to be successful, the show must make the distinction between a usable target and a crutch. Since her campaign, Palin has become the punch line of many exhausted jokes — so the show will have to avoid clichés altogether.

In the context of contemporary political satire in America, it is apparent — at least on television — that conservatives experience a disproportionate volume of humorous attacks. Television news is, of course, another story, and another form of comedy in itself. For selfprofessed comedy shows, the slant is identifiably liberal.

This makes sense, considering the influence of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” which attract more liberal-oriented viewers, especially in the wake of the unpopular Bush administration.

Though Iannucci’s political principals are a bit more ambiguous than that of “The Daily Show,”“The Colbert Report” or “Real Time with Bill Maher,” there’s still a danger of falling into clichés.

Given Iannucci’s perceptiveness and irreverence, it seems unlikely he will be swayed by popular sentiment.

Hopefully his quest will be to look deep into the core of politics in a way that transcends the spectrum, allowing him to provide another bold, outrageously funny explanation of why our political system is so broken.

ENTERTAINMENT Try out musical ‘Candy Salad’ KRISTIN COMBS | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

distant, elongated vocals and commanding instrumentals.

The track’s dreamily “Candy Salad,” Suckers’ newest record, progressive undertones decorate the entire album and demonstrate how the group is reveals substantial progress, while still leaving heavily influenced by Talking Heads. plenty of room to mature.

Despite having only three members, the The beginning of an album is crucial. It needs to kick off with an attention-grabber, Brooklyn-based band skillfully complement forming a relationship with the listener that traditional rock aspects with keyboard and trumpet melodies. The group’s musical talents invites them to linger for at least a few songs. can sadly go unnoticed due Creativity is essential, to the album’s lack of focus. but without an inherent Although they possess sense of cohesion, an abundance of creativity, undirected imagination the members never fully can ultimately be harmful develop any of their ideas, to an album. resulting in songs bursting A disjointed CD plays “Nowhere” with potential that is not more like a collection of fulfilled. songs than a unified album.

“Figure It Out” The first two tracks Singles might get an artist are proceed in the same discovered, but exclusively “Charmaine” vein, but the album’s producing singles restricts a third song, “Bricks to band’s growth and weakens the Bones,” quickly rids the listener’s ability to fully the listener of any false fall in love with the artist. sense of cohesion. It Only a great album can becomes abruptly evident transcend mediocrity. the group has given into The indie-rock group Suckers is one band battling such inconsistency. musical experimentation, with neo-soul Following criticisms of their patchy 2010 album tracks scattered among the rock-dominated album.

“Wild Smile,”the group resolved to create a more Much of the CD’s latter half boasts more unified record.

“Candy Salad” opens with the striking passionate, almost desperate vocals, and it’s “Nowhere,” introducing the album’s in these songs that David Bowie’s influence

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Brooklyn-based indie group Suckers attempt to expand their musical palette with “Candy Salad.”

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From the summer-ready songs at the start of the album to the more delicate pieces toward the end, Suckers’ aptly named record “Candy Salad” affords a song for nearly every kind of listener.

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FOLK OR PUNK Sean Bonnette strums his guitar for Andrew Jackson Jihad, a band that mixes folk and punk rock stylings.

Four-hour show leaves crowd drenched in sweat KYLE STONE | SENIOR REPORTER Andrew Jackson Jihad and Joyce Manor sent a sold-out Bogart’s crowd into a frenzy Friday night.

After excessive moshing, Bogart’s staff threatened to stop the show when stage barriers were repeatedly knocked over — the crowd moved back, but their energy persisted.

The night kicked off with four openers — Atomic Potato, Maniac, Treasure Fleet and Joyce Manor.

Maniac, who was named one of the “100 Bands You Need to Know in 2011” in Alternative Press’s April 2011 issue, warmed the crowd up with both indie-pop tunes and puns between songs.

Maniac certainly made themselves known when they appeared dressed in what seemed to be pirate outfits.

From the second Joyce Manor stepped onto the stage, the crowd unleashed a wave of energy to create an experience no punk fan

would want to miss.

After playing to an audience that was as in tune with them as with the headliner, it would be unfair to even consider Joyce Manor an opener.

The intensity of the Joyce Manor set nearly matched Andrew Jackson Jihad’s, thanks to both the band and audience.

Bogart’s staff had to push the crowd back for nearly the entire Joyce Manor set because they kept pushing the stage barrier over and surrounding the band.

Andrew Jackson Jihad’s set wasn’t much different — the room was still teeming with energy.

The first half of Andrew Jackson Jihad’s set was folkier than the second, as the two primary members, Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty, played the first half with an acoustic guitar and upright bass.

For the second half, the group added another guitarist — whom Bonnette introduced as “The Edge” — and drummer for

a faster paced performance.

This was the first full-band tour for Andrew Jackson Jihad — usually Bonnette and Gallaty perform as a duo.

Highlight songs included “Distance,” “Love Will F**k Us Apart,” and “The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving.”

The crowd was lucky enough to also see Andrew Jackson Jihad perform a plethora of covers, including indie-rock icon Jay Reatard’s “Fading All Away,” Earth’s “Introduction” and Sleep’s “Dragonaut,” in addition to two classic punk tracks — Dead Kennedys’ “California Über Alles” and The Misfits’“Hybrid Moments.”

The show was played in Bogart’s front room, yielding an up close-and-personal experience.

Fortunately, the night was filled with positive vibes — even around the mosh pit.

The show ran for nearly four hours, about half an hour longer than scheduled.

Anyone in the front of the audience left the show covered in sweat and beer — and chances are, it wasn’t all theirs.

Documentary probes bullying issue

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“Bully” is an emotive, gloomy and troubling documentary about the suffering some children inflict upon others.

The film arrives at a moment where bullying is being redefined as a social problem, instead of just accepted as a fact of life — “Kids being kids” is no longer an acceptable response.

Lee Hirsch, who directed and served as his own cinematographer, travels around the country to look at how bullying has affected five different children.

Two of these children are unable to appear on camera because constant and persistent taunting pushed them to commit suicide.

As difficult as it is to watch children being bullied, it is twice as hard to look into the despair, desolation and hopelessness found in the eyes of David Long, whose 17-year-old son Tyler hanged himself in a family closet.

“I knew he would be victimized at some point in time,” Long said in a bleak retrospective. “He had a target on his back. Everyone knew that.”

Sharing the despair is Kirk Smalley, whose 11-year-old son’s funeral was featured in the film.

“We’re nobody,” Smalley said while disconcertingly searching for answers as to

why his family’s complaints about school bullying fell on deaf ears. “If it had been some politician’s son, there’d be a law tomorrow.”

Obtaining acceptable answers from school authorities proves difficult, making it a constant theme. Adults in the film are oblivious and incompetent, hiding behind the complexity of bullying or relying on tired clichés like boys will be boys.

At the center of the film is 12-year-old Alex Libby, who resides in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Sioux City school board allowed director Hirsch unlimited access to the middle school and buses where Libby’s bullying takes place.

Libby seems to have developed a strong relationship with Hirsch. At times, he seems to confide in the filmmaker more than his own parents. Desperate for friends, he spends quite a bit of time trying to justify the extent of his bullying, until Hirsch shows the adults some of his footage.

For various reasons, the two other teens depicted get less — and less effective — screen time than Libby.

Though we hear from Kelby Johnson — a 16-year-old who was ostracized when she came out as a lesbian — we do not see her being taunted.

Young Ja’Maya Jackson from Mississippi,

who took her mother’s handgun to the school bus to stop chronic bullying, is in so much trouble we hardly hear from her at all.

More than 13 million American children will be bullied this year, and like Ms. Jackson, a large number of them won’t be heard from.

“Bully” attempts to change that.

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TAKE A STAND “Bully” takes an in depth look at bullying by focusing on five different children and their parents from all over the country.

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Playoffs regaining past glory

A new champion of the National Basketball Association will be crowned in less than two months; so buckle up — this will be one hell of a ride.

Anyone who has ever followed the NBA knows the ’80s and ’90s were part of the most exciting era of basketball. Michael Jordan’s epic battles with the bad boy Detroit Pistons accompanied by tearing out the collective hearts of the Utah Jazz meant the NBA’s second season reached a fever pitch.

Jordan enjoyed more than a decade of being basketball’s top man, and, to some extent, still is.

Unfortunately, there’s no Jordan in the association anymore. LeBron James and his decision to go play in Miami 21 months ago was great for the NBA, in that it made for more competition — as evidenced by the league’s four different champions in the past five years.

The league is better since James made the decision to take his talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat. There is so much competition in the league at this time — something that fans can appreciate.

Most people criticized James’ move and tore into him personally, but that decision was the best thing that has happened to the NBA since Jordan’s time. The NBA is, once again, relevant, and the playoffs are a must-see.

When one looks at the NBA now, superstars fill roster spots on every contending team. The Bulls are led by Chicago native Derek Rose, whose season ended as a result of an ACL tear in the team’s win against the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has two young superstars with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Older teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs are very much in contention for an NBA Championship. Kobe Bryant is the closest thing to Jordan and needs one thing to cement his legacy: Championship No. 6 to “be like Mike.”

The difference between this and other years is how close every team is. One missed free throw, or one defensive lapse could cost any team the championship.

People who say there is no defense involved don’t pay enough attention — the talent level on any given court nowadays far surpasses that of eras gone by.

America has shown how much it loves the NFL and NCAA basketball, but NBA games don’t get as high of a rating.

They haven’t since Jordan was in the league, and I think that just might change.

Hopefully, the NFL Draft didn’t prevent people from watching the NBA Playoffs.

I love the NFL as much as the next guy, but do I really want to follow the NFL every day of the year? No, because there is greatness in every sport, and the NBA Playoffs will be more exciting than what the NFL put on display just a few months ago.

The NBA is proving how entertaining the game of basketball can be when great players take center stage.

I don’t see how any sports fan would miss watching what will probably be the most competitive NBA Playoffs in the past decade.

These playoffs will answer questions most NBA fans have: Will Miami’s “big three” win a title; or will Bryant show he has one more title-run left in him?

Will Durant and the young Oklahoma City Thunder come together and lead a small-market team to an NBA Championship?

These are just a few examples of what could unfold in the upcoming months.

The playoffs started this past Saturday and will continue to unfold throughout the summer in 16 different NBA arenas. If you have a pulse and enjoy competition, tuning into this year’s playoffs is mandatory.

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Roos’ home away from home BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR In 2009, University of Cincinnati junior women’s golfer Maria Roos made the trip from Uppsala, Sweden, to Mississippi State University to study abroad and begin her collegiate golf career.

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FINDING HER FIT Junior golfer Maria Roos transferred to UC in April 2011. Roos, originally from Uppsala, Sweden, was enrolled at Mississippi State University originally.

Making the decision to leave one’s family and begin a new life in another country would be a big change for most anyone, but for Roos, that change was even bigger, because she had to separate from her identical twin, Hanna.

Hanna Roos, also a golfer, had made the decision to play at Kansas State University — 741 miles away from her sister, whom she had spent her entire life with up until that point.

“At home, people call it like a divorce — being separated for the first time,” Maria Roos said. “We had been together since daycare — basically in the same class — and we’re identical, so people couldn’t really see a difference, because our personalities are also very alike.”

Maria Roos said she and Hanna wanted to have the chance to become their own person; and though it was difficult at first, it was a good decision in the long run.

“It worked out well,” Maria Roos said.

“I could develop as a person, and she has developed as her own person, too.”

Roos spent two years at MSU; but during her sophomore season, head coach Christi

Sanders retired, and the new coach was on the hunt for top-notch talent.

“She didn’t think I played as good as she wanted me to, so she took away my scholarship, and I couldn’t afford to stay,” Roos said. “It was kind of hard — a tough transfer — cause I had so many friends there, but [head coach] Janet [Carl] here, she is so nice. [UC] fit me perfectly, so it’s really good.”

Roos is one of four Swedish players on UC’s golf team, and she said that helped her choose to play for the Bearcats.

“I didn’t know them, but I knew who they were,” Roos said. “I talked to them, and they stayed here for a year and really liked it, so I trusted their advice, and it’s turned out really well.”

Because there were three other players from Sweden on the team, Roos said it helped her to feel like there were others like her in the same situation, enabling her to fit in faster than she did at MSU, where she was the only international player on the team.

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FURTHERING HIS CAREER Former UC running back Isaiah Pead was selected as the 50th pick in the NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams.

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The University of Cincinnati had four Bearcats picked up in this year’s NFL draft — two of whom were chosen in the top 50.

CATHY HEBERT | SENIOR REPORTER Between a few surprises and records, Bearcat fans had plenty of things to celebrate during this weekend’s NFL draft.

Four Bearcats were taken in this year’s draft, and for the first time ever, two Bearcats were selected in the top 50.

ESPN and Sports Illustrated analysts predicted that Derek Wolfe would be selected in the third round, whereas NFL analysts had him going somewhere between the fourth and seventh rounds.

Instead, the Denver Broncos, with the 36th overall pick of the draft, selected Wolfe. He was the highest-drafted Bearcat since 1971, when Bob Bell was taken 21st by the Detroit Lions.

Wolfe finished his career as a Bearcat with 19.5 sacks and 37 tackles for a loss. He was named the 2011 Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year and garnered All American honors from multiple publications. He was selected to attend the Senior Bowl and the NFL Combine.

Wolfe was both shocked and excited to join the Broncos.

“Right now, it’s a lot of excitement. When you talk about contact, there wasn’t a lot of contact there like there was from the other teams. It was kind of put under wraps — there was kind of a shock when they took me,” Wolfe said. “It’s a huge privilege. I couldn’t ask for better spot to be going into than the best defense in the NFL right now.”

In many people’s minds, the top prospect

to emerge from Clifton was running back Isaiah Pead.

In four seasons, Pead accumulated 3,288 rushing yards, 721 receiving yards and 33 touchdowns. Like Wolfe, he attended both the Senior Bowl and the NFL Combine. He also garnered such titles as this year’s Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl and Senior Bowl MVP. Both ESPN and NFL analysts predicted he would be drafted in the third round, while Sports Illustrated analysts had him going in the second round. Again, the Bearcats surprised analysts when the St. Louis Rams selected Pead with the 50th overall pick in the second round of the draft.

St. Louis seems like the perfect place. Pead said has a good organization and a strong mentor awaiting him.

“I liked the Rams. I took a visit there. It was love. Coach [Jeff] Fisher is a great guy. I was anticipating this call,” Pead said. “I’m going to be in [running back] Steven Jackson’s hip pocket.”

Another surprise came when defensive linemen John Hughes was taken in the third round by the Cleveland Browns as the 87th overall pick.

Before the 2011-12 season, Hughes wasn’t even on the national radar, but after a breakout senior season (51 tackles, 12.5 tackles for a loss and 5 sacks), he was invited to the NFL Combine.

Hughes said he was surprised to be taken

so early but is looking forward to being a Cleveland Brown.

“Honestly, I invited all of my family to come over tomorrow morning to watch the draft, so I was thinking more fourth round,” Hughes said.

“I think I can be a great addition to the team.

Anyway I can help the team — anyway they ask me to help them — I will be more than happy to. I feel like I can be a nice addition to the defensive line.”

Adrien Robinson was the final Bearcat drafted when the New York Giants selected him in the fourth round of the draft as the 127th overall pick.

Like Hughes, Robinson wasn’t on the national radar prior to the season. In fact, he wasn’t even on national radar after the season.

Robinson accumulated just 29 catches during his time at UC but was constantly revered by head coach Butch Jones.

UC’s Pro Day was where Robinson showed his worth — it was reported that he ran a faster 40-yard dash than any tight end at the NFL Combine.

Jerry Reese seems to be looking forward to working with Robinson, as he recently referred to him as the Jason Pierre-Paul of tight ends.

When the draft concluded, another four Bearcats signed free agent contracts.

Zach Collaros signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; JK Schaffer signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars; Monte Taylor went to the Seattle Seahawks; and DJ Woods signed with the Tennessee Titans.

UC track’s running toward Big East

Bearcats produce solid showings at Miami, Drake

JOSH MILLER | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati track and field teams competed in their final weekend of preparation for the Big East Championships, as both squads sent representatives to the Red Hawk Relays in Oxford, Ohio, and the legendary Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Bearcats combined to earn six first-place finishes Saturday at the Red Hawk Relays, including wins in both the men’s and women’s pole vault from Josh Dangel (16 feet, 9.25 inches) and Emily Lang (11 feet, 11.75 inches).

Other UC winners were Jessica Molyet in the discus throw with a toss of 160 feet

and 1 inch, Michael Rutherford in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.60, Jeff Griffiths in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:59.01.

Bryan Cain rounded out the Cincinnati victories, taking first place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.86 seconds.

Wins proved much harder to come by at the Drake Relays, as the Cats didn’t earn any individual victories; however, UC gained valuable experience against several athletes likely to be a factor at the NCAA Championships.

The Bearcats take to the track again May 4 in Tampa, Fla., for the opening day of the 2012 Big East Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

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This money could have probably cut in half our energy demand with efficiency instead of on equipment that doesn’t work.”

UC Beyond Coal has also played a role in Cincinnati City Council’s decision to drop Duke Energy as an energy supplier.

During a public hearing on the topic, 30 members of the UC Beyond Coal campaign — who made up about half of the attendees — gave public testimony, pushing the city to switch to First Energy Solutions, Kunkemoeller said.

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“As part of Duke Energy Ohio’s approved electric security plan, 100 percent of the electric generation serving our customers comes from competitive suppliers,” Walls said. “Duke Energy Ohio supports competition and will continue to bill and provide electric delivery services for the residents of Cincinnati regardless of who they buy their electricity from.”

Duke’s power plants will remain in the city regardless of the switch to FES, a concern among city members pushing for a cleaner city that this switch is only a small step.

The students requested a formal response from Williams by May 11.

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The company saw had more people sign up for baseball tournaments, with 48 signing up the first week.

“It is likely that the larger companies that are going to drive more traffic from people just because of the name brand and they’re aware of it and consumer individuals are aware that information is available on the web,” Ko said. “So a lot of our behavior, if we don’t know something we go to google.com and then we google it, right?”

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The competition gave group members the opportunity to see how marketing works in the real world.

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Johnson talked briefly with Craig about the crime lab, but nothing has happened since the talks.

“The university has expressed an interest in trying to build a whole new crime lab and we’ve asked the [Craig’s] people if they could help raise the money and it just hasn’t gone any farther than that,” Johnson said.

“We’re really talking about a massive undertaking to generate the money that would be needed to do such a thing.”

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and downs, but she said Coach Carl has helped her a lot in dealing with confidence issues.

“You go up on tee and think, ‘Oh there’s water there, and the forest there,’ and you get really nervous and don’t trust yourself,” Roos said.“[Coach Carl’s helped me] to go choose my target, visualize the shot, see it and then go and hit it.”

For women’s golf, the 2011-12 season just came to an end; and though the season didn’t end as Roos had hoped, she said the team made strides throughout this past season, and she and her teammates feed off one another’s success on the course.

“We all play well at the same time,” Roos said.

“Now it feels good, and we feel confident.”

Roos hopes this confidence will enable her to finish her senior season with the style and skill of which she knows she is capable. The team tees off again in September.

The trio is still experimenting with its recipe, sampling musical directions and sounds, as if searching for its artistic identity. The result, although generally appetizing, seems unrefined and distracts from the band’s talent.

The group has tried to take a graceful step in the direction of album continuity, though currently its plans for the future are difficult to imagine. Many emerging artists struggle with finding a niche, resulting in a range of unexceptional but diverse songs.

Suckers’ long-term success will be contingent upon its immediate development, and it will be interesting to see in which direction they go.

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