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MADISON SCHMIDT | SENIOR REPORTER The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government administration approved allocating $2,000 of its co-sponsorship allocation funds of the academic year to the Sigma Phi Women’s Honorary Fall Ball — a group Student Body Vice President Maesa Idries is affiliated with — at its Wednesday meeting.

The bill passed via majority, allocating $2000 to the event. The amount is one-third of SG’s total cosponsorship allocation, according to their budget.

Student Body President Lane Hart, who was not present at Wednesday’s meeting, was hesitant to say whether the allotment was too much at the beginning of the school year.

“Sometimes you have to get down to the wire and someone says, ‘Hey, I have this really good event would you like to find it,’ and some senators may say, ‘No, we can’t fund it because we don’t have any money in this line,’ when other people may advocate for putting money back in that line to fund it,” Hart said.

The allocation was not an overwhelming amount to start the year with, as similar amounts have been spent

before, Idries said.

While Idries is the student body vice president, she is still an active member of the Sigma Phi Women’s Honorary. As the president of the honorary last academic year and being in charge of alumni relations this academic year, she said her level of activity in the group has declined this year.

The planning of Sigma Phi’s Fall Ball began more than one year ago, with Idries at the helm as president of the organization, Hart said.

“She’s been planning [Fall Ball] for a long time,” Hart said.“I mean, even since before we were elected.”

Currently, her involvement with the Fall Ball event involves selling tickets and promoting the event.

“If you want to know what my involvement is right now, there is a certain amount of tickets I have to sell right now as a member of the organization,” Idries said.

The bill was written and endorsed by Regan Noppenberger and endorsed by Andy Koesterman.

However, Idries submitted the bill to senate.

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STUDENTS VOTE Undergraduate student government approved cosponsorship of the Sigma Phi Fall Ball.

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A University of Cincinnati professor and student organization adviser will be presented with a national award at the Excellence in Journalism Conference.

Jenny Wohlfarth, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies for the journalism department, is being awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ David L. Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award because of her position with UC’s chapter of SPJ. SPJ.org describes the recipient of the award as“[a] person who has made an exceptional contribution to the campus chapter for which he or she serves as SPJ adviser.”

Wohlfarth has been the adviser of UC’s chapter of SPJ since the spring 2009 when the chapter was recovering from a few years of sporadic membership, she said.

UC’s SPJ 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 president, Sara Maratta, and vice president, Michelle Tufano, nominated Wohlfarth for the award.

WOHLFARTH The students told her they nominated her in April, which she thought would be her only connection with the award, Wohlfarth said.

In August, Maratta called Wohlfarth to let her know she won the award.

Wohlfarth feels honored, flattered and stunned her students thought to nominate her for the award, and surprised to compete on a national level with other SPJ chapters, Wohlfarth said.

“Our chapter is a great chapter, it’s an active chapter, but it’s smaller compared to other schools,” she said. “We just became a department this year, so [I] figured we weren’t necessarily on national radar, but we really are.”

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RYAN HOFFMAN | NEWS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees met Wednesday afternoon and decided final compensation for former president Gregory Williams to the tune of more than $1 million over the next two years.

Williams will receive $255,000 for his tenured, full-time position at the College of Law this year.

The $255,000 is the maximum amount of money that a faculty member in that position can make.

“He’s a tenured professor and he’s fully entitled to receive that salary,” said Francis Barrett, chairman of the board Williams’ resigned abruptly Aug. 21, but maintains his position as a tenured full professor in the college. He will not be teaching any classes this year because all of the faculty appointments were made earlier this year, Barrett said.

He will receive a $112,750 bonus — 25 percent of his 2011-2012 annual base salary of $451,000.

Williams contract with UC made him eligible for an annual performance bonus, ranging from 10to-25 percent of his base salary. This final bonus is at the maximum amount allowed under Williams’ contract.

Williams will serve as a consultant for UC until Sep. 15, 2014.

“We were fortunate enough to reach a consulting agreement with Dr. Williams,” Barrett said. “He will be available at our discretion as we may need his services concerning the university, UC Health, Proudly Cincinnati, UC Foundation,

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For his consulting work, Williams will receive $300,000 from Sept. 15, to Sept. 15, 2013. Williams will also receive $200,000 from Sept. 15, 2013 to Sept. 15, 2014.

Williams is also scheduled to receive a $100,000 supplement at the end of this year. This compensation is a part of Williams’ contract, Barrett said.

His provided housing, the UC House, must usually be vacated within 30 days of resignation or termination, but the board agreed to extend his occupancy to Jan. 31, 2013.

When asked whether or not there might be some confusion in the UC community as to why Williams was receiving this money Barrett said no.

“I think people will appreciate what we have done in the best interest of the university they have a continued working relationship where we need it,” Barrett said. “When you consider the amount of money that’s at stake here we think that this is a good financial deal for the university.”

Williams’ final payments will come from UC’s general fund, Barrett said.

Williams, who officially took over as president in November 2009 for Nancy Zimpher, had more than two years left on his contract at the time of his resignation.

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PAYMENTS DECIDED The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees agreed on a settlement package for former UC President Gregory Williams.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) named a researcher from the University of Cincinnati “Nurse Faculty Scholar” to continue studies on reaction and resilience to violence in hospital emergency departments.

The $350,000 research grant recognized Gordon Gillespie, an assistant professor in UC’s College of Nursing, and 12 other recipients who showed promise in their field of study.

“The RWJF foundation went out looking for the best in the nation and selected Gordon, from UC’s College of Nursing, as a finalist,” said Donna Martsolf, associate dean of research and translation at UC’s College of Nursing. “That brings a lot of recognition to the research and the growing college.”

The award also includes a leadership training aspect that will provide Gillespie with mentorship on a local and national level, Martsolf said.

Martsolf will serve as Gillespie’s nursing faculty mentor throughout the research process.

“I will assist [Gillespie] in meeting personal goals as a researcher and taking full advantage of what the grant offers him,” Martsolf said. “And through this mentoring and research process he will become an even more promising faculty member.”

Gillespie has found the amount of assault toward workers in emergency departments is higher than in any other workplace. In his observations, he found some workers persevered through verbal and physical assault with resilience and patience. Other workers ultimately became distressed and have left the emergency department, Gillespie said.

“My goal, as a researcher, is to identify the predictors of a more resilient emergency department worker in order to modify the reaction of all emergency department workers by creating an intervention program that

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Cincinnati’s Chief of Police, James Craig, was refused a waiver for the Ohio Peace Officer Exam after the state training commission announced Sept. 6 it does not have the power to grant any such waiver.

“The opinion of the commission that was issued last week is that it did not have the authority waive the test,” said Dan Teirney, spokesperson for the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.

Craig said he plans to appeal the decision. “[Craig] has 15 days after the decision to make an appeal in the Hamilton court system,”Teirney said. “Then the process would continue through the court legal appeals process.”

Craig said his decision to appeal the waiver is based strictly on principle.

“This exam does not test your ability as a police officer, it tests what a person learns in the police academy,” Craig said.

“To be candid, it [the exam] does not affect my job at all,” Craig said. “I am a police chief, not a police officer. Without taking the exam,

I cannot write a ticket but I can still arrest a felon.”

Craig said his previous 36 years of police experience in Michigan, California, Maine and now Ohio attest to his ability to act as an effective police chief. The exam requirement prevents future qualified candidates from considering the position, he said.

“If I had known this exam was a requirement at the time that I was looking at this position, which it was not, I probably would not have applied, as would have many of my colleagues,” Craig said.

By fighting to lift the exam requirement, Craig said he is fulfilling his responsibility to support the voters’ decision on Issue 5, which allowed for the City of Cincinnati to hire a Police chief from out of state.

“I am the first outsider,” Craig said. “There will be others who follow me, and this exam has a chilling effect of undermining the effort of finding the best candidate for the position.”

Craig will continue in his duties as police chief even without his Peace Officer Certification, just as he has done for the past year.

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REFUSAL TO TEST James Craig, Cincinnati’s police chief has been refused a waiver to skip the Ohio Peace Officer Exam.

“James Craig is the Chief of Police and will remain the Chief of Police — period,” said Meg Olberding, spokeswoman for Milton Dohoney, the city manager.

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RYAN HOFFMAN | NEWS EDITOR NThe Ohio Board of Regents notified colleges and universities in Ohio and West Virginia of a systems error that could potentially prevent student veterans from receiving their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits on time.

The error occurred while electronic files were being transferred from the Buffalo, N.Y. Veteran Affairs regional office to the St. Louis VA regional office from July 24 through Aug. 9, said Randy Noller, a spokesman for the VA. The VA was transferring its files for Ohio and West Virginia to the St. Louis regional office in order to better distribute the workload among the four regional offices, Noller said.

Universities in Ohio were asked by the Board of Regents to come up with estimates for the number of student veterans that could potentially be affected by the end of the day Sep. 4, said Kim Norris spokeswoman for the Ohio Board of Regents.

Not all of the universities had all their figures in, but based on numbers that were received, an estimated 2,600 hundred students that could be effected, Norris said.

The University of Cincinnati estimated that 293 certifications were submitted during that time period, said Douglas Burgess, assistant vice president in the Registrars’ office.

The university has several procedures in the works to help accommodate student veterans who could potentially be affected by the system error, Burgess said.

One practice that was in place before the systems error prevents student veterans from being punished with late fees for not paying tuition on time due to a delay in the benefits process.

“We don’t punish veterans when they can’t pay tuition on time because their benefits are late,” said Deborah Merchant associate vice president of student affairs and services. “We don’t drop students [veterans] from their classes.”

Another possibility would be a loan from the university to help pay for expenses other than tuition.

“It’s not so much tuition, it’s primarily books and other kind of living expenses where they feel the impact because the university is prepared to address issues with tuition and fees so that where they really feel the impact,” Merchant said.

While UC has identified those student veterans who could potentially be affected, the responsibility of identifying those who haven’t received their benefits falls on the student veterans themselves, Merchant said.

So far, two students have contacted the university with concerns regarding a delay in their G.I. benefits, said Burgess.

“For those two students, we were able to figure out how to help them based on the resources that were available,” Merchant said Solving student veterans’ problems is not a generic fix, but really something that is dependent on an individual basis, Merchant said.

“It’s truly complicated, because some

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STANDING VIGILANT Veterans account for more than 1,200 students at the University of CIncinnati. students have financial aid that is available and they can draw some amount from that and some students may need a book loan, Merchant said. “Every case is different.”

As this error is resolved more students may come forward, but rest assure no student veterans’ files have been lost and those people will receive their benefits, Noller said.

Both the Board of Regents and the VA recommend that any veterans who notice a problem with their benefits should contact the right people immediately.

“To our student veterans, if you encounter a problem please contact our office or your universities office that specifically handles student veteran services as soon as you can,” Norris said.

Sherrod Brown talks economy, education BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT | CHIEF REPORTER Senator Sherrod Brown hosted a conference call that he described as a PSA to Ohio college students, warning them against taking their student loan money on a pre-paid debit card rather than a paper check.

The pre-paid debit cards often times have hidden fees for performing basic, routine tasks – as little as 60 cents for checking an account balance, or 5 dollars for using an out-of-network ATM, Brown said.

The largest of these card companies is Higher One, which has card agreements with 4.3 million students nationwide,

according to a report done by the U.S. Private Independent Research Group (PIRG).

Higher One made 80 percent of its revenue in 2011 by “siphoning fees from student aid disbursement cards, totaling $142.5 million,” Brown said.

“That’s why I’m pushing the largest student debit card company in the nation to reform its student debit card practices – and protect students at the seven Ohio schools who use debit cards to receive their financial aid,” Brown said.

Brown would like to see the same reforms that apply to credit card companies extend to these debit card companies like Higher One, he said.

Reforming student debit card practices

is now at the top of his list in regards to protecting students from having their “already limited” student aid dollars wasted, Brown said.

In addition to reform, Brown is asking Higher One to voluntarily improve disclosure, restrict the use of gifts to students on campus and submit an annual report to the Consumer BROWN Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Education, he said.

There are 900 card partnerships between colleges and banks that have

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submitted it because I have that power as vice president.”

Bills can be submitted by anyone who is a member of the student senate, Idries said. The vice president submitted a bill to allocate money to an organization that she is involved in is not a conflict of interest, Idries said.

When asked why Idries submitted the bill rather than another member of the senate who did not have affiliations to the organization, Hart didn’t have a response.

“I can’t answer that,” Hart said.

Idries submitted it because she can, she said.

“Literally any and every person that come to me and asked to be on the agenda, I have submitted bills on their behalf,” Idries said.

The conversation of SG members having a conflict of interest has occurred throughout the years, Hart said.

“Several past student body presidents have been a part of Sigma Sigma so when they come asking for money, which they usually do for the spring carnival, we have the same discussion every year,” Hart said.“Well, is this a conflict of interest? Is this something people will question?”

The ball takes place Oct. 5 on the Herman Schneider Quadrangle, and it’s the first-ever event of its kind.

“I’m excited for it and I’m excited student government wanted to support it, but this is not a priority in my mind as much as student government is,” Idries said. “I just want to make that as clear as possible.”

highlights these predictors in the workplace,” Gillespie said.

Using the award as a catalyst, Gillespie will observe and research the characteristics of doctors and nurses that are assaulted in emergency departments. The results will then be shaped into an intervention program that will be presented to emergency

agreements with over 9 million students — over 42 percent — nationwide, according to the report by PIRG. “When it comes time to choose between a debit card and a paper check – not knowing the difference between the two can be costly for students,” Brown said.

Students often decide to opt into using a pre-paid debit card because they are told they will receive their money faster than waiting for a paper check, Brown said.

“When I heard from students, like Quianna, a nursing student at Kent State, that hidden fees and penalties were cutting into their already-limited financial aid dollars, I knew that some financial services companies were up to their old tricks,” Brown said.

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department’s so that resilience, despite the violence and assault, will grow in the workplace, Gillespie said.

“We are asking what can we do to help the workers,”Gillespie said.

“It is my hope that the intervention program will continue to modify the reaction to being assaulted long after the research is finished.”

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“If you look up ‘professor’ in the dictionary, she embodies every quality,” Maratta said. “She not only has the classical experience of being an active journalist, but she also has that love for the subject matter and is able to explain it and teach it in a comprehensible matter.”

Wohlfarth stands out from other professors because she is not just teaching in order to conduct research. She makes time for her students regardless of other commitments, Maratta said.

The president of SPJ John Ensslin echoed Maratta’s thoughts when he chose her for the award.

“Besides her very obvious commitment to students,” Ensslin said. “I was impressed by Jenny’s willingness to pitch in beyond the classroom.”

Wohlfarth’s efforts helped grow the campus SPJ chapter and she played a meaningful role in charting the future of the journalism department, Ensslin said.

Wohlfarth will receive her award at the Excellence in Journalism 2012 Conference Sept. 20-22 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Russell C. Myers Alumni Center, and immediately started an executive session.

Eight of the nine trustees were present at

the meeting, excluding Enquirer President and Publisher Margaret Buchanan.

Buchanan is out of the state on vacation.

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TRAGEDY ABROAD President Barack Obama walks down the Colonnade with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, to deliver remarks on the killing of US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three embassy staff, Wednesday, September 12,, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. Gunmen attacked the US consulate in

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CAIRO — Libya’s interior minister said Wednesday that the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed when armed Islamist militants overran the U.S. consulate in Libya’s second largest city, in a day of rage that also struck the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, where demonstrators hauled down the American flag, tore it to pieces and burned it.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed Stevens’ death and said that three other Americans had died, including another diplomat, Sean Smith.

The names of the other dead were withheld, pending notification of relatives, Clinton said.

“Our hearts go out to all their families and colleagues,” Clinton said in a statement.

Speaking at the State Department, Clinton said that U.S. and Libyan security personnel battled the attackers together and that the Obama administration is now working with the Libyan government to identify and track down the assailants.

The United States “will not rest until those responsible for these attacks are found and brought to justice,” she said.

The administration, she said, will continue supporting the Libyan government as it struggles to surmount serious insecurity in the aftermath of the civil war that overthrew strongman Moammar Gadhafi. “This was an attack by a small and savage group — not the people or government of Libya,” she said.

She praised Stevens as a dedicated diplomat who she first appointed as U.S. envoy to the opposition groups that fought Gadhafi and then as the U.S. ambassador to the new government.

Stevens, she said, “risked his life to stop a tyrant and then risked his life” working to rebuild Libya. Speaking in the Rose Garden, Obama said the Libyan government was working with the United States to boost security for U.S. diplomatic personnel in the country and track down the assailants, and that security was being increased at U.S. missions around the world.

Obama criticized the film that prompted the protest, but he said that nothing justified the consulate assault.

“Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths.

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others,” he said. “But there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence. None. The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts.”

Like Clinton, Obama said that the attack would not undermine U.S. support for the Libyan government.

“Libyan security personnel fought back

against the attackers alongside Americans.

Libyans helped some of our diplomats find safety, and they carried Ambassador Stevens’ body to the hospital, where we tragically learned he had died,” he said.

Libyan authorities said Stevens, 52, died of smoke inhalation, but the details of the attack were hazy. Stevens’ death marked the loss of one the State Department’s best Libyan experts and threatened to mar relations between the United States and Libya’s nascent government.

Stevens had focused most of his diplomatic career on the Middle East, spending time in Cairo, Riyadh and Jersusalem. He first arrived in Libya in 2007 and returned in the spring of 2011 in the early days of the uprising against Gadhafi.

At that time, he met with officials who would become key members of the National Transitional Council and eventually Libya’s first democratically elected government, which was seated last month.

He assumed the role of ambassador in May of this year.

but appeared to be sparked by outrage over the release of a movie trailer that conservative Muslims in both countries said denigrated Islam and its holiest figure, Mohammed.

Clinton acknowledged that as the likely cause in her statement. “Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.

Backers of the movie, who included Terry Jones, the Florida pastor whose burning of Qurans last year led to days of rioting in Afghanistan, were unapologetic about the role their film may have had in triggering the violence.

“The fact that angry protesters climbed the wall at the U.S. embassy in Cairo today, ripped down the American flag and tore it apart further indicates the lack of respect that Islam has for any other religion, any other flag, any freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of religion,” Jones said in a statement released before the death in Benghazi was confirmed.“It further

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UNITED FRONT President Barack Obama delivers remarks beside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, on the killing of US ambassador to Libya.

An Arabic speaker, Stevens told McClatchy Newspapers during a spring 2011 interview that he particularly loved Libya, even as he served as a diplomat there during Gadhafi’s time. Other diplomats remembered him as deeply engaged in all the Middle East, however.

“He knew our issues really well,”said Abi Khair, a diplomat at the Jordanian Embassy in Washington who had met Stevens in the days after Gadhafi’s fall when Khair served with the United Nations. “He was passionate about them.”

Stevens’ cables on Libya, which were among the trove released by WikiLeaks, offered colorful insights on Gadhafi and alQaida’s push to expand in Libya.

In an August 2008 cable he wrote to prepare then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a visit with Gadhafi he described the Libyan leader as “a selfstyled intellectual and philosopher, he has been eagerly anticipating for several years the opportunity to share with you his views on global affairs.”

In her statement late Tuesday, Clinton said she had asked Libya’s government to provide additional protection to Americans in Libya and said she would ask other governments to beef up their security precautions.

The storming of U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi and Cairo, where no one was injured, took place on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

illustrates that they have no tolerance for anything outside of Mohammad.”

Even without the provocation provided by the film, the violence fit a pattern of growing fundamentalist ferment that has touched many of the countries where governments have fallen in the past 18 months.

That trend has been especially pronounced in Libya, where in recent weeks conservative Islamists have leveled mosques and cemeteries associated with the moderate Sufi strain of Islam, and car bombs have become increasingly frequent in Tripoli, the capital, and Benghazi.

Egyptian police did little to discourage thousands of protesters who descended on the U.S. Embassy and they stood by as the protesters first sprayed paint on the 12-foot wall that surrounds the compound, then stormed over the wall, where hundreds converged on the flagpole, pulling down the standard, shredding it and burning the remnants. As the flag was torn and then set on fire, a man climbed a ladder alongside the flagpole and replaced the flag with one that read, “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger.”

Among the chants yelled toward the embassy was, “Take a picture, Obama, we are all Osama,” a reference to Osama bin Laden, who planned and financed the 9/11 attacks and whom U.S. commandoes killed on May 2, 2011.

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must leave,” was another. Organizers of the embassy protest said they had begun planning the event last week when a controversial Egyptian Christian activist who lives in the United States, Morris Sadek, released a trailer for a movie called “Muhammad,” which repeatedly mocks the prophet and the religion.

The 14-minute clip, which Sadek first posted on his Facebook page Sept 5, attacked basic tenets of Islam and suggested that the religion had spread only because the prophet told those he encountered to “pay extortion or die” if they didn’t convert.

Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt’s population, and officials from Egypt’s Coptic churches have condemned the film. The film controversy came as Jones announced Tuesday that he planned to put the prophet on trial in what he called International Judge Muhammad Day. In a video announcing the “trial,” Jones, wearing a black shirt with the word “Infidel” printed on it in Arabic, said that he planned to charge the prophet “with being a false prophet, thus leading 1.6 billion people astray.”

The embassy had tried to pre-empt the attack, issuing a statement hours earlier that condemned “the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.”

Embassy officials also called Nader Bakkar, a spokesman for the conservative Islamist Nour party, in which they apologized for the film and Jones’ call, but Bakkar said he was unwilling to call off the protest, and embassy employees were sent home early.

“The American people must know we do not accept any kind of insult of the prophet, peace be upon him,” Bakkar said, adding that he nevertheless opposed pulling down the American flag.

In Benghazi, which had been the seat of the anti-Gadhafi rebel forces, armed Islamists apparently led the charge on the U.S. consulate. Witnesses said that they heard loud explosions nearby and that armed men had surrounded the area around the consulate, blocking the road and making it impossible for reporters to film the scene.

The gunmen then set the building on fire.

One man, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said the attackers were conservative Islamists, who generally do not shave.

“I was stopped by a guy whose beard extended to his knees,” the man said, in an exaggeration. “And he told me very proudly not to pass because we have burned the American consulate.”

The Reuters news agency quoted a spokesman for Libya’s Supreme Security Committee, Abdel-Monem al-Hurr, as saying that Libyan security forces at the scene had been overwhelmed by the attackers.

Islam forbids any depiction of Mohammed because he’s seen as someone whose greatness can’t be replicated. In documentaries about his life, he’s often portrayed as a ray of light. That someone would mock the prophet is considered blasphemous.

Sharif Abdel Meniem, 29, who helped organize the Cairo protest, said he planned the demonstrations “because the Americans did not take a real stand against” Jones’ call.

“The prophet does not have a hand in the 9/11 attacks,” he said as chanters yelled, “The prophet’s army has arrived.” That the protest fell on Sept. 11 wasn’t lost on those participating. “This anniversary provokes the United States,” said Islam Mustafa, 23, a student.

“But (Americans) are the ones provoking us.”

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Bob Dylan returns even stronger

KATIE GRIFFITH | SENIOR REPORTER

Some might have lowered their expectations for Bob Dylan — a 71-year-old musical icon — but those people will be pleasantly surprised when they hear his latest album, “Tempest.”

After more than five decades of recording, fans have experienced “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” undergone “Another Side of Bob Dylan,” heard him “Bringing It All Back Home,” and stuck by his side through “Modern Times.”

Dylan has reinvented himself again with “Tempest,” using decades of blues, legendary lyrical abilities and a raggedy, raspy voice to bring it all together.

A charming twang that’s not too heavy or too light introduces Dylan’s 35th studio album. The twang is followed by a pulsing bass line that demands toe-tapping appreciation.

Dylan exudes a thunderous energy in “Duquesne Whistle,” the album’s fi rst track. He comes out singing like it’s his fi rst and last time, with vigor certainly worthy of “sky blowing” capabilities.

“Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing, blowing like she ain’t gonna blow no more / Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing, blowing like the sky is gonna blow apart / Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing, blowing like she’s blowing right on time.”

Along with vigor, Dylan’s songs come with interesting lyrical content, whether it’s a satirical stab at politics or

his latest ode to John Lennon in “Roll On John.”

Dylan channels Muddy Waters and George Thorogood on “Early Roman Kings.” But adds his lyrical ambiguity to a tune that’s thick with meaning and leaves plenty of room for interpretation. At one point in the song, Dylan condemns Roman leaders for conquering communities and destroying cities.

Considering Dylan’s frank attitude toward government — and most things — one could assume he’s alluding to more than just Romans.

Calamitous themes persist throughout and the title track proves to be the best example. Dylan’s storytelling is highlighted once again as he tells the tale of the Titanic in a 14-minute interpretation of the sinking.

“The ship was going under, the universe had opened wide,” he sings, describing everything from women in ballroom dresses to descending smoke stacks and failing propellers. In the song he uses his voice as the most prominent instrument to carry the slow melody.

The best thing about Dylan is how many facets to his music there are to admire. Although, I’m not sure which to praise the most this time around — the content of his lyrics and the beat of his songs, his undeniable voice, or his alter ego, “Jack Frost,” who worked to produce the album.

“I ain’t dead yet, my bell still rings,” Dylan declares on “Early Roman Kings.” And he’s right, his bell reverberates throughout the album. Strong and loud, it will ring until the day he dies and echo harmoniously even after.

OLD MAN SWAG Bob Dylan’s 35th studio album features thunderous energy and a 14-minute song about the sinking of the Titanic. Some might have lowered expectations for Dylan, but “Tempest” proves that was a mistake.

Bearcats earn high marks in Princeton Review TIA GARCIA | MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati is ranked one of the best college’s for undergraduate education in the country, according to The Princeton Review. The university is featured in the new 2013 edition of the college guide, “The Best 377 Colleges.”

Each year, the education services company features approximately 15 percent of America’s four-year colleges, which are then profi led in the book. The guide also includes ranking lists of top-20 schools in 62 categories.

“It’s a perfect snapshot of what is great about our university,” said Maesa Idries, undergraduate student body vice-president. “Obviously, being ranked is reflecting all the work that we’re doing to advance our university to create an excellent university, but also a student friendly university.”

UC ranked high in both academics and campus life, scoring 72 out of 100 in both. The school was praised for its variety of majors offered, on-campus clubs and activities, and its ample green spaces and architectural designs, among other attributes.

“It’s heartening to read our students’ reflections of both the strengths of our academic programs and

opportunities outside the classroom,” said Caroline Miller, associate provost and senior vice president for enrollment management.

The College Conservatory of Music, School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, and engineering programs, were mentioned as stand outs among students surveyed.

It’s a perfect snapshot of what is great about our university.

—MAESA IDRIES STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT

The review stated students specifically highlighted the UC-founded Cooperative Education Program as way to get a real edge in the job market.

“It’s an honor for me to be in CCM just because of how prestigious it already is, let alone that it’s now mentioned

in the Princeton Review — that’s huge,” said Logan Sand, a fourth-year Electronic Media student. “It’s going look good for students who are in the program and those who are coming in to the program as it brings to light the college itself.”

Although the students surveyed sung UC’s praises, the review stated the communication and registration processes at UC are aspects that could be better.

“I think the ranking is great,” said Alex Zerfoss, a fourth-year communications student. “It brings a new kind of publicity to our school. It’s nice to have people reading about us for our different colleges and academics rather than just hearing about the Cross-town Shootout game. It makes going to UC feel like an honor.”

In addition to mentioning the school’s academics, the survey highlights UC’s computer facilities, athletic facilities, diversity, libraries, registration and off-campus food.

The guide is based on student surveys of their colleges and includes 122,000 surveys from students across the nation.

Other categories the review highlights are best career services, best fi nancial aid services, best academic advising and best party school.

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FALL SEMESTER FUN Bearcats and Bearkittens alike gathered over the weekend to celebrate the new school year. The Welcome Week festivities included food, fun and new friends, according to Student Government President Lane Hart and Vice President Maesa Idries.

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WELCOME BACK BEARCATS Hart and Idries intend to bring the student body together by fostering a sense of community around campus. The pair hopes to make student government more accessible and relatable than ever during the 2012-13 school year.

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SPORTS UC prepares for Delaware State

On Sept. 11, it’s not just any game A raucous crowd of 23,881 soccer hooligans stood completely still.

No one said a word as silence enveloped Columbus Crew Stadium. Then someone yelled out,“Let’s Roll!”

The crowd erupted and goosebumps popped up all over my arms.

On the 11-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, there was no place I’d rather be.

Any time the U.S. Men’s National Team plays in Columbus the stadium shakes.

But Tuesday’s anniversary gave the fans even more reason to cheer.

The occasion wasn’t lost on the players either.

U.S. midfielder Danny Williams remembered exactly where he was when he found out about the attacks.

The son of an American serviceman living in Germany, Williams watched his father cry while gazing at the images on television with him.

“My father was shocked because he grew up in New York and New Jersey,”Williams said in a recent interview.“My mom was also frozen, watching the TV. I saw these pictures on the TV and all these people in New York were running because of the dust.”

It seems like if you ask anyone about that fateful day in 2001, they remember exactly where they were.

Sept. 11, 2011 — I sat in Mr. Thompson’s fifth grade class at C.F. Holiday elementary school.

The day started out just like any other, but then the principal came in and whispered into my teacher’s ear.

The principal left in a hurry and Mr. Thompson stood by the door for what was probably one of the longest minutes of his life.

How do you tell 25 fifth graders America experienced such a horrible tragedy?

He didn’t speak for what felt like an eternity.

Eventually he turned on the TV. As I watched smoke billow out of the two towers he explained New York City had been attacked.

Even though the group of youngsters in my class couldn’t possibly comprehend what was going on, no one asked any questions.

We sat transfixed by the images scrolling across the screen. The rest of the day passed by in a hazy blur.

While that morning in Mr. Thompson’s class remains burned in my brain, what I remember even more than that is how sports galvanized the country and returned its citizens to some type of normalcy after Sept. 11.

Specifically in my life, talk of the attacks surrounded me.

Even though I didn’t understand the full ramifications of what happened, the tragedy still hung around my neck like a 20-ton weight.

But sports helped me cope with it. Soccer practice became my temple.

Yes, talk of Sept. 11 still filled my conversations with teammates, but out on the field the weight lifted.

Running sprints for bad passes, jostling with defenders for position and talking trash after a well-taken goal allowed me to return to normalcy.

But the game I witnessed was anything but normal.

After a loss Friday, many U.S. players deemed the match a must-win.

Qualification for the 2014 World Cup is surely good motivation, but the anniversary of Sept. 11 filled the players with even more emotional motivation — and it showed.

The U.S. came out on fire, playing its best half of soccer since Jurgen Klinsmann took over coaching duties in 2011.

The U.S. won the game and put itself back on track to qualify for the World Cup — but that’s not what mattered.

The game was a celebration of the impact sports can have on people’s lives.

The old cliché goes like this: “It’s just a game.” But I’m here to tell you its much more than that. Even though I’ve moved past Sept. 11, I’ll never forget it.

And even though I’ve moved beyond the U.S.’s 1-0 win Tuesday night, I’ll never forget it. There’s no place I would have rather been.

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OFF TO A RUNNING START UC head coach Butch Jones speaks with the offense between quarters, during Cincinnati’s 34-10 victory against the University of Pittsburgh. The Bearcats started its quest for a fourth BIG EAST title in five years on ESPN. JOSHUA A. MILLER | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati football team will face the Delaware St. University Hornets Saturday at Nippert Stadium in its second game of the season.

UC will look for its second victory in 2012, following an impressive, 34-10, victory over the Pittsburgh University Panthers in the River City Rivalry. Delaware State enters the game 1-1, following a 38-14 loss to in-state rival Delaware University.

Despite the clear difference in level of competition, Delaware State is more than capable of giving the Bearcats problems on both sides of the ball, UC head coach Butch Jones said.

“Delaware State comes in and they’re going to present us with numerous challenges,” Jones said.”

“Offensively it starts with [Nick] Elko, their quarterback, they get rid of the ball fast, they are going to present us with a number of different formations, personnel groupings, and great speed at the wide receiver position.”

The Bearcats’ key to the game defensively will be duplicating the pressure it applied to Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri, who was sacked six times in last Thursday’s matchup.

Led by senior Defensive end Walter Stewart — who was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week for his for his two sacks and 3.5 tackles-for-loss performance against Pitt — UC’s front seven will look to disrupt Elko, who is responsible for all four of the Hornet’s touchdowns this season. “[Elko] is a little bit like [Louisville Quarterback] Teddy

Bridgewater in terms of a great release, he is extremely accurate and can catch the ball and deal it right away,” Jones Said.

Offensivley, UC was surgically efficient against Pitt.

Junior quarterback Munchie Legaux did what was asked of him in his first-career-opening-game start, pacing UC with 117 yards rushing to go along with 205 yards passing and a pair of touchdowns.

Legaux’s focus will be on improving his intermediatepassing game, which appeared to be his biggest weakness against Pitt. He will face a strong challenge from the Hornets’ multi-faceted defense, Jones said.

“Defensively, [Delaware St.] is a great challenge for us in terms of [what] we are going to see; [they run] odd stack, three-down fronts and four-down fronts, all while maintaining the same personnel

Women’s Golf ninth at Old Waverly Bulldog Invite The University of Cincinnati women’s golf team opened its season with a ninth place finish at the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

Senior golfer Alex Carl shot a career low three-round total of 74-76-73—233, which was an improvement over her previous three-round low of 74-79-76—229. The score put her in a tie for 13th place Junior Olivia Dose finished with a threeround total of 74-71-81—226. Sophomore Mackenzie Moir showed improvement, taking three strokes off her previous career low with rounds of 78-78-77—233. Senior Maria Roos was just behind Moir with rounds of 83-73-80=236, which tied for 38th place.

The Bearcats posted a team total of 309-298-311—918 and finished just behind fellow BIG EAST member, University of South Florida, who finished eighth (307-314-296—917).

The University of Kentucky won the team competition (294-294-290=878) by two shots over Tulane University (290-296-294=880).

“The team is disappointed with the scoring results, but we saw some good things for the start of the season,” said Director of Golf Janet Carl. “Alex turned a bad ball-striking day into a good scoring day and posted a career-best tournament total.”

The Bearcats will be in action at the Cardinal Cup in Louisville, Kent. Sept. 17.

Tepe takes 10th place at Marshall Invitational University of Cincinnati senior golfer David Tepe finished tied for 10th Tuesday in final-round action of the Marshall Invitational at the Guyan Golf and Country Club.

Tepe had his best round of the fall season, posting a 3-under par 68 to complete the tournament at even par, shooting 70-75-68—213. Xavier University’s Korey Ward (69-66-69—204) earned medalist honors.

The Bearcats finished 10th overall at 19 over par with rounds of 294-289-288—871, improving their score after each round of the tournament.

Virginia Tech won the tournament at 16 under par (277-271-288—836).

UC freshman Emerson Newsome shot a 1-over 72 in the final round, which gave him the second-best finish by a Bearcat, finishing tied for 31st place at 5-over 76-70-72.

“Today, our play was a tale of two different nine holes of golf,” UC head coach Doug Martin said. “We shot 8-over on our first nine holes and rallied to shoot 4-under on the back nine. Our team scores show we played one of our most consistent events in sometime. We must continue to eliminate the unforced errors and convert more opportunities, but I am very impressed with the never give up attitude this team is showing.”

UC will be in action at the Cardinal Intercollegiate in Louisville, Kent., Sept. 24-25.

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on the field,” Jones said. “This is a football team that can hurt you if you are not mentally ready to play, if you’re not mentally sharp with your mental intensity and effort and how you prepare. It’s going to be a great test of our maturity as we move forward.”

However, the continued emergence of running backs George Winn and Ralph David Abernathy IV — who combined for 210 total yards and four touchdowns — should help to make this matchup the next logical step in Legaux’s development.

There is always a chance of a second game letdown, following a rivalry game victory. But, In a game which Vegas odds makers have not even allowed to be bet upon, anything less than a substantial Bearcat victory will be a disappointment for UC. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.