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Faculty showcases technology applications JEFF O’REAR | STAFF REPORTER

Faculty members took the University of Cincinnati one step closer to achieving its Third Century goal to excel in eLearning during the IT@UC Faculty Showcase Thursday in Tangeman University Center.

“Excelling in eLearning” is one of UC’s five goals in Creating Our Third Century initiative. Introduced in 2013, the initiative recognizes UC’s priorities for its upcoming third century in 2019.

The showcase demonstrated how faculty are applying various technologies into their pedagogy, said Megan Pfaltzgraff, an IT director for the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

The presentations covered a variety of technology-related subjects, including eLearning analytics, 3D printing, ondemand video and other technologies. Faculty members were also able to visit booths featuring different companies and their technology offerings for the classroom.

“You could have a table set up like one of these tables here and they could show you the technologies, but they may not be thinking about how can I apply that in my environment,” Pfaltzgraff said.

Instead, the showcase focused on faculty already applying

Bearcats give Temple first loss

technology to their teaching methods and brought them to shows others how they can use it to improve their own teaching, Pfaltzgraff said.

“This event and all the things around e-learning are making that [initiative] real,” said Emily Baute, a public information officer for UCIT. “This is a very real way of supporting that goal and making it a real thing by bringing the words that are on paper to life.”

One of the presentations featured a technology called Swivl, which allows an instructor to use a tablet on a swivel to record their lectures. The software automatically detects the instructor’s movements and moves the tablet with them it records.

Other technologies currently being used by instructors at UC faculty include those under the Canopy system such as Blackboard, Kaltura video recording and streaming tools and Echo360 lecture capture tools.

“The technology is geared toward providing the students more resources as a follow-up or as a preparation to attending the courses,” Pfaltzgraff said. “Lectures could be provided ahead of time, if the instructor is doing a flipped classroom type of methodology.”

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CAROLINE CORY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Faculty meet in TUC’s Great Hall Thursday to share teaching techniques and integration of technology in lessons.

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FACULTY DISCUSSES REFUGEE CRISIS

CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER

Passing the Temple University Owls its first season loss Saturday after the team’s six-game winning streak, the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team rallied late in the second half for a 3-2 victory.

The game led off with two shots on goal from Temple’s midfielder and leading scorer Jorge Sanchez, making it instantly look like the game would get out of hand for the Bearcats.

However, the first team on the board was Cincinnati when the Bearcats took its first corner kick of the match and converted it into a leadoff goal by senior forward Terence Carter.

The Owls answered exactly two minutes later when a Cincinnati foul set up a Temple free kick, just outside of the box.

Sanchez would take the kick and bend it right into the net past sophomore Bearcat goalie Pedro Diaz.

The Owls took their first lead of the game in the 20th minute on a goal from junior defender Matt Mahoney, who was assisted by Sanchez.

The goal was proceeded by a big push through the UC defensive line, which caused the Bearcats players to collapse in front of the goal. Mahoney was then able to squeeze the ball between defenders and past Diaz.

Owls dominated the time of possession in the first half, constantly keeping the pressure on the Bearcats defense and finishing the first half with nine shots, compared to UC’s three.

In the second half, however, the narrative changed drastically.

“I think we saw fight [from the team],” said UC head coach Hylton Dayes. “We saw our guys battle, we saw our guys not give up, even when we went down 2-1.”

The Bearcats came out and made a point to push the line forward, sending softer passes and kicking the ball deep to keep Temple’s defense on their heels.

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CAROLINE CORY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

In light of the recent Eastern European refugee crisis, University of Cincinnati professors gather for a panel to discuss the events that led up to the migrant waves, Europe’s reaction to migrants and its relation to the United States’ own migrantion issues.

JUSTIN REUTTER | CONTRIBUTOR

A panel gathered Thursday to discuss surrounding problems of the global migrant crisis.

In hopes to escape the war-torn countries they left behind, like Syria and Eritrea, migrants continue flooding into Eastern Europe.

The panel comprised of Elizabeth Frierson, a history professor, Ivan Ivanov, a political science assistant professor, Evan Torner, a Germanic studies assistant professor, Sunnie Rucker-Chang, a Germanic studies assistant professor and Yolanda Vazquez, an associate professor of Law. Frierson began the panel by examining Syria’s history and eliminating prejudice, which she said media outlets perpetuate.

Syria has some of the oldest cities in the world, some of which are apart of the

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage – cities the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is currently destroying.

The first major wave of Syrian refugees began fleeing to Turkey in June 2011, when Middle Eastern governments began using what Frierson said to be “unethical tactics against protestors.”

These tactics include tear gas, water cannons and military bombarding of neighborhoods, Over half of the 23 million Syrian population is displaced and 250,000 people have died due to war crimes, use of chemical weapons and barrel bombs.

According to Ivanov, the European Union is unable to handle the refugee crowds due to political and economical tensions.

Ivanov referenced to the Dublin Regulation, a EU law implemented for countries to take responsibility over

refugees that enter its borders, but few countries actually adhere to it.

Germany has lead the way in the migrant crisis, embracing migrants for the sake of increasing its own workforce, Torner said.

“This is not just a global migrant crisis,” Torner said. “It is a complex situation of many sovereign states doing their part to help the situation. There was a lot more the EU and all of these nations could have done to have been better prepared.”

Migrants used to pass easily through the Balkan migrant route, but the climate has dramatically changed due to the increased migrants, said Rucker-Chang.

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Clifton Fest unites neighborhood, highlights local entertainment neighborhood — that’s what it’s become,” Goose said.

What may have started as a small block While the cold weather conditions were party on the outskirts of University of not ideal for outdoor festivities, many Cincinnati’s Burnett Woods, evolved into found comfort within the broad range of a roaring music, arts and beer festival activities promoted.

Friday through Sunday at the fourth annual “I really liked watching all the little kids Clifton Fest. trying to hula-hoop,” said Emma Stumpf, Over 3,000 guests shows up to Ludlow a fourth-year biomedical engineering Avenue to celebrate Clifton’s rich student. “They were so adorable. I would environment and lively atmosphere. come back just for that.”

The weekend-long Stumpf said she festival featured live was passing through The thing that we are performances from local the event when she artists, art vendors and trying to do is bring became interested family-oriented games. in the 5K race and people to our street here Buddy Goose, a trustee The Clifton Chase and show what our street for Clifton Fest LLC, activities. said he started working Much like the really is. with the festival before popular Amazing BUDDY GOOSE it became Clifton Fest.

Race, The Clifton “In the far history, Clifton Fest was Chase challenged teams of four to a just a little thing that happened with the scavenger hunt around six different Clifton neighborhood, but that kind of went away,” locations, where they had to find clues, Goose said. “Then another thing called answer trivia questions and compete for streetscape started up, where they just the fastest team. had one of the side streets closed and they “[The Clifton Chase] looks like a lot of presented artwork.” fun, I wish I would have made a team to The art scene drew much attention, event compete in that,” Stumpf said. officials decided to expand the festival by Beyond the festivities, many local artists closing down the entire street and bringing used the weekend as an opportunity to more vendors, Goose said. This led to showcase their work.

Ludlow Avenue becoming Clifton Fest’s Elizabeth Kindle, owner of Recyclabowls, new home.

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COURTNEY HYZY | CONTRIBUTOR

Clifton Fest brought family-oriented activities and food options to Clifton Heights Friday through Sunday.

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Former UC professor leads city-wide recycling initiative CAROLINE CORY | CONTRIBUTOR

University of Cincinnati students storing great amounts of paper and beer bottles can now recycle their worries with a free Rumpke dumpster provided by collaborative Cincinnati organizations.

Great Recycling Drop-Off, a recyclingawareness program launched from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, collected recyclable goods from electronic waste to propane tanks.

According to Magness, these events are typically sponsored by banks and accessible only to bank affiliates. The Great Recycling Drop-Off was the first citywide shredding event.

Sponsored by Clifton Market, TriHealth, the City of Cincinnati and St. Vincent de Paul, the effort was headed

by Rama Kasturi, a former UC adjunct associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and the current sustainability director at Clifton Market.

“I wanted a green Clifton, and what better way than to partner with a business right in our backyard,” Kasturi said. “I found out [Tri-Health] had their own sustainability consultant as well, so I approached them over Memorial Day to sponsor a document-shredding event.”

Kasturi then introduced Katie Schneider, the sustainability consultant at Tri-Health, to Sue Magness, the recycling coordinator at the City of Cincinnati’s Office of Environment and Sustainability, and went

CAROLINE CORY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The City of Cincinnati, Clifton Market, Tri-Health and St. Vincent de Paul collaborated to offer free recycling services Saturday during The Great Recycling Drop-Off.

beyond recycling just paper.

Soft plastics, textiles, computers, televisions, CDs, phones, scrap metal, grills, propane tanks, batteries and printers were recycled at the event. Around 8,000 pounds of paper were also shredded.

Magness personally sponsored the

Rumpke recycling dumpster in Clifton Market’s parking lot.

“Any UC student — if they don’t have recycling in their [areas] — they can bring their bottles, papers and cans here,” Magness said.

Speaker empowers women in the workplace CAROLINE CORY | CONTRIBUTOR

African-American women gathered for refreshments and discussion at the University of Cincinnati’s Empowerment Hour to examine career development opportunities and success.

Sisters Impacting Sisters (SIS), an initiative out of the African American Cultural & Resource Center (AACRC), sponsored the event hosted Thursday evening in 60 West Charlton.

Keynote Speaker Sherry Sims, founder of the Black Women’s Career Network (BWCN) and a career coach, focused the conversation around values and success as an African-American woman.

The event began with icebreaker questions like,“What do you want your life to be about?” and “What makes a woman strong and independent?”

When asked about the idea behind Empowerment Hour, Milysha Fowler, firstyear exploratory studies student, defined the event by citing racial discussion and inspiration. “[Empowerment Hour] is a session to inspire us black girls around campus, to give us advice,” Fowler said.“It’s an opportunity to have a racial discussion as part of the black community.”

Sims said she started BWCN as a side job while working full-time elsewhere.

“In the beginning, [BWCN] did not work because I was unable to put time into it,” Sims said.“It has now turned into a full-on business with over 35 online communities.”

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A flipped classroom is one in which technology allows the instructor and students to open up the class beyond the traditional limitations of in-person meetings, such as time constraints, Pfaltzgraff said.

Organizers of the event said new technologies create an almost “infinite classroom,” where instruction can be accessed anywhere, at any time.

“Lectures could be provided ahead of time online and [students] could come in the room and the faculty is there not to regurgitate what was presented in the material delivered ahead of time, but they can discuss that work with them,” Pfaltzgraff said.

Technologies being used in classes can open up the student-teacher relationship beyond what happens inside the allotted classroom time.

“This really builds on the engagement the students have with faculty,” Baute said. “So rather than just coming into class, they’ve seen the material ahead of time so they’re prepared to have discussions and engaged in the content and expertise that faculty member offers.”

The showcase, which was designed in hopes of improving the integration of technology into education, was born from IT@UC’s Learning Cohorts that have taken place recently, Baute said.

The first cohort of 25 faculty each received an eLearning Backpack. Cohort II includes 27 faculty members.

“They got a backpack full of technologies,” Baute said. “There were iPads, Apple TVs. With that backpack they also got 20 hours of professional development around the best practices on how to use those in classes.”

The goal of the backpack program is to get faculty involved with new technologies to expand what students and faculty could accomplish and extend beyond the time they have in class, Baute said.

The technology presented at the showcase was not limited to what can be used inside the classroom. UC Student Government also had a booth to present initiatives it is working on to improve student’s offcampus lives.

“We are showing what initiatives we are working on based on past and future student interest,” said Bill Abersold, technology director for SG. Abersold said SG is working on a Rate My Landlord app, which will be released later this fall.

The app will let students view and rate off-campus landlords and properties in order to help students with their search for non-campus housing in the Clifton area.

SG is also working to improve involvement with the start-up community in Cincinnati, Abersold said.

Sims also remarked on her inspiration behind creating BWCN, citing parenthood and ability to represent the AfricanAmerican community of women as main focal points for her network and career coaching.

“I do this for [my 17-year-old daughter],” Sims said.“One of the reasons I started this network was to have a place for AfricanAmerican women to talk about this [career development].”

[Being successful] goes beyond education,” Sims said. “Your degree cannot teach you how to handle your emotions, how to deal with conflict and how to communicate well.

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One way Sims promoted the discussion was by asking students what their future goals were.

Erica Foster, a third-year accounting student, said her aspiration was to join the Peace Corps for two years after her college graduation.

“Then we’ll see what happens,” Foster said.

Sims stated her view on linking a degree and being successful via emotional intelligence and communication. “[Being successful] goes beyond education,”

Sims said.“Your degree cannot teach you how to handle your emotions, how to deal with conflict and how to communicate well.”

According to Sims, the specifics of what happens at the workplace and the fundamentals behind those actions should be identified.

“As black women, you need to know the workplace culture,” Sims said.“You have to know the the hidden workplace rules.You have to understand the dynamics. This is where emotional intelligence comes in.”

Additionally, Sims spoke about her techniques for being a successful AfricanAmerican career woman.

Sims stated her personal idea of the three M’s: media to increase personal visibility, movement through a business and mentoring to students.

LaVonne Heisser, a third-year pre-medical biology student and member of SIS, agreed with Sims’ view and accredited complacency to a lack of positive results.

“If you want to be successful, you can’t be complacent,” Heisser said.

The final point Sims made regarded personal values and self-worth, in relation to the perspective of other people and words to live by in order to increase success in personal and professional achievements.

“You have to recognize and know your worth,” Sims said.“You have to know who you are. Not everyone is going to see your value. I also have words to live by. Know your worth. Explore your strengths. Stay with your purpose.”

Kasturi also approached business owners on Ludlow Avenue to consider reducing their trash bills by utilizing this service.

Depending on the agree-of-use contracts, the recycling bin will be frequently useable.

According to Magness, if student housing consists of one to four members, they qualify for free curb-side recycling. Five or above is considered commercial, and property owners are required to pay for service.

“That’s when a lot of students end up in a ‘well, my property manager won’t do it,’” Magness said. “That’s why we encourage students to come here.”

Magness also advises students to donate any articles of clothing to St. Vincent de Paul, a voluntary organization working to service poor or disadvantaged Cincinnati citizens.

Schneider said students wanting to identify where to go for recyclable waste should use the iRecycle smartphone application.

“Awareness on what to recycle and where to recycle is important,” Schneider said.

Kasturi said UC should be more proactive in its recycling efforts. “[Students] should recycle because it’s their community, it’s their environment,” Kasturi said. “If they don’t want to learn as part of their education at UC, then they should take their money back and go to some place that will teach them how to do it.”

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migrants.

According to Rucker-Chang, this is not the situation for all countries in the Balkans. She ended on an iconic picture of a Serbian policeman embracing a young Syrian child.

“It offers a counterpoint to other images we have seen,” Rucker-Chang said. “This is an example of what a positive country looks like, [one] that has accepted these migrants and allowed them to pass through freely.”

Vazquez said that the migrant crisis in Europe mirrors that of the U.S., where economic refugees are not considered real refugees.

According to Vazquez, migrants coming from Central America take very dangerous routes. A common route is riding on top of “la bastia,” or the beast, a train used by refugees to travel across the U.S. border.

When they finally arrive to the U.S., migrants sit in family detention centers.

Vazquez added there have been orders to release migrants from the detention centers, but those were not followed because it looked at as a flight risk for another surge of migrants across the border.

According to Vazquez, based on what the U.S. has done with their domestic migrant crisis, it is not surprising there has been a struggle with the situation in Europe.

“It helps to understand the political complications as well as the history,” said Joel Wolfe, professor of Political Science.

“It will help students better understand the role of law in the migrant crisis.”

DuBose Week: Students learn constitutional rights SOPHIA GAINES | CONTRIBUTOR

Students learned about constitutional rights, police credibility, training and regulations Thursday during a Know Your Rights Q&A session at Tangeman University Center.

The event, hosted by the United Black Student Association (UBSA) and Irate8, was a part of UBSA’s Samuel DuBose Week.

Brittany Collins and Latoya Maley of the municipal division of Hamilton County Public Defender began the event with a presentation about basic rights offered by the first, fourth, sixth and eighth amendments.

“It’s important to understand what your first amendment rights are, especially in the time right now when there’s a lot of protest and people exercising their first amendment rights,” Maley said.

Sometimes these rights can be infringed upon or criminalized, such as in cases of disorderly conduct and fighting words, Maley said. She also said students should understand the difference between protesting and rioting.

“You do have the rights to remain silent and anything you say can and will be used against you,” Collins said. “I want to stress that it will be used against you.”

The first question asked what cities and suburbs police officers come from, and how it impacts policing and their connection to the community.

Cincinnati Police Department Captain Aaron Jones said CPD officers must live in Hamilton or an adjourning county.

Jones said most police do not want to work in the same community they live, due to threats and citizens knowing their home locations.

“The majority of police officers I know love the city, like being in the city, and would live in the city if it was more financially feasible,” Jones said.

The next question asked if panelists thought policing was corrupt, especially in instances of police lying under oath or deleting video footage.

“Most of the officers I’ve met are very credible people,” Collins said. “I’ve only had two experiences where I believe the officer may not have been truthful.”

Robin Engel, professor of criminal justice and director of the Institute of Crime Science, said police who intend to delete video footage are problematic.

On-body cameras are relatively new and automatically uploaded to cloud storage

CHRISTINA DROBNEY | CONTRIBUTOR

A panel of professors, public defenders and police answer questions in TUC during the Know Your Rights event, which focused on educating the public on their constitutional rights as well as police operating policies.

so police cannot access it, Engel said. The issue was whether the camera is actually turned on, she said.

A student also asked if officers take courses that break stereotypes of AfricanAmericans being commonly involved with crime.

Engel said over the past few years the Department of Justice has funded research and training for police in fair and impartial policing.

Jones explained he does not want to hire racist officers and train them not to be racist. Instead, he said he wants hire officers with more diverse backgrounds.

Jones was asked if police aimed their guns at specific body parts or if it depended on the situation.

He explained officers are trained to shoot to stop the threat, which generally means aiming for the center mass where an officer is most likely to hit the target.

The last question asked how panelists felt about Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters’ comment on university police not being a real police force.

Goodrich said UCPD struggles with negativity, but wants to overcome it, build trust back and prove Ray Tensing does not represent the department as a whole, Goodrich said.

Jones added CPD and UCPD will work together for both of their departments to improve.

Sifa Faustine, a third-year nursing student, said she was glad to hear UCPD is trying to change policies and train officers to be more knowledgeable about diversity.

“It’s nice to know they’re actually making an effort,” Faustine said Olivia Harrison, a first-year communications graduate student, said she was not aware of a lot of her constitutional rights before they were reviewed.

“I’m really appreciative that they reviewed all the things that the victim or whoever is being stopped has the right to and all of the police officer’s rights,” Harrison said.

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Student volunteers to teach dance classes in Panama MOLLEY COHEN | ONLINE EDITOR

Cupcakes, scones and other delectable treats filled the table in the College-Conservatory of Music’s Atrium Friday as Movement Exchange at the University of Cincinnati raised money for its upcoming Panama excursion.

Movement Exchange is a non-profit organization that plans service trips to spread cultural immersion, dance education and freedom of body and mind.

In order to raise money for their upcoming trip, Movement Exchange members are hosting periodic bake sales and a sponsored performance at Miami University in October.

Established in 2011, the organization now has 23 chapters at universities across the country.

Chapter members at the University of Cincinnati will be going on their first exchange trip to Panama over winter break with students from Indiana University and Butler University.

After going on two Movement Exchange trips while studying at Indiana University, Kimberly Lucht, Movement Exchange program director, discovered the power within dance.

“I learned that dance can unite everybody. Dance transcends all boundaries whether it be race, gender, culture,” Lucht said. “There is no other language like the language of movement. We all have a body, we all have a way of expressing our self with our body. It can be expressed in every single culture and be understood.”

There will be about 15 students going on the Panama trip. Five are from UC. Students will partner with Aldea SOS, a group of orphanages in Colón, Panama to teach dance to children.

Brenna Sweeney, a second-year dance student and president of Movement Exchange at UC, is looking forward to sharing her love of dance across the globe.

“Dance builds so many skills for young children – discipline, work ethic, and concentration,” Sweeney said. “I

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displayed her bowl-shaped art pieces made out of recycled materials at the festival.

“A friend showed me how to make a basic [bowl], but hers was pricey because she was using quilt fabric and other storebought fabrics,” Kindle said. “I went my own way, and decided to do this.”

Kindle’s bowls are made of chords from cable TV boxes or plastic medical tubing, helping her booth stand out among rows of other local artists.

“I came to the event last year, so I knew I what I was in for,” Kindle said. “But it’s been misting all afternoon so it’s been kind of slow. Still, It’s just a nice neighborhood, I like being up here.”

Goose said while local art is a Clifton Fest tradition, the event is not possible without the support of many local businesses.

“We’ve got a lot of good sponsorship, and that helped us make the festival you see today,” Goose said.

Even with only a handful of volunteers working the three-day event, Goose said he was honored to be a part of the experience.

“One of the things that I find interesting is that we’re all volunteers so we’re not doing this for anybody,” Goose said. “The thing that we are trying to do is bring people to our street here and show what our street really is. It’s a showcase of businesses, it gets people on the streets, having fun and enjoying their time in Clifton.”

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Students interact with Panamanian children as part of Movement Exchange, a nonprofit that works with underprivileged youth.

think kids are so cool. Their creativity is so different than ours.”

The curriculum focuses on fostering self-esteem, empathy, motivation and empowerment, Sweeney said.

While the group is encouraged to stress the technique of several classical dance styles, including Indian, classy jazz and West African dance, the main emphasis lies in finding

a connection with a child in need.

“I’ve gone twice, and just seeing the kids grow and develop with dance there’s a clear difference – there’s more community, more smiling and happiness, there’s a general openness,” Lucht said. “There’s no goal in mind of creating professional dancers, but having people realize that if you have a body, you are a dancer, there is nothing holding you back.”

Volunteers will also work with local dance professionals to take and teach classes at The National University of Panama.

For Lucht, the most inspiring part of her first exchange trip was taking a class with Diguar of the National Ballet of Panama.

“Hearing his story was really impressive,” Lucht said.

“He’s been discriminated a lot in the dance world for being darker… taking his class was really raw and tense. He made us do a structured improvisation piece. We were the colors and he was the paintbrush. He developed a whole improvisation piece.”

Emily Bronkema, a second-year dance student and treasurer of Movement Exchange, is looking forward to the upcoming trip.

“Dance is a good way to express myself in a way words can’t. It’s a way to speak for you,” Bronkema said. “I know we’re going there to teach them, but I’m sure I’ll learn so much more from them.”

Lucht has seen the impact dance classes can have firsthand after working with children at the orphanages in Panama.

On her second exchange trip, Lucht worked with a young girl who had trouble integrating at the orphanage until she began dancing.

“There was just a part of her – a diamond in the rough almost – that kind of grabbed my eyes,” Lucht said.

“Dancing, she just glowed. Seeing that diamond in the rough shine so brightly the way she performed with this essence of elation and happiness…I was really happy to see her come out of her shell.”

Q&A: Students welcome fall with mid-season festival KAILEY SCHNEIDER | STAFF REPORTER

Anime-based dance performances may seem like an unusual way to welcome the middle of autumn, but for the University of Cincinnati’s Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) it was a special Friday night filled with floating lanterns and homemade moon cakes.

by the president of VSA, Elizabeth Nguyen.

She is my sister from Delta Phi Lambda and she wanted JASS [Japanese and American Student Society], to perform.

Since I am co-president of JASS I really wanted to do it!

TNR: What did you do while at the MidAutumn Festival?

The VSA hosted its second annual Mid-Autumn Festival at Sigma Sigma Commons Friday evening.

JA: I met up and took photos with friends, watched performances, ate moon cake and participated in the lantern lighting.

Members of the Japanese and American Student Society (JASS) performed a dance from the anime “Attack on Titan.”

Performers also danced to the Korean pop song “Up and Down” by Exid and did a Tinkling dance to the song “Hit the Quan.”

TNR: What was one of your personal favorite moments of the night from the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The News Record spoke with Jojo Azevedo, a graduate communication student, and LaQueena Mitchell, a thirdyear psychology student, about the MidAutumn Festival.

If you know anything about this traditional dance, we dance in between two bamboo sticks [this case PVC pipes]. It’s quite terrifying because you don’t want to trip on the sticks, or have your feet caught in between them. I’ve never experienced anything like it. I choreographed it and it was definitely something different.

TNR: What brought you to the MidAutumn Festival?

Jojo Azevedo: I attended the event last year and I’m a huge supporter of cultural organizations and events.

LaQueena Mitchell: I was reached out to

LM: My favorite thing to do was the Tinikling. This is because at first I was terrified of it.

TNR: How would you describe your overall experience of the event?

LM: Pure amazement. It was nice to have

people from the Midwest come and join us in this celebration, not to mention all the diversity we had in the audience. It made me proud to be a Bearcat!

TNR: What do you think attending events like VSA’s Mid-Autumn Festival can do for a UC student?

JA: Attending events like this gives UC students a sample of the different experiences they might not otherwise come across, which they can hopefully pursue further.

LM: A UC student can get the opportunity to perform and see things they have never seen before. Obviously I am Asian, but the culture is so much fun and very interesting.

Being able to experience things such as this will definitely help me grow as a person, and will help others as well.

TNR: What do you think is the importance of attending cross-cultural events like this one?

LM: I am excited that people are able to come out to events like this and become friends and connect. The Mid-Autumn Festival managed to bring students of all different backgrounds together for a night of performing, eating and cultural exchanging.

Cincinnati Street Food Festival features specialty food trucks CAMRI NELSON | STAFF REPORTER

From Fat Daddy’s Fat Burger to Bistro De Mohr’s famous gyros, the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation’s fourth annual Cincinnati Street Food Festival had something everyone could bite into.

The one-day festival started at 11 a.m.

Saturday and gathered Cincinnati’s finest local food trucks on East McMicken Street.

One of many profitable food trucks at the festival was Fat Daddy’s, known for their specialty meals like the “Fat Burger” and “Boneless Boy.” Fat Daddy’s is one of many food truck businesses who have struggled in a stationary setting.

The business has two immobile locations, but neither proved fruitful for the specialty burger restaurant, said Ray Watson, owner of Fat Daddy’s.

“You got to know what type of people you’re working with,” Watson said. “I got tired of setting up where money wasn’t there to make.”

After three years in the business, Watson’s food truck now runs alongside many other established trucks in Cincinnati’s Food Truck Organization.

Another popular truck was Bistro De Mohr, a unique specialty meats food truck with styled burgers, tacos, gyros and sausages.

Each week entrees change according to food the butcher supplies, said Judy Mohr, owner of Bistro De Mohr.

The bistro also offers vegetarian options and takes pride in entrees made with sustainably raised products.

For those without a voracious appetite, a wide range of booths along McMicken Avenue provided an escape to non-food related items like RhineGeist Brewery, the Cincinnati Arts Museum and the Green Room.

While the event provided much for adults to enjoy, kids were not excluded.

Face painting stations, a petting zoo and arts and crafts tables were available to youngsters at the event.

Alison McNair, a second-year graphic design student, was one of the many UC volunteers at the event.

“I chose an event like this to support local entrepreneurs,” McNair said.

The festival’s turnout has steadily increased since the opening of the event three years ago, said Christina Brown, Walnut Hills Development Foundation’s president on the board of directors.

Brown plans to hire on more staff and be able to create more opportunities for the community with the money raised at the event.

“It’s all about community building,” Brown said.

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Bearcats thwarted late by Memphis Tigers in shootout CLAUDE THOMPSON | STAFF REPORTER

Leaving the Bearcats with zero conference-play wins, the University of Cincinnati football team lost late in a 53-46 thriller against the University of Memphis Tigers.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Hayden Moore, who was in relief of injured starting quarterback Gunner Kiel, threw an interception on the Memphis 21-yard line with 10 seconds left in the game.

“Good ballgame,” said UC head coach Tommy Tuberville. “I think TV got their money’s worth. Both teams played hard and it was one of those scratch and claw, where basically whoever had the ball last would win it.”

The game had its positives for the Bearcats. The team broke six records in the game, including total team yards, passing yards, number of plays, first downs, passing downs and pass completions.

Moore also threw a school-record 557 passing yards, which has not been broken since 1968.

The game opened with the Bearcats stripping the ball from Memphis junior running back Sam Craft, setting up UC at Memphis’ 36-yard line.

Starting quarterback Gunner Kiel would end up putting the first points on the board as he ran it across the goal line for a rushing touchdown – his first of the year.

On the Bearcats next possession, Kiel threw an interception to Memphis’ cornerback Arthur Maulet, which was returned 59 yards for a touchdown to tie the game.

Kiel was then carted off with less than five minutes left in the first quarter after a big hit and was replaced by Moore, who would finish the game.

Both teams traded scores throughout the contest in a “tugof-war” style. Neither team could separate themselves from each other as the quarters transitioned.

Memphis blocked a kick from UC sophomore kicker Andrew Gantz late in the first and the Tigers were forced to punt by a stiff defensive Bearcat effort.

Moore would then find UC senior wide receiver Chris Moore for a 68-yard touchdown to take a 3-point lead for the Bearcats in the second quarter, which the Bearcats outscored Memphis 20-14.

The Bearcats began to lose control in the second half when Moore threw his first interception of the night halfway through the third quarter.

The Tigers would eventually score off the turnover with a

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Despite a breaking record for total passing yards in a game, the Bearcats fell to the Memphis Tigers 53-46 after a late interception Thursday evening.

field goal to take a 1-point lead.

The teams continued to alternate touchdowns in the fourth quarter, until a failed fourth down conversion by the Tigers and a punt by the Bearcats left only two and a half minutes on the clock.

Memphis pressed down the field and score on a 3-yard run by Craft, which left only 53 seconds in the game for Cincinnati to answer.

The Tiger drive featured the biggest call in the game when Cincinnati knocked the ball loose from Memphis’ sophomore receiver Roderick Proctor. While it was originally ruled a fumble, officials overturned the call saying the runner’s knee was down before losing the ball.

After the touchdown by Craft, Moore threw his second interception of the night with 10 seconds left to officially lose the game.

“It turned out that we could have been able to do something there at the end, but then we threw it away,” Tuberville said. “We had way too many turnovers and they ended up costing us again, although we played pretty well.

Memphis was ready and they were well-coached. In the fourth quarter, their quarterback just took the ballgame over and he’s a heck of a football player.”

Cincinnati falls to 2-2 for the year and returns home to face the University of Miami Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday. The game will be aired on ESPN.

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midfielder Alejandro Garcia both kicked poorly, allowing Temple to clear the ball.

In the 77th minute, Garcia managed to trap a pass from freshman midfielder Adam Wilson and sent it past Temple’s juinor goalie Alex Cagle to give UC the equalizing 2-2 goal.

The Bearcats made a final push in the 85th minute as Garcia, UC’s leading scorer, made a play in the box off his left foot to put the ball in for the leading 3-2 goal.

The goal was assisted by Manga and junior forward Jonny Williams, who came into the game in relief of Carter, who suffered a cramp about halfway through the second half.

“Hats off to our guys,” Dayes said. “We could’ve quit, and we didn’t, and I think we showed great resolve and I think that we really played on our front foot in the second half and took the game to Temple.

Even when we scored to tie it up, our guys wanted to get the winner.”

The Bearcats rise to a 5-4 record including 1-0 in conference play, as the team prepares to face Oakland University at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Rochester, Michigan.

PAUL PAN | CONTRIBUTOR

Carly Nolan, first-year, spikes a return as Bearcats move to a 9-4 record after sinking the East Carolina Pirates 3-1 Friday evening at Fifth Third Arena.

Women’s volleyball hooks Carolina Pirates DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR

The Bearcats killed their way to a second inter-conference match victory against the East Carolina University Pirates Friday, when the University of Cincinnati women’s volleyball team took the floor and dominated Fifth Third Arena.

The first two sets were competitive with the match being tied one a piece, but the Bearcats took the lead and eventually won 3-1.

UC won the first set 25-22 and lost the second by the same score.

Head coach Molly Alvey used the intermission after the Bearcat’s loss to make some adjustments.

“We did play well the first two sets but just from a system standpoint, and really even a personnel standpoint,” Alvey said.

“I thought we were really flat. There were

some little things—attention to detail, our movement in between points—that should have been much more efficient and much more aggressive.”

The Bearcats came out on fire in the third set when they jumped to an 8-1 lead. With six kills and two blocks by freshman outside hitter Jordan Thompson, UC eventually won 25-10.

UC went on to win the fourth and final set against the Pirates 25-17. Thompson made another contribution when she combined a kill with junior outside hitter Ciara Hill and took a 20-12 lead.

Thompson led the Bearcats in kills with 24 and only registered three errors for a .447 hitting percentage.

The 24 kills tied a career-high for the Bearcat outside hitter.

“I think what [Thompson] brings to the court, and the ceiling she has for how much growth in the future is just really

amazing,” Alvey said. “A lot of it is in her hands, how hard she wants to work and how good she wants to be, and I think she keeps showing that day in and day out, out here on the court and in the matches.”

UC has over a week break until the team’s next match and Alvey said she has a specific area she wants her players to work on.

“I think it would be playing a complete match,” Alvey said. “The third and fourth sets were completely different than the first and second, so I think it will be how we replicate that behavior over a long period of time. For an entire match, instead of waiting for in particular sets to do that.”

The UC women’s volleyball team will hit the road to take on the University of Connecticut Huskies at 7 p.m. Friday in Storrs, Connecticut.

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Alejandro Garcia celebrates after scoring the winning goal Saturday night and giving the Bearcats a 3-2 victory against the Temple Owls.

Pete Rose to be considered for reinstatement JOEY LAURE | STAFF REPORTER

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Baseball legend Pete Rose attends the Miami Heat game against the Charlotte Bobcats in Miami, Florida, Friday, November 19, 2010. Rose is currently in discussions with the MLB to be reinstated and become eligible for the Hall of Fame candidacy.

After being banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 for betting on games, baseball’s all-time hit leader Pete Rose faces the possibility of reinstatement.

Rose met with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred for the first time Thursday at the Major League Baseball office in New York City after scheduling an appointment to talk about the issue.

Rose admitted he bet on games from 1984 through 1986, while he was a player-manager for the Cincinnati Reds, according to ESPN. Rose said he had never bet against his own team.

Rose was officially put on baseball’s ineligible list in 1989, making him unable to be voted into Pro Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Despite being banned from the league, Rose has been used for many publicity stunts as of late.

Rose was honored during the 2015 All-Star Game in front of 10.9 million television viewers and a sold-out stadium.

Rose was also featured on television commercials sponsored by Sketchers making jokes about being banned from the hall of fame.

“I believe that if Pete Rose can be used for public appearances like the All-Star Game and All-Century team in order to make money or to assuage public outrage, they might as well reinstate him,” said Caleb

Specnce, a fifth-year chemical engineering student.

Rose was elected to the Reds’ Franchise Four team this year, which also included catcher Johnny Bench, second baseman Joe Morgan and shortstop Barry Larkin.

“I like Pete Rose, and I do think he was punished appropriately,” said Miranda Lally, a third-year communications student. “Though I’m not shouting from the rooftops that he should be inducted, I think it’s more unfair for him to be left out and banned.”

Some fans said they believe Rose should eventually be reinstated into the league.

“I think he should be reinstated, but at the same time I do not think it will matter,” said Ryan Acus, a third-year sports administration student. “I just believe he will be reinstated and the hall of fame voters will not vote him in. [Manfred] should wait until later in Rose’s life, so voters will be more sympathetic to let him in the Hall.”

This is not Rose’s first attempt at being reinstated.

Former commissioner Angelo Giamatti, who banned Rose, told him he could re-apply for reinstatement for the first ten years of his ban, according to ESPN. Rose applied four times during the span and was rejected every time.

Manfred said he will make his decision on whether to reinstate Rose by the end of this year, meaning baseball fans will soon find out if their hit king will be eligible for the baseball’s hall of fame.

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Review: Drake, Future mixtape RENEE GOOCH | MANAGING EDITOR

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opened it’s 2015-16 season with “Symphony Fantastique,” a production that follows a lovestruck and depressed character through his journey of opium-induced hallucinations.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra starts season with ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ DULCINEA RILEY | CONTRIBUTOR

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra launched its 2015-16 season Friday morning, featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Overture to Fidelio,” Bela Bertok’s “Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra” and Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique” as the headlining performance.

Beethoven’s “Overture to Fidelio,” a short and straightforward piece, immediately captured the audience’s attention.

An overwhelming sense of joy and ease effortlessly brought life into the season’s first concert. Immediately met with applause, Beethoven’s overture broke the ice for what was to follow.

Bartok’s “Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra” is an abrasive and emotional piece. The brilliant soloist, Yefim Bronfman, demanded audience attention through his intensity.

Bartok’s concerto immediately takes off with the piano battling the orchestra, rather than simply playing above. There were moments the piano solo was so complex it resembled a two-sided argument on a single instrument.

The music then grew into the piano striking, chanting out against nonstop rumble while the strings remained just barely there.

The entire concerto, one of the

most difficult ever composed, was an intimidatingly beautiful piece.

After the piece’s end, Bronfman returned to the stage to play a small encore for an audience that was astounded by his remarkable interpretation of Bartok’s “Concerto No. 2.”

After Bronfman’s encore, the orchestra went on to begin the main act.

Hector Berlioz was a man overcome with heartache when he wrote “Symphonie Fantastique.”The piece was written after Berlioz tried to take his own life with an overdose of opium, but instead experienced a series of fantastic hallucinations that inspired his bestknown work.

The first sequence, titled “Reveries, Passion,” serves as a literal interpretation of the mess of emotions one experiences when falling in love.

In a scattered, dream-like blur, it moves swiftly from bright to dark with moments of excitement and anticipation, pain and passion. The effect is dizzying to hear.

“A Ball,” envisions a party in full swing. A broad waltz moves through the orchestra as if to show the piece’s protagonist being brushed along by the music, sweeping from phrase to phrase without a second glance.

As if tired by the previous excitement, the composition carries a more somber tone in “Scene in the Country,” which is

illustrated mainly through a hollow duet between oboe and clarinet.

Airy and intimate, the scene is far more serene and reflective — a last lyrical phrase for the protagonist whose mostvivid hallucinations are to follow.

Macabre takes the place of serenity in “March to the Scaffold.”

While a strange euphoria influenced previous movements, “March to the Scaffold” takes on a sour tone. Off-kilter and mischievous, the scene drags the protagonist along to themes of death and dark magic.

Darkness takes its hold in the final movement of “Symphonie Fantistique” — “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath.”

The piece beckons its listener to the witches’ power, drawing the protagonist further into his hallucinations. The witches’ cackle and their displays of power are shown off in a rush of activity.

The protagonist, in the last leg of his delirium, is forced to endure one last scene of frenzy before he is released.

This piece will forever serve as a vivid expression of intense love and pain.

The yearning and swirl of emotions are palpable from the first note.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra told the story of a man’s surreal, ominous experience exquisitely and proved how much feeling and faith can be expressed beyond words.

Drake and Future’s new collaborative release “What a Time to be Alive” will make rap fans have their “Diamonds Dancing” to the 11-track mixtape from beginning to end.

This highly anticipated joint mixtape was released exclusively to iTunes Sept. 20 after Drake closed a $19 million deal with Apple Music.

Vastly different from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne,” which phenomenally drew old-school rap to dubstep,“What a Time to be Alive” sticks to Drake and Future’s roots of hype hip-hop.

The tone of the mixtape is set in the first song,“Digital Dash,” boasting lyrics of the duo’s success in the music industry and showing no interest in slowing down anytime soon.

A digital dashboard is slang for the heads up display found in lavish vehicles and the lyrics. Future references a slew of expensive rides including a Rolls Royce Ghost and flaunts his 2015 outbreak success to his listeners.

Coming in at over five minutes long, the mixtape’s fourth song “Diamonds Dancing” relays a more somber side of rap music.

Future opens the song’s chill ambiance saying,“I’m at the stage in my life where I feel like I can conquer anything and everything.”After hitting a high soprano in the bridge, Future makes fans get lost in the beat.

Drake finishes the track in typical fashion, singing over a beat many rap fans argue does not mesh with his sound.Yet, Drake managed to make it work for his crazed girl listeners with closing lyrics like,“you should go back to him, perfect match for you, unstable.”

“What a Time to be Alive” continues Drake and Future’s reputation of being unstoppable in the rap game and marks the year’s second release from both artists — OVO’s February release of “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” and Freebandz’s July release of “DS2.”

In light of a season of collaborations, Drake brags of his newly formed relationship with Michael Jordan in the mixtape’s ninth track “Jumpman,” after their joint release of OVO x Jordan 10 shoes this year.

Future and Drake build off one another in this track, making the album worth its $10 price.

The duo-act veers in a different direction during its last two tracks, when Future flashes his solo exit for the mixtape “Jersey’s.”

In “Jersey’s,” the rap star reflects on his love for fan loyalty, rewards since becoming a top-selling artist and, in typical Future fashion, his addiction to drugs like Adderall and “syrup.”

Drake wraps up the project in the final solo track “30 for 30,” which is a follow-up track in the three-song diss series towards Meek Mill in response to accusations of having a ghostwriter.

With lyrics like,“The pen is working if you need some ghost lines … And your absence is very concerning / It’s like you went on vacation with no plan of returning,” Drake calls Meek Mill out and charges up the audience in Drake’s favor.

The rappers pandered to fans’ demands for more music, but they still cannot get enough.

What a time it is to be alive for Drake and Future, as they sit in the rap industry’s winner circle.

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Review: Lana Del Rey’s ‘Honeymoon’ album revisits old sound BRANDIE MATALKA | CONTRIBUTOR

By returning to her previous waves of desire, loss, love and regret, Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon” uproots listeners by abandoning her new last “Ultraviolence” sound.

Deeply reminiscent of previous tracks on her 2012 album,“Honeymoon” lures fans in with the low croons they have come to expect, but with more down to earth feelings.

Before releasing “Honeymoon,” Del Rey warned fans the album would be different.

This disappointed fans that did not find the artist’s gloomy, haunting ballads worth the return.

Nevertheless, the sultry queen of sadness continues to do what she does best — tugging at heartstrings with her vintage, hazy sound that echoes not to be forgotten.

In an effort to reconnect with “Born To Die” fans, Del Rey takes her Tim Burton-esque character to a whole new level as she leaps through notes of past loves and drugged-up flames that are only found as the sun sets on the beaches of California.

Del Rey’s opening track,“Honeymoon,” reminds critics why they love to hate her.

“We both know it’s not fashionable to love me / But don’t go ‘cause truly there’s no one for you but me,” she sings as her sticky-as-molasses voice stretches over the instruments, making it clear Del Rey knows what they think of her overly-parodied selfportrayal.

The next track,“Music To Watch Boys To,” is so sexy and haunting it is almost ethereal.

As Del Rey echoes out,“‘Cause I like you a lot,” listeners are left with the image of a ghost-like girl on the edge of a scene. The sultry notes of longing do not go unnoticed.

Slowing down even further,“Terrence Loves You” manages to be powerful, sad and emotional, but also so quiet. Fans are left entirely speechless by the fragile ballad.

Continuing with the rawness, Del Rey sounds incredibly worn down in “God Knows I Tried.”

This track is almost overwhelmingly morose, as Del Rey admits,“I’ve got nothing to live for since I’ve found my fame.”

While it is hard to come back from such a heavy piece, Del Rey takes on the challenge the electrifying “Freak.”

Flirtatious and erotic,“Freak” is quite a few strides away from “God Knows I Tried,” but it is steady with a thumping bass so intoxicating listeners are forcefully drawn in.

“Honeymoon” then start to sound repetitive, as each song becomes as hauntingly ghostlike and morose as the last.

“Salvatore” tries to break the trend, but comes off as if Del Rey was trying too hard.

“Salvatore” is filled with bad rhymes listeners can only hope were intentional.

Finally, Del Rey finished off the album with a cover of Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” which thinly-veiled a shot at her critics.

Making an attempt to take some heat away from her comments about dying young and glorifying domestic abuse that caught fire in 2014, Del Rey explains she is only human.

All in all,“Honeymoon” belongs in a smoky west-side cabaret filled with glowing lights and mystery.

Del Rey’s over-the-top persona seems to be so raw it is crumbling down into something which, just maybe, might be real.

Fragile, soft and honest,“Honeymoon” is the same Lana Del Rey fans first fell in love with, but on a more grounded level.

Lana Del Rey returns to the sound of her 2012 album, “Born To Die,” in her newest album, “Honeymoon” with sad, sultry and sexy notes.

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Q&A: ‘Pentecost’ director discusses social relevance of play KYLEY FREDRICK | CONTRIBUTOR

The College-Conservatory of Music will open its 201516 season with “Pentecost,” a dramatic story about art, history and asylum seekers confined in an unconventional church.

The News Record talked with “Pentecost” director Richard Hess about the relevance the play holds to University of Cincinnati students and the world around us.

I also think it is important to go to theater that makes you feel, confront your humanity.

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TNR: Why did CCM choose to have “Pentecost” as the first play of the year?

Richard Hess: The play, “Pentecost,” is not very known by most of the public. It is a play that premiered in England at the National Theater in 1993 and it’s considered one of the most important British plays of the ’90s.

So, long story short is, I’ve known the play for twentysome years and it’s been on my list of things to do. It felt like this is the year that we should share “Pentecost” with the world.

TNR: Why is that? Is it because you think it would resonate with UC students?

RH: I did a Fulbright trip and spent a semester in Nyrobi and Kenya. So I learned about being out of the country, in a foreign culture, learning about what it meant to be the “other.”This play is just about others.

Here’s what’s so crazy: I choose my plays a whole year in advance. So when I chose this, the world was pretty quiet. I was feeling we needed to tell a story about being in another country and wanting help.

The four weeks of rehearsal have coincided with the worst asylum-seeking exodus since World War II, and every night we’ve watched stories from Hungary and watch it move to Croatia. The characters in our play are from the same countries. We need to have this on our season now, because it’s about today.

TNR: Can you elaborate on the plot, without giving away any important details?

RH: The first play is a very smart play about the role of art in our lives. So it is an art-history play. It’s set in a church, in an unnamed European country. And in this church, underneath layers of history, someone finds a fresco that had been painted 800 years ago.

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“Pentecost,” directed by Professor Richard Hess, Chair of CCM Drama, is a dramatic play that takes place in a church as art historians are taken hostage by a group of refugees seeking asylum from their war-torn country.

The question is, this is an abandoned church — it is crumbling — should we take the painting off the walls and put it in an art gallery? Or should we leave it where it is, crumbling and old?

English has to use a different dialect, like Bulgarian.

There aren’t stars; it’s an ensemble piece. Everyone is on stage at once, and it’s chaos in the church.

TNR: What challenges does this bring?

And there are art historians who argue both sides and they go at it. It may sound boring, but it’s not. It is like a good episode of “Law and Order.”The characters are smart and it moves fast. Everybody wants it because there’s money involved.

RH: This is one of the hardest plays I’ve ever directed.

The challenge is to be worthy of the material. We have young artists learning, but this play would be hard for professionals.

At the end of act one, the doors of the church burst open, 14 people pour in the door, slam the door shut and take everyone in the church hostage.

The challenge is being as smart as this playwright.

Learning about language, culture and history that was in my lifetime — but before the cast was born.

TNR: Any last words about “Pentecost?”

TNR: Who is starring in “Pentecost?”

RH: A lot of people like to go to the theater to escape.

They don’t want to think, and they want to laugh. I also think it is important to go to theater that makes you feel, confront your humanity. You will laugh, but you might also cry.

RH: “Pentecost” has a cast of 26 — right there it’s enormous. One challenge for actors is we speak foreign languages. The cast has learned Bulgarian, Kurdish, Arabic, Tamil, Russian — none of them spoke these languages. On top of that, everyone who does speak

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