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PROGRESS REPORT Hart, Idries discuss achievements relating to platform

BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER

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Uncertainty and instability led to progress for the University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government in more ways than one.

As Lane Hart refl ected on his tenure as student body president at the University of Cincinnati, he admitted that he was apprehensive about running for student offi ce in the fi rst place. Maesa Idries, student body vice president, convinced Hart he was the best candidate for the job, and the team began their pursuit to accomplish a list of student-based goals.

During the 2012-13 academic year, Hart and Idries attempted to tackle the initiatives on their platform while leading the UC Undergraduate Student Government in a productive direction.

Amidst a slew of changes throughout the university, SG affected change in areas previously set in gridlock.

The changes in administration — especially the resignation of former UC President Gregory Williams and the appointment of UC President Santa Ono — posed a challenge for SG, but also provided opportunities to work with new faculty and infl uence the way the university operates, Hart said.

“[Ono] is absolutely about putting students fi rst, and for our goals at student government — you know, he’s the kind of

person who always says, how can we make this work, instead of here’s why it doesn’t work, which is a huge change for us,” Hart said.

Although Hart and Idries didn’t accomplish all of their campaign goals, when opportunities to work on previously untouchable issues arose, they took full advantage of them.

Greg Hand, UC spokesperson, said the progress in those issues — especially student safety — wouldn’t have happened without help from SG.

“Lane and Maesa are working on [issues] students have always been interested in, but they have done a good job selling those ideas to the administration,” Hand said. “The change at the top of the administration helped them out in that regard, but I can’t discount their ability to sell those ideas.”

Idries said key players in the UC administration — especially Ono and UC Police Chief Michael Cureton — recognized off-campus safety as a concern for students. Administration offered help and provided funding for safety initiatives this year more than ever.

“[Safety] is something, quite frankly, we thought about not putting on our platform because student government didn’t have cooperation of the administration and the community offi cials to get that done before,” Hart said. “But now we have an administration that is willing to pull everybody to the table and say this is a priority, we need to get this done.”

During their campaign, Hart and Idries emphasized their vision of improving off-campus lighting, and even though the issue appeared on multiple campaign platforms before, it never progressed beyond that. Now, Duke Energy has committed to putting up 60 new lights around campus.

The UC administration’s concern for student safety also allowed SG to change the way the Nixle emergency text messaging system operates by changing it from an “opt-in” system to an “opt-out,” Hart said.

“We saw that people were fi nding out what was going on from each other on Twitter before they were fi nding out through UC,” Hart said. “We didn’t want to be the last ones telling people, especially when there’s an emergency going on in real time.”

On campus, the emergency alert system goes off in buildings, but off-campus, students might be left in danger. During one of the lockdowns, Hart drove around campus picking students up and returning them to their homes. That experience brought about the idea to change the emergency system, he said.

SG also worked heavily with the Bearcat Transportation System to keep students traveling to and from campus safe. The Presidential Safety Summit Committee enlisted the help of SG to survey students about optimizing the BTS.

Hart said SG received a lot of positive

Foreign policy expert hosts discussion at UC CATO Institute visits campus, explains nuclear proliferation

BRYAN SHUPE SENIOR REPORTER [email protected]

The University of Cincinnati welcomed Christopher Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the CATO Institute in Washington D.C, Tuesday to discuss nuclear proliferation.

Preble and his colleagues are working on a project called “From Triad to Diad,” which examines the potential of changing United States nuclear weapon positioning around the world from a wide array of platforms to strategic placement on platforms like nuclear submarines to protect US interests instead of posturing in ally nations.

The project has been ongoing for a little more than a year, and focuses on the development of nuclear armament of the middle-to-late 20th century.

“We think when people understand better, how it is [the US] developed a triad in the fi rst place, we think that some of the political support, and even the cultural attachment to the nuclear triad will fall away,” Preble said.

The US nuclear arsenal has been reduced dramatically — 1/10th of its original size — and the strategic justifi cation for the force structure no longer exists, Preble said, which means the there are favorable circumstances for a cultural shift on the nuclear armament and strategic placement discussion.

At the center of Preble’s argument is the idea of fi nite deterrence, which means a limited number of nuclear arms to be used as a second-strike deterrent. This form of deterrence is also known as mutually assured destruction, meaning if one country fi res a nuclear weapon at another, there will be nuclear weapons coming back destroying both nations.

“Our commitment to defend certain allies has deterred them from acquiring nuclear weapons,” Preble said of deterrence.

Preble believes in nuclear deterrence, but also said President Barack Obama is moving in the right direction on deterrence and disarmament and that there are bigger threats like cyber sensitivity and global warming to contend with.

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Professors recognized statewide

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The higher education resource organization Online Schools Ohio recognized six University of Cincinnati professors as top educators in the state.

The organization compiled three separate lists to showcase the top 22 educators — not ranked in order — in education, law and business. UC, along with Ohio State University and Toledo University made all three lists.

“One of our primary missions is to be great teachers and ensure our students have great experiences,” said Larry Johnson, interim provost. “I’m looking for more ways to recognize teaching scholarship.”

Johnson said he put together a committee, the Provost Committee on Teaching Excellence, to ensure students get the best educators the university can offer.

Two professors in the College of Business — Charles Matthews and David Rogers — and three professors in the College of Law — Emily Houh, Janet Moore and Sean Mangan — were acknowledged as skilled professors in their respective fi elds.

“I am proud to be included in such a distinguished group of colleagues from UC and around the great State of Ohio,” Matthews said.

Janet Moore, professor in the College of Law, said acknowledging professors for their achievements can help students decide which school best suits their academic needs.

“I consider it a tremendous honor.” Moore said. “To have a warm response from the students and the faculty as well is a great deal to me.”

Moore helped start the Indigent Defense Clinic in 2007, a program where third-year law students are given the opportunity to represent real clients in Hamilton County. The intensive program added a tremendous practical component to the curriculum, Moore said.

Ohio ranks seventh nationwide in the number of lawyers and has three nationally recognized law schools in Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati and Case Western Reserve University, according to Online Schools Ohio.

Carla Johnson, an associate professor of science education, is the only UC professor from College of Education Criminal Justice and Human Services to make a list. Johnson — who has been involved at UC for fi ve years — shares the honor with her students and fellow faculty members.

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PUTTING IN PERSPECTIVE Lane Hart and Maesa Idries, the student body president and vice president, discussed their accomplishments during the 2012-13 academic year. The pair tackled student-based issues such as public safety and transportation.


FOREIGN POLICY Christopher Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy at the CATO Institute, discussed nuclear proliferation at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday.

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UC professors dissect State of the Union Political science faculty members offer insight on President’s annual address

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President Barak Obama’s fifth State of the Union address focused heavily on the economy and received mixed reviews from the University of Cincinnati’s political science department.

“I was struck that the bulk of it had to do with economic issues, but it was the area that had the least new ground,” said Richard Harknet, head of the political science department.

Much of what Obama emphasized regarding the federal budget and debt involved core messages from his reelection campaign — primarily tax reform and “modest” reforms to entitlements.

“He laid out an agenda that was consistent with his campaign,” Harknet said. “I think he’s trying to find some space between Clinton and FDR.”

Harknet’s comparison stems from Obama’s promise to be budget neutral,

like Clinton, while outlining a role for the government in education and infrastructure revitalization, like Roosevelt.

While Obama covered a range of topics including immigration, education, foreign policy, climate change and energy, he failed to include specific solutions on most topics.

“It was pretty small-bore stuff,” said Dave Niven, professor in the political science department. “It was President Obama as professor-in-chief at times reminding us, at times scolding us, but never really soaring to great heights.”

The one common theme throughout the nearly 6,000-word speech was the President’s call for Congress to work together and put politics aside.

The President’s call for bipartisan solutions is a normal one for a president entering his second term.

“In second terms presidents typically want to establish a legacy, so he has a lot of incentives to get things accomplished,” Harknet said. “Inaction is only making

things worse.”With the current state of hyper-

partisanship, it doesn’t seem likely the president’s plea will be answered, Harknet said.

The call to work across the aisle is a typical political move during the annual address, but Niven thought the overall speech lacked the tone of a reelected incumbent.

“I think he was carving a more center course for himself, but it didn’t really have the triumphant tone for a president that was just re-elected,” Niven said.

While Niven saw the speech as a wasted opportunity, Harknet said the annual address by the commander-in-chief is outdated and ineffective.

“[It was] typical and too long,” Harknet said. “I would like to see someone get up there and actually report on the state of the union, but you can’t give up that media spotlight.”

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University of Cincinnati students and alumni received national accolades for their superior planning work in Clinton County.

The Clinton County Regional Planning Commission and its nonprofit partner energize Clinton County received a National Planning and Achievement Award for innovation in economic Planning and Development from the American Planning Association.

The award recognizes CCRPC and eCC’s effort to stabilize the economy of Clinton County after the loss of the county’s major employer, DHL.

After DHL closed, CCRPC and eCC turned to a team of UC graduate students to author the first strategic plan to utilize resources abandoned after DHL’s

departure, said Christian Schock, CCRPC executive director.

“We’ve had a long partnership with UC from the very beginning,” Schock said.

eCC’s fellows program provides local youth with the opportunity for a 10-week summer internship with small businesses in Clinton County. With resources eCC gets from UC, it ends up providing the university with well-prepared students, Schock said.

CCRPC and eCC are taking a broad approach to restructuring Clinton County. The groups are involved in everything from recruiting local talent to expanding the farmer’s market into a thriving center.

One of eCC’s strategies to reinvigorate Clinton County is to implement a “buy local” campaign, which started as a poster-based awareness campaign, but has grown into a positive influence for local business sales, Schock said.

“What we’ve tried to do is re-localize

the economy,” Schock said. “When you’re facing an economical disaster you want to keep as many resources in the economy as possible.”

The influence goes deeper into the community than just local businesses. The campaign made citizens of Clinton County aware of their importance to the economy.

“There has been a shift in how citizens view the spending of money,” said Taylor Stuckert, UC planning graduate student and co-founder of eCC. “The community has a better understanding of the impact each individual has on their local economy.”

CCRPC and eCC want their work to leave a long-lasting effect on Clinton County.

“We’re making the ground a little more fertile,” Schock said. “[Our work] is setting the foundation for future developments and opportunities.”

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After nine years of research, the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute and Johns Hopkins University found a new use for a drug that could potentially improve recovery times for stroke patients.

Researchers found the drug tissue plasminogen actirator enabled patients to function more independently a year after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage, a deadly type of stroke.

After a blood vessel ruptures in the brain — often because of high blood pressure — its consequent bleeding forms a clot that creates this hemorrhage. The drug tPA works to dissolve this often golf ball-sized clot and lessen the brain’s swelling.

Though intracerebral hemorrhage

isn’t the most common type of stoke, it affects more than 70,000 Americans each year. Nearly half of the time, death is the outcome.

“By reducing the blood clot size, surgeons can reduce the mass effect the hemorrhage has on patients,” said Daniel Woo, professor in the department of neurology at UC and one of the researchers involved in the study. “For the field of neurology, this therapy could be the first effective treatment for acute spontaneous ICH [intracerebral hemorrhage], which would be a landmark achievement.”

In the study, hemorrhage patients who received tPA to dissolve clots went home from the hospital an average of 38 days earlier than those receiving the alternative support therapy.

“After following patients for a year, we found that 14 percent undergoing tPA

therapy were more highly functioning and less likely to move into nursing homes,” said Daniel Hanley, principal co-investigator and neurology professor at Johns Hopkins University.

This treatment would also lead to an estimated $44,000 in savings per patient, according to the study.

Sixteen of the study’s 123 patients were enrolled at the UC Neuroscience Institute, making UC one of the highest-enrolling trial centers. In addition to trails at 24 other U.S. sites, some were completed in Canada and europe.

The next logical step in blood clot treatment will include replicating the findings to further refine the technique and define the study’s significance.

“This technique, when applied in future studies, may show even greater benefits,” Woo said.

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Retired officials discuss legalization of drugs with UC

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Police discuss

drug policy

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Two retired police officers spoke to University of Cincinnati students Tuesday about the potential benefits to legalizing all forms of drugs.

The Students for Sensible Drug Policy at UC invited officers from the Law enforcement Against Prohibition group to speak at Zimmer Hall, where approximately 20 students participated in a question and answer session.

Peter Christ, a retired police captain from Buffalo and co-founder of LeAP, said there are both active and inactive police officers who believe law enforcement isn’t the best way to combat drug usage in America, and if anything, it exacerbates the problem.

“If drugs are always going to be a part of our society, there’s only one thing we have to discuss, and that is who is going to control the marketplace,” Christ said. “The current policy we have in America has gangsters, thugs and terrorists controlling the market. We at LeAP happen to think that’s a bad idea.”

Christ noted LeAP does not claim to know how to regulate the drug market, but nevertheless wants to end drug prohibition.

Part of the reason LeAP has gained so much traction since it started in 2002 is the authority law enforcement officials bring to the argument, Christ said.

“You may not agree with our conclusion, but don’t tell me I don’t understand the problem,” Christ said. “The problem seriously is not the drugs. The problem is the policy we’ve instituted to deal with the drugs.”

Former Cincinnati Police Caption Howard Rahtz argued the drug policy should focus more on treatment programs as opposed to punishing drug users through police force, which pushes users toward the drug cartels and away from the help they might need.

In Rahtz’s opinion, move to legalize drugs could also stimulate the struggling economy.

“I want to take the billions of dollars that are currently in the illegal market, and transfer them into the hands of the legal, regulated economy,” Rahtz said.

feedback from its decision to extend a BTS route down to Ludlow Avenue. To extend that route, SG canceled a route through Calhoun Street and McMillian Avenue because the survey showed it was rarely used.

In the future, Hart and Idries are confident the newly elected SG representatives will be able to continue their progress in safety, and even improve areas they didn’t attempt to change, such as campus sustainability.

“When we took the idea [to install water bottle refilling stations] to try to get it approved, they said, yeah that’s a good idea but we simply don’t have the money to do that,” Hart said. “We want to set the bar really high … so it keeps moving the needle in the right direction.”

After the election results are announced Feb. 27 — pending any appeal process — the new SG administration will take office March 12.

There will be a two-week transition

period in the beginning of April. In addition to working with the

administration, the chemistry between the Hart and Idries aided in the progress they made with initiatives this year, Hart said.

“A great leader makes an average person feel like they can do above-average things. I’m just an average person, but [Hart] is a true leader and innovator and inspires people,” Idries said. “That’s what really got me into this.”

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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.—When authorities hemmed in the man they suspected of killing three people in a campaign of revenge that has gripped Southern California, he responded as they had feared: with smoke bombs and a barrage of gunfi re.

The suspect, who police believe is fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner, shot to death one San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy and injured another Tuesday.

He then barricaded himself in a wood cabin outside Big Bear in the snow-blanketed San Bernardino Mountains, police said.

Just before 5 p.m., authorities smashed the cabin’s windows, pumped in tear gas and called for the suspect to surrender. They got no response. Then, using a demolition vehicle, they tore down the cabin’s walls one by one. When they reached the last wall, they heard a gunshot.

Then the cabin burst into fl ames. By late Tuesday evening, the smoldering ruins remained too hot for police to enter, but authorities said they believed Dorner’s body was inside.

The standoff appeared to end a weeklong hunt for the former L.A. police offi cer and Navy reserve lieutenant, who is also suspected of killing an Irvine couple and a Riverside police offi cer.

But Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said he would not consider the manhunt over until a body was recovered and identifi ed as Dorner.

“It is a bittersweet night,” said Beck as he drove to the hospital where the injured deputy was undergoing surgery. “This could have ended much better, it could have ended worse. I feel for the family of the deputy who lost his life.”

According to a manifesto Dorner allegedly posted on Facebook, he felt the LAPD unjustly fi red him in 2009, when a disciplinary panel determined that he lied in accusing his training offi cer of kicking a mentally ill man during an arrest. Beck has promised to review the case.

Dorner, 33, vowed to wage “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” against law enforcement offi cers and their families, the manifesto said.

“Self-preservation is no longer important to me. do not fear death as I died long ago.”

Last week, authorities had tracked

Dorner to a wooded area near Big Bear Lake. They found his torched gray Nissan Titan with several weapons inside. The only trace of Dorner was a short trail of footprints in newly fallen snow.

On Tuesday morning two maids entered a cabin in the 1200 block of Club View Drive and ran into a man who they said resembled the fugitive, a law enforcement offi cial said. The cabin was not far from where Dorner’s singed truck had been found and where police had been holding news conferences about the manhunt.

The man tied up the maids, and he took off in a purple Nissan parked near the cabin. About 12:20 p.m., one of the maids broke free and called police.

Nearly half an hour later, offi cers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife spotted the stolen vehicle and called for backup.

The suspect turned down a side road in an attempt to elude the offi cers but crashed the vehicle, police said.

A short time later, authorities said the suspect carjacked a light-colored pickup truck. Allan Laframboise said the truck belonged to his friend Rick Heltebrake, who works at a nearby Boy Scout camp.

Heltebrake was driving on Glass Road with his Dalmatian, Suni, when a hulking black man stepped into the road, Laframboise said. Heltebrake stopped. The man told him to get out of the truck.

“Can I take my dog?” Heltebrake asked, according to his friend.

“You can leave and you can take your dog,” the man said. He then sped off in the Dodge extended-cab pickup — and quickly encountered two Department of Fish and Wildlife trucks.

As the suspect zoomed past the offi cers, he rolled down his window and fi red about 15 to 20 rounds. One of the offi cers jumped out and shot a high-powered rifl e at the fl eeing pickup. The suspect abandoned the vehicle and took off on foot.

Police said he ended up at the Seven Oaks Mountain Cabins, a cluster of wood-frame buildings about halfway between Big Bear Lake and Yucaipa.

The suspect exchanged gunfi re with San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies as he fl ed into a cabin that locals described as a single-story, multi-room structure.

The suspect fi red from the cabin, striking one deputy, law enforcement sources said. Then he ducked out the back of the cabin, deployed a smoke bomb and opened fi re again, hitting a second deputy.

Neither deputy was identifi ed by

authorities. The suspect retreated back into the cabin.

Deputies drew their weapons and sprinted toward Evans. Someone yelled for him to move — then about 20 more seconds of shooting erupted.

“Hey! Get ... out of here, pal,” someone shouted. Evans was unharmed.

The gunfi re gave way to a tense standoff. Mountain residents locked their doors and hunkered down.

Within hours, authorities moved in on the cabin. The fi re broke out, setting off ammunition that had apparently been inside. On TV, viewers saw only the orange fl ames and curls of black smoke.

As night fell, authorities had yet to enter the building, said San Bernardino County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman.

“They believe there is a body in there,” she said.

LAPD Chief Beck said his offi cers will remain on high alert until a body is found and confi rmed to be Dorner. His offi cers have been providing around-the-clock protection for more than 50 people thought to be Dorner’s targets since the manifesto was discovered.

Police say Dorner’s fi rst victims were the daughter of the retired LAPD offi cial who represented him at his disciplinary hearing and her fi ance. Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence were found shot to death Feb. 3 in their car in their condo complex’s parking structure.

Just as some offi cials began to speculate that the former cop had failed to survive in the wilderness, Dorner apparently surfaced.

KILLER’S FINAL STANDBody found in cabin believed to be Christopher Dorner

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VATICAN CITY — Benedict XVI has scarcely handed in his resignation, and the quest for a successor to the Chair of St Peter is on.

Speculation is rife as to who will take over as the head of the Roman Catholic Church when the current pope leaves offi ce at the end of the month.

Tuesday’s Italian press was fi lled with pictures and details of candidates, as the carousel of cardinals started spinning. Only one thing is clear: The favorites are certain to change by the time of the papal conclave in March.

While many believe the next pope will be from Latin America, Asia or Africa, Archbishop of Vienna Christoph Schoenborn, 68, a theologian like Benedict, was seen as a possibility. And, as ever, there was a string of Italian candidates.

According to La Repubblica, well-informed sources in the Vatican were saying that “the various fronts had been positioning themselves for weeks,” in an indication that, behind the walls of the Vatican, Benedict’s announcement was not as unexpected as it at fi rst seemed.

The view in the Italian media was that it would be a battle between the Italians and the rest. The frontrunner among the 28 Italian cardinals is seen as Archbishop of Milan Angelo Scola, 71, although Gianfranco Ravasi, 70, from the Roman Curia, and the chairman of the Italian bishops, Angelo Bagnasco, 70, from Genoa, are also in the running.

French Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran,

69, who heads the Pontifi cal Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Curia, is also mentioned.

The vote by the 117 cardinals under the age of 80 is also about the church’s future direction. Are they looking for reform of the curia or a greater opening up to the church outside Europe? Will the outgoing pope seek to use his infl uence?

The La Repubblica experts believe the successful candidate will have to be a strong personality and relatively youthful, but there are other criteria. Some cardinals have come to the fore through prestige and charisma, although “no one stands out in particular at the moment,” the Vaticanologists of Turin’s La Stampa say.

Even if the Europeans are still in the majority in the college of cardinals entitled to vote, there would be little surprise at an African, Latin American or Asian pontiff.

A prominent Asian candidate is the relatively youthful Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle, 55, who is highly thought of by Benedict.

Catholics outside Europe hope that one of their own will make the running. They do not see the church’s future on the Old Continent, as the number of faithful

is steadily declining there, even as it rises elsewhere.

There are several contenders from Africa, among them Cardinal Francis Arinze, even though he is 80. The curia cardinal, Peter Turkson, 64, from Ghana is considerably younger. Benedict himself once spoke approvingly of the idea of a “dark-skinned” pope at the head of the Holy See.

Latin America has Pedro Odilo Scherer, 63, from Brazil and Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, while the French Canadian Marc Ouellet, 68, is put forward from North America

While the list is a long one, the successful candidate will need wide support. As part of his efforts to unite and stabilize a church facing internal division and repeated scandal, Benedict himself stipulated in 2007 that a two-thirds majority would be needed to elect the next occupant of St Peter’s Chair.

The wait at the beginning of March for the column of white smoke over the Sistine Chapel announcing a successful election could be a long one.

Papal successor mystery in VaticanUncertainty abounds following sudden resignation of Benedict XVI

ERIC VANDEVILLE | ABACA PRESS

RESIGNATION HANDED IN Pope Benedict XVI announced during a mass Monday, February 11, 2013, that he plans to step down on February 28.

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The University of Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Choruses put their talents on display Saturday hopes to raise enough money for a trip to New Orleans.

Hosted at Rohs Street Café, chorus members took to the stage with impressive renditions of a multitude of songs.

“I think it is great we do something like this where people can meet other people and enjoy themselves,” said Ronique Morsby, a fi fth-year Judaic studies student and chorus member.

Although pieces adhered to the cabaret’s theme of love and Valentine’s Day, performances showcased a wide range of styles including pop and musical theater.

“The event means fi nally getting out there,” said Samantha Stephenson, a fi rst-year secondary education and language arts student and chorus member. “This is my fi rst year in the chorus, and this is a great opportunity for me to get my voice out there.”

The choruses began preparing for the event at the beginning of spring semester. Although the choruses sang some pieces as a group, sole performances dominated the evening.

“We have some great individual talent, and I want to really let the choir members have a chance to feel that pride of being a performer — of being a soloist — and be able to expand their vocal abilities,” said Peter Wright, president of UC Choruses.

During the performances, audience members enjoyed a wide selection of baked

goods contributed by members of the choruses. Rohs Street Café provided coffee to accompany the treats.

The event raised approximately $500 through its $10 admission fee and additional donations, Wright said.

“I was really happy with that,” Wright said. “I really hope to make this kind of event part of a culture of the group.”

In addition to raising funds for the tour, the cabaret increased awareness of the choruses and gave members the opportunity to showcase their talent.

“For me, it’s always been more about the music than the fundraising,” Wright said. “Obviously fundraising is very important and I’m trying to expand the choir with events like this to raise money, but it’s a great, enriching, integral experience to be able to sing by yourself.”

Valentine’s Day fuels performance University choruses take stage at local coffee shop to raise money for trip

Angsty lyrics overshadow band’s generic, commercially-friendly sound

Bullet for my Valentine misses target

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The shadowy angst and frustration heard on “Temper Temper,” Bullet for my Valentine’s latest album, is nothing but a cover-up for its lack of talent.

The band’s fourth studio album delivers a safe sound sure to please some die-hard Bullet For My Valentine fans, but anyone who knows a thing or two about music will notice the absence of creativity in the music and lyrics.

The band’s sound changed over the years — sometimes change can be a good thing, but this is defi nitely not one of those times.

The album begins with “Breaking Point.” The tune chugs along with watered-down guitar riffs and cliché lyrics delivered by frontman Matthew Tuck.

He sings, “Please don’t test my patience/ My short fuse, you don’t wanna ignite/ Do not scratch the surface and wake the beast ‘cause he’s ready to fi ght.”

Musically, the album is unimaginative and uses the same sound many hard-rock bands on the radio do.

The band seems to be content going through the motions, following the radio-

friendly rock music standard.The only saving grace is the solos

hammered out by lead guitarist, Michael Paget, but unfortunately they are quite brief — and more of a tease than a triumph.

The title track gives the band an assured anthem fans can sing along to.

But soon enough the sing-alongs become painfully repetitive.

There is simply no passion in the record, something that doesn’t say anything about the band’s success in the past.

One must wonder if the release of “Temper Temper” will have any effect on the upcoming tour with Pennsylvanian hard-rock band, Halestorm — who just won its fi rst Grammy.

The angry tone of the album shifts to that of a betrayed man with the song, “Tears Don’t Fall (Part Two).”

The song tells the story of a man betrayed by a jilted lover. The sob story falls fl at and sounds forced.

Bullet For My Valentine missed a great opportunity to give old and new fans a good record — or at least one worth listening to.

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The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team fi nally grabbed an illusive Big East victory Wednesday night against Marquette, defeating the Golden Eagles 54-52 on a buzzer-beater from junior forward Tiffany Turner.

The victory snapped a 10-game losing streak for UC and marked its fi rst victory since December 30, 2012.

“At some point you get sick and tired of not being successful,” said UC head coach Jamelle Elliott. “It’s so easy for teams on a losing streak like we did to get in a slump, but my guys never did that. Not one game, not one practice and I’m thankful for that. I’m so proud and thankful and happy for my players.”

The Bearcats went on a 15-2 run in the fi rst half to take a nine-point lead with 12 minutes left the fi rst half.

Marquette rallied back, going on an 11-3 run over the next four minutes, cutting UC’s lead down to one point, 18-17, with 9:13 remaining in the half.

A pair of made free throws from senior forward Sarina Simmons gave the Eagles its fi rst lead since the 17:43 mark, but UC answered with a pair of baskets from senior center Lesha Dunn to retake the lead 22-19.

The teams swapped leads for the remainder of the half, but a free throw

from Junior Guard Dayeesha Hollins put the Bearcats up 27-26 at the half.

Cincinnati held Marquette to 45.8 percent from the fi eld, forcing 10 turnovers, which it converted into eight points. The Bearcats also had six second-chance points, while the Golden Eagles had none in the fi rst half.

Both teams came out ready to play in the second half, with six tie scores in the fi rst six minutes of the half. Scoring for both teams came to a halt at the seven-minute mark before a pair of free throws from Simmons ended the scoring drought with 2:25 left in the half.

Three consecutive fouls on the Bearcats resulted in three free throws for Marquette, which tied the score at 52-52 with 1:17 left in the game.

Marquette had the ball with a four second differential between the shot clock and the game clock, but a missed 3-pointer from Simmons gave the Bearcats the ball with 15 seconds left in the game.

Cook threw the ball in to Hollins, who was heavily defended outside the 3-point line after rushing up the court. Hollins dished the ball to a wide-open Turner, who laid in the game-winning basket over her right shoulder.

“Last year I know I had a winning bucket in the Big East Tournament,” Turner said. “Having that opportunity again is a miracle.”

UC hopes to carry on its momentum against St. Johns University Sunday at 5 p.m.

UC bounces back against Villanova Wright’s defensive presence, leadership lifts Bearcats out of recent slump


MUCH NEEDED VICTORY UC guards Sean Kilpatrick and Ge’Lawn Guyn celebrate after Kilpatrick’s fourth 3-pointer of UC’s 68-50 victory over Villanova Tuesday night.

UC women capture fi rst Big East win

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The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team snapped its two-game losing-streak Tuesday night, defeating the Villanova Wildcats 68-50 at Fifth Third Arena.

UC’s defensive pressure proved to be the difference in the game.

“We had 46 defl ections tonight, forced 19 turnovers and had 21 points off turnovers. Defense is the answer,” said UC head coach Mick Cronin. “Fortunately, I’ve got some winners in the locker room playing hurt and diving all over fl oors. Cashmere Wright had 14 defl ections tonight and he’s doing it with one arm basically because he can’t extend his left arm.”

Wright injured his left shoulder against Oregon earlier this season and is also battling chronic knee problems. Despite the injuries, Wright looked the best he has since twisting his left knee against Depaul Jan. 15, playing a turnover free game.

After snagging three steals in the game, as well as 14 defl ections, Wright is only one steal shy of UC’s all-time record.

Neither team shot particularly well to start the game. Ge’Lawn Guyn converted the fi rst 3-pointer of the game 8 minutes into the fi rst half to give the Bearcats an 8-7 lead, after UC missed its fi rst fi ve attempts from behind the arc.

After starting the game 1-7 from 3-point range, UC went 3-5 from behind the arc on consecutive possessions to take a 21-14 lead. Cashmere Wright, JaQuon Parker and Jermaine Sanders each hit a triple during the stretch.

Villanova guards James Bell and Ryan Arcidiacono made back-to back 3-pointers to cut UC’s lead to 26-24 with 2:32 remaining in the half, before Sean Kilpatrick, who began the game just 1-7 from the fi eld, hit back-to-back 3-pointers of his own to restore the Bearcats’ lead to 32-24 with one minute remaining in the half.

The Wildcats fi nished the half on a 5-0 run, which included a controversial JayVaughn Pinkston buzzer-beater that trimmed the Bearcats’ lead to 32-29 at the half.

UC shot 37 percent from 3-point range in fi rst half, compared to 6 percent in the second half of its 62-52 loss to Pittsburgh Saturday night. Kilpatrick led all scorers

with 10 points at the half.Five quick points from Parker to open

the second half, coupled with a 5:27 stretch for Villanova without a fi eld goal gave the Bearcats a 39-33 advantage with 14:33 left to play.

An old-fashioned 3-point play from Sean Kilpatrick on UC’s following possession sparked a 17-6 run, in which Sanders, Wright and Kilpatrick combined to make four consecutive 3-pointers to give UC a 17-point lead with 7:16 remaining.

Nova never cut UC’s lead to any less than 13 points after that, and Parker’s third 3-pointer of the night pushed the fi nal score to 68-50, the Bearcats’ largest lead of the night.

UC fi nished the game 39 percent from the fi eld and 48 percent from 3-point range, compared to 42 and 23 percent for Villanova.

Kilpatrick and Parker led all scorers with 19 points each.

Despite UC’s improved shooting,

Kilpatrick also credited UC’s defense and Wright’s leadership for the Bearcats’ victory.

“We attacked the ball today on defense, did a lot of trapping, made a lot of rotations and everyone was active,” Kilpatrick said. “We came to this game today, not even thinking about offense, with a defensive mindset and our captain right here [Wright] led us through everything.”

The Bearcats will return to action Friday night against Georgetown.

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VICTORY AT LAST UC guard Dayeesha Hollins (above) provided the assist on Tiffany Turner’s game-winning layup.

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