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THE HISTORY ISSUE NO. 31 • FEB. 5 - 11, 2014

THE HISTORY ISSUE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 2014 / PAGE 2

Kara Driscoll @kardadri @Pdidion

MANAGING EDITOR

Katie Griffith @NewsRecord_UC Jake Grieco @Rosewater_Eliot

ARTS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR

Ryan Hoffman @ryanhoffman3 Joshua Miller @Josh_TNRsports

SPORTS EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR

Phil Didion

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THE

ASK

EDITORS

WHO IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF UC?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE STORY IN THIS ISSUE?

HOW WILL THE 2013-14 ACADEMIC YEAR GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY OF UC?

TNR IS COMING OUT WITH A DOCUMENTARY. WHAT INTERVIEW ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT?

WHY IS HISTORY IMPORTANT?

Charles McMicken

I enjoyed the story about DAAP’s history.

Lots of administrative changes.

I’m interviewing the female editor-in-chief from 1944. She’s 90 years old and still amazing.

We have to learn from our mistakes.

The Bearcat, of course.

The Nippert Stadium write up.

One known for more snow days than any other in the history of UC, and we aren’t complaining.

I’m excited to hear what Lew Moores has to say. I took a class with him in which I got to hear about his journalism experience, it’s cool to know he was involved in TNR.

So we can keep evolving and evolving and evolving until we are so complex we combust and become cave men and women again and do it all over. Hopefully better next time.

Kenyan Martin, he was an excellent ping pong player.

The history of DAAP is fascinating, and Nippert Stadium is again being renovated so its neat to get an insight.

A battle for diversity.

Lew Moores will be really interesting. I like how he’s old school and involved in literary journals.

People are really weird and history shows us that has always been true.

I would have to agree with Kara. McMicken owned property in Ohio and Louisiana in order to avoid paying taxes.

Awesome.

I hate to be a homer, but the DAAP story is really interesting.

The year we left a competitive athletic conference for an irrelevant one.

I’m probably looking forward to the interview with Jon Hughes, a local legend in the journalism world, the most.

History is written by the winners of the past. No one likes a loser.

Ted McCarty, 1933 Engineering Graduate.

He helped develop the Electric guitar, so where the hell would the world be without that guy?

Eh?

The DAAP history story is something UC should be proud of.

Hopefully it goes down, someday, as the year a lot of great journalists graduated.

Fingers crossed.

Jon Hughes, hands down.

You can’t move forward without any idea of where you started.

Neil Armstrong, the dude went to space.

History of DAAP, Robert Probst is the man.

Most emergency snow days.

Looking forward to hanging out with Jon Hughes and learning from him.

It’s one of those things you don’t think about too much during the weekly grind but learning all of the ins and outs of the campus really brings it to life.

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Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, Nirvana in Clifton Iconic bands have history on streets around university neighborhoods JAKE GRIECO ARTS EDITOR

As Cincinnati continues to develop as a rich culture for budding musicians, it is important to remember its beginnings.

Today the hub for local music is Over-The-Rhine, with brilliant musicians gracing the stages of places like MOTR Pub, but it was only a few decades ago that artists like Santana, The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead played right down the street from the University of Cincinnati.

Former city council member Jim Tarbell owned the Ludlow Garage, a major focal point of music in the 1960s and ’70s. The Allman Brothers recorded a live album there titled “Live at Ludlow Garage: 1970.”

Alice Cooper played the Garage just days before the Allman Brothers in 1970, and earlier that year Iggy and the Stooges played in the gaslight district.

But it doesn’t stop there.

Cincinnati has a subtle role in the history of rock and roll. One thing most people don’t know is that on Oct. 6, 1989, grunge figurehead Nirvana played at Muphy’s Pub located at the intersection of West Clifton Avenue and Warner Street.

Nirvana released their naked-baby record “Nevermind” Sept. 24, 1991. Two years after they played at Clifton’s own Murphy’s Pub. Imagine the hot-dog smelling, old-man’s bar being rocked by Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl.

The set list can be found online and the iconic band opened their set with a cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line.”

There used to be a laundromat right across the street from Bogart’s that had a lot more inside than washing machines.

Sudsy Malone’s was one of the most unique music venues to ever be established. Eager concertgoers could bring their laundry with them. In between acts they could switch their clothes over from the washer to the dryer.

The place was more than just a gimmick. Neutral Milk Hotel played at the laundromat twice, once in 1996 and then again in 1998. Cincinnatians that know anything about this enormously

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Outside of Olives is a plaque that lists all the bands that have ever played at the Ludlow Garage. The venue is still very important to the area and will always be remembered.

influential band know how huge that must have been for the venue.

The band, specifically lead singer Jeff Magnum, has been reclusive for nearly a decade and just recently began touring again.

Their show at Madison Theater in October 2013 sold out in minutes.

Modest Mouse played at Sudsy Malone’s in 1997. Modest Mouse was just announced as the headlining band of a number of major music festivals including Boston Calling Music Festival, Hangout Music Festival and Shaky Knees Music Festival.

Bogart’s — though no laundromat but still in business — has an interesting history of its own. Karen Foley the general manager of Bogart’s recounts the venues beginnings.

“In 1975 a gentleman by the name of Al Porkolab started Bogart’s. So we’ll

be 40 years old next year. The building, I want to say [was built in] 1855, and it was a vaudeville theater, it was a burlesque type of thing, and then it became a club called the Inner Circle, then it became Bogart’s,” Foley said.

The venue also has seen its fair share of big name acts.

“We have seen everything from the like of Prince, U2, Kid Rock, Eminem, Metallica, everyone has started somewhere, and I always joke with people if these walls could talk,” Foley said.

If these streets could talk, they would tell the story of the legendary musicians that have schlepped their gear back and forth waiting to make it big. There is a barstool or chair somewhere in Murphy’s that Kurt Cobain most likely sat on two years before Nirvana blew up. Olives at the Ludlow Garage is now inside the

Ludlow Garage and those walls have soaked in the sound of Jerry Garcia and Greg Allman. Though sometimes Clifton seems grey and bleak, it holds a colorful and dynamic history for the music industry.

PROVIDED Seeing Modest Mouse is life changing, especially at a laundromat.

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UC premier arts college’s unknown history

PHIL DIDION | PHOTO EDITOR

Robert Probst, dean of DAAP and a 30-year faculty member, reflects on the history of the college, and shares his plans for the future.

Renowned college, DAAP may have never became reality if not for one man’s efforts in early 1900s BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

One of the most prominent colleges at the University of Cincinnati almost never existed.

Considered the brainchild of the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Herman Schneider came to Cincinnati in 1903 to assume the role as an assistant professor of civil engineering.

“He was essentially the father of DAAP,” said Kevin Grace, head of UC Archives and Rare Books Library.

“Schneider had this idea that each college should be self sufficient in a way of what they taught.”

UC was founded in 1819 — originally Cincinnati College — after the Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio became chartered. After 40 years of education, Charles McMicken died of pneumonia, leaving nearly $1 million to the City of Cincinnati for a university.

The college was renamed McMicken University, and in 1869 the McMicken School of Design, which would

serve as the forerunner for DAAP, was created.

One year later, the Ohio legislature chartered a university in Cincinnati — creating the University of Cincinnati.

However, in 1887, UC absorbed the McMicken School of Drawing and Design, which went on to become the Art Academy of Cincinnati, a non-UC affiliated institution.

For the next 40 years, UC didn’t have an arts program until Schneider arrived as a professor in 1903.

In 1905, the UC College of Engineering was formed and a year later, Schneider was appointed as dean.

Schneider promised the new college would prove viable for training in the visual arts.

In 1910, Schneider designated a building specifically for applied fine arts, though it wouldn’t be constructed for another 16 years.

“He started a department of architecture in 1922 and it grew so quickly that three years later, it was reorganized and called the School of Applied Arts, which was still in the College of Engineering but it was going in its own direction,” Grace said.

Schneider’s hard work eventually culminated in the creation of the School of Applied Arts in 1925. It

would eventually be known as the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.

Robert Probst, Dean of DAAP, said that Schneider also is revered as the man who created the co-op program for students.

“One hundred years ago, Herman Schneider came up with the idea of implementing co-op,” Probst said.

“He did it very modestly, at first, and then it grew.

Haphazardly, the board approved it. They let him do it as an experiment and said, ‘we don’t take responsibility for it, if it fails, but we’ll take the glory for it if it succeeds.’ So they obviously took the glory for it.”

Currently, nearly 1,000 DAAP undergraduate students are involved in cooperative education. Of these, 34 percent work in the greater Cincinnati area, 18 percent are located in other areas of Ohio, 46 percent work in other states and 1.6 percent visit other countries.

Grace and Probst agree that Schneider left a lasting mark at UC. Now, more than 90 years after the creation of the department of architecture, DAAP is ranked third on “Business Insider’s” top 25 design schools in the world. The college also is among the largest and most diverse of its type, with 10 undergraduate programs and seven graduate programs.

Grace said he considers DAAP to be a worldwide hallmark of UC. The college has formed partnerships worldwide, ranging from Germany to China, and countries in between.

“You have to look at it in an international sense,” Grace said. “DAAP has gone way beyond being considered nationwide, in terms of its reputation. It’s really an international cornerstone of the university.”

Craig Vogel, associate dean of DAAP, said that in terms of art and design the college is beginning to be recognized as one of the most successful universitybased programs in the country.

“When you hear about some of the famous standalone art schools like Pratt or [Rhode Island School of Design], they’re about the size of [DAAP], maybe even smaller,”Vogel said. “So consider that our college is the size of most standalone art schools, embedded in a university. Then you take our scope, our co-op and the breadth of the university, and then add a medical school right on the edge, all of those combined make us distinct.”

Vogel said that while many similar schools have programs that attribute every one of these disciplines, none of them contain them all. Probst also was unable to name any other art program or design school of this magnitude.

“This college is lucky to be embedded in a comprehensive campus,” Probst said. “Many other schools have shrunk, or merged, but we have had a stable configuration of all of our programs under one roof throughout history.”

THE HISTORY ISSUE / WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 2014 / PAGE 5

Alumna chases dreams after bringing home Olympic medals “My time at UC was one of growth, as I transitioned from a high-schooler (at Walnut Hills High School) to a young adult,” Wineberg said.

She recalls the beauty of campus, especially that of Tangeman University Center and Sawyer Hall.

“[UC] is where I learned to manage my time effectively, set goals and performed to the best of my ability as a student athlete.”

Mary Wineberg, Olympic medalist and UC alumna

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University of Cincinnati alumna Mary Wineberg has received multiple medals at World Championships and Olympic Games.

Mary Wineberg continues pursuing goals, maintains strong ties at University of Cincinnati AMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

Even after winning two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at World Championships and the Olympics, Mary Wineberg still has a strong tie to her alma mater and hometown, mostly because that’s where it all started.

In 1998, Wineberg enrolled at the University of Cincinnati and didn’t waste any time gaining a spot on the track team. “[UC] is where I learned to manage my time effectively, set goals and performed to the best of my ability as a student athlete,” she said.

Although Wineberg was first inspired to run as a young child, her passion for running significantly developed at UC, where she graduated from the College of Education in 2002 as a health promotion and education student.

Wineberg spent time becoming a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, one of the oldest Greek-lettered sororities established by African American women with college educations.

Wineberg has participated in a number of events at UC since her graduation, including speaking at a winter 2008 commencement ceremony. Additionally, Wineberg was inducted into the UC Hall of Fame in 2010, awarded the UC Award for Excellence in 2008 and the College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.

Giving back to her community is another aspect of Wineberg’s life that she is extremely passionate about.

She helped various organizations, teams, schools and companies with different events.

One of the most memorable took place at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

“It’s such an amazing time to walk in and see the smiles that come across [the children’s] faces even if they are not feeling the greatest,” Wineberg said. “I immediately realize that no matter what may be going on, I’m happy that I can make their day.”

Another event that Wineberg enjoys helping with is Girls on the Run, which helps over 3,000 girls set goals and complete a 5k.

While Wineberg’s accomplishments and generosity are plentiful now, she was not always the star runner she is today.

Jim Schnur, a former head track coach who also was inducted in to UC’s Hall of Fame, played a large role in Wineberg’s training and development.

“I am so happy the coaches from UC saw my potential and through the years allowed me to see that anything is possible,” Wineberg said. “I also enjoy allowing the current athletes of the UC track team to see living proof of a dream coming true and what happens when you work hard, believe and persevere.”

Hard work and perseverance paid off when she made it to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

“I can still relive the race in my head,” Wineberg said. “The feeling, the adrenaline rushing, and being able to stand and know you just made history. Yes, many would not have seen the Olympics in my future,

but I was blessed to be able to make it there, get a gold medal and represent my country.”

Wineberg’s experience at the Olympics is one she’ll treasure forever. The opening ceremonies, standing on the podium, hearing the national anthem and meeting other athletes are all moments Wineberg will cherish for years.

“It was an experience that will never be forgotten and I have a gold medal as proof,” Wineberg said. “My family has always been my number one fans and I am honored to have them. Without them, the journey would have been hard to complete.”

Wineberg has since retired from the sport and now considers herself a spectator instead, although she continues to run in order to stay in shape.

“I enjoyed my time as a professional track athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Gold Medalist, but at some time it comes to an end,” Wineberg said.

Wineberg is currently working toward a master’s degree in education that will enable her to teach kindergarten through third grade. In addition to graduating in the fall, Wineberg has plans to begin writing a book to tell her own inspirational tale.

“I hope as I become a teacher that I can motivate young children to be the best that they can be,” Wineberg said. “I want them to see that this young girl was able to grow up to make history.”

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Wineberg remains active at her alma mater and in the community by working with several organizations, teams, schools and companies.

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Nippert Stadium has stood test of time at UC Historic stadium ingrained in campus unlike any other JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Nippert Stadium, constructed and named in the honor of James “Jimmy” Nippert, is undoubtedly the heartbeat of campus at the University of Cincinnati.

Few, if any other colleges in the country, have their stadium situated in the center of the university’s landscape.

And nowhere else, perhaps in the world, can a stadium that seats so few rattle with such ferocity.

I’ve seen college football played in more than 25 stadiums and never has one pulsated with the echoing pain that Nippert Stadium does at full capacity.

The Bearcats’ 2011 mauling of North Carolina State on the first Thursday of the academic year remains the loudest environment I have ever encountered.

Nippert is a gem, a rite of passage open to students and the public. It is our stadium, not just the football team’s, and that’s very much unique to UC. Almost every freshman student — possibly in the history of this fine institution — has drunkenly sprawled out on the 50-yard line in celebration of whatever it is the college freshman celebrates.

“The Nip,” as it has come to be known, is part of campus, not just a part of campus; as the third oldest college football stadium in the country, it’s been here longer than the majority of today’s version of UC. Anyone who visited UC pre-2002 would likely not recognize anything due southeast of Nippert, or anything (Rec Center, Steger Student Life Center, 1902

UC played its first game at Carson Field, at the same site as modern day Nippert.

Nov. 8, 1924

Almost a full year after Nippert’s death, Nippert Stadium was dedicated in his honor.

Thanksgiving, 1923

James “Jimmy” Nippert suffered a severe cut during UC’s 23-0 victory against Miami University. He died from infection Christmas Day.

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Tangeman University Center) in its general vicinity.

Construction began on Nippert Stadium in 1916 and was not complete until 1924. James Gamble of Procter and Gamble donated $250,000 for the stadium’s completion in honor of his grandson, Jimmy Nippert, who died from an infected wound suffered during UC’s final game of the 1923 season against Miami University.

Even before the site bore Nippert’s name, it was home to UC football.

Known simply as Carson Field, the Bearcats have played at the same site since 1902.

While almost everything around it has been torn down and built anew, Nippert stadium has remained and grown, both in capacity and legacy.

Often described as the Wrigley Field of college football, Nippert has undergone numerous major renovations over the past 90 years. The first of which took place in 1936 when Carson field was lowered 12 feet to allow capacity to rise to 24,000.

Although the first semblance of an upper deck was added in 1954, the Nippert Stadium as we knew it until about a month ago was completed in 1992, with the extension of the Herschede-Shank Pavilion and the completion of the press box that was demolished in December.

And now we must wait until 2015 to see the new and improved Nippert, clad with a state-of-the-art press box, club seating and several bridges to campus.

But it will only be slightly new, in the same way that Wrigley and Fenway Park can be changed without ever really changing. They’re old broads of stadiums, they rattle with the wind and they’re unforgiving to the teams that visit.

1936

Carson field was lowered 12 feet in order to expand Nippert’s capacity from 12,000 to 24,00 people.

UC won its first ever conference championship, as a member of the Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

1954

Nippert’s second major renovation, the addition of a partial upper deck, pushed capacity to 28,00.

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UC defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 17-0 in the first ever night collegiate football game played in the Midwest in 1923.

Nippert Stadium in 1936, after the field was lowered 12 feet to accommodate for the addition of 12,000 more seats.

This 1953 photo depicts just how much UC has changed around Nippert, with the area that is now Varsity Village still being inhabited by homes.

A full capacity Nippert Stadium in the 1960’s. UC won back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference Championships in 1963 and 1964.

Nippert Stadium after the 1991-92, which is nearly identical to present day Nippert, with the exception of a new scoreboard and endzone seating.

1968-69

Often forgotten about Nippert, is that it served as the home stadium for the Cincinnati Bengals for two years while the City of Cincinnati completed the now demolished Riverfront Stadium downtown.

Aug. 3 1975

Nippert played host to the Ohio River Rock Festival, and such acts as Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, Rush and REO Speedwagon,

1990

UC played its only season in the past 112 years away from Carson Field or Nippert Stadium.

Dec. 7 2013

Construction crews closed off Nippert Stadium to the public, beginning the initial stages of a two-year, $86 million renovation.

Nippert Stadium 1924-Present

1991-92

After two phases of renovations, Nippert’s capacity reached its present day mark of 35,000.

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The News Record chronicles history of university for more 2 than century Student newspaper covers top news events, daily campus life

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“The buzz from police helicopters fills the city blocks with noise. Garbage cans and newspaper racks are turned upside down and glass from the many broken windows litter Vine Street near McMicken Avenue. More than 10 police officers in riot gear, two police cars, two mounted police officers and a police van line the left side of Vine Street as a crying African-American woman shouts to them, “Why do they keep on doing this to us? Why do they have to kill my brothers?”

VP Wins With 2-1 Edge; Record Turnout Registered (1960)

“Vice President Richard Nixon along with his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge counted in as 2-1 favorites in the News Record sponsored Presidential Mock Election, Oct. 28.

A total of 1482 votes were recorded.”

THE NEWS RECORD STAFF

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Documenting one hour of guns, tear gas and riots (2001)

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Shooting results in city riots (2001)

“Riots started downtown yesterday afternoon in reaction to the shooting death of Timothy Thomas early Saturday morning by Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach.

Cincinnati Police expect the riots to continue throughout the night.

“The night is still young,” said University Hospital emergency room nurse Jeanette Porter.”

Faculty form picket line, propose new salary offer (1976)

“The bargaining agent for UC faculty members initiated this week one job action and presented a counter-proposal in contract negotiations with the University Administration.

On Tuesday, the Executive Council of the AAUP met with the AAUP Bargaining Council and recommended and discussed “immediate” job action the faculty could engage in to speed up collective bargaining negotiations.

Walking from the meeting in TUC Tuesday, members of the Bargaining Council formed a picket line in front of the university Administration building.”

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56 million people vote to elect the first black president in the history of the US (2008)

“Sen. Barack Obama, soon to be the 44th president of the United States, delivered a victory speech just before midnight in his home state of Illinois, Tuesday, Nov. 4.

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts America is a place where all things are possible...” Obama said to approximately 125,000 supports from Grant Park in Chicago. “Tonight is your answer.”