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UC Aramark disregards health policy

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Food service employees at the University of Cincinnati in Center Court and MarketPointe might be handling and serving food despite exhibiting flu-like symptoms, said a food service employee.

The food service employee would only speak on the condition of anonymity because of a contractual agreement.

Supervisors in the dining halls have either overlooked individuals showing flu-like symptoms or pressured them to continue working regardless, the source said. There are UC Aramark employees who reported a diagnosis of H1N1 while continuing shifts.

“They’re turning a blind eye on people that are obviously sick while they’re working,” the source said.

The source gave examples of employees continuing to work for days with high fevers and other flu-like symptoms, yet not being sent home by supervisors to recover or seek medical care. It was also implied by supervision that workers should not call off or leave work to see a doctor, said the source.

“It all depends on how easy or hard it is for them to get someone to cover your shift,” the source said.

Aramark, a leading provider of food and support services to colleges and universities, employs the food service employees at UC, serving approximately 6,000 meals daily. The company is contracted by the university, and is in the last year of a ten-year contract.

Representatives for Aramark at UC were contacted concerning these claims, but Spiros Gravas, director of operations for Aramark at UC, cited corporate policy and directed all inquiries to the UC Housing and Food Services office.

As for university policy regarding unhealthy employees, which Aramark must follow, ill employees should be sent home.

“If an employee reports to work and is displaying flu-like symptoms, the employee is directed to leave and not return until the symptoms have subsided,” said Todd Duncan, director of housing and food services. “In the event a employee has a fever, we direct that employees stay home until their fever has ceased for 24 hours without the assistance of fever reducing medication.”

Although the source notes that supervisors have not sent any employees home, at least one manager was sent home.

Supervisors are required to maintain a close watch on employees and follow university policy, Duncan said.

“Call-ins have been typical for this time of year,” Duncan added.

“Approximately two call-ins per week in the dining centers.”

Poor hygiene standards by employees in the dining centers were observed by the source. “[There are] people coughing on their hands and think that because they’re wearing gloves that they don’t have to wash or sanitize,” the source said.

“Hand-washing after use of facilities and switching from one food task to another is required,” Duncan said. “He also pointed out that multiple sanitizer stations were located throughout the dining centers.”

Aramark hosted a managers meeting Monday afternoon for all of its food-service supervisors, including a discussion regarding employees with flu-like symptoms. weather

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The 2009 mayoral election ended with the victory of Democratic incumbent Mark Mallory over Republican Brad Wenstrup with a 16 percent margin.

The mayoral race proved to be a close contest with Mallory and Wenstrup sometimes coming within 1 percent of each other

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mayor mark mallory won the majority vote in the city of Cincinnati with 54 percent against his opponent Brad Wenstrup who had 46 percent of the vote. The next mayoral term begins

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brad Wenstrup lost the 2009 mayoral election to incumbent Mayor Mark Mallory.

Wenstrup watched election results come in at the Montgomery Inn Boat House downtown Tuesday, Nov. 3. Wenstrup had 46 percent of the vote.

Custodial staff adapts to $1.25M cut randi taylor and amanda woodruff the news record

Drastic budget cuts occurred in waves during the last 10 years at the University of Cincinnati, and the custodial department received the brunt of it.

Working around a $1.25 million budget cut for the 2009-10 academic year, the custodial staff is adapting to the increased number of students on campus with a decreased number of maintenance resources.

“We have lost vacancies through budget reductions for almost every year for the past 10 years in our maintenance, housekeeping and grounds departments,” said Rick Wiggins, director of facilities management. “This results in the reduction of service frequencies and increased deferred maintenance.”

This year, 13 housekeeping and five maintenance vacancies were unable to be filled, Wiggins said.

Uptown West campus employed fewer workers this year to maintain the 43 buildings designated to the area.

It is the daily responsibility of the custodial staff to clean and sanitize restrooms, classrooms, auditoriums, labs, entrance ways, main stairways, restock restroom supplies and spot mop designated office areas. The trash is emptied three times per week in designated office areas and all floors are cleaned once per week.

The custodial department also employs a grounds staff that is responsible for daily litter pickup and outdoor trash removal. The grounds staff is divided into six groups and is additionally responsible for mowing, trimming and mulching designated areas on campus.

It isn’t until academic breaks that floors are scrubbed, waxed and carpets shampooed. All window cleaning is contracted outside of UC. Students and faculty are encouraged to act responsibly by properly disposing of food waste and other potential debris in classrooms and public areas.

The Campus Recreation Center adheres to this request by placing disinfecting stations with Simple Green d Pro 5 cleaner on the fitness floor for members to use on machines.

“As far as the fitness equipment, it gets cleaned daily by our staff and occasionally our members,” said Jayme Johnson, coordinator of facility operations. “Preventative maintenance, such as cleaning inside, tightening bolts and lubrication is performed on each machine weekly by our staff.”

In addition to the regular schedule, the custodial staff also wipes all publicly used entrances with a disinfectant since the H1N1 outbreak, Wiggins said.

“Our Facilities Management department is represented in the UC Emergency Response Team, which has been meeting weekly since the H1N1 outbreak,” Wiggins said.

The No. 1 cleaning priority is restrooms, followed by classrooms, public spaces and labs, according to the schedule provided by the facilities management department.

Students and faculty are an important component to preserving the sanitation of university facilities. If an area on campus is unclean, students and faculty are encouraged to call the Work Control Offices at 556-6404 for West Campus and 558-2500 for East Campus.

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CLUTTER AND GARBAGE left behind by faculty and students on campus ultimately now forces the decreasing custodial staff to work harder with fewer means than they’ve had in the past.

Researchers take on swallowing disorders sara maratta the news record

University of Cincinnati researchers are developing new ways for clinicians to identify “wet voice” and diagnose the severity of swallowing disorders.

Wet voice or “gurgly voice” is a condition caused by the entrance of food materials or liquids into the larynx and passing into the windpipe. The larynx houses the vocal folds and, in the presence of foreign materials such as food, an irregular sound will be produced.

The function of the larynx is to close while swallowing to prevent food from entering the lower airway. Most individuals who have a swallowing disorder resulting from a stroke or head and neck cancer can have a larynx that lost its sensation and ability to protect the lower airway from non-sterile material. This allows food to fall into the lungs, putting them at risk for respiratory complications.

Until now, the preliminary test to detect the severity of aspiration and wet voice in a patient was through having a clinician listen to an individual’s voice after they eat or drink.

“Currently people listen to voices and make personal subjective judgments,” said Shanmugam

Murugappan, research assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology at UC. “We use advanced signal analysis tools to objectively diagnose before and after swallow voice samples, to see if material enters the larynx.”

Using the traditional swallowing assessment of videofluoroscopy, the researchers captured images of foreign matter in the larynx and simultaneously made a recording of a voice followed by an acoustic analysis. They were then able to identify mathematical patterns and acoustical behaviors that represent the signals.

“You need a training tool to say ‘this is the standard voice’ and ‘this is wet or gurgly voice,’” Murugappan said. “That definition is currently not there. So the goal of this work is to try and identify what defines a wet voice.”

Normal eating and swallowing acts become difficult for an individual with a swallowing disorder. There is a chance saliva and food or liquid can travel down the wrong pipe. This can result in health problems like pneumonia when food-borne bacteria are trapped in the throat.

Certain individuals with a swallowing disorder have a desensitized larynx and do not feel the material go down the windpipe into the lungs and do not cough the

materials out of the body, ultimately causing infection.

Four different experiments were conducted with different liquid foods on an excised canine vocal fold model in the study. The vocal folds were vibrated after applying different food materials. A baseline experiment representative of normal vibration was compared with experiments in which water, nectar and honey were applied to the vocal fold.

“We were able to get an image and acoustic recording at the same point in time,” said Suzanne Boyce, clinical speech pathologist

and faculty member in UC’s department of communication sciences and disorders.

Researchers then took high-speed photographs, recording acoustics and matched the information with clinical data.

“Our study suggests that the acoustic signal itself may provide additional information to clinicians concerned with detecting and predicting certain aspects of swallowing disorders,” the group wrote in a written analysis.

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Dr. shanmugam murugappan decided to shake up the existing research on swallowing disorders by implementing videofluorscopy and vocal recordings.

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who have swallowing disorders; we see firsthand the issues surrounding assessment and treatment and we are looking for ways to improve our current practices,” said Dr. Lisa Kelchner, clinical speech pathologist and associate professor in the department of communication sciences and disorders.

“What we want to accomplish with this research is to identify patterns of acoustic behavior that represents when foreign material is in the airway,” Kelchner said.

“In the future we hope to establish a device that can capture the acoustic information for analysis.”

The use of imaging also might help doctors make diagnoses more accurate as well.

“This idea of looking at a signal, not listening to a sound, is more quantifiable and objective; to help with subsequent imaging and diagnosis and provides more concrete evidence,” Murugappan said.

Acoustic analysis can also be used after therapy or surgery to see if changes in voice are detected after an intervention.

“You can actually characterize the whole range of fluid and food material that you want to study,” Murugappan said. “It can be developed into a database or a preliminary diagnostic tool to find out who would be the right candidate for further evaluation.”

A swallowing disorder can happen to anyone.

According to the UC researchers approximately 22 percent of elderly people in the United States suffer from these disorders.

The project started around two years ago with a grant worth $25,000 from UC for the entire group to continue their research.

“This research is very new and shows a lot of promise,” Boyce said.

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in the tally. Wenstrup won the absentee ballot by approximately 1 percent; a feat those in his campaign considered surprising. Throughout Tuesday night, preliminary results showed Wenstrup and Mallory going back and forth between who was leading the polls. Write-in candidate Tom Chandler earned approximately .1 percent of the total.

As of press time, the election closed with Mallory claiming 36,083 of the votes and Wenstrup 30,279 with 99 percent of Cincinnati’s 285 precincts reporting. The vote tallying process was delayed due to a computer malfunction at the Board

of Elections.

Mallory took time to thank those in attendance as well his campaigners in his victory speech. The recent campaign, he said, was successful largely due to his supporters and those in the city themselves.

“I also want to thank the other candidates for the race of Cincinnati city council and in particular the candidate I ran against, Brad Wenstrup,” Mallory said. “I think he has great commitment to the city of Cincinnati. He’s obviously dedicated to public service and I enjoyed running a campaign against him.”

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DUNGJEN taylor dungjen

“Slumdog” stars in hot water stephanie Kitchens

Move over, Barbie; more diversity needed Ask Tyra Banks what happens when you introduce a Polynesian man and a Bostwanan woman, and she’ll tell you.

“Babies! Lots of babies that are from different cultures,” she exclaimed in front of the six remaining contestants on “America’s Next Top Model.”

Last week’s ANTM episode transformed the models into biracial beauties by changing their makeup and wardrobe.

“Every outfit is not necessarily what people of that culture are wearing now,” said Tyra Banks, super model and the show’s producer and host. “It might not even be a necessary exact of what they’ve worn in the past. It’s a fashion interpretation of it.”

Nicole, one of the ANTM contestants, didn’t seem disappointed in the assignment.

“I always wondered what I’d look like as a different race,” she said.

Because there isn’t enough stereotyping, racism or discrimination in fashion, Tyra, maybe inadvertently, put the models in blackface.

What would Naomi Campbell think of that?

Campbell has been known to speak out against industry racism. She once said she would not retire from modeling until there were more black models on catwalks and in designer campaigns.

In the late 1980s, the late Yves Saint Laurent, who was a friend of Campbell, told Italian Vogue he would pull his advertisements from the magazine unless they featured a black model on the cover. In 1988, Campbell became the first black model to grace the magazine’s cover.

That was 21 years ago.

Campbell is now 39 years old. In fashion years, she might as well have gone down with the Titanic.

But in April the rumor mill on Campbell’s retirement started turning suggesting she wanted to settle down with her billionaire boyfriend. Later the statement was found to be taken out of context – Campbell isn’t going anywhere. So, if she’s sticking with the industry, what does that say about progress?

Campbell might be further disenfranchised, although not totally surprised to hear that, in an article published by BreitBart.com, retail outlets are reported to favor white or Caucasian-looking mannequins.

Marc Lacroix, manager of the Paris-based Cofrad, a manufacturer of ethnically diverse mannequins, told BrietBart black and Asian mannequins have sold well in the United States for a long time. This, he says, is not the case in European countries like France, Germany and Austria.

In Asia, Lacroix said, Cofrad’s clients tend to prefer European-looking mannequins because “they have a more universal appeal.”

The findings, while not surprising, are still disturbing.

With advancements the world believes it’s making, sales figures that represent an idea as tired as racism only suggest progress isn’t all that it seems.

But who cares? It’s just clothes and shoes and bags, right?

False.

The fashion industry is not trite or unimportant. To believe such a thing would be ignorant.

Every year, the fashion industry generates approximately $20 billion in revenue, according to the University of Delaware.

Models are idolized by young girls. So, for the young girls idolizing women on the catwalk, what signal and message does it send when they only see Caucasian models? In the 100-something runway shows at the 2007-08 Fashion Weeks, more than one-third did not feature a single black model, according to modelsblog.info.

If girls who are black, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Indonesian, Polynesian, Bostwanan or whatever ethnicity Tyra wants someone to feign, only see Caucasian models in ad campaigns, on runways and in stores, are their ideas of their natural beauty devalued? Will they believe they can only be truly beautiful with the same white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes?

Those ideas and actions should not and cannot be tolerated.

“The world is not white,” said Jamacia-based super model Gaye McDonald. “Why should catwalks only feature white models?”

Maybe that was Tyra’s point?

Doubt it.

Should Taylor lighten up or is it this the dark truth? Let Taylor know at thefashiondungjen@gmail.com.

Many child stars become famous and wealthy overnight, but this is not the case for the children who starred in the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” winner of eight Academy Awards, among them being 2008’s Best Motion Picture of the Year.

The film begins with Jamal Malik, played by Dev Patel, participating in India’s version of the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

Suspicions of cheating arise when he does better on the game show than more highly educated Indians, since he is a native of the slums of Mumbai. The film is presented in flashbacks as Jamal explains how he learned the answer to each question through his life experiences.

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, 8, is a middle-class Indian actor who played the youngest version Jamal’s character. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 11, and Rubina Ali, 10, are two children from the slums of India who were chosen to star in the movie alongside Ayush as his brother and love interest.

The director of “Slumdog Millionaire,” Danny Boyle, decided to cast Azhar and Rubina after debating whether it was in their best interests.

Controversy stirred about their compensation, although Ayush’s was never an issue. After working in a major film, they both still lived in the slums of Mumbai for many months.

The Jai Ho Trust was set up to provide Azhar and Rubina with an education, living expenses and housing. The amount of the lump sum that they are supposed to receive at age 18 has not been released for fear of exploitation.

The most recent news on the welfare of Azhar

and Rubina, reported by the Associated Press, is that due to truancy they are both in danger of losing their stipends and trust funds.

Azhar has a 37 percent attendance rate for school; Rubina has an even lower rate of 27 percent.

To continue receiving a roughly $120 monthly allowance, their attendance must rise above 70 percent. If they fail to graduate from high school they must forfeit their entire trust fund.

The families of Azhar and Rubina cite family deaths and other misfortunes, like the living conditions of the slums, as the reason for the children’s significant amount of absences.

Noshir Dadrawala, who set up the trust, blamed their truancy on busy schedules full of media appearances, which are opportunities for them to earn money. Rubina was even able to have her book published, “Slumgirl Dreaming,” which certainly would have consumed a lot of her time.

But the need for fast cash should not have been an issue for two child stars.

According to the Associated Press, Boyle and producer Christian Colson have said, “We have urged both families to honor their commitment to ensure regular school attendance.”

It is not fair that Azhar and Rubina are punished for their parents’ lack of strictly enforcing attendance at school. It is not fair to hold 10 and 11 year olds accountable for missing school when they may not fully understand the repercussions. Born in abject poverty, the lure of wealth and celebrity does not match up against learning in a classroom.

The filmmakers bought Azhar and his family a $50,000, 250-square-foot apartment in July, allowing them to move out of their metal shack;

Receiving money now would help [the child stars of “Slumdog Millionaire”] more than no money in the future. however, Rubina continues to live in the slum because her father says that the budget for their new housing is not enough, according to the Associated Press.

The irony of “Slumdog Millionaire” reflects the difference between fact and fiction. In the movie, Jamal finds both love and money. In real life, two talented children born in the slums are struggling to become real life slumdog millionaires. Why were they forced to remain in the horrible conditions of the slums for so long and why must they wait to be compensated for their work, unlike other child actors?

Although the filmmakers may be looking out for what they believe to be the children’s best interest, it is blatant class discrimination. If Azhar and Rubina never receive payment for acting in “Slumdog Millionaire,” then the filmmakers can no longer argue that they set up the trust to benefit the children; receiving money now would help them more than no money in the future.

Stephanie Kitchens is a second-year journalism student at the University of Cincinnati.

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Prenatal aid offered at care centers Dear Editor, In the Wednesday, Oct. 28, News Record article “Deceptive pregnancy centers flushed out,” Carly Tamborski falls prey to a common ideology that conflates women’s rights and reproductive health with an abortion agenda. She believes that an organization is deceptive simply because, in the services they provide to pregnant women, they exclude abortions and abortion referrals — as if abortion is somehow the cornerstone of all prenatal assistance.

As Holly Tomlinson of the Feminist Majority Foundation is quoted in the article, “These places pose as comprehensive women’s health clinics, when they actually don’t offer abortion services, contraception or referrals.” Both women have defined priority services in a way that purposefully excludes the work of pregnancy care centers and denigrates the kinds of assistance that such centers offer.

While Planned Parenthood and other such organizations have certainly cornered the market when it comes to abortion, they do little to nothing when it comes to assisting pregnant women who decide to give life.

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Simply compare the services offered by a pregnancy care center like Pregnancy Center West to those offered by Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio. In addition to aiding women in receiving free prenatal care, Pregnancy Center West services include free parenting classes, material assistance such as free diapers and formula, free doula (birth and labor coach) services and referrals for clients who are considering adoption or who need a safe place to reside during or after their pregnancy.

With its focus on contraception and abortion, Planned Parenthood neglects these fundamental, life-saving services. In fact, according to Planned Parenthood’s own annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 305,310 abortion procedures in 2007, while only 4,912 customers were referred to adoption agencies in that same year. Parenting classes and material assistance are not even among the services listed on its Web site.

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abortion and contraception as the only services that matter and the pretense that organizations that peddle these products and procedures are benign and impartial. A fourth-year University of Cincinnati nursing student, Ashley Bowser’s assumption that “Since these facilities [pregnancy care centers] are pro-life, I’m sure some pump up the facts or exaggerate them” is all too common.

Fortunately, the unexaggerated facts speak for themselves when it comes to the help pregnancy care centers offer — without receiving the federal tax dollars or charging the fees to clients like Planned Parenthood does.

The facts also speak for themselves when it comes to abortion: Whether presented under the deceptive disguises of health care, choice or reproductive rights, there is no denying the truth that this act ends the life of a unique human being.

It’s time to end the deception and start giving women the truth as well as the help they need to empower them to choose life.

Rachel Renner Director of Outreach Pregnancy Center West Inc.

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The Hot Dog business seems to be paying off for Nate Dumtschin, who is considering adding two additional carts to his business: one for tacos and one for falafels.

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The financial success of hot dog vending has long remained a secret among vendors until Nate Dumtschin, 23, discovered the potential earnings of a self-operated, food-selling business.

Then people caught on and gave Dumtschin a taste of healthy competition.

A hot dog vendor has the potential income of $100,000 per year if he or she operates Monday through Friday for approximately eight hours selling an average of 175 hot dogs working day, according to TheHotDogCart.com.

Nate Dogs sets up shop across from Papa Dino’s on Calhoun Street during the late-night hours of the weekend.

“It helps the nightlife because when all those restaurants (McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Arby’s, Hardee’s) were torn down, there wasn’t late-night food here anymore,” Dumtschin said. “It keeps people out at night.”

The job requires a certain personality to successfully do business with a range of customers. Dumtschin remembers a sexually inclined woman approaching him to sing a hot dog man song and a man once attempted to rob him.

“I chased him down, got the money back and he was arrested,” Dumtschin said. “I usually carry a taser on me.”

The young entrepreneur crafted the idea when he was facing a financial debacle within his fraternity. At the risk of personally losing thousands of dollars, Dumtschin frantically searched for a solution. As one of the founding fathers of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish-based fraternity, he was responsible for collecting rent and dues from his fraternity brothers.

“A lot of the brothers in the fraternity were having trouble coming up with rent money and paying their dues,” Dumtschin said. “So I got this idea of selling food and one

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Nate Dogs is owned and operated by Nate Dumtschin, a 23-year-old student. The hot dog stand can be found across from Papa Dino’s on Calhoun Street during weekend nights.

of the fraternity’s next door was having a party and I thought I’d make some money off of it.”

After purchasing bread and cheese from a local Kroger store, Dumtschin set up shop in the front yard of his fraternity house and sold 120 grilled cheese sandwiches within two hours.

“I’m thinking, ‘Wow, there is something with this food thing,’ ” Dumtschin said.

It wasn’t until he made a trip to Ball State University that the idea came full circle. He saw a hot dog vendor on campus and tried to pick his brain about the business idea.

“This guy put five kids through college on a hot dog stand,” Dumtschin said. “So I put together my business plan and pulled the trigger, and Nate Dogs was born.”

He bought his starter stand from a Web site called worldsbesthotdogcarts.com. It took Dumtschin approximately five months from the time he purchased his starter hot dog cart to the time he became a legal operation by completing the necessary paperwork in spring 2007.

The process was a one-day venture for Dumtschin’s new partner, Joel Miller. He obtained his City of Cincinnati Peddler’s License in one afternoon.

Miller and Dumtschin are in a cooperative agreement sharing one cart. During the daytime, Miller operates his hot dog cart on Calhoun Street across from DuBois Bookstore. His operation is known as Kaimelsky’s, but during late-night hours, it becomes Nate Dogs.

“I was looking to do a cart on campus daily,” Miller said. “I wanted to get a bigger cart so Nate and I started looking at ways to help one another out.”

The partnership began approximately two months ago and the new daytime operation, Kaimelsky’s, is nearing the fourth week of official operation.

The cooperative business plan between Miller and Dumtschin functions in terms created on a weekly basis.

Dumtschin requests use of the cart for the weekend when weather permits.

“Besides being an outstanding young man with a real keen sense of entrepreneurship, he listened to me and my ideas and I listened to his,” Miller said. “We respect each other a lot.”

This is Miller’s first experience with a mobile food business and the feedback so far is very good. Kaimelsky’s sells hot dogs as well as sausages, hamburgers and vegetarian alternatives.

Dumtschin has added brats, Mets, grilled cheese and chili cheese dogs to his menu alongside kosher hot dogs produced

by Hebrew National. He offers eight toppings: ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, jalapeno peppers, onions, chili and cheese.

“I have a membership at Sam’s Club and go to Restaurant Depot,” Dumtschin said. “It’s really close to campus, but you have to own a business in order to shop there. They have everything you could possibly need in a restaurant business.”

In order to become an owner of a food business, entrepreneurs must go through the local county and the Ohio Department of Taxation and pay a $25 fee.

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orientation of the business, according to the License Division of Hamilton County.

“I definitely think Nate Dogs is going to continue to expand as early as the spring,” Dumtschin said.

Owning and operating a business is nothing new to Dumtschin.

“I’m a born entrepreneur,” Dumtschin said.

In the fifth grade, he established a small lawn and landscaping company in Dayton that eventually grew into an entire commercial fleet of equipment. He sold the company equipment when he moved to Cincinnati for school.

Dumtschin’s original intent to study architectural engineering at the University of Cincinnati faded away once he realized it wasn’t for him. He transferred to Cincinnati State to study real estate.

“College and getting a degree is not a big priority for me because I’ve always kind of worked for myself,” Dumtschin said. “I’ve learned everything I’m going to need to use for real estate. I’ll get the degree and make my parents happy, but that’s about it.”

Dumtschin and a friend are already managing their own real estate company with one house on Victor Street.

This company will eventually expand to something more as well, Dumtschin said.

“My main goal in life is philanthropy. So I’ll do whatever I can to help out the community,” Dumtschin said. “Anything I can do in our immediate surrounding community to improve the quality of life for all the residents here is my goal.”

Aside from Nate Dogs and his real estate company, Dumtschin spends his time in a toy shipping and receiving dock with a company called Group Sales. The income from the latter job will help him stay afloat through the winter.

Although Nate Dogs is taking a vacation during the colder months, Kaimelsky’s owner plans to continue the daytime operation and open Wednesday, Nov. 4, on Calhoun Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nate Dogs should be open Friday, Nov. 6 during the evening hours.

“I want to get two more carts, one being a taco stand,” Dumtschin said. “I love trying new things. Always.”

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Future for Bearcats looks bright The University of Cincinnati football team is going to be very good for a very long time.

With or without senior quarterback Tony Pike, senior wide receiver Mardy Gilyard or head coach Brian Kelly, this young Bearcats squad is deep with talent and the future looks very promising.

UC is a very good team right now, No. 5 in the BCS standings and undefeated with an 8-0 record, but on game days I can’t help but envision how good the Bearcats will be in a year or two.

Sophomore quarterback Zach Collaros is just that, a sophomore, and has filled in for Pike better than anyone could have ever anticipated. Collaros’ outstanding play might even have Kelly asking himself, “Who should I start this week?”

Collaros has completed 47 of 63 passes (74.6 percent) for 749 yards and nine touchdowns with only one interception. Not to mention he has run for 213 yards on 31 carries with two scores.

Collaros has definitely solidified himself as Cincinnati’s quarterback of the future.

So who will Collaros throw to next season?

Only Armon Binns, D.J. Woods, Marcus Barnett, Jamar Howard, Ben Guidugli and senior transfer from the University of Southern California Vidal Hazelton. I can’t think of a team that will have a better group of receivers next year.

And in the backfield, Isaiah Pead will be a junior next season, John Goebel will be a senior and add Darrin Williams into the mix, wow.

Pead is developing into a great running back and is only going to get bigger, faster and stronger. He is already one of the best backs in the Big East and in two years he will be one of the best in the country.

Cincinnati’s offense will return six starters next season.

On the defense side of the ball, UC will lose Aaron Webster, Andre Revels, Craig Carey, Brad Jones, Curtis Young and Ricardo Mathews, but there are plenty of young guys who can and will step up to take their place.

First, JK Schafer is an animal. He looks like the Tasmanian Devil out there.

Schafer, a sophomore this season, leads the team in solo tackles with 32, is second only to Revels in total tackles with 51 and has three interceptions, tied for the most on the team with Webster. Wait until he’s a senior – he will be a monster in the middle.

Then there’s Drew Frey, Walter Stewart, Demetrius Jones, Dan Giordano, Dominique Battle, Brandon Mills, John Hughes, Derek Wolfe and the list goes on.

Frey, only a redshirt freshman, is already looking like a seasoned veteran. Frey ranks third on the team in tackles with 40, has two interceptions and one sack so far this season.

Stewart at 6-feet-5 and 226 pounds has started six games this season and has recorded 34 tackles, six for loss, four sacks and one interception.

Stewart will be a redshirt sophomore next season and he should replace Young next year as the Cats best outside linebacker.

I could go on all day about how much potential this young Bearcat defense has.

After losing 10 starters, UC’s defense wasn’t even supposed to be any good this year; imagine how much better they will be with another year of experience.

Cincinnati defense returns five starters next season.

Kicker Jake Rodgers also returns next year for his senior season.

Cincinnati currently has 18 seniors, 16 juniors, 33 sophomores and 43 freshmen on its roster.

UC’s depth is one of the main reasons why they have been so successful and Kelly’s next man in philosophy has worked to perfection.

It’s a great time to be a Bearcats fan and it will continue to get better in the years to come.

One thing is for sure, this will be that last year Cincinnati doesn’t start the season ranked in the top-25. The voters won’t make that same mistake again.

How good will the Bearcats be next season? Will they be better than this year’s team?

E-mail Marx at marxpc@mail.uc.edu.

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The University of Cincinnati men’s and women’s cross country teams finished in eighth and ninth place, respectively, at the 2009 Big East Conference Championships Saturday, Oct. 31, in Kenosha, Wis. Sophomore Eric Finan led the way for the men with a 24th place finish and a time of 25:46 in the 8,000 meter race. This was the second year in a row Finan led the Cats at the Big East Championships. “(Finan) is an outstanding runner,” head coach Bill Schnier said. “He is a much better runner than last year, but had hopes of doing better this year.”

As a freshman last year, Finan finished with a time of 25:28 at the championships.

Running second for the Bearcats was junior David Barry who finished in 41st place with a time of 26:19.

Freshman Corey Stoll finished with his best team time as a Bearcat, 27:18, good enough for a 57th place finish.

Fellow freshmen Oliver Book and Chase Beckmann rounded out the scoring by finishing

one second apart with times of 27:33 and 27:34, finishing 63rd and 65th, respectively.

“The heart and soul of this team at the Big East Championship were our three freshmen,” Schnier said. “Not only have they run like veterans, but they have conducted their lives accordingly.”

The men’s team finished with 250 total points, 195 behind Syracuse University who took home the title.

“We did pretty well,” Schnier said. “Better than we were expected to do. Eighth and ninth place is not what we strive for, but that’s where we were.”

Senior Jocelyn McCauley set the pace for the women’s team clocking in at 22:25 placing her in 34th.

Senior Tamara Masters was next to cross the line for the Bearcats, finishing in 46th place with a time of 22:50. Junior Lilian Jelimo crossed the line four seconds behind her teammate and finished in 48th place.

“In reality you run best with people you know,” Schnier said. “If you see two or three of your teammates it helps you realize your running pace and it’s very uplifting.”

Schnier said he has been working on getting the top-3 runners to run together and help each other out.

Juniors Michele McKenney and Katie Lewnard rounded out the scoring for the Cats. McKenney

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The cross country team will compete in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Saturday, Nov. 14. finished in 63rd place with a time of 23:36, and Lewnard crossed the line in 24:41 placing her in 81st.

Villanova took the overall title for the women.

The team will continue to train in preparation for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 14.

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he University of Cincinnati men’s golf team closed out the fall portion of its 2009-10 schedule Sunday, Nov. 1, at Pine Needles Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. The Bearcats finished 7th overall in The Match Play tournament.

The Match Play pits individual players from one team against those of an opposing school measuring individual holes won by a player in a match, as opposed to traditional stroke play.

After receiving a first-round bye, UC took on the University of Connecticut team and lost 5-1.

“UConn outplayed us on a key stretch of holes,” head coach Doug Martin said. “We just got outplayed.”

Following the second-round loss to the Huskies, Cincinnati took on Georgetown and came up short once more, losing 5 1/2-1/2.

UC then defeated Rutgers by a 4-2 score to claim seventh place. Louisville ended up with the title, beating Notre Dame.

As the tournament marked the end of the fall calendar for the team, the coaching staff was adamant about becoming more consistent and improving in the offseason.

“I would classify this fall season as a lump sum of missed opportunities,” Martin said. “It was good and bad in the same breath, but we have to learn to be more competitive.”

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scoring average this fall were David Tepe and Joe Kastelic, each averaging 73.6 strokes per round.

Freshman Zach Bates rounds out the top-three with a 74 average.

UC has a young team this year, with no seniors and only three juniors.

Although UC hasn’t won any tournaments this season, they finished in the top three out of the five tournaments they’ve played in.

Their best finish was a second-place performance in the Cleveland State Invitational.

UC looks to build on those performances this spring, starting March 1 at the Tennessee-Martin Invitational.

The Bearcats will start training for their spring schedule as soon as possible, which Martin expects to have a huge impact on the success of their spring season.

“We must go the extra mile in the winter and make physical changes to our golf games.”

The Big East Championship is set to begin Sunday, April 18, in Palm Harbor, Fla.

The uc men’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Match Play tournament Saturday, Nov. 1, in Southern Pines, N.C.

briefs mike mickens signs with bucs

Former University of Cincinnati cornerback Mike Mickens signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Mickens was a seventh-round pick in the 2009 NFL draft and spent the last eight weeks on the Cowboys practice squad.

The Buccaneers cut Marcus McCauley to make room for Mickens on their 53-man roster.

Mickens was among three cornerbacks selected by Dallas in 2009 along with former Bearcat DeAngelo Smith, who was taken in the fifth round.

While at UC, Mickens recorded 14 interceptions, 233 tackles and received first-team All-America honors from the Football Writers Association in 2007.

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University of Cincinnati junior volleyball player Annie Fesl was named Big East Volleyball Player of the Week Sunday, Nov. 1.

Fesl helped lead the Bearcats to a perfect 3-0 record last week including their 25th straight home win, a school record.

Fesl is the second UC player to win the award this season. Stephanie Niemer won Big East Player of the Week Monday, Oct. 5.

The Bearcats return to action Friday, Nov. 6, when they travel to Washington, to play Georgetown University at 8 p.m. UC will also play the University of South Florida on the road at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8.

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After a two-game break, Tony Pike’s status for the game against the University of Connecticut remains uncertain, but the Cincinnati quarterback will be a full participant in Wednesday’s practice.

Pike will be fitted for a Breg arm brace that was expected to arrive in Cincinnati Tuesday night.

UC head coach Brian Kelly said that it depends on how well Pike practices the remainder of the week that will determine if he will play against UConn.

Kelly also said that tight end Ben Guidugli sustained a concussion against Syracuse, but should be able to play against the Huskies pending the outcome of an exertion test.