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THE INdependent student newspaper at the university of cincinnati

Vol. CXXX Issue 80

monday , may 17, 2010 commandos crush cardinals Defensive dominance helps Cincinnati reach 8-0. page 6

proudly cincinnati Nominees named for UC’s most spirited student. page 3

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Filmmaker to discuss his role in the creation of the modern Batman. page 4

Faculty among lowest paid in Big East

UC professors paid $18.6K less than conference average ARIEL CHEUNG the news record

Average University of Cincinnati faculty salaries are second to last within the Big East conference.

Currently, UC faculty contracts — which are set to expire fall 2010 — are being negotiated and salaries are the main focus in light of a recent national Association of University of Professors annual survey on faculty salaries.

In the Big East conference, the average annual salary for professors is approximately $120,900, according the survey data. UC professors average $102,300.

The University of Louisville came in at the lowest with a $99,000 average salary.

During current negotiations, UC administration tends to compare the university with other Big East conference schools.

“In the past, when comparing [UC] to peers, it would

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raymond walters to receive new dean pending approval

“When you dump every penny you have and borrow and borrow to have a beautiful campus, that starts to have a negative impact [on faculty].”

—DEBORAH HERMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UC’S AAUP

be urban research institutions. Other times, it was Big 10 schools,” said Deborah Herman, executive director of UC’s AAUP. “I tend to compare UC to other urban research institutions, like SUNY Buffalo or Philadelphia University.”

Average faculty salaries at UC are not at an adequate level, regardless of what they are being compared to Herman said.

Streetcar coffers filling up

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Raymond Walters College has been appointed a new dean, effective July 1.

Pending approval by the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, Cady Short-Thompson will replace interim Dean Donald O’Meara.

O’Meara took the helm after being appointed the position when Dean Dolores Straker resigned in 2008.

Short-Thompson, who has won various awards for her efforts as an educator and helped found various boards and groups while at Northern Kentucky University, will be given a start date of July 1, if approved.

“The search committee ... was impressed with her academic and administrative accomplishments and saw her as a candidate with abundant energy and keen vision for the task at hand,” said Anthony Perzigian, UC senior vice president and provost.

Short-Thompson is also a

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READY, AIM, FIRE Jayonna, 5, puts on her war face as the Bearcat helps her hit a target at the Sigma Sigma Carnival, Saturday, May 15. This year’s festival was the 71st time the Sigma Sigma honorary hosted the carnival, which featured food, games and a fireworks finale.

The proposed Cincinnati streetcar system received a financial boon last week with the approval of more than $86 million in funding by local and state agencies.

Locally, Cincinnati City Council voted by a margin of 6-2 on three separate bond issues, which authorized $64 million in Urban Redevelopment Bonds for the streetcar project.

Chris Monzel and Charlie Winburn were the only council members opposing the bond approval.

Council also passed a measure to provide approximately $2.6 million in local funding to the project. The local money will come from a surplus in the city’s “Contributions for Streetcar Purposed” fund.

The streetcar project also received a boost from the Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC), which approved a state plan to invest more than $2.8 billion in multi-mode transportation systems for the state.

TRAC received more than 100 applications for transportation projects — including Cincinnati’s streetcar plan — from various communities throughout Ohio.

Not only did TRAC approve $15 million to be applied to the city’s streetcar, it also approved the investment of $400 million in federal stimulus funds to be used for Ohio’s 3C rail system project, which would connect Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati by light-rail.

“Every major new road, bridge, rail, transit, airport, bikeway, pedestrian or port project that comes to our department is viewed as an economic development and job growth opportunity,” said Jolene Molitoris, director of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

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The Bearcat Card is getting a leg up with the help of PNC Bank.

Through a new, five-year partnership between University of Cincinnati and PNC Bank, students will be able to link the Bearcat Card to an existing or new PNC Bank account starting June 2010.

Incoming freshmen for the 2010-11 academic year will be given the newly designed PNC-linked Bearcat Card. Returning students can get one beginning September 2010.

Students will also have the ability to add ATM and pin number functions to their Bearcat Cards.

To help boost use of the card and the presence of the bank, PNC is moving into the space currently housing the Cinco Credit Union in Tangeman University Center.

Cinco will retain some ATMs on campus, however.

In addition to bringing a PNC location to TUC, the bank will also add nine ATMs to UC’s campus.

Although linking a PNC account with the Bearcat Card will be optional, if a student or employee does get “re-carded,” the Bearcat Card will be acceptable anywhere a debit card is.

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YOUR IDENTIFICATION PLEASE Security officer Bettina Kemp hands a UC student a newly printed Bearcat Card in UCPD’s office. Plans for a revamped PNC-linked Bearcat Card will make the ID a de-facto debit card beginning next academic year.

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UC alumna, graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in communication.

Short-Thompson currently serves as chair of the communication department for Northern Kentucky University.

“I’m mad they got 13 points and I’m pissed we didn’t get 100,” Back said. “I wanted to score every possession. I wanted the defense to score every possession.

We won 61-13. People think we’re running the score up. No, we’re playing a football game and preparing for next week and the week after and the week after.”

With a shallow bench and no backups at a number of positions, Cincinnati’s starters were forced to play the entire game, although the game’s decision had long been established.

“We’re playing 100 percent every play until the whistle blows,” Back said. “They can easily get as hurt on the field as they will walking to the locker room. You can sprain an ankle out here; you can sprain one

Where the film really falls short, however, is how it presents the story.

The film ends with Robin officially being branded an outlaw, forced to hide in Sherwood Forest. The film takes forever to get to this pivotal point viewers have awaited impatiently.

Everything before this point basically consists of political shenanigans between England and France are almost as confusing and as tedious as the political backdrop of the “Star Wars” prequels.

Perhaps Ridley Scott was trying to

take pledges lightly. Still, she wanted to think about it and promised to let me know as soon as she can commit. In truth, I was impressed by her reaction because I want people to really make a concerted effort to stay off their phones while they drive, or, at the very least, to stop texting and e-mailing.”

Although there are fewer than 60 pledges, organizers and supporters hope more university community members will get on board.

“Ohio currently has no law to ban hand-held devices and texting, and, until they do, my hope is that students and faculty will continue to spread the word and will band together to stop these senseless deaths,” Fink said. “Sometimes all it takes to save someone’s life is to speak up and share some knowledge.”

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disadvantaged — someone who will really appreciate it?”

The rate of homelessness in Cincinnati has increased by 150 percent in the past 15 years, according to Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless.

Every new individual that joins Knit for the Needy increases the number of items donated to the homeless. No prior experience is necessary to join. All that

is needed is the desire to help someone less fortunate and the willingness to try something new.

Students interested in getting involved just need to attend one of the Monday night meetings and do not need to bring any knitting materials. The group provides extra needles, yarn and advice for those who are new to the trade.

“Making a scarf or sweater for someone who doesn’t have a lot means more than just going out, buying something, donating it, then forgetting about it,” Leahy said. “After you put a lot of hard work into it, you feel good about yourself. You’re able to help somebody and have fun at the same time.”

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so he donated thousands of his comic books to his alma mater, Indiana University.

Of all the comic books in his collection, one might wonder what it was about Batman that grabbed his attention.

“He didn’t have any superpowers, so I could identify with him,” Uslan said. “He was real to me.” And, of course, an exhaustive menagerie of top-notch supervillians, which Uslan called the “greatest of all time,” piqued his interest, too.

Uslan’s story is very American and proves how a combination of passion and persistence can lead to a successful career of substance and, in addition to telling all the behind-the-scenes stories on the making of the Batman series, Uslan plans on sharing some of what he’s learned about life with the college students in the crowd.

But for those hoping for some insider information on the next Batman movie, slated to premiere July 20, 2012, Uslan’s lips are sealed.

“Sure I could tell you about it … But then I’d have to kill you,” Uslan said.

Uslan still promises to share an incredible story with the crowd about his life and the Batman he created in his high-energy and passionate style that still hasn’t lost the down to earth quality of that regular blue-collar kid from Jersey.

Michael Uslan will be speaking in the Tangeman University Center’s Great Hall Tuesday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. The Program and Activities Council is sponsoring this event, which is free for all students.

make a film in the same vein as “Batman Begins” (2005). While that’s certainly admirable, in the latter film Batman was still being Batman even through the public had yet to discover him. Here, while Robin is fighting evil, he doesn’t do much stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

This film isn’t on par with Scott’s classics “Alien” (1979), “Blade Runner” (1982), or “Gladiator” (2000). It’s more like his film “Hannibal” (2001): it’s visually pleasing with enthusiastic actors, but it won’t be viewed as a classic film.

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Presently, 68 places off campus accept the Bearcat Card as payment.

Additionally, those who have a PNC account or open one will be able to utilize the bank’s Virtual Wallet program, which aims to help students keep track of their accounts.

“We’re trying to make savings easier and even fun,” said Michael Beattie, regional manager and senior vice president of Cincinnati PNC branch.

Beattie, who helped conceptualize and implement the Virtual Wallet concept, said the graphical approach would help students understand their financial standings.

UC students will also be given access to the Virtual Wallet Student application, which is a specialized version of the original program.

The website will be specially branded with school colors and an academic schedule built into the site.

The student version will give users the ability to have e-mails sent out to roommates and parents asking for reimbursements for purchases and keep the same graphical interface, Beattie said.

Parents also have the ability to log into an account to transfer and monitor funds.

maneuvering through traffic,” Fink said. “But when I almost swerved into an opposing lane of traffic because I dropped my phone, I realized just how dangerous it was and how foolhardy I had been.”

Debbie Brawn, the director of programs and administration in the University Honors Program, signed the pledge when Fink sent her an e-mail asking if the Honors Program would support Turn UC Red. “It is difficult to not talk on the phone,” Brawn said. “I have never texted or e-mailed while driving, however, so that part has been very easy.”

The university community reponse has been positive, Fink said.

“When it comes to students,” Fink said, “they sign up almost as soon as I tell them about it …

One woman told me she didn’t

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Canadiens will once again be heavy underdogs.

But as the playoffs have shown so far, the odds and the point spreads mean very little to the two Cinderella teams from the East.

If another miracle is somehow pulled off in the finals and a team from the East upsets one of the Western giants, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime story where Cinderella finally gets a happy ending.

in there. It’s football. We play from start to finish. We play our starters.”

Defensive tackle Terrill Byrd missed Saturday’s game with an injured knee and Cincinnati played its first full game without linebacker Clayton Mullins, expected to miss the rest of the season. Former Cincinnati Bearcat Torry Cornett stared his first game with the Commandos in place of Mullins.

“That’s the greatest thing about our team. We’ve got people that can fill spots if anybody’s down,” said wide receiver Dominick Goodman.

The Commandos will play their final home game of the regular season at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 22, against the Fort Wayne Firehawks at the Cincinnati Gardens.

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bleak atmosphere is in line with the Great Depression setting. In particular, the barn wall constructed of misfit pieces of metal and light shining through the gaps looked really, really cool.

The costumes were also well done. Curley’s wife’s colorful and flashy wardrobe was adorable and a great contrast from the worn down, dirty costumes of the ranch hands.

The CCM Philharmonia Orchestra performed flawlessly; the flute solos especially shone, and the orchestra as a whole was in excellent synergy with the company.

“Of Mice and Men” is the last production in CCM’s 2009-10 Mainstage series. While the production was carried off with the usual CCM flair and talent, perhaps the dreary and crude setting would be better left to the pages of Steinbeck’s novel.

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Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments board (OKI) allocated $4 million in funding for the project.

“The projects approved today are critical to continuing our efforts to provide our citizens with a variety of commuting options that will save them time and money while alleviating stress that comes from traveling on congested roadways,” said Mark Policinski, executive director of OKI. “OKI continues to move multi-modal projects forward which benefit our commuting population, environment and economy.”

The streetcar funding approved by OKI was just a part of more than $90 million that the board distributed to 33 transportation projects in Hamilton, Butler, Clermont and Warren counties.

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“Fifteen years ago, UC as a main campus was about in tier two [out of five],” Herman said. “We’re now at the bottom of tier four. But by just about any measure, we’ve fallen behind market salaries in the U.S. for institutions of our type.”

Schools are not based off of templates, though.

“There are so many different factors in determining what makes a school similar to another,” Herman said. “Size of student body, number and type of undergraduate and graduate programs, whether they’re research oriented or liberal arts oriented.”

As the UC AAUP works with the administration on a new faculty contract, two of the main issues are establishing a merit pay program and solving salary compression issues, Herman said. “[Salary] compression basically means as you’re hiring new people, you’re sort of forced to hire them at market rate,” Herman said.

“People in the middle get crunched. They’re not getting raises to keep up with the market, but younger people are.”

The salary compression issue is not unique to UC, but it is something the UC AAUP is attempting to remedy with the new contract.

“What you have to do to deal with compression is find a formula that will help older faculty catch up to the market,” Herman said. “But how you do that can get pretty complicated.”

A merit pay program for faculty would allocate funds to each faculty department to be awarded to certain faculty members. The

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department would decide on criteria a faculty member would have to meet in order to receive a portion of the funds.

“It’s a way of trying to reward people for doing an excellent job,” Herman said. “One of the places UC has really fallen behind is providing basic support so [professors] can keep up with their profession.”

One thing the administration should concentrate on is the next generation of faculty, which has been greatly affected by UC’s focus on rebuilding the campus, Herman said.

“When you dump every penny you have and borrow and borrow to have a beautiful campus, that starts to have a negative impact [on faculty],” Herman said. “The past five or six years have been that way. That’s why we had to raise tuition, get more state funds and lay people off.”

Pay freezes, layoffs and unfilled positions have led to a decrease in new faculty, Herman said.

“This is why you’ll hear about how concerned we are about where is the next generation of faculty going to come from,” Herman said. “We’re not prioritizing.”

The UC AAUP plans to address the problems as negotiations continue.

“We believe it will help us attract good new faculty and keep the good faculty we have,” Herman said.

As of the 2009-10 academic year, average faculty salary at UC is on par with Ohio schools like University of Dayton, Kent State University, Wright State University and Ohio University, according to the national AAUP faculty salary survey.

The News Record, an independent, student-run news organization of the University of Cincinnati’s Communication Board, is printed during the school year every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, except holidays and examination periods, from its office located in 509 Swift Hall and is distributed to the UC community. The News Record distributes to more than 80 locations and has a weekly circulation of 22,500. One copy per person is free. Additional copies can be picked up at The News Record office for $1.

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TONITE - Monday May 17th “Caring Response Madagascar: Ordinary People, Everyday Miracles” Presented by Virginia R. Wiltse, Director Caring Response Madagascar Foundation

Time: 6:30 PM Room 3250 Recreation Center.

Sponsored by the Developing and Emerging Nations Society A pizza and soft drink reception will precede the talk at 6:00 PM

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college living SPJ initiates ‘no texting’ pledge uc life and those living it

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Fake bake better than tanning bed I am pale.

That’s actually an understatement. I am freakishly, Edward Cullen style pale. My pasty skin has been compared to milk, snow and ghosts.

Throw in a coffin and some fangs, and you’ve got the newest Twilight character.

I’ve read articles lately claiming pale is the new tan, but I have yet to see any actual proof of the new trend. Everywhere I turn, I see day-glow orange Oompa Loompas and bronzed babes. My roommates moan and groan about how terribly pale they are. What they don’t realize is their pale is my end-of-summer tan.

I’m not exactly sure why I’ve been cursed with the skin tone of a corpse, but for the past several years I have yet to find a way to remedy my affliction.

When I was in middle school, I was in “The King and I” and played a Siamese wife named Tuptim. My pallid features did not quite fit with the dark image of Tuptim, and my mom didn’t want me to tan in a tanning bed, so I tried spray tan. It was still kind of a new thing at that point, but it was fun. The price tag, however, was not as amusing.

In high school, I tried fake bake lotion. I thought everything was great until I realized I missed half of my leg and my hands turned bright orange.

I always resisted tanning salons — I’d heard enough about the skin cancer risks from my mom (did you know the first time you try a tanning bed, the chances of getting melanoma increases by 75 percent?). But no matter what alternative I tried, I never achieved that perfect bronzed hue.

When I got to college, the tanning temptation grew stronger. I was surrounded by older, gorgeous college students with perfect, modelesque figures and a skin tone to rival Mariah Carey’s golden glow (You know, the one that has actually flecks of 24-karat gold?).

I was an itty bitty freshman.

I was intimidated … I was insanely jealous.

It didn’t help that my roommates were the queens of glowing complexions. They were pros in the world of tanning; they knew the lingo, the ins and outs.

Of all the glowing goddesses, they walked the walk and talked the talk.

Finally, last year, I swallowed my pride and agreed to go with my roommates to the tanning salon. Summer was fast approaching, and I was so sick of my waxen, washed-out skin that I decided it was time to get tan.

Anna and Caitlin, my roommates, had been going to Cincinnati Tan by the Eastgate Kroger since the beginning of Winter quarter. I decided to tag along one day, figuring it would be a simple trip and I could just get something cheap.

I walked away that day having spent almost $100. There was a membership fee, a gold package deal, lotion and who knows what else. Entranced, I was somehow convinced that a darker tone was worth the price of three week’s worth of food.

The tanning salon was so deluxe, I can only plead temporary insanity … or being entranced by some kind of tanpeople spell. The luxuriousness of the salon was intense. The tanning bed looked like the kind you see in magazines. The lotions cost $20 or more. Each tanning room had a radio right by your head.

It might not seem like anything out of the ordinary for the tanning pros, but I was dazed and overwhelmed.

I tried tanning for a month, but it ended up being more frustration than it was worth. I never had time to run up to Eastgate, and by the time summer rolled around I was heading back to my hometown until the fall.

When I told the receptionist chick that I wouldn’t need a new monthly package, she stared at me like I had grown a set of antennae.

After several attempts to persuade me that I really wanted — needed — another month of tanning, the receptionist finally gave in. She informed me I had two choices: cancel my membership or pay a monthly fee to remain a member but not actually tan.

The spell was broken. The cockamamie idiocy of paying for something I wasn’t going to use cured me of all desire to return to the tanning salon. I cancelled my membership and gave away my barely used bottle of lotion.

This past week, I got some foaming fake bake lotion. Sure, I might end up with some streaks, but compared to tanning beds, slathering on some lotion is way less expensive, complicated and much, much safer.

A little more than one year ago, Brittiany Phillips was driving from her mother’s house to her brother’s in Muncie, Indiana, when her car drifted across traffic lanes and hit a tree. Minutes before the fatal accident, Phillips sent and received text messages, according to Delaware County police.

Phillips, who was an architecture student in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, was on track to graduate in 2010. She died March 21, 2009.

Every year, 500,000 people are maimed or paralyzed and 6,000 are killed because someone is talking on the phone or texting while driving, said Jathan Fink, a fourth-year journalism student.

Fink, who is also the president of the university’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, initiated the Turn UC Red campaign through SPJ. The campaign is

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inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s movement to get people off of their phones when they’re behind the wheel.

Turn UC Red — online at turnucred.com — is a university-wide initiative to increase awareness of distracted driving — talking, texting, e-mailing or browsing the Internet, for example.

“Ultimately we would love to see people stop using their phones behind the wheel altogether, but at the very least, we’re asking that they stop texting and e-mailing while driving,” Fink said.

As of press time, 56 people — including students, faculty and staff — have signed the pledge.

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TNR presents the nominees for the Proudly Cincinnati contest

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third-year mechanical engineering student ACTIVITIES: Relay For Life, Bearcat Legion of Doom, RallyCats, Engineering Tribunal, football season ticket-seeking camper, homecoming float builder

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You nominated them, and now we’ve separated the true Cincinnati Freaks from the wannabes and posers.

What makes a student Proudly Cincinnati, you ask?

Pride. The intense, scary kind of pride.

And so we asked the nominees: what makes you Proudly Cincinnati?

Now it’s up to you, the readers, to finally vote for the most Proudly Cincinnati student.

Voting will run Monday, May 17, through Monday, May 24, and then The News Record will announce the winner Thursday, June 3.

“It’s my intensity and my spirit.

Realistically, Lars and I are a second and third mascot. I’ve been going to football games for nearly a decade, and I haven’t even lived in Cincinnati until three years ago. Since I was 14, I knew this was the school I wanted to attend. It’s my dream to be involved with a team like this.”

MATT SILVERSTEIN

LARS BURSE

fifth-year marketing student

fourth-year criminal justice student

ACTIVITIES: UC Bearcat mascot, Relay For Life, Committee for Athletics Tradition and Spirit, Student Government Executive Cabinet, The DEN, Bearcat Live, Programs and Activities Council, RallyCats

ACTIVITIES: RallyCats, Bearcat Legion of Doom, Criminal Justice Society, Greek volunteer “One word: Legacy. My entire goal was to leave something behind that everyone remembered me for. I have dedication to leave an impression on people they can take with them for a while after they leave UC. People know my face. The word legacy means it all. I will leave a mark on the university, but it’s left a bigger mark on me. I’m not ready to leave.”

“In addition to my commitment to the organizations I’ve been involved with, I represented UC proudly as the Bearcat for 5 years and won a national championship.

That’s why I think I’m most Proudly Cincinnati.”

JEFF STEPHENS

ALYSSA PENICK

second-year electronic media student

fourth-year biology and neuroscience student ACTIVITIES: Student Government, ROAR Tour Guide, Arts and Sciences Tribunal, UC Feminists, SymBIOsis Undergraduates for Biology, former Resident Adviser, CWEST, Cincinnatus Honorary Society, Provost Search Committee, Women in STEMM Leadership Conference, UFB

ACTIVITIES: Campus Crusade for Christ, The Navigators, University of Cincinnati Catholic Newman Club, one of the creators of “Welcome to Cincinnati” YouTube video “I love my school. I’m a homegrown Cincinnatian. I’ve been here all of my life. I love this campus, and I am a huge supporter of Bearcat athletics.”

“ I love the University of Cincinnati, and being involved in campus is my small attempt at giving back to this great institution, which has given me so much. No matter where life takes me, I will always be a proud Bearcat.”

KAYLA GROENE

fourth-year integrated social studies secondary education student

TYRONE BROWN

third-year mechanical engineering student

ACTIVITIES: RallyCats, CECH Tribunal, CECH Student Ambassador, Future Educators of America, Kappa Delta Pi, Girl Scouts “I have always loved the University of Cincinnati and the Bearcats. I knew once I got into college I was going to be involved. And I did. I go to football games. I go to basketball games. I go to see other sports. When I joined RallyCats, that was my hook, line and sinker. I’m really involved. I really love this campus. And I love all of the people.”

ACTIVITIES: Emerging Ethnic Engineers, might have started “You just got Pead on” phrase, making a replica of the C-PAW in LED lights and have them synced to a computer program.

He hopes to make it into a scoreboard just like at Nippert Stadium.

“I feel that I should be voted most Proudly Cincinnati because I am a lifelong die hard, often told I know too much, and you will hardly ever find me without UC gear on or without anything UC related around me.”

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Surrounded by yarn of every color and Claude Debussy’s “Claire De Lune” playing softly over the speaker, a group of students interlaced thread.

Each member had a separate ball of yarn, using needles to assemble a sweater or a scarf for a complete stranger.

Knit for the Needy is a student organization started this past fall by Kendra Leahy, a secondyear chemistry student. The idea for Knit for the Needy began in Leahy’s high school days, serving as a simple proposal for her honors class, but evolved into something more when she began college.

“It started as one event, a knit-a-thon, but when it all became too complicated, I just decided to make it into a club,” Leahy said. “I like knitting and it’s a great way to help people.”

“It’s a good cause that gives me the opportunity to help others and give back to the community .”

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SECOND-YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT

The group meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in 719 Swift Hall to sit in a circle, listen to music and talk about daily life while knitting.

Leahy hopes it will eventually turn into something more, though current members love it regardless.

Gracie Gilles, a second-year computer science student, joined Knit for the Needy because she loves knitting and the chance she gets to help people around her.

“It’s important to do things for others who are

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not as fortunate,” Gilles said. “It’s a good cause that gives me the opportunity to help others and give back to the community.”

Leahy collects each knitted item of clothing and delivers the collection to a drop-off center downtown around Christmas time. They are then wrapped up and presented as gifts to the homeless.

Any items the group knits during the academic year are stored until the following winter.

Knit for the Needy gives students the opportunity to not only contribute to their community and help others, but to also meet new people and have fun.

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Anticipated new venue fails to open the building with his friends, Behrens and local music fans alike will be fervently anticipating Radiodown’s belated debut.

Kelly Tucker the news record

Radiodown’s fresh, delayed start

Mad Hatter picks up slack

The freshly renovated rendition of the Radiodown nightclub in Covington, Kentucky, stood complete and ready for its celebratory opening this weekend.

The venue remained dark and empty, however, as the bands opted to perform at a neighboring venue, the Mad Hatter, instead.

“There is red tape we didn’t foresee,” said Josh Behrens, general manager of the Mad Hatter and Radiodown. Both clubs belong to Frank Hulefeld, located next door to each other much to the convenience of live music junkies. The first Radiodown club was located down the street from the Mad Hatter six years ago.

Behrens stressed that Radiodown will still be opening and there are many people working hard to make it happen. He declined to provide an explanation for the postponed opening, volunteering only a promise that Radiodown would definitely open. It is uncertain, however, when that time will come.

“Monday we’ll have meetings with people to see what will happen,” Behrens said. Concertgoers eager to see the new venue can visit Radiodownclub.com for an updated event schedule.

The building certainly looks ready to house hundreds of fans and accommodate large musical acts on a nightly basis. The 6,000-square-foot floor opens into a three-foot-high stage nearly twice the size of the Mad Hatter’s tiny floor setup. The mirror-covered walls and lantern lights provide a spacious, welcoming feel. In addition to the bar, a pizza restaurant will open inside the venue at some point, Behrens said.

After hours of work and nearly two weeks spent renovating

Due to complications with opening the new Covington venue, Radiodown, last weekend’s artists collaborated with Mad Hatter acts to create extended performances.

The No No Knots pushed the night’s performance to the next level with their chaotic indie sound. Vocalist Molly Sullivan’s jazzy alto vocals switched from soft and sultry to fluttering Snow White soprano and all-out roars.

Following suit were Enlou, a young indie-pop group that has gained recognition for their soft, meaningful tunes. The sound fit right in with the night’s lineup, with enunciated, high-pitched vocals that blended into ear-pleasing harmonies, lulling the audience into a mellow trance.

The Seedy Seeds picked up the pace with their classic quirky dance beats. If the Moldy Peaches took vocals lessons and threw a dance party, it would sound something like The Seedy Seeds. The group played new songs that were heavy on the banjo and vocal harmonies between couple/founders Mike Ingram and Margaret Darling.

Ever the dreamy types, The Pomegranates led the audience into a world of starry skies and romance. The masters of musical contrast trailed off with fading vocals echoing into silence, only to shock listeners with a shocking eruption of electric guitar chirping with dancy drum beats, abruptly ending in a roar of applause.

Although most people had cleared out of the venue by 1:20 a.m., Walk the Moon rewarded the remaining bystanders with a high-powered, girl-crazy performance. Seriously, their lyrics focused heavily on the aesthetic joys of the female

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Mad hatter helps Mike Ingram of The Seedy Seeds played in a different venue than he had anticipated, because Radiodown is not yet open for business.

body, which was acceptably suited to the band’s provocative electric indie-pop sound. While the night was winding down, keyboardist and vocalist Nicholas Petricca was wildly pounding a drum and belting passionate lines until after the bar closed.

Despite the complications with Radiodown, Saturday’s group of performers at the Mad Hatter proved the Cincinnati area’s music scene is deserving of an additional venue to house and nurture its ever-evolving talent.

N A M to visit UC, speak a T R E bout A K A care B M er, ind M us L I try F David Schuler the news record

Michael Uslan was just a kid from Jersey with a few too many comic books (upwards of 60,000 when he graduated high school) until he turned his creative vision into Hollywood gold.

Uslan, who will be speaking at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday, May 18, is the executive producer and originator of the Batman movie series, which began with Tim Burton’s 1989 film and includes 2008’s “The Dark Knight.”

Uslan’s speech will focus on his career and how a passion for comic books and movies led a college kid

with no connections to launch and create one of the most successful movie franchises in film history.

And it wasn’t easy.

“This happened with my bloody knuckles because when every studio slammed the door in my face, I just kept knocking,” Uslan said.

It seems, at the time, all the smart guys in Hollywood thought no moviegoer in America would believe in a dark take on the Batman they knew only as the light-hearted version from the comic books and TV series.

It turns out Uslan got it right.

He is working with the superheroes he has a passion for. Now, he believes comic books are more than just entertainment.

“This is a unique, indigenous American art form,” Uslan said. Uslan is quite the art collector — he still retains a massive collection hovering around 10,000 — but that’s a lot less than the 60,000 he once had.

His wife apparently wanted the garage, their closets and some of the rooms in their home to have space available for things like cars, coats and human beings, see batman | page 2

Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” has bad aim Robert kirchgassner the news record

photo courtesy of MCT Campus

Arrows are dangerous No matter how hard you practice, it’s not a wise idea to attempt catching an arrow with your teeth.

Leave that to the pros.

The latest film adaptation of “Robin Hood” proved to be a bent arrow during its opening weekend.

Like previous film interpretations, the movie begins with Robin (Russell Crowe) fighting the Crusades under the banner of England’s King Richard ‘The Lionheart’ (Danny Huston).

After the King dies attempting to seize a French castle, Robin and his merry-men-to-be make their way back to England with the King’s crown, thus allowing Richard’s brother John (Oscar Issac) to assume the throne.

Robin also begins impersonating a nobleman named Locksley in order to fulfill his promise to a dead soldier.

Once Robin makes contact with the dead man’s father (Max Von Sydow), he encounters the soldier’s widow Marian (Cate Blanchett), who initially dislikes Robin.

Like Errol Flynn and Sean Connery, Crowe certainly looks the part of the title role and he appears to be having the time of his life whenever he’s on the screen.

Surprisingly, the same can’t be said for Blanchett. The idea of a great actress like her playing Marian seems ideal.

While she’s certain to go down as the most liberated Marian, she doesn’t display much charm; a quality both Olivia De Havilland and Audrey Hepburn displayed in the role.

Consequently, when Robin tells Marian he loves her, it doesn’t ring true because she hasn’t done much that would endear herself to him in that way.

Strong’s Godfrey is a formidable opponent for Crowe’s Robin, but they only have two fleeting scenes together in the entire film. A few more scenes together and perhaps some nice dialogue between the two might have made Strong as memorable an antagonist for Robin as Basil Rathbone and Robert Shaw.

There is also the character of William Marshall (William Hurt), the first Earl of Pembroke. It is never made clear whether he’s a patriot to England or a traitor like Godfrey. see robin hood | page 2

CCM adapts Steinbeck’s classic into opera ariel cheung the news record

It’s not really how you picture an opera: overalls and plaid, southern twangs and double negatives … a heap of ranch hands playing horseshoes and grumbling about a smelly old dog.

The College-Conservatory of Music’s “Of Mice and Men” is based on the John Steinbeck novel about a pair of ranch hands in the 1930s trying to save up for their own farm. George Milton (Noel Bouley) is grumpy but golden hearted and has promised to care for the mentally challenged Lennie Small (John Christopher Adams), whose optimism and child-like innocence get him into trouble.

Lennie’s desire to have soft things leads to a series of mishaps and, while George chastises him, Lennie can’t prevent the accidents due to his large size and limited intellectual capabilities.

While the company, which was double casted, played their characters accurately and sang with grace, the awkward juxtaposition between the rough, raw story and the elaborate ambience that is associated with opera felt strange.

Hearing a line like “I didn’t mean no harm” in cascading operatic notes was weird at best.

But that’s no fault of the cast. George’s internal dilemma of letting Lennie suffer through life or lose his one source of optimism is captivating and brings to light many questions still prevalent today.

Curley’s wife (Alison Scherzer and Jeremy Parker), spurned by her husband, searches for attention from anyone who will give it to her. Scherzer’s high soprano is lovely and strong, as were Bouley and Adams’ voices.

Bouley and Adams were so strong, however, that their duets often seemed to be competing with each other and didn’t mesh well.

Curley (Jesse Ragland II and Andrew Stenson), the owner of the ranch, felt overdone and was not convincing.

The scene where he cracked his whip on everything in reach just seemed silly.

The strength of the production comes from the compelling story. The powerful emotion and solid character development makes the opera worth seeing.

For fans of Steinbeck’s original story, the roughly 100-page story feels overly drawn out in the two-hour opera. Much of the story could have been condensed.

But a highlight of the CCM production was the set design. The set was simple, yet artistic and effective; the see steinbeck | page 2

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tell me about the rabbits Lennie and George (M. Andrew Jones and Michael Young) look for work in the Dust Bowl.

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NHL’s Eastern Conference miraculous Do you believe in miracles?

If you’re a Montreal Canadiens or Philadelphia Flyers fan, you most certainly do.

There’s no other way to explain their meeting in the 2010 National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs.

Sunday, May 16, the No. 8-seeded Canadiens and No. 7-seeded Flyers began the Eastern Conference finals.

The fact both teams made it there is nothing short of amazing.

Both teams barely made the playoffs to begin with.

Both teams were supposed to lose in the first round.

They were supposed to lose in the second round.

Somehow, both teams prevailed both times against superior teams.

While both teams have made amazing runs, the Canadiens by far had the hardest road to the conference finals.

In a classic David vs.

Goliath story, the Canadiens faced off against the topseeded Washington Capitals and Alexander “The Great” Ovechkin in the first round.

The Caps boasted the regular seasons best record, an explosive high-scoring offense, and Ovechkin, arguably the best forward in the world.

The Caps had more speed, skill and size than the Canadiens and were supposed to issue a debacle of epic proportions.

Not one hockey analyst on ESPN had the seven-game series going past five and, at one time in the series with Montreal trailing three games to one, it looked like their destiny of a first-round elimination would come to fruition.

But the Canadiens had other plans.

In three amazing performances, Montreal stunned the world and beat the Capitals on their own ice in game seven to advance to the second round.

The Canadiens are led by goalie Jaroslav Halak, who made 131 saves in the series’ final three games, allowing only one goal per game.

That is absurd.

Even for a hall of fame goalie, those numbers are outrageous.

For a no-name guy who had an average season to post those stats against some of the best snipers in the league is nothing short of a miracle.

Not content with slaying just one hockey giant, the Canadiens went on to the second round, again as heavy underdogs. Once again Montreal battled back, this time to beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

If that’s not a Hollywood underdog story to rival “Hoosiers,” I don’t know what is.

Philadelphia’s road to the conference finals was no easy feat either.

In the first round, the Flyers came out of nowhere, pounding the No. 2-seeded New Jersey Devils into submission in a quick five-game series.

The NHL’s playoff slogan is “history will be made.” In the second round of the playoffs, the Flyers did indeed make history.

Down 0-3 in the series against the East Coast rival Boston Bruins, the Flyers fought back and won four-straight games to win the series.

They became just the third NHL team in history to battle back from a 0-3 deficit to win a best-of-seven series.

Winning four games in a row in hockey is hard enough as it is, but to do it in the playoffs in a do-or-die situation is ridiculous.

Known for their rowdy, rude and obnoxious fans, I can only imagine what the streets were like in Philly after Flyers fans witnessed the second coming of the miracle on ice.

Baseball uses the slogan “You can’t script November” — more like you can’t script May. Now in the conference finals, no one could have predicted these two teams would be here.

One Cinderella team is somewhat normal, but to have the two lowest-rated seeds playing for a shot at the Stanley Cup? Unheard of.

No matter who wins the series, both teams’ stories will be remembered as some of the greatest playoff runs in hockey.

The Flyers and Canadiens should enjoy the series while it lasts, because whoever wins will have to go on to face another hockey titan.

Either the No. 2 Chicago Blackhawks or No. 1 San Jose Sharks will be waiting out West.

In the crusade for Lord Stanley’s Cup, the Flyers or see MIracles | page 2

commandos Defending home turf Cincinnati’s defense alone outscored Chicago in the Commandos’ 61-13 victory Saturday, May 15. James Spikes made 1.5 sacks and returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown.

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Sam Elliott the news record

aniel Powter’s “Bad Day” began playing on the Cincinnati Gardens’ PA system with fewer than 12 minutes remaining in the second quarter.

Commandos defenders Robbie Wilson and David Blount staged a dance-off for fans during an extended stoppage with one minute remaining before halftime.

It was that kind of rough first half for the Chicago Cardinals, in town for their Saturday, May 15, game against the Cincinnati Commandos. At opposite ends of the Continental Indoor Football League standings, Cincinnati embarrassed the Cardinals en route to a 61-13 victory.

Running back Greg Moore got the scoring started with an 8-yard touchdown run less than three minutes into the game in a first quarter that saw quarterbacks struggle.

Chicago’s Ron Ricciardi had his first pass attempt picked off by E.J. Underwood, who went 47 yards the other way for a touchdown.

Underwood added a missed field goal return from Cincinnati’s

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end zone to the Chicago 2-yard line to set up another Moore touchdown and returned another interception 31 yards for a score all before halftime.

Ben Mauk completed 8 of 11 passes for 88 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. The former Bearcat ran the ball three times for another 19 yards and one touchdown.

But the Commandos’ defense alone was more than enough to beat the Cardinals Saturday.

Cincinnati forced five Chicago interceptions, seven pass breakups, three blocked kicks, one fumble recovery for a touchdown, six quarterback hurries, four tackles for loss and three sacks to tie the CIFL single-season sacks record with 26.

After missing time with a high ankle sprain, defensive back Jeff Franklin grabbed three interceptions and made six solo tackles in his return.

“I had to catch up. I missed a few games and I was kind of inspired,” Franklin said. “I couldn’t wait to get back on that field.”

Chicago’s 13 points was a season-low for a Cincinnati opponent, but head coach Billy Back thought his team could have preformed better.

H S I N FYOIUR DEGREE R E T S FA see Commandos | page 2

No. 22 Pitt takes series, UC wins one Scott Winfield the news record

The University of Cincinnati baseball team salvaged its series with rival Pittsburgh with a 3-1 win Sunday, May 16, at Marge Schott Stadium after suffering consecutive losses to begin the series.

The Bearcats fell short Friday, May 14, in a 12-2 loss after giving up six runs in the third inning and three in the fifth to the Panthers.

Saturday, the Bearcats came up short again in an 8-5 loss to the No. 22 Panthers after tying the game in both the seventh and ninth innings. It was the first time this season the Bearcats lost after scoring five or more runs.

Sunday, knowing they were in danger of being swept, the team rebounded with a 3-1 victory against its river-city rival.

After a slow start, the Panthers snuck their way onto the scoreboard first at the top of the sixth inning. Left-fielder John Schultz scored a run off of a single hit to centerfield by first-baseman David Chester.

Cincinnati would answer in the bottom of the sixth with a solo home-run hit over the centerfield fence by Jimmy Jacquot, his 12th of the season.

The score remained knotted at 1-1 until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Cincinnati’s Justin Riddell ended the defensive struggle.

With two outs and two men on base, Riddell hit a crushing two-run double off the centerfield fence. Riddell felt little pressure despite the make-or-break situation he was facing.

“It was more fun than pressure,” Riddell said. “I wanted to be the guy to make the play, the guy to get the game-winning hit.”

The double by Riddell scored Jamel Scott and T.J. Jones, giving the Bearcats a 3-1 lead going into the ninth inning.

After freshman pitcher Andrew Strenge pitched eight innings allowing one run on eight hits and struck out nine, Andrew Burkett entered the game in the ninth inning eyeing the save.

Head coach Brian Cleary was especially pleased with the performance of his starter.

“Two weeks in a row now he has beaten two of the nation’s top 25 teams,” Cleary said. “To do that back-to-back weeks is pretty impressive for a freshman.”

Burkett entered the game and only gave up one hit and a fly out to right field, which was caught by Riddell, before striking out the final two batters and sealing the 3-1 victory for the Bearcats.

With the save, Burkett broke Cincinnati’s single-season record for saves in a season with 13.

Cleary commended Burkett’s contributions to the win and was proud of his closer, who has been forced to deal with a recent tragedy.

“With the death of his brother, it has been an emotional two weeks for him,” Cleary said. “For him to compose himself and give us that kind of performance, I think is tremendously impressive.”

The Bearcats improved to 26-27 (10-14 Big East) with Sunday’s win and will face Georgetown in a three-game series beginning Thursday, May 20, at Marge Schott Stadium. The series will be the Bearcats’ regular-season finale.

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