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Student Safe Housing Fair alerts students to safety issues First-time event provides safety tips for students looking for off-campus housing; draws good crowd RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students turned out in strong numbers for the first-ever Student Safe Housing Fair in Tangeman University Center Wednesday afternoon.

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Students turned out in strong numbers for the firstever Student Safe Housing Fair, where members from the community provided safety tips for students looking for off-campus housing.

“Some of the housing isn’t as safe as we’d like it to be,” said Daniel Cummins, assistant dean in the office student life. “We want students to be smart when they’re making these decisions.”

Cummins’ office partnered with the Student Wellness Center to host the event. With students living off campus making up a significant part of the student population and very little safe housing information easily available online, Cummins said there was a growing need to make information available. Along with the fair, the university created a website where all the information can be easily accessed.

“The response has been positive,” said Erica Forrest,

assistant director of the Student Wellness Center. “People are glad that we’re sharing this information.”

Police officers and firefighters were on hand, along with representatives from Duke Energy, METRO, a multitude of campus groups and rental companies, including Uptown Rental Properties and U Square @ the Loop.

Cummins said most of the companies and groups that the university contacted we’re happy to participate in the event.

For Jessica Fuchsman, a third-year criminal justice student, and Brett Musick, a fourth-year Judaic studies student, the fair was very informative.

“It’s nice to see the fire department alongside all these other places,” Fuchsman said. “You can tell the university put in a lot of effort to educate students.”

Cummins said his office and its partners will continue to push safe housing initiatives, especially fire safety, which became a concern after two UC students died from smoke inhalation in a fire that started from a space heater Jan. 1, 2013.

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A new role created in the administration overseeing diversity at the University of Cincinnati will strengthen ties with alumni and focus on inclusion.

“My overall plan and focus is to reach out to our alums for the purpose of keeping them better connected and with the university as a whole,” said Myron Hughes, newly appointed senior associate vice president of development for diversity and inclusion.

He also will foster philanthropic support and inclusion throughout the university, dealing with everything from scholarships and faculty support to programming and professional development.

“Hughes is an expert in forging both individual and community relationships, and he’s a proven leader in all that he does,” said Rod Grabowski, vice president for development and alumni relations, in a press release. “His enthusiasm and expertise in these areas will boost our engagement and fundraising efforts to new levels, generating vital support for SEE HUGHES PG 2

Kay playing in NFL Players Association Bowl JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati quarterback Brendon Kay will represent the Bearcats in the 2014 NFL Player Association College Bowl Saturday at California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, Calif.

Kay, who will play for the National Team, is one of 110 seniors in pursuit of increasing their stock heading into the NFL Draft.

Kay led UC to an 8-3 record as a starter during the 2013 season, becoming the fourth quarterback in UC history to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season. He finished 262-of-395 passing for 3,302 yards and 22 touchdowns.

With 262 completions, Kay set UC’s school record for the most in a single season. But he will be remembered for setting the school’s all-time record for completion percentage (65.4 percent) and for leading UC to a dramatic victory against Duke in the Belk Bowl in 2012.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised live on ESPN2.

ESPNU will also air live broadcasts from practice Thursday.

PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR Students and faculty gathered in Tangeman University Center to remember Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 85th birthday Wednesday.

UC community remembers, reflects on life of legendary civil rights leader BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

Martin Luther King Jr. stood for monumental ideas like equality, peace and justice. The University took time to remember his life in Tangeman University Center on what would have been his 85th birthday Wednesday.

Bleuzette Marshall delivered a declaration of diversity and stressed the importance of “extending beyond your own personal dimensions and diversity, into the other dimensions of humanity that our brothers and sisters possess.”

Students, faculty and other members of the UC community nearly filled the cinema of TUC and were addressed by many speakers, including UC President Santa Ono and Eric Abercrumbie, director of Ethnic Programs and Services.

“I think it’s extremely important for students to attend events like these. It offers a more thorough understanding of history,” Marshall said. “It’s one thing to read about it but a program like this allows you to meet people who were involved in that struggle and have had more personal experiences with it.”

Kamoenta Heidelburg, a senior psychology student, attended the assembly for the first time.

“I liked the message that they gave, which was to come together, effect

change and do something different,” Heidelburg said. “It made me feel uplifted and liberated and it makes me want to do something to change the world. You don’t really think about those things until a spark flies and you think about what you can do to help somebody else.”

Marshall is adamant about campus inclusion, which is something that was deeply incorporated in Wednesday’s gathering.

“It also allows students to see leaders within the student body and within the community. By that they’re able to further network with each other, so it’s a sense of community,” Marshall said.

Joe Blizzard, student body president, also spoke at the Dr. King tribute and also emphasized the importance of campus camaraderie.

“I think this event really speaks volumes about what we can do as a university and the change that we can spark. It is great to see everyone come together,” Blizzard said.

After an opening narration from Patrice Barnes, program coordinator of ethnic programs and services, a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — regarded as the “Black National Anthem” — was sung by College-Conservatory of Music student, Sakinah Davis.

The African American Cultural and Resource Center sponsored the MLK Program.

The AACRC first opened in September 1991 to provide African-American students with a welcoming environment. The

center reopened in January 2013 after it underwent a $325,000 renovation that more than doubled the center’s original capacity.

The congregation concluded by every member of the audience locking arms and singing “We Shall Overcome.”

“I think the message was really powerful today, not that it hasn’t been in the past but because of where we are in the now,” Marshall said. “It’s something that has extended beyond race.”

PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR UC student Tiffany Shannel Peterson welcomes attendees to the ceremony in TUC Cinema Wednesday.

New restaurant, bar near campus could open as early as late February Hang Over Easy to serve ‘Pabst, pancakes’ at old Holy Grail location BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

SARA BLANKEMEYER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Crews are putting the finishing touches on the renovated building that use to be the Holy Grail on Charlton Street.

Among the many bars and restaurants that have recently sprouted up around the University of Cincinnati, Hang Over Easy will soon be added to Corryville.

The restaurant, which combines allday breakfast options and craft beer, is expected to open on Charlton Street in late February.

Co-owner Joe Pedro opened the original Hang Over Easy with his two brothers about 12 years ago in Columbus, Ohio— just a few blocks away from Ohio State University.

“When we identified the space and looked into the market research of the [UC] area, it pointed in the direction of

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good things and good business,” Pedro, who also owns Dive Bar on Short Vine, said. “It’s a bigger space than the one we had in Columbus so I hope that translates into more business.”

Hang Over Easy will occupy the space that was once the Holy Grail, housed in a building that is more than 100 years old, said Pete Mello, future manager of Hang Over Easy.

Mello, who has lived in Cincinnati since 1982, use to own Daniel’s Pub and even named it such. Mello said, given his experience with businesses on Short Vine, Hang Over Easy should see success after its opening.

“You know, it’s great being so close to UC, and not just UC but their athletics,” Mello said. “Holy Grail did really well when an athletic event was going on.

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Bearcats keep winning, topple conference rival Temple Kilpatrick’s 23 points help Beartcats defeat struggling Temple team, ninth win keeps team atop AAC CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

Some may call Cincinnati’s 69-58 win over Temple ugly, but they all count and the Bearcats improved to 16-2 overall and a perfect 5-0 in American Athletic Conference play.

Sean Kilpatrick led all scorers with 23 points in the Tuesday game, while seniors Justin Jackson and Titus Rubles both had double-double performances to propel the Bearcats past a Temple squad still searching for its first AAC victory.

“Today in walkthrough I was shooting and it was actually falling,” Kilpatrick said. “I told Ge’Lawn (Guyn) ‘It feels like I’m back.’”

Before the three point showcase Kilpatrick put on display, not much else was clicking for a UC squad playing its first game this season as a nationally ranked team. Cincinnati only led by two at the half and Temple held a late 49-47 lead with just 6 minutes and 43 seconds to play before the Bearcats went on a 12-0 run to put the game away.

“We struggled at times tonight,” said UC head coach Mick Cronin. “[Temple] did a good job of confusing us with their zone. We started the game off with three turnovers and I knew it was going to be a long night.”

Senior Dalton Pepper, who torched the UC defense for 21 points playing all 40 minutes, led the Temple attack.

Sophomore Quenton Decosey had 17 points and junior Anthony Lee posted a double-double, scoring 14 points while grabbing 11 rebounds.

“Tonight was very dangerous,” Cronin said. “Hopefully we learn from it and I’m sure we will. I’ve got a lot of confidence in my guys and we’re all on the same page.”

Tuesday night might have been even more dangerous had Rubles not cracked open Temple’s zone defense in the second half, which opened up the perimeter for

Kilpatrick’s barrage of three-pointers. Cronin said players like Rubles are “what make us a really good team.”

“We got the ball inside against their zone and got three interior baskets,” Cronin said. “Which is why [Kilpatrick] was then open for the next three he hit. If we don’t throw three bounce passes through their zone and get fouled he would’ve never been open. But they had to adjust once we finally threw the ball inside against their zone.”

Jackson, who finished the game15 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks for good measure, said that type of play is what he’s come to expect from Rubles.

Cronin said while his team didn’t play with a lot of heart tonight, but Rubles did.

“Titus Rubles is just like the guys who built this program,” Cronin said. “He plays with his heart and he competes harder than the other guys on the other team.

When he doesn’t do that he’s just another guy and we’re just another team. He led the way in the second half playing with his heart.”

With this victory, the Bearcats are now on a 15-game winning streak at Fifth Third Arena and the team’s 16-2 start matches are the best start for a UC team under Cronin. The last time a Bearcat team started 16-2 they advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2001.

The Bearcats also haven’t allowed an opponent to score 70 points for the 25 consecutive games – the longest active streak in the nation.

Sitting atop the AAC standings as the only undefeated team in conference play, Kilpatrick said he wasn’t surprised the Owls hung with the Bearcats for most of the game.

“This is a program and an organization where we expect everyone to give us their best punch,” Kilpatrick said. “We’re a team that a lot of teams are afraid to play because of the way we play defense and we actually have scorers that can actually score. We expect their best punch every game.”

The next punch the Bearcats are slated to receive will come in Florida as UC travels to Tampa to take on the

LAUREN KREMER Justin Jackson goes to the rim during the cats victory over Temple Tuesday.

University of South Florida Saturday at 5 p.m. USF is currently 10-6 overall and 1-2 in AAC play. The game can be seen live on ESPNU and heard on 700 WLW.

Starbucks’ iPhone Push for secrets questions Obama’s transparency pledge app leaves customer Intelligence, defense officials want information classified, could pose threat data exposed MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

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SEATTLE — The Starbucks iPhone application stores customers’ personal data in unencrypted form that leaves it vulnerable to computer-savvy phone thieves, according to a cybersecurity expert whose discovery of the flaw was disclosed this week.

Daniel Wood, a Minneapolis-area computer security specialist, said he was able to break into the app’s file containing his email address, user name and password.

That’s the same file where credit card information would go, which means it would be exposed he had entered it, he said in an interview. Wood on Monday posted his findings about the flaw on a computer security site, with recommendations to Starbucks security experts on how to fix it.

The personal information was visible in plain text format and wasn’t hard to get to_making it easy prey for hackers with malicious intent who might get hold of someone’s phone, he said. Wood also said he was able to see a log of information about user location.

“I drink a lot of Starbucks myself,”Wood said, adding that he first found the flaw last November, when tinkering with the application to see if it was secure before putting in his credit card information.

The mobile app is an increasingly important part of Starbucks’ strategy.

It accounted for 11 percent of U.S. transactions in the quarter that ended last September. A Starbucks spokesman said the company was aware of the report, but knew of no impact on customers. Wood’s discovery, first reported by Computerworld on Wednesday, comes amid heightened concerns about identity theft and credit card security.

The Seattle coffee giant has “taken steps to safeguard customers’ information and protect against the theoretical vulnerabilities raised in the report, but we are unable to discuss any of the details because we want to protect the integrity of our security measures,” spokesman Zack Hutson said in an email.

“We’re also looking at whether updating the app would add another layer of protection,” he said. Wood said he only investigated the Starbucks app for Apple’s iOS.

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campus aimed at educating students on fire safety. The amount of students who participated in Wednesday’s fair is a good sign, Cummins said, while adding that traffic was continuous throughout the duration of the fair.

Neither he nor Forrest gathered a set number of student participants, but both said there was a good amount.

Greg Huntington, a retiree with a son at UC, was glad to see the good turnout. He said he hopes the university continues to draw good crowds at future events.

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UC’s growing diversity and inclusion initiatives.”

Hughes graduated from UC in 1986 with a degree in marketing.

In 2008, he became executive director UC Alumni Association.

He led a team of 10 professionals responsible for engaging and developing relationships with more than 250,000 UC alumni around the world.

“Myron truly understands our campuswide commitment to building a more robust resource base for diversity and inclusion,” said President Santa Ono in a press release. “I look forward

WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials are pushing to classify as secret certain information about lie detectors that they believe U.S. adversaries might use to harm national security, even though much of it has been available to the public for decades.

The effort has sparked an internal debate among defense and intelligence officials over whether the government has the authority to classify the information under current policy, especially since much of the information is now easily accessible on the Internet, according to internal documents and interviews conducted by McClatchy.

The Defense Intelligence Agency wants the government academy that trains all federal polygraphers to “conceal most of what it does,” including its teachings and research on polygraph-beating techniques, according to internal academy documents obtained by McClatchy.

The DIA cites the need to “deny adversaries of any information which might be used against U.S. interests,” the documents say.

The DIA and 26 other federal agencies polygraph tens of thousands of people a year for jobs, security clearances and in some cases in criminal investigations.

The academy, which was established in 1951, has proposed classifying some of its records but not all of them, pointing out that

it has “operated in the unclassified domain for virtually its entire existence,” according to a draft of the proposal.

“This is a fool’s errand,” warned Charles Honts, a former government polygraph researcher with the academy who is now a psychology professor at Boise State University.“It’s not only unwise, but it will do little to protect national security.You just can’t put this stuff back in the box.”

The controversy is the latest example of how the Obama administration has fallen short in its goal of “creating an unprecedented level of openness” in government. Despite President Barack Obama’s early pledge to increase transparency, the administration nonetheless has continued to assert the need for secrecy for publicly available, unclassified or routine information, especially in the realm of national security. Earlier this month, Justice Department lawyers won a court fight to keep secret an Obama administration memo that asserts that the FBI can obtain certain telephone records without any formal legal process.

That controversial legal opinion was revealed by the Justice Department inspector general four years ago.

National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said the administration discloses as much information as it can “consistent with the requirements of national security.”

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper has declassified about 2,000 pages of documents related to the National Security Agency’s programs after Edward

Snowden’s leaks revealed the agency had collected the email and telephone records of tens of millions of Americans and foreigners.

Intelligence officials previously had refused to publicly release such documents.

“This administration has taken an unprecedented series of steps to disclose the details of our counterterrorism and intelligence policies and the legal justifications for them,” Hayden said.“And we’ll continue taking further steps moving forward.”

When asked about the polygraph matter, the DIA said it couldn’t respond to specific questions because it involved “internal deliberations.”The agency added, though, that it follows Defense Department policies on classification.

“Of note, public availability of information and enemy utilization are often factors in making classification determinations,” the agency said in a statement. Steven Aftergood, director of the nonprofit Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy, said the information should not be classified because it is “manifestly outside the control of the government.”

In his 2009 executive order, President Obama told agencies to classify information only if certain conditions are met, including that the information is “owned by” or “is under the control” of the U.S. government.

“This is the perfect illustration of the subjective nature of classification policy,” Aftergood said of the polygraph matter, adding that agencies’ decisions can be “arbitrary, self-serving and ineffective.”

‘Yes’ vote on constitution seems only option for Egyptians New constitution broadens women’s, children’s rights, questions remain MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

CAIRO — At the polling station in the impoverished Cairo neighborhood of Imbaba, the contradiction that is Egypt’s democratic transition played out Tuesday.

Women, children in hand, celebrated their votes in the country’s referendum on a new constitution with celebratory ululation, while a few feet away a young man sat with his head bowed in fear after military personnel beat him.

Police on the scene said soldiers had struck the man because he’d insulted the military, whose generals now serve as the country’s de facto rulers and had called on voters to endorse the document.

The proposed constitution calls for freedom of expression, but the man said he was beaten “because I expressed my opinion.”

Tuesday was the first of two days of balloting on the nation’s newest proposed charter, but the vote lacked the suspense of previous elections held in the three years since the Arab Spring toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak.

When balloting ends Wednesday, the constitution is expected to have passed with overwhelming support.

Opponents couldn’t call for voters to

to partnering with him and our new chief diversity officer to accelerate our progress on UC’s diversity plan.”

Hughes wants to help bring the diversity plan ideas to life.

“I want to focus on engaging our alums and getting people to feel better about the university as a whole,” Hughes said.

Hughes plans to connect alums with the university on all levels.

“The most important part is to listen to people and what they feel is important to them,” Hughes said. “It’s going to take all of us to make this happen; our alums here locally, nationally and internationally and the entire UC family.”

say no and couldn’t insult the military without fear of arrest in a country where many think that under the newest government, democratic processes have become a means to codify the return of a police state that millions rose up against when they forced Mubarak from office.

Many called the vote a referendum on the political future of Egypt’s strongman, Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who’s considered the top contender in the still-undeclared presidential elections.

The military hailed the vote, with army spokesman Ahmad Mohamed Ali saying the referendum “confirms Egyptians are the first free population in recorded history.”

Throughout the day Tuesday, Egyptians at the polling stations were joyful in their endorsement of the 247-article document.

Often they parroted the points that had been made in hours of commentary on state television and radio on why the constitution should be approved: It would bring stability, crush the last vestiges of the Muslim Brotherhood, and insure the country against terrorism.

Many cited the one-year rule of President Mohammed Morsi as the reason for their vote. “What the Muslim Brotherhood did (during Morsi’s year in office) is what pushed me to vote yes for this constitution.

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Obviously we want to cater to the whole market, but we want something the college kids can still come and afford, like a Pabst and some pancakes.”

Pedro said the new eatery would incorporate aspects of the local community in its interior design.

In 2011, the Schiel School on Short Vine was demolished after its 100 year existence to make way for a Fifth Third Bank development. However, the classroom doors from the school can still be found embedded in the bar at Hang Over Easy, along with the actual chalkboards from the school.

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a security guard, said while voting in Imbaba.

Voting no wasn’t an option, many said.

Some feared arrest; others said that since the ousting of Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, their votes didn’t matter.

On Monday, at least seven members of the Strong Egypt Party — founded by a onetime presidential candidate and former Muslim Brotherhood member, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh — were arrested for possessing posters that urged a “no” vote. In the weeks since the constitutional assembly completed work on the document Dec. 1, the government has locked up thousands of opponents, protesters and journalists.

Those arrested report that they’ve been tortured and forced to appear before judges who are carrying out the government’s interests.

In addition, unprecedented violence has erupted between Morsi supporters and government forces.

“We voted five times before, and what happened?” one man asked just outside the supermarket he owns, which on Tuesday was also a polling station. He didn’t give his name.

A McClatchy reporter who visited five polling stations could find no one who would admit to having voted “no,” suggesting that the “yes” vote will be overwhelming.

The restaurant will also be fitted with more than 120 seats, four televisions and a working gas fireplace.

The full-service bar of Hangover Easy will have 40 taps, offering a wide variety of craft beers on draft and food options will focus on breakfast, though there will be lunch and dinner options.

Pedro said he and his brothers, Nick and John, pride themselves on utilizing local farms for their cuisine.

“We work with a local chef here developing our menu,” Pedro said. “Our breakfast meats come from a local farm in Ohio, fruit will be brought in on a daily basis, and bread will be baked in house.

It’s home cooked as fresh as we can get it.”

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UMBC president commemorated for innovation Ono bestows President’s Award for Excellence Monday to Hrabowski III A.J. KMETZ STAFF REPORTER

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County president Freeman Hrabowski III accepted the President’s Award for Excellence Monday during a ceremony in TUC.

When it comes to the academic success of minority students, few could be more passionate or effective than Freeman Hrabowski III. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama — a prominent civil rights battleground — his willingness to strive for equality came early.

At the age of 12 he marched with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was jailed for several days along with numerous other children. In 1963, he witnessed the bombing of a church that killed four children, and contributed significantly to Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary of the racially motivated tragedy, “Four Little Girls.”

Now, as the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Hrabowski is being honored as an education innovator who helps minority students succeed with the President’s Award for Excellence.

President Santa Ono presented the award to the fellow university president in Tangeman University Center Cinema Monday.

After receiving the honor, Hrabowski spoke to students and faculty in

attendance about his accomplishments and the work still to be done in innovating science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

The work for which he is most famous began in 1988 at UMBC. Alarmed by the difference in graduation rates between white and black students in STEM fields, Hrabowski and philanthropist Robert Meyerhoff created the Meyerhoff Scholars Program to provide help and encouragement for African-American students at UMBC. The program took off, and in 1992 he became president of the university.

In the two decades of his presidency, Hrabowski has transformed UMBC into a STEM powerhouse for all students.

The school has about 3,000 graduate and 11,000 undergraduate students, and roughly 60 percent of them are in STEM programs.

Five-fold more students start and finish Ph. D.’s there than at Ivy League schools, Hrabowski said, because the focus is on cooperation instead of competition.

After graduation students will find that they work in teams rather than individually, he said, and these teams are often interdisciplinary. Thus, programs at UMBC emphasize working together to achieve goals rather than competing for the higher grade.

Hrabowski has turned UMBC into a

model university for other institutions, including UC. Joanna Mitro, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences, thinks the university needs to “get on that bandwagon.”

“We already have some small programs that tend to kind of mimic what [Hrabowski’s] doing,” she said. “We have the Choose Ohio First scholarship program in [McMicken] that uses the same principles.”

Mitro, inspired by Hrabowski’s “inspiring, forthright leadership,” is ready to help the McMicken College design a new education system.

Redesigning STEM, humanities and social sciences courses to achieve the same results has been talked about in the college and the groundwork is already there, she said.

“That’s going to be something we can do and we have the faculty expertise to do,” Mitro said, “It’s just a matter of getting it off the ground and taking the time to develop a new pedagogy.”

The President’s Award for Excellence honors any individual whose work fosters the goals and ideals of the university.

Recipients do not have to be a part of the university or even in academia; they must simply be judged worthy of the honor by the president.

Weekend Dysfunctional family captured in film happenings AMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

“What’s New Fashion and Contemporary Craft” Visitors can see a wide variety of items that focus on showing new trends and pieces in fashion and contemporary craft. Both Cynthia Amneus, who curated “Wedded Perfection and Art Deco: Fashion and Design in the Jazz Age,” and Amy Dehan, curator of “Art of Sound: Four Centuries of Musical Instruments,” worked together to put this exhibit together. Visitors can see items ranging from a pair of 21st century Fang Shoes by Iris Van Herpen to Cincinnati’s Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art’s designer Zaha Hadid’s boots with a surface inspired by the Lacoste crocodile. Some of the pieces come from donations to the museum

by Nancy and David Wolf. “What’s New Fashion and Contemporary Craft” was first exhibited in September and ends Jan. 19.

“Degas, Renoir and Poetic Pastels” This is the last opportunity to visit this art exhibit featured at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The exhibit features pieces by artists Degas and Renoir.

These artists were similar in their approach to creating works because of their shared use of pastels, which was favored over paint because it takes long to dry. Artists could use the pastels in either thin delicate layers or thick strokes of saturated color reminiscent of the brushstrokes of oil paintings.

“Degas, Renoir and Poetic Pastels” exhibits a number of works of art from the museum’s permanent collection.

Visitors can view pieces such as Degas’s ballet dancers to Odilon Redon’s flower still life. The exhibit focuses on the achievements of late nineteenth century French artists who worked with pastels.

Additionally, this exhibit explains the pieces in historical context as well as their conservation and type of materials.

“Degas, Renoir and Poetic Pastels” opened in October and closed Jan. 19.

“The Book of Mormon” The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone created this musical, which is a religious satire. It tells the story of two Mormon missionaries who are sent to a remote village in Uganda. The two try to share the “Book of Mormon” to the locals who are more focused on famine, poverty and AIDs than religion. “The Book of Mormon” has been awarded nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It was won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The musical’s Broadway cast recording was the highestcharting Broadway cast album in over four decades. “The Book of Mormon” premiered Jan. 7 and continues until Jan. 26 at the Proctor & Gamble Hall Aronoff Center. The ticket prices begin at $38.

“Guided Ghost Tours of Music Hall” Visitors experience a different side of one of Cincinnati’s most iconic buildings in a unique way with this event. Visitors get to experience a special after-hours tour that is run by a local group of dedicated investigating and researching paranormal claims at Music Hall. Visitors will be able to see the auditorium, freight elevator, ballroom, Corbett Tower, stage, backstage and Critic’s Club. The theater is typically closed to the public.

Each tour is about two hours long and takes place Friday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets for “Guided Ghosts Tours of Music Hall” cost $25.

Meryl Streep plays the mother of the family, Violet Weston. With another role perfected, there will be no ignoring Streep this year when awards start rolling out.

Family cannot be chosen, Westons make audience wish that wasn’t true MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

There’s an old archetypal model of upbringing that is constantly perpetuated throughout American life and culture, especially among the people and families of the West, such as the Westons in “August: Osage County.”

It’s a cynical way of raising a family, yet it’s not always fully and consciously deliberative. It goes something like this: While the older generation of family often has a difficult life full of hardship, struggle and woe, the later generations of children start a new life from their shoulders.

It’s a selfish, misanthropic methodology of raising a family that has seemed to immortalize itself in a cyclical way generation after generation. That’s exactly the default mode of life and upbringing in John Wells’ adapted film, “August: Osage County.”

Due to the disappearance of the family patriarch, Beverly, the Weston family all migrate back home to their native Oklahoma and childhood home.

Matriarch and mother Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) is unperturbed by Bev’s abandonment, and almost triumphant that she’s outlived him when the news of the apparent suicide comes in.

The three daughters — Barbara (Julia Roberts), Karen (Juliette Lewis), and Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) — make up the “new” generation, along with Ewan McGregor as Bill, Barbara’s separated husband, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Little Charles, the apparent cousin of the Weston girls. The ensemble cast is rounded out with Margo Martindale as Violet’s sister, Mattie Fay, and Chris Cooper as her husband.

While the premise of a dysfunctional family coming to live under one roof is all very familiar, “August: Osage County” is different, as it touches on the other factors of life and family.

Dysfunctional is not the exact word to describe the Westons. It seems each family member is not altogether innocent with regards to cruelty, vindictiveness and spitefulness toward each other.

Themes of legacy, tradition and principle take on new meaning in the setting sun of Oklahoma, and each family member comes to the table ready to bite into each other and unleash their individual demons to one another without leniency.

Years of bottled up and repressed emotions come full force into the fray after the family buries Beverly, things that should have long been forgiven and solved.

Adapted from the stage for the silver screen, “August: Osage County” was written by playwright Tracy Letts,

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winning a Pulitzer Prize for the threehour-long story. The screenplay is of Letts’ play almost word for word, and the dialogue indubitably starts to show strain almost halfway into the movie.

While the vindictive, bellowed dynamics might have been perfect for the stage setting, in the film it seems as if the house and property of the Weston’s is entirely too big for such mayhem.

Scene after scene of quarreling both passive and explicit occupy the space of “August” as the family members move from one room to another to strangle each other. The phrases and expressions articulated after awhile seem to almost have an operatic bloatedness to them, and they feel stuffed with theatricality that doesn’t quite fit the mold Wells has fashioned.

While the actors play their characters beautifully with terrifying tenacity, the script begs for a smaller, more intimate space.

Streep is exceptionally hateful, and Roberts is terrifying with her hardline approach to life, but the film needed more dwelling, pondering shots of the Oklahoma plains, more sunset-stripped vistas, and overall more small moments of peace to escape from the ever-constant and ever-present mean-spiritedness that every single inhabitant of the Weston house seemed to revel or at least hold a bit inside them.

The Crystal Method still top in EDM genre The duo started in 1993, haven’t made wrong move since beginning career HEATHER KING STAFF REPORTER

The Crystal Method dropped their self-titled fifth studio album with a blend of their unique EDM and surprising collaborations. The duo teamed up with country music singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes, and “The Voice” runner up Dia Frampton of the band Meg and Dia. Electronic aficionados Le Castle Vania and Nick Thayer make their presences known on the album as well.

The first track, “Emulator,” immediately assaults the senses with Sci-Fi and outer space electronics. There are no big bass drops in this song, which may leave fans a little disappointed. The steady track does deliver a consistent beat for fans to dance to, with no heavy motion until three

quarters of the way through.

By far the most innovative and unique song on “Crystal Method” is the track featuring Dia Frampton.

“Over It” blends Dia’s folk-esque voice and indie undertones with masterful drops and transitions. By far the album’s best choice for a single, the track serves as an anthem for love being taken for granted.

“I don’t need this crazy cause I’m over it, yeah cause I’m over it/And I thought that it would change, but you gave me a reason to stay away/Least it’s sane, and I think about the fall, you gave me a reason to want it all/We never win,” Dia’s sweet voice tells a story of ending a toxic relationship.

“Sling the Decks” mixes crisp synths and head-bouncing beats, and stands as a standard of the classic dance-worthy music from The Crystal Method. An intense build up leads to an explosion of

dynamic bouncing beats.

Dance clubs must have this track as a house favorite as fans of the dynamic electronic duo are sure to be dancing through the night.

Le Castle Vania makes an appearance on, “Storm the Castle,” that definitely storms the senses immediately.

Vivid imagery of warriors clashing in battle comes to mind as the track progresses into dark and ominous synths coupled with war drum beats.

The Crystal Method is a veteran in the electronic music scene, starting out in 1993; the two-man group is 20 years in the making.

Up and coming EDM groups need to look no further for guidance than The Crystal Method, masterful synths and beats coupled with skilled productions that are still breaking ground in an ever changing music industry.

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Disappointing end to UC soccer captain’s career highlights unfortunate side of collegiate athletics Joshua A. Miller | Sports Editor

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ith clear skies and 90 degree heat, Aug.

19, 2013 presented nothing new for Michael Millay, the captain and face of the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer program, as he led his team out of the locker room at Gettler Stadium and prepared to square off with Michigan University.

For the 52nd time at UC, Millay went through his usual pregame routine: high knees, band stretches, a few muddled inside jokes with teammates warming up, a point to his girlfriend in the crowd and then the intros happen.

“Starting at right back, a senior from Orlando, Fla., number 20, Michael Millay,” cracked the voice of an aging announcer. Then Millay ran onto the field. Then it was over.

Everything was over.

“The guy I was marking on the outside had taken off on an early run and they played a long ball to him,” Millay said, grimacing in remembrance of what happened next.

“I chased him back — this is like 10 minutes into the game.

When I got in front of him, he accidentally clipped my left leg and all my weight shifted to my right leg.”

Millay shrieked loud enough to be heard over the echoes of construction that perpetually engulf the outskirts of UC’s southern-most border, grabbing his knee not in pain, but deep within the agonizing realization of an injury that only an athlete can know.

“I immediately heard my knee pop and I told one of the guys on the field, ‘Man, I tore my ACL, it’s done.’”

With adrenaline delaying the inevitable pain and stiffness that would soon come, Millay awkwardly jogged off the field and tried to stretch out his leg.

But there would be no point. He already knew what his father, Michael John Millay, knew watching the game on a live stream from his office in Orlando, Fla. “I could certainly see from the video that the way he got up and went to the sideline, that something was bad,” Millay Sr. said.

The next morning, an MRI scan confirmed what Millay had feared immediately after the injury: a torn ACL, but, luckily, no damage to the meniscus.

“The phone rang five minutes later [after he had dropped off the images of his scans with UC’s medical staff] usually when it’s fast they can tell really easy,” he said. “I didn’t know how to react. I just started crying in the training room basically, then I realized where I was — in front of people — and held it together.”

Having not missed any significant playing time since high school, Millay, who played every minute of every UC game as both a sophomore and junior, didn’t have injuries on his radar. He doesn’t have the personality of someone that can be hurt, the kid that talks a little bit too much in class but gets away with it because he possesses the right mixture of self confidence and smirk.

Well, that and because he’s among the fittest athletes in any sport at UC. A three-time winner of the soccer program’s Mr. Bearcat award for all-around fitness, Millay also sprints as an unattached athlete during UC’s home track meets in the spring to maintain his running shape and to pay homage to a fallen friend.

“Those are Trent’s cleats,” Millay said as he pointed to a pair of slate-black Nike soccer cleats dangling down from a nail in the corner of his room. They belonged to Trent Taylor, one of Millay’s closest friends who died from brain complications that resulted from an altercation in spring 2013. His photo hangs next to that of John Yarborough, a three-time track & field All American at Ole Miss, who Millay came to know through his brother. They passed away in the same two-week span.

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Millay reeling in pain after tearing his right ACL against Michigan.

“I

was actually the first surgery of the day,”

Millay said, “They numbed my right leg first and the guys said I wouldn’t be able to move my leg.

I apparently bet the guy I’d be able to do it.”

Millay went home to Orlando, Fla. to have surgery with surgeon James Andrews, who had operated on Millay’s younger brother Matthew just two weeks earlier. Andrews, who has recently operated on 2011 Heisman Trophy Winner Robert Griffin III, has widely been considered the best athletic orthopedic surgeon in the United States for the better part of the past three decades.

Overly cocky, but usually able to walk the walk, Millay did manage to elevate his right leg off of the operating table. It remains unclear as to whether the bet resulted in any sort of reward because, as Millay admits, he has no memory of any of it.

Michael’s mother, Theresa, recalls that he did demand his cell phone so that he could send pictures to girlfriend, Courtney, in celebration of his victory over the leg numbing. “It was a great experience, other than getting cut open,” Millay said with a trademark smirk.

The surgery went as well as an operation to mend a torn

muscle can go, and Millay was on track for a full recovery with proper rehabilitation.

“He was pretty upset about not being able to play with the team, but it motivated him to work harder in rehab and everything because he was always in the training room twice a day for four hours,” said Courtney Curtis, a member of the UC Lacrosse team, Michael’s girlfriend and primary mode of transportation during rehabilitation.

Millay spent the better part of the next four months building his strength back up, going through as many as four rehab sessions a day and returning to his apartment between each of his classes to ice his knee.

“Coming back next season was my big motivation,” he said. “Playing with all of my closest friends again as a fifthyear senior and hopefully accomplishing big things, but obviously that’s not going to happen now.”

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illay, who had never utilized a redshirt

year at UC, had every intention of returning for a fifth year in the fall. He had no way of knowing that, as he limped off the field against Michigan, he would never return to it clad in UC’s red and black.

“I had been back and forth talking to the coaches, asking them to let me know what the deal was for next year,” Millay said. “They just said that we’d talk about it when it needed to be talked about. I was focused on getting my leg back and I assumed as the captain of the team that there was no way they wouldn’t bring me back.”

As graduate school application deadlines continued to approach, Millay again inquired about what his place in UC’s program was for next season. UC head coach Hylton Dayes told Millay to start the grad school application process, but the staff continued to stress that all conversations would take place after the season.

A week after the end of the season, Millay met with Dayes and the UC coaching staff for the annual end of the season conversation each player with the staff. In that cold room on the seventh floor of the Lindner Athletic Center, clad with half red, half white walls and squared black tables, Millay received news he never saw coming.

“They told me that they waited until the end of the year so that it wasn’t a distraction — this whole time I’m assuming they were bringing me back and just wanted to talk about money amounts because there’s no other reason to wait,” Millay said with noticeable anger in his voice.

“Then they told me that they’d committed my scholarship to somebody else before I’d gotten hurt.”

UC offered him the opportunity to continue training with the team, even if he chose to transfer. He was also offered a spot on the roster with no scholarship money. But, as Millay pointed to a picture on the wall of himself along with his four brothers, all of which are recent college grads or currently in college, it became clear that paying full outof-state tuition isn’t an option for his family right now.

“I didn’t even have anything to say,” Millay said of his response at the end of his meeting with UC’s coaches.“I broke down in tears again and they kept telling me ‘that I’d left my mark on the program and that I’d get big money at another top school.’ I didn’t want to transfer anywhere. Why if I can get big money at another school could they not want me? I held my tongue and said ‘Thank you for the time.’”

Although UC’s coaches told Millay he could get big money elsewhere, those around him feel that their reluctance to tell him of their decision until the end of the season put their former team captain in a lose-lose situation.

“I can understand if they offered the other players before he was hurt and if they did, why wouldn’t they have told him right away?” Millay Sr., a former college coach, said.“You’re not going to have any scholarship money, so if you want to advance your playing in college you have plenty of time to go begin shopping your talents to other universities.”

But it wasn’t a simple cut and dry decision that could be made at that time because, although UC had already committed Millay’s scholarship to incoming players, they were not in a position to evaluate what would be the best move for the program, Dayes said.

“At the time that it happened, being the beginning of his senior year, we had not made any arrangements to have Mike here for a fifth year,” Dayes said. “At that point, there was no decision that was made. We said to Michael, ‘Listen, we’re going through the middle of the season and there’s so much that’s up in the air. We have to focus on the team.’”

The other factor that went into the delaying of the process was that, at the time of Millay’s injury, UC didn’t know if anyone on the roster could readily fill Millay’s void at right back. Perhaps unfortunately for Millay, junior Matt Remaley stepped into his place and excelled, earning second-team All-Ohio honors for his efforts. Gabe Robinson also emerged as a capable option in relief.

With limited scholarship money, a need to add more attacking players, and a solid returning player to fill the void at right back, Dayes said he made the tough decision not to extend Millay’s scholarship.

“When we reviewed the season the decision was made that we felt was just in the best interest of the program because we would’ve had to try and find the money to keep Michael, which we really didn’t have, and it didn’t make sense from a roster management sense,” Dayes said.

With only 13 weeks left in the semester, and most top programs having already committed the bulk of their scholarship dollars for next season, Millay’s chances of finding another option in the college ranks are dwindling by the week.

Even if there are plenty of schools with money left to spend, how many would realistically be willing to spend it on a player in Millay’s situation? “I’m an injured senior with only one season left,” Millay said. “There’s no guarantee that I can even come back and be the same player I was.”

Old Dominion University and the University of Memphis, where Millay has ties to former teammates and coaches, are the only schools he’s even spoken to, with his focus on finals and continuing to rehab.

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gain and again, those surrounding

Millay’s unfortunate situation drew the same comparisons. Would this have happened so lightly in a more mainstream sport?

“I can’t imagine if the captain of Tommy Tuberville’s (UC’s head football coach) team goes down in the first home game, that he doesn’t say ‘I think I’m going to take a four-year starter and afford him the opportunity to come back for that fifth invaluable year,’” Millay Sr. said.

It’s even harder to imagine that team captain being the only member of his entire recruiting class to reach senior status at the university. But that’s the case Millay found himself in at UC. Millay was originally committed to UConn, the No. 3 team in the nation, when he graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando Fla. He took a year off as part of his agreement with the Huskies but things fell through when it came time for official paper work to be filled out.

UC stayed in contact with Millay throughout the recruitment process, and had been his favorite campus visit. With little time to make a decision, Millay quickly joined one of UC’s most talented recruiting classes in program history.

“I thought we were unreal talented,” Millay said. “Jeff Addis [a midfielder who now plays for Florida Gulf Coast University] was one of the best skill players I’ve ever seen in my life and Alex Hadley [a defender who went on to win a national championship at Indiana] was great.”

Both Hadley and Millay made immediate impacts for UC, but their partnership and recruiting class as a whole would soon be disbanded.

“For Mike to be the only one left out of our class, to show that loyalty and grind it out and really be the face of UC soccer … For coach Dayes to have that kind of kid and player still in the program — still trying to bleed for UC — and not make every attempt possible to scrounge up enough scholarship money to keep Michael there just blows my mind,” Hadley said.

Millay, Hadley and Addis attributed the high attrition rate during their time in the program to the lack of personal stock Dayes takes in his players.

“You could go into the office and ask coach Dayes about my life and he wouldn’t know anything,” Millay said. “That’s a problem in my eyes.” Hadley didn’t pull as many punches, likening UC’s soccer program to a “meat factory.”

But not all of Dayes’ players feel this way, as former players, Matt Williams and Matthew Bahner showed unwavering support for Dayes. Williams — a goalkeeper at UC from 2006-2010 currently playing in the USL PRO, the third tier of professional soccer in America — credits Dayes with helping him through the loss of his mother to cancer in 2008. They still talk on a regular basis.

“Those were the toughest moments of my life, being back in Maine slowly watching my mother succumb to a disease that ate her from the inside,”Williams said.“Through it all, Coach was there for me. He called me every week just to talk.

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Millay after suffering a severe cut, which required 90 stitches, his sophomore year.

T

he old cliche’ is that good things happen to

good people. Whether those around Millay believe that or not, it’s clear that they believe he is one.

“If things don’t work out with colleges next year, hopefully I’ll get a chance to play at a pro level somewhere,” he said.

Insert The Orlando City Soccer Club, which is slotted to be the newest expansion team in Major League Soccer, the highest-ranking professional soccer league in America.

Having practiced with the team’s developmental team over the summer, Orlando’s coaches have seen Millay in peak condition before. He’s the kind of player and person that a struggling new franchise can use in the locker room.

He’s been extended the opportunity to practice with the team again this summer.

For Millay, it would be a bittersweet realization of the ultimate goal he’s had since arriving at UC four years ago.

“My goal was to get into the MLS combine and enter the draft,” he said.“Obviously that’s not going to happen, but playing in the MLS is my ultimate dream.”

He won’t get there how he had hoped. There are no AllAmerican accolades coming his way. No plaques or retired jerseys at UC soccer stadiums will ever bare his name.

There will be tryouts and cuts and tears and, maybe, just maybe, he’ll get the ending he eventually deserves in the professional ranks. But he won’t leave UC in the glory he sought out to blaze when he arrived in 2010.

“I don’t think I’ll leave UC with a sour taste in my mouth.

I love the athletic department. I had great academic support.

I have a ton of friends here and I’ll be a Bearcat for life, but the soccer program …” Millay said with a painful pause.“It’s obviously not the best way to leave.”

There’s no telling if that was the first time Millay had been asked how he would feel about UC after this experience, but the emotion on his face as he looked up at the 2013 UC soccer poster, which bares his face — stern and scared below the left eye — suggests that it was. He could’ve said a million things, and it looked as if he had that many to say. Instead, he bit his lip and bore the proverbial captain’s armband for UC soccer one last time.