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Streetcar debate rears its head again Anthony Orozco | NEWS EDITOR

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HOT TOPIC AGAIN Cincinnati organizations are petitioning to vote on the proposed streetcar plan.

More than 10 organizations opposed to Cincinnati’s construction of a streetcar system are drafting a petition to put the issue to a citywide vote this November.

If the groups collect more than 6,000 signatures — 10 percent of voter turnout of the last city election — it will be the second time Cincinnati has had the issue of the city-funded rail service on the ballot.

In 2009, Issue 9 proposed that approval of the rail project paid for by the city would be decided by a city vote but was defeated.

“We believe we need to triage

Approval rating low for Kasich

priorities,” said Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless. “We fear that along the route of the streetcar there would be an increased effort to force people from their homes in those areas and to gentrify those areas.”

The project received $25 million in federal grant money through the government’s Urban Circulator’s program this past July. The Transportation Review Advisory Council of the Ohio Department of Transportation recommended an award of $35 million for the construction of phase one. The grant and award brought funding to $150 million. The project is estimated to cost $128 million

in it’s first phase and approximately $200 million in total.

“This is about protecting the city’s operating budget that supports basic services like police, fire, sanitation and health clinics,” said Cincinnati NAACP president Christopher Smitherman.

“The city is facing the largest financial crisis of its time. It is time to put the brakes on this project.”

The board of directors of the Uptown Consortium, a nonprofit community development corporation, unanimously voted in support of the proposed streetcar in March. They could not be see Streetcar | 7

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Anthony Orozco | NEWS EDITOR

Gov. John Kasich is facing dismal approval ratings in what is usually referred to as a “honeymoon period.”

Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University’s first public opinion poll on the new governor shows that 30 percent of voters approve of Kasich, 22 percent disapprove and 48 percent are undecided.

Kasich’s low approval might be attributed to a number of proposals he put forth to help balance the state budget.

The poll shows 46 percent of Ohio voters were against state worker layoffs, 51 percent against leasing the Ohio Turnpike to a private company and 51 percent against hiring a private company to run state prisons.

50 to 42 percent of voters, said Kasich should not have made his no-tax pledge.

“Kasich, however, does have an electorate that is optimistic about his ability to turn the state around,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant see Kasich | 7 RESULTS OF APPROVAL POLL FOR GOV. KASICH

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STAYING ON TRACK UC continues to progress on its semester conversion, which is slated for fall 2012.

Focus on revised curriculum, “bridge” courses JAMES SPRAGUE | NEWS EDITOR

Approximately 7,915 courses at UC are either in the process of being revised or have substantially completed revisions

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nly 19 months remain until the first day of the University of Cincinnati’s semesterbased year, and the university is hard at work refining the sketches a task force began almost three years ago.

Among the areas the university is currently focusing on are revisions of university curriculum, preparing students for “bridge” courses and stressing the importance of students meeting with academic advisers. The first day of semester classes is scheduled to be Aug. 27, 2012.

Approximately 7,915 courses at UC are

either in the process of being revised or have substantially completed revisions, said M.B. Reilly, UC spokesperson and member of the university’s Semester Conversion Steering Committee.

The substantially revised courses have been reviewed by department faculty and further reviewed and approved by the dean of each college, Reilly said.

The biggest hurdle facing transitioning students is completing quarter course sequences. Course sequences are classes such as Spanish or college algebra intended to be taken as a group in order.

The UC registrar’s office is keeping track of the see semester | 7

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A SLOW START The poll numbers

are lagging for Ohio Gov. Kasich.

CORRECTIONs

In the Thursday, Jan. 20, issue, a headline was inaccurate. The phone to be sold by Verizon is the iPhone 4, not 4G, and existing customers can pre-order the phone on Feb. 3, not Feb. 2 as stated. It was also misreported that legacy status was asked on the first page of UC admissions applications.

The News Record regrets these errors.

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CCM rakes in seven national awards

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The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music was honored with seven awards at the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition.

The contest, whose winners were announced at the NOA’s annual convention Jan. 6 to Jan. 9, was divided into five categories based on production budget, size and level of vocal training of the performers.

CCM took six awards in the production categories, while Masters graduate Catherine Martin won first place in the Artist Awards.

The two Mainstage opera productions of 2009-10 took top honors in the highest category of the competition, with “Of Mice and Men” (directed by Nicholas Muni with musical direction by Mark Gibson) taking first place.

“The Rape of Lucretia,” directed

by Robin Guarino and conducted

by Annunziata Tomaro, tied for second place.

Guarino also directed the Studio Series “Les Mamelles de Tiresias” with musical direction

by Karl Shymanovitz, which took first place in category III. “This year’s awards were a perfect example of what we see ccm | 7

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A former captain of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team was sentenced to 180 days in the Hamilton County Justice Center last Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of patient endangering.

Kelly Sims, 40, was supposed to be caring for 24-year-old Christopher Blake but, instead, left the disabled Blake locked in a room at Blake’s Hamilton County residence while he watched a Bengals game Dec. 19, 2009, at the Cincinnati Grill — a bar owned

by Sims in the Cincinnati suburb of Greenhills.

When Sims returned from the bar, Blake was dead. The official cause of death is listed as volvulus, sims a condition defined as abnormal twisting of the intestines resulting in loss of blood flow.

This was not the first time Sims abandoned Blake. In February 2009, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities suspended Sims’ license for abandoning Blake and another see sims | 7

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“Reality” TV blurs fact, fiction In anticipation for interviewing Chris Holscher, the University of Cincinnati student featured on the hulu. com reality series, “Genuine Ken,” the question I couldn’t wait to ask was: “So how much of the show was scripted?”

I was taken aback when we were finally sitting face-toface and Holscher responded enthusiastically that the producers did not provide scripts at all throughout the show’s production. I eyed him skeptically, but Holscher was clearly proud that the program was produced organically.

In comparison, the latest series making waves in the reality television genre like MTV’s “Teen Mom 2” and E!’s “Keeping up with the Kardashians” seem almost blatantly scripted. The cast members either sound like they’re reading from cue cards or seem to be coached from off-screen instigators to react in certain, often absurd ways to get a better reaction from audiences.

Surprisingly, viewership for both these shows has gone through the roof. The fifth season premiere of “Kardashians” attracted 4.7 million viewers, according to insidetv.ew.com, and 3.6 million people tuned in to watch the “Teen Mom 2” premiere.

My guess is that this new breed of reality stars will have their bills paid for years to come thanks to their massive following.

Back when reality television was first making its way into American homes (anyone remember “Survivor” or the first season of “The Real World?”), it’s likely that people saw through the miraculously perfectly orchestrated weekly conflicts and resolutions, but perhaps the general majority of viewers still felt they were watching something organic unfold before their eyes.

Throughout the past decade or so, however, it seems reality television has gotten more blatantly scripted and staged to create a viewing formula similar to that of regular comedies and dramas.

This, undoubtedly, presents a conflict — “reality” television isn’t really real at all. It’s becoming a mockery of quality television with amateur actors talking into cameras.

And according to ratings, Americans actually like this.

Are we, as a mediaconsuming society, actually dumbing down? Are these shows gaining popularity because they’re actually fooling people?

It’s possible, but doubtful.

Clearly, people know they’re being played, but something draws them to the fallacy of typical reality television anyway.

This brings us to the pressing question: Is organic, unscripted reality television truly better than structuring the supposedly candid lives of celebrities in order to make a more conflict-driven, entertaining 30-minute segment for viewers?

At first, the obvious answer is “yes.” No one likes to be lied to. No one voluntarily asks to be presented false information as if it is real.

However, isn’t that what any form of media meant for our entertainment asks?

We suspend our belief for an allotted time, pretending as if Donna and Eric of “That ’70s Show” are real people in a real relationship, going along for the ride until the televised segment is over and the next program comes on.

Perhaps television producers don’t advertise their shows as scripted or orchestrated because half the entertainment is generated from the audience trying to decide what’s real and what isn’t.

For example, I laughed out loud when Kris Kardashian accidentally slipped her son, Rob, a Viagra-tainted coffee that was meant for her husband. The whole episode was completely absurd, and, in hindsight, I wonder whether or not the entire mishap was set up.

Then I realized that the episode was only comical because I was made to believe the event was actually capable of happening in everyday life. If actors in a typical comedy had acted out the scene where Kris has to explain to her husband why see DOUBLE TAKE | 7

ENTERTAINMENT Social D returns with mature sound JAMES SPRAGUE | NEWS EDITOR It’s been six years since So-Cal punk legends Social Distortion dished up some new tunes for fans. Their latest offering, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” does not disappoint.

Be forewarned, though: If listeners are expecting blistering, anarchic punk anthems, they’ll be disappointed. Mike Ness and company offer up their most mature offering to date on their first release from punk label Epitaph.

The album incorporates Social D’s normal influences — Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, The Rolling Stones and The Clash — while also showcasing some firsts.

The album’s opening track, “Road Zombie,” starts the record in an interesting manner — it’s Social D’s first ever instrumental track. Hints of surf music provide an underpinning for the thick, guitar-driven track.

The novelty doesn’t stop there.

The following track, “California (Hustle and Flow),”mixes in backing female vocals from recording artists Kandace Lindsey and Ijeoma Njaka with the swaggering, bluesy tune about a starry-eyed soul making good in Hollywood. Mike Ness’s raspy, weathered vocal styling contrasts perfectly alongside the

honey-throated ladies backing him on the song.

The band even gives a tip of the cap to one of its major influences with a haunting cover of Hank Williams’“Alone and Forsaken.”The vibe of the Williams’ country ballad is maintained yet polished up with the bands signature guitar crunch.

If the album contains a bona fide hit it would be “MachineGun Blues,” a departure from the typical hard-luck narratives Social D has become known for. Instead, Ness assumes the role of a John Dillinger-esque gangster plowing through an interstate crime wave, accompanied by tight, racing instrumentals that give listeners the impression they are truly on the run from the law.

“Bakersfield,” a staple of Social D’s live set since 2007, follows on its heels.. The smoldering, blues-inflicted song — laced with Hammond organ — details the hard road of a traveling man stranded at a truck stop in Bakersfield, pondering whether his woman will be waiting when he gets home. Ness’ road-hard vocals once again work wonders in concert with the soulful, wailing guitar sound.

The band closes the album up with the juke-jumping “Can’t Take It With You,” — with Lindsey and

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SIX YEARS LATER After an extended wait, Social Distortion is back with a new album under a new label with their most mature sound yet.

Fans afraid of change, beware.

Njaka interjecting their smooth backing vocals alongside another Social D first, piano — and the guitar anthem “Still Alive.” Both are thriving, optimistic tracks that will have listeners tapping their feet and crooning along.

Overall, the album draws Social Distortion further away from the three-chord punk that spawned the band, and closer to the world of alt-country. Die-hards may scoff and accuse the band of

neglecting where they came from, but that’s the beauty of Social D’s current direction.

Distancing themselves from the now-stereotypical punk scene and allowing its inspirations to play more of a role, the band has made the most “punk” move any band could make by growing.

“Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes” illustrates that growth, and why Social Distortion has become the legendary band it is.

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TONING IT DOWN Helena Bonham Carter (right) showcases her acting range as the refined Duchess of York.

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ARIEL CHEUNG | MANAGING EDITOR

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is baffling how “The Social Network” managed to sweep the Golden Globes, for everything from Best Motion Picture to Best Director to Best Original Score. What’s even more surprising is that “The King’s Speech” was not the award show’s darling, as it was easily one of the most touching, original movies of the decade.

Colin Firth (“Bridget Jones,” “Pride and Prejudice”) has a heartfelt performance as Prince Albert, the second son of King George V. As radio sweeps 1925 England, Albert must overcome his stammer in order to produce the regular broadcasts now expected of the royal family.

The quiet, nervous Albert — who eventually becomes King George VI — and his wife, the Duchess of York (Helena Bonham Carter), attempt to find a speech therapist who can cure Albert’s severe stutter. But after numerous attempts fail, Albert gives up, until his wife finds Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush (“Finding Nemo,”“Pirates of the Caribbean”).

Albert and Lionel strike up an uneasy, but eventually, close friendship as Albert’s life becomes more complicated. After the king dies, Albert’s older brother assumes the throne, but his relations with a divorced woman threaten his crown. Meanwhile, international tension

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EYES ON BERTIE The serious Prince Albert, played by Colin Firth, appears tense as the pressures of royalty, and a persistent speech impediment, continue to build. reaches an all-time high as Germany begins invading neighboring countries.

“The King’s Speech”hits every note perfectly, combining a beautiful score with a star-studded cast and a refreshingly original plot.

Firth’s performance as the flustered but courageous Albert — or Bertie, as his family calls him — is one of his most endearing yet.

Seeing Firth take on such an intense, emotional role gives the audience a chance to watch

his acting muscles flex; from his resistance to taking over for his older brother to his hesitation in trusting Logue, Firth showcases an emotional range that takes him to new heights as an actor.

Rush’s contrasting Lionel Logue is at ease with the king and playfully pushes him to examine the issues behind the king’s stammer.

Of course, he has his own problems — a failing acting career — but he takes a genuine interest in his new student and friend, and his cheerful personality is enjoyable.

The pair interact cautiously at first, as Albert’s pessimism gets the best of him. But as the king begins to rely on Lionel for speech therapy and personal advice, the friendship strengthens. Rush and Firth’s chemistry is humorous and spot on, giving the friendship a realistic dimension.

Bonham Carter’s role as the Duchess is an unusual partaking for her simply due to its normalcy. It was a treat to see Bonham Carter in a role other than her typicalTim Burton strangeness.

Queen Elizabeth’s practical but mothering air made her a fitting partner for the king.

“The King’s Speech” was one of the most refreshing films in the Golden Globe’s long list of predictable plots and overplayed genres.

The film has a soul all its own, which makes it easily one of the best movies of the year.

Gibbs represents Midwest with style ADAM COBLE | STAFF REPORTER Covington, Ky., hosted a hip hop artist Saturday generating an increasing amount of hype.

Freddie Gibbs from Gary,

Ind., played to a scarce crowd at the Mad Hatter this weekend.

SelfDiploma.com, a promotion company that is no stranger to bringing national and up-andcoming-artists to the Queen City,

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LOVE THOSE FANS Despite a scarce crowd at the Mad Hatter, Freddie Gibbs left a lasting impression on his devoted fans.

hosted the show.

Gibbs has been climbing his way through the underground ranks by releasing various mix tapes and singles. Regardless of where Gibbs is from, his lyrical prowess shows he can compete with the elite of the hip hop world while bringing something new to the table.

Now signed to Decon Records and collaborating with Bun B and Chick Inglish to form the group P.O.C. (Pulled Over by the Cops), Gibbs is going full steam ahead.

Judging by the pace, he will quickly become a household name for hip hop heads and casual fans alike.

The Mad Hatter was dotted with hipsters, fashionistas and hip hop fans, all clamoring to hear some good Midwest hip hop. At approximately 10 p.m., fans started to find their way into the venue.

Local opening acts Picasso and the Cincinnati hip-hop veteran Vincent Vega, accompanied by female vocalist, NJ opened the show.

The opening acts succeeded in keeping the crowd entertained and engaged while they awaited Gibbs’ appearance.

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Gibbs ascended the stage at approximately midnight, and the crowd rushed to the stage.

Although the audience was somewhat small, it still possessed the energy of a packed house.

Watching Gibbs perform was a treat. It’s understandable why he has generated so much hype.

Gibbs’ style of performing is just the type hip hop needs. Keeping the crowd deeply involved with the show gave the concert a personal touch. Gibbs was not performing for self-recognition, rather it was a way to showcase those who came to and supported him and his music.

Overall, Gibbs’ gig at the Mad Hatter was entertaining, despite the thin attendance. Which is a shame because so many fans missed out on hearing some good music courtesy of DJ Etrayn.

SelfDiploma.com is keeping up with providing Cincinnati with quality hip hop shows at a decent price. But the Cincinnati area does not take advantage of this opportunity as it should, leaving empty seats at otherwise excellent shows.

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Pre-grad bucket list race begins After finding a deck of cards buried in office supplies labeled “54 things to do before you Graduate from the University of Cincinnati” and realizing I haven’t accomplished the tasks on half the deck, I decided to turn my last months at UC into a race to check off everything on my pre-graduation bucket list.

Student Activities and Leadership Development created the deck in 2003 — when I was a freshman in high school. UC has changed dramatically in the eight years since the deck was created, but many of the activities remain the same.

Ride the UC shuttle? Check.

Get involved in a campus organization? Check. Meet with professors during office hours?

Check. Give blood during a campus blood drive? Check.

Purchase UC memorabilia and apparel? Check. Step foot in every building on campus? I’ll get back to you on that one.

Before my time at UC expires and I walk through campus for the last time, I plan to accomplish and catalog many of the remaining activities in the deck. Some of them are mundane, but I found a few interesting ones: • Explore the Archives and Rare Book collection located in Blegen Library: Blegen Library is nearly 81 years old. It was designated as UC’s main library when it was built to replace Van Wormer as the repository for the university’s books. I’ve been told there’s a book made of human skin in the Rare Book collection.

• Kiss the Mick and Mack statues: I pass by Mick and Mack almost every day, but I never think to even touch them. Mick and Mack are the two stone lions sitting at the entrance of McMicken Hall. They were a gift to the University of Cincinnati in 1904 from the Board of Public Service of City Council of Cincinnati. Many students leave their mark by kissing the lions before exams for good luck.

• Participate in a community service project: The Center for Community Engagement offers volunteer opportunities in projects ranging from Habitat for Humanity and Alternative Spring Breaks to Adopt-a-Grandparent. There are more than 20 service-oriented organizations on campus. I hope to start and finish a volunteer project sometime this year.

• Report suspicious activities to the University of Cincinnati Police Department: Students receive too many e-mails weekly, if not daily, from Greg Hand about safety incidents and arrests on campus. If you see something suspicious on or off campus, call UCPD at (513) 556-1111.

Take the shuttle at night or walk in groups. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

• Step foot in every building on campus: I’ve sat in classes in plenty of academic buildings, spent hours in Langsam Library and Tangeman University Center and eaten at MarketPointe at Siddall. But I’ve never seen the inside of every single building on campus. I might take the long walk to class instead of the usual shortcut to explore.

I encourage all students to get to know the campus as much as possible before graduation. College is more than just going back and forth to classes for four years. It’s about making memories — and there are more ways to make memories than by binge drinking and doing drugs.

When I look back at my college career after graduation, I want more than just photos from parties I’ll never remember. I want to know I put someone else’s needs before my own. I want to kiss Mick and Mack for good luck. I want to get lost in books in library stacks. I want to step foot into every building on campus.

Discovering every part of campus can enrich you as a student and person before you get into the real world. Ask for advice. Look at bulletin boards and pick up pamphlets.

Talk to as many people and make as many friends as possible. Take the chance to get to know the campus and what is has to offer. Learn as much as you can about campus and yourself before your four years are gone.

JAYNA BARKER AND KELLY TUCKER THE NEWS RECORD In a society in which obesity is a steadily growing issue and gaining more media attention, it’s difficult to draw the line between healthy and skinny.

The Campus Recreation Center hosted a seminar Jan. 13, discussing how to keep health a main priority in a weight-obsessed culture and the effects of straining to meet unrealistic standards set by celebrities and digital photo editing.

When asked who students model themselves after, many mentioned celebrities Megan Fox, Kim Kardashian and Anne Hathaway.

“It’s really hard to be like celebrities — to be that perfect size,” said Alicia Neal, the seminar coordinator and a third-year dietetics student.

Steve Baker, a fourth-year dietetics student and fellow coordinator, agreed.

“Keep in mind images are Photoshopped to help magazines make money,” Baker said.

Neal and Baker went on to explain that much of the influence to be the perfect size comes from the media: magazines, television commercials, celebrities, professional athletes and biological changes. But silence fell across the room when family, friends and relationships were mentioned as other influences.

All of the mentioned influences have a negative effect on body image, creating low self-esteem that could lead to unhealthy behaviors like using dieting pills, smoking, using drugs, plastic surgery and social isolation, Neal said.

Neal and Baker revealed little-known statistics about American women and men regarding body image.

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IS SKINNY HEALTHY? The Campus Recreation Center discussed how the media influences body image and self-esteem.

Approximately 75 percent of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance, while 80 percent of American men struggle with weight issues. Fifty percent of men struggling with weight issues want to lose weight, while the other half want to build muscle, Baker said.

The pressure to be skinny and fit can

lead to the use of steroids, human growth hormones and excessive exercise. When people have exhausted these options, they resort to disordered eating or dieting.

Approximately 90 to 95 percent of fad/ crash diets fail to produce permanent weight loss and one-third of eating disorder cases are among American men, Baker said.

Although the media depicts the perfect size as a zero, the average sizes for American women and men are drastically different. The average American woman is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and wears a size 14 dress. The average American male is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds.

Not only is weight a poor predictor of health, but underweight people can suffer a long list of diseases like anemia, osteoporosis, dehydration and gastrointestinal problems, Neal said.

Neal suggested ways to remain healthy without depriving or damaging the body.

“Eat five to six meals a day including a balanced breakfast,” Neal said. “Balance diet and exercise but make changes slowly and appropriately.”

Baker passed around vials containing sugar, fat and salt found in everyday foods and beverages. The amount of sugar in one serving of soda and fat in one fast food cheeseburger left some audience members shocked.

As alternatives to junk food, Baker and Neal suggested that students eat lean protein and include milk in their diets, along with measuring and consuming proper serving sizes at each meal.

CRC will provide more nutrition workshops throughout Winter quarter open to any interested students. The rec center will host a “Food Fight Game Show”at CRC Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.

For the full nutrition workshop schedule, visit www.uc.edu/reccenter/programming/nutrition.

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International

coffee hour University of Cincinnati International Services hosted an international coffee hour Jan. 14 at Tangeman University Center during which UC students from abroad networked with other students, enjoyed coffee and snacks and learned about various activities and organizations available to them on campus.

Harry Potter Appreciation Club formed STEPHANIE KITCHENS STAFF REPORTER Although the University of Cincinnati closed last Thursday due to the bad weather, that did not stop 15 students from trekking through the snow to Rohs Street Café for the first unofficial

meeting of the UC Harry Potter Appreciation Club.

Michael Woodson, a third-year creative writing student, and Lily Johnson, a third-year English student, met in an English composition class during Fall quarter that listed “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

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HARRY POTTER FANATICS UC students and Quidditch fans alike hosted the first unofficial Harry Potter Appreciation Club meeting Jan. 20 in honor of the succesful J.K. Rowling series.

Stone” as a required text.

The club was formed as a result of class cancellation.

Woodson, Johnson and a few other classmates discussed Harry Potter for nearly two hours.

The club now has a Facebook page and an unofficial adviser — Tamar Heller, a professor in the English department.

“We had more people in attendance than I expected since we have not really advertised yet,” Johnson said.“I hope it doesn’t get too big, but I hope it grows. I think people will be surprised by how many people like Harry Potter and how different we all are.”

During Winter quarter, they plan on reading subtexts of Harry Potter. They will also read the Harry Potter series, watch the movies and read other series like “The Hunger Games.”

“I know it seems kind of daunting because it seems like a more academic group, but it’s really not like that,” Woodson said. “That was something Lily and I wanted to stress at the first meeting. It is way more than that; it is so much more social for us as well. We just want this to be a safe environment for people to talk

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about something that they might feel silly talking about in public.”

The Harry Potter Appreciation Club’s goal is to be an official UC club by Spring quarter. Earlier this year, the UC Quidditch League was formed, and many of the members from that group joined the Harry Potter Appreciation Club.

“Lily and I are kind of spearheading it, but anyone that comes is as important as Lily and I are,” Woodson said. “We just want to get the ball rolling. We are calling ourselves head boy and head girl. Once we leave, we want this group to continue so someone else will be head boy and head girl, but it’s definitely a democracy.”

The objective of the club’s first meeting was to meet other members and discuss the agenda.

It was decided that meetings would be hosted every first and third Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. although the location of the meetings is still being determined.

For spring quarter, UC will be offering a Harry Potter literature class taught by Heller.

The next meeting will be Feb. 3. They plan to discuss “The Tales of Beedle and Bard,” another book written by J.K. Rowling.

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What are you doing, George Jackson? Did anyone else catch what the Bearcats men’s basketball assistant coach did Saturday after Cincinnati’s win at St. John’s?

Here’s a recap: The Cats won in dramatic fashion after Yancy Gates hit a big shot with eight seconds remaining. The defense prevailed as SJU missed two late shots and UC held on for the win.

Then cameras switched from the court to Mick Cronin as the head coach went to shake the hand of St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin.

Just as the outreached hands were about to meet, Jackson comes up from behind Cronin, wraps his arm around him and lifts him off the ground like some WWE wrestler about to slam his opponent to the deck.

To his credit, it looked like Jackson immediately regretted his decision, but the damage was done. Cronin was lifted off the floor and the handshake was more awkward than Kanye West storming the stage at an awards show.

Cronin looked like he wanted to kill his assistant. I mean, seriously, George, how unprofessional could you have made the team look?

This is still a school with two national championships.

Let’s act like we’ve been there.

But I digress.

I don’t like hearing UC’s win Saturday was “stolen.”

I also don’t want Jackson’s lapse in judgment to take away from a great Cincy victory.

Was it boxed up, gift wrapped and shipped over to Cronin and the boys? Sure.

But to say they stole it would imply they took something not rightfully theirs.

That’s far from the case.

The gift came in the form of bad free-throw shooting by the Red Storm, who missed more than half of their attempts from the stripe, including the front end of a one-and-one trip late.

But had St. John’s come out on top, it could say the Bearcats gave away the game just the same. Cincinnati has plenty of its own flaws.

Starting with the troubles of leading scorer Dion Dixon, who was a non factor. The guard didn’t score in just 13 minutes, missing both his shots from beyond the arc.

And Rashad Bishop’s 2-for-11 shooting performance that left him with five points.

Then there’s Ibrahima Thomas, pulled from the starting lineup for just the second time this season. He managed to not foul out, but played only 10 minutes. He did hit the only shot he took — his third 3-pointer in 20 attempts this season, Certain key players didn’t play well and the Bearcats can’t expect to beat elite Big East teams like Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut playing the way they did against St. John’s.

But now at 17-3, UC has a good opportunity to reach 19 wins overall with six in league play before February if it can win their next two home games.

Barring a February and March meltdown, this team is going to the NCAA tournament.

Advancing to the second weekend won’t happen if poor play from certain players continues, but after not reaching the Big Dance since my senior year of high school, I’ll take just making the field.

And despite a lot of bad play, we saw positive things against the Red Storm. Justin Jackson played great off the bench, totaling eight points and six rebounds in 29 quality minutes on a day foul trouble kept a lot of players from normal playing time.

Cashmere Wright was good at times. His biggest fault is turning the ball over, which a starting point guard in the Big East shouldn’t be doing eight times. But his 10 points, including two 3-pointers, helped the offense on a sputtering day.

Gates chipped in 13 points despite foul trouble. He’s too valuable to be getting into foul trouble and the Cats need him on the floor as much as possible to make a postseason run.

Most current UC students haven’t seen the Bearcats reach the Big Dance since beginning their collegiate careers.

But we’re about two months away from that all changing come Selection Sunday.

Now we just need to worry about George Jackson keeping his hands to himself.

Scott Winfield | staff reporter Turnovers and poor shooting led the University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team to its fourth-consecutive loss — an 83-47 defeat — Saturday against Big East rival Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. The Bearcats started the game going basket for basket with the Cardinals, tying the game at 6-6 five minutes into the first half off a 3-point shot from freshman guard Kayla Cook.

But Louisville’s defensive pressure soon took its toll on Cincinnati, as the Bearcats gave up 12 turnovers in the first half, which led to a 31-2 Cardinals run.

The Bearcats went nearly 10 minutes without a basket before freshman forward Tiffany Turner scored a layup with 1:17 remaining in the first half.

Cincinnati entered the locker room at halftime shooting 4 of 27 from the field and 2 of 15 from beyond the arc en route to a 39-13 deficit.

Cincinnati head coach Jamelle Elliott said she knew the game had been decided in the first 20 minutes of play, but didn’t want her team to slouch despite the unlikely comeback ahead.

“I told them that the end result of the game was pretty definite, and that I expected them to go out and play like the game was 0-0,” Elliott said.

The Bearcats came out in the second half and put up 30 points — including a career-high 17-point game from Cook — before ultimately succumbing to defeat.

Elliott was pleased to see her team putting up points in the second half, but was not satisfied despite its effort.

“We played better basketball in the second half, but my goal is to have us come out and play that way in the first,” Elliott said. “We need to get in the gym and shoot; we need some repetition.”

The Bearcats committed six more turnovers, allowing Louisville to score an additional 44 points and outscore Cincinnati by 10 in the second half before the final buzzer sounded.

Cincinnati finished the game shooting 17 of 55 from the field and 7 of 29 from beyond the arc with 18 total turnovers.

The Bearcats (8-10 overall, 1-5 Big East) must now look ahead to their next game against the No. 18 DePaul Blue Demons (19-2 overall, 6-0). see loss | 7

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RARE HOT HAND The Bearcats shot worse than 31 percent Saturday, but freshman guard Kayla Cook made seven of her 12 shots for a game- and career-high 17 points against Louisville.

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n a close back-and-forth game, the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team beat the St. John’s Red Storm 53-51 in the final seconds Saturday at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y. With eight seconds remaining and Cincinnati trailing 51-50, Bearcats forward Yancy Gates banked in a fade-away jumper in the paint to give Cincinnati a one-point lead plus a trip to the free-throw line.

Gates completed the three-point play to put the Cats ahead for good and secure Cincinnati’s (17-3, 4-3 Big East) first conference road win of the season.

“We had been trying to run that play the last four minutes of the game,” said Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin.

St. John’s defensive pressure kept Gates from getting the ball down low for the majority of the game, but in the closing seconds, Rashad Bishop made a pin-point entry pass allowing Gates to go one-on-one for the winning basket.

“He took his time and didn’t settle although he got stopped,” Cronin said.

“He kept his dribble alive stepped through and got the foul.”

The Bearcats committed 17 turnovers Saturday, after averaging 10.5 entering the game Following a Larry Davis 3-pointer that tied the game at nine midway through the first half, St. John’s went on a 12-4 run with just more than six minutes remaining in the half to gain a eight point lead.

Gates got into foul trouble and was forced to sit out most of the first half, forcing Cincinnati to turn to its deep bench that netted 21 of the Bearcats’ 28 first-half points.

Anthony “Biggie” McClain replaced Gates in the paint, scoring four points while grabbing six rebounds and blocking one shot in eight minutes of play.

Freshman forward Justin Jackson added eight points and six rebounds off the bench in the first half.

After scoring a game-high 16 points against Notre Dame, redshirt freshman Sean Kilpatrick never got into a groove in his native New York, scoring one point.

“He’s a kid that puts too much pressure on himself,” Cronin said. “I redshirted him last year and he’s still got a lot to learn.”

The Bearcats finished the half with a 15-1 run to take a 28-22 lead into halftime.

In the second half, Cincinnati clamped down on its low-post defense to keep St. John’s from driving to the basket, forcing the Red Storm to take outside shots. “[St. John’s] is at its best when they are attacking the basket,” Cronin said. “I loved the five block shots we recorded.”

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GO-TO GUY Yancy Gates scored a game-high 13 points Saturday, with his final three putting UC ahead 53-51 with eight seconds remaining. Justin Jackson (above) added a career-high eight points off the bench.

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The University of Cincinnati tennis team began its 2011 season Saturday with a 6-1 loss to No. 50 Purdue at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Ind. In her Cincinnati debut, sophomore Jasmine Lee defeated Mara Schmidt in three sets for the Bearcats’ lone point. The Iowa State transfer played as UC’s No. 2 singles player and with No. 1 Ksenia Slynko in doubles competition, losing to Purdue’s pairing of Schmidt and Jennifer Rabot — ranked 13th nationally as a pair.

Slynko lost to Rabot 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 1 singles match.

The Boilermakers swept the three doubles matches with 8-3, 8-0 and 8-1 wins to earn one point, while Purdue’s No. 3 through No. 6 singles players all won in straight sets.

Cincinnati faced its second Big Ten opponent in as many days Sunday, losing 7-0 to No. 33 Ohio State at the OSU Varsity Tennis Center in Columbus.

The Buckeyes won the doubles point with 8-1, 8-1 and 8-3 victories and swept the six singles matches with straight-set wins. Ohio State’s Kelsey Haviland, ranked No. 125 nationally, completed the sweep with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Lee. The Bearcats return to the court at 6 p.m. Friday in their home opener against Miami University at the Western Tennis and Fitness Club.

After two days of competition, the University of Cincinnati women’s swimming and diving team emerged with a first-place finish in the Kenyon quad meet Saturday at the Kenyon Aquatic Center in Gambier.

Junior Liz Hansson led the Bearcats, winning the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke, while finishing second in the 100-yard backstroke.

Josefin Wede won the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys. Freshman Sammie Wheeler swam the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.06, placing second.

Senior Laurie Caudy finished second in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly. She swam to a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, her 57.69-second effort fewer than four tenths of a second shy of the race’s winner.

UC relay teams won the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle, while placing second in the 200-yard medley.

Senior diver Kirtley Krombholz placed second in the three-meter diving event.

Brittany Teneyck finished second in the one-meter event.

The Cincinnati men placed last among the meet’s four schools. Senior Nathan Williams earned a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle. Sophomore Roberto Nevarez swam to third-place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly.

UC returns to the water at 11 a.m. Saturday when they host Kentucky and Virginia Tech at the Keating Aquatics Center.

The University of Cincinnati indoor track and field team won seven individual titles Saturday to finish in first place at the All-Ohio Championships at the Kent Sate Field House.

Bearcats senior sprinter Natasha Burse led the Bearcats with two first place finishes. Burse won the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash with times of 7.54 and 24.40 seconds, respectively.

Junior sprinter Aricka Rhodes won the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.97 seconds, while Kathy Klump finished the 800-meter run in first with a time of 2:12.25.

Cincinnati’s relay team comprised of Vanessa Hardin, Shanay Portis, Klump and Rhodes took the 4x400-meter relay championship with a time of 3:47.85 In the field events, Frida Akerstrom won the shot put with a distance of 48 feet, 5.50 inches, while MacKenzie Fields took first place in the pole vault after clearing a height of 13 feet, 1.75 inches.

Cincinnati totaled 119 points, while Akron and Kent State finished second and third with 78.20 and 71.20 points respectively.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A showdown between President Hamid Karzai and his country’s newly elected parliament was averted late Saturday after the Afghan leader agreed to convene the inaugural legislative session this week rather than push for a one-month postponement.

Lawmakers were intent on defying Karzai’s order to delay the first session, initially scheduled for Sunday, and had vowed they would meet at a mosque or in the street if security forces blocked them from the parliament building.

The standoff had pushed the Afghan leader and his government to the brink of a full-blown political crisis.

Members of the 249-seat lower house of parliament were elected in September in elections tainted by allegations of fraud and voter intimidation. After investigating the allegations, an election watchdog body discarded one-fourth of the ballots cast

and disqualified 19 winning candidates.

Karzai’s government, however, pushed for further inquiry into alleged irregularities. It is widely believed that Karzai, an ethnic Pashtun, felt that vote fraud prevented a higher turnout in districts dominated by Pashtun constituencies.

A Supreme Court-ordered special tribunal was established in December to continue investigating the election, and Karzai wanted the inaugural parliamentary session delayed while the tribunal continued its work.

Fraud charges have come to define elections during Karzai’s tenure as president.

When he was re-elected in 2009, findings of fraud disqualified a third of the vote.

Karzai met with lawmakers Saturday at the presidential palace to hammer out a compromise. Under mounting pressure from the U.N. and the U.S. to back down, Karzai backed off of his insistence on a one-month delay.

Lawmakers said they expected Karzai to formally announce Sunday

the agreement reached between the two sides, and then be present Wednesday to inaugurate the new parliament as required by the country’s constitution.

If he reneges on the compromise “we are ready to inaugurate parliament ourselves at any time,” said lawmaker Fawzia Koofi.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan on Saturday, one civilian was killed and two others injured when three militants caught in a firefight with Afghan and coalition troops detonated their explosives-filled suicide vests in the eastern province of Khowst, said Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai, the provincial police chief.

Ten militants were killed in the gun battle and 11 others were arrested, Eshaqzai said.

Also Saturday, two North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops were killed in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan. NATO did not divulge the nationalities of the troops or the specific location of the attack.

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Shift of power Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai looks on during a news conference at the White House in 2009.

Lethal injections hit snag Sam Stanton Mcclatchy newspapers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The complex procedures for states to execute condemned inmates became much more complicated Friday, as the only U.S. maker of a key drug used in the process announced it would no longer produce it.

Hospira Inc. said in a statement issued Friday morning that it was halting production of sodium thiopental, an anesthetic that is one of three drugs used in lethal injection procedures nationwide.

A shortage of the drug had halted executions in several states in recent months, including a planned one in California three months ago, but Hospira said at the time it expected to resume producing the drug and that it would be available early this year.

Since then, however, international controversy has erupted over use of the drug in executions in the United States, particularly after it was learned that some states, including California, had obtained supplies from Britain, where capital punishment is outlawed.

The ban on executions there and in Europe further complicated matters. Hospira, which marketed the drug as an anesthetic for hospital use and which opposed its use in executions, said it had planned to resume production in its Italian plant.

“In the last month, we’ve had ongoing dialogue with the Italian authorities concerning the use of Pentothal (the company’s brand name for the drug) in capital punishment procedures in the United States — a use Hospira has never condoned,” the company said in a prepared statement.“Italy’s intent is that we control the product all the way to the ultimate end user to prevent use in capital punishment.

“These discussions and internal deliberation, as well as conversations with wholesalers — the primary distributors of the product to customers — led us to believe we could not prevent the drug from being diverted to departments of corrections for use in capital punishment procedures.” see drug | 7

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UNIFORMS AS REMINDERS Amnesty International and other organizations stage a rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 11, 2011, to urge President Obama to close the U.S.-controlled detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

How Congress helped thwart plans to close Guantanamo Bay

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wo years after the newly minted Obama Administration moved to undo what had become one of the most controversial legacies of the George W. Bush presidency by ordering the closure of the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a trove of State Department documents made public by the website WikiLeaks is providing new information about why the effort failed.

Key among the factors, the cables suggest: Congress’ refusal to allow any of the captives to be brought to the United States.

In cable after cable sent to the State Department in Washington, D.C., American diplomats make it clear that the unwillingness of the United States to resettle a single detainee in this country — even from among 17 ethnic Muslim Uighurs considered enemies of China’s communist government — made other countries reluctant to take in detainees.

Europe balked and said the United States should go first. Yemen at one point proposed the United States move the detainees from Cuba to America’s SuperMax prison in the Colorado Rockies.

Saudi Arabia’s king suggested the military plant microchips in Guantanamo captives before setting them free.

A January 2009 cable from Paris is a case in point: France’s chief diplomat on security matters insisted, the cable said, that, as a precondition of France’s resettling Gitmo captives the United States wants to let go, “the U.S. must agree to resettle some of these same LOW-RISK DETAINEES in the U.S.” France ultimately took two.

Closing the Guantanamo detention center had been a key promise of the Obama presidential campaign, and the new President Barack Obama moved quickly to fulfill it.

Just two days after taking the oath of office, on Jan. 22, 2009, Obama signed an executive order instructing the military to close Guantanamo within a year. European countries were effusive in their praise.

But as the second anniversary of that order passed Saturday, the prison camps remain open, and the prospects of their closure appear

dim. Prosecutors are poised to ramp up the military trials that Obama once condemned, and the new Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Buck McKeon of California, last week said the U.S. should grow the population to perhaps 800 from the current 173.

Many factors worked to thwart Obama’s plans to close the camps — from a tangled bureaucracy to fears that released detainees would become terrorists. But Congress’ prohibition on resettling any of the detainees in the United States hamstrung the administration’s global search for countries willing to take the captives in.

The U.S. refusal to take in the captives “comes up all the time,” acknowledged a senior Obama Administration official of U.S. efforts to find homes for released detainees.

“Were we willing to take a couple of detainees ourselves, it would’ve made the job of moving detainees out of Guantanamo significantly easier,” said the official, who agreed to speak only anonymously because of the delicacy of the diplomacy.

A September 2009 cable from Strasbourg, France, made clear what the Obama administration was up against in setting its hopes on European resettlement for long-held Guantanamo captives with ties there.

The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, told members “the U.S. could not expect European countries to accept detainees from Guantanamo if the U.S. were not willing to accept some on U.S. soil.”

The stigma of Guantanamo also was a problem, even for those eventually cleared of terror ties. In February 2009, an Estonian diplomat told an American envoy in Brussels that the United States needed to begin educating its own citizens “that while some detainees are very dangerous, many of them do not pose a serious threat.”

She provided a suggestion for changing public opinion.

“We need better pictures,” she said, urging the United States to replace the image of the iconic Guantanamo detainees on his knees in orange jumpsuit.

Voyager spacecraft making way to solar system’s edge Frank D. Roylance the baltimore sun

BALTIMORE ­— You probably have more computing power in your pocket than what NASA’s venerable Voyager spacecraft are carrying to the edge of the solar system.

They have working memories a million times smaller than your home computer. They record their scientific data on 8-track tape machines. And they communicate with their aging human inventors back home with a 23-watt whisper.

Even so, the twin explorers, now 33 years into their mission, continue to explore new territory as far as 11 billion miles from Earth. And they still make global news. Scientists announced last month that Voyager 1 had outrun the solar wind, the first man-made object to reach the doorstep to interstellar space.

It’s amazing even to Stamatios “Tom” Krimigis, of the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab near Laurel, Md. He’s one of just two principal investigators of the mission’s

original 11 still on the job 40 years after Voyager was approved

by NASA. “Needless to say, none of us expected it was going to be operating for so long,” said Krimigis, now 72. “We were all praying to get to Neptune (in 1989). But after that? Who thought we could be with this 33 years (after launch)?”

In all that time, only one instrument, on Voyager 1, has broken down. Nine others on the two craft have been powered down to save dwindling electrical power from their plutoniumpowered generators.

But five experiments on each Voyager are still funded and seven are still delivering data.

Problems do crop up, but fixes can still be made with radioed instructions that take 12 hours to

Most of the people working in the space business at that time were quite young, because rocketry itself was a young technology.

—norman f. ness voyager principal investigator

reach the craft.

“I suspect it’s going to outlast me,” Krimigis said.

Krimigis is the emeritus head of the Space Department at the lab and the only remaining original member of his Voyager instrument team. He spends most of his time on other duties as principle investigator on another Hopkins instrument aboard the Cassini mission now orbiting Saturn.

Last month, Krimigis and his colleagues on Voyager 1’s Low-Energy Charged Particle instrument reported their latest findings to the American Geophysical Union, meeting in San Francisco. Voyager 1 had reached a place in June where the outward flow of charged particles from the sun — the solar wind — stops. It’s a bit like where a plume of cigarette smoke stops rising and curls into a cloud.

“Everybody is very excited about this,” Krimigis said.“Seeing the end of the outflow of the solar wind after being in the Space Age for, I guess, 54 years now, is quite an event ... at least for the aficionados.”

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DEEP IN SPACE Stamatios M. Krimigis, of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, is pictured with the Voyager spacecraft’s backup flight unit, which was never used.

Norman F. Ness, professor emeritus at the University of Delaware, has been the principle investigator since 1970 on the Voyager magnetometers. Edward C. Stone, at CalTech, has been project scientist for the Voyager mission since its inception.

They’re the last of the mission’s original leaders.

Ness was 36 when he joined the mission, he said. He was a geophysicist, with experience in oil exploration, seismology and magnetic fields. “But space was much more exciting,” he said, and NASA was attracting many young scientists. see voyager | 7

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Sims’ license as an independent contractor for the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities was reinstated later in 2009, despite the objections of the Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Service.

After being reinstated, Sims was again assigned to care for Blake.

The terms of Sims’ plea bargain deal are permanent revocation of his certification, three years of probation and 180 days in the Justice Center with a possible reduction to 60 days if Sims qualifies for jobs within the jail.

The former Bearcat lived in Norwood and worked last year as running back coach for BethuneCookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

During his time at UC, Sims played the 1988-91 seasons as a defensive back and was selected as a team captain his senior season.

After his collegiate career, Sims played in the NFL for two years with the Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UC in June 1993.

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The poll was conducted by phone interviews with 1,299 Ohio voters from Jan. 12 to Jan. 17 with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percent.

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“They don’t get trained by watching, but by doing.”

Two student directors also received awards for their productions: The undergraduate Opera d’Arte’s “La Canterina,” directed by Wesley Lawrence, received second place in category II, while “Il Combattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda,”with stage direction by Kelvin Chan and musical direction by Annalisa Pappano, won second place in category III. “What sets us apart from school like Juilliard and [New York University] is that our students are directing and designing and building our shows,” Guarino said. “You spend years after school being in the system; it takes years to get into a position of leadership. But CCM starts that bridge much earlier with these student leaders.”

Opera d’Arte’s “Gianni Schicchi,” directed by Kenneth Shaw, received third place in category II. Shaw, an associate professor of voice and director of CCM undergraduate Opera d’Arte, was pleased with his department’s performance.

“I was especially thrilled because the show that got second place was actually directed by one of our BMA students,” Shaw said. “[Lawrence] really infused a lot of imagination and a different

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team,” Elliott said. “They have a lot of hype, which we lack, so we have to focus on our game and hopefully shoot better.”

Cincinnati will tip off against DePaul at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Fifth Third Arena.

from voyager | 6 “Most of the people working in the space business at that time were quite young, because rocketry itself was a young technology. Very few people had any experience in it.”

Voyager was the pinnacle of his career, said Ness, now 77.

“There is never going to be a mission in anybody’s lifetime, now living, that is ever going to get these observations in hand. So it’s once in a lifetime.”

The Voyager missions were

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The university might offer students who do not complete the quarter course sequences before the semester conversion “bridge” courses — courses created in advance or after the semester conversion to help students finish sequences started while still in the quarter system.

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conceived in the late 1960s.

Astronomers realized that the outer planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — were moving into a once-in-175years alignment. A spacecraft from Earth would be able to fly efficiently from one to the next, using energy boosts from each planet’s gravity along the way. They dubbed it the “Outer Planets Grand Tour,” but when NASA ordered two, just in case, they became Voyager 1 and 2

take on it, and I think that’s probably one of the reasons it took second.”

The awards were based on video submissions from colleges nationwide.

“There’s only so much that comes across in a video in terms of visually and in terms of sound,” Guarino said. “But [the judges] get this energy and spirit from CCM productions.

It’s representative of how CCM students work. They have enormous respect for their colleagues, and I think that’s why our productions are so successful, because you feel the spirit of that.”

Shaw saw a similar passion from his performers.

“I’m glad we now have an undergraduate population every year that can meet these challenges and win the awards,” Shaw said. “I’ve actually judged the competition before, so I know what goes into it, and I know qualified people are looking at this.”

Shaw plans to take the Opera d’Arte to the next level this spring with “The Cunning Little Vixen.” David Adams, head of performance studies, will translate the Czech opera into English for the first time worldwide, Shaw said.

“This is an extremely advanced opera,” Shaw said.

“We have very sophisticated undergrads this year who are able to take one these ridiculously complicated roles.”

“The Cunning Little Vixen” will play at the Cohen Family Studio Theater April 1 and 2.

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from drug | 6 The company said it “cannot take the risk that we will be held liable by the Italian authorities if the product is diverted for use in capital punishment.”

“Given the issues surrounding the product, including the government’s requirements and challenges bringing the drug back to market, Hospira has decided to exit the market,” the statement added.

California’s attempts to obtain supplies of the drug were the subject of a lawsuit late last year by the Northern California

branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, which won release of internal corrections documents showing officials had sought the drug from other states and from sources abroad, including Pakistan.

California officials eventually obtained a supply from a British seller, despite government efforts in that nation to restrict the sale of it for use in executions.

California corrections officials said they were studying Hospira’s announcement.

their son is in the hospital with a persisting erection, it wouldn’t have been as funny.

While producers are insulting our intelligence by pawning off “reality” as real, we’re welcoming it. It’s just like buying trashy magazines at the supermarket — sure, everyone knows the majority of the headlines are false, and if they are true, it’s most likely completely by accident. We accept this in exchange for something entertaining to read.

Perhaps the “ignorance is bliss” outlook works for people in the entertainment business, but when the line between fact and fiction begins to blur, it might be time for a reality check.

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