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CHMF5 BAT Shots fired at Calhoun Garage, no injury BATTLE FOR THE college living | 2

SCOTT WINFIELD | NEWS EDITOR

Shots were fired in Calhoun Garage early Sunday in an alleged targeted shooting involving four students on the University of Cincinnati’s main campus.

At approximately 3:20 a.m., a suspect allegedly drove a white Lexus down the garage ramp near Potbelly on Calhoun Street, stopped at the gate arm, exited the vehicle and fired four shots in the direction of the students, who were on the garage’s fourth level, police said.

None of the students were injured, and the suspect fled the scene in the Lexus, heading down Calhoun Street, according to the UC Police Division, which is currently investigating the incident.

The students described the suspect as a college-aged black male, dressed in a white T-shirt and sporting two teardrop tattoos under one of his eyes, police said.

Bags containing marijuana and cocaine were found at the scene of the incident, along with shell casings, police said.

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UCPD Officer Tim Barge, who was patrolling Corry Street when he heard the gunfire coming from the west end of the garage, was the first officer to arrive on scene, said UCPD Capt. Jeff Corcoran.

The students told police they do not know the shooter or why he opened fire on them, but UCPD will continue its investigation with follow-up interviews with the students, Corcoran said.

UCPD will also canvas for video evidence from nearby businesses, such as the Shell gas station at 205

Calhoun St., which has a camera facing Calhoun Street, Corcoran said.

“We’re hoping we’ll get lucky,” he said.

No official police report has been released, but Corcoran said a report should become available sometime Monday.

The News Record will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

Hunt for chief closing

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RYAN HOFFMAN | STAFF WRITER

A new police chief and director of public safety for the University of Cincinnati will replace Gene Ferrara as soon as a search committee chaired by Chief Diversity Officer Mitchel D. Livingston submits its final recommendation to Senior Vice President for Administrative & Finance Robert Ambach.

The search committee is expected to make its recommendation sometime this week after an extensive selection process.

The four remaining candidates — Jeff Corcoran, Michael Cureton, Vincent Demasi and Lee Russo — were on campus Thursday and Friday to meet with different groups and administrators while giving the UC community a chance to meet them through open interview sessions hosted at Tangeman University Center.

The candidates were each given two hypothetical scenarios prior to the sessions and asked to prepare responses. Answers didn’t vary much when it came to key issues and solutions.

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UC sees record enrollment for eighth consecutive year The University of Cincinnati released an official enrollment figure Friday, establishing record enrollment for the eighth consecutive year with a head count of 42,421 — up 2.9 percent from last year.

Freshman enrollment increased 4.5 percent with an enrollment of 6,237, and the number of freshmen seeking baccalaureate degrees on UC’s main campus increased 9.6 percent with an enrollment of 4,268.

The 2011-12 freshman class is comprised of students from 29 countries and 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Undergraduate international student enrollment increased 21.5 percent to 673 students, minority students saw an increase of 15.5 percent, and graduate enrollment increased 6 percent to 10,436.

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Occupy Cincinnati takes to Fountain Square ANTHONY OROZCO | NEWS EDITOR

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s the Occupy Cincinnati movement traveled from Lytle Park to Fountain Square, a march of almost 1,000 protestors that stretched across four city blocks flooded downtown Saturday, voicing dissent and demonstrating solidarity.

Occupy Cincinnati — a looseknit, grass-roots organization that sprouted weeks after the initial Sept. 17 New York City Wall Street Protest — welcomed demonstrators from across the political spectrum to show their discontent with corporate influence in governmental affairs.

“We are completely nonpartisan, nonreligious and apolitical,” said Kristen Brand, 39, of Cincinnati, who facilitated IT assistance to the group. “It doesn’t matter what political belief system you have — if you’ve had your home foreclosed or lost your job, it doesn’t matter if you are Republican, Democrat, Tea Party or Libertarian. You still are reaping the effects of how the administration of this country is choosing to run business.”

The brief literature on the organization’s stances states that all are welcome, and explains that cooperation is necessary for any real change.

The members of Occupy Cincinnati call for corporations

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TAKING THE STREETS Several hundred to 1,000 protesters march through downtown Cincinnati and Over-the-Rhine during ‘Occupy Cincinnati’ Saturday, protesting 3CDC among others. and the government to stop placing “profits over people.”

Marching from Lytle Park, though downtown, Over-theRhine, the almost 1,000 Occupy Cincinnati protesters could not go unnoticed. Growing many times over the number of initial participants, the demonstrators elicited honks and encouragement from passing cars and pedestrians.

“I’m out here to protest the deregulation and the amount of influence corporations have thus far in politics,” said Nick Pater, 20, an English literature student at Miami University.“I probably disagree with a lot of people here politically, but I think that we can all agree on

that point.”

Wall Street wasn’t the only financial institution under scrutiny. The protesters also targeted the United States Federal Reserve — the country’s private central bank. Signs and chants to “End the Fed” were prominent in the demonstration.

“Since the Federal Reserve was established in 1913, the dollar was no longer backed by gold and has steadily depreciated in value,” Pater said.

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SG: Course exemption options often underrated Course-exemption exams are available at the University of Cincinnati, but very few students are taking advantage of these exams — which carry great financial benefits.

Joe Blizzard, chair of the Academic Issues Committee, stood at the podium in front of

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FIGHTING THE POWER Nine ‘Occupy Cincinnati’ protesters continue to occupy Fountain Square past its closing time at 3 a.m. Sunday risking arrest. No arrests were made during the peaceful protest.

UC Student Government and asked,“Do you want college credit without taking classes?”

His question was met with several positive mutterings and muffled chuckles.

Earning college credit hours without sitting through lecture after lecture — a seemingly impossible scenario — is made possible through the College Level

Examination Program (CLEP).

The CLEP presents students with the opportunity to test out of a variety of classes if they can demonstrate that they fully comprehend the material covered in a course.

Provided through College Board, the tests can equal up to 18 credit hours when a student scores high enough.

When Heidi Pettyjohn of UC Testing Services contacted Blizzard about promoting the CLEP through SG, he said he thought it would be an invaluable utility provided to students looking to get ahead.

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A grant to a University of Cincinnati professor may lead to developments that could cure brain tumors.

A four-year $480,000 research grant was awarded to Dr. Lionel Chow — assistant professor of oncology at UC and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center — to support his ongoing brain tumor research.

As one of five recipients of the Distinguished Scientist Award for 2011 Chow will use the grants to continue his investigative studying of glioblastoma multiforme — an aggressive brain tumor that, once acquired, limits patients to an average survival rate of 15-18 months, Chow said.

Chow believes he received the grant due to his new animal models which better model giloblastoma multiforme, help to better understand the origins, and, if studied further could improve patient outcomes.

“This model is more representative of people and will help find out how to treat it or attack it,” Chow said. “Our novel laboratory mouse model closely resembles the human disease at both the microscopic and genetic levels.”

The highly competitive grant is awarded by the Sontag Foundation, with a scientific committee assembled to review applicants and evaluate candidate’s previous works and hospital of employment.

From 2003-2009, Chow researched cancer biology and neuro-oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

“I chose Cincinnati Children’s Hospital because they have a young and dynamic tumor research, which is quickly growing, and is a good location for a young doctor to begin his career.”

Chow said.

In their 2011-2012 list, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cincinnati Children’s Hospital No. 3 in the nation of the best children’s hospitals, and ranked them No.5 in the world for cancer care.

Chow has received grants for his research in the past, though not as substantial as the Sontag Foundation award.

Since 2003, the Sontag Foundation has identified young doctors every year, providing each recipient a maximum of $600,000 in funding over a four-year period.

MAKING THE GRADE UC offers students the opportunity to test out of courses, but few take advantage of the College Level Examination Program.

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in classes or you can take [fewer] credit hours and get involved in things around campus like internships.”

Because the tests only cost $97 per course compared to the $3,500 cost of taking 18 credit hours, it is an indisputably better economical alternative.

Although the exams seem to benefit students both financially and academically, a notably low percentage at UC chooses to take it.

“Last year only 20 students took the CLEP, and we just realized more people need to take advantage of this. It’s such a great service that we want to try and get it out to the students,” Blizzard said.

Chris Tappel, a first-year mechanical engineering student who took the English Composition CLEP, said he has mixed feelings about the option.

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Pottermore sparks new Muggle magic

This year, I’ve decided to focus my column on every and all things nerdy. As a lifelong nerd, I’ve come to celebrate this fascinating, unique community, so look forward to a year filled with Google+ plugs, geek apparel and lots and lots of Harry Potter.

In fact, this first column is all about the wonderful wizarding world. The movies are over, the secrets and plot twists have been revealed — so what is left for fans? Will fan sites like Mugglenet and The Leaky Cauldron flail and whither away from lack of content? Will Muggles around the world be forced to leave the magical world behind, now that midnight releases are no more and any chance for a Harry/ Hermione ‘ship has sailed?

Never fear, Potterheads, because J.K. Rowling’s got us covered. Enter Pottermore.com, a web adventure like no other, where fans can participate in the ultimate Harry Potter experience. From potionsmaking to dueling to collecting Chocolate Frog cards, users have the chance to follow the books chapter by chapter and unlock exclusive content detailing everything from characters’ backgrounds to unpublished plots.

Rowling began working on Pottermore in 2009, and the project was officially announced in June. Fans were able to sign up for early beta testing by answering seven Magical Quill challenge questions July 31 to Aug. 6, which ranged from “How many owls are on the Eeylops Owl Emporium sign?” to “How many Deathly Hallows are there?”

One million users were granted early admittance, and (thank Merlin), I managed to qualify with question four (“How many students take part in the Triwizard Tournament during Harry’s fourth year?”)

Some of my fellow nerdettes got in as well, and from that point, Pottermore was dangled in front of us like a Chocolate Frog on a string. We all received the registration email and our randomly assigned usernames in mid-August (I scored AurorQuill85, which was way preferable to some other gems I’ve seen — BladeSun4, OakCloak51, etc.). After that, though, it was a lot of waiting around. The users were allowed access to the beta site in short waves, which mean I didn’t get in until late September.

But once those pearly gates of awesome were opened — I was hooked.

The key-driving factor to Pottermore (at least at this point) is the exclusive content from Rowling. As users progress through a visualization of each chapter of the book, they can unlock new content, Rowling’s thoughts about different parts of the book and more. We get to read about how Vernon and Petunia Dursley met, in-depth explanations about wand cores and woods and what they mean … it’s everything you ever wondered about the books and never thought you’d get to know.

At first, the website seemed a little dry — several of the chapters are simply a moving picture from a single scene, while others have Easter eggs stashed in corners — and I didn’t really get the point.

Sure, the content is interesting, but clicking through each chapter just to unlock it was monotonous.

Once you get to Diagon Alley and, later, Hogwarts itself, however, the whole game improves. Getting your wand in Chapter 5 is great, and unlocking the content that explains what your wand means is pretty cool.

The next big moment is getting Sorted. Users answer a series of questions (and, unlike most Sorting quizzes, don’t ask stupid giveaway questions like,“Are you brave, clever, hardworking or cunning?”) and then are sorted into their house.

I was placed in Ravenclaw, which was cool with me, but it seems like the Sorting needs some tweaking, as some of my diehard Hufflepuff friends were somehow put in Slytherin.

Eventually, other features are unlocked like learning spells, dueling and potionmaking (I make a mean Sleeping Draught). I haven’t gotten to do much spell work, because the dueling part of the site is still under maintenance.

LERA KHUBUNAIA | STAFF REPORTER

Students were showered with free gifts and discounts Thursday as part of the University of Cincinnati’s first National Student Day. From the UC Bookstore’s free T-shirts to UC Sustainability passing out free water bottles, campus organizations worked together to encourage student community service.

“We are celebrating the students, and this is our way of giving back, [with] extra discounts — which never happens,” said Andrew D.E. Gephardt, director of UC Bookstore. “We had 30 people in line actually, before the store opened, to get their T-shirts.”

Currently, 561 colleges participate in the National Student Day event, which the

National Association of College Stores organized for all college bookstores and universities to encourage students to volunteer for their community.

University of Cincinnati, however, broadened the event to include the entire campus, said Amy Browns Taylor, director of marketing for Campus Services.

“A lot of the universities that are participating are probably doing activities only in their bookstores,” Browns Taylor said.

“We expanded that.”

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GIVEAWAYS GALORE Amy Browns Taylor gave away free T-shirts during UC’s first National Student Day Thursday, Oct. 6.

BATTLE for the bat

EAMON QUEENEY | PHOTO EDITOR

GAME BUILDS COMMUNITY During the first Battle for the Bat, the student softball team claimed victory over University of Cincinnati administration. Students and administrators alike agreed that the community-building event was a home run for both teams.

ARIEL CHEUNG | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF As cheering co-workers and fans hoisted signs emblazoned with his face, Raj Mehta stepped up to the plate for his moment in the spotlight during the first Battle for the Bat, hitting a smooth single that drove the fans wild.

While the administration team suffered a crushing 16-3 loss to the student team, the collaborations between students and staff

made the day a success for everyone.

Battle for the Bat is the brainchild of Student Government and Provost Santa Ono, who coached the administration team Friday.

“This is something I did at Emory [University] that I really wanted to happen here,” Ono said. “Both the SGA and I are really committed to building relationship between administration, faculty and students.”

The administration team was complied of faculty members and administration including

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STUDENTS VICTORIOUS UC administrators suffered a crushing loss to the student team during the Battle for the Bat on Friday, which meant students took home the giant bat trophy.

assistant dean for students Daniel Cummins, vice provost Gigi Escoe and Robin Martin, senior associate athletic director.

“The provost is awesome, and he asked [me to join], and you don’t say no to your provost,” Martin said. “Plus, we get to meet people you don’t normally get to meet, so this is a great idea.”

Student representatives from a handful of campus organizations also participated after receiving emails inviting them to join.

“I wanted to know if there was any way to get involved, and so I emailed [SG President Alan Hagerty] and accidentally signed myself up for the team,” said Declan Robillard, a fourth-year aerospace engineering student and a member of Theta Tau.“So I came, and I’m having a blast so far.”

As the game kicked off, both teams were fully confident in their abilities to capture the trophy — an oversized baseball bat.

“We’re here to embarrass the administration,” joked Mark Schutte, a fourth-year civil engineering student and senior vice president of Engineers Without Borders. “They bring the soft to softball.”

The goal of the event, however, was to establish bonds between the administration and students, Ono said.

And that’s just what happened,Hagerty said.

“It’s a lot of fun, and it’s a good vibe, good spirit,” he said. “A lot of these people don’t know each other because they’re from different organizations, so not only does this bring students together to meet each other, but also with the administration and staff that have worked so hard to make UC what it is today.”

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month HOLLY ROUSE | COLLEGE LIVING EDITOR

University of Cincinnati is currently celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15 and will continue until Oct. 15. Despite what the name indicates, UC’s Hispanic Heritage Month aims to showcase the diversity of the university as a whole, as well as Hispanic culture.

“The theme for National Hispanic Heritage Month this year is ‘Many Backgrounds, Many Stories … One American Spirit,’” said Yakaira J. Ramos, program coordinator in the Office of Ethnic Programs and Services. “It’s about really celebrating the diversity we have around campus — not just Hispanic culture, but all cultures.”

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting Sept. 15 and ending Oct. 15.

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The program is a joint collaborative effort between the Office of Ethnic Programs & Services, Latinos En Acción, United Black Student Association, and UC’s

A favorite among students, as it immerses them in Latin America culture by providing free delicacies from Latin America while enjoying a lively ambiance filled with music and conversation with friends from all cultures.

African Student Association in order to create cultural awareness of the racism within the cultural roots of Latin America.

According the Library of Congress, the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month commemorates the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Additionally, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively.

“This month-long celebration allows us to draw attention to how much culture we have around campus,” said Ramos, who is also the adviser for Latinos En Acción. “UC will be hosting a number of events throughout the month that really showcase that culture and educate students and faculty about Hispanic heritage.”

Combining food, fun, and education, Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to create greater awareness of the heritage and contemporary achievement of Hispanic and Latino cultures around campus.

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“Dio de la Raza”

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“Soccer with LEA”

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An annual holiday within the Latino community celebrating the“Day of the Race”which is the equivalent of Columbus Day for Latin America. This is event is dedicated to educating and celebrating Latino culture through music, poetry and giveaways.

The program is dedicated to bringing diverse students together for multiple games of “futbol”in order to create cultural awareness of the impact of“futbol”within our Latino communities.

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Caps’ Ovie ‘The Great’ In the spirit of the start of the NHL season, I thought I would address a long-standing debate.

The debate is an ongoing one among analysts and fans about who is the best player in the NHL. I’ve never understood this debate, however, because it’s clear that Alex Ovechkin is the greatest player right now.

Since joining the NHL, the Moscow native has tallied 615 career points, consisting of 301 goals and 314 assists.

In his renowned 2007-08 season, Ovie won the Hart Trophy, the Kharlamov Trophy, the Lester B. Pearson Award, the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy and the Art Ross Trophy — making him the first person to ever win all four in one year.

Ovechkin had 65 goals and 47 assists in that season, for a total of 112 points.

He also won the Lester B. Pearson Award — now called the Ted Lindsay Award — in 2009 and 2010, as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy in 2009.

Despite missing 10 games as a result of injury and a two-game suspension, Ovechkin was able to string together 50 goals and 59 assists for 109 points in the 2010-11 season, marking his third-straight season with 50 or more goals — the fourth time in five years that he accomplished this feat.

This past season, he also helped the Washington Capitals capture the President’s trophy for the best regular-season record.

Some might be inclined to say that Sidney Crosby is the best in the NHL. After being drafted in 2005 by the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has accumulated 572 career points but has only exceeded the 50-goal mark once. In the 2006-07 season, he captured the Hart, the Lester B. Pearson, and the Art Ross trophies.

He also had a 25-game point streak during his 2010-11 campaign. While he does have an impressive resumé, he’s not quite the overall threat that Ovechkin is.

It’s obvious just from watching the two of them that Ovechkin is a more aggressive player in every way. He’s also the kind of player that loves to throw a monster hit just as much as he loves scoring goals.

In case you don’t remember the play during the 2010 Winter Olympics in which he threw a huge hit at center ice, completely laying out the opposing player, he couldn’t have been happier after one of his Russian teammates scored as a result of his hit.

Ovechkin also boasts a career plus/minus rating of 88, as compared to Crosby’s 65, showing that he has more of an impact when he’s on the ice.

The Capitals vs. Penguins rivalry has always been heated, but it seemed to intensify when the Caps drafted Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and the Penguins drafted Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Jordan Staal. The games have always been physical with plenty of trash talk before, during and after play.

That is probably why they were chosen to participate in the 2011 Bridgestone Winter Classic and why HBO chose to air a mini series that followed the two teams leading up to the game.

The Capitals eventually won the Classic 3-1 before beating the Pens 3-0 at home, and 1-0 in Pittsburgh later in the season.

While Crosby has captured to the two most highly coveted team awards — the Stanley Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal with team Canada — Ovechkin has dealt with years of falling just short. Despite usually entering the playoffs with a strong record and a high seed, they have continually failed in the first or second rounds.

Both teams have had their weaknesses in previous years.

Last year, the Penguins were hampered with injuries to many of their top players — including Crosby — as well as some inconsistency from their star goalkeeper, Marc Andre Fluery.

The Caps had a streaky defense and an ongoing goalie battle that had mixed results.

Each team appears to have fixed these problems and are poised for another long season filled with multiple heavy-hitting and trash-talk-filled meetings; and I can’t wait to see Ovechkin triumph over Crosby yet again.

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SAM MORREN | STAFF REPORTER The University of Cincinnati men’s soccer fell to the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights 2-1 Sunday afternoon in Piscataway, NJ. The Bearcats and Scarlet Knights played in an even match for the first half of the game, with no corner kicks for either side and with both teams recording four shots on goal.

Cincinnati struck first, however, to go into the intermission leading 1-0.

Cincinnati defender Mike Brizzi knotted his first goal of the season, when a throwin from 10 yards out bounced in front of a Scarlet Knight player to set up Brizzi’s shot that sailed in to the upper right corner of the goal.

For the second match in a row, UC defender Sam Klosterman used a throw-in to create a scoring opportunity for the Bearcats, earning the assist on Brizzi’s first career goal in the 42nd minute.

Klosterman, a senior captain, now has two assists in the season.

While the Bearcats had the lead at the intermission, it wouldn’t stay for long in the second half.

In the eighth minute, Rutgers placed a dangerous cross in the box, where the Cincinnati defenders misplayed the ball which bounced off, and then past UC goalie Joey Barnard to tie the game at one apiece.

In the 67th minute of the match, the Scarlet Knights sealed the game when forwards Kamara Ibrahim and Juan Pablo Correa unstitched the Bearcats backline with a multitude of plays to eventually get the ball to Rutgers midfielder Nate Bourdeau, who shot one past Barnard to score his second goal of the season.

With the loss to Rutgers, the Bearcats stand at 4-7-1 on the season, and are winless in their first three Big East matches for the first time since 2008, where they opened league play 0-2-1.

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STRONG OFFENSIVE ATTACK Shamar Shelton took four shots against Rutgers and averages three shots per game.

UC falls 1-0 against Villanova

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THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES The Bearcats have lost their past three games and are now 0-5-2 in their past seven games. Their last win occured Sept. 16 against the DePaul Blue Demons, where the Bearcats won 1-0 in double overtime on the Blue Demon’s home field in Chicago.

BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team lost its third consecutive game Sunday afternoon, falling to Villanova University 1-0 at West Campus Soccer Complex.

Villanova took an early lead, scoring in the fifth minute of play off a header from Wildcats’ junior forward Heidi Sabatura, who appeared to be offside.

The Bearcats had an opportunity to tie the game in the 14th minute, following a Villanova handball in the box that set up a penalty kick for senior forward Emily Hebbeler; but Wildcats’ sophomore goalkeeper Jami Kranich recorded a save on the attempt, allowing VU to maintain its lead.

With an aggressive attack, Cincinnati created another opportunity to score in the 59th minute of play when three different Bearcats attempted shots, including senior defender Logan Ballinger, whose shot from the left side of the box hit the cross bar.

Determined to put up some points, UC

put constant pressure on the VU defense throughout the final 20 minutes of play.

It was a day of missed opportunities for the Bearcats, however, as they were unable to convert any of their attempts to goals.

“We’re not losing games because we’re not working hard. We’re not losing games because of a lack of effort,” said UC head coach Michelle Salmon. “Our job is to take this setback and bounce. You know, the one thing I know about our team is their character; and I know that in situations like this, they need to rise up. You can’t count out a Bearcat.”

In the 75th minute, Bearcat senior defender Kelli Pawelko set Ballinger up for a header from the front left side of the goal; but her attempt was wide left.

Just two minutes later, sophomore forward Jazmine Rhodes tried to capitalize on a long serve from freshman midfielder Christi Howard by taking a left-footed shot from the right corner of the box; but VU’s Kranich saved that attempt as well.

UC had two back-to-back corner kicks

in the 81st minute — both of which were successfully defended.

Kranich recorded six saves for the day, while the Bearcats’ freshman goalkeeper Kristina Utley recorded three.

The Wildcats outshot the Bearcats 15-7, while UC held the advantage in corner kicks 5-3.

Ballinger led Cincinnati in shot attempts with a total of five.

Despite today’s loss, Salmon said she felt like the Bearcats dominated the game from start to finish.

“At the end of the day we need to be more effective, more efficient in the final third,” Salmon said. “But when big moments come, such as next week, next Friday, these guys will rise up and they’ll be ready.”

The Bearcats have three matches left in the regular season — all of which will take place at home.

They’ll take on the Seton Hall University Pirates at Gettler Stadium Friday at 7 p.m. in hopes of turning things around to end their regular season on a high note.

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Volleyball winning streak snapped SAM WEINBERG | SPORTS EDITOR IN BRIEF Following their third and fourth consecutive matches on the road, the Bearcats volleyball team finished the weekend 1-1, ending their six-game winning streak.

The Bearcats defeated Rutgers University Friday three sets to one in Piscataway, N.J., before traveling to South Orange, N.J., Sunday where Cincinnati was handed its first Big East defeat of the 2011 season in a three set sweep by the Seton Hall Pirates.

The loss marked the first time UC was swept in the regular season by a Big East opponent since Nov. 6, 2009, when the Bearcats failed to win a set against Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Entering the match, Seton limited opposing squads to an average .165 hitting percentage — fifth in the Big East — and the Pirates defense had no issues stone-walling the Bearcats.

Cincinnati finished the match with a .116 hitting percentage — its third lowest of the season — while Seton Hall finished with a .233 hitting percentage, smashing 41 kills on 116 attempts.

The Bearcats also finished the match with 26 errors.

In set one against the Pirates, the Bearcats jumped to an early 6-3 lead, but Seton Hall went on a 16-8 run to take a five-point lead en route to a 25-19 victory.

With the score tied at 14 in set two, Seton Hall went on a 4-0 run to lead 18-14, but the Bearcats bounced back to tie the set at 23, however they were unable to finish as the Pirates marched on to claim the final two points and the set.

In set three, the Pirates claimed an early 8-2 lead, and, once again, the Bearcats bounced back to tie the match at 23, but for the second consecutive set, UC was unable to finish as Seton Hall took the set 25-23 to win the match.

Against Rutgers, Cincinnati lost the first set 22-25, but easily won the second, third and fourth sets with scores of 25-17, 25-15 and 25-16, respectively.

The Bearcats finished the match with 15 team blocks, while limiting the Scarlet Knights’ hitting percentage to just .037.

The Bearcats were led offensivley in their two matches by junior middle blocker Jordanne Scott and senior outside hitter Missy Harpenau, who recorded 23 and 21 kills, respectivley.

Freshman setter Caylin Mahoney finished the weekend with 77 assists and 15 digs.

The Bearcats return to action at 7 p.m.

Friday against the University of Louisville — who defeated the Bearcats in the final round of the 2010 Big East tournament — in Louisville, Ky.

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New teen lit to take on silver screen “The Hunger Games” is the latest commercial darling of young adult popular literature.

It’s running riot with recordbreaking sales figures and is scheduled to be released as a film in March 2012.

After the whimsical waves of witchcraft and wizardry led by J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series and the pangs of paranormal passion inspired

by Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” saga, author Suzanne Collins has shifted the gears of teen interest from dark fantasy to darker science fiction with this new trilogy.

In the story, the world wakes from an apocalypse. North America rebuilds itself from ruins, forming a controlling capital city and 12 subservient districts. The new nation is more scientifically advanced, but also more depraved. In an effort to express cruel dominance over the districts, this capital city institutes what they call The “Hunger Games.”

Boys and girls from each of the districts are chosen at random to compete. They are sent into a vast, perilous arena and forced to fight to the death for the amusement of the capital city’s citizens. The last competitor standing wins.

The jury is still out on the mystery of what turns certain book series’ into a mega hits.

By throwing such perverse concepts into the mix,“The Hunger Games” has only complicated the investigation.

Fans of “Harry Potter” were enchanted by the creatively envisioned wizarding world and the power of love and friendship present in the books.“Twilight” captivated readers with the sensations of a hypnotic, fantasy romance. Essentially, the alluring element in both stories was positive.

“The Hunger Games” is much more disconcerting. It depicts a world one would want to escape from rather than escape into. All three of the aforementioned stories send their main characters on journeys filled with doom, but in “The Hunger Games,” right from the beginning, the characters know their triumph will only lead to a meager reward, and so does the reader. This is because fulfillment is survival and survival alone.

It’s a grim prospect but, at the same time, it could be what attracts fans in a morbidly thrilling way; the intense experience of a struggle to survive combined with the soul-shattering challenge of murdering innocent victims to do so.

This predicament is not exactly new, however. Stories that feature characters participating in televised death battles have become popular as of late. Hollywood films such as “Death Race,”“The Condemned” and “Gamer,” which all came out within the last five years, use this idea.“Battle Royale” was a manga and then a film released in 2000 in Japan with a similar premise, and it sparked a cult following in the United States.

With “The Hunger Games,” Collins has taken this concept, along with the familiar tropes of dystopian literature, and restyled it for younger readers. Not necessarily making it less intense, but perhaps just less elaborate.

Part of the overwhelming popularity of the books could be attributed to luck, though.

Entertainment trends are regular occurrences in teen culture, and there is often no detectable reason behind the introduction of a new one.

Because adolescence is a time when people seem most eager to be included and connected, it makes sense for one story to be chosen as a unifying tome or fixation; something to simply represent a collective emotional experience.

While all of the stories do share a few basic similarities — like the fact that they were all written by female authors and they center on a relationship trio of one female and two males — it is almost impossible to justify why one becomes special and rises up while others like it fall to the wayside.

In this respect, it is very much a lottery. From the vast pool of worthy candidates, only one succeeds to the throne of teenage glory. And everyone hears the shrill echoes of its enormous fan base singing in exaltation.

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CINCINNATI’S GOT TALENT Just in time for Halloween, Wild Talents perform their eerie, captivating brand of mellow punk rock at the Clifton Heights Music Festival Christy’s Biergarten Saturday, Oct. 8, kicking the night off with a strong set.

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ARIEL CHEUNG, SEAN PETERS AND LISA WITTE | THE NEWS RECORD Clifton Heights Music Festival 5 took place over the weekend, bringing local artists and musicians together for the fifth installment of Far-I-Rome Productions’ incredibly anticipated festival.

With two nights of more than 60 musical acts spanning six venues, Clifton Heights Music Festival succeeds in bringing together a diverse audience of music-loving, beerdrinking, all-around happening people. No matter what your taste in music, alcohol, coffee or tea might be, Rome Ntukogu and his team have something for everyone.

THE RIDGES The Ridges kicked off the weekend on Friday night with a radiant performance.

There is no doubt that front man Victor Rasgaitis sincerely feels every word he sings and note he plays, allowing the crowd to

feel surrounded and appreciated. With the catchy melodies, smooth strings, heavy folk influence and sharp percussion, you can’t help but dance and sing along.

WILD TALENTS Wild Talents were one of the first performances of Saturday night and the perfect band to let start the evening.

Their spooky tones and haunting reverb are encapsulating. Even as a three-piece, Wild Talents have their act and delivery together. The visible comoradie between members lets their listeners feel at home and comfortable. Tara Heilman’s vocals give an eerie punk feel to the typically mellow, inspiringly artistic band.

ANDY COOK AND THE WANDERLOONS Andy Cook and the Wanderloons never disappoint, no matter who the Wanderloons are for the evening. For the festival, Andy Cook played an acoustic set with two friends, allowing the harmonies and evocative lyrics to be more prevalent. Whether you’re right up front and involved or standing in the back with a drink, Andy Cook and the Wanderloons will undoubtedly catch — and hold — your attention.

STATE SONG State Song consists of three of the most talented musicians and friendliest men I have ever met. Appealing to indie, rock and punk fans alike, State Song seems to cast a spell on their audience. The lyrics and vocals, while deep, are humbly delivered. A lot of live musical acts can lack dynamic, but State Song is always brilliant — so quaint, yet so epic — and never anything less than inspiring.

SASSY MOLASSES This explosion of southern honky tonk and rock star stage presence exemplified everything CHMF is about — a unique, quirky sound in a comfy, Clifton setting. Lead singer Moirah Haven Lawson’s powerful voice

DELIVERING DELECTABLE DISCORD Eddy Kwon [right] performs with The Happy Maladies at the Clifton Heights Music Festival at Roxx Electrocafe Friday, Oct. 7.

SMOOTH STRING SOUNDS The Ridges perform at the Clifton Heights Music Festival Friday, Oct. 7. resonated throughout Rohs Street Café Friday night, and her brilliant mandolin strumming was the cherry on top of the band’s fast, fun sound. Drummer Mike Hamilton also gave a stellar performance, with his crashing cymbals and fast beats driving the show.

HAPPY MALADIES Maybe I’m just not hipster enough to “get” the Happy Maladies, but, despite my best efforts, I didn’t enjoy most of their performance Friday. Each member did a great job rocking on everything from mandolin to banjo to violin, but the songs lacked a cohesive element, which led to a lot of disjointed, confusing strumming.

Eddy Kwon, a 2011 graduate of the CollegeConservatory of Music, did his alma mater proud, with violin playing so complex that the notes combined into a pleasant blur of bowing.

Likewise, lead singer Abby Cox had a joyous, lithe voice and a sweet smile, while Ben Thomas banjo’ed his heart out. Still, I just didn’t really get it — especially the part where they screamed and yelled up a three-minute ruckus. What was that?

Also, as a side note, it was great to see Roxx Café join the lineup of CHMF venues. Their cleared-out front room was lit low for a cool, jazzy atmosphere, and having a second venue for music lovers under 21 is a great addition to the festival.

THE FRANKL PROJECT The FRANKL Project self-advertises as “punk with flavor,” and that’s exactly what they delivered to Christy’s Biergarten Friday night. Their grinding, driving bass lines and clever lyrics made for a great performance; it was as if one of those high school garage bands you loved had matured and found a powerful voice. Lead singer Jake Tippey has a strong, but rather expected, voice, and the harmonies when drummer Joe Frankl and bassist Paul Schroder chimed in were enjoyable. Overall, it was a decent performance and a nice break from the hyper-indie lineup from earlier in the night.

THE APRICOTS While I’ve never heard Merely the Mocs, I’d like to personally thank them for canceling the Clifton Heights Music Festival (though, I hope the band is alright). With that cancellation, The Apricots were given a slot to play Roxx SEE CHMF | 5

Mastodon ‘Hunting’ for new sound BLAKE HAMMOND | TNR CONTRIBUTOR With their four previous albums, Mastodon has been the feeding tube to the dying heavy metal genre.

With seven-minute-long songs and an aggression and precision that hasn’t been seen since the thrash movement in the early ’80s, Mastodon transformed themselves into a heavy metal juggernaut, formidable to metal icons such as Metallica and Slayer. However, with guidance from new producer Mike Elizondo (behind hits such as “In Da Club” and “The Real Slim Shady”), Mastodon has traded their own breed of southern progressive thrash for a slower, more mainstream sound on their latest album “The Hunter.”

For all the experimentation you’ll find on this album, you will also find that it is all pretty run-of-the-mill. On the song “Curl of the Burl,” which is arguably the most catchy song on the record, Mastodon sounds more like a modern day Ozzy Osbourne cover band than anything else.

The song “The Hunter,” which the album is named after, slows the record down (even more so) and tries to get deep, but to no avail. For instance, Brent Hinds wails, “All the love I make, is equal to the love I

take,” an obvious ode to McCartney’s lyrics in The Beatles song, “The End,” but it just doesn’t seem to have the same effect for the metal outfit.

The one gem on this record is a song called “All the Heavy Lifting.” This song not only delivers a pretty solid mixture of new and old from the Georgia-based band, but the chorus unto which Hinds screams, “Just close your eyes/and pretend that everything’s fine,”causes the listener to involuntarily bang their head and sing along.

On tracks like “Spectrelight” and “Blasteroid,” hints of the old Mastodon come into play. But even so, these songs would have only made the bonus disc, if that, on previous efforts. This album has not only lost the aggression and progressiveness that Mastodon has displayed over the years, but has also seemed to lose some of the passion musically that they had on their four prior records. For example, not one song on the album is more than five-and-a-half minutes long, which makes it nearly impossible to make a progressive metal song when there is no time for said progression.

I am not one of those “fair-weather fans” of music. What I mean is, if I like a band, I will not immediately dismiss them for attempting new things. But this record, for lack of a better

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word, blows. Overall, Mastodon takes all the things that have made them great in the past, and throw them by the wayside.

Hopefully, for all of us headbangers out there, this is just a minor slip-up from this band, but who knows? If things keep going this way, they could end up touring with Seether and Papa Roach by the end of this summer.

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In their 2011-2012 list, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cincinnati Children’s Hospital No. 3 in the nation of the best children’s hospitals, and ranked them No.5 in the world for cancer.

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Since 2003, the Sontag Foundation has been identifying young flourishing doctors every year, providing each recipient a maximum of $600,000 in funding over a four-year period.

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From grant | 1 The highly competitive grant is awarded by the Sontag Foundation, with a scientific committee assembled to review applicants, evaluating candidate’s previous works and hospital of employment.

From 2003-2009, Chow researched cancer biology and neuro-oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

“I chose Cincinnati Children’s Hospital because they have a young and dynamic tumor research, which is quickly growing, and is a good location for a young doctor to begin his career.” Chow said.

to fail.”

Disapproval of this lending was echoed as the crowd of demonstrators made their way up to Findlay Market shouting: “They got bailed out. We got sold out.”

“This country was founded in that the government should derive its powers from the governed,” Brand said. “The government is pulling its power from — and aiding — big business.”

The march was routed so the mass of protesters could bring their message to the front doors of some of the biggest players in Cincinnati business.

The large crowd converged on corporations such as Western and Southern Financial Group, 3CDC and the Chiquita Center. At each building, they iterated iniquities ranging from corporate crime to gentrification to even aiding a Colombian terrorist organization.

For the incendiary remarks and dedicated fervor of the crowd, the protest was conducted with mutual respect between police and protesters — unlike the protests of similar sentiment that occurred in Tunsia, Syria, Yemen and Lybia in early 2010.

Many protesters were aware of correlations made between the Arab Spring protests and their own. Many of the near 1,000 protesters learned of the event through and used social media to coordinate demonstrations against their governments, but the significance of this was debatable among organizers.

“I think social media has been very key to this movement,” Brand said. “Without social media, we would not have been able to mobilize this many people because the media has chosen not to cover the small group of people that started this movement.”

Like many, Nathan Lane, 34, an electrician from East Walnut Hills and a media outreach volunteer for the demonstration, found the Occupy Cincinnati Facebook page while researching the Occupy Wall Street protests, but he said he is hoping to give the movement exposure through From giveaways | 2 discount on all UC apparel, a 10 percent discount on “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern and a free National Student Day T-shirt for the first 500 students.

“I think that it is kind of like an appreciation day for the students,” said Tiara Anthony, a first-year nursing student. “I think they could advertise it better, but as far as discounts go I think they did pretty good job.”

At the Center for Community Engagement’s table, students could sign up to receive weekly emails with volunteer opportunity information and enter to win a $250 gift card, a free quarter parking pass, a printer or a bicycle, said Fran Larkin, a CCE program coordinator. PNC Bank

other forms of communication.

“We are trying to get away from Facebook and Twitter as our sole means [of communication],” Lane said. “They are good spots for outsiders to get clued into what we are doing, [but] we’ve had our own website up for five days now. Moving forward, I think it is going to be more word-of-mouth.

Something much more on the ground.”

The march concluded on Fountain Square at 4 p.m., where they then allowed speakers — such as former Ohio Socialist Party senate candidate Dan Labotz and Sister Alice Gerdeman of the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center — made comments to the crowd.

Occupy Cincinnati also hosted musical performances from Lions Rampant and Williams Family Band at 8 p.m.

A few committed demonstrators remained on Fountain Square into the early morning hours of Sunday. Though their permit allotted use of the square only to 1 a.m., some were prepared to be arrested if necessary.

“I don’t agree with the corruption that’s happening in America,” said 25-year-old construction worker, Kevin Lamham. “There are about 20 of us that are willing to get arrested and if we can pass that on to the movement, Cincinnati will feel inspired.”

As of 3 a.m., police ordered the remaining protesters to disburse. Ten of the protesters did not and remained on the square throughout the night. No one was arrested, and returning protesters reconvened two blocks away on Garfield Square.

They resumed general assembly Sunday at 2 p.m. in Garfield Park.

Although the New York protestors will be approaching their one-month mark next Monday, the future for Occupy Cincinnati is unclear.

“We will see how tonight goes,” Lane said. “But we are going to try to stick it out with our people in New York.”

also offered a chance for students to win $1,000. “[It’s] my fifth year here — I don’t ever remember seeing something like this before,” said Stephon Fletcher, a fifthyear communication student. “I love how it just brings the spirit up … I know lot of people are excited with the deals like free coffee; something just as little as bringing your own mug and getting free coffee — it’s a way I never thought that we can help out our environment and help out the students in the same way.”

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From Ariel | 2 But as you can duel friends and strangers for house points, I’m definitely looking forward to testing out this feature.

Pottermore is scheduled to open to the public at the end of October, and the creators have a lot of work to do (no Quidditch??). The site is down for maintenance or due to heavy traffic too often, and the next six books haven’t been unlocked yet.

Still, Pottermore is a great addition to the ever-expanding world of Harry Potter, and I’m really looking forward to testing out my wizard skills when the site is fully launched. Until then, though, I’ll just keep chugging away at perfecting my Wingardium Leviosa.

From chief | 1 sexual assault complaint. The victim is a 19-year-old female Muslim student who attended a party in a campus residence hall and, after having a drink, blacked out and woke up with her pants around her ankles.

The responding officer asks the woman how much she had to drink, how much sex she had in the past and whether she had previously had sex with her attacker.

The officer called the victim’s claim — that her religion forbid pre-marital sex — ­ into serious question.

All candidates said the most important thing was that the student deserved top priority; that this occurrence might call for a review of the responding officers training, especially in cultural training; that they would be obligated to share information on

the crime with the UC community (without using the student’s name); and all candidates talked about the need to reach out to the women’s support group and try to work with them to resolve the issue.

Scenario 2: A discussion dealing with ecology and sustainability is hosted in University Pavilion. A speaker attacks the policy of the university and urges a group of 500 students to march up to the sixth floor and block the doors of the president’s office and several vice presidents’ offices with them inside.

All candidates mentioned the first step would be to contain the problem and set a perimeter; all agreed that the next step would be to reach out with mutual aid members (CPD and state highway patrol)

in case they are needed; try to find the leader of the protest group and establish communication; all agreed that as long as it didn’t turn violent, then time was their most valuable tool and time with communication would be the best solution.

Before each candidate spoke, UC spokesman Greg Hand told those in attendance of the extensive process that each candidate had been through just to get to this point.

Resume examinations, background checks, Skype and in person interviews were used to narrow the field.

After the search committee finishes analyzing feedback from the sessions it will make its suggestion to Ambach who will finalize a contract.

The selected candidate will replace the current police chief and director of public safety, Gene Ferrara, who plans on retiring after 37 years of service in law enforcement when his replacement is officially announced.

“I’ve been so fortunate and had some great opportunities here at the university,” Ferrara said. “I’ve worked with some fantastic people, and we got a lot of things done. I look back at what we’ve been able to accomplish here and I feel pretty good about it.”

Ferrara, who has held his current position since 1992, will continue teaching criminal justice part time at UC and fulfill several other law enforcement related duties.

From chmf | 4 Electrocafé Saturday night; and they just might be the most promising band to hit the local music scene in some time. A trio of singers with acoustic guitar accompaniment, these folksy ladies hit harmonies that couldn’t exist anywhere else.

Rumor has it they’ll begin incorporating banjo into their act; that makes me squeal (with delight) like a piggy.

From soccer | 4 “This was a very disappointing loss,” said UC head coach Hylton Dayes. “We had the lead at halftime and stopped playing. We didn’t manage the game well in the second half, which is unfortunate because we had the opportunity to get a result on the road.”

The Bearcats return to the pitch at 7 p.m.

Wednesday to battle the University of Louisville Cardinals in Louisville, Ky.

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