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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI | WWW.NEWSRECORD.ORG

THE NEWS RECORD

131 years in print Vol. CXXXI Issue VIII

MONDAY | OCT. 11 | 2010

FAMILIES, FRIENDS MOURN LOSS OF LOVED ONES

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BELL RUNG Bearcats power past RedHawks, win 45-3

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Safety on campus consumes town hall denise thomas | STAFF REPORTER

The recent robberies in and around campus were the topic of discussion at the first town hall meeting hosted by the University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government Thursday. One of the initiatives raised by SGA President Drew Smith and Vice President Mark Rooney was to enable a kiosk — an accessible tool on any cell phone ­— to assist students with the Bearcat Transportation System. The kiosk would allow students to track the shuttles at any point on their route and is expected to be active at the end of October. When informed about a student unable to reach NightWalk for a pick up Friday evening after multiple calls, Rooney said he would speak with NightWalk representatives to handle the concern. Gene Ferrara, chief of the UC Police Division and a guest speaker at the meeting, said he recorded a decrease in crime during the summer but has recently seen an increase within the past few weeks both on and off campus.

The University of Cincinnati might have a stellar academic reputation, but a recent report shows it is lacking in one area — sexual health. UC ranked 112 out of 141 colleges surveyed in the fifth annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, dropping six spots from its 2009 ranking of 106. Each university was also given a GPA based on campus sexual health knowledge. UC earned a score of 1.94. Trojan partnered with Rock the Vote and Sperling’s BestPlaces to

rank American colleges and universities based on the sexual health resources and information available to students for the year’s report card. Schools received grades in categories including student opinion, availability and cost of birth control and condoms, availability of sexually transmitted infection testing and counseling on campus. The university should have received top marks on its sexual health education and resources, said Regan Johnson, director of UC’s Wellness Center Program. “The Wellness Center provides sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and birth control, quarterly HIV testing courtesy of Stop AIDS, professional and peer educational programming, sexual

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assault peer advocate program, awareness programming, one-on-one consultations, website resources and free sexual health products — including condoms — available in the Wellness Center daily,” Johnson said when asked what UC is doing to improve the sexual health of its student body. When asked why UC received such a poor ranking, Johnson said many students don’t know about the services the university offers. “We could do a better job of getting the word out,” Johnson said. “Many students don’t know about the programs and initiatives we offer.” Johnson also questions the accuracy of Trojan’s findings. see trojan | 4

DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ART and PLANNING

THE BIG FORTY Gordon Salchow (right) shakes hands and greets attendees of DAAP’s celebration of its graphic design program’s 40-year anniversary Friday, Oct. 8.

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RETIRING AND WINNING Professors Joseph Bottoni and Gordon Robert Salschow and Associate Professor Heinz Shenker (from left) were honored during the anniversary ceremonies. Salchow praised DAAP’s high standards for success.

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The College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning celebrated the 40th anniversary of its graphic design program Friday by honoring scholarship winners and saluting a retiring professor. The event, “40+GD: Collective Wisdom,” featured presentations from seniors of the graphic design program and a final lecture by Gordon Robert Salchow, a retiring DAAP professor emeritus, for the

More robberies hit UC, Corryville JAMES SPRAGUE | NEWS EDITOR

Robbery has again struck the University of Cincinnati and the Corryville neighborhood surrounding it— this time a student and a pizza delivery driver were victimized. A female UC student reported the robbery of her purse Tuesday afternoon as she was walking on the P1 level of Calhoun Garage. The student reported to the UC Police Division that three suspects came up behind her, forcibly grabbed her purse and proceeded to run out of the parking garage onto Calhoun Street. The first suspect was described as a black male 18 to 20 years old, wearing a gray zippered hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.The suspect was approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 165 lbs. The other two suspects were described as black males approximately 20 to 25 years old, 6 feet tall and weighing 185 lbs with muscular builds.

That robbery preceded the incident involving a Papa John’s pizza delivery driver early Thursday morning on W. Daniels Street. Two suspects armed with handguns stole pizzas from the delivery driver. The driver was not injured in the robbery and no description of the suspects has been released. The robberies occur on the heels of a violent robbery last week in which assailants on Glendora Avenue shot and paralyzed James Barnes, a 25-year-old man who was walking with his wife. Cincinnati Police released descriptions of the suspects in Thursday’s robbery. Both suspects were described as black males, approximately 20 years old and wearing all black clothing. The first suspect is described as being approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a thin build, light complexion and slight facial hair on his chin and above his lip. The second suspect is described as

being approximately 6 feet tall, weighing about 175 to 180 lbs with a medium to dark complexion and facial hair above his lip. The vehicle allegedly used in the Glendora Avenue robbery was described as an older brown General Motors vehicle, possibly an Oldsmobile or a Buick. Vincent Demasi, assistant police chief for the Cincinnati Police Department, and Gene Ferrara, chief of the UCPD, hosted a joint press conference Wednesday concerning the recent increase of robberies around campus. Both departments announced that they want to add an additional joint team of CPD-UCPD officers to the current team that already patrols UC and the surrounding neighborhoods. Another measure being taken is the increased presence of the CPD’s Vortex Unit, a proactive team that has a zero tolerance approach to street crime, in the neighborhoods around UC.

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students’ service to the program. “All creative people know that learning is best when together in a collective group,”said Robert Probst, a graphic design professor and dean of DAAP. Salchow, who came to UC in 1968 and was one of the developers of the thennew graphic design program, told the audience about his involvement with the program’s inception. see DAAP | 4

THAT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

Sam Greene | online editor

KNOCK THEM OUT Students gathered at the UC Rec Center to break the record for the largest game of knockout ever played.


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