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A 2011 U.S. News and World Report ranks the University of Cincinnati’s master of business administration program as one of the top-ten MBA programs for highest returns on investment.

Rankings were extrapolated from graduates’ average starting salary and student debt accumulated — a total of 437 business schools were surveyed.

UC’s MBA graduates average a starting salary of $61,676 and average $22,354 of debt post-graduation.

Cincinnati being a strong marketresearch city benefits UC’s graduate programs, said Dona Clary, director of graduate programs at the Carl H.

Lindner College of Business (CoB).

“We are not dependent on one industry,” Clary said. “Cincinnati is diverse in businesses; we have several Fortune 500 companies.”

A lower tuition for CoB graduate students compared to other universities coupled with a lower cost of living in Cincinnati helps facilitate a higher return on investment, Clary said.

“We have tried to stay competitive in terms of cost of the degree,” Clary said.

A diverse city and diverse students have benefited the MBA graduate program as well, Clary said.

“Part of our success is the number of international students we attract; in a global market we need international students,” Clary said. “

This year we have twelve countries represented in our business school.

Bill Keating Jr. — UC a 1976 MBA alumnus and partner at Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL — agrees that the CoB is both a prestigious and affordable learning environment.

Keating — a 2011 recipient of the Carl H. Lindner Distinguished Service Award — said he believes taking classes at night helped prepare him for the workforce, giving him a chance to learn from working business professionals.

“We would be working on a case study in class, and students who worked for Proctor & Gamble or the big banks would give their real-life experiences to the situation,” Keating said. “Your peers can be as important to your education as your professors.”

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CUNY Zicklin School of Business No. 1

BREAKING NEWS

Mt. Auburn shooting ends in Corryville death WKRC Local 12 has reported Cincinnati Police are investigating a Corryville homicide.

A car drove to the BP station on Jefferson Avenue before 9 p.m.

Wednesday evening. The driver flagged down a Cincinnati Police officer saying the passenger had been shot, according to WKRC. The victim was originally shot at Rice and Gage Streets in Mt. Auburn.

That victim, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to WKRC.

CEAS aims SG Smoking Taskforce UC Health gets $700K to facilitate On-campus smoking research policy under review donation MERRILL WARREN | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

The University of Cincinnati has taken the initiative to streamline campus research for small and growing businesses.

UC and Hamilton County Development Corporation (HCDC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Sept. 27, in attempt to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship with the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).

“This partnership brings together the tremendous intellectual property and spirit of innovation at UC with the entrepreneurial know-how of Hamilton County Development Co,” said Santa Ono, UC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, who signed the MOU. “[HCDC has] considerable links with funding sources, which can help accelerate the commercialization of UC technology.”

The purpose of the MOU is to coordinate a relationship among HCDC and CEAS to achieve a list of nonbinding agreements in the pursuit of the mutual objective of creating technically oriented businesses. This memorandum is a formalization of the affiliation between HCDC and CEAS. On the other hand, by entering the MOU, the parties did not create a partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship.

The MOU was also signed

by Carlo Montemagno, dean of UC’s CEAS, and David Main — president of HCDC and Hamilton County Business Center, Inc. The agreed upon memorandum plans to coordinate access to the unique research and development facilities located at both UC’s main campus and its Victory Parkway Campus for HCDC’s entrepreneurial programs.

“Research activity in the College of Engineering and Applied Science is significant and growing rapidly. Research expenditures in the College are in excess of $20 million per year and increase at about 10 percent rate annually. A list of current research projects shows over 500 funded research awards in progress in the College,” according to CEAS’s website.

The memorandum recognized these research efforts.

“CEAS is one of the nation’s leading colleges of engineering development, providing over 320 [bachelors of science] graduates per year in Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation degrees covering a wide range of technical areas,” stated in the recitals of the MOU. “I look at it as a triple win; for the college, HCDC and the community,” Main said. “CEAS has been our best contributor for technological advancement into business and I look forward to working with the university whether it be students, faculty or alumni.”

This endeavor is anticipated to increase the level of technology commercialization in the Southwestern Ohio region.

“I can envision that both start up businesses and established companies may benefit from this arrangement.” Ono said. “Moving technology down the development pipeline can speed up the creation of new companies that can in turn collaborate with or feed into more established companies.”

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he University of Cincinati is looking to the opinions of students in the pursuit of reviewing the university’s smoking regulations.

The UC President Gregory Williams administration, in response to a joint governance resolution passed by the Undergraduate Student Government, Graduate Student Governance Association, and the Faculty Senate, commissioned a Smoking Policy Review Task Force in June 2011. The task force includes students, faculty and staff for the purpose of to evaluate the current smoking policy in place.

“The task force was created to evaluation the current effectiveness of the current smoking policy and to gain university community feedback regarding UC’s smoking policy,” said Undergraduate Student Body President Alan Hagerty.

The current smoking policy states: “The university has had smoking regulations in place that are stipulated by the state of Ohio and, as a matter of policy, it shall be dedicated to providing a safe and healthful environment,” according to the conduct and ethics: smoking regulations (3361:10-17-06).

Effective since Jan. 1, 2006, smoking has been prohibited inside buildings, athletics facilities, and vehicles owned, operated or leased

by UC. Smoking has also been prohibited within 25 feet of all university building entrances, exits, air intakes and operable windows.

The Smoking Policy Review Task Force has launched its own web page (uc.edu/hr/smoking_ policy.html) where students, staff and faculty are able to take the task force’s survey. The smoking survey is the tool that the task force is using to ascertain the university community consensus on the effectiveness of the current smoking policy.

The Smoking Policy Task Force wants to

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ROOM TO BREATHE Dylan Weidlich a fouthyear neuroscience student smokes a cigarette on campus. The UC has commissioned a taskforce to review on the campus smoking policy. present to the president a comprehensive review of how the university community feels and complies with the current policy.

“So, in no way is the Smoking Policy Review Task Force mandating that we ever go to a smoke free or tobacco free campus,” Hagerty said.

“That’s not part of our charge. We are merely to evaluate and [find out] what the consensus of the university community is about the current smoking policy and its effectiveness.”

DAAP professor highlights J.P. Ball MELANIE TITANIC-SHEFFT | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

conference detailed J.P. Ball’s 79 years of life, and highlighted his success as an African-American, free man of color during the 1840s through ’70s.

A 2,400 square-yard panorama displaying slavery Her slides were replete with reproductions from capture to bondage was brought to life by of many of Ball’s early portraits and Cincinnati University of Cincinnati professor. cityscape scenes, emphasizing the detail and The College of Design, Architecture, Art and clarity of Daguerreotype photography and Planning art history professor Theresa Leiningerthe labor intensity of the long exposure times Miller shared her expertise on one of Cincinnati’s necessary for successful earliest Daguerreotype — the photos during that time. first commercially successful L e i n i n g e r- M i l l e r Theresa Leininger-Miller’s opening photographic process also enlightened the — photographers James platform was part of a three day crowd with slides and Presley Ball, to a crowd of scholars and enthusiasts at conference honoring the 200th birthday details about one of Ball’s most triumphant the Main Branch Cincinnati of Harriet Beecher Stowe — “Writing accomplishments: a Public Library Friday, for Justice: large panorama — titled Sept. 30.

The Origins & Legacy of “Mammoth Pictorial Her opening platform Tour of the United States was part of a three day Uncle Tom’s Cabin Comprising Views of the conference honoring the 200th birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe — African Slave Trade; of Northern and Southern Cities; of Cotton and Sugar Plantations; of the “Writing for Justice: The Origins & Legacy of Mississippi, Ohio and Susquehanna Rivers, Uncle Tom’s Cabin” — which began that Friday at the Main Branch library. The conference revealed Niagara Falls & Canada” — detailing “the horrors of slavery from capture in Africa through middle Stowe’s exposure to slavery, the large part Cincinnati played in her life and the creativity passage to bondage.”

Ball’s panorama began its exhibit in Cincinnati these early influences generated toward her at the Ohio Mechanic’s Institute and later traveled infamous novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” to Boston.

Leininger-Miller’s contribution to the The conference continued Saturday at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal and closed Sunday at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House on Gilbert Avenue.

The conference culminated in one, informative three day package on Cincinnati’s rich history and how it contributed toward abolition and the creative influences of writing, literature and early photography around the Civil War era.

All of which can be observed and researched at the Cincinnati Main Branch Public Library, The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.

The University of Cincinnati Hospital will address the reproductive needs of a community with a large donation.

The Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) was awarded a $760,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Health, and the CHD will serve as the lead agency to establish the Reproductive Health Improvement Collaborative in alliance with University Hospital’s Center for Women’s Health.

The lack of access to and use of contraception, high infant mortality rates initiated the CHD to establish a reproductive health initiative to address this need.

“We received the largest grant of Ohio’s 88 counties due to our needs and also because of the unique combination of resources we have to best address the needs of our most vulnerable populations,” said Dr. Victoria Wells Wulsin, Reproductive Health Improvement Collaborative’s (RHIC) principal investigator.

The RHIC will work with 19 ZIP codes with infant mortality rates of 10.0 for every 1000 births or higher for the next 5 years.

“Disturbingly, some of our neighborhoods continue have infant mortality rates that compare with those of third world countries.

This grant will help us to work men and women to ensure they have the necessary resources in order to make the best choices about their reproductive health,” said Dr. Noble Maseru, Cincinnati Health Commissioner.

At the health centers operated by the CHD, the infant mortality rate (IMR) is 6.4 per 1,000 live births.

In contrast to the 13.9 IMR for the city and the 10.3 county IMR, the CHD percentage is an improvement that illustrates the infant vitality track record in the Cincinnati Health Department/ University Hospital partnership.

The RHIC will establish a network to coordinate care of preconception, prenatal, postpartum and inter-conception for mothers citywide.

RHIC will address the needs of men and women from the ares through development and application of reproductive life plans.

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LOUD AND PROUD LGBTQ students and allies celebrated National Coming Out Day with a dance party on Oct. 11.

Come out & dance

The University of Cincinnati celebrating National Coming Out Day in style HOLLY ROUSE | SPOTLIGHT EDITOR Beneath a sky of high flying rainbow kites, students danced in celebration of National Coming Out Day to the tunes of Gaga and Bowie with rainbow flags in hand.

The University of Cincinnati Alliance partnered with the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Queer Center and GenderBloc on Oct. 11 to pay homage to those who have fought for LGBTQ rights and to inspire fellow students to embrace their identities. The “Come Out

getting involved Equality UC “Equality UC is a student organization that aims to orient university students into LGBTQ activism.” www.myspace.com/equalityuc GenderBloc “A radical queer activist, support and social student group at the University of Cincinnati for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied students focusing on gender issues including transgender and genderqueer activism.” www.genderbloc.org UC Alliance “UC Alliance’s purpose is to develop interpersonal relationships in a social and educational atmosphere through activities and events for the LGBTQ community and its allies.” www. ucalliance.org UC LGBTQ Alumni and Friends “Provides support and resources to the University of Cincinnati LGBTQ community from alumni, faculty, students, and staff. Its goal is to create connections among LGBTQ alumni and link them back to their alma mater.”

Safe Zone Training “SZT is designed to give students, staff and faculty the tools and resources they need to better understand the UC LGBTQ community and create an inclusive environment.” Allies are encouraged to receive Safe Zone Training on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Swift 616 at 5:15 p.m.

“It’s also important to encourage and Dance” event stirred up joy in even the people to come out as an ally – to most stoic passersby — many were inspired come out as a supporter of our way to join in on the dance party or merely bust a of life,” Gray said. “Coming out as an few moves on the way to class. ally can be hard. It takes confidence, “It’s a day for people who have struggled and we’re here to help people get that to come out to come out in unison with confidence.” other people — whether they are friends or UC Student Government Senatorpeople they are surprised to come out with,” at-Large Luci Simon said she came UC Alliance Activism Chair and Director of Student Government LGBTQ Affairs for to the event to celebrate “coming out” as an ally.

Dan Traicoff, a third-year political science “We all have things that we student, said. are uncomfortable with – things Although it remains unclear whether or that are part of our identities,” not the dance moved students to come out is Simon said, a second year Urban still unclear, showcasing the support system Planning student. “It’s always good available to all students was the celebration’s core goal, Traicoff said. to have people around you who “I know there are kids here who have support you. I’m coming out as an ally today, which is so really struggled, especially with their families and things like that, and I know it’s been really great for people,” Traicoff Coming out isn’t always rainclouds. said. “No matter Sometimes it’s amazing and what your rainbows and fun, identity is, there are people who and you can be joyful and are going to fight dance about it. for you or dance for you or whatever we —ZACHARY GRAY need to do.”

UC ALLIANCE For UC Alliance VICE PRESIDENT Vice President Zachary important Gray, the “Come Out and b e c a u s e Dance” celebration was all how can we about inspiring others to show their ask that LGBTQ true colors. members come out if “We want to make sure are aware that we ourselves are not we’re her — to see that, ‘we’re here, we’re willing to come out and queer, and we’re on campus,” said Gray, a support?” third year Design, Architecture, Art and Simon said she hoped Planning student. “We’re dancing today to the celebration would not inspire people who may not be ready to come out or may be unsure of who they are. only inspire You never know who is watching or who is out there.”

National Coming Out Day was also meant to encourage openness, something Gray said should be celebrated more – no matter whom you identify as. The event wasn’t exclusively tailored toward LGBTQ students. It was also meant to honor their allies, he said.

“Many of these students are your friends, so it’s good to be able to relate to them and show your support for them,” Hagerty said.

“It’s important to see people showing that they know who they are and are proud of it, and to see their peers showing their support.”

National Coming Out Day concluded with a showing of “Trevor,” the film that inspired The Trevor Project, the nation’s top suicide prevention organization for LGBT youth.

“We’ve partnered with The Trevor Project in the past,” Traicoff said. “It’s an organization that has saved the lives of so many young people.

It’s a great resource.”

“Obviously the day was meant to be fun, but to also show that no one should be ashamed of who they are,” Traicoff added. “That’s the message we wanted to send with the celebratory tone of the day.”

MARISA WHITAKER | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

JUST DANCE The “Come Out and Dance” event was hosted by UC Alliance, GenderBloc, and the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Queer Center in hopes of inspiring compassion and openness. The celebration showcased the support available to UC students.

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EMBRACING TRUE COLORS UC students waved rainbow flags as they danced to songs of empowerment and acceptance.

others to dance, but to become allies as well.

“I hope people take away that if they’re an ally, it’s OK to be an ally,” Simon said. “ That if they’re questioning their orientation, it’s OK. “They can see that there are people just like them out there who are comfortable with who they are.”

“It’s also a way to generate more compassion,” Simon said. “You’re much more willing to be understanding and accepting when you can put a face to the issue. It makes it much more real when you know another human behind a cause.”

UC Student Body President Alan Hagerty attended the “Come Out and Dance” party with his dancing shoes on to show his support, he said.

“There’s an important educational aspect to student life and student judgment,” said Student Body President Alan Hagerty. “As we go out into society and into the workforce, it’s something we need to be aware of and that we need to respect.”

Hagerty reiterated the importance of putting a face to the LGBTQ issues at hand presently.

Gray added that it was also important for UC Alliance to show that, although coming out is often portrayed negatively, that isn’t always the case.

“Coming out isn’t about always rainclouds and horribleness,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s amazing and rainbows and fun, and you can be joyful and dance about it.”

trevor project 866.4.U.TREVOR (866.488.7386) The Trevor Project operates the only nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. The lifeline is free and confidential.

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FULLBACK JASON HOFFMAN

Last week before pink slips The NFL goes into week six with a lot more questions than answers. Are the Steelers as good as they played last week against the Titans? Are the Eagles the most overrated team in recent history?

Will Tim Tebow actually play well as a starter in the NFL? Who will win the Andrew Luck sweepstakes? Are the Lions for real? Who will be the first head coach let go this season?

For my money, the Steelers will look great over the next six weeks because the Bengals are one of the best teams they play in that stretch; the Eagles made the cardinal error of signing free agents that had no chemistry; Tebow will not succeed in the NFL; Luck will be a Chief next season; the Lions are for real and Tony Sporano will be out of a job before the leaves fully change colors.

The last couple of weeks have been mediocre to say the least, and I am getting dangerously close to falling into the 50 percent category that all the sharps in Vegas and Dover fear. So, without further ado, here are the picks that will get me back on track.

(Home team in CAPS) Carolina (+5.5) over ATLANTA: Cam Newton once again pulled off a cover against a superior team, and the Panthers are looking like they will be a wrecking force in the future.

Atlanta looks like a team that does not know whether it’s a running or passing team, and Matt Ryan is not really following up on that promise of years gone by.

SAN FRANCISCO (+5) over Detroit: The Lions are the fiercest defensive unit in the league and might actually kill a QB this year, while the 49ers are probably playing above their talent level more so than any other team in the league this season.

Indianapolis (+8) over CINCINNATI: Marvin Lewis and his band of merry men have played the most boring games in the NFL this season, and are just as likely to get blown out by the winless Colts as they were to beat the undefeated Bills two weeks ago.

Philadelphia (-.5) over WASHINGTON: Michael Vick and the fastest team in the league have struggled to win this season. Their defense — thought to be one of the best on paper — has been abysmal and Vick has been bounced around more than a Smart Car at a crash test institute. I see the Eagles getting over the hump this week and getting a win before they go on their bye and get healthy.

GREEN BAY (-15) over St. Louis: When the sharps in Vegas throw a 15 point line out, it’s for one of two reasons: They either want the public to bet on a snap judgment from the early season, or they think a team is really this bad. I think the Rams are really this bad and the Packers are the best team in the league right now.

PITTSBURGH (-11) over Jacksonville: The Jaguars may not survive this game as a team and Jack Del Rio may not have a job this time next week.

Buffalo (+3.5) over NEW YORK GIANTS: Look for Eli Manning to throw some more interceptions this week and the Bills to win by a field goal.

Oakland (-7) over CLEVELAND: Look for Darren McFadden to run all over Cuyahoga County Sunday, and the Raiders to own the “Brownies”.

Houston (+9) over BALTIMORE: Baltimore is coming off its bye week and the Texans are coming off a loss to the Raiders; it’s gut-check time for Gary Kubiak and Houston’s second franchise. I don’t see them beating the Ravens without Mario Williams, but they should keep it close.

New Orleans (-4) over TAMPA BAY: Last year these teams played two epic games and the evidence thus far is that this should end with a TKO. NEW ENGLAND (-4) over Dallas: I have no idea how good the Cowboys actually are, and neither does anyone else. It is clear how good the Patriots are and they should roll through “America’s Team”.

Minnesota (+3) over CHICAGO: The Bears can’t protect Jay Cutler and the Vikings rush the passer very well. Look for Adrian Peterson to have a huge game and the Vikings to win outright.

MIAMI (+9) over New York Jets: Rex Ryan hopes to keep his team in contention for the AFC East, and Sporano is staring down the barrel of getting a pink slip if the Dolphins lose this week. Should be a close game decided by Mark Sanchez’s ability to put points on the board.

Jets by four.

Teams on a bye this week: Browns, Cowboys, Rams, Dolphins, Redskins and Ravens.

Last Week: 5-8-0 Season: 38-34-5

TCU to join Big 12 conference CONFERENCE REORGINIZATION

BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR

Texas Christian University will not be joining the Big East, after having accepted an invitation to

join the Big 12 Monday evening.

The Big East will be left with only six football-playing schools next season, making members ineligible for an automatic

bid to a Bowl Conference Subdivision game.

The conference would need at least seven football-playing members to be bowl eligible.

Presidents and chancellors from various institutions within the Big East authorized commissioner Joe Marinatto to begin talking to other schools who might be interested in joining the conference.

The plan is to potentially expand the Big East so that there are 12 football-playing members.

Both the University of Central Florida and Temple University are considered to be prime candidates IAN MCVEA | FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM

NOT WITHOUT PAY Texas Christian University will pay $5 million in order to leave the Big East and join the Big 12 conference.

for invitation.

Army, Navy and Air Force have been mentioned as footballonly teams for consideration.

East Carolina University and University of Memphis are candidates as well, and there has been mention of Villanova moving to the Football Bowl Subdivision level.

Air Force and ECU have been the most vocal about their desires to leave current conferences, and ECU has made it clear that they wish to join the Big East.

Talks of realignment are still occurring throughout some of the larger conferences, and decisions could potentially affect the Big East.

For now, the only thing that is certain is that the Big East cannot afford to lose any of its six remaining football-playing members.

Cats ready for UofL grudge match

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ASSISTING THE BEARCATS Freshman setter Caylin Mahoney leads the Bearcats with 754 assists, averaging 10.77 per set. Mahoney is also ranked third on the team with 137 digs and and fourth with 38 total blocks.

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SETTING THE STAGE UofL was the only Big East team to defeat the Bearcats in the 2010 regular season. Louisville also defeated Cincinnati in the 2010 Big East tournament.

ith four of five matches in the record books, the Bearcats’ volleyball team will finish out its three-weekend road

series Friday.

The best was saved for last, however.

Cincinnati will face the Big East’s top team, the University of Louisville Cardinals, in arguably the Bearcats’ biggest rivalry match.

Last season, the Cardinals were the only Big East team to hand Cincinnati a defeat during the regular season, and then to add salt to the wound, UofL swept the Bearcats three sets to zero in last season’s Big East championship match.

“Any time you play Louisville, it’s a great rivalry,” said UC head coach Reed Sunahara. “We’re going to take it as another conference opponent. We need to keep winning in order for us to stay on top.

Hopefully, we can execute on a higher level and bring home a victory.”

Entering this season’s match, the Bearcats are coming off a 1-1 weekend where they defeated Rutgers three sets to one Friday before getting swept Sunday by Seton Hall.

Against Rutgers, the Bearcats posted one of their best defensive performances, posting 15 team blocks and limiting the Scarlet Knights to a .037 hitting percentage.

“We started slow, we lost the first set, but then we started playing better,” Sunahara said. “Our blocking and our defense got

better. I thought it was going to be a good time to build some momentum going into Sunday, but I guess you’re just as good as your last game.”

In Sunday’s match, the Bearcats struggled offensively and defensively against the Pirates, but what hurt them the most were their 26 errors.

“Whenever you have errors like that, it’s tough to beat a team,” Sunahara said.

“I just thought we didn’t execute. The other disappointing thing was I thought we could compete harder, but it didn’t seem like that.”

The Cardinals enter this season’s annual rivalry match averaging a Big East-best .266 hitting percentage, while ranking second in kills and assists per match, averaging 13.47 and 12.52, respectively.

Defensively, the Cardinals are no slouch either and are ranked second in the conference in opponents hitting percentage — limiting opposing squads to hitting just 15 percent.

In order to leave Louisville with an upset victory, the Bearcats will need to focus on and contain Cardinal’s junior outside hitter Lola Arslanbekova who leads the Big East with 326 kills.

“They got the best player in the conference,” Sunahara said. “We need to contain her and stop everyone else. If we can do that, then we have a chance, but if she goes off and we can’t stop everyone else, it will be a short day.”

The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday in Louisville, Ky.

BRIEFS

Tepe helps Bearcats Lady hoops invite UC to 8th-place finish faculty to practice SAM WEINBERG | SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati men’s junior golfer David Tepe placed second Tuesday in a one-hole playoff, helping UC finish in eighth place at the Bearcat Invitational at Traditions Golf Club in Hebron, Ky. On the 18th hole in the Invitational, Tepe drained a 25-foot put to force the playoff round against Georgetown’s Brian Dorfman, but lost on the first hole.

In the third round of the tournament, Tepe shot a career-best 68 — three under par — and finished the tournament with a career-low tournament score of 210, shooting 70 and 72 in the first and second rounds, respectively.

“David Tepe has played great for us all season,” said UC head coach Dough Martin. “He has been a mainstay in our lineup. I walked up to him on the 18th green and asked

if he wanted to know [the situation]. I told him he needed to make the putt and he holed a 25-to-30 foot putt.

Any time you know you have to do sometime in an athletic environment and pull it off, it’s very rewarding.”

The eighth place standing was the Bearcats’ best tournament finish all fall. Entering the final day of the Invitational, however, Cincinnati was sitting at fifth place and dropped three places by the end of the day.

“Being in fifth place entering [Tuesday] and shooting a 299 with David shooting a 68, it’s a little disappointing,” Martin said. “It’s disappointing to finish like this in your home tournament. We have to keep getting better. I know the kids are working hard.”

Cincinnati finishes its fall season Oct. 27-29 at the Cabo Invitational in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

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For the first time in the team’s history, the Univeristy of Cincinnati women’s basketball team hosted an open practice Tuesday, inviting members of UC faculty and staff to observe an hour of practice.

Cincinnati head coach Jamelle Elliott and her staff spoke on the importance of academics and representing Cincinnati.

Assistant coaches LaRita Wilcher and Aaron Swinson addressed recruiting, scouting and game preparation “We appreciate all that our UC faculty and staff does to support the campus, our students, our student-athletes and attendance at the games,” said Leslie Wenert, assistant director of athletics for marketing. “We feel this was a great way for folks to get to know

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our staff and program more by hearing from our coaches and watching some of practice.”

The Bearcats then took the floor and began their regular practice routine, while Wenert hosted a raffle of UC athletics apparel for guests.

“I thought it was fantastic and enlightening to hear from the coaches on practice, studying, practice, practice, classes and more practice,” said Cathy Castillo, student health center director of business affairs. “I am impressed with how hard these ladies work.”

The Bearcats will play an exhibition game at 7 p.m. against Northern Kentucky Nov. 5 prior to opening their 2011-12 campaign at 7 p.m. against Indiana University-Purde University Fort Wayne Nov. 11.

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OPINION

Big East disabled, move to Big 12

With departure of TCU, UC sports must move on or face obscurity jarod gregory With the announcement on Monday that Texas Christian University will pass on the Big East and join the Big 12, it’s apparent the Big East is on the verge of becoming completely irrelevant in football.

Pittsburgh and Syracuse just left the conference, and if Missouri decides to stay in the Big 12, West Virginia may be on the way to being the South Eastern Conference’s 14th team. Also, Louisville is supposedly being pursued by the Big 12.

Even if the current Big East stays in tact, the conference has to be worried about losing its automatic BCS-qualifier status. The only teams the Big East is reportedly pursuing are Navy, LETTER TO Air Force, Army, Memphis, and East THE EDITOR Carolina, and the addition of any or all of these teams would be a yawn to say the least.

The University of Cincinnati needs to contact the Big 12 now. UC would be joining a great football and basketball conference. It would save the dwindling football ticket

sales by bringing schools like Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, etc. and revenue would increase.

The only downside would be losing rivalries with Louisville and West Virginia but, according to rumors, both of those teams may leave the Big East within a couple years.

I don’t want UC’s best football years to be behind us, so let’s jump off the sinking ship that is the Big East before it’s too late and we end up playing in the Mid American Conference with Ohio University and Miami University.

Jarod Gregory is a third-year chemical engineering student at the University of Cincinnati.

Letters to the editor: Prodigal Ministries leisan c. smith The University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Center was shocked and disappointed to see the ad for Prodigal Ministries in the Sept. 29 edition of The News Record. We were informed on Oct. 4 that the News Record has a contract with this “ministry” group to run the ad three more times.

While we understand having to fulfill a contract, we were again disappointed to find out that the newspaper may choose to continue to do business with this group after the initial contract is fulfilled.

We certainly endorse the concept of freedom of speech, especially at a public institution; what we have a hard time with is hate speech.

As we are sure you know, hate speech is defined as “any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic.” Prodigal Ministries’ philosophies certainly fall into this definition.

Since 1994, the American Psychological Association (APA) has declared that aversion therapy is a dangerous practice that does not work. Since 2006, the use of aversion therapy to treat homosexuality has been in violation of the codes of conduct and professional guidelines

of the APA and American Psychiatric Association. The Guidelines for Psychological Practice with LGBTQ clients was adopted by the APA Council of Representatives in February 2011.

The first guideline states that “Psychologists strive to understand the effects of stigma and its various contextual manifestations in the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual people.” It goes on to state that “Social stressors affecting lesbian, gay and bisexual youth, such as verbal and physical abuse, have been associated with academic problems, running away, prostitution, substance abuse and suicide”.

Guideline three states, “Psychologists understand that same-sex attractions, feelings and behavior are normal variants of human sexuality and that efforts to change sexual orientation have not been shown to be effective or safe.”

As an office whose main goal is to support our LGBTQ students, we are very aware that ads like this can lead to the continued negative stigmatization of those who identify as LGBT or Q, by fomenting self-hate and possibly suicide. It is our hope and the hope of the other offices, staff and faculty who have signed this letter that you choose not to continue to run hate speech in The News Record.

Leisan C. Smith is the program director for the UC LGBTQ Center.

andrew knowles The News Record was correct and obliged to run the Prodigal Ministries advertisement.

While the ad’s sponsors have questionable theories in regards to sexuality, the backlash seen in print from the University of Cincinnati Alliance and College Democrats is unwarranted.

The First Amendment must always be respected. jordan linn I must confess that I have not always been the biggest fan of our student newspaper. I often felt the articles were trivial or a little too biased. In all fairness, I suppose all publications suffer these very understandable issues.

The reason for this letter is to say that after this homosexuality advertisement hullabaloo, my respect for your journalistic integrity has grown immensely.

There are many people in the world with less spine who would have folded to pressure and cut the advertisement.

The UC community is not walled off from the world and must not restrict the views from outsiders in an effort to stay comfortable.

To grow a rose garden, one must endure thorns — some more objectionable than others.

Andrew Knowles is a third-year environmental studies student and former active-duty Marine.

Thank for refuting the quote you ran on Oct. 6 that, “Hate speech is not free speech” by standing by your decision and continuing to run the ad and defending your original choice.

Your actions speak loudly and clearly that we value freedom of opinion at the University of Cincinnati, and that different views will not be shut out and labeled unacceptable because they are unpopular.

Jordan Linn is a third-year engineering student at the University of Cincinnati.

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‘Occupy’ protests vague, missing political mark We are now several weeks into the “Occupy Wall Street” phenomenon that has spread like wildfire to urban metropolises around the nation and become the talk of alphabetized syndicated media. What is not clear is the group’s actual objective or political endgame.

Do they desire the fall of capitalism? Higher taxes on the rich or perhaps a new amendment to the Constitution that does not allow income higher than $100,000 could do the trick? We don’t know and neither do they, it appears.

As for our fair city, the movement began with its show of solidarity that drew approximately 700 occupiers who marched from Lytle Park to Fountain Square Saturday.

Accounts from those who attended on Saturday seem to depict a large, multi-faceted political congregation of hipsters, business owners, college students and union members. It is a rather unique thing, here in the Queen City, to have police officers and protestors getting along just like Rodney King vocalized two decades ago.

Apparently this conglomeration of personalities produced a fair amount of peaceful discourse on the ways that our nation’s wrongs can be righted. The fact that a conversation started between citizens on opposite sides of the political aisle is encouraging; unfortunately, that initial conversation seems to have died.

As the days have gone on and citations have been handed out, several points of contention come to mind.

Given the fact that the economy and unemployment have been getting worse, aren’t these demonstrations a few years late? Three years ago, when President Barack Obama was elected, hope for a recovery from economic recessions and stalled job markets was at an all-time high. Unfortunately, the situation has only continued to get worse.

As the protests of the 1960s and STAFF ’70s showed us, if you do something enough and your numbers grow, EDITORIAL long eventually somebody has to listen.

This wave of demonstrations is quickly shrinking, and the message has been skewed due to the images of maniacs defecating on police cruisers and American flags in New York.

Since occupying public spaces is a chief tenant of the protestors’ message, why did they get permits and coordinate with the Cincinnati Police Department? We understand not wanting riot officers shooting tear gas into crowds, but getting a permit kind of makes it seem as though these protestors are not as committed to their message as they indicate.

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Democratic Party have embraced these protestors removes any hope that they will be taken seriously as a movement of “the 99 percent”. Democrats have been the party in control of our federal government since the midterm elections of 2006 when they won control of the House and Senate. Logically, if the party in control of the government that has benefited from the contributions of these “evil and greedy” businesses supports your cause, then they either feel they can control you easily or you are not informed of how our political system runs in the U.S. and won’t do the math on who donates millions to their campaigns.

No matter the outcome, we feel that introducing rhetorical discourse among citizens is a positive thing, and we hope it continues. We just hope that this young movement does not get high-jacked by either political party and that it continues to flourish and benefit from the input of everyone.

The political atmospherics in this country are both convoluted and polarizing right now. The current “occupy” movement personifies that situation.

None of us know whether this movement will actually do anything, in part because its message is fluid and incongruent, but also because there seems to be no real goal.

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