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131 YEARS IN PRINT VOL. CXXXI ISSUE XIII

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Rally for Rail sees citywide support RYAN HOFFMAN | SENIOR REPORTER

As the November elections near, the cry for streetcar support echoed all the way to Uptown. Opponents of Issue 48 came together Tuesday at the Kingsgate Marriot for a get-out-the-vote rally — Rally for Rail — that featured several high-ranking, elected city officials. Their message was “vote no” on Issue 48, the proposed amendment to the Cincinnati charter that would prohibit spending city money on or planning for any form of public rail transportation through the year 2020. Hosting the rally was Cincinnatians for Progress, a group whose sole purpose is to prevent Issue 48 from passing in next Tuesday’s election.

“We are in a fight for what type of city we want to be: Whether we’re going to be a city that moves forward with the best jobs that creates economic opportunity for all, or whether we’re going to share the myopic, pessimistic vision that our opponents have,” said Rob Richardson, co-chair of Cincinnatians for Progress. Doug Sizemore, the executive secretarytreasurer of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO, said that the city could not afford the economic failure and loss of potential jobs as side effects of the 10-year ban on the streetcar project. Guest speaker Congressman Earl Blumenauer from Oregon, who serves as a nationwide spokesman for public rail travel, said that this legislation would prevent Cincinnati from receiving the benefits witnessed in cities that have public

Arrest made in rape case

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ROAD TO RAILS John Schneider, director of real estate for First Valley Corporation and founding member of Downtown Cincinnati Inc., presented the newly proposed plans for the streetcar to the University of Cincinnati Student Government members May 11 at Tangeman University Center.

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rail transportation like Dallas, Texas and Portland, Ore. “Never have I been involved in any of these debates around the country where there was a community that was debating whether or not to go into hibernation for a decade,” Blumenauer said. SEE RAIL | 6

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SOCIAL MEDIA SLIPUP Former Daniels Hall resident adviser Roger Swoger was terminated by the University of Cincinnati after uploading a photo — with caption — to Facebook of a residence hall visitor. Swoger now faces UC sanctions and charges.

Dean of pharmacy to resign

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A Cincinnati man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the alleged sexual assault of a University of Cincinnati student on Halloween. Rakan Abdullah Dugaish, 22, was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center on the charge of rape. The incident allegedly took place Monday DUGAISH in Burnet Woods, directly across from UC’s Main campus. Dugaish allegedly struck the unidentified student — who was an acquaintance of Dugaish — with an open hand, then restrained her by the neck while allegedly sexually assaulting her. The student reported the alleged incident to the Cincinnati Police Department, the UC Police Division and university staff the same day, according to an email from Capt. Jeff Corcoran, interim police chief for UCPD, to the UC community Wednesday. The student was referred for medical treatment after the alleged assault, according to Corcoran’s email. The alleged assault is the fifth report of rape to the UCPD thus far in 2011, according to a News Record analysis and UCPD crime statistics. Dugaish appeared in court Wednesday morning, where his bond was set at $100,000. He was also given the option to post $25,000 bond and surrender his passport to authorities. Dugaish is not a UC student.

The University of Cincinnati will lose a long-time administrator at the end of the year. Daniel Acosta, dean of UC’s College of Pharmacy, informed the university of his resignation as dean Oct. 14. His resignation is effective Dec. 31. Acosta served as dean of the university’s College of Pharmacy since 1996, coming to UC from the University of Texas, where he was a faculty member for 22 years. He was the fourth dean in the college’s history and UC’s only Hispanic dean. Acosta’s accomplishments include the development of an entry-level doctorate of pharmacy program, an online cosmetic sciences graduate program and one of the nation’s first master’s programs in drug development, said UC Provost Santa Ono. Acosta also played a major role in the $10 million donation James L. Winkle — a Hamilton, Ohio resident and College of Pharmacy alumnus — whose name the college bears, made in 2005 Ono said. “On behalf of the university, I want to thank Dan for his leadership of the Winkle College of Pharmacy and the important role he has ACOSTA played in the progress of the college during the last 15 years,” Ono said. “We look forward to acknowledging Dan and sharing our appreciation of his efforts in the near future.” Bill Fant, associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Pharmacy, will assume the position of interim dean effective Jan. 1, 2012, Ono said, and will serve in the position until a new dean is selected. “During the next several weeks, I will seek input from the college’s various stakeholders before outlining a plan for selecting the next dean,” Ono said. Acosta — who recently was elected as president of the International Union of Toxicology — will take one year administrative leave from UC before he returns as a faculty member at the College of Pharmacy, where he will focus on toxicology research, Ono said.

ON THE UC CALENDER Where: Mick and Mack’s Cafe, TUC When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 Wine Tasting & Hors D’oeuvres — $15 per person, unless otherwise stated. Wines of France Taste wines from the exagon classics. Call (513) 556-3653 or email mick_macks@uc.edu to make a reservation or for more information. $15 per person. Menu and themes are subject to change.

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Daniels Hall RA fired after taking photo SAM MORREN | SENIOR REPORTER

A former Daniels Hall resident adviser is facing sanctions and charges from the University of Cincinnati after commenting, via Facebook, on a visitor’s attire at the residence hall Saturday, Oct. 15. Roger Swoger, a third-year hospitality management student and third-floor resident adviser, or RA, in Daniels Hall, started his shift at the front desk Oct. 15 because the front desk was short of staff. The Daniels Hall RAs were asked to volunteer when possible, Swoger said. Swoger volunteered for the graveyard shift — 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. — Oct. 15. Saturday nights — especially the graveyard shift — at Daniels Hall had gained a reputation, Swoger said. “[The graveyard] shift is always known as like whenever everyone comes back from the parties on a Saturday night,” Swoger said. As the shift progressed, Swoger said he tried to entertain himself at his front desk position with the transient residents and visitors. “I was working the front desk, and it was about 3 a.m., and then this girl waltzes in dragging a suitcase behind her,” Swoger said. “I thought that was really funny; why is this chick carrying a suitcase?” Swoger took a picture on his smartphone of the woman’s back and her suitcase from the midriff down. The woman in the picture could not be identified unless someone knew her well, and she was unaware that the picture was being taken, Swoger said. Swoger then said he decided to share what he thought was funny with his circle of friends.

“So, I took [the] picture and uploaded it onto Facebook, and added the caption: ‘adventures of working the res hall front desk. This booty call came with a suitcase,’ ” Swoger said.“It was meant to be a joke, a generic photo to add some comedy relief to the job.” For Swoger, the social media site turned out to be more than a playground. By Sunday night, the girl in the picture was identified by a friend of Swoger. The girl found out about the picture and the comments that followed. Then the girl in the picture then called her parents who contacted the UC Student Life office. “I wish, now, that I had added a comment like how many beers does she have in the suitcase,” Swoger said. “All I wanted to do was to have a witty comment to go with the photo.” By the night of Wednesday, Oct. 20, Swoger found out the power of the social media site. He was terminated from his RA position — which he had for the past three years. He was asked to move out of his dorm room in Daniel Hall. He lost his room and board scholarship that comes with being an RA and is no longer allowed in Daniels Hall without an escort. Swoger also faces charges from UC Judicial Services on violation of the Student Code of conduct and will have an audience with UC Judicial Services Wednesday, said UC Judicial Services in a letter to Swoger. UC Student Life was not available for comment as of press time and UC Judicial Services would not disclose additional information on the case, saying it was “a private matter.”

College of Medicine faces $15.5M deficit

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LANCE LAMBERT | SENIOR REPORTER A $15.5 million deficit must be handled before the dean of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine (COM) can implement his vision for the college’s future. The COM plans to overcome the $15.5 million deficit by receiving $10 million from the UC Physicians clinical practices and cutting $5.5 million from the budget said Thomas Boat, dean and vice president from health affairs. The college will reduce basic science department infrastructure cost, postpone new

grants funding and cut from the administrative budget, Boat said. “I know that five years from now, we will be a lot better; 10 years from now we ought to in fact go from that point and reach a higher point,” Boat told a crowd, Oct 26., as he introduced his vision for the college. US News and World Report ranks UC’s COM 42 in the nation and 17 among public schools, a number that needs to lower , Boat said. “I feel we have a terrific team together, excellent people, who are thoughtful team players and are going to be good leaders for a long time,” Boat said. My vision is to make UC a preferred

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destination for doctors and researchers, be a preferred choice of care for complex disorders and join Midwest elites in biomedical research centers, Boat said. “We should aspire to be high on rankings for all our programs,” Boat said. “We should be the destination for future medical students.” UC cut budgets 12 percent university wide this year, totaling in $28 million, said Greg Hand, university spokesman. “The university must present a balanced budget each year and cannot have a deficit,” Hand said. The COM is a substantial part of UC’s budget taking up over one-third of the budget, Hand said.


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