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New option will allow students to earn baccalaureate degree within three years

RYAN HOFFMAN | SENIOR REPORTER Students at public universities in Ohio will soon be able to expedite their college experience and earn a bachelor’s degree in three years.

Streamlined degree programs are part of Gov. John Kasich’s twoyear budget plan proposed earlier this year. The plan calls for all public universities in Ohio to submit proposals to the Ohio Board of Regents for three-year degree paths in 10 percent of all their programs

by October 2012 and 60 percent by 2014.

The programs are designed to save students money and move them into the workforce sooner —— where they can be productive,

said Connie Wehrkamp, Kasich’s press secretary.

The time spent earning a degree will be reduced by tactics already available including summer college classes to students, properly transferring previously earned credit hours, postsecondary education options and taking advantage of Advanced Placement credit hours and dual enrollment while in high school.

“It’s a lot of building on what’s already in place, but now we’re just being a little more aggressive about it,”Wehrkamp said.

But earning a degree in three years instead of four could translate to a much denser workload for students, said Kristi Nelson,

senior vice provost for academic planning at UC. “It doesn’t mean that you will take fewer than 120 credit hours, but that you will have a fair amount of advanced standing through things like AP credits, dual enrollment and summer classes,” Nelson said.

Some students have already been able to earn their degree in three years by using many of the same methods that the new programs will utilize, according to university research.

Information collected at UC between 2002 and 2004 shows that students studying in biology — who have more opportunities for earning SEE DEGREE | 7

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Sensor to limit surgery

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THE HARD FACTS Katie Gallagher, among other UC students, presented criminology research in Washington, D.C.

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University of Cincinnati researchers may be cutting costs and unnecesary surgery with a technological development.

A research group at UC is working to revolutionize metallic biomaterials in medical implants with the creation of an electrochemical sensor.

The team is comprised of distinguished research professors, William Heineman, Julia Kuhlmann, Xuefei Guo and Tim Meyung. “[The sensor] allows patients to only undergo one procedure rather than multiple,” said Tim Meyung, a fourth-year chemistry student who participated in the device’s development. “With a magnesium alloy implant, it will dissolve over a period of time and eliminate any further surgeries and complications.”

The sensor aims to measure the degradation of magnesium alloy implants in patients’ bodies, Meyung said. Typical implants include metal plates to stabilize broken bones and screws placed to anchor parts of the skull.

A traditional titanium implant is not biodegradable and requires a secondary surgery to be taken out when it is no longer needed to aid the body in recovery.

With a magnesium alloy implant, the metal degrades on its own, making it a less invasive alternative.

“Not all elements are necessarily safe at certain doses in the body,” Meyung said.

While the magnesium implant degrades, the sensor measures the rate and whether it’s safe for the human body. The cylindrical sensor isn’t abstract and consists of about four parts, including an Ion Selective Membrane (ISM).

With an ISM, it has the potential of being used on a variety of metallic substances other than magnesium.

“Once the sensor is functional and developed, we will test it through in vitro Corrosion Characterization System (CCS) in SEE SENSOR | 7 INSIDE

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SMASH AND GRAB McMicken Hall’s first-floor Journalism lab, was victim to theft for the third time in three years. Thirteen Apple iMacs were taken from the lab.

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Equipment costing more than $20K taken from A&S JAMES SPRAGUE | CHIEF REPORTER For the second time in one month, a computer lab at the University of Cincinnati has fallen prey to thieves, this time to the tune of more than $20,000.

The McMicken College of Arts and Sciences journalism computer lab, located in McMicken Room 116, was ransacked again some time between 5 p.m. Monday evening and 8 a.m.

Tuesday morning. It is the second theft to occur in the computer lab in the past month, and is the third theft in the location since 2009.

Approximately $23,000 in computer equipment was stolen from the lab, including 13 Apple iMac computers, said Geri Hinkle-Wesseling, business manager for UC’s Department of English and Comparative Literature, who discovered the theft Tuesday.

In 2009, eight computers were stolen from the

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lab in the same manner. An August 2010 theft of computer equipment in McMicken Hall resulted in the arrest of 22-year-old Breshawn Wynn, and in October computer keyboards and mice were taken from the same journalism lab. Attempts to contact the UC Police Division regarding the investigation were unsuccessful as of press time.

Video surveillance in the lab by UCPD, which was set up after the October theft, did capture an unknown suspect on camera in the lab stealing the computers but did not give a good description, Hinkle-Wesseling said.

“They looked at the film and really couldn’t distinguish who it was,” Hinkle-Wesseling said. “(The suspect) had on a hoodie, turned off the lights and pulled the sleeves over their hands so you couldn’t distinguish race.”

The lab, which is only accessible by key and is protected by a secure lock system, is limited to faculty who teach in the classroom and certain staff members, Hinkle-Wesseling said. “[The suspect] is very clever,” Hinkle-Wesseling said. “He knows what he’s doing.”

The suspect did have bolt cutters or a similar instrument to cut through the padlocks and cables securing the computers, according to video surveillance, Hinkle-Wesseling said. “[The suspect] knows this place,” she said. “[The suspect] has keys, and we’re pretty sure they have a partner.”

The theft is a blow to students in UC’s Journalism program, especially for students in design and photojournalism courses who use the lab frequenty, said Jon Hughes, director of the journalism program at UC. “It is essential to the teaching of design SEE THEFT | 7

Strong UC presence in capital KYLE STONE | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

Researchers convened in the nation’s capital to analyze the dirty business of crime.

The University of Cincinnati showed a striking presence at an American Society of Criminology meeting Nov. 16-19 in Washington, D.C. — sharing more than 40 research papers and presentations to several thousand scholars from around the world.

Katie Gallagher, a UC graduate student in the college of Education and Criminal Justice and Human Services, presented her research on the correlation between “problem landlords” as well as the need for police resources at the annual event.

“At any one time during the conference 20 or 30 different panels might be going on,” Gallagher said. “The panel that we presented our research at included other presentations from UC representatives — including Dr. John Eck and Dr. Troy Payne — who received his PhD from UC and is now at the University of Alaska at Anchorage.”

Gallagher discovered that, despite what one might think, tenants in Section 8 housing actually did not require the greatest amount of police resources, but rather certain apartments of specific landlords required the most attention.

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PlayScape to make Sigma Sigma child-friendly LANCE LAMBERT | SENIOR REPORTER Sigma Sigma Commons will be home to a new scenic oasis in the urban jungle of the University of Cincinnati Main Campus.

A small stream, sand box, plants, tree houses and bird watching will highlight PlayScape — a new outdoor laboratory for young children to play and learn about nature will be constructed around Sigma Sigma Commons at the University of Cincinnati.

PlayScape — expected to completed in early June 2012, is being built in a partnership between UC’s Arlitt Children and Family Research and Education Center, the Cincinnati Nature Center and the Office of the University Architect.

The $401,000 project being built near the north side of French Hall on the Main Campus, is being contracted by Mark Spaulding Construction — a contractor that specializes in design build projects as well as construction management — with the majority of funding coming from the Harriet Williams Downey Fund and endowment.

The PlayScape will be intended for children ages 3 to 5 years old, said Victoria Carr, director of UC’s Artlitt

Center and an associate professor of education.

“The project is outdoors, the intent is to engage kids to nature,” Carr said. “To get kids outside since we live in a urban area.”

The 140 children who attend the Arlitt Center will engage in recreation at the PlayScape.

“A lot of research looks at child obesity, some of the research shows a link between playing outside and improving a childs chances of not becoming obese,” Carr said.

PlayScape will be open to the public, but the university is hoping students will be good stewards to the outdoor laboratory allowing the opportunity to engage the university community, Carr said.

“The water feature simulating a creek will highlight the PlayScape,” Carr said.

“The creek will move rocks around giving kids a chance to learn physics and properties of water through play.”

The path will give kids the chance to learn about geography and the environment will give kids a chance to experience biophilia — a positive feeling generated by nature, Carr said.

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Scandal costs PSU financially The latest news to come from Penn State is the economic impact of the school’s scandal involving alleged sexual abuse by one of its football team’s former coaches, Jerry Sandusky.

Historically one of the top-10 universities in merchandise sales, Penn State’s latest sales figures show that merchandise sales are down 40 percent from where they were this time last year. Moreover, the school’s top football recruit has withdrawn his commitment, with many more top recruits expected to follow.

Such numbers clearly reflect society’s disapproval with how Penn State officials handled the situation and have started speculation that the Nittany Lions will never again be the powerhouse in football that they once were.

But is this all we can expect?

A school covers up for an alleged child rapist, and the only consequences are a fall in merchandise and a drop in the standings for the football team?

Why is the school not in danger of shutting down from such a scandal?

Are markets really that bad at punishing immorality?

Not likely. The unfortunate fact is, Penn State, and public universities in general, are institutions that are protected from market forces. People who perpetrate crimes can be found anywhere, from the lowest to highest levels of both the private and public sectors.

However, the difference lies in how institutions are structured to handle the situation.

Perhaps the biggest flaw in the institutional design of the public university is its law enforcement. University police basically have political sovereignty over the campus area, and they are university employees as well.

This institutional design breeds a conflict of interest. If a school is trying to market itself as a safe environment to live in, it has the incentive to make its crime statistics as appealing as possible — this entails not prosecuting crimes such as rape.

Such was the case at Penn State in 1998, when the university’s chief of police instructed the case to be closed after Sandusky was accused of misconduct with an adolescent boy in a campus shower.

And the 1998 cover-up is certainly not rare. The Chicago Tribune reported in June that, in a survey of six universities, only 12 arrests were made from 171 reported sex crimes — a figure that is far below the national average of 25 percent for local police departments.

While such an institutional flaw allowed an alleged predator like Sandusky to flourish, the fact that the scandal was finally exposed would likely put Penn State in danger of bankruptcy; that is, it would if not for financial support from the state.

Despite the decline in attendance that Penn State will likely experience as backlash, the school will remain an institution in the community because it is propped up by the state.

Penn State received $279 million in government subsidies this year, which is actually a 19.6 percent decrease from 2010 due to Pennsylvania budget cuts. Combined with the fact that the average college undergrad receives approximately $6,000 annually in government financial aid, Penn State and other universities just do not have the same incentives to respond to the market as private, unsubsidized institutions do.

Imagine if a private educational institution — perhaps a private school, or even a daycare or tutoring company — found out that one of its employees was molesting children. It is likely that the company would not only immediately fire the employee in question, but also institute company reforms to assure customers that such an incident would never happen again. And if it did not, it would likely go out of business.

Economists have explained for decades that bureaucracies are less responsive to societal pressures than markets, and the Penn State scandal is certainly anecdotal evidence that supports their arguments. It is just unfortunate that such a horrible tragedy had to occur to illustrate their point.

OPINION Blasting mountain tops damages Coal mining is deadlier than ever, right down the road HEATHER BRUNSWICK Toxic chemicals, floods and loud noises damaging to your ears. How would you like to live with this? Thousands of people are now forced to live like this due to mountaintop removal. These people didn’t sign up to live with these conditions; they, were simply forced to deal with it.

This is why I am a firm believer in University of Cincinnati’s Beyond Coal Campaign. UC needs to shut down their coal plant here, not only to allow healthy living in Cincinnati, but also so that the people living beside

mountains may be blessed with healthy living.

I recently read an article about the blasting of mountaintops. It read, “Blasting not only makes life all but unlivable LETTER TO in nearby homes, it also cracks wells and THE EDITOR frequently foundations too. Blasting can also send boulders flying hundreds of yards into roads and homes.” How would you like it if you and your fiancé were building a house and it all got destroyed because a boulder hit the house? Or if you had children and your son or dsughter was hit with a piece of mountaintop?

Although we are miles away from where they blast mountaintops, we need to unite together to help these people who have to deal with the blasting of mountaintops. The first step that we can take to help them is to shut down UC’s coal plan and to convert to alternative sources of energy. It is time for us to help others.

Heather Brunswick is a first-year pre-nursing student at the University of Cincinnati.

Coal burning brings deadly consequences DANIELLE STRASINGER According to the environmental activist group Clean Air Taskforce, 70 people in Hamilton County alone die from air pollution every year.

My best friend’s 5-year-old brother has been hospitalized multiple times for having asthma attacks from polluted air and I don’t want him to be added to this statistic.

This is why I am a part of University of Cincinnati’s Beyond Coal Campaign (UCBC). The university needs to convert their coal plant to renewable energy resources to help provide students and the whole city of Cincinnati with clean air.

So far, more than 2,000 students have signed petitions stating they want the university to

switch over, and volunteers are continuing to get more petitions signed. This is proof that a segment of UC students want clean air.

Most people who have lived in Cincinnati their whole lives do not notice how dirty the air is when they breathe LETTER TO it. This is because they THE EDITOR have become accustomed to breathing this way.

Many of my friends who recently moved to Cincinnati say they immediately noticed the thickness of the air when they moved here. For people with asthma, breathing this polluted air causes irritation in their lungs and throat. It also causes issues with the use of their inhalers.

UCBC is asking the university to retire their coal plant. This university needs to be

relying upon renewable energy resources and increased efficiency, instead of the dirtiest source of energy we have. This will reduce the pollution in the air immensely, and cause less harm to the students and citizens of Cincinnati.

Ohio is the top state for air pollution caused by power plants., According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) UC is a big contributor to this, and most of the big universities in Ohio are retiring their coal-powered plants over to renewable resources. Ohio University and Miami University are two of these universities, and UC should be a part of this too.

Danielle Strasinger is a first-year exploratory studies student at the University of Cincinnati.

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Raising Cain’s hopes, only to be dashed SEAN PETERS

Has Herman Cain lost every chance of a presidential career? According to Cain, that’s a decision that will be made by his wife.

The most recent allegation of infidelity from a Georgia woman named Ginger White, along with the bevy of other women have “had a very damaging effect on her,” Cain said in a Fox News interview.

These days, with the amount of information available to the general populace, it’s hard to uphold the American court system’s policy of being innocent until proven guilty. While he denies every accusation of extramarital affairs that’s been publicly made against him, there’s little doubt a majority of the public’s view of the Tennessee-born restaurant magnate is rapidly degrading to that of a lecherous politician.

Gloria Cain, his wife of 43 years, remained silent in these public affairs until midNovember, when she gave an exclusive to Fox

News. There, she said, “You hear the graphic allegations, and we know that would have been something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman. And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women.”

When Mrs. Cain learned of White’s allegations of a 13-year-long affair, she is said to have replied, “Here we go again.” Patience is a virtue.

Large numbers of conservatives are not as patient as Mrs. Cain, seeing how Republican support for Cain has dropped considerably in the wake of these lurid accusations. Cain, an ordained minister at the Antioch Baptist Church of North Atlanta, released a public statement Monday through his attorney, Lin Wood, saying these matters are “private, alleged consensual conduct between adults, a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public.”

It appears this statement implies, “Yes, it happened. No, it’s none of your beeswax.”

Stranger, though, is how Wood’s

statement differentiates White’s alleging a consensual relationship as being unnewsworthy, in opposition to “an accusation of an assault — which are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate.”

In West Chester Thursday, Cain spoke to approximately 100 supporters, where it seemed very much like he plans to continue campaigning. The crowd was enthusiastic in pushing forward Cain’s “9-9-9” plan. Cain claims to be victim of “character assassination” from his political opponents and the liberal media.

Whether or not Cain is guilty of these accusations is politically unimportant. What the presidential hopeful is experiencing right now is a gauntlet of his character’s fortitude.

A public official is expected to be accountable for more than just their professional life.

Looking at the way he has dealt with the recent sexual accusations, it’s not likely his wife will be allow her husband to continue “raising Cain” on the campaign trail much longer.

The idea of having party permits at MU began when Butler County Prosecutor, Mike Gmoser, saw that these college bashes were getting out of hand.

In a FOX19 interview, Gmoser stated that he is committed to reducing underage drinking in communities that home a large population of adults under the age of 21.

“They have to realize that it’s not cool to get so drunk that you end up in an emergency room in a hospital,” Gmoser said.

I don’t think that’s cool. Nor do I know any college student who would want to get so intoxicated that they end up being hospitalized.

Gmoser also said that there is “no such thing as drinking responsibly” if a person is under 21.

I guess that means I wasn’t responsible as I sat at my dinner table, next to my mother, swallowing my Thanksgiving turkey dinner with a single glass of red wine.

MU doesn’t even grace the Princeton Review’s list of 20 “Top Party Schools.”

However, Miami’s concern with underage drinking is understandable.

Yet this is an issue that is going to be difficult to control. If the permit is put into affect, underage drinking problems may increase and spread beyond student house parties. “[The party permit] will reduce the amount of house parties and increase underage drinking at the bars,” said Lindsey Wilson, a fourth-year physical education student at MU.

“Whether it passes or not, at least it is raising awareness about the underage drinking problem.

Awareness is an important step in preventing underage drinking which is why MU freshmen are required to take an alcohol education course. Although these preventive measures are enforced, this will only go so far in steering the minds of 30 college students.

Brendan Sheridan, a 1998 MU graduate and 2004 graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, believes that underage drinking is inevitable and college students will continue to drink even with knowing the “devastating, embarrassing, and even life-threatening health problems.”

Sheridan also believes that if the law were to pass, more underage drinkers would be driving off campus to drink and party instead of walking or taking the campus bus. “[The party permit] in itself is already an infringement on rights of privacy and another example of government reaching inside the private lives of its citizens,” Sheridan said. “If I were 21 or older in Oxford, I would be deeply offended at this over-reaching attempt by an already overbearing administration at a school already jokingly referred to as ‘Mother Miami.’”

This permit may not be the answer to the underage drinking problems that many universities are facing. Perhaps it will just be an urge for students to fight for their right to party but in a responsible manor.

Party permits less than optimal solution TESS EGER

Students at Miami University are facing a preliminary proposal that aims to cut down on the amount of underage drinking, an issue that seems far out of control to their university officials.

Students in Oxford could soon be required to obtain a party permit before throwing a get-together with more than 10 people.

While partying is a largely popular social activity among students, it can have serious consequences.

The consequences are not limited to killer hangover and waking up in a puddle of vomit.

A minor who is found possessing and/or consuming alcohol and underage intoxication are code violations at Miami. According to Haughey & Deters LLC, a law firm in Oxford, even if students are not convicted of the charges, they could still face a hearing before the Office of Student Conflict Resolution.

Underage possession, underage consumption and underage intoxication are considered first-degree misdemeanors in Ohio. If convicted, students may serve a maximum of 180 days in jail, a $1,000 fine and in some cases, a big, fat, criminal record.

While none of these punishments fall lightly, they are too often swept under the rug with a few ounces of alcohol in the body of a stressed out and exhausted college student.

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compelled to make the effects of coal known.

With the 2,100 signatures on Beyond Coal’s campus petition and more than 100 volunteers, students involved continue to feel that their voices are being heard.

“We should all support Beyond Coal because the emissions from the coal plant are directly affecting them,” said Rick Murphy, a first-year civil engineering student. “Although there is the administration that makes executive decisions for UC, the administration has to listen to the student body. Supporting Beyond Coal — whether it’s signing a petition, attending an event or event volunteering — will show the administration that this is an issue that students truly care about. Our petitions and volunteers are proof of that.”

One student involved with UC Beyond Coal said he was suprised to learn that UC had no plans to push beyond coal.

“The most surprising part of UC’s use of coal for me was finding that we had not yet set a date or even started constructing a plan to address how we could end our use of coal,” said Ronald Gillespie, a third-year industrial management student.

“We need to kick our coal habit and implement renewable energy and reduce our high energy demands

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The possibility of UC moving beyond coal is palpable, Kunkemoeller said.

“On our medical and main campuses, coal is used for boiling water to create heat for our campuses and our medical hospitals, but it’s such a small percentage of what generates our heat that it makes it very feasible to stop using those boilers,” Kunkemoeller said.

“Moving beyond coal will help with energy reduction and usage.

It will allow us to move toward having a campus that focuses on renewable energy,” Kunkemoeller said.“We have developed a climate action plan which reduces UC’s carbon footprint, and a large part of making UC a more sustainable campus.”

Zander added that the reasons to stop using coal go beyond the environment.

“The health effects of coal are just unbelievable,” Zander said. “The mining, burning and disposal of coal you see a lot more health impacts such as birth defects, cancers, very high rates of respiratory illnesses. The No. 1 rate of mercury into our environment is coal, and mercury rates have been officially tied to autism.”

Kunkemoeller agreed.

“The health community is

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very up in arms about coal right now,” Kunkemoeller said. “The American Lung Association came out two years ago and called for an end to coal, period.

Thirteen thousand deaths are directly associated every year with coal right now coming in the form of asthma attacks, heart attacks, COPD and cancers.”

Burning coal releases mercury and arsenic,” Kunkemoeller said. “Not only do these toxins cause health effects, but they also cause damage to the nerve endings in your brain.

Essentially, it damages your brain.”

Those are just a few of the reasons UCBC is pushing to stop using coal, Zander said.

“Coal is very advantageous to fight because you can fight it from so many different angles,” Zander said. “Whether you’re fighting it because of its health effects, its environmental impacts or climate change — coal affects all of these realms negatively.”

And it’s time for UC to join the fight.

“I would be hard-pressed to think of somewhere that has better resources to solve this issue than UC,” Kunkemoeller said. “All we need now is as much support from the administration as we have had from the campus and the community.”

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SPOTLIGHT

COURTESY OF BEYOND COAL

MOVING BEYOND COAL

University of Cincinnati students band together to support Beyond Coal, a student group that hopes to create a less-polluted campus.

oving beyond coal toward a cleaner and healthier campus HOLLY ROUSE | SPOTLIGHT EDITOR

More efficiency

- Only responsible for 15 percent of the total heat at UC - Creating more energy efficient labs and buildings, which will reduce the amount of pollution directly in and around our campus and our hospitals – with these changes, the energy savings will pay for itself within a few years.

- This will lead us to a campus that uses more renewable, more affordable energy.

Health consequences of coal

- Burning coal releases mercury and arsenic into our air, which cause birth defects and damage the brain’s nerve endings.

- The American Physicians Association, The American Lung Association and the American Nursing Association have all called for an end to coal use.

- 13,000 deaths are directly associated every year with coal right now in the form of asthma attacks, heart attacks, COPD and cancers.

- One in six women has enough mercury in her body to have a child with birth defects, according to the American Physicians Association and the American Nursing Associations.

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RALLYING AGAINST COAL Beyond Coal supporters gather in support of cleaner energy.

anywhere else, so if universities can kick them, it’s a really good indicator that the rest of the country can, too, since we are supposed to be the leaders,” Within nine weeks, Beyond Coal has grown Zander said. from four people to more than 120 members.

When asked of Beyond Coal’s goals after her time Their mission? To shut down two coal boilers at UC is finished, Zander explained that by the end on campus that are producing what Beyond Coal of the year, the goal is to have UC President Gregory calls the dirtiest forms of energy known to man.

Williams retire UC’s two campus coal boilers.

“Four of us began this project last year when “It’s such a complicated issue, which is why you we visited coal plants around Ohio. It really put see such a diverse coalitions of people — it affects it into perspective,” said University of Cincinnati everyone somehow,” said Kunkemoeller, who studies student government sustainability co-director Brian biology and environmental science at UC. Kunkemoeller. “When we began our Beyond Coal The cause is much greater than trying to retire the efforts last spring, the four of us had come to this two campus coal boilers. realization that coal itself is probably the largest “Our goal is to not only to push our administration environmental issue in the U.S. right now. Not to to go beyond coal, but to build awareness on our mention the issues it brings about when it comes to campus and in our community about the effects of environmental and social justice.” coal,” Kunkemoeller said.

Since the beginning of the school year, the Coal is the dirtiest form of energy still in use, campaign has been well received by the students, Zander said.

Kunkmoeller said.

“It’s a very destructive process.” Zander said. “We “We’ve definitely gotten the word out and now get it by tearing up mountains or by strip mining. We have the support of the community and student basically destroy entire ecosystems so that we can government, as well as a few members from city council and faculty members here at UC,” have coal.

“Burning coal is the No. 1 contributing factor Kunkemoeller said. toward climate change, and climate change is the The main goal of the campaign is to make No. 1 threat to our environment as a whole, so you people aware of the health consequences of coal, can’t be fighting a better thing when it comes to our he explained — health consequences that could be environment and our deadly. health.”

“Coal is terrible in Students studying a terms of asthma and vast array of subjects smog,” Kunkemoeller have come together said. to rally for the cause, He went on to which is one of the most explain that coal is the important elements main reason Ohio has of the campaign, some of the worst air Kunkemoeller said. pollution in the entire “What we need country, and Cincinnati most is support from has some of the worst our campus, which is air pollution in Ohio. why grassroots are “Beyond Coal is so important to this actually the major campaign — showing campaign of the that there is wide [Sierra] Club — the COURTESY OF BEYOND COAL oldest and largest BREATHING CLEANER AIR Student volunteers filled balloons student interest in this grassroots organization with clean oxygen to make a statement about Ohio air pollution. campaign with our petitions, meetings in the nation,” said and the support of the Macy Zander, who was community have all been the most influential beyond brought to UC to organize and grow the campus’s coal,” Kunkemoeller said.

Beyond Coal campaign.

The students have shown their support by “I was brought here to kick it more into high gear volunteering their time and speaking out about the from a grass roots perspective,” Zander said. “The effects of burning coal. plan was for me to grow the campaign and grow the “The processes of extracting coal have very student body that would eventually become the engine negative impacts on both human and environmental that would run this campaign by quarter’s end.” health, so naturally when I found a way to help The nationwide campaign focuses on reaching fight to remove dirty coal from our campus, I was universities and college students for a reason, she said. all about it,” said Morgan Billingsly, a second-year “The goal is for universities as places of research environmental studies student. and innovation to be the ones that go beyond coal Many students were surprised about coal’s first,” Zander said. negative impacts, which is why they continue to Coal is also one of the biggest contributors to educate their peers about coal, Billingsly said. climate change, so if “All students should support our campaign, universities can kick because removing coal from our campus will their coal habits, make the air we all breathe cleaner,” Billingsly there’s hope for said. “It would also help further UC’s reputation the rest of the as a leader in sustainability.” nation, Zander Billingsly isn’t the only UC student who felt said.

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- Coal is the dirtiest form of energy used today.

- It is one of the biggest contributors to climate change.

- The toxins it releases, including mercury and arsenic, have been linked to air pollution that causes birth defects, brain damage, asthma and cancers.

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So long.

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In the nearly three full years former News Record photo editor Eamon Queeney has been at the University of Cincinnati, he’s seen most major events on and around campus through the viewfinder of a camera. And now, as we say goodbye to one of the most decorated photographers to pass through this newsroom, we pay tribute to the college career of a photojournalist and, reluctantly, say goodbye to a friend.

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1. A freshman slides down a blow-up obstacle course during the seventh-annual Battle of the Halls on McMicken Commons Sept. 26, 2010.

2. University of Cincinnati freshman Justin Jackson screams in reaction to his basket during the Bearcats preseason win over Carleton University, the six-time Canadian national champions, at Fifth Third Arena, Nov. 1, 2010.

3. Offensive lineman C.J. Cobb embraces a UC football coach Oct. 15, 2010, after Cincinnati defeated Louisville to win the Keg of Nails for the third year in a row.

4. Iman Jasim, of Loveland, leads protesters on the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Clifton Avenue against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Jan. 28, 2011.

5. A University of Cincinnati student walks across campus as the setting Autumn sun bathes the McMicken building with golden light, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.

6. Members of PinPoint Evangelism visit UC May 25, 2010.

7. Isaiah Pead dodges the Pittsburgh defense Dec. 4, 2010.

8. Greg Hand, UC spokesperson, poses for a portrait in the rare books archive of UC’s Blegen Library, Monday, April 25, 2011.

9. Rachel Hanlon stands among the trees during a vigil for third year CollegeConservatory of Music student and horn player, Andrew Howell, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.

10. UC senior Darnell Wilks screams as he slams a put-back dunk against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wednesday night at home in Fifth Third Arena, Jan. 26, 2011. The University of Cincinnati defeated Rutgers University 72-56.

11. Cincinnati Fire Chief Richard Braun (center) is framed by the rotunda and massive American flag as he leaves the Cincinnati Museum Center, Sept. 11, 2011.

12. Cincinnati junior Brandon Mills (58) and senior Isaiah Pead (23 back right) imitate snow angels as they celebrate Saturday night, Nov. 5, 2011.

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from sensor | 1 vitro Corrosion Characterization System (CCS) in a fluid that mimics the human body,” Meyung said. “We’ll do it right over at the medical campus.”

A CCS test measures the effectiveness of the sensor in an environment similar to the body while monitoring the effects of magnesium degradation. The team is just getting started with the CCS stage of research, Meyung said. Once it has been successfully tested in vitro CCS, the sensor research would transition into action through a clinical trial with

the approval of the FDA. Although the idea is not exclusively unique, it is competitive.

“We learned that a university lab in China is working on almost the exact same thing,” Meyung said.

It’s a race to the finish.”

The UC research team is confident in their ability to pull through as a top competitor in the race, Meyung said.

“This sensor has the ability to change the system of using solid implants — it’s really very innovative,” Meyung said.

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pre-college credits — earned degrees in three years more than those any other major program at UC. Other major programs that had higher numbers of three-year graduates include psychology, communications, English, criminal justice, anthropology and economics.

Those programs and several others will be the first to have specific three-year programs outlined, said Nelson, who added that UC should have no problem meeting the 2012 deadline.

Once those plans are completed, administrators and faculty members will begin working on other programs to meet the 60 percent by 2014 requirement.

The three-year degree program is one of several actions Kasich has taken to ensure his previous promise of making education cheaper in the state of Ohio; capping tuition fees and reforms to the construction restrictions at public universities are some of the other money saving plans Kasich has introduced since taking office.

analyzed their data to determine if what they thought was occurring, was occurring,” Gallagher said. “Ultimately, we believed that there were other elements that had a greater influence on crime in the community than public housing status.”

“Luckily, I have not had to deal with a problem landlord,” Gallagher said.

Many other UC students attended as well. Other presentations included “Examining the Effects of School Subculture on Delinquency,” ”Public Land Use and Fear of Crime” and “Attendance and Participation Patterns of Offenders Sanctioned to Attend Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Other participants came from the University of South Carolina, Texas State University, San Marcos and Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, among others.

“The conference went quite well,” Gallagher said.

“The next steps for our team are to determine if we find similar results in other communities.”

from THEFT | 1 photojournalism because of the software that was on the computers,” Hughes said.

“It’s the last week of class, and the lab was being used not only for exams but for projects students were working on. It’s a difficult situation for students, and that’s what I regret the most.”

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Playoff race starts, AFC up in air Here we go. It’s time for the playoff push to begin. The 49ers will lock up the NFC West this weekend when they beat the Rams; and the Packers can solidify a playoff spot with a win against the struggling Giants.

Beyond that, Ndomakung Suh is an immature child like Albert Haynesworth or Albert Bell from days gone by. Stomping an opponent is never excusable, especially while partaking in a more than 60-year-long tradition.

(Home team in CAPS) SEATTLE (3) over Philadelphia: The team, once thought of as a dream-team, is now a nightmare that Andy Reid will not survive.

Oakland (4) over MIAMI: Most of the pundits at the mother ship and Peter King think the Dolphins are a good team that got off to a bad start.

I happen to know they are a mediocre team that played a somewhat difficult schedule.

Carson Palmer should have his biggest game as a Raider yet.

Atlanta (-2) over HOUSTON: The Falcons are lucky Matt Schaub is out, or else this line would be 15 points in the other direction. Look for a close game with lots of rushing yards.

Tennessee (pk) over BUFFALO: Stevie Johnson is an idiot — a funny one — but still an idiot. Chris Johnson should have a big day against an overrated defense.

Kansas City (8.5) over CHICAGO: The Chiefs pushed the Steelers to the brink last week and should have another excellent defensive performance against the overwhelmed Caleb Hanie.

WASHINGTON (3) over New York Jets: The Sex Cannon rides again and should have fun against his alter-Rex this week.

It’s time to say “to hell with it” and go deep.

Cincinnati (8) over PITTSBURGH: The Bengals have A.J. Green for this tilt and should open up the passing game. On a side note, Troy Polamaulu is one of the best safeties in the modern era of football, but it’s becoming apparent that his brain-housing apparatus has taken too many shots. Seeing Polamaulu go limp after a weak contact hit with a tight end he would normally blow up is a shame.

MINNESOTA (pk) over Denver: Jared Allen will put Tim Tebow on his knees and make him say 10 “Our Fathers”.

Carolina (3.5) over TAMPA BAY: Cam Newton against Josh Freeman will be entertaining, but ultimately the Panthers will prevail. The honeymoon is over for the Buccaneers.

NEW ENGLAND (-21) over Indianapolis: The Colts have brought in Dan Orlovski — the pilot of the 0-16 Lions — to finish out the year. Somebody in their front office wasn’t thinking.

Baltimore (-7) over CLEVELAND: You won’t see Art Moddell in the owner’s box on Sunday, but his team will walk through the land of Cuyahoga and slaughter the Brownies.

Dallas (-4.5) over ARIZONA: This is a nice trap game in the making for the Cowboys. I am wagering, however, that their running game will help them overcome Tony Romo’s mistakes.

Green Bay (-8) over NEW YORK GIANTS: The Packers are still the best team in the NFL, and given the way the Giants failed to do anything against the Saints on Monday night, this one should be over in a hurry.

SAN FRANCISCO (-12) over St. Louis: The 49ers got 10 days to recover from losing the Harbaugh Bowl on Thanksgiving and should take the Rams to the woodshed.

NEW ORLEANS (-9.5) over Detroit: The NFL’s new dirtiest player will be inactive, and the sliding Lions will suffer greatly. Look for Drew Brees to continue his assault on Dan Marino’s record for the most total passing yards in a season. I would advise taking the “over,” as long as it’s less than 60.

JACKSONVILLE (3.5) over San Diego: This is the worst Monday Night Football matchup of the season. Here’s to hoping the Jaguars beat down the Chargers and make Phillip Rivers cry on the sideline or go Ryan Leaf in the postgame presser.

Last Week: 8-8-0 Season: 69-59-8

SPORTS Streak ends, UC NCAA bound VOLLEYBALL

SAM WEINBERG | SPORTS EDITOR All good things must come to an end, and the University of Cincinnati volleyball team’s 48-match winning streak was no exception.

Following a three-set-to-two defeat Friday against Ohio University, the nation’s longest home-court winning streak came crashing down at Fifth Third Arena.

The Lady Cats have already put the loss behind them and are getting ready to move on to greener pastures, however, according to head coach Reed Sunahara.

“We lost, so that was devastating, but a streak is a streak,” Sunahara said.“It was fun while it lasted, and now we can start a new one.”

Following the loss to the Bobcats, the Bearcats rebounded in their final game of the regular season with a three-set sweep against Miami (OH).

Cincinnati closed out the weekend hitting 28 percent from the court, while limiting both opponents to an average .160 hitting percentage.

The Bearcats were led by junior middle blocker Jordanne Scott, who finished both matches totaling 30 kills and 11 digs. Following the weekend matches, Scott was named the COBRA Magazine 2011 Midwest Region Player of the Year Sunday.

Besides Scott, senior outside hitter Missy Harpenau also had a strong weekend — totaling 18 kills and 17 digs — while freshman setter Caylin Mahoney finished the weekend with 81 assists.

With the 1-1 weekend finish, the Bearcats closed out the regular season 26-9 and 12-2 in Big East play.

Despite the ending of the home-streak that took nearly five seasons to build, Sunahara said he was happy with what his team accomplished this season, which included the program’s first Big East tournament championship.

“We did some good things,” Sunahara said. “We started slow, but I’d rate the season a seven or eight [out of10].”

With the regular season now closed out, the Bearcats are preparing for the NCAA Tournament.

Cincinnati is slated to play Samford at Florida State University Friday in Tallahassee, Fla. If the Bearcats win their first match, they will play the winner of the Florida State-Albany (NY) match Saturday, where, if the Bearcats can win that match, they will advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Sunahara said.

“Hopefully, we’ll be ready by the weekend and we can do good things and have a good showing.”

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THE WEEKEND WARRIOR Cincinnati middle blocker Jordanne Scott finished the weekend with 30 kills and 11 digs.

CATS CLIP REDHAWKS BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team pulled ahead in the final three minutes of Tuesday night’s game to defeat the Miami University RedHawks 56-47 at Fifth Third Arena.

UC started the game with a pair of threes from senior forward Dion Dixon and sophomore guard Sean Kilpatrick, followed by a dunk from senior forward Yancy Gates, to go on an 8-0 run.

The RedHawks responded, however, with clutch shots when they counted, as they did consistently throughout Tuesday’s game.

Bearcats’ head coach Mick Cronin said the players have to get lost in the game and not think about scoring — that’s when he says the Cats start to fall behind.

“Our problem is, we get a 14-2 lead, and we think we are better than Miami,” Cronin said.

“We think we are going to beat Miami, and we stop running our offense.”

At the half, the Bearcats led by one point, 23-22.

UC started the second half, much like they did the first, going on a 7-0 run, to take a 30-22 lead.

iami M s e g d e i Cincinnat atch m y lr a iv r 56-47 in With a little more than four minutes remaining in the second half, however, Miami had, once again, reduced UC’s lead to one point.

Junior center Cheikh Mbodj, who recorded a season-best 12 points, was there to lead the Bearcats to a victory, however, hitting key shots when they counted.

With less than three minutes remaining, Mbodj knocked down a last-second jumper, followed by a three-pointer on consecutive possessions to give the Cats a more comfortable — 54 to 47 — lead.

“I was really happy to have Cheikh Mbodj show you guys what he shows me in practice,” Cronin said. “He has been a nervous wreck. Most of our freshmen have been when they are out there, and it will take time for those guys.”

Mbodj said contributing to the win means a lot to him.

“It shows that I’m here for the team and trying to be a part of our success and our goals,” he said. “I just have to keep listening to Yancy, Coach, and my teammates. We all have to keep working hard.”

The Cats shot 41.8 percent from the field, while Miami shot 47.5 percent.

The RedHawks were led by senior forward Julian Mavunga, who recorded game highs of 26 points and 12 rebounds.

Gates, Kilpatrick and Dixon all recorded 10 points for the Cats.

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IN THE CLUTCH Cheikh Mbodj hit a 2-point jumper and a 3-pointer in the final three minutes in UC’s 56-47 win.

Junior point guard Cashmere Wright also played a key role in the Bearcats’ victory, with nine points and seven assists.

“I thought (Cashmere Wright) hurt us,” said MU head coach Charlie Coles. “He had five points and seven assists down the stretch. Those five points hurt us.”

With Tuesday night’s win, Cincinnati now leads the all-time series against the RedHawks, 95-53.

The Bearcats play their first road game of the season Friday when they take on the University of Georgia at 7 p.m. as part of the Big East/SEC Challenge.

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TWO AND GONE? Butch Jones is a coaching candidate at three different schools.

University of Cincinnati head football coach Butch Jones has emerged as a possible candidate to become the next head football coach at the University of North Carolina, the University of California or the University of Illinois, according to several media outlets.

The Chicago Tribune and other sports media outlets have listed Butch Jones as a possible candidate to replace the recently fired Ron Zook at Illinois.

Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas — the former UC athletic director who left to join Illinois August of this year — hired Jones to his current job at Cincinnati two years ago.

Thomas has not targeted any of UC’s football staff since leaving Cincinnati for Illinois, according to Doug Mosley, Cincinnati’s associate athletic director for external and media communications, NCAA rules prevent college programs from courting coaches from other programs until the end of the regular season, and, according to Mosley, the university is not aware of other colleges contacting Jones to fill head coaching vacancies.

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Whit Babcock, the new athletic director at UC, is happy with Jones’ performance, and told the Cincinnati Enquirer Tuesday he wants to keep him around.

“These days with Twitter, speculation can spread very quickly,” Mosley said.

Hired by Cincinnati Dec. 16, 2009, Jones has accumulated a 12-11 record at UC and has the chance to capture a portion of the Big East regular season title this weekend, which would be the school’s third in four seasons.

Jones is in his second season at the helm of the Bearcats and has led his squad to an 8-3 record thus far this season. A win against the University of Connecticut and a loss by West Virginia at South Florida this weekend is the only thing that separates the Bearcats from an automatic Bowl Conference Series bowl bid.

Prior to coming to Cincinnati, Butch was the head coach at Central Michigan where he amassed a 27-13 record that included two Mid-American Conference regular season titles.

The Bearcats find themselves in a familiar position with Jones, much like Brian Kelly, who left UC for Notre Dame two years ago, after expressing he wanted to remain with the program.