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KARA DRISCOLL | SENIOR REPORTER The investigation into the death of Everette Howard — the student who died after a University of Cincinnati Police Division (UCPD) officer used a Taser on him on UC’s campus — is progressing as new details emerge surrounding the incident.

Howard was on campus as a student participating in the Upward Bound Program — a pre-college program designed to provide academic skills to students looking for an extended education beyond high school — this past August when UCPD responded to a fight that Howard was

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WIRED FOR OPPORTUNITY Gov. John Kasich unveiled a plan that would enhance broadband connections to foster business.

Kasich outlines net plan

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To attract businesses and jobs to Ohio, Gov. John Kasich announced in his State of the State address Feb. 7 his plan to invest $10 million to improve Ohio’s broadband connection tenfold.

Through an agreement with the electronics and networking leaders Cisco Systems and Juniper Network, Kasich’s plan will raise broadband network speeds from 10 gigabytes per second to 100 gigabytes per second.

However, this upgrade will only affect research institutions and businesses, rather than household Internet use.

Operated by the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) — a member of the Ohio Board of Regents Ohio Technology Consortium — the expansion will use an 1,800-mile fiber-optic network that is already in place. No federal funds or additional networks will need to be installed.

Kasich attributed Al Stutz, former executive Director and Chief Operating officer at Ohio Supercomputer Center, with the initiative to buy these fiber-optic cables from catering telecom companies at low costs years ago.

“It’s not ‘Back to the Future’ with gigabytes,” Kasick said in his State of the State address in Steubenville, Ohio. “Researches no longer have to rely on overnight mail to share their massive files on hard drives, but can email them instantly.”

Third Frontier — a bipartisan Ohio organization committed to technological advancement — will use $8.1 million to connect Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo to the new network by June.

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• Full-time Sustainability coordinator position created • UC completes Climate Action Plan for Main Campus

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• Presidents’ Climate Commitment signed by former UC President Nancy Zimpher • BoT approves additional $10 million for energy reduction

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• Board of Trustees approve $8 million for energy reduction strategies.

• PACES formally founded • UC joins the Association for the advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

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VOICES OF CHANGE Demonstrators from UC Beyond Coal stood on McMicken Commons holding signs directed toward President Greg Williams’ office in University Pavilion Monday. Williams met with three representatives from UC Beyond Coal to discuss the burning of coal at UC’s Central Utility Plant.

SCOTT WINFIELD | NEWS EDITOR Student-environmentalists met with University of Cincinnati President Greg Williams Monday to urge him to abandon coal burning at the university’s power plant — and they might just get their wish.

Representatives from UC Beyond Coal, along with Student Government President Alan Hagerty, met with Williams and other campus administrators in University Pavilion at 2 p.m.

Monday to discuss coal burning at the Central Utility Plant, located at the northeast corner of Main Campus.

UC Beyond Coal — the UC chapter of the national Sierra Club Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign — collected more than 3,000 student petitions — as well as 700 petitions from community members — asking Williams to divest UC from coal-fired energy, according to a UC Beyond Coal press release.

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CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATIVE UC officials are considering burning byproduct woodchips from lumber yards and furniture depots, rather than burning coal at UC Central Utility Plant, because it releases less mercury into the atmosphere.

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AN ATTAINABLE GOAL “[UC Beyond Coal’s] goal is to retire the coalfired power plant operating on our campus,” according to UC Beyond Coal’s website. “We strive towards independence from coal and towards the use of renewable energy and sustainable practices.”

UC Beyond Coal representatives were pleasantly surprised to learn that the university is already significantly reducing its use of coal as a means to produce energy, Hagerty said.

“We were very surprised to hear that [the Central Utility Plant] hasn’t burned coal since June,” said Hagerty, who served as Student Government’s director of sustainability for two years and co-oped with GE Aviation Utilities, Facilities and Environmental Health and Safety. “We also learned that [the university] only needs to [burn coal] on low-temperature days to increase energy output for the heating of buildings.”

The Central Utility Plant operates two coalfired boilers, which provide a small percentage of steam for heating campus and hospital buildings and are typically used only during the coldest days of winter — which have been lacking so far, according to a UC Beyond Coal press release.

University administrators also informed UC Beyond Coal representatives that the institution will be relying on Duke Energy for only 5 percent of its energy supply next year, Hagerty said.

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• Office of Sustainability created • President Williams includes sustainability as key to UC 2019 Plan • PACES committee receives funding for student programs from Student Advisory Council on University Budget, which allocates student revenue

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Stated by the office, an in-depth or special toxicology might prolong the time needed for completion. Nearly six months later, an official cause of Howard’s death is has not been released.

Yet the outcome of the report could be delayed even further, as Bhati recently was hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital for a head trauma sustained in a fall.

In a statement issued by the Coroner’s Office on Feb. 10, Bhati’s positive status was confirmed — with optimistic expectations

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is contingent upon Bhati’s ruling of the cause of death.

On Jan. 30, a BCI media spokesperson deferred questions about the investigation.

According to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, an autopsy report BHATI usually takes the duration of about eight to 12 weeks to finish after the autopsy — when routine toxicology and microscopic

• Princeton Review names UC a “green” university, the only public university in Ohio to receive the designation

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Reports confirm that UCPD Officer Rick Haas deployed the Taser after Howard’s actions were deemed agitated enough to be a threat to Haas’ safety.

On Feb. 3, local news organization WCPO reported findings that Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Anant Bhati appeared to have ruled out all causes of death except for the effects from the Taser.

Yet the media report was unofficial, said UC spokesman Greg Hand.

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Mayor Mark Mallory has recently signed on to the “Freedom to Marry” campaign, which supports same-sex marriages.

“Mayors for the Freedom to Marry” is a “broad-based and nonpartisan group of mayors who believe that all people should be able to share in the love and commitment of marriage,” according to its website.

The group is led by Mayors Mike Bloomberg of New York City, Thomas M. Menino of Boston, Annise Parker of Houston, Jerry Sanders of San Diego and Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles.

“The mayor has long believed in the issue,” said Jason Barron, the mayor’s spokesman.

The LGBTQ community for the University of Cincinnati expressed excitement to know the mayor supports same-sex marriage.

“We definitely feel supported by the mayor and it makes us feel very welcomed,” said Josiah Haller, 21, political science student, spokesperson for LGBTQ at UC. “I definitely feel as if Cincinnati is moving more toward a progressive state.”

UC’s religious community has also taken note of Mallory’s move to support homosexual partnerships.

“The mayor has the right to promote whatever he’d like, but that does not change the opinion of the church about same-sex unions,” said Michael Schreiner, 41, Campus Minister for St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center at the UC. “We do have homosexual couples at St. Monica-St. George, and they are very welcome here,” Schreiner said. “The church teaches to promote dignity to all people.”

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

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California upheld the ruling of a federal judge that voters could not deprive same-sex couples the right to marry, last week.

In addition to Washington D.C., the only states where same-sex marriage is currently legal are Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Iowa.

A recent proposition in Colorado is questioning MALLORY whether or not to allow civil unions to same-sex couples, which would give them similar rights to married couples.

It is uncertain if there will be a push for repeal of the 2004 Ohio Defense of Marriage Act amendment, which has prevented recognizing legitimacy of same-sex marriages carried out in other states.

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Info leaks not Nobel material

Imagine for a moment if you will …

Army Specialist Bradley Manning — 2012 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Excuse me while I shake my head in disbelief.

The 24-year-old Manning, who since 2010 has become one of the world’s most polarizing figures, has been nominated for one of the most esteemed awards in the world by two different organizations — the Icelandic parliament and the Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research — for being, according to the Nobel criteria, “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

Manning, for those of you who aren’t aware, is the U.S. Army Soldier who stands accused of leaking roughly 260,000 diplomatic cables, 90,000 intelligence reports and other classified military information to the website WikiLeaks; leaks which many attribute to spurring 2011’s Arab Spring throughout the Middle East and in bringing light to alleged U.S. war crimes.

Supporters have touted Manning as a whistle blower; a hero who has risked a potential life imprisonment to expose what he felt was widespread corruption and deceit on the part of our government.

As a journalist, I value transparency. I not only strive for it in the stories I write and the sources I speak with, but I also demand it from the news I read daily and the legislative bodies which govern my life.

I also espouse whistle blowers; those people with enough fortitude to come forward to news sources and expose acts of wrongdoing, corruption or evil.

Furthermore, our legislative bodies have established protection for such persons, hence multiple statutes which exist throughout the U.S. alone.

Transparency and the act of whistle blowing are among the many pillars that hold up our ideals of free speech and press in the U.S., and help to maintain accountability across the board.

I am, however, also a military veteran. One that believed to the bone in the very oath he uttered upon enlisting in the U.S. Army several years ago.

An oath in which each soldier, Marine, sailor or airman pledges to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.”

You see, Manning took this same oath. He took it of his own free will, at that — he wasn’t drafted nor did anyone force him to enlist.

If he is indeed guilty of leaking sensitive military information, Manning blatantly violated that oath where he swore to “bear true faith and allegiance to the same” — his fellow comrades-in-arms — and obey orders.

Such leaks placed many members of the military at risk of redemptive attacks from opposing forces by violating what is known in the military as operational security, and those attacks could very well have killed soldiers.

Such leaks of the diplomatic cables, while supposedly contributing to the birth of the Arab Spring, also might have cost many innocents their lives in those Middle Eastern uprisings and fostered ill will between the U.S. and other foreign nations.

So, when those factors are taken into account, where are the Nobel staples of “fraternity between nations” and “promotion of peace congresses” Manning has supposedly led?

What it simply comes down to is Bradley Manning, the accused, is not a whistle blower. He is not a martyr for free speech and press, or even SEE NOBEL | 3

Dating violence must end in America JOE BIDEN More than 20 years ago, I read a study of junior high school students in Rhode Island that included one finding I’ve never been able to get out of my head.

Students were asked if a man who spent money on a woman during a date was entitled to force her into sexual activity.

An astounding 25 percent of the young boys said yes — and even more astounding, 17 percent of the junior high school girls agreed.

You might think that sounds like a long time ago — and it was. But, sadly, dating violence remains a very real problem in our country — especially on college campuses.

Today, while in college, nearly one in five women will be a victim of sexual assault and one in 10 teens will be hurt on purpose by someone they are dating. These aren’t just statistics, these are people you know: your roommates, your friends, your sisters, your classmates. This is a problem we all have to face.

My dad used to say that there’s no worse sin than the abuse of power. Whether it was raising a hand to someone weaker, or using any advantage to push people around, he taught me that if you saw abuse, you had an obligation to attempt to stop it. It’s a lesson to remember every day, but especially this February, during Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

Awareness is the first step to pushing back against a problem this big. When I held Senate hearings on violence against women more than two decades ago, domestic abuse in American

society was rarely spoken about in public.

I’ll never forget the stories of abuse I heard in more than 1,000 hours of hearings. The brutality of family members, acquaintances, and strangers against the women in their lives was absolutely devastating.

It was those hearings that led to the Violence Against Women Act, and since then annual incidents of domestic violence have dropped by more than 50 percent. But for women in college and younger today, the risk is still much too high.

That’s why I joined with Education Secretary Arne Duncan last April to announce historic new guidelines for colleges and universities about their responsibilities under Title IX to prevent sexual assault.

Under the federal civil rights law, schools have LETTER TO an obligation not only to THE EDITOR respond appropriately when an assault occurs, but also to create a climate on campus that makes such violence unacceptable.

I also started an initiative called 1is2many to help reduce dating violence and sexual assault among teens and young adults. We harnessed the power of technology to get our message out, launching a national contest to develop “Apps Against Abuse.”

The two winning apps — which will be available later this spring — will let you get in touch with your friends quickly and safely so you can call for help if you need it and stop violence in its tracks. We’ve also made sure the National Dating Abuse Helpline can be reached by text, online, or phone 24/7.

Last month, the FBI changed the way the

federal government defines rape. The narrow, outdated definition — unchanged since 1929 — said the assault had to be forcible and against a woman’s will to be classified as rape. It’s just not true, and it’s a point that I make on college campuses all across the country. Rape is rape and no means no. No means no whether drunk or sober. No means no whether in the dorm room or on the street. There is never an excuse. Young women and men alike need to understand this. Under the new definition, rape occurs when there is no consent, and it also includes sexual assault against boys and young men in national law enforcement reporting.

These are important changes, but ending dating violence and sexual assault isn’t just a matter of laws and legislation. It’s about education. It’s about attitudes. It’s about your participation. I need your help to address this issue in your dorms and on your campuses.

Studies show that men’s ideas about what other men think is one of the strongest determinants of how they act. So guys, you need to speak out.

The ultimate measure of a civilized society is how its laws and culture treat the abuse of women.

Attitudes can change. Violence can end.

But it can’t happen without universal understanding that dating violence and sexual assault will never be tolerated anywhere, at any time, for any reason. That’s all of our responsibility.

Joe Biden is the vice president of the United States.

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Streetcar plan example of inefficiency Failure to account for power line move worrisome

The city of Cincinnati’s political leaders have once again failed to properly plan or execute a plan and we’re all going to suffer from it.

When the streetcar planning began several years ago, the thought was that it would not only connect downtown and uptown, but parts of the city through a comprehensive route in the spirit of cities like Portland, Ore. or Chicago.

Unfortunately, given our city’s history, this was more dream than reality.

Our streetcar went from fantasy scenario to nightmare in less than two years, and its future isn’t getting brighter any time soon.

Currently, city council is wrangling with the prospect of having to pick up the tab to move Duke Energy’s power lines approximately eight feet to ensure safety.

The cost of the shift is $18.7 million — not exactly a round of drinks at Uncle Woody’s.

Options on the table for the city are either pick up the tab and spend more than half its budget for the program relocating the lines, or force Duke Energy and its nearly 400,000 customers in southwest Ohio.

This is where politics and

public opinion come into play.

The city can either force Duke Energy to pay for something it never agreed to — the company has already said it will pass on the cost to its customers — or it will be forced to cease and desist its progress on the project.

How did we get to this point?

Simple: The people that run this city have never really planned out or followed through with the best projects.

See: subway, subway: part two and all things public transportation.

So why would this STAFF time be any different?

EDITORIAL Well, we continue to hope against hope that Cincinnati will finally do something that not only makes sense, but is somewhat modern in the process.

Of course, that would be asking too much from our elected officials.

The streetcar plan, as it stands, would only provide transportation from Findlay Market to Second Street and back — a far cry from the original plan to connect Clifton, Walnut Hills, Norwood and downtown.

Although the city is starting to make

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strides of progress to modernize with the rest of the nation, it still fails to take into account the needs of its urban populace — people that might be without a car, or simply cannot afford to take a cab to various locales throughout the metropolitan area.

For a city that fails to make the list of the top 50 when it comes to public transportation, an efficient and allencompassing streetcar system would have gone a long way toward improving that rating.

Mayor Mark Mallory might have the seminal moment in his service to the city with the construction of this project, but it still falls short of what it could have been.

Mallory’s pet project continues to run into roadblocks, whether political or economical.

This latest setback is not only selfimposed, it shows a glaring weakness that continues to plague Cincinnati — inability to plan or execute anything efficiently.

The next time the city plans to build an innovative project, maybe some careful prior planning is in order.

Otherwise, the next great monument of this “Queen City” might end up being another monument to inefficiency.

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working on collaboration UC administrators in attendance at Monday’s meeting included Williams, Ambach, Livingston, Executive Director of Finance-Utilities Joseph Harrell and Mary Beth McGrew, the university architect.

The student representatives in attendance were Hagerty, Brian Kunkemoeller, Student Government’s co-director of sustainability and UC Beyond Coal campaign coordinator, Morgan Billingsley.

Livingston, in a post-meeting email to all parties who attended, discussed collaboration’s importance.

“Communications should be between the principals at the table, i.e., student-representatives and representatives of the administration in a faceto-face meeting or written format without the use of third parties,” Livingston said.

The “third parties” Livingston referred to are

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From nobel | 2 And he is certainly not worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize.

What is most telling about this situation is that Manning himself, in his legal defense, alludes in no way to being a whistleblower. That very aspect, which Manning’s supporters trumpet for his Nobel nomination, is absent from his defense.

Instead, in the attempt to avoid a life imprisonment for multiple charges including aiding the enemy, Manning’s defense team has pulled out homosexuality, a gender-identity disorder and paranoia as scapegoats for his erratic behavior and why he shouldn’t have been allowed access to classified documents.

This is Manning’s – the whistleblower held aloft by the world – defense for his alleged actions. As if not enough aspersions are cast already toward the homosexual and gender-questioning communities, Manning wants to use those reasons for his defense in possibly the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history.

That certainly doesn’t sound like a Nobel Peace laureate – a distinction held by such figures as Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Albert Schweitzer.

Instead it sounds more like a soldier, who if guilty, knowingly violated the trust placed in him by his command, his fellow soldiers and not least his own country – putting all three at tremendous risk.

It also reeks of a man who, knowing he committed an unethical act of wrongdoing, attempting to save his own hide.

Excuse me while, once again, I shake my head in disbelief.

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President’s Advisory Council on Environment and Sustainability • University of Cincinnati President • Senior vice president and provost • Senior vice president of finance and administration • Vice president of research • The PACES committee was created as a response to the UC president signing The American College & University Presidents’ Climate Committment.

• By signing the ACUPCC, the president acknowledged UC’s concern about the unprecedented scale and speed of global warming and its potential for large-scale, adverse health, social, economic and ecological effects.

• By signing, (s)he also committed UC to exercising leadership in our community by bodeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality

the next steps The origin of UC’s sustainability traces its roots back to the 1960s organization Students Organized Against Pollution (SOAP), Hagerty said.

However, the new age of UC sustainability truly began with the signing of the ACUPCC and establishment of PACES as an all-university governance committee in 2007, Hagerty said.

And as UC works toward the 2050 goal of carbon and climate neutrality, Hagerty said the university needs to take care of what he calls “low-hanging fruit.”

“Basic infrastructure, process and behavior changes can and will continue to reduce our demand for energy,” Hagerty said. “Examples include a green revolving-loan program and a campus-wide energymanagement team performing audits and routine building monitoring. Ultimately, these demand reductions will in turn reduce the need to supply energy from nonrenewable sources such as coal.”

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from letters to medals The Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), in efforts to improve the collection of sustainability data from colleges and universities across the country, decided to abandon the College Sustainability Report Card for fall and summer 2011, and is working on creating the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), which will instead judge university sustainability through gold, silver and bronze designations rather than on an A-F grading scale.

“The report card was stopped by [SEI] because of multiple, competing assessment reports,” Hagerty said.

SEI is working with AASHE, The Princeton Review and Sierra Magazine to come up with the new rating system.

“For the first time, the four organizations are working together to develop common sustainability survey language,” said Mark Orlowski, executive director and founder of SEI, in an email to Hagerty.

“The intent of this initiative is to encourage survey participation from an even broader range of institutions, while at the same time, reducing college and university staff time required for data collection and survey completion.”

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channels used to acquire public records: the Freedom of Information Act and, more specifically, the Ohio Public Records Act, Hagerty said.

“Working through third-party attorneys and/or requests through Freedom of Ivnformation has the potential to compromise communications between the principals,” Livingston said.

But Livingston also expressed his satisfaction with how UC Beyond Coal made efforts to talk directly with UC administration and with how the meeting went overall.

“We are moving in the right direction to reduce our carbon footprint over time, and there seemed to be no question about our making ‘reasonable progress,’” Livingston said.

Kunkemoeller also said he noticed the cohesiveness during the meeting.

“Everyone agreed during the meeting that we will move beyond coal, but the question is simply when?”

Kunkemoeller said. “I believe that, since we’re using such a small amount of coal, that time can and should be very soon.”

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stores to burn in place of coal, because the burning of woodchips releases less mercury into the atmosphere, Hagerty said.

However, many environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club, do not support this idea and consider wood to be a non-renewable resource, because the time required to reproduce a tree exceeds the human lifespan, Hagerty said.

On Jan. 24, the UC Board of Trustees approved a commitment — expiring June 30, 2016 — to natural gas company Compass Energy Gas Services, LLC. The university’s contract with longtime naturalgas supplier EnergyUSA-TPC, Inc. (EUSA) expires June 30, and university officials sought to find a new supplier, as EUSA is exiting the natural gas wholesale business after UC’s contract expires, according to board minutes.

Associate General Counsel Gregory Mohar prepared projections — that estimate the university can save approximately $2.55 million annually by substantially increasing its gas-fired cogeneration turbines and reducing the use of coal and electricity, according to board minutes.

But the contract — which Mohar estimates will cost the university $112.5 million through 2016 — could fluctuate depending on weather climates over the next few years.

The contract, which was approved by Robert Ambach, senior vice president of administration and finance, was approved without the consultation of the President’s Advisory Council for Environment & Sustainability (PACES) — an All-University Committee, Hagerty said.

“It was not discussed before PACES, but administrative members were aware and accidentally omitted mention [of the venture] rather than intentional [exclusion],” Hagerty said.

UC spokesman Greg Hand said the trustees wouldn’t have needed to consult PACES because PACES only needs to be consulted for matters of policy change — which was not the case in this instance.

In an email sent Monday to those who attended the meeting in University Pavilion, Mitchel Livingston, vice president of student affairs, spoke on behalf of the trustees.

“The gas contract that was approved by the board created a conflict in terms of perceived lack of consultation,” Livingston said. “This was an error of omission, not of [exclusion].”

• Advise the leadership team identified above on implementation of the plan for the meeting of carbon neutrality • Report progress to ACUPCC, update UC data as we achieve milestones • Serve as focal point for information for all sustainability programs and projects • Promote sustainability projects and programs • Track progress of the projects • Lend guidance and expertise • Ensure UC is leader amongst peers in obtaining carbon neutrality • Promote cooperation and communication between administration, academic and student constituents • Coordinate projects with other ACUPCC signers and others • Follow trends in sustainability community • Hire a sustainability coordinator • Manage financial and other resources

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WASHINGTON — Supporters of the tea party movement, the grass-roots conservatives who’ve been relentless in demanding tough, lean budgets, are rallying behind Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum — but Santorum’s record suggests he’s hardly one of them.

His support among tea party Republicans is surging, according to a new Pew Research Center poll, which labels him the clear favorite of the influential group.

Yet while Santorum was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007, he was hardly the kind of die-hard fiscal conservative whom movement followers crave.

“His record contains more than a few weak spots that make us question if he would resist political expediency when it comes to economic issues,” said an analysis from the Club for Growth, which promotes fiscal conservatism.

Added Mark Meckler, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, “There are places you can say yes and places you can say no” as to whether Santorum is a rock-solid fiscal conservative.

The former senator, Meckler said, is “a relatively average Republican. His votes change from year to year depending on whether it’s an election year. I’d say he’s a relative conservative on taxes.”

In a nationwide poll taken last Wednesday through Sunday, Pew found that among Republican and GOP-leaning voters, 42 percent of tea party backers preferred Santorum.

Rival Mitt Romney was far behind at 23 percent.

But questions about Santorum’s fiscal background — questions the Romney and Ron Paul campaigns are raising daily — suggest that Santorum’s support is going to be tested severely as the campaign moves into Michigan and Arizona, which have primaries Feb. 28.

Santorum’s fiscal record is certainly more conservative than that of most lawmakers, and he’s consistently supported major tax-cut legislation. But his record has some significant blemishes from the puristconservative perspective.

Santorum most angered conservatives with his backing of the expensive 2003 Medicare prescription-drug program, which is expected to cost about $68 billion this year alone.

Santorum told CNN last year that his Medicare vote was a mistake, because the program wasn’t paid for.

His vote for the 2005 highway bill — a $284 billion measure that was loaded with earmarks, including the infamous Alaska “Bridge to Nowhere” — also outraged conservatives.

Santorum has been a consistent supporter of earmarks, the local projects that members of Congress insert into legislation. Taxpayers for Common Sense, which tracks earmarks, estimates that in Santorum’s 12 years in the Senate and four in the House of Representatives, he got at least $1 billion in projects.

“He’s not in the pantheon of great earmarkers, but he certainly played the game,” said Steve Ellis, the group’s vice president.

In addition, Santorum voted many times to raise the federal debt ceiling and for Amtrak funds.

“By most standards, he’s a conservative. The problem is this isn’t the (normal election) year by most standards. This is the year that Republicans are looking for purity,” said Terry Madonna, the director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Pennsylvania’s Franklin & Marshall College.

“They want a candidate who has no flaws, no transgressions, no walk-backs for true conservatism. That’s the nature of the debate right now. A lot of conservatives are afraid that they’ll elect another appeaser who’ll sell out the true conservatives and the conservative movement.”

Israel blames Iran for bombings

Netanyahu claims Tehran responsible for targeting diplomats SHEERA FRENKEL | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials on Monday blamed Iran for nearly simultaneous attempts to bomb Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia in what some analysts suggested may be Iranian retaliation for a series of attacks on its nuclear program that have been widely blamed on Israel.

In New Delhi, the explosion wounded four people, including the wife of the Israeli Embassy’s defense attache. In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the device was discovered on a vehicle parked at the Israeli Embassy and disarmed harmlessly.

“Today we witnessed two attempts of terrorism against innocent civilians,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

“Iran is behind these attacks, and it is the largest terror exporter in the world.”

Netanyahu said Israeli diplomats also had been the targets of recent attacks in Azerbaijan and Thailand. He blamed Iran and “its protege, Hezbollah,” the Shiite Muslim militia that’s Lebanon’s dominant political group.

Iran denied responsibility, saying the Israeli accusations were part of a “psychological war” against it, according to the country’s official IRNA news agency.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said the United States was “still evaluating what happened” and hadn’t determined who was responsible.

Analysts said it wouldn’t be surprising if Iran were behind the attempts.

“When it comes to Iranian acts of terror against the Israelis, this is not new,” Dennis Ross, the former Obama administration envoy to the Middle East, told McClatchy Newspapers in Washington. “We knew this when I was negotiating.”

Tensions between Israel and Iran have been growing for the past year amid reports that Israel is considering launching a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israel and the United States have accused Iran of using its nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies.

In a report issued in November, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, said Iran had been working at one time to develop a nuclear warhead but that IAEA inspectors

had been unable to determine whether that “We condemn any terrorist attack and program still existed. strongly reject unrealistic charges by Iran has accused Israel of being behind the an official of the Zionist regime,” Mahdi assassinations of four nuclear scientists, as Nabizadeh said, according to IRNA. well as the sabotage of military installations As of Monday night, no group had stepped and nuclear sites over the past several years. forward to claim responsibility.

Israeli officials have declined to confirm Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna involvement in the attacks, but they’ve also vowed that his country would work with declined to condemn them.

Israel to bring the assailants to justice.

Witnesses said the attacks Monday “I have just spoken to the Israeli foreign were carried out with magnetic bombs attached minister,” he said. “I assured him that the law to the cars, the same type of device that’s been of the land will take its course.” used against Iran’s Iran enjoys a close nuclear scientists. relationship with India.

“There have Indian Prime Minister been all kinds of Manmohan Singh has mysterious things refused to enact sanctions happening in or halt trade with Iran Iran, and it could over the nuclear issue. be an Iranian India relies on Iranian oil c o u n t e r a t t a c k ,” imports, and in exchange said Mike Herzog, invests in Iranian a retired Israeli infrastructure projects. general and a former Israeli diplomats —MIKE HERZOG top aide to Israeli in India have been on RETIRED ISRAELI GENERAL Defense Minister constant alert since Ehud Barak.

2008, when militants He noted that the attacked luxury hotels and a Chabad Jewish attempts came a day after the anniversary of community center in Mumbai. the 2008 assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, a According to news reports from India, the senior Hezbollah official. wife of the Israeli defense attache was riding “It’s no secret that Iran uses Hezbollah in an embassy minivan toward the American globally, and Hezbollah has the capacity to Embassy School to pick up her children when carry out attacks around the globe.” a motorcyclist approached and attached the Last month, the head of Israel’s military, bomb to the vehicle.

Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, warned that The minivan proceeded a short distance Hezbollah was trying to attack Israel where before the device detonated, blowing off the it was vulnerable. door and setting the van on fire. The woman “During this period of time, when our was struck by shrapnel, as were the van’s enemies in the north avoid carrying out driver and two passengers in nearby cars. attacks, fearing a harsh response, we In Tbilisi, according to news reports, an are witnesses to the ongoing attempts by Israeli Embassy driver noticed a package Hezbollah and other hostile entities to had been attached to the underside of his car execute vicious terror attacks at locations far and called police, who discovered a grenade away from the state of Israel,” Gantz said. “I in the package. suggest that no one test our resolve.”

Four Iranian nuclear scientists have been Israeli news reports said Gantz and killed in the last two years, the most recent Netanyahu vowed retaliation for the attacks. on Jan. 11, when two assailants in Tehran Lebanese media reported that Israeli air force attached a bomb to the car of Mostafa Ahmadi jets were circling over southern Lebanon, Roshan, a chemistry expert and senior official though Israeli officials didn’t confirm that. at Iran’s Natanz uranium-enrichment facility.

Iran’s ambassador to India rejected Frenkel is a McClatchy Newspapers Netanyahu’s claim that Iran was behind the special correspondent. Jonathan S. Landay attacks as “lies.” contributed to this report from Washington.

It’s no secret that Iran uses Hezbollah globally, and Hezbollah has the capacity to carry out attacks around the globe.

Mexico sees record tourism numbers In face of drug cartel wars, foreign travel surges KEN ELLINGWOOD | LOS ANGELES TIMES MEXICO CITY — Mexico attracted a record number of foreign visitors last year despite a frightening drug war that is prompting travel warnings for a number of areas around the country.

Mexico’s tourism agency released new figures showing that the number of foreign travelers arriving by air in 2011 rose to 22.7 million, the most since the Bank of Mexico began keeping track in 1980. There was growth in each of the last five months of the year, officials said.

Tourism also got a boost

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MEXICAN TOURISM BOOM A vendor hawks a Reynosa newspaper with headline that reads, “Businessman Assassinated,” on Nov. 2, 2010. Despite numerous countries issuing travel warnings to tourists, Mexico saw its highest increase in foreign travelers since the country began keeping track in 1980.

from Mexican travelers, who centers of well-known resort registered 167 million visits to areas such as Cancun and Los tourist spots. The Cabos have not total of Mexican suffered drugand foreign related slayings.

The enduring tourists was 2 State carnage of the D eThe percent higher partment’s than for 2008, drug war, with latest travel which had been warning for about 50,000 the best year on Mexico says record. dead in the Americans should The number of last five years, avoid travel in air travelers from parts or all of the United States has generated 14 states around to Mexico fell by 3 the country, and percent last year, substantial media others but tourists from coverage abroad. several where travelers other countries — should exercise especially Brazil, Russia, Peru caution. and China — registered sizable Last week’s warning is increases over 2010. more detailed than prior The enduring carnage of announcements about potential the drug war, with about 50,000 trouble spots and the perils dead in the last five years, has there.

Few major tourist generated substantial media areas are mentioned, though coverage abroad. travelers are urged to exercise Travel operators and Mexican caution in Acapulco, Ixtapa and resorts have sought to fill rooms Zihuatenejo — all in the violenceby offering discounts in places plagued state of Guerrero — and such as Acapulco, now among the deadliest spots in the country, in Mazatlan, a popular beach spot in the northwestern state though most of the violence of Sinaloa where killings have occurs far from the main tourist soared since 2009. strip. Mexico remains a relatively Tourism is one of Mexico’s top affordable destination and, sources of foreign income. generally speaking, the tourist

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Workshop encourages women to run for positions of power within community

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ENCOURAGING EMPOWERING WOMEN Two student participants use the Elect Her workshop as a time to network and interact in the University of Cincinnati’s Stratford Heights Pavillion on Saturday, Feb. 11. The workshop was hosted by the UC Student Government and sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAWU).

KARA DRISCOLL | SENIOR REPORTER When Congresswoman Jean Schmidt studied political science at the University of Cincinnati in the 1970s, the hostile atmospheric vibe of campus betokened resentment toward female students. As the Vietnam War raged on, Schmidt worked her way through college as male soldiers served in the distant country.

Schmidt recalled a time when a professor adamantly declared that she was only there to get her “M.R.S” degree — insinuating that she was attending a four-year university with the soul purpose of getting married.

“Women were perceived as the enemy on campus,” Schmidt said. “I was taking up room for a soldier to be at college.”

Nearly four decades later, the previously negative attitude on campus is drastically transforming into female empowerment. Now, UC women fight to be key players in making decisions that affect university life.

On February 11, a crowd of female students from UC and Xavier University gathered in the Stratford Heights Pavilion for the Elect Her workshop.

Sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and organized by UC Student Government, the Elect Her workshop trains women to run for and assume leadership positions in campus-based elections. The conference also instructs young women to carry out their ideas and initiatives while raising a voice to unaddressed problems in their community.

Facilitated by AAUW Director Kate C. Farrar, the conference incorporated several engaging exercises, a campaign simulation and informative presentations from Student Government President Alan Hagerty and Associate Vice President of Public Relations, Greg Hand.

The definitive portion of the conference was a diverse political panel of female public officials — Jean Schmidt, Ohio House Rep. Denise Driehaus and Cincinnati Councilwoman Yvette Simpson addressed the importance of women in leadership positions.

When Farrar challenged Elect Her participants to name women leaders who inspire change, the list included influential females ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt to Gloria Steinem.

“All of these women are role models,” Farrar said. “And being a women in Student Government on campus means you are a role model for your fellow students, demonstrating they can be in leadership positions as well.”

While participants were quick to spout off an extensive list of inspirational, exceptional women, the harsh reality is that women are underrepresented in collegiate,

local,regional and national levels of government.

In the last legislative cycle, women lost seats at the federal level, Farrar said.

“There aren’t many women legislators, ladies,” Driehaus said. “We’re trending in the wrong way.”

Only six of 50 governors are women, and women only comprise 16 percent of Congress, according to the Barbara Lee Family Foundation. Locally, only one female holds a position in the executive office in Ohio, Farrar said. At UC, it has been 18 years since a female student has served as Student Government president.

VOTE FOR HER Having women leadership has really shown to be a winwin situation for everyone. It comes down to how we show empathy and collaboration, being quite biological at the end of the day.

—KATE C. FARRAR AAUW DIRECTOR

“Women win at the same rate as men, but they are not running,” Farrar said. “Where’s our voice when it comes to making decisions for our country?”

Research shows that women need to be asked an average of six times to run compared to a male who only needs to be asked once, Farrar said. This is just the start of an abundance of reasons that women are less likely to campaign for office or take on leadership roles. Women don’t run because they underestimate their qualifications, assuming their skills are subpar, Simpson said.

“There are men who are less qualified and just don’t know,”Simpson said.“Why do we think we are not qualified?”

In addition to questioning their qualifications, women typically fear media scrutiny, feel they don’t have the time to campaign or have the right networks to raise funding, and also sense an obligatory commitment to raising a

family. These issues don’t commonly come into the mind frame of a male candidate, Farrar said.

“Women who are go-getters think they have to do it all at the same time,” said SG Director of Women’s Affairs, Kathleen Hurley.

No one expects a man to do it all at once, added SG Senator At-Large Luci Simon.

Despite setbacks or concerns, it’s imperative for women to have the confidence and initiative to take over the reins of leadership. Statistically, research has proven that women act in a more ethical and less corrupt manner than males in the political arena, Farrar said.

“Women leadership has really shown to be a win-win situation for everyone,” Farrar said. “It comes down to how we show empathy and collaboration, being quite biological at the end of the day.”

While Elect Her convinced attendees that women are both indispensable as leaders and fully capable of taking control, the conference also instructed participants on how to create a campaign strategy, build a team of supporters and form a strong and clear message -- all steps that yield a successful election outcome.

“Running [for SG president] was the craziest two and a half weeks ever,” Hagerty said. “I was out on MainStreet between every single, class passing out flyers and making sure people remembered my face.”

After losing other races for different organizations, Hagerty encouraged attendees not to become discouraged if an election outcome isn’t favorable.

“Swallow your pride and learn from the mistakes you made in an election,” Schmidt also said. “It will make you such a better person in the future.”

And when the outcome is advantageous, the panel of seasoned elected officials encouraged new leaders to be competent, authentic and pleasantly aggressive.

“Never let your voice be diminished throughout the process,” Schmidt said. “When you have something to say, say it loudly, clearly and intelligently.”

“Speak in a clear, unemotional way but know when to be empathic and convey emotion,” Simpson said.“It makes you a better advocate for an issue if you can get use to humanizing an issue. You have to be able to paint a picture.”

“As women, we have to overcome our weakness of tearing down other women and work together for that individual rising to the top,” Schmidt said. “In rising water, all boats go to the top.”

The tendency of women to compete with each other is incredibly destructive, Driehaus said. If you want the president of student government to be a woman, the secret is uniting around one person, Schmidt added.

“Watch out,” Hurley said.“Women are coming for Student Government elections this spring.”

Did you know?

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PARTICIPATING IN POLITICS [Left] Particpants interact during the Elect Her workshop. [Right] Greg Hand, associate vice president of governmental relations and university communications, addresses attendants during the workshop. [Below] Attendants listen as Alan Hagerty speaks on Student Government campaigning during Elect Her.

In 2011, “Elect Her: Campus Women Win” trained more than 400 participants on 17 campuses. After the training, almost twice the number of students said they would run for student government and for political office than before the training, according to Kathleen Hurley, Student Government Director of Women’s Affairs.

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FULLBACK JASON HOFFMAN

Golf needs Woods to be relevant

Last Sunday, Phil Mickelson won the AT&T National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, and it donned on me how boring golf is.

Going into the final round of the tournament, Eldrick “Tiger” Woods and Mickelson were paired together — a matchup taking place for the 10th time.

Woods had a two-shot lead over Mickelson, but still trailed 3rd-round leader Charlie Wi by three shots.

Beginning on the 3rd hole, “Lefty” began his assault on the famed links and never looked back — he would eventually clear Woods by nine shots and win the tournament by two.

When the dust settled, it became apparent that if the PGA tour is going to once again become a big blip on the sporting radar of America, Woods is going to need to step up his game.

The reason for this necessity is twofold. Not only is Woods the most exciting player of the modern era when he is on, but fans of the game have become accustomed to him winning tournaments by vanquishing his foes and fist pumping along the way — a feat nobody has been able to do in the past two years.

In the past four tournaments — including this past week’s event — the man who went to sleep Saturday night with the lead ended up fumbling it and limping to a lackluster finish, while someone else slid in and collected the lions’ share of the money and a nice piece of hardware.

Kyle Stanley, Spencer Levin and Wi have all faltered, and to be honest, that’s what we should expect.

In a game that takes not only insane hand-to-eye coordination, but also an ability to block out everything else in the world and focus for a few seconds on hitting a little ball, these men are the norm.

Just for a second, imagine that you are taking an exam and it will be the difference between wealth or poverty in your future.

Now, take that exam in the middle of a crowd of thousands of people who are watching your every move as cameras stream it to millions of viewers.

Plus, you are competing against 164 other equally qualified people, and only one of you can win.

That is just a little taste of what professional golf takes — and that doesn’t even take into account the fact that a single unplanned twitch of a muscle, slight change in your posture or degree of an angle can be the difference between cashing a check for more than $1 million or avoiding collection calls on Monday morning.

Basically, it’s not that easy to do what Woods did for more than a decade.

Unfortunately, his superhuman golfing prowess became the norm, and when expectations are set, they are almost impossible to reverse.

Will he ever get back to the form he exhibited in 2001 when he had the single-most impressive season in the history of the game? I like to think so, but history signals a different ending.

Jack Nicklaus won his last major at the age of 46.

If that improbable weekend never happened, or if Greg Norman had just made a putt, Woods would be chasing three instead of four more majors to tie the Golden Bear — an easier task since there are only four chances annually.

Maybe it’s karma’s revenge on Woods for his philandering, or maybe he put too much torque on his joints when he was younger to stay healthy.

Either way, I miss the days when Woods would march through a tournament and everyone knew he would win — the only thing in question was the margin of victory.

Seeing some random, soonto-be driving range pro choke away a win is like watching the NBA — boring and nonsensical.

Here’s to hoping Eldrick gets his game back — golf needs him now more than ever.

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Alvey named volleyball coach

Former University of Houston head coach replaces Sunahara at Cincinnati’s helm BRITTANY YORK | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati announced the newest addition to its coaching staff Tuesday with the appointment of Molly Alvey — current head volleyball coach at the University of Houston.

Alvey will replace Reed Sunahara as the reigning Big East champs’ new head coach next season.

Originally from Louisville, Ky., Alvey said she is excited to join the Bearcats’ coaching staff.

“What an amazing opportunity to continue doing what I love, and to do it close to my home.There is a clear vision within the UC Athletics Department and a clear direction in which the UC volleyball program is headed,” she said. “Throughout my interactions with Cincinnati, Director of Athletics Whit Babcock has undoubtedly given a fresh energy to the department in just a short period of time. I am ready to add to that energy.”

Babcock said he was particularly impressed with Alvey’s quality of coaching, in addition to her leadership on the court.

“When I met her in person, I became very excited by Coach Alvey’s energy

and enthusiasm,” Babcock said. “From an outstanding field of candidates for this position, she became the top pick to be our head coach.”

Alvey, who spent the past two seasons at UH, led the Cougars to a 38-24 overall record.

Prior to Houston, Alvey spent five seasons at the University of Mississippi, where she served as assistant head coach for two years; and in 2004, Alvey served as head coach at the University of Southern Indiana, where she led the Screaming Eagles to the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles, as well as the team’s second-ever NCAA Division II tournament berth.

“Talking with people around the industry, they have been impressed with her maturity level and her ability to lead a program,” said senior associate director of athletics and senior woman administrator Robin Martin, who chaired the search committee. “Molly is a hard-working, successful woman who will be a great role model for our student-athletes.”

Alvey will look to lead UC to another winning season in 2012-13 when she takes the helm of the Bearcats’ volleyball team.

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TAKING THE REIGNS Molly Alvey will take over as head coach of the UC volleyball team after two years of coaching at the University of Houston.

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BIG EAST BOUND The University of Cincinnati swimming team began competing in the Big East meet Wednesday night, which is slated to go through Saturday in Pittsburgh.

MORE THAN JUST A RACE

Pair of UC swimmers race for records MADDY SCHMIDT | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

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s one gets ready for a race, one’s heart pounds and one’s legs begin to shake.

Stepping up to the block, one tries to remember the technique he or she has put countless hours in to practicing. One hears the cheering fans and the official’s whistle, and finally, “Take your mark. Go.” For the past four months, the exhilarating feeling has been a weekly sensation for a pair of swimmers who race for the University of Cincinnati swimming and diving team.

Six times per week in the Keating Aquatic Center, freshman swimmer Helena Pikhartová and senior captain Josefin Wede go stroke-for-stroke with the team’s 200-yard breaststroke record at stake — which the dynamic duo continues to break as they push each other to swim faster and faster.

Wede, a native of Sweden, set the pace last year when she completed the 200-yard race with a time 2:15.68.

Pikhartová — who hails from the Czech Republic — answered Wede’s challenge at the U.S. Winter Nationals last December in Georgia with a time of 2:14.76 — her current personal best. Around the same time, Wede trimmed her time down to 2:12.44 at the Swedish Nationals.

Now, as the season nears its end, the teammates will race against each other — and the clock — this weekend at the Big East conference meet in Pittsburgh.

In a highly competitive and highly personal sport, their competition — like their

relationship — is both friendly and challenging.

“I always want to win,” Wede says. “But when the race is over, I know that I would much rather lose to a teammate than someone on the other team.”

Every week, Wede and Pikhartová spend approximately 18 hours together in the pool.

Out of the water, the senior and freshman are like big sister and little sister to one another. Like other teammates, they train together as one.

“When [Pikhartová] beats me, I know I will always be happy for her,” Wede says, “It pushes me to work harder next time.”

In the end, racing comes down to working hard and pushing each other forward.

“In the water, I don’t think about anything, or who I am racing,” Pikhartová says. “But during practice, I watch Josefin and the others to see what I can do better.”

Wede and Pikhartová know that the two concepts of hard work and forward progression are equally important, because physical training can only take them so far.

Athletes are always tested in mental and physical ways, and they are always given the choice to either strive forward or to quit.

“The team is literally everything,” says Liz Hansson, a senior on the team. “I wouldn’t be close to anything if it weren’t for the support of my team.”

Even though the team sometimes jokes about how close they are, saying, “It’s because we don’t have time for any other friends,” the team keeps on each other to do the right

things and to keep working hard, because they know it is all too easy to stray off of the path to success.

A time on the board only begins to explain a fraction of the effort put forth each season.

In the water, the two might appear to be rivals, battling back and forth for the 200-yard breaststroke title, but once they get out of the water, they’re once again teammates with similar goals of success.

When the girls swim head-to-head, the race becomes more than just two swimmers competing for a record — it becomes an entire team of roughly 50 men and women, pushing each other to do their very best.

The hardest part about a race for the two — or any swimmer — is when they’re right behind the block and there’s too much time for thinking and not enough time for focusing on the race at hand.

As soon as the race begins, however, the mind sweeps itself clean of any insecurities or thoughts as the body takes over — something the members of the UC swimming and diving team can attest to.

The work has been done throughout the last six months. Now, when the team jumps into the water Wednesday night to kick-star the four-day Big East meet, it will be its time to prove just how far they’ve come through hard work and teamwork.

Editors’ Note: Maddy Schmidt is also a member of the University of Cincinnati swim team.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bearcats announce 2012 Spring schedule HUNTER TICKEL | SENIOR REPORTER

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LACING THE CLEATS The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team will begin spring play March 10 against the University of Tennessee.

Coming off a 6-8-4 season, the University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team released its spring slate of games Monday in preparation for next season’s campaign.

“We look forward to the spring and the challenging schedule that’s been set,” said UC head coach Michelle Salmon.

The Bearcats open at Tennessee — a 2011 NCAA tournament team — March 10 in a rematch of last season’s spring fixture, in which UC won in a 1-0 nail-biter at Gettler Stadium.

From April 14-29, soccer fans in the Queen City will have five chances to see the Bearcats in action.

The team’s first two tilts are against a pair of area teams in Northern Kentucky and Dayton — both of which will kick off at 7 p.m. at Gettler Stadium — with UC facing NKU April 14 and UD April 18.

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when Cincy will host Conference USA foe Marshall before playing Ohio University April 27. The matches start at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.

The spring offseason concludes with the program’s annual alumni game April 29 at 2 p.m.

Last year, the Cats ushered in five freshmen as starters led by forward Mackenzie Grause — who was listed as one of the top-100 freshmen in the nation, according to Top Draw Soccer — and starting goalie Kristina Utley.

In Utley’s inaugural college season, she was named Big East goaltender of the week on two separate occasions.

“With the bulk of our players returning from last year, it’s a great opportunity for us to challenge and develop them,” Salmon said.

“We’re taking the spring season as a chance to experiment with some new systems of play, as well as a chance to clean up our offensive finishing and defensive shapes.”

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from kasich | 1 In October, connections to Akron, Athens and Youngstown are scheduled to be established with the remaining $1.9 million.

This initiative is designed to attract businesses to Ohio and to allow Ohio’s research hospitals and universities to better compete for research grants that open up jobs.

“It’s going to yield huge, huge benefits for the people of the State of Ohio,” said Kasich.

Those who could benefit from the proposed high-speed connection includes UC students and researchers.

“The proposed increase by the governor of bandwidth capabilities will serve the university well in the future, “ said Michael Lieberman, chief information officer at UCIT. “We will benefit from being able to

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from coroner | 1 transfer large data sets between institutions for research purposes, advance our use of technology in learning, and enable us to place more of our services in the cloud for use around the world. This longer-term flexibility will remove future roadblocks to implementing technologies we don’t even know exist yet.”

The move for quicker connection is also drawing attention to the business opportunities that may come with the bump in the gigabytes.

Kasich noted that this advancement will benefit multiple industries, including entertainment, design, medicine and online retail. Databases like Lexis Nexis and online banks that frequently back up files for security will also benefit and find Ohio an easy and cheap place to work,

Kasich said.

Kasich mentioned that Cleveland was rated the fastest growing market for technology jobs in America, and Cincinnati was rated No. 3 according to “BusinessWeek”.

This investment will get people excited to be in Ohio’s business climate, and Ohio will be able to compete with the Silicon Valley, Boston, and the triangle in North Carolina, Kasich said.

“As commercial enterprises begin to understand the great capabilities of a 100 gig infrastructure,” Lieberman said. “They will look to states such as Ohio to locate their businesses — resulting in more jobs and greater economic stability.”

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for a full recovery.

“There are still unfinished, unreleased investigations or reports related to this unfortunate death,” said UPCD Chief of Police Michael Cureton. “I will be available for comment when the reports are done and released to the public.”

UC spokesman Greg Hand expressed the university’s concerns surrounding Howard’s death.

“The untimely demise of Howard is viewed as a tragic situation, and it’s very sad that a man full of promise has died,” Hand said.

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GATES MAKES GRADE Yancy Gates throws down a tip-slam against Providence College on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Gates recorded 16 points against the Friars.

Bearcats trounce Friars 81-66 UC STATS

Sean Kilpatrick – 22 points, eight rebounds Yancy Gates — 16 points, nine rebounds 43.9 percent shooting from the floor 44.4 percent shooting from behind the arc 44 points in the paint 44 rebounds 18 offensive rebounds 20 second-chance points PAT STRANG | PHOTO EDITOR

PROVIDENCE PLAYERS: Vincent Council — 29 points LaDontae Henton — 24 points

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BEARCATS BE CLOWNING Mick Cronin yells at one of his players after making an errant pass against Providence College on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. The University of Cincinnati Bearcats bested the Providence College Friars 81-66.

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