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Smoke detector legislation created by city council after death of UC students kara driscoll news editor newsrecordnews@gmail.com After two students from the University of Cincinnati died from injuries sustained in a house fire on Digby Avenue, Cincinnati officials are cracking down on fire-code regulations.

Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls sponsored legislation in February to require rental companies to install photoelectric smoke detectors in all properties.

The probability of failure in the case of a smoldering fire for a photoelectric detector is approximately 4.06 percent, while the failure rate for an ionization detector is 55.8 percent.

“That means deadly smoke could be filling your bedroom, and more than half

of the time, [it] would go undetected by the ionization alarm,” Sittenfeld said.

The legislation requires rental companies with apartments and houses with 12 units or less to install the new detectors within six months. Buildings with more than 12 units will be required to install the detectors in the next two years.

“I think everyone sees the potential for this ordinance to save lives and better protect our city, and because of that we’ve received a great deal of positive response,” Sittenfeld said.

Currently, none of the properties owned

by Uptown Rental Properties have the photoelectric detectors, but the property managers support the safety precaution, said Johnna Mullikin, vice president of property management for Uptown.

“Life safety is a big concern for us,”

Mullikin said.

The rental company installed batterypowered, ionization detectors in all properties, and do quarterly checks to ensure detectors are working properly.

City officials are also concerned that rental companies are not complying with city codes and passing city inspections.

If six or more non-related people live in the same residence, under state and city codes, the building must have at least two ways out of the third floor.

On New Year’s Day, a house fire on Digby Avenue killed UC students Ellen Garner and Chad Kohls after they sustained injuries from smoke ventilation.

Both students’ rooms were located on the third floor.

The house — rented from Thomas Cleary, a private owner — only contained

one exit on the third floor. “[The initiative is] especially important to the students who call Cincinnati home, as they predominately live in rentals,” Sittenfeld said.

Uptown doesn’t specifically check throughout the year for more than five people living in one residence, but property management “keeps an eye out,” Mullikan said.

The legislation will not raise the cost of rent, and rental companies can purchase the photoelectric smoke detectors for approximately $15.

“This legislation will have a positive effect on Clifton and the entire city,” Sittenfeld said. “Fires will be detected at an earlier stage and people will be safer because of it.”

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WHITEOUT Joe Blizzard and Jaclyn Hyde embrace in a celebratory hug after winning the University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government presidential elections Wednesday.

BLIZZARD IS COMING Slate 53 wins presidency, storms elections in avalanche victory ben goldschmidt chief reporter newsrecordNEWS@gmail.com The University of Cincinnati student body elected slate 53, Joe Blizzard and Jaclyn Hyde, as its undergraduate student body president and vice president.

“We put in a lot of work over the past two-and-a-half weeks — not just Jaclyn and I, but the 30 people on our campaign team — we couldn’t have done this without them,” Blizzard said. “Seeing that their hard work paid off is really relieving to me.”

Blizzard and Hyde received 4,791 votes, 1,175 more than their opponents, Kathleen Hurley and James Avant IV. Although Avant and Hurley lost the election, Hurley said she is proud of the integrity both campaigns showed during the past two-and-a-half weeks. No grievances were filed this year — something SG elections haven’t been free of in the past.

“Both campaigns were really friendly,” Hurley said. “Most years at least a few grievances are filed because things get heated toward the end of the election —

that didn’t happen this time. James and I had a great time campaigning, and it was a unique experience campaigning with the student body.”

Blizzard and Hyde commended the work Lane Hart, current student body president, and Maesa Idries, student body vice president, did throughout the 201213 academic year. Hyde said the two will work to continue projects Hart and Idries feel strongly about and focus more heavily on student outreach, campus sustainability and safety.

“We ran on a platform of access — access being academics, community, collaboration, experience and sustainability — under each of those there are different ideas that we have,” Hyde said.

The current student government administration — Hart and Idries especially — did a great job of progressing issues relating to campus safety, and we want to continue adding more off-campus lighting and cameras to extend to all areas around the university, Hyde said.

Blizzard stressed their ambition to

reach out to more students in the coming year, and commended Hart and Idries’s execution of their “students for students” platform.

“The biggest thing is, how can we present student government as a body of just general students — your average students — because that’s what we are,” Blizzard said. “During the campaign, Jaclyn and I tried to just wear our T-shirt as much as possible … to let them know we’re just a regular student too.”

Hyde and Blizzard will work on bringing more local foods to campus, Hyde said. They are also committed to getting an “environmental literacy certificate,” and want to expand that to other, mainly firstyear students to expand UC’s green efforts.

Blizzard and Hyde anticipate a smooth transition as they begin to lead student government. Both have been involved in SG since their freshman year, and participated in the first-year leadership program.

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Parking lease proposal meets opposition from citizens UC students, business owners criticize potential meter increases ryan hoffman news editor newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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OUT OF ORDER Parking lease could provide much needed revenue to fill budget deficit.

The city of Cincinnati’s proposal to lease parking meters, several city lots and garages is drawing criticism from residents and business owners throughout the city.

“I think their plan could be shortsighted,” said Colleen St. John, a fourth-year sociology student.

The proposal, released by Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney, would lease the city’s parking meters to the Cincinnati Greater Port Authority for 30 years as well as seven downtown garages and lots for 50 years.

The city would receive a one-time payment of $92 million and an estimated $3 million annually in exchange for the leases. The city’s meters would be upgraded, allowing residents to pay with a credit or debit card as well as a smart

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Neighborhood meter rates — currently 50 cents per hour — would increase 25 cents every three years, eventually reaching $1 per hour in 2019. Meter hours would be extended to 9 p.m. from the current 6 p.m. cutoff time.

None of the meter rate increases would occur until the meters are upgraded, said Meg Olberding, city manger spokesperson.

While Olberding pointed out the rates would only increase 25 cents every three years, some University of Cincinnati students are concerned about the possible increases.

“Its going to be difficult for people like me — who can pay 50 cents and park for an hour — if the rates go up,” St. John said.

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Sequestration could impact students White House warns cuts could come to Ohio’s colleges and universities lance lambert staff reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com

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SEQUESTER MEANS CUTS Students utilizing work-study programs would be affected by cuts to federally-funded programs.

SG releases progress report

Low-income students at the University of Cincinnati might have fewer work-study jobs if politicians in Washington, D.C., do not prevent mandatory spending cuts before Friday.

The White House warned cuts could be coming to Ohio’s colleges and universities, childcare, police enforcement and other federally funded programs — potentially costing thousands of Ohioans their jobs.

Unless Congress acts by March 1, the sequester — a series of federal spending cuts — will take effect and could eliminate 1,500 Ohio work-study jobs and 3,300 fewer students would receive federal aid, according to the White House report.

UC specifically could lose $10 to $20 million annually in funding as a result of the sequester.

The timing of the cuts could not be worse, said Stephen Strakowski, senior associate dean for research at UC’s College of Medicine.

“In the past five or six years, a horrendous economy has already caused the college to be stretched thin in resources,” Strakowski said.

The college spent the last two years streamlining processes to achieve maximum efficiency, he said.

“We are going to be struggling,” Strakowski said. “The college has not decided how to manage the cuts, and there is no longer any low-hanging fruit left.”

The White House predicts as many as 12,000 scientists and students around the country could lose their jobs due to cuts to research grants brought on by the sequester.

Many of the jobs in the College of Medicine are research-based, and could be in jeopardy because of cuts in research funding.

“Good and experienced [researchers] will continue to get grants, while young and new [researchers] will not be able to get research grants, we could lose a generation of investigators,” Strakowski said.

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Hart, Idries compile achievements, initiatives in publication bryan shupe staff Reporter newsrecordnews@gmail.com The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government summarized its progress for the 201213 academic year in a report issued last week.

Lane Hart, student body president, and Maesa Idries, vice president, spearheaded the report. Although this is the first official report SG has released, the organization hopes to continue the report and increase student involvement around campus.

“It serves as a testament to everything that all the members of student government has done over the last year,” Hart said.

The annual report is a 30-page guide outlining the initiatives SG undertook, such as the Student Sustainability Summit, the International Taste and the Nearly Naked Mile. Complete with pictures and contributions from nearly every SG member, the publication reflects the steps SG took to improve the lives of students, Idries said.

“We’re really trying to do a better job of making [SG] a little bit less formal to the point where it’s still professional, but people can come up to us and really voice their concerns or ask for help,” Hart said.

One initiative SG proposed for the 2013-14 academic year is a fall break. Many undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty representatives supported the break, Idries said.

“Lane Hart and Maesa Idries have certainly set the bar high for future SG administrations,” said Greg Hand, UC spokesperson. “The annual report is just one example of their efforts to reach out to students and to connect with the university administration.”

With the SG elections occurring Wednesday night, Hart and Idries are comfortable relinquishing their positions to any of the potential successors.

“I think all of the candidates are truly qualified,” Idries said.“I can speak for the caliber of all the candidates and I do feel like they’re very capable people.”

The report is available in the SG office in 425 Tangeman University Center as well as the University of Cincinnati website.

The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government held its annual elections. Joe Blizzard and Jaclyn Hyde won the presidential elections against Kathleen Hurley and James Avant.

Jessica Gearhart, Andrew Naab, Shivam Shah, Tobi Akomolede, Dustin Chan, Ryan Samarakoon, Andrew Pfriem and Aaron Sykes won the senatorial race.

Photos by Lauren Purkey, photo editor

From parking | 1 “The garages are too expensive,” said Marida Gingras, a third-year public health student. “As a student, we’re double hit with school costs and then parking — its very expensive.”

Students are not the only people opposed to the potential lease.

“It’s going to hurt,” said Bob Doll, owner of the Proud Rooster located on the 300 block of Ludlow Avenue. Doll believes the increased meter rates will negatively affect his business, but he’s not sure how severe the effects will be.

From SG | 1 While rate and operation hour increases are never optimal, they are necessary and would happen whether the city leased its assets or not, Olberding said.

“Every cities’ parking rates are going up, and even if the city retained [managerial responsibilities] there’s no guarantee that rates and hours wouldn’t go up,” Olberding said.

After two public forums, where citizens and councilmembers voiced their concerns about the proposal, it’s uncertain when council will make a decision.

Akomolede, Dustin Chan, Ryan Samarakoon, Andrew Pfriem and Aaron Sykes.

Hart and Idries addressed student government with much gratitude for its hard work during the 2012-13 year.

“Thank you so much for all of your support over the last five years,” Hart said.

“All of you have changed my life.”

More students voted in this election than in 2012, said Tyler Behymer, tribunal senator for Allied Health.

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BACK IN GAME Georgia-based Amy Ray, left, and Emily Saliers are the Indigo Girls, a musical duo with a gift for song writing and penchant for tackling topical social and political issues. Although they have sold millions of records and won awards, they’re also at least equally known for their role as musical activists.

Symphony added for Indigo Girls’ tour KATIE GRIFFITH ARTS EDITOR NEWSRECORDENT@GMAIL.COM Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been paving the way for female folkrockers since 1985 as the Indigo Girls.

Fourteen studio albums, one Grammy and countless performances later, Ray and Saliers decided to add a band — and in select cities, a symphony — to their latest nationwide tour.

“We can do the rock songs [with the band] that we usually don’t get to do with the two of us and that give us a little bit more dimension,” Ray said.

The Indigo Girls will play at the Madison Theater Tuesday. Although fans won’t get to experience the new symphony-infused sound, they can

look forward to the addition of the Shadowboxers, an Atlanta-based band that harmonizes its soulful vibe with the vocal range and folksy guitar of the Indigo Girls.

“We are constantly bringing new people into our musical life. We’ll hear a band in our town that we really love and we’ll take them out on tour. We are music fans, and so we kind of are constantly exposed to new things, and that keeps us fresh,” Ray said. “Like the band we are playing with now [the Shadowboxers], we met them a couple of years ago … they are a lot younger and have a totally different perspective of the music industry and so we are exposed to that and a whole different approach to music as well.”

Ray hopes to reach new audiences —

and the Shadowboxers seem to be the right way to do it.

There’s no doubt the definition of folk has changed since 1985, and the Indigo Girls are going to great lengths to reinvent its signature sound, keeping it recognizable but more accessible to younger listeners.

The single “Making Promises” off the Girls’ latest album, “Beauty Queen Sister,” claps its way into a fast-paced beat before wildly strumming its way out of sounding like the average rock ballad — appealing to a new audience without losing credibility.

“We focus on being active and not resting on our laurels and not just playing old hits, but trying to write new stuff and be a relevant group,” Ray said. “We don’t really think about our history, we think

about the next project we are going to do and how excited we are for it.”

Fans should be just as excited as Ray and Saliers are for the future of the Indigo Girls. In June, the duo will record a new album with a symphony orchestra that is set for release in 2014.

As for the show Tuesday, Ray said the crowd should expect to hear songs from all of their albums, along with some of her and Saliers’ solo work — but even longtime fans will be surprised by the Shadowboxers’ influence on the band’s old tunes.

“We want people to come and have a good time,” Ray said. “People that haven’t been to see us in a while can rediscover us. I think it will be an exciting show. I believe in it.”

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THEY HOLD ALL CARDS Obama, legislators continue gridlock over sequester timeline, cuts WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND ANITA KUMAR MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE WASHINGTON — Still gridlocked over how or whether to avert the looming federal spending cuts known as sequestration, the two major parties found a new thing to argue about Wednesday: They don’t agree on when the budget cuts start going into effect.

Republicans said the spending cuts would start Friday. The White House said it was really Saturday.

Either way, the seemingly trivial dispute underscored the inability of the two sides to avert spending cuts neither side wanted when they were passed and signed into law in 2011.

President Barack Obama announced plans to meet Friday at the White House with congressional leaders of both parties, but neither side expected any action before the cuts start sometime Friday or Saturday.

Indeed, Republicans in the House of Representatives signaled they’re already looking past the all-but-certain start of the spending cuts to the next budget fight, over the legislation needed to finance the entire government.

Apart from the cuts in spending to the current budget, the government runs out of money in March and will need an appropriation to stay open through the end of the fiscal year, on Sept. 30. House Republicans said Wednesday that they would vote next week on a plan to finance the government, but would lock in the $85 billion in spending cuts taking effect soon. That move, certain to be rejected by Democrats, is likely to be part of the White House session Friday.

Obama did talk briefly about the budget impasse Wednesday with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., when he joined them for the dedication of civil rights icon Rosa Parks’

statue inside the Capitol.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president hoped that the lawmakers would have a “constructive discussion” at their full meeting Friday, but the political sniping suggested otherwise.

“Compromise here in Washington can usually be measured by a willingness of one leader to put forward proposals that demonstrate tough choices by his side or her side,” Carney said. “What we have not seen from the Republicans is anything like the willingness to compromise inherent in the proposals that the president has put forward.”

McConnell complained that “the Democrats who control Washington still haven’t put forward a serious bipartisan plan; not the president and not his allies in Congress.”

“Now, less than 48 hours before the clock runs out, all they’ve offered is a gimmicky tax hike that’s designed to fail,” McConnell added. “I hope they’re not expecting a round of applause for this particular act of political bravery.”

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who visited the White House on Wednesday, said the sequester mess was a pox on both the White House and Capitol Hill.

“Keep in mind sequestering was an idea that came out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the Senate and House, both sides of the aisle,” said Bloomberg, a Republicanturned-political independent. “This was something all of these elected officials find a good idea, and I find it fascinating that they are trying to blame each other for it.

They all voted for it.”

As a prelude to Friday’s meeting, the White House and Democrats continued to outline the dire consequences that some Americans might find themselves in under sequester.

Wednesday was Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s turn.

Briefing reporters at the White House, Duncan listed a series of cuts that would come in the department’s biggest areas:

$400 million from early childhood education, affecting 70,000 children and 14,000 teachers; $725 million from a fund for poor children, which would affect 10,000 teachers; $600 million from special education, which would affect 7,200 teachers; $86 million in higher education, which means that 70,000 college students might go without grants and work study; and $60 million from areas or regions where Native Americans and military families live.

“For us to be thinking about taking steps backwards in all of these areas because folks in Washington can’t get their act together is a level of dysfunction in Congress that — it’s just like unimaginable to me,” Duncan said. “I can’t tell you how troubling that is to me and, frankly, how angry it makes me feel.”

He added that public school systems across the nation would be forced to lay off teachers and shorten the school year in some places.

He said that one county in West Virginia already had issued pink slips in anticipation of the cuts.

But when pressed by a reporter, he said he wasn’t sure whether the layoffs were related to the reductions. “Whether it’s all sequester-related, I don’t know, but these are teachers who are getting pink slips now,” he said.

The administration and House Republicans are deadlocked over finding an alternative to the $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years scheduled to start taking effect soon.

Obama has urged Congress to delay the cuts by passing a package of $930 billion in spending cuts and $580 billion in new tax revenue over 10 years by eliminating loopholes that benefit the wealthy and certain industries.

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a Democratic sequester alternative that would postpone cuts to Jan. 2, 2014; replace reductions through a minimum 30 percent phased-in tax rate on incomes between $1

million and $2 million; eliminate loopholes for businesses that move jobs overseas; cut $27.5 billion from defense; and cut $27.5 billion over 10 years by eliminating direct payments to large farmers.

The House has passed two alternatives focused entirely on spending cuts that died in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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UC BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS

17 413 14

Number of years head coach Brian Cleary will have been at UC by season’s end.

Cleary’s career wins — the most in UC history.

Number of returning letter winners on UC’s roster

UC BASEBALL SCHEDULE Mar. 1-3 vs. NY Tech at Kentucky Mar. 5

Mar. 8-10 vs. E. Michigan Mar. 12 vs. Purdue Mar. 15-17 vs. W. Michigan at Wright State Mar. 19 vs.

N. Kentucky Mar. 20 Mar. 22-24 at USF Mar. 26 vs. Ohio Mar. 28 at St. John’s Mar. 30 at St. John’s vs. Toledo April 3 vs. Louisville April 5 vs. Louisville April 6 vs. Louisville April 7 April 12-14 at Rutgers April 16 vs. Dayton April 17 vs. Ohio State April 19-21 April 27-28

April 30 May 1 May 3-5 May 7 May 8

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3 15 9

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(Thomas Gentile, J.P. Jackson and Andrew Strenge) Number of true freshmen on UC’s roster Where UC is predicted to finish, according to the Big East Preseason Coaches Poll

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fter a rough start to the 2013 campaign away from University Heights, the youthful University of Cincinnati baseball team will open its first home series of the season Friday afternoon against New York Tech.

UC, which currently boasts six true freshmen in its usual starting lineup, is 1-5 after being swept by Florida Atlantic and dropping tough games to Michigan State and Furman, before securing a victory against Western Carolina Sunday afternoon in Greenville, S.C. Despite UC’s rocky start, head coach Brian Cleary is pleased with the development of his players as they head into their first series of the season at Marge Schott Stadium.

“We’ve played a pretty good schedule to this point and we’ve gotten a lot of our new players onto the field and they’re getting better each day,” Cleary said. “The key for us is to continue to work in practice and continue to get a lot of these new players acclimated to college baseball.”

The Bearcats are currently starting an infield entirely comprised of true freshman with Jeff Murray at first base, Ian Happ at second, Devin Wenzel at Third, Colin Hawk at short stop, and Woody Wallace and Russell Clark splitting starts behind the plate.

The young group has struggled at times to adapt to the speed of play at the collegiate level, with 10 errors between them thus far. UC committed five errors in its 14-6 loss to Michigan State, which led to 6 unearned runs and effectively ended any chances of a victory.

“For high school guys to start playing college baseball it takes a little while to get acclimated to the speed of the game and when you’re having a lot of guys do that all at the same time, there can be some challenges,” Cleary said. “At the same time,

I really like our players and I think they’re doing a pretty good job of learning how to play quickly.”

UC will rely heavily on the play of its veteran outfield, which, led by team captain Justin Glass, has already been doing a very good job of mentoring its extremely inexperienced roster, Cleary said.

Glass, a preseason first-team allBig East Conference selection, fellow juniors Matt Williams and Brendon Neel and redshirt freshman Taylor Schmidt have made up UC’s outfield unit so far this season.

Glass finished second in the conference last season with 83 hits and 21 doubles, which ranked 15th and 23rd, respectively, in all of NCAA Division I baseball.

Redshirt sophomore Ethan McAlpine also has made 16 career starts for UC and should be in the outfield mix as the season goes on.

Freshman infielder Forest Perron has emerged as UC’s go-to designated hitter, but his position, along with the Bearcats’ entire lineup, will be fluctuate based upon who produces at the plate.

“Really, its just a function of what nine guys are swinging the bat the best and then, how we can plug those guys into the lineup based on position,” Cleary said.

Despite starting 1-5, UC’s pitching staff is off to a solid start, posting a team ERA of 5.65 with 43 strikeouts, including a 12-strikeout performance against Furman.

Andrew Strenge, Christian McElroy and Connor Walsh make up UC’s current starting rotation, which will need to expand in the next few weeks.

“As we play more we’ll certainly have to ad a fourth [starting pitcher] and some weeks a fifth, but for right now those are our three guys,” Cleary said.

Sophomores Grant Walker, Matthew Ring and Ryan Atkinson all have starting experience at Cincinnati. Atkinson, who threw seven scoreless innings in his first

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Whomever claims the fourth starting spot will likely take the mound against Kentucky March 5, UC’s first weekday game of the season.

UC’s pitching staff is bolstered by the return of standout reliever Thomas Gentile, who was a preseason second-team all-Big East Conference selection. Gentile led UC in strikeouts (60) and opponent batting average (.245) and finished 11th in Big East in ERA (3.22) and opponent batting average (.245).

Although UC’s inexperienced roster is likely to encounter several hurdles as it adapts to the college level, the Bearcats have almost a full month before opening Big East play at South Florida Mar. 22.

Cleary hopes to have his everyday lineup set before then.

“You want to know what your three weekend starters look like and have that solidified and you’d like to know what your lineup looks like,” Cleary said. “If you can have those two things done, I think it gives you the best chance [to succeed in conference play].”

The Bearcats will look to improve on its 12th place finish in the Big East last year. UC was picked to finish ninth in the preseason Big East Coaches poll released in December 2012, with rival Louisville picked to finish first.

Cleary tries to keep his team focused on playing each game, as opposed to the obvious long-term goal every team chases.

“We spend a lot of time talking about how well can we play, and then if we can learn how to play well and play hard everyday, the results take care of themselves,” Cleary said. “Everybody wants to win the league, so we’re no different than anybody else in that regard, we want to be the Big East Champion. To focus on that is not really productive; we spend our time focusing on how well and how hard we play each day.”