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SIGNING DAY 35-YEAR Bearcats add more than two dozen new names

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Executive VP office has new face ARIEL CHEUNG | MANAGING EDITOR

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VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE After Fred Reynolds left for personal reasons, Karen Faaborg will fill the position and assist UC president Greg Williams with university initiatives.

Twenty-year University of Cincinnati veteran Karen Faaborg has been appointed as UC’s second executive vice president, effective Feb. 1.

“I’m very excited and very honored,” Faaborg said of her appointment. “I hope to be able to make solid contributions to the president’s efforts.”

As executive vice president, Faaborg assists UC president Greg Williams with projects like UC2019 and searching for new administrators.

She replaces former vice president Fred Reynolds, who resigned after discovering that he would not receive retiree medical coverage as a resident of Ohio.

“Her primary responsibilities will include service as chief liaison between the office of the president and many constituents, overseeing and participating in major projects and initiatives,”Williams said.

Faaborg has been a UC employee since 1980 and is an alumna of the College of Law. As a professor of arts administration in the CollegeConservatory of Music, Faaborg worked with graduate students. Later, she was associate dean of CCM before becoming senior associate vice president and chief human resource officer.

Recently, Faaborg worked to connect human resources with the administration and faculty, Williams said. She was also assisting with the search for the new dean of the

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UCosmic, an online database originally developed by the University of Cincinnati in 2006, announced Jan. 6 that it is going to work with the State University of New York (SUNY) to expand the database into a larger Consortium of data.

The international database provides students and faculty with up-to-date information about study abroad opportunities, international co-op positions or employment in other countries post graduation, universities that send students to study at a specific university and faculty involved with research overseas.

To expand the UCosmic Consortium, SUNY and UC will allow universities to pay a fee and join the ongoing project. The database will be an open source initiative, meaning universities will share whatever they develop.

Ron Cushing, Director of UC international services, explained that with the abundance of today’s advanced technology, it is important to open the database up to every school that is interested.

“Information is a powerful thing and the more information we have, the more we can plan,” he said.

Former vice provost for university affairs Mitch Leventhal founded UCosmic while at UC. Leventhal left his position in 2009 for the vice chancellor of global affairs at the State University of New York.

“UCosmic was built custom for Cincinnati when I worked there, but we are re-coding it from the bottom up so other universities can adapt it,” Leventhal said. The UCosmic Consortium will be relatively similar to the original UCosmic, but is expected to have more information, since interest in the database is steadily increasing.

In addition to SUNY joining the UCosmic database, seven other universities are expected to join the consortium.

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BIG WHITE BUBBLE UC’s new $900,000 practice bubble has drawn the attention of students and potential athletes. The UC Bearcats use the field during bad weather conditions.

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he University of Cincinnati athletic program joined its Big East counterparts by opening the inflated bubble above the James and Joan Gardner Family Foundation Field in November 2010.

YEARS TO COME The bubble has a 15-year warranty and 20-year life expectancy.

The bubble, 70 feet tall by 371 feet long , houses an Astroturf field, giving UC student-athletes the ability to practice and train without interruption from bad weather.

Until the dome’s opening in November, UC was the only cold-weather athletic program in the Big East without the benefit of an indoor practice facility for the football team.

“The bubble was built to withstand the wind and snow from this area,” said Barrett Bamberger, project manager for capital projects at UC. “The shape makes it difficult for any snow to stick to it, but ice can be an issue.”

The bubble comes with a 15-year warranty and has a life expectancy of approximately 20 years, Bamberger said.

“We have some of the best facilities in America and [recruits] are able to witness that,” said Butch Jones, UC’s head football coach. “They go into the bubble and see the $15 million Jefferson Avenue Sports Complex.”

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built structures for the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans of the National Football League, was contracted to build the $900,000 bubble.

The new practice bubble has helped UC in its recruiting efforts, Jones said.

“When you walk inside the bubble, it’s a very impressive structure,” Jones said. “I think it helped immensely in attracting some of the student-athletes we were able to attract here.”

While the structure might be bringing new student-athletes to UC, non student-athletes, however, are not permitted to use the facility for pickup football games or other recreational activities like Nippert Stadium allows.

Students can use Nippert Stadium when it is not scheduled for use by intramural sports because the stadium is an open-air facility and unlocked, while the bubble is an enclosed structure that is locked and for specific use by the sports teams only, said Dan Krone, director of Shoemaker operations for the UC athletic department.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn., has named a University of Cincinnati dean on leave as one of its finalists for an executive position.

David Stern has served as the dean of the College of Medicine since August 2005 and became the vice president of health affairs in 2008, according to the UC Academic Health Center.

Stern is competing with four other finalists for the position as the executive dean for the College of Medicine at UTHSC, said Sheila Champlin, director of communications and marketing at UTHSC. The other finalists are John C. Baldwin, an adviser for health affairs and professor of surgery at Texas Tech University; David Bjorkman, dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine; Donald DiPette, University of South Caroline vice president for medical affairs and health sciences and Joseph Flaherty, dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

The UTHSC search committee was looking for “proven leaders who will aggressively promote the continued success of the College of Medicine’s academic programs, research initiatives and national reputation of excellence,” said Kennard Brown, executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer at UTHSC, who cochaired the committee.

The finalists will each spend two days interviewing with members of the UTHSC campus.

Stern is scheduled to meet with administrators, faculty and staff Feb. 21 and 22.

UTHSC’s executive dean is responsible for managing the three College of Medicine campuses in Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville and overseeing the faculty practice plans.

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College of Medicine, a service she will continue to provide as a representative of the president.

“I’ve been here for many years and served in many different capacities,” Faaborg said. “I think that will definitely make it possible for me to jump right in and assist the president immediately.”

Faaborg will be the university’s second executive vice president.

Williams created the position upon his arrival at UC in 2009 for Reynolds, who followed Williams from the City College of New York.

After resigning from UC, Reynolds returned to his position at CCNY. Reynolds reportedly earned $230,000 per year in his UC position.

Student Government met Wednesday night to discuss higher education funding, a possible grocery store transportation program for students and SG policy.

Student Body President Drew Smith announced he has successfully set a meeting with Ohio Gov. John Kasich to discuss state funding for universities slated for Feb. 28.

In light of the closing of the IGA grocery store on Ludlow Avenue this past January and the announced future closing of the Kroger in University Plaza for renovations,

SG has proposed a transportation program for students.

Logistics of the program have yet to be determined, as the initiative continues to develop.

Vice President Mark Rooney made a motion to amend SG representative academic eligibility as well. The motion was to raise the requisite grade point average from 2.0 to 2.5.

Rooney said that the change in requisite for representatives was to ensure having members who are focused on their academics as opposed to extracurricular activities.

The motion was disputed before being tabled for a later meeting.

SG President Smith also reissued statements made about the tenure process that were made a week earlier and reported on by The News Record.

Smith said that he does not by any means think the tenure process is easy. He believes that students’ and professors’ opinions should be taken into consideration when a professor is being offered tenure.

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SEARCHING FOR FUNDS Student Body President Drew Smith is to meet with Ohio Gov. John Kasich to discuss state funding for higher education institutions.

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The only downfall of“Hubble”is the length of the film. I was just sinking into the feeling of soaring through the universe spackled with hoards of stars when the credits rolled. With a mere 45-minute runtime, there have to be more discoveries that could have been brought before my eyes, yet instead the screen faded gray and the audience fades back into our gravitybased world.

Earth might seem like the center of our universe, but “Hubble” reminds us that beauty extends light-years away.

Sit back and get lost in the solar system. Remember what it’s liked to be awe-struck by the unknown and yet-to-be-discovered, at least for a little while. from Signing | 6 receiver as the highest-targeted position by the coaching staff.

At running back, Youngstown native Akise Teague became the first winner of Ohio’s Mr. Football award to sign with Cincinnati. During Ursuline High School’s undefeated run to an Ohio Division V state championship last season, Teague ran for nearly 2,500 yards and scored 45 total touchdowns.

The Bearcats added four-star recruit Jameel Poteat to their stable of running backs. The Harrisburg, Pa., product originally committed to Pittsburgh, but reconsidered his decision following the Panthers’ head coaching change.

“He was never crossed off our list,” Jones said. “He took a trip here with his parents and he fell in love with the place. It was a tough decision for him.”

Poteat, ranked the No. 6 tailback nationally by MaxPreps.com, chose Cincinnati over scholarship offers from Southern California, Notre Dame and Tennessee, among others.

“Those aren’t just made-up offers,” Jones said. “We’re recruiting against who we should be recruiting against. You want to win more than you lose; we were able to do that.”

The other four-star Cincinnati signee is defensive back Malcolm Murray, a junior college transfer from Mount San Antonio College. Murray is one of two 2011 recruits already enrolled in classes and participating in offseason workouts. Four additional recruits will enroll next quarter and take part in spring practices.

“This is a real benefit and will enhance their development and it will add to the overall depth and competition within our football program,” Jones said.“The individuals here in the spring obviously have a jump start and a huge advantage of developing.”

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“We’ll just give her some rest over the next couple of days, so she won’t need to be putting unneeded pressure on her knees and she can come out fresh on Saturday,” Elliott said.

The Bearcats will return home to Fifth Third Arena Feb. 12, to take on the Seton Hall Pirates.

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“Hubble” film fascinates, wows sidney hilley | tnr contributor

Hot events warm up winter While it might be tempting to stay indoors and hibernate during Cincinnati’s relentlessly cold and snowy Februaries, this month holds a number of irresistible events too good to pass up.

Wrap some chains around those tires and brave the streets for these top TNR picks.

1. “Creative Conscious: The Unconstrained Mind of Donald Deskey”: Work from the design and architecture genius Donald Deskey will be on display in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning’s Reed Gallery. The exhibit will include video, photos and text about Deskey’s life and extensive, versatile work in the art of design. The exhibit will run through Feb. 16.

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COUNTDOWN TO TAKEOFF The takeoff of Atlantis was astonishing to watch on television, but it’s a different sight altogether on the Imax screen.

The Hubble Space Telescope is nicknamed the “school bus in the sky,” but this Magic School Bus isn’t driven by a crazy redheaded teacher named Ms. Frizzle and doesn’t have to be back by the time the lunch bell rings.

Cincinnati Museum Center’s Omnimax Theater brings viewers into the depths of galactic discovery in their latest feature, “Hubble.”

The Hubble Telescope has brought science the most intricate photographs of places beyond imagination for the past two decades. As the paparazzi of space, Hubble snapped never-before-seen shots of supernovas and planets in ultraviolet light.

Throughout the years, Hubble has had to undergo quite a bit of maintenance.

The fifth mission to keep the 25,000-pound vessel conquering space began on May 11, 2009. The operation is also what the film focuses on.

As the Omnimax’s infamous kaleidoscopic light tunnel careens us into motion-simulated cinema, the audience is submerged into the middle of chaos and placed in a room full of astronauts in luminous orange suits preparing to jet past the clouds to replace two cameras on NASA’s prized telescope.

The most astonishing moment in the film is the takeoff of the space shuttle Atlantis. The shots of the Atlantis propelling itself out of Earth’s atmosphere were so close, it’s surprising the camera wasn’t singed by the exhaust. Enough smoke filled the theater’s 72-foot domed screen that it seemed the audience was engulfed by the rocket’s dense smoke.

After the takeoff, the crew experiences the struggles as well as the hilarity of life without gravity. Showers are minimal.

Sitting in one place requires an adult-sized car seat.

Going to the bathroom? Well, let’s just say that requires a lot of suction.

Yet there is a bigger challenge to living in the Atlantis — burrito making in zero gravity. Imagine fastening condiments to a wall with Velcro. Then try putting hot sauce on a tortilla rotating in mid-air. Eating 35 percent beef burritos supreme on our swirly blue planet is much easier.

The images produced throughout the film made me feel like a child, muttering “whoa” under my breath as I saw the array of colors piercing through the gases of Neptune and Uranus. Then I exhaled again as the screen planted us in the middle of millions of dead stars that still remained vibrant, looking like jellyfish dancing in a see hubble | 2

THEY’RE IN A RELATIONSHIP, AND IT’S COMPLICATED.

2. “The Roommate” – The latest horror film release starring Leighton Meester of television’s “Gossip Girl” looks as if it could be a riveting thriller or sequence of cheap thrills. The storyline, however, is something nearly every college student can relate to.

“The Roommate” debuts in theaters Friday.

3. “MMA Big Show 21: New Blood”: Mixed martial arts fights … at the mall? No, it’s not the latest Macy’s sale. Big Show and Gym Fitness Center at Eastgate Mall will host the “MMA Big Show 21: New Blood” event at 6 p.m. Saturday.

General admission costs $25.

4. We Came As Romans: The Michigan-based post-hardcore heroes will be performing with The Word Alive, Woe, is Me, Texas in July and Aria Mae at the Mad Hatter in Covington, Ky., at 6 p.m. Feb. 8. Tickets cost $15 in advance and $17 at the door.

5. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: The Cincinnati Ballet will be reenacting one of William Shakespeare’s classic plays through dance at the Aronoff Center for the Arts at 8 p.m.

Feb. 11-12 and 2 p.m. Feb. 12-13.

6. Close to Home CD release show: Cincinnati native rockers CTH will release their first label debut album “Never Back Down” at the Mad Hatter at 6 p.m. Feb. 11. Like Moths to Flames, Pilot Around the Stars, Make This Your Summer, To Die For and Rumor Has It will be there to celebrate, and of course, put together a kick-ass show. Tickets cost $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

7. Music for the Mountains: This benefit concert and compilation album to stop mountaintop removal coal mining is coming to Southgate House in Newport, Ky., just in time to show Mother Nature some love for Valentine’s Day. The endless list of bands on the album performing for the cause includes local favorites like The Frankl Project and The Tillers as well as acts from other areas of Ohio, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

Tickets cost $15 in advance and at the door.

8. Bright Eyes album release: Connor Oberst has been hard at work producing yet another positively reviewed album. “The People’s Key” is described in an NPR review as a “largely conceptual and experimental record” that rivals the bands previously successful albums “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning,” and “Digital Ash in a Digital Urn.” Fans will be able to decide for themselves when the album hits record stores Feb. 15.

9. “Prism XIV: From CCM with Love — A Valentine’s Day Present”: The CollegeConservatory of Music will perform its annual “Prism” concert featuring the CCM Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensembles, Chamber Ensemble and a variety of soloists. The concert will take place in Corbett Auditorium Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.

University of Cincinnati students receive free admission. General admission costs $10.

10. Bayside album release: The Californian punk-rockers are still going strong with their fifth full-length album, “Killing Time,” due out Feb. 22.

Judging by the CD’s first single, “Sick, Sick, Sick,” the album will prove as a continuation of the band’s energetic, everprogressing musicianship and sharp-tongued lyrics as biting as the weather outside.

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ALWAYS BREAKING HEARTS Ryan Gosling plays in a more complex romance than “The Notebook” in this new film.

Adam kuhn | TNR Contributor With mega-hits like “The Notebook” and “Dawson’s Creek,” our generation grew up watching Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.

However, it is the smaller films that have made the two young actors stars in Hollywood.

Each has an Academy Award nomination: Williams for “Brokeback Mountain” and Gosling for “Half Nelson.” But they also have other acclaimed performances in the films “Wendy and Lucy” and “Lars and the Real Girl,” respectively.

When these two great actors came together in an unorthodox romance, it is no surprise that each delivers the goods and makes “Blue Valentine” a cinematic experience worth checking out. The story is about married couple Cindy (Williams) and Dean (Gosling), the proud parents of daughter Frankie. It becomes evident, however, that the relationship is littered with marital strife.

However, writer and director Derek Cianfrance avoided the cliché melodrama about a broken marriage, instead inserting the ever-changing romance story of two battered lovers into the main narrative.

It is this move that makes the whole film

“Blue Valentine” succeeds in refusing to fall into any romantic or melodramatic holds. Instead, it blazes its own trail, molding two actors together to create a beautiful, yet heartbreaking yarn. tick. As tension grows in the relationship, Cianfrance shows the audience the nuance and true love that was brewing when Cindy and Dean first met. The scenes counteract the drama and give the audience mixed emotions, much like the characters onscreen have for each other throughout the film.

This nuance is further illustrated by the moving performances from Williams and Gosling. True to their characters, Williams is much more subtle and broken while Gosling delivers more of an over-the-top, powerhouse performance while still infusing the tenderness of a man deeply in love.

As an independent film, “Blue Valentine” is not as streamlined and frilly as most bigbudget Hollywood productions, but the style fits with the story beautifully, creating a very raw and real setting for such a story to unfold.

The use of grainy handheld digital cameras for the flashback scenes to differentiate present-day scenes captures the concept of true love in Cindy and Dean well and further explores the perception of love in the starry eyes of young people.

Williams and Gosling are two actors with bright futures who are worth watching. But Cianfrance, directing only his second feature length film, might also be a name worth paying attention to on future projects. The film, in addition to the brilliant performances, is also a success in storytelling.

“Blue Valentine” succeeds in refusing to fall into any romantic or melodramatic holes. Instead it blazes its own trail, molding two actors together to create a beautiful, yet heartbreaking yarn.

“Blue Valentine” has had a limited release, but is now showing at Esquire Theatre on Ludlow Avenue as well as Newport on the Levee’s AMC in Kentucky as part of its commitment to advance independent film.

Gifted Grammy nominees deserve title SEAN PETERS | CHIEF REPORTER A Grammy is the perceived Holy Grail for popular musicians.

Even a mere nomination is one of the highest honors available in the music industry. Like being knighted, it’s all about the title — “Grammy nominated,” or “Grammy award-winning” are some of the most powerful prefixes that could be used in an artist’s career.

From the outside, the Grammy ceremonies are a strange step into the realm of celebrity absurdity. The hyper-sensationalized pomp and circumstance is off-putting to lots of people in our generation. What’s the point? We’ve been conditioned to believe the world will end next year, so who cares who wins “Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album” if we’re all doomed by 2012?

In any case, there are artists who I want to see succeed at the 53rd annual televised Feb. 13 event. My expectations are low.

“SONG OF THE YEAR” This absolutely has to go to Cee Lo Green for his amazing track “Fuck You.” Never before have I felt so uplifted after being dumped. Green has a true talent for putting out quirky and inventive tracks that can satisfy the old school soul fans and

teeny-bopping pop junkies all at the same time. It would be a true shame if Green loses.

“BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM” The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up” is one of the best singles I’ve heard in a very long time, so it’s nice to see the Akron, Ohio guitar and drum duo (who performed on Saturday Night Live in a surprisingly effective quartet with the addition of bass guitar and keyboard) get some much deserved recognition for this outstanding album. “Brothers” has no filler; it’s all substantial and satisfying.

“BEST AMERICANA ALBUM” Rosanne Cash’s “The List.” Cash allegedly was given a list of favorite songs from her father, singersongwriter giant Johnny Cash, to learn.This album (getting regular play on WVXU for all you local fans) has both a priceless association with one of America’s most beloved country music contributors and a darling father-daughter tale that warms the most whiskey-stained hearts.

The Grammys will air on CBS. For a list of all the nominees (along with all of the irrelevant celebrity worship) be sure to check out www.grammy.com.

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BREAK IT DOWN The quirky Cee Lo Green dresses up for a festival performance. Cee Lo has garnered many accolades for his boldly titled hit song, “Fuck You.”

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SPOTLIGHT

I wanted to have that sense of accomplishment. I thought, ‘Well, I can either be 90 when I do this, or I can be 50 when I do this, but I’d like to do it before I would need a walker at commencement.’

—debbie burgess third-year history student

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AMONG THE OTHERS Debbie Burgess doesn’t feel out of place among her classmates because of the many other adult learners on campus.

YEAR PLAN 51-year-old experiences “God’s wings” moment, returns to academic career after hiatus JAYNA BARKER | SPOTLIGHT EDITOR

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SETTING A GOAL Debbie Burgess has her heart set on receiving her bachelor’s degree in history before UC switches to semesters in the fall of 2012.

She returned to school full time in 2006, when she began taking online classes at the University of Maryland and transferred to the University of Cincinnati during Winter quarter of 2009.

ebra Burgess wakes up nearly every morning at 6 a.m. when her husband leaves for work. She makes some coffee — “Mommy-Go juice” as her 12-year-old son Matthew calls it — and critiques her capstone project before Matthew has to be driven to school.

Debra — or Debbie, as she introduces herself — is a 51-year-old focusing on getting her bachelor’s degree in history. She considers herself to be in the middle of her junior year, but, “I kid people, I tell them I’m on the 35-year plan for college,” she says.

Burgess graduated from Centerville High School in 1977 and attended The Ohio State University for one year where she studied political science with the intention of going to law school. When her parents’ divorce and financial troubles began to cloud her ability to focus, she left school to work full time.

Burgess worked on and off for 23 years as a paralegal and then became a stay-at-home mom when Matthew, her youngest child, was born. She has been married to her second husband, Doug, 56, for 17 years, and they live in Terrace Park. They have five children — two from his previous marriage, two from her previous marriage and one together — between the two of them. Four of the five are grown and out of the house.

It wasn’t until four years ago that Debbie considered going back to school. She possessed what most plan for themselves at her age: a marriage, a family and a career.

But after she saw a news report about a 94-yearold woman from Iowa who received her bachelor’s degree and applied for a master’s program, she experienced what her mother calls “God’s wings” moments — coincidences that aren’t really coincidences. She saw more and more news reports about older adult learners going back to school and figured, why not?

“I wanted to have that sense of accomplishment,” Burgess says.“I thought, ‘Well, I can either be 90 when I do this, or I can be 50 when I do this, but I’d like to

do it before I would need a walker at commencement.’ ” So, she signed up for classes at the University of Maryland, where she could take all of her classes online. She was able to jump back into the academic field from the comfort of her kitchen table while wearing pajamas and drinking from her favorite coffee mug.

Debbie transferred to the University of Cincinnati during Winter quarter 2009, but this is only her second quarter on campus. Most, if not all, of her other coursework for the Breadth of Knowledge requirements were completed at UM or Raymond Walters College through ASAP — Adult Scholars Accelerated Program — courses. She has only taken a vacation from school for one quarter since she first registered at UM in 2006.

Burgess anticipated the transition as a nontraditional student to be intimidating and difficult, but it was much different than she expected.

“I don’t feel like a salmon swimming upstream,” she says.

“There are other adult learners here.

I don’t feel like I’m the only person here who is coming at this later in their career or life.”

Although she is older than most of her classmates — and sometimes her —debbie burgess professors — she third-year history student doesn’t feel like she has a need to fit in.

“I don’t need to carve a smaller school experience out of a larger school because I already have my support network,” she says. “I’m not on my own for the first time. I’m coming at it from a different perspective.”

She did, however, have initial difficulty feeling confident in her own voice in an academic setting and justifying being a quality-over-quantity kind of person.

Burgess admits she has a natural instinct to fill in the void when silence falls across the classroom, which can be overwhelming and sometimes hard for a mother not to do.

Burgess credits much of her support and motivation to stay in school to her husband, who has encouraged her to stay in school and get a degree.

“He’s been really supportive, and I can’t imagine doing this if he had not been there,” Burgess says.

As for coursework, Burgess is going through the same experience as the average college student. She is balancing schoolwork and averaging nine to 12 credit hours per quarter.

“I don’t think that’s any different than what I was when I first started in 1977,” Burgess says. “I’m not now where I thought I was going to be 35 years ago, but that’s OK because I’m really — all things considered — happy with where I am and [the] path my life has taken.”

This time next year, Burgess will be closer to graduation and pursuing a career involving anything from history to writing and teaching to graduate school. She hopes to be graduated before the semester conversion in the fall of 2012.

“Who knows?” Burgess says. “I’m trying to keep all options open. I don’t want to close a door on any opportunity.”

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garrett sabelhaus

Offseason offers little 2011 hope

After realizing their public relations mishap with the press conference from hell, the Cincinnati Bengals have finally made a move and fired 10-year offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski.

Please don’t tell me you’re going back to the team because of it.

A lot of irritated people made the decision to give up their season tickets in the wake of a terrible season and a lack of changes following it.

Even quarterback Carson Palmer wants out — either by trade or retirerment. Team owner Mike Brown says Palmer is a big part of the team’s future plans and won’t trade him, basically daring Palmer to retire. What exactly are those plans, Mike?

I realize Palmer isn’t good.

He’s a once-elite quarterback ruined by the Bengals and now a mediocre NFL quarterback at best. But you don’t become terrible on your own. The guy has dealt with injuries resulting from bad offensive lines for years. Now he’s afraid of getting crushed every time he drops back.

Coupled with careless receivers has further made Palmer a victim. Personally, I hope he finds his way out of town and into another city and has great success.

The guy stays quiet and keeps his composure while a few idiots throw garbage on his front lawn.

It just shows the ignorance of Bengals fans and apparently the savage behavior that goes on at games isn’t confined to Paul Brown Stadium.

As a native Cincinnatian, I once was a Bengals fan. Not anymore. In fact, I hate the team and everything it represents.

Brown is an awful manager of a professional football team. He’s a great businessman, but a terrible owner. He couldn’t care less whether his team wins games. For him, it’s a perk.

If it wins, great. If not, whatever.

But they’ll undoubtedly get some fans back for the Bratkowski fire, which is beyond me. Wasn’t it Bratkowski’s doing in 2005 when the offense was one of the best in the league? Did he lose knowledge in the five seasons since?

Wasn’t it Bratkowski in 2009 that ran the team into the playoffs? Honestly, how much does an offensive coordinator matter if you can go from a 12-win season to an eight-win season? Then to a four-win season just a few years later — all with the same guy wearing the headset?

And now, Brown wants his rightful money from Hamilton County to pay for stadium upkeep. Face it, Brown has an air-tight contract with Hamilton County that he managed to get 61 percent of the residents to vote for.

He even personally supplied nearly $1 million to help the county pay for new cash registers that the county was supposed to pay for.

Now the county is broke and wants a streetcar — but that’s a different story for a different day.

As easy as it is to hate Brown, the man is smart and knows how to make money.

And for those of you who say hit Brown in the wallet, how exactly does one go about hitting a near-billionaire in the wallet? By not buying a beer at the game or a Chad Johnson jersey? Fat chance.

The guy is getting sellout money even if there is only one fan at the game due to the league’s revenue sharing.

So now you ask, “What can you do to stop Brown?” Stop voting for stadiums to be built, for one thing.

Just do what I did — bail on the team for good. They are so detached from the city anyway, we should see if they’ll consider dropping Cincinnati from their name. Maybe Covington, Ky., will adopt them. The Covington Bengals has a nice ring to it.

But seriously, there’s no shame in jumping off the bandwagon. It’s the only way to liberate yourself, because staying a Bengals fan will get you one thing: More years of being the laughingstock of the NFL. Meanwhile, as much as I hate the Steelers, they’re back in the Super Bowl. Good for them. They have an owner and players who care about one thing: winning.

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UC losing slump continues guard Jania Sims scored a game-high 24 points, becoming the 17th player in Pittsburgh University history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

Panthers forward Chelsea Cole recorded a double-double in Tuesday’s game, scoring 19 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

“The poor shooting we’ve been having has been the story of our season,”Elliott said.“We’ve been getting open looks against everybody, but we’ve still been missing a high percentage of our shots. Even in Tuesday’s game, we missed three uncontested lay-ups at the beginning of the game. If we would have made the easy baskets around the rim, who knows what the game would have turned out to be?”

The road will not get any easier for the Bearcats. Next, they will take on the No. 17 Georgetown Hoyas (18-5, 6-3) Saturday.

The Hoyas are on a four-game winning streak, having defeated the Louisville Cardinals 76-52 at home Tuesday.

Despite Ulis’ knee trouble, Elliott still

duane mcdonald | staff reporter Despite Bjonee Reaves scoring 22 points to tie her career high, the Bearcats were unable to hold off the Pittsburgh Panthers, falling 79-48 on the road Tuesday.

It was the seventh game in a row the Bearcats failed to score more than 50 points, as well as Cincinnati’s (8-13, 1-8 Big East) seventh-straight loss.

The game was an indicator of the Bearcats’ continuing shooting struggles, as they made 15 of 52 shots from the field.

“Before the game, Shareese [Ulis] told me that her knees were feeling bad, and that the pain was as bad as it’s ever been during her time here,” said Cincinnati head coach Jamelle Elliott. “I told Bjonee that she needed to eliminate the pressure on Ulis, and she came through big for us.”

Reaves was the only Bearcat to reach double-digits in shooting Tuesday.

Freshman center Jeanise Randolph and Ulis recorded eight and seven points, respectively.

On the other side of the court, Panthers

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EFFORT NOT ENOUGH Bjonee Reaves played all 40 minutes and tied her career high with 22 points against Pittsburgh Tuesday.

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Cincinnati inks 30 new Bearcats

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SIGNING DAY SUCCESS The Bearcats’ 2011 recruiting class is the highest-ranked class in school history.

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he University of Cincinnati celebrated college football’s National Signing Day Wednesday with the announcement of its 30-player 2011 recruiting class.

“It’s a very exciting day as we welcome 30 individuals into our Bearcat football family,” said head coach Butch Jones.

“It’s been a very, very long and tedious process. There are so many things that go into the recruiting process.”

The incoming group of future Bearcats ranks No. 41 among recruiting classes in the country according to Scout.com and No. 47 according to Rivals.com — Cincinnati’s highest rankings in history.

“Recruiting is not an exact science,” Jones said. “Everyone wants to rank recruiting classes, while the real rankings should occur one to two years

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from now. One to two years from now, we’ll know exactly how successful this recruiting class is. Everyone’s focused on the now, but all we’re doing with this recruiting class is we’re securing success for the future.”

The class features seven players from Cincinnati and 13 Ohio natives, including Badin High School quarterback Patrick Coyne. One of the Bearcats’ 21 incoming three-star recruits, Coyne was ranked the No. 17 dual-threat quarterback nationally by Rivals.com.

“He was our first committed individual in our class. He was kind of the ringleader and leader of this recruiting class,” Jones said. “The big thing with our quarterbacks is we want them to be able to make plays when the pocket breaks down, being able to make plays with their legs as well.”

Cincinnati extended its recruiting efforts south this

year, signing six players from Florida and four from Georgia.

“We have a lot of coaches that have ties to Georgia and Florida. John Jancek, our recruiting coordinator, did an unbelievable job of establishing the roots,” Jones said. “We’re excited because we really made some inroads in the state of Georgia that I think will serve us in years to come.”

Jones called Chan Hannah, a three-star defensive end out of Tampa, Fla., the surprise of this year’s class.

“We thought he was going to an ACC school,” Jones said. “He called us a couple weeks ago and said, ‘I can’t get Cincinnati off of my mind.’ He’s only played high school football for two years, so he doesn’t have any bad habits.”

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Sycamore High School Glendale, Calif.

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Winter Garden, Fla. Miami, Fla. Harrisburg, Pa. Youngstown, Ohio Indianapolis, Ind. Maple Heights, Ohio Odessa, Fla. Perry, Ohio

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Heads or Tails: Who wins Super Bowl XLV? Pack will bring Lombardi back Sam Weinberg | Sports EDITOR The Green Bay Packers are going to win the Super Bowl Sunday because they are the hottest team in football right now.

The Packers have won their past five games by an average of 13.5 points, and no team has been better since the playoffs began.

Aaron Rodgers has a postseason-best 109.2 quarterback rating, while wideout Greg Jennings and running back James Starks lead their positions with 239 and 263 yards, respectively.

Green Bay’s offense will shred the Steelers’ defense — especially the secondary.

Despite what Pittsburgh fans like to think, Troy Polamalu can’t be everywhere at once.

The Packers threw for 4,124 yards during the regular season — the fifth best in the NFL — and will be facing an average group of cornerbacks.

Pittsburgh cornerback Bryant McFadden was the most burned corner in the league this season, giving up 77 completions for 870 yards and five touchdowns. Rodgers, Jennings and Co. will get at least one TD targeting him, which is all the Packers might need for a win.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Packers are no slouches. They have AP runner

up Defensive Player of the Year Clay Matthews to keep Ben Roethlisberger and Rashard Mendenhall in their place, and three pro-bowl cornerbacks in the secondary.

While the Steelers certainly have more Super Bowl experience, the Saints’ victory against the Colts last season and the Giants’ of the Patriots in 2008 show experience isn’t everything.

The Super Bowl trophy is named after a Green Bay head coach — who will be smiling in his grave after the Packers win Sunday.

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SUPER BOWL BOUND Cornerback Brandon Underwood totaled 66 tackles, four interceptions and two forced fumbles at UC in 2008. He’s made 13 tackles in 15 games with Green Bay this season and will face the Steelers Sunday in Super Bowl XLV.

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Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will become a modern-day dynasty when they claim their third Super Bowl title of the past six years.

During the four-game suspension of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the beginning of the season, the Steelers reverted back to the stayle of play that won them four championships in the ’70s – physical defense and running the ball right at opposing defenses.

Pittsburgh led the league in rushing defense, limiting opponents to 62.8 yards per game.

The catalyst has been James Harrison — the hardest hitter in the NFL, with $100,000 in fines to prove it — who totaled 100 tackles and six forced fumbles this season.

AP Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu will make the difference against Green Bay.

With seven interceptions, Polamalu and his hair ranked No. 2 in the league. He has the capability of forcing a turnover deep in Green Bay territory or returning an interception for a touchdown, swinging momentum the Steeler’s way.

Rashard Mendenhall rushed for a career-high 1,273 yards this season — carrying the ball for 121 in the AFC championship game against the New York Jets — and earned himself nearly 100 more carries than one season ago.

Roethlisberger has been dangerously efficient this season when called upon with a 97 passer rating and is a master in the clutch — especially the two-minute drill.

The Steelers are loaded with proven winners, as 14 of Pittburgh’s 22 starters have at least one championship ring. The Packers have just two players who have faced the spotlight of the Super Bowl — arguably the world’s biggest stage.

Mike Tomlin and Dick LeBeau are the best head coach and defensive coordinator in football, both already bound for the hall of fame — especially after another Super Bowl win.