The News Record 2.7.11

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131 years in print Vol. CXXXI Issue XXXV

MONDAY | FEB. 7 | 2011

PITT PREVAILS

CINCY LOSES SECOND STRAIGHT, GATES SUSPENDED

BRING ON THE BASS

Excision launches U.S. dubstep tour

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DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ART AND PLANNING

DAAP showcases P&G product art exhibit StePhanie kitchens | staff reporter

coulter loeb | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

EYE FOR ART DAAP exhibits the work of Donald Deskey and its impact on the image of Proctor & Gamble products.

Students, faculty and the Cincinnati community gathered at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning for a reception and symposium Thursday evening. The speaker symposium “The Unconstrained Mind, Examined” was hosted in conjunction with an exhibit in the Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Jr. Reed Gallery called “Creative Conscious: The Unconstrained Mind of Donald Deskey.” Guest speakers like Gail Davidson, curator at Cooper-Hewitt of the National Design Museum, Matt Carcieri, associate director of Global Brand Building at Procter & Gamble and Craig Vogel, associate dean of DAAP, who gave a presentation “Deskey: An Iconic Figure in the Golden Age of Design.”

Contracts raise pay for UC faculty

The corresponding exhibit was organized by Vince Sansalone, assistant professor of architecture and curator of the exhibit. He was approached by Deskey Associates about hosting the exhibition at DAAP. “I didn’t know who he was at all, so when I was approached, I did some research, and I was interested in the show because [Deskey] crossed disciplines,” Sansalone said.“It is a great example for our students that you don’t need to be narrow in what you think or what you do.” Deskey did work in architecture, interiors, furniture, identity and packaging. In his early career, he also painted. His best known work, however, was helping to design Radio City Music Hall. Aaron Cowan, the gallery coordinator, said the exhibition is not the typical format requires extensive explanation of the art.

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RESIDENTS

STAND FOR IGA Meeting addresses the need for resolution in the grocer’s situation

Anthony Orozco | NEWS EDITOR The University of Cincinnati chapter of the American Association of University Professors reconstituted professor contracts through the 2010-2013 academic years. In the negotiations between AAUP and UC, the AAUP made significant developments in their three-year contracts including a minimum salary increase and expanded compensation packages. The two entities agreed upon an across-the-board increase to base salaries for faculty. For the first time, the increases are graduated by rank of employment. Increased range from 7 percent at the instructor level up to 10 percent at the professor level. “The pay increases in the past were pretty simple,” said UC AAUP executive director, Deborah Herman. “The new contract’s increases are a little more specific.” There is also a 2 percent increase per year for regional campus faculty, which is paid for by the state legislature. In addition, there will be a 0.6 percent salary increase for every year of the contracts along with a one-time cash bonus equal to 0.25 percent of faculty members’ 2010 salary as of September 2010. The contracts also contain a pay increase identified as compression adjustment. “Compression adjustment is a technical term … that basically means there are pay increases for long-time faculty whose salaries have not changed for the current market,” Herman said.“The market is in a state where an entry-level professor should be making more than some people who have been here for years. The compression adjustment will raise the salaries of faculty .99 percent of their base salary as of the June 30, 2010, date for every year of service of the employee up to 12 years. For the second and third years of the contract, there will be a .66 percent increase of base salary. Another significant change to the contracts is the addition of merit awards for ongoing excellence of faculty. Every faculty member is automatically eligible for the merit award that is based off of curriculum, an annual performance review and a workload report. FORECAST

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“Informing our students and public is one of the intentions of this exhibition,” Cowan said. Cowan installed the exhibition in two weeks, but the actual planning of the exhibit took approximately nine months. The exhibit features video, audio and visual elements. The gallery displays an assortment of objects Deskey designed: a lighting post from New York City, theater chairs from Radio City Music Hall and a plywood bicycle replica. DAAP graduate students collaborated with Cowan to help construct the plywood bicycle replica, shoot video and layout of the text panels. The exhibit has been featured in DAAP Room 5275 of the Aronoff Building since Jan. 6 and will be displayed until Feb. 16. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

was John Vierling, co-owner of the store, who gave his plan for the reopening. Vierling explained his he Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Clifton hosted a strategy to pay the back taxes — crowd of almost 150 locals owed to the state by the store — throughout the next 12 months. Saturday to rally support in the Keller’s IGA has been in latest round of the fight to reopen operation since 1939, when it Keller’s IGA. moved from downtown Cincinnati The purpose for the meeting was to Ludlow Avenue. to gather support for The store was signed petitions and Keller’s is way closed Jan. 6 videotape personal more than a grocery after authorities messages to send to store — it’s a social shut it down for Gov. John Kasich, said Marilyn connection for our owing more than $190, 000 in back Hyland, the neighborhood. taxes. organizer of the —marilyn hyland The monetary gathering, “Keller’s hurdle includes is way more than the fees and penalties associated a grocery store — it’s a social connection for our neighborhood,” with the tax issues, Vierling said. Vierling also pointed out the Hyland said.“Not only is it critical to governor’s message about jobs the vitality of the business district, it and small business in Ohio. “We nurtures our soul.” have 50 really good employees The main speaker for the event

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FIGHTING TO REOPEN John Vierling, co-owner of Keller’s IGA, laid out fiscal plans for those in attendance.

that need to get back to work,” Vierling said. Echoing Vierling’s message of job sustainment was Brigid Kelly, director of political programs and communication for United Food and Clothing Workers Local 75. “It’s time for the newly elected officials to put their money where their mouth is,” Kelly said. Reopening Keller’s would sustain small business and good jobs in the community, Kelly said. The turnout consisted of residents from the Clifton area who wanted to support the petition being sent to Columbus. John McEvoy, a professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati and a Clifton resident, said the business district on Ludlow Avenue is, “empty compared to what it used to be. I’d like to see Keller’s reopen because without it, that area couldn’t survive.”

No conflict of interest in Big ‘O’ case JAMES SPRAGUE | NEWS EDITOR Being a member of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees will not pose

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PRICE OF IMAGE Oscar Robertson’s relationship with the UC athletic department could be strained as a result of the lawsuit.

any conflict of interest for local attorney Stan Chesley in representing Oscar Robertson with his lawsuit against the NCAA. While UC is not named as a defendant in the class action lawsuit, Robertson’s charge — which alleges the NCAA used his image and name without permission — could involve members of UC’s athletic department giving testimony, raising the question of whether it would be a conflict of interest for Chesley. “Our firm will be only one of many nationally prominent firms representing the plaintiffs in these actions,” said Bill Markovits, primary attorney on the lawsuit for the law firm Waite, Schneider, Bayless and Chesley. “To the extent it becomes necessary to obtain discovery from the University of Cincinnati, it is likely that will be undertaken by one of the other firms.” Robertson is one of several former NCAA student-athletes — including UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon, University of Connecticut basketball player Tate George and Ray Ellis of The Ohio State University —

named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. In a lawsuit of this nature with multiple law firms, those firms split up the assignments, Markovits said. “It does not appear that our firm will be assigned the task of dealing with UC or any of the other universities,” Markovits said. The lawsuit could affect Robertson’s relationship with UC though, said Michael O’Daniel, a representative with Oscar Robertson Media Ventures. “I already asked [Robertson] how he felt the legal action would affect his relationship with the university,” O’Daniel said. “And since he works with various departments, he agreed that athletics may not be happy with it.” The members of UC’s athletic department that might have signed off on the NCAA using Robertson’s image without his permission, however, could no longer be associated with the athletic department, O’Daniel said. “I imagine this is something that will come out during discovery [in the lawsuit],” O’Daniel said.

DAAP welcomes guest speakers on media scott winfield | STAFF REPORTER

Jerry Springer and former Cincinnati City Council member Phil Heimlich discussed their views on the economy, news media, technology and politics in an event hosted at Kaplan Auditorium in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning on Thursday. “Power, Politics and Persuasion: The Media”— hosted by Terry Grundy, a DAAP urban lobbying professor — was a two-part seminar featuring presentations from former Cincinnati mayor Jerry Springer, and Hamilton County Commissioner Phil Heimlich, son of Dr. Henry Heimlich, founder of the Heimlich maneuver. Heimlich preceded Springer, discussing national debt and the problems we face as debt continues to grow. The current national debt is $14.5 trillion, yet Heimlich described what he called the “real” national debt as being approximately $62.3 trillion due to social services such as social

security and health care policies made by the government. “They will never pay this off,” Heimlich said. “Never. It’s beyond the point of being paid off. We are reaching a point where the government won’t be able to pay these bills.” Heimlich also discussed the inferiority of the dollar as a form of currency, stating that gold and silver are a much better standard considering they are nonrenewable, unlike the reprintable paper currency . “If you go back to biblical times, money was gold and silver,” Heimlich said. “Those dollars, unless you believe in them, do not have any intrinsic value.” Heimlich also pointed out the disparity between traditional news media and opinion media created by the growing age of technology. He said that news outlets like FOX News and MSNBC have become strictly subjective due accessibility of factual information online. “It is inevitable that the

world will become more liberal,” Springer said. “The truth is that the liberals won. It is the rhythm of life, and the only thing that stops liberalism from time to time is someone with power stopping you from being free.” Springer said liberal tendencies are increasing currently due to technological advances and that certain events throughout history have been

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exposed through technology. Springer said he regards his liberal tendencies as a positive attribute to his character. “I lost my family in the Holocaust, so I think that made me grow up never judging people for what they are,” Springer said. “I think that made a liberal out of me instinctively.” Springer also pointed out the hypocrisy in the rejection of the national healthcare bill, saying that 99.9 percent of us will die due to illness rather than terrorist actions. Springer, who expressed interest in running for Ohio State Senate in 2004, continues to have a strong desire in the position, but knows his window of opportunity is closing fast “I never give up the interest, but I’m 67 [years old],” Springer said. “By the time I had seniority, they would be carrying me to the meetings. I won’t say that it’s impossible that I will do it, but it becomes less likely with each passing year, even though I’m still passionate about it.”


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