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University currently developing master housing plan Strategic plan in early stages; would focus on existing on-campus housing structures ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati administration emailed survey requests to all students in mid-March, and if the surveys weren’t completed, reminder emails were sent until the survey closed in April.

The university was persistent about student feedback in an effort to use popular opinion to help shape UC’s newly crafted Housing Master Plan.

“We’re still in the process of assembling the plan,” said Marc Petullo, senior planner in the planning, design, and construction division of the Administration and Finance Office. “The plan will focus on immediate and longer term renovation needs of the existing facilities, and the needs for specific populations.”

Petullo said his group hopes to have the plan developed in time for the start of Fall semester so officials from Housing and Food Services and the Finance Office can meet with the proper administrators to try and adopt plans for immediate needs.

What that entails is largely dependent on the results of

completed surveys, which were directly administered by Debra Merchant, vice president of student affairs, with the help of Burkhart & Company, P.C. — a Knoxville-based public accounting firm.

Petullo said the firm would need time to evaluate the results before it can present its findings to the university.

He said UC should have a summary of that report around the end of Spring semester.

Renovations to Scioto Hall, which was closed for residential use in August 2008, will likely be part of the plan, said Todd Duncan, director of UC Housing and Food Services. The university doesn’t have a timeline for the renovations or details about what those renovations could include.

Additionally, it’s not clear if the building would be designated for a specific segment of the student population.

Duncan said the cost of the renovations to Scioto Hall would likely be close to the $35 million price tag for the recently renovated Morgens Hall.

The plan would also likely address the current absence of on-campus housing designated specifically for graduate students. The university hasn’t had on-campus housing for graduate students since Morgens Hall and Scioto Hall SEE HOUSING PG 2

FILE ART After closing in 2008, Morgens Hall opened at the start of the 2013-14 Fall semester. UC hopes to do the same with Scioto Hall in the near future.

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UC starts search for permanent chief of police KATIE COBURN STAFF REPORTER

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Chairman of the Board of Trustees Tom Humes (left) and UC President Santa Ono did not discuss the 2 percent tuition increase approved by the board Tuesday.

Trustees approve university-wide tuition increase starting in Fall semester RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

Despite cost-saving initiatives intended to keep tuition down, students returning to the University of Cincinnati in the Fall semester are going to pay more for their education.

The UC Board of Trustees unanimously approved an across-the-board, 2 percent increase in tuition rates Tuesday. The increase will take effect at the beginning of the Fall semester.

Unlike past years, the increase is the same for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as each of UC’s campuses, said Bob Ambach, vice president of administration and finance.

Budget officials met with students, faculty, administrators and other stakeholders to discuss the increase before proposing it to the board.

“When you’re trying to run a university this size or any size there are additional costs and there are improvements and things that need to be done mostly for the students,” said James Plummer, vice president of finance. “There’s always

concerns by almost everyone about additional costs and students are already leaving universities across the country with more debt than we would like to see them have to have.”

With the increase, tuition for an undergraduate, in-state student would increase to $11,000 per year — up from the $10,784 for the 2013-14 academic year. The university froze tuition for undergraduates in the 2013-14 academic year.

The increase will be used to pay for research, public safety, provisions in the “Creating Our Third Century” initiative and $1.2 million in additional scholarships, Plummer said. The university collected $490 million in tuition during the 2013-14 budget year.

While Plummer said nearly all tuition dollars are reinvested in students in one way or another, some students are calling the increases detrimental.

“It is really going to put a strain on us,” said Steven Yee, a fourth-year communication student. “Graduating students are already in tens of thousands of dollars in debt and most of us already work. I feel like this increase in tuition is going to force us to work more. It might have a detrimental effect on academic quality because students are going to be

working and they can’t dedicate as much time to their schoolwork.”

Others said they understood the university’s financial predicament.

“I think that students are going to struggle, but it’s hard because we understand that the university is struggling financially as well,” said Hannah Kenny, a third-year biomedical engineering student.

“I wish that tuition wasn’t going up but I don’t want to blame UC specifically. I think more and more students are having to pay for themselves.”

Ohio has made a concerted effort in the past four years to keep higher education affordable, said Jeff Robinson, communications director for the Ohio Board of Regents. Under provisions in the most recent state budget, Ohio universities cannot increase tuition by more than 2 percent per year — making the increase at UC the largest allowed.

“We’ve seen a lot of universities in Ohio freeze, or in some cases, even lower tuition,” Robinson said. “We’re looking for ways to improve quality while being mindful of the cost.”

Efforts by the state to maintain tuition costs follow years of rapid growth in the price for a higher education.

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After operating without a permanent police chief since July 2013, the University of Cincinnati posted a formal job opening for its public safety director and police chief position this week.

The person appointed to this position would plan, organize, direct and administer the overall police and public safety initiatives of UC’s campus community. Other responsibilities include supervising a staff of 147 and overseeing a $10.5 million budget.

The position hopefully will be filled in the next 60 to 90 days, said Bob Ambach, vice president of administration and finance and interim director of public safety.

Jeff Corcoran has served as interim police chief since July 2013 after former UC Police Chief Michael Cureton resigned amid internal complaints from fellow officers. Corcoran served as assistant chief of police prior to the interim position.

“Jeff is a dedicated and hardworking professional and he has served the university well in this capacity as well as over the many years of service to the university,” Ambach said.

Ambach called for a review of UC’s chief police position and all its public safety functions after Cureton’s resignation.

“Whenever there is a change in leadership, it is a good opportunity to review an organization to see what, if any, changes could be made to improve the efficiency of the unit,” Ambach said.

The university hired Margolis Healy & Associates, a national firm that specializes in assessing public safety practices on college campuses, to conduct an external review in late January.

The university is assessing the report and will likely release the results in the next several weeks, Ambach said.

While the external review is being assessed, Corcoran — who intends on competing for the position — is stressing the need for collaboration between the public safety system and the UC community.

“No matter how many officers we have, we cannot be everywhere all the time; we need the UC community to work with us,” Corcoran said. “Beyond that, we need to understand what the campus community wants from its police department.”

Since UC President Santa Ono’s appointment, a special emphasis has been placed on the collaboration between UC and the City of Cincinnati Police Department when approaching public safety problems, said Cincinnati District SEE CHIEF PG 2

UC community reflects on Boston Marathon attack one year later Students, alumni in Boston one year ago recall tragic events at nation’s oldest marathon BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

Thousands gathered in Boston Tuesday on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11.

Two homemade bombs made from pressure cookers stuffed with explosives and shrapnel exploded near the finish line of the 116th annual Boston Marathon April 15, 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 250.

The anniversary of the bombing hit close to home for select members of the University of Cincinnati community.

According to the Boston Athletic Association, approximately 70 individuals from Cincinnati registered for the marathon — 20 of them were UC students, professors and alumni.

Russ McMahon, UC information technology professor, said he was about 2.5 miles from the finish line when the bombs exploded.

“It was pretty crazy down there,” McMahon said. “It was nothing you could ever expect or anticipate, but they did LAUREN KREMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Greg Loving, AAUP UC board approval.

a pretty good job of making sure they got us out of there before the situation got even worse.”

McMahon has run in the Boston Marathon five times since 1972, twice as a UC student.

“My going back to Boston last year was meant to be a sort of last hurrah for me,” McMahon said. “What happened was very surreal for me and I am sure for all who were [there].”

McMahon said his running pace could have placed his family at the finish line when the bombs exploded.

“I had a target goal of four hours, 45 minutes, but I went out a little too fast so I was about 10 minutes off pace,” McMahon said. “If I had been on pace, my family would’ve been down at the finish line. It was a good thing I didn’t keep my pace. This was one of those times where you hit the wall and it turns out to be a good thing.”

Nicolas Kienzle was president of the UC Running Club at the time of the bombing. After completing the Boston Marathon in 2011 and 2012, he was discouraged when he had to sit out last year because of a leg injury.

“I was actually registered, but due to some injuries I couldn’t do it. The doctor told me to not even try to run on it,” Kienzle said. “But I’m healthy enough to participate this SEE BOSTON PG 2

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PROVIDED U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and others stand during a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon a year after the attack.

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Editorial: UC fails to communicate Reclaim shutdown Administrators neglect to remain transparent; assault survivors suffer THE NEWS RECORD STAFF

As The News Record wrapped up its twopart series about sexual assault on campus, April marked the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Our staff was passionate to shed light on true stories about sexual assault and rape at the University of Cincinnati, and the recent changes to how the university supports survivors of these violent, intrusive crimes.

The graphic details of rape and the statistics of women who will be sexually assaulted at UC (one in four) were both shocking and concerning.

But what is truly bothersome is the lack of communication and outrage from the UC administration and community. It is disturbing when a push for compliance with federal regulations limits the outlets of support, instead of broadening resources for survivors.

It is the silence; the silence forced upon survivors when they don’t have adequate support after an assault, and the silence of the upper echelon of the UC administration.

What is most disturbing is that the silence trickles down when leaders don’t speak up about important issues. What is not surprising is the amount of UC administrators who dodged questions, chose not to comment at all, or phrased their answers delicately when asked about sexual

assault response on campus. They shouldn’t be playing higher education politics. They should be outraged. And they should be transparent.

We’ll tell you what conversation administrators should be having; we’ll tell you what they haven’t said: Sexual assault is a rampant problem at the University of Cincinnati. It is a rampant problem at universities across the United States. And it will continue to be until UC leaders push sexual assault awareness to the forefront.

In the past two years, sexual offenses have occurred in front of Nippert Stadium, in the parking garages, in dorm rooms, at house parties and on the streets you walk on every day to campus.

This semester, Reclaim — the UC Women’s Center peer advocacy program, which helped sexual assault survivors anonymously — shut down its services immediately after discussions regarding Title IX and federal regulatory compliance.

Survivors of sexual assault can no longer report anonymously to peer advocates, and services were shifted over to Counseling & Psychological Services.

The News Record requested public records on Feb. 10 to uncover emails sent about the dissolution of the Women’s Center sexual assault response program, and received more than 400 pages of public records on March 11. But the records were littered with redactions to “protect attorney/ client privileged information,” and we never got a clear answer about the decisions made behind doors.

Experts have raised concern about many institutions’ confusion about the overlapping, incongruent reporting requirements under Title IX, the Clery Act, FERPA, Title VII and various state laws regarding privilege or mandatory reporting, said Kate Hanna, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence executive director, in a News Record opinion piece.

“In placing restrictions on trained advocates at an institution from maintaining confidentiality of student survivors, we silence survivors,” Hanna said.

When UC administrators made the decision to shut off Reclaim’s 24-hour sexual assault crisis hotline in the middle of the Spring semester, did they truly think about the victims of sexual crimes? Or did they think about compliance and federal regulations?

When interpreting Title IX and making decisions about response programs, administrators should have thought about the days, months and years after a woman is attacked while pursuing her education. They won’t think about the crippling depression and the PTSD a female student experiences after an assault. They probably won’t think about the flashbacks or a survivor’s inability to sleep at night.

Administrators won’t be able to see a sexual assault survivor struggle to get out of bed in time for class. And if the survivor hasn’t told anyone about the attack, her professors probably won’t be able to see it either. She won’t be thinking about federal compliance or confidentiality when she finally musters up the strength to reach out

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After being cleared of his injury, Kienzle will complete the marathon for the third time April 21.

“It was my favorite race and still is my favorite race. Now there’s a dark cloud over it because someone felt the need to set off bombs,” Kienzle said. “After I heard the news last year, it made me want to go even more this year and just kind of stick it to terrorism.”

Immediately after the explosions, a manhunt was conducted to find those responsible.

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The current in-state tuition rate for a full-time student at UC’s uptown campus is double what it was during the 2000-01 academic year, when tuition was $5,392.

Ohio is not the only state fighting to maintain the cost of higher education. For the past 30 years, tuition rates across the country have ballooned.

“The sticker price of tuition has increased faster than just about any other good or service in the economy over the past three decades, even outpacing health care,” said Andrew Kelly, director of the Center on Higher Education Reform — a Washington D.C. education think tank.

“They’re spending money on things that have little to do with teaching and learning — things like administration and amenities. These things cost a lot

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Three days after the bombing, Sean Collier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, was shot to death in his cruiser by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the bombing suspects.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed the subsequent morning after a shootout with authorities and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken into custody about 12 hours later.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is detained in a federal prison 36 miles northwest of Boston.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faced a 30-count indictment June 27, 2013, and is being charged with murder, using a weapon of

mass destruction and bombing a place of public use. Seventeen of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s charges could result in life in prison or the death penalty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

While thousands gathered in Boston on Tuesday to commemorate the incident, police noticed two suspicious bags located on Boylston Street, which is near the original location of the explosions.

After investigation, authorities said that both bags were deemed harmless, but Kevin Edson, 25, of Boston was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and possession of a hoax device.

of money but are often unrelated to the actual teaching and learning that goes on campus. As a result, tuition prices go up but student learning and the quality of education may be unchanged.”

Colleges across the country also are experiencing cuts in state funding — causing universities to increase tuition to make up for the lost revenue.

However, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has increased higher education funding since he took office, UC’s Plummer said.

“Our [tuition] increases at the University of Cincinnati and in Ohio have been a lot lower on the average than other states,” Plummer said. “The university has done a lot to minimize costs.”

Much like the university though, some students are finding it hard to pay the bills.

“I think students are already struggling

so raising the tuition is going to make it a lot harder for them to stay in school,” said Logan Davis, a fourth-year communications student. “I’ve got a couple friends who pay completely outof-pocket because their FASFA ran out or whatever reason.”

As for when the cost of a college education might start to plateau, it’s hard to tell, Kelly said.

“If the economy improves and state revenues rebound post-recession, it’s possible that tuition will stabilize,” Kelly said. “What’s more likely to affect tuition prices is the presence of competitors who provide education for less money — online providers that cost less than inperson courses and open online courses.

If students start to rely on these more heavily, traditional colleges will have to find ways to compete.”

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to someone about her assault.

They won’t want to believe that survivors have told faculty members about an assault, only to be met with phrases like,“I don’t want to know.”

Administrators were quick to say adequate services for survivors would continue in Counseling & Psychological Services. The scope of the office’s services covers everything from mental health issues, alcohol abuse and spirituality concerns to meditation skills and court-mandated programs. It is hard to imagine survivors will get the same targeted and sensitive support they would from Reclaim, when CAPS supports such a large amount of students already.

For a university that takes pride in its top leaders’ prolific and innovative ways of communication, they have found ways time and time again to stay silent when it is most important to share information with students and faculty. Think about the power the administration holds solely with communication. What if they tweeted less about Beyoncé lyrics and Theta dinners and used their clout to inform students about actual issues like rape on campus?

Talk about why sexual assault is so prevalent on college campuses. Talk about prevention and education. Most importantly, talk about the recent changes to sexual assault services on campus and why the decisions were actually made, so survivors can get help.

What kind of university are we when we perpetuate a culture of silence?

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Neudigate said he and Corcoran have a wonderful relationship that has been intensified under Ono’s leadership.

“There are over 100 people in public safety, with a vast store of knowledge and experience that needs to be tapped,” Corcoran said.

Alongside the need for external and internal collaboration, the on-and-offcampus crime rates remain one of the department’s primary concerns.

“I strongly believe that we need to be data driven and take actions based on solid information,” Corcoran said.

Public safety is working in collaboration with the UC Campus Recreation Center to reduce thefts that occur primarily around the perimeter of the basketball courts, as well as identifying and apprehending the thieves. This was possible because of UC’s Criminal Justice students who completed a study of thefts that occurred at the campus Recreation Center, Corcoran said.

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closed in 2008.

During Tuesday’s UC Board of Trustees meeting, Joshua Smith, graduate student trustee, said he was optimistic the university would reach a solution in the near future.

Duncan said Housing and Food Services has already executed block leases with University Park Apartments and Campus Park Apartments to combat the rise in admissions and demand for on-campus housing.

The primary goal at the moment is to properly update existing facilities, Petullo said.

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From left to right: Chi Thorsen (bass), Michael Clouse (drums), Max Hentosh (guitar), Aaron Kirby (vocals), and Michael Ragan (guitar) perform an acoustic set in The News Record’s office at 509 Swift.

Tracing fuse of Dynamite Thunderpunch Making best of college years while making music with closest friends JAKE GRIECO ARTS EDITOR

“We’ll call ourselves TNT Lightningkick.”

“No, that sounds like a knock-off move for Pikachu.”

“Okay then, Nitroglycerin Tornadoslap.”

“No, that sounds like a name for a Japanese biker gang.”

“I got it, Nuclear Tsunamifist.”

“No, it’s got to be something even George Bush could pronounce.”

“How about Dynamite Thunderpunch?”

This is a make believe dramatic reenactment of how the members of Dynamite Thunderpunch came up with the perfect band name.

If you follow the fuse, it will lead back to the University of Cincinnati with every member either currently enrolled or recently graduated.

Follow the fuse even further, and it will lead to the Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning building. Somewhere in the depths of the studios is usually where Michael Clouse, third-year graphic design student and DT drummer, can be found if he’s not on co-op, at band practice, a DT show or sleeping. With three members of DT being graphic design students, the skills they learn in the classroom translate into their work for the band.

“I see my major and our band as very much entwined and I think both help the other,” Clouse said. “I actually got my last co-op because my employer saw our logo in my portfolio and wanted to know what a Dynamite Thunderpunch was, and that’s how I got a job for last Fall semester.”

Sure, Dynamite Thunderpunch is a band, but there’s more to this group than that. The five members of DT have thriving lives apart from their

instruments. This isn’t GED pop-punk, there are no cheap, American traditional tattoos or screechy vocals. Not that there’s anything wrong with pop-punk’s daddy issue anthems, but DT is a competent and confident embodiment of higher education rock and roll.

Chi Thorsen, third-year graphic design student, sports a masterpiece of a tattoo on her arm that symbolizes feminine beauty and strength, but her strength and beauty are more than skin deep.

Both her and Max Hentosh are causing the band to have to take a brief hiatus over the summer while they will be on co-op in California. Regardless of what happens with DT in the future, the members are all headed toward a successful career.

“We’re all very career-oriented people and we all know that the music industry is in a tumultuous state right now,” Clouse said. “We’d all love to make a living off of our music, and we’d jump at the opportunity to do so but we’re not expecting to by any means.”

A humble side is probably one of the last things you’d expect from any man brave enough to name his band Dynamite Thunderpunch. The name isn’t a reflection of the members, but rather a synesthesia-derived term for their music.

“We tend to introduce ourselves as ‘We are called Dynamite Thunderpunch and that’s how we sound,’” Clouse said.

Their sound is loud and filled with guitar solos and breakdowns. Aaron Kirby, fourth-year student and lead singer, sings about everything from tigers to train heists. DT means musicianship.

Hentosh and Michael Ragan are prolific guitar players, and they study their instrument with the same rigor they apply to their education and careers.

Hentosh and Ragan are the guys that can beat anyone in “Super Smash Brothers.”

Their minds unwrap and redress guitar riffs with the ease of mall gift wrappers.

This is why there are no defined roles in DT, but it’s a collaboration of intelligent

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Guitarist Max Hentosh and bassist Chi Thorsen lose themselves in the music during their opener.

musicians willing to work with any idea that sounds good or has potential.

“Kirby’s put in parts for the guitar before,” Clouse said. “Max has come forward with lyric ideas; we treat [making music] as a very collaborative environment in general everyone feels very free to come forward with ideas.”

The collaboration of DT formed the same way the Egyptian riots were organized — social media. Clouse is from Pittsburg, Pa., and when he moved here his freshman year he didn’t know anyone. One of the first people he met was Max Hentosh when someone suggested on the DAAP Facebook page that they all get dinner.

“He was wearing some band T-shirt and I’m sure I was,” Clouse said. “We discovered we both loved Between the

Buried and Me and crazy prog rock and decided in the future we were going to jam and that’s how the nucleus of the band formed.”

As cliché as the saying is, it is nothing but a tired truth worn down by speeding youth — college goes by too fast. Everyone’s lives are preparing for departure and the “real world.”

There is no way to know the impact DT will have in the future, but the members can choose to relish in their time they have together right now.

“My philosophy towards the band is I don’t know how long we’ll last, or if we’ll keep going after graduation,” Clouse said.

“So for the moment, I’m just trying to make everyday count and write as much music together as we can during the time we have. “

Dynamite Thunderpunch celebrates debut of EP Local bands unite to perform DIY house show, create explosive atmosphere ZACK HATFIELD STAFF REPORTER

At 8:55 p.m., five minutes before the concert was planned to start, members of Dynamite Thunderpunch were getting a little on edge.

Only a few people had gathered at the deck of the small house on Marshall Avenue. “We’ve played for less people before,” said frontman Aaron Kirby, clad in a bright floral suit jacket. They decided to wait a while before starting the gig, which included three other local bands.

The do-it-yourself concert was to celebrate the debut of the band’s first release, the EP “EPonymous.”

After 30 minutes, a couple dozen more people had wandered to the deck, which was equipped with stacked amplifiers, an array of guitars, dramatic lighting and a drum kit that bore the main act’s insignia. It was time to start.

When it was time for DT to take the stage, the crowd of listeners had, after many attempts, formed a quasi-tame mosh pit that seemed to erase the line between them and the band.

Launching into their first song, “F*ck!

There’s Tigers!” the band managed to sober up the audience with seismic bass-lines — courtesy of Chi Thorsen, a third-year graphic design student — and snarling guitars from players Michael Ragan and Max Hentosh.

You can’t put the band in a single category. Its sound is a visceral hybrid between progressive rock and punk, with some influences from other genres scattered within, a combo that’s not

easy to pull off.

What was most surprising about the music was the unbridled skill involved.

The talent displayed by each musician was competitive but playful. That’s what the venue turned out to be: a playground for chaotic rockers to interact with each other. As the band surged into the opening riff of The Sweet’s instantlyrecognizable “The Ballroom Blitz,” the audience knew they were in good hands.

During perhaps the band’s catchiest song, “Train Heist,” the band tells a steampunk epic and exhibits every band member’s virtuosic ability in less than five minutes.

“It’s a long way down, long train a-runnin’/And they never had a chance to see us coming/Don’t nobody watch out for the lonely gunman/And they won’t take me alive,” belted Michael Kirby, as an industrial drum beat recalled the rhythm of a charging locomotive.

The chorus proved engaging as well with Thorsen’s harmonizing wail adding an eerie texture to the song. Toward the end, Ragan and Hentosh traded gritty guitar solos as the performance went off the rails.

The bands that opened for Dynamite Thunderpunch were captivating in their own right.

The Condos, a duo from Columbus, kicked it off with a ’50s-esque sound that combined simple chordprogressions and economical drumming with resonant vocals reminiscent of an early John Lennon or Paul McCartney.

After a few songs, they let the next act take the stage. Chalk., from Cincinnati, spent the next 30 minutes delivering an electrifying set.

Instead of breaking the fourth

wall, the four-membered band — two guitarists, a bassist, and a drummer — set it on fire. Armed with a telecaster, a red Marshall amp, and a variety of pedals, the lead guitarist’s grungy hooks and solos forged pure adrenaline between the audience members.

Distortion from both guitarists washed over those in attendance, who were either swaying with the driving force of the music or simply standing still, stuck in a sort of feedback-induced paralysis. The band ended its set with a galvanized cover of Nirvana’s “Territorial Pissings.” The next band, Sleep Star Ignition, brought the level up another notch, inciting a wave of head bangers that evoked the ’90s emo scene — in a good way. The band’s sound was a mix between screamo and grunge,

another blend that’s difficult to execute successfully. They demanded everyone’s attention and refused to let it out of their grip with their deafening set.

Stage presence isn’t exactly something every local band possesses, but all the bands that played Friday night had it in spades. Because of the space of the venue — some guy’s house — the concert was extremely intimate, yet the emotion and rage present created a truly explosive atmosphere.

The event reminded us that phenomenal music can be found everywhere, and often in your own backyard.

Watch Dynamite Thunderpunch’s performance in the newsroom at newsrecord.org.

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Dynamite Thunderpunch brought the night to a close with a blistering version of “Ballroom Blitz.”

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UC slugger reflects on stellar career as final games at UC approach EMILY WITT STAFF REPORTER

JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

I’ve been here — at this desk and on these pages — for a long time now. I’ve carried the distinction of sports editor at The News Record longer than President Santa Ono, head football coach Tommy Tuberville and Director of Athletics Mike Bohn have held theirs. I’m not sure if that says more about me or the worlds of collegiate academia and athletics.

Perhaps it just says that I’ve outstayed my welcome.

I came to this hallowed place — 509 Swift Hall and all of the glory and demons it beholds — a frustrated and maniacal sophomore on the brink of leaving the University of Cincinnati for a myriad of reasons that matter so very little now. I was not a journalism student, nor was I any sort of writer. I was searching for something though, a reason to stay, and I found it here, in the place I must have subconsciously known then that I always belonged. Thank you, Blake Hawk, for being so kind that day. And thank you, Ariel Cheung, for emailing me a few days later. Without ever knowing it, you both saved me in those days, saved me from transferring to some other school and some other academic pursuit where I soon would’ve found the same unhappiness.

As a result of desperation on my predecessor’s part, I was covering UC basketball a few days after first walking through these office doors. Then a month or so later — again the result of desperation, I presume — Ariel and Sam Greene, who was roughly 20 minutes late to the interview he was to be coconducting, hired a very under-qualified and unprepared kid to fill the vacancy of sports editor on what was an otherwise immensely talented staff. And to Ariel, Sam, Gin Ando, Sam Weinberg, Brittany York, Anthony Orozco, Scott Winfield and everyone else that helped to carry me through that first quarter, thanks.

While I’m in the thanking process, I’m just going to get this paragraph out of the way: Thank you to my parents, grandparents, brothers Brendon and Brian and the rest of my family; to my poor, poor roommates, who have survived living with me all these years; to Greg Harrell and everyone in the ticket office; to Carey McLaughlin and everyone at Olives; to the English Department at Urbana High School; to Dr. Aicher and the Sport Administration Department; to Ryan Koslen and Andre Foushee; to Greg Hand; to John Hughes, Jenny Wohlfarth, Steve Kemme, Kathy Y. Wilson and Elissa Yancey; and to Justin Williams, Jay Stowe and everyone else at Cincinnati Magazine.

I always thought this column, the last of too many, would go down easily.

But after the better part of three years, there’s so much to say and no real ways to say them.

I’ll miss the lights at Fifth Third Arena.

I will not miss those damn flamethrowers that will, mark my words, eventually malfunction and burn some unsuspecting media member to death. I’ll miss the rattle of the press box at Nippert Stadium and Mick Cronin’s dry jokes. I’ll miss watching Sean Kilpatrick and I’ll certainly miss everything about Justin Jackson. Mostly, I think, I’ll just miss being in the mix of it all.

But more than anything I’ll miss my friends, this degenerate bunch I’m leaving here with, which managed to produce the best quality paper we could three times a week despite a lack of funding, staff and support.

I’ll miss dropping trash bags full of water on Ryan Hoffman, who will be the most successful of us all. Or else, Ryan. I’ll hunt you. I mean it this time.

I’ll miss driving 120 mph through snow storms and tunnels and sleep deprivation with my photographer/whisk(e)y drinking partner in sports coverage and crime, Philip Didion the Fifth. I’ll miss bullshitting around in the man cave corner of the office with those two and Jake Grieco — my fellow pretentious film and music critic — seeing just how far we could push the buttons of the lovely Katie Griffith and Kara Driscoll. And here’s where I come to my final thank you.

Thank you to Kara, who has gone through the best and worst of life with me and somehow found it within herself to come out on the other side as one of my best friends. Thank you, from all of us, for going through the horrible things you had to last year, for dealing with all of our shenanigans, for keeping us all going, for doing all the things and dealing with all the bureaucratic bullshit you had to in order to bring this place back.

Three years ago the aforementioned individuals who brought me along at TNR told me how much I’d miss it. But they never told me how fast the ending creeps up on you. I’ve written so many articles here; columns, recaps, previews, profiles, obituaries — more than 300 in total, I think.

But I don’t know that I’ve ever stared at a blank screen as long as I stared at this one. There’s so much finality in it. It’s t-minus a few days until I’m nothing more than a name — Joshua Miller — on a few meaningless awards hanging in the front room, and an afterthought in the minds of a few people I’ve pissed off. That part I’m fine with, I was always ready for that.

I’ve never loved or loathed any place as much as this one, 509 Swift, where I was always worried about leaving a legacy. It turns out it was just the leaving part that I wasn’t ready for. I wish I’d let myself enjoy it as much as I do right now, in these very last words.

Goodbye Horses.

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid. Justin Glass’ old hitting coach, Mike Shirley, used to tell him that all the time.

He’d say, “Everybody loves Kool-Aid, so everybody drinks Kool-Aid, but why would you want to be like everybody else? Find something different to drink.”

With a career batting average most college players would envy, a record number of game starts, a fully loaded resume, an impressive list of accolades and a distinct personality, the senior outfielder is anything but “like everybody else.”

If you looked at Justin, you’d know he was an athlete from the start. Standing at approximately 6 foot 2 inches, he walks and talks with the confidence and aura of someone with major athletic ability and talent.

What you wouldn’t know is the .338 career hitter from Fort Wayne, Ind., loves puppy chow and coconut jellybeans. He will not eat bananas and he is terrified of Chucky the Clown, but he loves Frisbee golf and watching movies, especially “Lord of the Rings.”

“I’m kind of a little bit of a nerd, honestly. I watch a ton of movies,” Glass said. “Back in my apartment, I honestly have anywhere from 40-50 DVDs and I probably have another 60-70 at home. I’m partially obsessed with the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series and ‘The Hobbit.’ I can’t get enough of it. I could watch any of them any time, any day or any place. If it’s on TV, my day is over and I’m watching them for the rest of the day.”

But before he loved the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, he was a kid in love with sports.

“My parents put me in all different sports growing up,” he said. “As weird as it sounds, I did figure skating lessons and gymnastics when I was younger. I played basketball, football and baseball all growing up.”

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Justin Glass is tagged out at second base during UC’s 7-5 victory against Xavier April 26, 2011.

In his freshman year at Carroll High School, he was a three-sport athlete. But in the summer before his sophomore year at age 15, he decided to fervently pursue his passion.

“In my mind, I knew I really wanted to go play college baseball, so I decided to stop playing football because I didn’t want to get injured and risk anything with that. For the rest of my career in high school I played basketball and baseball. When I committed here [as a junior], I decided I was going to focus my entire senior year on baseball. It was something that I really wanted.”

His senior year Glass played a major role in the team winning the Indiana Class 4A State Championship, scoring the winning run of the 1-0 game. He was First Team All-State 4A for Indiana, a Louisville Slugger All-American, Fort Wayne Prep Baseball Player of the Year and an Indiana Mr. Baseball nominee.

He set high school single-season records in 2010 with 53 hits, 16 home runs and a .510 batting average.

As a freshman at UC, he put up a .326 average, scoring 39 runs, driving in 45 RBIs, 14 doubles, and four home

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UC senior outfielder Justin Glass notches a single during UC’s 4-1 loss to Louisville in the 2013 Reds Collegiate Invitational at Great American Ballpark April 6, 2013.

runs on 74 total hits. He started in all 57 games as a designated hitter, putting up a .449 slugging percentage and .398 on-base percentage. For his efforts, Glass was selected to the 2011 All-BIG EAST second team and named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team.

Yet he said the most difficult part about his transition to playing college ball wasn’t improving his already solid hitting, it was the mental aspect.

“It’s hard coming in here as a freshman,” he said. “When you come in here as a freshman, every person that’s in your class was the All-States, the Mr. Baseballs, the studs of their area. You think that because of what you have and what you have going [for you], you don’t want to take too much advice. But that’s something I wish I had done more.”

At times in his freshman season, Glass killed his own at-bats, unable to get over a strikeout or missed opportunity in an earlier plate appearance. He said that he needed to mature as a batter, and as a person off the field.

Mature he did. During his sophomore year, he improved his average, hitting .366 with a .424 on-base percentage.

Starting in all 56 games as a DH and an outfielder he scored 39 runs and drove in 26 RBIs on 83 hits, including 21 doubles and three home runs. He placed sixth in the conference with 115 total bases, earning All-BIG EAST First Team honors and a place on the ABCA/Rawlings Mideast Region Second Team.

Glass spent the summer after his sophomore year playing outfield for the Cincinnati Stream of the Great Lakes Collegiate League. Joining the team 13 games into the season, he finished sixth in the league with a .364 average and was ranked the sixth best professional prospect in the league by Baseball America and eighth best by Perfect Game Magazine.

He continued his success into his junior year, leading the team with a .322 average. Starting in all 56 games, Glass led the team with 239 at-bats, 41 runs, 77 hits, 13 doubles, 39 RBIs, and 105 total bases.

Now, as a senior, Glass can look back at his collegiate career knowing that he has improved as a hitter, but more importantly, that he has matured as a leader, teammate and friend. Along with other upperclassmen on the team, he has taken on a joint leadership role, but humbles himself nevertheless.

“I try to do that as much as I can. I don’t want to be the big leader to go out and try to be someone who is very aggressive. I like saying my couple sentences before the game and breaking the team down after the pre-game and giving them a couple words of advice before each game. If something happens during the game, we have different people on this team that can address that. It’s not just me.”

Glass is known among his teammates for his high energy and work ethic.

“He was always a crazy guy,” said senior Matt Williams, one of Glass’ best friends, about the 22-year-old. “He’s just been that crazy, outspoken guy who always says whatever’s on his mind.”

Perhaps more than anyone else on the

team, Glass has grown especially close with redshirt junior pitcher Matt Ring, whose wedding Glass will be the best man in this summer.

“I first met him when I was 12,” Ring said. “We were on the same summer baseball team as kids. We didn’t really split apart, but we just lost contact and went to play for different teams. When we both got recruited, we formed the same bond we had when we were little, just a little more grown up. He’s still the same person. He’s a little kid trapped in a grown man’s body.”

Putting all of his heart and effort into the sport he loves for his entire life has given Glass what he’ll miss the most after graduating in April: his teammates, friends and brothers.

“They’re like my family,” he said. “This is one of the closer teams I’ve been on.

I’d like to thank my teammates for being my best friends and being my brothers and for always being there for me, for good or for bad we always have each other. I would like to thank them for all the pranks and wrestling matches, thank them for all the wins and all their support. I thank them for picking me up when I’m down and being there for me.”

Glass also plays for another individual whom he holds very close to his heart, his grandmother.

“My grandmother passed away my freshman year in high school, and she was really close to me. She was always there for me and cheering for me. She was always a strong woman and she didn’t show much emotion, but she was always positive, always happy, always told me to do what I love and always gave me great advice even when I was that young,” he said.

He also knows he would be nowhere without his two biggest supporters, advocates and mentors: Mom and Dad. “I just played my 200th straight game, and I can honestly say that my parents have been to at least 195 or 196 of those,” he said. “They’re the most supportive and loving parents I could have ever asked for. They’ve raised me to be the person I’ve been and they’ve pushed me and have given me the opportunity to play collegiate baseball.”

Glass’s senior season started off a bit rocky, but with three home runs and five RBIs in the past four games, his average (.273) and confidence are on the rise.

Glass is a boy from Indiana who showed up to Marge Schott Stadium four years ago with a good swing, loud voice and an idea of where he wanted to be in once he graduated. He hopes to come back to much more.

“I hope to come back here and look at the baseball program and see how far it has come since my senior year here,” he said. “I hope to look back and this place will be a championship program.

I hope to look back on this program and say that I was there at the start of this foundation.”

For now though, Glass is happy that when the final out is called on his college career and he hangs up his Cincinnati uniform for good, he‘ll honestly be able to say that he has given the game his all, without drinking any Kool-Aid.

Walker pitches Bearcats past Musketeers UC strikes first in two-game series against crosstown rival Xavier EMILY WITT STAFF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati baseball squad collected its 15th win of the season on a cold Tuesday night against the Xavier University Musketeers, winning a 2-0 complete-game shutout by starting pitcher Grant Walker.

“Grant Walker was the turning point of this game,” said head coach Ty Neal.

“You’re only as good as you are on the mound. He did a good job competing and pitching to contact.”

Walker (2-3) threw his fourth complete game of the season, giving up no runs with six hits and striking out five. He was quick to escape from a situation in the sixth with one out and runners on first and third, striking out two of Xavier’s core lineup.

A night of poor field throwing from both Cincinnati teams resulted in missed scoring opportunities, with a total of 16 runners left on base, nine for UC and

seven for Xavier. The Bearcats notched eight hits and were walked two. While Xavier ended up only recording six hits, they gained some base-running momentum with two UC fielding errors in the fourth and sixth and three walks

by Walker.

With runners on second and first with one out, sloppy base running in the second failed to procure a run for the Bearcats. But Sophomore Devin Wenzel provided just enough for the Bearcats to get by offensively.

“Devin’s playing good baseball right now,” Neal said. “He’s having good at-bats and he did a good job on the bases. There was a play where he tagged at second on a fly-ball shot, and he wasn’t going to go to third on that until he saw a bad throw and he just took third on his own. He’s been up in some pretty critical situations and he’s starting to produce for us.”

Wenzel started things off for the Bearcats with an RBI single in the bottom of the first, bringing in senior Ryan Quinn from second. He would later double in the sixth and advance home on a sac fly.

Sophomore Russell Clark collected

a double and a single. Redshirt junior Ethan McAlpine collected two singles, and Quinn, sophomore Colin Hawk and sophomore Ian Happ notched singles as well.

Despite the win, Neal is still expecting more from the team overall, especially offensively. He believes it’s the little things that are ultimately costing them ballgames.

“We’re missing too many signs,” he said.

“Over the last 20 games, I’ve had to bench 17 guys for either missing a sign, not executing a play properly or running the bases. Quite frankly, I’m tired of it. I had to pull Colin Hawk earlier because he got picked off during the hit-and-run, and that can’t happen. We’re doing that too much. I just told the guys ‘Good win,’ but we need to do a better job offensively executing what’s expected.”

UC (15-20) will play fellow American Athletic Conference member Rutgers (14-18) Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Piscataway, N.J. Cincinnati is currently 3-9 in AAC play while Rutgers is 3-5.

5 / COLLEGE LIFE

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 / NEWSRECORD.ORG

Embrace change; your post-grad blues are unjustified KATIE GRIFFITH MANAGING EDITOR

“The Post-Grad Blues” I got a crumbled up resume and a full bottle of jack I got a part-time job, still ain’t no time to slack, yeah Still got a crumbled up resume, but I done drunk that bottle of jack Cause all I’m tryin’ to do is get those college days back I got the post-grad blues buddy Ain’t no turnin’ back Got the post-grad blues honey Tell me what it is I lack?

To answer the question this satirical song brings up might be momentously satisfying. But it would also be unnecessarily depressing and demotivating, not to mention evoke a slew of other queries.

Forget all the BuzzFeed lists and Pinterest pictures with cliché quotes over faded images. Forget the pitiful song lyrics you just read. What’s really bothering you about life after graduating college?

Is it too many opportunities and not enough immediate responsibility? Is it just the opposite?

Is it the fact that you’ve worked harder than you ever have in the past four or five years of your life and potential jobs aren’t knocking at your door? Guess what? Those past years — though not for nothing — are not the hardest you will ever work. Neither are the years of your first big-boy/girl job. It always has been and will always be now that you should be working your hardest.

Lately I’ve heard a lot of complaints from my peers wishing for the old days of college, complaining about life in the “real world” when the truth is, they haven’t really given it a proper chance.

I’m at a point in my life in which half of the people I know are graduated, trying to make it, i.e. find a job, and the other half are still “living it up” in college.

Re-did that resume sixteen times, still ain’t heard a peep Re-did that resume sixteen times, I been tryin’ for a whole damn week I got the post-grad blues honey You know how well I used to do?

I got the post-grad blues buddy I got some direction, but I ain’t got no clue

Someone told me that I shouldn’t be excited about graduation; that my days of sleeping in, skipping class, late nights, making my own schedule and partying are over; that the repetition of a nine-tofive will bore me to death and I’ll never be carefree again.

First of all, if you’re college days were carefree it makes sense that you’re unsatisfied with real world endeavors.

Secondly, if partying is still a top priority save it for the weekend, and if that’s too much to ask bigger problems may be heading your way.

I’ve seen enough social media statuses, top ten lists, memes and GIFs about the “best years of your life,” it’s enough to convince me not to try at all. Are people so caught up in the world of memes that a virtual connection is enough to stop them before they start? It’s worrisome that I could legitimately ask a peer of mine how many pins they have on their “Life After Graduation” Pinterest board.

You know what the best years of your life used to be? The ’90s. But we’ve moved on to bigger, more substantial tweets and posts that concern things the next generation will never understand. “All That” and “Hey Arnold” are now a thing of the past, while (apparently) getting drunk and sleeping in are our new greatest pastimes.

According to the Internet, those glory days are now dead and gone because you’re weighed down by a shitty job, which by the way is your choice to keep.

in that article, which mostly concern alcohol and getting “shit faced,” I’m compelled to ask: Are the so-called postgrad blues really a problem or is it just one big hangover/withdrawal?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not above scrolling through my newsfeed for a good laugh, but to dwell on the shallow thoughts that are reiterated with different colors, typeface and pictures is exhausting.

Didn’t we put ourselves through thousand-dollar debt and back-breaking course loads to get out to the “real world?” So why the hell is everyone so unsatisfied with it? Yes, college has been the time of my life. No, I haven’t exactly experienced the real world yet, but I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited (and maybe a little scared … OK a lot scared) for what’s to come. I’ll be damned if I go into these next few months after graduation with the motivation and hunger for self-defined success that I have and lose it to post-graduation blues, or a hangover.

According to sad statistic No. 1 — “Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs” published in Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Volume 20 — 23 percent of recent college graduates were only working part-time in 2011.

The article also states, “New college graduates typically take some time to transition into the labor market and find jobs that utilize their education.”

Ohhh, so it’s a transition. Meaning, it will take a considerable amount of time for me to work my way up or find an ideal job that suits my skill set. Maybe I shouldn’t be so hard on myself just because I swung and missed the first few times. According to me, discouragement is the new motivation.

These post-grad blues, man, can’t smile through this frown This is my last empty bottle, that was my liquid hope My last empty bottle, baby, this ain’t no joke.

What to do, honey, what to do?

Can’t settle, won’t work my way up Can’t settle, can’t slide by on luck.

Thought Catalog published an article, “10 Reasons Graduating College Sucks,” in which the only valid complaint concerns student debt. “You either hate your major or realize you can’t do anything with it,” comes in at No. 1. Although this point is absurd and senseless in so many ways, let’s entertain the fact that someone really feels this way. We can look to “Fight Club’s” Tyler Durden for a genuine extraction of advice: You’re not your major. You’re not your GPA. You’re not the contents of your backpack. You’re not your fucking smartphone. If you are convinced otherwise you really are “The all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.”

And if you are offended by that and not bothered at all by the other eight points

Sad statistic No. 2: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12.6 percent of recent college graduates were unemployed in 2011. But that means an outstanding 87.4 percent are working.

Even if it’s only part time, even if it’s not glamorous and fulfilling your heart’s desire; are those dreams still in sight?

Is there a door — even if its way at the end of the hall, through a few others and maybe a window — that leads to opportunity? Good. Stay where you are; appreciate the fact that you are closer than you were yesterday. Take pride in everything you do and don’t get caught

up looking too far ahead.

See nothing but unending torture? Do you know that where you are now will never lend itself to something bigger and better? Do something different.

Albert Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. In a lot of ways, college is insanity, which is why we only do it once, maybe twice.

Nowadays before you even start your first day you have the entire year planned out. You know what classes you’re going to take, what time they are and where they’ll be, all before you’ve even bought a planner to record it in. On the first day you’re handed a syllabus with an even more in-depth plan: due dates, exam dates, times, room numbers, pages to read. You’ve got it all. Even with all the independence and freedom you feel, these will be the most structured days of your life.

I can understand anxiety about such a big change. No one’s going to hand you a syllabus in the real world. And you’ll probably get a planner, write in it once and never open it again. So here comes that word again: transition. Don’t be so quick to judge because, after all, didn’t you learn something from that asshole of a professor or that time at that frat party you made decisions you never want to talk about again? Don’t you always learn something?

I thought this piece of paper would take me far and wide I thought, with this piece of paper, I’d barely have to try Cause I been spendin’ the past four years of my life, yeah I been spendin’ them all for this day Now I owe too much money, yeah I got a debt to pay.

What we’ve chalked up post-graduation life to be is one small step for my resume, one giant leap in life. When it really should sound like one small step for my resume, one giant leap over an obstacle, through a detour, whoops went the wrong way have to start over and take a blind leap toward my uncertain future.

Yes, uncertainty is terrifying in our debt-ridden, unearthed “real world.”

But it’s all relative and money isn’t everything. We don’t have time to be materialistic while in pursuit of living life. I’m not going to let statistics predict my future or try and measure up to anyone’s standards but my own.

Take it as it comes, leave it as it goes.

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Phil the Photo Emperor bids thee farewell PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR

My years at The News Record are some that I know I will be looking back at fondly. From my first photo assignment to traveling across the country at sound-barrier-breaking speeds with Josh Miller, the sports editor for an event, running out of the office to find a gunman, getting covered in color at Holi Festival and getting kicked out of the Sugar Ray photo pit by Mr. Ray himself, I’ll have a hard time forgetting not only the many lessons I learned, but the truly amazing friends I made along the way. I was blessed to work with such fun, talented and generally badass people. These will become the good old days.