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The biggest scholarship program for incoming freshmen at the University of Cincinnati is receiving a makeover.

The Cincinnatus Scholarship Program — which awards renewable scholarships to incoming UC freshmen who qualify — is streamlining its application process to bring itself in line with other universities throughout the country, while cutting the fat from what was once a time-consuming ordeal.

The program disbursed more than $22 million in scholarships to UC students during the 2010-11 academic year with individual scholarships ranging from $2,000 per year to $88,000 per year — the latter of which covers an entire year of tuition, fees, room and board at UC. Incoming freshmen must have a 3.2 unweighted high school grade point average to even be considered for the scholarship, in addition to completing the application process.

“The only thing changing are some aspects of the

selection process,” said Caroline Miller, senior associate vice president for enrollment. “There are not changes to award levels, funding or number of scholarships. We have made very clear choices to protect scholarship in this budget environment; we made the other changes because we thought we could save some operating budget.”

Among the changes, Miller said, is the collection of more information from incoming freshmen during the application process than in the past, such as writing samples, personal statements and extracurricular profiles in addition to SAT and ACT scores.

“We are going to base decisions for the first two levels [of scholarship awards] based on information gathered through the admissions application process,” Miller said.

Such a change will cut down on trips students will be required to make to UC’s campus and shorten the application process.

“It ultimately requires students to complete less paperwork, endure less travel and spend less time completing the entire process,” said Megan Hoehne, a Cincinnatus

scholar and fourth-year nursing student. “The change is to make the application process more convenient and similar to scholarship processes at other universities across the country.”

Students that are determined to be eligible for the third scholarship level and above through the application process will then be invited to campus for interviews with UC officials, Miller said.

That change will benefit out-of-state students and cut down on their travel time, Hoehne said.

“As one of the high-level scholars, I attended the main competition day and then came back several weeks later for a personal interview,” Hoehne said. “Fortunately, I lived close enough that the travel and time from school did not seriously affect me. However, students from out of state faced more of a hassle.”

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Effects of SB 5 still undefined

HB 194 challenges early voting

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With the vote on Senate Bill 5 only 41 days away, administrators and faculty at University of Cincinnati are unsure how the outcome of the vote will affect the financial future of the university and its faculty.

Proponents of the bill have defended it as a means to balance the state’s budget, but many of the institutions that receive funding from the state, like UC, have no idea how the bill, if passed, would affect their own budget.

“It’s a situation that the university will be monitoring, but nothing so far has been certain enough to make any changes in plans [for the budget],” said Greg Hand, UC spokesman. The fact that Ohio is currently in the middle of its two year planned budget adds to the impossibility of determining whether the bill will or will not save UC money, added Hand.

Among all the uncertainty, the current collective bargaining agreement between UC and the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] — a union that serves 1,800 faculty members at UC — appears to be one thing that wouldn’t be affected by the passage of SB 5 — at least not immediately.

“We have a good relationship with our administration that is based on mutual respect,” said John McNay, president of AAUP’s Cincinnati chapter.

“SB 5 would undermine the best things about UC; it would create barriers between faculty and the administration.”

If SB 5 is passed, all existing collective bargaining agreements would remain in effect until they expire. This means that professors at UC, protected by the current collective bargaining agreement, would not see any changes brought on by SB 5 to their health care or retirement funding until the current contract expires in June 2013.

But restrictions and caps on health and retirement benefits is the small issue surrounding SB 5.

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if your full load went from four classes to six or seven classes [per term], that would be a heck of a lot more work. The same thing is true for faculty.”

For the past week, Cincinnati State instructors The Fact Finder’s report, published Sept. 21, have been on strike, but Friday, they’ll be returning was accepted unanimously by Cincinnati State’s to the classroom — without a contract.

“We care about our students,” said Betsy Board of Trustees, but the AAUP rejected the Lasoulla, a pastry instructor in the hospitality proposal, which recommended a 36-workloadunit plan over the course of a three-semester year. department at Cincinnati State. “We can make Both sides, however, said they are eager to up a week [of not being in the classroom], but we reach an agreement. can’t make up more than that for the students.”

“We appreciate our faculty, and we’re trying The strike began Friday, Sept. 23, after contract negotiations between the Cincinnati State chapter hard to operate the college as normally as we can of the American Association of University until they come back,” said Bob White, a Cincinnati State spokesman.

Professors and the college’s administration Despite the lack of a solution, the faculty will broke down. return to work Friday as planned, Ecker said.

“The college administration wasn’t willing “It’s unfortunate we had to show our strength to spend enough time talking about the details for them to even really understand [the issues],” this way, but I think we’ve demonstrated that said Pam Ecker, a Cincinnati State instructor of we’re serious about how important it is to us to technical and professional writing. “They’ve been have a fair way of measuring faculty work when we move to semesters,” Ecker said. unwilling to compromise, and that’s why we’re In the instructors’ absence, students were told on strike.” to go to their classes, The contract where some found negotiations center around inadequate substitutes or the switch to semesters, a canceled class awaiting which are set to occur at the them, Ecker said. same time as the University “We heard about a of Cincinnati’s conversion chemistry class that was in fall 2012. covered by a Spanish The administration is —STEVE FIELDS teacher, a sign language proposing that instructors RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM GRADUATE class covered by someone teach 41 workload units AT CINCINNATI STATE who doesn’t know sign,” per year, which amounts to Ecker said. approximately 13 courses The 200-some instructors who were on strike annually, according to the State Employment Relations Board Fact Finder’s report. The AAUP, were sorely missed, said Steve Fields, a graduate meanwhile, wants to cap workload units at 30, of the renewable energy program and current student in the laser optics technology program. which amounts to 10 classes per academic year.

“I really believe the teachers are out here [on “When they say our workload should go up, strike] for the quality of our education,” Fields that’s a big increase when you look at all the [work done] outside the classroom,” Ecker said. “If said. “I believe in the quality of this school, and I you think about it from a student’s point of view, don’t want to see it destroyed.”

I really believe the teachers are out here [on strike] for the quality of our education.

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CURRENT LAWS:

Absentee ballots mailed out and in-person voting begins at local boards of election sites on Oct. 4.

In person voting at boards of election takes place beginning 35 days before any election.

Boards of election are open for weekend voting up to and including the weekend before the general election.

Mail-in absentee ballots are sent out 35 days before the general election.

IF BILL PASSES:

Oct. 18 would be the new date the local board of elections would begin mailing out absentee ballots.

In-person voting would begin 17 days before the general election.

There would be no weekend voting at the board of elections.

Absentee ballots would be mailed out 21 days before elections.

Dean to consider alternative options during leave

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GETTING VOICES HEARD Bill Mehobod, a professor at Cincinnati State, protests in front of the college.

Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 194 into law on July 1, making changes to the way Ohio’s electoral process is conducted.

The bill, scheduled to go into action Sept. 30, has been the subject of criticism from many Liberal groups because of the changes it would make to early and absentee voting protocols.

Currently, activist groups are trying to gather the necessary signatures to get an initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot, stopping the bill from going into action until voters have an opportunity to approve or deny it.

See the chart below for a list of changes HB 194 would bring to Ohio voters. Mecklenbourg of Green Township and Rep. Louis Blessing of Colerain, both Republicans.

The office of the Attorney General of Ohio said they would stop the bill from going into effect if Fair Elections Ohio — the activist group circulating petitions — is able to get the necessary 231,147 signatures.

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Victoria Montavon — dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Cincinnati — has been granted a one-year paid administrative leave by the UC Board of Trustees beginning Sept.1, 2012 and ending Aug. 31, 2013.

Montavon will return to UC and serve as senior librarian following her leave — which will be spent gathering fresh resources for her research and ways to improve UC’s library system.

“Dean Montavon’s leave was recommended MONTAVON to the Board of Trustees, and subsequently approved, based on more than a decade of exemplary decanal leadership and service to the university,” said Ryan Hays, vice provost for faculty development and deputy to Provost Santa Ono.

The president and provost review administrative leave requests on a case-bycase basis before making a recommendation to the board of trustees, which decides the final verdict.

“The leave will enable her to reestablish her scholarly program prior to her return to the faculty,” Hays saud. “Next month, the provost will launch a national search for Dean Montavon’s replacement. The goal is to have a new dean in place by the start of the 2012-2013 academic year.”

Since her Oct. 1, 2001 arrival at UC, Montavon has overseen an increase in fundraising for UC libraries, raising $7 million compared to the previous 10-year period — only $437,451 was raised in that 10-year span.

The 14 UC libraries benefited with an increased collection, both electronically and in print, along with an improvement in facilities during Montavon’s almost 10-year reign as dean.

Montavon said she is unwilling to close the door on opportunities to improve her breadth of knowledge and experience.

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“I want to explore the possibilities at this time,” said Montavon, who is considering her options in the libraries as well as returning to UC in fall 2013 as a professor. “I do not lack enthusiasm; I’m looking forward to the opportunity of stepping down as dean for [the sake of] my future work.”

When she arrived at UC, the program was good but needed work, Montavon said.

“What was needed was strategic planning and a renewed sense of being at the heart of the university,” Montavon said.

Montavon noted the enormous change in technology for the libraries during her tenure as dean as libraries begin to move away from print and into electronic access.

“Eighty percent of the libraries’ budget is now spent on electronic access, a huge growth since I entered the libraries,” Montavon said.

One of Montavon’s most notable accomplishments was the creation of UCit@Langsam — A computer lab in Langsam Library free and open to UC students, faculty and staff.

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Military now open to all patriots Tess EGER | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

On Sept. 20, President Barack Obama and Congress repealed the “Don’t Ask,

Don’t Tell” ban giving cause for celebration in the American gay community.

The ban, created in 1993 under former President Bill Clinton’s administration prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

This contentious policy fueled many debates, resulted in thousands of homosexual American service members to be released from the military and cost unknown sums of tax dollars to keep intact.

The stigma afflicting gay service members had its roots in the 1950s, when former President Harry S. Truman formed procedures for discharging service members.

In 1984, former President Ronald Reagan stated, “Homosexuality is incompatible with military service.”

Naturally, this did not sit well with gay Americans and, as part of Clinton’s presidential campaign, he promised to lift the ban.

Instead, his promise later turned into a compromise, resulting in the term “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.

Simply put, Congress agreed to add a few words into DoD Directive 1332.114, set up

by Reagan, which stated that members who engaged in homosexual activity, or stated that they were homosexual or bisexual, would be released from the military.

After his administration, Clinton realized his error and demanded an end to the ban. Yet again, even after numerous cases, the Supreme Court upheld the ban until last October.

On Oct. 18, 2010, the Senate voted 65-31 in favor of a bill to repeal the ban which was sent to the Oval Office and quickly signed into law.

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REPEAL NOW OFFICIAL Despite the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Derek Morado, a sailor stationed at Lemoore Naval Air Station, will undergo a hearing regarding his potential discharge from the military. Morado poses for portrait at his Lemoore, California apartment, March 30.

President Obama said that the ban forced gay and lesbian service members to “lie about who they are” and that was his reason for signing the repeal.

So, I am taking a deep sigh of relief on behalf of the gay men and women who bravely serve our country.

I thank you for your service and celebrate your new freedoms. I also join in a round of applause and celebration for the entire gay community as you are now one step closer to the freedoms they deserve.

After all, we live in a free country, right?

The courageous souls who join the military and serve our country are fighting to protect our countries freedoms.

Does anyone see the irony in all of this?

It seems now that for years our country has fought against the individual rights of

citizens. Prohibiting gays, lesbians and bisexuals from openly discussing their sexual orientation is an infringement on their civil liberties.

Dismissing American service members due to their sexual orientation is a mirror of the terrible segregations that our country witnessed between peoples of different races and ethnic backgrounds.

We all know that freedom comes at a price, but how much fighting do we have to do for love, equality, and human freedom?

The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been a great start. Now, it is time for our country to practice what it preaches and truly offer liberty and justice for all.

Tess Eger is a third-year journalism student at the University of Cincinnati.

Affordable health care act benefits students So as you busily return to classes it is easy to imagine that It has been years since I walked this campus as a student getting sick will never happen to you. But it only takes one and even longer since I watched my older brother as he bout of that seemingly annual flu or a flag-football broken bone to lay you up for weeks, setting back your academic researched his history PhD dissertation at the old Clifton Avenue library. It was so long ago that we were surrounded progress and plans, not to mention the hospital bills that can shipwreck your budget and delay your education. by tall wooden cabinets filled with endless card catalogues When a health crisis strikes it can be devastating to a that utilized the now nearly vanishing Dewey Decimal young person in the midst of intensive study and career System to locate the tomes of the ages for our perusal. planning. So you should remember that health insurance Today the musical sound track LETTER TO of the university campus might be a is not only essential when you get sick, but provides new care measures like cheap flu shots, accessible THE EDITOR little different, despite obvious historic preventive birth control and regular physicals that can provide early overlaps and the endless stream of derivative progeny. But certainly the tune delivery system warnings of medical conditions that should be monitored has moved from monster speakers to tiny digitized systems and could save your life.

The substantial new healthcare barely discernible to the human rights for college-aged students eye—but still packing the same make your future more secure by wallop as the bone jarring ensuring that you cannot be denied systems of old. coverage for a lingering disease or In my college years, your pre-existing condition. omnipresent laptops, smart No matter how invincible phones and tablets were but mere college students think they are science fiction musings, but today every year they suffer illnesses they are absolutely essential —David P. Little and injuries reflective of an active components of our daily lives. public relations professional lifestyle and actions or practices Something else is different devoid of the dreaded “wisdom” as well — something that never existed for any previous University of Cincinnati that occasionally accompanies experience. Occasionally engaging in a wide array of athletic challenges or Sunday students in the institution’s proud history — a legal right to affordable healthcare; regardless of who you are or morning skateboarding, all add up to risks — and a your medical history and it is all due the passage of the permanent safety net of health insurance makes all those activities just a little more fun.

“Affordable Care Act” of 2010.

Those who oppose the reforms likely haven’t taken The recent catchphrase “friends with benefits” might time to read the fine print and certainly have not asked any apply here except in a radically different context. The point is that you now have additional legal rights to obtain well-informed medical professional about the dramatic appropriate healthcare so that all your friends across the improvements soon coming your way.

Still some individuals and well-funded organizations country can indeed become “friends with (healthcare) are now orchestrating efforts to end these newly awarded benefits” and experience healthier adult lives as a result.

The act now allows nearly half-million young adults up rights and privileges of basic healthcare coverage, perhaps before you even discovered that you had them. to age 26 to stay on their patents’ insurance without being This sweeping effort to deny us these genuine reforms listed as a legal dependent or living at home to be eligible. that have taken two generations to achieve, will not It is a new guaranteed gift of enhanced financial and succeed if college students and their families become medical security for every university student. aware of what is at stake and choose to defend the progress Even though they typically engage in risky behaviors we have made.

— think Spring break — young people tend to be healthier David P. Little is a University of Cincinnati alumnus than the general population; so it is easy to for them to put and Clifton resident. health insurance at the bottom of a long “to-do list”.

Some individuals and well-funded organizations are now orchestrating efforts to end these newly awarded rights.

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HEALTH CARE BREAKDOWN This graph is a breakdown of the average premium cost for worker health care compensation over the last decade. That number is projected to be drastically reduced since the passing of the “Affordable Health Care Act”.

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Our comrades in education down the hill at Cincinnati State have had quite the upset this week.

After contract negotiations broke down between the faculty’s union and the college, 200-some instructors opted to go on strike for one week.

Despite the shortage of instructors, Board of Trustees Chair Cathy Crain wrote a letter to students instructing them to attend class as usual, insisting that the remaining 580 faculty members would be working as usual, alongside “subject matter experts” teaching the classes assigned to striking teachers.

“While we have entered a period that will likely be a bit out of the ordinary, with some replacement faculty, I am committed to ensuring that your ability to complete your courses this term is not jeopardized,” Crain wrote in the letter dated Sept. 21.

The Cincinnati State chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) fired back in a response letter Monday.

“It is deeply upsetting to us that the administration poured valuable resources into hiring ‘replacement faculty’ instead of working with AAUP faculty to avoid the strike altogether,” wrote Cincinnati State AAUP President Paul W. Davis.

The second letter also says that students are dealing with, “numerous classes that have been cancelled, run by unqualified ‘babysitters,’ or handled so poorly by unprepared substitutes that they are, in one student’s words,

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‘a joke.’ ” It’s painfully obvious that this ongoing battle already has a pretty serious casualty: the students at Cincinnati State.

Imagine, if you will, what would happen at the University of Cincinnati if all our full-time faculty (that’s 2,706 out of the total 5,802 faculty members — 46 percent) left for one week.

TAs, not nearly as proficient as professors, would fumble with paperwork and bumble through classes. Most likely, it would be a weeklong vacation for the majority of students; and while at first, that sounds awesome, when it comes down to it, our education would suffer.

Thankfully, the Cincinnati State instructors agreed to return to work after a one-week hiatus. The ones we talked to Tuesday afternoon explained that it was for the sake of their students, who they didn’t want to see suffer.

The faculty decided from the beginning that if they had to strike, it would only be for one week, said Pam Ecker, a spokeswoman for the AAUP and an instructor of technical and professional writing.

“We didn’t want to cause the kind of disruption that would make it impossible for our students to complete the term,” Ecker said.

For the instructors to return to the classroom without a contract is commendable, and as students, we are glad that Cincinnati State has educators who clearly care about their students.

So, best of luck to our neighbors — we hope a resolution can be reached soon — for everyone’s sake.

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40-year Clifton Skyline veteran has seen it all

PETE MENTREK | STAFF REPORTER 7,565 hot dogs.

To put that number in to perspective, it would take Joey Chestnut, Nathan’s 2011 Hot Dog Eating World Champion, roughly 23 straight hours to polish those off.

It takes the Clifton Skyline Chili one week.

Serving those kinds of numbers in a 97-seat restaurant takes passion, concentration and air traffic controller-like organizational skills to pull off. But for a long time, Skyline Chili owner Tom Yunger, it’s just another week on the job.

Those kinds of numbers aren’t daunting to Yunger. Very little is.

Skyline Chili has been signing his paychecks since he was in high school so chances are, over the last 40 years, he’s been there and done that.

Yunger started working at the Skyline Chili near his high school in the Cincinnati suburb of Price Hill.

While working there, he met brothers

Jon and Pete Georgeton, who were going through training at Yunger’s store before opening their own Skyline in Clifton. When Jon and Pete finished up their training, they “borrowed” Yunger from his Price Hill store to come work full time at the Clifton store, which opened in 1966.

40 years later, Tom owns the place.

In that time, the Clifton Skyline, located on the corner of Clifton and Ludlow avenues, grew into the busiest store in the company. That record was once held by the Western Hills location, but according to Yunger, “The Western Hills stores numbers are skewed. They have 160 seats and a drive thru.” So what makes the Clifton Skyline so successful?

According to Yunger, “It’s like a family.”

Relying on family might just be the reason for the Clifton Skyline’s success. If you stop in for a quick lunch or stumble in at two in the morning, you just may see Yunger’s daughter Nikki, who runs the place with her father. But that’s not the only kind of family Yunger’s talking about.

“I’ve known some of my regulars for 40-some years,” Yunger said. “The best part is, they have kids, and then the kids come in, and I get to watch them grow up.

That’s why I’ve worked here as long as I have.”

It’s the family atmosphere that keeps customers coming to the Clifton Skyline, even though they have other options.

“I drive past about three other Skylines just to come to the Clifton location,” said 28-yearold Covedale resident Angie Evans.

“My husband took me here on our first date when he was at CCM, and we’ve made it a point to come back to this one specifically ever since — it’s like family at this point.”

Some regulars have other definitions of the word “family.”

“We had this server at night named Karen,” Yunger said. “People would look at her like a mother, I guess. They would come in here and ask to sit in her section, and if her section was full, they’d wait. They’d ask her advice on things and brag to her about their grades.”

The family atmosphere may lend a hand in the Clifton Skyline’s success, but being open until 4 a.m.

Thursday through Saturday next to a college can’t hurt, either.

“Being open late is definitely a big reason why I started eating there,” said Emily Gilfilen, a fifthyear marketing student at the University of Cincinnati. “It’s such a Cincinnati icon now. I think that they even mention trying it at freshman

orientation.

You realize though, it’s the place to go after the bar.”

With those hours and that reputation, you’re bound to see some crazy things.

“I’ve seen marriage proposals, long lost reunions, oyster cracker eating contests and more that I can’t even remember,” Yunger said.

“I’ve seen it all, but one thing I have noticed — students nowadays are much more laid back than they were before. Students would get a lot rowdier back then.”

It’s not just students and faculty that crave the cinnamon-spiced chili.

Yunger added, “People are always amazed at who comes in here. We’ve had visits from Jerry Springer, Nick Lachey and Sarah Jessica Parker, to name a few.”

It’s more than just daytime TV hosts and ex-boy band sightings that contribute to the lore of the Clifton Skyline. A few years ago, Yunger decided to that the front step to the restaurant needed replacing.

When the brief construction was all said and done, Yunger was standing out front admiring his handy work when a stranger approached him and stood staring at the step.

“My dad loved this place,” said the stranger.

“Glad we could help,” joked Yunger.

“He used to come in here three or four times a week before he passed away,” the stranger added, staring blankly at the freshly poured concrete of the new front step.

The stranger turned to Yunger.

“We poured some of his ashes in to your concrete. Hope you don’t mind.”

Yunger hasn’t replaced the step since.

Even a gesture as big as immortalizing your dad’s ashes in

the front step of a restaurant seems small when compared to Cincinnati’s love for Skyline Chili.

Philadelphia has cheese steaks, New England has clam chowder and Cincinnati has Skyline Chili.

Even after 40 years of serving relatively the same menu, Yunger still enjoys eating the food. He recommends the 3-way (spaghetti topped with chili and a mound of shredded cheddar cheese), which he enjoys for dinner, or the coney (a hot dog topped with chili and a mound of shredded cheddar cheese, mustard and onion upon request), which he enjoys for breakfast, hold the cheese.

“People crave it,” Yunger said.

“When visiting home, a lot of people come here first before they even go to their mom’s house. As a Cincinnatian, it’s just a part of your childhood. It doesn’t matter who you are.”

It’s not just the cheese coneys and chili-topped spaghetti that keeps students coming back year after year, it’s the building itself.

“We’re one of the oldest Skyline’s and definitely one of the most architecturally interesting” Yunger explained. “This one time, I was walking through Bed Bath & Beyond and I saw a picture for sale of the front of my store. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty cool,’ then I thought about it for a second and thought, ‘Wait, I never approved that, and I’m not making a dime off of it.’”

Yunger paused and added, “Then I remembered this woman had come in and asked if she could take some pictures, so I guess it wasn’t a big deal. You see those pictures all over the city.”

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LONGTIME SKYLINE VETERAN Tom Yunger has seen everything from celebrities to marriage proposals during his 40-year run as a Skyline employee. Yunger, who is the long-time owner of the Clifton Skyline, views the establishment as more than just a place of employment. To Yunger, Skyline is all about family.

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26 Cuban title 28 Name from the Latin for “I trust” 30 Prepare for a coup 31 One of two in Dickens’s “Martin Chuzzlewit” 33 “Perfect!”

35 Seller of torpedoes and bullets 39 Gets one’s act together 40 “The Beverly Hillbillies” sobriquet 42 Keystone figure 43 Downwind 44 Warning 46 1965 protest site 50 Basic, in coll.

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SIGMA SIGMA ROCKS As the sun sets, Steger Student Life Center stands out with McMicken Hall in the background during the Bearcat Live! concert that took place on Sigma Sigma Commons Sept. 23.

In the “Time Traveler’s Ball” article in the Wednesday, Sept. 28 issue of TNR Extra, the band Thunder Dome should have been referred to as Dr. Bombay and the Atomic Bachelor Pad. The News Record regrets the error.

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bargaining negotiations with employers.

The provision in the bill that broadens the definition of “management-level employee” to people in certain decision-making roles, making them ineligible to join a union, would create an “impossible decision” for faculty members, McNay said.

Once employed on a hiring committee, faculty senate, curriculum committee or similar job titles, employees then are labeled to be in a managementlevel job, leaving employees to decide to take to the position and leave their union or to decline and remain in the union. What faculty members will decide to do, is another uncertainty.

see Cincinnatus | 1 scholarships — the university will be able to remain relevant in its attempts to bring top-notch students to campus, Hoehne said.

“UC wants to remain competitive in attracting highachieving scholars, so the change in competition layout was the option decided upon,” Hoehne said.

The changes will not affect current Cincinnatus scholars at UC, Miller said.

“Current students are not impacted at all,” Miller said.

“Incoming students just need to complete the application process

by Dec. 1.”

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one thing is for sure — the Clifton Skyline is an institution for students. Clifton Skyline’s chief coney maker “P-Rod” estimates somewhere between 60 to 62 percent of Skyline’s customers are UC students. Eating there has become as much of a prerequisite as your third credit hour of history. The flavor of Cincinnati may not be for everyone, but it certainly demands a try.

“It’s funny —- you get to know so many students throughout their college career,” Yunger said.

“You get four years to get to know the students that come into the restaurant between classes to grab lunch or dinner and study and then it is back to class. The students you meet at three in the morning? You usually get five or six years to get to know them.”

During the 2011 school year, the UC population will top 40,000 students. Whether they are from the area or are a Cincinnati transplant, chances are they will walk, or stumble, through the doors of the Clifton Skyline at some point during their time as a UC student. And that is just fine with Yunger.

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SPORTS WISDOM UC draws in cross-town match

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NCAA is ready for a change

A conference realignment comes this way, whether we want it or not.

Big East, Pacific-10 and Big 12 schools are defecting to arguably elite conferences in efforts to compensate for what some call a biased Bowl Conference Subdivison system. I am not one of these people, but is this shuffle good or bad for the Univeristy of Cincinnati football team?

The same question can be applied to the total essence of college football. Would an envisioned playoff system with four super-conferences destroy what some regard as the driving force in college athletics?

Well, yes and no.

Currently, Big 12 schools — Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech — are lobbying NCAA officials for departure. Texas A&M has already been admitted to the Southeastern Conference.

From the Big East, Pittsburgh and Syracuse have announced they will join the Atlantic Coast Conference, and there are rumors of a possible merger between the Big 12 and Big East conferences, should Texas, OU, Texas-Tech and OSU leave the Big 12.

A merger would be perfect for the Bearcats, because they could finally face some fair and decent competition, rather than beating up on subpar teams from the onset of the season, which is an early trend for UC football — play a few slack teams before facing the South Floridas, West Virginias and Pittsburghs.

Now, without river-city rival Pitt to worry about, the Bearcats could conceivably and realistically post 9-3 and 10-2 finishes every year, competing for conference championships and getting Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl invites on a consistent basis.

Sure, schools like Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri from the Big 12 will provide fair opposition, and West Virginia and USF will still be hanging around to wreak havoc on UC’s questionable secondary; but if UC can win some of these games, they will not only earn significant value in the BCS, but they’ll also gain some experience from their early-season games.

They will no longer have to jump from a cupcake school like Austin Peay, where the Bearcats won 72-10, to a stronger school like Tennessee where the Bearcats were embarrassed 45-23.

They can develop a consistent bearing on the speed and physicality that top-tier teams possess by playing schools in a balanced conference — one that’s not without its own solid programs.

Let me tell you, however, why I despise this move: The BCS is a perfect system. Not in the sense of fairness toward those teams that might — and let me stress might — deserve a shot at the title (i.e. Texas Christian University [TCU] and Boise State), but in the sense that it makes the game consistently nerve-wracking week-in and week-out.

Think about it: one loss, and the school that might have had a chance to make the championship game has to settle for the next-best thing — which is never that great.

No one likes to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

Just ask Pitt.

Successful college football programs, unlike the teams that make the playoffs consistently in the NFL, don’t bench their best players in the final two weeks. They play harder. They hit harder. They run faster, and they score more often.

A four super-conference league, which many (this guy especially) see as the precursor to the implementation of an NCAA playoff system, would water down college football to the point where even fewer people would watch it.

I wish there was something we could do to prevent this four super-conference idea, because a do-or-die football league is what the sport needs — not rule changes, not dress codes and certainly not stringent excessive-contact penalties.

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In front of a hometown crowd of 1,106, the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team drew 1-1 against cross-town rival Xavier University at Gettler Stadium Wednesday night.

It’s been 28 years since the Bearcats lost to the Musketeers on their home turf, and it’s been 13 meetings since the Musketeers were able to secure a win.

The Bearcats lead the series 25-8-6, and are 5-0-1 in the last six meetings.

Xavier entered the match with a record of 5-1-0, while UC was boasting a 3-5-0 record and a three-game losing streak.

The first half got off to a slow start with neither team able to retain possession or get many shots off. The pace picked up midway through the half when Xavier began to hound UC’s backline and goalkeeper, Joey Barnard.

After three close calls, Xavier found the back of the net in the 23rd minute when Matt Walker caught the UC defense in a lull and snuck a shot past Barnard.

“I think we’re a little disappointed with the way we gave up the goal,” head coach Hylton Dayes said. “We’ve been plagued with poor marking in the box.”

The Musketeers had the lead and a slight advantage at the half, leading 5-4 in shots.

The Bearcats quickly got back in the game after the break, thanks to freshmen Emmanuel Appaih and Cole DeNormandie.

Appiah was awarded a free kick near UC’s attacking end in the 48th minute. Xavier goalkeeper Justin Marshall deflected his shot, but DeNormandie was in the perfect place to put the loose ball into the back of the net to tie the match at 1-1.

In a physical match, Zach Patterson was one of many yellow card recipiants. He was issued his second yellow card in the 68th minute, causing him to be ejected, and forcing the Bearcats to play a man down the rest of the match.

“Overall, I thought we executed pretty well on that… Xavier got some chances, but we came up big and defended well, and I think we’ve got to feel pretty good about that,” Dayes said.

Despite the disadvantage, the Bearcats were able to hold Xavier scoreless in the second half to force overtime.

Xavier again had the advantage at the break, leading 14-11 in shots and 5-3 in corner kicks.

Neither team was able to capitalize on scoring opportunities in the first or second overtimes.

Xavier finished with 16 shots, five corner kicks, and 12 fouls. Cincinnati finished with 13 shots, three corner kicks, 19 fouls, and three

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SEASON-HIGH TURNOUT 1,106 fans came to watch the UC-XU game Wednesday night. yellow cards.

Barnard had another strong outing in-goal.

He made four saves, some of them at pointblank range, and was an active disturbance to Xavier’s shooters.

“I think he came up big… he’s very brave.

He made some real good saves, but we needed him to play that way,” Dayes said.

The Bearcats return to action Saturday at 7 p.m. when Big East foe West Virginia visits campus.

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FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS The Victory Bell has remained in the Bearcats’ possession since 2006. Miami’s last win against Cincinnati was a 44-16 victory in Sept. 2005.

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he University of Cincinnati Bearcats’ football team battles Miami University at 1 p.m. Saturday in the 116th Battle for the Victory Bell.

This year’s contest will be held at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio.

“Anything can happen,” said senior running back Isaiah Pead, who acknowledged that the Bearcats’ senior class has never been without possession of the Victory Bell. “We don’t wanna be that class.”

The Cats are coming off a 44-14 win against NC State — a win

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NEARLY PERFECT RATING Senior Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros has posted a 156.9 quarterback rating through four games this season, just 1.4 points away from a perfect 158.3.

that was not expected to be a blowout — and a win that players and coaches say boosted the team’s confidence.

“We talked about being a tough, physical football team, and we have really stressed that,” said UC head football coach Butch Jones.

“All the things that we stress in our program, you start to see coming out — like team chemistry — the way we do different things. When we do the things we stress, we can be a pretty good football team.”

The Redhawks are 0-3 this season, and, at times, they’ve found success at moving the ball on offense, but have lacked consistency. MU averages just 66.3 rushing yards per game; and last week, they averaged less than 1.5 yards per carry against Bowling Green State University. The Redhawks do, however, average more passing yards per game than the Cats and are ranked 39th overall in the NCAA. “I think that they are going to put the ball in Zac Dysert’s hands, which I think I would too,” Jones said. “I know they want to establish the run, because when you can run, it lends itself to play action game and being able to throw the deep ball. So I think they will continue to establish the run, but we expect them to also just put the ball in his hands.”

The Battle for the Victory Bell is the oldest non-conference rivalry in college football.

“This game means a lot to people at both institutions,” Jones said.

“It has been embedded in our fabric.”

Saturday’s game is the Bearcats’ second game away from home this season, and according to Jones, it will be a great test for them.

The last road-game left the Cats with an embarrassing loss to Tennessee and a bad taste in their mouths. UC has since turned things around, but Jones says the team still needs to work on the fine details. They’ll have to capitalize on those to ensure a win Saturday at Miami.

“The game is a game of pride,” Jones said. “When you have a trophy, that is very symbolic of a lot of things. It is placing that date on the white side or the black side. There is a lot that goes into it.”

Cats prepare for Big East road matches SAM WEINBERG | SPORTS EDITOR Following a 3-0 home stint, the University of Cincinnati volleyball team will hit the road for a pair of weekend matches against Notre Dame and DePaul — both which were defeated last season by UC in a dominating fashion.

Despite having performed well against both teams last year, UC head coach Reed Sunahara said his team isn’t taking either squad for granted.

“It’s a different year, and every year is different,” Sunahara said. “They have different personnel and we have different personnel. Last year we played both of them here, so playing [at DePaul and Notre Dame] this year will make a big difference.”

The lady Cats begin their weekend slate against the Fighting Irish Saturday at 2 p.m. in South Bend, Ind. In last season’s match, the Bearcats swept the Fighting Irish in three sets at Fifth Third Arena. Despite UC’s decisive win, and despite the Bearcats’ 2010 Big East regular season championship, the Fighting Irish were picked to finish second in the Big East — one place PAT STRANG | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

BRINGING THE BLOCKS Junior middle blocker Becca Refenes has started all 16 games for UC and has amassed 116 kills and a team-high 57 blocks.

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better than Cincinnati — in this year’s pre-season Coaches’ Poll.

“Notre Dame is a tough opponent, and they’re rich with tradition,” Sunahara said. “We got to come to play.”

Following Cincinnati’s match against the Irish, the Bearcats will travel to Chicago to play the Blue Demons at 3 p.m Sunday.

The Bearcats haven’t lost a single set to the Blue Demons since the 2001-02 season when DePaul upset the top-seeded Bearcats three sets to one in the semifinals of the Healthy Choice Conference USA Tournament.

This season, the Blue Demons enter their match against the Bearcats with Big East-lows in kills, digs, assists and service aces.

Sunahara said his team still won’t look past the Blue Demons, or take them for granted, especially with DePaul’s 6-foot-4-inch sophomore outside hitter Anastasiya Shutava, who didn’t play against the Bearcats in last season’s meeting. “[DePaul] is getting better each year,” Sunahara said. “They beat Georgetown and took Villanova to five [sets], so you can’t take DePaul lightly. Anytime you play a conference opponent — or any opponent — you can’t take them lightly.”

Notre Dame and DePaul will be the first two-of-five consecutive away games the Bearcats will play in a twoweek road stint.