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Edition 63, Issue 2 Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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Eating disorders: a silent crisis

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SOTA faculty shows in new gallery exhibit

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Under wraps: mummy in Health Innovation Center

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First! Men’s basketball leads Horizon League

SUFFERING AND SILENCED:

college life with an eating disorder Noël Waltz

ILLUSTRATION BY NICOLE BROWNING

REPORTER

More than 30 million people across the country are struggling with an eating disorder, but only 30 percent will ever seek help. Eating disorders are terrifying, and many college students will unfortunately come to understand that all too well. A few Norse students have been willing to tell their stories – will you listen?

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02 Happenings

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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WHAT TO DO Check out the hottest campus happenings and can’t-miss events in Greater Cincinnati.

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FENCES | CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | $33 |7:30 P.M.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will open its run of the Pulitzer-winning play “Fences.” Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, the play focuses on a father’s resentment when his son gets a chance to play pro sports after he was denied the chance to because of his race. The August Wilson play was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in 2016.

SIGNS & SUDS | AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM | $30 ENTRY | 6 P.M.

In a collaboration with Cincinnati’s own Rhinegeist Brewery, enjoy a special guided “tour-de-delicious” through the American Sign Museum with an unlimited amount of different and unique Rhinegeist brews. Tickets are $30 (or $20 for museum members) and all attendees leave with a free Rhinegeist glass. Limited spots are available, so buy your tickets online if interested.

LOOK HERE | CINCINNATI ART GALLERIES, 225 E 6TH STREET | 5 P.M.

Cincinnati Art Galleries is premiering their newest exhibit “Look Here: Selections From Our Gallery Artists.” The event will showcase new works from local painters. The art gallery will also be showcasing a continually shifting display of famed American and European paintings. Paintings and prints available for purchase.

LOCH NORSE MAG OPEN MIC | FT THOMAS ANTIQUES & DESIGN CENTER | FREE | 6:30 P.M.

Loch Norse Magazine is holding their monthly open mic night event at Fort Thomas Antiques & Design Center. Students are invited to share their poetry or other written works on a first come, first serve basis. Free coffee will be provided by Friends of Steely Library, along with food and alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

PANIC! AT THE DISCO TOUR | U.S. BANK ARENA | TICKET PRICES VARY | 7 P.M.

Got a fever you can’t sweat out? Get ready to go to U.S. Bank Arena on Saturday to listen to Panic! At The Disco’s extensive list of iconic rock songs and pop hits. Groups Two Feet & Betty Who will be opening for the band. Tickets are still available on Ticketmaster and StubHub. Don’t feel threatened by this good time.

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Elizabeth Cates CONTRIBUTOR

What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day mean to you?

“It represents integration between cultures and races.” Olaide Daboiku, first year, communications

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News 03

Enrollment rises, online classes boost spring numbers

Josh Goad

GRAPH BY JOSH GOAD

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

On Jan. 16, NKU’s Board of Regents gathered for their first meeting of 2019. After a fall semester that fell short of enrollment expectations, President Ashish Vaidya was pleased to announce some changes that came with the new year. Enrollment trending up for start of spring semester As of the first day of class, the overall NKU headcount was up 5 percent, and full time enrollment was up 2.6 percent over last spring. Vaidya believes that NKU’s accelerated online programs are mostly responsible for the improvements, and cited some changes to retention and persistence as also helping. NKU’s 2018 fall semester saw a drop in enrollment of 4 percent, excluding those in accelerated online courses. Vaidya had challenged the faculty and staff of NKU to help improve retention, which he believes has shown early signs of success. As of Jan. 14, preliminary first year retention of degree-seeking students is up over last year. This includes a continued rise in the retention of underrepresented minority students. “Retention is up because we are retaining students who are currently enrolled despite the loss of enrollment last fall,” Vaidya said. “This is an indicator that the one time investment measures put in place last semester are paying

dividends—and this was accomplished through a collaborative and sustained effort across the campus.” The one-time investment mentioned by Vaidya was a $1.2 million marketing, retention and recruitment effort. According to documents provided by the Board of Regents, some of the bigger initiatives within this effort are: promoting NKU’s new EDGE program, offering a free application month in November, strengthening the center for Student Inclusiveness and more targeted marketing. “Our online education programs are significant reason for the plus to enrollment. We were recently recognized by the community for accredited online

schools for our online learning offerings in 2018 and 2019,” Vaidya said. More construction coming to campus? Kenton Garage and Commonwealth Hall are both slated for renovations in 2019; Kenton Garage will see the improvements start in mid-May whereas the Commonwealth Hall renovations should begin by the end of January. According to documents provided by the Board of Regents, the goal of the Commonwealth Hall renovations is to install a new mechanical system that will provide greater energy efficiency, while also improving the occupants comfort. The idea is that it will give the ability to

heat or cool each room year-round. NKU has selected Moody Nolan and Lord Aeck Sargent to design a new residence hall. Moody Nolan is a nationally recognized architecture firm with offices in Covington and Lord Aeck Sargent is a firm that focuses on the planning and design of residential life facilities. NKU’s internal planning committee is allegedly leaning toward a more centrally located cite somewhere in the Boothe Village. The idea is still in development and the tentative completion date is July 1, 2020. NKU was nominated several times by Accredited Schools Online for wide range of things, including: best online schools in Kentucky (6th), best online bachelor’s degree (41st), best construction management schools (20th) and best radiology technician schools (42nd). “Considering the relative youth of our online portfolio it is very encouraging to be nationally recognized for such efforts,” Vaidya said. “Since launching our programs in the spring of 2018 we have grown from 174 across 13 degree programs and no certificates, to more than 1400 students in 20 programs and eight certificates.” NKU Online features programs ranging from healthcare and nursing, to business and library informatics. Nursing touts the largest selection of programs and certificates—most of these are online master’s programs as well as post master’s certificates for various specializations.

What’s a super blood wolf moon? NKU found out

Owen Treolo REPORTER

NKU’s Haile Planetarium hosted an event to commemorate the super blood wolf moon eclipse, an extremely rare occurrence Sunday night. The event started with a small documentary about the moon and the history of its exploration, followed by demonstrations about eclipses. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth’s shadow and can only happen during a full moon and when the Sun, Earth and the moon are perfectly alinged—the next similar lunar eclipse visible in the United States will not occur until 2022. Leading the event was planetarium director and lecturer Christa Speights. “Even though these eclipses are predictable, they’re still an amazing sight,” Speights said. “These events help us show the movement in the solar system, it’s a way for us to see Earth’s shadow.” Student volunteers, like junior Emily

Frame, were available to educate guests. “I think people take more of an interest in things beyond our own planet. I think it could help us in the future,” Frame said. The original plan was to use the observatory to view the blood moon, but due to cold temperatures, the observatory was frozen. Instead, those who visited the event were treated to a viewing of constellations while portable telescopes were brought outside for viewing. NKU student Alfie Scott was in attendance on Sunday. “It’s so cool to see something like this,” Scott said. “Seeing our universe in action, and seeing all the changes in person is just an incredible sight. When there’s a chance to look at the night sky and see something this special, it’s worth the watch.” The next lunar eclipse visible in the U.S. will occur on July 16.

A super blood wolf moon eclipse, visible at NKU on Jan. 20, is a rare cosmic event. PHOTO BY EMERSON SWOGER

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04 News

“I just wasn’t used to change at all. It really became too much. I just let myself go back to the destructive habits from before.”

Suffering and silenced:

LIVING WITH AN EATING DISORDER Noël Waltz REPORTER

Dr. Casey Tallent, national collegiate outreach director for the Eating Recovery Center, explained what consequences can result from the stressful transition into college. “Students are away from home for the first time. They’re encountering new academic and social structures and they tend to fall into unhealthy methods of coping—which is often an eating disorder for many students,” Tallent said. Alison Callahan, senior visual communication design major, was diagnosed with anorexia when she was 8 years old. Since then, her road to recovery has had its ups and downs. “It wasn’t really a linear process—some months I would be doing really, really well and some months I would just tank and kind of bottom out and it was really rough,” Callahan said. Attending a university that is two hours away from home and living without the guidance of her parents encouraged her to slip back into these destructive habits. “At first it was like—‘great! I can do all this stuff and not get in trouble!’” Callahan said. “But then my friends started noticing things and it was a lot harder to trick them than my parents.” Before heading off to college, a lot of young adults are warned about the “Freshman 15.” For someone who is genetically predisposed to an eating disorder, being fearful of such a weight gain can trigger an eating disorder. For someone already battling an eating disorder, this fear can trigger unhealthy, compulsive behaviors. Dr. Tallent clarified that warning for first-year students is not only harmful, but simply untrue. “Freshmen students typically gain about 5 pounds on average, which is

developmentally appropriate,” Tallent said. Callahan said this warning is a huge part of why her eating disorder was so intense her freshman year. “I thought the freshman 15 was something that was definitely going to happen,” Callahan said. “I thought I was going to gain 15 pounds no matter what.” Vanessa Neiser, sophomore middle grades education major, was diagnosed with anorexia her senior year of high school. Although she was able to take control of it for a little while, the transition to college resurfaced the issues again. “When I got to college I was surrounded by so many different people, with the pressure of the adjustment. I just wasn’t used to change at all,” Neiser said. “It really became too much. I just let myself go back to the destructive habits from before.” Sally Modzelewski, junior musical theatre major, discovered she had a binge eating disorder around her junior year of high school. Similarly, she saw the disease get worse as she transitioned to university life. At home, her food intake was relatively monitored by her parents. So, when she moved on campus her freshman year, she found herself eating uncontrollably without the parental guidance. This caused her to gain 40 pounds, something she found incredibly alarming. “A lot of it was because of how easy it is to get food on campus,” Modzelewski said. “I would go to dinner at [Norse] Commons and just eat plates and plates and plates of food and just couldn’t control myself.” The stress of her transition to college coupled with the particular stress within her musical theater major had a dramatic effect on the severity of her disease. “In theatre, they want you to have the ideal body type. At NKU, it isn’t as big of

a deal, but we still kind of know it to be true,” Modzelewski said. “So I feel like coming to college really put that on me and made me stress out about that and therefore eat more.” Many who live with an eating disorder don’t seek help because of the stigma attached to the conditions. On NKU’s campus, even those who take the step to seek help often do not have access to the resources they need. Callahan reached out to the Health, Counseling and Student Wellness Center right when she started noticing herself falling back into some destructive habits. They set her up with counseling, but when it was revealed that an eating disorder was her primary concern, her counselor let her know that there was not a specialist in that area. They referred her to some of the recovery centers in the area, but her insurance didn’t cover any of them, so she didn’t stick with the on-campus therapy. When Modzelewski sought on-campus resources, she was told the same thing: while counselors were able to help her with some other mental health issues that she was having, they were not equipped to provide help with an eating disorder. “That’s odd to me, because high school and college are the prime times for people to develop eating disorders,” Modzelewski said. Tallent said that institutions of higher education have a responsibility to get the message out about eating disorders. She described ideas for how to do just that. “They can have outreach events where they get students information about eating disorders. They can offer resources to help to identify eating disorders in students and provide them with local resources,” Tallent said.

Such events are seen in the form of “Eating Disorder Awareness Week” and “Love Your Body Day” on campuses across the country. This outreach aims to battle the stigma and shame often associated with eating disorders. “When you walk into a counseling center and you don’t see resources available, it can be hard to ask for help it’s kind of silencing,” Tallent said. “I hope that the message that every college gets out is that it is okay to ask for help with eating disorders, that they are real valid issues.” Lisa Barresi, the associate director of counseling services, said when a student is seeking help with an eating disorder, they make a referral to an eating disorder specialist because the university does not have the resources to appropriately and effectively treat eating disorders. “Treatment for students who have an active eating disorder is more intensive than what our office can provide. It is usually long-term—can sometimes involve being seen multiple times a week or involve hospitalization,” Barresi said. “It also requires a multidisciplinary approach, including nutritional counseling and other medical care.” If an eating disorder is not identified as the primary treatment issue, the student can receive ongoing counseling services. All students, regardless of whether or not they have been referred to an outside provider, are eligible to use the crisis services. A student can access NKU crisis resources by calling (859) 572-7777 or texting 741741. PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON GRAPHIC BY NOEL WALTZ, DATA FROM EATING RECOVERY CENTER

- Vanessa Nieser, sophomore education major

Eating disorders in Over

30 million people live with an eating disorder...

but less than

30 percent

The average onset age for an eating disorder is

Meanwhile, institutions of higher education rarely have the resources to actively treat eating disorders.

seek help.

18-25.

News 05

04 News

“I just wasn’t used to change at all. It really became too much. I just let myself go back to the destructive habits from before.”

Suffering and silenced:

LIVING WITH AN EATING DISORDER Noël Waltz REPORTER

- Vanessa Nieser, sophomore education major

Eating disorders in Over

30 million people live with an eating disorder...

but less than

30 percent

The average onset age for an eating disorder is

Meanwhile, institutions of higher education rarely have the resources to actively treat eating disorders.

seek help.

18-25.

06 Arts & Life

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Visual arts faculty dazzle with annual exhibition Dada,

Darien Parker REPORTER

Bluford win SGA presidential election

The Full and Part-Time Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition returns for one month this winter. From Jan. 18 to Feb. 22 you can experience the exhibit with work by faculty members like Brian Harmon, who uses fuse beads to depict a stunning display of historic art pieces in an 8-bit pixel style from retro video games. Rene Magritte’s “The Son of Man” and Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” are examples of these art pieces that evoke a feeling of watching history through your eyes in a different perspective. Another great piece is “Cubed Water” by Nicholas Bonner. Using low fire clay and glaze for all pieces,“Cubed Water” achieves a smooth look through having a stone cube with the low fire aqua clay on the top that has been melted to resemble water oozing down the cube. Other art pieces by Bonner include the “Swirl” and “Eddy” which are also pieces based off of “Cubed Water,” a set of ceramic plates. “Some days there are no fish, only water and sky. But, at some level, all that matters is that you are here.” That’s how Chris Smith describes his painting “Bonefish County,” a scene full of vibrant, bright colors that pop out through the firstperson view of a boat looking out towards the bright blue sea. The clouds in the painting are very realistic and gives off the feeling that viewers are there taking in the breathtaking sky and ocean that Smith intended the viewer to discover. “The Yard” by Christian Schmit is made out of cardboard and paper which has a near-perfect replica of a film studio yard; from spotlights and sets, from movies to cameras and directors seats ready to film the next big hit. Intricate cardboardfashioned props decorate the set. There will be short artist talks every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:50 a.m. on Jan. 17, 19, 24, 26, 31 and Feb. 2. Come to hear more about all the faculty artworks on display. The main gallery is located on the third floor of the Fine Arts Center.

Top left: Christian Schmitt, “The Yard” Middle left: Nicholas Bonner, “Cube Water” Bottom left: Chris Smith, “Bonefish Country” Above: Brian Harmon, “The Son of Man” Artist talks on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:50 a.m. The Full and Part-Time Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition is open now through Feb. 22 in the Fine Arts building main gallery. PHOTOS BY EMERSON SWOGER, ABOVE PHOTO BY DARIEN PARKER

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Ed 63, Issue 2

Health Innovation Center studies ancient mummy

Dada, Bluford win SGA presidential election

Kane Mitten

ILLUSTRATION BY SAM ROSENSTIEL

ASSISTANT ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

A 2,000-year-old mummy named Umi made a stop at NKU on Jan. 17 as part of an ongoing collaboration between the university and the Cincinnati Museum Center. The remains of Umi, a mummified boy from Egypt between the ages of 3 and 5, dates back to the year 100 A.D. His coffin was brought to the recently opened Health Innovation Center, where radiology students and museum professionals analyzed the remains with a single-slice X-ray imaging device and a CT scanner. Public history students will be working with the radiology students to gather more information on the time in which Umi lived. Bob Genheimer, the curator of archaeology for the Cincinnati Museum Center, said Umi is classified as a Roman period mummy, and not much is known about them. The only information they have on the body is what’s written on the cartonnage, or the painted surface on top

of the wrappings that contain the body. “[The cartonnage] seems to indicate that it’s a boy, but no names. So we gave him the name Umi because we can’t just keep calling him ‘mummy boy’,” Genheimer said. “The name Umi means ‘life’ in northern Africa.” Several amulets of different materials are placed over top of Umi’s body. “They extend from the upper torso all the way down to the legs, and they all have a purpose. They’re all identifiable,” Genheimer said. “Some of them replace organs, some of them provide protection, some of them provide things that the child will need in the afterlife because the afterlife is the most important thing.” Jason Applegate, NKU associate professor of radiologic science, said another faculty member with a contact at the museum came up with the project. “Tom Baxter, who works over in the respiratory therapy program, came to me and said, ‘hey, I’ve got a gentleman who

Cincinnati Museum Center brought Umi to the Health Innovation Center on Jan. 17.

has a mummy, would you be interested?’ How do you turn that down?” Applegate said. “It’s a once in a lifetime experience.” Applegate said that the collaboration was intended so that both the museum and the school could come away with something unique; students get to work hands-on with an ancient artifact, and the museum benefits from the rapid advancements in scanning technology in the last decade—the mummy hasn’t been analyzed using machines since 2009. Genheimer hopes that the students can work with the museum closely to take a closer look at the mummified remains and possibly figure out the child’s cause of death. He also plans to utilize the HIC’s 3D printer to make a copy of the body and the trinkets inside for potential museum display. Joe Andrews, a graduate student in public history, jumped at the opportunity to work with an actual mummy. “I’ve always been a history nerd, it just

PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON

seemed like a really cool opportunity. Definitely something you don’t see everyday,” Andrews said. Dale Stevenson, dean of the College of Health Professions, said he hopes this helps to showcase the HIC and NKU. “It shows our community engagement, how we can reach out across the river to Cincinnati and work with partners to further education for our students and also to further some of the activities that are going on, like ones at the Cincinnati Museum,” Stevenson said. Applegate said the museum has more special ideas for partnership with NKU coming in the near future. He said they’ve expressed interest in NKU using the same technology to scan some of the dinosaur bones they have on display. Andrews said that he was surprised that NKU actually ended up getting to scan the mummy. “It’s one of these things that you would think automatically that [University of Cincinnati], or one of the bigger universities would be handling. So the fact that NKU is handling it exemplifies the strides we’re taking into the future and that we’re making a name for ourselves,” Andrews said. “We’re not just a small little university in Northern Kentucky. We actually have the resources available to us to compete with the larger universities.” Umi is headed back to the Cincinnati Museum Center for his new exhibit on March 22, but Genheimer is glad the mummy came to NKU. “It’s a terrific opportunity to work with the students,” Genheimer said. “When you see the excitement on their face that they actually get to scan something that’s real, I think that alone is worth it.”

08 Sports

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Norse defeat Youngstown State on the road 82-74

Sierra Newton SPORTS EDITOR

The NKU men’s basketball team continue their winning streak with an 82-74 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday afternoon. The Norse won their 16th game of the season and improved their Horizon League record to 6-1, while the Youngstown State Penguins record drops to 2-5. Senior forward Drew McDonald led the pack with 23 points and 7 rebounds. Redshirt sophomore guard Jalen Tate and junior guard Tyler Sharpe chipped in 13 points and 2 assists a piece. The first half of the game featured the two teams tying six times along with six lead changes. At the 19-19 mark, the Norse went on an 8-0 run with 7:02 left in the half. The half ended with the Norse up 38-34. Tate led the Norse in scoring for the first half earning 11 of the teams points. Sharpe followed closely behind earning 10 points. As a whole, the Norse had an impressive 11-3 advantage in offensive boards. They also outscored the Penguins 22-10 in the paint and shot 44 percent

from the field. The Penguins managed to make a slight comeback during the second half as they took a 55-54 lead over the Norse at the 11:36 mark. However, the Norse recovered and managed to regain a 62-57 lead a few minutes later. The major turning point of the game occurred shortly after. Just within the four minute mark, the Norse outscored the Penguins 13-4, which brought the score up to 73-61 with 5:04 left to play. For the remaining stretch of the game, the Penguins never got within eight points of the Norse. Overall, the Norse shot 50 percent and had a 36-24 rebounding advantage for the game. They also outscored the Penguins in the paint 40-28. This game brought the Norse to a four game winning streak and their eighth win in the last nine games. The Norse will continue their Horizon League play at home against Green Bay on Jan. 24. The game is slated for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on FOX Sports Ohio.

Drew McDonald (34) makes a pass during the game against UC Bearcats, Dec. 4, 2018. PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON

Horizon League MBB standings (Jan. 23)

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League

Overall

Streak

Northern Kentucky

6-1

16-4

Oakland Grizzlies

5-2

9-11

Detroit Mercy Titans

5-2

8-11

Milwaukee Panthers

4-3

9-11

Wright State Raiders

4-3

10-10

Dance, cheer squads place at nationals Sierra Newton SPORTS EDITOR

Over the weekend NKU’s cheer and dance team made a trip down to Orlando, Florida to compete in the 2019 UCA & UDA College Cheerleading & Dance Team National Championship. This competition is an annual event showcase that showcases each teams ability to show their school spirit and traditions within various routines. The NKU cheerleading team competed in three events throughout the weekend. Game Day in Division I Open Coedperformance, All Girl Routine in

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PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON

Division I-performance and All Girl Stunt Group-performance. In Open Coed and All Girl Division I routine NKU placed 15th, both competitions had schools representing from 49 states. The stunt group placed 7th in the nation in the all girl stunt group-performance. The dance team competed in Division I Pom and placed 12th in the nation. You can catch both teams at BB&T Arena Thursday, Jan. 24 cheering, as Norse men’s basketball faces Green Bay.

Men’s basketball - W, 82-74 at Youngstown State, Jan. 19. Next: Jan. 24 vs. Green Bay, 7 p.m. Fox Sports Ohio Women’s basketball - L, 66-77 at Youngstown State Jan. 18. Next: Jan. 25 vs. Detroit Mercy, 11 a.m. ESPN+