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After a century of leading the charge in cooperative education, the University of Cincinnati is still striving to evolve the way higher education meets the needs of a shrinking world.

Provost Santa Ono expressed these sentiments in a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) talk at Emory University in Atlanta Saturday.

The committee at TEDx Emory — an independently coordinated and TED-inspired event — invited Ono to talk about the role UC has played in reinventing higher education in the country, Ono said.

While endorsed by TED, TEDx talks are planned around the world on a community-by-community basis and gives a stage to noteworthy ideas on a local level — much like TED does on a global level.

Since UC engineering professor Herman Schneider pioneered cooperative education in 1906, institutions across the country have

embraced it as one of the most logical and benefi cial ways for a student to get hands-on experience in his or her fi eld of study, Ono said.

“There’s an alignment of what they’re learning in real-world situations and what happens in the classroom,” Ono said. “There’s constant feedback assessing whether or not they have attained certain competencies of certain rubrics of what they’re learning in the classroom.”

Ono added that in 2011, approximately 6,000 students worked co-ops and earned $43 million. In many cases, students earned enough to pay for their education, Ono said.

In more recent years, UC has begun interdisciplinary programs — programs that bring together students and faculty of different major fi elds of study — to gain this kind of educational experience while also solving real world problems, Ono said.

“We intentionally get students to work as a team, to work across disciplines,” Ono said. “They still major in engineering, architecture, design, mathematics, arts and sciences, but

we intentionally create an environment that they will have to experience when they leave college. The power of having multiple people working together is just as powerful as adding multiple musicians to an ensemble.”

These interdisciplinary programs include the Niehoff Studio — a UC initiative addressing urban issues that challenge the quality of life in Cincinnati; the Village Life Outreach project — an organization that provides primary care to people in need in Africa; and the Livewell Collaborative — a research fi rm for older than 50 consumers.

As a testament to the potential of interdisciplinary education, Ono mentioned the construction of the Roche Health Center — a zero-energy health center in rural Tanzania designed by UC students of a variety of majors involved in the Village Life Outreach project. It is the fi rst and only health care facility in the area, and it serves 25,000 villagers, Ono said. Furthermore, their work has been recognized by President Barack Obama,

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SHARING HIS VISION Provost Santa Ono traveled to Atlanta’s Emory University Saturday to share UC’s role in the ever-changing world of higher education. SEE TEDX | 2

NightRide budget set, pending approval

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MADISON SCHMIDT | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

Numbers have been crunched and a budget is set to incorporate a new nighttime shuttle service into the lives of University of Cincinnati students.

Budget outlines for NightRide — a nightly door-to-door shuttle service — were presented Monday, April 16, to members of the Student Advisory Committee on University Budget (SACUB), so the Department of Public Safety might have the funding to launch their plans into action for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The proposed NightRide service — comprised of the dual efforts of the UC Police Division [UCPD] and Student Government [SG] — combines ideas of the current NightWalk service and Bearcat Transportation System [BTS] by driving students who live within a mile of campus directly to their homes, said Alan Hagerty, student body president.

The estimated cost for the fi rst year will be $142,110 and will drop to $134,790 after one-time costs for a van and additional technology installments have been made.

NightWalk is a student-run organization with help from Public Safety.

Though NightWalk receives university funding, there has been great diffi culty in making the volunteer service work, said Mitchel Livingston, vice president of student affairs and services.

Right now, volunteers are hard to come by — especially on the weekends, Hagerty said.

Plans for NightRide outline a trained staff of 15 students — fi ve of which will be on duty at any given time during operation — uniforms for workers and two new vans for patrolling and pickup. The current system, NightWalk, is staffed by roughly 300 individual volunteers who are trained throughout the year.

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DIAMOND CRUMPTON-SCOTT | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

The University of Cincinnati is advancing the defense against brain disease.

UC researchers are currently opening clinical trials for a brain tumor vaccine. Patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) — a form of malignant brain tumor — are being sought for two cancer vaccine clinical trials in Cincinnati and across the country.

“[These are] national trials [with] multiple institutions.” said C h r i s t o p h e r M c P h e r s o n , director of surgical neuro-oncology for the UC Brain Tumor Center and an assistant professor at the UC College of Medicine’s neurosurgery department. “The idea of the trials is to use patients’ immune system to establish a response to cancer.”

This form of brain tumor accounts for 60 percent of the 17,000 new brain tumors annually diagnosed in the United States.

“[These trials were started] to get to the point of a cure,” McPherson said. “The brain tumors we treat don’t have a cure, so we hope to raise the length in life span, improve the quality of life, and have a chance for a cure some day.”

UC students are not involved in the trials, but 10 to 20 patients from the UC Brain Tumor Center can enroll. They are a portion of the 400 patients nationwide expected to participate in two trials.

“[In] one a patient undergoes surgery to see if [their] tissue has the marker, if so they go under radiation and injections every two weeks to build help build up the immune system,” McPherson said. This is the phase-3 study Celldex Vaccine Targeting EGFRvIII.

“[In the second] we take the tumor and the patient’s immune cells mix them together and then the immune cells learn about the tumor [and] become immune to it”, continued McPherson. “Then you inject these cells back into the patient.” This is the phase-2 Celldex sponsored study.

In the second study, patients are divided into two groups based on previous treatment regimens. One group will consist of those who have experienced GBM recurrence and have not taken the

KELSEA DAULTON | STAFF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati’s drive to be “green” was noticed for the third-consecutive year and was published in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges.”

The Princeton Review collaborated with the U.S. Green Building Council to create the guide.

The guide organizes the colleges state-by-state in alphabetical order and are not ranked.

“College-bound students are increasingly interested in sustainability issues,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s senior vice president. “Among 7,445 college applicants who participated in our spring 2012 ‘College Hopes & Worries Survey,’ nearly seven out of 10 — 68 percent — told us that having information about a school’s commitment to the environment would infl uence their decision to apply to or attend the school.”

The guide features UC for several reasons, including the research of sustainability concerns in an urban context, having multiple buildings that meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) qualifi cations, the promotion of sustainability throughout campus and the goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.

The guide describes carbon neutrality as, “the effort to balance out the total amount of carbon output based on the notion that unavoidable emissions in location X can be neutralized by protective measures taken in location Y.”

The Crawley building, Teachers’ College, the Campus Recreation Center, Steger Student Life Center, Van Wormer Hall and Lindner Varsity Village are UC’s LEED certifi ed buildings.

UC requires all new construction and some renovations to meet at least the second out of the four levels of LEED certifi cation.

One of the aspects that infl uenced the decision was UC’s promotion of urban farming with its garden located on the Main Campus. The garden allows students to acquire hands-on agricultural and early childhood education experience.

The UC Bike Share program is an attempt to reduce carbon emissions from automobiles. Anyone with a university ID has the privilege to check out a bike, free of charge, for up to three days to use on campus and around the community.

UC’s volunteer population is also noted in the guide, recognizing the 11 tons of recyclable material collected from 2011’s sporting and other events, along with the readily available recycling around campus.

The campus dining halls were noted for offering vegetarian and vegan options, buying much of their produce from local farmers and hosting a weekly farmers’ market on campus.

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TAKING THE LEED Van Wormer Hall is one of UC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certifi ed buildings.

EASY BEING GREENPrinceton Review names university one of 332 greenest nationally for third straight year

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GREEN AND CLEAN The University of Cincinnati received its designation because of its research of sustainability concerns in an urban context, having multiple buildings meeting LEED qualifi cations, its promotion of sustainability and the goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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US Defense grants $3.7M for cancer researchLANCE LAMBERT | SENIOR REPORTER

Research at the University of Cincinnati has caught the eye of the U.S. Department of Defense [DoD], bringing millions in research funds to UC.

A $3.7-million grant from the DoD will fund a team of UC researchers to study circadian rhythms that might lead to better disease treatments and understanding of cancer.

The research team, led by Christian Hong, an assistant professor in the department of molecular and cellular physiology in UC’s College of Medicine, received the grant from the Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency — an agency within the DoD.

But DoD grants are nothing new to UC. In 2007, UC received a four-year DoD

grant totaling $932,919 for kidney cancer research; which marked the fi rst time the DoD had ever awarded funds for kidney cancer research.

“Our research goals are to investigate interconnected mechanics of cellar processes, such as circadian rhythms of cell cycles and DNA damage response,” Hong said.

The DoD is interested in understanding these cell cycles at a molecular level, Hong said.

Findings could improve care for patients

with trauma or exposure to gut pathogens, Hong said.

The team expects to fi nd that circadian rhythms are able to shift, delay or speed up cell cycle.

“If that is possible, then it could easily manipulate a patient’s body,” Hong said.

The team is still in the beginning stages of a research project that started in January after two years of prior research.

“The cell-division cycle under DNA-damaged cells may not control growth division — which is cancer,” Hong said. “DoD interested in a detailed map of fi ndings.”

Clinical trials are still far out from this point. If exciting data is found, then the team will move toward trials, Hong said.

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period, Marshall’s midfielder Aaron Blakely made a run into the middle of the field, dribbling into the penalty box to rocket off a shot, but it hit the post, and the Bearcats were able to clear it out to prevent MU from adding to its lead.

UC switched up its formation, sending up another attacker to put pressure on Marshall’s backline, but it wasn’t enough for the Cats.

The Bearcats take the field again April 27 when they face the Ohio University Bobcats at Gettler Stadium for a 7 p.m. matchup.

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another likely top-10 pick, although Floyd should still hear his name called in the top-15.

Defensive standouts in this year’s draft include LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne — who will likely be taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as No. 5 overall pick — Mississippi State defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and Boston College inside linebacker Luke Kuechly.

The 2012 draft will mark the seventh-straight year the event has been hosted at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and it will be aired nationally on ESPN and NFL Network.

The first round of the draft is set for 8 p.m., Thursday, while rounds two and three are slated for 7 p.m., Friday. Rounds four through seven are set for Saturday at noon.

the history books until 1991, when MLB changed the definition to include that the game must be completed, thus removing him from the perfect game list.

When interviewed about the removal of his name from MLB history books, Haddix responded with the same class as the day he strolled off the field after losing the greatest game ever pitched.

“It’s OK,” he said. “I know what I did.”

If you’re going to try to put on a show of this magnitude, the main goal should be to bring people from not only your own city, but from around the country as well, to build a following that will continue to grow year after year.

An annual music festival that could bring in more than Cincinnatians is a fantastic idea, but you need the big names to do it — not just a weird one like Bunbury.

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version of her hit “Did it on ‘em.” It’s still memorable for brief moments

where Minaj harmonizes about putting her you-know-what in people’s faces.

After two outlandish, but borderline decent songs, the album gets less strange. Unfortunately, it doesn’t get better.

With the exception of her latest single “Beez in the Trap,” the rap songs are not memorable. Minaj is on autopilot, rapping over minimal beats, accompanied by typical guests like Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.

“Champion” feels too much like “Moment 4 Life,” complete with the inclusion of Drake.

Even great rappers like Nas and Young Jeezy offer lackluster verses that get overshadowed by well-produced beats.

The pop half of the album falls flat by completely ridding itself of Minaj’s over-the-top personality and hip-hop charisma that made her famous.

Already a radio hit, “Starships” sticks out as a little less forgettable but nothing evokes the charm of Minaj’s summer anthem “Super Bass.”

“Pound the Alarm,” “Whip It,” and “Automatic” are so basic and regressive it hurts. Minaj asks, “Is this how Marilyn Monroe felt?” on a weak ballad named after the iconic

actress, as if they have anything in common.The album ends with “Stupid Hoe,” where

Minaj fires shots at her arch nemesis Lil Kim. Instead of jabs, she should be offering thanks to a rapper whose career gave birth to Minaj.

On her debut album, it seemed like Minaj had something to rap about. On “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” she is either obsessed with “haters” and Lil Kim, or pandering to stale mainstream trends.

Minaj tried to capture the magic of her debut, but in the end, she can’t live up to the hype. “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” is not so much a sophomore slump, as it is a nosedive.

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empowered to live out their purpose.”Decoded was first-year communications student Courtenay Summers’ first fashion show, she said.“I enjoyed seeing local people who are not high-class fashion workers,” said Summers. “I like seeing people who are normal and understand the urban culture. I’m really a lousy dresser, so I figured the fashion show would give me some ideas

on what the new trends are so I can keep up and be up-to-date on my looks.” Gabriel Wilson, who worked behind the scenes at the fashion show, said the show is called Decoded because it encompasses a variety of different fashion angles. “I just think it’s really unique,” she said. “It’s Chaw’s last year. He really went out with a meaningful message and a bang.”

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Ono said. “When you bring a design student and faculty

member together with an engineering student and faculty member – together with a business student, together with somebody that understands both health and economic issues — you result in these kinds of products that come out of the interdisciplinary model of education,” Ono said.

Another product of interdisciplinary education at UC is the Livewell Collaborative’s car built for the elderly. The car, as it is being designed, offers easy access to the elderly and will even drive itself, Ono said.

On an even larger scale, students from different majors have come together to design entire communities in a more efficient way for the elderly under the Livewell Collaboration.

“You take urban planning students, together with architecture, design and business students, and we’re

developing new schemes for placing different kinds of services and buildings together in certain quadrants of the city to make it easy for the elderly to get from one place to another,” Ono said.

Interdisciplinary education certainly is not limited building a better community for one group of people; the Niehoff Studio, located on Short Vine, has spent the past decade improving the community around UC, Ono said.

The Niehoff Studio was integral in the revitalization of Over-the-Rhine, and is currently working on a five-year, multi-million dollar plan to revitalize Price Hill, Covington and Avondale. While the studio is primarily focusing on housing and urban development for these projects, they have also worked with urban food retail and the quality of life in the community.

“Our hope is that this new paradigm will help solve the real problems of the world,” Ono said.

During Spring quarter, dispatchers have been hired under co-funding from SG and the NightWalk Safety Board to collect data from daily logs. From March 26 to April 9, 340 NightWalk transported 713 students.

“The demand got so high, so the need for cars only makes sense,” Hagerty said. “It’s not starting something new; it’s taking a volunteer service and turning it into a page service of higher quality for our students.”

There have not yet been any decisions made determining approval for the budget request made for NightRide. Livingston must give final approval and said he hopes to have things running by Fall semester.

“[NightWalk] is a very positive program,” Livingston said. “But it has its problems.”

“We’re very hopeful — since this is a student-run organization — we will have a sympathetic ear toward funding [from SACUB],” Livingston said.

SACUB will make its recommendations for funding at the end of Spring quarter.

chemotherapy drug bevacizumab. They will receive the vaccine or a placebo in addition to their chemotherapy.

The second group will involve those who have experienced GBM recurrence while on bevacizumab therapy. In which case all will receive the vaccine.

“The risks are minimal,” McPherson said. “Redness or swelling at the site of injections at times. I have never seen any serious side effects, but that’s the point of clinical trials, to test that side of things.”

“Some people don’t like the idea of clinical trials,” McPherson said. “Some feel they are being experimented on and in some trials [patients] get the placebo [or] the actual treatment, and some

don’t like that they may get the placebo. [So] some people don’t like to do Clinical Trials and we always respect that.”

Celldex Therapeutics sponsors the trials and is the maker of the experimental vaccine.

“I think the study will go to a larger phase where the treatment will come to be standard treatment for brain tumors,” McPherson said.

To enroll in the trials, possible candidates must go to the UC Brain Tumor Center to be screened for certain mutations. Call the UC Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Office at (513) 584-7698, or visit their website at cancer.uc.edu.

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MondayApril 23 | 2012

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Ever since I’ve been old enough to go to shows, I’ve noticed Cincinnati isn’t exactly a hot spot for upper echelon artists to play.

Concert-going enthusiasts have to drive to Columbus, or even Louisville, to see our favorite groups — patiently waiting for Cincinnati event planners to step up their game.

Over the past couple years, our summer acts have been getting better. Paul McCartney stopped through last year — if Cincinnati is good enough for Sir Paul, it should good enough for anyone.

But 2012 seems to be a turning point for Cincinnati shows. Artists ranging from The Beach Boys to Drake and Motorhead to Radiohead have chosen to play here, fi nally ending the lull of summers highlighted by Jimmy Buffet concerts and 311 shows.

During peak concert season came the announcement of Cincinnati’s own oddly titled music festival, Bunbury.

Created by Bill Donabedian, co-founder of the wildly successful MidPoint Music Festival, Bunbury had all the local hype of big-time festivals like Lollapalooza or Bonnaroo.

People were fi nally excited about music in Cincinnati again.

Think of the possibilities: If we could bring in high-profi le acts to this festival, people would travel from around the country to see them.

The concert would not only boost tourism in Cincinnati, but also give the downtown central business district a much-needed spike in its economy.

Then the headliners were announced — Jane’s Addiction, Weezer and Death Cab for Cutie — and the hype died down.

Don’t get me wrong — I’m a huge fan of these bands, especially nerdy rock legends Weezer, but when is the last time any of these bands made a respectable album?

Death Cab for Cutie is the most relevant, but their latest album, “Codes and Keys,” was written when band leader Ben Gibbard was married to actress Zooey Deschanel.

It turned out so happy, it made my stomach turn.

Weezer hasn’t made an album worth listening to since “Make Believe” in 2005.

Jane’s Addiction, on the other hand, hasn’t done anything noteworthy since Perry Farrell created Lollapalooza for their so-called farewell tour in 1991.

But look on the bright side: most good festivals aren’t about the big bands anyway — it’s all about the supporting acts. With that in mind, the fans waited.

And waited ...But while Bunbury stalled,

scrambling to recruit more acts for their show, the Forecastle Festival — which takes place in Louisville on the same weekend as Bunbury — released a loaded lineup including bands like My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Flying Lotus, Bassnectar and Andrew Bird, stealing away ticket buyers as quickly as Bunbury recruited them.

Nearly a month and a half after the initial headliners announcement, Bunbury announced the rest of their line-up, which in true Cincinnati fashion, was a complete let down.

Bands like O.A.R., Airborne Toxic Event, Neon Trees and Manchester Orchestra all signed up for the bill, leaving anxious fans with a feeling more anti-climatic than the ending to “Titanic.”

Even the addition of hometown favorites like The Seedy Seeds and Foxy Shazam, won’t be enough to keep disappointed Cincinnatians from traveling to Louisville.

Or even worse, saving their money for a bigger and better festival like Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza.

Donabedian stated in a press release that the Bunbury Music Festival “will feature the best of our local indie bands with national and regional bands that fans may have seen at other great festivals and concert venues.”

This is all well and good, but it looks as if Bunbury is just becoming a more expensive version of the MidPoint Festival.

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BEN KITCHEN | STAFF REPORTER

Following a successful debut, most artists or bands would live in fear of the dreaded sophomore slump. For Nicki Minaj, the pressure is piled on even thicker.

Minaj’s debut album “Pink Friday” had the second-highest sales week for a female hip-hop artist (behind only Lauryn Hill), topping the Billboard 200 and selling more than 1 million copies.

With the release of “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” the sequel to her debut, the Trinidadian-born rapper tries to use guest appearances by Big Sean, David Guetta and Madonna to ride the success of her last album — but fails.

The album spreads itself too thin over 19 tracks. Minaj spends the fi rst half catering to hip-hop fans and the second half jumping

on the dance-pop bandwagon currently dominating top-40 radio.

“Roman Holiday,” which kicks off the album, is an utterly bizarre song sung by

Minaj’s alter ego Roman Zolanski, with a chorus sung in a Cockney accent by Roman’s mother Martha. The track also features an excerpt of “Come All Ye Faithful.”

Minaj performed the song in her exorcism-themed performance at the Grammys.

To be frank, Minaj sounds equally possessed on this album. “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” is an aural identity crisis.

Minaj applies that same frenetic style to “Come on a Cone,” which feels like a sped-up version of her hit “Did it on ‘em.”

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The entire cast from “American Pie” comes back for a slightly funny and depressing reunion that hardly lives up to previous fi lms in the series.

“American Reunion” opens with a low-angle view of a rocking bed, clothes on the fl oor and the sound of squeaking bedsprings. The camera pans up to show Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) bouncing her son to sleep while Jim (Jason Biggs) sits next to her working on his computer.

Michelle takes their son to bed and takes a bath, while Jim grabs a tube sock and watches porn. As Jim’s enthusiasm rises, his son appears in front of him and chaos ensues, spilling into the bathroom, which reveals Michelle enjoying a strategically placed shower head underneath the bubbles.

The opening scene sets the pace for the rest of the fi lm: A few recycled jokes, but mostly just sexual tension and dull moments.

Returning characters Kevin, Finch and Oz are equally bland. Oz is a sportscaster married to a kinky supermodel; Kevin is married and has become a housewife, and Finch is up to his usual schemes. None of them live up to their high school days and provide little comedic support to the movie.

Stifl er (Seann William Scott) is still up to no good, performing stunts like destroying two teenagers’ jet skis and getting Jim’s dad hammered. If it weren’t for him, the movie would be a bust.

Although Jim’s dad does have a few good moments, including a scene with Stifl er’s famous mother.

Speaking of sexy parents, Stifl er gets a little payback when he fi nally meets Finch’s mom, and their roles are reversed.

“American Reunion” focuses on Jim and Michelle’s relationship, which is starting to fail due to a lacking sex life. Meanwhile, Jim’s old neighbor he used to babysit recently turned 18 and spends much of the movie trying to seduce him.

As Jim deals with all that, Kevin and his high school sweetheart Vicky (Tara Reid) rekindle their old friendship.

Oz and Heather also reunite through a chance encounter revealing they are still in love even after many years spent apart.

Finch searches for his soul mate and Stifl er does all he can — in his own immature way — to keep the party going.

For fans of the series, “American Reunion” works better as a trip down memory lane than a raunchy sex comedy. Nostalgia is certainly a theme, and it’s interesting to see this group of friends come full-circle to reunite as adults.

Aside from reusing jokes from earlier “American Pie” movies and relying too heavily on self-referential material, the movie was OK. Don’t expect the debauchery comparable to the fi rst movie, clearly this group’s wild streak all peaked in high school — except for Stifl er’s, of course.

DYLAN MCCARTNEY | STAFF REPORTER

Bad Veins proved Saturday night at the Taft Theatre that it only takes two to rock, and rock they did.

In town for the release of their latest album, “The Mess We’ve Made,” Bad Veins is a band that pays special attention to aesthetic.

One couldn’t help but notice the large reel-to-reel tape player, nicknamed Irene, which played just as big of a musical role as the two members, lead singer/guitarist Benjamin Davis and drummer Sebastian Schultz.

Irene was featured prominently on stage, resting directly in the middle of the stage to visually separate Shultz and Davis.

Davis also curiously used a telephone for vocal effect and sometimes used it as his primary microphone.

While watching the band perform, it became evident these gimmicks were not there to distract the listener from a group who lacked ability, but rather to supplement an already talented duo.

Each song saw Shultz fl ail his arms passionately and energetically on the drums, beating the rhythm as if marching to battle. Although many of his rhythms were the same, they all seemed to work perfectly with the jangly guitars and spacey backup track.

The real center of the show was Davis. A charismatic front man, he engaged the crowd in between each song, pausing frequently to chug a beer and thank the crowd.

Belting the lyrics about love with such heartfelt authenticity it was easy to ignore the fact that the lyrics themselves were sometimes quite trite.

As the show progressed, Davis became more intoxicated, but never reached a point of inebriation where he could no longer perform well, something not every band can claim.

The group’s fi nal song was called “The Lie,” and they performed it with gusto. They walked off

stage, but the crowd was far from fi nished with them. Members of the audience began banging their fi sts on the stage, begging for more.

Soon after, Davis returned to stage, suffi ciently drunk by this point. He played a somber ballad on the guitar, which the crowd enjoyed but was clearly confused by. Where were Shultz’s fl ailing limbs?

Davis then began playing a song called “Fake Baby”, which started off as another slow ballad. Halfway through the song, Schultz rejoined his drum set to wild cheers, and they fi nished with a frantic, warbling Davis once again singing with raw passion. The band fi nished and the crowd went home a little hard of hearing, but perfectly content about it.

JAMMIN’ WITHHAMMOND

COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURESTUBE SOCK GLORY Jason Biggs (above) returns to the series that launched his career with “American Reunion.” Along with the rest of his “American Pie” cast, “Reunion” shows the gang at a different point in their lives. Some might even say they’ve grown up.

BAD VEINSIt only takes two to tango

TWO TO TANGO Although “The Mess We’ve Made” hasn’t been released yet, The News Record gave the album 4 out of 5 stars in a recent review that stated, “[It] takes the sound Bad Veins created on their fi rst record and expands it in many eclectic directions.”

VEINS PHONE HOME Singer/guitarist Benjamin Davis and his Cincinnati duo Bad Veins came home to take the Taft Theatre stage and celebrate the release of their sophomore album, “The Mess We’ve Made,” set to drop April 24.

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RAP TO CRAP Nicki Minaj spends too much time in diva mode and not enough time rapping.

NOTEWORTHY:“Come on a Cone”

“Beez in the Trap”

“Starships”

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Each song saw Shultz fl ail his arms

passionately and energetically about

the drums, beating the rhythm as if marching

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ANTHONY OROZCO AND SAM MORREN |THE NEWS RECORD

The University of Cincinnati was the hub for a massive forum Wednesday, inviting heads of business, researchers and educators to harbor a hands-on discussion about creating a tolerant and inclusive community.

UC hosted the Fourth Annual Diversity Conference — a day dedicated to exposing, sharing and assessing the state of diversity at the university.

The conference revolved around the principles of learning, educating, advocating, developing, empowering and researching diversity — shortened to the acronymof LEADER.

“Our expectation for the conference is to empower educators and the general public to become aware of how diversity affects the classroom atmosphere,” said Lisa Newman, co-chair of the conference and director of communications in McMicken College of Artsand Sciences.

The conference opened with the School for Creative and Performing Arts performing a poem titled “Roots” and with opening remarks by UC President Gregory H. Williams and Chief Diversity Offi cer,Mitchel D. Livingston.

Professor Helen Neville of the University of Illinois, who is the campaign provost fellow and chair of the counseling psychology program, served as the keynote speaker for the conference.

In her address, Neville focused on delineated the diffi culties encountered by the token status

of a “post-racial” society — “color blindness.”“Color blindness is the willingness to

ignore the fact that race plays a factor in our daily interactions,” Neville said.

Neville said the counter intuitive consequences of color blindness as a means to tolerance, when it might only beat around the bush of the matters race, ethnicity, age, gender and class.

As people interact with each other, the need to recognize their differences are important. As they acknowledge their differences, they can begin to resolve the divisions that make up society, Neville said.

The diversity conference sought to explore ways to improve the learning atmosphere in the classroom through seminar sessions which explored the different factors students and professors face.

“In a classroom, a professor’s pedagogy methods can improve and become more effective as we recognize the diversity of the students,” Neville said.

The eight-and-one-half-hour event allowed for more than 30 different sessions, each analyzing nuances of diversity and leadership.

The 75-minute sessions ranged from “Multiple Perspectives on Daily Living: Radical Behaviorism, Buddhism and Hinduism,” to “A Gender Journey,” to “What is Latino/Hispanic ... and Why Should We Care.”

Provost Santa Ono also led a diversity dialogue, during which he encouraged all attendees to share their own experience with tolerance at UC, including his opinion of the state of acceptance and openness on campus.

“I’m here to say that we can and must do much more to promote diversity of all kinds by creating of a culture of inclusion,” Ono said. “I’m not here to say, ‘Look at what we’ve done, we’re doing fi ne.’ I’m here to say that we must do even more than what we already are.”

As attendees shared their experiences as a white male, an Indian woma and a foster child, some broke into laughter and others into tears.

“It speaks volumes that we are seeing our plan for diversity and inclusion come to life,” said Brandi Elliot, associate director of Ethnic Programs and Services and co-chair of the conference. “I feel like the group that came out today, you could see in the plan in action.”

Educators, administrators and students across the region and all disciplines attended sessions, sharing nearly as much as they were exposed to.

“I hope that people leave her having learned new things, having grown, developed more and a deeper understanding of the importance of diversity in our institution,” Elliot said.

MARY CHITWOOD | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

As the room darkened and spotlights illuminated the runway, the fi fth annual United Black Student Association (UBSA) fashion show commenced.

The crowd whistled and cheered as the models sashayed down the runway. The fashion show showcased local designers including Obey Davis, Nia Hunt and Audrey Weathersby.

Mario Jovan Chaw, a communications student, was the producer for the Decoded fashion show. Jovan Chaw produced the past three UBSA fashion shows, making this year his last.

Chaw said he hoped to inspire people to be the best that they can be, not subjecting themselves to limit.

His assistant, Akilah Patterson, said she was excited to see what Chaw’s last show would bring. She praised the fashion show for exhibiting the diversity

of interests on campus. “I feel like everybody should be able to express him

or herself in fashion,” she said.Decoded was inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’ book

“Souls of Black Folk,” using the veil referenced in the book as inspiration.

“The people inside the veil represent the ones who are suffering from not being the best that they can be,” Chaw said. “Once the person under the veil is revealed, a whole world of exploration and education comes about. That is what we wanted to showcase with this event.”

Those involved wanted to convey a message that went deeper than fashion, he said.

“I want people to be able to take something home from it,” Chaw said. “I want them to be empowered to live out their purpose.”

I don’t know what it is lately, but chain restaurants have been making my taste budspretty sad.

I fi rst noticed it at P.F. Chang’s in January. I was in the midst of my latest healthy eating kick, so I checked out the “Chinese” restaurant on my Eat This, Not That! app.

I chose the Orange Peel Chicken, which had a B+ rating on the app and came in at a neat 295 calories.

Of course, seeing as the restaurant had an overall D+ rating, I should have known there was a reason for the meal’s decent rating.

The Orange Peel Chicken was dry, fl avorless and extremely salty. I tried my cousin’s Double Pan-Fried Noodles and felt like I was slurping pure sodium (and with 1,831 mg of sodium per serving, I’m not surprised).

Maybe it’s a result of my aging, mutating taste buds, or maybe I’ve just been to enough independent restaurants to have learned my lesson.

Either way, chain restaurants are just not working for me anymore. After repeated attempts to fi nd a meal that leaves me licking my chops for more, I’m ready to throw in the towel.

This past weekend, I tried LongHorn Steakhouse for the fi rst time. While the dinner was quite good, the sauce that accompanied the grilled chicken and stuffed portabella was saltier than a sailor.

I checked out the nutrition facts online: 1,550 mg of sodium.

For someone my age and size, the U.S. Department of Agriculture food and nutrition information center recommends I consume 1,500 mg of sodium per day.

So maybe it’s not just me; maybe there’s just too much salt out there. “Dude’s salty” has a whole new meaning.

It’s not just the salt, though.Chain restaurants seem

to be falling fast in terms of quality. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like the majority of the food is pulled out of the freezer, microwaved to mediocrity and sent out to the tables. It’s unimaginative and unsatisfying.

It seems some restaurants can’t even get the customer service right.

After a late-night production at The News Record, a few of the editors traveled to IHOP, where the low-quality food is justifi ed by the late hours and low prices.

But when three of us arrived a few minutes late, we were told we couldn’t sit with the other editors that had arrived a little earlier. Despite numerous attempts to compromise, the waiter refused to let us sit at a table together. Seems a tad ridiculous, considering the restaurant was empty at 1 a.m. and there were available tables in abundance.

Luckily for Cincinnatians, there are hundreds of local restaurants that offer unique cuisine and a downrightdelightful atmosphere.

In four years, I have been enchanted by virtually every independent restaurant I’ve been to, and it has compelled me to fi nally break free of thechain gang.

So, for you University of Cincinnati students who are ready to join my cause, here are a few of my favoritelocal restaurants.

Biagio’s Bistro, located at 308 Ludlow Ave., has the best bang for your buck in terms of homemade, authenticItalian food.

The tiny restaurant is further dwarfed by the gigantic portions, which more than make up for the slightly higher prices. One entrée will feed you for two or three days.

For savory burgers thicker than your head, check out Arthur’s Restaurant at3516 Edwards Road in Hyde Park. If you’re an appetizer kind of gal (which, really, who isn’t?) try the baked mushrooms orfried cheese.

And Arthur’s is easy on the wallet, too; on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, $7.99 will get you an original burger and fries.

Habit’s Café is just a stone’s throw away from Arthur’s(3036 Madison Road in Oakley) and also has some great burgers at decent prices. Their sweet potato fries are delectable, as well.

Local restaurants offer great fl avor, both in food and atmosphere, and after all the disappointments I’ve suffered with chain restaurants, I’m turning to independent restaurants for good.

Eat locally for happier taste buds

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STEFANIE KREMER | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

Students congregated on McMicken Commons to throw Frisbee, catch some rays and get “pied” in the face on Thursday — all for a good cause.

The sun was shining and music was blaring as Greek Week neared its end Thursday as University of Cincinnati students clustered around each other throwing plates of whip cream in each other’s faces.

The “Pie in the Face” event was one of many events the Greek community hosts each year to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Throughout the week, each chapter in the Greek community hosted their own fundraiser. The chapters competed to see who could raise the most. This year’s goal was to raise $55,000 by the end of Greek Week.

“The purpose of Greek Week is to bring the Greek community together and have fun competing with each other,” said second-year dietetics student Francesca Urbina. “Everyone gets to showcase their talents and you basically get to represent who you are.”

Not only is it for a charitable cause, but the event was also fun for the participants – whether they are “pieing” or getting pied, Urbina said.

Participants could buy a pie for $2 with proceeds going toward Make-A-Wish.

“My favorite part is seeing people get revenge

on their brothers and sisters,” said Ross Chreiber, a third-year industrial management student.

The event focused on a community coming together to have fun and raise money for a great cause, Urbina said.

“I’ve really enjoyed getting pied in the face today. When I volunteered, I did not think it was a smart move on my part,” said second-year social work student Gage Woolley. “Now that I’ve done it, it’s been a blast. People are having such a good time out here, and it’s going to make a little kid’s wish come true.”

For more than 30 years, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children facing life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work.

The foundation reaches more than250,000 children around the world.

Proceeds from the Pie in the Face event, as well as other Greek Week events including Lip Sync and Greek Sing will go toward theMake-A-Wish Foundation.

STEFANIE KREMER | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

IN YOUR FACE The annual “Pie in the Face” event encouraged students to get “pied” Thursday as part of Greek Week.

Students get ‘pied’ for charitable cause

DIVERSITY DIALOGUEUniversity of Cincinnati hosts 4th Diversity Conference

PHOTOS BY PHIL DIDION | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

A DIVERSE CAUSE [Top left] Deborah Heater speaks at “Diversity Dialogue” in Tangeman University Center. [Right] Students and professors participate in the fourth University of Cincinnati Diversity Conference.

It speaks volumes that we are seeing our plan for diversity and inclusion

come to life.—BRANDI ELLIOT

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ETHNIC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox became the 21st pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw the coveted “perfect game” Saturday.

For anyone wondering who the hell Humber is, good question — I don’t know either.

What I can tell you is that he has just joined a group of men who’ve accomplished what is indisputably considered to be the greatest feat in all of baseball; no hits, no walks, 27-straight retired batters without one man so much as reaching fi rst base.

Humber and his 20 colleagues can forever say they threw the greatest game baseball’s rules allow for, and no one can rightfully say otherwise; however, there is one man to do it better, and his name is another you’ve probably never heard.

About fi ve minutes west of the city where I grew up — Urbana, Ohio — there are two small signs on Route 36 West that read “Westville” and “Home Town of Harvey Haddix.”

Most passers by — and even some locals — more than likely wouldn’t think for a second about the awkwardly placed signage, which bears only a picture of a small baseball and a man’s name in bland font.

However, the occasional passing baseball fanatic should know all too well the pale green sign is one of the few tributes to the man who pitched the greatest game in the history of baseball.

On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix threw a perfect nine innings of baseball against the defending World Series runners-up Milwaukee Braves. Unfortunately, the game wasn’t over, as Haddix’s Pittsburgh Pirates’ teammates had failed to cross home plate themselves.

Haddix remained in the game, and remarkably, remained perfect for three more innings.

Testimony from those at the game said it was unlike any 12 innings pitched before or after; there were no spectacular defensive catches or close plays at fi rst — simply utter dominance.

On that day, 36-consecutive men walked to the plate to face Haddix, and those 36 men should just as soon have never left the bench.

In the 13th inning, Braves’ leadoff hitter Felix Mantilla hit a routine grounder to Pirates’ third-baseman Don Hoak, but Hoak’s throw to fi rst was in the dirt, and just like that, 12 innings of perfection were gone.

The events which followed are still heavily debated and unclear to this day. Following a sacrifi ce bunt and an intentional walk to a young Hank Aaron, Braves’ slugger Joe Addock hit what appeared to be a game-ending three-run homerun, but amid the confusion, it is believed that Aaron left the base paths, and Addock passed him on his way to home.

The play was offi cially scored as a game-winning, one-run double by Addock. Nonetheless, the greatest game ever pitched ended as a 12 and 2/3 inning one-hit loss for Haddix, who calmly left the fi eld as if he had just lost any other game.

What makes the feat even more amazing, and in a way, more sickening, is that some 34 years later, it was revealed that the Braves had been stealing signs from Pirates’ catcher Smokey Burgess for nearly the entire game.

In a series of interviews in 1993, Braves reliever Bob Buhl admitted that the Braves’ bullpen utilized binoculars and a system of towel movement to alert Braves batters of what pitch was to come. As many as eight of the nine Braves’ batters took the pitch tips from the bullpen that day, Buhl said — a practice which was unfortunately very prominent at that time.

Haddix pitched arguably the 13 best innings in the history of baseball against the best lineup in the National League at the time, which just so happened to be cheating.

During that era, the MLB’s defi nition of a perfect game was simply nine innings without any batter advancing to fi rst base, so Haddix’s name remained in

Haddix, perfection in defeat

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DAN PILAR | STAFF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team hosted Marshall University Saturday afternoon for a scrimmage.

The scrimmage served as a tune-up game, which head coach Michelle Salmon referred to as a “learning process,” where the Cats fell 1-0.

“We started seven players today,” Salmon said. “If you took all their minutes, [it] wouldn’t combine to 30 minutes.”

The fi rst opportunity on goal came from Marshall, when Chelsey Maiden created separation to get a shot off, but Bearcats’ junior goalkeeper Ashley Daniels made the effort to tip it away.

UC created an opportunity of its own when sophomore Jazmine Rhodes made a curling run 30 yards from the goal, but Alexis Scott put too much power behind her pass, and Marshall’s goalkeeper was able to take possession.

Cincinnati’s best opportunity for scoring

came in the second quarter, stringing together three consecutive shots inside the penalty box, but all three were denied.

Many of the Bearcats’ attempts were blown dead by the referees, as they were caught offside as a result of the high-line the Marshall defense was playing.

Marshall was able to take the lead in the fi nal minute of the second period, when midfi elder Casey Walsh received possession on top of the 18-yard box to sneak a shot past freshman goalie Kristina Utley.

The Bearcats, who are only returning one starter from last year’s back line, have a young team with opportunity for growth.

“When you have three players who didn’t play a single minute in the fall playing in those positions, [it] is a great teachable moment,” Salmon said. “I thought they did an awesome job. The goal we gave up wasn’t on them. It was just a play we took off.”

Promising prospects for NFL draft

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SAM WEINBERG | SENIOR REPORTER

It’s been over-hyped for three months, and now it’s just three days away: The 2012 NFL draft.

This year’s installment of the draft is a little different, however, as the class of 2012 has arguably more potential talent than any other class in recent memory.

For the fi rst time since 1999, two quarterbacks are slated to go as the No. 1 and No. 2 picks, with Andrew Luck out of Stanford almost certainly getting selected fi rst by the Indianapolis Colts, and Robert Griffi n III from Baylor likely getting nabbed by the Washington Redskins with the second overall pick.

Luck is being hailed by many as the next John Elway — and for good reason. In his three seasons playing for the Cardinals, Luck compiled a list with more stats and awards than the number of potential nicknames Chris Berman has for him.

It’s not just the 9,000-plus yards and nearly perfect fundamental pocket skills that impress teams either, as Luck is also hailed as one of the smartest players in the draft, scoring a 37 on the Wonderlic test.

By all accounts, Luck is the perfect No. 1 pick who would join Ryan Leaf as one of the worst busts in sports history should he fail to make it in the pros, but RGIII has made

quite a name for himself as well. Not only is he fundamentally sound, with

prototypical arm strength, but plenty of speed to boot, running unoffi cially 40-yard dash times of 4.38 and 4.41 seconds.

Besides Luck and RGIII, the top quarterbacks from the 2012 class are rounded out by Ryan Tannehill from Texas A&M — a likely top-10 pick — Brock Osweiler from Arizona State and Brandon Weeden out of Oklahoma State.

Matt Kalil — a 6-foot-6-inch, the poem “roots” performed 306-pound offensive lineman from USC — will likely go third in the draft to the Minnesota Vikings, as he’s the best offensive-lineman in the draft and someone who could make an immediate impact in the trenches.

As per usual, the Cleveland Browns are found quite high atop the draft order — this year with the No. 4 pick — and are projected by many draft experts to take Alabama running back Trent Richardson, who’s generally considered the only “elite” running back in this draft.

This year’s class does feature a pair of stud wideouts, however, in Justin Blackmon and Michael Floyd from Oklahoma State and Notre Dame, respectively. Blackmon is

IN BRIEF

Track and Field All-Ohio Championshipswhen April 20-21where Miami University

The University of Cincinnati women’s track and fi eld team won its second All-Ohio Outdoor Championship Saturday afternoon at the George L. Rider track at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

The Lady Cats scored 191 points in their victory and were led by individual champions Shanay Portis (200-meters) and Kaitlyn Good (400-hurdles), with the help of the 4x100 meter relay team, consisting of Portis, Morgan Gordon, Cameron Gardner and Alyssa Edley.

The team of Portis, Klump, Jalisa Jarrett and Aricka Rhodes won the 4x400, while senior Mackenzie Fields won the pole vault and freshman Emelie Larsson emerged victorious in the javelin.

The men’s team was also in action in Oxford Saturday but was not as successful as the women’s team, as they fi nished in sixth-place with 74 total points.

Junior Chase Beckam came out on top for the men’s team, however, winning the 3000 steeplechase.In the men’s 100-meter dash, Darius Howard, Dylan Bourelle and Mario Cannon fi nished 10-11-12 with times of 11.39, 11.40 and 11.41, respectively.

Senior Chris Littleton fi nished fi fth in the men’s shot put, throwing a season best of 17.24 meters.

Both teams will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, next weekend to compete in the in the highly competitive Drake Relays.

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