Provost talks A&S dean’s departure; conversation focuses on race, diversityBRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

University of Cincinnati Provost Beverly Davenport Sypher urged more than 100 students, faculty and staff members to look forward rather than dwell in the past as the crowd fi red questions at her about the resignation of former Arts & Sciences Dean Ronald Jackson.

“It’s a new day,” she said. “We are moving forward.”

Davenport hosted a town hall forum Wednesday to discuss the future of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences following the sudden resignation of Jackson.

The announcement of a new interim dean was overshadowed when the crowd shifted the conversation to racial injustice on campus. In an email Tuesday, Davenport reported Jackson had relieved himself of his duties as dean and named Kristi Nelson, senior vice provost for academic affairs, the new interim dean of A&S.

A whirlwind of decisions affecting the largest college at the university were made Tuesday night after his resignation; the provost called a meeting with the A&S department heads and Nelson was swiftly appointed.

But the crowd at the town hall meeting wasn’t interested in new leadership, or even the specifi cs of the budgetary turmoil the college faces. A barrage of

questions about how race played a factor in Jackson’s leadership dominated the conversation.

In September, a cartoon derogatorily depicting Jackson and Carol Tonge Mack, A&S Recruitment and Retention Initiatives assistant dean, was posted around campus and circulated via email, and Davenport urged community members not to view the cartoon as defi nitional.

“Don’t make the mistake by letting an incident defi ne who we are,” Davenport said. “It was a ... cowardice, indefensible act.”

Davenport said the cartoon served as a catalyst for learning the importance of addressing and embracing differences as a UC community, but students at the forum were skeptical of the steps being taken to combat inequality at the university.

“I think students are done talking,” Tonge said. “They’re frustrated. They want action.”

UC investigated the origin of the drawing in attempts to apprehend whoever was responsible for its creation and distribution. After presenting the cartoon to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the university was told the cartoon isn’t punishable by law under First Amendment rights.

Jackson addressed the cartoon in an email explaining his resignation and said it was “especially hurtful and shameful in an educational [environment] designed to train the next generation.”

While his resignation aroused controversy given its context, so did Jackson’s nearly year and a half tenure.

The college is currently running a defi cit that Jackson said he wasn’t aware of when he was originally interviewed for the position.

“Although I was told the college had a $1.2 [million] surplus when I interviewed, after I arrived I found myself presented with the largest budget defi cit the college has ever seen, and my colleagues and I worked arduously to turn things around,” Jackson said. “The college is now two-thirds of the way out of a defi cit that could take years to emerge from. We should all be proud of our efforts so far.”

During the 2012-13 Spring semester, former A&S assistant dean Jana Braziel resigned, citing Jackson’s failed leadership in the college as a reason for her departure.

“I am, as you must also now surmise, decidedly not a supporter of you Ron, and I unequivocally feel that you have failed as the leader of the McMicken College,” Braziel wrote in an April email obtained by The News Record. “In short, I believe that you lack the character and the leadership to remain in this position.”

Braziel’s resignation sparked follow-up emails of a similar nature to university administration from other A&S faculty members.

Despite his disputed past, Jackson garnered support from some UC community members who attended Davenport’s open forum.

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In one of its fi rst community-geared events, researchers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute’s Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center presented new breast cancer research and future diagnostic and treatment options.

“We’ve seen an explosion of new information in recent years and feel it is important for the patients to know where we are today and where we will be in the future,” said Elyse Lower, director of the UCCI Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center Program.

The Meet the Breast Cancer Team conference was hosted Saturday at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies and included presentations about ongoing UC research and interactive discussions between researchers and attendees.

This is the fi rst year UCCI hosted an event to share recent discoveries that was geared toward the community and not just patients and other professionals.

“And that’s what’s so exciting to me, it’s just the beginning of the cycle,” Lower said.

Lower opened the event by explaining the center’s purpose, which is to bring discoveries from bench to bedside by taking research from the basic science level to clinical trials and then to treatments.

The research is ongoing and 20 UC labs are working toward discoveries that could improve future treatments, said Susan Waltz, professor of cancer and cell biology.

“Research is moving to try to individualize and understand the basics of breast cancer,” Waltz said. “We try to

BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

An arrest has been made following a shooting that occurred Oct. 28 in the 300 block of Warner Street in the University of Cincinnati uptown campus area.

District Five detectives charged a seventeen-year-old male from Northside with two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of felonious assault.

The male victim, who is not a student, suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen during an aggravated robbery. The male was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. A female UC student’s purse and wallet stolen in the incident.

It is believed that there are more possible suspects involved in the shooting and the investigation is ongoing.

Campus groups work to enact green policies on campus before 2019ALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

Members of multiple sustainability student groups at the University of Cincinnati took the next step Wednesday in implementing campus sustainability initiatives by UC’s bicentennial anniversary in 2019.

The initiatives — developed at a sustainability summer in October — include UC’s commitment to the real-food challenge, required sustainability literacy for all students, energy utilization from workout equipment, an increased amount of native landscapes on campus and the placement of recycling bins next to on-campus trash cans.

“There needs to become ownership of these projects, whether it happens through

the university or a student group,” said Charles Marxen, a fi fth-year chemical engineering student and sustainability co-director for student government.

Engineers without Boarders, Leaders for Environmental Awareness and Protection, Students for Ecological Design, DAAP Cares, UC Mountaineering Club and a contingent of fraternity members and unassociated students attended the October summit to be trained as leaders and create sustainability project ideas that can be implemented at UC.

Marxen, with sustainability co-director Ryan Ponti-Zins, worked with the President’s Advisory Council on Environment and Sustainability to garner support for the projects.

“If we can show PACES that this initiative, above others, is worth their time, focus and money, they will defi nitely

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Education, industry officials meet to commemorate opening of new center in UC College of BusinessRYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

A collaborative effort and resulting new center in the University of Cincinnati College of Business is aiming to combat an approaching shortage in the insurance industry.

“Our goal is to make insurance a destined career. Our goal is to make the University of Cincinnati the path to that desired career,” said Steve Slezak, director of the new Insurance and Risk Management Center in the College of Business.

Slezak, university offi cials and members of the private sector commemorated the opening of the Insurance and Risk Management Center Wednesday in the College of Business.

“In my view this is a historic day for the Linder College of Business and the University of Cincinnati,” said UC President Santa Ono.

The new center will allow students to not only take courses, which will all be available at the start of the 2014 Spring semester, but also network with members of the private sector on a deeper level.

“We are really thrilled to be here,” said Timothy Timmel, chief operating offi cer and senior vice president of operations for Cincinnati Insurance Group. “We are targeting the most qualifi ed students and actively recruiting at UC.”

Working with actual insurance agencies will also allow the center to focus on the needs of the industry, which are expected to grow as more and more baby boomers retire.

“It’s exciting,” said Ben VanSwearingen, a fi nance student seeking his master’s degree. “It seems like they

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work to champion it,” Marxen said. “But it helps if we also have students who are working to champion it.”

Marxen and Ponti-Zins are turning to student government and plan to submit a bill requesting its support in the coming weeks.

“Since [student government] is representative of the entire student body, they give a quick and easy snapshot of the student population,” Marxen said.

They are also considering the creation of a Blackboard poll that could demonstrate and promote project support.

“Ultimately, it’s going to be a partnership between students and the administration that makes this happen,” Marxen said.

invested a lot of time and money for students.”

VanSwearingen, who received his undergraduate degree at Miami University, said most schools don’t have anything to rival UC’s new center. Had a resource like this been available, VanSwearingen said he might have picked a different major or at least taken classes in insurance management.

Insurance industry reform has been a large part of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s platform, said Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor.

“These are the professionals who interact with people everyday at some of the most important times in their lives,” Taylor said.

She said the administration’s approach was two fold: first, reform the regulations restricting insurance agencies and second, develop a higher education curriculum that would get more students out of college and into the industry with real world experience.

“We want you to get a job sooner than later,” Taylor said.

Ono commended the Kasich administration, which he said has taken a “revolutionary” approach to higher education and was highly valuable in helping get the new insurance center off the ground.

Ono also thanked the Lindner family for helping to make the center a reality.

and finance student, said Davenport’s answers to questions regarding Jackson’s resignation were “almost too professional.”

“There’s a lot more to [Jackson’s resignation] than we know,” she said. “There’s a lot going on behind closed doors and there wasn’t a support system with the faculty below [Jackson]. It really broke my heart. I hope they don’t replace him with just another white man.”

Yet student outrage continued Wednesday night, when the Turner Scholars listserv received an email from Christopher Steward, a second-year mechanical engineering student, which said “the real town hall meeting” would be hosted outside of Tangeman University Center Friday at 11 a.m.

“A town hall meeting was held by Provost Davenport who was dismissive in addressing the situation concerning Dean Jackson’s resignation,” he said in the email. “Davenport has acknowledged she will continue to sweep issues of race under the rug.”

The email stated the demonstration on Friday is a “call to action to address the continued failure of the president and provost to enact recommendations made from their own diversity plan.”

While some students are angered with the administration’s reaction, Eric Abercrombie, Ethnic Programs and Services director, said the open discussion

about A&S leadership is a type of conversation all the colleges at UC should be having, and will further continue the development of diversity.

“I think the issue of us having a diverse campus is breaking the polite silence,” Abercrombie said. “This is the reason I’ve worked at UC for [more than] 40 years, because I think that with all of our negative experiences as well as positive ones, it allows us to be second to none.”

Nelson said she was honored to be asked to serve the institution as interim dean.

“I think the provost is trying to do what’s best for the institution and I have a lot of experience so I think I can really help in this interim capacity,” Nelson said.

Nelson has worked in the provost office for twelve years and has also served as the interim dean of nursing.

“I was very pleased with Dean Nelson,” Abercrombie said. “She is going to do a really good job there. She has a history of delivering and I think that is going to show.”

Nelson will serve as the A&S interim dean until a new leader is appointed via a national search. Davenport is currently forming the search committee, but said the university will start the search before summer.

identify molecules and pathways important for the next generation of development.”

Through collaboration with other local healthcare providers, UCCI is working to provide care for many types of patients, Waltz said.

“We’re going to grow together to provide personalized treatment care across the whole spectrum, not just adults, through constant collaboration with the UC Children’s Hospital, UC Health and the university,” Lower said.

CBS evaluating news room in wake of false ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi report MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

CAIRO — When “60 Minutes,” perhaps the United States’ premier news program, apologized for featuring a security contractor in its report on Benghazi whose story turned out to be a lie, it said it had been “misled.”

But a close examination of the controversial piece by McClatchy shows that there are other problems with the report, whose broadcast renewed debate about one of the most contentious events in recent U.S. diplomatic history.

In its first acknowledgement that the issues with the report may go deeper than just the interview with security supervisor Dylan Davies, CBS on Wednesday, in response to a series of questions posed by McClatchy, said that it had undertaken “a journalistic review that is ongoing.”

“60 Minutes” spokesman Kevin Tedesco said CBS had begun the review “the moment we confirmed there was an issue in our story.”

The “60 Minutes” report, narrated by longtime CBS correspondent Lara Logan, was controversial almost from the moment it was broadcast Oct. 27, as could be expected for another rendition of what took place Sept. 11, 2012, when gunmen stormed a U.S. diplomatic compound and set its main building on fire. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and State Department computer expert Sean Smith, trapped inside, died of smoke inhalation.

Two hours later, attackers assaulted a CIA compound nearby, killing two security contractors. Soon after the segment aired, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been a critic of the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attacks, announced that he would block all administration appointments until the FBI surrendered to Congress notes of the interviews it had done with survivors.

But the credibility of the report also immediately came into question. CBS was taken to task for not revealing that Davies, on whose recollections the report was largely based, was the author of a soon-to-be released book published by a CBS-owned publishing company that features the work of politically conservative authors.

On Oct. 31, The Washington Post revealed that Davies had filed a report with his employer, Blue Mountain Security, that contradicted his “60 Minutes” account, and

The New York Times revealed Nov. 7 that Davies also gave an account to the FBI at odds with the report.

On Sunday, Logan, in a brief appearance at the end of the regular “60 Minutes” broadcast, acknowledged that Davies had misled her and her crew and that “it was a mistake to include him in our report.”

But Logan’s mea culpa said nothing about other weaknesses in the report that a line-by-line review of the broadcast’s transcript shows.

Logan claimed that “it’s now well established that the Americans were attacked by al-Qaida in a well-planned assault.”

But al-Qaida has never claimed responsibility for the attack, and the FBI, which is leading the U.S. investigation, has never named al-Qaida as the sole perpetrator.

Rather, it is believed a number of groups were part of the assault, including members and supporters of al-Qaida and Ansar al-Shariah, as well as attackers angered by a video made by an American that insulted Prophet Muhammad.

The video spurred angry protests outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo hours beforehand.

Another questionable assertion in the “60 Minutes” report was Logan’s unsourced reference to the Benghazi Medical Center as being “under the control of al-Qaida terrorists,” an assertion that McClatchy correspondents on the ground at the time and subsequent reporting in Benghazi indicates is untrue.

Around midnight, after the attack on the diplomatic compound, looters who descended on the site discovered Stevens in a safe room and took him to the medical center, where a doctor tried to revive him for 45 minutes before pronouncing him dead.

In the “60 Minutes” report, Davies, the discredited security contractor, claimed to have snuck into the hospital, where he saw Stevens, even though the hospital was “under the control of al-Qaida terrorists.”

On the night of the attack, the medical center, whose compound includes several buildings in addition to the relatively modern, multi-story hospital itself, was being guarded by Ansar al-Shariah.

Libyan residents McClatchy spoke with said the group’s guards never stopped patients from entering but were there primarily to protect the nurses and doctors inside.

The Libyan Herald, an English-language news outlet, reported just three days before

the diplomatic compound was attacked that the Libyan health minister and the French ambassador to Libya, Antoine Sivan, had visited the facility to break ground on an expansion.

Had the hospital been under al-Qaida control, it is unlikely doctors could have spent nearly an hour trying save Stevens’ life or that the health minister of the government it seeks to oust would have been allowed to enter the hospital.

The piece also named three known insurgent operators as top suspects in the attack but did not explain the source of that assertion.

The three are long suspected of having been involved, Zelin said, but there is no evidence of their specific roles in the attack. Two months ago, al-Qaida operative Abu Anas al-Libi was captured in Tripoli by U.S. commandoes and brought to New York to stand trial for his alleged role in the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

The “60 Minutes” piece attempted to link al-Libi to the events in Benghazi, with Logan reporting that “Abu Anas al-Libi was captured for his role in the Africa bombings and the U.S. is still investigating what part he may have played in Benghazi.”

But a U.S. law enforcement source involved in the Benghazi probe, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss a case that’s still under investigation, told McClatchy this week that al-Libi is not under investigation for the Benghazi attacks.

Logan did not detail the source for her assertion that he was.

The piece closed with a picture of a document outlining Stevens’ schedule for Sept. 12, “a day (Stevens) did not live to see.”

According to the piece, “When a member of our team went to the U.S. compound earlier this month, he found remnants of the Americans’ final frantic moments still scattered on the ground.”

But the compound owner, Jamal el-Bishari, told McClatchy on Wednesday that he began clearing debris in April from the compound’s four buildings and is still renovating the site.

McClatchy visited the site in June and saw a pile of debris sitting outside the compound walls, but no documents were discernible among the broken concrete, clothing, furniture and soot.

Bishari said it is unlikely such a document could have been discovered recently. “It is impossible to find a document now,” he told McClatchy.

UC students head to Las Vegas, bring home top prize in prestigious contest LUKE MANSER CONTRIBUTOR

What the University of Cincinnati’s Construction Management team accomplished in Las Vegas in early November certainly won’t stay in Las Vegas.

The team took first place at the 2013 Associated Builders and Contractors Construction Management Competition — a national competition designed to test the skills construction management students will need in their future careers — at the Red Rock Resort and Casino Nov. 5.

“My knees were shaking waiting for them to call out the top three teams,” said Ryan Clemens, a construction management student and team leader. “The whole team went crazy after we heard that we won. After all the long hours and late nights and sleepless nights it was a great feeling knowing that all that hard work allowed the UC team to be national champions.”

Twenty-one schools took part in the competition, which tested presentation ability, administration skill and overall team management.

Scoring was based on two separate phases. Teams submit phase one, which involves constructing a schedule, logistics, safety, quality and project management plan, six weeks prior to the competition. For phase two, judges submit changes that each team must incorporate into the phase one report within six hours.

The top nine teams then advance to what is referred to as the “short list” where teams actually present their reports.

The pivotal moment for many on the team, Clemens said, was making the short list.

“Once we made it to the short list we knew that we had a good chance to do

well,” Clemens said. “We had some tricks up our sleeves that we knew no other team was thinking about due to our contacts in the industry and co-op experience.”

Each teammates’ experience in various co-ops seemed to give them an advantage over the other teams, Clemens said.

“What gave us the edge was our

presentation skills,” Clemens said. “Through all of our co-ops and classes we have been able to practice and have been able to become comfortable presenting in front of large groups. After our presentation other professors and industry people came up and told us that we had the best presentation of the day.”

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Michael Archdeacon’s appointment as chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery is only his most recent in a long list of positions and responsibilities within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

“I think it’s a great selection,” said Theodore Toan Le, director of the division of adult reconstruction and one of Archdeacon’s colleagues. “He’s a fair person, he’s dedicated, he’s a hard worker and he leads by examples. We trained together in residency, so I’ve known him for a long time.”

Archdeacon, who received his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine, specializes in orthopaedic trauma surgery with a focus on pelvis and hip joint injuries. He has served as interim chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery since August after former chair Peter Stern resigned.

Archdeacon, whose recent appointment took affect Nov. 1, already plays a vital role within the College of Medicine, as well as within the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He is chief of staff at the UC Medical Center, as well as director of the Division of Musculoskeletal Traumatology and medical director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Archdeacon said several of his main responsibilities in his new role will involve growing clinical practice, increasing research and education missions and running the business of the orthopaedic surgery department.

To help further develop the department, Archdeacon is focusing on bringing new programs to the University of Cincinnati. Increasing the department’s areas of focus will help to bring in new opportunities and advancements within the field of orthopedics, Archdeacon said.

“It’s a very exciting time to be able to step forward,” Archdeacon said. “I’m going to try and develop an orthopaedic surgery and diabetes research program, as well as develop a musculoskeletal institute at UC Health.”

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Elect Her conference empowers female students, offers resources to help acquire political positionsAMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

University of Cincinnati women are gaining a competitive edge thanks to a joint effort between the UC Undergraduate Student Government, the UC Women’s Center and the American Association of University Women.

The organizations are gearing up for the fourth annual UC Elect Her event, a free day-long conference that will provide women with the skills necessary for them to participate in student government. The event is open to any UC student and will include lunch for participants.

A committee of UC students and staff planned the Elect Her event and a national facilitator runs the program. UC is among 50 other college campuses across America that will hold Elect Her sessions.

“This year’s committee included undergraduates Becky Bogard, Kathleen Hurley, Emily Imhoff, Jaclyn Hyde, Hannah Kenney and Bryan Scheck,” said Barbara Rinto, Women’s Center director.

The sessions will include information about creating a campaign strategy, details about how to run for student government and how to build a campaign team. Additionally, students can learn how to create both a campaign message and elevator speech.

Elect Her will also include a campaigning simulation and opportunities for students to network with current female-elected officials from the area and current members of student government.

This event’s officials include Rep. Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Recorder Tracy Winkler, former Cincinnati Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan and council

candidate Michelle Dillingham.“We’re also welcoming Tamaya Dennard, a campaign

staffer for Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, who will help us understand campaign communications and messaging,” Rinto said.

The local female officials will discuss how they decided to run for office and provide a description of their campaigning experience.

One of Elect Her’s goals is to provide women with the skills needed to feel comfortable participating in politics.

“At UC, we have not had a woman president of student government since 1993,” Rinto said. “We believe that an important part of encouraging young women to step up and lead starts with participation in student government.”

Of the students who participated in Elect Her events across the U.S. last year, 88 percent who ran for student government president won the position, according to the American Association of University Women.

“Universities apply to the AAUW for permission to host the Elect Her program,” Rinto said. UC was accepted in 2010.

The Elect Her event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the African American Cultural and Resource Center.

“We believe that an important part of encouraging young women to step up

and lead starts with participation in student government.”

Barbara Rinto, Women’s Center director

Indian Student Association hosts celebration of goodness, religion, others in recognition of traditional holidayALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati Indian Student Association recreated a traditional Indian holiday at UC by hosting a Diwali event in celebration of the light of goodness, Indian religion and each other.

“The idea is to get together and celebrate,” said Srinivasa Thatham, UC graduate student and ISA president. “It’s all about tradition and prosperity.”

About six hundred people — ISA members and non-members alike — gathered in the Tangeman University Center’s Great Hall Friday to enjoy a variety of Indian performances, traditional food and rituals.

“It’s about prayers, worshipping, warding off evil and a fun time,” Thatham said. “It’s not as fun as it would be back home, but it’s fun here. Something is better than nothing.”

Mahima Venkatesh, a third-year ISA member, described Diwali as a sort of Christmas for the Indian community.

“We have firecrackers and light lamps all around our house to bring in prosperity,”

Venkatesh said. “The black, dark night is supposed to represent evil in your house, but the lamps are supposed to bring good luck.”

Thatham said that though Diwali is celebrated for different reasons in different parts of India, the tradition began when a Hindu deity Lord Rama returned to his homeland of Ayodhya following a fourteen-year exile.

“The people of Ayodhya were so excited that their king was getting back after exile so they welcomed [him] with lamps,” Thatham said. “The tradition has been followed ever since then.”

The ISA has been working since the 1990s to help UC Indian students acclimate to life in the US and at the university.

“The [current] Indian students do this year in and year out to help the incoming ones,” Thatham said. “We help them right from the application process — how to go about it, how to apply — and find out if they’re best fit for UC and UC is the best fit for their needs. Once they get here, we let them know about life in the US, how different it is from life in India and how to get accustomed to it. We help them get settled down here.”

Part of that acclimation includes making the UC community feel like home for Indian students, particularly around holiday times.

“Diwali is a festival of lights and happiness, and sharing that with everyone,” Venkatesh said.

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Blood donors send notes, care packages to troopsHoxworth Blood Center locations host Hero2Hero Drive in honor of Veterans DayCASSIE MERINO STAFF REPORTER

Blood donors sent holiday cards and Cincinnati-themed care packages from one hero to another Nov. 11 to 13 during Hoxworth Blood Center’s Hero2Hero Drive. The program — now in its fifth year — coincided with Veterans Day, thanking troops with messages of appreciation and encouragement.

“The first year, we didn’t have any companies that had donated anything for the boxes. We bought everything for boxes, including shipping and everything,” said Laney Harlow, Hoxworth neighborhood recruitment manager. “Last year and this year, everything that has been in the box has been donated.”

After donating blood, donors were encouraged to personalize a Hoxworth holiday card to be sent with a care package to soldiers in Afghanistan. Hero2Hero was hosted at all Hoxworth Neighborhood Donor Center locations.

Everything in the care packages was donated from local Cincinnati companies including Gold Star

Chili, the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Magazine and Procter & Gamble. About 15 donated items were included ranging from shampoo to Mr. Clean Magic Erasers.

More than 2,700 care packages have been sent throughout the program’s history; Hoxworth is expecting to send approximately 525 this season.

“This was just an idea from our division director, Jim Tinker, and we just tweaked some,” Harlow said.

Tinker capitalizes on amplified altruism, [which is] the act of doing something selfless and expanding it, Harlow said.

“You’re doing a good deed by coming in and donating blood, and then you amplify that by doing a great thing by donating and sending something overseas to someone who is fighting for us,” Harlow said. “So it’s the altruistic feeling, but amplified by getting something more from it.”

Hoxworth hosts similar events throughout the year, Harlow said. The center is planning an event for December called Hoxworth Hugs, during which hospitalized children will receive teddy bears and cards signed by donors.

Hoxworth partnered with Operation: Thank You, an

organization that provides Hoxworth with the names of troops. They also partnered with United Aerospace Workers, which will assist with packing and shipping.

“Our goal is to get donors in,” Harlow said. “A lot of the times around the holidays when people have time off work, our donations fall, so we want to get donors in especially around the holiday time. The need for blood doesn’t decrease just because there’s a holiday.”

KEITH BOWERS MULTIMEDIA EDITORSatya Sri, a first-year aerospace engineering student, celebrated Diwali on Friday in an event hosted by the UC Indian Student Association. The celebration included a combination of Indian performances, traditional food and rituals.

Women’s Center event encourages leadership roles

PROVIDEDStudents participate in a previous event hosted by the University of Cincinnati Women’s Center. Saturday will mark the fourth annual Elect Her event, a day-long conference targeted at female students that helps participants acquire the necessary skills to take on roles in student government and other leadership opportunities.

Diwali brings tradition to campus

“You’re doing a good deed by coming in and donating blood, and then you

amplify that by doing a great thing by donating and sending something overseas to someone who is fighting

for us.”Laney Harlow, Hoxworth neighborhood recruitment manager

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Cincy Shakes’ actors capture Steinbeck’s vision

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Dowwtown Cincinnati theater transports back to dust bowl California, delivers classic tale impeccably JAKE GRIECO ARTS EDITOR

John Steinbeck didn’t attend the first theatrical production of “Of Mice and Men” because he thought the play he envisioned was perfect.

Cincinnati’s Shakespeare Company provided an insight into Steinbeck’s head with its production of “Of Mice and Men” Nov. 8.

Steinbeck’s 1937 novella details the life of two Californian migrant workers during the Great Depression. The iconic duo of George Milton, an uneducated intellectual, and Lenny Small a strong-armed simpleton has touched the hearts of readers for decades.

The play begins when George and Lenny arrive at a creek a few miles outside of the next ranch they are going to work at. The audience is first introduced to Jim Hopkin’s version of Lenny. The voice Hopkin’s gives Lenny is reminiscent of the mouse Pinky from the cartoon “Pinky and the Brain.” His vernacular never rises above a second grade level, but the hopes and

ideas Lenny portrays and struggles with perplex even the most learned minds.

Hopkin’s is able to keep Lenny mentally inhibited while delivering his trenchant message of peaceful simplicity.

In a way, George and Lenny work well together, as George is yearning for the simple life Lenny has no choice but to lead. The only problem is George is well aware that the life George and Lenny have is nowhere near as easy as it is in Lenny’s mind.

Jeremy Dubin plays George. In the opening scene, the audience is first met with the wistful nature of the dreaming drifter. Lenny is intoxicated with George’s grand idea of settling down on his own farm and only working when he feels like it. Lenny’s job will be to take care of the rabbits.

Dubin emphasizes the beat-down nature of George so well that even those who have not read the novella get a feeling that George will never see his grand dream come to fruition.

When George and Lenny arrive at the ranch they walk into an already tense situation. The Boss’ fiery and jealous son Curly has just married a floosy. Curly’s Wife (Maggie Lou Rader) craves attention from all the workers. Curly is looking for any excuse to fight, and

George and Lenny become easy targets. Rader does a wonderful job of having every male, actor

and audience, being attracted to her. Lenny loves pretty things, cute things, soft things and

Rader is all of those things. That wouldn’t be a problem if Lenny didn’t crush these things, and Curly’s Wife is no exception.

The intimacy of CSC’s theater bodes excellently for a play like “Of Mice and Men,” where the drama comes from the horror of watching loveable characters face terrible situations. And “Of Mice and Men” is one giant terrible situation.

The main conflict in this story comes from what to do with those who are passed their prime, or no longer have anyone to take care of them.

The fate of Lenny is foreshadowed beautifully when the old farm hand Candy (Joneal Joplin) lets his smelly dog get put down. After this happens, Joplin doesn’t move for nearly 20 minutes and without uttering a single world, Joplin embodies the dread that audience members left the theater with.

The play closed Nov. 10 but CSC’s season is far from over. William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” opens Nov. 22 followed by “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)” Dec. 15 and “Hamlet” Jan. 10.

Emotionally void super hero tale uses predictable plot device, relies on effects MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

“Thor: The Dark World” welcomes back the Norse-inspired God of Thunder and his ever-plotting and conspiring brother, Loki.

The second film of the “Thor” franchise, and the eighth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, “Thor: The Dark World,” deals once again with the threat of human annihilation and universal destruction alike. Being that this is the eighth film Marvel Studios has created, the shared fictional universes and storylines that exist across the Marvel movies sometimes makes it difficult to completely follow “Dark World’s” plot and design.

The successful crossover “Marvel’s The Avengers” has served as a jumping off point for the second film, and more character study-like films of individual superheroes will follow until they all subsequently come to a joining with 2015’s “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Starting with 2008’s “Iron Man,” what Marvel has done and created with this film franchise isn’t necessarily unprecedented, (think back to Freddy vs. Jason and other horror flicks), but it’s never been attempted with as much money, scale, time and effort with each film.

‘Thor: The Dark World,” opens with a “Lord of the Rings-esque” type of historical background, setting up the present-day plot.

Thor’s grandfather, long ago battled the race of wicked Dark Elves hell-bent on conquering the whole of the Nine Realms, thanks to their ruthless leader, Maliketh, and a mysterious substance or single energy source known only as the Aether.

The battle is won — on that occasion — by the noble Asgardians and they bury the Aether deep within Maliketh’s planet. Maliketh and his trusty troupe escape and fall into deep sleep with no Aether to sustain them.

Fast-forward to present day, where Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his always-reliable band of Asgardians known as the Warriors Three, are coming to a close in their efforts to subdue the chaos and mess that Thor’s adopted brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), initiated in “The Avengers.”

Back on Earth, two years have passed since Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) has seen or heard from her God of Thunder heartthrob. She has taken a step back from her astrophysics and consequent molecular research, until her

intern Darcy (Kat Dennings), discovers abnormal “wormhole” activity on the outskirts of London.

Jane is accidently transported deep into the depths of a planet, and astoundingly finds, that’s right, the Aether, which awakens Maliketh.

The cast is rounded out with Idris Elba reprising his role as Heimdall, the all-seeing gatekeeper of Asgard.

Stellen Skarsgard plays Dr. Erik Selvig, Jane’s associate and scientist whom Loki possessed in “Avengers,” and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, father to Thor and Loki, King of Asgard and self-proclaimed ‘Protector of the Nine Realms.’

A regular exhibition of an explosion-filled, action-fuelled, fantasy superhero blockbuster, “Thor: The Dark World,” is fun-filled, exhilarating and not necessarily ingenuitive.

The visual effects-laden battle scenes are of course remarkably well done and entertaining, thanks to their huge, catastrophic and choreographed detail. But it’s always been a bit hard to relate to superhero blockbusters, seemingly because they are obviously escapist and fantasy in nature.

“Thor” is beautiful and extremely effective in eliciting the “oohs” and “aahs” from an audience, but it’s the usual story of the bangs and booms all being there and the empathy and depth of emotion cast to the side thanks to the structured, algorithmic script and plot-arc.

Of course, this isn’t the particular or right genre of film to have more emphasis or focus on those specific characteristics or features.

The movie industry is becoming exceedingly over-saturated with films that are placing their full concentration and effort on crafting films that display the equivalent and identical tried and true methods that are proven to be highly profitable.

Visually, “Thor: The Dark World,” is a feast for the eyes. But that eye-candy can only go so far in a mediocre and typical design.

Thor’s universe proves to be too big in some cases, as the story becomes chock-full of characters from the first film (“The Warriors Three”) that don’t do much in the sequel.

The disputes between Thor and his father are somewhat tiresome, Maliketh’s character is entirely and blindly singular in purpose, and Portman hardly has any lines or action at all, save for the googly eyes filled with fear or wonder for Thor.

As for the Aether, spoilers aside, the plot device of one dominant and seemingly unbeatable weapon is getting to be very dull and hackneyed as far as storytelling goes.

The comic relief always attempted by fantasy blockbusters comes vainly in the form of Darcy, who comes off as exceedingly obnoxious, daft and just plain vapid.

On top of a never fully explained plot, “Thor: The Dark World,” concludes with too many too good to be true coincidences, that hinder the film from ever having an inclusive, comprehensive sense of narrative cohesiveness and seriousness.

PROVIDEDChris Hemsworth is perfect for ‘Thor.’ His attractiveness coupled with the stunning visual effects keep viewers’ attention.

PROVIDED“Of Mice and Men” is as much a time piece as it is a tragedy. The classic novella captures everything about the Great Depression from the lack of work to the attire of farm hands. Steinbeck’s little masterpiece is a portal to the American past.

EMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

Accomplished College-Conservatory of Music students will captivate audience members as lights dim, strings crescendo and dancers take the stage in Corbett Auditorium.

CCM’s department of dance will begin its 50th Anniversary Season with a distinct and inclusive Fall Dance Concert Saturday and Sunday. Students will share the stage with guests from the Cincinnati Ballet, who will have a mini-performance exclusively during Sunday’s matinee concert.

Under the direction of Jiang Qi, department chair and dance professor, CCM upperclassmen will take on George Balanchine’s “Serenade.” The ballet, restaged by guest répétituer Joysanne Sidimus, was the first ballet Balanchine choreographed in the country and is a 20th century masterpiece of choreography, according to CCM’s website.

The ballet is set to Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48.” The composition is an enchanting score complete with emotional, upbeat tones and beautifully contrasting dynamics, making it an ideal and expressive piece to pair with a ballet.

Dancers will transition into classical ballet “The Kingdom of the Shades,” restaged by assistant professor Deirdre Carberry. The ballet, which is Act II of “La Bayadère,” portrays lovers reunited after death; the piece exudes anguish and heartbreak, starkly contrasting “Serenade.”

Contemporary piece “Unseen” is also on the repertoire; choreographed by Cincinnati Ballet artistic director and CEO, Victoria Morgan, the piece is danced to the lyrical Opuses from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words.” The score — tonally rich and flowing throughout — will be accompanied by dancers performing en pointe, or on the tips of their toes.

Dancers will perform the world premiere choreography “Poetry from the White Pavilion” by associate professor Michael Tevlin. The piece is set to the work of Gustav Mahler, which incorporates lyrics influenced by Chinese poetry. “Poetry from the White Pavilion” will be danced during Saturday’s performances only.

CCM’s Fall Dance Concert will incorporate performances heavy with both classical aspects and unique choreography. The stark range of emotional tendencies, moving compositions and specialized dancers gives the concert the potential to be one of CCM’s most powerful performances yet.

Concerts will be held 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

CCM celebrates 50th dance season

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SAN FRANCISCO — Presiding over her fi rst regents meeting, new University of California system President Janet Napolitano proposed Wednesday that tuition be frozen again next year and that a new focus should be placed on boosting the number of community college students who transfer to the university.

Napolitano, the former secretary of Homeland Security, also said she wanted the 10-campus university to explore ways to minimize future student fee increases beyond the 2014-15 school year.

“I want tuition to be as low as possible, and I want it to be as predictable as possible,” she said at a regents meeting in San Francisco.

After a decade that saw tuition triple as a result of state budget cuts, UC undergraduate tuition has remained at $12,192 for the last two years. That does not include room, board and campus fees, which can add another $16,000. Graduate and professional school students pay an array of higher fees.

Financial aid and tax credits cover full tuition for half of UC undergraduates and another 20 percent receive some partial aid, with the average paying about half of tuition, according to Napolitano.

She and others note that UC will be able to stabilize tuition for the third year in a row mainly because of the extra state revenues provided by tax increases approved by voters last year under Proposition 30. California

Gov. Jerry Brown, who attended Wednesday’s regents meeting, has proposed a state budget that presumes no tuition increases at the state’s public universities.

However, some offi cials say the tuition freeze proposal might not survive if the fi nal state budget approved next spring does not include enough money for UC. The UC regents are scheduled to vote on their 2014-15 spending and tuition plan Thursday but could revise it in later months.

Napolitano also appointed a task force to study boosting community college transfers by possibly recruiting more at community colleges that send relatively low numbers to UC and by streamlining the transfer process.

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WASHINGTON — Just 106,000 Americans successfully signed up in October for health coverage through President Obama’s health-care law, the administration announced Wednesday in a report that underscored damage from the botched rollout of the law.

The tally falls well short of administration hopes that as many as 500,000 people would select a health plan in the fi rst month of enrollment.

Enrollment has been particularly weak in the 36 states whose new insurance marketplaces are being run by the federal government.

Fewer than 27,000 consumers signed up for coverage on a federally run marketplace.

About 106,000 signed up for Obamacare

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A new report by University of Southern California and University of California at Berkeley researchers confi rms what social workers have long suspected: that teen mothers who suffered mistreatment as children risk repeating the cycle with their own children.

In Los Angeles County, more than 40 percent of teen mothers had previously been reported to Child Protective Services as possible victims of childhood mistreatment; nearly 20 percent were confi rmed to have suffered such abuse or neglect, the researchers found.

Teen moms abused as children more likely to become abusers

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — An independent federal watchdog has accused the U.S. Army in Afghanistan of allowing access to a prison complex by an Afghan contractor identifi ed by a Pentagon command as having assisted insurgents by providing bomb-making components.

The contractor, which had been blacklisted by the U.S. Central Command in September 2012, was allowed inside the American-run prison next to Bagram Air Field for two days two months later.

Blacklisted Afghan allowed inside prison

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Drenched by rain and increasingly desperate, typhoon-stricken Filipinos rushed fences and pleaded with guards Tuesday at the battered airport serving as a tenuous lifeline to an international aid effort confronted at every turn by transport and logistics bottlenecks.

The United Nations launched an appeal for $301 million to help victims. The chief of its humanitarian operations, Valerie Amos, arrived in Manila, the capital, to coordinate the relief effort and quickly acknowledged the diffi culties it faced.

“We have not been able to get into the remote areas,” Amos said. Even in Tacloban, she said, the main city in the typhoon’s path and the site of the airport, “because of the debris and the diffi culties with logistics and so on, we have not been able to get in the level of supply that we would want to.”

In its appeal for funds, the U.N. estimated that more than 11 million people had been affected by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever to hit land, with 660,000 left homeless. The offi cial death toll was nearly 1,800, and that fi gure is expected to rise substantially. More than 2,500 were injured.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III downplayed widespread estimates that 10,000 or more people might have died, telling CNN that the fi gure was more likely 2,000 to 2,500 people.

The higher estimate came from local offi cials soon after the storm swept through early Friday, and may have been the result of “emotional trauma,” Aquino said.

Still, it’s clear that relief workers have not yet reached many outlying communities, and that it’s proving diffi cult to move supplies from airfi elds and ports even into the main cities.

Tacloban’s airport is the only major airfi eld on the hard-hit island of Leyte. Aid workers say the road from the airport into the city is so clogged with debris and the putrefying remains of the dead that the trip takes three hours. Roads leading inland are impassable.

Amos said money was needed for “food, health, sanitation, shelter, debris removal and also protection of the most vulnerable.”

Before her arrival, the U.N. released $25 million in emergency funds. Other governments, including the United States, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Australia and South Korea, pledged tens of millions more. Overseas Filipino workers, who account for about 10 percent of the Philippine population, were also organizing efforts to send money and aid.

U.S. and British warships were moving into position off the Philippine coast to help with the relief effort. In addition to the aircraft carrier George Washington, Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, head of the U.S. military relief effort, said he needed Navy amphibious ships to help deliver supplies.

Marines based in Okinawa were dispatched along with sailors and have begun to deliver aid.

The White House said President Barack Obama spoke with Aquino by telephone Tuesday and that the United States would deliver “whatever help we can, as quickly as possible.”

Katherine Manik, country director for ChildFund International, said a relief crew was able to reach the city of Ormoc on the other side of Leyte by boat, but couldn’t move far from the dock.

“There is a critical need for fresh drinking water and food, but it is very diffi cult to get anything in. There aren’t enough boats.

There is no electricity,” she said.Even at the makeshift clinic next to the

Tacloban airport, to which the Philippine air force’s C-130 cargo planes have been making regular runs from Manila, aid workers said they had no medicine to treat emergency cases.

Among the many risks, medical workers say, are tetanus infections as people try to salvage items from their homes or build shelters. But there is no tetanus vaccine available, Capt. Antonio Tamayo of the Philippine air force told the Inquirer Daily News.

One diffi culty is that the local government infrastructure has disappeared. Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez told reporters that of 1,300 police offi cers, only 100 were coming to work.

Telephones are not working and local radio is out. One radio anchorman in Tacloban who stayed on the air during the storm using generators was presumed to have drowned. No one has heard from him since the program abruptly went off the air.

Although there were warnings for days about the typhoon and hundreds of thousands of people took heed and evacuated, many others didn’t. The Philippines suffers frequent tropical storms, and some residents apparently thought they could survive this one as well.

Warner Passanisi, global emergency response coordinator at ChildFund, said the storm made landfall nine times at different locations in the archipelago nation. “You had not just the wind, but the tidal surges and the swelling of water,” he said.

Desperation grows among Philippine survivors

Kay leads NCAA in completion percent-age, looks to maintain AAC momentumCHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

At perhaps its highest point in the season since opening the year with a 42-7 beat down against Purdue University, the University of Cincinnati football team puts its four game winning streak on the line against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday.

After playing three of the past four games at Nippert Stadium — including a 28-25 win over SMU — head coach Tommy Tuberville said we’ll learn a great deal about the team during this road trip.

“It’s a mindset, I’m one of those that talks to your players all week about relaxing, enjoying the trip but understanding it’s a business trip,” Tubverville said. You find out how good you are, how consistent you are and how focused your players get.”

Consistency has been there for the Bearcats the past two times they’ve faced Rutgers, but not in the way they would’ve liked it to be. UC has only six points combined in the last two meetings with the Scarlet Knights, both losses.

But if UC were to ever wake up from that offensive nightmare against the Rutgers defense, now is as likely a time as ever. Senior quarterback Brendon Kay is leading the nation in completion percentage (.741) while leading an offense that is averaging over 33 points per game.

“I think he has just gotten more comfortable in what we’re doing and I think that ability to put both of those slots [Anthony McClung and Shaq Washington] in the game has really helped us after the fourth game of the year,” Tubverville said. “He has a lot of confidence in those guys. A lot of times we throw check downs to them, meaning it’s a shorter pass, if he goes through his reads and outside guys aren’t open or the right slots not open, he knows the other guys are very confident if they get close to him they will catch the ball.”

While Tuberville said Kay isn’t the

style of quarterback like the Bearcats defense saw this past week in Southern Methodist’s Garrett Gilbert, Kay’s experience helps his team.

“He made a couple of bad throws last week that we would like to have back, but he usually doesn’t force the ball and he is going to get it to the guy that is more open than anybody else,” Tuberville said.

Rutgers — like many teams UC has faced this season — had a bye week the week before playing the Bearcats, giving UC extra incentive to work hard in preparation.

“We’ve had several times this year where we have had to play a team that has had 14 days to prepare for us so it should be interesting going up into the northeast,” Tuberville said.

Defensively, the Bearcats might have had their best performance since shutting out the Miami Redhawks, limiting the SMU high-powered offense to just 25 points and only 48 yards of offense on the ground. Tuberville said the team will have a much different task on its hands stopping a more traditional offense in Rutgers.

“[Rutgers] are much improved as a football program,” Tuberville said. “But very similar to us, they are a running team, a passing team, one back, two back, multiple fronts, and they have an experienced quarterback that has played very well in his tenure there.”

While UC is already bowl eligible, Rutgers is still fighting for a chance. And with the Bearcats still in a fight for the inaugural American Athletic Conference championship, Tuberville knows his team is going to get every team’s best shot from here on out.

“We want to finish out November strong,” Tuberville said. “We can’t control our own destination, but in terms of bowl games and how we will finish in the rankings at the end of the year, the only thing we can do is go out and play the best we can and win as many as we can.”

Saturday’s game will be shown live on ESPNews at noon and can be heard live on 700 WLW.

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UC looks to take down Rutgers in New Jersey

Seniors lead UC to important win against NC StateConsistency from senior trio, impressive first half from young bench players secure resume builder for UCCHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

While no one would call it a statement game, the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team showed what it’s made of Tuesday on national television, beating North Carolina State 68-57 at Fifth Third Arena.

Sean Kilpatrick scored 21 points and Titus Rubles added 14 points and seven rebounds, but it was Justin Jackson who stole the show, posting a double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and four electrifying blocks, each of which sent the crowd of 7,028 into a frenzy.

The first half saw both teams trading basket for basket; neither squad led by more than five points in the first half, which saw 10 ties and six lead changes.

Kilpatrick notched 10 first-half points but found himself in early foul trouble. After Kilpatrick, Rubles, Jackson and Troy Caupain each picked up two fouls, UC played much of the first half with subs. But the team weathered the storm and headed into halftime with the scored tied 35-35.

The performance of UC’s bench during the first half was vital in preserving UC’s chance of winning the game.

“That’s what I was most proud of,” Cronin said. “I’m looking forward to watching the tape of how we were playing without those three guys”

Highly touted recruit Jermaine Lawrence finished the game with four points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes of work, much of which came during the stretch in the first half when the starters were in foul trouble.

“That’s what I expect out of Jermaine,” Jackson said. “Jermaine is a highly recruited player and he’s a good player, very mature for his age.”

Both Jackson and Rubles voiced praise for UC’s numerous young players that stepped up in their first highly competitive collegiate game.

“I think the maturity with those guys is very good because when you have the three captains out due to foul trouble and they’re able to hold their own especially with the rebounding aspect,” Rubles said. “Being able to bruise with the guys down low is something that’s amazing to me.”

In the second half, UC came out dominant with a layup from Shaq Thomas on UC’s first possession and then a steal by Kilpatrick, who found Jackson in transition for a dunk that left nobody in Fifth Third Arena in their seats.

Jackson earned what Cronin called “the highest praise” after the game for notching his first career double-double in only 25 minutes of time on the court.

“He’s a trained Bearcat,” Cronin said. “Much like many of the guys who have put that jersey on and given their heart and soul before. I’m hoping there’s a day when he’ll get a triple double. If we would’ve quit fouling the dribbler on the way to the basket he may have had seven or eight blocks today. There’s a game out there with 10 blocked shots for him.”

While this college basketball season is still in its infancy, this win could prove to be very important for UC’s resume if the NCAA Tournament Committee needs to take a look at the Bearcats come March.

“Every win is a big win,” Cronin said. “Never take winning for granted regardless of opponent. That’s how we approach it.”

Kilpatrick added that protecting home court is a crucial part of any team’s success.

“Every win is huge,” Kilpatrick said. “Being able to protect home court, especially with a team coming in that’s hungry, that also just won like we did is very big.”

Defensively, Cincinnati focused heavily on TJ Warren who entered the game coming off a 27-point performance against Appalachian State. While Warren notched a double-double of his own with 13 points and 10 rebounds, he was just 5-of-15 from the floor and only shot two free throws.

“We kept him off the foul line,” Cronin said. “We talked a lot about TJ Warren and compared him to Doug McDermott (Creighton) who shot 11 free throws against us in the NCAA Tournament last year. If you give a scorer 10 or 11 free throws now he’s finding his rhythm as a shooter as he’s standing there making shots and he’s also getting points.”

The Bearcats simply forced Warren’s supporting cast to beat them, and they couldn’t.

“He’s the catalyst,” Rubles said. “He’s the best player on their team but, for any team, if you can stop their best

player and make the other players try to beat you then you have a good chance of winning anytime.”

The Bearcats will continue play in the Global Sports Shootout against Appalachian State — a team that NC State defeated 98-77 earlier this season — Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

MADISON SCHMIDT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHERUC senior guard Sean Kilpatrick shoots a free throw during UC’s 68-57 win against NC state Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena.

UC senior guard named to preliminary Wooden Award watch list JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati senior guard Sean Kilpatrick capped off a week full of awards and honors Tuesday with a 21-point performance during UC’s 68-57 victory against North Carolina State.

Kilpatrick’s 43 points in UC’s first two games of the season moves him up from 16th to 14th on UC’s all-time scoring list, surpassing Dwight Jones (1,451 points from 1980-83) and Yancy Gates (1,485

points from 2009-12).With 1,487 career points, Kilpatrick

sits just 11 points behind Robert Miller, who scored 1,498 points from 1975-1978, for the 13th on the all-time scoring list.

Kilpatrick needs 513 more points to join Oscar Robertson (2,973 points from 1958-1960) as the only two players in UC history to reach the 2,000-point plateau.

Kilpatrick’s climb up record-book comes on the heels of a pair of early season awards.

A team-high 22 points against North Carolina Central in UC’s 74-61 season-opening victory earned Kilpatrick a spot

on the American Athletic Conferences first-ever league honor roll, which was released Monday.

Kilpatrick finished the game 6-of-13 from the field and 8-of-9 at the free-throw line.

More impressively, Kilpatrick has been named to the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s initial 50-man watch list for the 38th annual John R. Wooden Award, which recognizes the top collegiate basketball player in the nation. Four other players from the AAC will join Kilpatrick: Joe Jackson (Memphis), Shabazz Napier (Connecticut) and Louisville’s Russ

Smith and Montrexl Harrell.Creighton’s Doug McDermot, who

scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Creighton’s 67-63 NCAA tournament victory against UC in 2012, and highly touted freshman Jabari Parker (Duke) and Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) are the early favorites.

The list will be trimmed down to 20 players for the final voting ballot, which selects the Wooden Award winner and the 10-man Wooden Award All-American Team, both of which are set to be announced the week of the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament.

Kilpatrick earns national honors, moves up record list

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Consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. Go to tiaa-cref.org for product and fund prospectuses that contain this and other information. Read carefully before investing. Type of service available varies. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, and Teachers Personal Investors Services Inc. ©2013 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017. C11804B

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