New mayor, city council sworn in; look to hit the ground runningBRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

Although the recently elected city council and mayor were sworn in Sunday, the new administration and council is eager to get the ball rolling, and fast.

Despite the diverse makeup of the new city council, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said he is confi dent it will work in a bipartisan fashion to accomplish what’s in the city’s best interest.

“I think we’re going to work together great and I expect us to govern in a collaborative manner,” Cranley said.

Along with Cranley — the second modern-day mayor independently elected by voters — Cincinnatians also elected three new members to city council.

One of those members, Amy Murray, will join Charlie Winburn as the only two Republicans on council.

Voters also elected charterite member Kevin Flynn.

Flynn, who works as a real estate attorney and teaches law at the University of Cincinnati, said council’s new make-up will foster collaboration between members.

“I’m looking forward to it because I really think we’re going to fi nd a lot of opportunities for 9-0 votes because we’re going to take the best ideas that each person on council has and we’re going to listen to them,” Flynn said.

Flynn, who ran for council in 2009 and 2011, said his long-term plans center around creating more job opportunities for UC students.

“One of the things we do great in Cincinnati is higher education,” Flynn said. “One of my loves is health care. We’re going to work with [UC Health] to fi nd that synergy that’ll help our people and our city’s overall health improve.”

While most of the council members said they look forward to working together, there are several notable issues dividing council and the city: primarily the streetcar project.

After years of debate involving two referendums, a multitude of city council votes and public demonstrations both in favor and against the project, council will meet Monday to determine whether or not they will ultimately pull the plug.

Flynn, Winburn, Murray and recently elected councilman David Mann join Cranley in opposing the streetcar.

Cranley and four councilmembers said their plan is to halt the streetcar’s progress and further examine the initiative from a fi nancial standpoint before continuing with its construction.

However, federal offi cials have said

that this hiatus would be the same as cancelling the project and would result in an immediate mandate for the return of $45 million in federal funds.

Supporters argue the project will further development in the resurging Over-the-Rhine neighborhood and that canceling the project at this stage would be too costly.

Flynn — a UC alumnus — said there is no straightforward conclusion to this issue that will appease everyone in Cincinnati.

“I’ve been spending the past few weeks looking at the numbers and they’re even worse than I thought,” Flynn said. “Any decision made on that is going to be

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The University of Cincinnati moved one step closer to fi nding a new chief diversity offi cer Wednesday.

Louis Bilionis, chair of the search committee and dean of the College of Law, announced the search was narrowed to four candidates. Out of the four, only one — current interim chief diversity offi cer Bluezette Marshall — currently works at UC.

The other candidates are Sabrina Gentlewarrior of Bridgewater State University, Cheryl Nunez of Xavier University and Keith Borders formerly of Luxottica Retail.

According to the position description, the chief diversity offi cer will provide strategic, integrated program direction and consultation to colleges, units and departments; develop and manage an annual budget for diversity efforts; partner with the provost, deans and associate provost for diversity and inclusion and the chief human resources offi cer to improve the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty and staff.

The offi cer will design and manage a university-wide reporting mechanism for measuring progress on diversity initiatives; generate promotional materials that will refl ect and advance the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion; and chair the University’s Diversity Council.

The position opened after former vice president of student affairs and chief diversity offi cer Mitchel Livingston retired at the end of 2012 after a 19-year career at UC.

After Livingston’s retirement, UC President Santa Ono decided to make the offi ce have two separate positions. He appointed Debra Merchant as the vice president of student affairs and Marshall as the interim chief diversity offi cer.

Now Ono wants to offi cially fi ll the position.

“The president wanted us to do our best to put him in this position to make the decision by the end of the calendar year,” Bilionis said. “But we haven’t felt rushed. We haven’t cut corners.”

Bilionis and the rest of the search committee are hosting open forums for each candidate Dec. 6 to 12 — days that fall during students’ Fall semester exam week.

“We sure hope we’ll have strong participation,” Bilionis said. “We worked as well as we could to meet the charge from the president and make it so the UC community can be engaged as best as possible.”

College continues technological transformation with help of $1.2 million endowment from UC HealthBRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing is collaborating with UC Health to create a multipurpose workspace in Procter Hall on UC’s medical campus.

Construction on the 7,200-square-feet workspace is scheduled to begin in Fall 2014 in hopes of increasing cooperation among the college’s students, faculty and staff.

“The UC College of Nursing is on the cutting edge of technology and innovation and UC Health is committed to being a part of the future collaborative nursing education and research in Cincinnati,” said James Kingsbury, president and CEO of UC Health, in a statement.

The space is located on the second fl oor of Procter Hall, which has been traditionally used for individual offi ces. During construction, the sectioned-off areas will

be opened up to eventually foster collaborations among members of the college.

Greer Glazer, College of Nursing dean, said the innovative workspace would also include various forms of new technology.

“It’s very nontraditional,” Glazer said. “We are a

leader in the use of technology so we’ve changed a lot of our classrooms and spaces to have more ways of interaction. We’ve totally transformed a number of classrooms already and this space is an extension of that.”

College of Nursing students are now required to

use tablets in class, and consequently, classrooms in the college have been fi tted with projectors that allow students to show their work to the rest of the classroom to create increased interaction.

Aside from the extended use of technology, the space will offer multiple meeting areas and will house more than 50 UC faculty and staff members.

The College of Nursing currently enrolls more than 2,700 students in multiple nursing programs.

“One of the benefi ts of the space is that it facilitates collaboration and free thinking,” Glazer said. “So we’ve agreed to the college and UC Health working together to fi gure out how we want to transform healthcare.”

UC Health is UC’s affi liated health system that includes UC Medical Center — a hospital ranked as one of the regions best by U.S. News and World Report.

UC Health is helping to fund the project through a $1.2 million endowment and the search for the project’s architect is currently underway.

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Money from lease agreement fund additional faculty, improved services; UC could consider lease in futureALEXIS O’BRIEN NEWS EDITOR

As more colleges and universities look for ways to generate revenue and combat the rising cost of education, one Ohio university signifi cantly increased its revenue by cashing in on a valuable asset — its parking facilities.

Ohio State University leased its university parking system, which encompasses approximately 37,000 parking spaces including surface lots and garages, to parking company CampusParc for a $483 million up-front payment in exchange for the responsibility and revenue associated with managing and maintaining the parking system for 50 years, according to Lindsay Komlanc, director of marketing and communications at OSU.

“We prepared the contract in such a way that it would bring the greatest overall benefi t to the university while addressing key points that we knew were important to the university community, such as parking rate increases and service levels,” Komlanc said in an email.

OSU was the fi rst university to privatize its parking and offi cially did so Sept. 21, 2012, according to a CampusParc.

The University of Cincinnati has considered doing the same thing.

“We understand OSU entered into a very long, complicated document which provided for OSU to sell its parking rights,” said Fran Barrett, chairman of the UC Board of Trustees.

“There’s some concerns and there’s some benefi ts.”Any lease of the university’s parking assets would require

approval from the board of trustees.Leasing public parking assets has become a controversial

issue in the City of Cincinnati. The outgoing city administration presented a proposed 30-year lease early in the summer when city council was in the midst of heated budget debates. The contentious issue spurred lawsuits, petitions and court orders to halt the deal.

Recently sworn-in mayor John Cranley said, ultimately, the lease would not be approved.

But OSU is already reaping the fi nancial benefi ts of its lease after one year.

The university invested its initial $483 million payment into an endowment fund that will provide $3.1 billion in investment earnings — money the university has already begun to use.

“In its fi rst year alone, our $483 million infusion to Ohio State’s endowment yielded more than $50 million,” Komlanc said. “The long-term investment pool earned an 11.6 percent rate of return in fi scal year 2013. Approximately $20 million was distributed to directly support core university priorities including teaching, learning, research and transportation.”

Some of the remaining capital was used to fund academic initiatives such as “hiring more faculty, offering more student scholarships and supporting the arts and humanities, as well as increasing the long-term investment pool by $4.9 billion.”

And while very lucrative for OSU, the lease wasn’t fi nalized until everyone involved fully understood the arrangement and what it would mean for the university.

“The university moved forward with a request for qualifi cations for potential vendors only after more than 12 months researching the potential for a parking lease before,” Komlanc said. “This time was spent understanding every aspect of our parking system and how it might work under a potential leasing arrangement. In addition, we also engaged experienced advisers… who have each worked on a variety of similar transactions.”

Barrett understands UC would receive substantial funds for capital improvements and amendment programs if the university chose to follow OSU’s example.

“But that revenue would have to be replaced, and that’s something I for one, and other trustees who are very conscientious, would feel the same way [about],” Barrett said. “We have to look into this long and hard to see if this is in the best interest of the university.”

UC Parking Services currently operates 12 garages and 24 parking lots, and sells more than 14,000 parking decals for 11,954 parking spaces per year.

Online decal sales continue to increase through the online parking management system UC uses to streamline parking services and in-offi ce processes by managing citations, permits, decals, asset management, appeals and fi nances.

The board hasn’t taken any steps to move forward and future lease agreements won’t be considered until UC administration instructs the board to further look in to the process.

“It is not on any agenda at the present time,” Barrett said. “It’s something that we’re aware of and expect to receive more information on.”

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Unpredictable weather pattern leads sixth least active season in 60 years MCCALATCHY NEWSPAPERS

With just one storm that made landfall in the United States, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season officially ended Saturday as the weakest since 1982.

Hurricanes need moist air to form, and the low number of Atlantic hurricanes was due in large part to dry air over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the tropical Atlantic Ocean, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

“This unexpectedly low activity is linked

to an unpredictable atmospheric pattern that prevented the growth of storms by producing an exceptionally dry, sinking air and a strong vertical wind shear in much of the main hurricane formation region, which spans the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea,” said Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, in a statement. “Also detrimental to some tropical cyclones this year were several strong outbreaks of dry and stable air that originated over Africa.”

This year’s season ranks as the sixth-least active since 1950, in terms of the collective strength and duration of tropical storms, and it was the third below-normal season since 1995, when the current high-activity era for Atlantic hurricanes began.

In an average year, there are 12 named storms, including six hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Though there were 13 named storms in 2013, only two — Ingrid and Humberto — developed into hurricanes, and neither became a major hurricane. A tropical storm is a cyclone with sustained wind speeds of 39 to 73 mph.

A storm becomes a hurricane when winds top 74 mph and a major hurricane when winds top 110 mph. Tropical Storm Andrea, which swept along the East Coast in early June, was the only storm to make landfall in the United States this year.

In Mexico, however, three storms from the Atlantic basin and five from the eastern North Pacific hit land _ five as tropical storms and three as hurricanes.

Protestors demand election; officials credit crackdown to obstruction MCCALATCHY NEWSPAPERS

KIEV, Ukraine — If Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich had ventured out into the streets Saturday, he would have heard a new slogan shouted by angry crowds, using his nickname in a most unfriendly way: “Hang Yanik on the Christmas tree!”

Defiance mounted among opponents of Yanukovich’s government after riot police wielding truncheons and shields cleared Independence Square of demonstrators who had occupied the site in the heart of Kiev for days.

The pre-dawn assault by police brought in from pro-government areas of eastern Ukraine reportedly left about 40 protesters injured and 35 detained.

Authorities offered a pretext for clearing the square: Protesters were obstructing the installation of a Christmas tree.

Opposition leaders called for a major protest Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, and announced plans for a national strike as the first step toward forcing early

elections to unseat the government.Vitali Klitschko, a super heavyweight

boxing champion and opposition lawmaker, called a news conference and urged Ukrainians, “Your future depends on each one of you. If you stay at home, nothing will change!”

At the heart of the growing opposition to Yanukovich’s government was his decision to not sign an association agreement with the European Union during talks in Lithuania that ended Friday.

The accord would have tied his nation closer to the West and, supporters argued, increased trade and economic development in Ukraine. Instead he appeared to link the country’s with its traditional ally, Russia, which had opposed Ukraine’s bid for an EU treaty.

“I find it impossible to believe that Yanukovich could have given this outrageous order to attack the protesting youths last night,” said Kost Bondarenko, director of the Ukrainian Policy Institute, a Kiev-based think tank. “As an immediate damage-control measure, Yanukovich should announce an investigation, find the culprits among the police in the shortest time and have them severely punished.”

Late Saturday, Yanukovich expressed indignation over the police violence early in the day, posting a statement on his website.

Shortly afterward, hundreds of motorists jammed the downtown area around Independence Square, still protected by riot police. They stopped their cars, honking and waving national and EU flags out the windows.

Kiev news reports said that Yanukovich’s chief of staff, Sergei Lyovochkin, had resigned.

A prominent ally of the president, Inna Bogoslovskaya, quit the ruling party parliament faction, accusing Yanukovich and his ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin, on her personal blog of plotting to split Ukraine and demanding the Ukrainian leader’s resignation.

Bondarenko, the analyst, warned that the decisions to not sign the EU agreement and to break up a peaceful rally might feed separatist tendencies in a country.

On Saturday, protesters who had witnessed the clearing of Independence Square said police were swinging their clubs while shouting, “Did you want Europe? Go ahead and get it!”

“It was horrendous as they rushed at us without warning,” recalled Igor Mitrov, 22, a philology student with a bandaged head showing a dark blood stain. “I was busy trying to save one girl from police club blows and kicks and . . . a police officer hit me on the back of the head with full force.”

Mitrov said that he didn’t have a clue what to do next, and that as much as he hated Yanukovich, he was also frustrated and disappointed by opposition leaders who had left Independence Square during the night and weren’t present when police arrived.

“They just set us up, calling on us to stand vigil there over the night and leaving us alone out there to face police clubs and boots,” Mitrov said.

Opposition leaders denied the charge, saying they rushed to the square after the news broke of the police action and offered legal assistance to those who were detained.

Hundreds gather in Washington Park to support contentious project BRYAN SHUPE CHIEF REPORTER

Hundreds of Cincinnatians walked the possible route of the disputed city streetcar to demonstrate their support for the project at Washington Park Sunday.

Ryan Messer, the rally’s organizer, said he is prepared to do whatever it takes to move the project forward.

“We picked this site very specifically because we are standing in front of the streetcar line, with rails in the ground that extend all the way to Findlay Market,” Messer said.

Messer is not affiliated with Messer Construction — the development company involved with the construction of the streetcar route.

The protest was only 30 minutes after the new city council was sworn in three blocks away.

Mayor John Cranley and the majority of city council — Charlie Winburn, Amy Murray, David Mann, Kevin Flynn and Christopher Smitherman — are adamant about halting the streetcar’s progress for the time being to further assess its impact on the city’s economy.

But Messer said that decision would be the wrong one.

“Cancelling would be a catastrophic loss to the city and the region and we would be paying that loss for decades to come,” Messer said. “So today we challenge our new city leadership that before making any partisan decisions, we align on that number that puts our city further in debt.”

Messer, along with other speakers at the rally, said it’s important to hold council responsible for their decision and that the final verdict should be subject to referendum, allowing voters to voice their opinion for a third time since 2009.

Robert Richardson, treasurer of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, urged the supporters of the

project to stay on course and said backing out now would be severely detrimental to the city.

“We are here today because we believe in the future of this city,” Richardson said. “We believe that no matter who the administration is, that they have to take notice that our future matters. Even if you’re for or against the streetcar project, I have a simple question: does it make any sense for our city to lose $100

million, jobs and development, simply to prove a political point?”

Richardson said the end goal is more than just the streetcar — it’s about the progression of Cincinnati as a top destination for young and professional talent.

Former councilmember and mayoral candidate Roxanne Qualls spoke at the rally after loosing the mayoral race, an election in which the streetcar issue

played a large part in the outcome. “We know what it takes to be a great

city in the 21st century and one things it takes is great public transportation,” Qualls said. “The streetcar is part of it.”

Council is expected to vote on the issue Monday.

Qualls said another same-day meeting would be hosted for the public after the council meeting.

painful, but let’s find the one that is the least painful.”

Councilmember Chris Smitherman, who took his oath with more than 25 family members standing alongside of him, has been an open opponent of the streetcar since its conception in 2008.

He said despite the rift between

councilmembers, the new council is a cohesive group that is determined to better the city and that their differences will only result in more collaboration.

“You know, iron sharpens iron,” Smitherman said. “The first month is going to be dicey. But outside of that, it’s going to be an exciting council and I think we’ll see good public policy.”

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DURHAM, N.C. — Studies have long shown a link between obesity and breast cancer, and now scientists at Duke Cancer Institute may have found one important explanation: a byproduct of cholesterol that fuels tumors in some of the most common forms of the disease.

This could point the way to simple methods to reduce breast cancer risk, like using cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins and eating a healthier diet.

It also suggests that using statins could make regimens for treating many breast cancers more effective.

Results of the study, which are considered early because the study relied on mice and cancer tissue, are being published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.

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Most of the 400 residents who were evacuated in a small northern Ohio town have been allowed to return to their homes after a train car leaked thousands of gallons of a highly flammable chemical earlier this week.

The homes closest to Tuesday’s derailment in the town of Willard will remain off-limits as the cleanup continues, according to a statement by the railroad company CSX Transportation.

About three dozen homes are still in the evacuation zone, according to the city.

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In an escalation of the standoff over islands in the East China Sea, the Chinese Defense Ministry said Friday that it had scrambled two fighter jets to identify U.S. and Japanese planes flying through claimed airspace without notice.

It was the latest ratcheting of tension in the week since Beijing proclaimed an air defense identification zone over disputed islands known as the Diaoyu in China and as the Senkakus in Japan, which also claims sovereignty.

Beijing’s Nov. 23 proclamation of a national air defense zone covering most of the East China Sea and overlapping with airspace claimed by Japan and South Korea has prompted warnings that the action risks provoking conflict or accidental collisions.

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“Knock Madness” takes shots at everyone involved in rapper’s lifeHEATHER KING STAFF REPORTER

Mixing shock and raw emotion, Hopsin creates a vulgar but positive message. Los Angeles-based “horrorcore” rapper released his third studio album, “Knock Madness,” Nov. 24.

An avid skateboarder, the rapper also speaks out against drugs and alcohol on the album, calling out mainstream rappers for promoting the vices to their young fans.

“Knock Madness” is different from typical mainstream hip-hop albums with unique style of vocals and a natural flow. The first track, “Fiends are Knocking,” declares Hopsin as a rapper who cherishes his fans.

He calls out mainstream rappers for being in the industry for money and taking for granted the love of their fans. Hopsin talks about choosing not to collaborate with popular rappers just to make a name for himself.

There are many repetitions of the album title in this song as well, which tends to take away from the overall message.

“Hop is Back,” is another critique of mainstream hip-hop and rappers who do not have the same spirit of the underground scene.

Notables such as Kanye West are called out for lacking talent. Hopsin establishes

that he is very much against the radio rappers, and how they have lost their passion and the spirit of hip-hop once they achieve mass fame.

This is something the rapper grapples with as “Knock Madness” breaks him into the mainstream world.

“Who’s There?” is the first collaboration track on the album, and features Jarren Benton and Dizzy Wright.

The song itself is vulgar with gratuitous homophobic slurs and explicit sexual innuendo.

Being the third song on the album, every song thus far repeats the title of the album in the lyrics.

This constant repetition of “Knock Madness” takes away from Hopsin’s message of positivity.

The rapper talks about a breakup with his long-term girlfriend as well, and with the song “Tears to Snow,” audiences get to see a raw side of him.

He details a fight with his ex-girlfriend, who thinks he is cheating on her.

The track also talks about the rappers from the underground scene.

Hopsin claims that the underground rappers are jealous of his hype, and they diss him behind his back even though they are friendly to his face.

There are a lot of similarities to Eminem on this album, the Detroit rapper is cited as inspiring Hopsin to be a part of the hip-hop industry, and “Rip Your Heart Out,” strikes a great resemblance to Eminem’s “Rap God.” Just as “Rap God” features the best song on his new album “Marshal Matthers EP 2,” this track features the best rapping on the album, and Hopsin’s skill is complimented with rapper Tech N9ne’s brilliant ability.

The two rappers showcase amazing and lightening fast flow that is rarely seen anymore in the mainstream. It cements Hopsin as a great contender in the industry.

Overall “Knock Madness” is a clever message. Hopsin made his way in the industry as a young fan and he reaches out to listeners who are just like him through this album.

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Papadosio moves crowd spiritually, physically

Hopsin does not take prisoners on new album

Bogart’s hosts different crowd, jam-band audience exclusive group JAKE GRIECO ARTS EDITOR

The Grateful Dead of the 21st century visited Bogart’s Friday.

Papadosio — an Ohio-based electronic jam band — delivers powerful messages of togetherness and peace while compelling everyone to dance.

The night started with Papadosio’s guitarist/vocalist Anthony Thogmartin’s side project EarthCry warming up the crowd.

Thogmartin stated that he has been playing the same set throughout the tour, but wanted to mix things up since he felt comfortable in front of an Ohio crowd.

Thogmartin played a completely improvisational DJ set Friday night.

He played vocal samples from different speakers and responded to it musically as best he could.

The resulting jams ended up being everything from bass-heavy dance beats to soothing melodies and the crowd vigorously consumed all of it.

EarthCry was the perfect opening to the show, gyrating the crowd enough that everyone was ready to groove when

Papadosio took the stage. EarthCry played for nearly an hour and

a half and by the time the set came to the close, Bogart’s was packed and everyone was ready to lose themselves for the next few hours and give himself or herself up to the music of Papadosio.

Papadosio organizes a music festival in Logan, Oh. where many of their followers convene and celebrate the band.

Papadosio’s loyal following was out in force in this southern corner of Ohio. Though this is a great thing for the band, it leaves some audience members feeling out of place.

Their music has a heavy message of oneness, but Bogart’s was definitely filled with a niche crowd that even wearing a different colored shirt could isolate any audience member.

Regardless of the fans, Papadosio is a band filled with musicians that can get even the shyest people dancing. Papadosio opened with “Garden” and the tension and anxiety that was culminating during the time in between sets erupted. There was a fury of passion displayed by both the band and the audience members until the show was over.

The visuals playing behind the band do an excellent job of adding another layer

to their live show. When concertgoers grew tired from

the nonstop dancing, they relaxed at the bar and enjoyed the mandalas and epic natural landscapes that were displayed behind the band.

There were more lights than just the ones on stage Friday.

The crowd brought all the gear that would typically be found in a music festival environment to the show.

There were groves of glow sticks and LED gloves everywhere throughout the venue that made this winter show feel like a summer festival.

Some of the audience members didn’t realize that they were indeed at a closed off venue and may have embraced the festival nature of the show a little too hard.

It wasn’t long into the set that security officials were perusing the crowd and kindly escorting attendants out of the show that might have been having too much fun.

Though strange, there is nothing quite like seeing Papadosio live.

It may not be for everyone, but its an experience everyone should try at least once. ERIK MICHELFELDER CONTRIBUTOR

Sam Brouse was one the first members of Papadosio. The band met playing jam sessions in Athens, Oh.

ERIK MICHELFELDER CONTRIBUTORRob Mcdonnel (left) takes center stage at Bogart’s Friday night. Anthony Thogmartin (right) did most of his EarthCry set with his lap top, but picked up an electric guitar when he joined his band mates for the Papadosio set.

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Opinion: Local volunteer picks for studentsCenter for Community Engagement helpful tool in beginning meaningful experiencesEMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

Local services can benefit from volunteers, but assistance is increasingly crucial during the holiday season.

Opportunities extend throughout the city; from homeless centers and food banks to Cincinnati animal shelters, students are able to put their interests and skills to work while positively impacting the community.

With so many options, finding an opportunity and getting started is often the hardest part of volunteering.

The University of Cincinnati’s Center for Community Engagement is a helpful, accessible starting point for students looking to get involved.

The center maintains thorough postings of volunteer requests in Cincinnati and presents students with new options nearly every day. Opportunities are available both on and off campus, and an extensive variety of jobs are available. Students are able to make selections based on their interests or choose an opportunity that complements their studies.

The center also updates an online volunteer directory that lists businesses in the community looking to work with UC students. The directory includes expectations, contact information and more to help students begin a new volunteer opportunity.

ZOO-MATESA confirmed 9,675 individuals living in Cincinnati

are experiencing homelessness or supportive housing,

according to the Drop Inn Center, the city’s largest homeless shelter. Of these individuals, 34 percent suffer from mental illness and 13 percent are veterans.

Zoo-Mates, a Center for Community Engagement signature program, allows students to participate alongside children who are homeless over the course of a year. With a collaboration between the center, Cincinnati Public Schools and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the program pairs 30 UC students with 30 children in the community.

Zoo-Mates meets for two hours every other Tuesday, and activities range from behind-the-scenes visits to the zoo to playing board games at Cincinnati Public Schools.

“This is a great opportunity to build a meaningful relationship with a child, make an impact on someone’s life, and enjoy one of Cincinnati’s treasures: the zoo,” according to the CCE.

Zoo-Mates will accept new applicants for the 2014-15 school year. Contact the Center for Community Engagement at 513-556-1559 or receive updates on the program’s Facebook page.

SPCA OF CINCINNATIThe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

of Cincinnati experienced a record number of adoptions in 2012, said Misty Hale-Viscuso, Sharonville SPCA manager. A total of 6,153 animals were adopted between the shelter’s Sharonville and Colerain locations.

Volunteers are always in demand to make animals’ stays as comfortable as possible. In addition to socializing dogs and cats, volunteers perform

housekeeping duties that include washing dishes and doing laundry.

A three-to-four-hour orientation session is required to become a volunteer; topics discussed will include shelter logistics, animal handling and cleaning procedures.

Volunteers are expected to commit one hour per week to the shelter during the first three months following orientation. Afterward, volunteers are asked to visit the shelter at least twice a month.

Visit spcacincinnati.org to schedule an orientation date.

OVER-THE-RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSINGOver-the-Rhine is transforming and students have the

opportunity to become involved in the process through another Center for Community Engagement service program.

To develop affordable housing, CCE collaborates with Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, a non-profit organization that strives to establish valuable neighborhoods for low-income residents. They also work toward creating an inclusive community.

The program has several divisions in which students can become involved, including meal preparation at the Jimmy Heath House and playing games with children from OTR. Students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the project annually.

Contact the Center for Community Engagement at 513-556-1559 or receive updates on the program’s Facebook page.

CCM concert to create audible journey through France‘The French Revolution’ series concludes CCM Wind Orchestra’s 2013 season with renowned French compositions and composersEMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

Corbett Auditorium audience members will travel across the French countryside from west to east Wednesday during the College-Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra’s final concert of 2013.

The concert, which is devoted to French classics, will guide audience members throughout French cultures entirely through audible means. The performance will include a diverse repertoire of pieces by renowned French composers that span multiple styles and time periods.

“The CCM Wind Orchestra is comprised of highly advanced performers of wind and percussion instruments,” according to CCM. “Following a philosophy of one player per part and adopting flexible instrumentation according to the composer’s intentions, the ensemble performs chamber music, selected transcriptions, concerti and original full ensemble repertoire spanning five centuries.”

Glenn D. Price, director of wind studies at the University of Cincinnati, will lead orchestra members as they begin the show with “Suite Francaise,” an audible journey through France written by 19th century composer Darius Milhaud. The suite illustrates various regions through distinct melodies, tempos and keys; regions include Ile-de-France, Alsace-Lorraine, Normandie and more.

The concert will transition into a performance of “Occident et Orient,” or “East and

West,” by French composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, who is also known for pieces such as “Carnival of the Animals” and “Organ Symphony.” “Occident et Oreint” continues the audible journey established by “Suite Francaise,” beginning in the west and taking audience members across French cultures.

The orchestra will also perform “Children’s Overture” by 20th century French composer Eugene Joseph Bozza and “Dionysiasques” by Florent Schmitt. Schmitt’s piece is inspired by Dionysis, the Greek god of grape harvest, wine and madness and depicts a festival thrown in the god’s honor.

The concert will conclude with “Pantomime” by Pierre Mercure, which tells the story of a resting figure who wakes, plays and returns to sleep.

The show will be the sixth CCM concert featuring the orchestra this season and will serve as a strong, intriguing finale to the year’s performances.

The concert will take place 8 p.m. Wednesday in Corbett Auditorium.

What’s happening on campus this week, beyondFESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

OTRAGLOW

FEAST OFCAROLS

MENORAH LIGHTING AUDITIONS

HOLIDAYCONCERT

HOLIDAY BEERFEST

Through Jan. 4 5:30-10 p.m.through Dec. 6

Dec. 7, Dec. 8 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Dec. 14

5 p.m. Dec. 2 7 p.m. Dec. 2, Dec. 3 5 p.m. Dec. 4

This traditional Cincinnati

celebration illuminates the

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden with thousands of colorful lights and displays. Features

of the event include themed

areas, s’mores and Madcap black-light

puppet shows.

5-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

The College-Conservatory of

Music will celebrate the holidays with “Feast of Carols,”

an installment in the Prestige

Event Series that incorporates holiday favorites. Pieces will

be performed by CCM choirs as well as guest choruses.

The concert will be held in Corbett

Auditorium.

5 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday $12 adults, $6 non-students, free for

students.

The University of Cincinnati recognizes Hanukkah with the

lighting of a sizable Menorah on McMicken Commons.

Usher in the holiday season with a variety of holiday beers

at Catskeller.

When evening falls in historic Over-the-Rhine,

buildings adorned with festive lights

will glow throughout the neighborhood.

OTR Aglow is a light display competition

open to all street-level storefronts and residential buildings. Displays must convey both a holiday theme

and celebration of Over-the-Rhine. Participants will compete to receive

awards in several categories depending

on the building.

The Cincinnati Children’s Choir joins forces with

CCM resident choirs and other

local choruses for a festive concert with songs from around

the world. The performance will be held one day only in Corbett Auditorium.

“Following a philosophy of one player per part and adopting flexible instrumentation according to the composer’s intentions, the ensemble performs chamber music, selected transcriptions, concerti and original full ensemble repertoir spanning five centuries.”

- College-Conservatory of Music

Audition for the chance to participate in Agatha

Christie’s “And Then There Were None,”

directed by Michelle Hamad and Kaitlin Otto.

Dec. 2 autitions will be held in Swift 519; Dec. 3 auditions will be held in

TUC 419.

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‘Frozen’ melts hearts no matter what age Disney continues changing how it portrays woman in new feature film AMONA REFAEI STAFF REPORTER

Disney breaks away from the typical princess plot but remains loyal to animated musicals with “Frozen.”

The film will likely be welcomed to the list of classics such as “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid.”

The movie begins with a scene between Anna (“Veronica Mar’s” Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel of “Wicked”).

The two young sisters sneak into their palace’s ballroom and play in the snow that Elsa magically produces.

And like many other Disney films, “Frozen” relies on tragedy to help progress

the plot.One of the most surprising things about

“Frozen” is where it differs from classic Disney movies.

It’s not about a princess who is left defenseless and relies on others to save the day.

“Frozen” falls in with the new attitude that Disney movies such as “Tangled” and “Brave” encompass.

One of the first songs in the movie is “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” which could easily be added to the long list of classic Disney tunes. “Frozen” is chockfull of similar adorable songs that add to the movie’s plot.

Both Anna and Elsa grow up isolated from each other and the world.

But the gates of their palace are finally opened for Elsa’s coronation day.

During the ball following her coronation, Elsa unintentionally shows her magical ability by freezing parts of the ballroom.

When she runs away, the kingdom is left in an eternal winter. Anna decides to go find her sister in order to save the kingdom.

There are definite aspects to “Frozen” that appeal to older viewers without taking away from the younger audience members’ ability to follow along.

Anna teams up with Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer, Sven, to climb the

dangerous, snow-covered mountain to reach Elsa.

The characters encounter many challenges on their way, some of which provide comic relief to the serious situation.

Given some recent children’s movie releases, many audience members will be pleasantly surprised that there is more to the movie than the few scenes that appear in the trailer.

Directors Chris Buck (“Surf’s Up”) and Jennifer Lee have clearly found a formula for producing children’s movies with music that can stand on its own.

Disney’s risk of breaking away from the traditional snow queen characteristics and plot definitely paid off in “Frozen,” which will entertain audience members of all ages.

‘Dallas Buyers Club’ portrays AIDS riddled ’80s in its rawest form MONROE TROMBLY STAFF REPORTER

Dallas, Texas, 1985. The camera, almost intrusively, films a man and two women locked in a solid trio of grunting, sweating and moaning. Their grunting, especially that of the man, sounds somewhat similar to the sounds of the bulls flopping around in the muck just outside.

Their dirty, squalid hookup ends, but there was nothing very sensuous about it; animalistic, primal urges were king in this instance. This is one of the many facets of Ron Woodroof’s life — a freewheeling, hustling, drug-filled life that he lives with reckless abandon. But everything turns south when Ron learns that he’s been diagnosed with AIDS, and given an estimate of 30 days to live.

An electrician and rodeo cowboy, Ron (Matthew McConaughey) is the epitome of a homophobic, straight man living in Dallas during the ’80s.

He’s a bigot through and through, cracking recycled, trite slurs with his friends and misconstruing paranoia and prejudice to fit his own chauvinistic ideology. Ron wakes up in the hospital after an accident at work and is told by

Dr. Sevard (Denis O’Hare) and Dr. Eve Saks (Jennifer Gardner) that his blood work indicates that he’s infected with HIV.

Storming out of the hospital, declaring in a panicked frenzy he said, “I ain’t no faggot.” At first he carries on with his trailer parties and drunken orgies, but later sits down to plumb through AIDS literature.

With ’85 being the initial year that the AIDS epidemic was into full swing, Ron researched the possible “treatments” that the government and the FDA were considering for distribution at the time.

He learns that Dallas Mercy has been selected as a trial site for a new drug, named AZT. But being denied the test, he takes matters into his own hands.

What ensues for the next 70 minutes is the story of Ron’s circumvention of the FDA, the government, it’s polices, and the pharmaceutical companies who are portrayed in “Dallas Buyers Club” to be avaricious, cold-hearted suits. It is also the tale of a man’s eventual acceptance, tolerance, although not complete, towards the homosexual community and culture of Dallas. Ron, after taking AZT and growing steadily worse in symptoms, elicits the help from a renegade American physician in Mexico.

The supplements and drugs that Dr. Vass feeds Ron help to improve his

condition, and the two establish a partnership. In the eyes of “Dallas Buyers Club”, the FDA at the brink of the AIDS epidemic was in profit-driven cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies, unsympathetic to the infected masses across America who were demanding quickness and efficiency concerning FDA trials.

AZT was an early form of medication that hospitals around America like Dallas Mercy administered tests with, either giving people the drug or a placebo.

Ron in his escapades and capers encounters FDA officials on more than one occasion, and he quickly establishes the Dallas Buyers Club after reading about similar organizations around the country.

The drugs Ron begins to import are “unapproved,” but not necessarily illegal in the policies of the FDA at the time. At least for the years of 1985 to 89 the FDA allowed a 90 days supply of unapproved drugs to enter the country, often “looking the other way” regarding buyers clubs, mostly due to the insistence of AIDS patients.

The loophole in the FDA law allowed Ron to charge people $400 for membership to the club, in return giving them unlimited treatment, partly out of self-interest and profit, partly out of his

emotional adjustment and recalibration. With the help of Rayon (Jared Leto), a transgender woman and Dr. Saks, Ron advocated and encouraged people to learn about the alternative, unapproved medications that the government simply wasn’t having any part of.

“Dallas Buyers Club” is a character-study film focusing on the plight of a straight man coming to terms with himself, his cruelty and the ensuing adjustment and change with regards to his homophobic tendencies and predispositions. The fantastic Jared Leto who plays Rayon forces Ron to modify himself, as they both work through their individual complexities, idiosyncrasies and imperfections. “Dallas Buyers Club” is a remarkable piece of film because of the level of detail and complexity of each characters presented.

Inspired by a true story and an archival of interviews, Ron was a pioneer who went to each end of the world to find alternative supplements and help for both himself and the Dallas people. Although Ron’s transformation is unfortunately never a full turn into a gay rights advocate and activist per say, “Dallas Buyers Club” is a film that strikes the right chord and balance of emotional grit, sentimentality, and relatability to it’s complex, troubled characters.

PROVIDEDKristin Bell breaks far away from her usual roles as a vampire luster or Beatnik to star as Anna in Disneys’s “Frozen.” Bell even sings her own songs in the empowering tale of a young woman with extraordinary powers.

AIDS patient circumvents profit-driven government

“[‘Frozen’] is not about a princess who is left defenless and relies on

others to save the day.”

Best defensive effort of season leads to easy victory for BearcatsJOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Despite a 20-point halftime lead in Friday’s game (48-28), University of Cincinnati head basketball coach Mick Cronin was less than pleased when the team headed into the Fifth Third Arena locker room.

“At half time I thought 28 points was too many, and of course we gave up more in second half, but we came out and put the clamps on them early in the second and got up by 30 to put the game out of reach,” Cronin said. “We started the game by giving up three straight lay ups and I called a timeout. We don’t believe you can win games by giving up lay ups, free throws or stand-still three-point shots.”

UC’s defensive play improved after the early timeout and Justin Jackson broke the 6-6 deadlock with the first two of his 11 points. The Bearcats led the rest of the way, overwhelming an overmatched Kennesaw State University team on their way to an easy 95-67 victory in front of 6,627 fans.

Senior captains Sean Kilpatrick and Titus Rubles joined Jackson in double figures with 20 and 14 points respectively. Freshman Jermaine Lawrence added nine points, the highest total of his promising career.

“We came into halftime knowing that we were able to play defense the way we played defense in the second half,” Jackson said. “We just wanted to show that because we haven’t done that yet this year and today was the opportunity

to do that.”Kilpatrick pushed UC’s lead to double

digits, 22-12, for the first time with his first 3-pointer of the game with 12 minutes and 17 seconds remaining in the half.

But Kennesaw State charged back to cut UC’s lead down to just four points, 24-20, less than two minutes later.

“Coach Cronin felt like we haven’t really played defense like Cincinnati is known for playing defense,” Jackson said. “We focused on that in practice especially against Kennesaw State because they are a really good offensive team and we knew playing defense would win us this game.”

Spurned by four straight points from Lawrence, the Bearcats closed out the first half on a 22-6 run, capped by a Ge’Lawn Guyn layup with two seconds remaining.

“We came into halftime knowing that we were able to play defense the way we played defense in the second half,” Jackson said. “We just wanted to show that because we haven’t done that yet this year and today was the opportunity to do that.”

After forcing several turnovers during the closing run of the second half, UC’s defensive pressure intensified to start the second half.

UC forced Kennesaw State into 20 turnovers on the night, which helped them score a season-high 54 points in the paint.

“We let the pressure get to us a little bit,” said Kennesaw State head coach Lewis Preston. “The last 10 minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half kind of separated us. Outside of those 14 minutes, I thought we

played evenly with them.”Kilpatrick, Jackson and Rubles

combined to score UC’s first 12 points of the half, as the Bearcats quickly pushed their 20-point halftime lead to 30 points, 66-36, with 13 minutes and 10 seconds remaining in the game. UC went on to lead by as many as 34 points, before slowing down its offensive onslaught in the game’s closing minutes.

Cronin was pleased with the changes he saw from his team in the second half, which was arguably UC’s best defensive performance of the young season.

“Yeah, [I was] a little bit [pleased] once we got over 30,” Cronin said. “From there on it’s tough to say because you’re pressing a lot. We changed our press at halftime too and I thought that helped. When you’re a pressing team you have to make adjustments because they had little fast guys and we were soft trapping.”

UC returns to action Tuesday against the University of South Carolina Upstate, an underrated squad that has proved to be a formidable opponent against much larger schools.

“I don’t care what our opponent’s name is, South Carolina Upstate can play,” Cronin said. “They have real players. They beat Virginia Tech. They blew a close game late at Tennessee when they were up by 10 in the second half. They lost by one against Kent State.”

For UC, the focus will remain on defense regardless of the opponent.

“It’s going to be the same thing every time,” Jackson said. “When you play defense that’s how you win ball games. You play defense, you win ball games and that’s our main focus. We know we can score, we know we can execute, we just have to play defense.”

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UC cruises past Kennesaw State, 95-67

Economic strife poses greatest problems in modern sporting eraEMILY WITT STAFF REPORTER

Renowned sports columnist Paul Daugherty stopped by the University of Cincinnati Monday to talk about the business side of sports with Lindner College of Business students.

Daugherty is a columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, where he’s worked since 1988. In his 25 years, he has covered

18 Super Bowls, 19 NCAA Final Fours, eight World Series, 21 Master’s golf tournaments, 18 U.S. Opens, five Summer Olympics and “a whole bunch of Reds, Bengals, UC and Xavier.”

For Daugherty — a seven-time Ohio columnist of the year — money and sports go hand in hand.

“Sports is money, money is sports,” Daugherty said. “Sports is ransoming tax payers for stadiums, it’s endorsements and speaking fees and shoe contracts and TV rights fees. Sports are player contracts.

Sports are lucrative.”But one of the largest issues in modern

sport, Daugherty said, isn’t banned substance use or contracts, but rather the economic strife of new stadiums and arenas.

“New stadiums add almost next to nothing to the local economy. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new stadia would flunk any cost business analysis you could ever come up with. The biggest lie in sports isn’t, ‘I’ve never used performance enhancing drugs,’ it isn’t, ‘I play football for Florida State University, and I’m a student first,’ it’s not even, ‘Hi, I’m Lance Armstrong and I don’t cheat.’ It is, ‘Just look at the economic benefits you’ll get from being taxed to build these stadiums.’”

However, he said Cincinnati is doing something right compared to what other cities are — or aren’t — doing.

“The critical mass of people that the stadiums attract has been harnessed,” he said. “Thus, the Banks. While people [complain] about the cost of the stadiums, they forget we leverage the stadiums for a brand-new central riverfront and a completely redone Fort Washington Way. This is more than what most cities get from the use of taxpayer’s money to fill the coffers of private citizens.”

Daugherty said sports and money will always go hand in hand.

“Babe Ruth, when asked why he made more money than the president, said, ‘I had a better year than he did,’” Daugherty said. “While we can talk about salaries and question the need to build playpens for rich people, we shouldn’t let it ruin the reason we’re all here: To wash cold hot dogs down with $9 Budweiser’s and to enjoy the show on the field.”

TYLER STAFFORD CONTRIBUTOR UC senior Titus Rubles finishes a dunk with his arms spread during UC’s victory against Campbell University Nov. 22, 2013.

Renowned columnist talks sports dollars

PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITOR Cincinnati Enquirer sports columnist Paul Daugherty speaks to students at the Lindner College of Business

CHARLES GROVE STAFF REPORTER

There can’t be a fan of both the Bearcats and the Buckeyes. Period. It can’t be done.

I’m confused why it seemed almost all of “Bearcat Nation” was all over social media cheering Ohio State University on to an ugly win against a mediocre Michigan team Saturday.

If you go to UC, you chose this school over all the other schools you applied to, or maybe this was the only school you applied to. Either way, this is the school that will be preparing you for your professional life. Why would you openly support another university?

Nearly my entire Twitter feed yesterday was filled with “F*** Michigan” and “Buckeyes rule.” I couldn’t believe what I was reading.

I transferred from Wright State University, a school with virtually no support for its athletic programs at all. A dozen students showing up for a basketball game could be considered a “good showing,” but I thought things would be different here at the #HottestCollegeInAmerica.

The support from the students has been hit or miss to put it politely. Even if the student section at Nippert is full at kickoff, by the end of the third quarter it’s nearly completely empty. And judging from social media, students would rather watch the Buckeyes on TV than support their own school.

Sports matter to a university. Collegiate athletics are how the majority of the public sees a university through the media. Sure, a new study coming out of a certain department might make some headlines every couple of years, but our Bearcats are showcased to millions of people every week on national TV. And when a school starts getting a reputation for not having a sense of pride about itself that hurts everyone.

Whether or not you were raised a Buckeye fan, it’s time to look up and realize you’re not 4 years old anymore, wearing the Ohio State footie pajamas your dad bought you in hopes of raising the next great Buckeye football star.

You came to UC. We’re a BCS school. We’re nationally ranked. You likely pay thousands to go here and you openly support another academic institution?

The alumni of this school have done a fantastic job supporting the football team at Nippert Stadium. The stadium has been full nearly to capacity every week with one exception: the sections near the closed end of the stadium where the students can sit for free.

I transferred to UC and wish I would have done it a lot sooner. Seeing people wear UC gear around campus every day is a big deal I think many current students take for granted. At Wright State I was more likely to see people wearing Ohio State or North Carolina gear to class. The lack of pride made that school as dull as it could’ve been. And I beg my fellow Bearcats to not allow that to happen here.

It wasn’t but a couple years ago that UC was ranked higher than Ohio State. It’s entirely possible for that to happen again. Remember those “bUCkeye State” shirts?

I suppose the bandwagon is over and people would rather support an undefeated Buckeye team playing powerhouses like Florida A&M from their TV set than supporting your fellow classmates in person and on social media while they fight for a chance at a BCS bowl game..

But you “BuckCats,” as I will refer to you from now on, are just scared. You’re scared to root for a UC team that is unproven. They occasionally lose. And it’s much easier for you to support one of the most powerful programs in college football than to show your loyalty to a team that might break your heart like they did in that 2010 Sugar Bowl.

Bandwagoning is never honorable and if you guys are going to suffer through the Bengals and the Reds but never truly give your own future alma mater a chance, then I really feel sorry for you. You’ll never truly appreciate UC. And that’s the most heartbreaking part to all this. You’ll never appreciate what a fantastic university UC is because you’ll be wishing you were somewhere else all along.

Remember, you only get one alma mater.

Pick one: Bearcat or Buckeye? You can’t be both

Bearcats move up in USA Today Top-25UC jumps two spots in USA Today Poll, remains unranked by Associated Press THE NEWS RECORD

The University of Cincinnati football team rose two spots to No. 23 in the weekly USA Today Top-25 Poll released Sunday morning.

Despite losses by several ranked teams this weekend, UC wasn’t voted into the AP Top-25 poll. Receiving 45 total points, the Bearcats fell one spot short of cracking the top-25, and sit a few points behind Georgia at No. 26.

UC is also ranked 26th in the Harris poll, which factors into the BCS rankings along with the AP and USA Today Polls.

As it stands right now, the Bearcats are projected to crack the BCS top-25, which won’t be released until Sunday night.

The Bearcats, who are still in the hunt for a BCS berth, play their final game Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. against No. 19 Louisville in the annual battle for the Keg of Nails Trophy. It will be the final home game played at Nippert Stadium until 2015, when renovations to the stadium’s western stands and concourse are scheduled to be completed.

If UC defeats Louisville and the

University of Central Florida falls to Southern Methodist University, the Bearcats would likely pass Central Florida in the BCS rankings and accept the American Athletic Conferences automatic BCS bid.

In both the USA Today and AP Polls, Florida State University and Ohio State University moved up to No.1 and No.2 respectively, following Auburn’s last-second victory over the previously No.1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.

No. 4 Auburn is close enough in the voting to possibly overtake OSU with a win against Missouri in the South Eastern Conference Championship Saturday.

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