The Northerner Print Edition - February 9, 2011

Life around campus could soon be changing for stu-dents. The Student Govern-ment Association addressed a full agenda at their last meeting that, if passed, would change several things on and around campus.

Topics that were addressed were requiring the university to provide midterm grades to all students, mandating that the Student Union provide a location to hang fl iers on the second fl oor, upgrading the workout facilities in the Norse Commons, getting the library to provide 24-hour service cycles during important times and changing the policy for outside speakers on campus.

Up for vote next week is the request to upgrade the Norse Commons workout facilities in hopes of increasing student wellness. The policy says that the Albright Health Center does not provide adequate space for the number of stu-dents enrolled at NKU.

The policy says that “ac-cording to the National In-tramural Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA), the na-tional average of square foot-age of indoor recreation per student is 9.86.”

The Campus Recreation Center in the Albright Health Center provides well below the national average at only 4.48 square feet per student.

“The current spacing is crowded and overburdened,” senator Josh Moermond said.

“Students don’t use the work-out facility in the Norse Com-mons because of the quality of the equipment, and because the atmosphere is not invit-ing.”

SGA would also like to extend the operat-ing hours of the library during important periods, such as finals

week. T h e S t e e l y L i b r a r y currently pro-vides no 24-hour service cycles for students and the student government wants to change that.

A survey is being created for students by the SGA to fi nd out the potential need for the library to offer 24-hour service cycles to the student

body. The survey is set to be distributed this spring and is currently under revision.

Members of the SGA also d i s -

cussed their concerns for the need of the university to distrib-ute midterm grades to all students, not only freshmen. Members felt that all students

are in danger of performing below the university’s expec-tations and that receiving midterm grades may increase students’ class performances

through motivation and knowledge of how they

are already per-forming.

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tion rates for all students. They noted

that many professors al-ready provide midterm grades to upperclassman whether requested or through black-board and felt that requiring midterm grades for all stu-dents would not be burden-some.

SGA will also be voting on requesting that the Student Union provide new locations on the fi rst and second fl oors for fl iers to be posted. They said that the Student Union second fl oor is one of the most traffi cked locations on cam-pus and that the entrance on the fi rst fl oor is the main en-trance to campus from the Kenton Garage and will be-come more frequented with the completion of the Griffi n Center for Informatics.

SGA members felt that the current third fl oor location for students to post fl iers is in-adequate. Since Jan., 7, more than 2,700 fl iers have been approved to be posted in the Student Union. The single location is insuffi cient for the number of fl iers that have been approved to be hung.

Members felt that the extra locations to post fl iers would be benefi cial to both student organizations and faculty members. Student organiza-tions use fl iers as a primary way of promoting their events and groups and professors also use fl iers to advertise new courses that are being offered.

The Student Government Association is ready to put certain procedures in effect to keep track of who is speak-ing on campus and when. The proposed policy has received national attention about the legalities surrounding the restrictions of allowing free speech on campus.

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Future entrepreneurs of NKU: Last year, I gradu-ated from NKU with a B.A. in political science and since then have started my own business, opening CrossFit Hustle, the premier strength and conditioning facility in Northern Kentucky. There is so much needed to oper-ate a successful business; I thought I’d share with you some helpful advice:

1. You must have passion. It really doesn’t matter

what you are trying to sell. If there’s a market for it and you can talk about it all day long, people will flock. People aren’t going to buy hockey equipment from a baseball fan. But if you can go on for hours about why Rule 48 banning blindside and lateral hits to the head is going to destroy the game, well you just might have a sale. Pursue what you love.

2. Know your craft. People can sense when

they’re being conned — don’t

try and fake it. Know the ins and outs, how your service or product came to be and where it’s headed. This not only helps with sales, but for the construction of your business plan. You can’t sell modems if you know the fu-ture doesn’t need any.

3. Branding is key. I can’t stress this enough.

You need to be “that guy/gal.” Be the one that every-one talks about. If you just can’t get enough of design-ing, put your logo every-where. Even if the public doesn’t get it at first, when they see come looking for some design work, the rec-ognition factor will play a major part in their decision-making.

4. Get over your fears. Dollar bills don’t care

if you’re too afraid to ap-proach new people, but they definitely depend on new clients. Rejection hurts, but it gets much easier with time. For every nine that say “no thanks,” one will

give you an opportunity to succeed. With that one, go beyond their expectations and make them your most important customer (or see tip number 5).

5. Hustle. This is most important.

You’ve got to hustle! Work hours on end getting your name out there. E-mail, Facebook, Twitter, meet-and-greet, film, send thank-you cards, approach the big hitters, hand out business cards, etc. Put down “Call of Duty,” log off Facebook and do something that will benefit your business. If you throw a big net, you’ll catch more fish.

6. Thank your customers. Every time someone buys

your product or uses your service, they are expressing trust in you. Don’t forget or neglect this. Send hand-written cards to people that meet with you but don’t want to do business. They may not be in the need for

what you’re offering, but maybe they know someone who is. Five dollars to Star-bucks goes a long way.

7. Put your plan in writing.

You know that it’s easier to write a paper with an out-line; it doesn’t change when you hit the real world. Write up a detailed business plan that answers any question an investor, banker or client may have about what you do. There’s a second part to this: follow through. What’s a plan if it’s not executed? Nothing.

There is so much more to running a good business, but I hope these seven prin-ciples can guide you on a straight track to doing what you love. They say if you do what you love, you’ll never work another day in your life. It’s true. Now go hus-tle, NKU!

Rich VosNKU Class of 2010

Owner of CrossFit Hustle

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Raquel RodriquezFaculty,

Music Department

“I’m surprised they weren’t doing it already, it’s defi nitely needed to cover student’s needs.”

Cody ReinhardSenior, art education

“I think they should extend their hours

because every other school has a 24 hour

library. Cornell, Harvard, NKU is next.”

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Claire Higgins

“How do you feel about the library being open 24 hours a day during

important study times?”

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For more Norse poll responses and video, visit www.thenortherner.com

Dan SheltonJunior, CIT

“Defi nitely extend the hours, I would defi nitely

use them.”

Recent grad offers career advice

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February 12

Learn how to volunteer in your local community Join members of the Brigh-ton Center to learn about the various service opportuni-ties in Northern Kentucky! Learn how agencies can work around your schedule and fi nd the proper fi t for you! This 45-minute session is in SU 107-B at 4:30.

“For The Birds”The artist reception is 5–7 p.m., and will be in the 3rd fl oor main gallery of the Fine Arts Building.

NKU Men and Women vs. Kentucky Wesleyan

Greek Night! First 500 students receive an NKU Stadium Cup and can use their meal plans at the concessions area. Don’t forget to wear pink and visit the tables around the concourse with various cancer awareness organizations. Former UK bas-ketball player Mark Krebs will be signing copies of his book about his mother’s battle with cancer. Sponsored by Kay Yow and WBCA. Women begin at 5:30 p.m. and men begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Bank of Ken-tucky Center.

NKU Women and Men vs. Bellarmine

White out day! The fi rst 2,500 fans receive a white NKU t-shirt and 2011 NKU Athletics Hall of Fame inductees will be honored. Zooperstars will be performing. Saturday is Se-nior Night for the cheerleaders, dance team, pep band and both basketball teams. Women be-gin at 5:30 p.m. and men begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Bank of Ken-tucky Center.

February 14 Build-A-Bear!

Happy Valentines Day! Get a free Build-A-Bear from APB! Get yours on the sec-ond fl oor of the Student Union.

NKU Bachelor Bring your dates and friends to experience three bachelors fi nd their Valen-tine’s match. If interested in learning more and sign-ing up to be a bachelorette, please contact the NKLI Of-fi ce of Student Life or Alyssa Woltermann at [email protected]. Any single lady can apply, just contact us before the special night. Feel free to send in any recommendations, as well. All proceeds will go to the Emerging Leaders Program at NKU. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

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A local CEO traveled to Northern Kentucky Univer-sity last week to give busi-ness students advice: It’s always the product that mat-ters.

“If you don’t know where you’re at and where you’re going, any road will get you there,” said Jack Cassidy, CEO of Cincinnati Bell.

Cassidy was the keynote speaker for Business Week, a series of seminars designed to help students find success in business careers. He ad-dressed a group of students and other guests at Northern Kentucky University Feb. 3, as part of NKU’s Business Week, a series of sessions and seminars designed to help students find achieve-ment through business ca-reers.

No matter how good an as-

piring businessperson thinks he or she is, it is always the product that matters, Cas-sidy said. In order to make the most sales, a business-person must offer products that are in the best interest of the community it targets, he continued.

Secondly, Cassidy said anyone in business needs to keep in mind what two things Americans value more than anything: Entertainment and convenience. When a business makes and sells products by these two means it gets the best results.

Cassidy explained Ameri-cans value convenience be-cause it buys more time for entertainment. As a business person, the customer mat-ters the most and needs a reason for them to want that product to continually be sold in stores.

“How you fly is determined by your attitude,” Cassidy

said when addressing his next point: the importance of diversity.

Cassidy said innovation comes from the diversity around the world and when there are different opinions, a business gets farther than if it only discussed an issue or product with the usual peo-ple. He urged a positive at-titude about diversity among businesses as a catalyst to accomplishing an idea.

After his speech, Cassidy shared with The Northern-er, “My goal is to get people to think, not necessarily to agree with everything I say.”

Several audience members asked Cassidy questions dur-ing his address. Cassidy also welcomed any NKU student seeking advice on being suc-cessful or other questions about business to contact him at his e-mail address: [email protected].

Danielle WesleyStaff writer

Believe in what you sell, CEO says

Jack Cassidy, CEO of Cincinnati Bell, tells students interested in business careers to focus on good products during a keynote address on Feb. 3.

Photo by Matthew Brewer

Budget committee gives approval to dropout billFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP)

— A bill that would gradu-ally raise the age at which Kentucky students can dropout of school has re-ceived approval from the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee.

� e measure, a pet project of � rst lady Jane Beshear, was passed by the House Education Commit-tee last week. It now goes to the full House for consider-ation.

� e bill would increase the minimum age for quit-ting school to 17 in 2015 and

18 in 2016 in a state where 6,000 students dropped out in 2009. Currently, Ken-tucky students can drop out of school at 16.

Senate passes nuclear power bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A long-standing mora-torium on nuclear power plants in Kentucky would be li� ed under a perennial bill that cleared the Senate on Tuesday.

� e Senate voted 31-5 late Tuesday a� ernoon to approve the measure and send it to the House where it has languished in years past.

State law prohibits nu-clear power plants from be-ing built in Kentucky until the U.S. has a permanent storage facility to contain radioactive waste.

Ky. House passes illegal immigration legislationFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP)

— An immigration bill that would require all govern-ment contractors to verify the citizenship of workers has passed the House.

Democratic state Rep. Mike Cherry of Princeton said the purpose of the leg-islation is to preserve jobs for Kentuckians.

� e House voted 90-6

on Tuesday to approve the measure, which was similar to legislation passed by the House in each of the past two years. Both of the pre-vious bills died in the Sen-ate, casting serious doubt on the chances for passage of the latest version.

� e Senate is consider-ing a separate immigration bill that would allow local and state police agencies to check the citizenship status of people they stop and de-tain them if warranted. � e Senate bill drew hundreds of demonstrators who be-lieve it is unfair and unnec-essary to the Capitol.

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Need a caffeine fi x? For a limited time, Northern Ken-tucky University visitors can get 25-cents-off coffee by tak-ing advantage of some green alternatives.

In conjunction with Recy-clemania, a nationwide waste-reduction contest among uni-versities, NKU is negotiating discounts for people who want to cut down on their own trash.

For a limited time, anyone who uses a refi llable cup to buy coffee at NKU will receive a dis-count on their purchase.

Supervisor of Building Ser-vices Glenn Scott is also ne-gotiating a discount with food vendors at Northern Fare to for

people who enroll in a program choosing reusable containers.

Scott said NKU will measure how much waste leaves the university each week, includ-ing what people recycle. Even if a student recycles a bottle, it is still considered waste, Scott said. Instead of recycling or throwing a plastic bottle out, he suggested refi lling it fi rst.

“We love recycling, but we would really prefer reduced waste,” Scott said.

Competing colleges will monitor and document the amount of cans, bottles, card-board and, new to this year’s competition, rechargeable cell phone batteries.

Other events taking place are an offi ce supply swap meet and a Take-It-or-Leave-It booth.

In an offi ce supply swap meet, different departments bring their excess supplies to one room where other depart-ments can take what they need. Take It or Leave It is a free-

cycle booth where students can drop off or pick up paper, notebooks, books and supplies instead of throwing them away or buying new things.

“It’s like a fl ea market but all the items don’t cost anything,” Goode said.

The Recycle Olympics, a new event this year, will begin once RecycleMania ends. Teams of eight will compete in fi ve or six events that are Olympic-based, with a green twist.

“Everything about these Olympics will be about going green, recycling and promot-ing the reduction of waste,” Scott said.

A few of the Recycle Olym-pic games are the pop bottle basketball shoot, an obstacle course with recycling materials and a shot put of phone books. This event will be March 31 on the Science Center lawn.

The competition began Feb. 6 and runs to Apr. 2. Last year,

NKU fi nished fi rst out of all Kentucky schools. Scott said the fact that NKU is a com-muter school and department heads are printing less contrib-uted to its success.

Scott said students can cut down on their own waste by reusing coffee mugs, water bottles, and lunch containers. Students should also print both sides of a sheet of paper in the computer labs, he said, adding that lab assistants can help stu-dents with this.

“It’s a fun competition and we would like everybody within the university to be involved,” said Jane Goode, campus and space planning coordinator.

For more information about reducing waste, visit the web-site http://green.nku.edu.

Winters are never fun at grocery stores. They are al-ways full of people crowding to get food and supplies be-fore the next big storm. But for Northern Kentucky Uni-versity students, faculty and staff, there is another option this winter that offers the ability to shop without even leaving their homes.

NKU is partnering with Green B.E.A.N. Delivery to set up and initiate a new way for people to get fresh, home-grown products delivered di-rectly to their doorstep. NKU is the first university the or-ganization has partnered with for a program like this.

On either a weekly or bi-weekly basis, people can place orders online from a virtual grocery store that will be delivered to their home. Founded in 2007 and origi-

nally named Farm Fresh Delivery, it later changed its name to include the acronym B.E.A.N. to match its new company initiatives to pro-vide food that is biodynamic and promotes education, ag-riculture and nutrition.

“We are serious about the

health and wellness of peo-ple in the community,” said John Freeland, general man-ager of Green B.E.A.N.

Kim Baker, employee wellness manager at NKU’s Wellness Center, said she

thinks it is a very good thing for NKU.

“Anytime we can support the local community, we are also teaching people and making it convenient to eat healthy foods,” Baker said.

Green B.E.A.N. typically works with between 50 and 100 different local farms, both small and large, during a season. One of their larg-est farms is Elmwood Stock Farm near Georgetown, Ky. They also work with farms in Indiana and Ohio.

“It really makes support-ing your local economy easi-er,” Freeland said. “It fosters support of local farms.”

NKU’s partnership with Green B.E.A.N. began when Baker and co-workers were introduced to the service during a meeting in 2010. After hearing about the use-fulness of the service, they developed a way to promote

it.“We are just kind of the

middleman to introduce people to them,” Baker said. “You can go in and set up your own personal delivery schedule.”

She added that it can be changed to suit your needs. Food will be delivered a few days after the order is placed, and maps are avail-able on the website to deter-mine delivery days.

The partnership not only offers the grocery delivery service to students on and off campus, but also benefits members of the community. As part of their agreement with NKU, Green B.E.A.N. has agreed to donate a pound of food to a local food bank on a bi-weekly basis each time an order is placed.

Special benefits are offered to NKU customers through the partnership.

NKU users will be able to schedule tours of farms that Green B.E.A.N. uses for its food sometime this year.

Also, anyone who places their first order will receive 50 percent off their first pur-chase of a produce bin.

NKU will be hosting two Green B.E.A.N. “lunch and learns” from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16 in Student Union Room 105. Attendees can learn about the compa-ny, how to navigate the web-site and how to register.

Anyone who is interested in this new grocery option or attending a lunch and learn can e-mail Baker at [email protected]. You can also check out http://www.greenbeandelivery.com for more information.

Sean DressmanContributing writer

Derick BischoffStaff writer

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The Northern Kentucky University Police Depart-ment wants to help protect women from sexual violence, on campus and off.

Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) is a basic self-defense class now offered, at no charge, by the NKU Police in conjunction with the Alexan-dria Police Department. The class is taught by trained po-lice offi cers and takes place over a span of four sessions, totaling 12 hours. RAD, which is a certifi ed course, is described on the Department of Public Safety’s web page as a “comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction, and avoidance.”

According to Sgt. Will Love of the NKU Police Depart-ment, the classes are offered to promote safety, aware-ness and to show techniques for women to defend them-selves. This includes know-ing when an attack is com-ing.

“The methods taught are basic, self-defense tech-niques,” said Love. “They are not aggressive, in the sense of learning to attack. It teaches how to defend your-self, and how to get away.”

Love said the NKU Police Department would like to have at least one offi cer from their department trained to teach the class. The class is currently being taught by Natalie Jackson, an offi cer for the Alexandria Police De-partment.

The lessons of self-defense instructed in class are very realistic, according to Jack-son. She said she would use the moves from RAD class if she were attacked on the street.

“The class is not for cam-pus use only,” Love said. “We’re trying to keep you safe wherever you go.”

According to the RAD web-site, the class is offered to men, women and children. However, Jackson said that she is only trained to teach basic physical defense for fe-males over the age of 12.

The class that Jackson teaches is specifi cally de-signed to teach women how to defend themselves against men. The main difference between men and women, according to Jackson, is that most men tend to have more

upper-body strength, while women have more strength in their lower body and legs.

Having a female offi cer to teach the RAD classes can be reassuring to other women, according to Love. It helps women realize that if anoth-er woman can do it, they can, too.

“You have to face an at-tacker at the end of the class. It’s a very realistic ap-proach,” Jackson said.

Some women who have taken the RAD class from Jackson have shared stories of how they were later able to use what they learned from the lessons. In one such in-stance, a young woman was able to keep her purse from being stolen by using a move that she had learned in the class. Jackson attributes the woman’s success defending herself to RAD.

Love said that some women may be intimidated to fi ght back, which may be a cause for the low turnout when the class has been taught previ-ously. On average, Love said about 10-15 women show up

for RAD sessions. Another possible reason Love sug-gested for low attendance is time confl icts. Classes are usually offered in the eve-ning, and many commuters leave before then.

According to Love, he would like to have at least 15-20 women sign up for the upcoming class. A date has not been set just yet, but Love said that if enough women commit to show up, he will work with Jackson to schedule it. The classes would most likely take place on a Tuesday and Thursday, two weeks in a row, Jackson said.

RAD classes are available to all female students, fac-ulty and staff at NKU. To sign up for the class, e-mail [email protected], with your full name and contact information, including a phone number and e-mail address. You can also e-mail Natalie Jackson at [email protected]. For information about RAD, go to http://dps.nku.edu/out-reach/rape_defense.php.

By the numbers

• From 2006 to 2008 six forcible sexual of-fenses were reported on campus.

• In June 2010, NKU Police investigated a rape at Woodcrest Apartments.

• There are at least two registered sex offenders at NKU.

Source: NKU Police

Roxanna BlevinsStaff writer

DPS to offer self-defense class

TARGETS, continued from page oneThe Northerner on Jan. 26 (“SGA doesn’t want to hear it”) quoted Dean of Students Jeffrey Waple as saying “al-though that speech may be offensive to some listeners, the speaker is probably enti-tled to say it, and the univer-sity cannot usually engage in censoring the content of a visitor’s speech.”

This comment from Waple received a response from Foundation for Indi-vidual Rights in Education (FIRE), a free speech advo-cacy group whose mission is to “defend and sustain in-dividual rights at America’s colleges and universities.” FIRE said that “it would be

wonderful if more public university administrators would acknowledge such a responsibility to regulate speech in a viewpoint-neu-tral way.”

“I think it’s great that NKU is getting national at-tention,” SGA President Kevin Golden said. “I think that the extra attention makes people really look at the proposal to make sure it is right for NKU.”

The proposed policy will require all potential speak-ers to register with the uni-versity before they are per-mitted to speak, and places a time, place and manner restriction on them. This

proposed policy would not police the content of the speaker’s message, but is rather a guide for the uni-versity to know who is on campus and when. The new policy is supported by both the Dean of Students Office and the Office of Legal Af-fairs.

“You have to accept every-body, and the policy does that,” Golden said. “The policy just creates a process for outside speakers to go through for the university to be aware of who’s on cam-pus.”

This proposed policy states that it “in no way acts to ‘police content,’”

and “does not infringe on any free speech rights, but rather puts into place pro-cedures for further protect-ing such rights.” This means that the same outside speak-ers that come to campus al-ready will still be allowed to speak on campus regardless of how obnoxious they or their message are. The new policy does not discriminate against them or their mes-sage.

The only difference the new policy will bring about is that the university will know that these speakers are on campus, how long they can be here, where they are and the manner in which

they are delivering their speech.

The current policy regard-ing outside speakers on campus has not been updat-ed since 1981. The proposed policy goes to a vote at the next SGA meeting.

The SGA also recognized the Norse Men’s Soccer Team for their victory in the NCAA Division II National Championship game.

Students who would like to address their opinions about these topics can at-tend the SGA meeting on Monday, Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Governance Ball-room of the Student Union.

Greaves Hall came alive with the sounds of cham-ber music and a warm feeling among guests because they were supporting a worthy cause. Northern Ken-tucky University adjunct professor Joanne Wojto-wicz and her friends from the Cincinnati Sympho-ny Orchestra performed “Chamber Music Among Friends” to benefi t the Louisville Orchestra, which is on the brink of bankruptcy.

Donations were taken from the audience to sup-port the cause. The Louisville Orchestra is close to Wojtowicz and other musicians’ hearts because it’s where many of them got their start as a professional orchestral musician.

Friday’s concert had an intimate, casual feel with about 50 guests, a mix of students, faculty and mem-bers of the community. The wide range of music choices gave the short show – only about one hour – variety that even a non-music student could en-joy. With three pieces, the music choice was careful to include both modern and classic chamber music, which is music written for a small group of musi-cians, usually around four.

The fi rst piece entitled “Phantasy Quartet” by Ben-jamin Britten featured oboe, violin, viola and cello. According to the program, this piece “harked back to the fantasies for viols that were a prominent part of English music in the 1600s.”

The entire piece was quick, even chaotic at times. The moments of tension and drama were cut by mo-ments of soft, deep notes from the cello. The oboe also added moments of solitude with its snake char-meresque parts apart from the strings.

“Phantasy” had an interesting sound overall. The strings often reverted back to a plucking method that began and ended the entire piece. Each instrument added something different and complimented the others. The musicians played fl awlessly at the im-pressive speeds called for by the piece.

The second piece of the night was “Invisible To-pography,” written by Ellen Harrison, faculty mem-ber at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, who was also present in the audience. “Invisible” is a brand new piece; Friday’s performance was only the second time it has ever been played.

This piece for viola, violin, cello and bass was very contemporary and very high energy. According to Harrison, this piece “explores the various textures, moods and colors that strings can produce,” and this came out as the performance progressed.

Throughout the entire piece, each instrument was showcased, either with a solo or from the accompa-nying instruments enhancing their sound. All to-gether, the piece had a very enjoyable, albeit differ-ent, sound. After its fi nal note, the musicians got the approval of Harrison when she stood to applaud the quartet.

The fi nal piece of the night, “Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass” by Erwin Schulhoff, provid-ed the classical chamber music portion to the show.

The fi rst movement was soft, subtle and roman-tic with moments of chaos. The fl ute was incredibly impressive in the fi rst movement and throughout. The speeds and range of notes were spectacular and played almost fl awlessly.

The second movement was much more dramatic. Instead of fl ute, piccolo was added to the trio, which added a lot of tension and confl ict among the viola and double bass with its high-pitched notes.

The fi nale featured the piccolo again and was more frantic and fast paced than the second movement.

The way the musicians played the frantic notes also added to the performance. Their movements matched the music, showing their passion for what they are playing. In fact, the musicians throughout the show showed their passion for the music and not only in their fi nal pieces.

Their passion fl owed throughout Greaves, giving the feeling of joy and culture to each audience mem-ber.

Claire HigginsStaff writer

Chamber concert spreads warmth from Greaves to Louisville

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An indie rock duo hailing from Brooklyn, The Forms, is returning to the South-gate House in Newport to get Northern Kentucky ready for a new beginning and to promote the release of their newest project, the Derealization EP.

Matt Walsh, the guitarist and everything else player of The Forms is excited to get back to the Southgate House for the show. The Forms have taken some great memories from previous shows there, Walsh told The Northerner in an interview.

The Derealization EP, set to release Feb. 12, feels like a “new beginning” for The Forms, who have played around with the structure of their band. The band has had as many as four members in the past, but has now moved back to the duo of Matt Walsh and Alex Tween (vocals and keyboard).

This “record is like an epi-taph” of an old band, Walsh said about the EP being a new beginning for The Forms.

The EP a very experimental project compiled of remixed tracks from the band’s pre-vious albums (“Icarus” and “The Forms”). For Walsh, the initial remix idea evolved into so much more as the process

progressed.The idea sparked by acci-

dent. After unintentionally listening to a vinyl of a previ-ous album at different speeds, Tween and Walsh started to experiment. They noticed that by just adjusting the speed, their songs became much dif-ferent from the originals. They decided if they were going to do different, then they’d go all the way and “not do anything the way we’ve done before.”

So the pair invited artists from other bands includ-ing The National, Shudder to Think, Pattern is Movement and the Dirty Projectors, to sing and even rework the The Forms’ lyrics. Walsh referred to it as a deconstruction of their work. He said it was cool for him to see “how someone responds to your own stuff” as each guest artist added some-thing unique to their tracks.

The album’s title, Dereal-ization, means “to feel that the outside world is unreal,” Walsh said. He added that he and Tween treated the process of recreating their music as if nothing but the music mat-tered.

In fact, all of The Forms’ mu-sic is designed to be about the way it makes you feel. Walsh can’t classify their genre be-cause, for him, their music has “never fi t square into a genre.” He thinks of his music as a

“pure energy” and abstract. When creating music, Walsh wants to tune into the energy the music exerts.

Unlike many bands, The Forms’ don’t focus on lyrics -- it’s all about the music. They’re not about life and don’t tell a story, Walsh explained. Tween, who writes the lyrics, just listens to the melody and words come out, according to Walsh. “Certain words pop out of his subconscious,” he said.

The experimental and pro-

motional tour hits the South-gate House on Feb. 19. Walsh reminisced on a show there when a fan repeatedly lined the stage with shots of whiskey (“the good stuff”), which made for a crazy night. The South-gate House will always be in Walsh’s memory, so he is ex-cited to return.

When the EP releases, Walsh wants listeners to “let it sink in” and enjoy it; to just lis-ten and “get something good out of it.”

To get more information and purchase tickets, visit http://www.southgatehouse.com. For more information on The Forms or to pre-order a copy of Derealization, visit http://www.myspace.com/theforms.

Editorial Note: Find out how to win tickets to see The Forms on the back cover of The Northerner’s print edi-tion this week!

Claire HigginsFeatures editor

Brooklyn band returning to N.Ky.

“Moby-Dick” has been in-terpreted in many ways over the years. Depending on the reader, the story can be about adventure, obsession, revenge or a commentary on human-ity. For Claire Illouz it was a meditation on the symbolism of the color white. Illouz, a

French print maker and book artist, was inspired to create an artist book based chap-ter 42 of “Moby Dick, “The Whiteness of the Whale.”

Illouz visited Northern Ken-tucky University Feb. 1 to talk about her most recent project, artist book, “The Whiteness,” which focuses on the idea of color or the absence of color in relation to “Moby-Dick.” NKU

owns one of only 25 copies of “The Whiteness.”

“I let the blank paper speak,” Illouz said. “This mediation about whiteness is uneasy and extremely anguished.”

An artist book is an artwork in book form with special at-tention given to the typeset used, the binding and quality of paper materials. Many of Il-louz’s projects are inspired by

historical events, literature, the use of type and imagery. By combining these elements, she creates a visual story in book form.

“Moby-Dick Art in Northern Kentucky,” an exhibition of nationally and internationally created artworks inspired by “Moby-Dick” is on display at the Schlachter Archives in W. Frank Steely Library. Many

of the works were created by NKU students.

“Moby-Dick Art in North-ern Kentucky” will be on dis-play from 1 to 4 p.m. week-days through May 1 at the Schlachter Archives of the W. Frank Steely Library For more information about Illouz and her body of works, you can visit her website at http://www.cillouz.com/index.htm.

Shawn BuckenmeyerA&E editor

The White Whale fuels artistic expression

The Forms, an indie rock duo from New York, release their latest album Feb. 12 before a show at the Southgate House on Feb. 19. Readers can win tickets to the show by posting a comment on The Northerner’s website or Twitter account.

Photo courtesy of The Forms

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Nearly three hundred peo-ple braved the ice and cold Friday to watch debate teams argue hot topic issues from Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X’s perspectives as part of NKU’s celebration of Black History Month. The “Great Debate,” an intellec-tual and cultural competi-tion dealing with current so-cial justice issues in America was held on Feb. 4 at Xavier University.

Debate teams from Central State University (Ohio), the

University of Cincinnati, and Xavier verbally sparred to accept or reject the debate’s premise – “The Miseduca-tion of a Generation: Are We Producing 21st Century Leader or Life-Long Needer-ship?” – according to their respective team’s assigned perspective.

The competition was held on Feb. 4 and decided who will compete against North-ern Kentucky University and an unannounced third team at the finals in March. NKU students also help to spono-sor and moderate the event.

Central State won the

competition. Its argument focused on the word ‘crisis.’ Beginning with an historical reference to the 1910 creation of W.E.B. Du Bois’ magazine “The Crisis,” Central State reframed the word into an argument citing numerous current facts and statistics about modern America.

“Isn’t it disappointing that more than a hundred years after this magazine’s first publication, our nation is still in a state of crisis?” they asked. “The crisis that I speak of is the miseducation of our generation.”

The debate when on to

stress current statistics as compared to hopes of leaders of the civil rights movements for African-Americans.

“According to the Depart-ment of Education, 30 per-cent of all college students leave within the first year, and 50 percent never even graduate,” Griffin said. “Martin Luther King said ‘Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.’”

Central State’s closing ar-guments also referred to “crisis,” namely the crisis with increasingly expensive

education and its effect on producing leadership to deal with contemporary issues.

“Before we can change the world, we must educate our-selves with the issues,” they said. “Martin Luther King once said ‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.’”

As the winners of Friday’s Great Debate, Central State will meet and another unan-nounced team from 7 to 9 p.m. March 25 in the Student Union Ballroom.

Chuck HeffnerContributing writer

‘Great Debate’ challenges ideas

Professor Bettina Love spoke on Feb. 8 about how Hip Hop is often used as a scapegoat by politicians for America’s pre-existing societal problems.

Photo by Jesse Call

Black History Month Calendar of EventsMoments in Black His-tory - Learn about great mo-ments in Black History on the second fl oor lobby in SU at 12-1 p.m. Sponsored by BUS.

The Underground Rail-road - Our history has more to offer than the usual fi gures romanticized in textbooks. We encourage everyone to come learn about slavery, re-sistance and freedom through the voices of living history. The talk will be held in Otto Budig, UC 270.

NAACP 2nd Annual Im-age Awards Banquet - The NKU chapter of the National Association for the Advance-ment of Colored People (NAACP) is having its awards celebration in the Student Union. There will be a faculty and staff mixer at 6-7 p.m. followed by the actual awards celebration.

13th Annual Miss Black & Gold Scholarship Pageant 2011 - Hosted by the Dis-tinguished and Dapper Rho Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Doors will open a 5 p.m. and tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Soul Food Sunday - Enjoy a classic soul food Sunday dinner. The location is TBA 2:30pm.

Apollo Night - Enjoy unique and outstanding performanc-es by your fellow students! The event is in Greaves Hall at 7 p.m. Sponsored by BUS.

W.A.T.E.R - An outlet for students who are passionate about creative forms of expres-sion. We are looking for poets, singers, lyricists, musicians, dancers, etc. Admission is $1. Contact Porschae Wilson to perform at [email protected]. The event will be held in the Multipurpose Room in the SU, 5-7 p.m. Young Gifted and Black

Play - A fascinating play writ-ten and produced by Cierra Harris. Multipurpose Room, SU 102, starting at 5 p.m.

MLK Commemoration and candlelight vigil - Re-member the achievements of Dr. King. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha. In Otto Budig, UC 270, 6-8 p.m.

Venus vs. Mars Part 2 - A look at relationships. Spon-sored by KAΨ and facilitated by Dr. Leesha Thrower. In SU 109 at 6 p.m.

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The NKU art gallery will be giving the campus some-thing to tweet about this month when the art exhibit “For the Birds” opens Thurs-day, February 10. The exhibit explores and celebrates birds in both life and death. For the first time in the gallery’s history, one of the pieces will contain live animals.

Dan Dezarn, NKU alumni, will be presenting his piece that features 12 live zebra finches inside a cage that is modeled after a basilica. In-side the cage is a sculpture made of suet and bird seed of St. Francis that the birds will consume for the length of the exhibit.

The exhibit will include

work from 19 artists from the region using multiple forms of media. “We have drawing, photography, printmaking, mixed media pieces that are more sculptural, ceramics, it’s a wide range of different kinds of work,” says David Knight, art gallery director.

“There should be some-thing for everyone.” The art-ists all have ties to the area as some are former faculty and students, including one student that graduated last semester.

The opening reception for the exhibit will be Thursday, February 10 from 5 – 7 p.m. The exhibit will run through Friday, March 4 in both of the art galleries and will be on display Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Chad SchultzContributing writer

Art for the birds

An art exhibit opening Feb. 10 will feature decorated wood carvings of birds’ beaks from across the world.

Photos by Chad Schultz

Students splash for Special Olympics

NKU makes a splash at the 2011 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics. NKU raised $4,594, the highest amount to date raised by the school for the cause. The Norse Polar Bear Society was awarded a trophy for the largest school/university team with 28 plungers. The event began at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, at Joe’s Crab Shack in Bellevue, Ky. More than 650 plungers from across the tri-state area lined up in the snow and jumped into a pool that had been set up the previous day as part of the annual event.

Photos by Chad Schultz

David Knight (top left) prepares the NKU art gallery for its lastest exhibit “For the Birds” featuring various artists.

Photo by Chad Schultz

February 9, 201114 Sports

Casey Stokes,sophomore,

art/special education major

“It met mine. And, I liked the halftime show.”

Trey Hopefreshman,

computer science major

“All the hype was lived up to. I was really into

it.”

Zeb Copleyjunior, fi nance major

“Yeah. It was a close game and exciting. It had

lots of big plays, turn-overs and long passes.”

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Jon Raymer,junior, fi nance major

“Yeah. It was a great game played by two teams with extremely

high-powered offenses.”

Northern Kentucky Univer-sity’s tennis teams have high expectations for the 2011 sea-son as they look to make runs to the NCAA tournament.

The men’s and women’s teams have the privilege of hosting the Great Lakes Con-ference Championship this spring. Because NKU is the host, not allowing the confer-ence championship to leave this campus will be a goal for both teams this season. The biggest advantage to play-ing at home will be a strong cheering section, according to senior Kristen Sunday.

“We have family and friends that can come watch,” Sunday said. “We traveled to Mis-souri last season, and that’s quite a hike. Not many of our fans could make it, so being here on campus will be a nice perk.”

Both men and women will kick of their spring campaign as they travel to Richmond, Ky. to take on the Eastern Kentucky University Colo-

nels, a Division I opponent and in-state rival.

“We’re preparing our match like any other match,” head coach Geoff Crawford said. “Regardless of who our op-ponent is, we’re just trying to prepare and do everything we can individually and col-lectively to be ready for this match.”

The men’s team will look to rebound from a disappoint-ing 2010 campaign. The men fi nished the year 6-8 over-all, and saw their season end early with a disappointing loss to Rockhurst in the GLVC Tournament. The Norse en-tered the tournament need-ing a strong performance to reach the NCAA Tournament, but a quick exit from the con-ference tournament kept the team out.

The Norse will be looking to replace the leadership of Lance Koetter. He graduated after earning a spot on the All-GLVC team last season. He ended the year with an 8-3 singles record overall, and a 4-1 record within the GLVC.

Since the Norse are entering

the year without seniors, underclassman will be expected take charge of the team.

Leading the way will be sophomore Guillaume Berman, named to the All-GLVC team last season and also GLVC Freshman of the Year. He fi nished the year with an 11-2 overall record, in which all 11 wins came in a row. Berman fi nished 4-1 in conference, and teamed with Koetter in doubles. The pair fi nished with a 7-5 record.

The women’s tennis team is looking to build off a suc-cessful 2010 season. The Norse were able to make it to the fi nals of the GLVC before falling to Drury University in the fi nals. The Norse were still able to ride the success of the conference tournament and claim a spot in the NCAA Tournament, but ran into the same Drury Panthers and fell 8-3. NKU fi nished the year with an 11-5 record overall, and a 6-3 record in the GLVC.

“We have gotten better each year I have been here,” Sun-day said. “We are

looking further ahead this season in-stead of just individual matches. The furthest we have been since I have been here is out of the fi rst round, and we want to improve of that.”

Sunday, who fi nished last season playing in the number- one spot for the Norse, will be a key member of the team. She fi nished last season with a 7-9 overall mark. Also re-turning to the is junior Jenny Hand, who played in the four-spot for the Norse last season.

NKU will be without Whit-ney Thomas, who under-went season-ending shoulder surgery. Thomas played the number-three singles spot for the Norse last season, pairing with Sunday to form the number one dou-bles team for NKU.

Nick JonesSports editor

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The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team looks to end a two-game skid and remains unde-feated at home, but it will not be easy as they are taking on their in-state ri-vals.

NKU will take on the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers on Thurs-day, Feb. 9, and then the Bellarmine University Knights on Saturday, Feb. 12. Both games are scheduled to tip-off at 5:30 p.m.

These games are very important to the Norse in that they will affect their chances in earning a spot in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and NCAA regional tournaments.

The Norse are currently 8-6 in GLVC play and are tied for sec-ond in the East Division with the University of Indianapo-lis, trailing the University of Southern Indiana by two full games. The Norse are cur-rently tied for sixth overall in the confer-ence. That would be good enough to advance to the tourna-ment, but they want to fi nish strong and i m p r o v e their seed-ing in the r e g i o n . With Ken-tucky Wes-l e y a n hav-

ing a 7-7 record, and Bellarmine, Saint Joseph’s and Lewis having 6-8 records, the Norse cannot afford a let-down.

Not only are the Norse trying to im-prove in the GLVC, but they are also fi ghting to earn a spot in the NCAA re-gional tournament. Only the top eight teams in the Midwest Regional earn a spot to the NCAA Tournament and the Norse are currently on the outside looking in. Entering the stretch with a record of 14-8, victories against their in-state rivals would be a strong boost to their resume, as NKU has already dropped two road games to both Wes-

leyan and Bellarmine.Kentucky Wesleyan narrowly

defeated NKU 67-63 in their fi rst game on Jan. 22. The Pan-thers built a 10-point lead with less than eight minutes to play

and were able to withstand a Norse comeback. On part to an 11-2 run, the Norse were able to tie the score, but were never able to pull ahead. Junior center Ka-

tie Behrens and freshman guard Karly Rhoads led the Panthers, both scoring 17 points. Junior guard Casse Mogan scored 22 points to

lead the Norse in the losing effort.

NKU also lost a close one to Bel-larmine, 72-70, on Jan. 20. Similar

to the game against the Panthers, the Norse were able to come from

behind, trailing by 15 with a little over four minutes remaining, but were not able to get over the hump.Freshman guard Therese Montano

scored 23 points and junior forward Lauren Jones added 18 points to lead the Knights to the victory. Jones is currently the leading scorer in the GLVC by averaging 18.8 points per contest. Mogan led the Norse in this game as well by scoring 21 points.

The Norse will fi nish the season next week with two road games. They will be against the University of India-napolis and the University of South-ern Indiana.

It’s rivalry week for Norse fans, but there is more on the line than brag-ging rights for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team. The Norse are trying to guarantee a position in the NCAA tournament and a chance for the national championship.

Riding a fi ve-game winning streak, the NKU men’s basketball team looks to remain hot when they come home to face their in-state division rivals, the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers and the Bellarmine University Knights.

The Norse came into the week with an 18-4 record, including 11-3 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. They are currently tied for second with Southern Indiana in the East Division, trailing only Bellarmine, who is a perfect 14-0 in GLVC play.

All teams are trying to position them-selves in the top eight in the NCAA Midwest Regional Rankings to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Bellarmine owns the top spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional rankings with NKU coming in fourth and Kentucky Wesleyan in sev-enth.

“These are division games with seed-ing ramifi cations for both the confer-ence tournament and the regional rankings for the NCAA Tournament,” head coach Dave Bezold said. “All these games left are going to determine that.”

NKU was able to defeat Kentucky Wesleyan in their early match-up on Jan. 22, winning in overtime 91-82. The Norse were able to upset the Panthers, ranked number 17 in the national poll at the time, by shooting 56.4 percent from the fi eld and being led by a bench that outscored Kentucky Wesleyan’s reserves by a 32-4 margin in the game.

This time the roles will be reversed as the Norse go in the game ranked num-ber 24 in the Division II poll and Ken-tucky Wesleyan is no longer ranked.

The Norse will have the task of stop-ping junior center Anthony Young, av-eraging 19.4 points, and junior guard Cardell McFarland, averaging 17.8 points. The two rank third and sixth in scoring in the GLVC, respectively. In the previous game between the two

teams, Young scored 23 points and Mc-Farland scored 18 points.

“[Young] is a pretty talented player as he can score from the inside and out,” Bezold said. “We have to do a good job keeping him out of the spots he is com-fortable in.”

The week will not get any easier for the Norse, as they will take on the number-two team in Division II in Bel-larmine. In the previous meeting on Jan. 20, Bellarmine won 85-74. The Knights pulled ahead early and were able to withstand a few Norse rallies. The Knights shot 51.7 percent from the fi eld and were led in scoring by senior guard Jeremy Kendle with 22 points.

Kendle is currently the fi fth leading scorer in the GLVC, averaging 18.0 points per game.

“The key is consis-tency and to play

at the level we have been playing at for the last few weeks,” B e z o l d said.

T h e Norse will fi n-ish the season next week with two road games. They will be against the University of India-napolis and the University of South-ern Indiana.

Rivalry WeekJohn MinorAssistant sports editor

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