Officials endorse streetcar program online @ www.newsrecord.org Colleges adjust to budget cuts WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2009 VOL. CXXVIV ISSUE 4 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWSRECORDNEWS@GMAIL.COM | 513.556.5908 1 News 4 Spotlight 5 Classifieds 6 Sports WEATHER INDEX BRIEF PART-TIME JOB FAIR WHEN Wed., Sept. 30. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE 310 University Pavilion Need a J-O-B? Attend the Univer- sity of Cincinnati’s part-time job fair in University Pavilion, room 310, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Career Development Center and UC Hu- man Resources present the part- time job fair where students can find on and off-campus jobs. For more information contact Arthur Walton at 513-556-3471. UC’s mascot is in a national collegiate competition PAGE 6 VOTE FOR BEARCAT 2009 UC students aren’t the only ones tweeting about their lives PAGE 4 TWITTERPATED Troops being transferred to Afghanistan not a surprise PAGE 3 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Online pOll TnR all The Time How do you feel about the G20 summit in Pittsburgh? Visit the news page and tell us what you think. Be sure check out the Web site and flip through this issue online. If that’s not enough, subscribe to the RSS and follow us on Twitter @NewsRecord_UC. Word on the STREET What is your view on the Streetcar plan? “They should have something below ground, put more money toward the subway. But I’m all for a bigger transit system.” Ebon McGlown, first-year architectural engineering technology student “If we vote it down, I feel we’ll be left behind in the race with other cities.” Lee Southwood, first-year aerospace engineering student “It would be easier to travel if we had them.” Gaby Wilson, first-year exploratory student “It creates jobs and money. In the long run it will help.” Shymal Ruparel, first-year computer science student “I don’t think it would hurt.” Natalie Cass, first-year communications student ALLIE SEE THE NEWS RECORD In the new school year, a $23 million budget cut forces University of Cincinnati officials to look at new ways to save money while maintaining academic standards. The shrinking budget has also caused the university to lay off approximately 200 administrative and maintenance staff in the last three years. It is a possibility there will be less trash collection and landscaping this academic year, said James Plummer, vice president of finance for UC. Compared to last year’s budget, each college at UC is facing an 8-percent cut. Despite the cuts, UC is encouraging colleges to maintain growth. Any college that increases its enrollment from the previous year can use the additional tuition to make up for losses, Plummer said. The McMicken College of Arts and Sciences is one college benefiting from the performance-based budgeting. “We do not have a smaller budget,” said Valerie Hardcastle, dean of arts and sciences. “Rather, we have the same budget, but more students to handle with it.” Students enrolled in the arts and sciences program grew by as much as 700 students this year, Hardcastle said. “I’m hopeful that students will not notice too much of a change,” Hardcastle said. “Some courses will have more students in them and some other classes are at capacity. But so far we seem to be able to handle our load OK.” UC students are noticing the increase in students in their classes. “My anatomy class last year had almost 250 people in it,” said Serena Matson, a second-year nursing student. “My biology class this year has [more than] 300.” UC students could also face a tuition increase in 2010-’11; the Board of Trustees recently granted the university approval to raise tuition by 3.5 percent in the next academic year if necessary. The board also approved a tuition increase for the current year, but UC officials thought it was unfair to students to raise tuition so close to the start of the quarter. “We felt that students and their families had already planned their budgets for the coming school year,” Plummer said. The university is also looking to save money in the long run by making buildings more energy efficient. “We probably won’t build any more buildings with large atriums like TUC,” Plummer said, adding that while they look good, they use a great deal of energy. KAREEM ELGAZZAR | THE NEWS RECORD MEL ACHTERMEYER, a campus electrician, represents the many employees on the maintenance crew that may see effects of the cuts. Hundreds of UC workers have been laid off in the last three years. JUSTIN TEPE | THE NEWS RECORD JO OBERMEYER, of Anderson, attended the Streetcar exhibit in the Huenfeld Tower Room downtown. JUSTIN TEPE | THE NEWS RECORD SUSAN THOMAS, of Pleasant Ridge, views informational posters regarding the Cincinnati streetcar proposal exhibited by city officials. GIN A. ANDO THE NEWS RECORD To bolster support for the streetcar program, the Cincinnati Department of Transportation held its third public forum. Administrators placed boards containing important information in the main branch of the Cincinnati library and were on hand to answer any questions citizens may have. “I hope it does what it’s supposed to do,” said Hugh Koon, 70, of Cincinnati. Koon grew up with trains and streetcars and says University of Cincinnati students would benefit as well. Although he says local residents support the streetcar, the outcome may still go either way. “I have no idea [about how it will turn out],” Koon said. “You never know what people are going to do when they get to the ballot box.” Officials handed out informational sheets and talked to residents about their concerns. “I’ve been following it since the beginning,” said Mark Hunter, a Kentucky resident. Hunter, who may be attending UC to pursue a graduate degree in historical urban renewal, saw other cities’ public transportation. “It’s going to impact the city.” Monetary concerns still remain an obstacle administrators are attempting to address with the series of open hall meetings. The entire project requires $128 million from capital sources and Cincinnati has already promised $61 million, according to the statistics handed out at the forum. In order to secure funds from federal sources, the department is required to gather a consensus of how the locals feel. To quell the doubt, many of the pieces of information being distributed by city officials included important facts about the funding of the streetcar project. “We wanted to make sure the numbers are straight. It won’t create a new tax,” said Lea Eriksen, Cincinnati’s budget director. “It will actually generate tax revenues. It will not be a tax increase – it’s part of the budget.” Administrators are aiming to use the open house forums as a way to answer many of the questions being asked by citizens. “We would expect big groups and small groups,” said Michael Moore, director of the Department of Transportation for Cincinnati. “Once you get the nuts and bolts the first time, it’s easier.” The first presentation, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, attracted approximately 60 people, Moore said. There are still seven open house meetings Moore is planning for. The variety of places and audiences keeps him busy tweaking the presentation to keep it applicable to the people being targeted. The next forum is slated for Oct. 13 and each subsequent meeting approximately one week after. “It’s going to be different information if we present to say, the Women’s Club of Cincinnati and if we were to present to the Engineers’ Club,” Moore said. By conducting the open houses, the city is gathering the public opinion needed to be granted federal funding, but it is also a way for them to personally speak to the people about what the streetcar can do for Cincinnati. “Public transportation means more to me than other people,” said Koon, who works at the Cincinnati Association For the Blind. “It’s not as easy as jumping into your car and going places for some people.” Connecting various attractions of the city is also a reason why certain city officials are rallying for the streetcar. Under the current plan, the route will include Fountain Square, the Contemporary Arts Center, Findlay Market, the Brewery District and other popular locations in Cincinnati. “We have all these gems and the streetcar can connect them,” Eriksen said. “More residents, jobs and small businesses [will] pop up along the line.” Locals remain optimistic about the plan. “There’s so much potential,” said Jodie Beerman, a Kentucky resident who works in Clifton. “There’s potential for the city to be so much fun.” THE STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE GRAPHIC FROM CINCINNATISTREETCAR.COM THE CURRENT PLAN aims to connect Cincinnati businesses and eventually extend the route all the way to the UC campus. 68 ° 44 ° Have something to say? Join the debate about the streetcar on the online version of the above article.
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Officials endorsestreetcar program
online @ www.newsrecord.org
Colleges adjust to budget cuts
Wednesday, sept. 30, 2009Vol. CXXVIV Issue 4
THe INdepeNdeNT sTudeNT News orgaNIzaTIoN aT THe uNIVersITy of CINCINNaTI
When Wed., Sept. 30. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Where 310 University Pavilion
Need a J-O-B? Attend the Univer-sity of Cincinnati’s part-time job fair in University Pavilion, room 310, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Career Development Center and UC Hu-man Resources present the part-time job fair where students can find on and off-campus jobs. for more information contact Arthur Walton at 513-556-3471.
UC’s mascot is in a national collegiate competition
page 6
Vote for bearcat 2009UC students aren’t the only ones
tweeting about their lives
page 4
tWitterpatedTroops being transferred to Afghanistan not a surprise
page 3
giVe peace a chance
Online pOll TnR all The TimeHow do you feel about the G20 summit in Pittsburgh? Visit the news page and tell us what you think.
Be sure check out the Web site and flip through this issue online. If that’s not enough, subscribe to the RSS and follow us on Twitter @NewsRecord_UC.
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STREETWhat is your view on the Streetcar plan?
“They should have something below ground, put more money toward the subway. But I’m all for a bigger transit system.”Ebon McGlown, first-year architectural engineering technology student
“If we vote it down, I feel we’ll be left behind in the race with other cities.”Lee Southwood, first-year aerospace engineering student
“It would be easier to travel if we had them.”Gaby Wilson, first-year exploratory student
“It creates jobs and money. In the long run it will help.”Shymal Ruparel, first-year computer science student
“I don’t think it would hurt.”Natalie Cass, first-year communications student
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ALLiE SEETHe News reCord
In the new school year, a $23 million budget cut forces University of Cincinnati officials to look at new ways to save money while maintaining academic standards.
The shrinking budget has also caused the university to lay off approximately 200 administrative and maintenance staff in the last three years. It is a possibility there will be less trash collection and landscaping this academic year, said James Plummer, vice president of finance for UC.
Compared to last year’s budget, each college at UC is facing an 8-percent cut.
Despite the cuts, UC is encouraging colleges to maintain growth.
Any college that increases its enrollment from the previous year can use the additional tuition to make up for
losses, Plummer said.The McMicken College of Arts and
Sciences is one college benefiting from the performance-based budgeting.
“We do not have a smaller budget,” said Valerie Hardcastle, dean of arts and sciences. “Rather, we have the same budget, but more students to handle with it.”
Students enrolled in the arts and sciences program grew by as much as 700 students this year, Hardcastle said.
“I’m hopeful that students will not notice too much of a change,” Hardcastle said. “Some courses will have more students in them and some other classes are at capacity. But so far we seem to be able to handle our load OK.”
UC students are noticing the increase in students in their classes.
“My anatomy class last year had almost 250 people in it,” said Serena Matson, a second-year nursing student.
“My biology class this year has [more than] 300.”
UC students could also face a tuition increase in 2010-’11; the Board of Trustees recently granted the university approval to raise tuition by 3.5 percent in the next academic year if necessary.
The board also approved a tuition increase for the current year, but UC officials thought it was unfair to students to raise tuition so close to the start of the quarter.
“We felt that students and their families had already planned their budgets for the coming school year,” Plummer said.
The university is also looking to save money in the long run by making buildings more energy efficient.
“We probably won’t build any more buildings with large atriums like TUC,” Plummer said, adding that while they look good, they use a great deal of energy.
KAREEM ELGAzzAR | THe NewS ReCoRd
MEL AChtERMEyER, a campus electrician, represents the many employees on the maintenance crew that may see effects of the cuts. Hundreds of UC workers have been laid off in the last three years.
JuStiN tEpE | THe NewS ReCoRd
JO OBERMEyER, of Anderson, attended the Streetcar exhibit in the Huenfeld Tower Room downtown.
JuStiN tEpE | THe NewS ReCoRd
SuSAN thOMAS, of Pleasant Ridge, views informational posters regarding the Cincinnati streetcar proposal exhibited by city officials.
GiN A. ANdOTHe News reCord
To bolster support for the streetcar program, the Cincinnati Department of Transportation held its third public forum.
Administrators placed boards containing important information in the main branch of the Cincinnati library and were on hand to answer any questions citizens may have.
“I hope it does what it’s
supposed to do,” said Hugh Koon, 70, of Cincinnati. Koon grew up with trains and streetcars and says University of Cincinnati students would benefit as well.
Although he says local residents support the streetcar, the outcome may still go either way.
“I have no idea [about how it will turn out],” Koon said. “You never know what people are going to do when they get to the ballot box.”
Officials handed out
informational sheets and talked to residents about their concerns.
“I’ve been following it since the beginning,” said Mark Hunter, a Kentucky resident. Hunter, who may be attending UC to pursue a graduate degree in historical urban renewal, saw other cities’ public transportation. “It’s going to impact the city.”
Monetary concerns still remain an obstacle administrators are attempting to address with the series of open hall meetings. The entire project requires $128 million from capital sources and Cincinnati has already promised $61 million, according to the statistics handed out at the forum.
In order to secure funds from federal sources, the department is required to gather a consensus of how the locals feel.
To quell the doubt, many of the pieces of information being distributed by city officials included important facts about the funding of the streetcar project.
“We wanted to make sure the numbers are straight. It won’t create a new tax,” said Lea Eriksen, Cincinnati’s budget director. “It will actually generate tax revenues. It will not be a tax increase – it’s part of the budget.”
Administrators are aiming to use the open house forums as a way to answer many of the questions being asked by citizens.
“We would expect big groups and small groups,” said Michael Moore, director of the Department of Transportation for Cincinnati. “Once you get the nuts and bolts the first time, it’s easier.”
The first presentation, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, attracted approximately 60 people, Moore said.
There are still seven open house meetings Moore is planning for. The variety of places and audiences keeps him busy tweaking the presentation to keep it applicable to the people being targeted. The next forum is slated for Oct. 13 and each subsequent meeting approximately one week after.
“It’s going to be different information if we present to say, the Women’s Club of Cincinnati and if we were to present to the Engineers’ Club,” Moore said.
By conducting the open houses, the city is gathering the public opinion needed to be granted federal funding, but it is also a way for them to personally speak to the people about what the streetcar can do for Cincinnati.
“Public transportation means more to me than other people,” said Koon, who works at the Cincinnati Association For the Blind. “It’s not as easy as jumping into your car and going places for some people.”
Connecting various attractions of the city is also a reason why certain city officials are rallying for the streetcar. Under the current plan, the route will include Fountain Square, the Contemporary Arts Center, Findlay Market, the Brewery District and other popular locations in Cincinnati.
“We have all these gems and the streetcar can connect them,” Eriksen said. “More residents, jobs and small businesses [will] pop up along the line.”
Locals remain optimistic about the plan.
“There’s so much potential,” said Jodie Beerman, a Kentucky resident who works in Clifton. “There’s potential for the city to be so much fun.”
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America is so accustomed to the call-to-arms that begins, “Remember, we are in a war on terror” it is unlikely that the recent request for an increase in troops deployed to Afghanistan (a sort of surge if you will) came as a surprise.
Cynically, it is inevitable and almost boring, but as much as America resembles George Orwell’s “1984” prediction of constant war designed to perpetuate the machine, oil, chemical, armament and even food industries supporting our Armed Forces, there is an important difference. Orwell was optimistic enough to presume these battles would be pitted between equally powerful mega states, each united in a giant gamble to control the labor of smaller states that could not compete with the superpowers; turns out, he underestimated the courage of the smaller states.
In reality, from America it is possible to be ignorant of the terror of oppression. From America, it is hard to imagine the confusion of foreign military rule. From America, it may even be difficult to recall people are dying and killing in the name of security for each U.S. citizen, regardless of whether he or she approves of or even remembers the war.
The legion of men and women who are brave, selfless and worthy enough to wear the uniform are paying the final price for America’s freedom and security abroad. The tragedy is that their efforts will not win what the former administration claims they are fighting. No war can win peace, let alone combat elusive terrorists; the only consequence of war is war itself.
Each soldier faces death, danger and disillusionment in this struggle against
identically brave and idealistic opponents, who are audacious or desperate enough to fight for their families
and values in the face of the largest power in the world. All this life, all this beauty, all this courage is invested in destroying itself. The best and most beautiful motive of humanity, the desire to serve and to lay down life for one’s beliefs, is extinguished here in a conflict far away, easily forgotten and without end.
But those who live with our troops abroad find it hard to forget. Those who walk by them on the street, who see them at their stressed worst and jubilant best will never feel free until our troops leave, no matter how much the added security seems needed. Occupation is occupation. Death is death. Loss is loss. The presence of American military forces is a sign of distrust, and ultimately, a threat of
military intervention. Even in desperation, the pain of lives
lost is universal: The Islamic leader Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid’s recently published an open letter, calling his people to “not forget the widows of the martyrs, orphans and mothers who have lost their sons. They are the martyrs who laid down their lives against the bloc of the infidels for the establishment of Islamic system.
“Similarly, do not forget the bereaved families of those Afghan victims including old men, young women, children who have been martyred as a result of the blind bombardments of the invaders and are no more among you.”
Do we not remember our own martyrs and orphans? Our widows and lost friends? There are many missing from our homes and families, from this conflict, from the “blind bombardments” of our twin towers, and from a long history of war in America. Many have tried to subdue the Middle East throughout history, for oil, for religion, for the threat of their emerging nuclear and fundamentalist programs.
But whatever the excuse, America must recognize the final cost of death, destruction and desolation is a new generation stunted by the loss of its best citizens and the joy of peace, exterminated in the name of freedom as demanded by the country that already owns it all.
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Hashtags, @replies and the ever-famous fail whale. The jargon can be confusing, but as more University of Cincinnati students join the world of Twitter, these words are becoming the norm. “I like to think of Twitter as a giant chat room in which the whole Internet participates,” said Ketan Raturi, an exploratory graduate student.
Twitter was created in 2006 and is now one of the most popular social-networking Web sites. From Ashton Kutcher racing CNN to the 1 million followers mark to President Barack Obama using the site during his 2008 campaign, Twitter is the darling of the media world.
In April, Twitter tweaked its Web site to include trending topics, or the top-10 phrases or words people tweet about. The topics are sometimes accompanied by hashtags, or phrases prefixed by a “#” symbol.
Since the inclusion of trending topics, Twitter has been noticed as a fast-paced way to get information on current events.
“It gives me the news I want to read,” said Nick Moscato, a third-year marketing student.
university TweetsNow, UC is starting to show up on Twitter in more ways
than one. Students and faculty are tweeting (the term used each time a user posts one of the 140-character updates) and the university is taking note.
The Colleges of Business and Arts and Sciences and the College-Conservatory of Music each have Twitter accounts: @UCCob, @UC_ArtSci and @UC_CCM, respectively. Both the independent student newspaper, The News Record, and the student internet radio, Bearcast, have Twitter accounts that are updated regularly, as does UC Magazine.
On Sept. 20, at the new student convocation, audience members were encouraged to tweet during the program.
“[What does] ‘convocation’ even mean?” said Christopher Glover, a first-year CCM student, from his Twitter account, @ChristophGlover. Twitterific rewards
Perhaps one of the greatest things about Twitter is that it can be whatever users want it to be, said Paul Morrison, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student.
“Personally, it has become a major source of news and world information,” Morrison said, whose Twitter account is @pauljmorrison. “The speed at which news spreads is like wildfire.”
The Web site is used by companies as a promotion tool, or to advertise contests and giveaways.
“I’ve gotten passes to advance screenings of movies,” Nick Moscato said, whose Twitter account is @nickmoscato. “I also won tickets to the Stone Temple Pilots concert.”
In May, Kentucky Fried Chicken had a promotion for its new grilled chicken that offered a free meal. The company first advertised the deal on the Oprah Winfrey show.
The giveaway quickly became a trending topic as people alerted their followers and shared the link.
On the day of the giveaway, the chain experienced long lines and a shortage of grilled chicken.
“My roommate and I heard about the free chicken on Twitter,” said Anna Bergman, a second-year health promotion and education student. “The line was huge and they actually ran out of chicken.”Joins race with other media
Students also find pop-culture events are announced on
Twitter, sometimes before television or radio.“I found out about Michael Jackson on Twitter,”
Morrison said of the pop star’s death on June 25.Twitter is slowly becoming a way for students to
connect, both with friends and with people they meet directly through the site.
“I’ve met several friends through Twitter in the Cincinnati area already,” Raturi said. “I’ve networked with other atheists and allowed my ex-girlfriend to stalk me —worthwhile endeavors.”A Twitter Flip
Other students find Twitter excessive and unnecessary.“I don’t use it and I don’t like it,” said Katie Borgia,
a fifth-year fashion product and development student. “It breaks down the barrier of interpersonal communication.”
So what do UC students tweet about?Sometimes it’s nothing more than a witty thought or
passing whim, Moscato said. “Nothing too important. I write about movies I’ve seen or new music I think people should listen to.”
“I’m a big fan of dark, hilarious tweets,” Raturi said. “Vulgarity is … an added bonus.”
Raturi also uses his Twitter account, @invisible_h, to spark creativity and as a way to store reminders.Worthy Tweets
In an August study, Pear Analytics separated 2,000 tweets into six categories: news, spam, self-promotion, pointless babble, conversational and pass-along value.
The purpose was to see what people really tweeted about, in light of Twitter’s push to be seen as a source for information and news.
The results were not as expected, according to Pear Analytics. More than 40 percent of the tweets were categorized as pointless babble, which are tweets like, “I am eating a sandwich now.”
C o n v e r s a t i o n a l tweets took up 37 percent, while news-related tweets were a mere 3.6 percent.
Approximately 9 percent of the tweets
were considered of pass-along value and included “re-tweets.” When a user quotes another’s tweet, they often use the “re-tweet” format in order to provide credibility.
“A lot of people don’t really realize what a great communication tool it is,” Morrison said.
Even professors are starting to use the social networking site. Elissa Sonnenberg, assistant director of journalism, uses her Twitter account, @esonnenberg, to discuss everything from healthy eating tips to her thoughts on Project Runway. Facebook vs. Twitter
One issue Twitter has had to deal with is the comparison with Facebook. Facebook was created in 2004 and became available to non-students in Sept. 2006. The Web site has more features that Twitter and is used more often to connect with close friends, Moscato said.
“I follow a few friends that go to UC, but rarely use it to connect with them,” Moscato said. “Facebook doesn’t have that pesky 140-character limit.”
Since Twitter’s influx in popularity, Facebook has made some changes in an effort to keep up with the micro-blogging site. The changes include converting news updates to real-time and releasing a simplified version called “Facebook Lite.”
“I really hate the changes Facebook keeps making,” Bergman said. “Why can’t they just be happy with what they’ve got?”
In light of Twitter’s exploding popularity and Facebook’s antsy reaction, it’s clear that Twitter’s got something going for it. Perhaps it’s the simple layout. Perhaps it’s the content.
“It gives voices to people who you might never otherwise have heard,” Raturi said.
Or perhaps it’s because tweeting is simple, brief and free of stress. After all, as Shakespeare said, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
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University of Cincinnati head basketball coach, Mick Cronin, confirmed Justin Jackson verbally committed to play for the Bearcats during the 2010-11 season.
Jackson, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound power forward, is a senior at Arlington Country Day High School in Jacksonville, Fla. Last season, Jackson attended Montverde Academy and averaged 13.4 points, 15.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots per game as a junior.
Cronin did not comment further, but Jackson’s high school coach at Arlington Country Day says Jackson is ready to compete at the next level.
“He’s his own-type player, he can run the floor with anybody in the country, he can rebound with anybody in the country and he’s a good shot blocker,” said Rex Morgan. “Those are his strengths; he’s going to be a good player at the next level.”
Morgan also coached McDonald’s All-American
Wally Judge, who now plays at Kansas St.Weighing only 210 pounds, Jackson, who is
rated 92 on ESPNU 100, will need to get stronger and put on weight before he enters play in the Big East Conference.
“Whether you’re in the Big East, the Big 10, Big 12, ACC or whatever, those guys in the middle are big and strong [but] he’s no different than any other high school kid,” Morgan said of Jackson’s weight.
Jackson is known more for his rebounding and defensive skills, but the offensive production is coming along, Morgan said. He was also touted as a high-intensity player, which can work in nicely with Cronin’s team at UC.
“He’s a shot blocker and a rebounder,” Morgan said. “He doesn’t have to have the basketball and he makes plays.
“He’s really coming into his own as a scorer. He was content to go to the weak side of the basket. [Now] we’ve got him in some situations where he can score and he seems to be able to do that.”
Morgan had some good news for Cronin saying that Jackson is a very coachable player with a good work ethic.
“He’s doing what he’s supposed to,” Morgan said. “He’s working and getting stronger.”
Jackson is Cronin’s first recruit of the 2010 class.
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Did anyone skip all of their classes the first week of school? I did.
I actually made it half way to my first class, but as I was passing the Catskeller I just said, ‘f-that’ and ducked in for a couple rounds.
Then Thursday came and I had class from 2 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. – Yeah, that’s thick.
I really wanted to go, but I just couldn’t muster up the energy. Instead, I stayed home and did what any other respectable male college student does – play Madden 10 and watch Thursday night college football.
Then Friday rolled around, and, as you can imagine, I was a little hung over so, I didn’t exactly make it to my noon class. By the way, if you’re one of my professors reading this right now, none of this is true, I was deathly ill with swine flu.
So, at about 1 p.m. on Friday, I woke up and felt like a worthless turd. I looked at myself in the mirror, and disgusted with what I saw, I repeated, ‘You pathetic loser’ to myself about 10 times. I desperately needed to get back on track so, I told myself, ‘New rule. I will attend all my classes on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays’. I have to start somewhere, right?
I managed to make it to my Monday class at noon and, while I was there, I needed to think of an idea for my weekly sports column. So, in honor of one of my favorite shows on television, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” I came up with some “new rules” for sports fans.
New rule: If you’re an alumni or student of the University of Cincinnati, you must support the Bearcats, not Ohio State or Michigan.
I don’t care if you grew up a Michigan fan, if your dad went to OSU, if you were born in Ann Arbor or your cousin is Terrell Pryor, you don’t attend or didn’t graduate from either school.
No matter what your excuse is, (you didn’t get accepted, couldn’t afford it, never applied or had to transfer) the bottom line is you are a Bearcat whether you like it or not.
The Cincinnati football team is now a top-10 program in the nation. Jump on the bandwagon while you still can, there won’t be a better time to hang up your buckeye Snuggies, your blue and gold scarves and your lame sweater vests.
New rule: Donatos, if you’re going to sponsor UC football games, you need to have a store that delivers to campus.
There are 10 Donatos locations within a 12-mile radius of the UC campus and none of them deliver to Clifton. I don’t know who makes important business decisions for Donatos, but someone needs to be fired immediately.
Donatos is missing out on a lot of potential sales and it kills me when I have to order pizza from LaRosa’s every weekend. It’s too expensive and I miss those little pizza squares.
Donatos, do yourself a favor and build a store location that delivers to the UC campus.
New rule: End the ridiculous beer and truck commercials.
It’s not that I don’t like beer or trucks, but I feel like I get dumber every time I see a Chevy, Ford, Coors, Miller or Bud Light commercial. Are Americans really that stupid?
Those commercials are only funny to people who still think poop jokes are funny.
Who is going to be driving full speed through two steal beams while hauling 9,000 pounds, and if you really think Bud, Miller or Coors Light are good beers; well then you are just as stupid as the idiots in the commercials.
New rule: Bengals fans need to calm down.
Only three games into the season and fans are already starting to act like Cincinnati is a lock to make the playoffs. (I feel like this happens every year.)
OK, I know the Bengals beat the Steelers at home, the Packers on the road and barely lost to the Broncos, but in the end Cincinnati is still only 2-1.
When the Ravens win the division, the Bengals will still have to beat out the Jets or Patriots, San Diego or Denver and the Steelers for a wildcard spot. Tennessee, Jacksonville and Houston will also most likely be in the mix.
There’s nothing wrong with getting excited about your team, but it’s a long season. All I’m saying is – don’t set yourself up for disappointment.
Don’t like my new rules, child please. E-mail Peter Marx at [email protected].
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Mick Cronin knows his team should have been in the NIT at the end of last season.
What the University of Cincinnati men’s head basketball coach didn’t know is if his team would have been able to play in the tournament if invited because of UC’s injuries late in the season.
“Injuries affect young teams and teams without depth a lot more than they do veteran, experienced teams,” Cronin said. “Truth is we all know we should have been in the NIT. We were 5-0 against teams in the NIT.”
UC’s season opener against Vanderbilt University in the Maui Invitational is two months away and Mick Cronin stressed the importance of starting fast in out-of-conference games.
“We break up the season into two parts: pre-conference and conference,” Cronin said. “It’s very, very important that we have success in our non-conference schedule and, although
it’s early, the Maui classic, because of the draw. Those are the kind of games in November that, in March, could be big games for you when you’re making an NCAA tournament run.”
After Vanderbilt in the opening round, UC is scheduled to play either Maryland or Chaminade in the second round. The third round could have UC facing off with Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin or Gonzaga. All three rounds are set to be played in three days between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25.
Cronin also emphasized the importance of quality non-conference road wins.
“We have a chance to get neutral site wins in Maui and road wins at Xavier and UAB,” Cronin said. “You have to do well before you get into the conference because in our conference you play a ranked team per week. You have to make sure you go into [conference play] with a positive record.”
The Cats open conference play at home Dec. 30 against UConn in a game that will be televised on ESPN.
The Huskies lost key players Jeff Adrien and
A.J. Price to graduation and junior Hasheem Thabeet to the NBA draft. UC is scheduled to travel to UConn Feb. 13 for a second game.
Even though a lot of Big East teams lost key players after last season, Cronin knows the conference is by no means “down” but power may be shifting to other teams.
“With 16 teams, you’re always going to have somebody rotating into a year where they have everybody back and the stars aligning with talent and experience,” Cronin said. “You’re always going to have five or six teams that are really good teams, top-25 teams. Last year we had about eight. If we wouldn’t beat up on each other so much we might have had more if we could have spread us out in other conferences.”
UC wraps up the regular season with games at West Virginia, home against Villanova and at Georgetown. West Virginia does not come to Cincinnati during the season.
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The University of Cincinnati’s mascot is ranked third out of 12 in the 2009 Capital One Mascot Challenge.
The Bearcat trails South Dakota State University’s Jack Rabbit and Western Kentucky University’s Big Red.
In his first year in the competition, the Bearcat has a record of 2-2 and has a total of 121,382 votes.
The Bearcat got off to a positive start beating Sebastian the Ibis from the University of Miami and Hairy Dawg of the University of Georgia in weeks one and two, respectively.
However, he is currently on a two-week skid losing to Mike the Tiger of Louisiana State University and Butch T. Cougar of Washington State University in weeks three and four.
“I actually have the most votes overall in the competition,” said the Bearcat. “But what it comes down to is you have to win your weekly match-ups.”
For 11 weeks, 12 mascots go head-to-head for fan’s votes.
At the end of the regular season, the top eight mascots will go into three playoff rounds to determine the 2009 Capital One All-America Mascot of the year.
All collegiate mascots are eligible for nomination to the All-America Mascot Team and judges grade the tapes and resumes of the mascots sent in to the committee by the schools, the Bearcat said.
The Bearcat was an alternate for the contest in 2007, came in fourth in write-in voting last year and he is proud to finally be a part of the All-America Mascot Team.
“It’s very exciting,” the Bearcat said. “In the mascotting world, it’s a huge accomplishment.”
Not only is this a major accomplishment for the Bearcat, but for the school as well.
Each mascot that was selected as a member of the 2009 Capital One All-America Mascot Team has earned $5,000 for their school’s spirit program and the winner will receive and additional $15,000.
The benefits of winning the competition aren’t limited to just the financial rewards, the Bearcat said.
After the competition, a commercial announcing the winning mascot will be played on TV during this year’s college football bowl games.
“The national attention that we’re going to get from something like that is huge,” the Bearcat said.
Fans can vote for their favorite mascot at www.capitalonebowl.com.
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“It’s very exciting. In the mascotting world, it’s a huge accomplishment.”the bearcat, university of cincinnati
