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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFARIEL CHEUNG

MANAGING EDITORSAM GREENE

BUSINESS & ADVERTISING MANAGERKELSEY PRICE

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NEWS EDITORSANTHONY OROZCOSCOTT WINFIELD

SPORTS EDITORSSAM WEINBERGBRITTANY YORK

OPINION EDITORJASON HOFFMAN

ENTERTAINMENT EDITORKELLY TUCKER

PHOTO EDITOREAMON QUEENEY

ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORPATRICK STRANG

MULTIMEDIA EDITORBLAKE HAWK

CHIEF REPORTERJAMES SPRAGUE

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A “No” vote on Senate Bill 5 was agreed upon by the University of Cincinnati’s Graduate Student Governance Association.

“GSGA, and [their] constituents, deem the legislation called Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) — otherwise known as Issue 2 — a potential alteration to state law that would adversely affect the University of Cincinnati,” as stated in the Graduate Student Resolution.

The UC GSGA resolution states that the state legislators should have sought out the contribution and opinion from those who would be affected by the changes to collective- bargaining environments, including professors and graduate students.

GSGA urges that the university community and the people of Ohio move to reject the damaging legislation, and to vote “no” on Issue 2 in the November elections to repeal SB 5.

SB 5, signed into law on March 31 by Gov. John Kasich, limits the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and bans public employees from striking. The law would also make police officers, firefighters, teachers and other state employees unable to negotiate their wages or conditions of employment; however, they still may bargain for benefits such as health care and pensions.

SB 5 would have taken effect on July 1, but a statewide campaign to repeal the bill suspended its implementation until after the Nov. 8 elections.

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The controversial Senate Bill 5, balloted for the Nov. 8 election, was discussed again during a University of Cincinnati Student Government meeting Wednesday.

Senator Na’Kiima Reid submitted a resolution bill proposing that SG be in support of a “No” vote on Issue 2 for the upcoming elections. Student Body President Alan Hagerty said SG has not denied or approved of the bill.

Senate Bill 5 — to be referred to as Issue 2 on the November ballot — would change the way in which public employees can bargain collectively and over which issues.

A “Yes” vote allows SB 5 to take effect and changes the way the system of collective bargaining runs for public workers. A “No” vote would repeal the bill and maintain the current system.

“Issue 2 indirectly affects students because it directly affects professors and workers on campus which is why I feel the Student Government should support this,” Reid said.

Although a resolution bill is written, submitted and endorsed by an individual of the Senate, it does not represent the perspective or feelings of SG until it is approved, Hagerty said.

“We’re a nonpartisan group and saying we are for this or against this is making us partisan,” said Senator Greg Gamble. “Voting is a very private matter.”

With Issue 48, which deals with the funding, building and operation of the Cincinnati streetcar, SG is conducting a student survey through Blackboard to see how the overall student body’s opinion reads. Currently, the results are fairly divided but lean to the majority of students voting “No” on the issue.

It has not been decided if a survey will go out to get the perspective of the students about Issue 2, Hagerty said.

“I don’t feel I can vote to represent the students if I don’t know how they stand on the issue,” said Senator Joe Blizzard.

GSGA calls for ‘no’ on SB 5

SG asking for input on ballot initiatives

Uc crime BloTTer Oct. 11 to Oct. 18Tuesday oct. 11When: 7:30 p.m.Where: East CampusWhat: Theft from a motor vehicleSuspect: No arrests

Wednesday oct. 12 When: 8:55 p.m. Where: 101 West Daniels St.What: Drug abuse of MarijuanaSuspect: No arrests

Saturday oct. 15When: 11:30 a.m.Where: 234 Goodman St., University HospitalWhat: ForgerySuspect: Arrested

Wednesday oct. 12When: 9:00 p.m.Where: 151 Corry Blvd. What: TheftSuspect: No arrests

Sunday oct. 16When: 2:30 a.m.Where: Victor Street and McMillan AvenueWhat: Attempted rapeSuspect: No arrests

Wednesday oct. 12When: 10:05Where: 45 West Daniels St. What: Underage drinkingSuspect: Arrested

Sunday oct. 16When: 8:15 a.m.Where: 234 Goodman St., University Hospital What: MenacingSuspect: Arrested

Saturday oct. 15When: 2:30 a.m. Where: 240 Calhoun Ave.What: Drug paraphernalia Suspect: Arrested

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TeSTinG THe WaTerS university of cincinnati Student body president Alan Hagerty wants to see where students stand on Senate bill 5 before passing a resolution bill in opposition to issue 2.

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medical Journalism Speaker

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Thursday, oct. 27.

where 800 Swift Hall

The university of cincinnati will welcome a renowned journalist to speak on the art of communicating scientific advancements to the public.

evonne Kaplan-Liss of Stony brook university will present “cool Science: communicating Hot Topics in a Sciencephobic World.” The discussion will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, oct. 27 in 800 Swift Hall.

Kaplin-Liss will pull from her experience of medical journalism that began after graduating from Stony brook’s center for communicating Science, School of Medicine and School of Journalism.

After graduating from Northwestern university’s Medill School of Journalism she gained experience from working on Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” as well as being an associated producer of other syndicated programs.

Kaplin-Liss also earned a medical degree from Mt. Sinai’s School of Medicine and furthered her education by pursuing and obtaining a Masters in public Health from columbia university’s Mailman School of public Health.

The lecture is brought to the university through uc’s Department of environmental Health and the Fellows of uc’s Graduate School.

The lecture is co-sponsored by uc’s center for clinical and Translational Science and Training, center for environmental Genetics, environmental studies program, journalism program and the Society of professional Journalists.

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2 - Freed hikers speak The two University of California, Berkeley, graduates and the Oakland woman who were jailed in Iran after they hiked over an unmarked border will speak Monday night at the Occupy Oakland encampment.

3 - iPhone 4s boasts salesApple Inc. sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone ever, according to Apple.

4 - Kenyan assault in SomaliaKenyan troops and tanks pushed 50 miles into Somalia on Monday, and Kenyan aircraft bombed suspected terrorist positions in the fi rst stage of a military campaign intended to destroy the Islamic insurgent group al-Shabab.

5 - Lying about military serviceThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an important First Amendment case to decide whether the freedom of speech includes a right to lie about military honors.

6 - Insurgent attacks downInsurgent attacks in Afghanistan from July through September fell by 26 percent from the previous summer, a senior NATO offi cial said Saturday.

All news derived from news wire services unless otherwise annotated.

Nation & World

BLAKE HAWK | MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

3 - Despite taking some fl ack from Apple enthusiasts, the iPhone 4s might be a bigger leap from the iPhone 4 than many users realize.

I had the pleasure of picking up my very own 4s this Friday on the Sprint network and spent the majority of the night exploring and testing the new features I had only read about.

The fi rst thing I tested was Apple’s new Siri voice assistant

program that is built into many of the iOS 5 applications. Siri is a quirky and helpful assistant that answers questions, sets appointments, gives directions and even sends reminders. This is also the fi rst time Apple has released a Beta version of any of their software.

Hardware, on the other hand, was a big issue the last time an “s” version of an iPhone was released, with very little improvement and quite a jump in price. Apple did not disappoint this time, bringing to the table a much faster dual

core A5 processor as seen in the iPad 2, improved antenna, better display, eight mega-pixel camera with better optics and improved battery life. As if these features weren’t enough, the new 4s is also a world phone, which means that it will work on any mobile network around the globe.

While people continue to pick apart little things about the iPhone 4s and hope for the iPhone 5 like children praying for a snow day, there is no doubt that it is by far the best iPhone yet.

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1 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cautioned Pakistan on Thursday that it is jeopardizing long-term relations with the United States, including billions of dollars in military and civilian aid, by maintaining ties with insurgent groups that are fi ghting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.

“We’re not going to feel comfortable with a long-term strategic relationship with Pakistan if we don’t think they’re mindful of our interests as well,” Obama told a White House news conference.

The comments were the president’s sternest to date on the growing rift over U.S. charges that Pakistan’s army-run spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, is abetting the Haqqani network, an Afghan insurgent group that is blamed for an assault Sept. 13 on the American Embassy in Kabul and other mass-casualty attacks in recent years.

U.S. offi cials contend that ISI support for the network, as well as the sanctuaries that the group, the Taliban and other insurgent outfi ts enjoy on

Pakistan’s side of the border, are a major obstacle to stabilizing Afghanistan and bringing home the 90,000 American troops stationed there.

U.S. offi cials concede that their efforts to win greater Pakistani cooperation on Afghanistan, including cracking down on the Haqqanis, have all but failed despite the launching of a “strategic dialogue” on long-term ties and increased American assistance to Islamabad via $1.5 billion in civilian aid and more than $2 billion in security assistance annually. Obama noted that U.S. efforts to vanquish al-Qaida, including missile strikes by drone aircraft, wouldn’t have been “as successful” without cooperation from Islamabad in targeting the organization’s hideouts in Pakistan’s tribal area.

But the president then said publicly what U.S. offi cials have been saying privately for years: that Pakistan is backing Afghan insurgents in a bid to see a friendly government installed in Kabul to prevent its rival, India, from consolidating its infl uence there after U.S.-led international combat forces

withdraw at the end of 2014. “I think they have hedged their bets

in terms of what Afghanistan would look like,” Obama said. “And part of their bets is having interactions with some of the unsavory characters who think they might end up regaining power in Afghanistan after coalition forces have left.”

His use of the term “unsavory characters” clearly referred to the Taliban and the Haqqani network, whose leader served in the Taliban regime that was ousted by the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

The issue broke into the open last month when Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has since retired, called the Haqqanis a “veritable arm” of the ISI, the fi rst time a U.S. offi cial had publicly made that charge so directly.

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This week was a slow one for the alternative music scene, but a great one to try out a few new bands that are making great starts.

Real Estate – “Days”There’s nothing about “Days” that

quite catches the listener by surprise or off guard. This is perhaps what makes it a great listen. The slow and methodic tempo of the album is pleasing, and the instrumentation is fitting for the sluggish pace. Real Estate’s sound really dips into the pockets of bands like Maritime and Working for a Nuclear Free City to come up with a smooth-sounding mix. Tracks driven mainly by a rhythm acoustic guitar allow for the rest of the band to showcase tasteful and shimmering lead elements that really stand out.

Puscifer – “Conditions of My Parole”Puscifer is a very slow-paced

techno/electronica band with easy rock overtones. They sit easily in the presence of bands like Faded Paper Figures and The Freelance Whales with a sort of blend between slow electronica and folk. The beats used on their tracks are intriguing; there is a great thumping bass in many of the tracks, but the percussion is more a series of clicks

and chirps which make for an enjoyable change of speed in the electronica realm of music.

States – “Room to Run”States has taken off with what

Paramore brought to life five or six years ago. States sounds similar to Eisley both musically and vocally. They have a great rock sound with a front woman to match. Mindy White has made appearances in great tracks for other bands. She’s even taken part in live performances with groups like Circa Survive. With such a résumé, it’s hard to imagine this group remaining small.

Lowry – “Emporia”The opening track of “Emporia” is

haunting. It’s so light and pleasant, but the dueling male and female vocals and eerie piano give the track a rather dark sense. The rest of the album flows much like the opening track. It seems like the album could blow up and hit a fever pitch with a massive guitar solo or insanely distorted guitars with huge drums, but it never tips. I admire the way Emporia teases the listener in this manner. Listeners might expect the album to speed up or showcase more intensity, but it slows down more as it progresses very gracefully. Lowry

approaches The National as a band that shows a mature and painfully introspective sound.

The Gaslight Anthem – “iTunes Session” The Gaslight Anthem appeals in

a blue-collar sense. Much like Bruce Springsteen, they seem to connect with you as if you’ve been working a 50-hour week at a steel mill. The opening track is “Baba O’Riley” (AKA

“Teenage Wasteland”), and they absolutely kill it. The album was recorded live, so the vocals are rough, the guitars are loud and the emotion is raw. In addition to a few other songs of their own and an alternate version of one of their favorites, they also cover “House of the Rising Sun” and likewise, bring about a dirty and grungy feel to the song that is lovely.

kyle pope | tnr contributor

Filth, sex, violence, power, drugs, pimps, money, grit and insanity.

All these words come to mind when I think of Jane’s Addiction. If Los Angeles had a soundtrack, most of those songs would be found on 1988’s “Nothing’s Shocking” and 1990’s “Ritual de lo Habitual.” These albums are testaments to Los Angeles’ underground environment of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. The only thing predictable about Jane’s Addiction, much like the city of L.A, is their unpredictable nature. Until now.

I have always loved, and will always love Jane’s Addiction. Now you’ll at least get an idea of how much it pains me to write about them like this.

Jane’s Addiction’s fifth album, “The Great Escape Artist” detracts from everything that makes Jane’s Addiction icons of alternative music: the ability to be labeled.

The first track on the album, “Underground,” pays tribute to Jane’s roots

well enough. Singer, prolific showman, and occasional cross dresser Perry Farrell starts strong saying, “I try to find love from above; there just ain’t enough to go around.” The song continues into an out-of-this world guitar solo from Dave Navarro as he provides an intelligent sense of melody in his playing.

As unpredictable and raw as this group gets, this is where it all ends. The next song and first single “End to the Lies” marks the end of the lunacy.

“Irresistible Force” is so cliché and made for radio, I fear Nickelback fans will start showing up at their concerts. “Curiosity Kills” sounds like something ripped straight from one of U2’s most recent albums.

Jane’s Addiction isn’t exactly nothing without former bass player Eric Avery, but they definitely miss his down-and-dirty backbone work provided on old tracks like “Mountain Song” and “Ain’t No Right.” Impressive fill-ins to the writing process like TV on the Radio’s Dave Steik and former Guns N’ Roses and Velvet

Revolver bass player Duff McKagan simply aren’t enough to fill the funk that Jane’s Addiction lacks on this album.

The most disappointing aspects of the “The Great Escape Artist” are the hints and remnants of Jane’s former glory on tracks late in the album. They include a glorious ballad, “Splash a Little Water On It,” showcasing Perry’s impressive vocal range. “Broken People” also provides an ironic take on social class much like “Classic Girl” from “Ritual de lo Habitual.” Finally, “Words Right Out of My Mouth” shows a little of the filthy sounding funk-punk that they’ve been known to employ.

“The Great Escape Artist” is no more than an example of a band trying to stay relevant by releasing a couple easy-baked, radio-ready singles that overshadow what few redeeming qualities the album possesses. To put it bluntly, perhaps this album would have been better fit to be called “Nothing’s Shocking.”

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courtesy of engine room recordingsloWry releAses “emporiA” the dark sound of Lowry’s new album supports the tracks’ slow, introspective sounds. “emporia” features dueling male and female vocals, as well as some strong piano and guitar solos. Just in time for the month of Halloween, this eerie album will go great with a glass of hot cider.

courtesy of mct cAmpusrockers go rAdio Jane’s Addiction’s “the Great escape Artist” seems to be made for radio. Above, guitarist Dave navarro performs at Lollapalooza in Mountain View, calif. in 2003.

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I hung my helmeted head as my noble steed Waco chewed grass at a frustratingly slow pace, stubbornly stationary as snicker-ing riders passed me by on more agreeable horses.

This was not what I’d imagined when I signed up for a journey to the heart of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. I was more than 4,000 miles from Cincinnati, accompanied by 18 Walnut Hills High School students and a handful of adults led by an eccentric, out-doorsy philanthropist. I was tagging along to chronicle the students’ adventure, part of an ongoing project to give Cincinnati stu-dents the opportunity for some incredibly immersive education and exploration.

Earlier that morning, on our way to the horse trail, I was introduced to our stoic, pensive driver, Jorgé. He piloted a white, four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi along the rut-ted path with a keen awareness and prac-ticed skill. I sat shotgun and watched him steer and shift as the harsh morning sun-light sculpted his features like a chisel: the tiny soul patch, high cheekbones and hard, furrowed brow. Along with his faded cam-ouflage T-shirt, his dark skin contrasted starkly with the bright, tropical surround-ings. Jorgé’s face was worked into constant concern, but it was his dark, intensely fo-cused eyes that hinted at the deep thoughts mulling through his head. Unfortunately for me, his poor English and my poor Spanish limited us to a distant — albeit friendly — acquaintance.

The dirt path deviated from the main road to Puerto Jimenez about two miles north of town. The little off-road vehicle made its way deeper and deeper into the forest, crossing through the snake-like river numerous times, its low, clear water un-masking the smooth pebbles along its bot-tom. Finally, we reached our stop: a shad-ed patch of road harboring 15 horses tied along a hitch rail, and three men relaxing in

the respite from the sun. Our guides were from The Rio Nuevo

Lodge, a rainforest getaway owned and op-erated by the Aguierre family for more than a generation. Located on a mountain in the southern depths of the Corcovado forest, the lodge sits high on the bank of Rio Nuevo, which makes its way all the way down to the Golfo Dulce (“Gulf of Sweet Water”).

The lodge itself looked like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie; the main lodge overlooks a picturesque river and is surrounded by several small cabanas,

handmade of tropical hardwoods, white cane, palm fronds and corrugated steel. The little outdoor community is acces-sible by a rickety footbridge of suspend-ed wood planks teetering dangerously above the river.

In addition to creating a safe haven in the middle of the jungle for adventure-minded tourists, the Aguierres give guid-ed horseback tours of the forested hills of the Corcovado. Ecotourism, a major industry in this tropical country, includes staying in self-sustaining places like the Aguierres’ lodge and participating in eco-friendly activities like the horse-back treks through the forest. As one of the few countries with “real” ecotourism, Costa Rica is the most visited nation in Central America, and tourism is a vital part of the nation’s economy, generating almost $2 billion per year. And, as home to half of Costa Rica’s 500,000 species, the Osa Peninsula is a perfect place for a jungle adventure.

“Vamonos!” I yelled pleadingly as I nudged the silent Waco gently in his sides with my heels. But there we sat, planted along a steep, narrow horse trail, the dense, untamed Corcovado National Rainforest stretched green and lush before us; gargantuan trees, hundreds of feet tall, clung tenaciously to the sides of the Costa Rican mountains.

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a RaInFOREST aDVERTuRER Jorgé, one of the lodge’s guides, and a married-in member of the aguierre family, relaxes at the lodge, march 28. Walnut Hills High School students spent the hot monday morning trudging through the rain forest of Costa rica’s osa Penninsula.

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As we poured out of our two cars, my excitement and fear grew quickly. I had ridden a horse only once before in high school; with cowboy hat fi rmly in place, kicking up the dirt around a rich, teenage girl’s personal stable made me feel like a natural Clint Eastwood. But my straight-out-of-a-spaghetti-western self was in for a rude awakening.

I mounted Waco with help from Oscar (the tour guide with the best English), and sat atop the horse like a natural, or at least with as naturally as I could feign. The high school students displayed a range of excitement, experience and fear: Some, experienced from expensive private lessons in Ohio pastures, were thrilled to be back in the saddle, while others quivered in fear from terrifying memories of equestrian run-ins. I looked down at my white horse, patted him and offered an affectionate whisper. I was certain I would be some sort of prodigy horse whisper, a rider du jour, a regular re-animated Wyatt Earp (without all the zombie urging for brains). Waco and I

w e r e going to be great friends — a team of explorers, braving the rainforest together in a journey of epic proportions.

And then Waco bit my foot. Stupid horse.

As I speculated on the adventure that awaited us, I excitedly wondered what we might see on our jungle trek. It is nearly impossible to spend time in the Osa Peninsula and not see a gang of capuchin m o n k e y s ,

a fl ock of scarlet macaws or a family of three-toed sloths, among hundreds of other colorful animals. The Osa is impressive even by Costa Rican standards and is one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas. Biologists, scientists and adventurers come from across the globe to research and experience its diverse ecology.

Eager to see what parade of species might cross my path two-by-two in ark-like order, I still couldn’t shake my focus from the caballo that was trying to gnaw off my big toe. Thankfully my stirrups had tapaderos, leather covers over the front of the stirrups for my horse to chew instead. But as I looked at every other horse’s pair of stirrups, mine were one of the few that needed tapaderos, which ominously suggested that Waco had a history of digit-severing.

But before I could politely decline my vicious, man-eating horse and ask for a dirt bike instead, we were off, walking slowly in a tame, single-fi le line. So much for breakneck speeds and Churchill Downs victories.

I did my best to follow the tips Oscar had given us: Lean back

going down hills, lean forward going up, pull on the reins and say “alto” to stop, and bounce on the saddle to initiate a gallop. Although I thought I had the rules down pretty clear, Waco begged to differ, stopping often to sample the delectable vegetation. Up and up and up we trekked, the horses hugging the edges of rutted rainforest paths. At times the jungle seemed to swallow up the trail and scraped hard, red lines on my exposed legs. Someone had forgotten to mention that long pants were key to horseback riding, so while swimming trunks were a great strategy to beating the Costa Rican heat, I regretted the wardrobe decision immediately.

It was not until the fi rst clearing that I realized two things: just how damn high we were and just how damn slow Waco was. The trees parted on the left and the rolling hills of rainforest spilled from the view in a sea of solid green. Far ahead on the trail, six of our 11 riders appeared tiny in the distance, while Waco held up the back fi ve with his sure but lethargic hooves. One horse, so eager to trot,

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A WILD WORLD Two macaws fi ght in trees above Morgan’s Jungle Lodge Monday morning, March 28. As many as eight macaws could be seen fl ying through the air together and eating in the trees.

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1. Who is your favorite NHL team?

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I don’t really watch too much hockey — sorry.

I’m glad he came to his senses and fi nally did something good for the team.

The Chicago Blackhawks because of the domination I handed out in the Sega “NHL” series of the games with them in the mid 90s.

Somewhere, sitting at a locker in the bowels of Gillete Stadium, “85” is sobbing and asking, “Why not me?”

Pittsburgh Penguins. My dad took me to see Lemieux and Jagr play when I was a kid. Been repping black and gold ever since.

Inevitable. He would have been a fool to force a high-value player like Palmer to retire rather than make a trade.

The Columbus Blue Jackets. Gotta go with the Ohio squad. Plus, Columbus is like a second home to me.

I think he may have had a brief bout of insanity when he made the trade. Very unlike his normal character.

The Detroit Red Wings ... because I’m from Michigan. Only because I’m from Michigan.

Carson Palmer? What team did he play for before?

2. Are you mad about TCU bailing on the Big East?

Nope!

The Louisiana Superdome and Great American Ball Park.

Wrigley Field because of the food and the fact fans can actually talk baseball.

If they had stayed, I would have questioned their intelligence.

PNC Park.

Nope. I thought they were going to spank UC every year anyway.

Safeco Field in Seattle. I love GABP, but Safeco edges it.

Nah. I wouldn’t expect anything less in a football team from Texas.

The old Detroit Tigers stadium — and not only because I’m from Detroit.

Not really, but they coulda’ had it all, baby.

3. What do you think of Mike Brown’s decision to trade Carson Palmer?

4. What’s your favorite stadium you ever visited?

I think they make more than enough money as is, and they should probably just stop whining and be happy they get to play basketball for a living.

I couldn’t care less about the worst professional sports league in the U.S. I would rather watch the Lingerie Football League.

Good. Basketball players are crybabies and it’s boring to watch. I like low-scoring sports.

What? A lockout?What Hoff man said.

5. What are your thoughts on the NBA lockout?

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Carson Palmer going to the left coast will allow for the kind of rejuvenation that Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas never experienced in their careers.

For starters, Palmer never made any bones about disliking living in the tri-state area. Not only is he from southern California, but his wife is from the San Jose area, which is near Oakland.

Secondly, Palmer will be reunited with Hue Jackson, Ricky Hunley and Chuck Breshnahan — all members of the nearly triumphant 2005 Bengals squad.

Add to all those factors the fact that he has a couple of talented wide receivers to throw the rock to, and there really isn’t a reason to doubt that he’ll succeed.

Mike Brown might have fi nally put his childish stubbornness aside and made a move in the greater interest of his team, but it will also benefi t the Raiders.

Sure, Palmer’s arm strength and toughness have been questioned in the past; but would you put everything on the line when your paychecks are signed by Mike Brown?

Put your bias aside, and pick up some perspective.Now that Palmer is wearing silver and black, he

will be able to fi nally live up to the hype that made him the fi rst overall pick nine years ago.

Carson Palmer will never make it in Oakland — pure and simple.

Sure, it’s a return to California for the Univeristy of Southern California graduate. It’s a reunion with former Bengals and current Raiders’ coach Hue Jackson.

Yeah, he does have a budding star in receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey; but it still won’t work, and here’s why.

First, Oakland, or when the Raiders were in Los Angeles

for that matter, is a dumping ground for washed up, has-been quarterbacks. It stretches back to the days of Jim

Plunkett in the early 80s.Marc Wilson,

Rusty Hilger, Vince Evans, Jay Schroeder,

Steve Beuerlein, Todd Marinovich, Jeff

Hostetler, Billy Joe Hobert, Jeff George, Donald Hollas, Wade Wilson, Rick Mirer, Marques Tuiasosopo, Kerry Collins, Andrew Walter, Josh McCown, Daunte Culpepper, JaMarcus Russell, Bruce Gradkowski and Charlie Frye are all on that list.

It’s not exactly a list of hall of fame quarterbacks there, is it? Only Rich Gannon

— who was a fl ash in the pan — had any success as a Raiders quarterback.

Palmer, at 31 years old, is not going to break the mold of mediocrity that has made itself at home with the title of Oakland Raiders quarterback. It’s much like Ken Griffey, Jr. attempting a comeback — with the Washington Nationals. It’s nearly impossible.

Secondly, as previously mentioned, Palmer is a broken-down 31-year-old. In eight years with the Bengals, he only made two Pro Bowls. He has a bum knee, a bummer elbow and hasn’t played football in nearly 10 months. He’s not exactly in tip-top shape for a blazing comeback. He’ll toss quite a few pick-sixes for the Raiders, however.

Are you ready for the third and fi nal reason? He’s being tossed into a new system which he has no idea about. The man couldn’t even effectively run Bob Bratkowski’s offensive schemes, which were as simple as a pee-wee team’s, and that was after working in the system for eight years.

Do you really think he’ll pick up the Raiders’ scheme in enough time to continue their winning run? I don’t think so.

So what’s the only thing Carson Palmer wins in this deal? Returning to California. Otherwise, it’s just a change of uniform colors.

Heads or Tails: Will Carson Palmer make it in Oakland?

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sped past me, closing the gap to the other group; his rider, powerless to stop, screamed in a terrorized amusement.

We paused for a short break on a descending trail in the middle of the forest, while the guides tied the horses and helped us down, one by one. Not quickly enough, though, as we happened to be standing on a giant fire-ant mound filled with an army-sized wave of pissed off ants ready for blood, both human and horse.

We started yelling nervously; our guides seemed oblivious or ambivalent, or both. I forcefully steered Waco to safety and dismounted as quickly and ungracefully as possible. A few quick, nervous leaps and leg pats later, I was far from the hive and relieved by my lack of festering ant wounds.

A gigantic strangler fig tree provided our break-time entertainment. The tree, which was hundreds of years old and at least 100 feet tall, according to Jorgé, stood with a columnar, hollow trunk, with pillars of vine-like roots. Because the host tree it had originally grown around had died, the tree seemed like a giant web of towering, living wood, organically weaving in and around itself.

The group stayed just long enough to snap a few tourist photos under the tree and put our crayon-colored helmets back on. Just the thought of getting back in the saddle made my already sore legs burn fiercely red.

For round two, I was ready to show Waco how I actually rode: right.

Surprisingly we sped up on the downhill (although students behind me still teased and yelled at us to speed up or make way). Waco avoided rocks and sought purchase in the loose, dark soil as I leaned back like a pro, the saddle-horn in one hand, my camera in the other. Huffing and puffing, we galloped to solid ground and into the nearby river.

Finally, we reached our destination and dismounted. I did my best not to kiss the ground under my feet.

Yards from the stable, we walked across a suspension bridge, three at a time, just as the sign said in plain English. The bridge had just enough gut-wrenching sway and slack to make you appreciate the three-person load limit. If making it across the bridge and through the forest alive did not make my day, our final destination, the Rio Nuevo Lodge, certainly did.

Before I knew it, Jerome, one of the chaperones, and I were conversing with Oscar about life and his beautiful home. Being a proud man, Oscar quickly jumped at the chance to give us a private tour. We followed him along a narrow jungle footpath without a word about what we were heading to or how long it would take. Oscar, vinyl boots stomping, made his way through the overgrown trail with ease.

Our first stop was a stream that trickled from a concrete hole in the hillside, leading to a standing pool of water, and then again to a large, white-plastic globe from which a PVC pipe

extended out of sight down the hill. My interest was piqued. Here, Oscar motioned with a sweat-covered arm, was their supply of fresh water. But there was more. We stepped over the stream and carefully walked down a muddy path. My foot sank ankle-deep in mud, and Oscar’s boots started to look more and more appealing. At the bottom of the hill was stop No. 2: a small shack made entirely of corrugated steel, full of a loud mechanical humming. I peeked inside the dark, dirt-floored chamber and instantly recognized the faded red generator spinning at a terrific RPM.

This was Oscar’s pride and joy—other than his two children, of course—he explained. The source of the lodge’s power was this TV-sized contraption hidden deep in the woods, happily humming to itself 24 hours per day. The hilltop aquifer fed a small-diameter PVC pipe that traveled downhill to spray out with fire-hose intensity, subsequently spinning a small water wheel. Here we were in the Costa Rican jungle, I thought, and Oscar has rigged up a DIY, completely sustainable source of hydroelectric power, the last place I expected to find it.

“Ten or 15 years ago, I had no idea about [hydroelectricity],” Oscar told us. “My father showed me because my father worked at the electric plant, in Puerto Jimenez, and he make this. I love it.” I was baffled to find this perfectly feasible and effective power source, an oasis of green power in the middle of the green jungle.

Oscar also mentioned the solar cells that power the lodge during the rainy season. Through September to the beginning of November, it stops raining for maybe an hour at a time in weeks of downpour, so they must move the generator from the river basin before it is swept away.

“In Costa Rica, no people like to use the water for electricity, or do not know. It is important how we use the water,” Oscar said. “It’s amazing.”

We hiked back to the lodge, and I marveled at my luck: a native Costa Rican taking his time to show us what he was proud of, what he felt was important to do to keep his country the way he loved it. He had no idea the impact it would have on me. If one family in the middle of the rainforest with a very simple set-up could create a sustainable lifestyle, why couldn’t any of us do it America? Or better yet, why couldn’t I?

I was ready for a car ride back to the small civilization of Puerto Jimenez, but instead Waco greeted me once more. My legs were unhappy about that, and my shirt reeked of sweat, but I obediently mounted my now-friendly steed. Waco must have sensed my exhaustion; he galloped his way back to the clearing in the woods. Well, he galloped for the first 100 feet of two-mile ride. After that, things got sketchy and slow. I checked my watch; it was only 2 p.m. We had all the time in the world.

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Autumn is in full swing, and there are plenty of style-savvy students making an effort to put the University of Cincinnati on the fashion map.

It takes more than an expensive pair of boots or designer handbag to stand out in a sea of young, creative minds, and Blake Plowden and Alison Wehman demonstrate that extra, eye-catching fl air. TNR caught up to these students to fi nd out what drives their unique senses of style.

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The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning’s 2011 Faculty Show presents the overwhelming talent harbored by the school’s professors and administrators. The exhibition is hosted in DAAP’s Dorothy C. Lawson Jr. Reed Gallery.

The works include sculptures, paintings, drawings, fi lm and photography, and there is even a piece that incorporates a quilt.

The skillset of each of the individuals that contributed to this exhibit is impressive.

One piece is particularly eye-catching: John Stewart’s “Leander.” In this realistic painting is a very detailed body portrait of a man embracing a pregnant woman from behind. The couple is wrapped in their own individual silks of gold and silver. At fi rst glance, this piece looks as if it is a photograph. Stewart successfully portrays a mood of calm and realism through his painting.

Vincent Sansalone, an architect professor, showcased two different pieces in the exhibition. His piece entitled “2.12.24,” stands out among the rest. Sansalone took block print plate fragments and painted each one on a large scale so that the viewer could see the small details that could otherwise be missed, Curator Aaron Cowan said.

The fragments look as if they are landscapes of water, hills and trees. The cool colors of beige and blues make it feel as if the viewer is looking at an aerial view of the artic. The piece

is particularly interesting because it is a different concept that leads to imaginative thoughts about what the artist was trying to convey.

“The methodological foundations of my work lie in events and sensorial recollections of the world,” Sansalone states on his website. “This has shaped and mediated my perspective.” Sansalone’s art makes sense in a world where an artist’s intent is easily muddled.

DAAP hosts Faculty Show

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ART IS BORN John Stewart’s “Leander” (above) is featured at the 2011 DAAP Faculty Show. The exhibit will run through Oct. 26. The gallery is open Sunday-Thursday from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Fourth-year anthropology student

Style: “I like to mix things up. You’re as likely to see me in an ironed polo as you would a distressed jean jacket.”

Infl uences: “I dress intuitively. If I see something I like, then I wear it.”

Favorite designer: None

Spots to shop: “Mostly at thrift stores. Or my sister’s closet.”

Third-year clinical lab studies student

Style: “Everyday girl, simple and clean.”

Infl uences: Older sisters, friends, family and magazines

Favorite designer: Buff alo by David Bitton, Marc Jacobs and Isaac Mizrahi

Spots to shop: Forever 21, Dillards, outlets, Ann Taylor, H&M and Nordstrom

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