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For fi ve years, he was just another student who blended in on campus. From his ap-pearance, there was really nothing to indicate he could present a danger. However, Jared Loughner slowly caught the eye of students, faculty and administrators as being a student of concern.

A YouTube video created by Loughner calling his college a “genocide school” and includ-ing ramblings about how the school violates the U.S. Con-stitution was the fi nal straw

which caused his college’s administrators to indefi nitely suspend him until he agreed to a psychiatric evaluation. He never returned. Four months later, Loughner was accused of attempting to assassinate a member of Congress and kill-ing eight people, including a nine-year-old girl and a fed-eral judge, during the alleged shooting rampage at a Tuc-son, Ariz. grocery store.

According to the Associated Press, some critics have said Loughner’s community col-lege should have done more to prevent the shooting. Crit-ics claim the college should have gone a step further and

sought to force Loughner into counseling. However, college offi cials said their response is appropriate.

Colleges around the country are looking at and reassess-ing the ways that they handle concerns about students in the aftermath of this national event. At Northern Kentucky University, a committee was formed in the fall 2010 se-mester to take referrals from community members about students that raise alarms.

The Students of Concern Committee has already taken six referrals since its incep-tion.

In a fall 2010 interview

about the rising number of suicide attempts among NKU students, Waple talked about the reason behind the cre-ation of the committee.

“There have been some classroom disruption issues,” Waple said, adding that some professors have also been concerned about things stu-dents have written in class as-signments. “And, that’s kind of why this group has been formed.”

The group consists of staff members from across the uni-versity, including NKU Police, the Dean of Students, Health and Counseling, and Legal Affairs. The committee takes

referrals from anyone on cam-pus and assesses if the univer-sity should take any action.

“The Students of Concern Committee is to use reason-able discretion, based on a record of relevant materials to make informed decisions that are in the best interest of the student involved and the

entire campus community,” Waple said.

To accomplish this, the Dean of Students will often call a student in for an inter-view in order to better under-stand the situation. After re-viewing all the materials, the

See CONCERN, p.6

Jesse CallInterim editor in chief

insideTheNorthernerCincinnati Art Museum is a quick

destination for students. Pg. 9SGA examines free speech.

Pg. 3Everything’s changed: A letter from the

(interim) Editor in chief. Pg. 5

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Students of concern:Who’s really sitting next to you?

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Balancing classwork, study-ing, family, work and the ever-important social time is one of the biggest challenges for any college student. Miraculously, students often still themselves bored and needing refresh-ment.

At Northern Kentucky Uni-versity, there is a movement to get students to use this time for physical fi tness. Through expanded offerings including personal trainers, wellness campaigns and student dia-logues NKU is actively provid-ing ways to end the obesity epidemic.

“[There is] something to meet [student] needs and help them achieve a healthier life, regardless if they are just starting to think about health or they have been for years,” student wellness manager Maggie Gough said of the NKU campus. The campus features a recreation center where stu-dents can play basketball, run on an indoor track and swim.

NKU even offers personal trainers at a price signifi cantly

less than off-campus sources. The price for a single session with a personal trainer is $15. A comparable off-campus ser-vice would cost an individual $60-$70. At NKU, students can get three sessions for that price. The price goes down if students purchase multiple sessions in advance, with six sessions costing $114, or $7.60 per session.

For students who do not want to take on the challenge of personal training alone, the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) also offers buddy ses-sions for pairs wishing to train together. Prices for this ser-vice jump to $45 per session.

Besides personal fi tness, NKU personal trainer Dan Wolfi nger said the sessions provide students with a chance to fi nd accomplish-ment.

“The more someone wants something, the hungrier they are going to be, and the hun-grier they are will refl ect in their ability to be persistent and consistent throughout the course of accomplishing their goal,” Wolfi nger said.

Individual goals can also be met through the many classes offered by the CRC which in-

clude kickboxing, Pilates and a beginner class focused on building stronger abs and arms.

For students unsure of what goals to set, NKU Wellness is offering a free health survey to provide students with a per-sonalized health report fea-turing areas where students may want to improve.

Another campaign invites students to get their weeks off to a healthy start by observing “Meatless Mondays.” NKU Dining has joined in by offer-ing special vegetarian options. The initiative also encourages students to go on the “Mon-day Mile” and walk or run at least one mile during their lunch break.

To continue with the healthy Monday theme, NKU Well-ness and the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement are launching a series of ses-sions designed to encourage student dialogue on the grow-ing problem of obesity and thoughts on how to combat it. “Healthy Monday: Let’s Talk” sessions will begin in mid-February where student facili-tators will enter NKU class-rooms and put participants in work groups to examine ways

that outside forces contribute to obesity. A whiteboard in the Student Union will also allow students to write feedback on possible contributing forces to obesity.

“It’s not about debating, it’s not about arguing, it’s about listening in a respectful way,” Scripps Howard Center Pro-gram Coordinator Collette Thompson said.

The goal of the sessions is not to embarrass or ridicule people battling obesity, ac-cording to Thompson, but instead about dealing with the societal problem and re-framing the way people look at obesity.

For more information on the programs and offerings visit http://wellness.nku.edu/.

Some student leaders are done with being told they are going to hell. Emotions were stirred up when members of the Student Government As-sociation were asked to ad-dress a proposed university policy aimed at ending the free reign of unsolicited speakers on the campus of Northern Kentucky University.

The policy is aimed at plac-ing time, place and manner restrictions on those speakers not invited by the university.

They would be designated to certain areas of the cam-pus and required to schedule their visit and receive ap-proval from the administra-tion, Dean of Students Jef-frey Waple said. He also said the policy is based on those of other Kentucky universities.

Senators asked many ques-tions about the policy and engaged in spirited discus-sion, as many felt that previ-ous speakers on campus had crossed the line of “accept-able” speech by condemning students based on their per-sonal lifestyles.

“That’s the problem with free speech, guys,” Dean of Stu-dents Jeffrey Waple said to those student leaders who felt the policy needed to be even stronger. He said that, al-though that speech may be of-fensive to some listeners, the speaker is probably entitled to say it and the university can-not usually engage in censor-ing the content of a visitor’s speech.

Waple also said the pol-icy’s scheduling require-ment would end a continuing complaint from the Offi ce of Admissions about having

to bypass the speakers dur-ing campus tours and when schoolchildren visit. He said he believes the policy will also help to avoid multiple speak-ers throughout campus trying to speak over one another.

Under current policy, Waple told student leaders there is nothing to stop historically controversial groups like the Ku Klux Klan from randomly appearing on campus and shouting their messages to passers-by.

The SGA took no formal action to indicate whether or not they approve of the policy

which will eventually make its way up to the Board of Re-gents for approval.

In other business before the SGA, Vice President for Student Involvement Dustin Robinson announced that the university had invited several local business to par-ticipate in the Norse Nights project, which aims to pro-vide discounts to members of the NKU community showing their pride on game days. He said a team of volunteers from the SGA will be following up to encourage businesses to participate.

Opportunities to battle obesityDanielle Wesley & Jesse CallStaff writer & Interim editor in chief

Jesse CallInterim editor in chief

Hateful speech: SGA doesn’t want to hear it

News January 26, 20114

Ready to share the morn-ing routine with Northern Kentucky University? A new survey sent out to a selected group of faculty, staff and students is asking questions about one part of their morn-ing routine: How do they get to campus?Data collected from the survey will be used to decide whether or not to promote a rideshare (carpooling) program among the NKU community. The Of-fi ce of lanning says the goal is to fi nd out the best way to reduce traffi c on campus, the largest single contributor to NKU’s carbon footprint, or amount of emitted green-house gas pollutants.NKU students already en-

dorsed the creation of a ride share board in November 2010 through a resolution passed by the Student Gov-ernment Association, but that board has not yet been cre-ated by the university.“NKU is very responsible in the way they spend money, and before we provide a ser-vice we have to ensure that any service we purchase is go-ing to be used,” Jane Goode, campus space and planning coordinator, said when asked about the purpose of the sur-vey.John Jose, one of the spon-sors of the SGA resolution, agreed and said he is pleased with the pace at which the university has reacted to the resolution.“I think it’s going through the proper procedure,” Jose said.

“It’s also something that the administration was already working towards on it kind of just fell together.”The magnitude of what SGA asked for in the resolution merits additional research, according to Jose.“I don’t think that’s a small change and this school’s never had this before,” Jose said. “[Ride share is] some-thing that’s going to basically change a lot of commuters and students minds to save gas and save money.”Jose said he also supports the survey, which SGA joined Campus Planning in promot-ing, because the information it collects will be useful in developing other “green” ini-tiatives aimed at reducing the university’s level of pollution in the community.

The survey asks students whether or not they utilize public transportation, bicy-cles or their personal vehicles when traveling to campus and whether or not they share rides with others or would be wiling to do so if a system was in place to fi nd people with similar schedules.The survey is also designed to fi nd out how things com-pared to a similar, less com-prehensive survey conducted in spring 2008, according to Goode.“We felt that things have changed a bit in three years,” Goode said, adding that the sustainability movement in 2008 was “not big...but it’s bigger now.”Students and staff selected to be part of the random sample should have received an in-

vitation to complete it from University President James Votruba, Jose said. Every-one selected for the sample is strongly encouraged by campus planning and student government to participate. Some participants will receive prizes.Goode said the university is not spending any green on the survey and has found a vendor that lets the university sample their service for free for this survey.For students and staff not selected to be in the random sample, Goode still invites them to submit feedback on whether or not they support and would use a ride share program by commenting on its Facebook page located at http://www.facebook.com/nkugreen.

Jesse CallInterim editor in chief

Saving green before going greenPhoto by Jesse Call

Jane Goode, director of campus planning, discusses the commuter survey with a student during a promotional event in the Student Union on January 24.

NKU seeks feedback from students on their driving habits

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ewspapers are not supposed to make news; neither does anyone

particularly enjoy some dude incessant-ly talking about himself. Well, here at The Northerner, we are about to engage in both of those taboos but only because so many important changes have come to pass in a single week that it is almost ridiculous.

Perhaps we should start with the good news about the news: The Northerner was honored with a record 26 separate awards from the Kentucky Intercol-legiate Press Association (KIPA) at its annual awards breakfast in Louisville on Jan. 22. We were so thrilled be-cause our work was being compared to the outstanding work of Class A college newspapers across the Commonwealth at colleges like the University of Ken-tucky, Murray State University, West-ern Kentucky University, the University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity, and Morehead State University. To even be able to have our work com-pared to theirs in an honor in itself, so to be able to place in several categories is even more exciting. Congratulations to all our amazing staff members from both the spring and fall 2010 semesters who have dedicated so much to make us award-worthy! Our sincerest congratu-lations to to all the KIPA schools who competed and won because we know how hard you work too!

In other exciting news about the news from our conference, Gayle Brown, ad-viser to The Northerner, was elected an offi cer of the KIPA organization. She is now secretary and web editor, and was elected from among all the newspaper advisers of the community colleges, col-leges and universities in Kentucky. We are pretty proud of her!

Now on to the not-so-thrilling news. We have had to make a couple staff changes because Vern Hockney, our amazing Editor-in-Chief since Fall 2010 and long-time staff member, has found an important job opportunity that takes away the time required for the position.

The good news is, that due to his long-standing commitment to our newspaper and his unprecedented leadership, The Northerner has chosen to honor Vern with the position of Editor Emeritus, which means he will remain an im-portant part of our family here at The Northerner. We are really going to miss him here and we know you are going to miss his amazing contributions, too.

While we search for a new editor-in-chief for The Northerner, I (Jesse Call), will be here to support the staff and readers in the interim. If there is any-

thing I can do to make your experience with our newspaper better, please con-tact me. I can be reached at my e-mail address of callj1@nku.edu, which goes directly to my cell phone. You can also give us a call in the offi ce at 859-572-5812.

Lastly, there is another important staffi ng and style change coming to The Northerner. Expect to see more feature articles soon as staff member Claire Higgins has agreed to take on the role of Features Editor for which we are over-whelmingly thankful and we anticipate you will be, too.

Keep reading (please?),Jesse Call

Interim Editor-in-Chief

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JustFor

Laughs

News January 26, 20116

Loughner enrolled in community college in summer 2005 and is pictured in a local

newspaper attending a book festival in Tucson, Ariz. during the Spring 2010

semester.

After fi ve incidents of disruptive behavior, Loughner created a YouTube video

“examining the torture of students” at his “genocide school” while touring the campus of his community college. Campus offi cial con-fi rmed this was the fi nal straw that led to his

indefi nite suspension.

Loughner is accused of killing six people, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, as part of an apparent assassination attempt against Congresswoman Gabrielle

Giffords at a public event.

Jared Loughner: Progression to an assassin

committee develops an action plan.

“Plans developed may range from simply maintaining a confi dential record of the re-ported behavior, or, in severe circumstances, may progress to an involuntary withdrawal of a student from the Univer-sity or a referral to a disciplin-ary hearing,” Waple said.

To develop the plans, the committee may request access to a student’s health records and examine their mental health history. The committee may also ask for an indepen-dent or on-campus medical or psychological assessment from licensed professionals. This information can then be used to ask a student to leave the university.

A recent American College Counseling Association survey

found 44 percent of students who visit college counseling centers have severe psycho-logical disorders, up from 16 percent a decade ago. One in four students is on psychiatric medication, compared to 17 percent in 2000.

But dealing with college students’ mental health is-sues and their legal rights is a touchy subject for campus ad-ministrators.

“It’s not illegal to be a col-lege student with mental health issues,” Ada Meloy, general counsel for the Ameri-can Council for Education, an umbrella group for higher education, told the AP. “There are plenty of them out there. It’s very diffi cult to determine which ones merit being iso-lated from the college com-munity.”

However, the university will often employ an “all-or-noth-ing clause” which requires the student to show they are not a danger to the campus commu-nity and are receiving treat-ment. A notice will be sent to the student requiring him or her to take certain on-campus actions which may include a hearing. Failure to respond to the notice is grounds for an interim suspension.

In fact, a complaint alone is enough to temporarily sus-pend a student if “the alleged conduct is such that, if true, may pose a threat of harm to the university community or property.”

However, there is not much more that Waple indicated the university could do if the student chooses to leave. He said the concern that such a

student may go out and harm others is always in the back of his mind.

“It is always a concern for any university,” Waple said. “One of the challenges that many universities face is the lack of resources to handle students, especially those with mental health issues. Most universities, including NKU, are not staffed appropriately to provide long-term men-tal health care, nor are they equipped to handle severe mental health issues.”

Which kinds of behavior should cause alarm to stu-dents and be referred to the committee for evaluation?According to Waple, if a stu-dent is posing a threat to his or her own safety or the safety of others, or becomes physically or verbally abusive,

University Police should be contacted immediately and a report should be submitted to the Dean of Students. Po-lice should also be contacted if physical threats are made, a weapon is visible or the stu-dent “appears to be unstable.”

But students should trust their instincts, according to Waple. Worried students should not be afraid to men-tion small issues to the Dean of Students’ offi ce, even if they are unsure whether the con-cern is valid.

“It doesn’t have to be a crisis concern,” Waple said, saying that those concerns may help his offi ce help that student perform better academically or socially and better enjoy his or her NKU experience.The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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CONCERN: Continued from page one

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Jesse CallInterim Editor in chief

Almost every news source he fl ashed through kept repeating one word. “Dead.” News agencies reported that the inspirational provider of one of the most meaningful experiences in the life of a Northern Kentucky University student had been killed.

Kevin Golden, an NKU stu-dent from Louisville, took it all in. He could not believe that the congresswoman he had interned for in 2008 was dead.

“It felt strange to be so emotional about it. I didn’t cry, I just wanted to call all of the people who would feel exactly the same way I would,” he said. “It was very surreal...unexplainable really.”

It was not until several min-utes later that Golden learned the initial news reports were incorrect, that Congresswom-an Gabrielle Giffords from Arizona had been shot and se-riously wounded but was still clinging to life. He had already tried to make plans to stay with someone for a memorial

service.“Thankfully they were

mistaken and retracted their statements about an hour later,” Golden said.

“No one here knows who she is, but I’m sitting in my living room staring at the television for hours. It’s so dif-ferent when it’s someone you know personally that they are talking about.”Golden walked alongside Giffords on the fl oor of the U.S. House of Representatives and said he observed how she reached across the aisle while standing fi rm in those things which she believed were right.

“Sometimes when tragedy strikes, people tend to remem-ber only the best things to say about people. In this case, nothing that was said in the news reports was any sort of exaggeration,” Golden said.

Giffords was not afraid to “make waves,” according to Golden.

“She was different, but she wasn’t rude about it. She had strong ideas about what would make Arizona and America a better place,” Golden said.

“She wasn’t afraid to disagree, (and) she wasn’t afraid to talk about the disagreements either.”

Golden, who currently serves on the NKU Board of Regents and as president of the Student Government As-sociation, found inspiration in her style of politics.

“She, for me, is a new age politician. She believes what she thinks is right and believes it unabashedly,” Golden said. “It sounds corny now, but she is someone who I see making great progress for our country because she didn’t care who you were, she wanted to work for what was best.”

But, he said that while she is a new age politician she still has at least one traditional stance on a currently con-troversial issue: gun control. Even after this tragedy, he ex-pects that to remain the same.

“Strangely enough, Con-gresswoman Giffords is a strong proponent of gun own-ership rights. She has them, and has published opinions about how she feels about the debate,” Golden said. “Com-

ing out of this, I don’t think her stance will change. That is the kind of integrity she has about her ideals.”

The placement with Gif-fords’ offi ce was the through a D.C.-based internship pro-gram and even though Golden is not from Arizona, he chose to work with Giffords because of her role in foreign policy committees.

“My entire experience in DC was reaffi rming because it was the fi rst time I actually applied anything I learned in the classroom to real life and I loved it,” Golden said. “The rush of being in an environ-ment where quick decisions have to be made and you’re able to talk to people who are really voting on things that will affect people’s daily lives is amazing.”

Golden said he learned a lot and is still interested in work-ing in politics.

“I always thought it would be neat if I ended up working for her after I graduated,” he said.

He also said he adopts Giffords’ reported attitude

on working towards change instead of working against the other political parties.“We have to be able to talk about things and hear all opin-ions, all sides,” Golden said.

“There are these slivers of discord that dominate politi-cal campaigns because they make headlines and get air time. The conversation in this country needs to be just as much about what we agree on and can get accomplished as what we disagree on and need to compromise...let’s all agree to that and move on to compromise so that when the majority switches parties, we go about our work the same way--together.”

He joins in decrying the vio-lence which injured his former boss and a killed one of her staff members, Gabe Zimmer-man, with whom Golden said he briefl y worked.

“There is never any rea-son why people should take things into their own hands and come out of the thought process with attempting to kill someone,” he said.

National tragedy hit home

AP Photo

A&E January 26, 20118

There is a small world on Northern Kentucky Univer-sity’s campus where wood, metal and clay are king. Here students can carve wood, mold metal and spin the pot-tery wheel.

Ever wanted to get be-hind a pottery wheel like in the movie “Ghost,” or learn how to throw clay and mold it into pottery? The Ceramic Sculpture Society can teach all that and more. President Jonathan Stein encourages all students who have an in-terest in ceramics, sculpture, wood, glass, metal and art in general to join.

The society works in a state-of-the art facility lo-cated near University Suites on Campbell Drive. It offers a sheltered outer area with furnaces to heat pottery and ceramics and an outside area for bigger sculpture projects. The work spaces offered in the building include a wheel

room, hand-throwing room, glaze room, and metal and wood studios.

“This facility for under-graduates [at NKU] is what schools like the University of Cincinnati have for graduate students,” Stein said.

Members of the club share their knowledge with each other and reach out to the entire campus community. What a member will get out of CSS is intellectual growth through sharing of knowl-edge, skills and apprecia-tion of arts with the club and the university community. Through the club, members can expect to build new friendships between club members, faculty and the art community outside of NKU.

“It creates a sort of commu-nity where people can learn, create and bring in their own work to sell,” Stein said.

The club’s contributions to the community extend be-yond increasing art educa-tion and appreciation. Occa-

sionally, it sells its members’ artwork to raise funds for outreach organizations.

Last year, the society raised $1,500 in two days by selling artwork on campus. These funds provided earthquake victims in Haiti with 200 ceramic water fi lters to help victims.

“It was really nice to see the support of NKU’s staff and students because they were our only audience for that sale,” Ben Huber, ce-ramics and sculpture studio technician said.

Plans for upcoming meet-ings of the society include presentations by visiting art-ists to review the basics of hand-building and working the pottery wheel, as well as hosting pizza parties.

Any questions or concerns can be e-mailed to Jonathan Stein at steinj1@nku.ed or Ben Huber at huberb1@nku.edu or stop by room 110 in the Ceramics and Sculpture studio for more information.

Derick BischoffStaff writer

Art society offers community

Jarrod McNertney, vice president of the Ceramics and Sculpture Society, at the pottery wheel.

Photo by Derick Bischoff

Indie horror fi lm offers a novel source of fear

“The Haunting of Ame-lia” (The Other Side of the Tracks) is a movie that tricks the mind into believing one thing and then offers a unique twist at the end. The film is billed as a supernatu-ral thriller but easily could be described as a psycholog-ical melodrama.

The indie film is the debut for short film director A.D. Calvo. It stars Brendan Fehr (Roswell, CSI: Miami) as, Josh, a disturbed man who cannot move on from a train accident that killed his girl-friend 10 years earlier. He

is constantly haunted by vi-sions of his dead girlfriend and memories of the acci-dent that keep him from liv-ing a normal life. Josh lives a mundane life working at a pizza place with no business and returning home every night to an empty, unkempt house.

He seems to be giving up on life until his high school friend Rusty, played by Chad Lindberg (The Fast and the Furious), returns to town for their 10 year high school reunion and attempts to re-vive Josh by remembering the good times and forget-ting about his painful past. Along the way a new and

mysterious waitress begins working at the pizza place giving meaning to Josh’s life and forcing Rusty out in the process.

The title of the movie sug-gests that it is going to be a movie about ghosts terroriz-ing people. If this is the kind of movie you are expecting than you will be disappoint-ed. The only haunting that occurs is the crazy visions Josh has of his deceased girlfriend. The haunting described in the title is all mental. Having said that, it is still a movie with an in-triguing plot that will keep the viewer guessing what is real and what is fantasy.

Despite the films relative-ly low budget (estimated at $3,000,000 by imdb.com) the makeup on the actress playing the dead girlfriend is superb. It is eerie, basi-cally what a person hit by a train would look like and the thought of seeing her in my nightmares chills me to the core.

The film was released to DVD and Video on Demand on December 28th. It is an interesting plot, but is slow and boring in spots. Overall it is worth a rent. If you are looking for a scary, haunt-ing movie that will make you jump or scare the “bejesus” out of you skip it.

Derick BischoffStaff writer

MCT Campus

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Visit Picasso for free in CincinnatiClaire HigginsFeatures editor

For students who live on campus, it might feel like you’re stuck in Highland Heights, especially when you’re looking for things to do on the weekend or dur-ing a rare free weekday mo-ment. Options are limited when money, location, trans-portation and entertainment value are taken into account. The Cincinnati Art Museum provides a getaway into the heart of Cincinnati and into the past of classical art.The art museum offers free admission daily into its ex-tensive art collection. With two temporary exhibits ac-companying a permanent collection of more than 60,000 works spanning 6,000 years, once you’re in, there’s no turning back.The first temporary ex-hibit, “Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns,” is showing until Jan. 30. The exhibit features more than 50 wedding gowns ranging from 18th century to modern-day designers such as Vera Wang and Geoffrey Beene.“Wedded Perfection” ex-plores the economic expan-sion in the 19th century and how the post-World War II era refashioned the wedding gown from a symbol of purity to a symbol of wealth and glamour. The exhibit also ex-plores how the 21st century bride’s gown is the center-piece of the entire wedding.The second temporary ex-hibit, “Force of Nature,” combines the unlikely pair of contemporary Japanese ceramics and paintings from the French village of Barbi-zon. Although the two seem

like complete opposites in their geographic history, time periods and artistic tra-ditions, both collections use nature as the driving force of inspiration.The works included in “Force of Nature” represent signifi-cant moments of artistic rev-olution in their time periods. In the 1830s, the painters from Barbizon chose to paint pure depictions of nature and landscapes which en-couraged future artistic ex-perimentation, including the acceptance of contemporary subjects and abstraction. The contemporary Japanese ce-ramics displayed in the ex-hibit were created by reusing ancient methods of accepting nature as a subject and phe-nomenon. “Force of Nature” is showing in Gallery 226 un-til May 22.In addition to American and European collections, the museum’s galleries extend to the art of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. African and Far and Near Eastern art are also displayed. The mu-seum also offers the only col-lection of art from outside of Jordan from the ancient cul-ture of the Nabataean people.Cincinnati Art Museum also includes an extensive collec-tion of costumes and textiles, decorative art and photo-graphs.Still in its original location in Eden Park, part of Mount Adams, the Cincinnati Art Museum has been supported locally and nationally since its opening in 1886. The mu-seum was quickly heralded worldwide as “The Art Palace of the West,” according to the Cincinnati Art Museum web-site.The permanent collection at the museum cover works

of art from a variety of eras, geographic locations and mediums. The American and European Painting and Sculpture collection include works by American masters Copley, Cole and Harnet, and European artists such as Renoir, Monet and Picasso.The museum has seen many renovations and additions in its lifetime thanks to gener-ous donations from the com-munity. The latest addition, the Cincinnati Wing, was built in 2003.The art museum website de-scribes The Cincinnati Wing as the first permanent dis-play of the Queen City’s art history in the country. It houses 15 galleries and 400 objects of art created for or by Cincinnatians since 1788. The exhibition includes five themes; each represent the significance of the relation-ship between art, the city and its people and industry.Visitors can also participate in the many events the Cin-cinnati Art Museum holds daily, although not all are free. Events include guided tours and Reel Art, where guests view a classic movie and receive a tour of the museum. The next Reel Art event is from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 6, showing “Who Gets to Call It Art.”To save money and receive benefits and discounts, stu-dents can become a member for $30. Benefits include free parking (non-members pay $4), discounts to the Terrace Café and events, and invitations to special events and gallery openings.For more information on collections, event calendars or membership visit http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org or call (513) 721-ARTS.

(Top) Cincinnati Art Museum’s lobby features the iconic blown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, titled “Rio Delle Torreselle.” (Bottom) The Cincinnati Art Museum was founded in 1881, and now houses over 60,000 pieces of art.

Photos by Karli Wood

Art museum offers quick escape from campus

A&E January 26, 201110Black and Gold Gala - Come get dressed up and celebrate Homecoming Week! � ere will be food, awards given out, and also the crowning of Duke and Duchess. Top 5 for Prince & Princess and King & Queen will be be announced. A new award will be given out for Male and Female Ath-lete of the Year! Tickets go on sale Wednesday, 19th in the Student Life O� ce SU 302. On sale until they run out! � ere are only 400 available so get them quick! $5 each! Black and Gold Gala is from 7pm - 10pm at the Madison.

Common Ground - Come out to NKU’s Gay/Straight alliance club. Meetings are in the Student Union room 102 from 3:15pm - 4:15pm

New Media Art Group - Support this new group devoted to New Media. Learn about New Media, and join students for mind blow-ing videos and free pizza! You can also help plan future events (trips to Louisville, New York, and Pittsburgh). Located on the 4th � oor of the art building in the Fishbowl, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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January 29thHomecoming Norse Basketball - At the Bank of Kentucky Center, Norse women and men tip o� against Illinois-Spring� eld! Women at 3:00 p.m. Men at 5:15 p.m. Free with your Student ID!

January 31thLast day to drop a course - without a grade ap-pearing on a student’s transcript. Last day to drop a course with a 50% tuition adjustment.

Febuary 1stNAACP Meeting - Starting at 6:00pm in the Suites Classroom. We will be discussing upcoming confer-ences, programming, community service, home-coming and more. Membership is POWER. We hope to see you there! Why Artist Book? - Northern Kentucky University will host a free public lecture by French book artist and printmaker Claire Illouz titled “Why Artist Books?” on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m., in the Eva G. Farris Reading Room of the W. Frank Steely Library at NKU.

January 28thFSLC Canned Food drive - Easiest way to get homecoming points. Each can is worth 1 point and can bring up to 500. A� er all the cans are taken in, FSLC will be creating a huge can display in Student Life for the next week. Drop o� in the Northern Ky. Leadership Institute O� ce by 5pm.

Yell Like Hell - Prince & Princess Coronation, half time of Men’s game competition for the Yell Like Hell chant and Helmet Decorating Competition! � is will be before the basketball games so bring your all card to get in for free! We will be also crowning Prince and Princess here! From 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Bank of Kentucky Center.

SportsEdition 47, Issue 3 11

Malcolm Eleby during the NKU basketball game versus Maryville University on January 13th. The Norse beat the Saints 79 to 36.

Photo by Aly Durrett

Northern Kentucky Univer-sity expected big things from both the soccer teams and the fans when it opened the new Soccer Complex this season. The men’s team delivered, hosting both the Great Lakes Valley Conference Champion-ship and the NCAA Regional Final’s this season, and also delivering the fi rst national championship in team his-tory. The fans stepped up as well, boosting the men’s soc-cer team to fourth in the na-tion in total attendance this season.

NKU had a total of 7,649 fans attend 15 home games

this season, averaging out to a little over 509 fans per game. This mark shattered the attendance of not only last season (2,288), but the previ-ous two seasons combined (4,586). The largest crowd for the Norse was the regional fi -nal game, which drew a total attendance of 781 fans.

“It’s such a good experi-ence when you walk out of the changing room and the stands are full,” said Paul An-drews, who was the defensive Most Outstanding Player in the national championship game. “It’s just motivation for the team to do better so we make sure the crowds come back.”

The Norse didn’t disap-

point the record crowds. The posted a record of 15-2-1 this season, losing an exhibition game to Indiana University Purdue University India-napolis in an exhibition game and to Lewis University in the regular season. The one tie was in an exhibition game against the University of Cin-cinnati in the fi rst ever game hosted at the new facility. The Norse would also add 6-0 post season record at home.

“We always feed off the crowd for the last 10 minutes of the game,“ Andrews said. “Everyone is tired, and the crowd is shouting and getting you up and motivated to keep going and keep fi ghting to get the win.”

Nick JonesSports editor

Men’s soccer sees fourth largest attendance in nation

The starting point guard for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team has been a huge contributor in just his fi rst season.Leading the team in points, re-bounds and assists, Malcolm Eleby found his comfort zone as a member of the Norse.Eleby, a graduate of the Franklin Learning Center in Philadelphia, started his college journey at Di-vision I school St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y. Eleby’s sophomore year proved to be his most productive there, as he led the Bonnies in steals averaging 1.4 steals per game. He also was solid on the offensive end, averaging seven points, 3.4 rebounds and dished out 2.9 assists per game. In three seasons at St. Bonaventure, Eleby started 57 games, averaging 5.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.5 re-bounds per contest.However, Eleby’s departure from St. Bonaventure resulted from the controversy.On March 21, Eleby and three of his teammates were charged by

the New York State Police with vi-olations in connection with a fi ght against Jamestown Community College basketball team members. Two people received stab wounds in the fi ght, according to the As-sociated Press and The Bona Ven-ture.Eleby’s charges were considered non-criminal making them less serious than a misdemeanor or felony. Nonetheless, Eleby decid-ed it was best for him to go some-where else for his senior season.“I was planning to go to another school, but after that fell through I started looking at NKU,” Eleby said. “I liked the coaches and fa-cilities and it sounded like a good fi t for me.”NKU was a fresh start and a chance for him to learn from his mistakes, according to Eleby.“I put myself in a bad situation and I’m going to try to not get my-self in that type of situation here at this school,” Eleby said. “Un-fortunately, it was something that happened, but I have put it behind me.”Eleby has adjusted quite nicely to the new school and a new role that has came along with it.

Through 18 games this season, he is averaging 13.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists, leading NKU in all three categories.Eleby’s most important contri-bution, however, is the same at NKU as it was for the Bonnies: as a defensive leader. The Norse cur-rently lead the Great Lakes Val-ley Conference in scoring defense holding opponents to 64.2 points per game and fi eld goal percent-age defense, allowing opponents to only make 41.7 percent of their shots. He is a big reason for the success as his 6-foot-3 inch frame has allowed the NKU defense to switch it up at times.“He gives us a lot of fl exibility as he is a point guard in a power forward’s body,” Head Coach Da-vid Bezold said. “He allows us to be very creative within, as he can guard different people.”Eleby leads the Norse not only on the stat sheet, but is also one of the players leading the Norse on the court and in practice, Bezold said.

John MinorAssistant sports editor

Eleby makes good on 2nd chance

The record crowd of 781 fans applaud a Norse goal against West Virginia Wesleyan in the NCAA Regional Final.

Photo by Tim Downer

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