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SECURING CAMPUS SAFETY University of Cincinnati offi cials and police explained the shelter-in-place procedure, enacted when there is an imminent threat to students, and how they prepare for emergencies such as the danger of an active shooter on campus.
GIMME SHELTER Experts, UC offi cials examine emergency procedures
Paul Humphries chosen to serve
as assistant police chief
for Cincinnati
CPD appoints captain
KARA DRISCOLL NEWS EDITOR [email protected]
Members of the University of Cincinnati community are no strangers to gunfi re.
Over the past two months, the university activated its shelter-in-place warning on campus three separate times, advising students and faculty members to seek refuge inside a building while isolating themselves from outside threats.
After a fl urry of school shootings over the last several months, university offi cials acknowledged the need to prepare students for potentially dangerous situations.
If a gunman infi ltrated UC’s campus, the shelter-in-place alert would be enacted, said Jeff Corcoran, assistant chief of UC Police.
Corcoran heads UC’s Emergency Preparedness Committee, which was established to prepare for emergency situations on campus and examine emergency plans.
The committee annually reviews the Emergency Operations Plan. The committee began discussing and planning protocols for an active shooter in 2000.
“We always look at ongoing threats,” Corcoran said. “We discuss topics like, ‘Do we need to change any of our actions?’”
In the event of an emergency, Corcoran said communication is key for students. By alerting the community through the campus sound system, email and text alerts, UCPD hopes it can reach as many students as possible.
“The primary means of alerting students of a situation is through the [alert radio],” he said. “Secondary would be through texts
and emails. It’s nice but we don’t depend on [text alerts]. We can’t control telephone networks.”
During a serious incident, UC’s website would be replaced with a separate website instructing the community on emergency plans.
UCPD trains every year to respond to an active shooter situation. It could take 20 to 40 minutes for a SWAT team to arrive, Corcoran said. While the UC president’s cabinet regularly discusses emergency protocol, offi cials did not have a specifi c discussion after the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
“The general approach [to an active shooter situation before the shooting at Columbine] was that you surround the building and wait for SWAT to arrive,” said UCPD Captain Rodney Chatman. “They did that at Columbine and offi cers were outside while people were being killed inside. So we changed as a result of Columbine. We changed our approach to if there is an active shooter, as soon as we have two or three [offi cers] we’re going in to stop the shooting.”
Yet a campus shooting isn’t to happen at UC, Chatman said.
“Students are more likely to be eaten by a polar bear than to be involved in a campus shooting,” Chatman said. “In my personal opinion, if we’re going to engage students, I’d rather engage them on things that are more likely happen to them like theft or sexual assault by an acquaintance.”
Debbie Gardner, founder of the Survive Institute, said the fear of a campus shooter is unnecessary — the anxiety of waiting for something to happen
can be more damaging. While offi cials update safety protocols
and prepare for worst-case scenarios, shootings and other gun-related incidents occurred during the fall semester.
On Nov. 18, 2012, a man was shot multiple times on Jefferson Avenue across from Turner Hall. The homicide was the fi rst incident in the academic year that caused the shelter-in-place alert to go off on campus.
UC offi cials enacted the shelter-in-place warning twice after a student was robbed at gunpoint on Glendora Avenue and several other students reported shots fi red on Calhoun Street Dec. 9, 2012. The university-wide alert was lifted at approximately 2:30 a.m.
The heightened awareness of crime throughout the student body is a problem UC offi cials and police offi cers are attempting to combat through increased patrols, more lighting on campus and open communication with the community.
UCPD patrols have increased 30 percent since January, UC President Santa Ono said.
“I’ve heard from a number of students that they see the increased patrols,” Ono said. “I’m happy with the progress we’ve made thus far. There is still a good bit of work that still needs to be done and we’re committed to doing that.”
Gardner is committed to changing the reputation of UC’s unsafe campus.
“[Ono] seems determined to do something [about campus safety]. Stop blaming UC Police and administration,” Gardner said. “Regardless of where you are, your personal safety is your responsibility.”
DANI KOKOCHAK SENIOR REPORTER
Cincinnati Police Capt. Paul Humphries has been chosen to serve as assistant Cincinnati police chief making him second in command of the department. The appointment takes effect Jan. 31.
“It is an honor to be in a leadership position with these people, and to work in a city that I was born and raised. I have no desire to leave and be a chief somewhere else,” Humphries said. “I have wanted to be a Cincinnati cop since I was fi ve years old.”
Humphries has been with the department for 26 years, and has served in a variety of roles, including undercover work, hostage negotiations for the SWAT team and event planning.
Humphries graduated with a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati, where he plans to continue working as an adjunct professor.
“I view him as someone who possesses leadership ability, and the ability to work effectively through others,” said Police Chief James Craig. “As I embarked on changing the culture of [CPD], one of the things I was most concerned [with] was how management treated rank and fi le employees,” Craig said. “He got that, and I’ve seen where he has been able to interact effectively with the people he works with.”
City Manager Milton Dohoney selected Humphries after two fi nal interviews. The search process included internal and external candidates. Humphries will receive an increase in base salary as assistant chief.
Humphries was chosen based on his intimate working knowledge, administration abilities and support for the direction and vision of the department, Craig said.
Knowledge of department operations and commitment to the city of Cincinnati are among the qualities Humphries possesses that were important factors in the selection process, Craig said.
“In my opinion, of the fi eld of candidates that put in [resumes], Paul certainly was the absolute best candidate for the position,” Craig said.
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U-Square development controversyCouncil to convene meeting addressing union complaints
BENJAMIN GOLDSCHIMDT CHIEF REPORTER
Due to controversy about the construction of U-Square @ the Loop, the Carpenter’s Union wants city government to change the way it works alongside private corporations to revitalize parts of Cincinnati.
Towne Properties and Al Neyer, Inc. entered a contractual agreement with the city to get fi nancial help to build the parking garage portion of the development. In that contract, the private developers agreed to only hire contractors that pay workers the union wage of $23.17 an hour.
After a discrepancy about what parts of the project the union wage applied to, the State of Ohio ruled there is no statute forcing Towne Properties or Al Neyer, Inc. to pay its workers union wage — except those working on construction of the garage, said Arn Bortz, managing partner for Towne Properties.
In a meeting with the Strategic Growth Committee Tuesday, representatives from
the Carpenters Union and the Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council expressed its concerns with U-Square’s current development. Both organizations think the city government could do better going forward. Members from each party are expected to meet with City Manager Milton Dohoney Feb. 7 to discuss rewording future public-private contracts.
“They’re breaking the law, and they’re being rewarded from those who follow the law and pay their taxes — in this particular project to the tune of $20 million — that is unacceptable,” said Dave Meier of the Carpenters Union.
Meier suggested for future contracts the city should outline a provision to allow interested third parties — such as the Carpenters Union — to have some oversight.
Councilmember Chris Seelbach said the developer’s behavior is unacceptable, and pledged to help make changes in the future.
“Our job is to make sure that there’s no loopholes, so we’ve got to do a better
job to make sure that they’re not able — especially if they’re getting money from us — to fi nd exceptions, to fi nd ways to bypass the rules,” Seelbach said.
Laure Quinlivan, chair of the Strategic Growth Committee, suggested members of the Carpenters Union write its suggested changes prior to meeting with the city manager.
The Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council called for the entire project to be considered a public improvement in a lawsuit, which would make the developers contractually obligated to ensure all workers are paid minimum wages regardless of which part of the project they work on.
Though the state ruled in favor of the developer’s ability to not pay minimum wages for certain workers, protestors from the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters held up signs by the development reading, “Shame, shame on Towne Properties.”
In response, Bortz said Towne Properties has every right to pay wages “consistent with the marketplace,” to those
working within the confi nes of the private sections of the development, and the Carpenters Union also has every right to stand on the sidewalk and protest.
“We’re very proud of what we’re producing at U-Square,” Bortz said. “Nonetheless, [union representatives] will stand out there as they have in front of Proctor and Gamble, Kroger and other good corporate citizens with whom they disagree about the wage scales being paid on certain construction projects.”
Dave Meier from the Carpenters Union said representatives from Al Neyer, Inc. told him he could not enter the premises outside the garage area to ask workers if they are being paid the prevailing wage, and told him he would be arrested for trespassing in the future.
“It’s a shame what happens to some of these workers,” said Chad Day of the Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council. “They’re pressed into keeping their job, pressed into lower wages, pressed into getting no benefi ts and at the same time the city doesn’t get their fair share of taxes.”
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The University of Cincinnati student declared missing Jan. 18 has been found, safe and sound, in Dayton.
Glory Hagerty, 18, of Mason was reported missing by her roommates because they had not seen her in six days. They last saw her leaving her residence hall Jan. 12 with an unknown male. When they never heard from her, they became concerned and alerted the police.
The police sent out an alert to the UC community, describing Hagerty’s appearance and urging individuals who knew of her whereabouts to inform police.
“She didn’t have a cellphone, so they had no way of reaching her,” said UCPD Chief Michael Cureton.
Friday afternoon, one of Hagerty’s friends saw the news coverage of the disappearance and informed her that she was missing. Hagerty then called the campus police to inform them of her whereabouts. The police put her in touch with her mother.
“[Her parents] were unaware that she was missing and they hadn’t talked to her, but of course, she’s away at school,” Cureton said.
Police initially believed she was in the company of an unknown male but later discovered that was false. She and a few of her friends made a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dayton.
“It was a very good decision on the part of the roommates,” Cureton said. “I think they acted very appropriately and I applaud what they did.”
Cureton urges students to prevent incidents like this in the future by consistently communicating with roommates.
“It would also help to have a cellphone,” Cureton said.
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SG funding not necessary for seminarStudent Safety Board requests aid for Survive Institute self-defense session
JAKE GRIECO SENIOR [email protected]
The Undergraduate Student Government ruled to not fi nancially support a bill proposed by the Student Safety Board for a self-defense seminar.
The seminar will feature Debbie Gardner, a nationally renowned self-defense speaker and former Cincinnati police offi cer, who will educate the student body on safety, as well as demonstrate self-defense moves, said Maggie Daly SSB vice president of programming.
The seminar will advocate safety and provide a place for students to learn how to defend themselves.
SSB decided to host this event in response to requests from the University of Cincinnati student body.
“This was brought to our attention by people talking to Lane Hart and requesting Debbie Gardner specifi cally,” said Daly.
SG decided against allocating SSB $500.
The money would be used to cover one-third of the cost to bring in Gardner for the seminar. The decision was made because SSB already has enough money in their budget to fund the seminar without SG’s help.
“I think this is unnecessary,” said Zach Nieberding, SG fi nancial director. “They
should come to us when they need the money.”
SSB was asking for $500 so it could fund
events later in the year. SSB will be hosting a sexual and health safety event in February, a spring break awareness event
and a summer safety event, in
collaboration with the UC Police Department,
Daly said. SG did not rule out
fi nancial support for the future.“[SG] has to be very cautious with
where they spend their money and they want the students to get the best use of it,” said Daly. “[SG] will fi nancially support us later when we more appropriately need the money.”
Missing student found
After UC Police issued missing person alert,
Glory Hagerty found in Dayton
Democrats discuss strategyCollege Democrats meet with former Gov. Strickland
BENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT CHIEF REPORTER
Just days before President Obama’s second inauguration, the University of Cincinnati College Democrats met with former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to discuss the Democratic Party’s success in the November elections, and what to focus on moving forward.
“One reason I’m here is to say thank you,” Strickland said. “You did it. Ohio did it, Hamilton County did it and the country did it. On election night I felt two things; pride and relief.”
Cincinnati City Council hopeful Greg Landsman also attended the meeting hosted by the College Democrats, who met under new leadership, with Dana Clark as its new president and Patrick Smith as its new vice president.
Both he and Strickland spoke strongly against redistricting, a tactic they say Republicans are using nationwide to retain power in the face of dwindling popularity.
“One thing the Republicans are good at is surviving, and one of the ways they survive is by drawing boundary lines that give them disproportionate control when they don’t get the votes,” Strickland said. “There’s a
movement in this country now to change the way electoral votes are allocated.”
Electoral votes are tallied based on congressional lines, and if they were tallied by the popular vote, Obama would have gotten all of Ohio’s electoral votes as opposed to 18, Strickland said.
Though there is not a strategy in place — in either party — to curb this behavior Strickland emphasized the need to elect Democratic governors.
Landsman, a local politician who worked for Strickland’s campaign, shared his view for how he wants the city to progress in the future, and focused heavily on ways he believes public-private partnerships can play a heavy role in the revitalization of the city.
“Despite the fact that we have pockets of momentum, progress and wealth — pockets of good grade schools and educational opportunities — it’s not something that’s shared across the city,” Landsman said. “When you go to other neighborhoods, you don’t see the same momentum; you don’t see that kind of opportunity.”
Landsman said he’d like to see more people look across party lines, and come together through racial and religious boundaries to help Cincinnati’s revitalization spread further.
Berns enters race for Cincinnati mayor
UC faculty member obtains necessary signaturesBENJAMIN GOLDSCHMIDT
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University of Cincinnati faculty member Jim Berns offi cially entered the Cincinnati mayor’s race Tuesday after fi ling more than 1,100 petition signatures with the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Berns, who oversees the workshop in the College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP), is a Libertarian who has staked his claim in the area surrounding campus largely by holding “honk and waves” on the corners of busy intersections.
Eight of his supporters came — per his invitation — to show support for Berns’ petitions, which far exceeded the 500 required by the board of elections.
“I’m thrilled,” Berns said. “You know, I’ve run for offi ce a number of times and I’ve gotten more support from my fellow Libertarians and people outside the Libertarian Party [each time].”
Berns, as a third-party candidate, expressed optimism as well as concern for the upcoming election. He said he is entertaining the idea of forming a coalition against a primary vote for mayor, which he
calls undemocratic.“The cynical part [of me] says the
Democrats and Republicans have these to get rid of all the competition, because only the top two in the Sept. 10 primary move forward,” Berns said. “The mayor race should be an open fi eld instead of this primary.”
His optimism stems from his prediction that John Cranley and Roxanne Qualls — the only two candidates to offi cially announce they are running — will be the two mainstream candidates, but might split the democratic vote between them. This, he said, would leave Libertarians and Republicans to look to him — as well as Democrats dissatisfi ed with Qualls and Cranley.
Berns is a fi scal conservative who believes staunchly in individual liberty, and is known locally for holding signs reading, “regulate weed like wine,” and “gay is okay.”
In the 2012 race for the fi rst congressional district of Ohio, Berns lost to incumbent Steve Chabot, earning 2.74 percent of the total vote. In 2005, Mayor Mark Mallory won the election over fellow Democrat David Pepper by less than 3,000 votes, according to Hamilton County Board of Elections records.
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THREE-WAY RACE Local Libertarian politician Jim Berns offi cially joined the race for Cincinnati mayor Tuesday. Berns joins a fi eld consisting of two other candidates.
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Everyone has something they love to do in their free time that helps defi ne who they are.
My roommate is a master at whatever type of art she chooses to try on any given day; my boss makes acoustic guitars with wood he gets from his friend; my best friend wakes up to row when some college students are going to bed.
I donate blood. The fi rst time I donated blood I was
an anxious teenager at my high school blood drive. I knew I was hooked when I donated at another blood drive 56 days later — the minimum time required to wait between whole blood donations.
My donation pattern has shifted in the years since: I now donate platelets, a specialized type of blood donation, every other Saturday at the Hoxworth Blood Center located at the University of Cincinnati Medical Campus. I donate so often that I know the technician who draws my blood, a phlebotomist, better than I knew the person I sat next to while I was on co-op.
But I wasn’t always so enthusiastic about this whole donating blood thing.
I feared everything even remotely resembling a needle as a child — and my heart still beats a little faster right before they stick the needle in my arm.
I attended my fi rst blood drive with my mother when I was 10 years old. I looked at my mother as she lay down on the ugly lawn chair, and swore to her I would never go through such an ordeal myself. She responded, “That’s OK” in her sweet voice, but said I might change my mind in the future.
Like most mothers, my mom is always right. Something changed in the 11 years since that blood drive. Maybe my fears dissolved or maybe I might have been drawn in by all the incentives, but ultimately I think I changed my mind because I now understand and respect how important these blood donations are to those who need them.
One blood donation can touch countless lives, many of whom the donor will never meet. The process of donating blood can also be gratifying for the donor. It always amazes me how a trip to the blood drive can brighten my day.
After the pint is collected and I’m bandaged up, I enjoy my walk to the canteen to collect my well-deserved refreshments and I am happy to know that even if I did nothing the rest of the day, I helped someone, somewhere.
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The University of Cincinnati honored the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16 during “Unmasked: The Collective Work of the Movement” at the MainStreet Cinema.
The event, presented by the Division of Student Affairs and Services, the African American Cultural and Resource Center (AACRC), the Department of Student Life and the Offi ce of Ethnic Programs and Services (EPS), focused on bringing to light the work of those who were not so much “faces” of a movement, but worked tirelessly to bring about change during the civil rights era.
“This event serves as a reminder of the fi gures in history that have been instrumental to the progression of our people,” said co-emcee Mr. Kuamka Abdine Lewis, a third-year food and nutrition major. “It’s a way to see leadership evident in more than one way — some people are on the forefront with their leadership, while other people are still part of the movement but do things behind the scenes.”
The event began with a dramatic performance of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask,” by Resident Education and Development members Sakinah Davis, Sanchit Gulati and Jason Webster. The AACRC choir followed that with a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,”
a song written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson.
After a universal prayer by Sister Leslie Keener of Campus Ministries, University President Santa Ono spoke at the event and addressed the progress made in civil rights as a country and as a school, due to the work of many unsung heroes.
“Each of us here today has that same capability to be an unsung hero,” Ono said. “Some of us to be visionaries, some of us to be leaders, all of us to dream.”
After Ono’s opening remarks, Undergraduate Student Government Vice President Maesa Idries and Winfi eld Harris, vice president of the United Black Student Association, gave the offi cial student welcome.
Idries spoke of her continued dissatisfaction with the country not living up to its potential regarding civil rights, and called upon students and faculty to voice their opinions to start making a difference. Winfi eld focused on the progress the United Black Student Association made due to civil rights movements.
Robin Martin, the associate provost for diversity and inclusion, made the keynote speech for the event.
She spoke of the infl uence students had on the civil rights movement and how students should continue using their infl uence today.
“Students have been part of the movement for many years,” Martin said.
“Students need to understand that this is their prime time. This is the time to act.”
Reginald Brown, a student life administrator, received the “Unsung Hero” award at the event for his service and dedication to the University of Cincinnati. The award was presented by both EPS and
the AACRC by Patrice Barns and Dr. Brandi Elliot.
Eric Abercumbie, director of EPS and the AACRC, closed the event with a call to action for everyone to “unmask” themselves and unite in order to make a difference.
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In an effort to raise awareness, members of the University of Cincinnati community faced off in a wheelchair basketball tournament Sunday at the Campus Recreation Center.
The Undergraduate Student Government hosted “Ballin’ for Abilities,” which was open to all students.
Bryan Scheck, a fourth-year civil engineering student and director of disability services, and Sara Whitestone, a fi rst-year biomedical sciences student, created the event to raise awareness about students with disabilities.
Teams of fi ve to seven players paid a $50 registration fee to participate in the tournament. All of the proceeds benefi ted Sara Spins, a non-profi t organization established in June 2012 by the staff at the Southwest Ohio Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar, a program that promotes youth leadership and volunteerism.
“The biggest thing I hope to get out of this is awareness in general,” said Scheck. “There’s a lot of people on campus that aren’t aware of other students like Sara and the needs that they do actually have.”
Two years ago, Whitestone discovered she has Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a condition characterized by chronic fatigue that often includes a symptom called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
POTS involves a lack of cerebral blood fl ow. When Whitestone stands in an upright position, not enough blood reaches her brain, causing her to collapse and faint after short periods of time, requiring her to use a wheelchair.
Friends and staff Whitestone met through her involvement with Sara Spins helped raise funds for her wheelchair. The wheelchair Whitestone received helped her begin her college career at UC.
Sara Spins continues to raise funds to help students with disabilities receive essential tools and technology. First-year interior design student Abbey Hunter recently received a wheelchair with the organization’s assistance in December 2012.
“Sara Spins means a great deal to me,” said Hunter. “They were able to raise all of the money to get my chair, and it’s just changed my whole experience at college.”
Through fundraising and events like “Ballin’ for Abilities,” Sara Spins aims to enhance the college careers of students with disabilities.
“We are raising money and awareness for students with disabilities who are
seeking a higher education,” Whitestone said.
In addition to raising funds for Sara Spins, the participants who took to the court in wheelchairs exposed UC students to the diversity that exists on campus.
“[The event] gives us a different perspective and makes us appreciate the things that we have,” said James Avant IV, a second-year neurobiology and Spanish student.
The live DJ and intense action attracted additional players and a growing audience.
“It brings everybody together — people with and without disabilities,” said Sabrina Johnson, a fourth-year criminal justice student. “It shows that we’re being more
inclusive at UC and showing that people can do anything.”
“Ballin’ for Abilities” raised approximately $200 through its $50 registration fee and additional donations, Scheck said. The event’s success made it the fi rst of its kind to benefi t Sara Spins — Scheck and Whitestone are already planning to bring it back next year.“As this Bearcat Nation family, we have a legacy that’s about inclusiveness and a sense of community,” Whitestone said. “An event like this highlights this inclusiveness.”
For more information about Sara Spins, visit the organization’s offi cial web site at saraspins.org.
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SHERROD BROWN
In 2011, Jeanne Brigner reached out to my offi ce after her mortgage servicer misapplied her monthly mortgage payment – an action which led her into foreclosure. Unlike many Ohioans, Jeanne was able to keep her home, but only after paying thousands of dollars in unnecessary fees. Unfortunately, the state of mortgage servicing is so bad that Jeanne is considered one of the lucky ones.
Last week, in Columbus, Youngstown, and Toledo, I heard from Jeanne and other homeowners who were unjustly foreclosed on – upending families and economically depressing local communities. We all know the devastation that foreclosures infl ict on our communities, homeowners, and families.
From fraudulent legal documents to scheming mortgage servicers, U.S. homeowners have endured egregious violations by big banks. Enough is enough.
In 2010, America discovered that the same Wall Street banks that had brought our economy to the
brink of collapse were taking advantage of homeowners to pad their own pockets.
While one in 10 Ohioans was out-of-work, the nation’s largest banks were generating billions in profi ts by ignoring the law and foreclosing on homeowners who were trying their hardest to pay their bills on time. And today, middle-class families are still suffering from mortgage lenders’ malfeasance.
Earlier this month, 10 of our nation’s largest banks reached an agreement to pay $8.5 billion to homeowners who were affected by unlawful foreclosures. The settlement money will be divided among all 4.4 million eligible homeowners—including about 96,000 Ohioans. Resources will be split between mortgage relief for borrowers, including loan modifi cations, and direct payments to homeowners. While borrowers will be
contacted by the end of March if they are eligible, I also urge you to contact the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, a housing counselor, or my offi ce if you believe you are eligible but have not been contacted.
Though each borrower is eligible for up to $125,000
in relief, most will receive much less
than that. If every eligible borrower were provided equal relief, each household
would only receive
about $2,200. This would
hardly compensate families who lost
countless hours in disputes and possibly their homes as a result of wrongful foreclosure proceedings.
That’s why I’m calling for some common sense reforms that will make this a better deal for homeowners.
Last week, I sent a letter to regulators demanding that every dollar distributed gives homeowners the maximum
benefi t and prevents banks from avoiding their responsibilities.
But while these payments will provide some relief to homeowners, we must also stop these abuses before they start. That’s why I’m urging regulators to use the lessons learned from the foreclosure review process to fi x a broken mortgage servicing model.
If we’re going to shore up our economy, we need reforms like those in my Foreclosure Fraud and Homeowner Abuse Prevention Act. The reforms I have proposed would require banks to provide meaningful protections for borrowers before they near the point of defaulting; participate in loan modifi cations; stop foreclosures when borrowers are trying to work with banks to pay their bills on time; and hire enough staff to work with homeowners instead of issuing default judgments on foreclosures.
As the recent bank settlement shows, this bill would have prevented bank abuses if it had been in place in 2009 and 2010. Congress must pass this important legislation.
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The university of Cincinnati is full of tiny pockets we pull around ourselves — Greek life, sports teams, choirs, academic clubs, friends and roommates. It’s not quite love and not quite family, but it provides us with this feeling of being a part of something larger than ourselves, and in times of tragedy, collective healing.
We all remember that epic weekend from freshman year, or the time we woke up late and missed an exam. The closer I get to graduation, the more I realize that being a Bearcat means more than just going to football games and earning a degree.
As undergraduates living in Clifton, whether we like it or not, we are always overly involved in each other’s lives. Students are crammed together in houses and apartments, and as much as I sometimes dislike my neighbors for the wild parties they throw, I shrug it off and remember when I was a sophomore having parties in my fi rst apartment — anchored in that moment.
Moments like these are what make our college lives memorable. Walking around campus, I constantly see mutual friends of friends, old lab partners or that one guy I met at Murphy’s. Main Street is always bustling with activity and excitement. I have seen UC students assemble at football games and gather on McMicken commons to protest injustice. The funny thing about these cherished years at UC is that they are temporary. Never again will we have a sense of community like we do here. We will move on to surrounding ourselves with different pockets, different people. We’ll be part of real world communities — we’ll have real jobs, form real families.
Being a student at this school is like being a cog in a giant, diverse, ever-evolving machine. When we lose a Bearcat, we lose an essential part of that community we work so hard to obtain.
No one can deny the blatant role social media now plays when it comes to grief. As we hear of a death, people begin to mourn over shared pictures and recent Facebook statuses. We write and record collections of memories for families and friends to share. Their lives may have been cut short, but their legacies live on in a permanent online archive of memories, pictures, and personal statements.
As an outsider, you begin to see which pockets these people belonged to; just by looking at their Facebook page. According to the internet, you share three mutual friends and go to the same school. You feel a deeper remorse for these people because of that computer-generated connection. After looking through several pages of their wall or feed, you can get a small sense of the impact they had in their lifetime. Posts and profi les remain long after the people disappear.
If there is anything to learn from the recent events, it’s that life is preciously short. We have no control over when it ends, but we do have control over how we choose to spend it. In the end, tragedies happen and we all mourn in our own ways.
So take some time to get to know people, in these precious college years. Maintain the friendships that really matter. Appreciate those underrated moments, the ones that quietly hide themselves in the normalcy of everyday life.
The tragic deaths of Jessica Galley, Chad Kohls, Ellen Garner and Anthony Tesner demonstrate how UC — a school of over 40,000 students — can feel like a tight-knit family.
I’ve never been more proud to be a Bearcat.
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Wednesday was a monumental day for the Cincinnati Reds Organization and the City of Cincinnati. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced Great American Ball Park as the host of the 2015 MLB All-Star Game and that Cincinnati will be the home of the newest MLB Urban Youth Academy.
“It’s my really great pleasure, on behalf of Major League Baseball, to award the 2015 All-Star Game to the Cincinnati Reds,” Selig said.
The 86th rendition of the MLB All-Star game will mark the fi fth time the Reds — Major League Baseball’s oldest franchise — will host the event.
Although Cincinnati has hosted the game before, the event has never been held at Great American Ballpark. Crosley Field (1938 & 1953) and Riverfront Stadium (1970 & 1988) housed the All-Star game in its previous four stops in the Queen City.
Much like the sport of baseball itself, the All-Star game has evolved signifi cantly in the 25 years since it was last played in Cincinnati — it now consists of six days worth of events.
With the week of events, which will begin on a Thursday and conclude Tuesday night with the actual game, Cincinnati will see a signifi cant fi nancial benefi t.
“People make different projections,” Selig said. “But I would say to you that your talking anywhere from $80-100 million.”
Events will include the annual Home-Run Derby and a large fan expo similar to the annual Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon Expo.
The New York Mets will host the All-Star Game in 2013, followed by the Minnesota Twins in 2014 and Cincinnati in 2015.
Selig — the MLB’s Commissioner since 1992 — believes Cincinnati’s rich baseball history makes it the ideal place for the
2015 game.“The history of major league baseball
cannot be told without the story of Cincinnati and all of those who have been a part of this great Reds’ tradition,” Selig said. “I believe that the 2015 Major League All-Star Game will be a really profound way to celebrate Major League Baseball and our sports eldest franchise, the Cincinnati Reds.”
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory stated Cincinnati’s highly publicized efforts to bring the All-Star game back to the Queen City began with the opening of Great American Ballpark in 2003, when Mallory — then a state senator — sent a letter urging Selig to award Cincinnati’s new stadium one of the upcoming games.
Those efforts intensifi ed in 2005 when Bob Castellini took over as the controlling partner of the Reds’ ownership group, illustrated by Selig’s numerous references to Castellini’s continued persistence in trying to bring the game back to Cincinnati.
The city of Cincinnati also improved its standing as a city capable of hosting major events, with the succes of the 2009 and 2010 MLB Civil Rights Games and the 2012 World Choir Games. But it had already been handpicked to be the 2015 All-Star Game host before those events took place, Selig said.
“In 2015 — I started to think about this years ago — there was never a doubt in my mind,” Selig said. “Cincinnati fi lled all the needs that we have and then some, with its great history, its great fandom and the cooperation of the city. Frankly, in the end, this was an easy choice.”
Selig also announced Cincinnati would become the next city to have an MLB Urban Youth Academy.
“Today I’m very pleased to announce that Major League baseball is contributing $1.5 million to the development of the Reds Urban Youth Academy for Cincinnati, to be the future home of an MLB Urban Youth Academy,” Selig said.
Cincinnati becomes the seventh offi cial
MLB Urban Youth Academy since the fi rst was opened in Compton Calif. in 2006. Cincinnati joins Philadelphia, Pa. as the only other cold weather sites.
Since 2006 the academies have reached approximately 10,000 children, including 200 that have gone on to play collegiate baseball. Carlos Correa, a member of the Urban Youth Academy in Costa Rica, was selected with the fi rst overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft.
It comes as no surprise that former Red’s Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, who is now the MLB’s Executive Vice President of Baseball Development and the overseer of its Urban Youth Academies, played a signifi cant role in bringing the academy to Cincinnati.
“To have this facility built here in the Cincinnati area is a real pleasure for me to be a part of,” Robinson said. “This is something that the community should be really proud of. This will give young people — under privileged kids especially — an opportunity to improve their skills and learn to play baseball the right way.”
Reds’ offi cials were informed Cincinnati would be the site for one of the new academies following the Civil Rights Games in 2010, but a signifi cant amount of leg work still needed to be done.
Signifi cant contributions of funding and manpower from the Procter & Gamble Company, in conjunction with Kroger, along with the donation of land from the city have allowed for the project to move forward. The academy will open at the begining of the 2015 season.
“This is an exciting day because, as all of you know, baseball is a great tradition not just around this country, but specifi cally here in the city of Cincinnati,” Mallory said. “It’s not because of the economic impact, it’s not because of all the measurables politicians like to point to as the reason that something is important. Baseball is important because it is a part of the fabric of this city; it is part of the fabric of Cincinnati families.”
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The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team fell to the DePaul Blue Demons 51-45 at Fifth Third Arena Tuesday.
Junior guard Dayeesha Hollins paced the Bearcats with 14 points and three assists, while junior forward Jeanise Randolph put up her fi rst double-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
“I’m just trying to play good defense and if I get a chance on offense to score that’s great,” Randolph said. “Just helping the team out with the little things like setting good screens is my focus right now.”
Sophomore guard Brittany Hrynko led the Blue Demons with a game-high 19 points. Senior forward Katherine Harry provided a presence in the paint for DePaul, grabbing 16 rebounds, scoring six points and adding two blocks.
After an even start to the game, DePaul went on a 13-6 run to take its largest lead of the half, 17-9.
The Blue Demons led 19-14 going into the half, but the two teams combined to shoot just 22.2 percent from the fi eld. DePaul’s 19 points were the fewest it scored in any half this season.
The Bearcats shot 6-of-38 (15.7 percent) in the fi rst half, but out-rebounded DePaul 29-19. A good portion of the Bearcats rebounds came off the offensive glass and allowed for nine second-chance points.
“We have to fi nd a way to make shots,” said UC head coach Jamelle Elliott. “We ran good offense, but we just weren’t able to make shots.”
Hollis and freshman guard Alexis Durley each scored four points for the Bearcats in the fi rst half, while Hyrnko carried the Blue Demons with 10 points in the fi rst half.
The Blue Demons led by as many as 11 points in the second half, but the Bearcats responded with a 17-5 run to take a 33-32 lead with 7:38 left in the game. Hollins
scored seven points during that stretch.DePaul then went on a 7-2 run, but the
Bearcats answered back with fi ve quick points to tie the score 40-40 at the 3:52 mark.
The teams went back and forth in the fi nal minutes, but the Blue Demons found a
way to win by sinking all six of its free throw attempts at the end of the game to bring the fi nal score to 51-45.
The Bearcats continue Big East play when it takes on the No. 3 Connecticut Huskies at Fifth Third Arena Saturday at 8 p.m.
Reds to host All-Star gameCincinnati chosen as the next MLB Urban Academy site
UC women fall to Depaul, 51-45
College stadiums and arenas need
more security at gates
The world of major collegiate athletics needs reform in just about every single facet of it putrid, so-called amateur, existence.
Recruiting violations, conference realignment and weather or not to pay players will be talked about to death on every sports talk show for the rest of entirety, but you won’t hear about one of the most glaring issues on any A.M. radio station — stadium safety.
In light of the tragic events that have taken place in the past two months, the lack of overall security at the average college sporting event should be a cause for signifi cant concern.
In the time since my last column — 42 days — there have been two mass shootings and a shootout at a community college.
This isn’t a gun control column; those don’t belong on the sports page. People with longer titles and bigger paychecks than myself are discussing those issues in Washington — I hope.
However, this is a gun/weapon detection column, a safety column, a worried column written by someone that walks into college football stadiums and basketball arenas nearly every day.
I covered the Belk Bowl between Cincinnati and Duke at Reliant Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Dec. 27, 2012. It was a great game, with an even greater fi nish. The Bearcats snatched a 48-34 victory, after scoring 14 points in the game’s fi nal 45 seconds — all without the benefi t of a coaching staff.
It was an easy day to be a sports writer, with the storylines pretty much writing themselves. But, in light of the tragedy that unfolded in Newton, Conn., the most interesting — or alarming — aspect of the Belk Bowl was that it was the fi rst time in my life I’d been required to go through signifi cant security checks before entering a college sporting event.
I went through a metal detector, had my bag and coat searched and was then searched with a metal detecting wand before fi nally entering the stadium.
A year ago I probably would have been annoyed by the time delay. After the 16 mass shootings that took place in the United States during 2012, I felt relieved and thankful.
Between covering games as a writer and attending as a fan, I’ve walked into no less than 20 college stadiums and arenas without ever once going through any means of weapon detection other than a bag check before covering the Belk Bowl.
The only issue here is that Reliant Stadium is home to the Carolina Panthers, an NFL team. Beginning in 2012, the NFL mandated all 32 of its teams must utilize metal detectors at the entrances of its stadiums.
Although some colleges have instituted policies of their own, a few quick phone calls make it quite clear that the average NCAA institution’s stadiums and arenas have inadequate safety procedures.
According to students at Cincinnati, Bowling Green, Akron, Depaul, Ohio, Toledo, Carnegie Melon, Miami (Ohio), Duke and Ohio State, none of their universities’ stadiums or arenas require anything more than a bag or coat check before entering.
None of the above utilize metal detectors or wands.
Why has the NCAA not instituted similar stadium entrance policies to that of the NFL?
I’m sure it would be a challenge fi nancially and logistically for many universities to modify their existing facilities to fi t similar entrance procedure similar to the NFL’s.
Adapting Nippert Stadium here at UC to be compliant with any sort of metal detection standards would be a nightmarish challenge for the facilities staff, but it needs to happen.
And it needs to happen across the country — immediately.
It’s a gruesome thing to say, but psychologists believe many mass shooters seek attention with their unspeakable actions. The brutal slaying of 20 innocent children in Sandy Hook made that quite clear.
A major college football game, being attended by 100,000 people and watched by several million more provides a very dangerous situation with an even larger audience.
Sporting events often provide a break from the horrifying tragedies of the real world. I fear that the two will soon merge if the NCAA does not mandate improved procedures and precautions.
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HOME AT LAST Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig receives a standing ovation Wednesday at Great American Ballpark, after announcing Cincinnati to host the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.