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UC Veterans Programs and Services holds female advisory council
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In an effort to create a more
inclusive community, the
University of Cincinnati’s newly
established Female Veterans
Advisory Council gathered
for its first meeting Tuesday in
University Pavilion.
“Our main goal is to create a
sense of community for female
veterans,” said Abbey Duncan,
2014 UC graduate and financial
administrator for Veterans
Programs.
The council was instituted as an
open forum to receive input from
UC’s female veterans.
“[The meeting] came up as an
idea to give more recognition
during women’s history month
that’s more organic than just
a static display,” said Anthony
Louderback, program coordinator
of the Veterans Programs and
Services division of the Academic
Excellence & Support Services
office.
The members also discussed
accommodating more veterans
with children at events and
meetings. They suggested that
council members institute childfriendly or child-oriented events.
Members also discussed events
that would educate children about
the military.
UC Veterans Programs and
Services has previously honored
six female veterans who are UC
students at the Sisters in Arms
dinner in March, said Terence
Harrison, UC Veterans Program
manager.
These students were also
recognized through a display
featuring their pictures and short
biographies located in Tangeman
DAN SULLIVAN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
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SG discusses sexual
assault policies on
college campuses
Abbey Duncan, inancial administrator of Veterans Programs & Services, facilitates the irst meeting of the Female
Veteran Advisory Council which discussed what is being done for female veterans and what more can be done.
SHOWCASE FEATURES DESIGN FOR COMMUNITIES IN NEED
DAAP CARES CALLS FOR CHANGE
HUY NGUYEN | STAFF REPORTER
Student Government pledged six new
members, including Treasurer Michael
Phelps, and Senators Kayleigh Lavorini,
Courtney Collins, John Lewnard and
Varun Nagarajan, at Wednesday’s
meeting.
Along with these new officials, SG
also conducted a review for 36 newly
nominated SG cabinet and executive
staffers to take office next year. The
Senate will vote on whether to confirm
the nominated staffers April 22.
“We’ll have to work diligently with [the
staffers] to ensure that they have all the
resources they need so that our body
can truly be represented by our student
body and work to be an inclusive group
that’s going to provide outreach to its
constituents, and not just hitting the
same situations that Student Government
always does,” said Student Body
President Andrew Naab.
SG then passed several bills before
the 2015 spring semester comes to a
close. Among them was a resolution bill
concerning the sexual implications of
Greek life.
With rising national awareness in
sexual assault allegations involved with
university fraternities and sororities,
the Fraternity and Sorority Political
Action Committee seeks to join forces
with the North American Interfraternity
Conference and National Panhellenic
Conference to protect Greek life.
FSPAC plans to lobby in Washington
D.C. at the end of April in order
to push for sexual assault cases to
be investigated by criminal justice
authorities before being handled by
university authorities.
SG looked to support the
responsibility for UC and other
universities across the nation to
conduct investigations of sexual
assault in conjunction with criminal
justice authorities.
“We have to ensure that all
students are safe, and that’s
realistically what this comes down
to,” Naab said in concern with the
resolution bill. “Right now, in regards
to the University [of Cincinnati], the
university is actually in the forefront of
some of the Title IX changes across the
country.”
“This isn’t an endorsement of our
current process,” Naab added. “The
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The social innovation specialist of Design Impact, Rashid Owoyele, presents and inspires DAAP students and members of the community at the ifth
annual DAAP Cares showcase.
RENEE GOOCH | STAFF REPORTER
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Aiming to serve
communities in need
across the globe, the
fifth annual DAAP
Cares Initiative
showcased projects
with the goal of
making a positive
difference through
design.
The event recognizes the College of
Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
not only as a resource for aesthetics,
but also as a provider of innovation and
development.
The showcase took place at University
of Cincinnati’s Niehoff Urban Studio
Tuesday evening, displaying research
designs that students, faculty members
C
U
and outside organizations have
conducted as interdisciplinary teams.
The evening’s agenda included guests
browsing the 30 DAAP Cares projects,
a presentation by Design Impact’s
program manager Rashid Owoyele and a
brief overview of each project featured.
The event concluded with a one-onone question and answer session that
allowed guests to speak with the group of
presenters.
This collection of societal innovators
is committed to improving the quality
of life for individuals and communities
globally by identifying manmade
problems and generating plausible
solutions, according to the event’s official
website.
These initiatives were showcased as
theoretical frameworks that connect
applied research with aesthetic designs.
“It’s the complexity of our human
nature and our social relationships that
really create opportunities for innovation
to occur,” Owoyele said during the
event’s opening speech. “People who
have a different perspective, discipline
or different practice than you is not an
obstacle at all, it’s really an opportunity.”
Design Impact is a group of social
innovators that attended DAAP Cares
to express the importance of these
visionaries coming together as one
community. They also discussed creating
necessary change in not only the
Midwest — where their organization
focuses on — but also the entire world,
Owoyele said.
“If you merge community-engaged
design and social innovation for design,
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Students talk Title IX rights during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
MOLLY COHEN | STAFF REPORTER
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Jyl Shafer, UC’s Title IX Coordinator, spoke to students about what their rights look like on campus
Wednesday night in Tangeman University Center.
As part of a weeklong initiative during
Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the
University of Cincinnati’s Women’s Center
RECLAIM Peer Advocate Program hosted a
discussion on gender equality and violence
prevention as a civil rights issue under Title
IX.
“It’s why I transitioned from doing violence
prevention work as an advocate to doing
Title IX work — because I got really excited
that we could talk about this as a civil right,”
said Jyl Shaffer, UC’s Title IX coordinator.
Title IX is a federal civil rights law that
prohibits discrimination on the basis of
gender at universities that receive public
funding. In her position, Shaffer informs
students of the university’s policies and
helps create campus awareness of issues like
sexual harassment, street harassment and
sexual assault.
This discussion, called “Know Your IX,” was
carried out by students and faculty members
in Tangeman University Center Wednesday
and was led by Shaffer.
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There are currently 113 open Title IX
investigations around sexual assault issues
at 105 universities, according to Shaffer.
The university’s Title IX office recently
moved to the Edwards One building at
3115. The new space is undergoing updates
including new furniture and an office that is
going to be designed to be a victim interview
room.
“The police department video and audio
record all of their interviews, so they’re
going to wire it out, but it’ll be nice chairs,”
Shaffer said.“Victims do not have to
go into the police department if they’re
uncomfortable; they can come to us, we’ll
bring the police to them, and that’s a space
they can use 24/7.”
With the help of students, the Title IX office
will be hiring two deputy coordinators and is
also looking to hire a full-time educator.
“Our goal is about being trauma-informed
and creating a safe space,” Shaffer said.
“Students can sit on panels; students will be
part of interview processes and will have a
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Students prepare for ONO Fest, promote Silent Disco
EMILY BEGLEY & FERNANDA CRESCENTE | THE NEWS RECORD
As a freshman, Daniel Astudillo was enthralled by the
University of Cincinnati’s 2011 Spring Concert, which
featured T-Pain and Lights Resolve. Now a fourth-year
biomedical engineering student, Astudillo is involved in
the rebranding of the concert, which hopes to become the
university’s premiere music event.
Astudillo is the creativity director of the 2015 One Night
Only Music Festival, hosted by the university’s Programs &
Activities Council. The concert has been in the works since
fall semester and will feature Big Sean, Big Gigantic and
Cherub.
“When I was just a participant, my favorite part was just
seeing artists that I knew and liked and being able to see
them for a fraction of the price that you would anywhere else
on campus with all of my friends,”Astudillo said, adding that
he was inspired by the fact the Spring Concert he attended
was ran by students.
Astudillo joined forces with fellow PAC member and ONO
Fest Operations Director Reuben Moreland, a fourth-year
electronic-media student. PAC is a student organization that
promotes community growth by sponsoring concerts, films,
comedians and more.
“You know, Big Sean could be playing at another arena, he
could be playing in USA Arena downtown or something, and
students would know about it probably the same,” Moreland
said.“They would know about it, they might be excited for
it, but they wouldn’t feel somewhat responsible … this is
something that’s coming from the students, this is funded
from the student life fees. This is really where students get
to see something that they are putting towards with their
tuition coming together at the end of the year.”
Astudillo focuses on choosing the artists featured at the
concert and working with agents to bring them to campus.
Thinking of artists and pitching ideas to agents takes up
several months, he said.
PAC has around 40 members and all of them play a role in
determining the concert’s artist. After developing a pool of
artists, the creativity chair must present options for PAC’s
board so that they can vote and only then can they make a
final decision.
Promotional, marketing and social media directors also
work with Astudillo and Moreland to spread the word about
the event, give back to students through giveaways, establish
a connection with them and distribute fliers and posters.
Syron Townsend, a third-year communications student and
director of promotions for PAC, talked about how they are
trying to get UC’s branch campuses involved with ONO Fest.
“We want everybody to know that this is a show for all of
UC, not just main campus,”Townsend said.
As operations chair, Moreland focuses on organizational
endeavors, like reserving the arena and setting up the stage.
“Putting on a show at this magnitude while in college is
something that is kind of valuable,” Moreland said.“I think
that it is kind of a blessing and a gift that we have the
amount of money that we have and the ability to do because
it is something that honestly a lot of people don’t have the
opportunity to work with.”
PAC has a budget of approximately $21,000. Renting Fifth
Third Arena for the event costs around another $5,000;
renting the stage is $2,000, and other necessities, like
security, ushers and staff, can near an additional $5,000.
The organization is almost entirely university funded.
According to Astudillo, PAC charges for tickets because
moving the event inside added a considerable amount of
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Daniel Astudillo, fourth-year biomedical engineering student and creativity director for PAC, and Reuben Moreland, operations chair and
fourth-year electronic-media student, discuss ONO Fest.
charges. Student and guest seats are $10 plus fees, while
general tickets are $30 plus fees.
UC President Santa Ono has sponsored the event in the
past through the Office of the President, although the
concert’s name is not affiliated with him. The idea to call it
ONO Fest came up through the rebranding of the event and
it is solely intended to mean “one night only.”
The rebranded event is only two years old; the transition
from Spring Concert to ONO Fest occurred in 2014. Last
year, the event was completely sold out with approximately
7,800 people attending.
“It is awesome to see thousands of people enjoying an event
that you had a large part in putting on,”Astudillo said.“It is
that satisfaction I hope makes it all worth it.”
Student tickets to this year’s event are already sold out.
PAC has also managed to sell more student tickets than
general public tickets when compared to 2014’s concert.
PAC has also been giving back to students by setting up
booths on campus where students can present their tickets
and get free T-shirts that promote the event.
“There is something kind of special,” Moreland said.“There
are concerts every day, concerts every week, everywhere, all
the time. For some reason because the concert is on campus,
in a familiar space and it is intended for students it kind of
creates this almost a vibe that every student wants to go to,
because they feel almost an ownership for it.”
The night doesn’t end with the concert; beginning at 11
p.m., students are invited to a Silent Disco after party held
between Market on Main and the Recreation Center.
Attendees will be provided wireless three-channel
headphones, which will broadcast live music from three
different disk-jockeys. The headphones offer a unique
opportunity for students to choose and dance to the
music they prefer, meaning that an attendee not wearing
headphones would hear no music at all.
Astudillo said the headphones will light up with a specific
color that correlates with the DJ a person is listening to.
The space, however, will only accommodate approximately
500 people, and entrance will be provided to ticket holders
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“It is going to be a really, really fun, different kind of
experience, I think most people will feel like they are kind
of running their own party because they can switch between
the three different DJs if they want to or they can listen to
the same music with all of their friends,”Townsend said.
In the meantime, Astudillo is looking forward to seeing the
show he and Moreland have been bringing to life.
“The best part is that reward when you are in there and you
see the show actually happening,”Astudillo said.“You can
kind of sit back and relax for a little bit and have fun.”
Plant tour kicks off Earth Week
HUY NGUYEN | STAFF REPORTER
Earth Week at
the University of
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C
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off Monday with
a personalized
presentation
and tour of the
university’s own
Central Utility
Plant with the
utility’s Assistant Vice
President Joseph Harrell.
Alongside Vice President Harrell and
UC Sustainability, students were able
to walk around the power facility and
discover where exactly UC’s warm water
and electricity come from.
Built in 1992 to replace the old power
plant by Nippert Stadium, the plant has
been renovated and improved over the
years to comply with student wishes
for more eco-friendly and sustainable
methods of energy.
As a result of the student push for more
green technology in the last decade, the
utility plant now uses a combination
of boilers and combustion turbines to
supply the university with heat and
electricity.
In addition to the combined heat and
power systems, the utility plant made
the switch from coal-based fossil fuels to
paper-based fuels.
“We found a company, of all things, in
Green Bay that’s got these paper pellets,”
Harrell explained. “This is all made of
material paper in waste plants that can’t
be recycled.”
The transition away from fossil fuels
began in 2010 as part of a studentled study of energy efficiency and
environmental resources. The Utility
Systems Department is always open to
student feedback and ideas, Harrell said.
“We like working with students, plus,
it gives us a good chance to tell them of
some of the things we’re doing,” Harrell
said.
Since its creation in April 1970,
Earth Day has been celebrated at
UC in an effort to raise awareness of
environmental issues. Today, it has grown
to encompass a week of events hosted by
UC Sustainability.
UC Sustainability followed up the
power plant tour with a showing of the
film “A Fierce Green Fire,” as well as a
collaborative event with the College of
Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
on Tuesday to display humanitarian
works and designs.
On Wednesday, Elizabeth Ferguson,
Office of Sustainability assistant
coordinator and a fourth-year
environmental studies student, manned a
Free Bike Smoothies stand on MainStreet
and described Earth Week events to come
as the week goes on.
Among the events are a community bike
ride, clothing swap, and a Henna event
with Yoga for the Soul.
“Saturday, we’re taking the metro down
to Cincinnati Earth Day, which is a big
event put on by people all across the city
at Sawyer Point,” Ferguson said. “We’re
going to teach people how to ride the
metro. The metro can kind of be scary for
a lot of students, but we actually have a
really good alliance with the metro, and
we can pay for a yearly pass or get a free
discounted pass that makes riding only
$1.”
UC Sustainability plans to end
its Earth Week with the Clifton
Cleanup, sponsored by the Leaders in
Environmental Awareness and Protection
(LEAP).
“It’s awesome to be involved in a
community of people and know people
who are able to help you think that
way,” Ferguson said. “Getting involved
is crucial, and I think it’s a lot easier
to think sustainably and promote
sustainable culture on UC.”
Ferguson offered a challenge to UC
students who have not yet taken part in
Earth Week:
“Come out to one of our events, try
it out, talk to people, and you’ll really
probably enjoy it.”
HUY NGUYEN | STAFF REPORTER
Students tour the Central Utility Plant with Joseph Harrell, assistant vice president, and UC Sustainability.
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Erin Walsh, a second-year electronic media student, parades through campus as the Grand Marshal of
MainStreet Stride and new face of the Bearcat ID.
Meet new face of Bearcat Card
MATT NICHOLS | STAFF REPORTER
Erin Walsh, a second-year electronic media
student, stood at the front of the MainStreet
Stride procession Friday afternoon,
dressed in red and black and waving a
sign announcing her as the University of
Cincinnati’s newest face of the Bearcat Card.
Walsh was selected out of five finalists
and won the Twitter-based contest with the
following tweet:
“@UCMainStreet From CCM to SBC to the
LAC & everything in between, my Bearcat
pride shows through my involvement across
campus! #BearcatCard”
The competition is only two years old and
distinguishes a student who embodies the
spirit of UC in aspects including academics
and on-campus involvement. Walsh replaces
Katone Roberts, a third-year philosophy
student, as the face of the ID.
Katone has become well known throughout
campus for engaging the UC community.
“After seeing Katone and how well he
promoted involvement on campus, it made
me want to be a relatable face on campus
too,”Walsh said.“I’m really passionate about
this university as a whole, so I hope I can
spread my Bearcat pride across campus.”
In a recent interview for The News Record,
Katone expressed hopes that the new face of
the Bearcat card would be someone who is
involved in multiple campus organizations.
“[Katone’s] involvement across campus
really inspired me,”Walsh said.“A lot of my
friends have pushed my involvement across
campus, so even after this year I definitely
want to further that.”
Walsh has gotten heavily involved in
many organizations during her time at UC,
including Bearcast Media and the ElectronicMedia Department. She also gives tours as
a ROAR Tour Guide and even helps with
Greek life events.
“I didn’t right away think that I would see
myself even in the top 5 [finalists],”Walsh
said.“I just saw the MainStreet Stride flier,
tweeted about it and gave it a shot.”
As the new face of the Bearcat Card, Walsh
received a $100 prize on her Bearcat card,
will be featured on UC’s website and is
now Grand Marshal of MainStreet Stride.
Walsh will also be seen on all promotional
materials for the Bearcat Card.
“Being the face of the Bearcat Card, to me,
means being a recognizable face across
campus,”Walsh said.“Whether people know
me or not, I hope that they feel like they can
come up and say hi.”
Steve Breen, a third-year biomedical
engineering student, is excited for the
coming year with Walsh as the face of the
student ID.
“I like that the university chose someone
who is active in campus life,” Breen said.
“UC is an exciting place to be right now as a
student, and this is a good way to get people
involved.”
Beyond her involvement on campus, Walsh
finds time for several of her favorite hobbies,
including cooking Pinterest recipes, going
to bluegrass concerts and sewing her own
clothes.
“My best friend and I used to go to a huge
Thursday night hoedown, like a squaredancing thing, which was always really fun
for me,”Walsh said.“I just haven’t been able
to do it as much in college.”
Walsh also enjoys eating tacos, visiting new
restaurants and watching her favorite show,
“Parks and Recreation.”
“If I could meet anyone in real life it would
be Amy Poehler,”Walsh said.“I’ve always
been a big Saturday Night Live fan, and her
chemistry with Tina Fey is just something
that I would aspire to have in any friendship.”
After two successful years at UC, Walsh
reflects on why she is so passionate about
the university.
“I love everything about UC, but usually on
my campus tours I wrap it up saying what
I love about UC the most,”Walsh said.“I
like that even though we’re a school of over
40,000 students, it still feels like home to me.”
Walsh noted that all the small, pedestrian
streets running through campus help make
the university feel more like a home.
“I love that it feels so small even though
it’s a large university,”Walsh said.“I think
the feeling of community is why so many
people love UC.You can see it across the
entire campus throughout the year, whether
that be homecoming, sporting events or even
MainStreet Stride.”
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then you start to recognize that the
human element of problem spaces in
complex systems is really important,”
Owoyele said. “This leads to the universal
question that everyone in this room is
asking: What are the things that design
can do to make the world a better place?”
DAAP Cares began prior to Hurricane
George hitting Haiti in 2009, said
Michael Zaretsky, director of DAAP
Cares. This natural disaster facilitated a
conversation by DAAP students, as they
felt compelled as designers to help Haiti
after the earthquake’s damage and make
a difference through design.
Students brought these initiatives
to Zaretsky’s attention in late 2009,
which contributed to DAAP Cares’
establishment in 2010. It has been an
annual event since, Zaretsky said.
“The idea of social innovation is really
about linking the process of finding a
novel idea from any space to applying
that idea to a societal context,” Owoyele
said.
DAAP students and faculty members
displayed 30 theoretical research designs
at the event, including platforms for
sexual consent culture campaigns,
advancements in Shirati, Tanzania’s
water filtration systems, Safe Walk
smart phone app for children who attend
schools without transportation systems
and more.
“It is vital that the communities in
which we all are facilitating research
innovations for are involved in the
project and research,” said Peter Stiver,
a fourth-year political science and
international affairs student and project
designer for DAAP Cares. “Without
the help of these communities in need,
projects become less effective.”
The Consent Culture Campaign was
an idea brought to Heather Kereluik, a
fourth-year design student and president
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of DAAP Cares, after her first year at
college when she conducted research
on sexual assault specifically on UC’s
campus.
“At the time, we had a higher average
of sexual assault occurrences on our
campus than the national average,”
Kereluik said. “I saw this information and
instantly knew we had to do something
about it.”
Kereluik then brought the research
she conducted to the Women’s Center
on campus, which helped her with
the campaign by shining light on the
importance of consent between sexual
partners and spreading the word of the
correct definition of consent.
“I got funding from the Honors College
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demanded money. The suspects took an
undetermined amount of money.
The suspects then exited the bank
and entered a white compact car with
a Kentucky license plate and tinted
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The first suspect was wearing dark
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could not have come this far in my
research without these organizations,”
Stiver said. “I strongly encourage
UC students to take advantage of
opportunities given to them to study
abroad.”
Research for the betterment of Shirati’s
water filtration systems consisted of
traveling to Tanzania and speaking with
many community members, leading
meetings with the public on the purpose
for this advancement in filtration system
and directly observing multiple water
collections while finding ways to better
its purity, Stiver said.
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SG additionally discussed and passed
the appropriation bill to successfully
fund฀the฀Findlay฀Market฀test฀visit฀on฀
Wednesday, April 22.
“Student government has been working
on local and organic food options on
campus, and this was one of the ways
we thought we could do it.” Senator
Emily Heine said about the temporary
redevelopment of the local Kroger.
“We฀invited฀Findlay฀Market฀to฀come฀to฀
McMicken Commons on April 22, which
is also Earth Day,” Heine said.
The฀Finlay฀Market฀Pop-Up฀Market฀will฀
be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and
will continue if the test visit goes well.
say just like any administrator.”
Current members of UC’s Title IX team
consist of intern and graduate student Jo
Teut, who is working on the educational
curriculum, and Program Coordinator Remy
Barnett.฀
“Title IX is crucial in that it defines an
environment free from discrimination and
harassment฀in฀all฀of฀its฀forms,”฀Barnett฀said.฀
One discussion point was how Title IX
has been involved with sports on college
campuses, allowing women’s and men’s
sports teams to be represented equally.
“It’s important for people like me who want
the chance to play and love playing sports
to have that chance,” said Taylor Jackson, a
second-year journalism student and member
of the UC Women’s Soccer Team.“Title IX
makes a huge difference.”
In the past, sexual assault on college
campuses was considered a conduct issue.
“There were survivors sitting on college
campuses who had been harmed by the
systems that their schools had in place,”
Shaffer said.“They had met the student
who had come forward only to find that
the punishment was ‘write a paper’ or were
asked to mediate these cases with the person
who had assaulted them.”
Bonnie฀Fisher,฀a฀UC฀criminal฀justice฀
professor who researches campus sexual
assault issues, found that students who have
experienced sexual assault were leaving
school.
“That was one of the biggest issues — they
would leave in silence,” Shaffer said.“We
have created a system where you really need
to go to college to be successful.”
The Title IX office has already made
changes, including how the university assists
survivors in seeking help. Many survivors
have been able to connect through social
media.
“If it weren’t for social media, those
students would not have been able to
connect, both to talk about what to do and
to get support from one another,” Shaffer
said.“They would have continued to move in
silence.”
Katherine Wilhelm, a UC psychology
graduate who attended the event, also
believes in looking out for others.
“If we don’t share our stories and tell
each other what’s going on… these things
continue to be secret,”Wilhelm said.“That’s
when they’re deadly.”
Stevie฀Beck,฀a฀irst-year฀ine฀arts฀student,฀
attended the meeting to learn more about his
rights.
“Especially as a trans student, knowing my
rights฀has฀been฀really฀important,”฀Beck฀said.฀
“Many฀LGBTQ฀don’t฀know฀they฀can฀report฀
their rights. I think Title IX is important
because of the amount of people they
protect. People think Title IX only covers
women’s sports. It’s important to tell people
they have every right to complain about this.”
FROM FEMALE VETERANS PG 1
University Center through March.
The recognition of the female student
veterans — part of Women’s History
Month — inspired discussion of more
opportunities for them to openly discuss
their experiences inside and outside of
the military.
The group considered other changes
that would make the campus community
more inclusive, such as instituting female
veterans dorm floors. This would provide
a space where individuals who have
experienced sexual assault during their
service can feel unthreatened.
The council also discussed having a
female฀faculty฀member฀in฀the฀Veteran’s฀
Office at all times.
Rebecca Hobson, a fifth-year precommunications student, discussed the
negative stigmas associated with PTSD
and the assumption that most veterans —
men and women — have this condition.
“Being฀a฀veteran,฀I’ve฀had฀the฀biased฀
in people assuming I have PTSD, even
though I have never seen combat, so
I don’t really have a form of PTSD,”
Hobson said. “With this group, I would
like to help women get the information
resources to get women to combat
PTSD.”
The day concluded with expectations
for more meetings, increased contact
among the members who showed up and
incentives to find more female veterans
on campus.
“The goal to gain more members
would be a mix of social media and our
veterans’฀Blackboard,”฀Duncan฀said.฀
“You’re not alone, there are other female
veterans at UC, you matter, you’re
special. What you did for your country is
immeasurable.”
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Andrew Naab, student body president, welcomes new faces to the 2015-16 SG senate.
4 / COLLEGE LIFE
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / NEWSRECORD.ORG
LEAP promotes sustainability, cleanup through week of events
CASSIE LIPP | CHIEF REPORTER
In order to advance its mission
RTH WE
EA
EK to promote sustainable culture at
the University of Cincinnati and
surrounding areas, UC Leaders
for Environmental Awareness
and Protection (LEAP) will host a
cleanup of Burnet Woods Sunday.
The Clifton Cleanup will take place
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to
all students. Participating students can
earn service hours while picking up trash
and recyclables with LEAP members, and free pizza will be
served for volunteers after the cleanup.
Although the event is the first of its kind hosted by LEAP,
group members attempted to clean up the park in the fall.
However, they quickly realized there was too much trash
for the 12 members who attended to tackle by themselves.
Because of that, they decided to host a bigger cleanup open
to all students so they could get more accomplished.
“A lot of students use [Burnet Woods],” said Elizabeth
Ferguson, co-president of LEAP.“So we need to take care of
it, because it’s our park.”
Other LEAP members agreed that the park should be clean
for all students to enjoy. They said they hate walking around
Burnet Woods and seeing what they called inappropriate
“X-rated” trash littering the area.
The Clifton Cleanup is the last event of UC’s two-week
long celebration of Earth Day, planned by LEAP and other
environmental organizations. As part of Earth Week, LEAP
C
U
will host a clothing swap Thursday on McMicken Commons
from noon to 4 p.m., when students can bring any clothing
items from their closets that they no longer wear and trade
them for other students’ used clothing.
The group will also host a community potluck 5:30 p.m.
Thursday in the Steger Student Lounge.
LEAP aims to create alliances and unite student leaders
with local environmental organizations in Cincinnati in
order to foster the environmental awareness movement.
“LEAP is great because it’s a really good outlet for people
who are really passionate about the environment, but
maybe don’t know how to get involved,” said Natalia Tooley,
a second-year environmental studies student and cofundraiser for LEAP.
Tooley said before she joined the organization, she was
passionate about environmental projects but had no idea
how to get involved or where to start looking. After joining
the organization, she learned not only a lot about the
projects LEAP does but also about other environmental
organizations and projects on campus.
“It kind of makes you feel like your entire world is all
these environmentalists and all these opportunities to be an
environmentalist, and that’s really cool,”Tooley said.“It offers
up a lot of opportunity, and everybody is super nice and
welcoming and open-minded.”
Tooley said LEAP members work hard to create an
inclusive, welcoming environment within the organization.
For instance, they start off meetings by stating their
preferred pronouns so that any transgender members feel
more welcomed.
LEAP also invites members from other campus
environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club, to
meetings to teach LEAP members about their projects and
incentives.
Aside from the Clifton Cleanup, LEAP also hosts a variety
of events throughout the year, such as tree planting in Burnet
Woods and a sustainable food potluck for Thanksgiving.
Students may recognize LEAP members from their
Valentine’s Day fundraiser, in which members sold
Valentines made of paper mache with seeds embedded in
them. To re-use the Valentines, students could plant them and
the seeds would grow.
DANIEL SULLIVAN | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
LEAP members discuss plans for a Burnet Woods cleanup.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / NEWSRECORD.ORG
UC baseball takes win from Xavier in Joe Nuxhall Classic
JEFF O’REAR & JAELYNNE JOHNSON | THE NEWS RECORD
Tristan Hammans’ first career start for the University of
Cincinnati baseball team did not go the way he planned,
but in a good way.
Hammans, a freshman from Bakersfield, California,
threw a three-hit, complete game shutout in his first-ever
collegiate start as the Bearcats downed crosstown rival
Xavier University 4-0 Tuesday night in the Joe Nuxhall
Classic at Marge Schott Stadium. And he did it in front of
a season-high crowd of 1,315.
It was UC’s sixth win in the past seven games, moving its
record to 12-22. Xavier fell to 8-27.
Even with the solid outing, Hammans was able to find
parts of his performance he said he could have improved.
“The first couple of innings were real shaky,” Hammans
said. “Then I really settled in after the fourth inning. Even
though I was still putting up zeros I was still disappointed
I could not throw strikes. Once I settled in I threw a pretty
good game.”
Hammans’ performance improved as the game
progressed. He gave up a lead-off single in the top of the
first inning to XU’s freshman Nate Soria, but was saved
by his defense when the next batter, Joe Forney, grounded
into a double play.
In the second inning, Hamman gave the Bearcats a single
and a walk and had runners at first and second bases with
two outs. But the team ended the threat by getting Rylan
Bannon to fly out to second baseman Kyle Mottice.
Hammans was helped out again by a double play in the
fourth inning to end a Xavier scoring threat.
After that he allowed only one baserunner between the
sixth and eighth innings and retired 11-straight Xavier
hitters to end the game. He threw a total of 129 pitches.
“I thought he did well,” UC Head Coach Ty Neal said. “I
thought he had a couple of rough innings but anytime you
look up at the scoreboard and see a three-hit shutout, I
gotta’ tip my hat and give him credit.”
Hammans received help from his teammates’ offense
with Cincinnati putting up a three-run scoring drive in
the seventh inning. This gave the freshman some muchneeded rest to finish the game.
“It wasn’t just the rest,” Hammans said. “Having those
runs gives you the confidence that this game is ours and
I’ll just go out there and do my best.”
The Bearcats were nursing a 1-0 lead heading into the
bottom of the seventh.
Mottice and catcher Woody Wallace led off with back-toback singles. A fielder’s choice moved Mottice to third and
he scored on another fielder’s choice by Manny Rodriguez
to put UC up 2-0. A wild pitch and a bases loaded hit by
pitch, both occurring with two outs, gave the Bearcats a
4-0 lead after seven.
From there it was all Hammans as he sat Xavier down in
order in the eighth and ninth innings to end the game.
From a coaching standpoint, Hammans’ complete game
can help the Bearcats in the long run.
“I think he picked us up big time right there,” Neal said.
“After the past week and a half, I’ve been using the same
six [pitchers]. It was good for him to eat up some innings
and help us win.”
Wallace has been added to the watch list for the
Johnny Bench Award presented by BaseballSavings.
com as announced by the Greater Wichita Area Sports
Commission following the win over Xavier. The award
was created to recognize the top collegiate catcher in the
country based on athletic ability, sportsmanship, team
leadership and character.
The Johnny Bench Award was started by the Greater
Wichita Area Sports Commission in 2000 to nationally
recognize the “most demanding and dangerous position
on the baseball field.” A selection committee will narrow
down the list to semifinalists on May 14 with three
finalists announced June 2. Division I coaches will vote on
the award winner, which will be announced at an award
presentation June 25.
Through 28 games played, Wallace ranks 3rd on UC’s
team with a .261 batting average with 23 hits, 9 RBIs and
8 runs scored. Behind the plate, the junior has thrown out
10 attempted base stealers, including a pair of runners in
Tuesday’s victory.
Wallace has started every game since March 14,
including 115 consecutive innings behind the plate for the
Bearcats, dating back to March 25.
Next, Cincinnati will travel to Houston, Texas, where
the Bearcats will play in a three-game conference series
against University of Houston over the weekend. The
Cougars currently have a 23-14 overall record and a 4-5
American Athletic Conference record.
BRANDON VARKER | CONTRIBUTOR
University of Cincinnati defeats Xavier University in the Joe Nuxhall
Classic at Marge Schott Stadium on Tuesday 4-0.
BRANDON VARKER | CONTRIBUTOR
Cincinnati Bearcat player dives into third base during the game
against Xavier Musketeers on Tuesday.
Women’s golf Women’s tennis concludes 2014-15 season
takes team title UCconference
suffers first-round loss in
tournament play
JAELYNNE JOHNSON | SPORTS EDITOR
The University of Cincinnati women’s
golf team picked up a team and individual
wins over the weekend at the Murray State
Invitational in Murray, Kentucky. The event
was played at the Miller Memorial Golf
Course over two days. Friday featured 36
holes while Saturday finished with 18 holes.
Cincinnati is coming off of a 17th place
finish at the Web.com Intercollegiate event.
The Murray State Invitational playing
field included schools from: Morehead
State University, Xavier University, Murray
State University, Marshall University,
Butler University, Tennessee Technological
University and Austin Peay State University,
Cincinnati won the team title by 11 strokes
after recording scores of 302-304-303=908.
MSU finished in second place with a team
score of 920 while Xavier was third with a
team score of 929. On the scoring team, the
Bearcats had just one individual round over
80.
UC was led by individual medalist
sophomore Valentina Herrera who won on
a playoff.
Herrera was named the American Athletic
Conference Women’s Golfer of the week
following her performance from the
weekend.
Herrera earned medalist honors at the
event after carding a career-low three-round
score of 72-77-75=224. The sophomore
earned the title outright following a onehole playoff with Whitney Robertson of
Tennessee Tech. The score was two strokes
better than Herrera’s previous best set last
year at the Old Waverly Invitational.
Herrera’s performance also led the
Bearcats to a team victory, taking the crown
with a season-low team score of 909.
She is the first UC women’s golf player to
earn player of the week honors since Olivia
Dose obtained the honor back on March 14,
2013. Saturday’s team title was the second
for the Bearcats this season after winning a
rain-shortened Bearcat Classic this fall.
UC will compete next at the American
Athletic Conference Championship next
week in Palm Coast, Florida beginning
Sunday.
JAELYNNE JOHNSON | SPORTS EDITOR
The University of Cincinnati women’s
tennis team is coming off of a 1-1
weekend in Storr, Connecticut, where
it saw a 4-0 victory over East Carolina
University on Saturday and a 4-1 loss
to the University of Connecticut on
Sunday. This concluded the season for
the Bearcats as they ended with an 8-11
overall record, 3-5 American Athletic
Conference record.
FILE ART
UC women’s tennis sufers irst round loss against
Temple University on Wednesday in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
On Saturday, the Bearcats picked up its
third conference win of the year against
ECU, improving their overall record to 7-9
and their AAC record to 3-3.
In the match, Cincinnati found itself
falling behind early after the duo of
sophomore Katya Bure and freshman Ali
Miller lost the first doubles match to their
ECU opponents 6-2.
Despite the loss, Cincinnati was able
to recuperate and pick up the doubles
point, taking the 1-0 lead going into
singles actions. The duo of junior Kelly
Poggensee-Wei and sophomore Lauren
Bellinger defeated ECU’s Michelle Castro
and Nicole LaDuca 6-3, while the duo
of freshman Natalia Abdalla and junior
Hannah Wille defeated Dana Gray and
Katie Hoch of ECU 7-5. Both wins put the
Bearcats up.
Cincinnati carried the momentum
into the singles matches starting with
Poggensee-Wei, who defeated LaDuca by
a 6-2, 6-1 scoring margin.
Bellinger was next to defeat her ECU
opponent, Sarah Sarjoo, after going into
a tiebreaker in the first set. She was able
to hold on to win 7-6 and go on to control
the match in the second set, sweeping
Sarjoo 6-0 to give UC a 3-0 lead.
Miller garnered the fourth and final
point to give Cincinnati the win after
defeating Pirate Maria Gomez. Miller had
a strong start and won her first set 6-1.
The second set was testing, as the match
required a tiebreaker, but Miller was able
to hold on and won 7-6.
“I am really proud of how [the team]
handled some really adverse, windy
conditions today to beat a good East
Carolina team,” said Head Coach Eric
Toth. “We need to follow up today’s
performance with another strong
performance against Connecticut to put
us in good position heading into the
tournament.”
Cincinnati’s weekend continued as the
Bearcats played in another conference
match against UConn on Sunday.
The Bearcats started off with a strong
performance when the pair of Wille and
Abdalla blew by their Huskies opponents,
winning 6-2. Bearcats Poggensee-Wei
and Bellinger were unable to match their
teammates’ stamina and lost the doubles
point.
Wille gave Cincinnati its only point
of the match as the junior carried her
momentum from the doubles win into
singles play. She was able to win the first
set with a score of 6-2 before capping her
performance in the second set, sweeping
UConn’s Zaina Zaki 6-0 to pick up the
victory.
“Today’s match [against Connecticut]
certainly was a good one to be in, as we
will undoubtedly be in one of a similar
nature in Tulsa on Wednesday.”Toth said.
“[Connecticut] was a little better today in
the bigger moments and that’s a reason
why they got us. We will have to be more
opportunistic and execute a little better
next week in order to advance in the
American Conference Tournament.”
The women’s tennis team holds an 8-10
overall record, 3-4 AAC record heading
into the championship tournament.
UC entered the tournament as the No.
10 seed and faced off with the No. 7 seed
Temple University to open the event on
Wednesday in which the Owls defeated
the Bearcats in a 4-3 decision.
The Bearcats took the doubles point with
victories from Bellinger and PoggenseeWei who opened the match with a 6-1 win
over Temple’s Alina Abdurakhimova and
Dina Karina before the Cincinnati duo of
Bure and Miller defeated Minami Okajima
and Mariana Bedon 6-3.
Temple was behind 3-0 thanks to wins
from UC’s Miller over Karina 6-0, 6-4 and
Bellinger over Okajima 6-2, 6-0. Temple
got a win from Anais Nussaume over
Abdalla 6-2, 6-3, Monet Stuckey-Willis
over Bure 7-6, 6-1 and Abdurakhimova
over Poggensee-Wei 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 to set
up a winner-take-all match between the
Temple’s Yana Khon and Cincinnati’s
Wille.
Khon and Wille battled to a 7-6 victory
for Khon in the first set. Khon led 5-3 in
the second set before Wille tied the set at
5-5. Khon concluded the match with a 7-5
win in the second set to take the match
for the Owls.
Temple will advance to face No. 2 Tulane
University on Thursday.
APRIL
SPORTING
EVENTS
1 p.m. Sunday, 4/19
Lacrosse vs. Temple University
@ Sheakley Athletics Complex Center
6 p.m. Tuesday, 4/21
Baseball vs. University of Louisville
@ Marge Schott Stadium
6 p.m. Friday, 4/24
Baseball vs. Tulane University
@ Marge Schott Stadium
6 p.m. Saturday, 4/25
Baseball vs. Tulane University
@ Marge Schott Stadium
1 p.m. Saturday, 4/25
Lacrosse vs. Marquette University
@ Sheakley Athletics Complex Center
6 / ARTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 / NEWSRECORD.ORG
Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ breaks superhero archetypes
RUSSELL HAUSFELD | STAFF REPORTER
“Daredevil,” Netflix’s latest original series,
transports viewers to Hell’s Kitchen,
New York, to watch as the city’s rampant
crime syndicates are unraveled by a man
in a mask, all while breaking away from
the archetypes of recent Marvel screen
adaptations in favor of a raw, human look at
the complicated life of a superhero.
Drew Goddard, who made his directorial
debut in 2012 with the film “Cabin in the
Woods,” wrote this series based on Marvel’s
“Daredevil” comic. Goddard strays from
the typical feel of the Marvel Cinematic
Universe (MCU) with a grittier, darker take
on the content, earning this series a TV-MA
rating.
The idea to appeal strictly to a more
mature audience gives Marvel fans
a glimpse of future Marvel titles like
“Deadpool” — which will be rated R — in
which it is okay for superheroes to bleed
and for villains to die. This also gives Marvel
the chance to add to the over-the-top,
mature generation of shows being put out
on channels like HBO.
Charlie Cox (“Stardust”) plays Matt
Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights crime
by the rules during the day and takes the
law into his own hands at night. Technically,
he has super-senses given to him by the
same chemicals that took his eyesight as
a child, but Goddard refreshingly chose
not to reveal all of these skills at once in a
long explication, choosing instead to let the
abilities reveal themselves throughout the
first few episodes.
Another thing that separates “Daredevil”
from other superhero screen adaptations is
LISA CAI | LEAD DESIGNER
that Daredevil gets the living crap beat out
of him — a lot.
Amidst well-choreographed fight scenes,
the tension stays at boiling levels most of
the time because Daredevil is humanized
and vulnerable in a way that most heroes
are not.
Daredevil is not the only character on the
show who strays from the typical herovillain archetypes. Wilson Fisk, also known
as Kingpin in the Daredevil comic series, is
played by Vincent D’Onofrio (Sgt. Pyle from
“Full Metal Jacket”) and he steals the show
once he finally shows up.
The first two episodes build up to the big
reveal of Fisk, letting third parties paint him
as an inhuman crime boss who has avoided
the eye of the public by killing anyone who
dares to utter his name. When Daredevil
finally gets a henchman to reveal Fisk’s
name, the henchman impales his own face
into a fence spike rather than risk Fisk
finding out that he revealed his identity.
And then Fisk is finally revealed
reminiscing to an art saleswoman about
how lonely a piece of art makes him feel.
The following episode sees Fisk take this
art saleswoman, Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer),
on a private date and awkwardly stumble
over and embarrass himself like a big, bald
man-child who you almost start to feel sorry
for until a Russian mobster interrupts their
dinner demanding to see Fisk.
What ensues after Fisk’s date is ruined
cues viewers in on the real Fisk that
Daredevil is hunting — the Fisk who
smashes a man’s head in a car door in a fit
of rage after his date goes south.
One of the most striking choices by the
show’s creators was to not give Daredevil
his iconic red costume or superhero name
until the very last episode. For the first
twelve episodes of this series, Daredevil
is just a vigilante in a black mask that
the media refers to as “The Devil of Hell’s
Kitchen.”
The fact that the producers of the show
felt that they could go 12 hour-long episodes
before finally dressing Cox up like the
superhero named in the title shows that
they knew what they had was gold from the
beginning. And they were right: “Daredevil”
has already been approved for its second
season.
The depth of writing, character
development and realistic fight
choreography of “Daredevil” brings this
rendition of a Marvel comic to life in an
exciting way that feels more like the start of
a long, rewarding journey rather than the
blockbuster, money-maker feeling that so
many superhero adaptations tend to carry
today.
Season one of “Daredevil” will be looked
back upon when future seasons are released
as 13 hours of in-depth, unique origin story
that trumps any two-hour origin movie
Marvel has ever put out.
For dream-pop’s future,
Pale Blue looks back
ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR
ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR
Taza combines afordable prices with fresh Mediterranean cuisine. The All in Beef Shawarma is $5, and contains beef, tomatoes, cucumbers and garlic sauce.
Taza offers affordable Middle Eastern cuisine
ZACK HATFIELD | ARTS EDITOR
No, Taza Café isn’t being resurrected.
That place might have closed a few years
ago, but a new restaurant on Clifton
Street is trying to bring the name back.
Taza Grill, which is now having its grand
opening, specializes in Middle Eastern
cuisine with a diner twist.
Mediterranean staples like gyros, falafels,
kebabs and shawarma are all offered,
along with a side of fresh French fries that
come with each meal (you can substitute
fries for a small salad if you want to err on
the healthier side).
The entrée menu is divided into three
categories: special shawarma, special
sandwich and special dish. The latter
contains options like chicken wings,
hummus and pita and falafel with rice.
Fresh Greek or chicken salads are also
offered. The meat is cooked in the kitchen,
behind the register, on an upright split.
Immediately upon entering the
bright green and yellow shopfront, the
atmosphere is cozy but clean. Like Myra’s
Dionysus, the Middle Eastern soup dive
that closed its doors last year, seating is
sparse, with only three small tables and
some seats by the window.
Taza works best as a takeout place for
those who want a filling meal fast. And
luckily, if you are eating in, fresh flowers
that grace each table and natural light that
pours through the large window make it
feel a little more spacious.
Now to the food. I ordered the Taza
Gyro, which has thinly shaved lamb meat
sautéed onions and tzatziki sauce stuffed
into a laffa, a type of flatbread. Everything
inside is cooked in olive oil, the culinary
norm for Mediterranean cuisine. It’s
basically a Middle Eastern burrito, and at
Taza it’s only $4.99.
The gyro is served in foil like most of the
dishes — learn from my mistake and keep
the food in the foil, or else the laffa will
start to fall apart. The gyro was delicious,
filled with large portions of tender meat
and a sweet and lemony tzatziki sauce.
The fries had a refreshingly zesty flavor
and weren’t at all greasy — I recommend
getting an extra side of them.
Taza markets itself as being healthy, but
there are probably places offering more
nutritious fare nearby — like everywhere,
it really depends on what you order.
Although the food was flavorful and
filling, the price point might have made me
the happiest. Everything on the menu is
below $5.00, making it the perfect place for
a typical college student who just needs to
grab-and-go.
Taza Grill is located on 2518 Clifton
Avenue and is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
daily.
The ghostly opening sounds — a
quartet of helixing keyboard notes — are
like a rope drawing you into a sea of
Brian Eno-esque euphoria.
From its start, “The Past We Leave
Behind” lets you know this is going to be
an incredibly accessible album, one that
hopes to consume listeners in poetical
evocations and lush ambience.
Electronic duo Pale Blue’s debut takes a
long time to unravel (both the album and
each song), but patience isn’t needed to
enjoy the music offered by New Jersey
natives Mike Simonetti and Liz Wright.
The first song, which is also the title
track, sets the mood for the rest of the
album: molasses-slow choruses and
hushed keyboard textures against a
metronomic beat.
Pale Blue frequently straddles the
border of EDM (the type you might hear
shopping at an expensive clothing store)
and a more thoughtful indietronica
sound.
On “Distance to the Waves,” a
palpitating drum machine joins a
whispered refrain to create a hypnotic
effect. “The Scars,” with its layered voices
and ethereal tones, sounds like an ’80s
New Wave song carried out in slow
motion, Wright’s aching lyrics sung in an
underwater warble.
“Rain,” a personal highlight, stretches
saccharine lyrics over oceanic
synthscapes that ultimately prove Pale
Blue is not entirely indebted to other
dream-pop outfits like The xx and Tycho,
but have their own sound to offer as
well.
It’s these moments that elevate the
music above simple night-driving status.
Out of 13 songs, over eight are above
the five-minute standard for pop songs,
but this is more frequently a good thing,
letting the songs breathe so that one
can get lost in the constantly-evolving
rhythms.
But this also leads to the album’s main
flaw — that at times songs can drift
off into space and stay there, growing
monotonous and therefore unsurprising.
Electronic music as a genre has long
been criticized for lacking emotional
density, and Pale Blue doesn’t seem too
concerned with addressing this.
For a debut, “The Past We Leave Behind”
is starkly pristine and a pleasure to
listen to, a reminder that the past left
behind can be turned into something, at
least almost, new.
Through freelancing, music influences CCM student’s passion
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Michael Dudley grew up watching his father piece together
model trains as the smooth, soulful tunes of jazz music
drifted through his basement. Today, Dudley studies trumpet
through the College-Conservatory of Music as a third-year
commercial music production student.
From high school band to music writing, these tunes have
stuck with Dudley in his pursuit of becoming a musician as
he attempts to nail down a unique sound in performance.
Wanting to make a difference in the music community,
Dudley’s hunt for personal style has led him outside of the
classroom and onto the streets of Cincinnati. Dudley looks
to people and places in the community for inspiration.
More recently, one could find him listening to jazz artists in
Northside.
“Some of the older jazz musicians who play at The Comet
have a way of thinking and a way of being, that to me is
attractive,” Dudley said.“However, I also want to continue
what I am doing as a student here at UC, because those are
two very different scenes.”
In realizing his love of music and desire to share it
with others, Dudley acts as the CCM tribunal senator of
Student Government and performs freelance gigs around
Cincinnati with the Cincy Brass, a nine-piece brass band that
implements styles ranging from jazz to funk to hip-hop.
“It’s exciting and nerve wracking to be a freelance
musician — especially in a town with as rich a music scene
in Cincinnati,” Dudley said.“A lot of people have said that this
city is saturated with very good musicians, and few places
where people really appreciate the music.”
Dudley helps the band write compositions of pop culture
songs with a brass twist in addition to writing pieces for his
own fusion jazz band, Guidestone.
As a writer, he finds the hardest battle is paying attention to
detail. He studies technical skills that later reveal the creative
process, so that a piece first appeals to the audience, and then
is physically playable by the musician.
“If you are an artist, you really are a student first,” Dudley
said.“And you take the time to study the music and whatever
techniques that you need, so that you are of sound, body and
mind.”
To watch a video of Dudley performing and talking about
music, visit newsrecord.org, in the Arts section.
MADISON SCHMIDT | PHOTO EDITOR
Dudley freelances with Cincy Brass, mixing several musical genres.