Campus Reopens Amid Pandemic Criminal Mischief at the a Robbery at 15 W Stratford Heights Parking Charlton St

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QUINLAN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR Aug. 20 Aug. 16 Students moving into Dabney Hall Aug. 20. UC expects around 5,000 students to live in university affiliated housing this year. Vandalism at the Taft Law A false alarm at Edwards QUIN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR College was reported to Three was reported to UCPD. The disposition is UCPD. The disposition is “active.” “active.” Aug. 18 Aug. 21 Campus reopens amid pandemic Criminal mischief at the A robbery at 15 W Stratford Heights Parking Charlton St. was reported to Garage was reported to UCPD. The case was handed QUINLAN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR she added. UCPD. The disposition is off to CPD. Of the many protocols adopted by the university to “active.” Another false alarm at With campus life resuming at the University of mitigate the spread of COVID-19, students on campus are Another incident of Edwards Three was reported Cincinnati, students, faculty and administrators brace for required to wear a face covering at all times—except when criminal mischief was to UCPD. The disposition is the likelihood of a campus-wide outbreak. eating or in a private room—maintain a distance of six feet reported to UCPD at the “active.” As early as Aug. 14, thousands of new and returning from others while in open space and to avoid gatherings of CCM Patricia Corbett A robbery at the 200 Block students began moving into residence halls optimistic 10 or more people. Center. The disposition is of Warner St. was reported about regaining a sense of normalcy after the coronavirus While many students on campus appear to be following “active.” to UCPD. The case was pandemic forced the university to close its doors and social distancing and mask protocols, there are just as Criminal damaging at handed off to CPD. transition to remote learning. many who are not, said Florence. Stratford Heights Building Aug. 22 But the pandemic has cast a shadow over welcome week, Though he’s confident in the university’s ability to 16 was reported to UCPD. A robbery was reported to as reports surface of public universities across the country contain an outbreak, first-year aerospace engineering major The disposition is “active.” UCPD at the 2300 Block of experiencing outbreaks only a week after reopening. Slade Brooks said that he doesn’t trust students to police Breaking and entering Stratford Ave. The case was Having only just moved into on-campus housing, first- themselves and that he’s already heard rumors of parties at the 2300 Block of Rohs handed off to CPD. year chemical engineering major Ashley Florence has off-campus. Street was reported to A liquor law violation already prepared herself for the inevitability of being sent Local media has already reported on crowded dining UCPD. The case was handed was reported to UCPD home before the semester ends. halls and students hosting parties. off to the Cincinnati Police at Morgens Hall. The “I know that’s a reality,” Florence said. “I just don’t want it Students who fail to follow campus health guidelines Department (CPD). disposition was a student to happen.” are subject to charges under the university’s student code An incident of fondling conduct refferal. The university expects approximately 5,000 students to of conduct, Department of Public Safety spokeswoman at 165 W McMillan St. was Motor vehicle parts theft opt for on-campus or university-affiliated housing, said UC Kelly Cantwell said. University police will watch for large reported to UCPD. The case was reported to UCPD at spokeswoman M.B. Reilly in an email to The News Record. was handed off to CPD. 3011 Clifton Ave Lot 1. The Around 7,200 students lived in university housing last year, Continued on Page 2 disposition is active. September JanuaryAUGUST 26, 202029, 4, 2020 2019 NEWS PagePage Page 2 22 Students return while COVID-19 continues to loom Continued from Page 1 said Christopher Lewis, vice provost for university—based on guidelines from the many unanswered questions remain.” academic programs at UC. Cincinnati Department of Health—has But given that each college has different gatherings of students and issue reminders Certain activities and classes may be reserved approximately 530 dorm rooms to operational needs, “it does make sense to as necessary, she added. canceled based on the results of this testing. be used for quarantine, Reilly said. Students allow them flexibility in how they develop Yet there appears to be little to no The University of Illinois, which has a living in single rooms are able to stay there their own policies,” said Greg Loving, enforcement on campus from Public Safety, larger enrollment than UC, is going as far as during quarantine, she added. faculty senate chair. as students were seen roaming campus administering mandatory virus tests twice a If quarantine space reaches maximum There are also frustrations that UC is not during welcome week without face masks. week for all students living on campus, even capacity, common spaces will be offering virus testing to faculty, he said. “But An outbreak on campus will most likely those who are enrolled in online classes commandeered for quarantine use, though this situation is so global and so systemic occur in places where guidelines are not exclusively. the university recommends that students that we can’t just snap our fingers [and being followed such as residence halls, frat However, this testing strategy conducted return to their permanent homes should have] testing available for everybody.” houses and parties, said Robert Murphy, by the University of Illinois is proprietary they need to quarantine. The university has been forced to make a professor of medicine at Northwestern and not yet available in Ohio, said Lewis, “This recommendation stems from difficult decisions at nearly every turn University in Chicago, who specializes in who is a professor of family and community both clinical experience and research. during the pandemic, Loving said. infectious disease. medicine at UC. Quarantine or isolation is very difficult for “We’ve been putting out the fires that are Students’ unwillingness to wear masks There is also skepticism that too much some students, and most ultimately opt to closest to us and trying to get the university and social distance will cause the university testing would create a high number of false- go home to be more comfortable and for open and running in some capacity,” he said. to experience an outbreak early in the positive tests, he said, adding that testing increased emotional and psychological “Retrospect really is the only way we’re semester, he said. “These kids get into decisions are based on scientific modeling wellbeing,” Executive Director of University going to be certain that what we’ve done is college; they have to be smart. They need to from the academic health colleges. Health Services Kim Miller said in a right.” get more smart.” “While testing is also about stopping statement. As a line of students wrapped out the Only a week into the fall semester, the spread, it is more so about taking a Considering the unpredictability of the door of Edwards Center on the afternoon University of North Carolina Chapel Hill snapshot at one moment in time to pandemic, it’s not easy to plan for the event of Aug. 19, Nikki Morr was waiting across was forced to revert to remote learning after determine prevalence to guide overarching of another campus closure. the street for her son, Coleton, a first-year more than 100 students tested positive for decision making,” he said. “The one thing we’ve learned so far in DAAP student, to get his Bearcat Card. COVID-19. Given a lack of systematic studies, the COVID, you can’t decide ahead of time what Though Morr is concerned for her son’s Because the university isn’t requiring Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the right answer is,” Miller said at an Aug. 17 health, she thinks being on campus is an testing on arrival, “the chance for failure is does not recommend testing all students faculty town hall meeting. important step toward independence. really high,” Murphy said, adding that all upon arrival. There is persistent debate as to Yet faculty have expressed concern “He needed to get away and go become students should be tested on arrival and the effectiveness of this kind of testing. that the lack of a university-wide his own person,” she said, adding that if frequently afterward. Students are also being asked to complete contingency plan has created a patchwork students are serious about being on campus, In lieu of testing on arrival, the university a self-administered wellness check daily of inconsistent policies throughout various they will follow public health guidelines. will conduct testing on randomly selected before coming to campus. colleges. Kiara Gross, a second-year student students living on campus beginning the One problem with this approach is that it “In truth, UC faculty, students and staff majoring in electronic media, also thinks first week of classes. doesn’t account for asymptomatic carriers travel daily between multiple university that it’s up to students to keep the campus Virus testing is also available to students – those who are contagious but are not buildings regardless of which college those open. experiencing symptoms as well as those experiencing the telltale signs of infection, buildings ostensibly belong to,” read a “I’m doing my part,” she said. “I hope who have come into close contact with an Murphy said. Asymptomatic carriers are statement from the executive council of the everyone else does theirs.” infected individual. most responsible for spreading the virus UC chapter of the American Association The university is encouraging students to The university expects to test 1,000 and account for up to 40% of cases, he said. for University Professors. “Despite well- report any symptoms related to COVID-19 students during the first week of classes, In the event of an outbreak, the meaning college-level efforts at clarity, to [email protected].

Students return for the first day back to class on Monday, August 24, 2020. BAILEY VIANELLO | CONTRIBUTOR JanuarySeptember AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 NEWS Page Page 3 3 Libraries across campus What you need to know: adjust hours of operation UC makes mask mandate QUINLAN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR available by appointment only. TAWNEY BEANS | TRENDING REPORTER Those who receive an accommodation will The Health Sciences Library is open be required to wear a clear, plastic face Among the many changes facing on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a In response to the coronavirus pandemic, shield that extends below the chin and University of Cincinnati students upon their maximum occupancy of 25 patrons. The UC is requiring that everyone who visits around the sides of the face instead of a return to campus, the university’s libraries library’s E-level is open, though library campus wear a face covering, but many mask. are taking precautions to stem the spread of stacks remain closed, though other floors students want to know who is enforcing Students who refuse to wear facial the novel coronavirus. may reopen following a reassessment of this mandate, the repercussions for not coverings can be reported by faculty, As students return to campus after space usage. wearing a facial covering and other related staff or other students to the Office months away following the university’s Though hours of operation have yet to be questions. of Student Conduct and Community transition to remote learning in March as decided, the classics library will be open for Facial coverings must be worn at all Standards. Repercussions for not wearing a result of the coronavirus pandemic, UC browsing on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 5 times while on campus, except when eating, a facial covering range from a warning to Libraries has made several operational p.m. and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. according to UC’s webpage. suspension, Mitchell said. changes including limited hours and The archives library is open by UC is not providing masks or face shields Christopher Lewis, vice provost of occupancy, according to the university’s appointment only. to its community members, so students, academic programs and professor of family website. Remaining libraries on campus are faculty and staff must come to campus and community medicine at UC, completed Beginning the first day of classes, Walter still closed, and the university has yet equipped with their own masks. However, his final inspection of campus Aug. 21. C. Langsam Library, John Miller Burnam to announce a reopening date, which is faculty members have been given a supply While most of the students he encountered Classics Library, Albino Gorno Memorial currently under review. of disposable masks in case a student comes were wearing masks and social distancing, Library, and the Archives and Rare Books Students can check out material from any to class without one, though repeatedly there were about a dozen doing the Library will be open for use, though social library on campus but must now request it forgetting to bring a mask can lead to complete opposite, he said. distancing protocols will be in place. online with pick-up at a designated location. academic discipline. Lewis confronted the students and The 400 level of Langsam is open on Due dates for all library materials have For students who find themselves caught believes that if everyone does their part to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a total been extended until February 2021, Norris on campus and in need of a mask, the protect themselves and others by wearing of 240 seats divided among three quadrants said. Campus Recreation Center (CRC) is selling facial coverings and social distancing, face- to meet social distancing guidelines. The The university is requiring the campus them this semester at its member services to-face instruction will continue throughout library stacks, study rooms, classrooms and community, including students, faculty desk. the semester. the Student Technology Resources Center and staff, to wear face masks to reduce the Students who want to wear an alternative “As a doctor, I know people who have will remain closed. spread of COVID-19. to a close-fitting mask must receive died from COVID-19,” Lewis said, adding Printers, computers, scanners and pianos At Langsam, a public safety officer is approval from University Health Services that the toll of the pandemic is evident at Langsam are available to students. The tasked with handing out masks at the front (UHS) for an accommodation, according to walking through the intensive care unit at prayer and meditation room is open with a door, Norris said. “So if someone walks in Aniesha Mitchell, UC’s director of student the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. three-person occupancy limit. and doesn’t have one, they will be asked to conduct and community standards. “When you see it up close, it is impossible to While construction is ongoing outside put one on.” Students can start this process by ignore the consequences of not taking this Langsam, the library is still accessible Since the outbreak began, Hamilton emailing UHS at [email protected]. pandemic seriously.” through the main entrance, UC Libraries County has recorded over 10,000 confirmed spokeswoman Melissa Norris said. cases of COVID-19, with nearly 300 related The College-Conservatory of Music deaths, according to data from Johns library is open on weekdays from 1 p.m. Hopkins University. to 6 p.m. with a maximum occupancy Approximately 5.6 million confirmed of 37 patrons. The library stacks in the cases have been recorded in the U.S., reading room are available for browsing. accounting for almost a quarter of the total Two electronic pianos and the scanner are number of confirmed cases globally.

Walter C. Langsam Library. Facial coverings must be worn at all times while on campus, except when eating. ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR QUINLAN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR JanuarySeptember AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 FEATURES Page Page 44 A look into residence halls Fashion design major on during a global pandemic creating art from home SALLY BISHOP | FEATURES EDITOR The elevators now only allow two people SALLY BISHOP | FEATURES EDITOR several things that DAAP students have lost in the space. access to, including fashion design majors’ Every year, thousands of students at the “I am an RA on the ninth floor, and I am For fashion design students in UC’s sewing and digital pattern-making labs and University of Cincinnati move into campus caught between waiting ten minutes for the College of Design, Architecture, Art and sublimation and embroidery studios. housing for the classic freshman dorm elevator or walking up nine flights of steps,” Planning (DAAP), there will be an element Members of the UC community flooded experience. Due to COVID-19, this year is said Manos. missing this semester that is a crucial asset the comments section, one stating, “The arts one like none other. All triple rooms in Siddall are now in design: collaborative work. aren’t meant to be taught online nor should The usual crowds of students and parents doubles, and all quad rooms are now triples, Before the pandemic hit in March, you they have to pay like they are taught in were replaced by a socially distanced move- bringing max capacity on each floor to 49, could find fashion design student Clarisse person.” in week. rather than last year’s max capacity of 53. Rosteck in the DAAP studio sewing with “Design is fundamentally collaborative Each hall has put in place a mandatory According to Carl Dieso, executive director needle and thread, sketching with pencil and iterative,” one of the top comments by a mask policy, and the communal bathrooms of housing at the University of Cincinnati, and paper, and designing with her laptop. DAAP graduate reads. “Without proper tools are being cleaned every few hours, these policies could be subject to change What was once a classroom filled with to prototype, like the RPC, CGC, Wood Lab, including a deep cleaning overnight. within the first couple of weeks. large group tables, buzzing students, and STL, fashion studios, and 1819 Building Marina Manos is a resident advisor (RA) “What we want to do is get everybody professors from around the world is now a student(s) will not be receiving the same at Siddall Hall. She went through a two and settled, make sure everybody understands dark room full of empty chairs and naked education.” a half week-long virtual training to prepare how to be safe, and then as we get to the mannequins. Another thing that students like Rosteck for students moving into the dorm second or third week of classes, we’ll take Four out of five of Rosteck’s classes are concerned about is the Co-op program “Training this year was nothing like what a look at how things are progressing, this past spring semester were studios, DAAP offers. As Rosteck starts her second we have done in the past,” Manos said. and then see where we can make some each lasting about three hours. In these year in DAAP, she prepares for her spring Usually, training would include policies adjustments,” Dieso said. studios, classmates would give each other 2021 co-op by taking a class for it this fall. on situations such as noise complaints and Still, there is one part of Manos’ job that constructive criticism on group projects The class guides students in securing roommate disagreements. This year, RAs remains slightly normal. The rounds made and individual homework assignments. This their first-ever Co-op, primarily through UC were trained on politely asking students to at night, where RAs pace different hallways upcoming remote semester, she will only DAAP’s partners. Popular cities for Co-op— wear a mask and how to encourage their to make sure everything is going smoothly, have two classes that will be studios. such as New York and Los Angeles—were residents to stay healthy and safe. will still happen. The participating RAs will “Feedback is so important in the world of all options for her, but now, she is unsure. “The residence hall is a very different have to wear a mask and social distance as fashion,” Rosteck said. “If no one likes your “I don’t know if the same co-op environment and experience this year,” said they make the rounds. design, no one will want to buy it. I want companies that are partnered with UC will Manos. Schneider Hall and the Campus to design and style clothes that people will still be looking for interns with cutbacks There will be no general room swap Recreation Center (CRC) residence halls like.” and stay-at-home orders,” Rosteck said. options, according to the university’s will serve as a quarantine space for students This year, DAAP will have limited hours Along with her Co-op class, Rosteck website. “Room swap will be limited who test positive for COVID-19. They will for studios, where students reserve a seat, will be taking 12 more credit hours this to extenuating circumstances and properly quarantine for about two weeks social distance, and work on their latest semester. She is scheduled for a drawing administrative moves only.” there. When they test negative, they will be projects. class, textiles, history of fashion, and The communal kitchenettes that were allowed to return to their original dorm hall. A sewing machine and her laptop is pattern-making class which will all be held available to residents are no longer open for As for the social aspect of dorm life, all that fills her make-shift studio desk in on either WebEx or Zoom. use. In the communal bathrooms, shower residents will not be allowed to visit her bedroom at her apartment—no colors, “I wish there was a way we could have shoes are very encouraged, and deep their hallmates’ room. However, RAs and fabric, or patterns. Rosteck hasn’t felt a safe in-person classes,” she said. “I would cleaning will be happening every night. dorm halls are still planning events for spark of creativity in a while. just love the instant feedback from a In addition to cleaning procedures and community building. These events will “It has definitely been harder to be professional, like if I have a question about hygiene recommendations, plexiglass has either take place virtually or outside, creative because I’m stuck in my own room,” how to draw something, or if I am sketching been added between all sinks to prevent the abiding by social distancing guidelines. she says. correctly.” virus’s spread. Many students like Rosteck are nervous Although Rosteck is disappointed that for the upcoming year and crave the intense many DAAP classes are online, she wants and rigorous education they would typically to think positively. She struggles to find the get in-person. benefits of being a virtual design major, but Over 2,500 students signed a petition ultimately says, “I look forward to the extra created by fine arts student Ava Whitson time I will have to work on my portfolio for calling for DAAP to lower the tuition during Co-op and also working in the comfort of the pandemic in April. The petition listed off my own home.”

Calhoun Hall. Clarisse Rosteck’s work desk. ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR PROVIDED | CLARISSE ROSTECK SeptemberJanuary AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 PHOTOS Page Page 5 5 FC Cincinnati against DC United ends in a stalemate

FC Cincinnati drew against DC United, 0-0, on Friday, August 21, 2020 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR

Fans watch the soccer game from Mary Emery Hall on Friday, August 21, 2020 at Nippert Stadium in FC Cincinnati defender Tom Pattersson (3) loses a header to DC United defender Frederic Brillant (13) on Cincinnati. Friday, August 21, 2020 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR JanuarySeptember AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 LIFE&ARTS Page Page 66 How to succeed in class when everything is online OLIVE NIESZ | LIFE AND ARTS EDITOR how to get involved at the workshop series keep some variation of a weekly routine. “Evolving Expectations and Engagement Take the time to find your favorite go-to We were all thrown for a loop this past Take advantage of events put on by the during a Pandemic,” co-hosted by the spot for when you need a breather from spring when our “extended spring break” school or student organizations Student Activities Board and other your dorm room. turned into a remote semester. This past organizations. April, The News Record published an article The thought of not having an opportunity Pay attention to your health, mentally and dubbed “5 ways to master the art of online for human interaction all semester is Explore campus physically learning,” including advice like utilizing a tragic for most extroverts. Less tragic planner, not abusing Google and setting up for introverts, but we all need a bit of A whole semester taken through your While we’re all cooped up taking classes a comfortable work environment. community in our lives. Stay involved, meet laptop from your dorm room? Sounds a from our beds, it can be exceedingly easy to UC students are back, and only 25 new people and enjoy some semblance of bit too cozy. A change of scenery can do slip into unhealthy habits and mindsets. Do percent of classes are in person or hybrid college normalcy by participating in one of wonders when you feel your mind starts to your best to keep healthy snacks on hand, this semester, according to UC’s vice the many events offered (both in-person and wander. Take advantage of the nice weather stay hydrated, get up. Taking care of your provost of the Center for the Enhancement remotely) by organizations around campus. while we still have it and do some work physical health can do wonders for your of Teaching and Learning (CET&L), Bryan Relax virtually at Meditation Mondays outside. The school Wi-fi works all over mental health. In a time like this, becoming Smith. Now that we have learned to adjust with SKY@UC, join a Youtube watch party campus – inside and out. overwhelmed or feeling isolated or anxious to remote learning, here are some tips for with the office of sustainability (this week Pop into one of the cafes with Wi-fi in the is likely. If you’re feeling any of these things surviving a full-semester online. it’s 13th), or let the professionals tell you Clifton area. This could be a good way to and can’t seem to shake it on your own, never hesitate to ask for help. UC offers Schedule breaks and use them well plenty of resources for times like these.

A lot of classes this semester will be in a Go easy on yourself “synchronous format,” meaning they are held in real-time via Zoom or Webex. With Don’t hold yourself to impossible standards. a lot of these falling back to back with only We’re all figuring this semester out as we 10-minute breaks in between, it can be go – teachers, students, administration, beneficial to use those 10 minutes to stand everyone. Be open and communicative up, stretch, get a fresh glass of water, open with the people around you about what you a window, do a 5-minute yoga session with need to succeed. Ask questions. Ask for Adriene or find some way to get your blood help. Be kind to yourself and those around moving. A little dose of activity will help you. Focus on doing your best and staying keep you from getting burnt out by the end As a result of COVID-19, only 25 percent of classes are in person or hybrid this fall semester. healthy. of the day and skipping that 3:30 class. WIKIPEDIA | ANGELQIU122 Local cafes with Wi-Fi for work from home breaks OLIVE NIESZ | LIFE AND ARTS EDITOR 2900 Jefferson Ave. As a business proudly established rooms are sectioned off for a smaller and within Clifton, Rohs Street Cafe has quieter workspace. Local art hangs on the During a mostly remote semester, a Highland Coffee House worked tirelessly to bring the community walls, adding a splash of character to an change of scenery from your dorm room together with a welcoming and hospitable otherwise minimalistic aesthetic, and the can be helpful for staying focused and Whether it’s late-night homework or a environment for any and all customers they cafe even sells its merchandise to interested upbeat. We’ve compiled our top three quick coffee rendezvous with friends, the receive. Coffee-lovers and workaholics alike customers. Students frequent the cafe for favorite campus cafes offering Wi-Fi and cozy yet eclectic atmosphere that makes up can enjoy the details within the cafe’s walls its peacefulness and the intimate sense good vibes for the best study space. Highland Coffee House is ideal for students that bring the building to life; tables sit in of family that they’ve managed to create up at all hours of the day and night. From the sunlight beneath immense windows, within its walls, something that makes The 86 5 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., the cafe offers an and barstools are available for seating studying simple and allows work to be incredible selection of drinks brought to you right at the counter. The quaint space is completed quickly. Located just across the street from the in one of their cozy corner tables or on their made practical with tons of electrical 245 W. McMillan St. east side of campus, the serene, honey- outdoor patio. Every inch of the place basks outlets for all appliances, and separate sweet setting of The 86 makes it a popular in the warm ambiance of dimmed lights spot for students to fulfill their caffeine and light music, friendly baristas catering fix amidst a flurry of schoolwork and to your cravings, and the sound of the study sessions. Ample seating is provided city right outside. Students frequent the throughout the building and their cozy coffeehouse to take advantage of its late- outdoor patio, including large corner night hours for getting extra homework booths, small tables, and individual high-top done at the end of the day, caffeine in chairs along the wall. Beneath some lush hand to keep the mind rolling and the greenery and local artists’ work displayed eyes open. The abundance of space upon exposed brick walls, single-person makes it a popular spot for students to workspaces provide outlets for plugging gather for fun coffee dates or get projects up your laptop and plenty of space to completed. Regardless of what the end of spread your papers before you. Between the day has in store, the Highland Coffee the homespun ambiance and the large House creates an environment to study variety of morning beverages to choose and sit back and relax. from (caffeinated or not), The 86 is a classic 2839 Highland Ave. choice for students to get down to business and get their work done in an environment Rohs Street Cafe A cup of coffee at The 86. that’s both calming and close to home. ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR September AUGUST 26, 2020 4, 2019 LIFE&ARTS Page Page 7 7 Mental health resources for coping with pandemic

Sky at UC members participate in a wellness activity. SKY AT UC VIA CAMPUSLINK

JOI DEAN | CAMPUS REPORTER Let’s Talk can be accessed by phone or students who have experienced race-based is to “enhance the campus community for through Zoom via Therapy Assistance stress and trauma.” Some of these resources LGBTQ students and their allies through The world around us is constantly Online (TAO) video. For any questions or include a “Black Lives Matter Meditation intentional advocacy, proving safe space, changing. Staying six feet apart from our concerns about Let’s Talk, contact Julie for Healing Racial Trauma” and a guide to intersectional programing, and access to loved ones, remembering to bring a mask Lineburgh M.Ed.,LPCC-S at (513) 556-0648. “Emotionally Restorative Self-Care: People culturally relevant resources.” This center to class and adjusting to classes mostly The CAPS office can be contacted at (513) of Color,” among several others. can usually be found on the 5th floor of online is the new normal, but hopefully not 556-0648. Their business hours are 9 a.m. to Steger Student Life Center. The LGBTQ permanent. However, despite the outside 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Reach Out Center is not providing in-person services world feeling chaotic and uncertain, Friday, but they are available to provide 24/7 currently due to the pandemic. the University of Cincinnati has many mental health crisis care outside of business Tech savvy? Reach Out is a free UC app resources available to help their students hours. that provides information on mental health Sky@UC get through these uncomfortable and and suicide prevention. This app also confusing times. Therapy Assistance Online (TAO) provides helpful tips on how to talk to your When in need of a different approach A few of these resources can be found peers about mental health and emergency to handling the pandemic, the University through Counseling and Psychological TAO is “an interactive, web-based self-help contact information for crisis services. also provides Sky@UC, which encourages Services (CAPS), Therapy Assistance Online program that provides online and mobile using yoga and meditation to reduce stress. (TAO), LGBTQ Center, Bearcat Support tools to help you overcome the day to day The LGBTQ Center Sky@UC focuses on students being able to Network (BSN) and Sky@UC. challenges around stressors like anxiety, “develop and maintain a relaxed and stress- depression, or other concerns,” according The LGBTQ center is another supportive free mind,” by providing free, online, guided Let’s Talk to the CAPS website. TAO is accessible resource provided by UC. According to mediation sessions every Monday at 6 p.m. through computers, phones and tablets, the LGBTQ center website, their purpose Sky@UC also provides “Beyond Breath” CAPS is available to all University of providing free, interactive educational is to “enhance the campus community for on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., which helps Cincinnati students and everyone else who modules, assessments that provide LGBTQ students and their allies through students focus on breathing and meditation. is a part of the UC community. Due to the behavioral health screenings, and practice intentional advocacy, proving safe space, This will be a strange semester for us pandemic, in-person services are currently tools that include daily journaling. TAO intersectional programing, and access to all, and we encourage everyone to pay closed, but phone and online services are also provides a mindfulness library that culturally relevant resources.” This center attention to their mental health and seek available. CAPS provides “A free virtual can help students improve mindfulness and can usually be found on the 5th floor of help as needed. As a community we can consultation program” called Let’s Talk, meditation. It is important to note that TAO Steger Student Life Center. The LGBTQ work towards destigmatizing mental health where students can speak with a counselor is a self-help program. It does not replace Center is not providing in-person services issues by participating in open conversation online. This online session is available to treatment. currently due to the pandemic. and continuing to offer and use supportive all University of Cincinnati students across resources. Stay healthy this semester, and the country who might benefit from having Racial Trauma Bearcat Support Network don’t be afraid to take care of your mind as the opportunity to have a counselor walk well as your body. them through a specific problem. Use Racial Trauma Resources, compiled by The LGBTQ center is another supportive CampusLink to sign up for a Let’s Talk CAPS, provide “a collection of information resource provided by UC. According to session. and campus and community resources for the LGBTQ center website, their purpose SeptemberJanuary AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 SPORTS Page Page 8 8 Quarterback Ridder on the return of UC football LOGAN LUSK | SPORTS EDITOR

With college conferences such as the Big- 10 and Pacific-12 deciding to postpone their football seasons until January or spring, the majority of other conferences have decided to play in the fall as planned. One of them being the American Athletic Conference (AAC). As a result of the cancellations so far, the Bearcats have been shorted of three matchups; a contest against Western Michigan University, a rivalry in the form of the annual Victory Bell game against Miami (OH) University and a big matchup against the University of Nebraska, a Power-5 opponent. UC’s starting quarterback, Desmond Ridder, was disappointed in the cancellation. “The Nebraska [game] got canceled first, that was really tough for us,” said Ridder. “Anytime you can go up there against those Power-5 opponents and go out and show, I guess so to say a ‘smaller school’ can do, it’s always a good opportunity for us. And you know, we always like to beat Miami just to keep that [win] streak going. It was always Desmond Ridder (9) throws a pass during the first quarter of the homecoming game against UConn at Nippert Stadium Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. just disappointment.” ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR As UC football sets up to return this fall, the Bearcats will look toward Ridder Birmingham Bowl. continued to work towards getting on the team. to provide on-field leadership in these Following the 2019 season, two of field. “[Coach Fickell has] done the best he everchanging times. Ridder had a breakout Ridder’s most dependable offensive “We weren’t able to get back on campus could.” Ridder said. “A lot of this stuff is out freshman season in 2018, picking up AAC weapons, tight-end Josiah Deguara and until about June first or fourth,” Ridder of our control. He gives us the details when Rookie of the Year honors en route to an running back Michael Warren II, departed continued. “We were able to start workouts we need them. Being out here at Camp High 11-win season. for the NFL. Deguara was selected in the in small groups of about 10-15, then they Ground in the middle of nowhere, we don’t Last year, the Kentucky native affirmed third round by the Green Bay Packers, while started bringing in more people slowly and have a lot of distractions. We go out on the his position as the go-to starter, playing in Warren signed as an undrafted free agent slowly. But we were able to get good work field and play football.” thirteen of the Bearcats’ fourteen games, with the Philadelphia Eagles. in with the time we had.” The Bearcats season opener will take leading them to another 11-win season Throughout the offseason, Ridder Head coach Luke Fickell worked with place against Austin Peay University on coupled with a victory in the Birmingham has been keeping touch with his former athletic director John Cunningham to Sept. 19 at Nippert Stadium, with the time Bowl against Boston College. Along the teammates. determine what was going to happen this to be announced at a later date way, Ridder tallied up 2,164 yards and 18 “I talk to Mike almost every day,” Ridder season and relayed the information to his touchdowns in the air, paired with 650 yards said. “I facetimed Josiah not too long ago rushing and five touchdowns on the ground. with some other teammates so we were able For the 2020 season, Ridder expects even to talk. They’re doing well. Mike’s grinding more from himself and the team. out there in Philly, and Josiah’s been doing “We’re all feeling good, and we’ve been pretty well with the Packers.” here at High Ground for I don’t even know When referring to Deguara’s potential how many days,” Ridder said, referring to switch to full back for his rookie season the Bearcats offsite practice facility. “We’ve in Green Bay, Ridder had some words of been out here putting in that work.” admiration for his prior No. 1 target. “Waiting for our first game—which “He’s a grinder,” Ridder said. “Wherever obviously got moved to September 19th— they put him, he’s going to play. He can play Coach [Fickell] told us there can be a any position, whether that’s wideout, tight- change for big things in the future of the end or the fullback position. I’m sure he’s University of Cincinnati.” Ridder said. just happy to be there.” “Whether that’s conference realignment While keeping in contact with his former or even being able to play in the college teammates, Ridder has also been busy football playoffs. The Big-10 and PAC-12 keeping relationships with returning and aren’t in it. If we were to go undefeated, win new Bearcats. our conference championship, I don’t see “[I’ve made sure to] make a connection how you couldn’t put us in the running for with some of the new guys as well as the that.” older ones,” Ridder said. “It was tough Last year, Bearcats football concluded because we had different schedules of their regular season ranked #21 in the lifting. So it was really tough to make up a nation. They proceeded to lose the AAC schedule to get better, but we made it work.” The offseason proved to be quite different Conference Championship to the University UC quarterback Desmond Ridder (9) runs for a touchdown during the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl in of Memphis, ranked #17, before declaring than in past years for the Bearcats. Despite Birmingham, Alabama Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. themselves as the newest victors of the the season hanging in the balance, the team ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR SeptemberJanuary AUGUST 26, 29, 2020 4,2020 2019 SPORTS Page Page 9 9 No spectators for UC home What to expect from the opener versus Austin Peay Bearcats fall sports season LOGAN LUSK | SPORTS EDITOR have come at a worse time for the Bearcats, LOGAN LUSK | SPORTS EDITOR is placed in the east division competing historically speaking. Last season the against the University of Central Florida, The newest revelation of the COVID-19 average attendance at Nippert was close to After months of speculation whether East Carolina University, Temple University pandemic concerning University of 36,000, which was a school record. In turn, or not sports would be happening this fall and the University of South Florida. Cincinnati (UC) athletics has hit: no fans the athletic department made $3.8 million in semester, the American Athletic Conference Conference play will begin on the will be allowed to attend the football season football ticket sales alone. (AAC) finally provided their answer weekend of Sept. 24-27 and will conclude opener on Sept. 19 against Austin Peay In what has to be due partly to the earlier this month. That answer was: yes, the weekend of Nov. 12-15. Three of these University. atmosphere provided at Nippert, the athletics are allowed to proceed, but under weekends are open for non-conference play This decision may spill into other home Bearcats are one of only seven FBS teams conditions. on or after Sept. 1. games for the upcoming season, as there to be undefeated at home over the past two These conditions all relate to the Only the top two teams from the will be no fans permitted until UC goes on seasons. coronavirus pandemic that has been respective divisions will qualify for record to say that they are. No timeframe In his letter to fans, Cunningham also sweeping the country in waves over the the 2020 American Women’s Volleyball has been given as to when fans will be states the players themselves will be taken year. Championship, which will take place allowed to attend, though it is stated as a into special consideration regarding their Following consultation between the Nov. 21-22 at Fifth Third Arena here at the possibility later in the season. safety from COVID-19. AAC’s Medical Advisory Group, university University of Cincinnati. “UC will start its season without fans in “UC will follow strict health and athletic directors and senior women’s Nippert Stadium,” Cunningham said in a safety protocols for its student-athletes,” administrators, the vote for approval to play letter to fans. “Fans could be permitted in Cunningham said. “This will include was unanimous. David Rudd, the president the stadium later in the season only if UC enhanced testing, daily health and safety of the University of Memphis and the chair decides it is safe and appropriate to do so.” checks, and the creation and maintenance for The American’s Board of Directors was Despite expressing the desire to schedule of a stringent gameday ‘bubble’.” one of the first to speak out upon approval. non-conference games amid several In what has been a recent development, “We have a sensible direction for the cancellations for the Bearcats, athletic head coach Luke Fickell has stated his own return of intercollegiate athletics in the fall,” director John Cunningham has now made it concerns for his student-athletes in regards Rudd said, “The safety of our students, staff clear that the university will no longer seek to the pandemic. His concerns are fully members and campus communities will to schedule additional games against non- warranted, as UC brings in a school record continue to be our top priority. As medical conference opponents. of 46,400 students in an online/in-person information evolves, we will update our Football season tickets are no longer blended fall semester. plans in conjunction with national, state and feasible for the upcoming season, and “We’re going to have cases,” Fickell told local guidelines.” in turn, those that have already been the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It doesn’t mean Football will be following an 8+4 purchased or deposited will automatically that guys are bad people because they get format with eight conference games and roll over into the 2021 football season. COVID. I could be the first one to get it. I’m up to 4 non-conference games. With the Cunningham also asked of his 2020 going to have six kids that are in school cancellation of the Nebraska, Miami (OH), season ticket holders to consider donating and playing sports, and they’re going to and Western Michigan matchups, UC’s all, or a portion of, their usual ticket and live in my home. The key is that we do the only non-conference opponent this season priority-seating investments back to the things that we’re supposed to do – whether is Austin Peay University for their season department. If not possible or wished by it’s testing, whether it’s wearing our mask, opener on Sept. 19. the holder, they can again roll their season whether it’s distancing – so that we don’t In the meantime, head coach Luke Fickell tickets over to the 2021 season. spread it.” and athletic director John Cunningham The exclusion of fans arguably could not have confirmed they are looking into finding other non-conference opponents this season. For cross country, universities can schedule competitions at their discretions on or after Sept. 1. As for the men’s and women’s championship meets, the original schedule of Oct. 31 in Augusta, Kansas has not yet been changed. AAC women’s soccer will be held in an eight-match single round-robin format, all of which will be conference matches. These matches will be regularly held on Sundays beginning on Sept. 6. Midweek matches against non- conference opponents can potentially be scheduled, but only if the Medical Advisory Group’s standards are met, and traveling does not require overnight stays and/or air travel. The 2020 American Women’s Soccer Championship games will take place on Nov. 6 and 8 at the site of original No. 1 seed. AAC’s women’s volleyball consists of The University of Cincinnati volleyball team defeated the University of Connecticut 3-2 on a two-division style where each team will senior day on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 at Fifth Third The UC student section reacts to Bryant’s two-point conversion during the fourth quarter of the football play the other four teams in its division Arena game against Temple Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. two times at the same location. Cincinnati ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR ALEX MARTIN | ART DIRECTOR September January AUGUST 26, 29,2020 4,2020 2019 OPINION Page Page 1010 Opinion | Ohio higher-ed is failing Opinion | Too many cops in Clifton?

EMILY CHIEN | OPINION EDITOR Last year, my partner’s apartment was robbed, like many others’ around campus. Two months after Cincinnati’s unveiling Despite living in a UC-owned building with of the collaborative ‘Black Lives Matter!’ supposedly maximum security and a heavy mural in front of city hall, Black Lives police presence, ‘law and order’ was never Matter protests in all 50 states, and a mirage served. His roommate’s laptop was stolen, of tear gas from an unrelenting militarized and without any help from an officer, he police force, cops are still everywhere. figured out how to get it back himself. Only Taking a stroll down the street in my one of the many robbers was ever identified, Clifton neighborhood, I could easily walk and anyone could have completed most of by 3 to 4 cop cars in 15 minutes. I can only the bureaucracy they had to go through. imagine that this overly saturated police Social workers, mental health professionals presence is a scare tactic for drunken and other de-escalating forces are often college students who might misbehave. much more equipped for these tasks. Harmless as it may be intended, having cop Here to keep people safe, police only cars parked on every street still feels so act as threats to people who have been threatening. victimized by them time and time again. We Especially for Black and indigenous marched for George Floyd, sure, but also for people of color who, I’m sure, have had the entire Black community, all the pain and more than their fair share of police hardships we’ve systematically placed upon encounters, this daunting presence could them for generations. ‘Black lives matter,’ only do harm rather than good. Black they chanted, while getting pepper-sprayed Americans are over two times more and much worse. likely to be shot and killed by police than Here in Cincinnati, 7,000 signatures were white Americans, despite making up less collected to put a charter amendment on than 13 percent of the total population. the ballot to defund and reimagine policing. Of course, police tend to reside in Black Sadly, it wasn’t enough to get a vote, but neighborhoods, waiting for any chance to the people spoke loud and clear. While implement ‘law and order,’ as they call it. it’s not my place as a non-Black person to The University of Cincinnati narrowly broke its longstanding enrollment record this fall with just over Around UC, many of the neighborhoods voice their needs now, I don’t think anyone 46,400 students starting classes this week through a mix of online and hybrid learning. have been gentrified, overwhelmed and appreciates status quo policing in Clifton TNR FILE ART overtaken by privileged, largely white after long months of protests to reform, college students. The excessive amounts of defund and even abolish the police. ABBY STIDHAM | CONTRIBUTOR educational mission by canceling courses, police—noticeably more now that students Now is clearly the time to minimize Boldlybankrupt.com is releasing an often high-level and specialized, with fewer have moved back into the area and classes police presence in Cincinnati– show Black update in the first week of the fall semester. than 20 students—putting students and have officially begun—is still questionable and indigenous people of color that they are During their collaboration with Save Ohio instructors at risk with in-person classes— at best. Safety in and around Cincinnati being heard rather than ignored. Higher Ed, an advocacy group comprised of and cutting adjunct and graduate students’ does not necessarily mean more police. seven different Ohio universities’ students already unlivable salaries. and professors, they gained a broader Meanwhile, The University of Akron faces understanding of the present issues facing an extreme crisis, closing 6 of its 11 colleges higher education since COVID-19. and firing 96 tenured faculty, all while upholding its D-1 football status. If this does The financial challenges our public not describe the state of higher education universities now face are not a result of today, I don’t know what does. COVID-19. Instead, the pandemic has Most Ohio universities lie somewhere revealed the consequences of misspending in between: many are exaggerating the by our administrations for years. Their financial blows to justify budget cuts. Most reluctance to take from endowments and notable, though, is that these cuts come cash reserves to support the educational from the educational mission instead of the mission speaks volumes. Just taking a look things peripheral to it. at Ohio public universities, their response Higher-ed follows the patterns we see to COVID-19 offers the full spectrum among institutions nationally. Austerity— of financial misspending and a lack of cuts to public services by the government— accountability within higher-ed today. fuels the need for the short term, profit- Interestingly, no matter their position on centric thinking by our universities. In the this spectrum, their financial decisions look same way, our government is attempting oddly similar. to “balance the budget” with austerity, our The Ohio State University, for example, public universities drain student services has $8.9 billion in cash reserves and of funding, and slash budgets of colleges investments, according to its June 2020 like arts and sciences that are not lucrative, Moody’s credit analysis. The report in favor of projects that may increase concluded that the university is in a strong enrollment and revenue. financial position, even stating that OSU While I understand the complexity of could “manage through the current period of challenges higher-ed is facing presently, I disruption to normal business operations.” ask UC to be an exception. Please, become Still, they claim to be suffering financially transparent, change your spending habits from COVID-19 and refuse to spend just and realign your priorities with those of $30 million—0.34% of their reserves—to your students, faculty, and community get their arts and science’s college out of members. Two University of Cincinnati Police Department officers walk down Calhoun Street in front of marchers at debt. They have instead chosen to injure the the Black Lives Matter protest at the University of Cincinnati on June 3, 2020. QUIN BENTLEY | NEWS DIRECTOR SeptemberJanuary AUGUST 26, 29,2020 4,2020 2019 INTERACTIVE Page Page 1111 A letter from the editor: TNR goes digital for the 2020-21 academic year

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