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New album Men’s 3 releases 4 Basketball Exciting new music Bearcats face of is scheduled to against tough be released in competitor in the upcoming Thursday’s game year THE NEWS RECORD / UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWSRECORD.ORG THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 2016 College athletes not receiving their value UC athletes may not be getting the scholarships they count on MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV | TASS | ABACA PRESS | TNS Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a reception at the State Kremlin Palace on December 28, 2016, in Moscow. Students react to Russian hacking TIM GOLDENBERG | CONTRIBUTOR With the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump drawing closer, recent briefs from the intelligence community to government officials reported that the Russian Federation was directly involved in influencing the results of the U.S. Presidential Election. While the Obama administration already rolled out an initial set of retaliatory sanctions in response to the report, President-elect Trump’s response has been more doubtful. Congressmen FILE ART on both sides of the isle, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR without any financial during the O’Bannon vs full scholarships in every paying as well,” said Huma. have called for a bipartisan assistance to claim. NCAA case. sport.’” The lack of financial probe into the situation. Many college athletes In addition, despite “What if all the oil Despite their cap on stability can hurt athletes, Trump repeatedly are awarded athletic football teams having companies got together scholarships, schools as many do not have expressed doubt on the scholarships from the 85 total scholarships to and decided to start price do not have to use every time for part-time jobs in conclusion that Russian schools they choose to award, some athletes fixing the price of gasoline, scholarship at their addition to classes and the President Vladimir Putin’s attend. still go without as it is and they said tomorrow we disposal. hours they put into their regime was involved in However, due to considered a head count now have to spend at least At UC, some coaches use given sport. the U.S. election. This restrictions from the sport, meaning that since $10 a gallon for gas?” said all their scholarships, but Student athletes may tone, however, changed at National Collegiate they are awarded 85 Huma. “Well, guess what, most of them do not. spend more than 40 his first press conference Athletic Association scholarships per year, they we would be spending $10 “Usually, every sport has hours a week practicing, since Election Day. “As far (NCAA), athletes may not are only allowed to have 85 a gallon for gas, that’s why at least one scholarship according to a lawsuit as hacking, I think it was be receiving an amount Russia,” he said. scholarship athletes. there are anti-trust laws to open,” said UC’s Director of against the University of equaling their value to the UC football has 109 total protect American citizens Compliance Lindsay Jaffe. North Carolina. Concern in the University school. of Cincinnati student athletes on their roster. from illegal price fixing. Universities receive more Huma said that athletes While Division I college Other head count sports And college athletes have media attention from give many hours to their community, though, was football teams can award still evident. at Cincinnati include those same rights, and sports than academics, team without receiving 85 scholarships to their Third-year international volleyball, tennis and O’Bannon proved it, they according to Huma, who compensation for it. players, men’s baseball has affairs student Chris men’s and women’s just have to be assertive.” shared that while many “There are still a lot of Strohofer drew his own a limit of 11.7, according to basketball. The NCAA is not the only athletes do not receive short falls where you are conclusion about the the 2015-16 NCAA Division Ramogi Huma, one to blame in regards the benefits of a full not receiving year-round conflict. I Manual. executive director of the to the scholarship cap. scholarship, they are benefits,” said Huma. “Yet, “The FBI report seems The University of National College Players Schools could also change widely used for publicity they are being required to to be another drop in the Cincinnati men’s baseball Association, says that the rules to help more by the universities. work out year-round and bucket of a dozen or more team has 37 roster spots, universities would offer athletes financially. “If you only have a 25 participate year-round. intelligence agencies that meaning the players have more scholarships to their “The schools themselves percent tuition, that means They pretend summer have concluded Russia was the scholarships divided players if it were not for an are collectively enforcing you’re paying the school workouts are voluntary, but behind the DNC hacks. The among them. illegal price-fixing scheme an illegal price-fixing 75 percent. They are they’re anything but.” fact that Donald Trump has Coaches can divide controlled by the NCAA. scheme,” said Huma. “Every making money off of you. However, Alex Pfeiffer, an finally admitted Russia was athletic scholarships any The NCAA was found school, they vote on these In addition to your use as offensive lineman for the probably involved kind of way they choose, possibly guilty of illegally price rules and they say that an advertising arm of the removes all the doubt from leaving some players fixing scholarships in 2014 ‘We don’t want to give school, you’re actually SEE SCHOLARSHIP PG 4 my mind,” Strohofer said. In his press conference, Trump claimed that the U.S. government was incredibly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Out of a list of 17, in terms of industries, it’s the worst. It’s No. 17 in terms of Rob Richardson announces protection,” he said. While that claim itself is unsubstantiated, there was still concern from students bid for Mayor of Cincinnati about American cyber JUSTIN REUTTER | NEWS EDITOR administrators, including Richardson, they security moving forward. were largely ignored, according to Grace “This only highlights a Former University of Cincinnati Board of Cunningham, co-founder of Students for weakness in our cyber Trustees Chairman Rob Richardson recently Survivors. security that now needs announced a run for mayor. “UC has currently failed survivors, and has to be fixed and modified Richardson is a graduate of UC, receiving done little to nothing to make sure that this so it can’t happen again,” his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical campus is a safe space for survivors to learn, said second-year English engineering in 2002 and his Juris Doctor grow, live and thrive,” said Cunningham in a student Ryan Clady. degree from UC as well in 2005. While statement on the group’s website. Second-year computer a student at UC, he established the first The main planks of Richardson’s platform science student Ellana Sell college chapter of the NAACP in the are innovation and Inclusion. saw the situation as an Cincinnati Tri-State area and was elected “A few years ago, the valedictorian from important opportunity to JEAN PLEITEZ | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER student body president in the spring of 2001. Rob Richardson speaks about his time at UC, and how he is going to change Hughes High School could not make it into realize the importance of Having served on the Board of Trustees Cincinnati if he becomes mayor. Monday, January 10, 2017. main campus. This is when I realized there computer science and cyber since 2008 and as chairman for one year, was a problem,” said Richardson. security. Richardson was present on the board when To counter this, Richardson helped create An opportunity for Ray Tensing shot and killed Sam Dubose the UC Scholars Academy bridge program increased education may during a traffic stop in July 2015, and was with Hughes STEM High School, which hold the key to combating chairman during the Ray Tensing trial. focuses on college readiness and leadership cyber security risks. After Dubose’s death, the university made development for students “with the drive and “Federal grants need drastic changes to its policing practices, potential, but lacking opportunity,” according to help universities including hiring an independent monitor to Richardson. pay computer science and training UC cops to ensure the tragedy Similarly, Cincinnati’s heroin problem professors more because does not happen again, according to must also be addressed with innovation. they have a much higher Richardson. Richardson believes that a heroin crisis monetary incentive to work “All you can do is be transparent and open,” correlates to lack of opportunities and jobs. in the corporate world said Richardson. “We did our best to make A Richardson regime would address the root instead of teaching the sure our voices were heard.” of the problem by providing access to jobs next cyber generation of The university is currently being and opportunities, said Richardson. programmers,” said Sell. investigated for allegations of a sexually The current Cincinnati government In regards to potential hostile environment. “majors in minor arguments,” according to effects on the incoming University records reveal more than 400 Richardson. administration, there was Title IX complaints were filed in 2015, One example of this is over the expansion significant doubt from according to a recent article in The Enquirer. of the streetcar to uptown. “The Streetcar students. Only four individuals were found is here to stay,” said Richardson. The better “Trump’s rhetoric towards responsible and disciplined for committing question is how to get the most out of the Putin has consisted of only physical abuse or harm, which is the charge situation.