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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Reclaim the Fame JUSTIN HILES | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER pg. 4 | Bird versus Lime: pg. 5 | Best roommate pg. 10 | Opinion: SG needs Which scooter is best? horror stories this year a reality check October 10, 2018 | newsrecord.org NEWS Page 2 1819 Innovation Hub celebrates grand opening MITCHELL PARTON | NEWS EDITOR talent,” Adams said. “That’s Those ideas may birth happening here. We’ve got blueprints for new startup The 1819 Innovation Hub a place that’s within a mile business models, Adams officially opened its doors of campus where companies said, and the 1819 Hub can Friday with a grand opening are collaborating with our help students to start those celebration and ribbon- students and our faculty as well. cutting ceremony. around innovative solutions “Right down the hall here, The new building, to the problems that they [students] can go to our located on Reading Road have.” venture lab and actually near the 71 Interchange Adams said the freshman work with other students, onto Martin Luther King class of nursing students as well as the University of Drive, houses space for was at the hub one month Cincinnati, other partners students to connect and ago to learn how to use the we have here and the collaborate with businesses. makerspace on the first community, to bring those Current partners with floor. That space includes startups to life,” Adams said. spaces in the building 3D printers, a wide-format Cincinnati Mayor John include Kroger, Procter & printer, laser cutters and Cranley said the new Gamble, Cincinnati Bell other tools for product building and the Innovation and CincyTech, as well as creation, according to UC’s Corridor surrounding it will other local corporations and website. be a driving force in making The sukkah outside of McMicken was meant as a symbol of the Jewish holiday Sukkot. MITCHELL PARTON | NEWS EDITOR nonprofits. Adams used the nursing Cincinnati a destination for University of Cincinnati students as an example new talent. President Neville Pinto was of how the space can “When I think about how What was that giant wooden the opening speaker at the transform product ideas we are going to grow this event. He discussed how the into reality. city way after I’m gone, it hub will create collaborative “We have nursing students will be tied — more than spaces for dreamers and with all kinds of ideas for probably anything else — to hut in front of McMicken? disruptors to meet and new products,” Adams said. the R&D capacity of our share ideas. “Now, they can come to community, and the driver DAVID REES | STAFF REPORTER said Ann Weinstein, assistant director of “This is a building, in the ground floor and bring of that is UC,” said Cranley. the Cincinnati Hillel. “There are Hillels, or my view, with infinite those ideas to life.” Students, faculty and staff at the Jewish student centers, all over campuses possibilities,” Pinto said. “It University of Cincinnati may have noticed a around the country.” will serve as the region’s large wooden structure standing in front of Weinstein also stressed the educational destination for thinking, McMicken Hall last week. merit of the project for involved DAAP making, doing, discovery The hut, called a sukkah, was built as students. and delivery.” part of a graduate architecture class in “The project was a great experience for Pinto highlighted the collaboration with Judiac studies professors [the students] to learn to work, design and importance of the space in and local Jewish leadership. build for a client and for something that creating a stronger modern DAAP students Hanan Al-Timimi, Micaela they knew nothing about,” said Weinstein. workforce for Greater Becker, Kelsey DePolo, JaNae Edwards, Students submitted their designs to a Cincinnati. Chandler Philpott and Chris Robie created panel of judges that selected which design “In our 21st century the structure with the help of Judiac studies to construct. The panel consisted of Allison economy, talent is king, and professor Craig Perry. Schottenstein and Craig Perry, professors we must always remember The sukkah, a temporary shelter covered of Judiac studies; Mike Jacobsohn, local that talent has many in natural materials, is a symbol of the architect; Ben Chaidell, rabbi of the choices,” Pinto said. “The Jewish holiday Sukkot — a harvest festival Adath Israel congregation; and Tom Bible, 1819 Innovation Hub and that commemorates when Jewish people associate professor of architecture. the innovation district will traveled through the desert to reach the Judges ultimately selected Hanan Al- attract and retain talent promised land in the Old Testament. Timimi’s design. Students were given two to lead us into the bold Today, Jewish communities around the weeks to build the sukkah and construct it tomorrow on a pathway world build sukkahs outdoors to remember on McMicken Commons before the holiday chartered by our Next Lives how God protected their ancestors in of Sukkot, which was celebrated from Sept. Here strategic direction.” the harsh desert. The sukkah is a central 24-30, the seven days of Sukkot, as well as Chief Innovation Officer component to many Jewish rituals and two additional holy days. David J. Adams said prayers honoring elements of nature. Weinstein noted the significance and Pinto challenged him Perry taught his students about the holiday benefit of putting up such a structure on approximately one year ago of Sukkot and what makes a sukkah UC’s campus. It was unique, she said, to create a new front door kosher. Professor Vincent Sansalone gave that anyone on campus could walk by to the university. Thus, the the students two weeks to design their own the sukkah, go inside and read about the 1819 Innovation Hub was sukkah. holiday of Sukkot. born. The students had to follow a given set of “For Jewish students at UC, we hope it “We live in an era today rules. The sky had to be visible through the created a sense of belonging for them,” where talent has choices, roof of each structure, and students could Weinstein said. “The sukkah was a great proximity matters and only use three walls for each sukkah. opportunity to teach the greater campus of innovation is the new “As none of the [DAAP] students were the holiday. It was amazing that this was put currency — the currency The 1819 Innovation Hub opened its doors Friday and welcomed Jewish, this was a great opportunity for up in a campus that is not overwhelmingly to attract, retain and grow students and businesses to the creative makerspace. PROVIDED BY DAVID ADAMS them to learn about the Jewish culture,” Jewish.” Page 3 NEWS October 10, 2018 | newsrecord.org Community encouraged to ‘Mind What Matters’ after series of car break-ins MITCHELL PARTON | NEWS EDITOR associated with them. new lighting and we’ve phone chargers and loose Parking Services sent touched almost every change. Sometimes, people University of Cincinnati a notification to all facility,” Violet said. “We will break in for things as Parking Services and passholders that evening, can work to try to increase simple as that.” Public Safety offices are reminding them to that safety and security, but Parking garages are encouraging students, safeguard their belongings unfortunately, you can’t get regularly monitored by both faculty and staff to and leave valuables out of rid of all risk — especially Parking Services and Public safeguard their belongings sight. with crimes of opportunity Safety. Maintenance, field after a thief broke into 25 Although the university like this.” services and enforcement cars on campus last week. works to make its garages Incidents like the one last staff from Parking Services The University of safe, UC is not liable for any week may be covered under are in garages from Cincinnati Police property damage or theft a student’s personal renters’ 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m., Department (UCPD) to vehicles in on-campus insurance or their parents’ and UCPD monitors the responded to a call at parking garages, said homeowner’s insurance, if spaces around the clock. approximately 3 a.m. Kendra J. Violet, director of applicable. All garages are checked Wednesday, Oct. 3, after a parking services. Public Safety launched a randomly by officers as part passerby spotted a suspect “Ultimately, it’s the new awareness campaign, of their regular patrols. breaking into cars in the individual’s responsibility “Mind What Matters,” this Despite last week’s University Avenue parking to ensure the safety of their semester. It aims to curb the incident, Violet feels garage. Officers discovered own property,” Violet said. typical increase in theft and confident about the safety 25 vehicles with broken “The university, whether it burglary at the beginning of of UC’s parking garages. windows and reported that be public safety or parking, every school year. In an annual survey, one vehicle was stolen from works to elevate safety with “One of the components of permanent passholders the garage. things like help phones in that is making sure you’re gave the university’s Because the incident the garages, security being locking your car, making garages high marks in was early in the morning, there on a regular basis and sure you’re not leaving your terms of safety, she said. UCPD was unable to alert lighting.” windows rolled down and “We ask about our the garage’s passholders, The university recently making sure you’re not performance on 11 different as Parking Services was installed new lighting in all leaving anything visible factors, one of them being unavailable when the seven garages on campus in your car,” said Kelly safety,” Violet said. “Safety crime took place.