Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval First Democrat in 100 Years to Fill Position

Painkillers Women’s 2 4 Soccer Ohio lawmakers Women’s soccer address opioid problems team faces new spring season THE NEWS RECORD / UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWSRECORD.ORG THURSDAY, APR. 6, 2017 Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval First Democrat in 100 years to fill position MOUNIR LYNCH | STAFF REPORTER Hamilton County court of the court system. This them to participate in system, and Winkler is new technology is also her campaign against Hamilton County Clerk alleged to have hired claimed to have had an Pureval. This leads to of Courts Aftab Pureval, family members and effect on the issue of what a heavily politicized 34, is the first Democrat personal friends into the Pureval claimed to have office that Pureval says to fill the position in over clerk’s office who may not been an unbalanced court he will not tolerate. “I 100 years. The former P&G have been qualified for system under Winkler. told them there would attorney and University their jobs. “I made it a point to meet be no political activity of Cincinnati alum JEAN PLEITEZ | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER It is uncertain whether face to face with most, tolerated whatsoever The CARE/Crawley Building is located on Medical Campus, Monday Jan. 9, isn’t hesitating to make Pureval’s personnel if not all, of the staff,” during work hours,” 2017. some big changes to the changes were related to the Pureval told the Business Pureval said. “All salaries structure of the office. alleged corruption in the Enquirer. “I said change is and promotions will be After five new firings, office, but Pureval claims inevitable. We are changing based on merit alone,” Pureval has issued the he is finished releasing the organization to make Pureval told the Business resignation or dismissal of employees. Hamilton sure it’s efficient and cost Enquirer. Pureval’s zero now 23 staff members in County residents expressed friendly, and in some cases tolerance policy hopes to UC College of the Hamilton County court concern with the previous changes to personnel.” add productivity and a system. clerk office’s spending Very soon after he told the focus on making sure the Pureval defeated former habits and the possibility Business Enquirer about court’s staff has the right Clerk of Courts Tracy of corruption in the office’s this, he announced firings qualifications. Winkler, a Cincinnati elite, Medicine sets workplace and the court of clerk employees. Pureval certainly has in the 2016 election. system it is responsible for. Pureval’s plan to increase brought change to his new Tracy Winkler faced The promise for reform office productivity also department, and only time criticism by opponents helped Pureval defeat the includes a zero tolerance will tell how Hamilton for allegedly giving unfair status-quo in the election policy for political activity County’s court system will funding mark benefits to certain people by nearly 20,000 votes. during work hours in change economically and in the court system. LAUREN STYCZYNSKI | STAFF populations.” The new clerk has the court system. Former politically. REPORTER The previous clerk’s also added revamped Clerk Tracy Winkler was The college received funding in the 2016 fiscal brother and husband Ted technology to the clerk’s discovered to have emailed In the 2016 fiscal year, the year from four main Winkler served in the office to improve the flow court employees, asking UC College of Medicine held $115.8 million in sources: $94 million from research grant monies, federal sources, $1.8 an increase of 30 percent million from industry, $18.9 from the fiscal year of million from non-profit 2015. Also, UCCOM faculty agencies and $783,633 from submitted 605 proposals the state of Ohio. with a 31 percent approval Graduate students rating, which is the highest get stipends from the within the past three years university, and this (even though there was increase in funds is all similar submission rates). good news for them. Dr. Melanie Cushion is the “Graduate students senior associate dean for interested in any or all of research at UCCOM. She these aspects of medical expressed that, essentially, research can be supported it means we are getting in laboratories funded recognition at every stage by the NIH and other of the research process. funding agencies that will With the average success support their research, of a university attaining but also expose them National Institutes of to the larger picture of Health (NIH) approval their contributions to the being at 10 percent, this healthcare environment,” would be considered good said Dr. Cushion. luck by the UC College of This is also exciting for Medicine. undergraduate students “[We were] fortunate wanting to get involved in to receive some large research because “sufficient grants this last fiscal year funding of laboratories and combined with our opens up opportunities for above average success undergraduate students of attaining NIH funding alongside graduate speaks to the talents of students and medical our faculty,” she said. “The trainees,” according to Dr. diversity of the funding Cushion, adding that this portfolio at the college blend of inter-disciplinary of medicine supports all talents “bodes well for the the stages of the disease education of all involved.” cure pipeline starting However, even though with the discovery phase, there is plenty of funding which identifies molecular going through the college targets and pathways of medicine, prospects through analysis of big don’t look so great for data sets or bench science; future graduate students. the translational phase, “To be honest, we, as a which tests the safety nation, must be clear in and efficacy in animal our priorities. The United models; clinical research, States is a beacon for which tests the candidate medical research, graduate drugs or interventions in education and medical and humans; and outcomes resident trainees. To remain research, which studies the as a research-intensive implementation of changes country that continuously in the processes of health contributes new cures and care delivery and its effects disease interventions to on patients. The ultimate the U.S. and the world, we goals of this pipeline are to must have the committed ideally lead to more cures support of our politicians in diseases that plague and fellow Americans. humans, such as heart Such support will provide disease, strokes, cancer the training the U.S.’s next PHOTO PROVIDED BY FACEBOOK generation of scientists, Hamilton Country Clerk of Courts, Aftab Pureval. and infections, but also to improve the delivery of physicians and healthcare health care to susceptible providers,” she said. Bearcats must bring in transfers to become the next Gonzaga JASON SZELEST | STAFF REPORTER the third time in five years that very patient with their recruiting. transferred from North Carolina Caupains that Cronin constantly OPINION they earned a top-two seed in the Instead of settling for second- State. gets are needed – just as Przemek Gonzaga University played big dance. tier prospects, they wait for the Next year, Washington will be Karnowski, who spent five in their first ever national The only other mid-major since first-tier prospects who become joined by fellow transfer Cane years in Gonzaga’s program, championship game on Monday. 2000 to demonstrate that kind of unhappy with their current Broome, who somewhat single- was a huge piece in Gonzaga’s Coming from the West Coast dominance on their way to the situation. handedly kept the second unit dominant season. Conference, which is coined a championship was the University For the most part, Cincinnati close throughout most of the However, they need to be “mid-major” conference, simply of Memphis, which is located has done the opposite, with the Bearcats’ Red-Black Scrimmage. paired with explosive talents that getting to the final game was in a recruiting hot-bed and was majority of their roster being Broome’s offensive ability was Cincinnati is unable to get on the quite an accomplishment. coached at the time by recruiting comprised of low four-star and often able to poke holes in the first attempt. Only three other teams have wizard John Calipari. high three-star prospects who nation’s eighth-best defense Essentially a college basketball made it to the title game playing Cincinnati and head coach signed with the Bearcats out of in opponent’s points per game free agency, transfers have in non-power five conferences Mick Cronin have been good in high school. during that scrimmage, and he become the key for any mid- this century, and two of them recruiting, but they simply do While Gary Clark, Troy will provide a huge boost to the major to find sustainable, top- either had previous experience not have the resources to pull Caupain and Jacob Evans are Bearcat offense next year. level success. playing in a big conference or in five-star recruits on a regular solid players, not one of them The Gary Clarks and Troy currently play in one. basis and follow the mold that is a star who can lead UC to a Both those schools, the Memphis used. championship. University of Connecticut So, if they want to become Cincinnati struggled with and Butler University, were national title contenders, they Southern Methodist University Cinderella stories, with neither must follow the Gonzaga method. this year, in large part due to entering the tournament higher While there is something to be their inability to stop Semi than a No. 5 seed. said about bringing a player in Ojeleye, the former five-star They still fit the mid-major as a freshman and coaching him prospect who transferred from billing of mediocrity, but simply up through the years, three of the Duke.

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