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Taco Tuesday Football Spring 3 4 Game What are the best UC Bearcat football places to go team prepares for on Taco their spring game Tuesday? THE NEWS RECORD / UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWSRECORD.ORG THURSDAY, APR. 13, 2017 UC Women’s basketball players’ voices are left unheard DAVID WYSONG | SPORTS EDITOR Now, I know that I am not athletes – meaning they’re still Bohn won’t be playing there, but the discussion before the decision OPINION athletic and I am not a woman, practically getting what they I bet you can guess who can be was made, and maybe they all By now, many people know so I’m not sure what my opinion signed up for. involved in the discussion. Yes, came to an agreement. Maybe I’m that the University of Cincinnati means in the grand schemes of This shows the value the school Bohn and Elliott – not the players. wrong. women’s basketball team will things, but since we can’t hear has on the men’s team compared So, the women are being told But these women of UC deserve play at St. Ursula Academy next the women’s voices you will hear to the women, who work just they must play in a gym that I more. year while their home court, mine. as hard as the men – juggling assume they don’t want to play They deserve a better venue to Fifth Third Arena, goes under I would feel cheated. class, practices, games and other in, and they are not allowed to play in, they deserve to be more renovations. When high school athletes are obligations student-athletes voice their frustrations. appreciated and they deserve the The News Record published a recruited by college programs, have – but are being placed into a Maybe the athletic department opportunity to have their voices column on Monday, showing the one factor many consider are venue they don’t deserve. did bring the players in during heard. perks of playing at St. Ursula facilities. Many have called this a Title next season, but there was one When Cincinnati players chose IX violation, despite a formal important factor overlooked – to be Bearcats, they chose Fifth complaint not yet being made. how do the players feel? Third Arena, a venue that holds UC athletic director Mike Bohn We don’t know. 13,000 fans and was constructed said that looking at this case TNR attempted to reach out to specifically for Division I college as a Title IX violation would players with hopes of hearing athletes. be misplaced, according to the their responses to playing at a Playing in Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati Enquirer. high school next season – while isn’t possible next season, so the “We believe we can create a the men bask in the glory of a women should get the next best competitive advantage in there Division I college venue at BB&T thing. based on the size and the setup,” Arena – but our wishes were Instead, they will play on a Bohn said. “It’s a facility that respectfully declined because court with only around 1,000 is close to campus and as least the school’s athletic department seats, which was constructed intrusive as possible.” “would like to not involve specifically for high school Lastly, I would feel unfairly our student-athletes in this athletes. constrained. discussion.” I would feel undervalued. This ties back to the beginning, The most important constituents Compared to Fifth Third Arena, where the athletic department in this situation are being left out the men will be playing in a said they did not want the players of the discussion. smaller venue next season but to be involved in the discussion. will still be playing in a venue UC head coach Jamelle Elliott I can tell you how I would feel if DAVID GIFREDA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER I were these ladies. made for Division I college will not be playing at St. Ursula, Brandey Tarver (13) takes a jump shot against East Carolina on Saturday January 21, 2017. Political dog whistling FRANCIS SHUCKEROW | CONTRIBUTOR climate of the time. In Institutionalists are broader institution in an infamous interview, interested in making mind. “Institutions don’t Kevin Samy, a former Republican Party strategist sure institutions are give a damn about advisor to Barack Obama, Lee Atwater discussed representative of one’s people’s feelings, they and Chris Roessner, an Iraq using coded racial appeals ideas, while looking at the want movements which War veteran and soon to be instead of overt racist overall effectiveness of the drive policy change,” said producer of “Sand Castle,” language. In a modern institutions, said Roesnner. Roesnner. spoke about political dog setting, this includes This means instead of Overall, both speakers whistling at UC. phrases such as “family taking your own feelings emphasize that in order to In politics, “dog whistling” values,” “America first” or and turning them into successfully execute the is the art of coding divisive “free speech,” said Samy. policy, combating dog dog whistle project, we sentiment in harmless “When Milo Yiannopoulis whistle politics requires must be institutionalists terms. It is called this says, ‘I am just exercising looking at America as an rather than ideologues. because when dog whistles my free speech,’ most institution, said Roesnner. The first thing that are blown, dogs hear it, FILE ART people would agree with Furthermore, both Samy students can do to but people don’t. Dog free speech,” said Samy. and Roessner stress the recognize and combat whistling is used to allow dog whistling is to “lean “non-divisive terms to into what people say, motivate us around divisive We have to remind ourselves that translating that into what UC Title IX Oice ideas.” The goal behind it means,” said Roesnner. disputes can exist and can be dog whistling is to “widen “In the most basic sense, the gap between culture awkward, but they are essential for calling out bulls---t, just and politics…the reality democracy being clear, checking being that often time this partisanship at the door still seeks new KEVIN SAMY is done with racist appeals” and getting to the issues.” and it is important to note Aditya Roy-Chaudhury, that “Both parties use president of the UC dog whistling as a way “This is used to pull importance of the need Democrats, stressed the coordinator to maneuver underneath reasonable people further to have a dissent with importance of education. policies,” said Samy. JUSTIN REUTTER | NEWS EDITOR that, they simply request and further into the right- purpose, not just for “Just get people educated, Samy and Roessner wing tent.” dissent’s sake. get the conversation help transferring out of showed a famous Coke The University of that class, for example. We Part of combating dog “We have to remind started, more and more advertisement from Cincinnati Title IX Office want to respect how people whistling is not falling prey ourselves that disputes can people want to be involved. the 1970s, depicting is “back to square one” choose to move forward, to ideological thinking, said exist and can be awkward, The best way that we can a community united on hiring a new Title we are doing what we can the two. but they are essential for keep this momentum going IX coordinator, said on our end.” regardless of race, sex or Ideologues are interested democracy,” said Samy. is by constantly having Vice President of Equity Co-President of Students religion. in identity alone and are However, the approach events, having programs and Inclusion Bluezette for Survivors Grace But this is widely different mostly driven by feelings should be based on that get people educated.” Marshall. Cunningham thinks this is from the real political and shared experiences. operating with the Interim Coordinator ridiculous. Karla Phillips has led the “If survivors are not office since the departure pursuing the cases, then of Title IX Coordinator Jyl that should raise quite an Schaffer in 2016. alarm,” said Cunningham. A new coordinator should “Survivors don’t want to be hired before the start go through that process of the 2017 academic year, because they don’t want to said Marshall. be re-traumatized and then “The candidates we have their perpetrator still have received have been get away with it because unqualified,” said Marshall. the university doesn’t care.” “In the meantime, we’ll be Most survivors do not reaching out to individuals pursue disciplinary action at other colleges and because they fear that universities for a more the university doesn’t targeted recruitment effort.” support them, and the Candidates have largely process simply serves to been unqualified up to this re-traumatize them, said point due to several factors, Cunningham. but largely [there is] a lack “A lot of it is out of fear. of experience doing the job Most survivors know their at a campus the size of UC, assailant, and it is a bit of said Marshall. a scary prospect to look at UC also plans to expand down the line,” said Student the Title IX Office’s Body Vice President capabilities to investigate Dana Drage. “Also, a lot Title IX complaints by next of students have heard year, said Marshall. This through the grapevine how could look like growing the the services have been office or “leveraging the at the university and are community” to assist the afraid to pursue it because office. Marshall said she of that too.” was unsure what the latter One of the demands for could look like. the university was to create In December, UC came a centralized website listing under investigation the resources available for a “sexually hostile for survivors.

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