THE NEWS RECORD WELCOME BACK GUIDE FALL 2021 MEET THE NEW LEADERS OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT Page 3 CALHOUN HALL RENOVATION UNDERWAY Page 5 HOW UC ATHLETES PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH Page 8 95744_01_NewsRecord.indd 1 8/16/21 9:48 AM PAGE 2 FALL 2021| NEWSRECORD.ORG GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING THIS FALL SEMESTER Joseph Frye Life & Arts Reporter of-hearing children learning how to speak. Designs by DAAP students will After more than a year of social be modeled by OVV students, staff and distancing and zoom meetings, in- community members. In addition to ABOUT person events at the University of the fashion show, there will be a silent Cincinnati (UC) have fi nally returned. auction and raffl es. From fashion to football, there is no THE shortage of events for the UC community Prices vary, 5 p.m., Fowling Warehouse, to enjoy this fall. Tickets at ohiovalleyvoices.givecloud.co. For many more events, join UC’s Oct. 8 – 10: Family GUIDE CampusLink and check back at Weekend newsrecord.org for our weekly “Get out Bearcat families will once again gather and do something.” on campus this October for UC’s annual Stories in the Family Weekend. On Oct. 8, families Events are subject to change due to fall Welcome can watch UC football take on Temple pandemic protocol. University at Nippert Stadium. On Oct. Back Guide 9, the university will have an array of were produced Sept. 4: UC Football vs. events for families to attend, including Miami Doughnuts with the Dean, where by staff at The The Bearcats will return to Nippert families can meet the dean of students. News Record – Stadium for their fi rst game of the the independent season to take on Miami University of Prices, locations and times vary. Ohio in the Battle for the Victory Bell. student news Due to last year’s social distancing Enter promo code “UCFAMILY2021” for organization at guidelines, this will be the fi rst time discounted UC vs. Temple tickets at since the 2019-2020 season that all gobearcats.evenue.net. the University of 40,000 seats in Nippert will be fi lled. Cincinnati. Nov. 1 – 6: Homecoming This season, a limited number of free Week student tickets will become available After many of last year’s events had to on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis the be canceled, Homecoming Weekend Editor-in-Chief: Monday before each home game. Once will be back again this October. The they are sold out, tickets may become David Rees university will host events for students available for $15. to participate in throughout the week, starting on Nov. 1. Editors and $15, 3:30 p.m., Nippert Stadium, Tickets Reporters: at gobearcats.com/students. The week will close on Nov. 6 with Emma Balcom, the Homecoming Parade before the Quinlan Bentley, Sept. 16: UC Volleyball vs. Bearcats take on the University of Tulsa. Xavier The Homecoming King and Queen will Joí Dean, Joseph UC women’s volleyball will return to Fifth be announced during halftime. Frye, Kathleen Third Arena for their second home game Hornstra, Katy of the season against crosstown rival, $15, Nippert Stadium, Tickets at McAfee and Xavier University. No ticket is required. gobearcats.com/students. Owen Racer. Free, 6:30 p.m., Fifth Third Arena. Dec. 11: UC Basketball vs. Xavier Cover Photo: Sept. 23: L(OVV)E Amplifi ed The 89th annual Crosstown Shootout Stephanie Fashion Show will take place once again at Xavier Scarbrough Ohio Valley Voices (OVV) will once again University's Cintas Center. partner with UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) This will be the fi rst Crosstown Shootout Design: to put on the L(OVV)E Amplifi ed Fashion with UC men’s basketball’s new head Madelyn Holman Show. coach, Wes Miller. The program will raise money for Time to be determined, Cintas Center, Advisor: organizations that aid deaf and hard- tickets at xavier.evenue.net. Robert Jonason 95744_01_NewsRecord.indd 2 8/16/21 9:48 AM FALL 2021 | NEWSRECORD.ORG PAGE 3 MEET THE NEW LEADERS OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT Katy McAfee Features Editor need to be a member to ask for help. On March 5, President April Gable TNR: One of your initiatives is a ‘UC ABOUT and Vice President Taylor Allgood Re-Envisioned’ plan, which includes were elected to the University of implementing a spirit rock on campus. Cincinnati’s (UC) Undergraduate Student Can you tell me about that? Government (SG). Gable is a fourth THE year, studying communications and Gable: That is my passion project. I interdisciplinary studies. Allgood is a have been wanting the spirit rock since third year, studying international affairs I started my campaign for senator-at- and political science, with minors in large, and it's been a tough battle, not GUIDE French and women, gender and sexuality going to lie. We are currently working studies. The pair broke barriers as an with PNC to see if the rock is available all-female slate and promises to lead a to be placed on campus. From what we platform centered around diversity and found with our platform, some initiatives inclusion, sustainability, school spirit, will be completed by the end of the mental health and accessibility. 2022 school year and others will be completed by our graduation in 2023. The News Record (TNR): How can The spirit rock sadly is looking like that students benefit from SG and what will be with the 2023 initiatives. Our resources does SG have to offer? goal is to have a spirit rock because it is in our alma mater. It says, ‘a fountain of Gable: Within our SG we have so many eternal youth, a tower of strength, a rock different types of positions. We have of truth.’ directors that are in charge of specific areas of our campus [such as] veteran Allgood: It's so easy to meet with affairs, sustainability, campus services, different offices and promise to and so on and so forth that students can implement [initiatives] as long as it's reach out to ask [questions] or say, ‘hey I feasible, but, once you get sworn in, have this really great idea.’ there are so many different meetings and little obstacles that you have to go I realized that we wanted to make SG through to make sure that it can really Fourth-year April Gable (left) and third-year Taylor more accessible for students to actually be sustainable and last on campus. use the resource, so we included the, Allgood (right) were elected as student body president and vice president this past March. ‘your campus, your voice’ request form TNR: Beyond your roles in SG, what do Stephanie Scarbrough | Photo Director on our website. you want the UC community to know about you? important to be involved in domestic Allgood: A common thing that a lot politics as well, but I really love learning of students don't know is that we are Gable: I came into UC wanting to go into about different cultures and learning given a rather large budget every year political science. I said, ‘I'm going to run different languages. I'm more of an to implement different initiatives, external person, I love that aspect of for president in 2052, and that is what projects and events that benefit the getting to work with other countries my life is going to be about.’ And then students. I think it's truly a disservice and traveling. Career wise, I would love when not as many students know I sat in some of my policy classes, and I to work for the United Nations (UN) in about these resources, because we're realized that that is not the career path New York, particularly UN Women. I'm constantly having programming and for me. But, my true passion has always very passionate about gender politics. different things throughout the year that been higher education and working with Outside of school, I'm a very avid writer [are] solely meant to give back to the schools, so I want to pursue a master's and poet. Not many people know that, students. or a PhD in higher education when I'm but I love to write, I’m very much an done with my undergraduate studies, English lover. TNR: How can you encourage more just because I feel like that's my place students to use the resources available to to be. Outside of school, I'm a baton Gable: Also, we’re really open to them? anybody; we want to have an open-door twirler. I absolutely, absolutely love policy and we're trying to have snacks in baton twirling. I've been twirling since I Allgood: The first thing that I think the office as much as possible to invite of is being more approachable as an was about six years old and my biggest people in and have a comforting space. organization. I think oftentimes there's goal, probably of my life for the longest Everything that we hold highly and this big idea that SG [is like a] siloed time was to become a feature twirler. I that our goals are for the betterment of entity. In other words, you have to be in wanted to become a soloist, I wanted to students because at the end of the day, it to feel like you're a part of it. But April become a member of Team USA. we are students, so we get it, we want to and I really want to change that this year be there.