Recently appointed director making changes to previously plagued veteran services, programs. Student veterans welcome changes, faster services. jAMIE MAIER CONTRIBUTOR

Since Jack Johnson’s appointment as program director of Veter-ans’ Program and Services, the program has taken steps to combat previous ineffi ciencies in the offi ce.

In the past nine moths, Johnson has hired program coordinator Anthony Louderback and plans to have a third certifying offi cial on board by mid-September.

The program also is fortunate to have Veterans’ Administration representative Jill Cochran who will be working full time on cam-pus starting Sept. 3, Jackson said.

Her presence on campus will greatly alleviate the VA applica-tion process, as she will serve as a direct contact in the VA — mak-

ing UC the third university in Ohio to have a VA rep on campus and one of only 32 in the U.S.

The primary objective “boils down to the veterans and the school getting paid” by creating a veteran friendly program, John-son said.

The average veteran is a non-traditional student — typically in their mid to late 20s and often with a family.

Josh Smith, a third-year law graduate student and representa-tive to the UC Board of Trustees, has seen the positive changes fi rst hand. Smith joined the Army in January 2008 during his second year at Ohio University and was deployed in July 2009 to Afghanistan.

“Since coming to UC in 2011, I noticed incredible changes in the veterans services program. I came to the campus along with an upsurge of other veterans, and consequently there were backups in processing that caused substantial delays,” Smith said.

UC has had diffi culty in the past with registering veterans in a timely manner. The problem has been compounded by an in-

County happy with partnership, pairs students with foster children to increase odds of college attendance. SAM MORREN CONTRIBUTOR

The University of Cincinnati and the Board of Hamilton County Commissioners — on behalf of The Department of Job and Family Services — renewed the Higher Education Mentoring Initia-tive for another year Aug. 1.

HEMI is a partnership between Hamilton County, Hamilton County Job and Family

Services, the University of Cincinnati, Cincin-nati State Technical and Community College and Great Oaks.

The program seeks to bridge the hardships foster children face once they leave state protec-tion, which often consist of increased jail time, homelessness and increased diffi culty in obtain-ing a college education.

“Foster kids are really the responsibility of those of us in government,” said Greg Hartmann, Hamilton County commissioner and a founding partner of the HEMI program, which started in 2009.

After fi ve years, HEMI helps people like Mari-ah Maxwell, who graduated from UC in 2012.

Maxwell, a fi rst-generation college student,

earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.

Maxwell’s achievements — earning two bacca-laureate degrees in three years — are of particu-lar signifi cance. She was part of a demographic that has a high dropout rate in high school.

She entered the Hamilton County foster care system when she was 10 years old and lived with 11 different foster families.

However, in her senior year of high school, her caseworker told her about HEMI. She became the fi rst college graduate out of the HEMI part-nership.

“The partnership of the University of Cincin-nati is critical to HEMI’s success and we’re fortunate to have their ongoing support and com-mitment to the program,” Hartmann said.

HEMI helps prepare foster children for post-secondary education. As UC students settle in to their fall semester routine, the initiative wants to recruit, train and support mentors to establish long term, positive relationships with foster care youth like Maxwell.

“Despite the challenges that foster youth face on the path to adulthood, the students in the HEMI program are proving that encouragement and hard work can lead to a successful career and a bright future,” Hartmann said.

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New provost at UC excited to be a part of university on the rise. Admits continuing growth will be largest challenge, looking forward to tackling challenge, engaging communityRYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

Beverly Davenport-Sypher like a challenge. In her new role as Provost at the University of

Cincinnati, she said, that challenge will be to con-tinue the momentum the university has enjoyed in the past decade, and she is up to that challenge.

She took the position of chief academic offi cer at a university that has seen enrollment growth nine of the last 10 years with the most academical-ly talented entering class in the university’s history.

“What the institution has accomplished in the last three to fi ve years, it’s impressive.

“The excitement and the momentum and the upward trajectory … that has been broadly com-municated and anyone who looks at the university can see that. And you can feel it,” Davenport said.

“I want to be a part of something on the move, something that has high aspirations.”

For Davenport, her job is simple: continue to advance and make the university as academically attractive as possible.

Davenport, who served as the vice provost for faculty affairs at Purdue University before taking the UC job, said much of the work is drawing quali-fi ed, talented and engaging faculty members.

“Our fi rst responsibility is to students and faculty. Faculties are the frontline to our students. We have an obligation to our students and to the state Ohio and a big part of that mix is to recruit the best faculty for our students to work with you and provide you the opportunity to expand your learning opportunities while you’re here.

“We can’t do without hiring and retaining faculty and creating an environment were faculty want to be and where students want to be. I will be on that message. I will stick to that message,” Davenport said.

While she is focused intensely on improving academics at UC she said it’s important to keep things fun.

“It needs to be fun,” she said. “I don’t think we should separate that. We don’t want to go to places that aren’t fun and exciting. We need to continue to build that sense of pride.”

Although she is still getting acclimated to her

new job — she admits she still occasionally gets lost — she said she is excited about having the op-portunity to jump right in to the job.

“I want to be present on this campus. I want to be involved in the fabric of this institution. I want to do all I can to help it move forward and create that success that we all would like to see,” Davenport said.

At Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting she thanked President Santa Ono for involving her in the selection of a permanent dean of the College of Pharmacy.

Before she took the position, President Ono, her new boss served as provost.

After he was appointed president, the university started an extensive national search that Daven-port called “exhausting.”

She said she is excited to work with her new boss.

“You couldn’t have asked for a better partner, a better mentor, a better leader,” Davenport said.

While her leadership won’t be as in your face as Ono’s — who has a reputation as a prolifi c tweeter—she wants to be heavily involved on and around campus.

“Managing that impression of being a fun, hot, whatever word you want to use, that’s all of our jobs to do that,” Davenport said. “We need to make that real so it’s not just a tagline.”

University preparing to launch safety initiative. UC President Santa Ono talks policies, strategy. Police work together to reduce crime around campus.BEN GOLDSCHMIDT NEWS EDITOR

On and off-campus safety has never been more of a priority than it is now for the University of Cincinnati.

UC President Santa Ono met with the President’s Campus Safety Committee Wednesday to discuss bringing new, intuitive safety initiatives to fruition for the coming years.

The University of Cincinnati Police Department and the Cincin-nati Police Department are merging databases to better predict and pinpoint crimes on and off campus, making it easier to plan patrols to prevent crime in the future.

The database includes a map of crime hotspots and a calendar of when crimes generally occur. As more data is collected and cross-referenced, offi cers will be able to prepare to reduce crime in coming years more effi ciently and effectively, said Robin Engel,

director of the Institute of Crime Science. “One of the things you can do is you can click on a particular

month and then see what it is specifi cally that is driving that month’s crime,” Engel said. “So you can look back and say, okay well we had a spike in January, well where was it, what was it, how many crimes … so that we can be smarter. So we won’t have to just say, oh it’s because the students are back. We can fi gure out what’s really driving this.”

In the past three years, crime has spiked consistently with the academic calendar, Engel said, meaning certain crimes occur more or less during certain times of UC’s schedule.

Simply knowing when and where crimes generally occur isn’t everything. Interim UC Police Chief Jeff Corcoran said patrols could be on every corner and crime would still occur, but having a system like this to focus offi cers will help.

“I’ve been a police offi cer for over 25 years, this is the fi rst time I’ve ever seen any data to tell me what actually works,” Corcoran said.

Ono wants his committee to think about what it will take to sustain this program and said he is willing to increase funding if

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PHIL DIDION PHOTO EDITORThe new chief academic offi cer at the University of Cincinnati is excited to start her new job. She said she has been blown away by the support and friendliness she has been shown since arriving on campus. Getting to know students and faculty is among the things she is looking forward to, along with working with President Santa Ono.

FILE ARTNew director of Veterans’ Program and Services Jack Johnson is taking steps to expedite veteran registration and make the university more friendly for former service members. Student veterans’ seeing real results.

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In 2014, University of Cincinnati employees’ medical plans will look much diff erent than they do now. Elizabeth Aumann, director of benefi ts at UC, announced the benefi t changes are in response to the current health care environment, mainly because of the Aff ordable Care Act. She said the changes will ensure that the plans are sustainable. “UC employees and their dependents will continue to receive excellent coverage and the plans will continue to be aff ordable,” Aumann said.The university will eliminate its Health Mainte-nance Organization option but will continue its Point of Service plan.The current “First 1000” plan is being replaced by a High Deductible Health Plan, which in-cludes low premiums, an integrated deductible for medical and pharmaceutical costs and the ability to set up a health savings account for future medical bills. UC will begin negotiations with labor organiza-tions where required. The new plans will not aff ect all UC employees.

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The University of Cincinnati made social media headlines this week after PolyMic, a mil-lennial generation news site, ranked UC as the “best bang for the buck.”

The site, which featured a list of 12 colleges, graded each university on starting salaries for graduates, graduation rates and average debt upon graduation.

Washington Monthly, however, did a similar analysis and listed 150 universities. UC did not make that list. That site compared graduation rates, default rates, net prices and the number of students who receive Pell grants.

PolyMic, however, looked at the return on in-vestment students get upon graduation. While UC’s tuition costs and room and board are above the national average, UC graduates earn more upon graduation and receive more Pell grants — Washington Monthly did not gage.

Washington Monthly is a political magazine that’s been around since 1969. It has a search-able College Guide featured on its website that also looks at social mobility, research and service.

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Student government might make elections shorter in hopes of adding more contenders ALEXIS O’BRIEN CHIEF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government tabled a bill that could change the length of SG elections as well as who acts as the Elections Facilitation Committee Chair Wednesday.

“We’ve noticed that in recent years there are only two slates that run,” said student body president Joe Blizzard, “So we really want to get students involved in the process and feel that they can be a part of student government.”

The first change in the bill, if passed, would reduce the length of SG elections from two-and-

a-half weeks to two weeks.“We felt that two-and-a-half weeks was, and

could be, very taxing on students running,” Bliz-zard said. “We wanted to make sure students didn’t decide not to run just because they didn’t have enough time to put towards it.”

The shortened period would mean elections only lasted through one weekend instead of two, a change that SG members hope would give candidates an additional weekend to catch up on missed schoolwork.

The other proposed change would make the student body vice president the chair of the EFC, the committee that manages SG elections. When active during elections, the EFC is chaired by a senator appointed by the speaker of the senate.

In 2012, SG had trouble finding someone to chair the EFC and the election process began about seven weeks later than its members hoped.

“One of the big reasons we want to get started earlier is so that we can hold workshops every

fall semester for students that might potentially be interested in running in the spring,” Blizzard said.

Many senators expressed concern about the vice president’s workload if the responsibilities of a chair were added.

“One of the main concerns I have is burnout,” said Andrew Naab, senator-at-large. “To really be able to put your whole heart and soul into the last part of elections would be great, but we also can’t ensure that.”

Other senators pointed out the benefits of the vice president’s familiarity with elections.

“One thing that’ll lead to is a lot better organi-zation of the EFC in general, for our students and the people running as well,” said Andrew Pfriem, senator at-large.

The enactment bill will go to the Ways and Means Committee — an ad hoc legislative com-mittee that meets to adjust bills when necessary — and will be voted on in a future meeting.

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Arab League criticizes Syrian regime for alleged chemical weapon use. US weighs options, could interveneMCCLATCHEY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON — A United Nations team CAIRO _ The Arab League on Tuesday declared the Syrian regime “fully responsible” for an alleged chemical weapons attack, giving the Obama administration symbolic regional cover to proceed with a punitive offensive that could begin within days.

Two U.S. defense officials, speaking on condi-tion of anonymity so as to discuss sensitive military plans, told McClatchy that military commanders were ready to execute a sea-based strike but were awaiting orders from the White House.

The officials said the attack would be carried out exclusively by the four destroyers currently based in the eastern Mediterranean and would not include airstrikes to supplement the expected missile barrage.

U.S. officials emphasized that any military action would be punishment for the Syrian government’s apparent use of chemical weap-ons, and not an operation to remove President

Bashar Assad. That distinction is important to the Obama administration as it searches for a response that deters Assad from chemical warfare but doesn’t drag the United States into a devastating conflict that’s already spilling across borders and inflaming the Middle East.

Vice President Joe Biden told the American Le-gion National Convention in Houston that there was “no doubt” the Assad regime was responsible for the “heinous use of chemical weapons.”

“Chemical weapons have been used. Everyone acknowledges their use. No one doubts that in-nocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria,” Biden said Tuesday.

Biden, who met with Secretary of State John Kerry for breakfast and also spoke with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, didn’t allude to any specific intervention, but he warned that “those who use chemical weapons against de-fenseless men, women and children should and must be held accountable.”

Limiting military action to punitive strikes is also important to nervous Arab states that al-ready are feeling trickle-down effects of the Syr-ian civil war: huge refugee populations, sectarian flare-ups and the regrouping of al-Qaida-style extremists.

Should Assad be ousted abruptly, all those problems are only expected to metastasize, as no

credible opposition authority is prepared to take charge, according to U.S. military and foreign policy analysts’ assessments.

Pushed by influential Persian Gulf states, the 22-member Arab League issued a strongly worded five-point statement after a two-hour session in Cairo. It called Syria “fully responsible for the ugly crime and demands that all the per-petrators of this heinous crime be presented for international trials.”

There was no discussion at the Arab League about the potential U.S. strike, though the tone of the statement suggested that the possibility of one drove its tough rhetoric.

The league also said the U.N. Security Council should put aside internal differences and pass the “necessary resolutions against the perpetra-tors of this crime,” a reference to a suspected chemical attack a week ago that killed hundreds of Syrians in an eastern suburb of Damascus.

Without directly blaming the Assad regime, Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby said that what happened was a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”

That language echoed the words of Kerry, who twice spoke with Araby by phone Monday, before the league convened.

While the Arab League is generally derided as an ineffectual organization, its tacit endorsement of a U.S.-led strike against Syria is important as

the Obama administration cobbles together a co-alition of Middle Eastern and European allies to avoid the delays and vetoes of trying to authorize action through the Security Council.

While U.S. officials hint of impending action, the timing is proving tricky. Wednesday is un-likely because it would force President Barack Obama into the awkward position of attacking Syria on a day commemorating the nonviolent March on Washington.

Thursday, too, would be problematic because that’s when the British Parliament convenes to discuss a Syria response, and the U.S. is count-ing on British backing.

Then there’s the U.N. General Assembly and the St. Petersburg G8 summit at the end of September, when the Americans might try one final push to get the Russians and other holdouts on board.

At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney de-clined to say whether Obama would seek permis-sion from the United Nations for any potential action on Syria.

“There must be a response,” Carney said. “We cannot allow this kind of violation of an inter-national norm, with all the attendant grave con-sequences that it represents, to go unanswered. What form that response will take is what the president is assessing now with his team.”

One of the largest wildfires in state history impacting tourism, resident’s lives. No expected containment date. LOS ANGELES TIMES

GROVELAND, Calif. — On Day 9, the sweeping Rim fire reshaped lives and topography from pris-tine wilderness areas to a famed national park to mountain communities that could be in the direct line of fire, depending at any moment on which way the wind blew.

In Groveland, Abby Esteres nervously puffed on a cigarette Sunday morning after her first night back in her Pine Lake Mountain home.

“I haven’t been able to eat not knowing if our house burned down or not,” said the 27-year-old housekeeper, who went through a week of evacua-tion. “They’re still not saying we’re in the clear. But it’s better. I ate breakfast for the first time in days.”

Near Tuolumne City, firefighters dug trenches, cleared brush, laid heavy water hoses and started backfires to try to divert the blaze around the town as they had in Groveland.

Flames were visible from some roofs. A base camp in the area could see 2,500 firefighters by Tuesday if the winds continue to push from the southwest, said a fire official. But even as fire-fighters worked furiously to hold a line outside of town, officials warned that this blaze was so hot it could send sparks more than a mile and a half out that could jump lines and start new hot spots.

Evacuation advisories remain in effect for Tuolumne City and nearby areas. On the north edge, the fire — now 134,000 acres — pushed into the Emigrant Wilderness Area and Yosemite National Park.

It’s the one side of the fire with a natural last stand: Eventually it will run into granite walls that have snuffed out fires in this region for centuries. Each day, what the massive blaze does depends on the wind. But officials were par-ticularly attuned to each shift of breeze Sunday

because of the weather’s eerie similarities to the day when the fire first exploded out of control.

Flames from what would become one of Cali-fornia’s largest wildfires in recent history were first spotted on a ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 17 by a plane flying to another small fire. An air team was called in and dropped water until nightfall. “Things looked good. We were feeling we had it pretty much under control,” said Lee Bentley, a spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service. But the next morning an inversion layer as thick as fog kept planes on the ground. In the afternoon, the smoke lifted and the winds kicked in.

“The fire came boiling out, just cooking,” Bent-ley said. “It was so hot it created its own weather. It was like dropping a boulder in a pond; fire spread out in every direction.”

The massive fire presents every challenge: steep slopes, dry fuel, rugged terrain and entire communities possibly in harm’s way. The base camp and incident post, usually a haven outside fire lines, was a prominent example of the fire’s

unpredictability: It’s in the middle of the burn zone, charred land with still-smoldering stumps on both sides.

Along Highway 120, a closed main route to Yosemite National Park, motels, resorts and gas stations were ghostly empty — a testament to all of the waitresses and clerks and housekeepers who have lost rent or tuition money.

Some 25 miles away, Yosemite Valley, the tourist magnet, remained open. At the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had to shut down two of its three hydroelectric power stations because of the fire.

On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown extended a state of emergency to include the county and city of San Francisco. The fire has destroyed nine structures and is threatening thousands more.

At least twice a day, the fire’s command post releases an update for the surrounding commu-nities. On Sunday, like every day before, it said there was not yet an expected containment date.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama tried to reassemble a “coalition of conscience” to take up his economic agenda for the middle class on Wednesday as he honored Martin Luther King Jr. and the marchers who fought for civil rights 50 years ago.

“In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it,” Obama said.

The president spoke at a ceremony commemo-rating the anniversary of the March on Wash-ington for Jobs and Freedom, the 1963 protest that became the most iconic moment of the civil rights movement.

Obama spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where King described his dream of racial equality as many black Americans still struggled to vote.

Thousands marched Saturday on the National Mall to call attention to current civil rights causes.

Obama paid tribute to the 1963 marchers, both King and the “those ordinary people who names never appear in the history books.”

Obama has often cited King as an inspiration and a touchstone. The president’s speeches regu-larly quote King, or crib from his writings.

Obama’s relationship with the civil rights movement and King’s legacy has been complex. Obama, whose mother was white and father Kenyan, has wrestled with this racial identity and his connection to the movement that defined a generation of black political life.

Over the years, legitimate outrage over dis-crimination devolved into “excuse-making for criminal behavior,” Obama said. “What had once been a call for equality of opportunity ... was too often framed as a mere desire for government support. ... As if poverty was an excuse for not raising your child.”

Obama has been criticized for dodging direct conversations about race in America, although he has recently spoken more candidly about the discrimination he sees in the criminal justice system, as well as disparities in education and economics. Obama also has grappled publicly with reconciling King’s teachings on nonviolence — to meet “physical force” with “soul force” — with his role as commander in chief. As he spoke Wednesday, his administration was weighing a missile strike against the government of Syria in response to chemical attack that killed hundreds.

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necessary, though Engel said the current cost-benefit analysis is “right about where [it] should be right now.”

While fiscal limitations need to be kept in mind, Ono said he wants to be strategic about funding the program.

“We don’t want to have a window where we could do something and we don’t,” Ono said.

crease in the number of veterans attending college recently.

This year’s student veteran population is expected to reach 1,750 — the most in the state of Ohio and a record high for UC. With the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, an influx of veterans is seeking higher education and that is causing a longer wait for benefits.

Smith said that his benefits for this year were processed and received on time.

“While there are always issues from time to time in processing paperwork, I believe this new center better equips UC to handle such issues efficiently,” Smith said.

The program is trying to find the best ways to advertise its office to student veterans on campus.

“Education is key,” Johnson said, “We want all students to understand we’re here and to remove all stigma from the previous office.”

Currently, all of the necessary certifying applications, which were previously physical paperwork, are available online on the Veterans Programs and Services website.

Smith agrees the online paperwork has helped alleviate stress from the previous phone or in-person applications.

The electronic process has shaved down time on the university side from eight to 12 weeks to only three to five.

Thanks to a generous donor, the program recently received a $12,000 grant to purchase the

software for a mobile web application giving vet-erans even more access to benefits information.

Changes like these allowed UC to be named a member of “Military Friendly” and ranks in the top 15 percent of universities in 2013. Johnson wants the program to run parallel to other pro-grams across the country.

“We have immeasurable support from the university, president and bursar and registrar’s offices,” Johnson said.

The unlimited support his program receives is pivotal to its success, Johnson said.

Smith and fellow veterans plan on meeting with President Santa Ono in the coming weeks to discuss further changes.

“His dedication continues to be an inspiration, and is a large part of what makes UC such a welcoming place for veterans,” said Smith.

Smith believes that the next issue to address is making veterans more employable.

Johnson plans to continue to streamline the office to better aid veterans. He envisions the program developing into a resource center.

“If the student has a problem, we can fix it or point them in the right direction,” Johnson said.

He plans on incorporating outreach programs and events such as the Hometown Heroes game Sept. 14, in order to allow veterans to feel a stronger connection to the university.

However, Johnson’s primary concerns are still education and the student veterans’ successes.

“We will be great no matter what,” he said.

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Health and fitness group geared toward college-age women makes fitness interesting and enjoyableTIA GARCIA STAFF REPORTER

Every year students struggle to balance work, school and social calendars, all while maintain-ing a healthy lifestyle. This challenge is espe-cially difficult for incoming freshmen, who must adjust to independent living while avoiding the dreaded “freshmen 15.” Luckily, a group of young women at UC have come together to help make the adjustment easier.

Changing Health, Attitudes, and Actions to Rec-reate Girls (CHAARG) is a female health and fit-ness group that aims to help college-aged women balance a healthy lifestyle. The group focuses on finding new ways to work out, understanding the benefits of nutritious foods and creating a sup-port system for fellow fitness enthusiasts.

“Working out can and should be fun,” said Sarah Clem, UC CHAARG ambassador and fourth-year marketing and entrepreneurship stu-

dent. “But living a healthy lifestyle also includes treating yourself right, being mentally healthy and eating right. CHAARG really aims to help girls realize this, which I think we all forget in our hectic college life sometimes.”

CHAARG was founded in January 2012 by Elisabeth Tavierne and Emily Richard, two stu-dents from Ohio State University who wanted to “liberate girls from the elliptical” and change the way women view working out.

Rather than feeling obligated to work out, they wanted women to find fun in fitness. Their idea quickly escalated and what started out with 90 members on one campus now has hundreds of members on five campuses across the U.S.

CHAARG spread to UC’s campus in 2012 and currently has 119 members. Members would meet up and try different workout routines from yoga to running. They even traveled off campus to various exercise studios in the Cincinnati area.

“My favorite thing about CHAARG is the vari-ety it puts in my workouts,” said Jordan Brown, a third-year communication student and CHAARG member. “I love meeting new girls who have the same passion for living a healthy lifestyle as I do.”

This year, CHAARG plans to offer one main event per week along with smaller group work-outs and activities throughout the week. Some of the fitness events planned include Pure Barre, CrossFit training and Tai Chi. The group also plans on hosting a speaker to discuss nutrition with the members.

“I would love CHAARG to reach 200 members this year,” said Clem. “It’s important to make your health a priority and make it part of your lifestyle.”

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Members of CHAARG keep fitness enjoyable by understanding nutrition and finding new ways to work out. The group aims to make living a healthy lifestyle fun and plans to reach out to students each week through diverse events and speakers. CHAARG creates a support system for new and returning students alike, making it easier for them to balance their health with school, work and other activities.

“Living a healthy lifestyle also includes treating yourself right, being mentally healthy and eating right. ”

Obama faced with tough decision regarding another fight in Middle EastMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Behind closed doors in Washington, President Barack Obama and his advisers are planning a strike against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad’s Aug. 21 nerve gas attack against his own people, which Secretary of State John Kerry called “undeniable,” cannot stand.

The U.S. must respond. But it must act in concert with other nations, reflecting the massive violation of international norms this horror rep-resents. And it must temper Americans’ expecta-tions for the result.

If we’ve learned nothing else in more than a decade of war in the Middle East, it’s that the U.S. cannot impose democracy and must face the fact that in some conflicts, there may be no good outcome.

The aim here is to show that the world will not tolerate a government committing unspeakable crimes against its people. The New York Times on Tuesday published a reconstruction of the attack that killed at a minimum hundreds of people, including many children: “Thousands of sick and dying Syrians had flooded the hospitals in the Damascus suburbs before dawn, hours after the first rockets landed, their bodies convulsing and mouths foaming. Their vision was blurry and many could not breathe.” The aftermath was described in excruciating detail, with medical workers trying to figure out how to store piles

of corpses in the heat and Syrians desperately searching for loved ones.

More than 100,000 people are estimated to have died in the 2-year-old civil war, and millions more have been injured or turned into refugees. Through it all, including reports of smaller chemical weapons attacks, Obama refused to be drawn in: The right outcome for U.S. interests, or even Syrians’ in the long run, has been unclear. Obama wisely has narrowed the scope of U.S. entanglement in the Middle East, understanding better than his predecessor our limited ability to change the political direction of the region. But Assad’s massacre of civilians is different.

As Kerry said Tuesday, “This is about the large-scale indiscriminate use of weapons that the civilized world long ago decided must never be used at all, a conviction shared even by countries

that agree on little else.” Obama reportedly is considering launching attacks from the sea on military units directly connected to the massacre. That kind of limited but forceful response could make Assad think twice before repeating his crime against humanity.

But the chances of a positive outcome are vastly greater if America does not go it alone.

Russia and China have veto power in the United Nations, so it is unlikely to act. But the Arab League on Tuesday provided crucial Middle Eastern backing for a Western response, an-nouncing that it blamed Assad for the gas attack. It joins more predictable supporters, Britain and France.

With enough support, including from Arab nations, it’s appropriate for the United States to lead.

Student government lays out plan for upcoming year. JOE BLIZZARD STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT

Ask anyone on campus what has made their University of Cincinnati experience what it is, and you will receive a wide range of answers. What you will find though, is that nearly every answer has one thing in common: the people.

The degrees we offer make us a university. The sports we play make us a Division I college. The awards we receive make us a world-renowned institution. The people though, the people are what make the University of Cincinnati second to none.

The UC experience is unique because of your caring professors, the student-focused adminis-tration, the proud alumni, and your supportive classmates. The beautiful campus and spectacu-lar academics make us a great institution, but the people make this experience unforgettable.

This school year we, Joe Blizzard and Jaclyn Hyde, will be representing you as your Student Body President and Vice President. Our goal is to make your experience here the best that it possibly can be. In order to do that, we need your help. Let us know what you love about campus. Let us know what you think can be improved. No suggestion is unimportant. We will make sure the student voice is heard. In the spring, we ran on a platform of ACCESS (Academics Community Collaboration Safety Sustainability).

We want you to know that we are wholeheart-edly committed to making UC accessible for all

of our students in every way possible. In an effort to make this university as accessible to every student as possible, we have been working over the summer on a few projects that will promote access on campus.

We are hosting a bus trip to the Illinois football game Saturday, Sept. 7. Our goal is to get as many students to Champaign as possible so that we can fill the stadium and cheer our Bearcats to victory. We are also working to promote safe, reliable off-campus housing. Every student should have access to a property that will keep them as safe as possible. Additionally, we are committed to making your dining hall experi-ence the best that it can be by expanding options and providing you with the most valuable meal plans we can.

In closing, we ask for your help to make your UC experience the best that it can be and to truly take UC to the next level.

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What does hottest college in American mean to you?I love Santa. I’m glad he’s so excited about UC. I think of Bearcat pride.

Who is your favorite professor and why?Professor Klug, who taught Music of the Beatles. He’s super chill and played a lot of instruments in class.

What is UC missing?Guest swipes. Bring them back. Sixteen is not enough.

What does hottest college in America mean to you?It means we live in a very humid river valley.

What’s your biggest pet peeve with students?When students who are absent ask if they missed anything.

What is UC missing?We’re missing Greg Hand’s name on all the emails.

What does hottest college in America mean to you?I think it means this is the place to be in terms of having a good time and having a good experience in school.

Who is your favorite professor and why?I don’t even know names. I have an entrepreneur class and [the professor] is pretty cool.

What is UC missing?I don’t even know if I can answer that question. I’m so new.

What does hottest college in America mean to you?[UC’s] got the most stuff going on. [UC’s] got good-looking people here.

Who is your favorite professor and why?Frank Zhou. He’s pretty good at breaking down everything you need to know.

What is UC missing?Better labs.

What does hottest college in America mean to you?That there’s a lot of beautiful people.

Who is your favorite professor and why?James Crowley. You can tell he’s really into what he’s teaching.

What is UC missing?Fans. All around. It’s hot out.

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What does hottest college in America mean to you?Miami University. I’m not too big on [that catch phrase].

Who is your favorite professor and why?Professor Johnson. He makes the lecture interesting in psychlogy.

What is UC missing?We’re missing a lot of frats and soroities. Dancing, joining in and doing community service. I don’t see a lot of that.

Chaz December Reed | Second year | Business Administration

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A new line of sustainable activi-ties are coming to campus this fall, bringing with them an opportunity to obtain a non-credit certificateEMILY BEGLEY COLLEGE LIFE EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati’s Office of Sus-tainability is seeking out green-minded students to participate in a new series of fun and environ-

mentally friendly events in September.“I am excited to be able to provide so many

opportunities for students to dig deeper into sus-tainability topics which they may hear touched upon in class or in the media,” said Claire Sweigart, sustainability coordinator. “We strive to keep our programming relevant and to offer a variety of perspectives on sustainability.”

Attendance to these events can be put toward the new Environmental Literacy Certificate of Achievement, which was put together by the Office of Sustainability and the President’s Advi-sory Council on Environment and Sustainability (PACES).

The non-credit certificate is obtainable by students, faculty and staff who attend a variety of programs held on campus and around Cincin-nati.

“While it won’t appear on transcripts, we think [the certificate] is a way to make participa-tion in our events more formal for students who are looking for that,” Sweigart said.

To be eligible for the certificate, individuals are required to attend four films, five sustainabil-ity suppers, four lectures, three volunteer events and four events of their choice for a total of 20 events, Sweigart said. Participants will be asked to reflect on their experience in an essay after

these qualifications are met. “A lot of students are already coming to our

films, lectures and other events, and we want them to get something more tangible out of their efforts,” Sweigart said.

Events must be registered for in advance in order to earn the certificate. Register on the UC Sustainability page at uc.edu.

“Students who earn the certificate will be rec-ognized on our website, and we think it will look great on resumes too,” Sweigart said.

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Sustainability Film Series | 7 p.m.Beginning Sept. 9 with a documentary about the global waste problem called “Trashed,” the Sustainability Film Series will show films on the silver screen at MainStreet Cinemas.

Greening Cincinnati Candidates’ Forum | 5:30 - 8 p.m.Candidates for mayor and city council will talk about the environment in this candidates’ forum for all ages at Northside Tavern (4163 Hamil-ton Ave.). The audience will also have the chance to ask questions.

Sustainability Supper | 7 p.m.Learn more about the Environmental Literacy Certificate of Achievement over dinner and discuss selected snippets of the Northwest Earth Institute’s “Choices for Sustainable Living.”

PACES Meeting | 12:20 p.m.Learn about projects undertaken by the President’s Advisory Council on Environment and Sustainability (PACES), an organization of students, faculty and staff striving toward sustainability at UC, in Tangeman University Center 425.

UC Garden Fun Day | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Put your green thumbs to the test at the UC Soiled Hands Learning Garden located behind the UC Early Learning Cen-ter (3310 Ruther Ave.).

Bearcat Recycling | 3-11 p.m.Volunteer to help out the Office of Sustainability recycle bottles and cans as they pile up at home football games and on-campus tailgating.

Findlay Market Veggie ValetVolunteer to operate a refrigerated “Veggie Valet” service for shoppers at Findlay Market (1801 Race St.). 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays.

Sustainability Scavenger Hunt Discover how UC is working toward sustainability during a unique scavenger hunt, which will take place all around cam-pus. Clues will be available soon at uc.edu/sustainability.

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With veteran defender Michael Millay out for the season, UC soccer must find a way to out score its opponents in 2013ELLEN HADLEY STAFF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team welcomes 10 new players to the program in hopes of having a winning season and earning the American Athletic Conference’s first confer-ence championship.

This is the team’s inaugural season into the AAC. UC Head Coach Hylton Dayes will be fac-ing tough competition in the coming weeks.

One noteworthy new opponent in the confer-ence is Southern Methodist University. Also new to the AAC: the University of Louisville, who are long-time rivals of UC.

Dayes and his team have been working hard during the past two weeks of preseason through two-a-days and exhibition matches.

UC lost 2-0 in an exhibition match to the Uni-versity of Michigan Aug. 19, before falling 4-2 in their second exhibition match to Bowling Green State University Aug. 24.

The early setbacks have helped Dayes pin-point UC’s biggest areas of need going into the regular season.

“We have to improve our attacking play. We need to create more chances which hopefully will lead to more goals,” Dayes said. “We also have to improve on attacking and defending set pieces. This is a crucial area that can decide games.”

In addition to a better attacking prowess, Dayes listed finding balance in the attack and maintaining shape and form as areas that UC must further develop to meet season goals. But the new players in the program are already mak-ing strong impressions on the coaching staff.

“Brad Miguel is doing well. He looks like a dangerous forward,” said Assistant Coach Dan McNally. “Alan Rovira, he’s not a freshman but a new player and Miles Dale is a guy who’s come

in and I think he’s done well over preseason and he’s working hard and he’s really showing us he’s a good player.”

Miguel, a transfer from Amersham and Wycombe College in High Wycombe, England, scored UC’s second goal against Bowling Green and will likely team up with John Manga to

handle the majority of UC’s striking roles. A number of returning players are poised

to make a major impact for the first time this season.

“Ben Keane is a sophomore who has shown great improvement and is pushing for a spot in the first 11,” Dayes said.

Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Alex Gill is also noted for his improvement and hard work thus far.

UC will continue to look for younger players to step up, especially with the devastating loss of senior defender Michael Millay, who tore his ACL during the first half against Michigan.

“Michael is a significant loss,” Dayes said. “He is a four-year starter with tremendous experi-ence. We will miss his leadership, as he was one of our captains.”

Although UC’s defense is bolted by pre-season all-conference selection Ricardo Israel, the backline will not be the same without Millay’s presence.

Millay, whose started 48 games in his time at UC, has remained positive through the injury.

“In light of God’s recent change of plans for me this year, I still look forward to being a big part of the team on the sideline,” Millay said.

“Whether it’s helping the young guys adjust to college soccer, pushing the older guys to reach their potential, or simply cheering the guys on, I’m going to do everything in my power to be by their side every step of the way.”

Dayes hopes that UC’s new-found focus on condition and team unity will help the Bearcats overcome the loss of Millay and lead to success in the inaugural AAC campaign.

“This year’s approach is to focus on inte-grating a large group of new players with our returning players,” Dayes said. “So we have some team building stuff off the field to help with them getting to know each other. We also have stressed better conditioning before and during preseason.”

During preseason the team took a trip to visit Camp Kern for a day of team building exercises. And as dedicated as they come, captain Taylor Hafling pulled fellow captain Millay behind him in a wagon through the campground because Millay insisted on making the trip with the team despite being injured.

UC kicks of the regular season against Northern Illinois Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the Bert and Iris Wolstein Classic in Columbus.

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Men’s soccer looks to attack

FILE ARTUC forward John Manga controls the ball away from a Michigan defender during an exhibition match at Gettler Stadium. UC will begin the regular season at the Wolstein Classic in Columbus Friday.

JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati women’s basket-ball team released its 2013-14 regular season schedule Wednesday, announcing opponents for UC’s inaugural American Athletic Confer-ence campaign.With a home-and-home series slotted against each of the nine AAC schools, UC will play 18 conference games and 11 against non-confer-ence foes. “We’re really excited about our overall schedule this year,” said UC head coach Jamelle Elliott. “Our non-conference schedule features three teams from major conferences playing at Fifth Third Arena in Florida State (ACC), Iowa State (Big 12) and Ohio State (Big Ten) which will prepare us well for our first season in the American Athletic Conference.”Highlighted by the Dec. 15 tussle with Ohio State University, UC will play 16 games at Fifth Third Arena beginning with Florida State Uni-versity Nov. 17. After a home exhibition against Southern Poly-technic State Nov. 4, UC will open the regular season across the river against Northern Ken-tucky University, which is the first of 11 non-con-ference opponents from 10 different conferences. The Bearcats final test before conference play comes against cross-town rival Xavier University.“We’ll be playing a new conference this year but with some familiar faces including both National Finalists in Louisville and UConn along with Rutgers and USF,” Elliott said. “We’re excit-ed about the addition of the new teams and we will all be in the same boat as we become famil-iar with each other throughout the season.”There will be no easing into conference play for Elliot and company, as they face defending National Champions, UConn (Dec. 29) and the defending national runners up, Louisville (Jan. 4), in the first week of conference play. Cincinnati then alternates home and road con-tests for the next month with games at Houston (Jan. 11), at USF (Jan. 21), at SMU (Jan. 28) and at Rutgers (Feb. 4). The Bearcats will play host during that time to Temple (Jan. 18), UCF (Jan.25), UConn (Feb. 1) and Houston (Feb. 8). The final month of the regular season features trips to Temple (Feb. 15), UCF (Feb. 22) and Memphis (Mar. 3) while UC hosts Memphis (Feb. 12), USF (Feb. 19) and Louisville (Mar. 1).The American Athletic Conference Champion-ship is scheduled for March 7 tp 10 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

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Questions loom large for UC backfield ahead of season opening clash with Purdue NICK BOEING STAFF REPORTER

After months of anticipation, it’s back. Bearcat football is finally here and it kicks off with a bang as UC opens the season against the Purdue Boilermakers.

Saturday marks the beginning of the Tommy Tuberville era at Nippert Stadium. The new head coach will begin his 18th season as a head coach after stints at Ole Miss, Auburn and most recently Texas Tech University where he racked up a career record of 130-77.

On the opposing sideline, the Boilermakers are going through a coach-ing change of their own as former Kent State University head coach Dar-rell Hazell steps into the Bowl Championship Series, inheriting a team that finished 6-7 one year ago. Because of the changing of the guard during the offseason, Tuberville said he is not quite sure what to expect from his

opponent Saturday.“Purdue is a team we don’t know a lot about,” Tuberville said. “We’ve

started working on the scout team, working on some formations and things that we don’t run that we think they might run, but it’s still a guess-ing game whenever you play the first game of the year.”

Senior Brendan Kay upended Munchie Legaux at quarterback mid-season in 2012 and led UC to a Belk Bowl victory over the Duke Blue Devils, but the position remains unclear heading into Saturday. Both are back for their final seasons as Bearcats and while Tuberville has yet to announce who will start, it has been confirmed that both QB’s will see the field against Purdue.

“I would have loved to have [named a starting quarterback] about two weeks ago,” Tuberville said. “But because of the situations of one guy being

injured for a few days and coming back and another guy being injured for a few days we really haven’t had any consistency and no way we could truly pick a guy out.”

Tuberville also cited the maturity of both Kay and Legaux as reasons he believes his team can succeed with a two-quarterback system.

“These two kids are experienced,” Tuberville said. “They both may have first game jitters but it’s not like putting a redshirt freshman or a sopho-more out there that haven’t played a whole lot. Their maturity has really played a role in how we’ve handled this.”

Legaux started the first eight games of the 2012 season, throwing for 1,716 yards, 13 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Kay threw 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions in the final five games of the season, including 4 touchdowns and 332 yards against Duke in the Belk Bowl.

While Bearcat fans might not know what to expect from the quarter-backs, the position of running back remains a bit blurrier. George Winn took the majority of the handoffs a year ago but with his loss after gradua-tion there are some shoes left to fill.

“We don’t have an experienced guy so to speak that we know a lot about,” Tuberville said. “We have Tion Green back but the only guy that we really understand his strengths and weaknesses is Ralph Abernathy.”

Abernathy only averaged 28 yards per game a season ago but he aver-aged 5.3 yards per carry on 69 attempts. Following Abernathy and Green are two junior college transfers, Rodriguez Moore and Hosey Williams.

“It’s pretty much running back by committee,” Tuberville said. “The problem that you have when you do that is that you have inconsistencies sometimes with the handoffs, snap counts and pass protection.”

With the weather forecast predicting a high of 88 degrees, Tuberville says many players are going to see the field Saturday in order to keep players fresh and prevent heat related injuries. Tuberville also estimated that he would likely utilize 10 different wide receivers in the game, three to four running backs and as many as four tight ends to combat the heat.

“We’re prepared to play a lot of players on both sides of the ball and hopefully it will play out for us,” Tuberville said. “I don’t care if it’s a true freshman or a senior.”

Tickets have been sold in advance for this game and Saturday may see the largest crowd ever for Nippert Stadium. The previous record was 35,106 when Illinois came to town in 2009 — a game in which the Bearcats won 49-36.

The game, which is a whiteout, is set to air on ESPNU. The team will be wearing all white from their pants to their helmets — the first time UC has donned white helmets since it’s 51-24 shellacking at the hands of Florida in the 2010 Sugar Bowl — and fans are encouraged to wear white to the game. Not only to provide a great atmosphere, but as Tuberville half-jok-ingly said in his press conference, also for the heat predicted.

“We want to make a statement on national television and show what Nippert Stadium looks like and start this era off the right way,”

Bearcats set to open Tuberville era

FILE ARTMunchie Legaux (Left) and Brendan Kay (Right) will both see time at quarterback in UC’s season opener against Purdue Saturday, as head coach Tommy Tuberville has chosen to go with a two-quarteback system to start the year.

“I would have loved to have done it [named a starting quarterback]

about two weeks ago.”

“We have to improve our attacking play. We

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lead to more goals.”

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HYLTON DAYES

JOSHUA MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

University of Cincinnati head swimming and diving coach Monty Hopkins announced the hire of former DePauw University women’s swimming and diving head coach, Matt Ense Wednesday.Ense will act as an assitant coach for the Bearcats. “Matt is an energetic, intelligent and dedicated coach who is committed to our team and university goals,” Hopkins said. “He’s a Cincin-nati guy who’s had the experience of living and coaching in several places, giving him a sincere appreciation for what a special place this city is and this university has become.”In his only season as a head coach, Ense led DePauw to a third place finish at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships and a 27th place finish at the NCAA National Championships.Prior to his time at DePauw, Ense was an as-sistant coach at Denison, a Division III power-house. During his four years there, the women’s team broke 32 school records, 25 conference marks and six national records, while swimmers achieved All-American status on 178 occasions. The men’s team posted 35 school records, 15 conference marks and 10 at the NCAA level, while totaling 180 All-Ameri can performances.College Swimming.com named him the 2012 Rising Assistant Coach of the Year.For Ense, the move to Cincinnati is a homecoming of sorts.“I would like to thank Coach Hopkins for the opportunity to come back to Cincinnati and join the Bearcat family,” Ense said. “It is an honor to work with such a great staff and athletic department. I’m looking forward to working with Coach Hopkins and the student athletes to continue building on their successes in and out of the pool.”A graduate of Oak Hills High School, Ense went on to a stellar career at Eastern Michigan University, where he was a five-time Mid-American Conference champion. He also places ninth in the 5,000 meters at the 2000 U.S. Olympic trials.Ense’s Olympic experiences didn’t end there, as he coached alongside current Michigan head coach Mike Bottom for three months in Key Largo, Fla., helping prepare 13 Olympians for the 2008 Summer Olympiad in Beijing. Trainee, Nathan Adrian, was part of the 400 free relay which won gold and set a world record.

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