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OTR redesign uproots area

There has been a distinct change in the connotation of Over the Rhine in Cincinnati.  Once uttered only in a tone of voice equated with slum, danger and crime it now has an ambiguously optimistic note. Like tourists discovering the neighborhood for the first time, Cincinnatians have woken up and discovered the acres of empty buildings that form the nation’s largest historic district.

Refund checks confuse students

Staff Editorial

After 970 students received an e-mail alerting them to an incoming refund check, their excitement was short lived. The e-mail also noted that the amount of the refund check was owed to the university.

CAN needs to expand focus to all wars

Letter to the Editor

Around the country and on our very own campus, the Campus Anti-War Network misleads students who wish to become peace activists. These students, I truly believe, join CAN with an honest and sincere belief that they can help end global war through activism. Unfortunately, as beautiful as the group name sounds, CAN seeks to demonize Israel rather than end all wars.

Interactions limited for teachers

Where do we draw the line? Maybe it would be best for teachers to stop talking and communicating with their students altogether to ensure no more sex scandals.
 

Religion irrelevant in Ft. Hood incident

Everyone agrees Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 29 in a shooting at Ft. Hood on Nov. 5, but his motivation is still being speculated.

Health insurance affordable for most

Letter to the Editor

A new study by June O’Neill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-99, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford to purchase health coverage.

Prompt health care reform unlikely

Staff Editorial

 We hear about it all the time in the news and anytime Barack Obama speaks. Down the line it could make Obama one of the most successful presidents to ever serve in office if his health care plan works.

Ohio shifts from red to blue

Tuesday, Nov. 3, Ohioans elected 10 public officials from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, bringing in a record number of progressive LGBT voices, with positions ranging from school board to municipal court judge.

Real opinions lacking in America

Just last week one of my professors handed back our first assignment, an essay that was supposed to compare and contrast two buildings.

CCM under-utilized gem at UC

Staff Editorial

 The University of Cincinnati is home to the first musical theater college in the country. Students at the College-Conservatory of Music are given the opportunity to explore the arts in a myriad of concentrations, ranging from harpsichord to theater design and production. 

Aramark, UC criticism off target

Letter to the Editor

 I am writing in response to the Wednesday, Nov. 3, article “UC Aramark disregards health policy” as the article presents the opinion of one anonymous source as fact. 

The contractual relationship with Aramark is managed by Housing & Food Services, a division of Campus Services. Multiple UC staff members are in the dining centers on a daily basis to monitor Aramark’s performance and compliance with their contractual obligations to the university. 

“Slumdog” stars in hot water

Many child stars become famous and wealthy overnight, but this is not the case for the children who starred in the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” winner of eight Academy Awards, among them being 2008’s Best Motion Picture of the Year.

Prenatal aid offered at care centers

Letter to the Editor

In the Wednesday, Oct. 28, News Record article “Deceptive pregnancy centers flushed out,” Carly Tamborski falls prey to a common ideology that conflates women’s rights and reproductive health with an abortion agenda. She believes that an organization is deceptive simply because, in the services they provide to pregnant women, they exclude abortions and abortion referrals — as if abortion is somehow the cornerstone of all prenatal assistance.

Halloween follows in other holidays’ footsteps

Staff Editorial

Every year it’s the same thing at the University of Cincinnati when Oct. 31 rolls around: loud music, pumpkins with obscene images carved in them, women running down Calhoun Street in weather inappropriate costumes. There aren’t any trick-or-treaters; one would be hard pressed to find a celebration that doesn’t involve alcohol.

Columns

Politically active students to change world

Writer's Bloc

As college students, we have an increasingly important role in changing the political landscape.

Veterans day should be every day

Writer's Bloc

With military servicemen and women on the forefront of our thoughts this past Veterans Day, we are presented with a chance to reflect on the unfortunate issues and concerns facing veterans every day.

Threading: pain in the brows

The Fashion Dungjen

Before Veterans Day, it had been quite some time since  I had my eyebrows done. Actually, it was right before I finished my summer internship in Portland, Ore.

Fashionistas go gaga for glasses

The Fashion Dungjen

I’ve inherited my mother’s curly hair and blue eyes, her ability to fall asleep on any couch at any time, her unpredictable, often terrifying temper and her love of eyewear.

Now that she’s 50-something, her vision is shot and she’s fortunate enough to rock some spectacular rectangular purple spectacles.

I am so envious. 

College loans could contribute to tuition hikes

Writer's Bloc

 It’s safe to say the hardest part to stomach about college is the tuition fees.

In order to combat the rising tuition rates, students engage in a staple ritual of college life: obtaining student loans. 

Without them, most of us wouldn’t be able pursue a college career or afford the outrageous tuition. But most of us never thought one major culprit contributing to rising college costs may actually be the loans themselves, government-guaranteed student loans in particular. 

Move over, Barbie; more diversity needed

The Fashion Dungjen

Ask Tyra Banks what happens when you introduce a Polynesian man and a Bostwanan woman, and she’ll tell you.

“Babies! Lots of babies that are from different cultures,” she exclaimed in front of the six remaining contestants on “America’s Next Top Model.”

Last week’s ANTM episode transformed the models into biracial beauties by changing their makeup and wardrobe.

Audit request on Fed must be answered

Writer's Bloc

People are getting fed up with the Federal Reserve.

“End the fed!” some say as the economy remains on shaky grounds, with a potential depression looming not far ahead. People are looking for answers.

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Geeks lose their chic; new trends take over

The Fashion Dungjen

For the last several seasons you might have been hard pressed to find an American Apparel advertisement that didn’t feature a model in thick-rimmed glasses. You might have also noticed these, or similar, glasses in J.Crew ads and, earlier this fall, perhaps you spotted them in Old Navy ads (separate from the modelquin campaign).

H1N1 vaccine not panacea for media panic

Writer's Bloc

While the media gleefully promotes the where and how to attain a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, a growing concern about the vaccine’s potential side effects and safety is keeping many worried Americans away from the needle.

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