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An enzyme that might lead to a longer life by accelerating metabolism was recently discovered with help of University of Cincinnati researchers.

George Thomas, a professor who specializes in cancer and cell biology helped make the discovery. With the help of Sara Kozma, an associate professor in the same field, Thomas worked with other research facilities and experimented with the S6K1 enzyme.

When removed from the body, the enzyme led to a reduction in the chance of obesity by enabling the body to burn calories faster. The reduced risk of obesity and having the body use more energy effectively gave certain laboratory animals a longer life span.

The theory states that restriction of caloric intake leads to a longer life span, said Andrea Harmon, Thomas’ assistant researcher.

Thomas and his team began experimenting to find answers about the growth process of cells is regulated and how they are related and develop into disease.

Their study might also help explain cell growth regulation, and how some cells might develop

into human diseases as well, Thomas said.

“A cell has to grow and then differentiates into functions,” Thomas said. “Cells have a size limit and when they reach that limit, they split and then proliferate into daughter cells, often retaining some of the same functions as the mother cells.”

Scientists first examined proteins, which have a direct effect on metabolism. Metabolic rates also have a link to aging. To find the components that changed, scientists worked backward, Thomas said.

Thomas’ team predicted removing the S6K1 enzyme would have an effect on the growth of an organism.

Fruit flies were tested first, as knockout models – models with the enzyme removed from their system – because fruit flies can develop to an alteration within nine days, Thomas said. Results showed flies were half their typical size, which confused the researchers.

“If the organism was smaller they must have less cells,” Thomas said. “But then research proved that the same number of cells were present in both sizes, but the smaller organisms simply had smaller cells.”

The team then moved on to mice.

Knockout mice consumed more

calories, but burned the energy very quickly. The more energy consumed leads to less stored fat. Longevity is increased because the obesity factor is decreased.

AMP kinase, a protein, is activated, which slows growth processes, leading to a longer life span. So far, this has only proven successful in female mice, and scientists are still unsure as to why males do not respond the same way, Thomas said.

There are also negative or unidentified side effects in the experiments. Female knockout models have a very low birth

rate and female fruit flies were completely sterile. This supports the belief that changing the genes that reduce fertility aids in longevity.

Although tweaking the enzyme in animals elongates the life span, the effect on humans is still questionable. The enzyme might increase longevity, but if isolated from a complex system such as the human body, the consequences are still unknown.

The enzyme is involved in many other functions of the body and might be unable to function correctly without it.

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Professor Gila Safran Naveh began her new position as the head of the Department of Judaic Studies and Jewish Foundation Chair Tuesday, Sept. 1, with a mission to be a positive leader in encouraging the growth and success of the Judaic Studies department at the University of Cincinnati.

In the past, she has received many awards, including UC’s A.B. Cohen Award for excellence in teaching, the Edith Alexander Award and the George C. Barbour Award. Naveh is also on the board of several Jewish committees, journals and conferences.

Naveh said the department is facing many new challenges, but is working on a strategic plan with a manageable set of goals, concrete strategies, methods to attain those goals and a plan of action.

Naveh has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California at San Diego. Her areas of expertise include Holocaust studies, Freud and Judaism, gender and Judaism and Jewish women’s humor. She has published several articles, papers and books about these topics and is fluent in several languages.

“My objective is to establish here a sense of place and a healthy environment where the faculty and students work across disciplines to develop to their full potential,” Naveh said. “My dream is to make this department a well-endowed, internationally known hub for scholars and students who’ll bring exciting new ideas to the University of Cincinnati and to the entire Jewish community of Cincinnati.”

Zane Ruben, a Jewish student, looks forward to a possible improvement because of Raveh’s influence.

“I’d like to see a couple more courses on Judaic studies,” said

Ruben, a fourth-year finance major. “It’d be nice if they offered a Jewish course that’s about more current events, like Jewish life after the Holocaust.”

Naveh’s personality and enthusiasm is a draw for Taylor Lionberger, a fourth-year bio-psychology student.

“I took a class with her during spring quarter,” Lionberger said. “I think she’ll do a good job. She seems like an incredibly intelligent and worldly woman.”

McMicken College of Arts and Sciences reported that an increasing numbers of students are showing interest in degrees in Judaic Studies.

As a student board member in Hillel and the president of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, which is a historically Jewish fraternity, Ruben said her improvements could bring increasing awareness to Jewish life at UC.

“I believe there are lots of Jewish students on campus, but I also believe there are a lot of Jewish students who don’t consider themselves Jewish,” Ruben said. “We only initiate about 20 to 30 new pledges a year.”

Undergraduate enrollment increased from 425 students in the 2007-08 Fall quarter to 639 for the ’09 Winter quarter since Naveh began her role as acting head of the department, reported Maskil, the Judaic Studies publication.

Naveh organized the Lichter Lecture Series, which featured notable Jewish faculty members, scholars and writers. She also coordinated a visit last spring from the Consul General of Israel, Daniel Kutner.

“I hope to instill in my faculty a renewed sense of pride in being a part of the Judaic Studies department,” Naveh said. “I also hope to strengthen our ties to the scholarly community and to the community at large.”

Before Naveh was appointed, UC worked with local organizations that contribute to the sense of Jewish community.

“I grew up in the south where there wasn’t much in the way of Jewish culture,” Lionberger said. “I feel like UC by itself has a very strong Jewish presence considering we have places like Hillel, Chabad and Hebrew Union College right down the street.”

Naveh plans to strengthen the department’s collaboration with the Hebrew Union College, Xavier University, Cincinnati State, Miami University and Northern Kentucky University by possibly creating joint programs or hosting joint events.

She is also looking to build relationships between the Judaic Studies department and other departments, such as business, history, women’s studies and fine arts.

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The University of Cincinnati is saying farewell to another administrator this year after the State University of New York (SUNY) system Board

of Trustees approved the appointment of Monica Rimai as senior vice chancellor and chief operating officer.

The SUNY Board of Trustees met Tuesday, Oct. 20, to discuss and make its final decision.

In an Oct. 16 e-mail to UC deans, directors and department heads, Rimai said if she was offered the position, she would accept. She is set to begin in her new capacity Sunday, Nov. 1. The appointment could be delayed several days, however, as Rimai is scheduled to have knee surgery Friday, Oct. 30.

“While I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the University of Cincinnati, the SUNY position represents a tremendous opportunity for me and for my own professional development,” Rimai said in the e-mail. “I feel strongly that UC would benefit greatly from a fresh perspective at the senior leadership level, and I would like to do my part to help bring about at least some of that change.”

At SUNY Rimai will be responsible for navigating the system’s $10 billion annual all-funds budget and infrastructure management and operations.

“Monica’s success in public higher education makes her the best choice to lead SUNY’s complex financial, legal, compliance, regulatory, audit and human resources functions and to participate in our strategic planning efforts,” said

Nancy Zimpher, UC’s former president and SUNY chancellor. “I commend the Board of Trustees for appointing Monica to a position where she can help ensure the success of SUNY faculty, students, staff and the communities our campuses serve.”

Rimai was appointed as the university’s interim president on March 17, after Zimpher accepted the chancellor position at SUNY in February.

In September, Vice Provost of UC International Mitch Leventhal announced he was leaving the university to take on a similar role at SUNY after Zimpher created the position and suggested the board appoint Levanthal to its vacancy. His last day at UC was Sept. 11.

Rimai came to UC in 2005 – she and Zimpher served together at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before coming to Cincinnati.

Rimai took over as the interim president in May.

Her SUNY appointment requires Rimai live within close proximity to SUNY’s Albany headquarters. Within her SUNY contract, Rimai has a $5,000 housing allowance. Her annual salary will be $325,000 – she will also receive a university vehicle for transportation, according to information provided by SUNY spokesman David Henahan. Rimai’s annual salary was $300,000 at UC.

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Think of eight women. Now, think of what life would be like if one of them was diagnosed with breast cancer.

If every female student at the University of Cincinnati was in Fifth Third Arena and every eighth woman was asked to stand, 2,525 would be on their feet.

They would be the ones to battle breast cancer.

Every year approximately 130 Ohio women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those women, approximately 30 will die from the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That means approximately 100 of those women will become survivors.

SURVIVINGBreast CancerTHE INSPIRAT IONAL STORIES OF TWO WOMEN

Karen Peppers

Sandra McGlasson

Last month, Karen Peppers, the executive assistant to the president of the UC Foundation, celebrated

the one-year anniversary of her breast cancer survival. Earlier this month, she turned 54. Next week, she will have her last treatment for breast cancer.

Every year for 15 years, Peppers went to her doctor for a mammogram. There was no family history of breast cancer. No reason to suspect she was in anything except excellent health. Mammograms were just something she knew she was supposed to do.

On Sept. 18, 2008, Peppers was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“Everything happened so quickly,” Peppers said. “When the surgeon tells you this is cancer and he just starts talking, you’re looking over your shoulder like, ‘Who is he talking to? How are you saying these words to me?’ … The first thing that went through my mind was ‘Oh my goodness. I could die from this.’ ”

A diagnostic ultrasound showed two large, identical, side-by-side masses on her left breast. Her doctors diagnosed her with an aggressive stage-two cancer.

Peppers cancer was HER-2 positive, which meant she could skip surgery and begin with chemotherapy. Doctors also have access to a drug, Herceptin, which would help combat the cancer.

“This was good news,” Peppers said. “You’re definition of good news definitely changes.”

With her husband at her side, Peppers began to deliver the news to her loved ones. First on the list was their son Alex Powers, a fifth-year urban planning student in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.

“He was so supportive with, ‘Mom, you can do this. You’re the strongest person I know and I’ll be with you every step of the way. We will beat this together; it can be done,’ ” Peppers said. Still, she is moved to tears reflecting on her son’s

strength.That day, Peppers and her husband also

told their oldest son, Jonathan, who lives in Columbus, and their parents.

Once every three weeks for the next 18 weeks, Peppers went through six hours of chemotherapy.

The treatment was working, but at a cost.

She lost her hair. Had tingling in her fingers and toes; a constant ringing in her ears and blurred vision. Her mouth felt like it would burst into sores. She lost her sense of taste. Her fingernails and toenails turned black. That, she says, wasn’t even the worst part.

“I didn’t care that I lost my hair,” she said. “Guess what? It grew back. But when your body doesn’t’ physically feel the way you know it should, that was very hard for me to deal with.”

She wasn’t just tired, she was exhausted. Prior to treatment, Peppers had an active lifestyle. If a friend asked her to go on a walk, she could go five miles without being winded.

“It’s not like you could take a nap and ‘Oh, I feel better’ type of fatigue,” Peppers said. “It was, ‘I can’t lift my leg. I can’t take another step.’ ”

Through it all, she continued to work at the UC Foundation. During weeks when she had chemotherapy, Peppers would work two days per week instead of five.

Last week, Peppers and her son were part of a Making Strides for Cancer team. She’s getting her active lifestyle back step by step; she completed half of the five-mile course.

After five years without signs of cancer, the risks for its return are much lower. For Peppers, she’s almost at the one-year mark.

“I’m not thinking it will return,” Peppers said. “I won’t let my mind go there … If that day ever comes I’ll deal with it … I will live with cancer, but I will not let cancer control my life.”

Sandra McGlasson is a die-hard Cincinnati Bearcats fan. She was even a fan before they were 6-0. While the undefeated,

No. 5 ranking is great for fans, it’s meant something more to McGlasson. It’s meant hope.

McGlasson, an associate professor in professional practice at UC, has been going through chemotherapy for her stage-one breast cancer (she and her doctors describe it more like stage 1 1/2). In fact, Nov. 4 is her sixth and final chemotherapy treatment.

Her annual mammogram, something she had been “vigilant about for 20 years,” never showed signs of cancer. In April, she had a call back from her doctor. They wanted her to see a breast specialist.

A small tumor and calcification on her left breast led doctors to suggest a mastectomy. After the procedure, they found cancer cells in six of seven lymph nodes. From there, she began chemotherapy.

In April, McGlasson, 66, was teaching classes, just like she did in Summer quarter and is doing now. Her decision for full disclosure within the classroom, she says, made a world of difference.

“There are days I don’t feel good and I’ve let my students know from the beginning ‘I need your support. We can do this together, but there might be times that I have to cancel class or change things,’ McGlasson said. “It was wonderful to have a job to go back to and have something I love … Having this job and having my students has been therapy for me.”

Once she has her last chemotherapy treatment,

radiation might follow, but McGlasson’s doctors have yet to make the decision. For the next eight months, she will also be taking a cancer medication, but the side effects will be minimal.

For that, she’s thankful. From chemotherapy, her sense of taste has been distorted. The food she eats, she says, has a metallic taste. For McGlasson, who loves to eat and love to cook, it’s been hard to deal with. Once treatment is over, her taste buds will begin to go back to normal.

The first thing on her menu: a big, juicy hamburger, with all the fixings. She’s looking forward to Thanksgiving – her congratulations for the last seven months. Her treatment will be finished. She should be able to recognize tastes.

“Please God. Let it taste like Thanksgiving,” she said.

Until then, McGlasson is continuing on the best she can. Some days she’s tired, other days she’s ready to head to class, anxious and enthusiastic. On campus, she’s usually wearing her wig that she calls Tina – she finds it has a striking resemblance to Tina Turner.

If she’s not wearing her wig, there’s a good chance she has a UC hat on. She is, after all, a fan.

The loss of taste, the hair loss, it’s been unfavorable, but flowers, cards and supportive e-mails from family and friends have made all the difference. A gift from athletics didn’t hurt either.

“Keep fighting,” reads the autographed football from head football coach Brian Kelly. “We believe.”

SanDra McglaSSon, 66, associate professor of professional practice, and breast cancer survivor teaches a class concerning resume writing for college students.

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Think about it: What is the first thing you notice about an outfit? I’m not talking total composition here, I mean one aspect.

For most people, myself included, it’s what someone is – or is not – wearing on their feet.

Although I try to resist the urge, I catch myself looking at the ground when I’m walking. That’s after being told this behavior is a sign of shyness, insecurity or fear. (I’ve written about my wedgies for the world to read – I definitely don’t think that constitutes shyness, insecurity or fear.)

Perhaps this is too much of a general perception, but I have the feeling I’m not among a minority of people who watch the ground rather than where they’re going.

That said, I’ve found that it is slightly problematic at times – like when I run into people – it’s also quite helpful because, hey, nice shoes!

“Most people avoid eye contact with others when walking around campus,” said Ellie Salzbrenner, a second-year English student. “They end up looking at peoples’ feet before their faces 99 percent of the time. Therefore shoes [equal] very, very important. So make sure yours are rad.”

Jillian Strunk, a third-year international affairs student, agrees.

“People naturally look a person up and down,” Strunk said. “Shoes are the end of the line so they are noticed. The right shoes show confidence.”

Footwear is probably the most underrated part of an outfit when it should actually be one of the most important and key elements. When the shoe choice misses the mark, everything else seems to fall out of whack or go unnoticed.

If you frequent fashion blogs or Web sites, how often do you see an otherwise ordinary outfit, such as jeans and a white T-shirt – the American staple – and see reader responses are less than underwhelming. If said blogger adds a great pair of boots or four-inch pumps, the mood of the post and responses change entirely. Suddenly the outfit identical to the one your grandma wore last weekend looks killer and she is the best dressed person on the Internet. Why?

Oh my god, shoes.From the mouth of a woman

who owns a lot of shoes, I was once told that “shoes are the exclamation point to the end of the fashion statement,” a quote originating from fashion industry insider and stylist Laurie Schechter.

These are words to live by, but still, why are they so crucial?

Footwear can change the entire mood of an outfit. If you consider the same denim and white T-shirt, how does its aesthetic change if you imagine it with four-inch pumps? Flats? Tennis shoes? Studded booties? The list of different footwear could go on forever, but you get the point.

It’s not quite the same, is it? Proportions of an outfit can entirely shift by deciding to wear sky-high heels instead of a pair of flat, knee-high boots. The pumps might suggest a commanding attitude where the boots could be more playful and relaxed.

Also consider how you feel in different pairs of shoes. Women in pumps tend to stand taller and straighter. They suggest confidence and power – not the same emotions conveyed through tennis shoes or flats, which tend to be more casual and laid back.

“Heels in general are a woman’s best friend,” said Amanda Mecozzi, a fourth-year architecture student at Andrews University and former UC student. “The right height can add dimensions to her figure in all the right places, put a little strut in her walk and generally increase confidence, all in the six seconds it takes to slide them on. Attitude is so much more than clothes, and the right shoes can give it to you.”

Aside from style obsessions, shoes also give women common ground. Because not everyone can be that “perfect” size four, or six or whatever it’s supposed to be, relating or having a cohesive understanding of shape, size and fit for all is nearly impossible. More than 90 percent of women can’t wear the same outfits as Kate Moss or Gisele Bundchen; shoes can fill that void and give every woman a way to relate.

Shoes. Trivial? Maybe. Undeniable? I happen to think so.

Do the kicks make the outfit? Bear your sole to thefashiondungjen@gmail.com.

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When it was announced President Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize I laughed out loud. How can someone who is the commander in chief of military actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the leader of a country who donates $3.8 billion to the occupation of Palestine by Israel be deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize?

“We simply disagree that he has done nothing. He got the prize for what he has done,” said Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland.

But what is that exactly? According to the committee, Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, was a high distinction: bridging the West and the Muslim world – two, apparently, non-congruous entities.

According to Obama: not much.“I do not view it as a recognition of

my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations,” Obama said.

Who are these nations of people looking to the U.S. for leadership? Are they people of the Philippines who were slaughtered by Nobel laureate and President Theodore Roosevelt? Perhaps they are the millions of Indochinese slaughtered in Vietnam under the direction of Henry Kissinger.

Obama is certainly not referring to the Palestinians, at least not the people in Bil’in. I received an e-mail from Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in. For the last four years they’ve been demonstrating

nonviolently against the Apartheid Wall every Friday.

The government of Israel has even ruled the wall there illegal. Bil’in has been visited by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela and other world leaders. There, nonviolent activists from the community, Israel and from the international community demonstrate against the illegal wall. Yet every Friday they are greeted by cannons that shoot 30 tear gas canisters in one go, horrible stink bombs and bullets coated in rubber.

In between Fridays, members of the Israeli Defense Forces raid their homes at midnight to abuse and arrest them, using sound bombs and pure physical force.

Burnat’s take on Obama’s Peace Prize is very different: “Bush had a good

speech about the establishment of a Palestinian state in the year of 2005 … After the speech … Sharon invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the American army invaded Iraq. Why didn’t you give the prize to this man at that time, and he got shoes instead? This is injustice!”

In contrast, on Oct. 29, Burnat’s committee will host members of the Shministim, an Israeli organization of teenagers who refuse to join the military and accept sentences in prison for their dissent.

Who more deserves a prize: Politicians that give speeches, or everyday people working on the ground to literally tear down the walls that divide?

Nancy Paraskevopolous is a member of Campus Anti-War Network and the Racial Awareness Program.

Dear Editor,Good work on the informative Monday, Oct. 12,

“Bread & Butter” column by Emily Lang about going meatless one day a week. You might like to know, in addition to Baltimore and Ghent, last year the city of Cincinnati was among the first of U.S.

cities to recommend reduced meat consumption to curtail global warming (that’s right, “Porkopolis”).

And there are UC connections: The recommendation, one of more than 80 in the Green Cincinnati Plan (formerly the Climate Protection Action Plan), was authored by me, a UC teacher in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the time. Recently I became co-chair of the Green Cincinnati Food Task Team (co-chaired by UC professor Dan Oerther), which has proposed several more recommendations

linking reduced meat consumption to climate change and is preparing others concerning food’s effect more broadly.

As you may know, a vegetarian driving a Hummer has a smaller carbon footprint than a meat-eater on a bicycle. Larry Falkin, director of Cincinnati’s Office of Environmental Quality, has said the meat consumption reduction recommendation could do more to curtail global warming than any of the Green Cincinnati Plan’s other recommendations, except Duke Energy’s stopping the use of coal.

It’s the most powerful thing an individual can do in this regard. It would be great to see a campus-wide Meatless Monday movement at UC as an educational opportunity, an action having measurable impact on the health of the planet, the people, their pocketbooks and – as you point out – the animals.

You can read the entire text of the meat

consumption reduction recommendation on the last two pages of the Green Cincinnati Plan www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cmgr/downloads/cmgr_pdf18280.pdf. A Google search will get you there too.

Also, there is a national organization called EarthSave, which for 20 years has linked food/diet and the environment. Finally, I encourage members of the UC community who plan to vote in Ohio to do some preparatory research into Issue 2, a referendum about a state constitutional amendment. At face value it appears to be protecting safe, local, healthy, cruel-free livestock production, but cries out for deeper investigation into what it may be protecting, maybe “Bread & Butter” can look into it.

Once again, great column, Thanks.William Messerco-chairGreen Cincinnati Food Task Team

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The University of Cincinnati was commended last week with a B+ in sustainability based on its recycling programs for expensive “wastes” like computers, printers and electronics. But wait a minute, back up. Do we actually recycle anything that makes sense?

Paper, glass, metal and even some plastics are most easily produced from old, previously manufactured versions of themselves. Paper, metal and glass all exist in nature in much less refined states that take an incredible amount of energy to harvest, transport, refine, manufacture, package and ship. Traditional material recycling cuts out half of that production stream, minimizing energy use and environmental degradation due to further extraction of resources.

UC tried a traditional recycling program last year. With a grant it paid a very minimal student staff to cover a select number of recycling bins throughout a variety of colleges. This program was preceded by a push from the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning students to take out their own recycling.

Students for Ecological Design (SED) purchased and placed recycling bins in the hallways and the school was persuaded to offer a dedicated recycling dumpster for the students. While DAAP tends to produce a lot of waste – empirical data from SED shows the quantity of bottles and cans of caffeine-laden drinks often greatly exceeds the volume of paper project-related scraps – there are huge quantities of paper waste from labs and other facilities.

For a brief and glorious moment custodial services took on the responsibility of removing recycling from the student-provided bins; however, this service ended with the beginning of the new school year, as the union contract explicitly excludes this service from custodial responsibility.

Some of the recycle bins seem to have been removed. The remaining bins aren’t being emptied; if they fill to the point where they are deemed eyesores, the contents are dumped into the trash because the university is unwilling to make a recycling program a priority. Rumpke has a contract with Cincinnati guaranteeing recycling service to every residence. Most of us take the service for

granted. The fact that it doesn’t exist on campus as a basic service is unacceptable.

Can we imagine we’re a green university just because every other year we sent our used monitors to be recycled? Or do we need to recognize that pursuing very simple goals and objectives could have a much larger impact.

Paper, glass, aluminum and plastic recycling should be present in every classroom building, dorm and dining area. Custodians should be remunerated for the time it takes to care for these added receptacles, but they should understand that there would probably not be a change in the volume of disposed items, just a reallocation of them.

In the meantime, head to the dumpsters. At last count, the recycling receptacles are located behind University Garage, at DAAP’s loading dock, behind Braunstein, outside Dabney’s entrance and a temporary dumpster by Siddall. Perhaps a parade of adamant students will shame the university into what it has already realized at the e-waste level: Our resources are valuable and should not be wasted.

Maria Bergh is a senior architecture student.

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Cronin back at it with new CatsUndefeated teams could break BCS

COURTESY OF mlS

OmaR CUmmingS plaYEd for Jamaica during 2010 World Cup qualifying and scored one goal. Cummings currently plays in the MLS for the Colorado Rapids.

Sam ElliOTTthe neWS ReCoRd

With winter fast approaching, the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team returned to practice Friday, Oct. 16.

“I’m excited,” said sophomore forward Yancy Gates. “And the rest of the team is excited to be getting started with practices.”

As Mick Cronin heads into his fourth season as the UC head coach, dropping temperatures will coincide with rising expectations for his Bearcats.

“It’s great to get started,” Cronin said. “For a coach, the most exciting time of the year is the beginning of practice. There’s always optimism.”

Optimism is higher than usual going into this season, as the team has a number of talented newcomers joining its core of returning upperclassmen.

After sustaining a torn ACL and being forced to

miss all of last season, point guard Cashmere Wright is expected to take pressure away from senior guard Deonta Vaughn.

Vaughn, a two-time all-Big East selection, has high expectations for his final season in a Cincinnati uniform.

“My goal individually is to just be the same player I was when I first came in, be an exciting player and one of those players the fans like to watch,” Vaughn said. “And to make it to Indianapolis for the NCAA Final Four. It’s back in my hometown, and at least I could try to make it there or the NCAA tournament before I leave.”

Vaughn’s goal of getting the Bearcats to their first NCAA tournament since the 2004 season is one shared by his coach and teammates.

“Our team goal is to just win, have a good showing in the Big East tournament this year and hopefully make the NCAA tournament,”

Gates said.Cronin knows the eyes

of the city will be watching him and his team this season, with Cincinnati fans hoping the team can reach their expectations.

“[Our expectations] are to have a really good team. Really good teams play in the postseason. Really good teams compete for their conference championship,”

Cronin said. “The reality of Big East basketball is if you have a really good team and you’re competing for your championship, you’re going to be in the top 20 or top 25 in the country every year. It’s been a long time coming for us to get to the point where we have the type of talent to do it.”

Cronin has added more young talent to his team

with a successful recruiting class including Jaquon Parker, Sean Kilpatrick and Lance Stephenson, who graduated as the all-time leading scorer in New York and was a 2009 McDonald’s High School All-American.

The newcomers have a solid core of returning starters and contributors to look up to heading into their first season, including Vaughn, Gates, Steve Toyloy, Rashad Bishop and Larry Davis.

“There’s a lot of excitement around this team because we have so many returning players, and it’s the first time we’ve had that at UC in five years,” Cronin said.

Fans looking to catch an early glimpse of this year’s team can attend practice at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Fifth Third Arena as part of the university’s homecoming activities leading up to the football game against Louisville.

Could a BCS team finish the regular season undefeated and not play in the national championship game? It has never happened before, but it could this year.

No, this isn’t going to be another column about why there needs to be playoff system.

We all know a playoff would be the most logical way to crown a national champion, but we’re stuck with the current system for at least five more years as BCS bowl television contracts run through 2014.

If the NCAA is going to keep the current BCS system, there needs to be more rules and stipulations that come along with voting in the polls to prevent undefeated teams from getting screwed out of a title shot.

The BCS standings include the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, USA Today Coaches’ Poll and six computer formulas. The Harris, USA Today and computers each hold equal value (one-third) when determining the rankings.

The Harris poll replaced the Associated Press poll in summer 2005 after the AP poll decided it didn’t want to be included in the BCS formula. The Harris poll is comprised of current and former media members, administrators, coaches and former players.

The USA Today poll is comprised of 61 Division-I FBS head coaches and every coach that votes in the poll is a member of the American Football Coaches Association.

There are several problems with both the Harris and USA Today polls.

The first problem is the voters don’t watch every game.

There were 55 games played last week and 17 of those included ranked teams.

It would take voters 51 hours to watch the ranked games, assuming each game averaged three hours in length. There’s no way voters are going to be able to or want to watch all of those games. And with the polls announced on Sunday’s, it would be impossible.

Instead, voters watch a few select games each week and just check scores before they send in their votes. Which brings me to the next problem: Are the voters voting for which team has the best record or has the best team? The NCAA needs to make that clear.

Lastly, the voters need to be held accountable. The individual votes from both the USA Today poll and Harris poll aren’t released.

In the first edition of the 2009 BCS standings (released Sunday, Oct. 18) the Top 10 was as follows.

No. 1 The University of Florida (6-0), No. 2 University of Alabama (7-0), No. 3 University of Texas (6-0), No. 4 Boise State University (6-0), No. 5 University of Cincinnati (6-0), No. 6 University of Iowa (7-0), No. 7 University of Southern California (5-1), No. 8 Texas Christian University (6-0), No. 9 Louisiana State University (5-1) and No. 10 Miami (FL) University (5-1).

With seven undefeated teams remaining, it is very likely at least three will finish the season with no losses. There have never been three unbeaten teams from BCS conferences at the end of the season. If that happens the BCS system will prove to be completely illegitimate.

Basically, if your team doesn’t play in the Big 12, SEC or is Ohio State or USC you’re not playing for the national

championship.So, what do we know?Whoever wins the SEC

Championship will play in the title game. Either Florida or Alabama.

Iowa still has some work left ahead of them and will have to get past Michigan State and Ohio State to go unbeaten. Chances are they will lose, but you never know.

Cincinnati has games against Pittsburgh and West Virginia remaining, but it looks like they will finish undefeated unless Tony Pike isn’t able to play.

Texas will have to win the Big 12 Championship and get past Oklahoma State and Kansas, but there’s a good chance they will also finish unbeaten.

Boise State, a non-BCS school, has no chance of making it to the national championship. The Broncos will probably go undefeated, but there’s no way the BCS selection committee would put Boise in the title game ahead of an undefeated Cincinnati, Iowa or Texas.

The bottom line is: One or maybe even two undefeated BCS teams could get left out of the national championship. Explain that.

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pike has surgery, still day-to-day

University of Cincinnati quarterback tony Pike is listed as day-to-day for Saturday’s Big east matchup against Louisville.

Pike, who sprained his non-throwing arm in thursday’s 34-17 victory against South Florida, underwent a procedure tuesday morning to repair the plate that was damaged in his left arm.

Pike will sit out tuesday and Wednesday’s practices before resuming throwing on thursday, said Brian Kelly.

“It’s something that he’s been through before. We’ll just take it day-to-day and see how it goes from there,” Kelly said.

UC takes on Louisville at nippert Stadium, Saturday, oct. 24, at 3:30 p.m.

weekend soccer double header

the UC women’s soccer team looks to end a four-game skid this weekend as they take on two Big east opponents to end their regular season.

the Bearcats (7-9-1 overall, 2-6-1 Big east) are coming off an overtime loss to the University of South Florida last week and are looking to end the season on a high note.

they will take on Rutgers University at 7 p.m. Friday, oct. 23 and Seton hall, at 1 p.m. Sunday, oct. 25.

Both games will be played at Gettler Stadium before the team begins Big east tournament play thursday, oct. 29.

new baseball assistants hired

University of Cincinnati head baseball coach Brian Cleary announced that Greg Mamula has been named the new assistant coach.

Mamula has more than a decade of college-coaching experience and spent the last three years as the head coach of West Chester University in Pennsylvania, where he lead the team to the division II College World Series.

he is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University where he started all four years and was team captain his senior season.

the team also named Scott humes an assistant for the 2010 season. humes was a volunteer assistant last year at Florida International University.

amanda WOOdRUFFthe neWS ReCoRd

When discussing the great athletes from the University of Cincinnati, the name Omar Cummings must be included.

Not too many people would disagree with that statement from Hylton Dayes, the UC men’s soccer coach. After all, he knows Cummings very well.

“He was a man among boys when he was here,” Dayes said. “He is easily one of the most explosive players in the league now.”

Cummings left his mark on the field as a two-time NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region

first-team member, unanimous first-team All-Big East selection and he ranks fifth

in UC history with 16 assists. His 42 career points, set him just outside the

top-10.Dayes pulled the star player

from Jamaica in 2003 hoping he would join his college team. After two years at Cincinnati State Community College, Cummings

finally appeared on the UC roster. “He’s very driven, very adaptable,”

Dayes said. “It’s not an easy transition to go from Jamaica to Cincinnati, and he had to go it on his own.”

But anticipating change is nothing new for Cummings.

“From learning, I guess the American-type game, and to change from coach to coach, it teaches you to always adapt to your environment,” Cummings said. “You change, the team changes, the coach changes. It does really open my mind to what’s next in the game because there is nothing really consistent there.”

Although hampered by minor injuries this season, Cummings must focus on the final push into the playoffs.

“The focus level is that much greater,” Cummings said. “This is not only something you love and want to do, but this is your livelihood: this is your paycheck.”

His ties to UC are still strong. He keeps in touch with players, especially the current seniors who were only freshmen when Cummings picked up his Bearcat jersey. His former coach, Dayes, is more of a friend now, text messaging and e-mailing each other to remain up-to-date.

“He’s not only a phenomenal player and tremendous athlete, but a great person,” Dayes said. “He’s very humble and relates to everyone.”

His smooth transfer to UC placed him at the top of the team. Former teammate, Kenny Anaba, fell into sync with Cummings almost immediately. Dayes refers to them as lightening and thunder.

“Kenny would be working off of me and I’d get the ball and distribute more or less,” Cummings said. “He’s a real big presence there, but didn’t quite have the same role as Casey Conor.”

Conor joins Cummings as forward on the Colorado Rapids Reserves currently with 16 goals and Cummings with eight.

The Rapids finish the 30-game season at Real Salt Lake on Saturday, Oct. 24, to determine their place in the playoffs.

Fully committed to the MLS team, Cummings cannot picture himself playing for any other U.S. team.

“I’m open for experiences and you want to play at the top level in whatever sports you’re playing,” Cummings said. “I’ve had some success but I’ll definitely look into taking it to the highest level and, providing that we get into the playoffs this year, the championship.”

Recently married and looking for the right time to complete his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, Cummings enjoys his success day by day.

“I think he’s just now breaking through,” Dayes said. “The best is yet to come for him.”

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CROnin and HigHlY-TOUTEd recruit Lance Stephenson get things right during practice, Monday, oct. 19.

Former Bearcat shinesCummings explodes in MLS