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My World: Protection for Students

A lot of us wander around University of Cincinnati main campus, even though we attend UC Blue Ash.  But if you didn’t know when school started August 25, drama in and around main campus continues to cause fear in students, and it just seems to keep on coming.  On September […]

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Wheelchair Football is For Everyone

Are you or anyone you know looking for some fun way to get involved and be active? Well I may have just the activity for you: wheelchair football. What is wheelchair football, you may be wondering? It’s awesome, that’s what it is. Wheelchair football is a very fun and easy […]

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Mike Brown Case is Timothy Thomas Case on Steroids

Not many UC Blue Ash students are old enough to remember the Timothy Thomas case in Cincinnati. For those who don’t, it was Cincinnati’s own bout with civil unrest after a Cincinnati police officer killed an unarmed young black male. Does that remind you of something? The incidents are similar, […]

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On the Spot: Is College About Passion or Practicality

For this issue, we asked students if attending college was, for them, geared more toward practicality or passion. Deborah Parson, Nursing “It’s my passion. I have been wanting to go into nursing since Iwasakid. Now I’m making it a reality. I want to help people and take care of the sick. I also love the […]

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My World: Justice in the NFL

Unless your favorite football team is determined by the color scheme of the uniform or you don’t necessarily have ears, by now you’ve probably formed an opinion in regard to the National Football League’s scolding of ex-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. What is an unmistakable case of domestic abuse, […]

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My World: Alive and Well…But Not Without a Scare

About three years ago, my girlfriend and I decided to get a dog. We both wanted a wolf-style breed (e.g. Siberian Husky and Tamaskan), but we live in a condo that does not allow residents to own dogs weighing over 25 pounds. So we began looking for breeds that resembled […]

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On the Spot

For this issue, we asked students how they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving. Muyumba Kalubi: “I am going to have a very large dinner with my family. It is going to be held at my church because there will be so many people attending.” Aaron Stroud: “I am going to Columbus […]

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Iran and the Chance for Peace

Even before the details have been released, the agreement between Iran and the U.S., France, Germany, Britain, China, and Russia is already being called a “historic mistake” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and very dangerous by some Congressional Republicans. This reaction is astonishing when you consider it was a […]

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Students Show Power to Create Change

On October 30, Barry Estabrook, the author of the book “Tomatoland,” spoke here at UCBA on the subject of industrial agriculture. The book and the lecture chronicle the deplorable working conditions of the tomato field workers in Florida. Unfortunately, most of what the workers endure is perfectly legal, since agriculture […]

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Netflix Documentary Contrasts Wealth and Poverty

The Netflix documentary “Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream” is a vulgarly blunt portrayal of modern-day America and its distribution of wealth. The one-hour documentary emphasizes how only a ten-minute trip across a bridge, from 740 Park Avenue, Manhattan, to the South Bronx, can clearly reveal how the […]