I was given a very unique opportunity last quarter. My Criminal Justice class took a tour of a women’s prison in Marysville. Although I am not a Criminal Justice major, I felt that it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. After all, I had never been inside a prison […]

In a recent edition of The News Record, Ms. Joan Herschede, Secretary of UC’s Board of Trustees, became rather vocal of her negative opinion about the outcome of contract negotiations between UC faculty and administration. She expressed her feelings by saying that “faculty should be happy with their jobs and […]

The three words “an unwed mother” describe a mother raising a child alone. According to statistics gathered by Bill Johnson, in 1997 the total of unwed mothers rose to “32 percent from only 5.3 percent in 1960.” Furthermore, another scary statistic, reported by Jennifer Gill in an article “Work and […]

Are you pondering how to answer your child’s tough questions on sexuality, dating, or other child/teen-related challenges? Do you have challenging questions about your own health, wellness, or sexuality, as an adult or parent? Bring these questions to the Workshop on Sexuality on April 10, sponsored by the Single Parent […]

The first time I read Jack London’s “Call of the Wild,” I was transfixed by the world he portrayed. A person survived in this world of snow and frigid temperatures only by a stoic self-determination. This is the milieu we enter at “Shackleton’s Antartic Adventure,” at the Omnimax Theatre at […]

From February 27 through September, students, faculty, and staff are prohibited from parking during business hours in the rear of Muntz Hall behind the Maintenance area. In addition, due to demolition and abatement, smoking is now prohibited in this area.

This spring the RWC Behavioral Sciences Department will be offering a new course focusing on race and ethnicity. The class will familiarize students with the key issues of race and ethnicity. Topics from a variety of areas, such as issues of slavery and those of racial profiling, will be covered. […]

Have you ever enjoyed the spectacle of tall skyscrapers in a large city and wondered how they came to be? Most of my questions regarding the history of this modern architectural form were answered when I recently visited “Mies in America,” at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Chicago.This retrospective […]

At six years old, Shelton Williams was already having trouble reading and writing. He did not understand what he was reading and often wrote certain letters and numbers backwards. Being a teacher in the Headstart Program near Washington, DC, Shelton’s mother recognized the problem right away: Shelton was dyslexic. As […]

On Saturday February 23, RWC hosted an a cappella group, The Baby Grands. The concert took place in Muntz Hall as part of the ’01-’02 concert season. The group was formed in 1997 at the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), and out of the eleven current members […]