https://www.newsrecord.org/news/in-the-dark-no-alerts-issued-for-most-rapes-reported/article_517bb04e-60de-11e9-a6b1-8b05f685c716.html Greta Bach | Contributor Maggy McDonel | Opinion Editor Sarah Engel | Contributor On July 9, 2016, a 19-year-old female student at the University of Cincinnati was visiting a friend at University Park Apartments. According to a UC Police Department report, the student became sick and was led to the bathroom by 19-year-old Geonte... Continue Reading →

https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/forkopolisblog/cliftons-brass-tap-reopens-as-hop-scotch-whiskey-bar/ In the former site of The Brass Tap, Hop Scotch Craft Beer & Whiskey opened in January. The bar, in Clifton Heights’s U Square development, has the same ownership minus the Brass Tap franchise. The new iteration of the UC campus–side watering hole offers a selection of more than 100 bottles of whiskey, bourbon,... Continue Reading →

The University of Cincinnati, once again, is without a permanent Title IX coordinator. Related: Title IX coordinator search back to drawing board Andrea Goldblum, the former Title IX coordinator and executive director of the Office of Gender Equity and Inclusion, left the university March 15 after holding the position for just 10 months. Goldblum wrote in... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-how-greek-life-is-destroying-itself/article_9575cad4-5880-11e9-932d-87acaf3aacab.html For as long as I have been in Greek life, the hypocrisy of the system has been difficult to ignore. I could go on and on about the prevalent groupthink or the excessive formalities, but what stands out to me most is how differently sororities and fraternities are treated. Every other week, it seems,... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-adolescents-are-being-cheated-by-sex-education/article_3ae58316-2f9f-11e9-abd6-d3e17c3b2523.html Most people who went to school in the United States are all too familiar with abstinence-only sex education. Since fifth grade, this ineffective approach to sex education has been shoved down our throats, and it all begins when they teach girls about periods and boys about erections, yet refuse to share the same information... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-hot-for-horoscopes/article_fb2c0842-36ad-11e9-98a6-c324557bb3df.html Horoscopes, just like tarot readings and everything else witchy, have historically been considered nonsensical due to its largely feminine following and nontraditional religious overtones. Often labeled under the umbrella of occult practices, horoscopes tend to be taboo. Many consider horoscopes to be an early form of therapy. Just like palm readings and tarot card... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/desk-editor-duel-valentine-s-day-fraud-or-fabulous/article_dbe0f26a-305c-11e9-bed0-0b62c4078f22.html Maggy: After the hangover of the extensive but satisfying Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years’ season, we need something else to look forward to. January through March is a dark, cold series of months that drag on with nothing in sight except the distant coming of spring. The novelty of snow has long worn... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-the-legacy-of-karl-lagerfeld/article_a8bf6f6a-3c37-11e9-8d36-33feaadf6347.html Karl Lagerfeld is a divisive character, yet he is one who is overwhelmingly important to the fashion industry as we know it. Last week, Lagerfeld died at the age of 85, and a slew of models, photographers, designers and all sorts of fashion icons mourned his passing on social media. Lagerfeld was a German... Continue Reading →

https://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-legacy-of-a-killer/article_0f65f80a-2a23-11e9-bb6a-dfb487b83e11.html It seems the whole world has fallen under Ted Bundy’s spell following the release of “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” — an adaptation of a 1989 book by the same name. What Bundy has done post-murdrum — and what all great psychopaths do — is turn the focus back on himself... Continue Reading →