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Tuesday Feb. 7What: Theft from buildingsWhen: 6:30 p.m.Where: 2820 Bearcat WayNo arrests made

Wednesday Feb. 8What: Theft from buildingsWhen: 4:30 p.m.Where: 2540 Clifton Ave.No arrests made

Thursday, Feb. 9What: TheftWhen: 12 a.m.Where: 3130 Highland Ave.No arrests made

What: Criminal damagingWhen: 4 p.m.Where: 141 West University Ave.No arrests made

Friday Feb. 10What: Theft from buildingsWhen: 3:25 p.m.Where: 234 Goodman St.No arrests made

What: Drug abuse of marijuanaWhen: 11:15 p.m.Where: 240 Calhoun St.Suspect arrested

Saturday Feb. 11What: Assault When: 12:38 p.m.Where: 240 Calhoun St.No arrests made What: Aggravated robberyWhen: 3 a.m.Where: 400 block of Riddle Road Cincinnati Police are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred in the 400 block of Riddle Road around 3 a.m. The victim was struck with a handgun by one of the suspects. The victim’s cell phone and wallet were taken in the offense. Suspect No. 1 is described as black male, 18 to 25

years of age, 5’10” to 6’ tall, 180 pounds, wearing dark clothing and a dark cap. Suspect No. 2 is described as black male, 18 to 25 years of age, 5’8” tall, 160 pounds, wearing a dark jacket and dark pants. The suspects fled the scene in a newer black four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota. Sunday Feb. 12What: TheftWhen: 2:40 p.m.Where: 285 CCM Blvd. No arrests made Cr

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One Indiana man is making a good name for dissociative breaking and entering.

Ashley Murray and her son returned to their home Friday Feb. 6 after a night of Bingo to find a stranger, identified as 46-year-old Keith Davis serving up something serious in her kitchen.

After alerting the authorities about the uninvited house guest, Murray shouted at Davis to leave her home.

Soon Murray found herself in that tiny area in the Venn diagram of emotions where shock and anger inexplicably meshes with awe and admiration after seeing what he had done while in her home.

Reports indicate that Davis had prepared a dinner for one, including a succulent fillet of chicken with steamed vegetables, and had taken care of her chores while she was gone.

“Davis had folded [Murray’s] laundry, which was neatly folded and on the kitchen table,” states the probable cause affidavit. “He had also vacuumed the living room and dining room floors with her vacuum sweeper.”

Davis seemed to be completely unaware that he was not in his own home and appeared to be

fairly disoriented and confused for a man who had completed not only a well-rounded meal, but also knocked out the evening’s errands.

Prosecutors requested a $5,000 bond because Murray was concerned Davis might return, but the judge lowered it to $1,000. The prosecutor is requesting Davis undergo a psychological evaluation.

Usually you have to pay for that kind of service.

gabrielle WilSon | tNr coNtributor

Love can be found anywhere and shown in many different ways. On Valentine’s Day, it is customary to give someone a heart, but some couples exchange other organs — and not the ones some might expect.

Trisha Beckwith and Terry Lee, two Chicago lovebirds, found out Beckwith’s kidneys were not functioning and she was diagnosed with lupus.

Though they have taken a very big step in thier relation ship, the pair has been together for merely four months.

Valentine’s Day Tuesday, Lee gave his sweatheart what puts a silly little ring or dinner for two to shame — one of his kidneys.

That box of chocolates and artificial rose is looking a lot cheaper than before, isn’t it?

At 9:45 a.m. V-Day, Lee went into surgery

with a big smile and thumbs up, knowing that when the surgeries were done, he would be a nation renowned boyfriend.

“I care about her, lover her, and want her to live a normal life,” Lee said before he went into surgery this morning.

If that isn’t love, what is? “You’re stuck with me now, or I’m stuck with you,”

Beckwith said jokingly.

anThony orozco | News editor

In Gresham, Ore., a 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash that left a man critically injured, Feb. 8.

After stealing a van from a tree farm, the 14-year-old took that wagon for a joy ride. As he made his way down the highway, he managed to sideswipe a BMW SUV before flipping the 1999 Ford Van — repeatedly.

It could not be confirmed whether or not it was “freakin’ sweet,” as the boy said.

After the chase, a squad of police K9s followed the pubescent boy’s Axe-body-spray-laden tracks, but was not able to find him.

After living out his fantasy of being in a Grand Theft Auto video game, the teen then updated his Facebook status to “somehow the police haven’t found me yet.”

The police proceeded to locate the boy at his nearby high school.

The 14-year-old is now booked in to attend the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility for felony hit-and-run and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Dean Jackson Pace, 52, who was driving the BMW that was hit, was taken to Oregon Health and Science University in critical condition and later upgraded to serious condition. Pace suffered several broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a punctured lung.

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WhaT’S For Dinner An indiana woman returned home after winning $50 at Bingo to find a stranger in her house cooking dinner and folding laundry.

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Bearcats look for redemption against FriarsJOSHUA MILLER | STAFF REPORTER

The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team is currently clutching to one of the last four spots in this year’s NCAA tournament, according to ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi’s expertise.

If the Cats are to hold onto a place in the prestigious March Madness fi eld of 68, the general consensus is that they must win a minimum of four of their fi nal six games.

With two of those games coming against ranked opponents — Louisville and the same Marquette team that just handed UC a 95-78 defeat on Saturday — the Bearcats (17-8, Big East 7-5) have zero margin for error Wednesday night when they take on Providence (13-13, Big East 2-11) at Fifth Third Arena.

Seniors Yancy Gates and Dion Dixon — both of which have played integral roles in helping head coach Mick Cronin to revitalize UC basketball since he inherited the program six years ago — know all too well that their careers could have as few as seven games remaining.

“This is it right here,” Dixon said. “Do or die right now. Our back is against the wall. We let a lot of games slip away from us that we know we could have won. We

don’t know what it is; we can’t let it keep happening with our careers going down.”

Despite being ranked last in the Big East, Cronin has nothing but praise for Providence and believes that they are simply victims of a brutal Big East schedule combined with a lack of depth off their bench.

“They’ve played well six of their last seven games,” Cronin said. “They’ve had double digit leads. You watch their games on fi lm and wonder how they lost. The answer is, they play in the Big East.”

Cronin also acknowledged high regard for the talent on Providence’s team.

“They have great players. Vincent Council is as good a guard as there is in the Big East. Bryce Cotton is the leading 3-point shooter in the Big East. Gerard Coleman is as good an athlete as there is in the Big East, and LaDonte Henton is one of the best freshmen in the country.” Cronin said. “They just don’t have subs for those guys on the perimeter, and it wears them down at times.”

Council, Coleman, Cotton and Henton all average more than 13 points per game, but all four players also spend more than 34 minutes per game on the court.

UC’s guards must utilize their depth to outplay the perimeter-oriented Friars.

Dixon said the Cats will respond much like they did in the same situation last season.

“We handle adversity well,” Dixon said. “When our back is against the wall, we play great. Right now, we know our backs against the wall, so I fi gure everybody is going to be locked in and paying attention to everything to get wins.”

Tipoff is set for 9 p.m.

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NEEDING A WIN ESPN named the Bearcats as one of the last four teams to enter the Dance in their latest bracketology.

Is Tigers Woods close to being “back?”

What are you following now that football season is over?

Will the Bearcats make it to March Madness?

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Jason Hoff manOpinion editor

Back from philandering?Never.

Sepak takraw… Google it!

Pressure makes diamonds.

Yes. The more times he puts himself in a position to close,

the easier it will become.

PGA and LPGA — golf is all that matters until baseball season.

Sure

I don’t follow golf.

NHL hockey

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He’ll never be “back,” but he is close to winning again.

Soccer season never ends.

Yeah, they’ll have enough chances.

Hard to say — I think he’s keeping his sex life a better secret these days … Wait.

What?

College basketball until baseball starts

I haven’t let go of my Sweet 16 call from

before.

Thoughts on “LINsanity?”

I always support my height — challenged brothers.

I mean, if that’s what he’s into.

What?

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I don’t follow basketball.

How else is Belichick going to win another Super Bowl?

Gotta love the dude — he was just living on a couch.

Terrible idea

It’s nice to see a seemingly nice dude do well.

I don’t care, man. Should Randy Moss return to the NFL?

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Tucked away on a dead-end street in one of Cincinnati’s roughest neighborhoods is a rather nondescript 19th-century row house, identified only by a tiny sign in the window reading, “Sweatshoppe.”

Visitors typically are greeted not by the shop’s bigger-than-life owner, but by a choking haze of hairspray that permeates the long and narrow workspace. (Do not light a match in here.)

The Sweatshoppe is a hobby-turned-business run by Tony Cody, aka “Penny Tration,” Cincinnati’s preeminent drag queen extraordinaire. Standing well over 6-feet tall before donning high heels, Cody is quite the imposing figure as he waltzes through the maze of desks, baker’s racks jammed with faux hair, makeup, masses of foam rubber, and can upon can of hairspray and aerosol glue. This hydrocarbon heaven is lined with so many different raw materials used to make drag queen wigs, costumes and makeup that Cody didn’t even need to hang a rainbow flag inside. The Sweatshoppe is a rainbow flag.

Cody’s life as a drag performer has certainly always been this cluttered, but only more recently has it evolved into a profitable mini-empire.

“One of the most important things I’ve learned,” he says, “is that life doesn’t care what your plans are.”

Cody, performing as his drag persona Penny, has been an icon in the Midwest drag scene for decades. But the road that got him here is much like the community of his fans and supporters: far from straight.

“My family is from Cincinnati, but I was raised in southern California, which is about as camp as it gets,” Cody says. “I decided to move to Cincinnati when I was younger so I could spend more time with my family. Then, on a whim, I decided to move to New York City with a friend of mine. I had just gotten dumped by my then-husband and I thought, ‘What the hell. Why not?’ So off I went to the Big Apple.”

While in New York, Cody began a 17-year stint in the everyday 9-5 workforce, first with advertising and PR firm Ogilvy and Mather. The New York show circuit drew him in, though, and Cody soon found himself getting more involved in drag.

“I never thought of drag as something I wanted to do,” he says. “When I was in New York I got really involved in doing hair and makeup for the big names in drag. I was backstage at major clubs, on television sets [doing makeup for] really famous queens for commercials. I still didn’t want to do drag myself, but that creative aspect of drag was something

photos by lauren purkey | for verge magazine

all gussied up Standing well over 6-feet tall before donning high heels, Tony Cody is quite the imposing figure as he waltzes through the maze of desks, baker’s racks jammed with faux hair, makeup, masses of foam rubber, and can upon can of hairspray and aerosol glue. The Sweatshoppe is a hobby-turned-business run by Cody, aka “Penny Tration,” Cincinnati’s preeminent drag queen extraordinaire.

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I craved.”It wasn’t long before Cody’s life’s plans

changed again; he decided to move back to Cincinnati to once again be closer to his family.

“As cool as New York is, and as cool as it was to live there, Cincinnati always felt more like home,” he says. Fittingly, he was living in the Queen City — that is, after all, one of Cincinnati’s nicknames, although for very different reasons — when he began performing as Penny Tration. “I never had thought of drag as anything more than just a hobby; I never wanted to make money from it. I started performing more for charity,” he says, adding that his shows benefitted local HIV/AIDS charities. “I just wanted to make a difference.”

By the early 2000s, he was making a significant difference, traveling and performing in some of the country’s most famous bars and clubs.

“I figured I’d move to Atlanta or San Francisco to utilize the professional skills I learned working for Ogilvy and Mather in New York,” he says. “But then I got a call from the people at the retail architecture firm FRCH here in Cincinnati. They brought me in for two weeks to help them draft some proposals for a huge project they had coming up. Next thing I know, it’s seven years later, and I was still working for them.”

Cody also signed on to become volunteer show director at the Cincinnati club Adonis, while still holding down the 9-5 FRCH job.

“I got to meet and work with queens from all over the place,” he says. “That show director gig was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it because of the variety it gave me.”

When the economy crashed, FRCH had to lay off a massive portion of its workforce — and Cody was one of them. Adonis wasn’t able to pay him for his work as a show director, so things looked grim, financially, for the Cincinnati queen.

Cody says he managed to get through this rough phase thanks to Will Reed, his partner of five years.

“We met via a mutual friend,” Cody explains. “He’s at the very edge of my ‘10-year-age-difference’ rule, but I asked him out and the rest is history. I always made it clear to Will, even through my unemployment period, that I am responsible for paying the bills. I’ve always supported his dream of becoming a singer, so I’ve always been committed to being the provider for us.”

Cody capitalized on his legendary skills as a drag costume maker to help himself and Reed through the hard times.

“I had been making wigs and pads and things in the basement for a long time,” Cody

explains. “I sold them online for fun, and for a bit of extra income. After I got laid off from FRCH I needed that extra income, so I ramped up my production and started doing it with [nationally known drag queen] Mystique Summers. It finally hit me that drag really could be my career. I could make money doing this. Who knew?”

Reed supported Cody’s decision, recognizing his partner’s creative talents.

“When faced with a challenge, ‘no’ is not an answer Tony will accept,” Reed says. “With Tony, though, work never comes first; family does. But sometimes it’s [necessary] to work so you can have a family.”

And so it began: Cody rented a small space and opened the Sweatshoppe, where he and a few other employees work five days per week, making wigs, pads and custom costumes to sell online to drag queens from around the world. It’s a rare one-stop shop for drag-queen clientele.

But the Sweatshoppe wasn’t Cody’s only business venture: He also helped open Cincinnati’s first dedicated drag show venue, converting the second floor of the Below Zero lounge into The Cabaret, a cozy lounge with a large stage that features two drag shows on Thursday through Sunday nights. The Cabaret employs a regular cast of queens who not only perform, but also serve drinks to the patrons in between shows.

“The people explicitly come to see a drag show,” Cody says. “They’re not getting pissy at us for being on their dance floor like they do at other places. The great part is that between the Cabaret and the Sweatshoppe, I gross the same amount of money per month as I did working my 9-5 job even after I pay rent, utilities and my employees.”

Already having earned an impressive reputation as a performer, Cody now is equally recognized as a successful entrepreneur.

“Penny is a role model in every way imaginable,” says fellow drag queen and Cabaret employee Mirelle Jane “Delicate Flower” Divine, who has worked with Cody for years.

“She [Cody/Penny] successfully turned her hobby into her full-time career, which I think deserves the utmost respect. She’s an admirable business woman,” Divine says.

And after 20 years in the drag business, Cody has no interest in slowing down. His fans, friends and customers at The Cabaret and the Sweatshoppe are eager to see what he’ll cook up next. But although he’s warding off a mid-life crisis with gusto and flair, there are some parts of life he can’t change.

“The other day I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m 40,’” he says. “How the hell did that happen?”

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HELEN CARY | TNR CONTRIBUTOR

Two words best describe the Fray’s third album, “Scars and Stories”: Emotional and melodic.

With every new release, the Fray evolves sonically as a band, and it defi nitely shows on this album. In “Scars and Stories,” they have found a more mature sound than they have ever had.

In their latest release, the Fray has done a great job of capturing the listener’s attention. And once they have it, they do not disappoint. Each track is as heartfelt and captivating as the next.

Each song offers a very imaginable story, making you feel every emotion — heartbreak, hopelessness and happiness — that they send out.

Lead-singer Isaac Slade takes “The Fighter” to a whole different level when he belts out, “Maybe we were meant to be

lonely/ Maybe we were meant to be on our own/ Loneliness has always been with me/ But maybe we don’t have to be alone.”

Slade uses every song to take the listener on a journey with the band, reminding them of a shared experience.

An excellent all-around album, there are a few tracks that really stand out among the rest.

“Heartbeat,” the fi rst single and lead track, is a song that can make you sway along with the beat. It gives off a positive energy, as well as a feeling that everything is right in the world.

“I Can Barely Say” is a gut-wrenching song where Slade’s vocals have the ability to send chills up and down the spine. It is a very emotional song that has the power to tear hearts in two.

“Here We Are” is a catchy song that features beautifully arranged harmonies. This is a track with lots of radio potential,

not necessarily a bad thing.“Scars and Stories” stays true to who

the band is, while also showing the band’s evolution. Their fi rst album, “How to Save a Life,” lacked the amount of emotion that their latest release brings to the table.

The only downside to the album is the song “Munich.” This is a track that doesn’t stand out from any of the rest. It does not provide that bone-chilling response, hardly grabbing the listener’s attention like some of the others do.

Regardless, anyone who listens to the album can tell the band really put a lot of heart and soul into making this album happen.

All of their hard work has paid off in a big way as “Scars and Stories” is heads and shoulders above their two previous records.

Now, the question is how do they top this one?

‘Scars and Stories’ bring melodies, emotion

“Heartbeat” “I Can Barely Say”

“Here We Are”

KEITH BIERYGOLICK | ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Adele dominated the night with a terrifi c performance and six Grammys, while the Foo Fighters rocked out with fi ve wins, and Kanye West didn’t have to interrupt anybody’s speech because he was too busy taking home four awards.

Here are the rest of this year’s winners:

Best New Artist – Bon IverBest Country Album – Lady Antebellum, “Own The Night” Best R&B Album – Chris Brown, “F.A.M.E.”Best Dance/Electronica Album – Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”Best Alternative Music Album – “Bon Iver, Bon Iver”Best Comedy Album – Louis C.K., “Hilarious”Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Tony Bennett & Various Artists, “Duets II”

MUSICAdele dominated the night with a terrifi c performance

and six Grammys, while the Foo Fighters rocked out with fi ve wins, and Kanye West didn’t have to interrupt anybody’s speech because he was too busy taking home four awards.

– Lady Antebellum, “Own The Night”

Album of the Year – Adele, “21”Record of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”Song of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”Best Pop Solo Performance – Adele, “Someone Like You”Best Pop Vocal Album – Adele, “21”Best Short Form Music Video – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

ADELEwins big at 2012 Grammys

Best Rap Performance – Kanye West & Jay-Z, “Otis”Best Rap Song – “All Of The Lights” (Performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)Best Rap Album – Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie, “All Of The Lights”

Best Rock Performance – Foo Fighters, “Walk”Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – Foo Fighters, “White Limo”Best Rock Song – Foo Fighters, “Walk”Best Rock Album – Foo Fighters, “Wasting Light”Best Long Form Music Video – Foo Fighters, “Foo Fighters: Back And Forth”

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TEAR GAS MONDAYS Police in Bahrain turned tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters who wanted to march from a Monday night demonstration on the outskirts of Manama toward a city landmark. Several people were hurt outside the capital city, but no deaths were reported.

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SYRIAN FIGHT CONTINUES Sunni Muslim fighters in the Bab al Tabbaneh neighborhood of Tripoli, Lebanon, who have a long-standing animosity toward the Syrian government, clashed for two days with Lebanese supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Jebel Mohsen, an adjoining neighborhood. Al-Assad still runs Syria despite mounting pressure from the international community.

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WAITING FOR RELIEF children sit up front at a catholic church service in Obo, central African Republic, where U.S. special operations forces assist in a mission to end the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. American special forces have been in the sub-saharan republic for more than one month preparing to overthrow the militia currently in control.

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YOUNG BOMBERS FREE Nasibullah and Azizullah, both 10, were arrested for attempted suicide bombing. The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, pardoned them last year for attempting to carryout a similar mission. The boys told media that they were trained by their religious school where religious scholars told them the attack would not harm them.

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BIRTH CONTROL BARGAIN The last two weeks have seen the highly contentious issue of mandatory birth control come to the forefront of American Politics. President Barack Obama agreed Monday to change the mandate for covering birth control pills from an employer responsibility to the charge of health care companies.

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7 WASHINGTON (CNN) — Some of the Senate’s big guns opened fire Tuesday on the new defense budget request, calling it “unacceptable” and saying they were “seriously concerned.”

But the Pentagon’s biggest gun fired back, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta telling the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the budget is Congress’ test of whether cutting the deficit is about “talk or action.”

Tuesday’s hearing was the start of several days of testimony on Capitol Hill focused on the 2013 defense budget request that proposes cuts of tens of thousands of troops, reduces the U.S. fleet of warplanes and slows down ship-building in order to meet billions of dollars in cuts mandated by Congress when it passed the Budget Control Act last summer.

Over the span of 10 years, the Pentagon will reduce its budget by more than $500 billion.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the leading Republican on the committee, immediately criticized the spending plan.

“I can say today that I do not fully endorse this budget request. Indeed, I am seriously concerned about how we arrived at this point,” McCain said.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Connecticut, was even more critical.

“I consider this budget an unacceptable risk,” he said.Panetta agreed with Lieberman, to an extent. “Let me be clear. You can’t take a half a trillion

dollars out of the defense budget and not incur additional risks. We believe they are acceptable risks,

but there are risks,” Panetta explained.But, he said, not addressing the nation’s financial

crisis is even riskier. “This will be a test for all of us of whether reducing the deficit is about talk or about action.”

Two aspects of defense spending that are not addressed in the budget drew the attention of the senators on the committee — sequestration and a proposal to realign bases.

Sequestration is the automatic round of future defense cuts included in last summer’s budget deal in the event the Congress does not succeed in passing necessary budget cuts, a move that’s meant to be politically painful.

McCain said sequestration “would be catastrophic for our national defense.”

Panetta himself has called sequestration a potential disaster. “This is why Congress must do everything possible to make sure that we avoid sequestration. We are more than prepared to work with the Congress to try to develop an approach that will de-trigger sequestration,” he said.

When introducing the strategy for the new budget, the Department of Defense also suggested that Congress consider two more rounds of BRAC — or Base Realignment and Consolidation, the process under which old, outdated or redundant military bases in the U.S. are closed down and sold off to save money. But critics claim the BRAC process costs more in the short term than it could save.

“Before we consider another round of BRAC, the department ought to take a hard look at whether further reduction in bases can be made overseas, particularly in Europe,” suggested committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, cited a Government Accountability Office report about the high cost of BRAC. “We’re not going to see any savings from the 2005 BRAC until 2018,” she said.

Senators battle over budget proposal

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N.C. EDUCATION HIKES Phillip Tippett, 20, a University of North Carolina at Asheville student holds signs as he protests others at the administration building Feb. 10, where the UNC Board of Governors were meeting to vote on a tuition increase. Tuition costs and interest rates on student loans have been one of the main issues surrounding the buildup to the 2012 presidential race.

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as abundant as honey in paradise) and observe clothes of Main Campus. Oh Bearcats, I was skeptical. But, low and behold, y’all got swag! I stalked CCM and the library and found some exciting outfi ts. As a stark and serious fashion girl in the dead of winter, I almost always wear black, but this week, I enjoyed seeing color. I noticed lots of bright color illuminating the background and warming my cold, cold heart.

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? Anthropologie (super on sale) embellished top, Valley Thrift faux leopard coat and Dance pants.

FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP:Valley Thrift! I go there once per week. WHY THIS OUTFIT WORKS: As a dancer, Gia has to wear clothes that are comfortable and functional. She mixes basic black yoga pants with layers of embellished jersey knits which add personality to her dance wear. I love how she has combined textures within her outfi t. The smoothness of her yoga pants contrasts nicely with the tied and beaded top and fuzzy coat.

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? Logan rocks cool clothes on the cheap. His top half is all from Target. Pants are from Pac Sun (2 for 1 rack) and shoes are thrifted.

WHO IS YOUR BIGGEST STYLE INFLUENCE? I try to allow the maximum amount of sleep before work or class. So, simple.

FUN FACT:I am the Catskeller Trivia Night champ! 3 weeks and counting.

WHO IN POP CULTURE INSPIRES YOU? George Clinton and The Parliament Funkadelic. I like how they rock their crazy.

WHY THIS OUTFIT WORKS: Logan’s subtle, cool blue color pallet is the defi ning feature of his outfi t. He creates a cool layered look by combining two jackets with similar lapels. His gray shoes go with his inside jacket and also have a little pop of chartreuse that compliments his teal top. Conveniently, he has the piercing blue eyes of a Siberian husky to match and enhance the color choices in his clothes.

QIAN QIAN MAthird-year fi nance student

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? All clothes bought online in Bejing, shoes are from Macy’s in the United States.WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST STYLE INFLUENCE?I look on websites at trends and look books.FUN FACT:I love swimming. And going to amusement parks in the summer.

WHY THIS OUTFIT WORKS: Qian Qian (pronounced kinda like tsch-ee-in tsch-ee-in) brings her awesome Bejing street style to Cincinnati. I am really excited about her yellow coat. Yellow, traditionally a spring and summer color, alludes to warmth and happiness and provides a nice break from the dreary February landscape. She also brings summer to winter by wearing shredded denim over tights and a fl oral top barely visible under her jacket. Her adorable hat (it has a pom pom!) tops off this whimsical winter look.