For many students attending the University of Cincinnati (UC), the residence halls represent their first taste of independence. Students are no longer under the watchful eyes of their parents and have their own space to turn into a temporary home.

According to his spokesperson, UC Public Safety Director and Police Chief James Whalen would only agree to “email interviews” with The News Record regarding his department’s handling of on-campus rapes and crime alerts. Here are the questions submitted on March 19, 2021.

University of Cincinnati (UC) officials have long maintained that transparency and accountability are central to the university’s mission, particularly when it comes to the UC Police Department.

Melanie Moore always dreamed of owning a bookstore, but she never anticipated that it would be on wheels. After 25 years of teaching in Cincinnati — 19 years with junior high students and six years with 11 and 12 graders — Moore decided in 2017 that she wanted to pursue a business opportunity to follow her passion for books, and this November marked the second anniversary for Melanie Moore and her book bus.

The Esquire Theatre on Ludlow Avenue has been open since 1911. Like all other theatres around the nation, it shut down operations in March due to the pandemic. Run by the same corporation as the Mariemont Theatre and Kenwood Theatre, the company has been finding other ways to keep a local interest.

The University of Cincinnati (UC) reserved two dorms and the Hampton Inn for students during the pandemic. According to UC Director of Resident Education and Development, Trent Pinto, students that test positive for COVID-19 are moved to the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) for quarantine. Schneider Hall is also ready for any additional students, but it has not been needed so far. The Hampton Inn is being used to quarantine students that have been in contact with a COVID-19 positive individual.

In just five years, the University of Cincinnati’s a cappella ensemble has grown from a group of students singing together in their residence halls into a competitive ensemble on a world stage.