The Enquirer

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College workers held an informational picket and rally Tuesday near the main entrance of the school, 3520 Central Parkway.

The Service Employees International Union, which represents 110 Cincinnati State workers, says the college is seeking multiple concessions, including stagnant wages and higher co-pays and premiums for health care.

Cornell law professor to speak at Miami U.

Muna B. Ndulo, professor of law and director of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University, will speak on "United Nations, Peace-Keeping and the Global Crisis on Refugees, Reconstruction and Security" 7 p.m. Thursday at 144 Benton Hall, Miami University. His talk is part of Miami's Center for American and World Cultures' "Homeless in the World: A Global Crisis" series.

Union Institute offers program information

Union Institute & University will conduct an information session on its doctoral program at its headquarters, 440 E. McMillan St., 6-8 p.m. Thursday.

NKU offers forum on Newport's heyday

Newport's colorful and cantankerous past is the subject of "Girls, Guns and Gambling: How Ordinary Citizens Drove Vice Out of Newport," a Northern Kentucky University forum 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

In its heyday, from 1930 to 1960, Newport was controlled by crime syndicates and corrupt politicians. The city was known for big-time gambling, betting, "bust-out" joints and prostitution.

The Protestant Ministerial Association, a postal carrier named Christian Siegfried, the Committee of 500, and a reform-minded sheriff named George Ratterman cleaned up "Sin City."

Relatives and survivors of that era will speak in a panel, along with City Manager Phil Ciafardini, Forward Quest president Mike Hammons and others. The event is at the Greaves Concert Hall at NKU's Fine Arts Center. It is free.

UC to celebrate Hispanic culture

The University of Cincinnati will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month from Saturday through Oct. 13with discussion forums, literature, film, dance, music and even Spanish lessons that are free and open to the public.

During this time, UC's bookstores will showcase books by Francisco Jimenez, a nationally known writer and educator who will speak at UC Oct. 11. UC's library also will display works by Hispanic writers, Nobel Prize laureates and creative writers from UC.

On Sept. 21, from 5-8 p.m., the Alpha Psi Lambda fraternity hosts a night of Latin culture and music. The fraternity is the nation's first co-ed Latin frat.

On Oct. 9, soprano Audrey Luna will sing a free concert full of Latin-themed musical selections beginning at 7 p.m. at the Werner Recital Hall in the College-Conservatory of Music.

For information, visit http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=1914